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A neobehavioral approach to the study of foreign policy decision making, learning, and strategic interaction by the leaders of states addresses the needs of foreign policy analysts in both the academic and policy communities. Scholars and practitioners alike need concepts, methods, and research designs that can describe and explain the links between the internal world of beliefs, generated by the cognitive, emotional, and motivational processes of leaders, and the external world of events, generated by the presence, power, and behavior of other actors. Together the two worlds provide the strategic setting in which states collide and leaders decide. A theoretical strategy for reducing uncertainty regarding the connections between these collisions and decisions is important to understand, explain, and apply on behalf of a planet in which globalization, the proliferation of nuclear weapons, and environmental hazards are increasing trends in world politics.

Stephen G. Walker, Akan Malici, and Mark Schafer present a definitive, social-psychological approach to integrating theories of foreign policy analysis and international relations—addressing the agent-centered, micro-political study of decisions by leaders and the structure-oriented, macro-political study of state interactions as a complex adaptive system. The first part of this ground-breaking book establishes the theoretical framework of neobehavioral IR, setting the stage for the remainder of the work to apply the framework to pressing issues in world politics. Through these applications students can see how a game-theoretic logic can combine with the operational code research program to innovatively combine levels of analysis. The authors employ binary role theory to demonstrate that relying only on a state-systemic level or an individual-decisionmaking level of analysis leads to an incomplete picture of how leaders steer their ships of state through the hazards of international crises to establish stable relations of cooperation or conflict.

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Develops a new and dynamic theory of foreign policy decision making and experiential learning. ... Read more

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Shadow Genealogies explores identity transformations among minority populations under conditions of intense sociopolitical change.Based on intensive fieldwork in the Republic of Macedonia, this study chronicles the fragmentation of the Sehirli, once widespread urban Muslim communities in Macedonia, into Turkish and Albanian elements throughout the formative years of former Yugoslavia.Illustrating the dynamics of identity construction and alteration that extend beyond contemporary ethnic divisions in the Balkans, Shadow Genealogies offers a fresh perspective on the flexibility and sophistication that divided societies require if they are to survive as integrated, cohesive social units.

Shadow Genealogies weaves together the life histories of more than two hundred individuals across ninety well-known Muslim families in Macedonia. Through their voices, the book displays change where it is least expected; in ethnic identities in a country torn apart by ethnic strife. Re-creating identities under pressure forces communities to act like "cultural cannibals" who destroy and consume their own meaningful categories to emerge with alternative definitions or acceptable modes of survival. Ultimately, their stories suggest the deficiency of ethnicity as a political category in the face of opulent memories. Juxtaposing anthropological insights on ethnicity, religion and gender with unique observations on the migrations and identity politics of urban Muslim populations in the region, this book raises seminal questions about the role of culture and identity in the Balkans. ... Read more

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This book and software package provides a concise, practical guide for those involved in studying, planning, and designing urban stormwater management practices. The emphasis is on engineering calculations rather than theory. Many facets of stormwater management, from rainfall analysis and design storm selection procedures to runoff calculations and the evaluation of wet ponds for long-term, efficient water quality control. The book presents broadly used conventional methods and innovative techniques that are in line with current trends and needs. The book also includes the Soil Conservation Service's TR-20 computer software and a new easy-to-follow user's guide. From the PrefaceThere has been much interest in urban stormwater hydrology during the past two decades due to the widespread recognition of the adverse effects of urbanization on stormwater runoff. During this period, many individuals and organizations developed innovative techniques to estimate and control the quantity and the water quality of urban stormwater runoff. ... Read more

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This book discusses most aspects of stormwater hydrology, provides theory of various competing methods, AND many worked examples.The format is very readable, and the explanations helpful.While I found the book very useful, and would buy it again, it has very little information on infiltration basins, and the TR-20 program included has been outmoded by commercially available programs. ... Read more

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A practical introduction on today's challenge of controlling and managing the water resources used by and affected by cities and urbanized communities. The book offers an integrated engineering approach, covering the spectrum of urban watershed management, urban hydraulic systems, and overall stormwater management.

Each chapter concludes with helpful problems.

Solutions Manual available to qualified professors and instructors upon request.

