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301.0973 H663d, 1994
AUT Hinkle, Roscoe C.
TIT Developments in American sociological theory, 1915-1950.
PUB Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, c1994.
302.12 L512i, 2005
AUT Legerstee, Maria Theresia.
TIT Infants' sense of people : precursors to a theory of mind.
PUB Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
302.23 K43c, 2005
AUT Kevorkian, Martin.
TIT Color monitors : the black face of technology in America.
PUB Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2006.
CON Contents: Computers with color monitors -- Lost worlds -- Integrated circuits -- Techno-black like me -- Thinking inside the black box.
303.3 H177a, 2006
AUT Hall, John A. ; Schroeder, Ralph.
TIT An anatomy of power : the social theory of Michael Mann.
PUB Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
CON Contents: Mann's transformation of the classic sociological traditions / Randall Collins -- Political questions / John A. Hall -- Mann's microfoundations: addressing neo-Weberian dilemmas / Edgar Kiser -- Grand, yet grounded: ontology, theory, and method in Michael Mann's historical sociology / Joseph Bryant -- Mann's theory of ideological power: sources, applications, and elaborations / Philip S. Gorski -- Political power un-manned: a defence of the Holy Trinity from Mann's military attack / Gianfranco Poggi -- Mann, the state, and war / John M. Hobson -- Infrastructural power, economic transformation, and globalization / Linda Weiss -- From theory to history: "The European dynamic" or feudalism to capitalism? / Robert Brenner -- The rise of the West / Stephan R. Epstein -- A historical, not comparative method: breakthroughs and limitations in the theory and methodology of Michael Mann's analysis of power / Jack A. Goldstone -- The "British" sources of social power: reflections on history, sociology, and intellectual biography / Frank Trentmann -- Networks and ideologies: the fusion of "is" and "ought" as a means to social power / Jack Snyder -- Mann's dark side: linking democracy and genocide / David Laitin -- The success of social power revisited: a response to criticism / Michael Mann.
Ref 303.3 M284h, 2004
AUT Manning, Martin J ; Romerstein, Herbert.
TIT Historical dictionary of American propaganda.
PUB Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2004.
303.3 O82t, 2006
AUT Osgood, Kenneth Alan.
TIT Total Cold War : Eisenhower's secret propaganda battle at home and abroad.
PUB Lawrence, Kan. : University of Kansas, c2006.
CON Contents: Regimenting the public mind : the communications revolution and the age of total war -- A new type of cold war : Eisenhower and the challenge of coexistence -- Camouflaged propaganda : psychological warfare's new look -- Secret empire : psychological operations and the worldwide anticommunist crusade -- Spinning the friendly atom : the Atoms for Peace Campaign -- The illusory spirit of Geneva : propaganda and the new diplomacy -- Every man an ambassador : cultural propaganda and the People-to-People Campaign -- Facts about the United States : the USIA presents everyday life in America -- A new "Magna Carta" of freedom : the ideological warfare campaign -- The power of symbols : psychological strategy and the space race.
303.34 K92c, 2005
AUT Krile, James F. ; Curphy, Gordon J ; Lund, Duane R.
TIT The community leadership handbook : framing ideas, building relationships, and mobilizing resources.
PUB Saint Paul, Minn. : Fieldstone Alliance, 2006.
CON Contents: Introduction: getting the most from this book -- Insights from the blandin community leadership program -- Community leadership comes with a job description -- Community leadership is not rocket science! -- What youll find in this book -- Who can use this book -- How to use this book -- Three core competencies for community leadership -- Framing ideas -- How influences what -- Framing is complex -- Framing creates focus -- Building and using social capital -- Community action takes place through human relationships -- Social capital flows through networks -- Social capital comes in two forms -- Mobilizing resources -- Move others to speak and act in support of the goals -- Engage people who have access to key networks -- Directly involve large numbers of people throughout the community -- Remember the different points at which people adopt new ideas -- Combining the competencies -- Social capital helps people manage differences in framing -- Framing can increase or decrease social capital -- Effective framing makes it easier to mobilize resources -- Social capital is required to mobilize resources -- Mobilizing resources can increase or decrease social capital -- Solve problems by looking at how competencies combine -- Use tools to practice the competencies -- Tools for framing ideas -- Tool 1. Identifying community assets -- About this tool -- Step 1. Clarify why you want asset information -- Step 2. Create initial lists of assets -- Step 3. Decide how to collect more detailed asset information -- Step 4. Design your asset inventory and use it -- Step 5. Map the assets you discovered -- Step 6. Put your asset map to use -- Tool 2. Analyzing community problems -- About this tool -- Step 1. State the problem as you see it now -- Step 2. Describe why this is a problem -- Step 3. Describe the causes and consequences of the problem -- Step 4. Describe who is involved -- Step 5. Identify information that you are missing -- Step 6. Define the problem in one sentence -- Step 7. Define the problem in manageable terms -- Tool 3. Accessing community data -- About this tool -- Step 1. Decide what you're looking for -- Step 2. Start locally -- Step 3. Expand your search -- Step 4. Determine what the data means -- Follow up on your research -- Tool 4. Doing appreciative inquiry -- About this tool -- Step 1. Conduct individual analysis -- Step 2. Conduct two-person interviews -- Step 3. Hold small group discussions -- Step 4. Hold a large group discussion -- Step 5. Choose how to follow up -- Step 6. Experiment with an alternate form of appreciative inquiry -- Tool 5. Visioning -- About this tool -- Step 1. Identify a coordinating individual or agency -- Step 2. Form the steering committee -- Step 3. Extend the invitations -- Step 4. Hold a meeting to create the vision -- Step 5. Draft the vi.
303.34 P616�4, 2006
AUT Pierce, Jon L. ; Newstrom, John W.
TIT Leaders & the leadership process : readings, self-assessments & applications. - 4th ed.
PUB Boston, Mass. : McGraw-Hill Irwin, c2006.
303.38 G492c, 2003
AUT Ginneken, Jaap van.
TIT Collective behavior and public opinion : rapid shifts in opinion and communication.
PUB Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum, 2003.
SER The European Institute for the Media series.
303.482 C678g, 2006
AUT Cohen, Daniel.
TIT Globalization and its enemies.
PUB Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2006.
CON Contents: 1. The birth of the North-South axis -- 2. From one globalization to another -- 3. The new world economy -- 4. The clash of civilizations? -- 5. Indigenous growth -- 6. The empire, etcetera -- 7. AIDS and debt.
303.48273 K29j, 2006
AUT Kelts, Roland.
TIT Japanamerica : how Japanese pop culture has invaded the U.S. - 1st ed.
PUB New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
303.483 S322i, 2007
AUT Schell, Bernadette H.
TIT The Internet and society : a reference handbook.
PUB Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2007.
SER ABC-CLIO's contemporary world issues.
CON Contents: Background and history -- Problems, controversies, and solutions -- Worldwide perspective -- Chronology -- Biographies -- Facts and data -- Directory of organizations -- Print and nonprint resources.
303.4834 C592n, 2003
AUT Clark, Andy.
TIT Natural-born cyborgs : minds, technologies, and the future of human intelligence.
PUB Oxford, U.K. ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2003.
CON Contents: Cyborgs unplugged -- Technologies to bond with -- Plastic brains, hybrid minds -- Where are we? -- What are we? -- Global swarming -- Bad borgs? -- Conclusions: Post-human, Moi?.
303.49 B813c, 2001
AUT Brahm, Laurence J.
TIT China's century : the awakening of the next economic powerhouse.
PUB Singapore ; New York : Wiley, 2001.
304.5 C947t, 1999
AUT Cronk, Lee.
TIT That complex whole : culture and the evolution of human behavior.
PUB Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1999.
CON Contents: Righting culture -- Natural kinds -- Blob -- First contact -- Infectious idea -- Of missionaries and mud -- Gardening tips.
305.23 F248M, 2006
AUT M�ller, Anja.
TIT Fashioning childhood in the eighteenth century : age and identity.
PUB Aldershot, England ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, c2006.
SER Ashgate studies in childhood, 1700 to the present.
CON Contents: The doctor and the child / Adriana S. Benzaqu�n -- Children as patients in German-speaking regions in the eighteenth century / Iris Ritzmann -- Observing children in an early journal of psychology / Anthony Krupp -- The legal status of children in eighteenth-century England / Anna-Christina Giovanopoulos -- Children, adolescents and fashionable urban society in eighteenth-century England / Peter Borsay -- The child in the visual culture of consumption 1790-1830 / Patricia Crown -- Locke's education or Rousseau's freedom / Christoph Houswitschka -- Fashioning age and identity / Anja M�ller -- Engaging identity / Dorothy Johnson -- Greuze and the ideology of infant nursing in eighteenth-century France / Bernadette Fort -- Childhood and juvenile delinquency in eighteenth-century Newgate calendars / Uwe B�ker -- Tales of miracle or lessons of morality? / Sonja Fielitz -- Defoe's children / Klaus Peter Jochum -- Fictionalizing foundlings / Jan Hollm -- Winding up the clock / Dirk Vanderbeke -- Gendered childhoods / Brigitte Claser -- Fashioning the child author / Peter Sabor.
