Ideologies of Globalization: Contending Visions of a New World Order (Routledge/Ripe Studies in Global Political Economy)

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'Globalization' is a term which dominates much political discussion at the start of the 21st century and is accepted by many as an inevitable process. However, as recent protests in the United States and elsewhere have demonstrated, there is considerable popular opposition to the much vaunted 'New World Order.' This book examines the key debates about globalization and provides a detailed and incisive analysis of the varied and often contradictory opposition to globablization within the United States.

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How We Got Here/What We Have Here/Where Shall We Go.......2002-12-27

So your interested in globalization? Well, this book takes a look at it through the lenses of the American far-left (Cavanagh, Wallach)AND the far-right (Buchanan, Perot).

How do these ideologies merge? Well, they don't, but the book does examine how they arise from American ideologies of yesteryear. And that is really the book's strong point. How are American cultural beliefs exceptionalism, Fordism, Keynesianism, nationalism, racism, and conservatism coping with the "New World Order."

And if your interested the left or right's critiques of globalization, check the 'net. globalexchange and public citizen maintain fine sights, and I bet there are some from the right's perspective as well.

looking for a text on globalization? check out held et al's "Global Transformations"

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Why do some organizations learn at faster rates than others? Why do organizations "forget"? Could productivity gains acquired in one part of an organization be transferred to another?
Learning curves have been documented in many organizations, in both the manufacturing and service sectors. The classic learning curve model implies that organizational learning is cumulative and persists through time. However, recent work suggests that firms also demonstrate depreciation of knowledge, or "forgetting". Such understanding becomes more exciting as one looks at the link between learning and productivity.
Organizational Learning: Creating, Retaining and Transferring Knowledge describes and integrates the results of research on factors explaining organizational learning curves and the persistence and transfer of productivity gains acquired through experience. Chapter One provides an overview of research on organizational learning curves. Chapter Two introduces the concept of organizational "forgetting" or knowledge depreciation. Chapter Three discusses the concept of organizational memory. Chapter Four argues that analyzing small groups provides understanding at a micro level of the social processes through which organizations create and combine knowledge. Chapter Five describes results on knowledge transfer. Chapter Six discusses various tensions and trade-offs in the organizational learning process.

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A tremendous achievement.......1999-09-29

Linda Argote not only summarizes what is know about organizational learning but also integrates her own creative research into the mix. Her research on pizza franchises is legendary, and in this book she shows why. Using innovative methods in shipyards, truck factories, airplane factors, pizza shops, and elsewhere, Argote derives propositions and puts them to the test.

I particularly liked her discussion of organizational memory and forgetting. What a great notion -- organizations CAN forget things! -- and Argote shows just how quickly that can happen.

This book belongs on the shelf of every scholar and manager interested in how organizations learn (and forget).

Excellent for both teaching and research.......1999-08-26

To my knowledge, Linda Argote presents the first multi-level treatment of organizational knowledge and learning. Other authors seem to have chosen to focus their analyses on either knowledge or learning - or, limited their assessments to the individual, group, or organizational level of analysis. Organizational Learning: Creating, Retaining and Transferring Knowledge provides a more comprehensive and integrative approach. Some authors would argue that knowledge and learning are modern discoveries. Prof. Argote provides an evenhanded assessment of what is new, and what is supported by decades of past research.

I believe this book is appropriate for anyone wanting to understand the basis of our beliefs regarding organizational knowledge and learning. I have just finished using this book as background for a paper on knowledge and virtual teams. I also will be using sections in my MBA course on Organizational Design.

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Organizational Learning Creating, Retaining and Transferring Knowledge
Linda Argote
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Organizational Learning: Creating, Retaining & Transferring Knowledge
Linda Argote
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ASIN: B000MUC30I

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Discusses the latest information regarding the processes and mechanisms responsible for runoff and erosion by water in arable lands--detailing state-of-the-art water and soil conservation methods. Elucidates the rehabilitation of agricultural lands depleted by human activity.

