1.

Record Nr.

UNISA990000486200203316

Titolo

Surfactant solutions : new methods of investigation / edited by Raoul Zana

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; Basel : M. Dekker, c1987

ISBN

0-8247-7623-2

Descrizione fisica

XII, 479 p. ; 24 cm

Collana

Surfactant science series ; 22

Disciplina

668.1

Soggetti

Agenti tensioattivi - Analisi chimica

Collocazione

668.1 SUR

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910465171703321

Autore

Moore Christopher W. <1947->

Titolo

Handbook of global and multicultural negotiation [[electronic resource] /] / Christopher W. Moore, Peter J. Woodrow

Pubbl/distr/stampa

San Francisco, CA, : Jossey-Bass, 2010

ISBN

0-470-57344-9

9786612549274

0-470-57342-2

1-282-54927-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (508 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WoodrowPeter J

Disciplina

658.4/052

Soggetti

Negotiation in business

Cultural relations

Electronic books.

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

""Cover            ""; ""Title Page                 ""; ""Copyright                ""; ""Contents               ""; ""Figures, Tables, and Exhibit                                   ""; ""Preface              ""; ""Part One: The Essentials of Global and Multicultural Negotiation                                                                       ""; ""Chapter 1 Introduction to Culture and Negotiation: The Context of Global and Multicultural Negotiations""; ""A Definition of Culture""; ""What is Negotiation?""; ""Cultural Variations regarding the Essential Purposes of Negotiations""

""Preparations for Intercultural Negotiations and Dispute Resolution""""Conclusion""; ""Chapter 2 The Wheel of Culture                                     ""; ""The Outer Rim: Natural Environment, History, and Social Structures""; ""The Inner Rim""; ""The Spokes of the Wheel""; ""Conclusion""; ""Chapter 3 Strategies for Global Intercultural Interactions                                                                 ""; ""Basic Negotiation Strategies""; ""Making Negotiation Choices to Facilitate Coordination""; ""Conclusion""

""Chapter 4 Cross-Cutting Issues in Negotiation                                                    """"Key Cultural Variables that Influence Negotiations""; ""Basic Approaches to Negotiation""; ""Framing and Reframing""; ""Who Engages in Negotiations, and How?""; ""Power and Influence""; ""Conclusion""; ""Appendix: Sources of Power""; ""Part Two: A Step-by-Step Guide to Intercultural Negotiations                                                                   ""; ""Chapter 5 The Preparation Stage                                      ""

""A Cultural Lens in Preparing for Intercultural Interactions""""Factors in Cultural Analysis""; ""A Brief Guide to Prenegotiation Preparation and Planning""; ""Conclusion""; ""Chapter 6 Beginning Negotiations                                       ""; ""Making First Contacts""; ""Activities for First Meetings""; ""Deeper Exploration of the Purposes of Negotiations""; ""Conclusion""; ""Chapter 7 Identifying and Exploring Issues                                                 ""; ""Identifying and Agreeing on Issues to be Discussed""

""General Strategies for Coordinating the Structure of Talks""""Conclusion""; ""Chapter 8 Cultural Patterns in Information Exchange                                                          ""; ""Discussing Issues and Interests and Exchanging Information""; ""Cultural Patterns of Information Sharing""; ""Probing for Additional Information""; ""Conclusion""; ""Chapter 9 Problem Solving and Option Generation""; ""Clarification of Terms Related to Option Generation""; ""Timing of Option Generation""; ""Conducting Discussions on Issues""; ""Generating Options""

""Cultivating Attitudes of Cooperation""

Sommario/riassunto

Praise for Handbook of Global and Multicultural Negotiation  ""In today's globalized world, few competencies are as essentialas the ability to negotiate across cultures. In this insightful andpractical book, Chris Moore and Peter Woodrow draw on theirextensive global experience to help us understand the intricaciesof seeking to reach intercultural agreements and show us how to getto a wise yes. I recommend it highly!""  William Ury  coauthor, Getting to Yes, and author, The Power of a PositiveNo  ""Rich in the experience of the authors and the lessons theyshare, we learn that culture is more



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911019081803321

Titolo

Natural climate variability and global warming : a Holocene perspective / / edited by R.W. Battarbee and H.A. Binney

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2008

ISBN

9786612034350

9781282034358

1282034359

9781444300932

1444300938

9781444300949

1444300946

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (286 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BattarbeeR. W

BinneyH. A (Heather A.)

