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The Era of Choice

Edward C. Rosenthal Ph.D.
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Author : Edward C. Rosenthal Ph.D.
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2006-09-22
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780262250245

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How today's cornucopia of choices has transformed our lives and our culture, from the foundations of scientific theory to the anxiety of everyday decisions. Today most of us are awash with choices. The cornucopia of material goods available to those of us in the developed world can turn each of us into a kid in a candy store; but our delight at picking the prize is undercut by our regret at lost opportunities. And what's the criterion for choosing anything—material, spiritual, the path taken or not taken—when we have lost our faith in everything? In The Era of Choice Edward Rosenthal argues that choice, and having to make choices, has become the most important influence in both our personal lives and our cultural expression. Choice, he claims, has transformed how we live, how we think, and who we are. This transformation began in the nineteenth century, catalyzed by the growing prosperity of the Industrial Age and a diminishing faith in moral and scientific absolutes. The multiplicity of choices forces us to form oppositions; this, says Rosenthal, has spawned a keen interest in dualism, dilemmas, contradictions, and paradoxes. In response, we have developed mechanisms to hedge, compromise, and to synthesize. Rosenthal looks at the scientific and philosophical theories and cultural movements that choice has influenced—from physics (for example, Niels Bohr's theory that light is both particle and wave) to postmodernism, from Disney trailers to multiculturalism. He also reveals the effect of choice on the personal level, where we grapple with decisions that range from which wine to have with dinner to whether to marry or divorce, as we hurtle through lives of instant gratification, accelerated consumption, trend, change, and speed. But we have discovered, writes Rosenthal, that sometimes, we can have our cake and eat it, too.

Contemplating Maternity in an Era of Choice

Sara Hayden,Lynn O'Brien Hallstein
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Author : Sara Hayden,Lynn O'Brien Hallstein
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2010-06-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780739138922

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Contemplating Maternity explore how discourses of choice shape and are shaped by womenOs identities and experiences as (non)mothers and how those same discourses affect and reflect private practices and public policies related to reproduction and motherhood. This volume is unique because it investigates discourses of choice across the arc of maternity and as enacted through various (non)maternal subject positions.

Happy Abortions

Erica Millar
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Author : Erica Millar
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017-12-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781786991331

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‘A provocative and important book that every pro-choice advocate should read.’ Sinéad Kennedy, Coalition to Repeal the 8th Amendment When it comes to abortion, today’s liberal climate has produced a common sense that is both pro-choice and anti-abortion. The public are fed an unchanging version of what the abortion choice entails and how women experience it. While it would prove highly unpopular to insist that all pregnant women should carry their pregnancy to term, the idea that abortion could or should be a happy experience for women is virtually unspeakable. In this careful and intelligent work, Erica Millar shows how the emotions of abortion are constructed in sharp contrast to the emotional position occupied by motherhood – the unassailable placeholder for women’s happiness. Through an exposition of the cultural and political forces that continue to influence the decisions women make about their pregnancies – forces that are synonymous with the rhetoric of choice – Millar argues for a radical reinterpretation of women’s freedom.

Illuminating the World—The Choice of the Era to Rise above the Atmosphere（光芒照耀世界——跨越大气层的时代抉择）

Xue Huifeng（薛惠锋),Sun Binbin(孙彬斌),Zhao Bin(赵滨),Li Linfei(李琳婓),Wang Lei(王磊),Zhao Chenxiao(赵臣啸),Wang Han(王晗),Ji Xueer(姬雪儿),Zhang Yuan(张媛),Qu Qifu(曲麒富),Yu Hongze(于弘泽),Du Hongyan(杜红艳）
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Author : Xue Huifeng（薛惠锋),Sun Binbin(孙彬斌),Zhao Bin(赵滨),Li Linfei(李琳婓),Wang Lei(王磊),Zhao Chenxiao(赵臣啸),Wang Han(王晗),Ji Xueer(姬雪儿),Zhang Yuan(张媛),Qu Qifu(曲麒富),Yu Hongze(于弘泽),Du Hongyan(杜红艳）
Publisher : BEIJING BOOK CO. INC.
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2019-12-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781616121310

