“…One of the most important developments of Western civilization has been the growth of historical consciousness. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One: A Short History of Western Ethics; 1 Christian, Biblical Ethics; 2 Ancient Ethics; 3 Moral Knowledge from Augustine Through Aquinas; 4 Moral Knowledge in the Reformation and the Enlightenment Shift; Part Two: Naturalism, Relativism and Postmodernism; 5 Options for Naturalistic Ethics; 6 Naturalism, Knowledge and the Fact-Value Split; 7 More Modern Options; 8 Introduction to the Postmodern Period; 9 MacIntyre's Recovered Thomistic Ethics; 10 Hauerwas's Narrative Christian Ethics…”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Anderson -- When "smoke isn't smoke" : missteps in air quality regulation of wildfire smoke / Kirsten Engel and Andrew Reeves -- Private and public provision of firefighting services in rural Australia / Jeff Bennett -- Fire suppression policy, whether, and western wildland fire trends : an empirical analysis / Jason Scott Johnston and Jonathan Klick -- In harm's way : homeowner behavior and wildland fire policy / Carolyn Kousky, Sheila Olmstead, and Roger Sedjo…”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Book Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Contributors -- Institutional challenges for China's business reforms in a globalized economy -- Industrial restructuring and corporate governance in China's large-scale state-owned enterprises -- Regional comparative analysis of China's banking system -- Solving agency problems in a cross-border environment -- Foreign banks-market entry and foreign investment -- Accounting for intangible assets and the relevance of financial statements in developed and emerging capital markets: Australia and China -- Changing structure of Chinese enterprises and human resource management practices in China -- The management of human resources in Shanghai -- Employee perceptions of social protection reform in Shanghai: diversity across ownership forms and occupations -- Pension reform in China: imperatives, constraints and outcomes -- Globalization and occupational health and safety regulation in China -- China's entry to the WTO -- Raw entrepreneurship and the rise of the new private sector in western China -- Bibliography -- Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Fletcher-Louis -- The polemic against the Tevul Yom: a reexamination / Martha Himmelfarb -- Qumran and the genealogy of Western mysticism / Philip S. Alexander…”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…On envy and the hatred of love; 2 Envy, narcissism, and the destructive instinct; 3 Envy and Gratitude: some current reflections; 4 An independent response to Envy and Gratitude; 5 On gratitude; 6 Keeping envy in mind: the vicissitudes of envy in adolescent motherhood; 7 Envy in Western society: today and tomorrow…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The difference between Eastern and Western thinking; Part 4: Therapy and healing; Introduction; 13. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…/ 7 Exploring the Value of the Capability Approach for Vocational Education and Training Evaluation: Reflections from South Africa / 8 China’s Higher Education Engagement with Africa: A Different Partnership and Cooperation Model? / 9 Western African Student Migration: A Response to the Globalisation of Knowledge / 10 Boosting Higher Education in Africa through Shared Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) / Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Islam on both Sides: Religion and Locality in Western Burkina Faso 125 Chapter 7. The Making of a 'Harari' City in Ethiopia: Constructing and Contesting Saintly Places in Harar 149 Chapter 8. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…A Thousand Leagues Above: Prison As a Refuge from the Prosaic -- Cradled on the Sea: Prison As a Mother Who Provides and Protects -- To Die and Become: Prison As a Matrix of Spiritual Rebirth -- Flowers Are Flowers: Prison As a Place Like Any Other -- Methodological Issues -- Positive Images of Prison and Theories of Punishment -- Epilogue to Part One -- Prologue to Part Two -- Reluctant Admiration: The Forms of Our Conflict over Criminals -- Rationalized Admiration: Overt Delight in Camouflaged Criminals -- Repressed Admiration: Loathing As a Vicissitude of Attraction to Criminals -- Conclusion to Part Two: This Unforeseen Partnership -- Prologue to Part Three -- Eject Him Tainted Now: The Criminal As Filth in Western Culture -- Projecting an Excrementitious Mass: The Metaphor of Filth in the History of Botany Bay -- Stirring the Odorous Pile: Vicissitudes of the Metaphor in Britain and the United States -- Conclusion to Part Three: Metaphor Understood -- Conclusion: The Romanticization of Criminals and the Defense against Despair…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction / Military Labor In China, C. 1500 / From The Mamluks To The Mansabdars / On The Ottoman Janissaries (Fourteenth-Nineteenth Centuries) / Soldiers In Western Europe, C. 1500-1790 / The Scottish Mercenary As A Migrant Labourer In Europe, 1550-1650 / Change And Continuity In Mercenary Armies: Central Europe, 1650-1750 / Peasants Fighting For A Living In Early Modern North India / "True To Their Salt" / "The Scum Of Every County, The Refuse Of Mankind" / Mobilization Of Warrior Populations In The Ottoman Context, 1750-1850 / Military Employment In Qing Dynasty China / Military Service And The Russian Social Order, 1649-1861 / The French Army, 1789-1914 / The Dutch Army In Transition / The Draft And Draftees In Italy, 1861-1914 / Nation-Building, War Experiences, And European