Coastal Sediments '99: Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Coastal Engineering and Science of Coastal Sediment Processes : Confrence Theme : Scales of Coastal

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Coastal Sediments '99: Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Coastal Engineering and Science of Coastal Sediment Processes : Confrence Theme : Scales of Coastal

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Hydrogeological Studies in Soil Percolation and Land Reclamation

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Hydrogeological Studies in Soil Percolation and Land Reclamation
G. Bogomolov
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Land Degradation (GeoJournal Library)

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This book contains selected contributions from the Sixth Meeting of the International Geographical Union's Commission on Land Degradation and Desertification, held in Perth, Australia, in September 1999. Collectively, these contributions explicitly seek to understand not only the mechanisms responsible for the problem of land degradation but their social and economic implications, the means of overcoming the problems, and the policy instruments whereby remedial measures may be implemented. This breadth of approach is both distinctive and essential if the problems are to be tackled effectively. The authorship comprises of specialists (mostly geographers) from universities, research organizations, and government agencies, who provide a truly international perspective with contributions from Iceland to Australia and from the USA to Japan. Audience: The book presents current research findings which will be of particular benefit to professionals and practitioners, as well as researchers and tertiary-level educationalists who are involved with land degradation.

Soil Reclamation Processes (Books in Soils, Plants, and the Environment)

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Soil Reclamation Processes (Books in Soils, Plants, and the Environment)
Tate
Manufacturer: CRC
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Quantifying the process of sodic soil reclamation

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Quantifying the process of sodic soil reclamation
S Miyamoto
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Radiation methods and instruments used in field studies of seepage processes at hydraulic structures on subsident loess soils =: Radiatsionnye metody i ... (Translation - Bureau of Reclamation)

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Radiation methods and instruments used in field studies of seepage processes at hydraulic structures on subsident loess soils =: Radiatsionnye metody i ... (Translation - Bureau of Reclamation)
A. A Kirillov
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Rice as a crop for salt-affected soil in process of reclamation (Production research report)

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Rice as a crop for salt-affected soil in process of reclamation (Production research report)
George A Pearson
Manufacturer: Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
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The main goal of ASKING ABOUT CELLS is to evoke from students a desire to learn more about cell biology, which stems from gaining an understanding of the processes by which researchers discover the connections between cells and the rest of biology. By breaking down the typically encyclopedic walls of molecular and cellular detail, this text concentrates on presenting material through the energy of inquiry, revealing to students the questioning nature of cell biology. This exciting new cell biology text is designed for a one-semester, introductory course for instructors who wish to emphasize basic concepts and principles. This text portrays and emphasizes how the ongoing process of scientific inquiry has led to our knowledge of how cells operate. In this new text, cell biology is portrayed as a dynamic blend of curiosity and observation that has led to new questions and to a continuing quest to understand fundamental life processes.

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Book helps engineers looking at an introduction to Biology.......2002-11-28

I was an engineer and interested in learning about Biology. I went to a bookstore and browsed for 4 hours looking for a book that I could comprehend. Only two books fitted the bill - the first one is "Asking about Cells" by a Harvard Professor and the second one is "An Introduction to Genetic Analysis" by Griffith, published by whfreeman. I purchased both the books and I find that they are both good. It helps to read the "Asking about Cells" to put more detailed cellular functions in Griffith's book in perspective. Also, check out the "DNA from the Beginning" tutorial published free online by Cold Spring Harbor Labs. It also gives a glimpse of what is in store.

The main purpose of the book is to remove any phobia one might have towards biology. It neatly explains that Biologists do not know everything about cells (a common misconception of non-biologists). It also shows how they know as much as they know today. Finally, it has passionate interviews from the researchers who say why they continue to do biology daily.

