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Author : Jeroen Touwen,Alicia Schrikker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Entrepreneurship
ISBN : 9814722294
Author : James G. Carrier,Deborah B. Gewertz
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2020-06-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000184679
he Handbook of Sociocultural Anthropology presents a state of the art overview of the subject - its methodologies, current debates, history and future. It will provide the ultimate source of authoritative, critical descriptions of all the key aspects of the discipline as well as a consideration of the general state of the discipline at a time when there is notable uncertainty about its foundations, composition and direction. Divided into five core sections, the Handbook: examines the changing theoretical and analytical orientations that have led to new ways of carrying out research; presents an analysis of the traditional historical core and how the discipline has changed since 1980; considers the ethnographic regions where work has had the greatest impact on anthropology as a whole; outlines the people and institutions that are the context in which the discipline operates, covering topics from research funding to professional ethics.Bringing together leading international scholars, the Handbook provides a guide to the latest research in social and cultural anthropology. Presenting a systematic overview - and offering a wide range of examples, insights and analysis - it will be an invaluable resource for researchers and students in anthropology as well as cultural and social geography, cultural studies and sociology.
Author : Jytte Agergaard,Niels Fold,Katherine Gough
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2009-09-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781135256982
It has increasingly been recognised that rural and urban areas are inextricably interlinked. This book adopts a fresh approach to the issue of rural-urban dynamics through a study of the changing nature of livelihoods, mobility and markets in ten study sites across four countries of Africa and Asia. Building on detailed fieldwork conducted in Ghana, Tanzania, Vietnam and Thailand, the authors explore how settlements and livelihoods are being transformed as long-term inhabitants and recent migrants embrace new economic activities many of which are linked to global markets. The book is structured around the concept of ‘frontier’ which is conceptualized as being a dynamic space where the forces of economic, demographic and social change are brought to bear. The study sites include agricultural frontiers (coffee, cocoa, pineapples and fresh fruit), handicraft and manufacturing frontiers, and mining frontiers (gold and diamonds). In all of the cases, global value chain dynamics have played a pivotal role in shaping local livelihoods. Some settlements are developing into new urban centres whilst others are suffering from a boom and bust experience due to the unreliability of export markets. The similarities and differences between the frontier settlements are drawn out by comparing frontiers of similar types and by highlighting the theoretical and policy implications of the findings from all the frontier types. The originality of the book lies in its combination of conceptual clarity, methodological coherence and empirical richness. By combining detailed empirical findings with theoretical insight from debates on livelihoods, global value chains, mobility patterns, settlement dynamics and rural-urban relations, the book sheds new light on these issues within an overall framework of development trajectories in Africa and Asia. Given scholars’ and international agencies’ current interest in the spatial dimensions of economic development, this contribution is particularly timely with its fresh geographical approach to development issues; this book is a pertinent and authoritative read for anyone researching or learning in the field of development.
Author : John Munro
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-21
Category : HISTORY
ISBN : 9781107188051
This book connects the Black freedom struggle in the United States to liberation movements across the globe.
Author : Seohyon Jung,Leah M. Thomas
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000382464
Edges of Transatlantic Commerce in the Long Eighteenth Century examines and challenges the boundaries of the Atlantic in the eighteenth century, with a particular focus on commerce. Commerce as a keyword encompasses a wide range of documented and undocumented encounters that invoke topics such as shared or conflicting ideas of value, affective experiences of the emerging global system, and development of national economies, as well as their opponents. By investigating what gets exchanged, created, or obscured on the peripheries of transatlantic commercial relations and geography in the eighteenth century, the chapters in this collection reimagine the edge as a liminal space with a potential for an alternative historical and aesthetic knowledge. To ground this inquiry in a more material dimension, the chapters engage specifically with what is being exchanged, sold, or communicated across the Atlantic by exploring ideas that are being shaped, concealed, undermined, or exploited through intricate exchanges. With its contributions from multiple contexts and disciplinary perspectives, Edges of Transatlantic Commerce offers insights into relatively neglected aspects of the transatlantic world to cultivate the value that the edges allow us to conceive.
