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This book presents an analysis of how the economic Korean Miracle
spread into the cultural “Korean Wave†(Hallyu). First only in
Asian countries and then around the world, the rising popularity of
the Korean Wave continued within the pandemic—despite or even
because of policies of digital lockdowns. Partially, this has been
by design as Korea for decades has had a very strong fast
development drive in telecommunications and that aided the growth
of its cultural wave. Partially however, this became exclusively by
default how the Korean Wave had to spread increasingly in a digital
manner after 2020 globally, in response to many countries’ rules
regarding the COVID-19 pandemic in their attempts to enforce a
decline in face-to-face content consumption. In retrospect, this
has meant only more digital growth and innovation for the Korean
Wave in past years compared to other cultures' entertainment
complexes that suffered more. Korea's earlier digital readiness
combined with later lockdown conditions and pushed the Korean Wave
further ahead. Â Despite the ending of COVID-19 lockdowns in
many countries, a greater digital aftermath will continue in the
cultural industry and in the economy in general. This is due to
changes created in cultural preferences, in organizational
investments, and in communication technologies due to those
lockdowns. Thus, the authors examine how the Korean Wave coped
actively with a pronounced digital shift by default in all aspects
of media including production, distribution, and consumption. In
turn, they examine how the greater digital shift in the world’s
culture and economy influenced the Korean Wave’s entertainment
performances, TV dramas, and cosmetics—among other areas. The
authors analyze general trends in the Korean Wave’s economics,
culture, and technology along with specific strong cases of the
K-pop boy group BTS, the cosmetics manufacturer Cosmax, and the
television series Squid Game. Since the Korean Wave continues
to grow in popularity within a more exclusive digital
socialization, future implications of such a competitive digital
world economy and multi-polar digital world culture are discussed
for all countries as well. Â
Originally published in 1990, in this study the authors have
surveyed and anaylsed a large volume of difficult to access or
unpublished papers and literature and it organised it into thirteen
chapters. Subjects covered include introductory and concluding
essays, development policy, agricultural performance, natural
resources, the labor market, production, irrigation, marketing and
credit of Ecuador's agricultural sector.
Originally published in 1990, in this study the authors have
surveyed and anaylsed a large volume of difficult to access or
unpublished papers and literature and it organised it into thirteen
chapters. Subjects covered include introductory and concluding
essays, development policy, agricultural performance, natural
resources, the labor market, production, irrigation, marketing and
credit of Ecuador's agricultural sector.
Business students need the ability to think statistically about how
to deal with uncertainty and its effect on decision-making in
business and management. Traditional statistics courses and
textbooks tend to focus on probability, mathematical detail, and
heavy computation, and thus fail to meet the needs of future
managers. Statistical Thinking in Business, Second Edition responds
to the growing recognition that we must change the way business
statistics is taught. It shows how statistics is important in all
aspects of business and equips students with the skills they need
to make sensible use of data and other information. The authors
take an interactive, scenario-based approach and use almost no
mathematical formulas, opting to use Excel for the technical work.
This allows them to focus on using statistics to aid
decision-making rather than how to perform routine calculations.
New in the Second Edition A completely revised chapter on
forecasting Re-arrangement of the material on data presentation
with the inclusion of histograms and cumulative line plots A more
thorough discussion of the analysis of attribute data Coverage of
variable selection and model building in multiple regression
End-of-chapter summaries More end-of-chapter problems A variety of
case studies throughout the book The second edition also comes with
a wealth of ancillary materials provided on downloadable resources
packaged with the book. These include automatically-marked
multiple-choice questions, answers to questions in the text, data
sets, Excel experiments and demonstrations, an introduction to
Excel, and the StiBstat Add-In for stem and leaf plots, box plots,
distribution plots, control charts and summary statistics.
Business students need the ability to think statistically about how
to deal with uncertainty and its effect on decision-making in
business and management. Traditional statistics courses and
textbooks tend to focus on probability, mathematical detail, and
heavy computation, and thus fail to meet the needs of future
managers. Statistical Thinking in Business, Second Edition responds
to the growing recognition that we must change the way business
statistics is taught. It shows how statistics is important in all
aspects of business and equips students with the skills they need
to make sensible use of data and other information. The authors
take an interactive, scenario-based approach and use almost no
mathematical formulas, opting to use Excel for the technical work.
This allows them to focus on using statistics to aid
decision-making rather than how to perform routine calculations.
New in the Second Edition A completely revised chapter on
forecasting Re-arrangement of the material on data presentation
with the inclusion of histograms and cumulative line plots A more
thorough discussion of the analysis of attribute data Coverage of
variable selection and model building in multiple regression
End-of-chapter summaries More end-of-chapter problems A variety of
case studies throughout the book The second edition also comes with
a wealth of ancillary materials provided on downloadable resources
packaged with the book. These include automatically-marked
multiple-choice questions, answers to questions in the text, data
sets, Excel experiments and demonstrations, an introduction to
Excel, and the StiBstat Add-In for stem and leaf plots, box plots,
distribution plots, control charts and summary statistics.
The Trouble with Human Nature brings together biological and
cross-cultural evidence to critically examine common preconceptions
and challenge popular assumptions about human nature. It sets out
to counter genetic and evolutionary myths about human variation and
behavior, drawing on both biological and cultural anthropology, as
well as from other disciplines including psychology, economics, and
sociology. The chapters address the interrelated topics of health
and disease, gender and other differences, and violence and
conflict. The analysis calls into question the presumed natural
foundation for social inequalities and sheds light on both the
constraints and possibilities inherent in the human condition. This
book provides students of human diversity and evolution with an
excellent resource to better approach questions relating to human
nature. It will also be of interest to those taking courses in
social, cultural, and biological anthropology, as well as public
health, medical anthropology, sociology, gender studies,
psychology, and kinship studies.
