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  • Taming the Dragon

    Transforming Economic Institutions in the Face of Global Change

    by Carlo C. Jaeger ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    In the early 21st century, environmental risks such as climate change, biodiversity loss, resource scarcity, large-scale migrations, and conflicts over critical resources have become our lived reality in a world where nearly 8 billion people struggle to thrive. These crises have proven impossible to address without fundamental transformations of our economic institutions—exactly as predicted in ... Read more

    $70.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Risk, Uncertainty and Rational Action

    by Carlo C. Jaeger, Thomas Webler, Eugene A. Rosa, Ortwin Renn ...
    Series series Earthscan Risk in Society
    Risk as we now know it is a wholly new phenomenon, the by-product of our ever more complex and powerful technologies. In business, policy making, and in everyday life, it demands a new way of looking at technological and environmental uncertainty.In this definitive volume, four of the world's leading risk researchers present a fundamental critique of the prevailing approaches to understanding and ... Read more

    $104.99 CAD

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    Taming the Dragon

    Transforming Economic Institutions in the Face of Global Change

    by Carlo C. Jaeger ...
    Narrated by Michael Butler Murray ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 11 min

    In the early twenty-first century, environmental risks such as climate change, biodiversity loss, resource scarcity, large-scale migrations, and conflicts over critical resources have become our lived reality in a world where nearly 8 billion people struggle to thrive. These crises have proven impossible to address without fundamental transformations of our economic institutions—exactly as ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • European Research on Sustainable Development

    Volume 1: Transformative Science Approaches for Sustainability

    Edited by J. David Tàbara, Carlo C. Jaeger, Julia Jaeger ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book provides the reader with a state-of-the-art view of research on sustainable development. Its emphasis lies on the transformative dimension of this research: sustainable development can only be realized through a far-reaching transformation of the situation humankind finds itself in at the beginning of the third millennium. The contributions are written by leading world experts in the ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • Integrated Risk Governance

    Science Plan and Case Studies of Large-scale Disasters

    Edited by Peijun Shi, Carlo Jaeger, Qian Ye ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    "Integrated Risk Governance: Science Plan and Case Studies of Large-scale Disasters" is the first book in the IHDP-Integrated Risk Governance Project Series. It consists of two parts: Part I: Integrated Risk Governance Project Science Plan, which outlines the challenge, research programme, outcomes, and implementation strategy of the IRG Project; and Part II: Case Studies of Large-scale Disasters, ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • Re-envisioning the MLS

    Perspectives on the Future of Library and Information Science Education

    Edited by Johnna Percell, Lindsay C. Sarin, Paul T. Jaeger, John Carlo Bertot ...
    Series Book 44 - Advances in Librarianship
    At the heart of any discussion about the future of libraries is the future of librarians—and how well our instructional programs, especially the Master of Library Science (MLS) degree, prepare them for their careers. Building on the Re-envisioning the MLS initiative from the University of Maryland’s iSchool and the Information Policy & Access Center (iPAC), this book continues the critical ... Read more

    $152.99 CAD

  • Re-envisioning the MLS

    Perspectives on the Future of Library and Information Science Education

    Edited by Johnna Percell, Lindsay C. Sarin, Paul T. Jaeger, John Carlo Bertot ...
    Series Book 44 - Advances in Librarianship
    At the heart of any discussion about the future of libraries is the future of librarians—and how well our instructional programs, especially the Master of Library Science (MLS) degree, prepare them for their careers. Building on the Re-envisioning the MLS initiative from the University of Maryland’s iSchool and the Information Policy & Access Center (iPAC), this book continues the critical ... Read more

    $152.99 CAD

  • Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities and the Inclusive Future of Libraries

    Edited by Brian Wentz, Paul T. Jaeger, John Carlo Bertot ...
    Series Book 40 - Advances in Librarianship
    All libraries have patrons and staff members with disabilities, making equitable service a priority for these organizations as they provide diverse services to their entire communities. Although rapid technological changes in recent years have offered challenges to libraries, these same technologies provide opportunities to embrace the concept of accessible library services and create innovative ... Read more

    $192.99 CAD

  • Reframing the Problem of Climate Change

    From Zero Sum Game to Win-Win Solutions

    by Klaus Hasselmann, Carlo Jaeger, Gerd Leipold, Diana Mangalagiu, Joan David Tàbara ...
    This book provides an evaluation of the science and policy debates on climate change and offers a reframing of the challenges they pose, as understood by key international experts and players in the field. It also gives an important and original perspective on interpreting climate action and provides compelling evidence of the weakness of arguments that frame climate policy as a win-or-lose ... Read more

    $119.99 CAD

  • Public Libraries, Public Policies, and Political Processes

    Serving and Transforming Communities in Times of Economic and Political Constraint

    by Paul T. Jaeger, Ursula Gorham, John Carlo Bertot, Lindsay C. Sarin ...
    Drawing on two decades of original research conducted by the authors, as well as existing research about the intersection of public policy, political discourse, and public libraries, this book seeks to understand the origins and implications of the current standing of public libraries in public policy and political discourse. It both explains the complex current circumstances and offers strategies ... Read more

    $100.99 CAD

  • Perspectives on Libraries as Institutions of Human Rights and Social Justice

    by John Carlo Bertot, Paul T. Jaeger ...
    Series Book 41 - Advances in Librarianship
    Academic, public, school, and special libraries are all institutions of human rights and social justice, with an increasingly apparent commitment to equality, to ethical principles based on rights and justice, and to programs that meet needs related to human rights and social justice. Key topics at the intersection of information, human rights, social justice, and technology include information ... Read more

    $226.99 CAD

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    Evidence-Based Social Design

    by Robert E. Kraut, Paul Resnick, Sara Kiesler, Moira Burke, Yan Chen ...
    How insights from the social sciences, including social psychology and economics, can improve the design of online communities.Online communities are among the most popular destinations on the Internet, but not all online communities are equally successful. For every flourishing Facebook, there is a moribund Friendster—not to mention the scores of smaller social networking sites that never ... Read more

    $36.79 CAD