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Group cognition : computer support for building collaborative knowledge by Stahl, Gerry

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Soldiers at peace : veterans and society after the civil war in Mozambique by Schafer, Jessica

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Proximity to power and Jewish sectarian groups of the ancient period : a review of lifestyle, values, and halakhah in the Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes, and Qumran by Newman, Hillel

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Social Psychology and Discourse by McKinlay, Andrew

Table of Contents: “…Appendix: A Note on Transcription -- Chapter 2 Self and Identity -- Identities in Context -- Conversational identities -- Identities in culture -- National Identities -- Nations and time -- Nations and place -- Other community identities -- Social Groups -- Gendered identities -- Masculine identities -- Feminine identities -- Ethnic groups -- Virtual Identities -- Resisting Identities -- Selves in Action -- Chapter 3 Groups -- The Impact of Groups -- Groups and social representations -- Groups, self, and others -- Summary -- Group Cohesion -- Summary -- Group Structure…”
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An Introduction to Sociolinguistics by Wardhaugh, Ronald

Table of Contents: “…Styles, Registers, and Genres -- Style -- Register -- Genre -- Chapter Summary -- Exercises -- Further Reading -- References -- 3: Defining Groups -- Key Concepts -- Speech Communities -- Linguistic boundaries -- Shared norms -- Communities of Practice -- Social Networks -- Social Identities -- Beliefs about Language and Social Groups -- Ideologies -- Perceptual dialectology -- Chapter Summary -- Exercises -- Further Reading -- References -- 4: Languages in Contact: Multilingual Societies and Multilingual Discourse -- Key Concepts -- Multilingualism as a Societal Phenomenon…”
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Current Trends in Public Sector Research Proceedings of the 21st International Conference. by Matějová, Lenka

Table of Contents: “…PROVAZNÍKOVÁ ROMANA, KŘUPKA JIŘÍ, KOKEŠOVÁ LUCIE: Quality of Life Evaluation in Czech Districts -- ŘEZÁČ JAN, KOPEČKOVÁ LENKA: Public Goods Game with Punishment in Anti-Social Groups: Experiment with Dangerous Drivers -- SEDLÁČEK MARTIN, TOMÁŠKOVÁ HANA, MAREŠOVÁ PETRA, KUČA KAMIL: Trends in Development of the Research Team of Public Research Institution -- STAROŇOVÁ KATARÍNA, SPAČKOVÁ JANA: Uses of Performance Appraisal Information: The Case of Trenčín Municipal Office…”
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Habitants and merchants in seventeenth-century Montreal by Dechêne, Louise, 1928-2000

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Politics from A to Z by Ganis, Richard

Table of Contents: “…Roosevelt -- S -- Senate (US) -- Science and Politics -- Separation of Powers -- Separatism -- Slavery -- Social Activism -- Social Contract -- Social Democracy -- Social Groups -- Social Insurance -- Socialism -- Sovereignty -- Soviet Union -- State -- Statecraft -- Strikes -- Suffrage -- Syndicalism -- T -- Taxation -- Tea Party Movement -- Terrorism -- Totalitarianism -- Trade -- Trade Unions -- Tyranny -- U -- United Nations -- United States -- Utilitarianism -- Utopianism -- V -- Violence -- Virtue -- W…”
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A Beginner's Guide to Multilevel Image Thresholding by Rajinikanth, Venkatesan

Table of Contents: “…Cuckoo Search -- 4.4.6. Social Group Optimization -- 4.5. Implementation Steps -- 4.6. …”
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Imagining communities : historical reflections on the process of community formation

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Globalised Minds, Roots in the City : Urban Upper-middle Classes in Europe. by Andreotti, Alberta

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1 Comparing Upper-Middle-Class Managers in Four Cities: A European Social Group in the Making?Searching for the European Upper-Middle Classes: The Choice of European Managers; Professionalisation, the service class debate and the role of culture; National Patterns in the Rise of Managers: France, Italy and Spain; Managers in Four European Cities: Milan, Madrid, Lyon and Paris; Paris Ile de France: France's highest concentration of managers; Lyon: the rise of France's second city in Europe; Madrid: the pro-market capital of a strongly decentralised Spain.…”
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The Myth of Moral Panics : Sex, Snuff, and Satan. by Thompson, Bill

Table of Contents: “…; Common Values and Structural Strain; The Usual Suspects; Moral Enterprise, Interested Agencies, and Social Group Conflict.…”
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Empowering interactions : political cultures and the emergence of the state in Europe, 1300-1900

