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Throughout American history, periodic cycles of economic change
have fundamentally reordered the way we work, the organization of
business and markets, the role of government, and even the nature
of politics. If we are to control our future, we must understand
this process of change. These economic transformations are powered
by the emergence of waves of new technologies. In the 1890s, the
development of electricity and cheap steel led to a new,
factory-based economy. In the 1940s and 1950s, automation and
advances in electronics and chemicals created a new national
corporate, mass-production economy. Since the 1990s, an information
technology revolution has again created a robust New Economy.
Robert Atkinson examines this process of change over the past 150
years and explores the responses of people and institutions. The
book then analyzes today's New Economy, including the new
information technology system, and effects on markets,
organizations, workers, and governance. Taking into account the
historical record, the book discusses the shortcomings of
prevailing liberal and conservative economic doctrines and lays out
a new growth economics agenda aimed at maximizing the
productivity-enhancing forces of the New Economy. Anyone interested
in American history as well as the future contours of our economy
will find Dr Atkinson's insightful analyses a fascinating guide to
the past and a provocative challenge for the future. Economists,
business leaders, scholars, and economic policymakers will find it
a necessary addition to the literature on economic cycles and
growth economics.
"Environment and Animal Development "is the first book to focus
specifically on the interactions between the environment and
developmental mechanisms with particular emphasis given to the
consequences for animal populations. The underlying premise of the
book is that the study of physiological mechanisms alongside the
analysis of adaptive values will enable rapid advancements in our
knowledge of this important field. With contributions from
well-known experts, the book will be invaluable for all graduate
students and researchers in this area.
The science that underpins organic agriculture and its impact upon
the management of agricultural systems has been rarely addressed.
Organic Agriculture: Science and Practice starts by setting the
scene of organic agriculture its philosophical roots, organic
farming and the concept of a system, the socio-economic context of
organic agriculture, and the key issue of food quality. The second
part, the major section of the book, presents the science that
underpins organic production. This section examines the management
of soil ecology, resource use, different crop and livestock
production systems and the environmental impact of organic farming
methods. The final section considers the practical aspects of
organic production, and most importantly the marketing of organic
produce. Case Studies are included in relevant chapters in Part B
to ensure that the application of the scientific principles are
understood by students and professionals. UK-European case studies
will be mirrored by US-North American case studies. Each chapter
will include a list of key reading, and there will be links from
the text to the SAC s website where questions and answers on
converting from conventional agriculture to organic agriculture are
available.
Throughout American history, periodic cycles of economic change
have fundamentally reordered the way we work, the organization of
business and markets, the role of government, and even the nature
of politics. If we are to control our future, we must understand
this process of change. These economic transformations are powered
by the emergence of waves of new technologies. In the 1890s, the
development of electricity and cheap steel led to a new,
factory-based economy. In the 1940s and 1950s, automation and
advances in electronics and chemicals created a new national
corporate, mass-production economy. Since the 1990s, an information
technology revolution has again created a robust New Economy.
Robert Atkinson examines this process of change over the past 150
years and explores the responses of people and institutions. The
book then analyzes today's New Economy, including the new
information technology system, and effects on markets,
organizations, workers, and governance. Taking into account the
historical record, the book discusses the shortcomings of
prevailing liberal and conservative economic doctrines and lays out
a new growth economics agenda aimed at maximizing the
productivity-enhancing forces of the New Economy. Anyone interested
in American history as well as the future contours of our economy
will find Dr Atkinson's insightful analyses a fascinating guide to
the past and a provocative challenge for the future. Economists,
business leaders, scholars, and economic policymakers will find it
a necessary addition to the literature on economic cycles and
growth economics.
Academic study of social activism and social movements has become
increasingly prevalent over the years; this is due in large part to
the fact that activists have captured public imagination and gained
substantial influence in political discourse. For instance, Occupy
Wall Street activists, Tea Party activists, and activists
affiliated with the Arab Spring have transformed political debates
and have become the focus of mainstream news media coverage about a
variety of different political topics. Journey into Social Activism
explicates the philosophical foundations of the study of activism
and illustrates four different research sites in which activism can
be observed and studied: organizations, networks, events, and
alternative media. The book will introduce students and scholars to
important qualitative approaches to the study of social activism
within these four research sites, which is based entirely on
successful research projects that have been conducted and published
in recent years. Ultimately, this book will prove integral to any
students and scholars who wish to use qualitative methods for their
research endeavors concerning social activism in contemporary
society.
