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A Field of One's Own Gender and Land Rights in South Asia
This is the first major study of gender and property in South Asia. In a pioneering and comprehensive analysis Bina Agarwal argues that the single most important economic factor affecting women's situation is the gender gap in command over property. In rural South Asia, the most significant form of property is arable land, a critical determinant of economic well-being, social status, and empowe…
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- 9780511522000
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- Cambridge South Asian Studies (58)
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A Feminist Critique of Police Stops
A Feminist Critique of Police Stops examines the parallels between stop-and-frisk policing and sexual harassment. An expert whose writing, teaching and community outreach centers on the Constitution's limits on police power, Howard Law Professor Josephine Ross, argues that our constitutional rights are a mirage. In reality, we can't say no when police seek to question or search us. Building on …
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- 9781108697477
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The Psychology of Asian Learners
This book celebrates the scholarly achievements of Prof. David A. Watkins, who has pioneered research on the psychology of Asian learners, and helps readers grasp the cognitive, motivational, developmental, and socio-cultural aspects of Asian learners learning experiences. A wide range of empirical and review papers, which examine the characteristics of these experiences as they are shaped by b…
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- 978-981-287-576-1
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- XXVI, 664
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The Drama of Conservation
This book offers a sweeping history of Pureora Forest Park, one of the most significant sites of natural and cultural history interest in New Zealand. The authors review the geological history of the volcanic zone, its flora and fauna, and the history of Maori and European utilization of forest resources. Chapter-length discussions cover management of the native forest by the New Zealand Fo…
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- 978-3319184098
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- 374 pages
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The Distribution of Income and Wealth
This book presents a systematic overview of cutting-edge research in the field of parametric modeling of personal income and wealth distribution, which allows one to represent how income/wealth is distributed within a given population. The estimated parameters may be used to gain insights into the causes of the evolution of income/wealth distribution over time, or to interpret the differences b…
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- 978-3-319-27410-2
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- XVI, 177, 24 b/w illustrations
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- New Economic Windows
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The Future of the Law of the Sea : Bridging Gaps Between National, Individual…
Introduction This book is open access under a CC BY-NC 4.0 license. It explores the diverse phenomena which are challenging the international law of the sea today, using the unique perspective of a simultaneous analysis of the national, individual and common interests at stake. This perspective, which all the contributors bear in mind when treating their own topic, also constitutes a useful ele…
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- 9783319512747
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- XX, 269 halaman
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- 340 FUT
Terrorism, Criminal Law and Politics : The Decline of the Political Offence E…
Recent atrocities have ensured that terrorism and how to deal with terrorists legally and politically has been the subject of much discussion and debate on the international stage. This book presents a study of changes in the legal treatment of those perpetrating crimes of a political character over several decades. It most centrally deals with the political offence exception and how it has cha…
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- 9780429583414
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- 300 halaman
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- 340 JAN t
The Design of Learning Experience
This book delves into two divergent, yet parallel themes; first is an examination of how educators can design the experiences of learning, with a focus on the learner and the end results of education; and second, how educators learn to design educational products, processes and experiences. The book seeks to understand how to design how learning occurs, both in the instructional design studio a…
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- 978-3-319-16504-2
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- XII, 292, 18 b/w illustrations, 14 illustrations in colour
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- Educational Communications and Technology: Issues and Innovations
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The Demand for International Football Telecasts in the United States
This book provides a comprehensive overview and economic analysis of US consumer demand for televised football (soccer). Accounting for transnational demand, research is focused on the US consumers demand for the English Premier League, Spanish La Liga, Italian Serie A, German Bundesliga, French Ligue 1 and the UEFA Champions League, which represent the most popular and marketable football comp…
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- 978-3319480749
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The Danube River Basin
This volume offers a comprehensive review of the chemical, biological and hydromorphological quality of the Danube. The first part examines the chemical pollution of surface waters, focusing on organic compounds (with special emphasis given to EU WFD priority substances and Danube River Basin specific pollutants), heavy metals and nutrients. Attention is also given to pollution of groundwater a…
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- 978-3-662-47739-7
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- XV, 523, 60 b/w illustrations, 125 illustrations in colour
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- The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry
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