Table of Contents: “…A Comparative View9 Communication between Authorities and Subjects in Bohemia, Hungary and the Holy German Empire, 1650-1800: A Comparison of Three Case Studies; 10 Corporate Property, Collective Resources and Statebuilding in Older Swiss History; 11 Local Demand for Order and Government Intervention: Social Group Conflicts as Statebuilding Factors in Villages of the Rhine Palatinate, c.1760-1810…”
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Haskalah and Hasidism in the Kingdom of Poland : a history of conflict by Wodziński, Marcin

Table of Contents: “…Institutions of the Haskalah: The Maskilim as a Social Group; The Geography of the Polish Haskalah; Ideology and Programme; Does Language Make a Maskil?…”
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Moral relativism and Chinese philosophy : David Wong and his critics by Huang, Yong

Table of Contents: “…A Morality of Humanity Over and Above Moralities of Social Groups?…”
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Doing anger differently by Currie, Michael

Table of Contents: “…Raising Problems with Angry AdolescentsIn Brief; 2 Aggression, Anger and Ethics; Sub-types of Aggression; Anger, Aggression and Ethics; Aggression and Ethics; Enhancing Ethics; Pro-social, Anti-social; The Ethics of Self-interest; Self-interest and Self-destructiveness; The Certainty of Anger and Aggression; Morals and the Social Group; Aggression and 'Conscience'; Ethics and Rules in Adolescence; Adolescence and 'Doing-Being'; In Brief; 3 The Family: Love, Hate and Anger; Douglas's Lost Adolescence; Parents; Mothers; Fathers; Other Fathers; The Function of a Father…”
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Dynamic Social Network Modeling and Analysis : workshop summary and papers

Table of Contents: “…Breiger -- Session I: Social Network Theory Perspectives -- Finding Social Groups: A Meta-Analysis of the Southern Women Data / Linton C. …”
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Teaching adults by Hayes, Amanda

Table of Contents: “…; Delivering the curriculum dream; 3 Promoting equality and diversity; The widening participation and social justice agendas; Institutionalized prejudice including racism and sexism; Reflecting on our own practice; Dealing with differences and commonalties between students and social groups; Race; Gender.…”
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Youth and Identity Politics in South Africa, 1990-94. by Dlamini, S. Nombuso

Table of Contents: “…Language and Other Criteria of Identification -- 8 Social Groups: Soccer -- Soccer Groups: Their Formation -- Negotiating Identities -- Construction of Soccer as a Secure Zulu Space -- Language Use and Symbolic Power -- Soccer and Schooling -- 9 The Example of Ngubo: The Use of Language at Church and School -- Language and Other Social Practices in Informal Domains -- Language and Other Social Practices in Semi-formal Domains -- Language Practices in Formal Domains -- 10 The Struggle over Symbols and the Politics of Identity -- Youth Challenges to the Institutionalization of Zulu Ethnicity -- Youth Challenges to Symbolic Domination and Institutionalization of Language -- Ambiguity and Contradictions with the Use of History in Emerging Zulu Identities -- Nationalism and Liberation -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Chronology of Historical Developments -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- E -- F -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- S -- T -- U -- Z -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- X -- Y -- Z.…”
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Healthcare System Access : Measurement, Inference, and Intervention. by Serban, Nicoleta

Table of Contents: “…ACKNOWLEDGMENTSREFERENCES; Chapter 3 DISPARITIES IN HEALTHCARE ACCESS; OVERVIEW OF SYSTEMATIC DISPARITY MEASURES; Fundamentals; Social-Group Disparity Measures; Disproportionality Measures; GEOGRAPHIC DISPARITIES AND HEALTHCARE ACCESS; Statistical Models for Identifying Geographic Disparities in Healthcare Access; Evaluating Systematic Disparities in Healthcare Access: Specifications; Case Study: Access to Pediatric Primary Care; Case Study: Access to H1N1 Vaccine during the 2009 Vaccination Campaign; CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 4 LINKING ACCESS TO HEALTH OUTCOMES…”
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Social change and modernization : lessons from Eastern Europe

Table of Contents: “…2 The Emergence of State Dependency as a Historical Process3 State-Dependent Worker and the Basic Social Groups -- 4 State-dependent Workers and Social Mobilization in Soviet Society -- 5 Basic Modes of Crisis-Adaptation -- 6 State Populism in the Russian Republic -- References -- New Entrepreneurs: Continuity or Change in Russian Economy and Society? …”
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Lords of the sea : the Ali Rajas of Cannanore and the political economy of Malabar (1663-1723) by Mailaparambil, Binu John

