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In the many studies that have been conducted on the provision of financial services for consumers, regulation has emerged as one of the most important factors. The impact of regulation on financial service industries is a major focus of this comprehensive bibliography of relevant source materials in the field of regulatory economics. The bibliograp

This book explores examples of how the Christian story is still expressed in music and how it is received by those who experience that art form, whether in church or not. Through conversations with a variety of writers, artists, scientists, historians, atheists, church laity and clergy, the term post-secular emerges as an accurate description of the relationship between faith, religion, spirituality, agnosticism and atheism in the west today. In this context, faith does not just mean belief; as the book demonstrates, the temporal, linear, relational and communal process of experiencing faith is closely related to music. Music and Faith is centred on those who, by-and-large, are not professional musicians, philosophers or theologians, but who find that music and faith are bound up with each other and with their own lives. Very often, as the conversations reveal, the results of this 'binding' are transformative, whether it be in outpourings of artistic expression of another kind, or greater involvement with issues of social justice, or becoming ordained to serve within the Church. Even those who do not have a Christian faith find that sacred music has a transformative effect on the mind and the body and even, to use a word deliberately employed by Richard Dawkins, the 'soul'

"This text aims to provide information for naturalists, concerning the biota of the Caucasus, through its biomes, amd refugial areas and habitats. The work is focused on supplying a datebase for the current presence and distribution of many speceis, with an emphasis on the keastone species, the existance and range of which face major challenges and threats today, caused primarily by human's direct and indirect activity, and global warming. The book incorporates the most recent taxonomic ranking of plants and animals species in the Caucasus, and the regularity and history of its biomes, among other topics. The monograph is also heavily illustrated with mostly original color photos, which reinforce the scientific quality of the text. This book will be of great interest to scholars of life and earth sciences and geographers. As an interdisciplinary work, the monograph provides students of all levels with valuable information on the environmental sciences, which may isnpire them to pursue this topic within natural science, stimulating their research and career choices"--

The continued colonization of African Americans -- Contemporary African-American insecurity -- The building of incapacity : race, poverty, subordination and gaps in health services -- The impact of slavery and jim crow on today's African-American communities -- The emerging and continued importance of racial stigma -- Gaps in government services and regulations : maintaining incapacity and insecurity -- Insecurity on the streets and the illegitimacy of the criminal justice system -- The systematic undoing of civil rights and federal supports for African Americans -- The promise of reconstruction -- Jim crow law and customs : a return to white hegemony -- States' rights as a form of resistance, black deaths, and freedom fighters in the South -- Twentieth century civil rights legislation : expanding civil rights and protecting voting rights -- The incubation of white populism -- The triumph of the white nationalists -- The making of the American working class : a brief historical discussion -- The emergence of white nationalism in the twentieth century -- Advancing democratic americanism -- Ideas for diminishing white nationalism -- Targeted interventions -- Ending insecurity brought on by unacceptable living conditions -- Reforming criminal justice in the twenty-first century -- Considering the case for reparations -- White nationalism trumped by democratic americanism.

Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Why Narratives Matter in Climate Change Communication -- Using This Book -- References -- Chapter 2: Climate Change Communication Studies: Inquiries into Beliefs, Information and Stories -- Risk Perception and Risk Communication -- Discourse-Analytic Studies: Media Logic, Scientific Reporting and Science Communication -- Media Coverage of Climate Change I: The Issue Attention Cycle -- Media Coverage of Climate Change II: The Norm of Balanced Reporting -- Science Communication: Critiquing the Deficit Model of Information -- The Role of Culture in Climate Change Research -- Cultural Studies and Cultural Theory Approaches -- Cultural Sociology Approach Towards Climate Change -- Lessons Learned from the State of Research -- References -- Chapter 3: How to Understand the Role of Narratives in Environmental Communication: Cultural Narrative Analysis -- The Role of Narrative in Social Organization -- Formal Definitions of Narrative -- A Typology of Narrative Analysis -- The Structural Model of Narrative: The Structure of Narrative -- The Structural Model of Genre: The Form of Narrative -- The Narrative Policy Framework: The Content of Narrative -- Shortcomings of the Presented Models of Narrative Analysis -- Structure - Form - Content: Towards an Integrated Model of Cultural Narrative Analysis -- References -- Chapter 4: Telling the Stories of Climate Change: Structure and Content -- Methods -- Putting a Price on Things: Serving the Economic Rationale -- Negative Economic Consequences -- Content -- Structure -- Positive Economic Consequences -- Content -- Structure -- Climate Change in the Political Arena: Two Contexts of Climate Change as a Political Issue -- Climate Change as Partisan Distinction -- Content -- Structure

Intro -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 Indigenous Contexts -- 1.1.1 Transgenerational Traumata -- 1.2 Cultural Theories and Cultural Dominance -- 1.3 Transcultural Perspectives and Conceptualisations -- 1.4 Synthesis and Dominance: The Mechanisms of Change -- References -- Chapter 2: The Legal Framework of Research in Indigenous Contexts -- 2.1 Historical Aspects -- 2.2 Acknowledgement of Indigenous Identity -- 2.3 Right to Self-Determination -- 2.4 Protection of Culture -- 2.4.1 The Role of Language Within Indigenous Peoples' Cultural Rights -- 2.4.2 Indigenous Culture and Intellectual Property -- 2.5 Revitalisation of Culture -- 2.6 Cultural Autonomy in Education and Lifestyle -- 2.7 Reflection of Culture in Media -- 2.8 Land Rights -- 2.8.1 Protection of Territories -- 2.8.2 Land Use -- 2.8.3 Mitigation of Adverse Impact -- 2.8.4 Right to Redress and Compensation -- 2.8.5 Indigenous Cultures and Borders -- References -- Chapter 3: Methodology: How to Optimally Collect Data in the Fields -- 3.1 History of Transcultural Field Encounters -- 3.2 Field Encounter as Quasi-Experimentation -- 3.3 Researchers' Influence and Philosophy of Science -- 3.3.1 Vulnerability and Resilience -- 3.4 Epistemology -- 3.4.1 Qualitative and Quantitative Methods -- 3.4.2 Validity -- 3.4.3 Reliability -- 3.4.4 Objectivity -- 3.4.5 Ethical Aspects -- 3.5 Minimally Invasive Techniques -- 3.5.1 Total Immersion -- 3.5.2 Rescue Work -- References -- Chapter 4: Field Research in Indigenous Contexts -- 4.1 The Scientist as a Psychological Being -- 4.1.1 Researchers and Their Culture of Origin -- 4.1.2 Rationality and Irrationality -- 4.2 Meta-perspectives -- 4.3 Transcultural Competency -- 4.4 Education and Training -- 4.4.1 Learning How to Prepare Research in Indigenous Contexts -- 4.5 Culturally Sustainable Field Research -- 4.5.1 Practical Aspects.

Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- DEDICATION -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- I-Precedents -- II-The Early Days -- III-The Function of Terror -- TERROR PERVADES THE FABRIC OF SOCIETY -- EDUCATION -- LABOR -- IV-The Purges -- THE ARMY -- OBTAINING CONFESSIONS -- IN GERMANY -- V-Corrective Labor and Concentration Camps -- METHODS OF TERROR -- THE CAMPS -- VI-The People's Attitudes Toward Authority -- THE PARTY AND THE LEADER -- RUSSIA TODAY -- CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER.