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1946-, Woollacott Marjorie H., ed. Motor control: Theory and practical applications. Williams & Wilkins, 1995.

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1946-, Woollacott Marjorie H., ed. Motor control: Theory and practical applications. 2nd ed. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2001.

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Sosnin, Eduard, and Boris Poizner. System support of creative activity: tasks, tools, methodology. INFRA-M Academic Publishing LLC., 2025. https://doi.org/10.12737/2010442.

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The purpose of this textbook is to teach the reader how to use the tools of system analysis in his research, design, forecasting and innovation activities. To do this, the textbook introduces the basics of system analysis and its tools using examples of specific tasks from physics, chemistry, history, economics, management, medicine, sociology, philosophy, agronomy, politics and everyday life. Practical recommendations are given on taking into account the psychological characteristics of a personality when mastering it by system analysis. The place of system analysis in the world of human cogn

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International, scientific-practical conference "Far East spring-2008" (2008 Komsomolʹsk-na-Amur Russia). Dalʹnevostochnai︠a︡ vesna--2008: Materialy mezhdunarodnoĭ nauchno-prakticheskoĭ konferent︠s︡ii v oblasti ėkologii i bezopasnosti zhiznedei︠a︡telʹnosti, g. Komsomolʹsk-na-Amure, 30 apreli︠a︡ 2008 g. = Far East spring--2008 : material from the international practical research conference in ecology and safety of vital activity, Komsomolsk-na Amure, 30 April, 2008 year. GOUVPO "KnAGTU", 2008.

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Komsomolʹsk-na-Amur, Russia) International Scientific-Practical Conference "Far East Spring" (2009. Dalʹnevostochnai︠a︡ vesna--2009: Materialy mezhdunarodnoĭ nauchno-prakticheskoĭ konferent︠s︡ii v oblasti ėkologii i bezopasnosti zhiznedei︠a︡telʹnosti, g. Komsomolʹsk-na-Amure, 22 mai︠a︡ 2009 g. = Far East spring--2009 : materials from the 9-th international practical research conference in ecology and safety of vital activity, Komsomolsk-na Amure, Russia, 22 May, 2009. GOUVPO "KnAGTU", 2009.

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Bernstein, Richard J. Praxis and action: Contemporary philosophies of human activity. University of Pennsylvania Press, 1999.

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Kargin, Nikolay, and Yuliya Laamarti. Theoretical foundations human health and its formation by means of physical culture and sports. INFRA-M Academic Publishing LLC., 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/1070927.

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The textbook examines the basic concepts, theoretical and methodological approaches to the assessment of the status, functioning and human development and its individual organs and subsystems in the structure of life, the basic principles of course of organismal and behavioral processes that support human adaptation to the external environment and the effectiveness of the behavior in terms of specific activities. Discusses the meaning of "health" in its broadest sense: physical, social, spiritual — and the ways, methods and tests examination of functional state of human organism and vari

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Zayceva, Tat'yana, and Anatoliy Zub. Personnel management. INFRA-M Academic Publishing LLC., 2025. https://doi.org/10.12737/2160249.

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The textbook covers all aspects of personnel management, including the history of the formation of this science, approaches, as well as the main areas of practical activity. It provides the theoretical foundations of planning, recruitment, development, motivation, staff performance assessment, remuneration, as well as practical recommendations and examples. It is designed to help students develop core competencies in the field of personnel management, understand the patterns of human behavior in organizations, learn how to effectively organize the work of employees and create a positive workin

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Africa, Alliances for, Coalition for an Effective African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights, and African Union Assembly, eds. Activity report of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights 2006: Submitted in accordance with Article 31 of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Establishment of an African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights : presented at the 8th ordinary session of the Assembly of the African Union on 29-30 January 2007 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. [s.n.], 2007.

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Khabriyeva, Taliya. Doctrinal foundations of the practice of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. INFRA-M Academic Publishing LLC., 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/2073371.

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The monograph analyzes the impact of scientific research and legal and doctrinal assessments on the practice of law enforcement of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. Special attention is paid to the scientific works of the judges of the highest judicial instance, the analysis of the rulings of the Supreme Court, the decisions of the Plenum and the Presidium of the Supreme Court, which address controversial issues of legal science and judicial practice. The problems of application of both substantive and procedural law are revealed. The intersectoral features of judicial activit

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Maksurov, Aleksey. The use of special knowledge in proving cases of crimes and offenses on the Internet. INFRA-M Academic Publishing LLC., 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/1915941.

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The monograph examines the use of modern evidentiary capabilities in the legal process, which are available in connection with human activity in the global information space, including new electronic types of evidence. Such evidence is acquired through the application of special knowledge. The legal bases of the application of special knowledge by the bodies carrying out preliminary investigation, as well as the directions of the application of special knowledge in criminal proceedings are disclosed. Special attention is paid to the peculiarities of proving involvement in crimes (offense

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Human Anatomy Coloring Book: Activity Book Practical Fun for Preschoolers. Independently Published, 2020.

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Making Sense Together: Practical Approaches to Supporting Children Who Have Multisensory Impairments (Human Horizons Series). 2nd ed. Souvenir Pr Ltd, 2000.

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LeBuffe, Michael. Practical Reason. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190845803.003.0004.

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In Ethics 4, Spinoza argues that reason commands us to preserve ourselves, to seek knowledge, and to take particular kinds of action in doing so. This invocation of reason draws upon Ethics 2 and 3 to explain the sense in which human beings will be motivated to act on these prescriptions: knowledge is for Spinoza a kind of activity, and we all possess significant and powerful ideas of reason. Spinoza draws upon the invocation of reason in Ethics 1 to explain the authority of his prescriptive ethics. All reasons, ultimately, are like reason in God: they are self-explanatory. To say that a presc

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Henry, Happy. Human Brain Anatomy Activity Book for Kids: The First Encyclopedia of the Human Body / an Amazing Tour of the Human Brain / Practical Fun Colouring Book for Boys and Girls Aged 4-8. Independently Published, 2021.

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Pool Activity Level Instrument for Occupational Profiling: A Practical Resource for Carers of People with Cognitive Impairment Fourth Edition. Kingsley Publishers, Jessica, 2011.

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LaFollette, Hugh, ed. The Oxford Handbook of Practical Ethics. Oxford University Press, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199284238.001.0001.

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The Oxford Handbook of Practical Ethics is a lively and authoritative guide to current thought about ethical issues in all areas of human activity — personal, medical, sexual, social, political, judicial, and international — from the natural world to the world of business. Twenty-eight topics are covered in specially written surveys by leading figures in their fields: each gives an authoritative map of the ethical terrain, explaining how the debate has developed in recent years, engaging critically with the most notable work in the area, and pointing directions for future work.

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Woollacott, Marjorie Hines, and Anne Shumway-Cook. Motor Control: Theory and Practical Applications. 2nd ed. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2000.

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Silman, Alan J., Gary J. Macfarlane, and Tatiana Macfarlane. Epidemiological Studies: A Practical Guide. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198814726.001.0001.

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This volume provides a practical, hands on guide to the design, planning, conduct, analysis, and interpretation of epidemiological studies. The learning points are applicable to all human studies of health and disease that require the collection and analysis of data to answer questions on disease risk, health outcomes, and the effects of interventions in ‘real world’ populations. It summarizes the main study designs used in epidemiological from purely quantitative studies to assess incidence and prevalence, to the range of observational studies used in the modern practice of epidemiology. A su

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"PHYSICAL EDUCATION, SPORTS AND HUMAN HEALTH: EXPERIENCE, PROBLEMS, PERSPECTIVES" X All-Ukrainian scientific and practical online conference on December 15, 2023, Kyiv. Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.28925/2023.1512373conf.

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Contains materials on the implementation of innovative approaches to physical education and physical activity of various segments of the population, the study of current trends in sports activities and the implementation of health-preserving technologies in the modern scientific space. Philosophical, organizational, and socioeconomic aspects of the development of physical culture and sports, medical-biological, physiological, and psychological principles of training athletes, the current state of youth physical education, physical therapy, and occupational therapy are considered.