Author : Joe Tye,Bob Dent
Publisher : Sigma Theta Tau
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2024-02-21
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781646481279
“The ‘Invisible Architecture’ is built on knowing, and acting on, what research tells us creates a great employee experience. Thank you, Joe and Bob, for writing a book whose time has come—and for your efforts to make healthcare better and better.” -Quint Studer, MSE Co-author, The Human Margin: Building the Foundations of Trust "A must read and a great resource for every leader in today's transforming work environment." -Tim Porter-O'Grady, DM, EdD, APRN, FAAN, FACCWS Senior Partner, Health Systems, TPOG Associates Clinical Professor, Emory University, SON Registered Mediator In the aftermath of the pandemic, preexisting challenges in healthcare organizations have intensified. Stress, burnout, staffing shortages, and even the erosion of trust in organizational leadership are pressing issues that need solutions. Using construction as their metaphor, authors Joe Tye and Bob Dent make a compelling case that a healthcare organization’s Invisible Architecture—a foundation of core values, a superstructure of organizational culture, and the interior finish of workplace attitude—is no less important than its visible architecture. In this third edition of Building a Culture of Ownership in Healthcare, readers will learn how investing in their organization and their people can enable a significant, successful change in productivity; employee engagement; nurse satisfaction, recruitment, and retention; quality of care; patient satisfaction; and positive financial outcomes. TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1: Invisible Architecture Chapter 2: From Accountability to Ownership Chapter 3: The Foundation of Core Values Chapter 4: The Superstructure of Organizational Culture Chapter 5: The Interior Finish of Workplace Attitude Chapter 6: Blueprinting a Culture of Ownership Chapter 7: Three Essential Elements of a Culture of Ownership Chapter 8: Personal Values and Organizational Values Chapter 9: The Four Dimensions of Transformational Leadership Chapter 10: Anatomy of a Change Movement: What the Movement to Ban Public Smoking Has to Teach Healthcare Leaders About Culture Change Afterword Epilogue
Author : Ernst M. Conradie
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2005-05-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725214095
'Hope for the Earth' explores the viability of an eschatological approach to an ecological theology, spirituality, and praxis in the South African context. The basic intuition of such an eschatological approach is that an environmental praxis can only be empowered on the basis of an adequate understanding of Christian hope. Despair in the face of environmental destruction will inevitably lead to a spirit of resignation. Where, then, can a vision of hope that includes hope for the earth be found? The author proposes a "road map" for eschatology based on the observation that eschatology has traditionally responded to three aspects of the human predicament, namely 1) the evil effects of sin; 2) the problem of finitude and transience; and 3) the limitations of human power and knowledge in space (Part A). This analysis is used to fathom the depths of despair as a result of environmental destruction (Part B). The Biblical roots and subsequent history of Christian eschatology are discussed briefly (Part C). Recent contributions in Christian eschatology, ecological theology, cosmology, and South African expressions of hope are explored in depth in search of a vision of hope that includes hope for the earth itself (Part D). The eschatological road map is used to develop a vision of hope for the earth on the basis of a theology of life: life amidst death and destruction, life beyond death and eternal life in the presence of God (Part E). Finally the implications of this vision for an ecological ethos, spirituality, and praxis in the South African context are indicated (Part F).
Author : Joe Tye,Bob Dent
Publisher : Sigma
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2020-05-29
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781948057738
Using construction as their metaphor, authors Joe Tye and Bob Dent make a compelling case that a healthcare organization’s invisible architecture—a foundation of core values, a superstructure of organizational culture, and the interior finish of workplace attitude—is no less important than its visible architecture. Further, they assert that culture will not change unless people change, and people will not change unless they are inspired to do so and given the right tools. The fully updated second edition of Building a Culture of Ownership in Healthcare takes readers on a journey from accountability to ownership—providing a proven model, strategies, and practical solutions to help improve organizational culture in the healthcare setting. Learn how investing in your organization and your people can enable a significant, successful change in productivity; employee engagement; nurse satisfaction, recruitment, and retention; quality of care; patient satisfaction; and financial outcomes.
