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Main Lectures Presented at the Fourth International Symposium on the Chemistry of Natural Products Held in Stockholm, Sweden, 26 June-2 July, 1966

The Chemistry of Natural Products

The Media Business

Neither Black Nor White - Just Different

Contemporary Challenges to Mainstream Legal Theory and Practice

Radical Philosophy of Law

Getting Through Security’s　systematic examination of a particular security regime (airports) and ramified exploration of　a particular realm of expertise (counterterrorism) prepares the way for　a strikingly insightful examination of issues at the heart of the contemporary security state. Highly distinctive in style, structure, sources, and　originality of thought,　this book reads and should be read across disciplines—anthropology, cultural studies, law, political science, and sociology. Perhaps as significantly,　Getting Through Security　is the product of　a　highly successful collaboration, arising from conversation, thinking　and writing together, in ways that frankly I, or any anthropologist, would envy. In a sense, achieved　collaborations are　as　important　for anthropology today as the topics that they might address.
—George Marcus, author of Ethnography Through Thick and Thin and coauthor of Collaborations Now
In Getting Through Security Mark Maguire and David Westbrook have crafted a masterful account of the people and ideas that animate security culture. The book is a tour de force, but of an unusual sort: written not merely as a review of the relevant scholarship, but as a generous invitation to the reader to reflect on the modern state, the media, bureaucracy, and expertise in relation to fundamental ideas about the resilience and vulnerabilities of the contemporary social order. 

Drawing on scores of examples of successful and failed attacks, the authors challenge basic assumptions underwriting the politics and practices of security. They also provide glimpses of the multinational group of actors, of current and former police, military, terrorism and counter terrorism experts as well as consultants, managers, and bureaucrats who populate what Maguire and Westbrook term the "secret college:" the formal and informal networks in which the strategic and tactical of issues of security are relentlessly scrutinized and appraised. Getting Through Security thus opens familiar and unfamiliar terrains to expansive forms of anthropological inquiry and ethnographic reflection.

—Douglas Holmes, author of Economy of Words: Communicative Imperatives in Central Banks and Integral Europe: Fast-Capitalism, Multiculturalism, Neofascism

This intriguing book takes the reader into the dispersed worlds of security, exploring by way of ethnographic glimpses and reflexive exercise, what ’security’ in the broader sense, as a ’horizon for certain kinds of thought and institutional action’, is. Ultimately, the book is about the uncanniness of not knowing, of being out of control, in a state of fear, yet attempting to come to grips with uncertainty and risk. In the end, it is not just about security and the officials who deal with security as a profession, but about modes of navigating with only fragments of maps at hand. A gripping and extraordinary read!

—Christina Garsten, Principal, Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study, and Principal Investigator, Global Foresight, Stockholm University
This short book does much more than pull back the curtains that shroud airport security. Getting Through Security humanizes the security officials who, through long hours of boredom punctuated by sudden minutes of terror, become practicing ethnographers to keep the skies safe. It’s a fascinating read for any air traveler interested in pondering the dilemmas faced by the security bureaucracy.

—Michael Glennon, author of National Security and Double Government, and former Legal Adviser, Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Counterterrorism, Bureaucracy, and a Sense of the Modern

Getting Through Security

‘This timely volume, which pulls together cutting-edge knowledge from diverse fields and multiple countries, brings new life to the very important notion of social capital – a critical resource that communities and groups can utilize strategically for mutually beneficial collective action. The authors admirably demonstrate how social capital can help serve a wide variety of shared objectives in diverse circumstances, provided that it is rigorously defined, carefully contextualized, and appropriately combined with other resources. Policy practitioners and academic researchers as well as graduate and undergraduate students will find this volume a very useful resource.’ — Anirudh Krishna, Professor of Public Policy and Political Science, Duke University, USA