Table of Contents: “…Lords of the Sea; Copyright Page; SERIES EDITOR'S FOREWORD; CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; Glossary; Notes on place and personal names; Notes on weights and currencies in Cannanore; Maps; Introduction; Kolathunadu, 1663-1723; Sources; Historiographical antecedents; Analytical framework; Chapter One: The Geo-Political Setting of Kolathunadu; Kolathunadu through the ages; Malabar: a regional perspective; Region within the region: the social world of Kolathunadu; Brahmanism in Kolathunadu; Nayars as local elites; Other social groups; Mercantile groups in Kolathunadu; Conclusion…”
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War crimes and just war by May, Larry

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Justifying war but restricting tactics -- The just war tradition and war crimes -- Humanitarian concerns -- Justificatory hurdles -- Classifying war crimes -- Summary of the arguments of the book -- Philosophical groundings -- Collective responsibility and honor during war -- The moral equality of soldiers -- The honor of soldiers -- Collective responsibility for increased vulnerability -- Harming humanity and war crimes prosecutions -- Protected persons during war -- Jus gentium and minimal natural law -- Grotius on the sources of jus gentium -- Grotian natural law theory and the rules of war -- Refining the principle of humanity -- Connecting consensual and universal sources of the rules of war -- Humane treatment as the cornerstone of the rules of war -- The Geneva conventions and international humanitarian law -- The concept of humane treatment -- Compassion and minimal suffering -- Mercy, equity, and honor -- Human rights and humane treatment -- Problems in identifying war crimes -- Killing naked soldiers : combatants and noncombatants -- Some notes on the metaphysics of social groups -- Identifying soldiers and civilians -- The guilty and the innocent -- The case of the naked soldier -- Saving the principle of discrimination -- Shooting poisoned arrows : banned and accepted weapons -- An absolute ban? …”
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The rhetoric of fascism

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Social Work Visions from Around the Globe : Citizens, Methods, and Approaches. by Metten, Anna

Table of Contents: “…Transforming the Legacies of Childhood Trauma in Couple and Family Therapy -- EVOLVEMENT OF VOICE OF SOCIAL WORKERS AND USERS IN INTERPROFESSIONAL AND INTERAGENCY COLLABORATION: Social Group Work: Building a Professional Collective of Hospital Social Workers -- Partnership in Mental Health and Child Welfare: Social Work Responses to Children Living with Parental Mental Illness -- Changing Practice: Involving Mental Health Service Users in Planning Service Provision -- ADVANCING INCLUSIVE AND EMPOWERING PRACTICE: Postmodern Social Work in Interdisciplinary Contexts: Making Space on Both Sides of the Table -- Using Music as a Therapy Tool to Motivate Troubled Adolescents -- Mental Health, Social Inclusion and the Green Agenda: An Evaluation of a Land Based Rehabilitation Project Designed to Promote Occupational Access and Inclusion of Service Users in North Somerset, UK -- Social Vaccine for HIV Prevention: A Study on Truck Drivers in South India -- FOCUSING ON THE UNIQUE LIFE-CYCLE: SOCIAL WORK KNOWLEDGE IN PROMOTING INDIVIDUAL LIFE CHANGES AND HUMAN RIGHTS: The Experience of Receiving a Diagnosis of Cystic Fibrosis After Age 20: Implications for Social Work -- What Social Workers Can Do About Violence: Learnings from the Lives of 37 Men -- Index.…”
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Internalized oppression : the psychology of marginalized groups

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Introduction to the sociology of sport by Weiss, Otmar

Table of Contents: “…1.1 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intergender (LGBTI) People in Sport -- 2 Social Stratification in Sport -- 2.1 Physical Habitus, Somatic Culture, and Social Distinction -- 2.2 Sports of the Lower Social Classes -- 2.3 Sports of the Upper Social Classes -- Revision Questions -- 5. Sport and the Social Group -- 1 Social Processes in Sport Groups -- 1.1 Group Size and Group Task in Sport -- 1.2 Group Cohesion in Sport -- 2 Social Facilitation -- Revision Questions -- 6. …”
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The Stranger-Kings of Sikka : With an Integrated Edition of Two Manuscripts on the Origin and History of the Rajadom of Sikka. by Lewis, E. Douglas