Introduces the reader to two popular, non-proprietary computer-modeling pro-grams: HEC-HMS (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) and SWMM (U.S EPA). ... Read more

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Superby colour illustrations, in-depth discussions and new science-based dating for the first time offer astonishing insights into the mysteries of a previously little-researched chapter of cultural history. ... Read more

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The author, a traditional king and professor, studies the Akan in Ghana to demonstrate that ancestor worship is as pragmatic, systematic, theological, teleological, soteriological - with a highly trained clerical body and elders as mediators - and symbolic as any other religion in the world. ... Read more

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The book is an attempt to explain the true origin of the AkAn race, their language and symbols in a format where many readers can learn about one of the richest treasures of the AfRiKan continent. The purpose of this book is to lay the basic framework of understanding and analysis the subject. It is hoped that because of this research a larger study of this culture, uniquely created by the AkAn race, will be initiated. Again, the book is intended to inform and educate; to provoke and to create a new reality in this cloudy world. ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Baoulé, Agni, Abron, Langues Akan, Twi. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Le baoulé est une langue africaine de la famille des langues akan. Il s'agit de la langue du peuple des Baoulés. Elle est principalement parlée en Côte d'Ivoire dans le centre du pays à Bouaké, Yamoussoukro, Dimbokro, Béoumi, Sakassou, Daoukro, Bouaflé, Kouassi Kouassikro, Bodokro, Bocanda, Ouelle, M'bahiakro, Toumodi, Tiébissou et de Didiévi. .................................... .................................... ..................................... ...................................... ....................................... ......................................... ......................................... ......................................... ....................................... Noms de quelques végétaux tropicaux en langue Baoulé (nom courant, nom scientifique, nom en Baoulé) Les baoulés n'ont pas de nom de famille. On donne un surnom puis on ajoute le nom du jour de la semaine. Il y a , de surcroit, des noms de circonstances : le 9 ème enfant s'appellera obligatoirement N'Goram, le 10ème Brou, le 11 ème Lokoti. langues par zone géographique ...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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Chapters: Akan National Park, Abashiri Quasi-National Park, Daisetsuzan National Park, Shiretoko National Park, Niseko-Shakotan-Otaru Kaigan Quasi-National Park, Shikotsu-Tōya National Park, Kushiro Shitsugen National Park, Hidaka Sanmyaku-Erimo Quasi-National Park, Hiyama Prefectural Natural Park, Shokanbetsu-Teuri-Yagishiri Quasi-National Park, Rishiri-Rebun-Sarobetsu National Park. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 30. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Akan National Park -The park can be divided into two general areas, Kawayu and Akan. Mount I and the Kawayu Onsen offer natural hotsprings and sulphur fumaroles. Around Lake Kussharo, a caldera lake, are Bihoro Pass, Mount Mokoto, and Mount Nishibetsu. At the lake, Wakoto Peninsula is an area with high ground temperatures and uniquely adapted wildlife. Lake Mashu is a caldera lake. It is one of the clearest lakes in the world with visibility up to 40 meters. Akan Caldera is a large caldera over 20 km across. Emerging from within caldera is the Akan Volcanic Complex, which includes the highest mountain in the park, Mount Meakan. The lake also features boiling mud, called bokke. Churui island is one of four islands in the lake and the site of the Marimo Exhibition and Observation Center. Lake Onneto is at the foot of Mount Meakan. Nearby is a hot water waterfall, Onneto Yu-no-taki. From Sokodai, one can observe Lake Penketo and Lake Panketo. Mount Hakuto Observatory, Mount Kikin, Tsurumi Pass, and Akan Lakeside Observatory offer panoramas of the surrounding countryside. On the Akan River people view the mouth of the river Takiguchi as it flows into Lake Akan from Takimi Bridge. The area also offers Lake Jiro and Lake Taro. ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=454342 ... Read more

