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.

The Paradox of Scientific Authority: The Role of Scientific Advice in Democra…

The authors assess the influence of scientific advice in societies that increasingly question scientific authority & expertise. This paradox is explored through an ethnographic study of the scientific advisory committee, one of the key sites for the interaction of science, policy & society.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Alabama secedes from the Union; an address

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Sexualized Brains: Scientific Modeling of Emotional Intelligence from a Cultu…

The cultural and political implications of research on emotions and recent studies of the "essential difference" in male and female brains and behaviors.The now-popular idea that emotions have an intelligent core (and the reverse, that intelligence has an emotional core) comes from the neurosciences and psychology. Similarly, the fundamental sexualization of the brain--the new interest in "esse…

Deposit Insurance around the World: Issues of Design and Implementation

Drawing on an original cross-country dataset on deposit insurance systems, this book provides an assessment of the impact of deposit insurance on banking outcomes and the policy implications for developing countries.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Chess Metaphors: Artificial Intelligence and the Human Mind

When we play the ancient and noble game of chess, we grapple with ideas about honesty, deceitfulness, bravery, fear, aggression, beauty, and creativity, which echo (or allow us to depart from) the attitudes we take in our daily lives. Chess is an activity in which we deploy almost all our available cognitive resources; therefore, it makes an ideal laboratory for investigation into the workings …

The poetical works of Edmund Spenser

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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.