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Major scholars examine different aspects of the ICU's record in the 1920s and 1930s, assessing its achievements and its failures in relation to the post-apartheid present.
The Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union (ICU)―the largest black political organization in southern Africa before the 1940s―was active in six African colonies, as well as in global trade union networks. Labour Struggles in Southern Africa provides fresh perspectives on the ICU, exploring its record in the 1920s and 1930s and assessing its achievements and failures in relation to the present.
In its One Big Union approach to protecting workers' rights, its emphasis on economic freedoms, its internationalism, and its robust protection of women and migrant workers, the ICU fundamentally challenged the axioms, tactics, and programs of rival organizations like the African National Congress. Reflecting that, this book demonstrates that the legacies of the ICU continue to be of crucial contemporary relevance.
Dosage: A Guiding Principle for Health Communicators uses "dosage"
as a metaphor to help all healthcare professionals apply basic
communication principles to their work. After a general overview of
communication and its paramount importance in the health care
setting, J. David Johnson, a professor of communications and former
media research analyst for the U.S. Information Agency and author
of five previous books, outlines the best practices for
*Interpersonal communication in health care relationships,
including that between physician and patient. He answers questions
such as "How Much Do I Reveal and When?"; *Interprofessional teams,
including teamwork, interdependence, stress and burnout, and
communication in decision-making; *Mass Media, including searching
for information and gaps in knowledge; *Knowledge diffusion and
dissemination; *Change in communication, including social media;
*Health information technology and how to handle the flood of
communications we receive today. Johnson effectively expands his
metaphor of dosage, detailing its many elements (amount, frequency,
delivery system, sequencing, interaction with what other agents,
and contraindications) as well as discussing the use and limits of
metaphor generally. He explicitly addresses the following contexts:
interpersonal communication, with a focusing on health
professional-client interactions; inter-professional teams; mass
media that are increasingly important for broader approaches to
public health; how change is adopted and implemented within health
care organizations and individuals; and the new technologies for
health communication. The book's final chapter turns to broader
policy issues raised by application of the metaphor of dosage as
well as detailing its implications for methods of communication
research. It concludes with a discussion of how dosage can serve as
a bridging metaphor to close the gap between researchers and
practitioners which is fundamental to clinical and translational
science.
Joining Together introduces readers to the theory and research
needed to understand how to make groups effective and, through
exercises and thorough explanations, equips them with the skills
required to apply that knowledge to practical situations. Chapters
discuss the history of groups and group dynamics, the nature of
experiential learning, group goals, communication within groups,
leadership, power, decision making, controversy and creativity, and
conflict management. More applied chapters focus on valuing
diversity, cooperative learning, leading counseling groups, and
team development and training. The new edition of this best-selling
text features: New sections on controversy and creativity New
individual and group exercises A focus on new technologies Greater
focus on minority influence, group goals, and diversity and many
other updates and changes. Joining Together introduces readers to
the theory and research needed to understand how to make groups
effective and, through exercises and thorough explanations, equips
them with the skills required to apply that knowledge to practical
situations.
The world-wide reform movement has now been in process for thirty
years and it is therefore perhaps an appropriate point to consider
its implications for the work of teachers thus far and to ponder on
the future. It would be widely agreed that the reform movement in
general, and in relation to teachers' work in particular, has
brought advantages and disadvantages. It has stimulated teacher
development and increased the accountability of teachers to clients
- including the state as client. On the other hand, it has led to
the intensification of teachers' work and to the
deprofessionalisation as well as professionalisation of teachers.
Moreover, it has increased the power of managerialism over the
influence of professionalism.This book addresses these issues from
different perspectives and in relation to different contexts.