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Illuminating the World—The Choice of the Era to Rise above the Atmosphere（光芒照耀世界——跨越大气层的时代抉择） by Xue Huifeng（薛惠锋),Sun Binbin(孙彬斌),Zhao Bin(赵滨),Li Linfei(李琳婓),Wang Lei(王磊),Zhao Chenxiao(赵臣啸),Wang Han(王晗),Ji Xueer(姬雪儿),Zhang Yuan(张媛),Qu Qifu(曲麒富),Yu Hongze(于弘泽),Du Hongyan(杜红艳） Pdf

Throughout the ages, every major breakthrough in science and technology has initiated profound changes in productivity and greatly promoted the progress of human civilization. From “language” growing out of interpersonal communication to “currency” coming out of the exchange of goods, as well as the “internet” originating from the profound fusion of “man, machine and the environment,” the development and application of networks contain the great power for “interconnection and shared governance” and point the way for the development of “interplanetary communication and the sustainability of civilization.”Today, the successors of the Chinese School of Systems Engineering are trying to forge the key to world development with systems engineering methods and to plan the ideal formation and new heights of the future world, starting from analyzing a prototype of such a world. They are creating a “community with a shared future for mankind” and providing Chinese wisdom and solutions in the course of realizing “interstellar navigation” and the construction of an “interstellar society.” In addition, they are illuminating the path for future world development with the light of systematic thought!（从古到今，科学技术的每一次重大突破，都会引发生产力的深刻变革，推动人类文明的巨大进步。从人与人交流涌现出“语言”，物与物交换涌现出“货币”，“人、机、环境”深度交融涌现出“互联网”、网络的发展应用，蕴含着“互联互通、共享共治”的巨大力量，昭示着“星际通信、文明永续”的发展逻辑。 今天系统工程中国学派的传承者们尝试从分析世界的原型出发，通过系统工程方法锻铸世界发展的钥匙，擘划未来世界的理想型新高度。构建“人类命运共同体”在实现“星际航行”、构建“星际社会”的奋斗历程中提供中国智慧和中国方案。用系统思想之光照亮未来世界发展的征程！）

Our School

Sam Chaltain
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Author : Sam Chaltain
Publisher : Teachers College Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2014-12-04
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780807772881

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Almost every major American city is experimenting with school choice—a deeply controversial idea that is dramatically reshaping public education. Will the wider array of school options help parents and educators identify better strategies for helping all children learn? Or will the high stakes of the marketplace end up privatizing this most public of institutions? Education activist Sam Chaltain believes that before we can answer these questions, we must put a human face on the modern landscape of teaching and learning. Our School documents a year in the life of two schools in the nation’s capital—one a new charter school just opening its doors, the other a neighborhood school that first opened in 1924. Chaltain weaves together the observations and emotions of the people whose lives intersect there, and the triumphs and the challenges they experience. The result is an unsettling, complex portrayal of American public education. Our School is important reading for educational policymakers, administrators, parents, the media, and anyone who aspires to be a teacher. Book Features: Specific recommendations for creating a healthy, high-functioning school. A detailed account of what school choice actually looks and feels like to the people who experience it. A vivid description of the modern classroom and what it’s really like to teach in public school. An important focus on the humanity of teachers (their personal histories, their reasons for entering the profession, their day-to-day challenges). An intimate look at the inner lives of children (their biggest fears and needs, their moments of triumph and understanding). Sam Chaltain is a national educator and organizational change consultant based in Washington, DC. He was the National Director of the Forum for Education and Democracy and the founding director of the Five Freedoms Project. Visit his blog at samchaltain.com. “What Our School shows with passion and precision is that education is about real people leading real lives in real places. If school doesn’t engage them, it doesn’t work, no matter what the accountants and policymakers may say. That’s what this book is really about and why it’s so important for anyone who genuinely cares about schools, communities, and their children.” —From the Foreword by Sir Ken Robinson, world-renowned author and educator “This is an important book. Our School is vibrant and alive. Sam Chaltain’s keen insights and warm, readable prose invite readers to experience the complex, challenging, often frustrating, and occasionally triumphant lives of four caring teachers and their students. I urge you to accept the invitation.” —John Merrow, education correspondent, PBS NewsHour, and president and executive producer, Learning Matters , Inc. “Sam Chaltain is one of the most important voices in public education today, and he writes wonderfully well. In Our School, Sam puts a human face on urban education, showing us what it’s like to be a teacher, student, or parent in the Brave New World of school choice. Parents, educators, and policymakers should read this book. The result will be a more informed and creative conversation about what public education ought to be, and how to make it that way.” —Parker J. Palmer, author of Healing the Heart of Democracy, The Courage to Teach, and Let Your Life Speak

A Moderate Compromise

Steven Suranovic
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Author : Steven Suranovic
Publisher : Palgrave MacMillan
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2010-11-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : NWU:35556041540774

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Looking at all sides of the globalization debate, Suranovic analyzes how international economic policy is made and how it has become so controversial. He offers a solution to the debate between free trade/unregulated markets and the push for greater government involvement that is consistent with both economic efficiency and social justice.

