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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Transaction Introduction -- Preface -- Chapter 1 The Future of Neighborhood -- Chapter 2 Enfranchising Citizens -- Chapter 3 Resolving Disputes -- Chapter 4 Funding Neighborhoods -- Chapter 5 Promoting Equality -- Chapter 6 Proliferating Initiative -- Conclusion -- Selected Bibliography -- Name Index -- Subject Index

Communist parties ruled sixteen states over the course of the 20th century. At communistsm's high point, its adherents envisioned global triumph. Today, however, only five communist regimes remain in power. Why? In this book, George W. Breslauer, who has spent decades studying the evolution of communist states, provides a sweeping history of the world communist movement, focusing in particular on what communist states shared in common and why they began to differ from each other overt ime. Breslauer finds that the communist regimes all came to power in the context of warfare or its aftermath. Following the Soviet example, they all went on to "build socialism" according to a Stalinist template and were initially dedicated to "anti-imperialist struggle" as members of a world communist movement. But their common features. But their common features gave way to diversity, difference and defiance after the death of Joseph Stalin in 1953. For many reasons, and in many ways, those differences soon blew apart the world communist movement and eventually led to the collapse of European communism. While the dream of world communism is dead, the future of the remaining communist regimes that remain in power is uncertain. An accessible history of one of the most important political phenomena of the past 150 years, this volume provides readers with a crisp account of the entire movement – from the theories of Marx and Lenin to the on-the-ground policies of Stalin, Mao, Gorbachev, Deng, and other communist leaders – that culminates in our own era.

"George Holden embraces the idea that parenting is a dynamic process: children affect parents just as much as parents affect children. A multi-level, ecological approach to parenting and childrearing allows a full range of parenting styles, covering topics from co-parenting, evolutionary views, human behavioral genetics, to religious influences, and addressing challenges to be encountered across parenting courses, such as family violence, behavior problems, and the role of pathology in the family. Completely updated in a new third edition, Parenting: A Dynamic Process presents research in a way that is accessible and interesting but also accurate, current, and intellectually rich. Although written from a psychological perspective, views and applications from other disciplines - including sociology, criminology, anthropology, and pediatrics - are also discussed where appropriate. The text discusses contemporary issues, such as fertility problems, daycare, marital conflict, whether or not to use physical punishment, divorce, remarriage and step-parents, gay parents, the effects of poverty, risks and benefits of media use among children, and family violence. Additionally, Holden includes selected studies from developing and non-western countries as well as recent statistics on such topics as US & world birthrate, birth problems, adolescent pregnancy, child injury, divorce and remarriage, child maltreatment, and certain social policy issues"--

Introduction -- 1. John Locke and Southern plantations -- 2. John Winthrop and the New England town -- 3. Thomas Jefferson and the Midwestern township -- 4. Albert Gallatin and municipal enterprise -- 5. William Leggett and the general incorporation laws -- 6. Justin Morrill and land grant colleges -- 7. John Wesley Powell and Western public lands -- 8. Joseph Pulitzer and municipal home rule -- 9. Hugh Hammond Bennett and soil conservation districts -- 10. Byron Hanke and the residential community association -- Conclusion: the way forward.

Inorganic Chemistry for Geochemistry and Environmental Sciences: Fundamentals and Applicationsdiscusses the structure, bonding and reactivity of molecules and solids of environmental interest, bringing the reactivity of non-metals and metals to inorganic chemists, geochemists and environmental chemists from diverse fields. Understanding the principles of inorganic chemistry including chemical bonding, frontier molecular orbital theory, electron transfer processes, formation of (nano) particles, transition metal-ligand complexes, metal catalysis and more are essential to describe earth processes over time scales ranging from 1 nanosec to 1 Gigayr. Throughout the book, fundamental chemical principles are illustrated with relevant examples from geochemistry, environmental and marine chemistry, allowing students to better understand environmental and geochemical processes at the molecular level.Topics covered include: Thermodynamics and kinetics of redox reactions Atomic structure Symmetry Covalent bonding, and bonding in solids and nanoparticles Frontier Molecular Orbital Theory Acids and bases Basics of transition metal chemistry including Chemical reactivity of materials of geochemical and environmental interestSupplementary material is provided online, including PowerPoint slides, problem sets and solutions. Inorganic Chemistry for Geochemistry and Environmental Sciences is a rapid assimilation textbook for those studying and working in areas of geochemistry, inorganic chemistry and environmental chemistry, wishing to enhance their understanding of environmental processes from the molecular level to the global level.