Social Scientists Confronting Global Crises

Author : Jean M. Bartunek
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2021-12-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000519785

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Social Scientists Confronting Global Crises by Jean M. Bartunek Pdf

Social scientists develop knowledge that is directly pertinent to global challenges and crises and need to be included in initiatives taken to address them. This book is a step towards such presentation and involvement. Global crises are crucially intertwined with our relationships, groups, organizations, communities, institutions, how they collaborate with each other, how they compete with each other, and the dynamics intermingled with these. These dimensions are inadequately addressed by scientists and insufficiently recognized by other stakeholders. With contributions from a global array of respected social scientists, this shortform book contributes to deep understandings of social phenomena associated with global crises. In illuminating interventions via those dealing with challenges and crises first-hand, the book also shows the ongoing personal development required to address global crises in productive ways. This book will be of interest to social scientists, researchers, academics, organizational consultants and students in the fields of management, especially those focusing on global challenges and crises. It will also be a useful resource for practitioners and policy makers.

Author : Canadian Commission for Unesco,U.S. National Commission for UNESCO.
Publisher : University of Ottawa Press, ; Paris : Unesco
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015019963647

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Global Crises and the Social Sciences by Canadian Commission for Unesco,U.S. National Commission for UNESCO. Pdf

Author : Bob Goudzwaard,Mark Vander Vennen,David Van Heemst
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2007-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780801032486

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Hope in Troubled Times by Bob Goudzwaard,Mark Vander Vennen,David Van Heemst Pdf

Provides hope for real-world solutions to life-threatening problems such as global poverty, environmental destruction, and terrorism.

Author : P. Utting,S. Razavi,R. Varghese Buchholz,Rebecca Varghese Buchholz
Publisher : Springer
Page : 499 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137002501

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The Global Crisis and Transformative Social Change by P. Utting,S. Razavi,R. Varghese Buchholz,Rebecca Varghese Buchholz Pdf

Global crises not only deeply impact the economy and people's livelihoods, they also unsettle basic ideas and assumptions about the meaning and drivers of development. This collection of theoretical and empirical studies explores the substance and politics of policy change following the 2007/8 crisis from the perspective of developing countries.

Author : Debra A. Noumair,Abraham B. (Rami) Shani,Danielle P. Zandee
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2023-01-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781804550939

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Research in Organizational Change and Development by Debra A. Noumair,Abraham B. (Rami) Shani,Danielle P. Zandee Pdf

Volume 30 of Research in Organizational Change and Development brings together contributions from colleagues around the globe with powerful insights and potentially relevant impact for researching and practicing organization change and development during and post the pandemic.

Author : Thomas Reifer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317259053

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Global Crises and the Challenges of the 21st Century by Thomas Reifer Pdf

Despite prognostications of the "end of history," the 21st century has posed new challenges and a host of global crises. This book takes up the current global economic crisis in relation to new and changing dynamics of territory, authority, and rights in today's global system. The authors explore long simmering conflicts in comparative perspective, including settler colonialism in South Africa, Northern Ireland and Israel/Palestine. They discuss indigenous struggles against environmental land grabs and related destruction of indigenous lands by the US nuclear weapons complex. The book uniquely considers the sacred in the context of the global system, including struggles of Latina/o farm workers in the U.S. for social justice and for change in the Catholic Church. Other chapters examine questions of civilizations and identity in the contemporary global system, as well as the role of world-regions.

Author : Laurence L. Delina
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2023-05-31
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781108976411

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COVID and Climate Emergencies in the Majority World by Laurence L. Delina Pdf

The Covid pandemic has amplified the hardships people are experiencing from human-induced climate change and its impact on weather extremes. Those in the Majority World are most effected by such global crises, and the pandemic has exposed the vulnerabilities of these populations while highlighting the differences between them and those fortunate to live in the Minority World. This book presents an overview of the impact of the climate emergency punctuated by a pandemic, discussing the expanding inequalities and deteriorating spaces for democratic public engagement. Pandemic responses demonstrate how future technological, engineering, political, social, and behavioural strategies could be constructed in response to other crises. Using a critical analysis of these responses, this book proposes sociotechnical alternatives and just approaches to adapt to cascading crises in the Majority World. It will be valuable for social science students and researchers, policymakers, and anyone interested in inequality and vulnerability in developing countries.

Author : Brahma Chellaney
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2015-03-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781442249288

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Water, Peace, and War by Brahma Chellaney Pdf

Now in an updated edition, this pioneering and authoritative study considers the profound impact of the growing global water crunch on international peace and security as well as possible ways to mitigate the crisis. Although water is essential to sustaining life and livelihoods, geostrategist Brahma Chellaney argues that it remains the world’s most underappreciated and undervalued resource. One sobering fact is that the retail price of bottled water is already higher than the international spot price of crude oil. But unlike oil, water has no substitute, raising the specter of water becoming the next flashpoint for conflict. Water war as a concept may not mesh with the conventional construct of warfare, especially for those who plan with tanks, combat planes, and attack submarines as weapons. Yet armies don’t necessarily have to march to battle to seize or defend water resources. Water wars—in a political, diplomatic, or economic sense—are already being waged between riparian neighbors in many parts of the world, fueling cycles of bitter recrimination, exacerbating water challenges, and fostering mistrust that impedes broader regional cooperation and integration. The danger is that these water wars could escalate to armed conflict or further limit already stretched food and energy production. Writing in a direct, nontechnical, and engaging style, Brahma Chellaney draws on a wide range of research from scientific and policy fields to examine the different global linkages between water and peace. Offering a holistic picture and integrated solutions, his book has become the recognized authority on the most precious natural resource of this century and how we can secure humankind’s water future.

