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Love and Lettuce
“Mira eso, chica … here she comes,” Concha whispers. She and Rita scrunch down in the wide front seat of Rita’s Dodge Ram, draining their...
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Type 2: Violent Rapists and Sexual Predators
The police sexual aggressors in this type share the same characteristics. They target male and female victims and lack the self-control to curb their...
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Canada–US Security Cooperation: Interests, Institutions, Identity and Ideas
The Canada–US security relationship has always been one of balance: creating institutions that balance the power differential, balancing domestic,...
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North America and the Caribbean
The introduction of referendums and initiative in North America was deeply influenced by the populists in the late 19th Century and the Progressives...
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Conclusion
In this concluding chapter we draw on the evidence from the previous chapters to evaluate the future of the Canada–US relationship. Chapters in this...
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Introduction
The Canada–US relationship is marked by higher levels of institutionalization than is commonly understood. That is because these institutions are not...
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Die Komik des High-Seins
Dieser Text setzt sich damit auseinander, wie Christian Züberts Film Lammbock (2001) als Komödie rezipiert werden kann – zum Einen aus seinem...
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What Is Crowdsourcing for Innovation?
This book is about how crowds can help to innovatively solve wicked problems: problems that are vexing to companies as well as problems that have an...
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Core Themes
Seven core themes in Macpherson’s writings that are employed by him in his critique of possessive individualism and defence of developmental...
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School Choice: The Tautology of the Market
Private think-tanks, education reform advocates, corporate foundations, and their political allies posit that the “crisis” in education would be...
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Setting Standards for Good and Bad Governance
At the symbolic level, few citizens would say that they are against good governance and fewer still would endorse bad governance or corruption....
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Reducing Corruption
Politicians made exuberant by winning control of government with a promise to get rid of corruption are tempted to believe that their victory removes...
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The Rhetorical Canons of Speechwriting
In this chapter, we present three tasks from the rhetorical canon that all speechwriting must engage in order to compose a coherent and persuasive...
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False Choice: Pseudoscientific Narrative
Children are sent to school, in part, to learn how to transition from their youthful self-centeredness to the mature understanding of their...
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Translating Vague Statutes into Rules and Regulations
How vague policy language is translated into rules and regulations for organizations and individuals to follow is the focus of this chapter. The...
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Hanf – Samen, Fasern, Arznei und Rausch
Hanf stammt aus Zentralasien und wird seit Jahrtausenden als Kulturpflanze verwendet. Er ist eine der widersprüchlichsten Genusspflanzen überhaupt,...
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Trump the Ordinary Republican
As a purported outsider, disruptor, nationalist, populist and insurgent, Trump promised dramatic change. This chapter demonstrates that he has not...
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Tell Me About Yourself: What Is Language?
Semiotics and linguistics (in the modern sense) emerge at the same time and in the same book, Ferdinand de Saussure’s Cours de linguistique générale....
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#Crime: The Theoretical Underpinnings
There is an extensive body of literature examining legacy media and crime, and over the past ten years scholars have begun to explore the impact of...
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Dietary Treatments for Epilepsy and Ketogenic Diet
A balanced diet is recommended for every person in order to keep healthy and active. However, there is little evidence that a balanced diet has a...