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Ryan, Richard M., ed. The Oxford Handbook of Human Motivation. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190666453.001.0001.

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The Oxford Handbook of Human Motivation, Second Edition, addresses key advances made in the field since the previous edition, offering the latest insights from the top theorists and researchers of human motivation. The volume includes chapters on social learning theory, control theory, self-determination theory, terror management theory, and regulatory focus theory and also presents articles from leading scholars on phenomena such as ego depletion, choice, curiosity, flow, implicit motives, and personal interests. A special section dedicated to goal research highlights achievement goals, goal

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Murray, Bob, and W. Larry Kenney. Practical Guide to Exercise Physiology. 2nd ed. Human Kinetics, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781718220959.

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Practical Guide to Exercise Physiology guides readers through the scientific concepts of exercise physiology with highly visual, easy-to-follow content. The text applies complex concepts of physiology to exercise program design, giving personal trainers, strength and conditioning specialists, and other health and fitness professionals an accessible resource to use with their clients. Written specifically for those in the fitness industry, the text covers various training goals and considerations when working with clients and athletes at all levels. This guide takes an application-based approac

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Frankham, Richard, Jonathan D. Ballou, Katherine Ralls, et al. A Practical Guide for Genetic Management of Fragmented Animal and Plant Populations. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198783411.001.0001.

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The biological diversity of the planet is being rapidly depleted due to the direct and indirect consequences of human activity. As the size of wild animal and plant populations decreases and fragmentation increases, inbreeding reduces fitness and loss of genetic diversity reduces their ability to adapt to changes in the environment. Many small isolated populations are going extinct unnecessarily. In many cases, such populations can be genetically rescued by gene flow from another population within the species, but this is very rarely done. This book provides a practical guide to the genetic ma

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Bernstein, Richard J. Praxis and Action: Contemporary Philosophies of Human Activity. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011.

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Boxall, Peter, John Purcell, and Patrick M. Wright. Human Resource Management. Edited by Peter Boxall, John Purcell, and Patrick M. Wright. Oxford University Press, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199547029.003.0001.

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Human resource management (HRM), the management of work and people towards desired ends, is a fundamental activity in any organization in which human beings are employed. It is not something whose existence needs to be elaborately justified: HRM is an inevitable consequence of starting and growing an organization. This article focuses on the scope of HRM and its major subfields. For example, Micro HRM (‘MHRM’) covers the subfunctions of HR policy and practice.

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Green, Duncan. How Change Happens. 2nd ed. Oxford University PressOxford, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198899952.001.0001.

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Abstract Society is full of would-be ‘change agents’—campaigners, government officials, enlightened business people, engaged intellectuals—set on improving public services, reforming laws and regulations, guaranteeing human rights, achieving a fairer deal for those on the sharp end, and greater recognition for any number of issues. It is striking, then, that not many universities have a Department of Change Studies, to which social activists can turn for advice and inspiration. Instead, scholarly discussions of change are fragmented, with few conversations crossing disciplinary boundaries, rar

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Shutova, Albina A., and Ildar R. Begishev. PILOT PROJECT OF AN ETHICAL CODE OF SUBJECTS IMPLEMENTING ACTIVITY OF CREATING, APPLYING AND UTILIZING MEDICAL PRODUCTS BASED ON ROBOTICS TECHNOLOGIES. Poznanie Publishers of Kazan Innovative University, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.21202/978-5-8399-0803-1_2023_2_15.

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The pilot project of an ethical code of subjects implementing activity of creating, applying and utilizing medical products based on robotics technologies is a corpus of general principles of professional ethics and main rules of official conduct to be followed by the subjects implementing activities of creating, applying and utilizing medical products based on robotics technologies, aimed at strengthening the authority of medical staff, enhancing patients’ trust towards robotics technologies and preventing potential negative effects as a result of their application. The code is intended for l

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Woods, Kerri. Environmental Human Rights. Edited by Teena Gabrielson, Cheryl Hall, John M. Meyer, and David Schlosberg. Oxford University Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199685271.013.17.

