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Format: VIII, 264 S. , graph. Darst., Kt.

Edition: 1. publ.

ISBN: 9780745646923 , 9780745646930

Content: "A landmark study in the struggle to contain climate change, the greatest challenge of our era. I urge everyone to read it."--Bill Clinton, 42nd President of the United States of America. Climate change differs from any other problem that, as collective humanity, we face today. If it goes unchecked, the consequences are likely to be catastrophic for human life on earth. Yet for most people, and for many policy-makers too, it is a 'back of the mind' issue. We recognise its importance and even its urgency, but for the most part it is swamped by more immediate concerns. Politicians have woken up to the dangers, but at the moment their responses are mainly on the level of gesture rather than being, as they have to be, both concrete and radical. Political action and intervention, on local, national and international levels, is going to have a decisive effect on whether or not we can limit global warming, as well as how we adapt to that already occurring. At the moment, however, Anthony Giddens argues controversially, we do not have a systematic politics of climate change. Politics-as-usual won't allow us to deal with the problems we face, while the recipes of the main challenger to orthodox politics, the green movement, are flawed at source. Giddens introduces a range of new concepts and proposals to fill in the gap, and examines in depth the connections between climate change and energy security. This book is likely to become a classic in the field. It will appeal to everyone concerned about how we can cope with what amounts to a crisis for our civilisation.

Language: English

Subjects: Economics , Geography

Keywords: Klimaänderung ; Klimaschutz ; Umweltpolitik ; Klimaänderung ; Klimaschutz ; Politik

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Author information: Giddens, Anthony 1938-

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Format: XIII, 257 Seiten

ISBN: 9781848163102 , 9781848163096 , 1848163096 , 184816310X

Content: This book is designed to enable non-native English speakers to write science research for publication in English. It can also be used by English speakers and is a practical, user-friendly book intended as a fast, do-it-yourself guide for those whose English language proficiency is above intermediate. The approach is based on material developed from teaching graduate students at Imperial College London and has been extensively piloted. The book guides the reader through the process of writing science research and will also help with writing a Master’s or Doctoral thesis in English. Science writing is much easier than it looks because the structure and language are conventional. The aim of this book is to help the reader discover a template or model for science research writing and then to provide the grammar and vocabulary tools needed to operate that model. There are five units: Introduction, Methodology, Results, Discussion/Conclusion and Abstract. The reader develops a model for each section of the research article through sample texts and exercises; this is followed by a Grammar and Writing Skills section designed to respond to frequently-asked questions as well as a Vocabulary list including examples of how the words and phrases are to be used.

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Language: English

Subjects: Chemistry/Pharmacy , Economics , Natural Sciences , Biology , General works , English Studies

Keywords: Naturwissenschaften ; Forschungsergebnis ; Wissenschaftliches Manuskript ; Englisch ; Wissenschaftliches Manuskript ; Textproduktion ; Wissenschaft ; Englisch ; Handbooks and manuals ; Ratgeber

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Format: XIV, 468 S. , graph. Darst. , 1 Diskette (9 cm)

ISBN: 0387945180

Note: Bd. 1 u.d.T.: Economic and financial modeling with Mathematica. - Systemvoraussetzungen: files can be read on DOS/Windows, Macintosh, NeXT, and UNIX computers; Mathematica 2.2 or later is recommended for maximum use of the diskette files

Language: English

Subjects: Computer Science , Economics

Keywords: Ökonometrisches Modell ; Mathematica ; Finanzplanungsmodell ; Mathematica ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Lehrbuch

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URL: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0815/96200216-d.html

Author information: Varian, Hal R. 1947-

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Format: XV, 408 S. , Ill., zahlr. graph. Darst., Kt. , Beil.