Virginians dominate the early history of the United States, with
Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Patrick Henry, George
Mason, George Wythe, and John Marshall figuring prominently in that
narrative. Fellow Virginian Spencer Roane (1762-1822), an
influential jurist and political thinker, was in many ways their
equal. Roane is nonetheless mostly absent in accounts of early
America. The lack of interest in Roane is remarkable since he was
the philosophical leader of the Jeffersonians, architect of states'
rights doctrine, a legislator, essayist, and, for twenty-seven
years, justice of the Virginia Supreme Court. He was the son-in-law
of Henry, a confidant of Jefferson, founder of the influential
Richmond Enquirer, and head of the ""Richmond Junto."" Roane's
opinions established judicial review of legislative acts ten years
before Supreme Court Chief Justice Marshall did the same in Marbury
v. Madison. Roane also brought down Virginia's state-sponsored
church. His descent into historical twilight is even more curious
given his fierce criticism-both from the bench and in the Richmond
Enquirer-of Marshall's nationalistic decisions. Indeed, the debate
between these two judges is perhaps the most comprehensive
discussion of federalism outside of the arguments that raged over
the ratification of the United States Constitution. In
Irreconcilable Founders, David Johnson uses Roane's long-lasting
conflict with Marshall as ballast for the first-ever biography of
this highly influential but largely forgotten justice and political
theorist. Because Roane's legal opinions gave way to those of
Marshall, historians have tended to either dismiss him or cast him
as little more than an annoying gadfly. Equally to blame for his
obscurity is the comparative inaccessibility of Roane's life: no
single archive houses his papers, no scholars have systematically
reviewed his legal opinions, and no one has methodically examined
his essays. Bringing these and other disparate sources together for
the first time, Johnson precisely limns Roane's career,
personality, and philosophy. He also synthesizes the judge's
wide-ranging jurisprudence and analyzes his predictions about the
dangers of unchecked federal power and an activist Supreme Court.
Although contemporary jurists and politicians disregarded Roane's
opinions, many in today's political and legal arenas are
unknowingly echoing his views with increasing frequency, making
this reappraisal of his life and reassessment of his opinions
timely and relevant.
Here is the result of over ten years of hands-on clinical
experience by two experts wha have worked with the elderly. The
authors explore the contributions of the creative arts therapies,
specifically movement and drama therapy, to the individual and
communal welfare of residents in nursing homes. Waiting at the
Gate: Creativity and Hope in the Nursing Home eloquently
demonstrates how movement and drama therapy facilitate the
preservation of life, of meaning, and of hope by seeking the
beautiful and playful aspects of the self, and valuing humor,
flexibility, and spontaneity in relationships with others. The
authors show how these values challenge the "waiting to die"
phenomenon of the custodial nursing home and offer lively
alternatives to the resident in the new institution of the 1990s.
Here is the result of over ten years of hands-on clinical
experience by two experts wha have worked with the elderly. The
authors explore the contributions of the creative arts therapies,
specifically movement and drama therapy, to the individual and
communal welfare of residents in nursing homes. Waiting at the
Gate: Creativity and Hope in the Nursing Home eloquently
demonstrates how movement and drama therapy facilitate the
preservation of life, of meaning, and of hope by seeking the
beautiful and playful aspects of the self, and valuing humor,
flexibility, and spontaneity in relationships with others. The
authors show how these values challenge the "waiting to die"
phenomenon of the custodial nursing home and offer lively
alternatives to the resident in the new institution of the 1990s.
This book is intended to address both the quantitative and
qualitative issues of programmable controllers for factory
automation. It is helpful for both the newcomer to the field and
the experienced control engineer requiring a fresh perspective.
A Shakespeare Reader: Sources and Criticism provides a rich
collection of critical and secondary material selected to assist in
the study of Shakespeare's plays. It includes a selection of
sources and analogues Shakespeare drew upon in writing nine of his
major works, a variety of widely divergent critical interpretations
of the plays over the last sixty years - from the practical
criticism of the 1930s to the theoretical approaches of the 1990s -
and informative essays on Shakespeare's theatre and on the
challenges of editing the Shakespeare text. This book represents an
invaluable resource for students and teachers of Shakespeare, as
well as for theatre practitioners.
