Tabla de Contenidos: “…STATEBUILDING AND TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME NETWORKS IN AFGHANISTAN 77 2.2 "MIRED IN DECEPTION" - NARCOTICS AND POLITICS IN AFGHANISTAN 91 2.3 HOW TO FIGHT CORRUPTION IN AFGHANISTAN: A COMMUNITY PROJECT EXAMPLE 109 3.1 BLACK ECONOMY IN INDIA AND TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME: UNDERMINING DEMOCRACY 115 4.1 ORGANIZED AND TRANSNATIONAL CRIME IN WEST AFRICA 127 5.1 FROM APARTHEID TO 2020: THE EVOLUTION OF ORGANIZED CRIMINAL NETWORKS IN SOUTH AFRICA 145 6.1 SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE WAR AGAINST DRUGS IN MEXICO 149 6.2 Extortion in Everyday Life in Mexico 161 6.3 CIVIL SOCIETY'S STRATEGIES TO CONFRONT GROWING INSECURITY AND VIOLENCE IN MEXICO 169 7.1 VIOLENCE AND ORGANIZED CRIME IN BRAZIL: THE CASE OF "MILITIAS" IN RIO DE JANEIRO 179 7.2 ROOTS OF ORGANIZED CRIME IN THE AMAZON 189 7.3 IF THE MPF WOULD NOT GO FOR IT, WHO WILL? 199 7.4 UNHOLY ALLIANCES OR CREATIVE PROCESSES? SOCIO-ENVIRONMENTAL APPROACHES POINT OUT NEW WAYS TOWARD LOCAL HARM REDUCTION 203 8.1 A "BLACK HOLE" IN EUROPE? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Anyone's Word and the Expert's Word: An Alliance -- 5.2. Sustaining the Plaza and Beyond: Towards a New Cultural Power -- 5.3. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…""Monopoly""""Separation of Infrastructure""; ""Competition""; ""Alliances and Mergers""; ""Impact of Passenger Transport on Rail Freight""; ""Ownership""; ""Inter-Modal Competition and Infrastructure Charges""; ""Distortion of Competition""; ""Market Failure and Infrastructure Charges""; ""Cost recovery and Financial Issues""; ""Other Aspects of the Regulation of Infrastructure Charges""; ""Replicability of Models""; ""Conclusions""; ""Notes""; ""Regulatory Reform in Selected Countries: Europe""; ""Railway Reform in the European Union""; ""The Need for Reform""…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…PREFACE; THE HONORABLE ANDY KERR MINISTER FOR FINANCE AND PUBLIC SERVICES ADDRESS TO THE OECD CONFERENCE; FOREWORD; CONTENTS; ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; PART I THE URBAN RENAISSANCE IN GLASGOW; Introduction; Glasgow's renaissance; PART II DELIVERING CHANGE; Delivering economic development; Tackling social exclusion; The Glasgow Alliance; PART III THE RIVER CLYDE; A Strategy for the River; A sustainable future; PART IV AN URBAN RENAISSANCE CITY; Introduction; A renaissance city; PART V SELECTION OF EXPERT PAPERS FROM THE OECD URBAN RENAISSANCE SEMINAR: LESSONS FOR INNOVATION AND IMPLEMENTATION…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Front Cover -- Comparative Urban Research from Theory to Practice -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- List of figures and tables -- List of abbreviations -- Notes on the editors -- Notes on contributors -- One Introduction: from unilocal to comparative transdisciplinary urban co-production of knowledge -- Co-production as a research approach -- Global challenges and the urban -- Mistra Urban Futures: a centre for transdisciplinary co-produced research on urban futures -- From local to comparative research -- Overview of the book's contents -- Notes -- References Two From unilocal to comparative research: the Mistra Urban Futures journey -- Introduction -- Methodological lessons from unilocal transdisciplinary co-produced research -- A transition towards comparative transdisciplinary co-production: challenges foreseen -- Reasons for comparing co-produced and transdisciplinary research -- Learning from comparative co-produced research -- Early assumed outcomes -- A typological framework for comparative transdisciplinary knowledge co-production -- Discussion -- Notes -- References -- Three Local projects retrofitted -- Introduction -- Retrofitting Strategies for and experiences of building retrofitted comparative projects -- Comparative dimensions during the process -- Choice of city for comparison -- Targeted expertise of the research team -- Setting up a research demonstration site -- Real scientific evidence -- Analysis of waste management technologies -- Waste governance and networks -- Privatisation of waste management services in the city -- Benefits -- Limitations encountered during the project -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References Four Replicating projects for comparative research: Mistra Urban Futures' experiences with comparative work on knowledge excha -- Introduction -- Replication -- Mistra Urban Futures' initial work on knowledge exchange, food and transport -- Knowledge exchange -- Food -- Transport -- The comparative projects -- Knowledge exchange -- Food -- Transport -- Conclusion -- References -- Five Clustering and assemblage building -- Introduction -- Setting the scene: a chronology -- Defining the theme: migration and urban development -- The initial step: commonalities of international and internal migration Consolidation: four transformative themes -- Advancement: process as outcome -- Theorising clustering -- Knowledge alliances -- Assemblage building -- Entry points -- Benefits and challenges -- Process design and group consolidation -- Uncertainty and the role of a narrative -- Contribution to realising just cities -- Clustering as a method for cross-city learning in globalised societies -- Ways forward -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- References -- Six Internationally initiated projects with local co-production: Urban Sustainable Development Goal project -- Introduction…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…; Application Tools; Alliances; Summary; Solutions Fast Track; Frequently Asked Questions; Chapter 2. