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Freedom Responsibility and Value Essays in Honor of John Martin Fischer

Freedom Responsibility and Value Essays in Honor of John Martin Fischer

This volume celebrates the career of John Martin Fischer whose work on a wide range of topics over the past 40 years has been transformative and inspirational. Fischer’s semicompatibilist view of free will and moral responsibility is perhaps the most widely discussed view of its kind and his emphasis on the significance of reasons-responsiveness as the capacity that underlies moral accountability has been widely influential. Aside from free will and moral responsibility Fischer is also well-known for his work on freedom and foreknowledge the problem of evil the badness of death the meaning of life and the allure of immortality. This volume gathers new essays by leading scholars on some of the major themes of Fischer's work and it also includes a new piece by Fischer in which he offers a systematic reflection on and defense of the motivations that have shaped his theorizing about moral responsibility. Freedom Responsibility and Value will be of interest to scholars and students working on a variety of issues in metaphysics ethics and philosophy of religion. | Freedom Responsibility and Value Essays in Honor of John Martin Fischer

GBP 130.00
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Gitanjali Reborn William Radice’s Writings on Rabindranath Tagore

Gitanjali Reborn William Radice’s Writings on Rabindranath Tagore

Radice himself a recognized English poet and erudite scholar delved into the deeper meaning of Tagore’s poems and songs and discussed his ideas on education and the environment with an insight probably no other Westerner has. He also translated Tagore’s short stories and short poems and finally was able to make a complete breakthrough by translating Gitanjali afresh and restoring Tagore’s original English manuscript. Martin Kämpchen lives in Santiniketan West Bengal and Germany and is a reputed Tagore scholar and writer. | Gitanjali Reborn William Radice’s Writings on Rabindranath Tagore

GBP 130.00
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Power-Flow Modelling of HVDC Transmission Systems

Power-Flow Modelling of HVDC Transmission Systems

This book deals exclusively with the power-flow modelling of HVDC transmission systems. Different types of HVDC transmission systems their configurations/connections and control techniques are covered in detail. Power-Flow modelling of both LCC- and VSC-based HVDC systems is covered in this book. Both the unified and the sequential power-flow methods are addressed. DC grid power-flow controllers and renewable energy resources like offshore wind farms (OWFs) are also incorporated into the power-flow models of VSC-HVDC systems. The effects of the different power-flow methods and HVDC control strategies on the power-flow convergence are detailed along with their implementation. Features: Introduces the power-flow concept and develops the power-flow models of integrated AC/DC systems. Different types of converter control are modelled into the integrated AC/DC power-flow models developed. Both unified and the sequential power-flow methods are addressed. DC grid power-flow controllers like the IDCPFC and renewable energy resources like offshore wind farms (OWFs) are introduced and subsequently modelled into the power-flow algorithms. Integrated AC/DC power-flow models developed are validated by implementation in the IEEE 300-bus and European 1354-bus test networks incorporating different HVDC grids. This book aims at researchers and graduate students in Electrical Engineering Power Systems and HVDC Transmission.

GBP 140.00
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Adobe Photoshop CC for Photographers 2014 Release A professional image editor's guide to the creative use of Photoshop for the Macintosh and PC

Adobe Photoshop CC for Photographers 2014 Release A professional image editor's guide to the creative use of Photoshop for the Macintosh and PC

Adobe Photoshop for Photographers 2014 Release by Photoshop hall-of-famer and acclaimed digital imaging professional Martin Evening has been fully updated to include detailed instruction for all of the updates to Photoshop CC 2014 on Adobe’s Creative Cloud including significant new features such as Focus Area selections enhanced Content-Aware filling and new Spin and Path blur gallery effects. This guide covers all the tools and techniques photographers and professional image editors need to know when using Photoshop from workflow guidance to core skills to advanced techniques for professional results. Using clear succinct instruction and real world examples this guide is the essential reference for Photoshop users of all levels. Accompanying the book is the photoshopforphotographers. com website with sample images tutorial videos and bonus chapters. | Adobe Photoshop CC for Photographers 2014 Release A professional image editor's guide to the creative use of Photoshop for the Macintosh and PC

