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Poverty remains a problem in Europe, raising the need for new
solutions. In this thought-provoking book the contributors delve
deeply into the everyday lives of poor households to see which
practices and resources they apply to improve their situations. One
of the key findings is that social resilience requires a
functioning welfare state operating as a warrantor of common and
public goods, on which poor households can build up resilient
practices. This insightful book illustrates that in addition to
sufficient welfare transfers, there is a need for low-commodified
common goods, including public health services, access to housing,
education infrastructures and public space. These need to be made
available not only for the registered poor but all low-income
households. Drawing on over 400 interviews with families and
experts across Europe, the chapters demonstrate the need for social
policy to become more tolerant towards various forms of small
additional income generation and non-commodified values and
lifestyles. Poverty, Crisis and Resilience will be a key resource
for students and scholars of social policy, poverty research and
sociology, while also being of value to social policy practitioners
within the charity sector, welfare state administration, social
work, politics and counselling.
Family rhythms is the first textbook of its kind with an explicit
focus on Ireland and Irish families. Uniquely, the book draws on
original in-depth interviews with people of different ages to
introduce contemporary scholarship on the family and to illustrate
how Irish families have adapted and changed over time. With
chapters on childhood, adolescence, parenting and grandparenthood,
the book shows the resilience of families in different social and
historical contexts. Each chapter includes a discussion of the
challenges that face families and how social research can inform
policy makers' responses. Family rhythms is a comprehensive,
user-friendly textbook that offers a variety of strategies for
engaging readers, including direct encounters with qualitative data
through the use of classroom oriented discussion panels. Synopses
of landmark Irish studies are included throughout, bringing the
insights from these key studies together in a single textbook for
the first time. -- .
Located in the heart of the Eastern Himalayas, Bhutan practices the
philosophy of Gross National Happiness ("GNH") that embraces
environmental conservation as one of the main building blocks for
its sustainable development goals. Bhutan's conservation strategies
and success are largely driven by the strong political will and
visionary leadership of His Majesty the King of Bhutan The nation's
Buddhist perspectives regarding a deep and abiding respect for
nature; and the strategic enforcement of a wide-ranging stringent
set of internal regulations and controls have helped ensure
ecological gold standards in Bhutan. Moreover, the country is an
active member of the international conservation community by
fulfilling its implementation of various Multilateral Environment
Agreements. While it emerged into the 21st century as one of the 36
global terrestrial "hotspots" in biological diversity conservation
ranks, Bhutan's sheer commitment with more than 51% of its
territory being managed under the explicit status of a protected
area network, and more than 70% of the land under forest cover,
represents Bhutan's exemplary dedication to protect the planet
despite its smallness in size and economy, and the biological
fragility exemplified by its hotspot situation. In the face of
imminent severe threats of global warming, Bhutan nonetheless
exemplifies the truth that "a small country with a big conservation
commitment" can make an enormous contribution to the global
community. At the regional level, Bhutan is intent upon protecting
the Water Towers of Asia (that glacial expanse of the Himalayas)
which is a critical resource bulwark for about one-fifth of the
global population downstream in South Asia. Such protections
invariably help mitigate climate change by acting as a nation-wide
carbon sink through its carbon neutral policies. In short, Bhutan
has long represented one of the world's foremost national guardians
of biodiversity conservation, ecological good governance, and
societal sustainability at a period when the world has entered the
Anthropocene - an epoch of mass extinctions. We envision this
publication to be ecologically and ethically provocative and
revealing for the concerned scientific communities, and
governments. Through an extensive review of the scientific and
anthropological literature, as well as the research team's own
data, the Author's have set forth timely recommendations for
conservation policies, strategies and actions. This book provides
technical and deeply considered assessments of the state of
Bhutan's environment, its multiple, human-induced stressors and
pressures; as well as extremely sound, practical techniques that
would address conservation strategies in the Himalayas and, by
implication, worldwide.