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Kapitel: Religion Der Akan, Leopardenmenschen, Combat Spirituel, Afrikanische Religionen, Afroamerikanische Religionen, Isaiah Shembe, Bwiti. Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: Bwiti is a West Central African religion practiced by the forest-dwelling Babongo and Mitsogo people of Gabon, where it is one of the three official religions, and the Fang people of Gabon and Cameroon. Modern Bwiti is syncretistic, incorporating animism, ancestor worship and Christianity into its belief system. Bwiti use the hallucinogenic rootbark of the Tabernanthe iboga plant, specially cultivated for the religion, to induce a spiritual enlightenment, stabilize community and family structure, meet religious requirements and to solve problems of a spiritual and/or medical nature. The root bark has been used for hundreds of years as part of a Bwiti coming of age ceremony and other initiation rites and acts of healing, producing complex visions and insights anticipated to be valuable to the initiate and the chapel. The root bark or its extract are taken in doses high enough to cause vomiting and ataxia as common side effects. As well as influencing religious belief across Gabon, Iboga is also of increasing interest to Western medicine. The active ingredient of the root, ibogaine, has been studied scientifically. Ibogaine has been used to treat heroin addicts, alcoholics and people who have been traumatized in childhood. Advocates say its particularly powerful effects allow those who take it to move on from their previous lives and habits. Taking Iboga brings both open and closed-eye visual hallucinations which can be made stronger by darkness, ambiance and suggestion. Following the hallucinations, users experience an introspective mindset in which they often recount past experiences in life. Difficulty sleeping, nausea and vomiting sometimes last until the day after consumption. The Babongo people use Iboga as a stimulant before hunting and dur...http://booksllc.net/?l=de ... Read more

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Kapitel: Geschichte Malis, Akan, Songhaireich, Wargee, Reich Von Ghana, Malireich, Bambara, Gao-Reich, Mali-Burkina-Faso-Grenzkrieg, Union Afrikanischer Staaten, Französisch-Westafrika, Kénédougou, Französisch-Sudan, Casablanca-Gruppe, Mansa, Mali-Föderation, Massina-Reich, Sonni, Dschihad Der Fulbe, Schlacht Von Kirina, Kaarta, Ludamar, Wangara, Dschihad Von Al-Haddsch Omar, Zaghe, Obersenegal Und Niger, Elefanten-Deklaration Von Bamako, Dschihad Von Ahmad B. Mohammad. Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: Akan may refer to: Akan District, Hokkaidō Akan, Wisconsin, a town in the United StatesAkan, son of Ezer, a character mentioned in the Book of GenesisAkan (あかん) is a well-known Kansai dialect phrase meaning "No way" in Japan ...http://booksllc.net/?l=de ... Read more

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Chapters: Ga Language, Ghana-Togo Mountain Languages, Adangme Language, Siwu Language, Akan Language, Larteh, Anyin Language, Baoulé Language, Atwode, Abé Language, Fante Language, Gonja Language, Nzema Language, Avikam Language. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 48. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Ga language is a Kwa language spoken in Ghana, in and around the capital Accra. It has a phonemic distinction between 3 vowel lengths. Ga is a Kwa language, part of the Niger-Congo family. It is very closely related to Adangme, and together they form the Ga-Dangme branch within Kwa. Ga is the name of the Tribe. Ga is the language spoken. Gamashie is the name of the capital of the Ga tribe in Ghana. Ga is spoken in south-eastern Ghana, in and around the capital Accra. It has relatively little dialectal variation. Although English is the official language of Ghana, Ga is one of 16 languages in which the Bureau of Ghana Languages publishes material. Ga has 31 consonant phonemes. Ga has 7 oral vowels and 5 nasal vowels. All of the vowels have 3 different vowel lengths: short, long or extra long (the latter appears only in the simple future and the simple past negative forms). Ga has 2 tones, high and low. Like many West African languages, it has tone terracing. The syllable structure of Ga is (C)(C)V(C), where the second phoneme of an initial consonant cluster can only be and a final consonant may only be a (short or long) nasal consonant, e.g. ekome, "one", V-CV-CV; kakada, "long", CV-CV-CVC; mli, "body", CCV. Ga syllables may also consist solely of a syllabic nasal, for example in the first syllable of sh, "sea". Ga was first written by Christian Jacobsen Protten, who was the son of a Danish soldier and an African woman, in about 1764. The orthography has been revised a number of times...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=246670 ... Read more