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Book SynopsisOver the last three decades, a considerable amount of work has been conducted in the field of peace studies, conflict management, peace science in economics, sociology, anthropology and management. This volume presents up-to-date, cutting-edge research by respected scholars with an emphasis on theoretical and mathematical constructs in the area of peace economics and peace science.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments. Foreword. The Global Peace Index and the Structure of Peace. The European Expansion Toward Middle East Conflicts and Economic Convergence (2000–2010). A Foundational Mathematical Account of a Specific Complex Social Reality: Conflict in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Language as a Tool of Reconciliation and Ethnic Harmony: A Case Study of Sri Lanka. The Alchemy of Global Emissions Trading Scheme (GETS): Speculation and Regulation. Decentralization and Military Coups. Conflict of Civil-Military Approach in Pakistan: Its Regional Implications. Knowledge Creation and Innovation in Medium Technology Clusters. The Terrain of War: How Using the Word “Mountain” Biases Conflict Research. Peace-Building and Geopolitical Fantasies. Satyagraha: Gandhi's Approach to Conflict Resolution. International Economic and Financial Crisis: Relevance of a Gandhian Approach. Perspectives on Democracy and Civil Society in India. Cooperation for a Peaceful and Sustainable World Part 1. Contributions to Conflict Management, Peace Economics and Development. Contributions to Conflict Management, Peace Economics and Development. Copyright page. List of Contributors.

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Book SynopsisRelationships of individual and groups among three-plus firms represent the cornerstone concept in business-to-business (B2B) contexts. The three-plus firms include manufacturer-supplier to manufacturer-customer to distributor-customer, and facilitators (e.g., transportation and management consulting firms). The common thread of the five papers in this volume is that making sense and achieving deep knowledge of three-plus B2B relationships are necessary antecedents for achieving high operating effectiveness, high (on-time) efficiency, and sustaining profits for each firm in these relationships. As the titles of the five papers imply, reading the volume provides deep insights into the specifics of how high performing three-plus B2B relationships influences these three major objectives of the firm: National Cultures? Impacts on Western Industrial Buyer-Seller Relational Process Models; Developing Guanxi Relations; Industrial Buyer-Seller Relations in a Chinese Context; Adaptation in Business Contexts; Working Triadic Relationships; How Do Managers See It? Capturing Practitioner Theories via Network Pictures.Table of ContentsList of Contributors. Preface. The Impact of National Culture on Western Industrial Buyer-Seller Relational Process Models. Developing Guanxi Relations. The Development of Industrial Buyer-Seller Relations in a Chinese Context. Adaptation in Business Contexts: Working Triadic Relationships. How do Managers See it? Capturing Practitioner Theories via Network Pictures. Deep Knowledge of B2B Relationships Within and Across Borders. Advances in Business Marketing & Purchasing. Deep Knowledge of B2B Relationships Within and Across Borders. Copyright page.

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Book SynopsisEconomics in Minutes condenses key economics concepts into 200 short and easily digested essays. Featuring not only fundamental ideas, such as the role of money and how the stock market works, but also subjects that are increasingly important to us today - unemployment, government debt and corporate tax avoidance, for example - it is the ideal introduction to a complex contemporary field. Key topics are succinctly described and accompanied by illustrations, making them simple to read and easy to remember. This convenient little reference guide will allow readers to understand the theories underpinning a subject that affects our lives on a daily basis. Chapters include: Supply and demand, Globalization, Market failure, GDP and happiness, Risk and uncertainty, Living standards and productivity, Game theory, Economics and culture.Table of ContentsIntroduction. Markets, efficiency and fairness. Money and finance. Firms and industry. Income, unemployment and inflation. Economic policy and the government. The international economy. Society and the economy. Growth and development. Glossary. Index.

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Book SynopsisTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'Unforgettable . . . a hilarious, poignant and impassioned plea to revolutionise our attitudes to death' Gavin Francis, GuardianFrom her first day at Westwind Cremation & Burial, twenty-three-year-old Caitlin Doughty threw herself into her curious new profession. Coming face-to-face with the very thing we go to great lengths to avoid thinking about, she started to wonder about the lives of those she cremated and the mourning families they left behind, and found herself confounded by people's erratic reactions to death. Exploring our death rituals - and those of other cultures - she pleads the case for healthier attitudes around death and dying. Full of bizarre encounters, gallows humour and vivid characters (both living and very dead), this illuminating account makes this otherwise terrifying subject inviting and fascinating.Trade ReviewA zingy, fresh and possibly even important book about death . . . This book might change your life * * Evening Standard * *Upbeat, brave and brilliantly, morbidly curious . . . Important and timely * * Sunday Times * *A well-researched, beautifully observed book and Doughty is a convincing and impassioned advocate for changes in our cultural attitudes towards death . . . There's much to enjoy in this thoughtful, unflinching and highly entertaining memoir * * Observer * *Absolutely and utterly life affirming . . . Nothing is off limits . . . And yet all of it is written with the utmost respect . . . There are many moments that moved me . . . Doughty's language is full of the notion of care * * Scotsman * *Funny but not flippant, sometimes painful, but rightly so, and always compelling * * Literary Review * *Frank . . . philosophical . . . engaging and even wicked * * New York Times * *Acerbic, hilarious, and thoughtful . . . Doughty's feisty but lovable personality shines through, and that would be enough for a decent memoir, but she does so much more here. The author uses her own life as a jumping off point in this beautifully crafted piece of writing, dovetailing her own observations with the work of psychologists, literary figures, industry professionals, philosophers, and religious leaders to argue coherently and convincingly that the impersonal, big business model of the funeral industry is robbing us of a vital component of the human experience. She argues that only by facing our mortality and becoming intimate with the idea of death can we live our lives to the fullest, and it's hard to argue with her * * Independent * *Eye-opening, cringe-inducing, often hilarious, occasionally haunting, always insightful -- DAVID EAGLEMANCaitlin Doughty blows a huge matter-of-fact hole in the grim curtain of silence surrounding the death industry - and what a blessed relief that is. This book absolutely must be read, if only to remind all of us that exercise, organic food and plastic surgery only work up to a point. Doughty is my kind of death crusader - compassionate, unblinking and very, very funny -- MEG ROSOFFCaitlin Doughty is not what I imagine a funeral director to be . . . she is funny, young and enthusiastic, the same characteristics that infuse her memoir * * Sunday Times * *Strange and funny. It may well blow your mind wide open * * Flavorwire * *[Doughty's] sincere, hilarious, and perhaps life-altering memoir is a must-read for anyone who plans on dying * * Booklist * *Arresting . . . refreshing . . . riveting * * Grazia * *Timely, funny, honest and interesting, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes is an enormously helpful contribution to the current taboo-breaking debate about death -- Virginia IronsideWith the dark wit you might expect from an undertaker and the compassion and insight you might not, strong storytelling and vivid descriptions, she displays a protective mechanism that the psychologists seem to have forgotten - humour * * New Scientist * *Brave and fascinating . . . unusually funny * * Daily Mail * *A death-changing book . . . It is impossible not to be inspired by Doughty's commitment to her cause * * The Times * *Often funny . . . yet never irreverent * * Irish Sunday Independent * *A book as graphic and morbid as this one could easily suck its readers into a bout of sorrow, but Doughty - a trustworthy tour guide through the repulsive and wondrous world of death - keeps us laughing most of the way * * Washington Post * *There's a welcome honesty to Doughty's account of her time as a mortician, which starts when she has to shave the face of her first corpse. In some ways, it's reassuring that we return to dust, and Doughty's healthy humour and practicality are reassuring too * * Glasgow Sunday Herald * *There's something about her understanding of how fragile life can be that got to me . . . And although none of us wants to be confronted by that all the time, Doughty has a matter-of-factness that makes that not as scary as it usually seems * * Scotland on Sunday * *Doughty writes about her life with corpses with all the sassiness that other young women bring to penning romcoms * * Mail on Sunday * *Doughty is determined to lead the way in confronting mortality. Indeed, she does not so much meet Death's gaze as attempt to stare him into submission...Doughty's corpse-collecting adventures are often hilarious as well as informing. If you had not planned to pack a book about crematoria for your holiday read, this one offers plenty of reasons to reconsider * * Financial Times * *A highly unusual memoir . . . a manifesto for how to live - and die - better. Caitlin, with her no-nonsense style and absolute single-mindedness plus a healthy dose of goth sensibility, bravely shows that death is nothing to be afraid of * * Twin Magazine * *Truly riveting . . . this funerally forthright book rings with life and dead-pan humour . . . Having read her brilliant contribution to the death debate, I'm with her all the way to the cremation chamber (and I'd let her push the button) * * Bookseller, Book of the Month * *

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Book SynopsisTiming is everything . . . How can we use the hidden patterns of the day to build the ideal schedule? Why do certain breaks dramatically improve student test results? When should you have your first coffee of the day?Why is singing in time with other people as good for us as exercise? And what is the ideal time to quit a job, switch careers or get married?In When, Daniel H. Pink distills cutting edge research and data on timing and synthesises them into a fascinating, readable narrative. Packed with irresistible stories and practical takeaways, it provides compelling insights into how we can live richer, more engaged lives.Trade ReviewIntriguing . . . written with a light, assured touch * * Observer * *[Pink] unveils the hidden patterns of our lives . . . A fascinating combination of How-to and When-to * * Independent * *When brims with a surprising amount of insight and practical advice * * Wall Street Journal * *Provocative and fascinating -- MALCOLM GLADWELL, author of OutliersBold and persuasive -- RICHARD WISEMAN, author of 59 SecondsPink is rapidly acquiring international guru status . . . He is an engaging writer, who challenges and provokes * * Financial Times * *Inspiring * * Guardian * *Pink is one of our smartest thinkers about the interaction of work, psychology and society * * Worth * *Radical, surprising, and undeniably true * * Harvard Business Review * *A gifted writer who turns even the heaviest scientific study into something digestible - and often amusing - without losing his intellectual punch * * New York Post * *

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Book SynopsisThe Forging of a Rebel is an unsurpassed account of Spanish history and society from early in the twentieth century through the cataclysmic events of the Spanish Civil War. Arturo Barea's masterpiece charts the author's coming-of-age in a bruised and starkly unequal Spain. These three volumes recount in lively detail Barea's daily experience of his country as it pitched toward disaster: we are taken from his youthful play and rebellion on the streets of Madrid, to his apprenticeship in the business world and to the horrors he witnessed as part of the Spanish army in Morocco during the Rif War. The trilogy culminates in an indelible portrait of the Republican fight against Fascist forces in which the Madrid of Barea's childhood becomes a shell and bullet-strewn warzone. Combining historical sweep and authority with poignant characterization and novelistic detail, The Forging of a Rebel is a towering literary and historical achievement.Trade Review“This is an exceptional book.” —George Orwell, author of Animal Farm and 1984 “One of the great autobiographies of the twentieth century.” —New Republic “One of the most significant Spanish prose works of [the 20th] century . . . Moving and dramatic.” —New York Review of Books “Perhaps the most definitive and personal account of [Spain's] history during the first four decades of the 20th century.” —Guardian “As essential to an understanding of twentieth-century Spain as the reading of Tolstoy is indispensable to the comprehension of nineteenth-century Russia.” —Daily Telegraph

