Global social work : crossing borders, blurring boundaries

Table of Contents: “…Social work and political activism - Reflections of an activist social worker : challenging human rights violations / Linda Briskman - Contesting the neoliberal global agenda : lessons from activists / Maureen Wilson, Avery Calhoun and Elizabeth Whitmore - No issue, no politics : towards a New Left in social work education / Mel Gray and Stephen A. …”
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The Precautionary Principle in Marine Environmental Law : With Special Reference to High Risk Vessels. by Sage-Fuller, Bénédicte

Table of Contents: “…High Risk Vessels; 1.1 The protection of coastal States against risks posed by High Risk Vessels; 1.2 Identification of High Risk Vessels in coastal waters using Port State Control criteria; 1.2.1 The UNCLOS framework of technical standards relating to maritime safety and the marine environment (GAIRS and AIRS); 1.2.2 Conclusions of the International Law Association on GAIRS and AIRS; 1.2.3 Significance of rules of reference for coastal States' jurisdictional rights.…”
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Cross-Border Juridical VAT Double Taxation in the Framework of European Law by Streicher, Annika

Table of Contents: “…Unilateral waiver of taxing rights -- 3.3.2. Domestic court proceedings -- 3.3.3. …”
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Artificial Intelligence and the Environmental Crisis Can Technology Really Save the World?. by Skene, Keith, 1965-

Table of Contents: “…What should a declaration of AI rights look like? -- Section III: Gender, Race, Culture and Fear -- III.1. …”
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Yankee from Olympus : Justice Holmes and his family by Bowen, Catherine Drinker, 1897-1973

Table of Contents: “…Holmes move to Washington -- The norther securities case-Theodore Roosevelt frowns-The Lochner case -- The justice is seventy-Holmes's annuals-He makes a prophecy -- World war-The U.S. v. child labor-War's aftermath-Holmes defends the bill of rights -- "The great dissenter" -- Fanny Dixwell Holmes-"Tell him I loved him."…”


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Writing through the visual and virtual : inscribing language, literature, and culture in Francophone Africa and the Caribbean

Table of Contents: “…Alidou -- Part I: Visual and Verbal Artistry: Texts and Text[iles] as Epistemology -- Chapter 1: Embodying African Women's Epistemology: International Women's Day Pagnes in Cameroon; Bertrade Ngo-Ngijol Banoum and Anne Patricia Rice -- Chapter 2: Reading the Tera-tera: Textiles, Transportation, and Nationalism in Niger's First Republic; Amanda Gilvin -- Chapter 3: Becoming Griot: Righting Within a Minor Literature; Oumar Diogoye Diouf -- Chapter 4: Research on Droughts and Famines in the Sahel: the Contribution of Oral Literature; Boureima Alpha Gado -- Part II: Body Language/Writing [on] the Body -- Chapter 5: Transgressive Embodied Writings of KAribbean Bodies in Pain; Gladys Francis -- Chapter 6: Alhaji Roaming the City: Gender, HIV-AIDS and the Performing Arts; Ousseina D. …”
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The withering away of the totalitarian state-- and other surprises by Kirkpatrick, Jeane J.

Table of Contents: “…-- Four questions about Gorbachev's reforms -- Communist contradictions -- Crisis of communism -- Rectifying history: then and now -- Rectifying history: the uses of the past -- The new styles of the new Bolsheviks -- Moscow's anti-American reformer -- Gorbachev's tricky task in Eastern Europe -- The limits of pluralism under Perestroika -- Relaxing the totalitarian grip -- Let them eat cake -- Transforming Soviet communism from within -- Sakharov's fear of benevolent despotism -- Human rights: the essential element -- The logic of freedom -- Gorbachev vs. …”


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Eisenhower by Ambrose, Stephen E.

