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Political Theory and Global Climate Change
Political theorists consider the challenge of global climate change from a range of perspectives, including conceptual analysis, critical theory, critical legal studies, and neo-Marxism.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262285445
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- 1 online resource (xxiv, 228 pages)
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Push Comes to Shove: New Images of Aggressive Women
The new celebration of women's aggression in contemporary culture, from Kill Bill and Prime Suspect to the artists group Toxic Titties. In the past, more often than not, aggressive women have been rebuked, told to keep a lid on, turn the other cheek, get over it. Repression more than aggression was seen as woman's domain. But recently there's been a noticeable cultural shift. With growing fr…
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Sonic Warfare: Sound, Affect, and the Ecology of Fear
"Sound can be deployed to produce discomfort, express a threat, or create an ambience of fear or dread - to produce a bad vibe. Sonic weapons of this sort include the "psychoacoustic correction" aimed at Panama strongman Manuel Noriega by the U.S. Army and at the Branch Davidians in Waco by the FBI, sonic booms (or "sound bombs") over the Gaza Strip, and high-frequency rat repellants used again…
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- 9780262258838
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- 1 online resource (xx, 270 pages).
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War Games: A History of War on Paper
The convergence of military strategy and mathematics in war games, from medieval to modern times.For centuries, both mathematical and military thinkers have used game-like scenarios to test their visions of mastering a complex world through symbolic operations. By the end of World War I, mathematical and military discourse in Germany simultaneously discovered the game as a productive concept. M…
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- 9780262301169
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Networked Publics
Looking at how maturing digital media and network technologies are transforming place, culture, politics and infrastructure in our everyday life this book provides a synoptic overview as well as illustrative case studies.;"Digital media and network technologies are now part of everyday life. The Internet has become the backbone of communication, commerce, and media; the ubiquitous mobile phone …
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Adaptive Governance: The Dynamics of Atlantic Fisheries Management
This title develops and applies an innovative theoretical framework that links domestic economic vulnerabilities to national policy positions and international management in the context of Atlantic fisheries.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262285872
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- 1 online resource (xviii, 391 pages) :illustrations, map.
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Democracy's Arsenal: Creating a Twenty-First-Century Defense Industry
The author describes the transformations needed in government and industry to achieve a new, more effective system of national defense.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262295260
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- 1 online resource (xiv, 432 pages) :illustrations
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Transportation in a Climate-Constrained World
A discussion of the opportunities and challenges involved in mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from passenger travel.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262296892
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- 1 online resource (xiii, 340 pages) :illustrations
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Technological Nature: Adaptation and the Future of Human Life
Why it matters that our relationship with nature is increasingly mediated and augmented by technology.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262295253
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- 1 online resource (xviii, 230 pages) :illustrations
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The Anatomy of Bias: How Neural Circuits Weigh the Options
In this engaging, even lyrical, book, Jan Lauwereyns examines the neural underpinnings of decision-making, using 'bias' as his core concept rather than the more common but noncommittal terms 'selection' and 'attention'.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262277990
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- 1 online resource (xviii, 262 pages) :illustrations
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