Alternative Spaces/Transformative Places addresses the rise of
unruly spaces in society, as well as communicative strategies that
citizens and activists may use to democratize them. With the
widespread use of austerity measures by governments and cities,
unruly spaces are an increasing fixture in our modern world. Cities
such as Flint and Detroit in Michigan, Berlin in Germany, and even
regions of rural America, have all been damaged by the neoliberal
policies that have left cityscapes and physical environments
altered and unrecognizable. We now understand that unruliness has
become a constant in contemporary globalized society. As such
austerity has degraded infrastructure, depleted local economies,
and poisoned neighborhoods, we feel citizens must be empowered to
reclaim such unruly spaces themselves. The book explores different
strategies for the democratization of such spaces in urban
environments, and the potential and problems of each. Such
strategies can create alternative perceptions and alter pathways
through those spaces-even connect communities hidden from one
another. Students and scholars of urban communication and community
activism, as well as human geography, will find the concepts and
strategies explored in this book useful. The discussions related to
austerity measures provide context for many contemporary
neighborhoods and communities that have come to be neglected, while
the chapters concerning unruly spaces provide explanations for the
difficulty with such neglected or degraded environments. Finally,
the illustration of different communicative strategies for the
democratization of unruly spaces will demonstrate the possibilities
for empowerment within communities that face such problems.
Alternative Media Meets Mainstream Politics: Activist Nation Rising
demonstrates the rising role that alternative media play in
contemporary mainstream political communication. The rise of the
modern Internet and social media platforms have allowed for the
proliferation of alternative media across society in ways that were
not possible twenty years ago. Today, alternative media have become
more intertwined with mainstream media and have become increasingly
relevant in mainstream political communication. Contributors focus
on three primary sites where such media seem to have established
growing influence in recent years: political parties, mainstream
political news, and the production of participatory media that
allow for engagement. Scholars of communication, political science,
sociology, and media studies will find this collection useful.
The 2016 presidential election was unconventional in many ways. The
election of President Donald Trump caught many by surprise, with a
true outsider - a candidate with no previous governmental
experience and mixed support from his own party - won the election
by winning in traditionally Democratic states with coattails that
extended to Republican Senate candidates and resulted in unified
Republican government for the first time since 2008. This result
broke with the pre-election conventional wisdom, which expected
Hillary Clinton to win the presidency and a closer Senate divide.
This surprising result led many political scientists to question
whether 2016 truly marked a major turning point in American
elections as portrayed in the media - a break from the conventional
wisdom - or whether it was really the exception that proved the
rule. In this volume, political scientists examine previous
theories and trends in light of the 2016 election to determine the
extent to which 2016 was a break from previous theories. While in
some areas it seems as though 2016 was really just what would have
been predicted, in others, this election and the new president pose
significant challenges to mainstream theories in political science.
In particular, prominent political scientists examine whether voter
trends, with particular focus on groups by gender, age, geography,
and ethnicity, and election issues, especially the role of the
Supreme Court, followed or bucked recent trends. Several political
scientists examine the unconventional nomination process and
whether this signals a new era for political parties. The role of
conspiracy theories and voter confidence in the administration of
elections are also discussed. Finally, contributors also examine
the indirect effect the presidential candidates, especially Trump,
played in congressional election rhetoric.
Why America no longer leads the world in innovation, why we should
be concerned, and what must be done about it This important book
delivers a critical wake-up call: a fierce global race for
innovation advantage is under way, and while other nations are
making support for technology and innovation a central tenet of
their economic strategies and policies, America lacks a robust
innovation policy. What does this portend? Robert Atkinson and
Stephen Ezell, widely respected economic thinkers, report on
profound new forces that are shaping the global economy-forces that
favor nations with innovation-based economies and innovation
policies. Unless the United States enacts public policies to
reflect this reality, Americans face the relatively lower standards
of living associated with a noncompetitive national economy. The
authors explore how a weak innovation economy not only contributed
to the Great Recession but is delaying America's recovery from it
and how innovation in the United States compares with that in other
developed and developing nations. Atkinson and Ezell then lay out a
detailed, pragmatic road map for America to regain its global
innovation advantage by 2020, as well as maximize the global supply
of innovation and promote sustainable globalization.
A provocative look at how and why Britain has fallen into
decline from being a superpower in 1914 to being a third world
economy in 2014 by two of Britain's leading Economists
journalists
With a second recession looming, Britain is facing a moment of
truth. Going South examines how the leader of the Industrial
Revolution came to exhibit the features of a "developing country."
