At Your Service: Service-Oriented Computing from an EU Perspective

Presents results of collaborative research projects of the European Community's Information Society Technologies Programme about service-oriented computing.Service-Oriented Applications and Architectures (SOAs) have captured the interest of industry as a way to support business-to-business interaction, and the SOA market grew by $4.9 billion in 2005. SOAs and in particular service-oriented comp…

Environmental Justice and Sustainability in the Former Soviet Union

This is an examination of the awareness of environmental and social justice issues in the former Soviet republics - from the Western-style democracies of the Baltic region to the totalitarian regimes of Central Asia - and the resulting activism in those states.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

The Ethics of Computer Games

Miguel Sicart looks at the ethical component in many computer games, including how players may engage their ethical values in gameplay and the implications for game design.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Working-Class Network Society: Communication Technology and the Information H…

This is an examination of how the availability of low-end information and communication technology has provided a basis for the emergence of a working-class network society in China.

Video Game Spaces: Image, Play, and Structure in 3D Worlds

Here, Nitsche introduces five analytical layers - rule-based space, mediated space, fictional space, play space, and social space - and uses them in the analyses of games that range from early classics to recent titles.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

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Managers of Global Change: The Influence of International Environmental Burea…

This title is an examination of the role and relevance of international bureaucracies in global environmental governance. After a discussion of theoretical context, reaserch design, and empiral methodology, the book presents nine in-depth case studies of bureaucracies.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Hijacking Sustainability

How the sustainability movement has been co-opted: from ecobranding by Wal-Mart to the "greening" of the American military.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Institutions and Environmental Change: Principal Findings, Applications, and …

"Institutional Dimensions of Global Environmental Change, a core research project of the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP)."This overview of recent research on how institutions matter in tackling environmental problems reports the findings and policy implications of a decade-long international research project.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

The Nature of the Word: Studies in Honor of Paul Kiparsky

Paul Kiparksy's work in linguistics has been wide-ranging and fundamental. His contributions have influenced virtually every field of contemporary linguistics, from generative phonology to poetic theory. This is a collection of essays by his colleagues and students.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.