Making Sex Work : a Failed Experiment with Legalised Prostitution. by Sullivan, Mary Lucille

Table of Contents: “…Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter One: Setting the Framework: Prostitution in the 21st Century; Chapter Two: Institutionalising Men's Rights to Women's Bodies: Legalisation (1982-1997); Chapter Three: From Prostitutes' Rights to Sex Industry Advocates: The History of the Prostitutes' Collective of Victoria; Chapter Four: Living Off the Earnings of Prostitution: Sex Industry Expansion and Its Beneficiaries; Chapter Five: Unregulated and Illegal: Clandestine Prostitution Under Victoria's 'Model Legislation'…”
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The intellectual as stranger : studies in spokespersonship by Pels, Dick, 1948-

Table of Contents: “…Missionary sociology between left and right : Karl Mannheim and the right-wing challenge -- 5. …”
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The social origins of the welfare state : Québec families, compulsory education, and family allowances, 1940-1955 by Marshall, Dominique, 1961-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 The Drafting of Laws: Social Movements and Legislation; Chapter 2 Implementing the New Laws: Institutionalization of New Rights; Chapter 3 The Significance of Children's Universal Rights: Official Views on Poverty and the Family; Chapter 4 The Evolution of the Status of Children: Between the New Official Norms, Market Changes, and the Cultural World of Parents; Chapter 5 Forgotten by Education and Welfare: The New Faces of Poverty and Juvenile Labour; Chapter 6 The Transformation of the Political Culture of Families; Notes; Index.…”
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Prosperity for all : consumer activism in an era of globalization by Hilton, Matthew

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : the wealth of access -- The fear of fortune : the uneasy consumer in an age of affluence -- Cold war shoppers : consumerism as state project -- Poverty amid prosperity : consumer protest beyond the affluent west -- Consumers of the world unite : consumption and the new global order -- The all-consuming network : the politics of protest in an age of consumption -- Backlash : the corporate critique of consumerism -- Choose life : consumer rights versus human rights -- Shopping for justice : the freedom of free trade -- Conclusion : the poverty of choice.…”
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Women, Islam and modernity : single women, sexuality and reproductive health in contemporary Indonesia by Bennett, Linda Rae

Table of Contents: “…Cultural constructions of sexuality and gender -- Maiden bodies : inscriptions of femininity and desire -- Premarital relationships and contemporary courtship practices -- Indigenous sexual scripts and social transition -- Women's health and maiden identities -- Reproductive rights for single women.…”
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In search of common ground : remaking public policy on human life issues

Table of Contents: “…Deciding on Right and Wrong (2:02) -- Issues of Life, Death, and Human Rights (2:18) -- A Consistent Ethic of Life (4:00) -- Common Moral Ground (2:48) -- Inclusiveness Alienates Activists (4:02) -- Capital Punishment Debate: Vengeance or Forgiveness? …”
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Bourbon Justice How Whiskey Law Shaped America by Haara, Brian F.

Table of Contents: “…Bourbon history tells the story of American history -- American law defines bourbon -- Bourbon derives the development of trademark and brand name rights -- Old Crow provides the most comprehensive trade name case study -- Bourbon expands trade name rights -- Bourbon marketers write the book on puffery and exaggeration -- Bourbon leads the nation to consumer protection -- Bourbon tells the behind-the-scenes story of prohibition -- Bourbon law reins in fake distillers and secret sourcing -- Bourbon drives truth in labeling.…”
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Beyond (straight and gay) marriage : valuing all families under the law by Polikoff, Nancy D.

Table of Contents: “…The changing meaning of marriage -- Gay rights and the conservative backlash -- Redefining family -- The right and the marriage movement -- LGBT families and the marriage equality movement -- Countries where marriage matters less -- Valuing all families -- Domestic partner benefits for all families -- Coping with illness : medical care and family and medical leave -- When a relationship ends through dissolution or death : distributing assets and providing for children -- Losing an economic provider : wrongful death, workers compensation, and social security.…”


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Law against the state : ethnographic forays into law's transformations

Table of Contents: “…Cover; LAW AGAINST THE STATE; CAMBRIDGE STUDIES IN LAW AND SOCIETY; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION: LAW'S TRAVELS AND TRANSFORMATIONS; INTRODUCTION; THE GLOBALISATION OF LAW; DEPOLITICISATION; DISTANCES; TRANSLATIONS; THE DIALECTIC OF LAW'S TRANSFORMATIONS; TRANSFORMING SUBJECTIVITIES; THE STRUCTURATION OF ITERATION; BETWEEN DOXA AND THE FUTURE; CHAPTER 1 JURIDIFICATION OF INDIGENOUS POLITICS; SUBSISTENCE RIGHTS IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA; LOSS OF A WAY OF LIFE AND THE RIGHT TO A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT IN THE MARSHALL ISLANDS; FREEDOM IN SURINAME; CONCLUSION.…”
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Genetic engineering and the world trade system

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Abbreviations; PART I Introduction and systemic issues; 1 The many faces of modern biotechnology; 2 Genetic engineering, trade and human rights; 3 Gender dimensions of biotechnology policy and trade; PART II Intellectual property and gene technologyissues at stake and possible options; 4 Biotechnology and patents: global standards, European approaches and national accents; 5 Intellectual property rights, biotechnology and development: African perspectives.…”
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Beyond straight and gay marriage valuing all families under the law by Polikoff, Nancy D.