‘Christoforou, Davis and their collaborators give us a welcomed and timely volume that engages important, but under-investigated facets of social capital theory. The interdisciplinary, contextually defined, and decidedly social approach woven throughout this well-edited collection reorients social capital theorizing in important and analytically useful ways. By tying social capital accumulation and utilization to the interaction of power relations, social identities, and values within historically-specific contexts the contributors offer a refreshing alternative to overly economistic and structural-functionalist approaches. Social Capital and Economics helps all of us better understand how durable inequalities and enduring social conflicts influence who has social capital and what difference that makes.’ — 
Bob Edwards, Professor of Sociology, East Carolina University, USA

Social Values, Power, and Social Identity

Social Capital and Economics

A Faculty Guide

Helping College Students in Distress

“The layout of the book is well done and very easy to read. From my experience, there are not many books of a similar approach; I believe it is quite unique in its nature. … it provides an incredible amount of information that researchers interested in both mathematical and applied finance will find it a useful resource to learn basic asset behavior. The level is right for all researchers in the area with a master’s degree in statistics.” (Stergios B. Fotopoulos, Technometrics, Vol. 58 (3), August, 2016)“The book aims to synthesize the present status of the field, but it also represents a subjective snapshot of the current situation, as viewed by the author. It is written in a very concise and elegant way, explaining the notation used as it is required. … This book is definitely recommended to anyone (practitioners, quants, academics orgraduate students) interested in attaining a deeper understanding of the dynamics of prices, as well as the corresponding stylized facts … .” (Omar Rojas, MAA Reviews, January, 2013)

Discrete Time Series, Processes, and Applications in Finance

Bronze Knives of Ancinet China

Coping with Blushing

A user´s guide with tips, case studies and recipes

Manuka Honey - The all-round talent from New Zealand for your health and wellbeing

"Whilst there has been extensive research on the peace agreements themselves, the processes that led to specific outcomes are often ignored or regarded as 'too difficult'. As this book shows the processes themselves are not only worthy of study, but critical in the determination of the peaceful outcomes of each case. A valuable framework facilitates comparison across a very broad selection of cases that should provide the standard text on this subject for some years."--Paul Jackson, University of Birmingham, UK

"Two of Britain’s leading scholars of conflict resolution and peace building have assembled a first-class group of contributors in a seminal volume on comparative peace processes in no fewer than 18 different settings. The essays contain a wealth of new material and conceptual insights into the multiple challenges of peace building. It is a book that will appeal to scholars and practitioners of conflict resolution and peacebuilding, not least because it offers a major theoretical advancement to our understanding of the social, economic and political dynamics of peace process. The volume will appeal to students and practitioners alike not least because it challenges our basic assumptions about the workings of any peace process."—Fen Osler Hampson, Carleton University, Canada
"The issue of peace process design is a central one for mediators and international organisations supporting peace processes. However, until now it has not been the subject of sustained academic inquiry. This book provides an extensive and systematic comparative case study approach to understanding process design. The book sets out an overall framework for understanding process design and is vital reading for students and practitioners alike."-- Christine Bell, University of Edinburgh, UK

Comparing Peace Processes

Memoirs of the Southern California Academy of Sciences; v.10 (2005)

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Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 12c

Men Without Children

I Always Wanted To Be A Dad

Prostitución, contextos fronterizos y corporalidad : diálogos para la acción

The Gilded Age Murder of Helen Potts

Six Capsules

Die Litteratur Der Ersten Hundert Jahre Nach Der Erfindung Der Typographie

22nd International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, Lausanne, Switzerland, September 11-14, 2012, Proceedings, Part II

Artificial Neural Networks and Machine Learning -- ICANN 2012

Volume I: 1900-1960

The Quest for Utopia in Twentieth-Century America

Öl im Betrieb

"This is a very timely book on alcohol drinking prototypes, concerted programmatic interventions, and multi-stakeholder alliances toward alcohol prevention and control. A must read book by all policy makers, program designers, and health professionals."
- Manoj Sharma, Editor, Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, and Health Promotion and Education Faculty, University of Cincinnati