ISBN: 9780262015097 , 9780262515665 , 0262015099 , 0262515660

Note: [pt. 1.] An introduction to the atlas : Navigating the future -- The foundations of the atlas -- Finding a center in the dynamic -- A note on rhetoric -- [pt. 2.] The atlas : A note on visualization -- How to navigate the atlas -- Readers of the atlas -- Limitations of the atlas -- [pt. 3.] Threads : [A.] Mission -- The mission of librarians is to improve society through facilitating knowledge creation in their communities -- Importance of worldview -- Longitude example -- Importance of theory and deep concepts : Libraries and theory -- Conversation theory : Credibility -- Other informative concepts and theories : Dialectic theories ; Sense-making ; Motivation theories ; Motivation ; Learning theory ; Constructivism ; Postmodernism -- Creating a new social compact : Evolution of the social compact -- Thread conclusion -- [B.] Knowledge creation -- The mission of librarians is to improve society through facilitating knowledge creation in their communities -- Knowledge is created through conversation ; Conversation theory : Conversants ; Service is not invisibility ; Language ; Evolution of systems -- System view -- User-based design -- User systems : Social network sites -- Agreements : Artifacts ; Source amnesia ; Invest in tools of creation over collection of artifacts ; Death of documents ; Memory ; Entailment mesh ; Annotations ; Limitations of tagging ; Cataloging relationships -- Scapes -- Reference extract -- Libraries are in the knowledge business, therefore the conversation business -- [C.] Facilitating -- The mission of librarians is to improve society through facilitating knowledge creation in their communities ; True facilitation means shared ownership : Members not patrons or users -- Means of facilitation -- Access : Publisher of community ; Shared shelves with the community ; Meeting spaces -- Knowledge : Library instruction ; Need for an expanded definition of literacy ; Gaming ; Social literacy -- E , Environment -- Motivation : Intrinsic ; Extrinsic -- Thread conclusion -- [D.] Communities -- The mission of librarians is to improve society through facilitating knowledge creation in their communities -- Pressure for participation : Boundary issues -- Digital environments : Internet model example ; Infrastructure providers ; TCP/IP ; Application builders ; Open source ; Information services ; Web 2.0 ; User -- Credibility : From authority to reliability ; Authoritative versus authoritarian ; Putting it all together: the participatory digital library -- Physical environments : Topical centers with curriculum -- Hybrid environments -- Different communities librarians serve -- Public : Free Library of Philadelphia ; Entrepreneurium ; Writing center ; Music center -- Academic : Issues of institutional repositories ; Scholarly communications -- Government : Department of Justice -- Assessment : Mapping conversations -- Special -- School : Growing importance of two-way infrastructure -- Archives -- Go to the conversation : Embedded librarians -- Truly distributed digital library -- Thread conclusion. [E.] Improve society -- The mission of librarians is to improve society through facilitating knowledge creation in their communities -- Importance of action and activism -- Service : Service is not invisibility -- Core values : Learning ; Openness ; Intellectual freedom and safety ; Intellectually honest not unbiased ; Ethics -- Social justice issues -- Policy : Democracy and openness overshadowed by technology -- Innovation : Innovation versus entrepreneurship -- Creating an agenda : Risks of data -- Leadership : Obligation of leadership -- Thread conclusion -- [F.] Librarians -- The mission of librarians is to improve society through facilitating knowledge creation in their communities -- Core skills -- Transition of traditional skills -- Information organization : Cataloging relationships ; , Evolution of integrated library systems -- Information seeking -- Public service : Reference -- Collection development : Community as collection ; Issues of institutional repositories -- Administration : Warehousing functions ; Shelving ; Circulation -- Importance of technical skills -- Ambiguity is essential for professional work -- Ability to work in interdisciplinary teams : Relation to other domains ; Information science ; Getting past the L v I debate ; Communications ; Computer science ; Humanities ; Education ; Paraprofessionals -- LIS education : Shift in innovation from academy to ubiquity ; Co-learning -- Increase friction in the process : Every course has symposia and practica -- Curriculum of communication and change over -- Traditional ideas of leadership : Recognize a school as a participatory network ; From school to school of thought ; Avoiding the Florentine dilemma -- Need to expand the educational ladder : Bachelor of information and instructional design ; Need for an executive doctorate ; Institute for advanced librarianship idea ; Vital roles of mentors -- Obligation of leadership and thread conclusion -- [G.] Threads postscript -- Practitioners -- Library and information science scholars -- Students -- Members -- The whole community of librarianship. [pt. 4.] Web citations -- [pt. 5.] Agreement supplements : Ability to work in interdisciplinary teams ; Academic ; Access ; Administration ; Agreements ; Ambiguity is essential for professional work ; Annotations ; Application builders ; Archives ; Artifacts ; Assessment ; Authoritative versus authoritarian ; Avoiding the Florentine dilemma ; Bachelor of information and instructional design ; Boundary issues ; Cataloging relationships ; Circulation ; Co-learning ; , Collection development ; Communications ; Community as collector ; Computer science ; Constructivism ; Conversants ; Conversation theory ; Core skills ; Core values ; Creating a new social compact ; Creating an agenda ; Credibility ; Curriculum of communication and change over traditional ideas of leadership ; Death of documents ; Democracy and openness overshadowed by technology ; Department of Justice ; Dialectic theories ; Different communities librarians serve ; Digital environments ; Embedded librarians ; Entailment mesh ; Entrepreneurium ; Environment ; Ethics ; Every course has symposia and practica ; Evolution of integrated library systems ; Evolution of systems ; Evolution of the social compact ; Extrinsic ; Free Library of Philadelphia ; From authority to reliability ; From school to school of thought ; Gaming ; Getting past the Lv I debate ; Go to the conversation ; Government ; Growing importance of two-way infrastructure ; Humanities ; Hybrid environments ; Importance of a worldview ; Importance of action and activism ; Importance of technical skills ; Importance of theory and deep concepts ; Increase friction in the process ; Information organization ; Information science ; Information seeking ; Information services ; Infrastructure providers ; Innovation ; Innovation versus entrepreneurship ; Institute for advanced librarianship idea ; Intellectual freedom and safety ; Intellectually honest not unbiased ; Internet model example ; Intrinsic ; Invest in tools of creation over collection of artifacts ; Issues of institution repositories ; Knowledge ; Knowledge is created through conversation ; Language ; Leadership ; Learning ; Learning theory ; Libraries are in the knowledge business, therefore the conversation business ; Library instruction ; Limitations of tagging ; LIS education ; Longitude example ; Mapping conversations ; Massive scale ; Means of facilitation ; Meeting spaces ; , Members not patrons or users ; Memory ; Motivation ; Motivation theory ; Music center ; Need for an executive doctorate ; Need for an expanded definition of literacy ; Need to expand the educational ladder ; Obligation of leadership ; Open source ; Openness ; Paraprofessionals ; Physical environments ; Policy ; Postmodernism ; Pressure for participation ; Public ; Public service ; Publisher of community ; Recognize a school as a participatory network ; Reference ; Reference extract ; Relation to other domains ; Risks of data ; Scapes ; Scholarly communications ; School ; School information management systems ; Selective dissemination of information ; Sense-making ; Service ; Service is not invisibility ; Shared shelves with the community ; Shelving ; Shift in innovation from academy to ubiquity ; Social justice issues ; Social literacy ; Social network sites ; Source amnesia ; Special ; System view ; TCP-IP ; The mission of librarians is to improve society through facilitating knowledge creation in their communities ; Topical centers with curriculum ; Transition of traditional skills ; True facilitation means shared ownership ; Truly distributed digital library ; User ; User systems ; User-based design ; Vital roles of mentors ; Warehousing functions ; Web 2.0 ; Writing center -- [pt. 5.] Atlas postscript