Located in the heart of the Eastern Himalayas, Bhutan practices the
philosophy of Gross National Happiness ("GNH") that embraces
environmental conservation as one of the main building blocks for
its sustainable development goals. Bhutan's conservation strategies
and success are largely driven by the strong political will and
visionary leadership of His Majesty the King of Bhutan The nation's
Buddhist perspectives regarding a deep and abiding respect for
nature; and the strategic enforcement of a wide-ranging stringent
set of internal regulations and controls have helped ensure
ecological gold standards in Bhutan. Moreover, the country is an
active member of the international conservation community by
fulfilling its implementation of various Multilateral Environment
Agreements. While it emerged into the 21st century as one of the 36
global terrestrial "hotspots" in biological diversity conservation
ranks, Bhutan's sheer commitment with more than 51% of its
territory being managed under the explicit status of a protected
area network, and more than 70% of the land under forest cover,
represents Bhutan's exemplary dedication to protect the planet
despite its smallness in size and economy, and the biological
fragility exemplified by its hotspot situation. In the face of
imminent severe threats of global warming, Bhutan nonetheless
exemplifies the truth that "a small country with a big conservation
commitment" can make an enormous contribution to the global
community. At the regional level, Bhutan is intent upon protecting
the Water Towers of Asia (that glacial expanse of the Himalayas)
which is a critical resource bulwark for about one-fifth of the
global population downstream in South Asia. Such protections
invariably help mitigate climate change by acting as a nation-wide
carbon sink through its carbon neutral policies. In short, Bhutan
has long represented one of the world's foremost national guardians
of biodiversity conservation, ecological good governance, and
societal sustainability at a period when the world has entered the
Anthropocene - an epoch of mass extinctions. We envision this
publication to be ecologically and ethically provocative and
revealing for the concerned scientific communities, and
governments. Through an extensive review of the scientific and
anthropological literature, as well as the research team's own
data, the Author's have set forth timely recommendations for
conservation policies, strategies and actions. This book provides
technical and deeply considered assessments of the state of
Bhutan's environment, its multiple, human-induced stressors and
pressures; as well as extremely sound, practical techniques that
would address conservation strategies in the Himalayas and, by
implication, worldwide.
Folk Tales and lore are woven into the ancient landscape of Devon:
swimming in the rivers, soaring with the buzzards over farms and
moors and making soft tracks across the sands of a wild coastline.
In Devon Folk Tales for Children you'll find goblins tinkering in
the old ore mines, a changeling hare-woman who runs by the light of
the moon, and pixies playing on the old pack routes trodden by the
hooves of Dartmoor ponies. This beautifully illustrated collection
of tales from storyteller and artist Leonie Jane-Grey will take you
on a wild and magical adventure through the ancient lands of Devon.
How can the one influence the many? From posing seminal questions
about what comprises a human individual, to asking whether human
evolution is alive and well, favoring individuals or the species,
this work is a daring, up-to-the-minute overview of an urgent,
multidisciplinary premise. It explores the extent to which human
history provides empirical evidence for the capacity of an
individual to exert meaningful suasion over their species, and
asks: Can an individual influence the survival of the human species
and the planet? If there are to be cultures of transformation
dedicated to seeing us all through the Sixth Extinction Spasm, the
Anthropocene, inflicting as little biological havoc as possible,
what might such orientations-a collective, widespread biophilia, or
reverence for nature-look like? In this powerful work, with a
combination of data and direct observation, the authors invite
readers to explore how such transformations might resonate
throughout the human community; in what ways a person might
overcome the seemingly insurmountable environmental tumult our
species has unleashed; the clear and salient motives, ethics,
aspirations and pragmatic idealism he/she might mirror and embrace
in order to effect a profound difference-at the individual
level-for all of life and life's myriad habitats. Chapters
illuminate an ambitiously broad digest of research from two-dozen
disciplines. Those include ecodynamics, biosemiotics, neural
plasticity, anthropology, paleontology and the history of science,
among others. All converge upon a set of ethics-based scenarios for
mitigating ecological damage to ourselves and other life forms.
