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Although marginal as a political force, anarchist ideas developed
in Britain into a political tradition. This book explores this lost
history, offering a new appraisal of the work of Kropotkin and
Read, and examining the ways in which they endeavoured to
articulate a politics fit for the particular challenges of
Britain's modern history.
Nature conservation has become increasingly important in Britain
over the last three decades. This title, first published in 1986,
deals with the critical issues surrounding nature conservation and
wildlife protection. The book is broad in scope, with a focus on
the 1981 Wildlife and Countryside Act and its provisions for the
protection of wildlife habitats in Sites of Special Scientific
Interest (SSSIs). This follows an historical account of habitat
loss over the past 200 years and the origins of conservation and
site-protection policy. This reissue will be of particular value to
professionals, voluntary workers and students with an interest in
the origins, developments and practice of nature conservation.
First published in 1992, this title offers an experienced and
constructive evaluation of the ways in which water resources have
been developed in Africa. Adams argues that the best hope of
productive development lies in working and engaging with local
people and using local knowledge of the environment effectively.
Modern, large-scale developments that have largely been ineffective
are examined, and emphasis is placed on the importance of using the
skills and concerns of those affected, such as small farmers, to
develop ingenious water projects - an approach that can be applied
worldwide. This is an interesting and relevant title, which will be
of particular value to those with an interest in the developments
in water resource conservation over the past two decades.
Nature conservation has become increasingly important in Britain
over the last three decades. This title, first published in 1986,
deals with the critical issues surrounding nature conservation and
wildlife protection. The book is broad in scope, with a focus on
the 1981 Wildlife and Countryside Act and its provisions for the
protection of wildlife habitats in Sites of Special Scientific
Interest (SSSIs). This follows an historical account of habitat
loss over the past 200 years and the origins of conservation and
site-protection policy. This reissue will be of particular value to
professionals, voluntary workers and students with an interest in
the origins, developments and practice of nature conservation.
A fundamental assumption underlying the formation of our most
important relationships is that they will persist indefinitely into
the future. As an acquaintanceship turns into a friend ship, for
example, both members of this newly formed interpersonal bond are
likely to expect that their interactions will become increasingly
frequent, diverse, and intimate over time. This expectation is
perhaps most apparent in romantically involved couples who, through
a variety of verbal and symbolic means, make explicit pledges to a
long-lasting relationship. In either case, it is clear that these
relationships represent something valuable to the individuals in
volved and are pursued with great enthusiasm. Virtually all close
relationships are formed within the context of mutually rewarding
in teractions and/or strong physical attraction between partners.
Friends and romantically in volved couples alike are drawn to one
another because of similarity of attitudes, interests, and
personality and, quite simply, because they enjoy one another's
company. This enjoyment, cou pled with the novelty that
characterizes new relationships, almost makes the continuation of
the relationship a foregone conclusion. As relationships progress,
however, their novelty fades, conflicts may arise between partners,
negative life events may occur, and the satisfaction that
previously characterized the relationships may diminish."
In this updated edition, the author analyses the problems that
conservation faces and seeks the new ideas and energy that it needs
for the future. Concepts such as biodiversity and sustainability,
and changes in our understanding, appreciation and concern for
nature and culture are tightly intertwined, as are those between
economics and the countryside. Adams explores these links and the
scientific, cultural and economic significance of conservation. He
argues that conservation must move beyond the boundaries of parks
and reserves to embrace the whole countryside, and that it must be
built into ordinary life, not isolated as a specialized product
kept only in reserved places.
This book provides essential reading to anyone interested in
projecting the future of either the forest products market and/or
the forest resource conditions. It is aimed at policy makers, model
builders, researchers and graduate students who are building or
using forest sector models, as well as at forest industry managers
and analysts. While focusing on a specific modeling system the US
Timber Assessment models the authors highlight the general elements
that might comprise a forest-sector market model of any country or
region. Approaches to policy analysis are also general and equally
applicable to both national and multi-national forest policy
development outside the US particularly in relation to on-going
efforts to formulate national programs of sustainable forestry.
