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The Future European Energy System
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This open access book analyzes the transition toward a low-carbon energy system in Europe under the aspects of flexibility and technological progress. By covering the main energy sectors – including the industry, residential, tertiary and transport sector as well as the heating and electricity sector – the analysis assesses flexibility requirements in a cross-sectoral energy system with hig…

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9783030609146
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Digital Towns
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Theo LynnPierangelo RosatiEdel ConwayDeclan CurranGrace FoxColm O'Gorman

The European Union’s (EU) ‘Digital Society’ is the latest in a long line of ‘revolutions’, ‘ages’ and societal forms proposed by policymakers, academics and industry for over ffty years (Martin, 2008; Lynn et al., 2018). Critics note that it is at best inaccurate and at worst incorrect to describe society as digital or of technological origin, and is not by and large subje…

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9783030912475
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Globalization's contradictions: geographies of discipline, destruction, and t…
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Dennis ConwayNik Heynen

Since the 1980s, globalization and neoliberalism have brought about a comprehensive restructuring of everyone’s lives. People are being ‘disciplined’ by neoliberal economic agendas, ‘transformed’ by communication and information technology changes, global commodity chains and networks, and in the Global South in particular, destroyed livelihoods, debilitating impoverishment, disease p…

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9780203962961
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Climate Risk in Africa: Adaptation and Resilience
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Declan ConwayKatharine Vincent

This open access book highlights the complexities around making adaptation decisions and building resilience in the face of climate risk. It is based on experiences in sub-Saharan Africa through the Future Climate For Africa (FCFA) applied research programme. It begins by dealing with underlying principles and structures designed to facilitate effective engagement about climate risk, including …

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978-3-030-61160-6
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How to Read Like You Mean It
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CONWAY,Kyle

In this candid and concise volume, Kyle Conway, author of The Art of Communication in a Polarized World, considers how we can open ourselves to others and to ideas that scare us by reading difficult texts. Conway argues that because we resist ideas we don’t understand, we must embrace confusion as a constitutive part of understanding and meaningful exchange, whether between a reader and a tex…

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9781771993753
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Cultural Dialectics
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6 x 9, 184 pages
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How to Read Like You Mean It
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CONWAY,Kyle

In this candid and concise volume, Kyle Conway, author of The Art of Communication in a Polarized World, considers how we can open ourselves to others and to ideas that scare us by reading difficult texts. Conway argues that because we resist ideas we don’t understand, we must embrace confusion as a constitutive part of understanding and meaningful exchange, whether between a reader and a tex…

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The Art of Communication in a Polarized World
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CONWAY,Kyle

In this compelling new book, Kyle Conway confronts the communication challenges of our modern world by navigating the space between opposing perspectives. Conway explores how individuals can come to understand another person’s interpretation of the world and provides the tools for shaping effective arguments capable of altering their perspective. Drawing on the theory of cultural translation …

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9781771992930.01
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6 x 9, 172 pages
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How to Read Like You Mean It
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CONWAY,Kyle

Building on the work of hermeneutics scholar Paul Ricoeur, Conway evaluates the recurring paradox of miscommunication that results in deeper understanding and proposes strategies for reading that will allow individuals give up the illusion of certainty. In elegant and compelling prose, Conway introduces readers to the idea that it is through uncertainty that we can gain access to new and meanin…

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Cultural Dialectics
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6 x 9, 168 pages
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The Sustainable Global Marketplace Proceedings of the 2011 Academy of Market…
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DATO-ON, Mary Conway

Founded in 1971, the Academy of Marketing Science is an international organization dedicated to promoting timely explorations of phenomena related to the science of marketing in theory, research, and practice. Among its services to members and the community at large, the Academy offers conferences, congresses and symposia that attract delegates from around the world. Presentations from these ev…

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978-3-319-10873-5
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