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…; Is There a Cisco NAC Alliance Program?; Understanding Clientless and Client-Based NAC; Pre-Admission NAC; Post-Admission NAC; Summary; Chapter 2: The Technical Components of NAC Solutions…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Piper -- Historical linguistics and archaeology : an uneasy alliance / Robert Blust -- Were the first Lapita colonisers of remote Oceania farmers as well as foragers? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Formation et débuts dans l'industrie pétrolière -- Les années de formation -- Une première expérience des affaires pétrolières -- Paribas et la Steaua romana -- L'action de la diplomatie française -- La convergence des intérêts -- Reconstruction et relations franco-roumaines -- Dédommagements et réclamations -- Négociations avec le Quai d'Orsay -- Relations avec le gouvernement roumain -- Les terrains de l'État roumain -- Les redevances du gouvernement roumain -- Ernest Mercier, président de sociétés en Roumanie -- Les dettes roumaines -- Toujours à la recherche d'un compromis -- La gestion de l'Omnium international des pétroles -- La détérioration des affaires en Roumanie -- La Roumanie au coeur des ambitions pétrolières françaises -- La naissance d'une société pétrolière nationale -- La genèse de la CFP -- La rivalité des banques -- La création du Syndicat d'études pétrolières -- Des négociations difficiles -- Paribas et les Américains -- Le groupe français rejoint la Turkish Petroleum -- Premier contact -- Une alliance franco-américaine -- Monsieur cinq pour cent -- La menace d'un procès -- La signature d'une entente -- Le Parlement et la question pétrolière -- Le problème du raffinage -- Mercier fait appel au Président Poincaré -- L'intervention du gouvernement -- Débats à l'Hémicycle -- La signature d'une nouvelle convention -- Mercier et les relations au sein de l'Iraq Petroleum Company -- L'écoulement du pétrole iraquien -- La signature d'un nouveau contrat avec l'Iraq -- Relations avec le gouvernement -- Une entente au sujet des pipelines -- La France prête à accueillir le pétrole iraquien -- L'exploitation de l'Iraq et la Deuxième Guerre mondiale -- La CFP entre dans l'ère productive -- La préparation à la guerre -- L'impact de la Deuxième Guerre mondiale -- Une vision pour le futur -- La fin d'une carrière…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Knowledge based approaches to international health: The Eurolife International Health Alliance -- 3. The One Health Concept in a development context -- 4. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Part I - Developing Work with the Internal and External Setting; Chapter 1 - Establish and Maintain the Therapeutic Setting; Chapter 2 - Cultivate and Develop Your Therapeutic Stance; Chapter 3 - Negotiate and Articulate Clearly the Therapeutic Contract; Chapter 4 - Identify and Assess Your Client's Inner World Position; Chapter 5 - Assess Your Client's Availability for a Therapeutic Alliance; Chapter 6 - Abandon Memory and Desire in Relation to Your Client; Part II - Developing Work with Issues Around the Boundaries…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Deciding Children's Futures An expert guide to assessments for safeguarding and promoting children's welfare in the family court; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; Being assessed; Feelings associated with assessment; Confidence and trust; Relationship, alliance and the temptation to 'rescue'; Confidentiality; A focus on strengths; Art or science, analytical or intuitive judgements, quantitative or qualitative methods?…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…LAND POWER; U.S. Interests and Alliances in the Asia-Pacific; The Asian Operating Environment; Possible Security Challenges in Asia; Implications for the U.S. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…A collaborative study from the MSBase Registry -- Treatment discontinuation in multiple sclerosis: The French Web-based survey ALLIANCE -- Detection of cortical lesions in multiple sclerosis: A new imaging approach -- Improved working ability in a contemporary MS population compared with a historic non-treated MS population in the same geographic area of Sweden -- Evaluation of an integrated multidisciplinary approach in multiple sclerosis care: A prospective, randomized, controlled study -- Remotely-delivered cognitive remediation in multiple sclerosis (MS): protocol and results from a pilot study -- A randomized trial of teriflunomide added to glatiramer acetate in relapsing multiple sclerosis -- Free kappa light chains in cerebrospinal fluid as a biomarker to assess risk conversion to multiple sclerosis -- Predicting optimal response to B-cell depletion with rituximab in multiple sclerosis using CXCL13 index, magnetic resonance imaging and clinical