Darius Adams and Richard Haynes are widely recognized as leading
experts in the forest sector modeling field.
Eskom is a South African company that has developed from a state
utility under apartheid into an efficient globally competitive
state-owned enterprise. In 2001, Eskom received the Power Company
of the Year title at the "Financial Times" Global Energy Awards
Ceremony in New York. This book draws on the growing body of
knowledge about corporate governance in state-owned enterprises. It
locates Eskom's experience in that context and argues that a
state-owned enterprise can be run as efficiently as any other. The
key to performance excellence lies in good governance and the
authors reveal how a public company can implement good governance
practices when government is the major shareholder.
PAPERBACK FOR SALE IN AFRICA ONLY Analyses the structural and
institutional obstacles to democratization in transitional
societies - fractured societies, fragmented economies and
institutions of governance, weak or deformed state structures - and
how to overcome these. In the early 1990s, a wave of
democratization swept through many African countries, but its
prevailing election-centred liberal approach failed to result in
sustainable democracies. Why should this be and what can be done
about it? This multi-disciplinary work on the Greater Horn
investigates the impact on the efforts to bring greater
democratization of the characteristically complex socio-economic
state structures of the countries of the Greater Horn of Africa
and, importantly, suggests an alternative, more effective,
approach. Detailed studies of Ethiopia, Somaliland, Djibouti,
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda
reveal the difficulties posed byinstitutional structures that are
often weak and lack accountability; fragmented economies - which
range from modern capitalist to subsistence farming and pastoral
systems; and governance marked by differing conceptions of property
rights and conflict adjudication practices and varied resource
allocation systems. Chronic violent ethnic-based civil wars and
social conflicts and deep-rooted ethnic divisions only exacerbate
the states' ability to foster democratic governance, or even to
manage diversity properly. The contributors examine why the
countries of the Horn have been unable to overcome these obstacles
to democratization and explore how and why an alternative approach
is morelikely to be compatible with the socioeconomic realities and
cultural values in transitional societies. Kidane Mengisteab is
Professor of African Studies and Political Science at Pennsylvania
State University. He is co-editor of Regional Integration, Identity
and Citizenship in the Greater Horn of Africa (James Currey, 2012)
and, most recently, Traditional Institutions in Contemporary
African Governance (2017). FOR SALE IN AFRICA ONLY
Clinical Management of Sex Addiction's newest edition updates many
of the original chapters from 28 leaders in the field with new
findings and treatment methods in the field of sex addiction. With
a growing awareness of sex addiction as a problem, plus the advent
of cybersex compulsion, professional clinicians are being
confronted with sexual compulsion with little clinical or academic
preparation. This is the first book distilling the experience of
the leaders in this emerging field. It additionally provides new
chapters on emerging areas of interest, including partner
counseling, trauma and sexual addiction, and adolescent sex
addiction. With a focus on special populations, the book creates a
current and coherent reference for the therapist who faces quickly
escalating new constellations of addictive sexual behavior.
Readable, concise and filled with useful interventions, it is a key
text for professionals new to the field and a classic reference for
all clinicians who treat sex addiction.
Clinical Management of Sex Addiction's newest edition updates many
of the original chapters from 28 leaders in the field with new
findings and treatment methods in the field of sex addiction. With
a growing awareness of sex addiction as a problem, plus the advent
of cybersex compulsion, professional clinicians are being
confronted with sexual compulsion with little clinical or academic
preparation. This is the first book distilling the experience of
the leaders in this emerging field. It additionally provides new
chapters on emerging areas of interest, including partner
counseling, trauma and sexual addiction, and adolescent sex
addiction. With a focus on special populations, the book creates a
current and coherent reference for the therapist who faces quickly
escalating new constellations of addictive sexual behavior.
Readable, concise and filled with useful interventions, it is a key
text for professionals new to the field and a classic reference for
all clinicians who treat sex addiction.
Cyber-security is a matter of rapidly growing importance in
industry and government. This book provides insight into a range of
data science techniques for addressing these pressing concerns.The
application of statistical and broader data science techniques
provides an exciting growth area in the design of cyber defences.