Table of Contents: “…Description of the manuscriptsDates of composition; The languages of the manuscripts; Notes on the translation of the texts; Ritual language and its translation; The recension of the manuscripts; CHAPTER II Structure and themes of the Hikayat Kerajaan Sikka; Structure; A note on the pairing of ancestral names and genealogical succession; A note on social groups in Sikka; Remarks on the narrative; CHAPTER III Summary notes and outline of the Hikayat; The first 'dewasa'; The autochthons and the newcomers; Complexities and confusions in the texts of the first 'dewasa'; Mo'ang Bata Jawa.…”
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Washington 101 : an introduction to the nation's capital by Green, Matthew N., 1970-

Table of Contents: “…Congress and the Presidency on Their Home TurfWhat Is Washington's Political Community?; Social Groups and Hierarchies in the Political Community; Social Connections and Events in the Political Community; Conclusion; 5 A Center of American Protest; Historical Background; Coxey's Army; Protests in Washington after Coxey; The 1963 March on Washington; The Future; 6 Political Host to the World; A Brief History; Space, Location, and International Prestige; The Opportunities and Hazards of an International Political City; Conclusion; 7 Home Rule, Race, and Revenue: The Local Politics of Washington.…”
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Applied power and energy technology II : selected, peer reviewed papers from the 2014 2 nd International Conference on Advances in Energy and Environmental Science (ICAEES 2014), J...

Table of Contents: “…Analytic Hierarchy Process of Environmental Social Groups for Promoting Biomass Energy in TaiwanBiomass Production of Switchgrass in Saline-Alkali Land; Study on Sugar Production Conditions of Dilute Sulfuric Acid Hydrolysis of Corn Straw; The Influence Factors of Biodiesel Preparation from Waste Cooking Oil via Acid Catalyst; The Investigation Based on Heating with Biomass Energy for Biogas Digesters Winter Gas Production Technology in Cold Regions; Comparison of Pretreatments for Lignocellulosic Biomass; Crystallization Status of Palm Oil Biodiesel under Low Temperature Environment…”
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Right to Work? : Assessing India's Employment Guarantee Scheme in Bihar by Dutta, Puja

Table of Contents: “…1.5 Participation and Rationing by Consumption per Person, Rural India1.4 Targeting Performance of MGNREGS across States; 1.6 Targeting Performance Rises with the Overall Participation Rate across States; Wages and Rationing on MGNREGS; 1.5 Participation Rates and Targeting by Social Group; 1.7 Participation Rates for Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Castes, and Other Backward Classes Rise Faster Than That for "Other" Castes as the Overall Participation Rate Increases across States; 1.6 Average Wages on MGNREGS and in Casual Labor, 2009/10; Participation by Women.…”
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Movement, exchange and identity in Europe in the 2nd and 1st millennia BC : beyond frontiers

Table of Contents: “…/ Stuart Needham -- At world's end : the channel Bronze Age and the emergence and limits of the Atlantic complex / Steven Matthews -- Rythmes et contours de la géographie culturelle sur le littoral de la Manche entre le IIIe et le début du Ier millénaire / Cyril Marcigny, Jean Bourgeois et Marc Talon -- The atlantic early Iron Age in Gaul / Pierre-Yves Milcent -- Following the whale's road : perceptions of the sea in prehistory / Peter Clark -- Circular funerary monuments at the beginning of the Bronze Age in the north of France : architecture and duration of use / Nathalie Buchez, Yann Lorin, Emmanuelle Leroy-Langelin, Armelle Masse, Angélique Sergent and Sébastien Toron -- Evolution of rites and funerary systems during the early and middle Bronze Age in the north-west of France / Ghislaine Billand, Isabelle Le Goff and Marc Talon -- La nécropole de soliers "PA.EOLE" (14) : nouvelles données en faveur d'un complexe medio-atlantique / Régis Issenmann, Capucine Tranchant, Alexis Corrochano et Émilie Dubreucq -- Open Bronze Age settlement forms in the north of France : state of knowledge and study strategies / Emmanuele Leroy-Langelin, Yann Lorin, Armelle Masse, Angélique Sergent and Marc Talon -- Les découvertes récentes de mobilier céramique bronze ancien-début bronze final dans le nord-ouest de la France / Nathalie Buchez, Marianne Deckers, Caroline Gutierrez, Alain Henton et Marc Talon -- Bronze age ceramic traditions and the impact of the natural barrier : complex links between decoration, technique and social groups around the Channel / Sébastien Manem -- Evolution des faciès céramiques au bronze final et à l'aube du premier âge du fer : entre somme, escaut et rivages de la Manche (France, Région Nord-Picardie) / Alain Henton et Nathalie Buchez -- The Channel : border and link during the Bronze Age / Patrice Brun -- Water between two worlds : reflections on the explanatory value of archaeological finds in a Bronze Age river landscape / Christoph Huth -- Le passage des Alpes : voyages et échanges entre l'Italie et la Suisse (2200-700 av. …”
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Advanced Mathematical Techniques in Science and Engineering.

