Analyses of the international climate change regime consider the challenges of maintaining current structures and the possibilities for creating new forms of international cooperation.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
As the global economic crisis continues to cause damage, some policy makers have called for a more Keynesian approach to current economic problems. In this book, economists Peter Temin and David Vines provide an accessible introduction to Keynesian ideas that connects Keynes's insights to today's global economy and offers readers a way to understand current policy debates. They survey economic …
An examination of media and technology use by school-aged youth with disabilities, with an emphasis on media use at home. Most research on media use by young people with disabilities focuses on the therapeutic and rehabilitative uses of technology; less attention has been paid to their day-to-day encounters with media and technology—the mundane, sometimes pleasurable and sometimes frustrating…
A comprehensive account of cognitive scaffolding and its significance for understanding mental disorders.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"The task of archiving was once entrusted only to museums, libraries, and other institutions that acted as repositories of culture in material form. But with the rise of digital networked media, a multitude of self-designated archivists -- fans, pirates, hackers -- have become practitioners of cultural preservation on the Internet. These nonprofessional archivists have democratized cultural mem…
"Concepts are thought categories through which we apprehend the world; they enable, but also constrain, reasoning and debate and serve as building blocks for more elaborate arguments. This book traces the links between conceptual innovation in the environmental sphere and the evolution of environmental policy and discourse. It offers both a broad framework for examining the emergence, evolution…
Esai tentang komputer dan ekonomi, khususnya yang berkaitan dengan tingkat ketenagakerjaan dan ketimpangan upah. Penyebaran teknologi informasi dan komunikasi (TIK) yang meluas telah menimbulkan konsekuensi yang kontroversial dan tampaknya paradoks. TIK dipandang sebagai pendorong pertumbuhan dan ketenagakerjaan di Amerika Serikat, sekaligus berkontribusi terhadap pengangguran di Eropa dan apa …