Networks of connected devices, such as enterprise computer networks
or the wider so-called Internet of Things, are all vulnerable to
misuse and attack, and data science methods offer the promise to
detect such behaviours from the vast collections of cyber traffic
data sources that can be obtained. In many cases, this is achieved
through anomaly detection of unusual behaviour against understood
statistical models of normality.This volume presents contributed
papers from an international conference of the same name held at
Imperial College. Experts from the field have provided their latest
discoveries and review state of the art technologies.
Racial minorities in the United States are disproportionately
exposed to toxic wastes and other environmental hazards, and
cleanup efforts in their communities are slower and less thorough
than efforts elsewhere. Internationally, wealthy countries of the
North increasingly ship hazardous wastes to poorer countries of the
South, resulting in such tragedies as the disaster at Bhopal.
Through case studies that highlight the type of information that is
seldom reported in the news, Faces of Environmental Racism exposes
the type and magnitude of environmental racism, both domestic and
international. The essays explore the justice of current
environmental practices, asking such questions as whether
cost-benefit analysis is an appropriate analytic technique and
whether there are alternate routes to sustainable development in
the South.
As an under-studied area of academic research, the analysis of
computer network traffic data is still in its infancy. However, the
challenge of detecting and mitigating malicious or unauthorised
behaviour through the lens of such data is becoming an increasingly
prominent issue.This collection of papers by leading researchers
and practitioners synthesises cutting-edge work in the analysis of
dynamic networks and statistical aspects of cyber security. The
book is structured in such a way as to keep security application at
the forefront of discussions. It offers readers easy access into
the area of data analysis for complex cyber-security applications,
with a particular focus on temporal and network aspects.Chapters
can be read as standalone sections and provide rich reviews of the
latest research within the field of cyber-security. Academic
readers will benefit from state-of-the-art descriptions of new
methodologies and their extension to real practical problems while
industry professionals will appreciate access to more advanced
methodology than ever before.
What does it mean to study tourism ethnographically? How has the
ethnography of tourism changed from the 1970s to today? What
theories, themes, and concepts drive contemporary research?
Thirteen leading anthropologists of tourism address these
questions, focusing on the experience-near, interpretive-humanistic
approach to tourism studies that emerged in the 1990s and continues
to be prominent today. Widely associated with the work of American
anthropologist Edward Bruner, this perspective is characterized by
an attentiveness to representation, imagination, interpretation,
meaning, and the inherent subjectivity of both ethnography and
tourism as social practices. Contributors draw on their ongoing
fieldwork to illustrate, critically engage, and build upon key
concepts in tourism ethnography today—from experience, encounter,
and emergent culture to authenticity, narrative, contested sites,
the touristic borderzone, embodiment, identity, and mobility. Using
Bruner’s work as a lens for delving into the past, present, and
future of interpretive-humanistic tourism ethnography, these
scholars provide a critical introduction to the state of the art.
With its comprehensive introductory chapter, keyword-based
organization, and engaging style, this volume will appeal to
students of anthropology and tourism studies, as well as scholars
in both fields and beyond.
Perinatal Epidemiology synthesizes perinatal knowledge through
the lens of public health practice. This comprehensive text uses a
consistent, logical format to offer readers: (1) A spectrum of
topics affecting maternal and infant health: reproductive health
concerns, maternal and infant morbidity and mortality, and
gestation and fetal growth. (2) Information on timely issues,
including infertility, gestational diabetes, preterm delivery,
postpartum depression, and SIDS. (3) Detailed discussions of
current epidemiological trends, measures and measurement issues,
data sources, and risk and protective factors for each condition
covered. (4) In-depth consideration of public health interventions
and their availability, strengths and limitations. (5) Emerging
areas of interest and directions for research. (6) Text boxes,
definitions of key terms, discussion questions, appendices, and
other helpful features.
Perinatal Epidemiology is a valuable, ready resource for public
health professionals in maternal and child care, reproduction and
fertility. Its accessibility and easy-use format make it an equally
strong textbook for courses in these fields as well as for advanced
medical and nursing students in OB/GYN and pediatrics.
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