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In recent public and activist debates, threats to the sustainability of the global ecosystem, such as climate change, have increasingly been posed in terms that link the impact on human well-being to questions of rights. Environmental human rights are emerging in national and international legal practice and have been invoked by environmental political theorists seeking to explicate and justify obligations to protect and sustain the environment and to secure justice for both contemporary communities and future generations. This chapter addresses three key questions in order to unpack the conce

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Hessler, Kristen. Feminist Human Rights. The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, 2023. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781666991826.

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In Feminist Human Rights: A Political Approach, Kristen Hessler argues that the proper task of philosophical human rights theory is to theorize the multiple, contested moral visions of human rights that animate the practice itself. Drawing on a broadly pragmatist methodology, Hessler demonstrates that unjust social hierarchies concealed by entrenched ideologies can be exposed by the activism of marginalized groups for their own human rights, and the resulting understandings of human rights morality can then be realized in law. This more inclusive process both overcomes a significant obstacle t

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MacCormack, Patricia. Death Activism. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2025. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350376229.

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Traditional Western attitudes towards death deal with it as a painful inevitability, something that has to be navigated as a trauma and a taboo. They focus essentially on the ‘management’ of death, an anthropocentric practice prioritising the human life above every other type of existence. Patricia MacCormack explores how we can develop a ‘death activism’ – a variety of tactics and posthuman practices which celebrate death, its inevitability, its forms, from the slow to times of crisis, and how trauma and mourning emerge as their own forms of expression. Crucial to the foundation of death acti

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Cavallaro, James L., Claret Vargas, Clara Sandoval, et al. Doctrine, Practice, and Advocacy in the Inter-American Human Rights System. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/law/9780190900861.001.0001.

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Abstract This book about the inter-American human rights system combines a comprehensive case-based review of the system’s jurisprudence and procedures with practice-oriented discussions to enable English-speaking students and practitioners to apply the system for addressing human rights violations in the Americas. In addition to using case excerpts from the Inter-American Commission and Court to illustrate the system’s jurisprudence in each area of human rights, the book employs case studies to survey the real-world impact of the system’s decisions in the countries under its jurisdiction. It

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Esparza, Louis Edgar. Fields of Fire. The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, 2023. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781666990966.

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Fields of Fire: Emancipation and Resistance in Colombia identifies the concept of the emancipatory network as a coordination of loose, discrete, and differentiated actors to explain how activists successfully practice high-risk activism. Illustrating that previous studies on high-risk activism come to contradictory conclusions, Louis Edgar Esparza argues that networks rather than individual characteristics are associated with mobilization. The book features unique ethnographic material of a Colombian sugarcane worker strike and includes interviews with workers and human rights activists in Val

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Kuthumi and Djwal Kul. The Human Aura: How to Activate and Energize Your Aura and Chakras. Summit Beacon Intl, 1997.

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Gosine, Andil. Nature's Wild. Duke University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/9781478021889.

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In Nature's Wild, Andil Gosine engages with questions of humanism, queer theory, and animality to examine and revise understandings of queer desire in the Caribbean. Surveying colonial law, visual art practices, and contemporary activism, Gosine shows how the very concept of homosexuality in the Caribbean (and in the Americas more broadly) has been overdetermined by a colonially influenced human/animal divide. Gosine refutes this presupposed binary and embraces animality through a series of case studies: a homoerotic game called puhngah, the institution of gender-based dress codes in Guyana, a

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Bissell, Susan, and A. K. Shiva Kumar, eds. Protecting the World's Children: public health, human rights, capabilities. Oxford University PressOxford, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192844071.001.0001.

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Abstract This book explores the protection of children in our increasingly tumultuous world. It examines ways to effectively shield children from harm and vulnerabilities. Experts address the myriad challenges children face, including migration, child labor, war, violence, adoption, foster care, natural disasters, resource distribution, and systemic failures. The discussions also delve into societal norms that shape both the protection of children and those that perpetuate harmful practices like corporal punishment, child marriage, and female genital mutilation and cutting. Uniquely, this volu

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Trispiotis, Ilias, and Craig Purshouse, eds. Banning ‘Conversion Therapy’. Hart Publishing, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781509961184.