Language: English

Subjects: General works

Keywords: Bibliothek ; Gesellschaft ; Bibliothekswissenschaft ; Bibliothek ; Zukunft ; Bibliothekar ; Berufsbild ; Lehrmittel

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Author information: Lankes, R. David 1970-

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Format: XVI, 528 S. , Ill., graph. Darst., Kt.

ISBN: 0262140950 , 0262640643 , 9780262140959 , 9780262640640

Content: "This comprehensive overview of the modern Chinese economy by a noted expert on China's economic development offers a quality and breadth of coverage not found in any other English-language text. In The Chinese Economy, Barry Naughton provides both an engaging, broadly focused introduction to China's economy since 1949 and original insights based on his own extensive research. The book will be an essential resource for students, teachers, scholars, business people, and policymakers. It is suitable for classroom use for undergraduate or graduate courses." "After presenting background material on the pre-1949 economy and the industrialization, reform, and market transition that have taken place since, the book examines different aspects of the modern Chinese economy. It analyzes patterns of growth and development, including population growth and the one-child family policy, the rural economy, including agriculture and rural industrialization; industrial and technological development in urban areas; international trade and foreign investment; macroeconomic trends and cycles and the financial system; and the largely unaddressed problems of environmental quality and the sustainability of growth." "The text is notable also for placing China's economy in interesting comparative contexts, discussing it in relation to other transitional or developing economies and to such advanced industrial countries as the United States and Japan. It provides a broad historical and macro perspective as well as a focused examination of the actual workings of China's complex and dynamic economic development. Interest in the Chinese economy will continue to grow as China becomes an increasingly important player on the world's stage. This book will be the standard reference for understanding and teaching about the next economic superpower. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET.

Note: Includes bibliographical references and index

Language: English

Subjects: Economics , Geography

Keywords: China ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; China ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; Wirtschaftsreform ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; China ; Wirtschaftsentwicklung ; Geschichte ; Lehrbuch

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Format: XXXIX, 520 S. , Ill., graph. Darst., Kt.

ISBN: 0883187124 , 0883187116 , 9780883187128

Content: "A superb reference." Physics Today "Will become a classic text in climate research. " Physics World "Valuable to anyone who studies, models, or uses the climate of the earth." Walter Robinson, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society "Informative and authoritative on a remarkably wide range of topics." Nature Are we entering a period of global warming? Is weather predictable? Physics of Climate offers you an in-depth description of atmospheric circulation and how environmental phenomena worldwide interact in a single, unified system. This integrated approach unites all the key features of the climate system--oceans, atmosphere, and cryosphere--to explain the structure and behavior of climate over time. Ideal for students and professionals in meteorology, oceanography, geophysics, and physics.

