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Events in Europe over the past decade or so have created a dynamic requiring conceptual and practical adjustments on the part of the the UN and a range of regional actors. This volume explores the resulting collaborative relationships in the context of peace operations in the Balkans.

Combining statistical and qualitative analysis, including numerous case studies, this text explains why political parties have failed to take hold in Russia's regions. The author's argument is bolstered by a database of regional elections held between 1993-2003.

A cache of stolen gold, a dangerous ghost seeking revenge, and a promise that's too valuable to break. These are the surprises awaiting city boy Joe when he spends the school holidays with his grandparents in the Scottish highlands.

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This title explores the issues involved in preparing governments throughout the world for the challenges of globalization. Governments that seek to participate in and benefit from a world becoming more integrated and interdependent must reinvent their structures and processes.

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From Central African pygmies to the Topp Twins, a yodeling lesbian duo, this serious study of the history of yodeling is a fun look at how this unique sound has worked its way into popular culture. 35 photos.

Presents comprehensive definitions in more than 120 subjects. Topics range from 'Abduction' to 'Writing' within the domains of psychology, artificial intelligence, neuroscience, philosophy, and linguistics.

Intends to chart the terrain of literary translation - its history, theory and practice. This title examines translation from linguistic, extralinguistic and philosophical perspectives. It also offers detailed treatment of topics such as the relationship between author and translator, wordplay and language games, and the process of translation.

Having emerged from presentations given at the national Writing Program Administrators' Conference, in 2001, this collection of 24 essays assesses and challenges the current state of writing instruction, charting new directions and approaching composition studies from different perspectives.

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The story of the Native American from his immigration from the Asian mainland to life on government-authorized reservations. A well-woven narrative follows the nomad, hunter, and farmer throughout the New World, and presents detailed views of daily life and culture. Index. Bibliography. 6 maps and figures. 107 black-and-white illustrations.

The Facts On File Dictionary of Evolutionary Biology explains the basic set of scientific terms

This is a comprehensive guide to fault injection techniques used to evaluate the dependability of a digital system. The description and the critical analysis of different fault injection techniques and tools are authored by key scientists in the field of system dependability and fault tolerance.

The mechanics of electromagnetic materials and structures has been developing rapidly with extensive applications in, e. g. , electronics industry, nuclear engineering, and smart materials and structures. Researchers in this interdisciplinary field are with diverse background and motivation. The Symposium on the Mechanics of Electromagnetic Materials and Structures of the Fourth International Conference on Nonlinear Mechanics in Shanghai, Chin...

In the late 1940s and early 1950s there were not many ways for a labourer to get into Oxford. Unless you'd been to grammar school and passed your exams, you were stuck - like the author. But he dreamed as he swept the streets of Cowley, and he burned, and he yearned to write. Then a portal appeared, in the form of Ruskin College, a sort of halfway house, offering scholarships to late students like John Boyles. This is the story of John's des...

N etwork-based computing domain unifies all best research efforts presented from single computer systems to networked systems to render overwhelming computational power for several modern day applications. Although this power is expected to grow with respect to time due to tech­ nological advancements, application requirements impose a continuous thrust on network utilization and on the resources to deliver supreme quality of service. Strictly...

This excellent survey of state-of-the-art techniques discusses the MTCMOS technology that has emerged as an increasingly popular technique to control the escalating leakage power, while maintaining high performance. It addresses the leakage problem in a number of designs for combinational, sequential, dynamic and current-steering logic.

An exploration of the implicit and explicit ways that an alternate African diasporic consciousness, grounded in folk mores, is expressed in Afro-Caribbean writing.

An exploration of the implicit and explicit ways that an alternate African diasporic consciousness, grounded in folk mores, is expressed in Afro-Caribbean writing.