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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Planting the Seeds -- 2. Setting the Stage -- 3. Detention by the Male -- 4. Old Ideas versus New: Maternalism and Equal Rights -- 5. This Vast Laboratory -- 6. To Work Together for Ends Larger Than Self -- 7. Feminism as Life's Work -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author

What would it entail to reformulate the classical architectonic question under genuinely civic instead of natural conditions? The author sketches a concept of mediality as the element of symbolically constituted, distributed and discrete possibilities, engendered from the probabilistic mixture in which the open totality of what can be communicated is indexed.

"This book investigates efforts to promote the political and economic unification of Latin America. The author argues that the political unification of Latin America has been stymied by the political class, but that this trend is currently being reversed. The Common Market of the South (MERCOSUR) is presently accomplishing this task"--

Title page; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgments; 1 Media sociolinguistics; 2 Mapping the terrain; 3 Affordances and access; 4 Virtual landscapes: practices and ideologies; 5 Intertextuality and author-audiences; 6 Bakhtin goes mobile; 7 Textpl@y as poetic language; 8 Sociability online: between plaisir and jouissance; 9 Conclusion; References; Index.

Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Overview -- Theory and econometrics -- Tools -- Linear stochastic difference equations -- Efficient computations -- Components of economies -- Economic environments -- Optimal resource allocations -- A commodity space -- Competitive economies -- Representations and properties -- Statistical representations -- Canonical household technologies -- Examples -- Permanent income models -- Gorman heterogeneous households -- Complete markets aggregation -- References -- Subject index -- Author index -- MATLAB index

Eminent political theorist John Dunn argues that democracy is not synonymous with good government in this work. The author explores the labyrinthine reality behind the basic concept of democracy, demonstrating how the political system that people in the West generally view as straightforward and obvious is, in fact, deeply unclear and, in many cases, dysfunctional.

Norbert Elias (1897-1990), author of the modern classic The Civilizing Process, was one of the most fascinating scientists of the twentieth century. In Norbert Elias and Human Interdependencies leading scholars from Europe, the United States, and Canada introduce, evaluate, and apply Elias's achievements and explore the interdependence of individuals in an increasingly global society.

The author examines the life satisfaction of various immigrant groups in Germany. On the one hand, she describes the life satisfaction of immigrants in comparison to the life satisfaction of West Germans. On the other hand, she explains the multidimensional life satisfaction in general and the life satisfaction of migrants of different origins in particular.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Agriculture -- Chapter 2: Aquaculture -- Chapter 3: Population and Housing -- Chapter 4: Storage and Preservation -- Chapter 5: Fire -- Chapter 6: The Heavens, Language and the Law -- Chapter 7: Australian Agricultural Revolution -- Chapter 8. Accepting History and Creating the Future -- Picture Credits -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

The author has lived in wonderful places, from Nigeria to South America, Oman to the Gabon jungle.She describes the hospitality and resilience of the natives and the magnificence of landscape and animals. But Lynne was unhappy and isolated.This is the story of how she rediscovered her spirituality.We must "recognise the remarkable in the ordinary

Chapter 2: THE PROSPECTS FOR SECURITY SECTOR REFORM IN TUNISIA: AYEAR AFTER THE REVOLUTIONFOREWORD; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION; WHY SECURITY SECTOR REFORM?; MAPPING TUNISIA'S SECURITY SECTOR; Statutory Security Providers; Governance and Democratic Oversight; Justice and the Rule of Law; Civil Society; RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE WAY AHEAD; End Notes; INDEX; Blank Page

This monograph seeks to determine whether medicinal products shoul be treated as a special case in the field of product liability. The author examines the role of epidemiological evidence in assessing causation in product liability cases concerning medicinal products in the light of recent developments in the UK Supreme Court, the United States, and France

The traditional Marxian picture of a two-class polarisation seems far removed from today's diverse society. Re-examining the very foundations of the Marxian theory in the process, the author argues that important critiques can fruitfully be understood and to accomplish the goal, he extends the traditional concepts in innovative and original ways.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Group Think -- 2. Franklin College -- 3. Lawyer and Whig -- 4. Republican Congressman -- 5. And the war came -- 6. The trial of the century -- 7. The fourteenth amendment -- 8. Reconstruction and impeachment -- 9. Farewell to washington -- 10. Ambassador -- 11. Obscurity -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the author

Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Daly was a renowned soldier and one of the most influential figures in Australia's military history. As Chief of the General staff during the Vietnam War, he oversaw a reorganisation of the Army. The author shows how Daly prepared himself for the challenges of command in a time of political upheaval