Table of Contents: “…Front Cover; Half Title Page; RIVER PUBLISHERS SERIES IN MANAGEMENTSCIENCES AND ENGINEERING; Title Page -- Advanced MathematicalTechniques in Scienceand Engineering; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; Chapter 1 -- Analysis of Consensus-Building Time in Social Groups Based on the Results of Statistical Modeling; 1.1 Introduction and Purpose of the Study; 1.2 Description of the Model for Consensus Based on Regular Markov Chains.…”
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Duty to Respond : Mass crime, Denial and Collective Responsibility. by Dimitrijevic, Nenad

Table of Contents: “…Chapter Four: Moral Responsibility for Collective Crime1 Introduction -- 2 Conceptualizing Moral Responsibility -- 2.1 A PRELIMINARY DEFINITION -- 2.2 RESPONSIBILITY AS A RELATIONSHIP -- 3 Social Groups -- 3.1 THE CHALLENGE OF METHODOLOGICAL INDIVIDUALISM -- 3.2 THE GROUP STRUCTURE -- 3.3 SOLIDARITY THROUGH TIME -- 3.4 COLLECTIVE ACTION: RELATIONAL AND POSITIONAL -- 4 Collective Moral Responsibility -- 4.1 THE QUESTION -- 4.2 RESPONSIBLE AGENCY AND THE AUTONOMY OBJECTION. …”
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Event impact assessment : theory and methods for event management and tourism by Getz, Donald, 1949-

Table of Contents: “…Figure 3.2: Sample IA matrix for event impact forecasting (showing optional types of information that can be included in each cell) -- Figure 3.3: Illustration of a Rapid Impact Assessment -- Figure 3.4: Two Simple impact scenarios for a new sport arena -- Figure 3.6: Sample decision tree -- Figure 4.1 (A): Personal and family impacts, with sample methods and indicators -- Figure 4.1 (B): Special cases of impacts on individuals -- Figure 4.1 (C): Social impacts on social groups and sub-cultures -- Fig. 4.1 (D): Social impacts on events and event organisations…”
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Knowledge Needs and Information Extraction : Towards an Artificial Consciousness. by Turenne, Nicolas

Table of Contents: “…Hypothesis and Control of Cognitive Self-Motivation; 10.1. Social groups; 10.2. Innate self-motivation; 10.3. Mass communication; 10.4. …”
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Quantum simulators / Simulatori quantistici

Table of Contents: “…Loner atoms: kinetic description of a quasi-1D Bose gas; 3. A more social group of atoms: the dipolar ones; The Bose-Hubbard model on a flat-band lattice: community of bosons; 1. …”
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Selfish sounds and linguistic evolution : a Darwinian approach to language change by Ritt, Nikolaus, 1960-

Table of Contents: “…4.1.4.2.7 Specifying the theory: replicator alliances and higher-level organisation4.1.4.3 Derived higher-level categories 1: 'genomes' and 'organisms'; 4.1.4.4 Derived higher-level categories 2: 'species'; 4.1.4.5 Derived higher-level categories 3: extended phenotypes, families, social groups, symbioses and the general 'fuzziness' of higher-level categories; 4.1.5 Summary and some further discussion; 4.1.5.1 The essentially reductionist character of Evolutionary Theory; 4.1.5.2 Emergent top-down constraints; 4.1.5.3 Explanatory limits of Evolutionary Theory.…”
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Social and cultural dynamics : a study of change in major systems of art, truth, ethics, law and social relationships by Sorokin, Pitirim Aleksandrovich, 1889-1968

Table of Contents: “…Fluctuation of the Familistic, Contractual, and Compulsory Relationships in the Life Process of the Main European Social Groups -- 28. Fluctuation of Theocratic (Ideational) and Secular (Sensate) Forms of Government and Leadership -- 29. …”
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Flood Risk : the Holistic Perspective. by Vojinovic, Zoran

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