A City at the End of the World Book

EBook Description: In the communications network of the twenty-first century, urban cultures will form the matrix of social and intellectual evolution. Nearly half the world's people now live in cities. 1 And though excessive urbanization is a chief factor in the global environmental crisis, the growth of cities is the dominant demographic trend of the future.2 It is from cities, large and small, that ideas and values will emerge which could well determine the fate of both humankind and the natural environment as we know it.

The ability to earn significant salaries overseas, together with the chance to avoid UK taxes, sounds like Utopia. However, the expatriate worker is faced with a new set of problems. Many of these will be outside the work assignment itself and will involve his or her family and social life. Working abroad requires a substantial adjustment in attitudes towards work and life in general. The ability to adapt to the new environment is absolutely essential, together with a willingness to make the best of things as they are in the new surroundings. Attempting to change that environment to your own country�s way of life is doomed to failure and will cause the resentment of the host country.

Careers with a conscience: how to make corporate social responsibility part of your job Book

Careers with a Conscience is the ultimate guide for finding jobs that involve corporate social responsibilityCSR. Whether it involves a new kind of attention to the environment, human rights, working conditions, or corporate transparency, a lot of companies are looking beyond the bottom line and creating positions for CSR professionals. CSR is popping up in all industries and in all sizes of companies, from entrepreneurial startups to Fortune 1000 giants. Careers with a Conscience will give you the lowdown on CSR job opportunitiesand where to find them.

Social Computing and Virtual Communities Book

Growing more quickly than we can study or come to fully understand it, social computing is much more than the next thing. Whether it is due more to technology-driven convenience or to the basic human need to find kindred connection, online communication and communities are changing the way we live.

Social Media Marketing An Hour a Day Book

Building on the personal empowerment and liberation that the Internet offers, consumers are actively connecting with each other and talking about everything from cars and health to scrapbooking techniques and pool chemicals. In the process, they are either reinforcing marketing efforts or beating marketers at their own game by directly sharing their own experiences and thoughts on the Social Web. In Part I, you�ll gain an understanding of not only the growing consumer attraction to social media but also the causes of consumer frustration with traditional media. These trends � each significant in their own right � amplify each other when combined. I�ll end with a working definition of social media and a framework to understand how to apply social media to your business or organization.

Social psychology Book

Social life is full of mysteries that many of us wonder about. Most people express their curiosity by reading the daily paper or chatting with their friends about the latest fads, scandals, and public outrages. Social psychologists go a step farther in their detective work, applying the systematic methods of scientific inquiry. Social psychology is the scientific study of how people�s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by other people.

Milieus of Creativity: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Spatiality of Creativity Book

Milieus of Creativity is the second volume in the book series Knowledge and Space. This book deals with spatial disparities of knowledge and the impact of environments, space and contexts on the production and application of knowledge. The contributions in this volume focus on the role of places, environments, and spatial contexts for the emergence and perpetuation of creativity.

Why We Write The Politics and Practice of Writing for Socia

Why We Write provides a forum for scholars, activists, and novelists to reflect on the ways in which they use their writing and academic work to create social change. This volume uncovers the political agendas, social missions, and personal and professional experiences that compel writers to bring their stories to the page. Why We Write examines the dual commitment of writing articles and books that are committed to high scholarly standards as well as social justice. These essays will be of great interest to college and graduate students who currently lack a model of social justice scholarship.

Social Neuroscience People Thinking about Thinking People

Social neuroscience uses the methodologies and tools developed to measure mental and brain function to study social cognition, emotion, and behavior. In this collection, John Cacioppo, Penny Visser, and Cynthia Pickett have brought together contributions from psychologists, neurobiologists, psychiatrists, radiologists, and neurologists that focus on the neurobiological underpinnings of social information processing, particularly the mechanisms underlying "people thinking about thinking people." In these studies, such methods as functional brain imaging, studies of brain lesion patients, comparative analyses, and developmental data are brought to bear on social thinking and feeling systems�the ways in which human beings influence and are influenced by other humans.

Computational Modelling and Simulation of Aircraft and the Environment (Repost) Book

This first volume of Computational Modelling of Aircraft and the Environment provides a comprehensive guide to the derivation of computational models from basic physical & mathematical principles, giving the reader sufficient information to be able to represent the basic architecture of the synthetic environment. Highly relevant to practitioners, it takes into account the multi-disciplinary nature of the aerospace environment and the integrated nature of the models needed to represent it. Coupled with the forthcoming Volume 2: Aircraft Models and Flight Dynamics it represents a complete reference to the modelling and simulation of aircraft and the environment.

Research for Social Workers: An Introduction to Methods, 2 Ed Book

Research for Social Workers is an accessible introduction to research methods specifically needed in social work and social welfare. It outlines the major stages of research projects step by step, covering both quantitative and qualitative methods. It offers explanations of how to combine these two traditions in practice, as well as guidelines to analyzing results and reporting. It also includes chapters on needs assessment and program evaluation, both skills essential for human service workers.

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