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This book provides a fresh analysis of the demography, health and
well-being of a major African city. It brings a range of
disciplinary approaches to bear on the pressing topics of urban
poverty, urban health inequalities and urban growth. The approach
is primarily spatial and includes the integration of environmental
information from satellites and other geospatial sources with
social science and health survey data. The authors Ghanaians and
outsiders, have worked to understand the urban dynamics in this
burgeoning West African metropolis, with an emphasis on urban
disparities in health and living standards. Few cities in the
global South have been examined from so many different
perspectives. Our analysis employs a wide range of GIScience
methods, including analysis of remotely sensed imagery and spatial
statistical analysis, applied to a wide range of data, including
census, survey and health clinic data, all of which are
supplemented by field work, including systematic social
observation, focus groups, and key informant interviews. This book
aims to explain and highlight the mix of methods, and the important
findings that have been emerging from this research, with the goal
of providing guidance and inspiration for others doing similar work
in cities of other developing nations.
This book provides a fresh analysis of the demography, health and
well-being of a major African city. It brings a range of
disciplinary approaches to bear on the pressing topics of urban
poverty, urban health inequalities and urban growth. The approach
is primarily spatial and includes the integration of environmental
information from satellites and other geospatial sources with
social science and health survey data. The authors Ghanaians and
outsiders, have worked to understand the urban dynamics in this
burgeoning West African metropolis, with an emphasis on urban
disparities in health and living standards. Few cities in the
global South have been examined from so many different
perspectives. Our analysis employs a wide range of GIScience
methods, including analysis of remotely sensed imagery and spatial
statistical analysis, applied to a wide range of data, including
census, survey and health clinic data, all of which are
supplemented by field work, including systematic social
observation, focus groups, and key informant interviews. This book
aims to explain and highlight the mix of methods, and the important
findings that have been emerging from this research, with the goal
of providing guidance and inspiration for others doing similar work
in cities of other developing nations.
When you start a new job, you learn how things are done in the
company, and you learn how they are complained about too.
"Unpopular Culture" considers why people complain about their work
culture and what impact those complaints have on their
organizations. John Weeks based his study on long-term observations
of the British Armstrong Bank in the United Kingdom. Not one person
at this organization, he found, from the CEO down to the junior
clerks, had anything good to say about its corporate culture. And
yet, despite all the griping--and despite high-profile efforts at
culture change--the way things were done never seemed fundamentally
to alter. The organization was restructured, jobs redefined, and
processes redesigned, but the complaining remained the same.
As Weeks demonstrates, this is because the everyday standards of
behavior that regulate complaints curtail their effectiveness.
Embarrass someone by complaining in a way that is too public or too
pointed, and you will find your social standing diminished.
Complain too loudly or too long, and your coworkers might see you
as contrary. On the other hand, complain too little and you may be
seen as too stiff or just too strange to be trusted. The rituals of
complaint, Weeks shows, have powerful social functions.
The politics, social issues, and cultural impacts of Latin American
migration to the United States are often studied by historians and
political scientists, but the regional focus is typically on the
Southwest and California. This study examines the phenomenon of the
impact of Latin American migration on the southeastern United
States, a region that now has the nation's fastest growing
immigrant population. Incorporating a political demography
approach, this study seeks to provide a clear understanding of the
complex dynamics of migration with particular emphasis on the
unique demographic "fit" between the United States and Latin
America. This fit arises from one region needing young workers
while the other has more than its economy can absorb. Although a
relatively simple concept, it is one that has largely been ignored
in the political discussions of migration policy. This study argues
that the social and political ramifications of and policy responses
to Latin American immigration can best be understood when viewed in
light of these circumstances.
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