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Using interviews, newspaper articles, online texts, official documents, and national surveys, Lei shows that the development of the public sphere in China has provided an unprecedented forum for citizens to organize, influence the public agenda, and demand accountability from the government.

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Leading scholars summarize the current research on risk, protection, and resilience in the context of youth violence and its implications for practice with children and families.

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This comprehensive textbook covers, rigorously and in detail, all of the major issues involved in preparing to teach, actually teaching, and following up on teaching, regardless of discipline.

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This comprehensive textbook covers, rigorously and in detail, all of the major issues involved in preparing to teach, actually teaching, and following up on teaching, regardless of discipline.

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Here is the full report of the 1970 National Fertility Study, a national sample survey for which thousands of women were interviewed who had been married at some time and were of reproductive age when they were interviewed. The book assesses the growth in the use of the pill and the IUD, the increasing reliance on contraceptive sterilization, and b

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Norman Geras discusses a central aspect of the experience of the Holocaust with a view to exploring its most important contemporary implications. Geras's argument focuses on the figure of the bystander to consider the moral consequences of looking on without active responses at persecution and great suffering. -- .

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A study of the Nicaraguan Resistance Movement, the Contras, by one of its former political officers. It follows the internal dynamics of that group from the exposure of Oliver North to the signing of the ceasefire at Sapoa, with special attention to the influence of the US political process.

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A study of the Nicaraguan Resistance Movement, the Contras, by one of its former political officers. It follows the internal dynamics of that group from the exposure of Oliver North to the signing of the ceasefire at Sapoa, with special attention to the influence of the US political process.

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The first comprehensive analysis of the design and effects of tax and expenditure limitations (TELs), The Control of Municipal Budgetsshows how limitation measures have worked and offers practical guidelines for analyzing and designing such programs under current economic and political conditions.

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New technology is introduced for the purpose of improving our control over a certain task: however, software, AI and robots often cause understandable fears of machines taking control of us. This is what Ezio di Nucci calls the control paradox.

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New technology is introduced for the purpose of improving our control over a certain task: however, software, AI and robots often cause understandable fears of machines taking control of us. This is what Ezio di Nucci calls the control paradox.

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In 1994, two political events occurred that would have been inconceivable just five years before: the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was launched, and Republicans took control of the U.

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Draws on media's past strengths to define a more responsive role for journalism's future. This work covers many current trends: minority voices, providing interactive community forums, reconciling informational and entertainment functions, understanding bias and creating "public opinion".

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Draws on media's past strengths to define a more responsive role for journalism's future. This work covers many current trends: minority voices, providing interactive community forums, reconciling informational and entertainment functions, understanding bias and creating "public opinion".

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In a time of heightened hostility towards experts, academics and scientists, the 2017 collection of the best Conversation articles and essays is a must-read. If proof were needed that academia makes an essential contribution to public debate, you'll find it in these pages.

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For many years I harbored anger and resentment toward some who have really hurt me. This anger caused issues in my life with health, depression and relationships, to name a few. That is not the story. We have all been hurt, let down or disappointed at some point in our lives. This story tells of my talks with Jesus and how I made the choice to let go of the cords that bound me.

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This volume deals with the city as a corporate entity and contains chapters on urban governmental structures, government finance, politics and elections, urban political leadership, the city plan and city planning, intergovernmental relations, and urban mercantilism.

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The Cosby Cohort examines the now-grown children who were raised in the black middle class. This probing book studies how their parents established their middle class position, how they interact with white America, the pressures placed upon them by their parents, how they connect with African Americans of other social classes, and more.

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How the act of looking at our own and others' bodies is informed by the techniques, expectations, and strategies of body modification.