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Book SynopsisA glimpse of post-war France through the eyes and words of 14 (mostly) expatriate journalists including Mavis Gallant, James Baldwin, A.J. Liebling, S.N. Behrman, Luc Sante, Joseph Mitchell, and Lillian Ross; plus, portraits of their editors William Shawn and New Yorker founder Harold Ross. Together: they invented modern magazine journalism. Includes an introductory interview by Susan Morrison with Anderson about transforming fact into a fiction and the creation of his homage to these exceptional reporters.Trade ReviewFor anyone hoping to truly appreciate The French Dispatch, An Editor's Burial should be required reading... another of Wes Anderson's impeccably curated confections, designed to make you laugh, cry, and smile wryly * Frenchly *Table of ContentsContents The Pilot Light 7 A conversation between Wes Anderson and Susan Morrison The Years with Ross 25 JAMES THURBER Here at The New Yorker 42 BRENDAN GILL The Other Paris 54 LUC SANTE Thirty-two Rats from Casablanca 81 JOSEPH MITCHELL Mr. Hulot 103 LILLIAN ROSS Remembering Mr. Shawn 107 VED MEHTA The Days of Duveen 129 S.M. BEHRMAN Art Talker 166 CALVIN TOMKINS The Events in May: A Paris Notebook Part I 170 MAVIS GALLANT Dearest Edith 229 JANET FLANNER Equal in Paris 239 JAMES BALDWIN Memoirs of a Feeder in France: A Good Appetite 261 A.J. LIEBLING Memoirs of a Feeder in France: Just Enough Money 285 A.J. LIEBLING Wolcott Gibbs 307 e.b. white Harold Ross: A Recollection 310 S.M. BEHRMAN H.W. Ross 318 e.b. white Letters from The New Yorker Archives 323 Acknowledgments 351

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Book SynopsisIn Concorde, Jonathan Glancey tells the story of this magnificent and hugely popular aircraft anew, taking the reader from the moment Captain Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier in 1947 through to the last commercial flight of the supersonic airliner in 2003. It is a tale of national rivalries, technological leaps, daring prototypes, tightrope politics, and a dream of a Dan Dare future never quite realized. Jonathan Glancey traces the development of Concorde not just through existing material and archives, but through interviews with those who lived with the supersonic project from its inception. The result is a compelling mix of overt technological optimism, a belief that Britain and France were major players in the world of civil as well as military aviation, and faith in an ever faster, ever more sophisticated future. This is a celebration, as well as a thoroughly researched history, of a truly brilliant machine that became a sky god of its era.Trade ReviewA thoughtful hymn to a great symbol of the analogue age... Concorde will be the standard long read on the subject for a good few years * The Times *What Jonathan Glancey likes about Concorde could probably fill several books... His history of the Anglo-French supersonic airliner is nevertheless engaging, tracing the arc of Concorde's rise in the 1970s, an unlikely triumph of engineering and international co-operation, through to its decommissioning in 2003... This is an enthusiast's book, but a good one. * Financial Times *Jonathan Glancey is eminently qualified to write a history of Concorde... He fully appreciates the aesthetics and science of aeronautical engineering, and the lucidity of his prose makes his complex subject clearly comprehensible * Spectator *How welcome it is to see a specialist book from someone who can write... What might appear to be yet another book on this widely exposed aircraft is actually one very much worth reading. * Pilot *Glancey skilfully tells the tale of a plane forged from a great trans-national alliance, and how it eventually fellfrom sky, taking with it - perhaps temporarily - the dream of a world shrunk small by the sheer force of technology. * Wallpaper *Excellent... Glancey has a gift for explaining complex issues... he also sprinkles the text with vivid phrases. -- Leo McKinstry * Literary Review *

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Book SynopsisFor readers of Putin's People by Catherine Belton comes the stunning story of Russia's slide back into a dictatorship led by Vladimir Putin - and how the world is now paying the price. 'Brave, trenchant and convincing' Sunday Times'Ferocious and unforgiving' Financial TimesThe ascension of Vladimir Putin - a former lieutenant colonel of the KGB - to the presidency of Russia in 1999 was a strong signal that the country was headed away from democracy. Yet in the intervening years - as America and the world's other leading powers have continued to appease him - Putin has grown not only into a dictator but an international threat. With his vast resources and nuclear arsenal, Putin is at the centre of a worldwide assault on political liberty and the modern world order.For Garry Kasparov, none of this is news. He has been a vocal critic of Putin for over a decade, even leading the pro-democracy opposition to him in the farcical 2008 presidential election. Yet years of seeing his Cassandra-like prophecies about Putin's intentions fulfilled have left Kasparov with a darker truth: Putin's Russia, like ISIS or Al Qaeda, defines itself in opposition to the free countries of the world.As Putin has grown ever more powerful, the threat he poses has grown from local to regional and finally to global. In this urgent book, Kasparov shows that the collapse of the Soviet Union was not an endpoint - only a change of seasons, as the Cold War melted into a new spring. But now, after years of complacency and poor judgement, winter is once again upon us.Argued with the force of Kasparov's world-class intelligence, conviction and hopes for his home country, Winter Is Coming reveals Putin for what he is: an existential danger hiding in plain sight.Trade ReviewThe main target of this brave, trenchant and convincing book is not the thuggish and dangerous regime that misrules Russia, but the cowardly wishful thinking in the West that refuses to stop it... The book ably summarises the many other alarm calls the West has missed... Let us hope that Kasparov's book becomes a bestseller -- Edward Lucas * The Times *In this punchy polemic, Kasparov reflects on how far the world has gone from the heady "end of history" days of the early 1990s to what some see as the advent of a new Cold War... Kasparov's moral clarity is admirable and informed by personal experience. -- Peter Conradi * Sunday Times *Ferocious and unforgiving... This is a book that should be read by every policymaker dealing with Russia (or any other autocracy) -- John Thornhill * Financial Times *A compelling story of courage... Winter Is Coming presents a picture of the internal forces propelling Russia's descent into aggressive authoritarianism. And if offers a scathing analysis of the contribution of the West to that outcome. * Wall Street Journal *It's always important to read Garry Kasparov, who warned of the dangers of Putinism long before so many others. He is that rare thing: A Russian democrat who is realistic about his country, but remains hopeful for the future. * Anne Applebaum, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Gulag and Iron Curtain *Garry Kasparov has the information-processing capacity of a supercomputer and the eloquence of an extraordinary orator. It takes a mind and a heart like his to analyze the last twenty-five years of the history of Russia in the world and emerge with not only an indictment of Western complicity but a clear call for Western action. * Masha Gessen, author of Man Without a Face and Words Will Break Cement *Garry Kasparov is a mastermind in chess and politics, and he understands the evil of the Putin regime better than anyone. This book is a clear and accurate observation of the mess we are in due to the West's inaction towards Putin, and a stark warning of what will happen if we fail to act in the future. It should be required reading for every head of state and their electorate. * Bill Browder, author of Red Notice *Garry Kasparov has written a passionate indictment both of Russia's kleptocracy and the complacency of Western democracies in the face of Putin. This threat has become our central foreign policy challenge, and Kasparov's arguments are essential in understanding how to face it. * Francis Fukuyama *

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Book Synopsis'Engaging, fact-filled and profoundly illuminating. It's inspiring to read - and it should help make the world a lot better.' Cass Sunstein, author of NudgeThe rise of social media has sent our social instincts into overdrive, and the impact of our networks has never been greater. But what if we could reclaim the positive power that influences our decisions, to behave better and be happier? In this groundbreaking book, Sanders and Hume build on the incredible findings of their own cutting-edge research from their work at the world’s first Nudge Unit, as well as illuminating case studies from experts around the world, to show how small changes in our environments can have a huge impact on where our instincts lead us. At a time when our trust in each other is being destroyed on a global scale, it’s never been more important to understand what motivates us and how to use our predictable behaviours to drive positive change. From helping us t

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Book SynopsisBusinesses around the world are facing rapidly changing economic and social situations. Business leaders and managers must be ready to respond and adapt in new, innovative ways.The authors of this groundbreaking book argue that people in business must adopt a 'holonomic' way of thinking, a dynamic and authentic understanding of the relationships within a business system, and an appreciation of the whole. Complexity and chaos are not to be feared, but rather are the foundation of successful business structures and economics.Holonomics presents a new world view where economics and ecology are in harmony. Using real-world case studies and practical exercises, the authors guide the reader in a new, holistic approach to business, towards a more sustainable future where both people and planet matter.Trade Review'This remarkable book distills the essence of the ideas and values taught at Schumacher College, and shows how these teachings can be applied, with many case studies of enlightened business. A powerful antidote to today's dominant culture.'-- Fritjof Capra, author of The Hidden Connections and co-author of The Systems View of Life'A manifesto for mindful living.'-- Satish Kumar'What a gift to have these monumental, mind-changing ideas woven together skilfully in one book.'-- Margaret J Wheatley, author of Leadership and the New Science'A must read for any forward thinking business.'-- Alan Moore, author of No Straight Lines: making sense of our non-linear world, and, Designing for Transformation'While great poets, artists and modern scientists intuitively see reality as relationships, economists, politicians, and business leaders fail to understand how parts and the whole relate in the world we inhabit. Holonomics presents a powerful mode of thinking, for a new, life-enhancing approach to human economic activity. I urge all economists, public officials and people in business to connect with this timely and important message.'-- H. Thomas Johnson, author of Profit Beyond Measure, and Relevance Lost: The Rise and Fall of Management Accounting'A timely, radical and deeply insightful book.'-- Giles Hutchins, author of The Nature of Business'I have no doubt that this lucid integration of holistic science and business practices that do not ruin the Earth will rapidly become a landmark text.'-- Stephan Harding, editor of Grow Small, Think Beautiful'For those who think that we must choose between environmental well-being and economic stability, here is a book that challenges that division. The authors show how business leaders can move beyond narrowly materialistic, reductionist frameworks toward more creative, imaginative and holistic visions of our sustainable, economic future.'-- Professor Ingrid Leman Stefanovic, author of Safeguarding Our Common Future: Rethinking Sustainable Development'In Holonomics, the restructured knowledge which is shared will certainly help us - especially those in business with open minds -- to traverse this new age of knowledge and understanding of ourselves, our societies and our whole living planet.'-- Dr. Roberta Simonetti, specialist in sustainable business and finance'Holonomics conveys the necessary holistic approach to rethink the economic model in a new and innovative way towards the sustainability path, where life -- for people and organisations – does matter.'-- Julio Bin, Sustainability and Sustainable Business Development adviser'We are all looking for something to make us move together in a direction that we feel to be the correct one, and that long-lasting, profitable path that we may take is Holonomics.'-- Ricardo Della Santina Torres, economist'Forward-looking business leaders as well as holistic thinkers will gain enormously from the insights of this highly informative book.'-- Network Review

