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Beyond the nation-state

Table of Contents: “…'Global citizens' and national institutions / David H. Kamens -- ch. 8. New polities, new standards for political elites / David H. …”
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Beyond the UN global compact institutions and regulations /

Table of Contents: “…The global compact : corporate sustainability in the post 2015 world / Maria Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez, Liam Leonard -- International business risk management and the emerging market crises as challenges for the UN Global Compact / Sylwia Starnawska -- The institutionalization of CSR : at the crossroads of home and host countries institutional settings, multinational corporations and multinational institutions / Annie Lamontagne -- Incorporating voluntary standards into national law : an overview of the scandinavian experience / John McNally -- Corporate impact on the environment and the judicial development of the norm of corporate sustainability : implications for the implementation of the UN Global Compact / Olawale Ajai -- Sustainable Processes and Production Methods (PPMs) in private standards : a proxy for trade barriers or decentralised mechanisms for environmental governance? …”
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'Suffer the little children' national and international dimensions of child poverty and public policy /

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Disaster Robotics Results from the ImPACT Tough Robotics Challenge /

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Mathematical-Statistical Models and Qualitative Theories for Economic and Social Sciences

Table of Contents: “…Correlational Research of Expenditure Spend on Slovak Armed Forces Participation in Peace Support Operations Led by NATO -- Cost assessment of training using constructive simulation -- From the pictorial art to the linear transformations -- Do institutional or foreign shareholders influence national board diversity? …”
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Victim, perpetrator, or what else? : generational and gender perspectives on children, youth, and violence /

Table of Contents: “…Child Marriage in Kyrgyzstan: Exploring Institutional Ambivalences in Constructing The "Victim" / Elena Kim -- Chapter 10. …”
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Advances in Safety Management and Human Factors Proceedings of the AHFE 2018 International Conference on Safety Management and Human Factors, July 21-25, 2018, Loews Sapphire Falls...

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Health and illness in the neoliberal era in Europe /

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Finding Political Identities Young People in a Changing Europe / by Ross, Alistair

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Grand Theater Urbanism Chinese Cities in the 21st century /

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The crisis of race in higher education : a day of discovery and dialogue /

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Quantifying Approaches to Discourse for Social Scientists

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Promoting and sustaining a quality teacher workforce

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Power and Justice Disputes Resolution in a North China Village / by Zhao, Xudong

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Advancing gender research from the nineteenth to the twenty-first centuries

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Politics of Meaning/Meaning of Politics Cultural Sociology of the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election /

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The Geography of Climate Change Adaptation in Urban Africa

Table of Contents: “…Part I -- Introduction -- Chapter One: Climate Change, Urban Planning and Sustainable Development in Africa: The Difference worth Appreciating; Michael Addaney and Patrick Brandful Cobbinah -- Part II: Climate Change Adaptation in urban Africa: land tenure, biodiversity conservation and local responses -- Chapter Two: Towards Sustainable Development in Africa: The Challenge of Urbanization and Climate Change; Matthew Ogwu -- Chapter Three: Community-Based Mapping Methodology for Climate Change Adaptation: A Case Study of Quarry Road West Informal Settlement, Durban, South Africa; Bahle Mazeka, Catherine Sutherland, Sibongile Buthelezi and Duduzile Khumalo -- Chapter Four: Urban Residents and Communities Responses to Climate Change Impacts in Tamale, Ghana; Patrick Brandful Cobbinah and Enoch Akwasi Kosoe -- Chapter Five: Urban Farmers' Perceptions of and Responses to Climate Variability in Ibadan, Nigeria; Bolanle Wahab and Ayobami Popoola -- Chapter Six: Placing Climate Change in Wetland Conservation and Urban Agriculture Contestations in Harare, Zimbabwe; Luckymore Matenga -- Chapter Seven: Heritage Preservation in a Changing Climate: The Potential of Green Infrastructure on the Île de Saint-Louis, Senegal; Samantha McLean -- Chapter Eight: Competing Interests in Urban Biodiversity Management in the Context of a Changing Climate: A Case Study of the Giba Gorge Environmental Precinct, South Africa; Chuma Banji Chinzila, Andrew Emmanuel Okem, Fathima Ahmed and Urmila Bob -- Chapter Nine: Exploring the Future of Nairobi National Park in a Changing Climate and Urban Growth; Obed Matundura Ogega, Hellen Njoki Wanjohi and James Mbugua -- Part III: Urban Climate Change Adaptation in Africa: Towards Policy and Practice -- Chapter Ten: Connecting climate change to poverty reduction: Poverty Reduction Co-Benefits of Climate Change-Related Projects in eThekwini Municipality, South Africa; Andrew Emmanuel Okem -- Chapter Eleven: Beyond climate change adaptation in urban Africa: A synthesis of urban food (in)security; Bright Nkrumah -- Chapter Twelve: Thinking into the future: Constructing social security law as climate change adaptation strategy in urban South Africa; Ademola Oluborode Jegede and Crystal Mokoena -- Chapter Thirteen: Governing river rehabilitation for climate adaptation and water security in Durban, South Africa; Partick Martel, Catherine Sutherland, Sibongile Buthelezi and Duduzile Khumalo -- Part IV: Climate Change Adaptation Planning and Institutional Responses in Urban Africa -- Chapter Fourteen: Towards Citizen-led Planning for Climate Change Adaptation in Urban Ghana: Hints from Japanese "Machizukuri" Activities; Seth Asare Okyere, Stephen Kofi Diko, Matthew Abunyewah, Michihiro Kita -- Chapter Fifteen: Climate Change Adaptation in Ghana: The Future of Spatial Planning; Patrick Brandful Cobbinah and Nelson Nyabanyi N-yanbini -- Chapter Sixteen: Institutional Responses to Climate Change Adaptation: Flood Management at the Metropolitan Level in Accra, Ghana; Prosper Issahaku Korah and Patrick Brandful Cobbinah -- Chapter Seventeen: Adaptation Governance and Building Resilience in the face of Climate Change in African Cities: Policy Responses and Emerging Practices from Accra; Michael Addaney -- Chapter Eighteen: Missed Opportunities: Financing Climate Change Adaptation in Urban Ghana and Uganda; Stephen Diko.…”
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Discourses from Latin America and the Caribbean Current Concepts and Challenges /

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Civil society in comparative perspective

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Geographies of Schooling

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