"If policy-makers pay attention, this book could change the way they look at reducing the risks of heavy drinking, and maybe even get them to recognize some of the benefits of moderate drinking. A focus on drinking patterns and the necessity to adapt to local circumstances, combined with an appeal for collaboration among various interested constituencies, is far more realistic than the traditional aim merely to reduce consumption."
- Dwight B. Heath, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, Brown University

"This volume does exactly as its title suggests. It provides examples of the different cultural contexts within which alcohol problems are evident. It examines interventions, how they fit within their cultures and communities, and offers explanations of why they work. The book acknowledges the difficulties for policy makers and practitioners involved in planning and implementing interventions, and helpfully suggests criteria which could be used in their design. Its value lies in its contribution to the debate about effective interventions in alcohol problems, and the need to achieve a balance between population wide approaches and targeted interventions."
- Jack Law, Chief Executive, Alcohol Focus Scotland, Glasgow

"...this well-documented...book presents feasible solutions and action plans...Recommended."
-CHOICE

Patterns, Interventions, and Partnerships

Drinking in Context

Black Masculinity, Societal Indifference, and Church Socialization

Racial Reconciliation

An Invitation to the Sceptical

Making Sense of God

Mama Hug

Le Roi, La Charte, Et La Monarchie

This remarkable, timely, and forward-looking collection is much more than a theoretical analysis of why religious ethics should be opposed to great wealth disparities. It offers an astute, fact-based, and fast-paced diagnosis of the often misunderstood factors that drive inequality in the U.S, including the global financial system, race, class, and gender. Authors not only respond with creative theological proposals, they identify practical and effective types of resistance available to religious activists, faith traditions, and faith-based organizations. This is a scholarly book, a hopeful one, and a sure inspiration to anyone seeking a progressive religious politics that can actually get the job done.Lisa Cahill, Boston College, USA. 

This volume is a true testament toJon Gunnemann as it makes clear that our theologies and faith claims are morally consequential. The thinkers make clear that there is no neutral ground: our theological and faith traditions are implicated in fostering economic injustice and inequality even when they may compel us to advocate for a more just society. When I picked up this book I expected an academic treatment of the relationship between economic theories and theological doctrines. Instead, from the opening page I was at once indicted and inspired by a moral conversation concerning the inextricable relationship between theology and economic injustice as well asthe absolute imperative for faith communities to do something about it. A book that I thought would be hard to read, was one I found hard to put down. Reverend Kelly Brown Douglas, Episcopal Divinity School at Union, USA.

Spirit and Capital in an Age of Inequality

FOR LOVE & HONOR

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Praise for the Second Edition

"Exceptional in scope and clarity, Holyoke’s Interest Groups and Lobbying is sure to become a mainstay for students and scholars of American politics. Holyoke presents a comprehensive and timely review of existing theory and empirical research."　

—James Strickland, Arizona State University

Praise for the First Edition

"Interest Groups and Lobbying　provides a compelling and thoughtful examination of lobbying and advocacy that allows students to consider the topic in both an applied and theoretically rigorous way."
—Interest Groups & Advocacy

"Interest Groups and Lobbying　is an engaging, informed, and innovative analysis of interest groups and lobbying. More than simply a description of lobbyist 'dos and don'ts,' this book provides a serious model for understanding the real-world issues that lobbyists and the groups they work for face."—Rodd Freitag, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire"Interest Groups and Lobbying　will challenge students to rethink their assumptions about interest groups, and think more critically about the problems of representation in the interest group age."—Bryan McQuide, Grand View University and University of Idaho"Perhaps most useful for teaching students about lobbying are the case studies on national parks, gun control, and the US Chamber of Commerce."—Heath Brown, Seton Hall University

"This book will be of value to all who seek to understand the mobilization of interests from the grassroots to the inner corridors of power."—Michael T. Heaney, University of Michigan"Holyoke provides a rich theoretical account of interest groups, along with both quantitative data and in-depth case studies to understand how organizations form and shape public policy in a variety of contexts."—Paul M. Collins Jr., University of North Texas

Pursuing Political Interests in America

Interest Groups and Lobbying

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