GBP 145.00
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The Political Economy Of European Monetary Unification

The Political Economy Of European Monetary Unification

The first edition of this book was published in 1994 as the future of monetary unification in Europe was very much in doubt. With Economic and Monetary Union now in place it is appropriate to bring the scholarship on the topic up to date for the students of international political economics. To this effect essayists Jeffry Frieden Geoffrey Garrett Lisa L. Martin Benjamin J. Cohen revised four of the original chapters to reflect new conditions. Editors Barry Eichengreen and Frieden completely rewrote the introductory essay. Three new chapters by Matthew Gabel Charles Engel and Paul De Grauwe et al cover public support for EMU local currency pricing and whether Europe is now better off? The updated volume's purpose remains that of bringing the latest in scholarship in Economics and Political Science to bear on the European monetary integration | The Political Economy Of European Monetary Unification

GBP 130.00
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An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands in the South Pacific Ocean

An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands in the South Pacific Ocean

John Martin (1789-1869) was a London-based Edinburgh-educated physician interested in anthropological matters. This is his only book. He was inspired to write it by a chance encounter with its subject William Mariner (1791-1853) who spent four years (1806-1810) in Tonga in the South Pacific one of the earliest European residents at a time before European influence disturbance or modification society. Mariner an extraordinarily mature and perceptive youth became thoroughly imbued with Tongan language and culture as the adopted son of the most powerful chief in Tonga. Thanks to Martin’s intelligent engagement with Mariner resulted in a compelling narrative and a comprehensive account of Tongan society which became a classic. Often celebrated as an extraordinary real-life adventure story it is a pioneering work of anthropology and for 200 years it has been a primary and authoritative source for research into Tongan history and culture. | An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands in the South Pacific Ocean

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Fundamental Principles of International Relations

Fundamental Principles of International Relations

This book distills the essential elements of world politics both the enduring characteristics as well as the revolutionary changes that may be altering the very fabric of the centuries-old state system. Author J. Martin Rochester explores all the important topics that one would expect to find in an IR text (war diplomacy foreign policy international law and organization the international economy and more) but injects fresh perspectives on how globalization and other contemporary trends are affecting these issues. In addition the author does so through a highly engaging lively writing style that will appeal to today's students. Fundamental Principles of International Relations is a tightly woven treatment of international politics past and present drawing on the latest academic scholarship while avoiding excessive jargon and utilizing pedagogical aids while avoiding clutter. Rochester ultimately challenges the reader to think critically about the future of a post-Cold War and post-9/11 world that is arguably more complex if not more dangerous than some previous eras with the potential for promise as well as peril.

GBP 130.00
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Key Themes and New Directions in Systemic Functional Translation Studies

Key Themes and New Directions in Systemic Functional Translation Studies

This collection features eight interviews with seven senior scholars whose seminal works involve the application of Systemic Functional Linguistica (SFL) to translation studies have advanced Systemic Functional Translation Studies (SFTS) as a research agenda in its own right with critical reflections and insights into future directions. The book introduces SFTS as a research field tracing its development and situating the contributions of the scholars interviewed within this tradition. An international group of researchers working across a diverse range of topics within SFTS are interviewed including Christian M. I. M. Matthiessen Erich Steiner J. R. Martin Juliane House Jeremy Munday Adriana Pagano and Akila Sellami-Baklouti. Taken together the collection offers a comprehensive account of theoretical and methodological developments in SFTS with critical overviews of these scholars’ body of work within the research area and reflections on the emerging research that pushes SFTS scholarship into new frontiers. This volume will be of particular interest to scholars in translation studies and Systemic Functional Linguistics as well as those interested in innovations in linguistic theory. | Key Themes and New Directions in Systemic Functional Translation Studies

GBP 120.00
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Demand and Supply

Demand and Supply

First published in 1971 Demand and Supply is an introduction to the economics of resource allocation often known as micro-economics. Ralph Turvey examines how the economy really works and does not just give the economists’ textbook version which oversimplifies technology and exaggerates the importance of prices in adjusting supply and demand. Instead of offering theoretical diagrams and imaginary examples he refrains from expounding those ideas that cannot be simply demonstrated or applied. But he includes sections on retail margins urban land values and the value of time – topics rarely dealt with in beginner’s books. Some examples of the examples are: university teachers’ pay; cotton spinning costs; pricing of tin cans; demand for farm tractors; newspaper economics; competition in the bus industry. This is the kind of economics used in practice and rests on down to earth fact finding. This book will be useful for both general readers and A- level and first year university students.