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Book SynopsisOur modern patterns of thinking and learning are all based on observing a world of 'things', which we think of as separate building blocks. This worldview allows us to count and measure objects without their having any innate value; it provides neat definitions and a sense of control over life. However, this approach also sets humans apart from each other, and from nature.In reality, in nature, everything is connected in a fluid, dynamic way. 'Separateness' is an illusion we have created -- and is fast becoming a dangerous delusion infecting how we relate to business, politics, and other key areas of our daily reality.Giles Hutchins argues that the source of our current social, economic and environmental issues springs from the misguided way we see and construct our world. With its roots in ancient wisdom, this insightful book sets out an accesssible, easy to follow exploration of the causes of our current crises, offering ways to rectify these issues at source and then pointing to a way ahead.Trade Review'Ultimately, this well researched and timely book joins the call for a transformation of Western culture that is gradually gaining ground, as the reference base of this study demonstrates. It is a call for a different way of being, knowing perceiving and relating that corresponds to new scientific and philosophical developments. We ourselves have a role to play in this process by the way we lead our lives and relate to others as an expression and embodiment of Nature -this book provides some sensitive guidance about how best to do this while overcoming our historical conditioning.'-- David Lorimer, Network Review'In this wonderful book, Giles Hutchins helps us to understand the cultural roots of the current crisis and suggests modes of leadership that can help us to find a more fruitful relationship with nature. Well written, well researched and full of insight, this book will open your heart and mind to a deeper way of being in the world.’ -- Stephan Harding, Head of Holistic Science, Schumacher College, author of Animate Earth‘Giles Hutchins takes us on an amazing tour de force, the intellectual tour of our lives. With ease and incredible clarity, he reveals simultaneously the history and the philosophy and the implications of the dire plight Earth is now within. It is, in many ways, the history of greed, greed as the obsessive desire to have and control life. He does not let us hang there, however, for with equal engaged clarity, he shows us the alternative at hand, right before our noses, so close that it is like looking for our glasses, not seeing they are right on our face. Never before, that I know of, has the choice of life, true life, or the path of degradation been put before us with such clear equanimity.’ -- Robert Sardello, PhD, author of Love and the Soul: Creating a Future for Earth‘The Illusion of Separation is a richly thought-provoking journey which teaches us how we can rediscover our humanity, and become inspirational leaders and authentic co-creators.’-- Simon Robinson, author of Holonomics‘This is a powerful and timely work that asks the most important question of all… Have we evolved from Homo sapiens sapiens (so good we named ourselves twice) into Homo Hubris -- the ape that lost its nature.’ -- Tim Smit, KBE, founder of The Eden Project`This is a well-expressed book on a fearfully important topic. Read it!'-- Mary Midgley, Honorary PhD, author of Are you an Illusion? ‘As the world cries out for the shift in perception we know is needed, this is a positive response to the deep seated crisis we face. We may be aware of being, but we have lost contact with the 'beingness' of which we are aware. But how do we "opt in" rather than opt out? How do we 'participate' in creation, rather than seek its control and mere consumption? Here lie the answers. Ours is not the generation to enjoy the fruits of such a shift. As this book so ably demonstrates, it is our task is to make the turning possible. The brilliance of it is that it explains how.’ -- Ian Skelly, broadcaster and writer, co-author of Harmony by HRH The Prince of Wales‘A treasure of a book that I will share widely; brilliantly written to uncover the truth about who we are and what we’ve done as a species. Should an intelligent extra-terrestrial arrive one day to ask, 'what happened?', this insightful tour de force might well be the best guide available today.’ -- Chris Laszlo, PhD, author of Flourishing Enterprise: The New Spirit of Business‘Giles Hutchins’s new book The Illusion of Separation took me on a roller-coaster journey of ideas, distant memories, broken dreams, and new horizons. He has spread a map at our feet and dares us to look. We, the prodigal species, who with Prometheus' help, stole fire from the gods and imagined ourselves superior. And where does he leave us? Giles is on a personal journey walking home and the path is wide with room for me and you, and all our friends. Home to our true place of belonging.’ -- Tim ‘Mac’ Macartney, Founder of Embercombe and author of Finding Earth, Finding Soul‘Cutting through habitual denials and academic evasions, Giles Hutchins exposes the delusion at the root of our planetary crisis. And with a holographic richness of resources and disciplines, he discloses -- indeed activates -- the attitude that might just provoke our needed evolution. This is a wise and urgent text: may it be heard, and soon!’ -- Catherine Keller, Professor of Constructive Theology, Drew University, author of On the Mystery‘With clarity and insight Giles Hutchins analyses the roots of our present collective mind-set of separation, and yet shows how science and spirituality point to a deeper, inclusive consciousness. Here are signposts for a future that is vitally needed in the present moment, if we dare to cross the threshold and awaken to a direct experience of a world alive with love.’ -- Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, PhD. Sufi teacher and author, Spiritual Ecology: The Cry of the Earth‘The biggest challenge facing our world today is the urgent need for the human species to evolve its collective ways of thinking. Not since reading the work of Fritjof Capra, have I read a book that so clearly brings together many of the ideas, research and writing that provide the ingredients to help us explore the transformation in our ways of seeing, thinking and being. The Illusion of Separation is medicine we all need.’ -- Peter Hawkins, author and Professor of Leadership, Henley Business School'I believe the thought revolution Hutchins describes in these two books [Illusion of Separation and Future Fit] are at the core of an emerging renaissance. '-- Joseph H. (Jay) Bragdon, Author of Companies That Mimic Life

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Book SynopsisPsychology and Capitalism is a critical and accessible account of the ideological and material role of psychology in supporting capitalist enterprise and holding individuals entirely responsible for their fate through the promotion of individualism.

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Book SynopsisLife under capitalism. Rampant debilitating denial for the many next to vile enrichment of the few. Material deprivation, denial, and denigration. Dignity defiled. Michael Albert's book No Bosses advocates for the conception and then organization of a new economy. The vision offered is called participatory economics. It elevates self-management, equity, solidarity, diversity, and sustainability. It eliminates elitist, arrogant, dismissive, authoritarian, exploitation, competition, and homogenization. No Bosses proposes a built and natural productive commons, self-management by all who work, income for how long, how hard, and the onerousness of conditions of socially valued work, jobs that give all economic actors comparable means and inclination to participate in decisions that affect them, and a process called participatory planning in which caring behavior and solidarity are the currency of collective and individual success.

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Book SynopsisAchieve the best grades in 2025 and 2026 with this all-in-one book from CGP - including study notes, examples and practice questions!We have all your A-Level Economics revision needs covered in one bumper book! This hefty and handsome tome covers Year 1 and Year 2 of the latest AQA, Edexcel A and OCR exam specifications. Inside, you'll find straightforward study notes explaining all the theory, plus plenty of helpful diagrams and examples. Warm-up questions and exam-style questions are included for every topic, and the book is rounded off with a section of in-depth advice on how to do well in the exams! What's more, we've thrown in a free Online Edition that lets you read the entire book on a PC, Mac or tablet.

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Book SynopsisThe world that created modern industry, pioneered in the West, is in decline. It is being transformed by a global green shift, creating new industries based on clean energy, clean water and clean food – all produced in a safe, clean and sustainable way, in abundance, at low (and diminishing) cost and without making further inroads into nature. This twenty-first century world is being driven by newly emerging industrial giants like China and India – just as the twentieth-century infrastructure of oil, automobiles and highways was created by the United States. It is China and India that are feeling the worst effects of industrializing along conventional ‘business as usual’ lines, and which have the greatest incentive to drive their own green shift. But the old world order based on a linear economy and fossil fuels is resisting bitterly, and will not give up without a fight. John A. Mathews explains how these trends and counter-trends are creating a new world order where an industrial system based on the Ceres (Circular Economy and Renewable Energy System) is seeking to take over from the world of fossil fuels, and provide scope for Gaia to become her wild self again. The outcome of this struggle is far from determined. It is the central issue to be resolved in the twenty-first century.Trade Review"The speed and volume of Far-Eastern – especially Chinese – innovation in business and technology have left Western economies reeling. Western scholars of innovation have also been struggling to keep up. An outstanding exception amongst these is the author of this book, John A. Mathews, of Macquarie University in Australia, which has already been recognised, first as the source of two articles in Nature, and more recently by the award of the prize offered by the international Joseph Schumpeter society for the best book on economic innovation." — William Kingston, Prometheus Journal, http://www.prometheusjournal.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Kingston-review-of-Mathews-ed-August-2020-final-Google-Docs.pdfTable of ContentsList of Figures; Foreword by Dr Shi Zhengrong; Preface; List of Acronyms; Part I: Dynamics of the Green Transition; 1. Introduction; 2. Evolutionary Dynamics of Our Industrial Civilization; 3. Ecomodernization –with ‘Chinese Characteristics’; 4. Sociotechnical Transitions: A Sixth Wave; 5. No Wonder China and India Are Pursuing Green Growth Strategies So Vigorously; 6. Finance Now Playing a Central Role in the Green Shift; 7. Can the China Model Be Utilized by Other Industrializing Countries?; 8. Green Growth Development Strategies, Local Content Requirements and World Trade; 9. Farewell Fossil Fuels; Part II: Sixth Wave Eco- Innovations; 10. Global Population Peaking […] and Urbanizing; 11. Energy That Is Clean, Cheap, Abundant – and Safe; 12. Reframing Renewables as Enhancing Energy Security; 13. The Myths of ‘Renewistan’; 14. Recirculation and Regeneration of Resources (Circular Economy); 15. Food and Fresh Water Production; 16. Energy, Water, Food for Cities: Deploying a Positive Triple Nexus; 17. Eco- Cities of the Future; 18. When Ceres Meets Gaia; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book offers a comprehensive overview of the current European media in a period of disruptive transformation. It maps the full scope of contemporary media policy and industry activities while also assessing the impact of new technologies and radical changes in distribution and consumption on media practices, organizations, and strategies. Combining a critical assessment of media systems with a thematic approach, it can serve as a resource for scholars or as a textbook, as well as a source of good practices for steering media policy, international communication, and the media landscape across Europe.Table of ContentsWhy Study Media Policy and Regulation? Hannu Neiminen Is Content Still King? Trends and Challenges in the Production and Distribution of Television Content in Europe Tim Raats, Jeanette Steamers and Karen Donders Media Economics and Transformation in a Digital Europe Tom Evens Media Governance: More than a Buzzword Werner A. Meier Subsidies: Fuel for Media Josef Trappel Public Service Media in Western Europe Today: Ten Countries Compared Hilde van den Bulck, Leen d'Haenens and Tim Raats The Europeanization of the European Media: The Incremental Cultivation of the EU Media Policy Stylianos Papathanassopoulos The Council of Europe: Ensuring the Freedom and Independence of Europe's Media Tarlach McGonagle Europe's Internet Policies: The Challenge of Maintaining an Open Internet Christian Möller and Tarlach McGonagle Media and Democracy: A Couple Walking Hand in Hand? Josef Trappel and Hannu Nieminen Media Diversity and Pluriformity: Hybrid 'Regimes' across Europe Leen d'Haenens, Elke Ichau, Hanne Vadenberghe and Pascal Verhoest Testing the Boundaries: Evolving Norms and Troubling Trends for Journalism Auské Balčytiene, Karin Raeymackers and Elena Vartanova