Models / Mobilizing Military Labor In The Age Of Total War / Soldiering As Work / Private Contractors In War From The 1990's To The Present / Collective Bibliography -- Notes On Contributors…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…; Chapter 2: Ethics and Worldviews; Time, Space, and Con fl icting Paradigms; Chapter 3: The Interpretation Game and Ways of Knowing the Past; Interpretive Approaches; Oral Traditions and Inclusion/Goals and Confusion; NAGPRA and Other Formal Encounters; Closing Doors; Chapter 4: Robbing and Reinventing the Nonmaterial Past; Sanitizing Meaning; The Rock Art; Eviscerating the Record: Western Biases, Values, Ethics, and "Shamanic Avoidance"…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…United Kingdom/England and Wales -- Ukraine -- Romania -- Portugal -- Foreword and acknowledgements -- Peru -- Mozambique -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- Belgium/Flanders -- United States/Ohio -- Australia/Western Australia -- United States/Maine -- United States/Hawaii -- Australia/Victoria -- United Kingdom/Scotland -- United Kingdom/Northern Ireland -- Australia/New South Wales -- Water tariff setting methodologies in selected territories -- Estonia -- Colombia -- Participants in the OECD Survey on the Governance of Water Regulators -- Uruguay -- Chile -- United States/West Virginia -- Bulgaria -- United States/Tennessee -- Brazil/Rio Grande do Sul -- United States/Pennsylvania -- Overview of regulatory frameworks for water services in selected countries -- Malaysia -- Executive summary -- Latvia -- Kosovo -- Results of the OECD Survey on the Governance of Water Regulators -- Italy -- Albania -- Ireland -- Australia/Capital Territory -- Glossary -- Indonesia -- Hungary -- Armenia -- Selected examples of water performance indicators…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Carroll-- Capitalist crisis and left responses in the global north-- Occupy and the dialectics of the left in the United States, Leah-Hunt Hendrix and Isham Christie-- Austerity and resistance: The politics of labour in the Eurozone crisis, Andreas Bieler and Jamie Jordan-- Beyond social democratic and communist parties: Left political organisation in transition in western, Europe Hilary Wainwright-- Capitalist crisis and left responses in the global south-- Brazil: From neoliberal democracy to the end of the 'Lula Moment', Alfredo Saad Filho-- The global financial crisis and 'resilience': The case of India, Sumangala Damodaran-- Real wage trends and the labour crisis in South Africa, Niall Reddy-- Seize power! …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction: Towards a Sociology of the Everyday in Brunei Darussalam -- Traditional Malay Marriage Ceremonies in Brunei Darussalam: Between -- Halal Certification in Brunei Darussalam: Bureaucratisation in Everyday Life -- Youth Religiosity and Social Media in Brunei Darussalam -- Food Choices and the Malay Muslim Middle Class in Brunei Darussalam -- Learning Gender in a Malay Muslim Society in Brunei Darussalam -- Older Malay Muslim Women in Brunei Darussalam: A Non-Western Conception of Aging -- Domestic Maids (Amah) in Malay Households in Brunei Darussalam -- Pengangun: Female Ritual Specialists for Malay Weddings in Brunei Darussalam -- Belonging and Unbelonging in Kampong Ayer, Brunei Darussalam -- The Sociocultural Significance of Homeownership in Brunei Darussalam -- Merantau: The Worldview and Praxis of Javanese Migrants in Brunei Darussalam -- Negotiating Assimilation and Hybridity: The Identity of Chinese-Malays in Brunei Darussalam -- Zoomers in Brunei Darussalam: Language Use, Social Interaction and Identity -- From Migrants to Citizens: The Iban of Melilas Longhouse, Brunei Darussalam…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 11 Latin AmericaChapter 12 Central and Eastern Europe; Chapter 13 Western Europe and "legacy" countries; Chapter 14 A look to the future: Emerging global trends likely to influence international public relations practice; Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cohabitation in Western Europe: Trends, Issues, and Implications -- Contemporary Cohabitation: Food for Thought -- (Re)Envisioning Cohabitation: A Commentary on Race, History, and Culture -- Cohabitation in Contemporary North America -- What Are the Choices for Low-Income Families?…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover; INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVESON FAMILY VIOLENCEAND ABUSE; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; PART I: CONTEXT; 1 Introduction; PART II: WESTERN EUROPE; 2 Iceland; 3 England; 4 Portugal; 5 Italy; 6 Germany; PART III: CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN EUROPE; 7 Russia; 8 Greece; 9 Turkey; PART IV: THE MIDDLE EAST; 10 Saudi Arabia; 11 Israel; 12 Lebanon; PART V: AFRICA; 13 Somalia; 14 South Africa; PART VI: ASIA AND THE PACIFIC; 15 India; 16 Japan; 17 Korea; 18 Taiwan; 19 Republika ng pilipinas, the Philippines; 20 Australia; PART VII: LATIN AMERICA; 21 Nicaragua; 22 Brazil…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Adejare, and Jojolola Fasuyi -- Humanness and ableism: Construction and deconstruction of disability / Sibonokuhle Ndlovu -- Doing the old human / Cary Burnett -- Being a mineworker in post-apartheid South Africa: a decolonial perspective / Robert Maseko -- Meditations on the dehumanisation of the slave / Tendayi Sithole -- 'Language as being" in the politics of Ngugi Wa Thiong'o / Brian Sibanda -- The underside of modern knowledge: an epistemic break from Western science / Nokuthula Hlabangane -- The fiction of the juristic person: reassessing personhood in relation to people / C. …”