GBP 89.99
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Adobe Photoshop CS5 for Photographers: The Ultimate Workshop

Adobe Photoshop CS5 for Photographers: The Ultimate Workshop

If you already have a good knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and are looking to advance your skills Adobe Photoshop CS5 for Photographers: The Ultimate Workshop is the book you've been waiting for. Renowned photographers Martin Evening and Jeff Schewe impart their Photoshop tips and workflow showing you how to use a vast array of rarely seen advanced Photoshop techniques. Whether the subject is serious retouching work weird and wonderful compositions or planning a shoot before you've even picked up a camera you can be sure that the advice is based on years of practical experience. Full of inspirational photographs and hundreds of full-color screenshots to show you how it's done this book features:-Advice on becoming a retouching master with advanced masking and compositing techniques-A detailed workflow for preparing your images for the best possible output showing you how to meet both deadline and budge without sacrificing quality-26 movie tutorials on the downloadable resources offering over 3 hours of movie contentThe ideal companion to Photoshop CS5 for Photographers this is a must-have resource for any serious user of Adobe Photoshop.

GBP 175.00
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Challenging the Legacies of Racial Resentment Black Health Activism Educational Justice and Legislative Leadership

Challenging the Legacies of Racial Resentment Black Health Activism Educational Justice and Legislative Leadership

Domestic and international health activism and health policy are focal points in this volume a publication of the National Conference of Black Political Scientists. This work demonstrates the continuing importance of the medical civil rights movement through examples of activism of women of colour in AIDS service organizations of their health issues and of the struggle for racial equity in health care in Brazil. Spikes in police and vigilante violence as well as fear of a reversion to resegregated schools have brought a new urgency to black political activism. The contributors explore the effect of race on American attitudes toward immigration policy and reform black state legislators and American morality politics the historically disproportionate influence of Southern whites in American politics and the undermining of school desegregation laws with nullification strategies. The volume's Trends section features conversations on the #BlackLivesMatter movement in Los Angeles the 2016 presidential election and examines the teaching of the Trayvon Martin story at the University of California Irvine. The volume also includes a diverse selection of book reviews. | Challenging the Legacies of Racial Resentment Black Health Activism Educational Justice and Legislative Leadership

GBP 130.00
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Afghanistan and Central Asia A Modern History

Afghanistan and Central Asia A Modern History

The Afghan crisis has grabbed the attention of the entire world and underlined the desperate need in the West for a better understanding of the region and its challenges in the face of increasingly militant interpretations of Islam. Carved up and fought over by the British and Tsarist Russia in the nineteenth century and under Soviet domination for much of the twentieth the lonely passes deserts and peoples of the five Central Asian republics have remained shrouded in obscurity. Even Afghanistan the site of almost constant conflict since the Soviet invasion of 1978 is little known beyond the media images of the Islamic fundamentalist Taliban movement. Martin McCauley draws on his vast knowledge of the region and its history to provide a clear and highly readable account of Afghanistan and the Central Asian republics of Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Tasikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan from their medieval pasts to the unpredictable present. Illuminating languages and landscapes cultures and society he examines the rise of militant Islam and its impact on the region the push and pull of global economics and politics and possibilities for stability in an inherently unstable part of the world. | Afghanistan and Central Asia A Modern History

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Aesthetics across Cultures Intertextuality Intermediality and Interculturality

