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Away from the public eye, but from within the structures of stable and efficient organizations, women 's groups have established nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to pursue feminist agendas. Feminist Organizations and Social Transformation in Latin America constitutes one of the first detailed analyses of the political and educational work of these organizations. Focusing on NGOs in the Dominican Republic and Peru, the book presents three c...

Why do national patterns of Internet expansion differ so greatly throughout Africa? To what extent do politics trump technology? Addressing these and related questions, this work explores the politics, economics, and technology of Internet diffusion across the continent.

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When wars are fought in the midst of civilian activity, as they so often are in poorer countries, the effects on children are devastating. This title looks at the experiences of children in war from a psychological perspective, and from a social ecologist's view, dispelling myths about what results from growing up in conflict situations.

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Perfect for any folder who wants to add a touch of tradition to their origami projects, this paper pack has the same affordable price as our original Folding Paper for Origami. The packaging now includes a colorful printed card stock cover, and an 8-page insert with folding instructions so that folders can get started right away.

Allows students to relate the concepts and issues at the foundation of global politics to the realities of international politics. This book provides summaries, analysis, study questions, and additional sources of information for each of the theories and issues encountered during the simulation.

Presents a first-hand, multi-dimensional account of twenty-first century China and the impact of fourth generation leaders, including President Hu Jinato and Premier Wen Jiabao. This book examines how the Hu leadership has tried to extend the Communist Party's "mandate of heaven" by tackling an array of daunting problems.

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Traces the history of ghost phenomena from the ancient world and the ways in which people have tried to deal with the hope, the fear, the curiosity, and the disbelief which ghosts have aroused.

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Tom Simone's translation is simply superb. Of all the translations with which I am familiar, this is the one that is the most faithful to what's there in the Italian: no frills, no poetic sallies, no choosing a word because it brings the line closer to iambic pentameter—just unadulterated Dante with good old Anglo-Saxon words and in highly readable prose." —Peter Kalkavage, St. John's University

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Argues that well-planned and well-executed advertising campaigns can and should have an immediate impact on sales. This book features numerous examples from ad campaigns. It demonstrates that the strongest ad campaigns can triple sales, while the weakest campaigns can actually cause sales to fall by more than 50 percent.

Presents an overview of US environmental regulation - from the inception of the EPA through the Bush administration - while considering alternatives to the regulatory regime as well as the challenges posed by the global nature of environmental issues. This work also covers the topics relevant to our understanding of environmental policy.

Is democracy in Latin America in trouble, as many now argue? This book focuses on citizenship to shed light on the dynamics and obstacles that the region's democracies face. It places citizenship in the context of democratic theory and explores varying conceptions of the term.

Professor Metzger has been a leader in New Testament studies for the past fifty years, through his teaching, his publications, his text-critical work, and his translation work. This volume brings his deep insight to three key epistles, focusing on three fundamental Christian virtues.

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Ob Schule oder Studium - für alle, die Altgriechisch lernen und lehren, ist der Gemoll das Standardwörterbuch schlechthin. Alles, was man braucht: der Wortschatz aller gängigen und auch vieler selten gelesener Schulautorinnen und Schulautoren mitsamt Redewendungen. Ein benutzerfreundliches Griffregister, verständliche Abkürzungen und die Hervorhebung wichtiger Bedeutungen erleichtern das Arbeiten. Am Schluss findet sich eine Tabelle mit den ...

A novel work in the history of cartography, "The Sovereign Map" argues that maps are as much about thinking as seeing, as much about the art of persuasion as the science of geography. As a classicist, Christian Jacob brings a fresh eye to his subject--which includes maps from Greek Antiquity to the twentieth century--and provides a theoretical approach to investigating the power of maps to inform, persuade, and inspire the imagination. Beginni...