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An epic excursion into one of the last great frontiers on Earth The
deep ocean comprises more than 90 percent of our planet’s
biosphere and is home to some of the world’s most dazzling
creatures, which thrive amid extreme pressures, scarce food
supplies, and frigid temperatures. Living things down here behave
in remarkable and surprising ways, and cutting-edge technologies
are shedding new light on these critically important ecosystems.
This beautifully illustrated book leads you down into the canyons,
trenches, and cold seeps of the watery abyss, presenting the deep
ocean and its inhabitants as you have never seen them before.
Features a wealth of breathtaking photos, illustrations, and
graphics Gives a brief and accessible history of deep-sea
exploration Explains the basics of oceanography Covers a marvelous
diversity of undersea organisms Describes habitats ranging from
continental slopes to hydrothermal vents and abyssal plains
Discusses humanity’s impacts on the deep ocean, from fisheries
and whaling to global climate change and acidification Written by a
team of world-class scientists
Few people today would challenge the legitimacy of democracy as the
form of government most congenial to modern-day citizenship, as it
requires its members to treat each other as equals and to cooperate
in the shared pursuit of conditions that maximize both the
individual's potential and the achievement of a public welfare.
However, a number of facts challenge these deeply-rooted ideals:
declining political participation, along with skepticism and
dissatisfaction with the function of democracy has spread;
citizens' increasing capacity to control their own circumstances
within their private, economic, and social spheres is at odds with
their inability to exert control over their elected
representatives; and the shift of opposing radical coalitions
towards more pragmatic and ideologically elusive platforms aimed to
attract a larger constituency of the electorate has greatly diluted
the identity of political parties. In Personalizing Politics and
Realizing Democracy, authors Gian Vittorio Caprara and Michele
Vecchione present the ever-growing reciprocal relationship between
personality and politics, and assert that politics are not only
increasingly dependent on the likes and dislikes of its
citizenship, but ultimately on the personalities of political
candidates attracting these voters' preferences. In this book,
Caprara and Vecchione draw from recent research in personality
psychology that offer a decisive role in understanding the major
changes that have occurred within politics in the last several
decades.
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