The Choice

Edith Eva Eger
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Author : Edith Eva Eger
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781501130816

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A New York Times Bestseller “I’ll be forever changed by Dr. Eger’s story…The Choice is a reminder of what courage looks like in the worst of times and that we all have the ability to pay attention to what we’ve lost, or to pay attention to what we still have.”—Oprah “Dr. Eger’s life reveals our capacity to transcend even the greatest of horrors and to use that suffering for the benefit of others. She has found true freedom and forgiveness and shows us how we can as well.” —Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate “Dr. Edith Eva Eger is my kind of hero. She survived unspeakable horrors and brutality; but rather than let her painful past destroy her, she chose to transform it into a powerful gift—one she uses to help others heal.” —Jeannette Walls, New York Times bestselling author of The Glass Castle Winner of the National Jewish Book Award and Christopher Award At the age of sixteen, Edith Eger was sent to Auschwitz. Hours after her parents were killed, Nazi officer Dr. Josef Mengele, forced Edie to dance for his amusement and her survival. Edie was pulled from a pile of corpses when the American troops liberated the camps in 1945. Edie spent decades struggling with flashbacks and survivor’s guilt, determined to stay silent and hide from the past. Thirty-five years after the war ended, she returned to Auschwitz and was finally able to fully heal and forgive the one person she’d been unable to forgive—herself. Edie weaves her remarkable personal journey with the moving stories of those she has helped heal. She explores how we can be imprisoned in our own minds and shows us how to find the key to freedom. The Choice is a life-changing book that will provide hope and comfort to generations of readers.

The Paradox of Choice

Barry Schwartz
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Author : Barry Schwartz
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780061748998

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Whether we're buying a pair of jeans, ordering a cup of coffee, selecting a long-distance carrier, applying to college, choosing a doctor, or setting up a 401(k), everyday decisions—both big and small—have become increasingly complex due to the overwhelming abundance of choice with which we are presented. As Americans, we assume that more choice means better options and greater satisfaction. But beware of excessive choice: choice overload can make you question the decisions you make before you even make them, it can set you up for unrealistically high expectations, and it can make you blame yourself for any and all failures. In the long run, this can lead to decision-making paralysis, anxiety, and perpetual stress. And, in a culture that tells us that there is no excuse for falling short of perfection when your options are limitless, too much choice can lead to clinical depression. In The Paradox of Choice, Barry Schwartz explains at what point choice—the hallmark of individual freedom and self-determination that we so cherish—becomes detrimental to our psychological and emotional well-being. In accessible, engaging, and anecdotal prose, Schwartz shows how the dramatic explosion in choice—from the mundane to the profound challenges of balancing career, family, and individual needs—has paradoxically become a problem instead of a solution. Schwartz also shows how our obsession with choice encourages us to seek that which makes us feel worse. By synthesizing current research in the social sciences, Schwartz makes the counter intuitive case that eliminating choices can greatly reduce the stress, anxiety, and busyness of our lives. He offers eleven practical steps on how to limit choices to a manageable number, have the discipline to focus on those that are important and ignore the rest, and ultimately derive greater satisfaction from the choices you have to make.

The Era of Education

Lawrence J. McAndrews
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Author : Lawrence J. McAndrews
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2010-10-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780252091858

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This study of educational policy from Lyndon Johnson through Bill Clinton focuses on three specific issues--public school aid, non-public (especially Catholic) school aid, and school desegregation--that speak to the proper role of the federal government in education as well as to how education issues embody larger questions of opportunity, exclusion, and equality in American society. Lawrence J. McAndrews traces the evolution of policy as each president developed (or avoided developing) a stance toward these issues and discusses the repercussions and implications of policy decisions for the educational community over nearly four decades.