A Quaker prayer life arises from a life of continuing daily
attentiveness. The first generation of Quakers followed a covenant
with God, based on assidious obedience to the promptings of the
Inward Light. This process did not require the established
churches, priests or liturgies. Quaker prayer then became a
practice of patient waiting in silence. Prayer is a conscious
choice to seek God, in whatever form that Divine Presence speaks to
each of us, moment to moment. The difficulties we experience in
inward prayer are preparation for our outward lives. Each time we
return to the centre in prayer we are modelling how to live our
lives; each time we dismiss the internal intrusions we are
strengthening that of God within us and denying the role of the
Self; every time we turn to prayer and to God we are seeking an
increase in the measure of Light in our lives. David Johnson is a
Member of Queensland Regional Meeting of the Australia Yearly
Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. David is a geologist
with both industry and academic experience, and wrote The Geology
of Australia, specifically for the general public. He has a long
commitment to nonviolence and opposing war and the arms trade, and
has worked with the International Campaign to Ban Landmines. David
delivered the 2005 Backhouse Lecture to Australia Yearly Meeting on
Peace is a Struggle. He was part of the work to establish the
Silver Wattle Quaker Centre in Australia in 2010, and is
Co-Director of the Centre for 2013-14.
Examining the role of symbolic innovations in higher education
institutions, this book distinguishes between the real, material
changes universities undergo and the ways universities present them
and symbolic changes to outside and internal stakeholders. By
defining symbolic innovations and their general role in
organizations, this book provides a thorough view of innovations in
university contexts and the underlying factors that motivate and
generate them. This volume addresses ethical concerns about the
impact of symbolic innovations and how they relate to traditional
and current views of academic leadership.
One of the most eccentric and accomplished politicians in all of
American history, John Randolph (1773--1833) led a life marked by
controversy. The long-serving Virginia congressman and architect of
southern conservatism grabbed headlines with his prescient
comments, public brawls, and clashes with every president from John
Adams to Andrew Jackson. The first biography of Randolph in nearly
a century, John Randolph of Roanoke provides a full account of the
powerful Virginia planter's hard-charging life and his impact on
the formation of conservative politics.
The Randolph lineage loomed large in early America, and Randolph
of Roanoke emerged as one of the most visible -- and certainly the
most bombastic -- among his clan. A colorful orator with
aristocratic manners, he entertained the House of Representatives
(and newspaper readers across the country) with three-hour-long
speeches on subjects of political import, drawing from classical
references for his analogies, and famously pausing to gain
"courage" from a tumbler at his side. Adept at satire and
uncensored in his verbal attacks against colleagues, he invited
challenges to duel from those he offended; in 1826, he and the
then--secretary of state Henry Clay exchanged gunfire on the banks
of the Potomac.
A small-government Jeffersonian in political tastes, Randolph
first entered Congress in 1799. As chairman of the powerful Ways
and Means Committee he memorably turned on President Jefferson,
once and for all, in 1805, believing his fellow Virginian to have
compromised his republican values. As a result, Randolph led the
"Old Republicans," a faction that sought to restrict the role of
the federal government.
In this rich biography, David Johnson draws upon an impressive
array of primary sources -- Randolph's letters, speeches, and
writings -- previously unavailable to scholars. John Randolph of
Roanoke tells the story of a young nation and the unique philosophy
of a southern lawmaker who defended America's agrarian tradition
and reveled in his own controversy.
The study of health information seeking has become increasingly
important in recent years due to the growing emphasis on the
consumer/client relationship in the health arena. This trend
implies a shift away from the development of health campaigns with
one unitary message to a recognition that alternatives must be
provided and options discussed. Indeed, health agencies are
adopting the role of information-seeking facilitators through the
creation of telephone services and sophisticated databases. A
greater understanding of the public's needs, especially why people
seek information, may help us to accomplish the many behavioral
changes that will lead toward decreases in morbidity and mortality
and a more balanced approach to wellness and prevention. This is
especially important in the context of the revolution in access to
information brought about by the many recent advances in databases
and telecommunication systems, perhaps best represented by the
advent of the Internet. This book provides a comprehensive
treatment of these issues appropriate for advanced undergraduate
and graduate students, practitioners, and researchers.