Author : Blair H. Sheppard
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781523088751

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Ten Years to Midnight by Blair H. Sheppard Pdf

In conversations with people all over the world, from government officials and business leaders to taxi drivers and schoolteachers, Blair Sheppard, global leader for strategy and leadership at PricewaterhouseCoopers, discovered they all had surprisingly similar concerns. In this prescient and pragmatic book, he and his team sum up these concerns in what they call the ADAPT framework: Asymmetry of wealth; Disruption wrought by the unexpected and often problematic consequences of technology; Age disparities—stresses caused by very young or very old populations in developed and emerging countries; Populism as a symptom of the breakdown in global and national consensus; and loss of Trust in the institutions that underpin and stabilize society. These concerns are in turn precipitating four crises: a crisis of prosperity, a crisis of technology, a crisis of institutional legitimacy, and a crisis of leadership. Sheppard and his team analyze the complex roots of these crises—but they also offer solutions, albeit often seemingly counterintuitive ones. For example, in an era of globalization, we need to place a much greater emphasis on developing self-sustaining local economies. And as technology permeates our lives, we need computer scientists and engineers conversant with sociology and psychology and poets who can code. The authors argue persuasively that we have only a decade to make headway on these problems. But if we tackle them now, thoughtfully, imaginatively, creatively, and energetically, in ten years we could be looking at a dawn instead of darkness.

Author : Stephen M. Shortell,Lawton Robert Burns,Jennifer L. Hefner
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2022-12-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781803823195

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Responding to The Grand Challenges In Healthcare Via Organizational Innovation by Stephen M. Shortell,Lawton Robert Burns,Jennifer L. Hefner Pdf

This book contains two Open Access chapters. Responding to The Grand Challenges in Healthcare Via Organizational Innovation explores scenarios for dealing with unexpected crises, improving diversity, equity and inclusion in health care, inter-sector collaboration, and analyzes organizational governance.

Author : Irene Strasser,Martin Dege
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-03
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9783030769390

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The Psychology of Global Crises and Crisis Politics by Irene Strasser,Martin Dege Pdf

This edited volume brings together some of the most prominent scholars in the fields of theoretical, critical, and political psychology to examine crisis phenomena. The book investigates the role of psychology as a science in times of crisis, discusses how socio-political change affects the discipline and profession, and renders psychological interventions as forms of political action. The authors examine how notions of crisis and the interpretation of crisis scenarios are heavily intertwined with governmental and state interests. Seeking to disentangle individual subjectivity, subjectification, and science as forms of politics, the volume works toward an explicit goal to decolonize psychology. The chapters elaborate on the importance of the psychological sciences in times of crisis and the role of psychologists as practitioners. Ultimately, the diverse contributions underline the connection of scientific theory, practice, and politics. Interdisciplinary in scope and wide-ranging in its perspectives, this timely work will appeal to students and scholars of theoretical and political psychology, critical psychology, and cultural studies.

Author : James D. Wright
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2018-07-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351294867

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The Global Enterprise by James D. Wright Pdf

There are approximately 200 nations on Earth and the social sciences are being practiced in each one, yet too little of this global enterprise is known to Western, particularly American, social scientists. Drawing upon five years of experience as editor-in-chief of a major international encyclopedia of the social and behavioral sciences, James D. Wright provides social scientists a representative sampling of the work of their international colleagues. The volume includes investigations into a myriad of questions. How have Muslims accommodated to life in Western societies? What were the demographic consequences of World War I? What are the economic, social, and environmental costs and benefits of hosting a cruise ship terminal? Has the situation of Honduran street children improved in the past two decades? What is the state of public health in Africa? Wright shows how social scientists outside the United States have answered all of these questions and many more. From efforts at historical preservation in the Peoples Republic of China to the sexual abuse of children in New Zealand, and from earthquake research in Japan to network jihadi terrorism, The Global Enterprise includes research that will intrigue anyone interested in what social scientists contribute to our understanding of contemporary social trends and advances, both locally and globally. Key research is underway in social science around the world, and it is far past time that Western social scientists learned of and learned from these findings.

Author : Paul Felix Lazarsfeld,Wagner Thielens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:214980866

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The academic Mind by Paul Felix Lazarsfeld,Wagner Thielens Pdf

Author : Larry D. Browning,Jan-Oddvar Sørnes,Peer Jacob Svenkerud
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2022-06-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030948146

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Organizational Communication and Technology in the Time of Coronavirus by Larry D. Browning,Jan-Oddvar Sørnes,Peer Jacob Svenkerud Pdf

The pandemic has created a crisis that has no equivalent in recent history, leading to a wide range of disruption across various social strata, highlighting and reinforcing inequality, and leading to profound organizational shifts. In this book, organizational communication scholars grapple with the implications of the pandemic for work and organizations, examining the immediate impact on their personal lives in an ethnographic narrative, but also theorising what the long term implications of COVID-19 will be. The book also explores the devastating impact of the virus on healthcare workers, on BIPOC entrepreneurs, and on people in developing economies. A timely, innovative work, this book will appeal to academics studying organizational communication, organizational responses to crisis, ethnographies, and alternative research methods.

Author : David B. Szabla,David Coghlan,William Pasmore,Jennifer Kim
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 553 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2023-08-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781800378520

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Handbook of Research Methods in Organizational Change by David B. Szabla,David Coghlan,William Pasmore,Jennifer Kim Pdf

The Handbook of Research Methods in Organizational Change offers innovative and practical information to aid in the successful implementation of research methodologies. Written by a collective of experienced scholars, it provides inspiration for future academics wishing to advance research into human system changes.