Aesthetics across Cultures Intertextuality Intermediality and Interculturality

This book critically examines the mutual illuminations between literature religion architecture films performative arts paintings woodworks memes and masks cutting across time and space. Architecture is a good example where the eventual success of a project depends on the harmony between physical sciences and aesthetics design and planning knowledge of building material the local climate and awareness of cultural sensibilities. This volume affirms that aesthetics and arts are deeply linked through existential issues of who I am. The chapters in this volume present diverse discursive structures highlighting the in-between spaces between various art forms and mediums such as: • Architecture literature and memory • Kafka in SoHo; Kafka and Bernhard • Kirchner’s woodcuts; pictorial and stage representations of E. T. A. Hoffmann • Hesse’s fairy tales; translations of Pañcatantra • Nietzsche ritual arts and face masks; martyrdom in La chanson de Roland • Goethe and Hafiz; Indian thought in Martin Buber • Rhythms of the Third across cultures • Dadaism and contemporary memes This book examines these sublime linkages in a comparative and interdisciplinary way. Engaging and intersectional this volume will appeal to students and scholars of arts and aesthetics literature philosophy architecture sociology translation studies and readers who are interested in cultural intertextual intermedial and comparative studies. | Aesthetics across Cultures Intertextuality Intermediality and Interculturality

GBP 130.00
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Prisoners of Society Attitudes and After-Care

Prisoners of Society Attitudes and After-Care

Prison is seen by most people as an inevitable part of the penal system but there is a growing awareness that its effects on offenders are rarely beneficial and may be positively harmful. In Prisoners of Society originally published in 1974 Martin Davies argued that there was still the need in society for a commitment not to reform its deviant members but to provide a compassionate service in those situations where it was most needed. He looks at the increasingly important role of the probation service in prisons and borstals and discusses the likelihood of radical changes occurring within the system at the time. Dr Davies focuses on the concepts of welfare training rehabilitation and after-care and places them in the context of sentencing policy. He asks whether society is deluding itself in expecting imprisonment to be at the same time punishment and the springboard for personal reform. Using case examples material from prisoners’ autobiographies official documents and a wide range of research papers he presents a rounded view of a crucial aspect of the contemporary penal system and compels the reader to face up to the question: What does society expect of its prisons and its prisoners? | Prisoners of Society Attitudes and After-Care

GBP 90.00
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Agency And Responsiblity Essays On The Metaphysics Of Freedom

Agency And Responsiblity Essays On The Metaphysics Of Freedom

A companion volume to Free Will: A Philosophical Study this new anthology collects influential essays on free will including both well-known contemporary classics and exciting recent work. Agency and Responsibility: Essays on the Metaphysics of Freedom is divided into three parts. The essays in the first section address metaphysical issues concerning free will and causal determinism. The second section groups papers presenting a positive account of the nature of free action including competing compatibilist and incompatibilist analyses. The third section concerns free will and moral responsibility including theories of moral responsibility and the challenge to an alternative possibilities condition posed by Frankurt-type scenarios. Distinguished by its balance and consistently high quality the volume presents papers selected for their significance innovation and clarity of expression. Contributors include Harry Frankfurt Peter van Inwagen David Lewis Elizabeth Anscombe John Martin Fischer Michael Bratman Roderick Chisholm Robert Kane Peter Strawson and Susan Wolf. The anthology serves as an up-to-date resource for scholars as well as a useful text for courses in ethics philosophy of religion or metaphysics. In addition paired with Free Will: A Philosophical Study it would form an excellent upper-level undergraduate or graduate-level course in free will responsibility motivation or action theory. | Agency And Responsiblity Essays On The Metaphysics Of Freedom

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Serial Communication Protocols and Standards