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This book looks at why and how states should legally ban LGBTQ+ ‘conversion therapy’. Few states have legislated against the practice, with many currently considering its legal ban. Banning ‘Conversion Therapy’ brings together leading academics, legal and medical practitioners, policymakers and activists to illuminate the legislative and non-legislative steps that are required to protect individuals from the harms of ‘conversion therapy’ in different contexts. The book considers how best to address this complex and interdisciplinary legal problem which cuts across human rights law, criminal la

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Arab human rights activists on the threshold of a new century: Practical mechanism for effective protection-- : iuderaction [sic] Rabat conferences, 3-5 December 1999, Rabat, Morocco. Arab Program for Human Rights Activists, 1999.

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Stige, Brynjulf. Culture-Centered Music Therapy. Edited by Jane Edwards. Oxford University Press, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199639755.013.1.

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Culture-Centered Music Therapy is a broad and developing orientation within the discipline and practice of music therapy that highlights how humans develop their capacities through participation in society, where culture operates as a resource for action. In other words, culture is seen as much more than an influence on human behavior; it is an integral element in human interaction and creativity. This chapter focuses on the difference between various notions of culture, and on the developments that have made culture-centered a contemporary force within music therapy thought. Three tenets of t

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Finley, Laura L., and Emily Reynolds Stringer. Beyond Burning Bras. ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9798400617928.

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This book offers a practical guide to the everyday actions and decisions that anyone can take to promote gender equality and social justice in their own life and the world around them. Beyond Burning Bras: Feminist Activism for Everyone is an antidote to the poison of shock jocks who caricature the women's movement as a radical fringe of man-haters and paint activists as spoiled hooligans. Two real-life feminist activists, Laura Finley and Emily Stringer focus on the mainstream of everyday feminism, explaining what feminism is really all about and fanning out a spectrum of simple, imaginative,

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Ackerly, Brooke A. The Human Rights Approach to Political Responsibility. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190662936.003.0007.

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Drawing on the empirical insights from chapter 5, chapter 6 develops the human rights theory of responsibility and outlines its key features. Although the theory has general applicability across contexts of global injustice, the chapter uses the work of the Bangladesh Center for Worker Solidarity (BCWS) to illustrate each of five key principles-in-practice: utilizing intersectional analysis, making cross-issue connections, building capacity for both self-advocacy and group advocacy, building community through connected activism, and learning and making an ongoing commitment to political respon

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Weston, Sarah, ed. Applied Theatre: Voice. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2025. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350371422.

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Applied Theatre: Voiceis a unique exploration of the conceptual and practical understandings of voice in relation to applied theatre. Voice is fundamental to much practice that takes place in applied and community performance and is regularly the go-to word to articulate community involvement and engagement, be that in terms of creativity, or social, cultural and political activity. Yet often in these references, the preciseness of what we mean by voice is lost. Is voice in applied theatre simply another word for representation, as in ‘finding’ or ‘giving’ voice? Or is voice also referring to

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Feldstein, Stephanie. Animal Lover's Guide to Changing the World: Practical Advice and Everyday Actions for a More Sustainable, Humane, and Compassionate Planet. St. Martin's Press, 2018.

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de Búrca, Gráinne. Reframing Human Rights in a Turbulent Era. Oxford University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198299578.001.0001.

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In a turbulent era, with illiberal nationalism on the rise and international laws and institutions under persistent threat, this book asks what future the international human rights system has. It rejects the claims of those who view human rights law and advocacy as ineffective or worse in challenging injustice. Instead, it presents an experimentalist account of human rights which emphasizes the ongoing engagement between domestic activists and international and domestic institutions and actors in promoting rights-based change. Rather than the monolithic movement depicted in some academic crit

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Foot, Rosemary. China, the UN, and Human Protection. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198843733.001.0001.