305.3 T651g2, 2005
AUT Tolleson-Rinehart, Sue ; Josephson, Jyl J.
TIT Gender and American politics : women, men, and the political process / editors, Sue Tolleson-Rinehart and Jyl J. Josephson. - Rev. and expanded 2nd ed.
PUB Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c2005.
CON Contents: Introduction : gender, sex, and American political life / Jyl J. Josephson and Sue Tolleson-Rinehart -- Gender and political knowledge / Michael X. Delli Carpini and Scott Keeter -- Gender and political participation / M. Margaret Conway -- A tougher road for women? : assessing the role of gender in congressional elections / Pamela Fiber and Richard L. Fox -- Are moral voices gendered? : care, rights, and autonomy in reproductive decision making / Eric Plutzer -- Gender and U.S. foreign policy : hegemonic masculinity, the war in Iraq, and the UN-doing of world order / Janie Leatherman -- Gendering policy debates : welfare reform, abortion regulation, and trafficking / Dorothy E. McBride -- Gender, social construction, and policies for low-income men and women / Jyl J. Josephson -- "Women get sicker; men die quicker" : gender, health politics, and health policy / Sue Tolleson-Rinehart -- Cabinet nominations in the William J. Clinton and George W. Bush administrations : gender, change, and representation / MaryAnne Borrelli -- Gender and the federal judiciary / Susan Gluck Mezey -- Cracking the glass ceiling : the status, significance, and prospects of women in legislative office / Sue Thomas -- Gender bias? : media coverage of women and men in Congress / David Niven -- Conclusion : gender and the future of American political life / Sue Tolleson-Rinehart and Jyl J. Josephson.
305.489 F951g, 2005
AUT Fuchs, Rachel Ginnis.
TIT Gender and poverty in nineteenth-century Europe.
PUB Cambridge, U.K. : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
SER New approaches to European history. ; 35.
CON Contents: The revolutionary era, 1770-1815 -- Population and poverty -- Rural society and the problems of poverty -- Working in the cities -- Life in the cities -- Charity and welfare .
305.5 P346s2, 2006
AUT Payne, Geoff.
TIT Social divisions. - 2nd ed.
PUB Basingstoke [Engalnd] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
305.55 D632w, 2006
AUT Dobbs, Lou.
TIT War on the middle class : how the government, big business, and special interest groups are waging war on the American dream and how to fight back.
PUB New York : Viking, 2006.
CON Contents: War on the middle class -- Class warfare -- The best government money can buy -- The politics of deceit -- He says, she says -- The exorbitant cost of free trade -- Exporting America -- Broken borders -- A generation of failure -- Health care: it's enough to make you sick -- The best of intentions -- Taking back America -- The Declaration of Independence -- The Constitution of the United States -- The Bill of Rights -- The Constitution: Amendments 11-27.
305.697 S559b, 2006
AUT Shore, Zachary.
TIT Breeding Bin Ladens : America, Islam, and the future of Europe.
PUB Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.
CON Contents: London Bridges -- Islamic Awakenings -- Two Faces, Two Futures -- Headscarf Headaches -- Migration Migraines -- Clash of the Barbies -- New Europe, Same Old Issues -- The Future of Muslim Europe -- Conclusion. Looking Back to Look Ahead -- Epilogue. Rethinking Policies for Attracting Hearts and Minds.
305.868 T562m, 2006
AUT Tienda, Marta ; Mitchell, Faith.
TIT Multiple origins, uncertain destinies : Hispanics and the American future.
PUB Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2006.
CON Contents: Multiple origins, Hispanic portrait -- Defining Hispanicity: e pluribus unum or e pluribus plures? -- The challenges of integration -- Realms of integration: familty, education, work, and health -- Uncertain destinies.
306.20943 F829b, 2005
AUT Frankel, Richard Evan.
TIT Bismarck's shadow : the cult of leadership and the transformation of the German right, 1898-1945.
PUB Oxford ; New York : Berg, 2005.
306.362 F791m, 2005
AUT Fox-Genovese, Elizabeth ; Genovese, Eugene D.
TIT The mind of the master class : history and faith in the Southern slaveholders' worldview.
PUB Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
306.483 T659n, 2006
AUT Tomlinson, Alan ; Young, Christopher.
TIT National identity and global sports events : culture, politics, and spectacle in the Olympics and the football World Cup.
PUB Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, c2006.
SER SUNY series on sport, culture, and social relations.
CON Contents: Culture, politics, and spectacle in the global sports event : an introduction / Alan Tomlinson and Christopher Young -- The theory of spectacle : reviewing Olympic ethnography / John J. MacAloon -- Italy 1934 : football and fascism / Robert S.C. Gordon and John London -- Berlin 1936 : the most controversial Olympics / Allen Guttmann -- England 1966 : traditional and modern? / Tony Mason -- Mexico city 1968 : sombreros and skyscrapers / Keith and Claire Brewster -- Munich 1972 : re-presenting the nation / Christopher Young -- Argentina 1978 : military nationalism, football essentialism, and moral ambivalence / Eduardo P. Archetti -- Moscow 1980 : Stalinism or good, clean fun? / Robert Edelman -- Los Angeles 1984 and 1932 : commercialising the American dream / Alan Tomlinson -- Barcelona 1992 : evaluating the Olympic legacy / Miquel de Moragas and Christopher Kennett -- Sydney 2000 : sociality and spaciality in global media events / Deborah Stevenson and David Rowe -- Korea and Japan 2002 : public space and popular celebration / Soon-Hee Whang.
306.6 D963e, 2001
AUT Durkheim, Emile ; Cosman, Carol ; Cladis, Mark Sydney.
TIT The elementary forms of religious life.
PUB Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2001.
SER Oxford world's classics.
306.6 H236E, 2005
AUT Ebaugh, Helen Rose Fuchs.
TIT Handbook of religion and social institutions.
PUB New York : Springer, c2005.
SER Handbooks of sociology and social research.
CON Contents: Politics and social movements / Darren E. Sherkat -- Economy / Larry Iannaccone -- Education / David Sikkink and Jonathan Hill -- Social welfare / Ram A. Cnaan and Charlene C. McGrew -- Family / W. Bradford Wilcox -- Adolescence / Peter L. Benson and Pamela Ebstyne King -- Aging / Nela Krause -- Race/ethnicity / John P. Bartkowski and Todd L. Matthews -- Social class / James D. Davidson and Ralph E. Pyle -- Gender / Nancy Nason-Clark and Barbara Fisher-Townsend -- Law / James T. Richardson -- Crime/deviance / John P. Hoffmann and Stephen J. Bahr -- Adolescent delinquency / Mark D. Regnerus -- Sport / James A. Mathisen -- Media / Stewart M. Hoover -- Technology / William A. Stahl -- Church membership in America: trends and explanations / Roger Finke -- Denominationalism/Congregationalism / Nancy T. Ammerman -- Religious leadership/clergy / Dean R. Hoge -- Immigration / Peggy Levitt -- Globalization / Peter Beyer.
306.848 C232s, 2006
AUT Cantor, Donald J.
TIT Same-sex marriage : the legal and psychological evolution in America.
PUB Middletown, Conn. : Wesleyan University Press, c2006.
307.76 B889s, 2006
AUT Bruegmann, Robert.
TIT Sprawl : a compact history.
PUB Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press ; Bristol : University Presses Marketing [distributor], 2006.
Ref 307.76 E56G, 2007 v.1-2
AUT Goldfield, David R., 1944- ; Goldfield, David R., 1944-.
TIT Encyclopedia of American urban history.
PUB Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c2007.
SER A Sage reference publication.
CON Contents: v. 1. A - L -- v. 2. M - Z.
307.76 W132r, 2005
AUT Wagner, Fritz W.
TIT Revitalizing the city : strategies to contain sprawl and revive the core.
PUB Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, 2005.
SER Cities and contemporary society.