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Book SynopsisThe first book that acknowledges cameralism as a European rather than just a German historical phenomenon. This book discusses the impact of cameralism on the practices of governance, early modern state-building and economy in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe. It argues that the cameralist conception of state and economy - aform of 'science' of government dedicated to reforming society while promoting economic development, and often associated mainly with Prussia - had significant impact far beyond Germany and Austria. In fact, its influence spread into Denmark, Sweden, Russia, Portugal, Northern Italy and other parts of Europe. In this volume, an international set of experts discusses administrative practices and policies in relation to population, forestry, proto-industry,trade, mining affairs, education, police regulation, and insurance. The book will appeal to early modernists, economic historians and historians of economic thought. MARTEN SEPPEL is Associate Professor of Early ModernHistory at the University of Tartu, Estonia. He holds an MPhil from the University of Cambridge. KEITH TRIBE has a PhD from the University of Cambridge and taught at the University of Keele (UK) from 1976 to 2002, retiring as Reader in Economics. He is now working as a highly regarded professional translator and independent scholar. Forthcoming work includes a new translation of Max Weber, Economy and Society Part One (Harvard University Press, 2018). His publications include Strategies of Economic Order (CUP, 1995/2007); The Economy of the Word. Language, History, and Economics (OUP, 2015); and (edited with Pat Hudson) The Contradictions of Capital in the Twenty-First Century (Agenda, 2016). Contributors: ROGER BARTLETT, ALEXANDRE MENDES CUNHA, HANS FRAMBACH, GUILLAUME GARNER, LARS MAGNUSSON, INGRID MARKUSSEN, FRANK OBERHOLZNER, GÖRAN RYDÉN, MARTEN SEPPEL, KEITH TRIBE, PAUL WARDETrade ReviewThis erudite collection is a welcome addition to the admittedly sparse literature on the 'cameral sciences' that emerged in late-17th-century Germany. Recommended. * CHOICE *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Cameralism in Practice - Marten Seppel Comparing Cameralisms - the Case of Sweden and Prussia - Lars Magnusson Baltic Cameralism? - Keith Tribe Cameralism in Russia: Empress Catherine II and Population Policy - Roger Bartlett Cameralist Population Policy and the Problem of Serfdom, 1680-1720 - Marten Seppel Cameralist Writing in the Mirror of Practice: the Long Development of Forestry in Germany - Paul Warde Cameralist Theoretical Writings on Manufacturing and Administrative Practice in the German Principalities: Conflict and Coherence - Guillaume Garner Administrative Centralisation, Police Regulations and Mining Sciences as Channels for the Dissemination of Cameralist Ideas in the Iberian World - Alexandre Mendes Cunha Balancing the Divine with the Private. The Practices of Hushållning in Eighteenth-Century Sweden - Göran Rydén Johan Ludvig Reventlow's Master Plan at the Brahetrolleborg Estate: Cameralism in Denmark in the 1780s and 1790s - Ingrid Markussen 'Maasreguln wider die Unglücksfaelle' - Cameralism and its Influence on the Establishment of Insurance Schemes - Frank Oberholzner The Decline of Cameralism in Germany at the Turn of the Nineteenth Century - Hans Frambach Concluding Remarks - Keith Tribe Bibliography

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Book SynopsisAn engagingly written account of textile engineering in its key northern centres, rich with historical narrative and analysis. The engineers who built the first generations of modern textile machines, between 1770 and 1850, pushed at the boundaries of possibility. This book investigates these pioneering machine-makers, almost all working within textile communities in northern England, and the industry they created. It probes their origins and skills, the sources of their inspiration and impetus, and how it was possible to develop a high-tech, factory-centred, world-leading marketin textile machinery virtually from scratch. The story of textile engineering defies classical assumptions about the driving forces behind the Industrial Revolution. The circumstances of its birth, and the personal affiliationsat work during periods of exceptional creativity, suggest that the potential to accelerate economic growth could be found within social assets and craft skills. Appreciating textile engineering within its own time and context challenges views inherited from Victorian thinkers, who tended to ascribe to it features of the fully fledged industry they saw before them. The Age of Machinery is an engagingly written account of the trade in its key northern centres, devoid of jargon and yet tightly argued, equally rich with historical narrative and analysis. It will be invaluable not only to students and scholars of British economic history and the Industrial Revolution but also tosocial scientists looking at human agency and its contribution to economic growth and innovation. GILLIAN COOKSON holds a DPhil in economic history and has been employed since 1995 in academic research and consultancy,including as county editor, Victoria County History of Durham.Trade ReviewUnbelievably good value. -- LOCAL HISTORIANA masterly account of the early northern textile machine makers, their origins, social networks, skills and the influence they had on the emergent factory movement. * ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW *This engaging, erudite study investigates the firms and people who made the machines of the Industrial Revolution. * TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE *A brilliant account. * ECONOMIC HISTORY REVIEW *A very important book on the origins of the English Industrial Revolution. ... Rich and insightful. * BUSINESS HISTORY *This is a rich, extremely well-researched and well-argued book that sheds valuable light on the evolution of textile machine technology during the British Industrial Revolution. * JOURNAL OF BRITISH STUDIES *Cookson's account is dense and carefully argued, but it is also rich and engaging, addressing issues of fundamental significance for processes of technological advance and economic growth. Highly recommended. * CHOICE *Table of ContentsIntroduction The Coming of Machinery The Age of Machinery Shaping an Industry The Machine-makers Ingenious Mechanics The Social Life of the Engineer Innovating Reaching Maturity Appendix 1: Keighley textile engineers Appendix 2: Leeds engineering businesses established before 1830 Appendix 3: Estimates of textile machinery at work in the United Kingdom, 1835-56 Bibliography

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Book SynopsisRich in archival detail and offering a ground-breaking analysis, this book presents a radically new interpretation of British politics and policy failings during the Great Famine. The Irish famine of the 1840s is the biggest humanitarian crisis in the United Kingdom's history. Within six years of the arrival of the potato blight in Ireland in 1845, more than a quarter of its residents had unexpectedly died or emigrated. Its population has not yet fully recovered since. Historians have struggled to explain why the British government decided to shut down its centrally organised relief efforts in 1847, long before the famine ended. Some have blamed the laissez-faire attitudes of the time for an inadequate response by the British government; others have alleged purposeful neglect and genocide. In contrast, The Great Famine in Ireland and Britain's Financial Crisis uncovers a hidden narrative of the crisis, which links policy failure in Ireland to financial and political instability in Great Britain. More important than a laissez-faire ideology in hindering relief efforts for Ireland were the British government's lack of a Parliamentary majority from 1846, the financial crises of 1847, and a battle of ideas over monetary policy between proponents and opponents of financial orthodoxy. The high death toll in Ireland resulted from the British government's plans for intervention going awry, rather than being prematurely cancelled because of laissez-faire. This book is essential reading for scholars, students and anyone interested in Anglo-Irish relations, the history of financial crises and famines, and why humanitarian-relief efforts can go wrong even with good intentions.Trade ReviewThe Great Famine is based on the author's multi-award-winning PhD thesis. Well-researched and extensively footnoted ... The book nonetheless deserves a wide readership as a serious and balanced contribution to the Irish economic history canon. * THE IRISH TIMES *An extraordinarily wide-ranging, deeply researched and original critique of economic thinking, politics and policy making in mid-nineteenth Britain and Ireland. Read's work radically reshapes our understanding of the Great Irish Famine and of British politics more generally. It is the most holistic account yet of the catastrophic consequences of political and policy failure in a time of crisis, good intentions notwithstanding. * Liam Kennedy, Emeritus Professor of Economic History, Queen’s University Belfast *In this bold new interpretation of the biggest economic policy disaster in modern British history, Charles Read argues that the failure to provide sufficient relief spending during the Great Irish Famine was the result of a fiscal and financial crisis rather than a commitment to laissez faire ideology. This is essential reading for any serious scholar of modern Irish and British history. * Stephen Broadberry, Professor of Economic History, University of Oxford *Despite being written for a scholarly audience, the book's jolt to the senses resonates far beyond any solely academic setting. Great Famine injects a massive strand of fresh thinking into what had largely appeared to have been a dead end of history. It's challenging to describe what an incredible achievement this is. Parts of Great Famine go right against the grain of Britain's mythology about itself: it's almost heretical. It's hard not to be awestruck at the audacity of Dr Read's thesis and the way he unveils it. https://www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/amp/cambridge-author-exhumes-irish-famine-and-details-a-financia-9287608/ -- Mike Scialom * Cambridge Independent *Recommended. * CHOICE *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction 1. The sources of financial and political instability 2. The economic policy reforms of Sir Robert Peel 3. Famine relief before the crises of 1847 4. Famine relief during and after the crises 5. The intentions and consequences of redistributive relief policy 6. Ireland and Mauritius: the British Empire's other famine in 1847 Conclusion: Britain's biggest economic-policy failure Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisRecordkeeping Cultures explores how an understanding of organisational information culture provides the insight necessary for the development and promotion of sound recordkeeping practices. The book is a fully revised and expanded new edition of the authors’ 2014 book Records Management and Information Culture: Tackling the people problem. It details an innovative framework for analysing and assessing information culture, and indicates how to use this knowledge to change behaviour and develop recordkeeping practices that are aligned with the specific characteristics of any workplace. This framework addresses the widely recognised problem of improving organisation-wide compliance with a records management programme by tackling the different aspects that make up the organisation’s information culture. Discussion of topics at each level of the framework includes strategies and guidelines for assessment, followed by suggestions for next steps: appropriate actions and strategies to influence behavioural change. This new edition has been fully revised and update to greatly enhance the practical application of the information culture concept in both formal and informal recordkeeping environments and contains new chapters on: diagnostic features: genres, workarounds and infrastructure workplace collaboration: how to analyse collaborative practices in organisations (including recordkeeping) education: how to teach information culture concepts and methods in archives and records management graduate programmes. Archivists, records managers and information technology specialists will find this an invaluable guide to improving their practice and solving the ‘people problem’ of non-compliance with records management programmes. LIS students taking archives and records management modules will also benefit from the application of theory into practice. Records management and information management educators will find the ideas and approaches discussed in this book useful to add an information culture perspective to their curricula. Table of Contents1. Background and context 2. The value accorded to records 3. Information preferences 4. Language considerations 5. Information-related competencies 6. Awareness of environmental requirements relating to records 7. Corporate IT governance 8. Trust in recordkeeping systems 9. Genres 10. Workarounds 11. Infrastructure 12. Workplace collaboration 13. Education

