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"In this revised edition of his 1979 classic Political Theory and International Relations, Charles Beitz rejects two highly influential conceptions of international theory as empirically inaccurate and theoretically misleading. In one, international relations is a Hobbesian state of nature in which moral judgments are entirely inappropriate, and in the other, states are analogous to persons in domestic society in having rights of autonomy that insulate them from external moral assessment and political interference. Beitz postulates that a theory of international politics should include a revised principle of state autonomy based on the justice of a state's domestic institutions, and a principle of international distributive justice to establish a fair division of resources and wealth among persons situated in diverse national societies."--

The Ecological Bases for Lake and Reservoir Management provides a state-of-the-art review of the range of ecologically-based techniques necessary for the holistic management of lakes and their catchments. Most of the methods, case studies and national policies reviewed are directed towards management of the largest problem - eutrophication - with the emphasis on the multiple-scale approach needed for successful management and restoration. Case studies come from the USA and ten European countries, and range from single lakes through to lake districts and national inventories. Several essays precede the practical chapters with thought-provoking comments on the political, social and economic climate of water management

This volume contains the proceedings of an international workshop on the issue of `Fate of Pesticides in the Atmosphere - Implications for Risk Assessment' held in 1998 in The Netherlands. Topics include emission, dispersion, transport and transformations of pesticides in the atmosphere, and the ecotoxicological risks of pesticides in remote areas. Laboratory and field measurements are reviewed, and modeling of the atmospheric processes that affect pesticides are discussed. Various risk assessment approaches are presented, and possible statutory environmental criteria that could be incorporated into pesticide regulation in order to limit their atmospheric dispersion are explored. This is the first book to present a complete review of the science of this subject with the aim of investigating the possibilities of incorporating long-range transport potential of pesticides into protocols for estimating their environmental risks and their registration. This book will be important for atmospheric and pesticide scientists, pesticide manufacturers, pesticide regulators, and risk assessors

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Private Affairs -- 2. "The Subversive Edge" -- 3. Playing in the Dark -- 4. Gay Male Identities, Personal Privacy, and Relations of Public Exchange -- 5. "Take Me Home" -- Afterword -- Bibliography -- Index -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Based on the analytical framework of the structure-conduct-performance paradigm of the theory of industrial organisation, the paper analyses those economic conditions that determine the degree of competitiveness in the Latvian dairy and milling industry. The analysis is based on information from milk and grain processing enterprises acquired through a survey carried out at the beginning of 1998. It is shown that the development of market conditions and market behaviour in the sectors examined has in general progressed. Privatisation in both sectors has been completed. While in the dairy sector the majority of processing enterprises were privatised as co-operatives, in the milling industry all enterprises have become closed joint-stock companies. Since the legal status of a co-operative has turned out to be quite problematic for enterprise restructuring, more and more dairy enterprises have started to change into joint-stock companies. Competition in the investigated processing sectors can be considered as functioning. However, in the dairy sector tendencies of stronger horizontal concentration can be observed. The majority of enterprises react in quite an active way to the market conditions. Procurement and marketing channels have been diversified, and considerable investments have been undertaken. Further investments, however, are impeded by high interest rates for credits. As for performance, quite a considerable differentiation between the enterprises in the considered branches could be shown. The main problems seen by the processors are the saturation of the domestic Latvian market, the lack of investment funds, the unstable legislation, the absence of any substantial support from the government, and, in the dairy sector, the low quality of the raw milk.

1. Home Boys, Home Dances: Migrants Create Past and Place -- 2. 'Those of My Home': Migrant Women on the Reef -- 3. 'We are Visitors': Men's and Women's Kiba -- 4. Women as Brothers, Women as Sons: Domestic Predicaments Unravelled -- 5. 'I Dress in This Fashion': Rural Women Singers and the Sotho Life-Course -- 6. Dislocations and Continuities: Disrupted Youth and Adolescence -- 7. Family Gifts, Family Spirits -- App. 1. Lists of Discussions and Interpreters -- App. 2. List of Kiba Performances -- App. 3. Select Discography.

Guest Foreword /Bernard Williams --Synopsis of Argument --Why an Ethics of Nature? --The Philosophical Discipline of the Ethics of Nature --The Objective of This Study --Basic Concepts --Nature --A Definition of "Nature" for Environmental Ethics --Oikos, Cosmos, and the Human Body --Conservation versus Cultivation of Nature --Ethics --The Object of Ethics and the Distinction between Intrinsic and Instrumental Value --Good Human Life and Right Human Life --Good Human Life --The Core --Basic Options --Luxury --The Well-Being and the Agency Aspect of Good Human Life --The Hedonistic Challenge --Three Forms of Pleasure --An Answer to the Hedonistic Challenge --The Objection to Paternalism --Moral Concern and Self-Interest --The Hermeneutics and the Justification of Moral Culture --Anthropocentrism versus Physiocentrism --The Boundaries of the Moral Universe -- "Extensional Anthropocentrism" versus "Extensional Physiocentrism" --The Absolute Strategy in the Ethics of Nature -- "Epistemic Anthropocentrism" versus "Epistemic Physiocentrism" --Seven Anthropocentric Arguments for the Value of Nature --The Basic Needs Argument --Classical Thoughts --The Argument --Lost Peace with Nature? The Need for Environmental History --Some Reasons Why the Basic Needs Argument Is Not as Effective as You Might Expect --Two Versions of the Basic Needs Argument which Incorporate Intrinsic Value Claims for Nature --"Nature Knows Best" --The Motivational Version --The Aisthesis Argument --Literary Thoughts --The Argument.

These essays analyze the medieval bestiary from both literary and art history perspectives, exploring issues including kinship, romance, sex, death, and the afterlife.

Intro -- Title Page -- What people are saying about On the Threshold of Hope -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Epigraph -- Part One: Approaching the Subject of Sexual Abuse -- 1: Getting Started -- 2: On the Threshold -- 3: How to Care for Yourself As You Read -- 4: You Are a Survivor -- 5: One Woman?s Story -- Part Two: Dealing with the Abuse -- 6: Telling Your Story -- 7: What Happens after You Tell Your Story -- 8: Understanding Some Terminology -- 9: Dealing with Trauma -- 10: Childhood Abuse -- 11: What Did You Learn from Your Family? -- 12: A Look behind the Scenes -- Part Three: What Was Damaged in the Abuse? -- 13: Abuse Damaged Your Body -- 14: Abuse Damaged Your Emotions -- 15: Abuse Damaged Your Thinking -- 16: Abuse Damaged Your Relationships -- 17: Abuse Damaged Your Spirit -- Part Four: What Does Healing Look Like? -- 18: Healing for Your Body -- 19: Healing for Your Emotions -- 20: Healing for Your Thinking -- 21: Healing for Your Relationships -- 22: Healing for Your Spirit -- Part Five: Finding Others to Help -- 23: Finding a Good Counselor -- 24: Suggestions for People Who Are Walking alongside a Survivor -- 25: Some Final Thoughts -- Suggested Reading -- About the Author -- Note