CON Contents: A perspective on suburban expansion and metropolitan development / Krishna M. Akundi -- Is there a need to contain growth? / Elise Bright -- The challenges of smart growth: the San Diego case / Nico Calavita, Roger Caves, and Kathleen Ferrier -- The role of county governments in metropolitan administration: a study of the St. Louis MSA / Mark Tranel -- Regional governance and sustainability: the case of Vancouver / Alan F.J. Artibise and John Meligrana -- The effect of regional smart growth on metropolitan growth and construction: a preliminary assessment / Arthur C. Nelson and Raymond J. Burby -- Impacts of building code enforcement on the housing industry / Raymond J. Burby -- Citizen reaction to Brownfield's redevelopment / Sabina E. Deitrick and Stephen C. Farber -- Payments-in-lieu-of-taxes: a revenue-generating strategy for central cities / Pamela Leland -- Central city and suburban policy choices / Victoria M. Basolo and Chihyen Huang -- Mixed-income housing / Alex Schwartz and Kian Tajbakhsh -- Cybercities / Jill Simone Gross -- Conclusion: opportunities and challenges for containing sprawl and revitalizing the core / Alan F.J. Artibise.
320.01 C525m, 2005
AUT Chesterman, Simon ; Ignatieff, Michael ; Thakur, Ramesh Chandra.
TIT Making states work : state failure and the crisis of governance.
PUB Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, c2005.
320.5 V653a, 2006
AUT Vidino, Lorenzo ; Emerson, Steven.
TIT Al Qaeda in Europe : the new battleground of international jihad.
PUB Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2006.
CON Contents: A dagger in the soft heart -- Profiling Al Qaeda in Europe -- Life among the infidels -- Europe's tied hands -- The Algerian network -- The Algerian network and its origins -- The Strasbourg plot -- The Ricin plot -- Chechnya, land of the forgotten jihad -- Al Qaeda's main station house in Europe and the Iraqi jihad -- The Islamic Cultural Institute of Milan -- From Afghanistan to Iraq through Europe -- The Iraqi jihad -- Madrid, Van Gogh, and the new face of Al Qaeda -- The Madrid train bombings -- The Van Gogh assassination.
Ref 320.52 A512F, 2006
AUT Frohnen, Bruce ; Beer, Jeremy ; Nelson, Jeffrey O.
TIT American conservatism : an encyclopedia.
PUB Wilmington, Del. : ISI Books, 2006.
320.5209 T675r, 2006
AUT Toplin, Robert Brent.
TIT Radical conservatism : the right's political religion.
PUB Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, c2006.
320.6 T216m3, 2005
AUT Tatalovich, Raymond ; Daynes, Byron W ; Tatalovich, Raymond.
TIT Moral controversies in American politics. - 3rd ed.
PUB Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c2005.
CON Contents: Abortion: pro-choice versus pro-life / Ruth Ann Strickland -- Affirmative action: minority rights or reverse discrimination? / Gary C. Bryner -- Animal rights: subordinate or equal species? / Stephanie A. Slocum-Schaffer -- Death penalty: just punishment or legalized homicide? / Brent S. Steel and Mary Ann E. Steger -- Gay rights: lifestyle or immorality? / Margaret Ellis -- God or country: debating religion in public life / Ted G. Jelen -- Gun control: constitutional mandate or myth? / Robert J. Spitzer -- Hate crimes: protected prejudice or punishable motive? / Scott Yenor and Jon Schaff -- Pornography: freedom of expression or sexual degradation? / Byron W. Daynes.
320.8 C337L, 2004
AUT Leland, Suzanne M., 1971- ; Thurmaier, Kurt M.
TIT Case studies of city-county consolidation : reshaping the local government landscape.
PUB Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c2004.
SER Reshaping the local government landscape.
CON Contents: Jacksonville/Duval County, Florida / Bert E. Swanson -- Columbus/Muscogee County, Georgia / Arnold Fleischmann and Jennifer Custer -- Tallahassee/Leon County, Florida / Linda S. Johnson -- Sacramento/Sacramento County, California / Glen W. Sparrow -- Athens/Clarke County, Georgia / Dan Durning, William L. Gillespie, and Richard W. Campbell -- Lafayette/Lafayette Parish, Louisiana / Hunter Bacot -- Branch/North Branch, Minnesota / Beth Walter Honadle -- Des Moines/Polk County, Iowa / Paul Coates and Alfred Ho -- Augusta/Richmond County, Georgia / Richard W. Campbell, William L. Gillespie, and Dan Durning -- Wilmington/New Hanover County, North Carolina / Gary Alan Johnson -- Knoxville/Knox County, Tennessee / Anthony Nownes and David J. Houston -- Kansas City/Wyandotte County, Kansas / Suzanne M. Leland -- Louisville/Jefferson County, Kentucky / H.V. Savitch and Ronald K. Vogel.
320.8 C581C, 2004
AUT Carr, Jered B ; Feiock, Richard C.
TIT City-county consolidation and its alternatives : reshaping the local government landscape.
PUB Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c2004.
SER Reshaping the local government landscape.
CON Contents: Perspectives on city-county consolidation and its alternatives / Jered B. Carr -- Consolidation as a local government reform / Suzanne M. Leland, Gary A. Johnson -- Do consolidation entrepreneurs make a deal with the devil? / Richard C. Feiock -- Issues of scale and transaction costs in city-county consolidation / Allen B. Brierly -- Annexation as form of consolidation / Allen B. Brierly -- Interlocal agreements as an alternative to consolidation / Kurt Thurmaier, Curtis Wood -- Special districts / Barbara Coyle McCabe -- Revolutionary local constitutional change / Linda S. Johnson -- The politics of city-county consolidation / Jered B. Carr, Bethany G. Sneed -- Local government amalgamation from the top down / Raymond A. Rosenfeld, Laura A. Reese -- Making the case for (and against) city-county consolidation / Linda S. Johnson, Jered B. Carr -- Institutional choice, collective action, and governance / Richard C. Feiock.
320.951 W959a, 2005
AUT Wu, Guoguang.
TIT The anatomy of political power in China.
PUB [Singapore] : East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore : Marshall Cavendish Academic, 2005.
SER Politics & international relations.
321.8 D131p, 2006
AUT Dahl, Robert Alan.
TIT A preface to democratic theory. - Expanded ed.
PUB Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, 2006.
SER Charles R. Walgreen Foundation lectures.
321.8 M978c, 2007
AUT Murphy, Walter F.
TIT Constitutional democracy : creating and maintaining a just political order.
PUB Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.
SER The Johns Hopkins series in constitutional thought.
CON Contents: Creating a constitutional democracy. Values, interest, and goals -- Alternative political systems -- Alternative political systems : the debate -- The possibility of constitutional democracy -- Maintaining a constitutional democracy. Creating citizens -- Military and security forces -- Rebuilding the machinery of state : the bureaucracies -- Dealing with deposed despots -- Constitutional interpretation as constitutional maintenance -- Constitutional change and its limits.
323.092 C623t, 2006
AUT Cleaver, Eldridge ; Cleaver, Kathleen.
TIT Target zero : a life in writing. - 1st ed.
PUB New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
323.1197 T945t, 2006
AUT Turner, Dale A.
TIT This is not a peace pipe : towards a critical indigenous philosophy.
PUB Toronto, Canada : University of Toronto Press, c2006.
CON Contents: White paper liberalism and the problem of aboriginal participation -- Cairn's Canada : citizens nonplussed -- Liberalism's last stand : minority rights and the (mis)recognition of aboriginal sovereignty -- Word warriors -- Towards a critical indigenous philosophy.
324.089 G142a, 2006
AUT Gaines, Kevin Kelly.
TIT American Africans in Ghana : Black expatriates and the civil rights era.
PUB Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina Press, c2006.
SER The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.
324.273 R219t, 2005
AUT Rapoport, Ronald ; Stone, Walter J.
TIT Three's a crowd : the dynamic of third parties, Ross Perot, & Republican resurgence.
PUB Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan Press, c2005.
CON Contents: Introduction : the dynamic of third parties -- A theory of third-party support and major-party change -- The rise and fall of Ross Perot and the Reform Party, 1992-2000 -- Was there an issue constituency for Perot? -- Explaining support for Perot -- The decline in support for Perot -- The major party bid for the Perot constituency -- Perot & the Republican resurgence, 1994-2000 -- The mobilization effects of Perot activity -- The impact of Perot on the Republican Party's issue positions -- Conclusion : third parties and political change in America.
324.273 W267d, 2006
AUT Ware, Alan.
TIT The Democratic Party heads north, 1877-1962.
