Arts Under Pressure: Protecting Cultural Diversity in the Age of Globalisation

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Arts Under Pressure analyzes the relevant forces behind decision-making in cultural matters worldwide, specifically in the field of the arts, under the influence of economic globalization. The book deals with all the arts, in all parts of the world, focusing on the cycle of creation, production, distribution, promotion, reception, and influence. It asks the key questions: who has the power to decide what reaches audiences in what quantities, with what contents, and surrounded by what kinds of ambiences? The author claims that mass culture does not exist; what exists are artistic creations that are produced, distributed and promoted on a mass scale.

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In the Handbook of Workplace Violence, editors E. Kevin Kelloway, Julian Barling, and Joseph J. Hurrell Jr. bring together the contributions of leading researchers to provide summaries and unique perspectives on current theory, research, and practice relating to workplace violence. This is the most up-to-date resource available providing a comprehensive overview of the current state of knowledge regarding all aspects of workplace violence and aggression.
Part I summarizes the leading theoretical perspectives on violence and aggression and provides prevalence estimates for aggression and violence in North American workplaces.
Part II focuses on leading experts in the field summarizing what is known about the sources of workplace violence (e.g., partner violence, communal violence, industrial relations violence, public-initiated violence) forms of aggression in the workplace (e.g., emotional abuse, workplace bullying, cyber-aggression) and populations (e.g., occupations, youth) at special risk for workplace violence and aggression.
Part III considers the experience of victims as well as individual (e.g., critical incident stress debriefing) and organizational (e.g., selection, training) interventions designed to prevent, or ameliorate the consequences of workplace violence.

This is a valuable resource for researchers and practitioners in the fields of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Human Resources, Health Psychology, Public Health, and Employee Assistance Programs. It is also an excellent textbook for graduate courses in Organizational Behavior, Occupational Health Psychology, and Organizational Psychology.

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Organizational Behavior and Management in Law Enforcement (2nd Edition)

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Organizational Behavior and Management in Law Enforcement (2nd Edition)
Harry W. More , W. Fred Wegener , Gennaro F. Vito , and William F. Walsh
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ASIN: 0131181017

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This absolutely outstanding book overcomes the obstacles and impediments that beset so many others in the field of police management. Its clear, concise presentation and realistic and very thorough overview of contemporary law enforcement organizations and managerial issues make this a tightly written book that manages to cover all the relevant major topics in contemporary law enforcement management; its appealing and straightforward style will be appreciated by all users. Organizational Behavior and Management in Law Enforcement includes chapters on personality, values, groups, power, decision-making, conflict, change, and organization development. Case studies put this book above all others in the field. For professionals in law enforcement that hold these positions: Chief, Assistant Chief, Commander, Major, Captain, Lieutenant, Watch Commander, Sheriff, and Assistant Sheriff.

Administrative Renewal: Reorganization Commissions in the 20th Century

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Administrative Renewal: Reorganization Commissions in the 20th Century
Ronald C. Moe
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In Administrative Renewal, the periodic efforts to reorganize the executive branch during the 20th century are examined and analyzed. Receiving special attention are the landmark commissions, such as the Hoover Commissions of mid-century, to determine how they influenced the theory and practice of democratic administration.

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Behavioral Police Management
Harry More , and W. Fred Wegener
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Personal Empowerment: Fire Engineering
Bennie L. Crane , and Julian Williams
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No matter what race, gender, or other sociocultural group we are born into, we all have one thing in common: our humanity. From this common ground we can begin to establish and work toward common goals. This book is a frank discussion on the leadership and interpersonal relationship problems within fire departments, but can be used by anyone working to unify a group. Real-life situations are presented in order to provide the readers with some proven methods to resolve leadership, motivational, racial, and gender diversity problems. The techniques presented will serve the organization's goals as well as the needs of the individual members. The idea is that when both the organization's goals and the individual's needs are met, productivity is increased.

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This digital document is an article from The FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, published by Federal Bureau of Investigation on December 1, 2005. The length of the article is 1281 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Organizational issues in law enforcement

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James T Reese
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Humans face the challenge of producing enough food to meet the demands imposed by economic, biological and agricultural factors: rising population; rising income; and an expectation of higher quality food and a more diverse diet; decreasing amount of land available for food production; lowering environmental impact of agricultural practices and preserving biodiversity.