measures -- Improvement to baseline after plasma exchange in spinal attacks associated with neuromyelitis optica…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Richardson -- E-books across the consortium: reflections and lessons from a three-year DDA experiment at the Orbis Cascade Alliance / Kathleen Carlisle Fountain -- The simplest explanation: Occam's reader and the future of interlibrary loan and e-books / Ryan Litsey, Kenny Ketner, Joni Blake, & Anne McKee -- Developing a global e-book collection: an exploratory study / Dracine Hodges -- Users' experiences -- A social scientist uses e-books for research and in the classroom / Ann-Marie Clark -- The user experience of e-books in academic libraries: perception, discovery and use / Tao Zhang & Xi Niu -- E-book reading practices in different subject areas: an exploratory log analysis / Robert S. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 1: Introduction -- Part I: Global Economic Crisis -- Chapter 2: The Road from Prosperity into the Crisis: The Long Cycle of Post-War Economic, Social and Political Development -- Chapter 3: The Systemic Nature of the Global Crisis and Some Principles for Tackling it -- Part II: Regional Governance and Crisis Management in Europe and Latin America -- Chapter 4: EU’s Double Democratic Deficit -- Chapter 5: European Union’s Democratic Legitimacy after the MoUs: The Political Legacy of an Economic Crisis -- Chapter 6: Finance Capitalism and Democracy: The Case of the Financial Transactions Tax -- Chapter 7: Regional Governance and Macroeconomic Crisis Management in Latin America -- Part III: Impact of the Crisis in Europe and Latin America: National Level -- Chapter 8: Managing the Crisis in Greece: The Missing Link Between External Conditionality and Domestic Political Economy -- Chapter 9: The Crisis, its Management and Impact on Equity and Democracy in Portugal and Possible Consequences for the EU -- Chapter 10: The 2011 Crisis in Italy: A Story of Deep Rooted (and Still Unresolved) Economic and Political Weaknesses -- Chapter 11: Latin American Economic Crises and Populist Bids: Argentina, Brazil and Mexico -- Chapter 12: The Fall of a Giant: Greed, Corruption and Abuse of Power Undermining Democracy in Brazil -- Chapter 13: Venezuela in Crisis - Governance, Equity and Democracy -- Part IV: Impact of the Crisis in Europe and Latin America: Regional Level -- Chapter 14: The Rise of Right-wing Populism in Europe: A Psychoanalytical Contribution -- Chapter 15: European Economic Governance and Rising Sovereignism -- Chapter 16: Eurozone Crisis Management and the Growth of Opposition to European Integration -- Chapter 17: A ‘Pink Tide’ Than a ‘Turn to the Right’: Populisms and Extremism in Latin America in the 21st Century -- Chapter 18: The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Latin American Regionalism and Beyond -- Part V: Conclusions -- Chapter 19: Comparing the Crises in Europe and Latin America: Causes, Management and Consequences -- Part VI: Reform Proposals -- Chapter 20: Financial Instability, Climate Change and the ‘Digital Colonization’ of Europe: Some Unconventional Proposals -- Chapter 21: Promoting Investment in the European Union, Evaluating the Junker Plan -- Chapter 22: Proposal for a Pact for National Responsibility Through EU Solidarity within the Present EU Architecture -- Chapter 23: Proposals for Reforms and Democratization of the EMU -- Chapter 24: Operational Proposal for an EU-CELAC Strategic Alliance -- Chapter 25: Epilogue - Financial Crises, Regionalism and Domestic Adjustment…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Reflecting on practical experience and a case study within the field of gender equality politics -- Gender Mainstreaming, Diversity Management and Inclusive Excellence: From Similarities and Differences to New Possibilities -- Diversity Politics and Diversity Management in Organizations -- Managing Gender & Diversity – Assumptions, Connections and Challenges for theory development -- Promoting e/quality and excellence in universities and research: The “Gender-Alliance” for the German science system -- Do Little Strokes Fell Big Oaks? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Attempts to Create an Anti-Iranian Alliance…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…; Countering Internal Security Threats; The Strategic Use of Militants; The Pakistan Government's Ability to Tackle the Militant Threat; Pakistan's Foreign Policy; Foreign Policy Objectives; Foreign Policymaking; Pakistan's Alliances and Regional Insecurities; Economic Policies; Macroeconomic Policies; Government Defense Spending and Other Military Revenues…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Front Cover; Table of contents; Preface; Keynote Speakers; Emotional intelligence of counseling undergraduates of two Malaysian public universities; The determinants of exports between Malaysia and the OIC member countries: A panel cointegration approach; Development of the theory and practice of competitiveness; Using historical heritage as a factor in tourism development; Historical and cultural heritage and region's economic (by case central and eastern Russia); Experiences of Malaysian enterprises in international strategic alliances in Vietnam…”