This highly readable and tightly woven treatise speaks to
scientists, students and all those who are concerned about ethical
activism and the future of the biosphere. Michael Charles Tobias
and Jane Gray Morrison are ecological philosophers and animal
liberation activists who have worked for decades to help enrich our
understanding of ecosystem dynamics and humanity's ambiguous
presence amid that great orchestra that is nature.
This compact and elegant work (equally fitting for both academic as
well as the trade audiences) provides a readily accessible and
highly readable overview of Bhutan's unique opportunities and
challenges; all her prominent environmental legislation, regulatory
statutes, ecological customs and practices, both in historic and
contemporary terms. At the same time, Bionomics places the
ecological context, including a section on animal rights in Bhutan,
within the nation's Buddhist spiritual and ethical setting.
Historic contextualization accents the book's rich accounting of
every national park and scientific reserve, as well as providing
up-to-the-minute climate-change related hurdles for the country.
Merging the interdisciplinary sciences, engineering and humanities
data in a compelling up-to-date portrait of the country, the
authors have presented this dramatic compendium against the
backdrop of an urgent, global ecological time-frame. It thus
becomes clear that the articulated stakes for Bhutan, like her
neighboring Himalayan and Indian sub-continental countries (China,
India, Bangladesh and Myanmar) are immense, as the Anthropocene
epoch unfolds, affecting every living being across the planet.
Because Bhutan's two most rewarding revenue streams derive from the
sale of hydro-electric power and from tourism, the complexities of
modern pressures facing a nation that prides herself on maintaining
traditional customs in what has been a uniquely isolated nation are
acute.
This groundbreaking work of both theoretical and experiential
thought by two leading ecological philosophers and animal
liberation scientists ventures into a new frontier of applied
ethical anthrozoological studies. Through lean and elegant text,
readers will learn that human interconnections with other species
and ecosystems are severely endangered precisely because we lack -
by our evolutionary self-confidence - the very coherence that is
everywhere around us abundantly demonstrated. What our species has
deemed to be superior is, according to Tobias and Morrison, the
cumulative result of a tragically tenuous argument predicated on
the brink of our species' self-destruction, giving rise to a most
unique proposition: We either recognize the miracle of other
sentient intelligence, sophistication, and genius, or risk
enshrining the shortest lived epitaph of any known vertebrate in
earth's 4.1 billion years of life. Tobias and Morrison draw on 45
years of research in fields ranging from ecological anthropology,
animal protection and comparative ethics to literature and
spirituality - and beyond. They deploy research in animal and plant
behavior, biocultural heritage contexts from every continent and
they bring to bear a deeply metaphysical array of perspectives that
set this book apart from any other. The book departs from most work
in such fields as animal rights, ecological aesthetics, comparative
ethology or traditional animal and plant behaviorist work, and yet
it speaks to readers with an interest in those fields. A deeply
provocative book of philosophical premises and hypotheses from two
of the world's most influential ecological philosophers, this text
is likely to stir uneasiness and debate for many decades to come.
This groundbreaking work of both theoretical and experiential
thought by two leading ecological philosophers and animal
liberation scientists ventures into a new frontier of applied
ethical anthrozoological studies. Through lean and elegant text,
readers will learn that human interconnections with other species
and ecosystems are severely endangered precisely because we lack -
by our evolutionary self-confidence - the very coherence that is
everywhere around us abundantly demonstrated. What our species has
deemed to be superior is, according to Tobias and Morrison, the
cumulative result of a tragically tenuous argument predicated on
the brink of our species' self-destruction, giving rise to a most
unique proposition: We either recognize the miracle of other
sentient intelligence, sophistication, and genius, or risk
enshrining the shortest lived epitaph of any known vertebrate in
earth's 4.1 billion years of life. Tobias and Morrison draw on 45
years of research in fields ranging from ecological anthropology,
animal protection and comparative ethics to literature and
spirituality - and beyond. They deploy research in animal and plant
behavior, biocultural heritage contexts from every continent and
they bring to bear a deeply metaphysical array of perspectives that
set this book apart from any other. The book departs from most work
in such fields as animal rights, ecological aesthetics, comparative
ethology or traditional animal and plant behaviorist work, and yet
it speaks to readers with an interest in those fields. A deeply
provocative book of philosophical premises and hypotheses from two
of the world's most influential ecological philosophers, this text
is likely to stir uneasiness and debate for many decades to come.