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Over a relatively short period of time, Beijing moved from passive involvement with the UN to active engagement. How are we to make sense of the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) embrace of the UN, and what does its engagement mean in larger terms? Is it a ‘supporter’ that takes its fair share of responsibilities, or a ‘spoiler’ that seeks to transform the UN’s contribution to world order? Certainly, it is difficult to label it a ‘shirker’ in the last decade or more, given Beijing’s apparent appreciation of the UN, its provision of public goods to the organization, and its stated desire to of

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Kriemler, Susi. Exercise, physical activity, and cystic fibrosis. Oxford University Press, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199232482.003.0033.

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Cystic fibrosis (CF) is the most common genetic autosomal recessive disease of the Caucasian race, generally leading to death in early adulthood.1 The frequency of the gene carrier (heterozygote) is 1:20–25 in Caucasian populations, 1:2000 in African-Americans, and practically non-existent in Asian populations. The disease occurs in about 1 in every 2500 life births of the white population. Mean survival has risen from 8.4 years in 1969 to 32 years in 2000 due to improvements in treatment. The genetic defect causes a pathological electrolyte transport through the cell membranes by a defective

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Clapham, Andrew. 3. Human rights foreign policy and the role of the United Nations. Oxford University Press, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/actrade/9780198706168.003.0003.

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How are human rights put into practice? What does it mean when governments announce that their foreign policy is concerned with promoting and protecting human rights? Where is the enforcement of these rights? ‘Human rights foreign policy and the role of the United Nations’ considers human rights in terms of foreign policy and international law and examines the UN’s Universal Periodic Review process and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. It is only recently that governments have actively involved themselves in how another state treats its nationals, but enthusiasm for human r

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Holm, Nicholas, and Sy Taffel. Ecological Entanglements in the Anthropocene. Published by Lexington Books, 2016. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781666993233.

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This edited collection explores the relationships between humans and nature at a time when the traditional sense of separation between human cultures and a natural wilderness is being eroded. The ‘Anthropocene,’ whose literal translation is the ‘Age of Man,’ is one way of marking these planetary changes to the Earth system. Global climate change and rising sea levels are two prominent examples of how nature can no longer be simply thought of as something outside and removed from humans (and vice versa). This collection applies the concepts of ecology and entanglement to address pressing politi

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Myrick, Nathan. Music for Others. Oxford University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197550625.001.0001.

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Musical activity is one of the most ubiquitous and highly valued forms of social interaction in North America—from sporting events to political rallies, concerts to churches. Its use as an affective agent for political and religious programs suggests that it has ethical significance, but it is one of the most undertheorized aspects of both theological ethics and music scholarship. Music for Others: Care, Justice, and Relational Ethics in Christian Music fills part of this scholarly gap by focusing on the religious aspects of musical activity, particularly on the practices of Christian communit

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Cooley, Timothy J., ed. Cultural Sustainabilities. University of Illinois Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.5622/illinois/9780252042362.001.0001.

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This collection of essays is driven by the proposition that environmental and cultural sustainability are inextricably linked. The authors are unified by the influence of the pioneering work of Jeff Todd Titon in developing broadly ecological approaches to folklore, ethnomusicology, and sustainability. These approaches lead to advocacy and activism. Building on and responding to Titon's work, the authors call for profoundly integrated efforts to better understand sustainability as a challenge that encompasses all living beings and ecological systems, including human cultural systems. While man

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Seitz, John C., and Christine Firer Hinze, eds. Working Alternatives. Fordham University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5422/fordham/9780823288359.001.0001.

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Popular interest in the kinds of conditions that make work productive, growing media attention to the grinding cycle of poverty, and the widening sense that consumption must become sustainable and just, all contribute to an atmosphere thirsty for humanistic economic analysis. This volume offers such analysis from a novel and generative diversity of vantage points, including religious and secular histories, theological ethics, and business management. In particular, Working Alternatives brings modern Roman Catholic forms of engaging with economic questions—embodied in the evolving set of docume

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