Table of Contents: “…The President: President-Elect, November 1952-January 11, 1953 ; Inauguration, January 12-January 20, 1953 ; Getting started, January 21-March 31, 1953 ; The chance for peace, April 1-June 30, 1953 ; Peace in Korea, Coup in Iran, July 1-September 30, 1953 ; Atoms for peace, October 1-December 31, 1953 ; Bricker, McCarthy, Bravo, Vietnam, January 1-May 7, 1954 ; McCarthy, Guatemala, SEATO, May 8-September 8, 1954 ; Quemoy and Matsu, off-year elections, September 3-December 31, 1954 ; The Formosa Doctrine, January 1-June 20, 1955 ; Open skies, June-September 1955 ; Heart attack, September-December 1955 ; Recovery, January-March 1956 ; The tyranny of the weak, April-September 1956 ; Election, Suez, Hungary, September 19-December 31, 1956 ; The Eisenhower Doctrine, January-July 1957 ; The high cost of defense, nuclear testing, civil rights, January-July 1957 ; Little Rock, Sputnik, August-November 1957 ; Problems: stroke, Dulles, disarmament, Space Race, December 1957-April 1958 ; Lebanon, Sherman Adams, disarmament, Quemoy and Matsu, other woes, May-September 1958 ; Elections, test-ban talks, Berlin, Fidel, October 1958-February 1959 ; A revival, February-June 1959 ; Traveling for peace, July-December 1959 ; High hopes and unhappy realities, January-June 1960 ; A bad summer and a terrible fall, July 1-November 9, 1960 ; Transition, November 9, 1960-January 20, 1961 ; The Eisenhower presidency: an assessment, 1953-1961 ; Elder statesman, January 1961-November 1963 ; Johnson, Goldwater, Vietnam, November 23, 1963-March 1968 ; Taps, March 1968-March 28, 1969.…”


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Preventing childhood obesity : evidence, policy and practice

Table of Contents: “…: ethical questions concerning community-based programs to prevent obesity / Marieke ten Have, Inez de Beaufort and Soren Holm -- A human rights approach to childhood obesity prevention / Naomi Priest, Boyd Swinburn and Elizabeth Waters -- Evidence synthesis -- Evidence framework for childhood obesity prevention / Boyd Swinburn -- Evidence of multi-setting approaches for obesity prevention : translation to best practice / Andrea M. de Silva-Sanigorski and Christina Economos -- Evidence of the influence of home and family environment / Johannes Brug, Saskia te Velde, Ilse de Bourdeaudhuij and Stef Kremers -- Obesity prevention in early childhood / Ladda Mo-suwan and Andrea M. de Silva-Sanigorski -- Obesity prevention in primary school settings : evidence from intervention studies / Juliana Kain, Yang Gao, Colleen Doak and Simon Murphy -- Obesity prevention in secondary schools / Lauren Prosser, Tommy L.S. …”


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Nordic Economic Policy Review : Whither the Nordic Welfare Model?. by Andersen, Torben M.

Table of Contents: “…Economics of Innovation Policy10F; Abstract; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Direct innovation policies; 4.2.1 Intellectual property rights; 4.2.2 Government funding of private R & D; 4.2.3 Other innovation policy tools; 4.3 Indirect innovation policies; 4.3.1 Education; 4.3.2 Basic research; 4.3.3 Taxation; 4.3.4 Other indirect innovation policies; 4.4 Conclusions; References.…”
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Domestic Judicial Review of Trade Remedies : Experiences of the Most Active WTO Members.

Table of Contents: “…1 History of trade remedies in Colombia2 Colombia's trade remedies laws and regulations in force; 2.1 Antiumping; 2.2 Countervailing measures; 2.3 Safeguards; II Legislative framework for judicial review; III Types of judicial review proceedings; 1 Action for annulment; 2 Action for annulment and reinstatement of rights; IV Reviewable determinations; V Parties eligible to bring a case; VI Competent courts; VII Procedural steps; VIII Appeal; IX Standard of review; X Remedies; XI Overall assessment of the effectiveness of judicial review in Colombia.…”
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Role mining in business : taming role-based access control administration by Colantonio, Alessandro