Until Choice Do Us Part

Clare Virginia Eby
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Author : Clare Virginia Eby
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226085975

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For centuries, people have been thinking and writing—and fiercely debating—about the meaning of marriage. Just a hundred years ago, Progressive era reformers embraced marriage not as a time-honored repository for conservative values, but as a tool for social change. In Until Choice Do Us Part, Clare Virginia Eby offers a new account of marriage as it appeared in fiction, journalism, legal decisions, scholarly work, and private correspondence at the turn into the twentieth century. She begins with reformers like sexologist Havelock Ellis, anthropologist Elsie Clews Parsons, and feminist Charlotte Perkins Gilman, who argued that spouses should be “class equals” joined by private affection, not public sanction. Then Eby guides us through the stories of three literary couples—Upton and Meta Fuller Sinclair, Theodore and Sara White Dreiser, and Neith Boyce and Hutchins Hapgood—who sought to reform marriage in their lives and in their writings, with mixed results. With this focus on the intimate side of married life, Eby views a historical moment that changed the nature of American marriage—and that continues to shape marital norms today.

Be a Cosmic Channel : In The Era of Chaos

Quanto Shivo
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Author : Quanto Shivo
Publisher : True Sign Publishing House
Page : 85 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9788196597252

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* Are you able to catch up with the fast changing life? * Do the plethora of choices confuse you, especially when the future appears to be so uncertain? * Do you feel that you constantly end up putting out fires one after the other? * Why am I like this and not like that and what is the point of existing if I am like this? * Are you concerned about parenting kids for a future you will never live in? * Are you seeking to be ahead of the curve and be a pioneer instead? * How do you discover your heroic potential and develop a strategy to make the highest impact on the world?

Modelling Public Transport Passenger Flows in the Era of Intelligent Transport Systems

Guido Gentile,Klaus Nökel
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Author : Guido Gentile,Klaus Nökel
Publisher : Springer
Page : 641 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2016-02-03
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319250823

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This book shows how transit assignment models can be used to describe and predict the patterns of network patronage in public transport systems. It provides a fundamental technical tool that can be employed in the process of designing, implementing and evaluating measures and/or policies to improve the current state of transport systems within given financial, technical and social constraints. The book offers a unique methodological contribution to the field of transit assignment because, moving beyond “traditional” models, it describes more evolved variants that can reproduce:• intermodal networks with high- and low-frequency services;• realistic behavioural hypotheses underpinning route choice;• time dependency in frequency-based models; and• assumptions about the knowledge that users have of network conditionsthat are consistent with the present and future level of information that intelligent transport systems (ITS) can provide. The book also considers the practical perspective of practitioners and public transport operators who need to model and manage transit systems; for example, the role of ITS is explained with regard to their potential in data collection for modelling purposes and validation techniques, as well as with regard to the additional data on network patronage and passengers’ preferences that influences the network-management and control strategies implemented. In addition, it explains how the different aspects of network operations can be incorporated in traditional models and identifies the advantages and disadvantages of doing so. Lastly, the book provides practical information on state-of-the-art implementations of the different models and the commercial packages that are currently available for transit modelling. Showcasing original work done under the aegis of the COST Action TU1004 (TransITS), the book provides a broad readership, ranging from Master and PhD students to researchers and from policy makers to practitioners, with a comprehensive tool for understanding transit assignment models.

Cracking the SAT Subject Test in U. S. History, 2nd Edition

The Princeton Review
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Author : The Princeton Review
Publisher : Princeton Review
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2017-12-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781524710835

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Previous ed. entitled Cracking the SAT U.S. and world history subject tests.

Rationalizing Capitalist Democracy

S.M. Amadae
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Author : S.M. Amadae
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2003-10-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226016542

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Offering a fascinating biography of a foundational theory, Amadae reveals not only how the ideological battles of the Cold War shaped ideas but also how those ideas may today be undermining the very notion of individual liberty they were created to defend.

Education and Social Justice in the Era of Globalisation

Marie Lall,Geetha B. Nambissan
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Author : Marie Lall,Geetha B. Nambissan
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-29
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000365740

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The book discusses the implications of globalization on education from the perspective of social justice. It looks at two countries — India and the UK — to look at how global economic and cultural processes are mediated through nation states, institutional structures and the aspirations of different social groups. It seeks to resituate the debates around education and social justice in policy, research and public discourse by highlighting the need for a more nuanced understanding of globalization and education. It also demonstrates the effects of economic dimensions — the politics of neoliberalism, and how this has shifted the understanding of state responsibilities and marginalized issues pertaining to the agenda of social justice.