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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Research And Politics: The Culture Of Poverty Knowledge -- 3. Kinship And Family Structure: Ethnocentric Myopia -- 4. There Goes The Neighborhood: Deconcentration And Destruction Of Public Housing -- 5. Crime, Criminals, And Tangles Of Pathology -- 6. Commercializing The Culture Of Poverty -- 7. Ending Poverty As We Know It: And Other Apparently Unreachable Goals -- Notes -- Index -- About The Author

The Allied Mobile Force (AMF) was created by NATO to fortify its border regions. Designed as both a deterrent and display of Western solidarity, the AMF was intentionally composed of elite units from nations that did not border the Eastern Bloc (including West Germany). The author analyzes the AMF at the strategic, political, and communicative levels, offering a comprehensive historical-political perspective.

Why did people help Jews hide from the Nazis? This study examines interactions between helpers and aid recipients using the methods of social network research. Based on six Berlin case studies, the author looks at the social determinants for willingness to help, trust formation, network effects, and the daily practice of providing help from the perspectives of helpers and aid recipients.

In her interdisciplinary dissertation, the author challenges the purely legalistic approach to civil rights discrimination protection. Using theories drawn from economics and psychology, she analyzes discrimination and asks whether and in what way the ban on civil rights discrimination actually influences such choices. On this basis, she makes a normative argument for anti-discrimination prohibitions that preserve freedom. Anja Watzenberg, Amtsgericht Hamburg.

Analysis of reasons and ramifications of wrangling over federal budget that ensued when long-dominant PRI party lost control of congress three years before it lost presidency. Explains impact of newly found pluralism on nature of budget, highlighting political reasoning that limits efficiency and integrity of public spending in Mexico. Author is consultant, political commentator and former chairman of Federal Electoral Institute, 2003-2007

Front Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1. A Death in the Lyric -- 2. An Unholy Passion: The Tragic Tale of Martin Reed -- 3. "Shreds of Quivering Flesh": The Explosion that Rocked Washington -- 4. The West Enders: A Story of Murder in Desperate Times -- 5. The Wreck of the Cannonball Express -- 6. The Murder of Thelma Young -- Bibliography -- About the Author.

Intro -- Book Presentation: Seven Years to Seven Figures by Michael Masterson -- Book Abstract -- About the Author -- Important Note About This Ebook -- Summary of Seven Years to Seven Figures (Michael Masterson) -- 1. Invest actively rather than making passive investments -- 2. Find realistic ways to dramatically boost your personal income -- 3. Work hard at generating a better-than-average return on your investments -- Copyright.

Full of activities for use with groups of all ages, this book draws on the author''s extensive experience and presents all the games, improvisations and dance structures that he has found most effective in group settings. It includes everything from warm-ups to warm-downs and provides tips on how to be a good facilitator and run a successful group

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- About the Author -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Style and Spelling -- Glossary -- Foreword -- Prologue -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Sorcerer Killings -- Chapter 2: Ninja Fear -- Chapter 3: Reform, Regime Change, and Violence -- Chapter 4: Magic and Sorcery -- Chapter 5: Community Justice -- Chapter 6: Fear and Uncertainty -- Chapter 7: Explaining the Killings -- Chapter 8: Conspiracy Theories -- Chapter 9: Conclusion -- References -- Index

Title Page -- Dedication -- Lots of Things Are Changing -- It's Not Your Fault -- Your Parents Still Love You -- All of Your Feelings -- Feeling Better -- Talk to People -- Your Parents Will Feel Sad, Too -- Wishing -- Talking to Your Friends -- Living at Different Places -- Working Things Out -- It's Okay to Have Fun -- New People in Your Life -- Things Will Get Better -- About the Author -- Copyright Page

Welcome to your new job! You may not have a real job that pays real money, but right now school is your job. You have to be there on time every day, come prepared to work, follow directions, and work with other people. This title will allow students to explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Cattle: Environment and Culture -- The Climate Change Case Against Cattle: Sorting Fact from Fiction -- All Food Is Grass -- Water -- Biodiversity -- Overgrazing -- People -- Beef: Food and Health -- Health Claims Against Beef: The Rest of the Story -- Beef Is Good Food -- Critique and Final Analysis -- What's the Matter with Beef? -- Why Eat Animals? -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- About the Author.

Intro -- Cover -- Back Cover Text -- Introduction -- Dear Reader -- Title Page -- About the Author -- Dedication -- Contents -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Chapter Seven -- Chapter Eight -- Chapter Nine -- Chapter Ten -- Chapter Eleven -- Chapter Twelve -- Chapter Thirteen -- Chapter Fourteen -- Chapter Fifteen -- Chapter Sixteen -- Chapter Seventeen -- Chapter Eighteen -- Chapter Nineteen -- Chapter Twenty -- Chapter Twenty-One -- Excerpt -- Copyright.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- Prologue -- 1. Battling the Aggressors -- 2. The French Mission -- 3. The Gathering Storm -- 4. The Phony War -- 5. The Assistant President -- 6. Aiding Britain -- 7. Lend-Lease -- 8. The Sinews of War -- 9. The Jews -- 10. Bretton Woods -- 11. Octagon -- 12. The Morgenthau Plan -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Photo Insert -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

Employing thematic investigation and illustrated through case studies, Dodds explores how global politics is imagined and practised by countries such as the US and other organisations including Greenpeace, the IMF and CNN International. In addition, the author discusses how issues such as environmental degradation, terror networks, anti-globalisation protests and North-South relations challenge, consolidate and subvert the existing international political system.