PUB Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
CON Contents: The South and the Democratic coalition -- The dynamics of party coalition building -- The unstable party equilibrium, 1877-1896 -- The re-assembling of the Democratic coalition, 1896-1912 -- Woodrow Wilson and the failure to re-shape the Democratic coalition, 1912-1920 -- How could a winning Democratic coalition be constructed, 1920-1932? -- Democratic Party dominance or restored party equilibrium, 1938-1952? -- The two parties' coalitions come under threat, 1952-1962 -- Conclusions.
324.709 A736c, 2006
AUT Armstrong, Jerome ; Moulitsas Z�niga, Markos.
TIT Crashing the gate : Netroots, grassroots, and the rise of people-powered politics.
PUB White River Junction, Vt. : Chelsea Green Pub. Co., c2006.
324.78 S192f, 2006
AUT Samples, John Curtis.
TIT The fallacy of campaign finance reform.
PUB Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, 2006.
CON Contents: The Madisonian vision of politics -- The progressive vision of politics -- The corruption of representation -- Political culture -- Equality -- Electoral competition -- The origins of modern campaign finance law -- McCain-Feingold and the market for incumbent protection -- A liberalizing agenda.
324.973 G796v, 2006
AUT Green, John Clifford ; Rozell, Mark J ; Wilcox, Clyde.
TIT The values campaign? : the Christian right and the 2004 elections.
PUB Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c2006.
SER Religion and politics series.
CON Contents: The march goes on: the Christian Right and the 2004 values campaign / John C. Green, Mark J. Rozell, and Clyde Wilcox -- The "values vote"? Moral issues and the 2004 elections / Mark J. Rozell and Debasree Das Gupta -- Agents of value: Christian Right activists in 2004 / John C. Green, Kimberly H. Conger, and James L. Guth -- Saving marriage by banning marriage: the Christian Right finds a new issue in 2004 / Clyde Wilcox, Linda M. Merolla, and David Beer -- Ohio: the Bible and the Buckeye State / John C. Green -- Michigan: a war on the home front? / James M. Penning and Corwin E. Smidt -- Iowa: in the heart of Bush Country / Kimberly H. Conger and Donald Racheter -- Minnesota: battleground politics in a new setting / Christopher P. Gilbert -- Florida: so close and yet so far / Kenneth D. Wald ... [et al.] -- Colorado: an uphill climb / Carin Larson -- Oklahoma: a battle of good versus evil / Shad B. Satterhwaite -- California m�nage � trois: the Christian Right, the Republican Party, and Arnold Schwarzenegger / J. Christopher Soper and Joel S. Fetzer -- South Carolina: integration and success? / James L. Guth.
325.32 M217a, 2006
AUT Maier, Charles S.
TIT Among empires : American ascendancy and its predecessors.
PUB Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2006.
CON Contents: I: Recurring structures -- The imperial arena -- What is an empire? -- Frontiers -- "Call it peace" -- II: America's turn -- Highland Park and Hiroshima -- Frontiers and forces in the Cold War -- An empire of production -- An empire of consumption -- The vase of Uruk.
325.73 L549i, 2007
AUT LeMay, Michael C.
TIT Illegal immigration : a reference handbook.
PUB Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2007.
SER ABC-CLIO's contemporary world issues series.
325.73 Z86n, 2006
AUT Zolberg, Aristide R.
TIT A nation by design : immigration policy in the fashioning of America.
PUB New York : Russell Sage Foundation ; Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2006.
CON Contents: 1. Themes and perspectives -- 2. From empire to republic -- 3. An acquisitive upstart -- 4. The American system -- 5. Tocqueville's footnote -- 6. Seward's other follies -- 7. "An intelligent and effective restriction" -- 8. A nation like the others -- 9. The ambiguities of reform -- 10. The elusive quest for coherence -- 11. Why the gates were not shut -- Conclusion. National design in a globalizing world -- Appendix. Immigration graphs.
327.51059 W872c, 2006
AUT Womack, Brantly.
TIT China and Vietnam : the politics of asymmetry.
PUB Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
CON Contents: General overview -- Part One: Basic structure -- The parameters of China's external posture -- Vietnam's basic parameters -- The politics of asymmetry -- Part Two: The relational dynamic -- From the beginnings to Vietnamese independence -- Unequal empires -- The brotherhood of oppression, 1840-1950 -- Lips and teeth: 1949-1975 -- Illusions of victory: 1975-1991 -- From normalization to normalcy -- Change and structure in asymmetry. Contents: General overview -- Part One: Basic structure -- The parameters of China's external posture -- Vietnam's basic parameters -- The politics of asymmetry -- Part Two: The relational dynamic -- From the beginnings to Vietnamese independence -- Unequal empires -- The brotherhood of oppression -- Lips and teeth: 1949-1975 -- Illusions of victory: 1975-1990 -- From normalization to normalcy -- Change and structure in asymmetry.
327.73 G981s, 2006
AUT Gurtov, Melvin.
TIT Superpower on crusade : the Bush doctrine in US foreign policy.
PUB Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2006.
CON Contents: From the war on communism to the war on terror -- The Bush doctrine -- False pretenses : the war on Iraq -- Fallout : the perils and profits of empire -- Rogues and clients : the long arm of unilateralism -- The United States as global citizen -- Crusading : costs and alternatives.
327.73 P132f, 2006
AUT Page, Benjamin I ; Bouton, Marshall M.
TIT The foreign policy disconnect : what Americans want from our leaders but don't get.
PUB Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, 2006.
SER American politics and political economy.
CON Contents: Introduction : what sort of foreign policy? -- Taking public opinion seriously -- The goals of security and justice -- Friends and foes in the world -- Military strength and the use of force -- Political cooperation -- Economic well-being and economic justice -- A disconnect between policy makers and the public? -- Conclusion : foreign policy and democracy.
327.73009 A772r, 2006
AUT Arquilla, John.
TIT The Reagan imprint : ideas in American foreign policy from the collapse of communism to the war on terror.
PUB Chicago, Ill. : Ivan R. Dee, c2006.
CON Contents: How to think about Ronald Reagan -- The turn of the tide in the Cold War -- The "controlled crash" of the Soviet Union -- Confronting the perils of proliferation -- Transforming the American military -- The nuances of information strategy -- The protracted struggle against terrorism -- Ways of remembering Reagan.
327.730172 R935u, 2006
AUT R�land, J�rgen ; Hanf, Theodor ; Manske, Eva.
TIT U.S. foreign policy toward the Third World : a post-Cold War assessment.
PUB Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c2006.
CON Contents: American policies toward the global south in the post-Cold War era / J�rgen R�land, Theodor Hanf, and Eva Manske -- American foreign policy : between isolationism and internationalism, unilateralism and multilateralism / Hanns W. Maull -- Decision-making processes and actors in American foreign policy formulation : Is there a Third-World lobby? / James M. McCormick -- American foreign policy toward Latin America in the post-Cold War era : a case of benign neglect? / Howard J. Wiarda -- American policy in the post-Cold War Middle East / William B. Quandt -- Southeast Asia and the United States after September 11, 2001 / Amitav Acharya -- U.S. policy interests in South Asia : continuities and disjuncture / Sumit Ganguly -- United states and Africa : "Uncle Sam" or "Uncle Scrooge"? / Peter J. Schraeder -- The revival of geopolitics : U.S. politics in Afghanistan and Central Asia / Conrad Schetter and Bernd Kuzmits -- Conclusion and perspectives : U.S. policy toward the global south after September 11, 2001 / J�rgen R�land.
327.73041 D887s2, 2006
AUT Dumbrell, John.
TIT A special relationship : Anglo-American relations from the Cold War to Iraq. - 2nd ed.
PUB Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
330.905 H278u, 2006
AUT Harford, Tim.
TIT The undercover economist : exposing why the rich are rich, the poor are poor--and why you can never buy a decent used car!.
PUB Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
CON Contents: 1. Who pays for your coffee? -- 2. What supermarkets don't want you to know -- 3. Perfect markets and the "world of truth" -- 4. Crosstown traffic -- 5. The inside story -- 6. Rational insanity -- 7. The men who knew the value of nothing -- 8. Why poor countries are poor -- 9. Beer, fries and globalization -- 10. How China grew rich.
331 E33m9, 2006
AUT Ehrenberg, Ronald G ; Smith, Robert Stewart.
TIT Modern labor economics : theory and public policy. - 9th ed.
PUB Boston, Mass. : Pearson/Addison Wesley, c2006.
SER Addison-Wesley series in economics.
CON Contents: Overview of the labor market -- The demand for labor -- Labor demand elasticities -- Frictions in the labor market -- Supply of labor to the economy: the decision to work -- Labor supply: household production, the family, and the life cycle -- Compensating wage differentials and labor markets -- Investments in human capital: education and training -- Worker mobility: migration, immigration, and turnover -- Pay and productivity: wage determination within the firm -- Gender, race, and ethnicity in the labor market -- Unions and the labor market -- Inequality in earnings -- Unemployment.