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Language: English

Subjects: Physics , Geography

Keywords: Atmosphäre ; Klimatologie ; Physik ; Dynamische Meteorologie ; Klima ; Lehrbuch

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Format: XXI, 296 S. , graph. Darst.

ISBN: 0691050627

Content: "Robert J. Shiller offers an unconventional interpretation of recent U.S. stock market highs and shows that Alan Greenspan's term "irrational exuberance" is a good description of the mood behind the market. He warns that poorer performance may be in the offing and tells us how we - as a society and individually - can respond." "Irrational Exuberance is for individual investors as well as investment professionals, pension-plan sponsors, and endowment managers everywhere. It will be studied by policy makers and anyone from Wall Street to Main Street who doesn't want to be caught sitting on the speculative bubble if (or when) it bursts."--BOOK JACKET.

Language: English

Subjects: Economics

Keywords: USA ; Aktienmarkt ; Aktienbörse ; Immobilienmarkt ; Rentenmarkt ; Anlageverhalten ; Spekulative Blase ; Kapitalmarkteffizienz ; Lernen ; Irrationalität ; USA ; Aktienmarkt ; Aktienbörse ; Entwicklung ; Börsenspekulation ; Irrationalität ; Geschichte 1871

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URL: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/samples/prin031/99088869.html

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Author information: Shiller, Robert J. 1946-

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Format: XIII, 189 S. , graph. Darst.

ISBN: 069102684X , 9780691086873 , 0691086877

Content: Neoclassical economics as-sumes that people are highly rational and can reasontheir way through even the most complex economic problems. In IndividualStrategy and Social Structure, Peyton Young argues for a more realistic view in which people have a limited understanding of their environment, are sometimes short-sighted, and occasionally act in perverse ways. He shows how the cumulative experiences of many such individuals coalesce over time into customs, norms, and institutions that govern economic and social life. He develops a theory that predicts how such institutions evolve and characterizes their welfare properties. The ideas are illustrated through a variety of examples, including patterns of residential segregation, rules of the road, claims on property, forms of economic contracts, and norms of equity. The book relies on new results in evolutionary game theory and stochastic dynamical systems theory, many of them originated by the author. Itcan serve as an introductory text, or be read on its own as a contribution to the study of economic and social institutions.

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Language: English

Subjects: Economics , Psychology , Sociology

Keywords: Institutionenökonomie ; Spieltheorie ; Institutionenökonomie ; Organisationsökologie ; Spieltheorie

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Format: XXII, 427 S. , graph. Darst.

Edition: 2. ed.

ISBN: 9780691137155 , 9780691137148

Content: In this completely revised edition of one of the foundational texts of network sociology, Harrison White refines and enlarges his groundbreaking theory of how social structure and culture emerge from the chaos and uncertainty of social life. Incorporating new contributions from a group of young sociologists and many fascinating and novel case studies, Identity and Control is the only major book of social theory that links social structure with the lived experience of individuals, providing a rich perspective on the kinds of social formations that develop in the process. Going beyond traditional sociological dichotomies such as agency/structure, individual/society, or micro/macro, Identity and Control presents a toolbox of concepts that will be useful to a wide range of social scientists, as well as those working in public policy, management, or associational life and, beyond, to any reader who is interested in understanding the dynamics of social life.

Note: Includes bibliographical references and index

Language: English

Subjects: Economics , Sociology

Keywords: Soziales Netzwerk ; Sozialstruktur ; Soziale Kontrolle

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Author information: White, Harrison C. 1930-

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Format: XVII, 234 S. , graph. Darst., Kt.

Edition: 1. publ.

ISBN: 0521583071 , 0521587492

Content: Using simple economic reasoning, this book analyzes a broad range of global challenges including global warming, ozone shield depletion, acid rain, nuclear waste disposal, revolution dispersion, international terrorism, disease eradication, population growth, tropical deforestation, and peacemaking. These challenges are put into perspective in terms of scientific, economic, and political considerations. Many of these contingencies are shown to be solvable or reduceable without much explicit coordination among nations. Although there is no single panacea for these challenges, much can be done to tailor solutions. This book is intended for a wide audience drawn from the social sciences, including economics, environmental studies, political science, sociology, and public policy. It should also interest the general reader who wants to learn about global challenges.

Language: English

Subjects: Economics , Sociology

Keywords: Wirtschaftspolitik ; Internationale Kooperation ; Internationale Politik ; Umweltpolitik ; Wirtschaft ; Globalisierung ; Internationalisierung ; Umweltpolitik ; Globalisierung ; Internationale Politik ; Globalisierung ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; Globalisierung ; Geophysik ; Bibliografie

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