The Trouble with Human Nature brings together biological and
cross-cultural evidence to critically examine common preconceptions
and challenge popular assumptions about human nature. It sets out
to counter genetic and evolutionary myths about human variation and
behavior, drawing on both biological and cultural anthropology, as
well as from other disciplines including psychology, economics, and
sociology. The chapters address the interrelated topics of health
and disease, gender and other differences, and violence and
conflict. The analysis calls into question the presumed natural
foundation for social inequalities and sheds light on both the
constraints and possibilities inherent in the human condition. This
book provides students of human diversity and evolution with an
excellent resource to better approach questions relating to human
nature. It will also be of interest to those taking courses in
social, cultural, and biological anthropology, as well as public
health, medical anthropology, sociology, gender studies,
psychology, and kinship studies.
This book provides a probing examination of problems unique to the
world's poorest countries as they attempt to achieve
environmentally sound economic development. Using Ecuador as an
example, the authors present six case studies that focus on
tropical deforestation, farmland degradation, inefficient water
resource development, oil industry pollution in Amazonian
rainforests, disturbance of coastal ecosystems, and management of
the Galapagos Islands. The authors argue throughout the book that
fundamental policy reforms are needed both to meet the challenge of
mounting resource scarcity and to achieve sustainable economic
progress. They also make the case that resource users' property
rights must be strengthened, market forces given freer reign, and
investment stepped up in human capital and in the rural economy's
scientific and technological base. Finally, the book provides
support for the notion that economic development and environmental
conservation can be complementary provided that intelligent
policies are implemented. The book will be useful to development
and resource economists, resource management specialists, and
conservation professionals. These cases also offer valuable
insights for environmentally concerned general readers.
Travel back in time to Colonial America The day was supposed to be
about some easy college credit for Mitch Gaines, his girlfriend
Desi Hopkins and best friend Robbie Cole. While working at the
annual Battle of Bloody Marsh victory celebration held at Fort
Frederica on St. Simons Island, GA, they and many others recreate
the life experienced in Colonial Georgia. Yet none of them had any
idea what the night would bring. A surprise discovery will lead to
an adventure of a lifetime Thrown into a world they barely
understand, the three friends will soon realize that getting home
may not be their most pressing concern, which would be staying
alive. With the help of some new friends, a situation that has spun
out of control, they all understand that they will have to step up
and may make the ultimate sacrifice. None of their lives will ever
be the same again.
Most argue environmental movements are a novel feature of world
politics. I argue that they are a durable feature of a degradative
political economy. Past or present, environmental politics became
expressed in religious change movements as oppositions to state
environmental degradation using discourses available. Ecological
Revolution describes characteristics why our historical states
collapse and because of these characteristics are opposed
predictably by religio-ecological movements. As a result, origins
of our large scale humanocentric 'axial religions' are connected to
anti-systemic environmental movements. Many major religious
movements of the past were 'environmentalist' by being health,
ecological, and economic movements, rolled into one. Since
ecological revolutions are endemic to a degradation-based political
economy, they continue today. China, Japan, and Europe are analyzed
over 2,500 years showing how religio-ecological movements get
paired against chosen forms of state-led environmental degradation
in a predictable fashion. The book describes solutions to this
durable problematic as well. It should be useful to all people
seeking solutions to environmental problems.
Environmental sociologist Mark D. Whitaker is a comparative
historical researcher on the politics of environmental degradation
and sustainability. Toward A Bioregional State is his novel
approach to development and to sustainability. He proposes that
instead of sustainability being an issue of population scale,
managerial economics, or technocratic planning, an overhaul of
formal democratic institutions is required. This is because
environmental degradation has more to do with the biased
interactions of formal institutions and informal corruption.
Because of corruption, we have environmental degradation. Current
formal democratic institutions of states are forms of informal
gatekeeping, and as such, intentionally maintain democracy as
ecologically out of sync. He argues that we are unable to reach
sustainability without a host of additional ecological checks and
balances. These ecological checks and balances would demote corrupt
uses of formal institutions by removing capacities for gatekeeping
against democratic feedback. Sustainability is a politics that is
already here - only waiting to be formally organized.
"Working in Childrens Homes" is one of an important series of books
on residential care based on research sponsored by the Department
of Health. This book draws on extensive research conducted over a
three-year period. The authors address the challenges and
complexities facing those who work with and in childrens homes. On
the basis of interviews and discussions with heads of homes and
staff groups, the authors explore the tasks which face staff
groups, the rationale for their procedures, their sources of
stresses and rewards, and the everyday ups and downs characteristic
of residential care. Key tasks are discussed in depth, such as
working with individual children, the mix of young people, managers
and others in their own organisation, and the wider networks
surrounding the home and the child. Characteristics of good
practice are named, and factors which facilitate good practice and
good outcomes are identified. Valuable recommendations are made for
- implementing and modifying procedures to improve working
practices
- staff selection and training
- support required by staff groups
- procedures and communication channels in the larger
organisation and surrounding networks
Working in Childrens Homes provides a comprehensive commentary on
the nature of care and working practices related to childrens
homes.It is essential reading for all those concerned with the care
of children and young people in residential settings.
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