331.62 F495w, 2006
AUT Fine, Janice.
TIT Worker centers : organizing communities at the edge of the dream.
PUB Ithaca, N.Y. : ILR Press/Cornell University Press, 2006.
CON Contents: Origins and characteristics of worker centers -- Putting worker centers in context -- Organizing at the intersection of ethnicity, race, and class -- Delivering services on the frontlines -- Economic action organizing -- Relationships with unions -- Public policy enforcement and reform -- Immigrant rights and social justice -- The internal life of worker centers -- Networking, structures, and practices -- A holistic assessment of the worker center phenomenon.
331.702 F553m, 2006
AUT Fitzgerald, Joan, Ph. D.
TIT Moving up in the new economy : career ladders for U.S. workers.
PUB Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2006.
CON Contents: The potential and limitations of career ladders -- Health care -- Child care -- Education -- Biotechnology -- Manufacturing -- An agenda for moving up in the new economy.
331.89 J42n, 2005
AUT Jayaraman, Sarumathi ; Ness, Immanuel.
TIT The new urban immigrant workforce : innovative models for labor organizing.
PUB Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, Inc., c2005.
CON Contents: Introduction -- Socioeconomics and conflict in sending remittances from New York City's unstable labor markets to Peru / Alex Julca -- Driving taxis in New York City : who wants to do it? / Diditi Mitra -- Community labor alliances : organizing greengrocery workers in New York City / Immanuel Ness -- Models of worker organizing / Saru Jayaraman and Immanuel Ness -- La alianza para la justica : a team approach to immigrant worker organizing / Saru Jayaraman -- Center stage : domestic workers organizing in the global city / Ai-Jen Poo and Eric Tang -- Organizing in the South Asian domestic worker community : pushing the boundaries of the law and organizing project / Monika Batra -- "ROCing" the industry : organizing restaurant workers in New York / Saru Jayaraman.
332.15 T867r, 2006
AUT Truman, Edwin M.
TIT Reforming the IMF for the 21st century.
PUB Washington, D.C. : Institute for International Economics, c2006.
SER Special report ; 19.
CON Contents: Introduction and summary / Edwin M. Truman -- Overview on IMF reform / Edwin M. Truman -- The IMF view on IMF reform / Rodrigo de rato -- The IMF : back to basics / Timothy D. Adams -- Currency manipulation and enforcing the rules of the international monetary system / Morris Goldstein -- Revamping the international monetary system / John Williamson -- Regional arrangements and the international monetary fund / Randall Henning -- The IMF and the capital account / Rawi Abdelal -- Rearranging IMF chairs and shares : the sine qua non of IMF reform / Edwin M. Truman -- IMF governance and the political economy of a consolidated European seat / Lorenzo Bini Smaghi -- Internal governance and IMF performance / Miles Kahler -- A Latin American view of IMF governance / Mart�n Redrado -- A new steering committee for the world economy? / C. Fred Bergsten -- The case for a lender-of-last-resort role for the IMF / William R. Cline -- The case against the IMF as a lender of final resort / Gregor Irwin and Chris Salmon -- A stability and social investment facility for high-debt countries / Kemal Dervis and Nancy Birdsall -- The case for an IMF insurance facility / Tito Cordella and Eduardo Levy Yeyati -- A shock-smoothing facility for the IMF / Kristin Forbes -- The policy support instrument : a key component of the recent IMF reform movement / John B. Taylor -- IMF facilities for poststabilization low-income countries / Steven Radelet -- Reflections on the function and facilities for IMF lending / Michael Mussa -- Does the IMF need more financial resources? / Ariel Buira -- How should IMF resources be expanded? / Desmond Lachman -- Is the SDR a monetary dodo? This bird may still fly / Karin Lissakers -- The IMF adrift on a sea of liquidity / Barry Eichengreen -- IMF reform : attaining the critical mass / Mohamed A. El-Erian -- The IMF in perspective / Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa -- IMF reform : a Chinese view / Yu Yongding -- An IMF reform package / Edwin M. Truman.
332.64 W952f, 2005
AUT Wright, Robert E.
TIT The first Wall Street : Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, and the birth of American finance.
PUB Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, c2005.
CON Contents: Of financial markets and marketplaces -- Colonial precedents -- Revolutionary developments -- Money, money, money -- Hamilton's vision -- Hazardous voyages -- Building nest eggs and homes -- Transportation elation -- Philadelphia's finest -- Wall Street ascendant -- Legacy of growth.
333.7 V371c, 2007
AUT Vaughn, Jacqueline.
TIT Conflicts over natural resources : a reference handbook.
PUB Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2007.
SER Contemporary world issues.
333.75 P898b, 2006
AUT Pralle, Sarah Beth.
TIT Branching out, digging in : environmental advocacy and agenda setting.
PUB Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c2006.
SER American governance and public policy series.
333.82 C187o, 2005
AUT Campbell, C. J.
TIT Oil crisis.
PUB Brentwood, Essex, England : Multi-Science Pub. Co., 2005, c1988.
333.95 A545a, 2006
AUT Anderson, Anthony B. ; Jenkins, Clinton N.
TIT Applying nature's design : corridors as a strategy for biodiversity conservation.
PUB New York : Columbia University Press, c2006.
SER Issues, cases, and methods in biodiversity conservation.
CON Contents: Conceptual foundations of corridors -- Corridor design -- Corridor implementation -- Case studies.
336 K21n, 2006
AUT Kaul, Inge ; Concei��o, Pedro.
TIT The new public finance : responding to global challenges.
PUB New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
337.6 B711�, 2006
AUT Bond, Patrick.
TIT Looting Africa : the economics of exploitation.
PUB Scottsville, South Africa : University of KwaZulu-Natal Press ; London ; New York : Zed Books ; New York : Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
337.73 M348h, 2006
AUT Marling, William.
TIT How "American" is globalization?.
PUB Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.
CON Contents: "Less than we think" -- What are we talking about when we talk about globalization? -- Is English conquering the world? -- The ubiquitous American film -- American television and the rise of local programming -- The McDonalds' brouhaha -- What about the Internet? -- Do American companies dominate the world economy? -- Seeing ourselves everywhere -- The resistance of the local -- Language -- Communicative distance -- Food -- Gender -- Education -- Work -- Land use -- Tribalism -- Corruption -- Smuggling and counterfeiting -- Taxes -- The resistance of the local -- "More than we know" -- ATMs -- The money market -- Flexible manufacturing -- Franchising -- Airfreight -- Containerized freight -- Bar codes -- Computing -- Logistics.
338.0952 R745T, 2006
AUT Tanimoto, Masayuki.
TIT The role of tradition in Japan's industrialization : another path to industrialization.
PUB Oxfort ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
SER Japanese studies in economic and social history ; v. 2.
CON Contents: The role of tradition in Japan's industrialization : another path to industrialization / Masayuki Tanimoto -- The development of traditional industries in modern Japan : a statistical exposition / Takanori Matsumoto -- Tradition in industrialization -- The role of "early factories" in Japanese industrialization / Johzen Takeuchi -- Dualism in the silk-reeling industry in Suwa from the 1910s to the 1930s / Satoshi Matsumura -- Factory girls in an agrarian setting circa 1910 / Jun Sasaki -- The humble origins of modern Japan's machine industry / Jun Suzuki -- How local trade associations and manufacturers' associations worked in pre-war Japan / Kazuhiro Amori -- The modernization of traditional industries -- The rise of a factory industry : silk reeling in the Suwa district / Masaki Nakabayashi -- The export-oriented industrialization of Japanese pottery : the adoption and adaptation of overseas technology and market information / Takehisa Yamada -- Industry and regional community -- The development of a rural weaving industry and its social capital / Hisami Matsuzaki -- Communal action in the development of regional industrial policy : a case study of the Kawamata silk weaving industry / Futoshi Yamauchi -- Capital accumulation and the local economy : brewers and local notables / Masayuki Tanimoto.
Ref 338.0973 B261U 2007
AUT C. Barnes & Co.
TIT U.S. industry & market outlook. - National/U.S. States ed.
PUB Bath, Maine : C. Barnes & Co.,.
338.1 F931o, 2006
AUT Fromartz, Samuel.
TIT Organic, inc. : natural foods and how they grew. - 1st ed.
PUB Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, c2006.
CON Contents: Humus worshippers: the origins of organic food -- The organic method: strawberries in two versions -- A local initiative: from farm to market -- A spring mix: growing organic salad -- Mythic manufacturing: health, spirituality, and breakfast -- Backlash: the meaning of organic -- Consuming organic: why we buy.