Serial Communication Protocols and Standards

Data communication standards are comprised of two components: The “protocol” and “Signal/data/port specifications for the devices involved”. The protocol describes the format of the message and the meaning of each part of the message. To connect any device to the bus an external device must be used as an interface which will put the message in a form which fulfills all the electrical specifications of the port. These specifications are called the “Standard”. The most famous such serial communication standard is the RS-232. In IT technology Communication can be serial or parallel. Serial communication is used for transmitting data over long distances. It is much cheaper to run the single core cable needed for serial communication over a long distance than the multicore cables that would be needed for parallel communication. It is the same in wireless communication: Serial communication needs one channel while parallel needs multichannel. Serial Communication can also be classified in many other ways for example synchronous and asynchronous; it can also be classified as simplex duplex and half duplex. Because of the wide spread of serial communication from home automation to sensor and controller networks there is a need for a very large number of serial communication standards and protocols. These have been developed over recent decades and range from the simple to the highly complicated. This large number of protocols was necessary to guarantee the optimum performance for the targeted applications. It is important for communication engineers to have enough knowledge to match the right protocol and standard with the right application. The main aim of this book is to provide the reader with that knowledgeThe book also provides the reader with detailed information about:- Serial Communication- Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter (UART)- Universal Synchronous/Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter (USART - Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) - eSPI- Universal Serial Bus (USB)- Wi-Fi- WiMax- InsteonThe details of each technology including specification operation security related matters and many other topics are covered. The book allocates three chapters to the main communication standards. These chapters cover everything related to the most famous standard RS-232 and all its variants. Other protocols such as: I2C CAN ZigBee Z-Wave Bluetooth and others are the subject of the authors separate book “Microcontroller and Smart Home Networks”. | Serial Communication Protocols and Standards

GBP 94.99
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Phenomenological Ontology of Breathing The Respiratory Primacy of Being

Phenomenological Ontology of Breathing The Respiratory Primacy of Being

This book studies the phenomenological ontology of breathing. It investigates breathing and air as a question of phenomenological philosophy and looks at phenomenological questions concerning respiratory methodology ontological experience of respiration respiratory spirituality and respiratory embodiment. Drawing on the ideas of Maurice Merleau-Ponty Gaston Bachelard Martin Heidegger Edmund Husserl Luce Irigaray and David Kleinberg-Levin the book argues for the ontological primacy of breathing and develops a new principle of philosophy that the author calls “Silence of Breath Abyss/Yawn of Air”. It asserts that breathing is not a thing- or person-oriented relation but perpetual communication with the immense elemental atmosphere of open and free air. This new phenomenological method of breathing offers readers a chance to begin to wonder rethink re-experience and reimagine all questions of life in an innovative and creative way as aerial and respiratory questions of life. Part of the Routledge Critical Perspectives on Breath and Breathing series the book breaks new ground in phenomenology and phenomenological ontology by offering a decisive and insightful treatment of breath. It will be indispensable for students and researchers of philosophy phenomenology and ontology. It will also be of special interest to Merleau-Ponty scholars as it investigates uncharted dimensions of Merleau-Ponty’s philosophy. | Phenomenological Ontology of Breathing The Respiratory Primacy of Being

GBP 120.00
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The Kaizen Event Planner Achieving Rapid Improvement in Office Service and Technical Environments

The Kaizen Event Planner Achieving Rapid Improvement in Office Service and Technical Environments

Kaizen Events are an effective way to train organizations to break unproductive habits and adopt a continuous improvement philosophy while at the same time achieve breakthrough performance-level results. Through Kaizen Events cross-functional teams learn how to make improvements in a methodological way. They learn how to quickly study a process identify and prioritize improvement opportunities implement change and sustain their gains. Most importantly they learn how to work with one another to solve problems rapidly and in a highly effective way. In The Kaizen Event Planner: Achieving Rapid Improvement in Office Service and Technical Environments authors Karen Martin and Mike Osterling provide a practical how-to guide for planning and executing Kaizen Events in non-manufacturing settings and conducting post-Event follow-ups to sustain the improvements made. Geared to continuous improvement professionals and leaders within the office areas of manufacturing the service sector and knowledge-worker environments this book provides the methodology and practical tools for generating measurable results while building a motivated workforce and laying the foundation for continuous improvement. The Kaizen Event Planner provides those responsible for improving office service and technical processes with the skills to effectively scope the activity engage the right people and facilitate successful Events! An accompanying CD provides immediate access to a number of Excel-based tools. | The Kaizen Event Planner Achieving Rapid Improvement in Office Service and Technical Environments

GBP 175.00
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Hermeneutic Shakespeare