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Book SynopsisThe KM Cookbook serves up a menu of success stories and strategies for organizations wanting to know more about Knowledge Management Standard ISO30401 – whether they intend to pursue certification, or simply seek to use it as a framework to review their existing programme and strategy. Knowledge Management (KM) has been around for over 20 years as a set of tools and methods for connecting, collecting and creating knowledge. Lots has been written, and there are tens of thousands of practitioners out there—in-company specialists and consultants. Unlike Lean, Agile and other business improvement methodologies, KM has never had a single agreed set of tools, or a commercial accreditation or standard. Attending a KM conference can feel a bit like visiting an international street food market! In many ways, the arrival of an internationally agreed standard and vocabulary, imbues fresh professional credibility to the field of Knowledge Management. Trade Review'Firstly, the KM Cookbook provides valuable practical guidance on how to respond to the new KM standard ISO 30401:2018 Knowledge management systems – Requirements which was published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) at the end of 2018...Secondly, the KM Cookbook provides guidance in regard to the “how” of KM in a way that recognises not just the diversity of organisational circumstances, but the distinctive characteristics of knowledge.' -- Bruce Boyes * Real KM *Table of ContentsTable of ContentsList of illustrationsIntroduction About the book Explaining the metaphor Part I A new way to cook? 1 A new kitchen 2 What kind of restaurant? 3 The role of the restaurateur 4 The skilled chef 5 Getting some help: the staff 6 Understanding the ingredients 7 The restaurant critic: what to expect in an audit 8 Planning the menu: the KM Chef’s Canvas 9 The KM chef’s specials: taster menu Part II Menus to savourIntroduction: how to read the menus The Americas10 The World Bank: Knowledge Management and machine learning— Narrated by Margot Brown and Vivek Sharma11 Knowledge Management in General Electric: leading-edge communities— Narrated by Dan Ranta12 Beyond KM: Collaborating, Learning and Adapting (CLA) in USAID— Narrated by Piers Bocock and Stacey Young13 Knowledge Management in Schlumberger: ‘Eureka!’— Narrated by Susan Rosenbaum and Alan Boulter14 PROCERGS Brazil: using knowledge and innovation to make government more efficient — Narrated by Luciana Menezes and José JaegerEurope15 The Olympic Games: Knowledge Management and learning pathways— Narrated by Chris Payne16 Médecins Sans Frontières: knowledge without borders? — Narrated by Robin Vincent-Smith17 Transport for London (TfL), UK: learning to be world-class — Narrated by Liz Hobbs18 Syngenta: leaping into networks and cultural KM — Narrated by Nicola Thomson19 Linklaters: knowledge, value-add and innovation — Narrated by Rachel Manser and Ian Rodwell20 Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (Dstl), UK: guarding against organisational amnesia — Narrated by Dominic Davies21 Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), UK: using knowledge to improve detection — Narrated by Christine AstaniouMiddle East22 Creating value in Oman: KM in Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) — Narrated by Hank Malik23 Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia: identifying, extracting and regenerating the wells of knowledge — Narrated by Tony MelendezAsia24 MAPNA, Iran: the role of KM in designing and implementing world-scale projects — Narrated by Dr Mohsen HamediKM in mergers and acquisitions – take-away chapter25 TechnipFMC, France, UK and USA: agile KM in a newly merged organisation — Narrated by Kim GloverEndings and beginnings AppendicesInterview questions The restaurant critic (Chapter 7) Knowledge Management in Schlumberger (Chapter 13)Transport for London (Chapter 17) Saudi Aramco (Chapter 23) MAPNA (Chapter 24) Index

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Book SynopsisIn addition to being the most bitter industrial dispute the coalminers' strike of 1984/5 was the longest national strike in British history. For a year over 100,000 members of the National Union of Mineworkers, their families and supporters, in hundreds of communities, battled to prevent the decimation of the coal industry on which their livelihoods and communities depended. Margaret Thatcher's government aimed to smash the most militant section of the British working class. She wanted to usher in a new era of greater management control at work and pave the way for a radical refashioning of society in favour of neo-liberal objectives that three decades later have crippled the world economy. Victory required draconian restrictions on picketing and the development of a militarised national police force that made widespread arrests as part of its criminalisation policy. The attacks on the miners also involved the use of the courts and anti-trade union laws, restrictions on welfare benefits, the secret financing by industrialists of working miners and the involvement of the security services. All of which was supported by a compliant mass media but resisted by the collective courage of miners and mining communities in which the role of Women against Pit Closures in combating poverty and starvation was heroic. Thus inspired by the struggle for jobs and communities an unparalleled movement of support groups right across Britain and in other parts of the world was born and helped bring about a situation where the miners long struggle came close on occasions to winning. At the heart of the conflict was the Yorkshire region, where even at the end in March 1985, 83 per cent of 56,000 miners were still out on strike. The official Yorkshire National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) area photographer in 1984-85 was the late Martin Jenkinson and this book of his photographs - some never previously seen before - serves as a unique social document on the dispute that changed the face of Britain.

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Book SynopsisThis book is for upper-level students, managers and academics who are interested in exploring the 'messy reality' of the contemporary workplace and in considering how things might be done differently. In particular, it offers a critical perspective on organisational behaviour and the sociology of work.By challenging common sense ideas about management, this textbook offers an up-to-date view of the complex problems and dilemmas facing managers and workers in the contemporary world. Providing a fresh analysis and overview of several core themes, the chapters focus on applied ethics, social issues, diversity, continuity and change. Theoretical reflections are combined with detailed ethnographic studies to offer both breadth and depth. Individual chapters present studies on issues as diverse as teleworking, apprentices, paternalism, migration, animal charities, factory work and farm work. Underpinning all of these studies is a sense that the world of work could be a better place and that students, practitioners and tutors all have an obligation to question the assumptions in business and management.Key features include: Original in-depth qualitative cases Critical approach Non-standard work situations Presents lived experience rather than 'model' or 'idealised' problems Focus on context, understanding and interpretation of complex situations Examples of a variety of management practice Discussion of management issues in wider philosophical and political context Contemporary Issues in Management would be suitable for those studying organisational behaviour, management, ethnography and sociology of work. The book will also be of interest to the general reader with an interest in developing a broader awareness of contemporary management.Trade Review'This edited collection by Hamilton, Mitchell and Mangan displays wonderfully Keele's tradition of critical engagement with studies and practices of work, management and organizations. The contributions are well-written, philosophically sophisticated and empirically rich discussions of contemporary significant issues such as dignity, justice and truth at work. Students who want to go beyond management-speak and wish to learn more about the messy, contradictory, ambiguous and often dark nature of management as it is practised today will find in this book an inspiring, challenging and informative resource.' -- Alessia Contu, The University of Warwick, UK'Scholars at Keele Management School continue to deliver brilliant critical insights. This refreshing and innovative collection will challenge students and researchers alike to seriously rethink received wisdom on management and organisations.' -- Liz Parsons, University of Liverpool Management School, UK'What do animals, alternative organizations and ambiguity have in common? This splendid collection provides a fascinating range of contemporary issues for the reader to chew on, and gives space for some critical voices to explore the messiness of work organizations.' -- Martin Parker, University of Leicester, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. The Corruption of Business: A Statement of a Contemporary Problem Gordon Pearson 2. Ambiguity as Organisational Practice: An American Pragmatist Perspective Mihaela Kelemen 3. Dignity and Meaningful Work in Organisations Laura Mitchell 4. Is Paternalism Still Relevant? Changing Culture in a Mutual UK Insurance Company Darren McCabe and David Knights 5. Youth Employment, Masculinity and Policy Teresa Oultram 6. Hard Work, Productivity and the Management of the Farmed Environment in Anthropological Perspective Steven B. Emery 7. Disjointed, Degraded and Divided? A Tale of Dirty Work at the Chicken Factory Lindsay Hamilton and Darren McCabe 8. Migration into the United Kingdom: Employers and the Function of Migrant Labour Steve French 9. Interpreting Technology: Telework and the Myth of Liberation Emma Surman 10. Media as Mediation: Uncertainty and Representation in the Construction of News Barry Schofield 11. Care of the Underdog: Animals, Culture and the Creation of Moral Certainty in the Rescue Shelter Nik Taylor and Lindsay Hamilton 12. Where Are the Alternative Organisations in Organisational Behaviour Textbooks? Anita Mangan Afterword Phil Johnson Glossary Index

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Book SynopsisManagement and Leadership Innovations, vol. 38 of Advances in Librarianship presents techniques, cases and theoretical papers on how libraries and other non-profit organizations can achieve sustainability through application of the UN's Agenda 21, how to interview candidates through non-traditional and interactive processes to assess 'soft skills' needed to join a team, how a model was developed to ensure successful school libraries, and how academic libraries can provide leadership in sustaining and preserving their surrounding communities' history and culture. It also offers chapters on the utility of gossip in management, how to provide mindful leadership within an organization, and how to identify and manage levels of stress and burnout. The volume presents a case study of how a library altered the skill sets of subject librarians to function in teams using a matrix approach in order to better serve clients. Another innovation is represented by a chapter on staff development and service through participation in a community of practice. Also included is a chapter on service design a relatively new concept of service design which is critical in improving user/customer satisfaction and patronage.Table of ContentsMindful Leadership Defined and Explained. Management of Content Development and Subject Engagement through an Arts Matrix Model: A Case Study. Distributed Leadership and Library Service Innovation. Service Design for Libraries: An Introduction. Leadership Role of an Academic Library in Community Outreach: Surabaya Memory Project. Library Instructor Development and Cultivating a Community of Practice. Leading for Learning: A Model for Best Practice in School Libraries. The Fit Test: Interview Techniques to Build a Strong Team. Managers, Stress, and the Prevention of Burnout in the Library Workplace. Gossip and Library Management: An Examination of the Perceptions of Library Managers. Strategic Library Management with the United Nations’ Agenda 21. Copyright page. Editorial Advisory Board. Management and Leadership Innovations. Index. Contributors. Preface. Management and Leadership Innovations.

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Book SynopsisAdvances in Accounting Education: Teaching and Curriculum Innovations publishes both non-empirical and empirical articles dealing with accounting pedagogy. All articles explain how teaching methods or curricula/programs can be improved. Non-empirical papers are academically rigorous, and specifically discuss the institutional context of a course or program, as well as any relevant tradeoffs or policy issues. Empirical reports exhibit sound research design and execution, and develop a thorough motivation and literature review, including references from outside the accounting field, where appropriate. Volume 15 examines the following topics: ways to incorporate self-directed learning in managerial accounting courses, the intent of students to major in accounting during recessionary periods; and incorporating core competencies in the accounting curriculum. Volume 15 also includes a special section that examines efforts to integrate accounting with other core business disciplines in the curriculum. This section includes the experiences of two universities that successfully integrated introductory accounting material with other business courses.Table of ContentsA Multigroup Analysis of Students’ Intention to Major in Accounting before, during, and after the Recession: Emergence of a Professional Ethics Perception. Communication Apprehension in Accounting Majors: Synthesis of Relevant Studies, Intervention Techniques, and Directions for Future Research. Enhancing the Undergraduate Accounting Curriculum to Augment Core Competencies. A Comparative Review of the Need for Accounting Education Change in Selected Countries. Accounting Integration Issues: From AECC to Pathways and Beyond. Integrating Business Disciplines using a Team-Based Approach. From Silos to Pipelines: Free Flow of Content via Course Integration. Self-Directed Learning: Using Individualized Self-Directed Learning Assignments in a Managerial Accounting Course. Advances in accounting education: teaching and curriculum innovations. Advances in accounting education: teaching and curriculum innovations. Advances in accounting education: teaching and curriculum innovations. Copyright page. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE. WRITING GUIDELINES. EDITORIAL REVIEW BOARD. CALL FOR PAPERS.