Table of Contents: “…1. Managing access rights. 1.1. Challenges of controlling access. 1.2. …”
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Mediation Ethics A Practitioner's Guide. by Shapira, Omer

Table of Contents: “…If I Mediate This Case, Can I Be Certain That I Am Adequately Respecting the Parties' Rights to Self-Determination? Does the Fundamental Principle of Party Self-Determination Require I Turn This Case Away? …”
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Key topics in conservation biology 2

Table of Contents: “…Cushman, Brad McRae, Frank Adriaensen, Paul Beier, Mark Shirley and Kathy Zeller -- Righting past wrongs and ensuring the future : challenges and opportunities for effective reintroductions amidst a biodiversity crisis / Axel Moehrenschlager, Debra M. …”
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Intellectual property law and policy. Volume 10

Table of Contents: “…John Duffy; Panel Discussion; SESSION VI: HUMAN RIGHTS & INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY; Prof. Martin J. Aldeman; Prof. …”
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Urban China : Toward Efficient, Inclusive, and Sustainable Urbanization

Table of Contents: “…0.4 Gross land revenues are large, but net revenues are declining0.5 Consumption share and GDP per capita, select East Asian countries; 0.6 Services and urbanization in East Asia; 3 Inclusion; 0.7 China's rising inequality; Boxes; 0.1 Residency rights in the European Union, the United States, the former Soviet Union, and Japan; 0.2 Social Housing; 4 Sustainability; 0.2 China's carbon emissions and drivers of growth; 0.8 Air pollution declined over time ... but the costs of air pollution have been rising. …”
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The handbook of global education policy

Table of Contents: “…Busemeyer and Janis Vossiek -- Education and social cohesion : a panglossian global discourse / Andy Green and Jan Germen Janmaat -- Policies for education in conflict and post-conflict reconstruction / Sarah Dryden-Peterson -- Human rights and education policy in South Asia / Monisha Bajaj and Huma Kidwai -- Early childhood education and care in global discourses / Rianne Mahon -- Education for all 2000-2015 : the influence of global interventions and aid on EFA achievements / Aaron Benavot, Manos Antoninis, Nicole Bella, Marco Delprato, Joanna Harma, Catherine Jere, Priyadarshani Joshi, Nihan KoseleCi Blanchy, Helen Longlands, Alasdair McWilliam, David Post and Asma Zubairi -- The politics of language in education in a global polity / M. …”
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The effectiveness of China's industrial policies in commercial aviation manufacturing by Crane, Keith, 1953-

Table of Contents: “…; Provide Support to Chinese Customers; Competitive Source of Parts; Generate Sales to Chinese Airlines; Purchase Chinese Components as a Marketing Tool to Encourage Chinese Purchases of Aircraft; Participation in the C919 Program; Enhance Company's Image in China; Challenges of Investing in China; Protecting Intellectual Property Rights; Protecting the Company's Investment from Joint Venture Partners; Remaining Competitive in the Chinese Market.…”
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Ideal code, real world : a rule-consequentialist theory of morality by Hooker, Brad, 1957-

Table of Contents: “…6.1 Basic Rule-consequentialist Prohibitions -- 6.2 Our Intuitions about Prohibitions -- 6.3 Rule-consequentialism, Prohibitions, and Judgement -- 6.4 Rule-consequentialism and Absolute Prohibitions -- 6.5 Special Obligations to Others -- 7 Act-consequentialism -- 7.1 Act-consequentialism as a Criterion of Rightness, Not a Decision Procedure -- 7.2 Act- versus Rule-consequentialism on Prohibitions -- 7.3 The Economics of World Poverty -- 7.4 Act-consequentialism and the Needy -- 8 Rule-consequentialism and Doing Good for the World -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 The Large Gap Principle.…”
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The SAGE handbook of political science

Table of Contents: “…Environmental changes ; 86. Human rights and humanitarian interventions in the international arena ; 87. …”
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