This book is intended to address both the quantitative and
qualitative issues of programmable controllers for factory
automation. It is helpful for both the newcomer to the field and
the experienced control engineer requiring a fresh perspective.
All the Way with LBJ mines an extraordinarily rich but
underutilized source - the full range of LBJ tapes - to analyze the
1964 presidential campaign and the political culture of the
mid-1960s. The president achieved a smashing victory over a divided
Republican Party, which initially considered Henry Cabot Lodge II,
then U.S. ambassador to South Vietnam, before nominating Barry
Goldwater, who used many of the themes that later worked for
Republicans - a Southern strategy, portraying the Democrats as soft
on defense, raising issues such as crime and personal ethics.
Johnson countered with what he called a "frontlash" strategy,
appealing to moderate and liberal GOP suburbanites, but he failed
to create a new, permanent Democratic majority for the post-civil
rights era. The work's themes - the impact of race on the political
process, the question of politicians' personal and political
ethics, and the tensions between politics and public policy -
continue to resonate.
Symposium B, 'Thermoelectric Materials Research and Device
Development for Power Conversion and Refrigeration', held from
November 26-30 at the 2012 MRS Fall Meeting in Boston,
Massachusetts, was the tenth in a series of symposia on
state-of-the-art materials and technologies for direct
thermal-to-electric energy conversion that produced proceedings
with primary focus on material and technological advances of
thermoelectrics and thermionics (see MRS Proceedings volumes 234,
478, 545, 626, 691, 793, 886, 1044 and 1166). In this symposium
there were 263 contributed presentations, the largest by far at the
MRS, including 10 invited talks and 168 poster presentations. These
presentations were given from researchers from academia, national
laboratories, and industry in the United States, Asia and Europe.
The symposia covered a broad range of topics in the areas of
materials, measurement techniques, and device development. This
volume provides an overview of the exciting recent developments in
the field.
How do people in organizations get the information they need to
do their work, and what are the effects of their research
--positive and negative--on their organizations? Indeed, says the
author of this unique, provocative study, the forces that promote
ignorance within organizations often outweigh the drive to obtain
knowledge. Johnson explores both sides of the information-seeking
dilemma, the reasons why people do and do not look for and get the
information they need--and why the multi-billion-dollar
technologies that have been developed to facilitate information
gathering so often fail. Research-based, with a model to explain
how information seeking works in organizations, Dr. Johnson's book
will be fascinating, essential reading not only for gatherers of
information in all types of organizations, but for the purveyors,
their technological support staffs.
The study of information seeking is one of great pragmatic
importance for individuals, organizations, and our society. It is
also one that is more complex than it might at first appear,
presenting many dilemmas for the organization. Chapter 1 provides a
basic overview of the importance of information seeking and a
definition. Chapter 2 describes the more general communication
structure of organizations in which individual information seeking
is embedded. While traditional views of structure were based on the
need to restrict information access in order to reduce information
load, more modern views try to capture how organizations can
process ever larger volumes of information. Chapter 3 describes the
information fields outside of the organization. Chapter 4 develops
a more complete picture of the information carriers that
individuals have to select from. Chapter 5 describes the barriers
to information seeking which often result from the real benefits of
ignorance for both individuals and organizations. Chapter 6 details
strategies individuals can use in their search for information.
Chapter 7 discusses what management can do to facilitate a seeker's
search for information. In summary, Chapter 8 weaves all of the
themes of the book together in discussing the importance of the
development of a theory of information seeking and the pragmatic
implications of information seeking for our society as a whole.
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