The material is basic enough to be followed, at the same time, informative enough to go to the next level - understanding how genes work. I myself have now become a researcher in biology, thanks to this book. If you have never done biology ever in your life, this book is for you.

blood is not a bad sight to see.......1999-05-09

before blood hits your skin it is blue then it turns to re

Asking About Life (with CD-ROM and InfoTrac )

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Asking About Life
What a Great Textbook
Nice book

Asking About Life (with CD-ROM and InfoTrac )
Allan J. Tobin , and Jennie Dusheck
Manufacturer: Brooks Cole
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Learn through experimentation with ASKING ABOUT LIFE, Third Edition. This biology textbook includes thought-provoking chapter-opening stories and helps you remember main ideas with key questions at the beginning of each chapter, numbered main headings, and chapter summaries. Use the BiologyNow CD-ROM, packaged free with each copy of the text, to answer questions created around the opening stories and to take diagnostic pre-tests to pinpoint exactly what you need to know for success on exams. You'll also receive access to InfoTrac® College Edition and Personal Tutor with SMARTHINKING.

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Asking About Life.......2005-09-06

The book was new and I found out later that a similar new book like this one would retail for $125 and I got it for $13.50. I got a deal!b

What a Great Textbook.......2003-01-29

I don't usually review (or even read) textbooks. However, in researching a forthcoming book, I've spent a lot of time with Tobin and Dushek's Asking About Life. It's made my life much easier.

As those who are familiar with Asking About Life know, this is a textbook with a philosophy. That philosophy is to present biology not as a canonical set of facts about life, but as a dynamic, ongoing dialogue with nature, in which real people who happen to be scientists ask meaningful questions and take understandable steps over time to discover answers to them. The book mixes an engaging narrative style, a strong historical perspective, great examples, and authoritative factual knowledge into an eminently readable, extremely informative, and scientifically impeccable text. As a result, a student or reader can turn to this book not simply to learn about the structure of DNA or how the human immune system functions, but also about Rosalind Franklin's role in discovering the double helix and about why HIV "continues to perplex medical researchers." And, as shown by the book's section headings (How Do Zygotes Cleave? How Does Gastrulation Set Up the Three-Layered Structure?), it embodies the truth that the best scientific questions start not with "what" but with "how."

Asking About Life is also full of beautiful, crystal-clear photos and illustrations, many of which, like the text, do a wonderful job of depicting not just static objects, but dynamic processes.

I can't imagine a better biology textbook.

Robert Adler, Ph.D.,author of Science Firsts: From the Creation of Science to the Science of Creation (Wiley & Sons, Sept. 2002).

Nice book.......2002-09-14

I used this book for my AP biology course. Thanks to this book, it let me got 5 on the AP exam. I'm homeschooled, I learnt biology myself,well, maybe not cause this book taught me all of the materials to score high on biology.I'm glad I used this book.
By the way, the supplementary CD is very helpful,so if you buy this text, i suggest you also to buy that CD.

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Asking About Life

Manufacturer: Harcourt Brace
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You Ask about Life: Questions Teens Are Asking

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Not just for teens. This book answers some tough questions about life.

You Ask about Life: Questions Teens Are Asking
Tim Pauls
Manufacturer: Concordia Publishing House
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Not just for teens. This book answers some tough questions about life........2007-01-18

Well I'm not a book reviewer. I'm really not a book reader either. I did read this book though and felt the need to let others know it is not just for teens. This book answers some tough questions about life. You will find answers about the death penalty, abortion, "mercy-killing", war, and creation/evolution.

Here is what I like about this book. You get several points of views for the answers to the tough questions. All the view points are well reasoned to a conclusion. If you are like me and like to know how and why things are the way they are; I know you will enjoy this book. Along the way you'll find yourself learning some history, some doctrine, and why people get plastic surgery.

For a person who reads mostly white papers about Computer Forensics and Information Security, this book is a refreshing change. Certainly I feel that it was time well spent. It's not just for teens.

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Asking About Cells
Solm
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Asking About Life

Manufacturer: Harcourt College Publishers
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Asking About Life (Laboratory Manual)
Tobin & Duscheck
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Asking About Life (vol. 2)

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Asking About Life Study Guide
Toblin , and Tobin
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Tobin; Dusheck
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