Biotechnology is one of the most exciting and dynamic industries of our day. It offers us the possibility of reducing our dependence on intensive farming. Plant biotechnology is central to the search for effective, environmentally safe and economically sound alternatives to the use of chemical pesticides and the exhaustion of natural resources. Today, applied plant science has four overall goals: increased crop yield, improved crop quality, reducing production costs and reducing negative environmental impact. Biotechnology is proving its value in meeting these goals. It offers farmers higher yielding crops with lower costs of production and new outlets such as nutraceuticals and crop-based bio-factories. It offers the European economy the potential of high quality, knowledge based job creation and the European consumer better quality, tastier and more nutritious food.
Though there is public concern of genetic engineering, those who are close to the science understand that this is the next big frontier to be crossed. The potential and opportunities offered by plant biotechnology must not be missed. We must go forward on that basis rather than turning our backs on the science.
Phytosfere'99 provides a comprehensive overview for plant biotechnology. It combines specific scientific articles, review articles and comments from outside people on it, which is unique in European Literature.

Plant Biotechnology Transfer to Developing Countries (Biotechnology Intelligence Unit)

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Plant biotechnology has become a priority area for technology transfer in developing countries where production of food, feed, and fiber is of vital concern. Many programs now have sufficient experience to permit anin-depth examination of approaches, achievements, controversies, and anticipated benefits. Developing countries are showcased for leading-edge advances, as represented by contributions from South Africa, Kenya, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, China, Mexico, Brazil, and Peru with a foreword form World Food Prize Laureate, M.S. Swaminathan. These presentations are augmented by reviews from organizations facilitating plant biotechnology transfer, including philanthropic foundations, bilateral and multilateralorganizations, and other new initiatives. Introductory chapters address the subjects of sustainable development, regulatory concerns, accessibility of resources, environmental issues, and socio-economic research.

Status of Research And Application of Crop Biotechnologies in Developing Countries

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Technology Transfer of Plant Biotechnology (Crc Series in Plant Molecular Biology)

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Technology Transfer of Plant Biotechnology (Crc Series in Plant Molecular Biology)
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Plant biotechnology has come of age. Products obtained by genetically engineered methods, once limited to science fiction, have become a reality. This book is an outstanding synthesis of the current status of technology transfer from the laboratory to the marketplace. It discusses the use of genetically engineered crops, with the focus on biotechnology becoming commercially marketable. Technology Transfer of Plant Biotechnology addresses these important new products:

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Ring of Power.......2007-07-30

In this brilliant and provacativew analysis of the dysfunctional family and patriarchal society, popular author and Jungian analyst Jean Shinoda Bolen explores the process of enlightenment, empowerment and healing that can be sparked by myth, drama, and metaphor.

Drawing on Richard Wagner's enduring, multigenerational Ring Cycle operas, Bolen ezamines our roles in a patriarchal, dysfunctional society. She demonstrates how recognizing ourselves in the stern fathers, disempowered mothers, abandonned children, and brave truth-tellers of powerful cultural myths can uncovered our buried desires, liberate our untapped strengths, and free ourselves from personal and global cycles of destruction and dysfunction.
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Not QUITE what I was expecting...........2005-06-04

Bolen's "Ring of Power" is exactly what it claims to be, a Jungian (psychological) understanding of the Ring cycle. She systematically moves through each of Wagner's 4 operas, first outlining, very briefly, her goals, the opera's respective plot, and finally a character analysis.

This is NOT an in-depth study. Bolen spends very little time on each section, and while her systematic approach allows for relationship comparison and analysis, there is little mention of the context in which these works were written. Her sole concern is with Wagner's treatment of these relationships, though it is curious that she essentially ignores his own philosophical viewpoint which led to his interpretation of these myths.

All that aside, this book is a very simplified read. I literally felt that Bolen was writing down to the audience. This is fine for a brief introduction to this subject matter, but the literary "hand-holding" became very annoying almost immediately.

I'd have to recommend Bryan Magee's "Tristan Chord" over "Ring of Power" in terms of more accurate treatment of the works as well as their informative and contextual analysis. Magee places the massive Ring cycle in context of Wagner's other works (musical and literary), in addition to historical and philosophical trends.

Ring of Power: The Abandoned Child, the Authoritarian Father, and the Disempowered Feminine A Jungian Understanding of Wagner's Ring Cycle

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Ring of Power: The Abandoned Child, the Authoritarian Father, and the Disempowered Feminine A Jungian Understanding of Wagner's Ring Cycle
Jean Shinoda Bolen
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