338.19 R942e, 2003
AUT Runge, C. Ford.
TIT Ending hunger in our lifetime : food security and globalization.
PUB Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2003.
CON Contents: Hunger in a prosperous world -- Ending hunger sustainably -- Science and food security -- Hunger and institutional change -- Policies and institutions -- Investing for a hunger-free world -- Conclusion -- The methodology used for hunger projections -- International model for policy analysis of agricultural commodities and trade(IMPACT) -- Model description -- Organizations striving to end hunger -- Acronyms.
338.43 G824b, 2003
AUT Greider, Katharine.
TIT The big fix : how the pharmaceutical industry rips off American consumers. - 1st ed.
PUB New York : Public Affairs, c2003.
338.4779 F736s2, 2006
AUT Fort, Rodney D.
TIT Sports economics. - 2nd ed.
PUB Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Prentice Hall, 2006.
338.54 B877e, 2006
AUT Brown, Clair ; Haltiwanger, John C ; Lane, Julia I.
TIT Economic turbulence : is a volatile economy good for America?.
PUB Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, 2006.
CON Contents: Overview of the book -- Economic turbulence : what, who, and how much? -- The industries -- Firms, their workers, and their survival -- Firm turbulence and job ladders -- Turbulence and worker career paths -- Economic turbulence and middle-income jobs -- Conclusions and implications for policy.
338.604 H221g, 2006
AUT Hamilton, Stewart ; Micklethwait, Alicia.
TIT Greed and corporate failure : the lessons from recent disasters.
PUB Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
CON Contents: Barings and Allied Irish Bank: Lessons Ignored -- Enron: Paper Profits, Cash Losses -- WorldCom: Disconnected -- Tyco: Greed, Hubris and the.
338.762 M498n, 2005
AUT Mehri, Darius.
TIT Notes from Toyota-land : an American engineer in Japan.
PUB Ithaca, N.Y. : ILR Press, 2005.
338.947 B812k, 2000
AUT Brady, Rose.
TIT Kapitalizm : Russia's struggle to free its economy.
PUB New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, 2000.
338.956 A285i, 2005
AUT Aharoni, Aarah ; Aharoni, Meir.
TIT Industry & economy in Israel.
PUB Kfar-Sava, Israel : Miksam Ltd. ; Lynbrook, N.Y. : Distrib. in North America by Gefen Books, c2005.
339.5 J35H, 2006
AUT Hutchison, Michael M ; Westermann, Frank.
TIT Japan's great stagnation : financial and monetary policy lessons for advanced economies.
PUB Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2006.
SER CESifo seminar series.
CON Contents: The great Japanese stagnation: lessons for industrial countries / Michael M. Hutchinson, Takatoshi Ito, Frank Westermann -- Bank fragility in Japan / Takatoshi Ito, Kimie Harada -- Deposit insurance, regulatory forbearance, and economic growth: implications for the Japanese banking crisis / Robert Dekle, Ken Kletzer -- Determinants of voluntary bank disclosure: evidence from Japanese Shinkin banks / Mark M. Spiegel, Nobuyoshi Yamori -- Secondary bank lending in Japan / Zekeriya Eser, Joe Peer, Eric S. Rosengren -- Monetary policy in the great stagnation / Yoichi Arai, Takeo Hoshi -- The policy duration effect and zero interest rates: an application of wavelet analysis / Kunio Okina, Shigenori Shiratsuka -- Exchange rate pass-through in deflationary Japan: how effective is the Yen's depreciation for fighting deflation? / Eiji Fujii -- Japan's imbalance of payments / Nikolas M�ller-Plantenberg.
341.23 S644p, 2006
AUT Smith, Courtney B.
TIT Politics and process at the United Nations : the global dance.
PUB Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner, c2006.
CON Contents: CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO THE GLOBAL DANCE -- The Nature of Parliamentary -- Diplomacy: An Analogy -- Understanding UN Processes: Where Do We Start? -- Understanding UN Processes: The Plan of the Book -- Part 1: Members of the Troupe: Actors at the United Nations -- CHAPTER 2: MEMBER STATES AND DELEGATES -- State Roles at the United Nations -- Factors Affecting State Ability to Wield Influence -- Factors Affecting State Desire to Wield Influence -- A Typology of State Roles -- Permanent Missions and Delegations -- Permanent Missions -- Delegations -- Personal Attributes and Delegate Autonomy -- Personal Attributes -- Delegate Autonomy -- Bringing It All Together: Four Types of United Nations Delegates -- CHAPTER 3: GROUPS AND BLOCS -- The Role of Groups at the United Nations -- Types of Groups and Voting Blocs -- Electoral Groups -- Common Interest Groups -- Negotiating Groups -- CHAPTER 4: THE SECRETARIAT AND THE SECRETARY-GENERAL -- The Development of the International Civil Service -- The Secretary-General -- The Political Roles of the Secretary-General -- Factors Which Influence the Secretary General's Role -- The Secretariat -- The Political Roles of the Secretariat -- Challenges Facing the Secretariat -- CHAPTER 5: CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR -- Nongovernmental Organizations -- Multinational Corporations -- Mechanisms of Participation and Influence -- Article 71 and Consultative Status -- Access to Other Deliberative Bodies -- Offices in the Secretariat -- Global Conferences -- Implementation in the Field -- Informal Networking -- Obstacles to Participation and Influence -- Part 2: Movements of the Dance: Procedures and Processes -- CHAPTER 6: FORMAL ARENAS: THE STRUCTURES OF DECISIONMAKING -- Five Formal Arenas of Decisionmaking -- The General Assembly -- The Security Council -- Other Formal Arenas: ECOSOC, the Specialized Agencies, and Global Conferences -- CHAPTER 7: DECISION RULES AND PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURES -- The Consideration of Proposals -- Managing Debate through Leadership -- Making Decisions through Voting -- CHAPTER 8: INFORMAL NETWORKING: THE PERSONAL SIDE -- The Scope and Nature of Informal Contacts -- Types of Informal Contacts -- The Establishment and Use of Informal Contacts -- The Impact of Informal Contacts -- Informal Consultations in the Security Council -- Types of Informal Consultations in the Security Council -- Assessment of Informal Consultations in the Security Council -- CHAPTER 9: STRATEGIES OF INFLUENCE: POSITIONAL, PERSONAL, AND PROCEDURAL -- Strategies Based on Positional Power -- Strategies Based on Personal Attributes -- Strategies Based on Procedural Manipulation -- Part 3: Implications of the Dace -- CHAPTER 10: THE UNITED NATIONS AND STATE COMPLIANCE -- Evaluating the United Nations -- Considering State Compliance -- Binding Decisions -- Recommendations -- Does the Process Itself Matter? -- References.
342.085 K93f, 2006
AUT Krotoszynski, Ronald J.
TIT The First Amendment in cross-cultural perspective : a comparative legal analysis of the freedom of speech.
PUB New York : New York University Press, c2006.
SER Critical America.
CON Contents: Comparative law, free speech, and the "central meaning" of the First Amendment -- Freedom of speech in the United States -- Free speech in Canada : balancing free speech and a commitment to communitarian values -- Free speech in Germany : militant democracy and the primacy of dignity as a preferred constitutional value -- Freedom of speech in Japan : disentangling culture, community, and freedom of expression -- Freedom of expression in the United Kingdom : free speech and the limits of a written constitution -- Free speech and the culturally contingent nature of human rights : some concluding observations.
342.73 A485a, 2005
AUT Amar, Akhil Reed.
TIT America's constitution : a biography. - 1st ed.
PUB New York : Random House, c2005.
CON Contents: In the beginning -- New rules for a new world -- Congressional powers -- America's first officer -- Presidential powers -- Judges and juries -- States and territories -- The law of the land -- Making amends -- A new birth of freedom -- Progressive reforms -- Modern moves.
342.73 F534i, 2006
AUT Fisher, Louis.
TIT In the name of national security : unchecked presidential power and the Reynolds case.
PUB Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, c2006.
CON Contents: A B-29 explodes in midair -- In district court -- At the appellate level -- The Supreme Court decides -- Opening up government -- Discovering the accident report -- The scope of state secrets.
342.7308 B468f, 2001
AUT Benjamin, Louise Margaret.
TIT Freedom of the air and the public interest : First Amendment rights in broadcasting to 1935.
PUB Carbondale, Ill. : Southern Illinois University Press, c2001.
343.07 D657, 2004
AUT Djankov, Simeon ; McLiesh, Caralee ; Klein, Michael.
TIT Doing business in 2004 : understanding regulation.