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Book SynopsisIn response to the world’s rapidly growing social, economic and environmental challenges, a growing wave of "social intrapreneurs" are harnessing the power of large companies to create new business solutions to address societal problems. Social Intrapreneurism and All That Jazz reveals how these highly creative social innovators are improvizing alliances across, as well as beyond, their companies to create micro-insurance products for low-income people; offer delivery services to millions of small businesses in slums around the world; develop alternative-energy solutions inside a major gas and oil corporation; partner with a Brazilian community to produce new natural care products; establish a green advertising network within a major media company; apply engineering expertise to help alleviate poverty and much more – all while generating commercial value for their companies.Distilling insights from interviews with social intrapreneurs, their colleagues and experts around the world, the authors bring to life how business can be about more than just maximizing profit. They identify the mind-sets, behaviours and skills that have helped successful social intrapreneurs journey from initial idea to roll-out by their company – and some of the pitfalls.Although their journeys may be lonely at times and require considerable hard work while working "against the grain" of large conventional businesses, successful social intrapreneurs are, above all, great communicators who inspire others to join them in achieving a higher purpose beyond the realms of conventional business.Drawing on the metaphors of ensemble jazz music-making, the authors describe how "woodshedding", "jamming", "paying your dues", being a "sideman", joining and building a "band" but, above all, "listening" to what is happening in business and the wider world – are all part of the life of a successful social intrapreneurism project.Whether you’re an aspiring social intrapreneur who wants to change the world while keeping your day job, or want to renew the entrepreneurial spirit of your own company, this book is for you.Trade ReviewCan business save the world? The question might distract business leaders from more immediate concerns, such as making a profit. Starting a conversation about sustainability, for instance, could even mark you down as an obstacle to success in some people’s eyes.This is the dilemma facing so-called “social intrapreneurs”, desc­rib­ed in this insightful new book as the people in a corporation who put themselves forward to come up with innovations that address social or environmental challenges while generating revenue.The authors have done well to uncover dozens of social intrapreneurs at big businesses around the world, and to get them to tell their stories. The businesses involved include Vodafone, GSK, Accenture, Danone and DHL, among many others, and the individuals have been responsible for significant business activities, which are described at some length in the book.It turns out that techniques required by social intrapreneurs to advance do have some parallels in jazz that are not so far-fetched. Like a jazz musician, the intrapreneur must go in for “woodshedding” (solitary practice to improve technical skills), “soloing” (putting your ideas forward), “being a sideman” (contri­buting to a group in which you are a supporting team member), and “paying your dues” (contributing to your im­mediate team/community, and earning trust). In other words, social in­tra­pren­eurs must find and construct ensembles to prosper.The authors are guardedly optimistic. Their successful witnesses have mastered balancing the roles of risk-taking entrepreneurs and rule-following employees within a large organisation. They are “tempered radicals”.“Don’t change companies, change the company you’re in,” advises one social intrapreneur. But this radicalism, too, is tempered by the book, which reminds any aspiring social entrepreneurs of a question they should ask themselves: “Am I prepared to lose my job if this doesn’t work out?” - STEFAN STERN, Visiting Professor in Management Practice, Cass Business School, LondonTable of ContentsForewordIntroduction1. How social intrapreneurs are rising to global business and social challenges2. Understanding individual social intrapreneurs3. How companies react4. Enabling environment inside companies5 External enabling environment5. External enabling environment6. Impacts of social intrapreneurism7. Recommendations and practical tips8. The way aheadConclusion: Towards a new way of doing businessAppendix: Our researchReferencesIndexAbout the authors

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Book SynopsisOur socio-economic systems continue to grow and evolve. We need to acknowledge that, consequently, our decisions often fail – they are ineffective and create unexpected side effects. The speed of execution is increasing constantly and markets and systems respond almost immediately, making decision-making challenging. There is little or no room for failure. This important new book analyses real world strategy and policy challenges, addressing the interconnectedness of the markets/systems we live in. It provides a step-by-step approach using systems thinking to solve complex problems in socio-political as well as business environment. It proposes a technique with which to better understand the problems and the context in which they arise, and tools to directly inform each step of the decision-making process. The book explores the main innovation that systemic thinking introduces – the emphasis on defining the problem creating system, which is made up of interacting parts, rather than prioritizing events that need immediate fixing. The case studies, examples and the approach proposed can be used to better understand reality and its complexity, and to integrate stakeholders for a better solution. Practically, it can be used to identify problems, analyse their boundaries, design interventions, forecast and measure their expected impacts, implement them and monitor and evaluate their success/failure. The book touches upon global issues related to policy making and strategic management, as well as issues related to sustainable development for both the public and private sector.Trade Review"Tackling Complexity is a new book by Gilbert Probst and Andrea M. Bassi. It is published by Greenleaf Publishing and they provided the book for review. Initially, I was excited as I have read a number of books about decision-making and even wrote my own, "Taking Aim for Better Decision-Making". Sadly, I wasn't very far into the book until I realized that there is a huge difference between how ivory tower academics approach decision-making and how every day practitioners approach decision-making. Probst and Bassi suggest that, "our decisions often fail" but they fail to recognize the magnitude of the problem as reported by Paul C. Nutt in his book, "Why Decisions Fail". After 20 years of research, Nutt came to the conclusion that, "decisions fail half of the time". This is a huge problem that deserves our attention and practical approaches that will improve outcomes. Probst and Bassi give lip service to the idea that there is a difference between complicated systems and complex systems wherein there are often dynamics beyond our control. They then proceed to explain their systemic approach which is highly analytical and top end driven. Stuart Crainer in his book "The 75 Greatest Management Decisions Ever Made" wrote, "Alluring though they are the trouble with decision-making theories is that reality is often more confused and messy than a neat model can allow for." My research leads me to believe that all analytical decision-making models are subject to imperfect knowledge, unintended consequences and luck. While not very scientific, it has led me to believe as does Paul Nutt that the best practices have a flow that can be related to the appreciative inquiry stages outlined by Copperrider and Srivastva, 1987. J. Edward Russo and Paul J.H. Schoemaker in their book, "Winning Decisions" talked about how traditional organizations viewed implementation secondary to planning and analysis while the newer approach places more weight on learning and adjustment in real time. for me this has been proven by the iteration process common to most successful internet sites. Earlier this week the Wall Street Journal reported on -- Bob Cannon Decision Making TodayTable of ContentsForeword Paul Polman, CEO of Unilever; Vice-Chairman (and next Chairman), WBCSD Foreword Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum 1. Introduction 2. Case study: why a systemic approach matters 3. Phase 1: Problem identification Case study 1: Problem identification with systems thinking: the creation of the Ethiopia Commodity Exchange Case study 2: Representing and analysing dynamic complexity to design effective policies: fossil fuel subsidy reform 5. Phase 3: Strategy / Policy assessment Case study 3 Reducing risks and maximising profits with systemic strategy assessment: Nestlé 6. Phase 4: Decision-making and implementation Case study 4 Multi-stakeholder decision-making in relief operations: the Agility CSR programme 7. Phase 5: Monitoring and evaluation Case study 5 Monitoring managers’ commitment: Deutsche Bank 8. Conclusions Annex: Overview of key tools References

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Book SynopsisThis book marks a milestone in Economics publishing. Sustainable Economics is *the* subject of the moment, as businesses across the globe face up to peak oil prices, climate instability, increasingly complex environmental legislation and the challenge of adapting to a new business landscape. Sustainable Economics: Context, Challenges and Opportunities for the 21st Century Practitioner debugs the language of sustainable development. It explores the strengths and weaknesses of the many and diverse schools of thought. The book enables the modern business student and practitioner to disentangle the complex, often convoluted debate relating to sustainability, and it provides the tools necessary to lead their organizations through the murky waters of current times and prepare for the challenges of the future. Eschewing the linear – take, make and waste – approach of current business and manufacturing thinking, this book revisits the ecological models underpinning recent economic sustainability theory, and re-examines the consequences of modern ecological thought upon business strategies relating to sustainability. A chapter is also dedicated to the "circular economy", already in common parlance at policy levels in the UK, and notably in China and other developing countries.Packed with the most recent research papers, Sustainable Economics is an essential resource for the 21st-century business practitioner and legislator.The book is supported with a large array of teaching and learning material, for both formal and informal use, ranging from role play to data analysis which are available on request with the purchase of this book. Trade Review I would highly recommend this book for anyone wanting a clear and expansive view of this complex but vital field. - Ian Roderick, Director, The Schumacher Institute || Prudence dictates that every business person — not only the students among us — read and heed what Skene and Murray have to say. - Crosslands BulletinTable of ContentsPreface1. Human economic activity: an environmental impact assessment2. The three horsemen of the modern apocalypse: climate, pollution and habitat 3. Water, energy and the green paradox4. Business and biology: can we learn from nature?5. Current schools of sustainable thinking: origins, strengths and weaknesses6. The circular economy7. Design to redesign8. Generic barriers to change9. Transition to a sustainable economy10. Appropriate indicators of a sustainable transitionAppendix: a brief guide to thermodynamicsGlossaryAbout the authorsIndex

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Book SynopsisIn the face of strong competitive pressure and a dynamic market, multinational companies in China are forced to innovate with extraordinary pace and inventiveness. Environmental sustainability is a vital benchmark, and is a key driver for the best companies in each sector – many of them allied with the WWF Climate Savers programme. Sustainable Champions shows how nine leading multinational companies – including Nestlé, HP, Tetra Pak and Sony – are dealing with environmental, supply chain and ethical challenges in China. The book illuminates some of their transformative practices, and the impact this is having on business in China and beyond. The concluding cross-case analysis of supply chain and environmental challenges faced by leading international firms presents key lessons for business and for sustainability champions. Sustainable Champions: How International Companies are Changing the Face of Business in China is essential reading for researchers and course leaders seeking on-the-ground examples of local environmental challenges, and any company doing business in one of the world’s fastest-growing economies. With a Foreword by Simon Zadek, Distinguished Fellow, Academy of Business in Society, Visiting Scholar, Tsinghua School of Economics and Management.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Responsible Tourism: Fairmont Hotels 2. Learning to Be Sustainable: Hewlett-Packard 3. Sourcing Strategy in China: Nestlé 4. Sustainable Practice in China: SKF 5. On the `Road to Zero’: Sony 6. One Step Ahead: Tetra Pak 7. Sustainable Supply Chain Strategy: Vanke 8. Towards Sustainable Mobility: Volvo 9. Sustainable Value Chain Strategy: Yingli Conclusion

