Principles of group solidarity / / Michael Hechter

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910778495103321
• Autore: Hechter Michael
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berkeley, : University of California Press, 1988
• ISBN: 1-282-35542-2; 9786612355424; 0-520-90897-X
• Edizione: [First paperback edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xv, 219 pages) : illustrations
• Collana: California series on social choice and political economy ; ; 11
• Disciplina: 303.3/3
• Soggetti: Solidarity; Social groups; Social choice; Social control
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: First paperback printing 1988.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-209) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables And Figures -- Preface -- I. Introduction -- II. The Problem -- III. A Theory Of Group Solidarity -- IV. The Necessity Of Formal Controls -- V. Dependence And Party Solidarity -- VI. The Production Of Formal Controls -- VII. The Limits Of Compensation In Capitalist Firms -- VIII. Economizing On Control Costs In Intentional Communities -- IX. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Social scientists have long recognized that solidarity is essential for such phenomena as social order, class, and ethnic consciousness, and the provision of collective goods. In presenting a new general theory of group solidarity, Michael Hechter here contends that it is indeed possible to build a theory of solidarity based on the action of rational individuals and in doing so he goes beyond the timeworn disciplinary boundaries separating the various social sciences.

The biology and ecology of giant kelp forests / / David R. Schiel and Michael S. Foster

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910822969903321
• Autore: Schiel David R.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (412 p.)
• Disciplina: 577.3
• Soggetti: Giant kelp
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. The Biology of Giant Kelp -- Part II. The Giant Kelp Ecosystem -- Part III. Human Usage, Management, and Conservation -- Part IV. Global Change and the Future -- Afterword -- References -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The largest seaweed, giant kelp (Macrocystis) is the fastest growing and most prolific of all plants found on earth. Growing from the seafloor and extending along the ocean surface in lush canopies, giant kelp provides an extensive vertical habitat in a largely two-dimensional seascape. It is the foundation for one of the most species-rich, productive, and widely distributed ecological communities in the world. Schiel and Foster's scholarly review and synthesis take the reader from Darwin's early observations to contemporary research, providing a historical perspective for the modern understanding of giant kelp evolution, biogeography, biology, and physiology. The authors furnish a comprehensive discussion of kelp species and forest ecology worldwide, with considerations of human uses and abuses, management and conservation, and the current and likely future impacts of global change. This volume promises to be the definitive treatise and reference on giant kelp and its forests for many years, and it will appeal to marine scientists and others who want a better appreciation and understanding of these wondrous forests of the sea.