PUB Washington, D.C. : World Bank, c2004.
CON Contents: Building new indicators of business regulation -- Starting a business -- Hiring and firing workers -- Enforcing contracts -- Getting credit -- Closing a business -- The practice of regulation.
343.07 D657, 2005
AUT World Bank.
TIT Doing business in 2005 : removing obstacles to growth.
PUB Washington, D.C. : World Bank, c2005.
CON Contents: Removing obstacles to growth : an overview -- Measuring with impact -- Starting a business -- Hiring and firing workers -- Registering property -- Getting credit -- Protecting investors -- Enforcing contracts -- Closing a business -- References -- Data notes -- Doing business indicators -- Country tables -- Acknowledgments.
343.07 D657, 2006
AUT Djankov, Simeon ; McLiesh, Caralee ; Klein, Michael.
TIT Doing business in 2006 : creating jobs.
PUB Washington, D.C. : World Bank, c2006.
CON Contents: Creating jobs: an overview -- Starting a business -- Dealing with licenses -- Hiring and firing workers -- Registering property -- Getting credit -- Protecting investors -- Paying taxes -- Trading across borders -- Enforcing contracts -- Closing a business -- References -- Data notes -- Ease of doing business: an appendix -- Country tables -- Acknowledgments.
343.07 D657, 2007
AUT Djankov, Simeon ; McLiesh, Caralee ; Klein, Michael.
TIT Doing business 2007 : how to reform : comparing regulation in 175 economies.
PUB Washington, D.C. : World Bank, c2006.
CON Contents: Overview -- Starting a business -- Dealing with licenses -- Employing workers -- Registering property -- Getting credit -- Protecting investors -- Paying taxes -- Trading across borders -- Enforcing contracts -- Closing a business -- References -- Data notes -- Doing Business indicators -- Country tables -- Acknowledgments.
346.048 M899m, 2006
AUT Moser, David J.
TIT Moser on music copyright.
PUB Boston, Mass. : Thomson Course Technology ; Artistpro Pub., c2006.
346.73 K48m, 2006
AUT Killenbeck, Mark Robert.
TIT McCulloch v. Maryland : securing a nation.
PUB Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, c2006.
SER Landmark law cases & American society.
CON Contents: The Constitution and the first bank -- The life and death of the first bank -- The rise of the second bank -- A court for a nation -- McCulloch : the case and the argument -- The decision -- The decision defended -- The nation reacts -- The second bank : redemption and reunion -- McCulloch triumphant.
346.7304 L764c, 2006
AUT Lipinski, Tomas A.
TIT The complete copyright liability handbook for librarians and educators.
PUB New York : Neal-Schuman Publishers, c2006.
SER Legal advisor for librarians, educators & information professionals ; no. 1.
CON Contents: What is direct copyright infringement? -- What is contributory copyright infringement? -- What is vicarious infringement? -- What are damages and how can they be limited? -- How can libraries and schools obtain immunity? -- What is the section 512 safe harbor? -- How should libraries and schools respond to claims of infringement? -- What is different about Section 512 in higher education? -- What about technological protections on copyright under Section 1201? -- What must be done to legally reproduce and distribute copyrighted materials in the library -- What about the circulation of copyrighted software? -- What's different about copyright compliance for distance education programs? -- Afterword : Final thoughts about liability, immunity, and risk assessment in copyright law.
347.73 P265c, 2006
AUT Parry-Giles, Trevor.
TIT The character of justice : rhetoric, law, and politics in the Supreme Court confirmation process.
PUB East Lansing, Mich. : Michigan State University Press, c2006.
SER Rhetoric and public affairs series.
CON Contents: Character and the constitution : politics in the Supreme Court confirmation process -- For the soul of the Supreme Court : the 1916 nomination of Louis D. Brandeis -- From property rights to human rights : the Hughes and Parker nominations of 1930 -- The character of civil rights : the Thurgood Marshall nomination -- Nixon's southern strategy and the Supreme Court : the Haynsworth and Carswell nominations -- "Bork's America" : Supreme Court confirmations as political spectacle -- The future of Supreme Court confirmations : beyond Bork.
347.732 H227s, 2005
AUT Hammond, Thomas H. ; Bonneau, Chris W ; Sheehan, Reginald S.
TIT Strategic behavior and policy choice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
PUB Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2005.
347.7326 R332C, 2006
AUT Cramton, Roger C ; Carrington, Paul D.
TIT Reforming the Court : term limits for Supreme Court justices.
PUB Durham, N.C. : Carolina Academic Press, c2006.
CON Contents: The problem of the prolonged tenure of justices? / Steven G. Calabresi & James Lindgren -- Prolonged tenure of justices as part of a larger problem / Robert F. Nagel -- Making a system of term limits work / Alan B. Morrison -- Arguments that prolonged tenure is not a problem / Ward Farnsworth -- Constitutionality of legislation limiting the tenure of justices / Roger C. Cramton -- Other alternatives open to congress / George W. Liebmann.
352.6 R497d, 2005
AUT Rice, Mitchell F.
TIT Diversity and public administration : theory, issues, and perspectives.
PUB Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c2005.
CON Contents: The multiple dimensions of diversity and culture / Harvey L. White and Mitchell F. Rice -- Workforce diversity initiatives and best practices in business and governmental organizations : developments, approaches, and issues / Mitchell F. Rice and Dhananjaya M. Arekere -- Increased diversity of the workforce : opportunities for research in public and non-profit organizations / Blue Wooldridge, Jackie Smith-Mason, and Barbara Maddox -- Teaching public administration education in the post-modern era : connecting organizational culture to diversity to social equity / Mitchell F. Rice -- Diversity in public administration education : a view from California / Kyle Farmbry -- Public service in America's urban areas : why the bar in perception and practice remains higher for African American public managers / Otha Burton, Jr. and Mfanya Donald Tryman -- Diversity newcomers and the challenge of balancing organizational expectations : assuming ethical responsibility / Mylon Winn and Floydette Colden Scruggs -- Networking, career management, and diversity in the public sector / Wilbur C. Rich -- Responding to the health needs of a diverse population : the need for diversity in the health professions / B. Lee Green, Rhonda K. Lewis and Daphne C. Watkins -- Cultural competency and the practice of public administration / Margo L. Bailey -- Cultural diversity and productivity / Audrey Mathews -- Embracing workplace diversity in public organizations : some further considerations / Mitchell F. Rice and Harvey L. White.
355.02 M951n, 2006
AUT Muggah, Robert.
TIT No refuge : the crisis of refugee militarization in Africa.
PUB London ; New York : Zed Books ; Bonn, Germany : Bonn International Center for Conversion ; Geneva, Switzerland : Small Arms Survey ; New York : Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave MacMillan, 2006.
355.22 B864a, 2006
AUT Brock, Peter.
TIT Against the draft : essays on conscientious objection from the Radical Reformation to the Second World War.
PUB Toronto, Can. : University of Toronto Press, 2006.
355.22 W337u, 2007
AUT Watson, Cynthia Ann.
TIT U.S. military service : a reference handbook.
PUB Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2007.
SER Contemporary world issues.
355.4 A774h, 2005
AUT Arregu�n-Toft, Ivan.
TIT How the weak win wars : a theory of asymmetric conflict.
PUB New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
SER Cambridge studies in international relations. ; 99.
CON Contents: Introduction. -- Explaining asymmetric conflict outcomes. -- Russia in the Caucasus: the Murid War, 1830-1859. -- Britain in Orange Free State and Transvaal: the South African War, 1899-1902. -- Italy in Ethiopia: the Italo-Ethiopian War, 1935-1940. -- The United States in Vietnam: the Vietnam War, 1965-1973. -- The USSR in Afghanistan: the Afghan Civil War, 1979-1989. -- Conclusion.
361.4 H236G, 2004
AUT Garvin, Charles D ; Guti�rrez, Lorraine M. ; Galinsky, Maeda J.
TIT Handbook of social work with groups.
PUB New York : Guilford Press, c2004.
CON Contents: Theoretical and philosophical foundations -- Practice models -- Group work approaches related to purpose -- Group work approaches related to setting -- Group work in organizational and community settings -- Group work research and evaluation -- The uses of technology to create groups.
362.1 G562P, 2005-06
TIT Global health watch 2005-2006 : an alternative world health report.
PUB London : Zed, 2005.
362.19 G657b, 2006
AUT Goodwin, Michele.
TIT Black markets : the supply and demand of body parts.
