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Suzanne Lebsock's a Murder in Virginia presents a glimpse into post Civil War southern justice. The book recounts the events surrounding a murder case in 1895 Lunenburg County, Virginia in a rather unique manner.

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Political oppression and the construction of otherness in authoritarian systems

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Russia's political and economic challenges under Putin's presidency

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Communicating IT value through cost-benefit analysis and organizational alignment

Although technology's importance is acknowledged in most organizational rhetoric, this does not discount the need for members of Informational Technology departments to communicate the particular vitality and integrity of IT to their specific organization's mission, values, and goals.

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Interest groups' influence on American policymaking processes

How influential are Interest Groups in the Policymaking Process? The purpose of this work is the answer the question that asks how influential are the interest groups in the policymaking process?

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Requirements tracing in software development and quality management

At the most basic level, requirements tracing demonstrates that software does what it is intended to do (Davis, A.M., and Leffingwell).

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Organizational politics and power: surviving and prospering in workplace environments

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Ethics in organizational decision-making and technology's impact on workplace stress

Significance of ethics in the process of decision making and impact of technology on work-related stress An important aspect in studying organizational behavior is the relevance and significance of ethics in the process of decision making within an organization.

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Social structure and moral decay in Lazarillo de Tormes

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Racial bias and arbitrariness in America's juvenile death penalty

In America, twenty-five states permit the execution of juveniles, twenty-one states set the minimum age for execution at 16 and four states at set it at 17. No other Western country, no other industrialized state, and in fact no other democracy in the world allows juveniles to be executed.

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