The symptoms of this vertiginous plunge in the world's rankings are
already starkly apparent: a chronic balance of payment deficit, a
looming shortage of energy and food, a dysfunctional labor market,
volatility in economic growth, and a painful vulnerability to
external events. And if these are the big indicators of imminent
relegation to the Third World, many smaller ones are too numerous
to fully catalogue.
So stark is the evidence that it is our contention that Britain's
looming relegation is not in doubt. The names change with
intellectual fashion--the developing world, the Third World,
less-developed countries, "emerging markets," or simply the Global
South. But the destination is the same.
Britain is going south--rapidly.
Assuming that Britain faces up to its plight, there is no easy
model for the redevelopment of the national economy. Whichever path
is taken will be a hard one. The age of the quick fixes is
over.
Proceedings of a Meeting of the IUFRO, Working Party on Root
Physiology and Symbiosis
Management-science or management-art? This text addresses this
question through a philosophy of an art-related management
practice, contributing a paradigmatic thesis of management
practiced as an art-form. It goes beyond the extension of aesthetic
understanding to management and organization study to aid
understanding of management.
Management-science or management-art? This text addresses this
question through a philosophy of an art-related management
practice, contributing a paradigmatic thesis of management
practiced as an art-form. It goes beyond the extension of aesthetic
understanding to management and organization study to aid
understanding of management.
Distinctive and unique in its approach, this book opens up art
education to the broader field of social enquiry into practice,
subjectivity and identity. It draws upon important developments in
contemporary philosophy and the social sciences and applies this to
the professional field of art in education. It opens new
perspectives for teachers, teacher educators and student
teachers.
Distinctive and unique in its approach, this book opens up art
education to the broader field of social enquiry into practice,
subjectivity and identity. It draws upon important developments in
contemporary philosophy and the social sciences and applies this to
the professional field of art in education. It opens new
perspectives for teachers, teacher educators and student
teachers.
The scope of this book, prepared for the Air Weather Service of the
United States Air Force, is to cover all sorts of information in
the literature and experience which appear to have a direct utility
for forecasters throughout the tropics. The emphasis and point of
view are consistently on the practical application.
Proceedings of a Meeting of the IUFRO, Working Party on Root
Physiology and Symbiosis
The 2016 presidential election was unconventional in many ways. The
election of President Donald Trump caught many by surprise, with a
true outsider - a candidate with no previous governmental
experience and mixed support from his own party - won the election
by winning in traditionally Democratic states with coattails that
extended to Republican Senate candidates and resulted in unified
Republican government for the first time since 2008. This result
broke with the pre-election conventional wisdom, which expected
Hillary Clinton to win the presidency and a closer Senate divide.
This surprising result led many political scientists to question
whether 2016 truly marked a major turning point in American
elections as portrayed in the media - a break from the conventional
wisdom - or whether it was really the exception that proved the
rule. In this volume, political scientists examine previous
theories and trends in light of the 2016 election to determine the
extent to which 2016 was a break from previous theories. While in
some areas it seems as though 2016 was really just what would have
been predicted, in others, this election and the new president pose
significant challenges to mainstream theories in political science.
In particular, prominent political scientists examine whether voter
trends, with particular focus on groups by gender, age, geography,
and ethnicity, and election issues, especially the role of the
Supreme Court, followed or bucked recent trends. Several political
scientists examine the unconventional nomination process and
whether this signals a new era for political parties. The role of
conspiracy theories and voter confidence in the administration of
elections are also discussed. Finally, contributors also examine
the indirect effect the presidential candidates, especially Trump,
played in congressional election rhetoric.
The digitally-enabled economy is unleashing a new wave of change,
something we are only just beginning to feel and understand. The
economic evidence shows that this innovation-the development and
adoption of new products, services, processes and business
models-is vital to support rising living standards. But making the
political case for the progressive power of innovation, and the
digital economy, can be more challenging. The forces of "creative
destruction" threaten incumbent firms, jobs, and the way people
work and live, creating strong incentives to oppose change.
Confronting these hard realities is one of the defining challenges
for progressive politics in the twenty-first century. This
collection of essays aims to explore how progressives can embrace
the power and promise of innovation through ICT and the digital
economy, while developing new institutions to enable societies to
cope with the new challenges and risks that this heralds.
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