Disciplina

551.609/01

Soggetti

Paleoclimatology - Holocene

Climatic changes - Research

Global warming - Research

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

Contributors; Abbreviations, acronyms,and terminology; 1Holocene climate variabilityand global warming; 2Holocene climate research -progress, paradigms, andproblems; 3The role of peoplein the Holocene; 4Modeling the climate ofthe Holocene; 5The early to mid-Holocenethermal optimum in theNorth Atlantic; 6Holocene climate changeand the evidence for solarand other forcings; 7Climate of the pastmillennium: combiningproxy data and modelsimulations; 8Latitudinal linkages in lateHolocene moisture-balancevariation; 9Holocene rapid land-coverchanges - evidence andtheory

10Holocene perspectiveson future climatechangeIndex

Sommario/riassunto

Whilst there is now overwhelming evidence that greenhouse-gas pollution is becoming the dominant process responsible for global warming, it is also clear that the climate system varies quite naturally



on different time-scales. Predicting the course of future climate change consequently requires an understanding of the natural variability of the climate system as well as the effects of human-induced change. This book is concerned with our current understanding of natural climate change, its variability on decadal to centennial time-scales, the extent to which climate models of different kinds s

4.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910966928503321

Autore

Meštrović Stjepan Gabriel

Titolo

Anthony Giddens : the last modernist / / Stjepan G. Mestrovic

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1998

ISBN

0-415-75626-X

1-134-86600-3

0-7456-1764-6

1-134-86601-1

1-280-14924-8

9786610149247

0-203-98061-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (255 p.)

Disciplina

301.01

301.092

301/.01

306.092

Soggetti

Sociology - Methodology

Postmodernism

Social structure

Sociology - Great Britain

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 (p. 222-231) and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1 INTRODUCTION; WHY GIDDENS AND NOT HABERMAS?; ON THE STYLE AND



ARGUMENTATION OF THIS BOOK; PARTING THOUGHTS; 2 ANTHONY GIDDENS ; GIDDENS AND THE END OF SOCIOLOGY; CRITICISMS OF GIDDENS; GIDDENS AND POSTMODERNISM; AN OVERVIEW OF GIDDENS'S MAJOR CRITICS; SUMMARY, AND THE PARAMETERS OF THE PRESENT CRITIQUE; 3 THE NEW VERSUS THE OLD RULES OF SOCIOLOGICAL METHOD; GROUNDING HERMENEUTICS; SCHOPENHAUER'S CRITIQUE OF KANT; SOCIOLOGY AS THE SCIENCE OF DISCOVERIES; THE NORMAL VERSUS THE PATHOLOGICAL

THE ONE, WELL-DESIGNED EXPERIMENTCONCLUSIONS; 4 THE ROLE OF DESIRE IN AGENCY AND STRUCTURE; DENATURING THE HUMAN AGENT; FAITH AND TRUST; SEARCHING FOR THE HEART OF SOCIOLOGY; HOW GIDDENS ATTEMPTS TO ACCOUNT FOR EMOTION IN HUMAN HISTORY; THE PARADOX OF AGENCY LEADING TO LESS AGENCY; DURKHEIM'S DEPICTION OF FAITH IN RELATION TO EMOTIONAL LIFE; THE EMOTIONAL COMPONENTS OF SOCIAL STRUCTURE; CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS; 5 GIDDENS'S POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY; GIDDENS'S CRITIQUE OF MARX; ELABORATING GIDDENS'S POSITION ON NATIONALISM AND THE NATION-STATE; GIDDENS ON POST-TRADITION

GIDDENS'S VERSION OF THE END OF HISTORYTHE MEANINGS OF BOSNIA; FROM BOSNIA TO RUSSIA; CONCLUSIONS; 6 GIDDENS'S MODERNISM LITE; THE MUTUAL UNAWARENESS OF GIDDENS AND BAUDRILLARD; POSTMODERNITY TRANSFORMED INTO MODERNITY LITE; THE ROLE OF THE INFORMATION MEDIA; CONCLUSIONS; 7 UNLIMITED AGENCY AS THE NEW ANOMIE; PARTIAL AGENCY; MENTAL ILLNESS AS A PROBLEM WITH AGENCY; CAN EXCESSIVE AGENCY LEAD TO ANOMIE?; LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR A RECONTEXTUALIZED READING OF DURKHEIM'S CONCEPT OF ANOMIE; ANOMIE AS SECULAR SIN; CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS; 8 CONCLUSIONS; MIXING METAPHORS

CONTEMPORARY SOCIOLOGISTS AS THE LEISURE CLASSSUMMARY; NOTES; REFERENCES; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Anthony Giddens is arguably the world's leading sociologist. In this controversial contribution to the Giddens debate, Stjepan Mestrovic takes up and criticizes the major themes of his work - particularly the concept of 'high modernity' as opposed to 'postmodernity' and his attempted construction of a 'synthetic' tradition based on human agency and structure.<BR> Testing Giddens' theories against what is happening in the real world from genocide in Africa to near secession in Quebec, Mestrovic discerns in the construction of synthetic traditions not the promise of freedom held out by Giddens b