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Decline to Fall

The Making of British Macro-economic Policy and the 1976 IMF Crisis

By: Douglas Wass

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Decline to Fall

The Making of British Macro-economic Policy and the 1976 IMF Crisis

By: Douglas Wass

This book provides the first comprehensive and authoritative account of the events leading up to the UK seeking a massive loan from the IMF in 1976 which almost precipitated a financial crisis on a par with those of the 1930's and early post war period. Sir Douglas Wass, who was permanent Secretary to the Treasury at the time, provides a unique first hand account of the events that took place as the crisis unfolded and the decision-making process. Bringing unrivalled experience and knowledge of Whitehall to the narrative, he draws on recently released documents such as official Treasury minutes, memoranda, official statements and reports, IMF documents and blends them with his own assessment of this key period of policy making to provide a fascinating, blow-by-blow account of how the Treasury reacted when faced with a series of inter-locking crises. Decline to Fall will be a must read for anyone interested in the formulation of policy and the workings of government.

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958

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OUP Oxford

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0191608947

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9780191608940

Primer in Frustrated Lewis Pair Hydrogenation

Concepts to Applications

By: Douglas Stephan

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Primer in Frustrated Lewis Pair Hydrogenation

Concepts to Applications

By: Douglas Stephan

Written for senior undergraduate and graduate students, as well as those chemists unfamiliar with “frustrated Lewis pairs (FLPs)”, this text serves as an introduction to the both the concept and application of FLPs in hydrogenation catalysis. The book begins by setting the stage as it was around the turn of the century. While the dramatic impacts of catalysis were undeniable, there was dependence of such technologies on transition metal chemistry. Contrastingly, the chemistry of main group elements was dominated by Lewis acid-base behavior. However, these perceptions were altered with the discovery of the ability of “frustrated Lewis pairs (FLPs)” to activate dihydrogen. The basic features, and mechanisms of action of these unique main group systems are chronicled, while the evolution of the initial findings to applications in catalytic hydrogenation is discussed. A subsequent chapter focuses on the breadth of organic substrates for which borane based FLP hydrogenations are effective. This is furthered with a chapter on the metal-free enantioselective reductions. FLP chemistry is not limited to systems involving boranes and this book also catalogues a range of FLP hydrogenation catalysts involving elements from across the periodic table. The final chapter in the book describes other directions of interest where the application of the concept of FLPs hydrogenation are beginning to emerge. Ideal for course use and self study, this book provides synthetic chemists with a fresh, expert introduction to the field. The reader will be left recognizing that hydrogenation catalysts is a domain no longer limited to transition metals.

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248

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Royal Society of Chemistry

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1839165065

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9781839165061

POLICE TRAUMA

Psychological Aftermath of Civilian Combat

By: John M. Violanti,Douglas Paton

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POLICE TRAUMA

Psychological Aftermath of Civilian Combat

By: John M. Violanti,Douglas Paton

The police fight a different kind of war, and the enemy is the police officer's own civilian population: those who engage in crime, social indignity, and inhumane treatment of others. The result for the police officer is both physical and psychological battering, occasionally culminating in the officer sacrificing his or her life to protect others. This book focuses on the psychological impact of police civilian combat. During a police career, the men and women of police agencies are exposed to distressing events that go far beyond the experience of the ordinary citizen, and there is an increased need today to help police officers deal with these traumatic experiences. As police work becomes increasingly complex, this need will grow. Mental health and other professionals need to be made aware of the conditions and precipitants of trauma stress among the police. The goal of this book is to provide that important information. The book's perspective is based on the idea that trauma stress is a product of complex interaction of person, place, situation, support mechanisms, and interventions. To effectively communicate this to the reader, new conceptual and methodological considerations, essays on special groups in policing, and innovative ideas on recovery and treatment of trauma are presented. This information can be used to prevent or minimize trauma stress and to help in establishing improved support and therapeutic measures for police officers. Contributions in the book are from professionals who work with police officers, and in some cases those who are or have been police officers, to provide the reader with different perspectives. Chapters are grouped into three sections: conceptual and methodological issues, special police groups, and recovery and treatment. The book concludes with a discussion of issues and identifies future directions for conceptualization, assessment, intervention, and effective treatment of psychological trauma in policing.

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352

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Charles C Thomas Publisher

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0398082561

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9780398082567

Business Law 2014

By: Andy Gibson,Douglas Fraser

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Business Law 2014

By: Andy Gibson,Douglas Fraser

Business Law 2014 - Your essential up-to-date business law resource The pace and scope of legislative reform of the law affecting business is increasing. There is a major shift to uniformity across the nation with a corresponding increase in new legislation and significant amendments to existing legislation. Business Law 2014 is a sophisticated and comprehensive text which provides a clear and current appreciation of the main rules and legal principles encountered in a course for non-lawyers. It considers the legal environment in which businesses must operate in all states and territories. With a student-friendly, 4-colour format and a teaching and learning resource package second to none, Business Law 2014 also offers instructors a great opportunity to tailor textbook content to suit the breadth and depth of the areas you wish to teach.

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1103

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Pearson Higher Education AU

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1486010296

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9781486010295

Inventions of Nemesis

Utopia, Indignation, and Justice

By: Douglas Mao

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Inventions of Nemesis

Utopia, Indignation, and Justice

By: Douglas Mao

A wide-ranging reevaluation of utopian literature and philosophy, from Plato to Chang-Rae Lee Examining literary and philosophical writing about ideal societies from Greek antiquity to the present, Inventions of Nemesis offers a striking new take on utopia’s fundamental project. Noting that utopian imagining has often been propelled by an angry conviction that society is badly arranged, Douglas Mao argues that utopia’s essential aim has not been to secure happiness, order, or material goods, but rather to establish a condition of justice in which all have what they ought to have. He also makes the case that hostility to utopias has frequently been associated with a fear that they will transform humanity beyond recognition, doing away with the very subjects who should receive justice in a transformed world. Further, he shows how utopian writing speaks to contemporary debates about immigration, labor, and other global justice issues. Along the way, Inventions of Nemesis connects utopia to the Greek concept of nemesis, or indignation at a wrong ordering of things, and advances fresh readings of dozens of writers and thinkers—from Plato, Thomas More, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edward Bellamy, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and H. G. Wells to John Rawls, Robert Nozick, Fredric Jameson, Ursula Le Guin, Octavia Butler, and Chang-Rae Lee. Ambitious and timely, Inventions of Nemesis offers a vital reconsideration of what it really means to imagine an ideal society.

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298

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Princeton University Press

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0691211647

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9780691211640

Molecular and Cellular Iron Transport

By: Douglas Templeton

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Molecular and Cellular Iron Transport

By: Douglas Templeton

This text analyzes the molecular mechanisms, chemical behaviour and regulation of iron transport in biological systems and offers novel methods for the assessment of iron transport across biological membranes. It details the characteristics and consequences of iron deficiency and excess to prevent diseases affecting major organ structures and promote bodily iron homeostasis.

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926

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CRC Press

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0824744179

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9780824744175

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Decline to Fall

Decline to Fall

Primer in Frustrated Lewis Pair Hydrogenation

Primer in Frustrated Lewis Pair Hydrogenation

POLICE TRAUMA

POLICE TRAUMA

Business Law 2014

Business Law 2014

Inventions of Nemesis

Inventions of Nemesis

Molecular and Cellular Iron Transport

Molecular and Cellular Iron Transport

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