Hermeneutic Shakespeare

This volume takes a deep dive into the philosophical hermeneutics of Shakespearean tradition providing insight into the foundations theories and methodologies of hermeneutics in Shakespeare. Central to this research this volume investigates fundamental questions including: what is philosophical hermeneutics why philosophical hermeneutics what do literary and cultural hermeneutics do and in what ways can literary and cultural hermeneutics benefit the interpretation of Shakespearean plays? Hermeneutic Shakespeare guides the reader through two main discussions. Beginning with the understanding of Philosophical Hermeneutics and the general principles of literary and cultural hermeneutics the volume includes philosophers such as Friedrich Ast Daniel Friedrich Schleiermacher and Wilhelm Dilthey as well as Ludwig Wittgenstein Martin Heidegger Hans-Georg Gadamer and more recently Steven Connor. Part Two of this volume applies universal principles of philosophical hermeneutics to explicate the historical philosophical acquired and applied literary interpretations through the critical practices of Shakespeare’s plays or their adaptations including Henry V The Merchant of Venice Hamlet and The Comedy of Errors. Aimed at scholars and students alike this volume aims to contribute to contemporary understanding of Shakespeare and literature hermeneutics. Chapters 2 5 and 6 of this book are available for free in PDF format as Open Access from the individual product page at www. routledge. com. They have been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4. 0 license. Funded by Guangdong University of Foreign Studies.

GBP 120.00
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When Cats Reigned Like Kings On the Trail of the Sacred Cats

When Cats Reigned Like Kings On the Trail of the Sacred Cats

In her fascinating exploration of feline history Georgie Anne Geyer explores the connections between the royal and sacred felines of ancient civilizations and the beloved domestic cats of today. Chasing an irresistible mystery across the globe Geyer conducts exhaustive research into the little-known puzzle of how cats came to occupy their unique position in the lives of humans. Treated with the tenacity resourcefulness and narrative instinct of a seasoned foreign correspondent the investigation yields unexpected answers and poses tantalizing new questions. It was Geyer's curiosity about her own cats that inspired her to study the history of human-feline relations and especially the exalted status of cats among the ancients as royal or sacred beings. In Egypt Geyer learned of the cat-goddess Bastet and of the cat's role in the transmigration of souls. In Myanmar she saw Leonardo DiCaprio Ricky Martin and the other incongruously named cats of the Nga Phe Kyaung monastery trained by the monks to jump through hoops. She even met a family who dutifully guards the heritage of the Japanese Bobtail cultivating the line in of all places rural Virginia. Richly illustrated with photographs of Geyer's journeys and historical cat images When Cats Reigned Like Kings describes forty-one recognized modern cat breeds plus other popular cats. Every cat lover can thus trace his or her cat to these breeds and their many relatives. The result is a remarkable book bound to delight and amaze cat fanciers and adventure seekers. | When Cats Reigned Like Kings On the Trail of the Sacred Cats

GBP 130.00
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Ethics in Planning

Ethics in Planning

Some planners limit discussions of ethics to simple though important questions about the propriety of their daily activities. This approach to ethics restricts discussion of professional ethics to the propriety of everyday social and professional relationships. It ignores the broader ethical content of planning practice methods and policies. While narrow definitions of ethical behavior can easily preoccupy public officials and professional associations they divert attention from more profound moral issues. Martin Wachs argues that ethical issues are implicit in nearly all planning decisions. For illustrative and educational reasons it is useful to divide ethics in planning into four distinct categories. The first category includes the moral implications of bureaucratic practices and rules of behavior regarding clients and supervisors. The second category includes ethical judgments which planners make in exercising their administrative discretion. More complex and represented by a third category are the moral implications of methods and the ethical content of criteria built into planning techniques and models. The final type represents the basic choices which society makes - those inherent in the consideration of major policy alternatives. Ethics in Planning contains a variety of representative papers to capture the current state of thinking. This book will be important as a text for survey classes in professional ethics given by university planning programs. It should also supplement short courses in planning ethics for practicing professionals and provide source materials for discussions of planning ethics sponsored by local chapters of the American Planning Association and similar organizations. It gathers together exemplary and critical works thus it will also interest individual planners in a field that only continues to grow in recognition and importance.