Dr. Michael Charles Tobias and Jane Gray Morrison are
world-renowned ecological philosophers and activists,
interdisciplinary social and environmental scientists and
broad-ranging, deeply committed humanists. This collection of fifty
essays and interviews comprises an invigorating, outspoken,
provocative and eloquent overview of the ecological humanities in
one highly accessible volume. The components of this collection
were published in the authors' "Green Conversations" blog series,
and pieces in the Eco News Network from 2011 to 2013 and feature
luminaries from Jane Goodall to Ted Turner to the Secretary of the
Smithsonian Institution to the former head of the UN Convention on
Biological Diversity. Stunning color photographs captured by the
authors and contributors make Why Life Matters: Fifty Ecosystems of
the Heart and Mind a feast for the eyes as well as the mind and
soul. Ethics, science, technology, ecological literacy, grass-roots
renaissance thinkers, conservation innovation from the U.S. to the
U.K.; from India to Ecuador; from Bhutan to Haiti; from across
Africa, the Neo-Tropics, Central Asia and Japan, to Rio, Shanghai
and Manhattan - this humanistic ode to the future of life on earth
is a relevant and resonating read. Michael Tobias and Jane Gray
Morrison, partners who between them have authored some 50 books and
written, directed and produced some 170 films, a prolific body of
work that has been read, translated and/or broadcast around the
world, have been married for more than a quarter-of-a-century.
Their field research across the disciplines of comparative
literature, anthropology, the history of science and philosophy,
ecology and ethics, in over 80 countries, has served as a telling
example of what two people - deeply in love with one another - can
accomplish in spreading that same unconditional love to others - of
all species.
Dr. Michael Charles Tobias and Jane Gray Morrison are
world-renowned ecological philosophers and activists,
interdisciplinary social and environmental scientists and
broad-ranging, deeply committed humanists. This collection of fifty
essays and interviews comprises an invigorating, outspoken,
provocative and eloquent overview of the ecological humanities in
one highly accessible volume. The components of this collection
were published in the authors' "Green Conversations" blog series,
and pieces in the Eco News Network from 2011 to 2013 and feature
luminaries from Jane Goodall to Ted Turner to the Secretary of the
Smithsonian Institution to the former head of the UN Convention on
Biological Diversity. Stunning color photographs captured by the
authors and contributors make Why Life Matters: Fifty Ecosystems of
the Heart and Mind a feast for the eyes as well as the mind and
soul. Ethics, science, technology, ecological literacy, grass-roots
renaissance thinkers, conservation innovation from the U.S. to the
U.K.; from India to Ecuador; from Bhutan to Haiti; from across
Africa, the Neo-Tropics, Central Asia and Japan, to Rio, Shanghai
and Manhattan - this humanistic ode to the future of life on earth
is a relevant and resonating read. Michael Tobias and Jane Gray
Morrison, partners who between them have authored some 50 books and
written, directed and produced some 170 films, a prolific body of
work that has been read, translated and/or broadcast around the
world, have been married for more than a quarter-of-a-century.
Their field research across the disciplines of comparative
literature, anthropology, the history of science and philosophy,
ecology and ethics, in over 80 countries, has served as a telling
example of what two people - deeply in love with one another - can
accomplish in spreading that same unconditional love to others - of
all species.
This work is a large, powerfully illustrated interdisciplinary
natural sciences volume, the first of its kind to examine the
critically important nature of ecological paradox, through an
abundance of lenses: the biological sciences, taxonomy,
archaeology, geopolitical history, comparative ethics, literature,
philosophy, the history of science, human geography, population
ecology, epistemology, anthropology, demographics, and futurism.