PUB New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
CON Contents: 1. Introduction -- A.A tale of two cities -- B. Black markets : altruism's limits -- 1) The black market -- 2) Exploitation of living donors -- 3) Compelled organ and tissue donation from children -- 4) Bias and fraud : who gets priority status? -- 5) Presumed consent : an underground process -- 6) Tissue sales and donor betrayal -- C. Reform : an alternative vision -- Alternatives -- Hybrid system -- Slavery debate -- D. Research framework : laws and status. Contents: pt. 1. Understanding the strain on altruism -- 2. Institutional supply, demand, and legitimacy -- Introduction -- A. Medical trust and government-sponsored medicine -- B. Institutional competency -- Institutional goals -- Institutional supply and demand -- Physical capacity -- C. Competency and altruism : a statistical overview -- Racial disparities, distributive justice, and waitlists -- a. Kidney waitlists -- b. Liver waitlists -- c. Heart waitlists -- D. Confidence and donation -- Conclusion -- 3. Nuances, judicial authority, and the legal limits of altruism -- Introduction -- A. The language of altruism -- B. Obsessive altruism, it's not really altruism at all or is it? -- Living donations -- The cases -- McFall v. Shimp -- Curran v. Bosze -- Fluid jurisprudence -- Strunk v. Strunk -- C. Reproductive altruism -- Conclusion -- 4. Getting the organ you want -- Introduction -- A. Organ referral : getting onto the list -- Profit in dialysis -- Green screening and social valuing -- The God squad -- B. Distributive justice and the waiting list game -- History -- Matching and politics -- 1) Blood distribution grouping -- 2) Human leukocyte antigen disparity -- 3) Higher crossmatch -- 4) Low donations among Blacks -- Conclusion. Contents: pt. 2. Legal frameworks and alternatives -- 5. The Uniform Anatomical Gift Act -- Introduction -- A. 1968 UAGA -- Scope -- Compensation -- Tensions -- B. The 1987 UAGA : required request and presumed consent -- 6. Presumed consent : the unsuspecting donor -- Introduction -- A. Presumed consent : origins and obstacles -- What does consent have to do with it? -- Too much to not ask for ... -- B. Can presumed consent work for organs? -- Religious concerns -- Cultural concerns -- Opt-out viability -- C. Compulsory donation and a duty to rescue : why social contract theory doesn't apply -- A few problems -- Black exclusion -- Autonomy and state interference -- Conclusion -- 7. Commoditization : incentives for cadaveric organ harvesting -- Introduction -- A. Bad blood -- Blood crisis -- B. Costs -- C. Subjective ethics -- D. Life, death, and insurance -- E. System components and government power -- The law -- Conclusion -- 8. Black markets : the supply of body parts -- Introduction -- A. Taking from the dead : robbing Black cemeteries -- B. Public and private transactions in tissue procurement -- C. The private and the public : a new right to choose in sperm and ova sales -- D. Black markets and organs -- The tale of an organ -- Buying an organ -- Costs -- Conclusion. Contents: pt. 3. Critiquing the slavery and Black body market comparison -- 9. Critiquing the slavery and Black body market -- Comparison -- Introduction -- Black bodies and property -- 1) Saving Lives -- 2) Compensation -- 3) Voluntary participation -- 4) Physicality -- Conclusion -- 10. Conclusion.
362.196 B261a2, 2006
AUT Barnett, Tony ; Whiteside, Alan.
TIT AIDS in the twenty-first century : disease and globalization. - 2nd ed.
PUB Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
362.196 F754g, 2005
AUT Foster, Geoff ; Levine, Carol ; Williamson, John.
TIT A generation at risk : the global impact of HIV/AIDS on orphans and vulnerable children.
PUB Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
CON Contents: Family and community-based care for children affected by HIV/AIDS: strengthening the frontline response / Stanley Ngalazu Phiri and David Tolfree -- Strengthening households and communities: the key to reducing the economic impacts of HIV/AIDS on children and families / Jill Donahue -- The response of the educational system to the needs of orphans and children affected by HIV/AIDS / Michael J. Kelly -- Psychosocial impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on children and youth / Laurie J. Bauman with Stefan Germann -- Human rights and children affected by HIV/AIDS / Sofia Gruskin and Daniel J.M. Tarantola. Contents: Religion and responses to orphans in Africa / Geoff Foster -- Making the right choices in the Asian-Pacific region: protecting children and young people from HIV and its impacts / Tim Brown and Werasit Sittitrai -- Troubled tapestries: children, families, and the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States / Barbara H. Draimin and Warren A. Reich -- Interventions to support children affected by HIV/AIDS: priority areas for future research / Douglas Webb -- Finding a way forward: reducing the impacts of HIV/AIDS on vulnerable children and families / John Williamson.
362.198 M825g, 2004
AUT Moote, A. Lloyd ; Moote, Dorothy C.
TIT The great plague : the story of London's most deadly year.
PUB Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2004.
CON Contents: Beginnings -- Confusion -- The Abyss -- Surviving.
362.2 L657m, 2006
AUT Leventhal, Allan M ; Martell, Christopher R.
TIT The myth of depression as disease : limitations and alternatives to drug treatment.
PUB Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2006.
SER Contemporary psychology, 1546-668X.
CON Contents: Societal views of mental disorder -- Welcome to the brave new world -- The context of depression and anxiety -- Psychology as a science -- Behavior therapy -- Behavioral analysis, behavior therapy, and outcome research -- Summary and conclusions -- Appendix: A: Questions to ask before accepting a prescription for antidepressant medication -- Appendix: B: How to find a behavioral or cognitive-behavioral therapist -- Appendix: C: Questions to ask a potential behavioral therapist -- Appendix: D: Suggestions for further reading.
362.5 C976i, 2006
AUT Currie, Janet M.
TIT The invisible safety net : protecting the nation's poor children and families.
PUB Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2006.
CON Contents: 1. Welfare vs. "making work pay" -- 2. In sickness and in health : the importance of public health insurance -- 3. Feeding the hungry : food stamps, school nutrution programs, and WIC -- 4. Home sweet home? -- 5. Who's minding the kids? -- 6. Defending and mending the safety net.
362.58 K36c, 2006
AUT Kennedy, Sheila Suess ; Bielefeld, Wolfgang.
TIT Charitable choice at work : evaluating faith-based job programs in the states.
PUB Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c2006.
SER Public management and change series.
CON Contents: Setting the stage. Introduction and background: a new faith in faith ; Asking the right questions -- What we have learned. The implementation of charitable choice in the states ; The role of faith-based service providers ; The management of faith-based service providers ; Measuring effectiveness ; Constitutional concerns -- Summing up. Talking past each other -- Appendixes. A. Methodology and data ; B. Survey questions.
362.82 B531a, 2005
AUT Bernstein, Nell.
TIT All alone in the world : children of incarcerated parents.
PUB New York : New Press : Distributed by W.W. Norton, c2005.
CON Contents: Introduction --- Arrest --- Sentencing --- Visiting --- Grandparents --- Foster care --- Reentry --- Legacy.
362.82 M651v, 2005
AUT Miller, Susan L.
TIT Victims as offenders : the paradox of women's violence in relationships.
PUB New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2005.
CON Contents: Defining the dilemma -- The controversy about women's use of force -- The research project: female offenders and the criminal justice system -- On the beat: the police ride-along study -- After arrest: criminal justice professionals and social service providers -- A day in the life: inside a female offender's treatment group -- The contexts of "violent" behavior -- Implications -- Appendix. Domestic violence calls for police service: summaries by researchers.
362.87 M394c, 2005
AUT Masalha, Nur.
TIT Catastrophe remembered : Palestine, Israel and the internal refugees : essays in memory of Edward W. Said (1935-2003).
PUB London ; New York : Zed Books ; New York : Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
CON Contents: I: Evolving Israeli policies and indigenous resistance -- Present absentees and indigenous resistance / Nur Masalha -- The state of Israel versus the Palestinian internal refugees / Hillel Cohen -- Pattenrs of internal displacement, social adjustment and the challenge of return / Nihad Boqa'i -- Forced sedentarisation, land rights and indigenous resistance: the Palestinian Bedouin in the Negev / Isma'el Abu-sa'ad -- II: Palestinian oral history and memory -- "A muted sort of grief": tales of refuge in Nazareth (1948-2005) / Isabelle Humphries -- Kafr Bir'im / William Dalrymple -- The Nakba, oral history and the Palestinian peasantry: the case of Lubya / Mahmoud 'Issa -- Unrecognised villages: indigenous 'Ayn Hawd versus artists' colony 'Ein Hod / Jonathan Cook -- The Nakba in Hebrew: Israeli-Jewish awareness of the Palestinian catastrophe and internal refugees / Eitan Bronstein -- III: Human rights and international protection -- The real road map to peace: |