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The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms Three Volume Set

The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms Three Volume Set

Ernst Cassirer occupies a unique space in twentieth-century philosophy. A great liberal humanist his multi-faceted work spans the history of philosophy the philosophy of science intellectual history aesthetics epistemology the study of language and myth and more. Cassirer’s thought also anticipates the renewed interest in the origins of analytic and continental philosophy in the Twentieth Century and the divergent paths taken by the 'logicist' and existential traditions epitomised by his now legendary debate in 1929 with the philosopher Martin Heidegger over the question What is the Human Being? The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms is Cassirer's most important work. It was first published in German in 1923 the third and final volume appearing in 1929. In it Cassirer presents a radical new philosophical worldview - at once rich creative and controversial - of human beings as fundamentally symbolic animals placing signs and systems of expression between themselves and the world. This major new translation of all three volumes the first for over fifty years brings Cassirer's magnum opus to a new generation of students and scholars. Taken together the three volumes of The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms are a vital treatise on human beings as symbolic animals and a monumental expression of neo-Kantian thought. Correcting important errors in previous English editions this translation reflects the contributions of significant advances in Cassirer scholarship over the last twenty to thirty years. Each volume includes a new introduction and translator's notes by Steve G. Lofts a foreword by Peter E. Gordon a glossary of key terms and a thorough index. | The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms Three Volume Set

GBP 170.00
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Sexual Harassment and Sexual Consent

Sexual Harassment and Sexual Consent

Sexual Harassment and Sexual Consent serves as a compelling forum for the analysis of ethical cultural social and political issues related to sexual relationships and sexual behavior. These issues include but are not limited to: sexual consent and sexual responsibility; sexual harassment and freedom of speech and association; sexual privacy; censorship and pornography; impact of film/literature on sexual relationships; and university and governmental regulation of intimate relationships. The premier volume deals with a central theme: sexual harassment and sexual consent with emphasis on academia. Theoretical articles research reports editorials and book reviews analyze issues from psychological sociological political and artistic perspectives. Contributions include: Eight Reasons Not to Prohibit Relationships between Professors and Students by Peg Tittle; The Impact of Sexual Misconduct on the Reputation of Martin Luther King Jr. by A. B. Assensoh and Y. Alex-Assensoh; Homosexuality Sexual Harassment and Military Readiness by Deborah E. Kapp and Gary A. Kustis; and College Students' Perceptions of the Relationship between Sex and Drinking by Gwendell W. Gravitt Jr. and Mary M. Krueger. Also included are reviews of Sexual Harassment on Campus edited by B. R. Sandler and R. J. Shoop; Making Gender: The Politics and Erotics of Culture by S. B. Ortner; The Power of Beauty by N. Friday; Bound and Gagged: Pornography and the Politics of Fantasy in America by L. Kipnis; and Mediated Sex by B. McNair. In addition Warren Farrell reviews the film First Wives Club. This initial volume of Sexuality and Culture will be of interest to all those who participate in campus life as well as sociologists psychologists and government and university policymakers.

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The First New Nation The United States in Historical and Comparative Perspective

The First New Nation The United States in Historical and Comparative Perspective

The United States was the first major colony to revolt successfully against colonial rule. In this sense it was the first new nation. To see how in the course of American history its values took shape in institutions may help us to understand some of the problems faced by the new nations emerging today on the world scene. In The First New Nation two broad themes occupy Seymour Martin Lipset's attention: the social conditions that make a stable democracy possible and the extent to which the American experience was representative or exceptional. The volume is divided into three parts each of which deals with the role of values in a nation's evolution but each approaches this role from a different perspective. Part 1 America as a New Nation compares early America with today's emerging nations to discover problems common to them as new nations and analyzes some of the consequences of a revolutionary birth for the creation of a national character and style. Part 2 Stability in the Midst of Change traces how values derived from America's revolutionary origins have continued to influence the form and substance of American institutions. Lipset concentrates on American history in later periods selecting for discussion as critical cases religious institutions and trade unions. Part 3 Democracy in Comparative Perspective attempts to show by comparative analysis some ways through which a nation's values determine its political evolution. It compares political development in several modern industrialized democracies including the United States touching upon value patterns value differences party systems and the bases of social cleavage. | The First New Nation The United States in Historical and Comparative Perspective

GBP 145.00
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