Table of Contents: “…The changing meaning of marriage -- Gay rights and the conservative backlash -- Redefining family -- The right and the marriage movement -- LGBT families and the marriage equality movement -- Countries where marriage matters less -- Valuing all families -- Domestic partner benefits for all families -- Coping with illness : medical care and family and medical leave -- When a relationship ends through dissolution or death : distributing assets and providing for children -- Losing an economic provider : wrongful death, workers compensation, and social security.…”
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Citizenship in Cold War America : the national security state and the possibilities of dissent by Friedman, Andrea

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Citizenship stories in exceptional times -- Internal security, national security : psychological citizenship in the Cold War era -- The case of the war bride : liberal citizenship and human rights in the national security state -- The right to earn a living : loyalty, race, and economic citizenship -- "A dependent independence and a dominated dominion" : empire and semi-citizenship on the Cold War stage -- "The show of violence" : social citizenship, democracy, and the remaking of national security -- Conclusion: Exceptions, exceptionalism, and US citizenship.…”
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Chronicling trauma : journalists and writers on violence and loss by Underwood, Doug

Table of Contents: “…Trauma, news, and narrative: the study of violence and loss in journalism and fiction -- Stories of harm, stories of hazard: childhood stress and professional trauma in the careers of journalist-literary figures -- Trafficking in trauma: women's rights, civil rights, and sensationalism as a spur to social justice -- Trauma in war, trauma in life: the pose of the "heroic" battlefield correspondent -- Depression, drink, and dissipation: dysfunctional lifestyles and art as the ultimate stimulant -- Epilogue. …”
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Cooler smarter : practical steps for low-carbon living : expert advice from the Union of Concerned Scientists

Table of Contents: “…Can one person make a difference? ; Sweat the right stuff ; The weight of evidence : how we know the planet is warming -- Making effective climate choices. …”


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Transforming citizenship : democracy, membership, and belonging in Latino communities by Rocco, Raymond A.

Table of Contents: “…Framing the question of citizenship : membership, exclusionary inclusion, and Latinos in the national political imaginary -- Political theory and constructs of membership: difference and belonging in liberal democracies -- Reconceptualizing citizenship : membership, belonging, and the politics of racialization -- Associative citizenship : civil society, rights claims and expanding the public sphere -- Grounded rights claims : contesting membership and transforming citizenship in Latino urban communities -- Critical theory and the politics of solidarity : contradictions, tensions, and potentiality -- Concluding reflections : contesting membership/transforming Latino citizenship.…”
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Women and society in Russia and the Soviet Union

Table of Contents: “…/ Charlotte Rosenthal -- Women pharmacists in Russia before World War I : women's emancipation, feminism, professionalization, nationalism and class conflict / Mary Schaeffer Conroy -- Women's rights, civil rights and the debate over citizenship in the 1905 Revolution / Linda Edmondson -- Laying the foundations of democracy in Russia : E.D. …”


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Libraries and readers. by Foster, William E. (William Eaton), 1851-1930

Table of Contents: “…Some hints on right reading.--Correction of aimless reading.--The specializing of reading, for general readers.…”


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Confronting Genocide by Provost, René

Table of Contents: “…Moving From Repression to Prevention of Genocide; Payam Akhavan and René Provost -- PART I: RECONCEPTUALIZING GENOCIDE -- 1 From Irish Famine to Congo Reform: Nineteenth-Century Roots of International Human Rights Law and Activism; Ben Kiernan -- 2 Darfur: Genocidal Theory and Practical Atrocities; Gérard Prunier -- 3 Sovereignty as Responsibility for the Prevention of Genocide; Francis M. …”
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The young professional's survival guide : from cab fares to moral snares by Gunsalus, C. K.

Table of Contents: “…Start as you mean to go on -- Develop a professional persona -- Why things go wrong -- How things go right -- Conduct disputes professionally -- Stay on the high road.…”


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Diagnosis and Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension From Bench to Bedside

Table of Contents: “…Pulmonary Endarterectomy for Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension -- Part V Right Ventricular Function -- 17. Right Ventricular Function.…”
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