Author : Herbert J. Schlesinger
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2011-07-21
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781135469511
Considering that getting along in civil society is based on the expectation that (most) people will do what they say they will do, i.e., essentially live up to their explicit or implicit promises, it is amazing that so little scientific attention has been given to the act of promising. A great deal of research has been done on the moral development of children, for example, but not on the child’s ability to make and keep a promise, one of the highest moral achievements. What makes it possible developmentally, cognitively, and emotionally to make a promise in the first place? And on the other hand, what compels one to keep a promise (or vow or threat) when there seems to be no personal advantage in doing so, and even when harm can be predicted? How do we know when a promise is offered seriously to be taken at face value, and how do we understand that another is only a polite gesture, not to be taken seriously? In Promises, Oaths, and Vows: On the Psychology of Promising, Herbert Schlesinger addresses these questions, drawing on the literature of moral development in children; the psychotherapy of a patient who regularly broke promises that were unnecessary in the first place; those who were regarded as "promising youngsters" who did not fulfill their "promise"; and those who feared making a promise, a commitment, or a threat out of fear that, once made, the utterance would take on a life of its own and could never be taken back. Furthermore, he illustrates his conclusions by examining the widespread use of promising in classical literature, such as Greek drama and the plays of Shakespeare, as well as the motivating and reifying power of the promise in Western religious traditions. With a style honed over the penning of two previous books, Schlesinger once again produces a work grounded in a firm analytic sensibility, but which also retains the wit and candor of the seasoned analyst. His seminal investigation of this all but neglected topic in the clinical literature is as timely as it is scholarly, and – with the title firmly in mind – Promises, Oaths, and Vows is assured to be a worthy addition to any clinician’s library and a provoking investigation into Nietzsche’s notion of man as "the animal who makes promises."
Author : Ernest Gellner
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0521424348
A collection of essays concerned with some key problems in the study of philosophy, politics and society.
Author : John Van Rys
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2021-07-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781666712636
Traditional romantic comedies end with a wedding. Not so in Moonshine Promises. Instead, this tale begins with an elopement as teenagers Evan and Mae run off to avoid a shotgun wedding, a decision that initiates decades of marital adventures and misadventures. Narrated from Evan's perspective, these stories navigate his fears and loves as he makes his bewildered way through life. And it's about everything furnishing that life--from a teapot cottage in a jelly cupboard to a snow globe containing a horse-drawn sleigh carrying a miniature family through a forest.
Author : Felisi Sorgwe Ph.D.
Publisher : WestBow Press
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2022-07-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781664269019
God’s promise of being with us should not be viewed as one pledge of many. Rather, it should be recognized as His favorite promise. In fact, God explicitly makes the promise to several individuals throughout the Bible—and Scripture reveals many examples of God being with an individual or demonstrating His presence. Referring to the promise as “a gem that has stayed hidden in plain sight,” the author of this book calls on readers to claim the promise for themselves. He notes that when God promises, “I will be with you,” he means everyone, including the person you see when you look in the mirror. The book begins with Jacob, who exemplifies those facing the unknown, which he faced when he left the land of Canaan for the city of Haran in the region of Padan-Aram. Additional chapters highlight how God’s favorite promise played a role in the lives of Moses, Joshua, Gideon, Jeremiah, and many others. The author also explores how someone who is aware of God’s constant presence should relate to Him. This awareness should flow through an individual’s life, resulting in a desire to live for God in every way.
Author : Christian Fuchs
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2023-11-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000990393
This essential guide to the critical study of the media economy in society teaches students how to critically analyse the political economy of communication and the media. The book introduces a variety of methods and topics, including the political economy of communication in capitalism, the political economy of media concentration, the political economy of advertising, the political economy of global media and transnational media corporations, class relations and working conditions in the capitalist media and communication industry, the political economy of the Internet and digital media, the information society and digital capitalism, the public sphere, Public Service Media, the Public Service Internet, and the political economy of media management. This will be an ideal textbook for a variety of courses relating to media and communication, including Media Economics; Political Economy of Communication; Media, Culture, and Society; Critical Media and Communication Studies; Media Sociology; Media Management; and Media Business Studies.
Author : Paul Faulkner,Thomas Simpson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2017-02-23
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780191046483
Trust is central to our social lives. We know by trusting what others tell us. We act on that basis, and on the basis of trust in their promises and implicit commitments. So trust underpins both epistemic and practical cooperation and is key to philosophical debates on the conditions of its possibility. It is difficult to overstate the significance of these issues. On the practical side, discussions of cooperation address what makes society possible-of how it is that life is not a Hobbesian war of all against all. On the epistemic side, discussions of cooperation address what makes the pooling of knowledge possible-and so the edifice that is science. But trust is not merely central to our lives instrumentally; trusting relations are themselves of great value, and in trusting others, we realise distinctive forms of value. What are these forms of value, and how is trust central to our lives? These questions are explored and developed in this volume, which collects fifteen new essays on the philosophy of trust. They develop and extend existing philosophical discussion of trust and will provide a reference point for future work on trust.
Author : John Kekes
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06-22
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780226359458
The Ideal of Reflection -- Reflection, Innocence, and Ideal Theories -- Toward Deeper Understanding -- Notes -- Bibliography