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Book SynopsisDuring the last decade, the sustainability position in multinational corporations has grown in influence. Much literature has explored how corporations can play an important role in solving the environmental challenges facing the planet. However, until now, there has been little research on sustainability leadership at the individual level. In this book, Schein explores the deeper psychological motivations of sustainability leaders.He shows how these motivations relate to overall effectiveness and capacity to lead transformational change and he explores the ways in which the complexity of sustainability is driving new approaches to leadership.Drawing on interviews with 75 leaders from over 40 multinational corporations and NGOs, Schein explores how ecological worldviews are developed and expressed in global sustainability practice. By applying key theories from developmental psychology, integral ecology and eco-psychology to sustainability practice, Schein encourages us to think about leadership in a different way.A New Psychology for Sustainability Leadership will be of interest to an interdisciplinary audience of social scientists, educators, corporate executives, and social entrepreneurs. The insights from this book can be usefully integrated into leadership curriculum and development programs to help the next generation of leaders respond to global challenges.Trade ReviewThrough riveting examples and comprehensive research, Schein provides a logical framework for business leaders, academics, and students to lead transformational change. -- Laura Asiala, The New Global Citizen http://goo.gl/fWmk5F For practitioners, educators and academics, this book provides a clear starting point for discussion and research about the role of eco-centric philosophy in successful sustainability management practice. As such it is a useful and timely contribution to the literature. -- Environmental ValuesTable of ContentsPart 1: Introduction1. Ecologically awake2. The limits of “sustainability”Part 2: Exploring the corporate eco-psyche3. Perspectives on ecological worldviews4. Life experiences that shape ecological worldviews5. Anthropocentric blindness6. The ecological self7. Expressions of ecocentricism and ecological self in the corporate worldPart 3: How sustainability leaders think8. Interior dimensions of leadership9. Human development10. Expressions of post-conventional worldviewsPart 4: The future of sustainability leadership11. The collaborator-in-chief (with an ecologicalworldview)12. Cultivating a new psychology for sustainability leadership13. Multinational executives as human trim tabsAppendix A: Ecological Sustainability Worldview Assessment Tool (E-SWAT)Appendix B: Research methodology and description of participants

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Book SynopsisThis ground-breaking research represents the most complete collection yet on how the hospitality industry is addressing sustainability and ethical issues. Covering supply chain management, innovative sustainability initiatives, CSR programmes, biologically-respectful tourism and Value Creation, Sustainability in Hospitality: How Innovative Hotels are Transforming the Industry presents valuable global viewpoints on embedding sustainability into all aspects of the hospitality industry, and the impact this could have on transforming the sector into an advocate for more sustainable, eco-conscious tourism.The chapters in this edited collection span organizational governance, human rights and labour practices, environment and climate change, fair operating practices, stakeholder engagement, CSR and strategic management. The global reach of the collection brings case studies from China, the US, the UK, Mexico and Italy, while company case studies include Fairmont Luxury Hotels and Sextantio.Sustainability in Hospitality: How Innovative Hotels are Transforming the Industry will be an essential read for academics researching the development of ethically-conscious and sustainable hospitality, and for hotel managers and group CEOs who want to know how sustainability and CSR can be embedded in their day-to-day operations.Table of ContentsIntroduction Miguel Angel Gardetti and Ana Laura TorresPart 1: The relevance of business sustainability in the hospitality sector1. Human rights obligations of international hotel chains Theresa Bauer2. The relevance of business sustainability in the hotel industry Zabihollah Rezaee and Eun Kyong (Cindy) Choi3. Strategic decision elements for hotel managers embarking on a sustainable supply chain management initiative Susan M. Tinnish4. Exotic tourism in very fragile locations: Sustainable value creation in environmentally and socially fragile locations Duane Windsor5. The role of leadership and organizational competencies in corporate social responsibility programmes Susan M. Tinnish and Kevin D. Lynch6. Effective delivery of the finance function and sustainable business in hotels in the British Isles Ruth Mattimoe7. Evolving towards truly sustainable hotels through a “well-being” lens: The S_WELL sustainability grid Z. Gulen Hashmi and Katrin Muff8. The Swiss ibex sustainability scheme: A comprehensive sustainability orientation for hotels Arthur Braunschweig and Domenico Saladino9. Can hotels educate consumers about sustainability? John HirstPart 2: Case studies10. A resort for generations—maintaining, protecting, renewing, improving: Tigh-Na-Mara Seaside Spa, Resort & Conference Centre, Parksville, British Columbia, Canada Alison Dempsey11. Optimizing performance in a remote African hotel: Using the One Planet Living framework to maximize the sustainability performance of Singita Grumeti in Tanzania Benjamin H. Gill and Beverly K. Burden12. Business and sustainable tourism: Sextantio – a case study Salvatore Moccia13. Compliance or the deviant response? Implementation patterns of the TTTIC quality practice in Trinidad & Tobago Marion Delano Nangle14. Human trafficking: Why it’s time for the hotel industry to actFran HughesAbout the contributors

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Book SynopsisIndigenous peoples are recognised as groups with specific rights based on their historical ties to particular territories. The United Nations estimates there are 370 million Indigenous peoples, with Indigenous populations being recognised in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United States, the Arctic region, Central and South America, and across Asia and Africa. Indigenous Aspirations and Rights takes an Indigenous perspective in examining the intersection of business with Indigenous peoples' rights, in light of the UN Global Compact and the PRME. Indigenous rights include, but are not limited to, human, cultural, educational, employment, participatory development, economic, and social rights, rights to land and natural resources, and impacts on identity, institutions, and relations. This book illustrates three main aspects of business practices in relation to Indigenous peoples: Indigenous perspectives on failures, business and ongoing challenges to Indigenous aspirations and rights, and modelling success for Indigenous and business interests.Edited by three leading voices in Indigenous rights research and practice, Indigenous Aspirations and Rights features contributions from around the globe. The work draws together policy implications for management and implications for Indigenous peoples, and examines how the PRME, the UN Global Compact, and the concept of socially responsible business can be expanded to encompass more positive outcomes for Indigenous peoples.Trade Review"Indigenous perspectives are not generally found within business schools. This book addresses that deficiency. It demonstrates how Indigenous peoples can be key partners in global prosperity and sustainability. It is a must read for every business student and practitioner." John Borrows, member of the Chippewa of the Nawash First Nation, and Canada Research Chair on Indigenous Law at the University of Victoria "Practical and insightful, this book uniquely addresses failures, challenges and opportunities around business interactions with Indigenous peoples, providing better frameworks to help align Indigenous perspectives and business interest with positive and sustainable outcomes for all. Through the bringing together of relevant cases, in-depth Indigenous perspectives, and a comprehensive understanding of PRME, the UN Global Compact frameworks and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, this book is an essential resource for any business professor, student or practitioner."M. Florencia Librizzi, Senior Manager, PRME Secretariat, UN Global Compact, USA"This book is an invitation to be in the vanguard of deep change within management education. It represents a brave and undaunted commitment to the planet, and it enables us to learn from failure and to challenge notions of success. The editors have curated a work that fills a void in management education, a void that can no longer be ignored. This work is a precious opportunity to listen to the stories of Indigenous peoples and their counsel, and take the step in being a kaitiaki, a steward of the planet and of people through responsible management education."Chellie Spiller, Associate Dean (Māori and Pacific) University of Auckland Business School, New Zealand"Indigenous Aspirations and Rights brings together leading global scholars to address issues surrounding the emergence of Indigenous economies. This book will be of interest not only to those who wish to understand Indigenous entrepreneurship and management, but to those who also wish to explore ways in which Indigenous perspectives can inform business practices in the mainstream global economy."Daniel Stewart, Member, Spokane Tribe and Professor of Management, Gonzaga University Director, Hogan Entrepreneurial Leadership Program, USATable of ContentsAcknowledgementsUnited Nations Global Compact: Ten PrinciplesPrinciples for Responsible Management Education: Six PrinciplesBusiness affecting Indigenous aspirations and rights: An introductionAmy Klemm Verbos, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, USAElla Henry, Auckland University of Technology, New ZealandAna Maria Peredo, University of Victoria, CanadaSection I: Indigenous Perspectives on Failures A business case examined through an Indigenous lens Carma Claw, New Mexico State University, USA Deanna Kennedy, University of Washington Bothell, USA Deborah Pembleton, St. John’s University, USA The dark side of responsible business management Dennis Foley, University of Newcastle, Australia Environmental crisis in New Zealand: Tribal, government and business responses to the sinking of the MV Rena Ella Henry, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand Hugh Sayers, Motiti Rohe Moana Trust, New Zealand The Chinese, political CSR, and a nickel mine in Papua New Guinea Benedict Imbun, Western Sydney University, Australia Section II: Business and Ongoing Challenges to Indigenous Aspirations and Rights Indigenous rights capital: The basis for sustainable enterprise creation Bob Kayseas, Bettina Schneider, Raquel Pasap and Moses Gordon, First Nations University of Canada, Canada Robert Anderson, University of Regina, Canada Indigenous human rights perils as an ongoing challenge Amy Klemm Verbos, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, USA Reclaiming pluriverse in CSR: Brazilian Indigenous peoples and the Finnish forest cluster Susanna Myllylä, Independent Scholar, Finland Community-business dialogues Natalia Delgado, HEC Montreal, Canada Section III: Modelling Success for Indigenous and Business Interests A business quest for peace Douglas Adeola, New Nigeria Foundation, Nigeria Ogechi Adeola, Pan-Atlantic University, Nigeria Everything is one? Relationships between First Nations and salmon farming companies Lars Huemer, BI Norwegian Business School, Norway Strong Indigenous communities: Indigenous worldviews and sustainable community development Keith James and Mark Blair, University of Arizona, USA Hupacasath First Nation: Roadmap to a sustainable economy Judith Sayers (Kekinusuqs) and Ana Maria Peredo, University of Victoria, CanadaConclusion: Making the case for responsible business and management

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Book SynopsisThe theory and practice of corporate citizenship and CSR have many alternative perspectives to the business-as-usual gaze. The essays in this volume encapsulate the essence of these alternative ideas and embrace the idea that progressive ways and means of this century do not lie in mainstream capitalist thinking. These pieces ask critical questions about the way we see the relationship between capitalism, business models and society – a subject not often discussed in non-academic literature. Globalization and Corporate Citizenship: The Alternative Gaze features contributions and new analysis from Klaus M. Leisinger, Chris Laszlo, David Coopperrider, Simon Zadek, Sandra Waddock and others.This title is one of a two-volume set – a collection of seminal and thought-provoking essays, drawn from the Journal of Corporate Citizenship’s archive, accompanied by new analysis and reflection from the original authors. Written by some of the most widely recognized academic and business pioneers and leaders of the corporate responsibility and global sustainability movement, the volumes make essential reference texts for anyone interested in the radically awakening new global political economy.Table of ContentsIntroduction Malcolm McIntosh1. Positive deviance: A new paradigm for addressing today’s problems today Jerry Sternin2. Core competences: A key force in business–government–civil society collaborations Steve Waddell3. Global action networks: A global invention helping business make globalization work for all Steve Waddell4. Managing-as-designing in an era of massive innovation: A call for design-inspired corporate citizenship David Cooperrider5. From corporate responsibility to corporate design: Rethinking the purpose of the corporation Marjorie Kelly and Allen L. White6. Post-traditional corporate governance Michael Mason and Joan O’Mahony7. The Social Construction of Corporate Citizenship Mark GlazebrookSystems, feminisation and the new political economy8. Flourishing: A vision for business and the world Chris Laszlo, Judy Sorum Brown, Dave Sherman, Ilma Barros, Brodie Boland, John Ehrenfeld, Mary Gorham, Linda Robson, Roger Saillant and Paul Werder9. Integrity and mindfulness: Foundations of corporate citizenship Sandra Waddock10. Creating a culture of global citizenship Timothy Galpin11. Post-enlightenment capitalism David J. Vidal12. Corporate psychopaths: uncaring citizens, irresponsible leadersClive R. Boddy13. Capitalism with a human face: The UN Global Compact Klaus M. Leisinger14. How do we enable systems change for a one planet future?Anna Birney, Charlotte Salazar and Jen Morgan15. Large systems change: Producing the change we want Steve Waddell with Joe Hsueh, Anna Birney, Amir Khorsani and Wen Feng16. Gender, power and post-structuralism in corporate citizenship: A personal perspective on theory and change Gill Coleman17. Reshaping the political (green) economy Simon ZadekAbout the editor