The ecological paradox suggests that the human biological-and from
an insular perspective, successful-struggle to exist has come at
the price of isolating H. sapiens from life-sustaining ecosystem
services, and far too much of the biodiversity with which we find
ourselves at crisis-level odds. It is a paradox dating back
thousands of years, implicating millennia of human machinations
that have been utterly ruinous to biological baselines. Those
metrics are examined from numerous multidisciplinary approaches in
this thoroughly original work, which aids readers, particularly
natural history students, who aspire to grasp the far-reaching
dimensions of the Anthropocene, as it affects every facet of human
experience, past, present and future, and the rest of planetary
sentience. With a Preface by Dr. Gerald Wayne Clough, former
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and President Emeritus of
the Georgia Institute of Technology. Foreword by Robert Gillespie,
President of the non-profit, Population Communication.
Family rhythms is the first textbook of its kind with an explicit
focus on Ireland and Irish families. Uniquely, the book draws on
original in-depth interviews with people of different ages to
introduce contemporary scholarship on the family and to illustrate
how Irish families have adapted and changed over time. With
chapters on childhood, adolescence, parenting and grandparenthood,
the book shows the resilience of families in different social and
historical contexts. Each chapter includes a discussion of the
challenges that face families and how social research can inform
policy makers' responses. Family rhythms is a comprehensive,
user-friendly textbook that offers a variety of strategies for
engaging readers, including direct encounters with qualitative data
through the use of classroom oriented discussion panels. Synopses
of landmark Irish studies are included throughout, bringing the
insights from these key studies together in a single textbook for
the first time. -- .
"Suburban Affiliations" presents the reader with a thorough and
engaging study of the everyday civic and social relations that are
observed in suburban localities, in this case in Dublin, Ireland.
It provides insight into the ways in which suburbs develop and
consolidate across time, with the authors' analysis presented
against a backdrop of the extensive American and European
literature on suburbs. Drawing on four case studies, the authors
offer a wealth of sociological insights into the suburban
experience, demonstrating how particular examples can be drawn upon
to advance a general theory of suburban affiliations. They re-visit
the mainly negative assessment that has been made of the suburban
social fabric. The title, "Suburban Affiliations", underlies the
book's main conclusions. Residents in suburban estates are not
disaffiliated: they are in fact connected with the place where they
live and with each other, in many different ways. The book maps the
nature, quality and focus of these affiliations, paying particular
attention to attachment to place, the prevalence of social support
networks and levels of civic and social participation. As an
empirically grounded, contemporary study of everyday suburban
realities this book offers a wealth of timely and innovative
insights of interest not only to social scientists but also to
architects, planners, policy makers and the general public.
This work is a large, powerfully illustrated interdisciplinary
natural sciences volume, the first of its kind to examine the
critically important nature of ecological paradox, through an
abundance of lenses: the biological sciences, taxonomy,
archaeology, geopolitical history, comparative ethics, literature,
philosophy, the history of science, human geography, population
ecology, epistemology, anthropology, demographics, and futurism.
The ecological paradox suggests that the human biological-and from
an insular perspective, successful-struggle to exist has come at
the price of isolating H. sapiens from life-sustaining ecosystem
services, and far too much of the biodiversity with which we find
ourselves at crisis-level odds. It is a paradox dating back
thousands of years, implicating millennia of human machinations
that have been utterly ruinous to biological baselines. Those
metrics are examined from numerous multidisciplinary approaches in
this thoroughly original work, which aids readers, particularly
natural history students, who aspire to grasp the far-reaching
dimensions of the Anthropocene, as it affects every facet of human
experience, past, present and future, and the rest of planetary
sentience. With a Preface by Dr. Gerald Wayne Clough, former
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and President Emeritus of
the Georgia Institute of Technology. Foreword by Robert Gillespie,
President of the non-profit, Population Communication.
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