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Democracy as Problem Solving: Civic Capacity in Communities Across the Globe
Case studies from around the world and theoretical discussion show how the capacity to act collectively on local problems can be developed, strengthening democracy while changing social and economic outcomes.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262269292
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- 1 online resource (xiii, 374 pages) :illustrations, maps
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The end of energy: The unmaking of America's environment, security, and indep…
"Americans take for granted that when we flip a switch the light will go on, when we turn up the thermostat the room will get warm, and when we pull up to the pump gas will be plentiful and relatively cheap. In The End of Energy, Michael Graetz shows us that we have been living an energy delusion for forty years. Until the 1970s, we produced domestically all the oil we needed to run our power p…
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- 9780262295611
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- 1 online resource (x, 369 pages) :illustrations
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A Dynamic systems approach to development: Applications
"A Bradford book."AnnotationOCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 0585038678
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- 1 online resource (xviii, 414 pages) :illustrations.
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A dynamic systems approach to the development of cognition and action
A Dynamic Systems Approach to the Development of Cognition and Action presents a comprehensive and detailed theory of early human development based on the principles of dynamic systems theory. Beginning with their own research in motor, perceptual, and cognitive development, Thelen and Smith raise fundamental questions about prevailing assumptions in the field. They propose a new theory of the …
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Earth system analysis for sustainability
"Report of the 91st Dahlem Workshop on Earth System Analysis for Sustainabliity, Berlin, May 25-30, 2003"--Page [ii].Earth System Analysis for Sustainability uses an integrated systems approach to provide a panoramic view of planetary dynamics since the inception of life some four billion years ago and to identify principles for responsible management of the global environment in the future. Pe…
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- 9780262310635
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- 1 online resource (xiv, 454 pages) :illustrations, maps.
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Dynamics among Nations: The Evolution of Legitimacy and Development in Modern…
"Liberal internationalism has been the West's foreign policy agenda since the Cold War, and the West has long occupied the top rung of a hierarchical system. In this book, Hilton Root argues that international relations, like other complex ecosystems, exists in a constantly shifting landscape, in which hierarchical structures are giving way to systems of networked interdependence, changing ever…
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- 9781461950349
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- 1 online resource (xiii, 332 pages)
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The Environmental Advantages of Cities: Countering Commonsense Antiurbanism
Conventional wisdom about the environmental impact of cities holds that urbanization and environmental quality are necessarily at odds. Cities are seen to be sites of ecological disruption, consuming a disproportionate share of natural resources, producing high levels of pollution, and concentrating harmful emissions precisely where the population is most concentrated. Cities appear to be parti…
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- 9780262314091
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- 1 online resource (ix, 234 pages) :illustrations, maps.
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In the Wake of the Crisis: Leading Economists Reassess Economic Policy
Conference proceedings.In 2011, the International Monetary Fund invited prominent economists and economic policy makers to consider the brave new world of the post-crisis global economy. The result is a book that captures the state of macroeconomic thinking at a transformational moment. The crisis and the weak recovery that has followed raise fundamental questions concerning macroeconomics and …
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- 9780262301831
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- 1 online resource (x, 239 pages) :illustrations
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Energy at the Crossroads: Global Perspectives and Uncertainties
In Energy at the Crossroads, Vaclav Smil considers the twenty-first century's crucial question: how to reconcile the modern world's unceasing demand for energy with the absolute necessity to preserve the integrity of the biosphere. With this book he offers a comprehensive, accessible guide to today's complex energy issues -- how to think clearly and logically about what is possible and what is …
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- 9780262283847
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- 1 online resource (xiv, 427 pages) :illustrations, maps
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Environment, Development, and Evolution: Toward a Synthesis
Leading researchers in evolutionary developmental biology seek linkages between, and a synthesis of, development, physiology, endocrinology, ecology, and evolution.Evolutionary developmental biology, also known as evo-devo or EDB, seeks to find links between development and evolution by opening the "black box" of development's role in evolution and in the evolution of developmental mechanisms. …
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- 9780262274753
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- 1 online resource (xxiii, 304 pages) :illustrations.
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