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Book Synopsis‘The earth is the Lord’s’ (Ps.24:1). God states that He is the rightful owner of the earth and everything in it. God wants people to enjoy material things – but God must be the centre of our lives. Christ’s radical call to his followers includes the call to let him drive our economic and business life. This means letting God’s justice rule all our economic relationships: treating people rightly; a constant seeking of justice for, especially, the poor and needy; working so that all participate in God’s blessings, including material blessings. In Part 1, Andrew Hartropp looks at how Christ’s followers are to do justice in our economic relationships: as individuals, as households, in the workplace and as church communities. Then, moving outward (in concentric circles), Part 2 shows how Jesus’s disciples can do justice in and through secular institutions, including companies and firms, banks and other financial institutions, then government institutions, and then in the international/global context. The epilogue is on the glorious vision of God’s everlasting kingdom, which both drives us and also keeps our efforts now in proper perspective.Trade ReviewAn accessible and thought-provoking introduction to an important and complex subject. This helpful book will encourage you to explore Scripture, search your heart and change the way you engage with the world around you. * Helen Thorne, Director of Training and Mentoring, London City Mission *Andy Hartropp is well-placed to write on economic justice with doctorates in both economics and theology. He does so with care, attention and insight. Andy is particularly strong in setting out a biblical framework of justice rooted in God’s character, built into his created order and expounded for us in his written word. Much of the ethical and other dilemmas in business derive from the interaction of these ideas. Andy is balanced, avoids the boxing of biblical perspectives into the inadequate categories of ‘left’ and ‘right’ and brings some welcome corrective to some of the over-emphasis in evangelical thought on the matters of jubilee. He relates this to the world in which we live, the challenge of consumerism, high-interest lending, the workplace and the role of the company. Economic justice is a complex topic which Andy treats well and makes accessible. * Richard Turnbull, Director, Centre for Enterprise, Markets and Ethics, Oxford *

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Book SynopsisTaxation has been seen as the domain of charisma-free accountants, lawyers and number crunchers – an unlikely place to encounter big societal questions about democracy, equity or good governance. Yet it is exactly these issues that pervade conversations about taxation among policymakers, tax collectors, civil society activists, journalists and foreign aid donors in Africa today. Tax has become viewed as central to African development. Written by leading international experts, Taxing Africa offers a cutting-edge analysis on all aspects of the continent’s tax regime, displaying the crucial role such arrangements have on attempts to create social justice and push economic advancement. From tax evasion by multinational corporations and African elites to how ordinary people navigate complex webs of ‘informal’ local taxation, the book examines the potential for reform, and how space might be created for enabling locally-led strategies. The eBook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC 3.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com.Trade ReviewA very readable book about technical and complicated issues. * Books About Africa *A manifesto on how Africa can diminish its reliance on aid and fund its own development. Policy makers and development practitioners will find in this book a combination of powerful advocacy and a new way forward. * Donald Kaberuka, former President of the African Development Bank *Remarkable in scope, Taxing Africa will surprise, inform, and challenge policy makers, tax experts, and anyone interested in ensuring African countries have financial resources to fund economic development. * Eric M. Zolt, UCLA School of Law, and co-founder of the African Tax Institute *An accessible and comprehensive introduction to the historical, political and economic context of taxation in African countries. It will help launch any student or professional venturing into the field of tax systems in these developing and emerging economies. * Graham Glenday, Duke Center for International Development, Duke University *This incisive book, by well-known tax and development experts, reveals the successes and failures, challenges and opportunities of taxation in Africa. Recommended reading for every finance and treasury official in Africa and beyond. * Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, former Managing Director of the World Bank, and Former Finance Minister for Nigeria *Emphasizes the importance of history, culture and politics in shaping taxation, and offers new insight into how to approach reform. If you are working on African fiscal affairs, this book belongs on your shelf. * Roy Bahl, Georgia State University *Taxation remains at the heart of the expression of sovereignty. Too many post-colonial states have ignored this function and consequently lost the ability to shape policy. Taxing Africa refocuses the debate, one as much about the quality of democracy as it is about the rates of taxation. * Trevor Manuel, former Minister of Finance for South Africa *Table of Contents1. Why Does Tax Matter? 2. A New Tax Era in Africa? 3. Is Africa the Victim of Global Forces? 4. What Can Africa Do in the Face of International Tax Challenges? 5. Extractives and Extraction: Taxing Oil, Gas and Minerals 6. Taxing at National Level: Rising to the Challenge? 7. Small Taxes and Large Burdens: Informal and Subnational Revenues 8. Does Taxation Lead to Improved Governance? 9. The Way Forward

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Book SynopsisWINNER OF THE WELLCOME BOOK PRIZE 2018 Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2017 A stunning new non-fiction voice tackles an urgent question... what next for mankind? 'Troubling and humorous, this is one of my current give-it-to-everyone books - I buy six copies at a time' Jeanette Winterson

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Book SynopsisDespite her family's ailing finances, Diana Athill's childhood - spent in a lovely house in Norfolk - was blissful. In 1932, she fell in love with Paul: an undergraduate who tutored her younger brother. Within several years, she had moved to Oxford to study and they were engaged to be married. Then everything fell apart in the cruellest possible way. Athill's debut is also her most personal: a dissection of personal tragedy and the struggle to rebuild her life amid severe disappointment and loneliness. Unfolding throughout the Second World War, Instead of a Letter is an inspiring story of love and loss, heartbreak and hope, and a testament to her strength of character - her vivacity, honesty and perspicacity.Trade ReviewHer first and still most perfect perfect book -- Carole Angier * Literary Review *The reader sees the transformation of the battered soul into a buoyant woman, open-minded and open-hearted -- Hilary Mantel * Spectator *This classic memoir ... well deserves another airing * Daily Mail *I first came across Diana Athill when I was 17. I picked up her memoir, Instead of a Letter, attracted to its title. I was driven on by avid inexperience, sure that I could find out from Athill what life itself was not yet ready to tell me about love, sex and - most impressively - heartbreak. I admired her elegant vigour and control of words in contrast to the freedom with which she wrote about herself. She became, in my reading life, a friend -- Kate Kellaway * Observer *One certainly admires both her and this truly excellent book, which is a masterpiece of confessional literature * Tablet *The documentary of one woman's ordinary and yet, in her telling, wholly extraordinary life -- Erica Wagner * The Times *A model mix of clear-eyed analysis and deep, unashamed feeling * Sunday Times *

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Book SynopsisWritten with an intimacy and spontaneity even more revealing than her celebrated memoirs, Diana Athill's correspondence with the American poet Edward Field covers thirty years of pleasure and pain, fame and gossip, relationships and ailments. Edited, selected and introduced by Athill, this collection of those letters covers her career as an editor and the adventure of her retirement, revealing a sharply intelligent woman with a keen eye for the absurd, a brilliant turn of phrase and a wicked sense of humour. Vivid, direct and entertaining, Instead of a Book is a wonderful insight into a woman growing older without ever losing her zest for life.Trade ReviewFascinating and surprising ... Athill is a wonderful letter writer - always aware of the need to entertain and beguile the reader ... Every page of this book shows that Athill's eye is as beady as ever -- Daisy Goodwin * Sunday Times *Encounter again, the sheer joy of her brisk, wry and hugely energetic prose -- Christina Patterson * Independent *These are vivid reports on life in late 20th-century Britain as experienced by a writer, editor, daughter, partner and pensioner with an extraordinarily "beady eye" on human relations and a phenomenal capacity for making the most of everything that comes her way ... She owes us nothing. She has given a very great deal -- Alexandra Harris * Guardian *She documents her dotage with affecting candour ... Athill is never remotely maudlin or self-pitying, and she describes beautifully those "lovely moments of pure being" that make it all worthwhile -- David Evans * Financial Times *A joy to read ... Grand, splendid and wonderfully entertaining, Athill makes you hope that letter-writing is not a lost art -- Tina Jackson * Metro *Athill is wonderful - always aware of the need to entertain and beguile her reader ... Fascinating and surprising -- Daisy Goodwin * Sunday Times *A superb description of a woman growing older without losing her sense of humour or enthusiasm for life * Daily Telegraph *Spirited sketches of OAP life... tackles the big questions through the small increments -- Alexandra Harris * Guardian *A revealing document... There's a disarming honesty in the detail of [her] daily struggles with domesticity and mortality * Big Issue in the North *The keenly intelligent letters between Athill and her friend, the American poet Edward Field, provide an intimate insight into the relationship between the two writers * Good Homes *

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Book SynopsisHave you ever wondered why we can afford to buy far more clothes than our grandparents ever could . . . but may be less likely to own a home in which to keep them all? Why your petrol bill can double in a matter of months, but it never falls as fast? Behind all of this lies economics.; It's not always easy to grasp the complex forces that are shaping our lives. But by following a dollar on its journey around the globe, we can start to piece it all together.; The dollar is the lifeblood of globalisation. Greenbacks, singles, bucks or dead presidents: call them what you will, they are keeping the global economy going. Half of the notes in circulation are actually outside of the USA - and many of the world's dollars are owned by China.; But what is really happening as our cash moves around the world every day, and how does it affect our lives? By following $1 from a shopping trip in suburban Texas, via China's central bank, Nigerian railroads, the oilfields of Iraq and beyond, The Almighty Dollar reveals the economic truths behind what we see on the news every day. Why is China the world's biggest manufacturer - and the USA its biggest customer? Is free trade really a good thing? Why would a nation build a bridge on the other side of the planet?; In this illuminating read, economist Dharshini David lays bare these complex relationships to get to the heart of how our new globalised world works, showing who really holds the power, and what that means for us allTrade Review"Original and engaging ... If you've ever wondered what globalisation is and why people get so passionate about it then I can think of no better guide. Economics can be fascinating and accessible. This book is proof" - Joel Hills, Business Editor, ITV News; "Brilliantly revealing" -- Ian King, business presenter, Sky News, and Times columnist; "Readable and illuminating" - --The Bookseller; "A brilliant book ... everyone should buy it because it's very, very readable" - Iain Dale, LBC

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