Auditing, trust and governance

In this important new book, the European Auditing Research Network gives a timely appraisal of the regulatory environment for financial accounting and auditing in the wake of a series of high profile scandals involving major corporations.

Opening Up the Conversation leads practicing and preservice K-12 teachers through the process of creating more open, student-centered discourse in their classrooms. Readers are first introduced to types of teacher questions, student responses, and teacher follow-up moves that are associated with both open and closed discourse. Author John Henning then helps readers identify the most likely places for open and closed classroom discourse by examining an entire unit of instruction and by looking closely at three distinct types of discussionsÔÇöframing, conceptual, and application. Readers are introduced to specific discourse moves, the patterns of discussion, the amount of preparation, and the types of accountability strategies needed to construct each of these discussions. The final chapter of the book shows readers how to videotape and analyze their classroom interactions in a teacher study group.

1. Informal Power Structures in Russia and Ethno-political Conflict in the Northern Caucasus. Maxim U. Barbashin, 2. Islam and the Legal System in the North-western Caucasus. Irina L. Babich, 3. ÔÇÿRe-IslamisationÔÇÖ and Ethno-Nationalism: The Circassians (Adyghe) of the North-Western Caucasus and their Diaspora. Chen Bram, 4. The Republic of Adygheia: Perceptions of Rights, Freedoms and Life Chances of Ordinary People. Cemre Erciyes, 5. The Events of November 1996 in Kabardino-Balkaria and their Prehistory. Julietta Meskhidze, 6. Russian Policies towards Islamic Extremism in the Northern Caucasus and Destabilization in Kabardino-Balkaria. Walter Richmond, 7. Ideology and Conflict: Chechen Political Nationalism Prior to, and During Ten Years of War. Ekaterina Sokirianskaia, 8. The Orstkhoy Revival: Identity and Border Dispute in the Northern Caucasus. Victor A. Shnirelman, 9. ÔÇÿI Can Fight, Army against ArmyÔÇÖ: the 1994-1996 Russo-Chechen War, Strategies and Misconceptions. Yagil Henkin, 10. AllahÔÇÖs Foot Soldiers. An Assessment of the Role of Foreign Fighters and Al-Qa'ida in the Chechen Insurgency. Brian Glyn Williams, 11. From the Challenge of Nationalism to the Challenge of Islam: the Case of Daghestan. Moshe Gammer, 12. ÔÇÿWahhabisÔÇÖ, Democrats and Everything in Between. The Development of Islamic Activism in Post-Soviet Azerbaijan. Sofie Bedford, 13. Demography of North Caucasian Jewry: A Note on Population Dynamics and Shifting Identity. Mark Tolts