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Giving Behaviours and Social Cohesion: How People Who ‘Give’ Make Better Communities
by Lorna ZischkaRelationships between people are known to impact our quality of life, and the cohesive nature of those relationships can be evaluated by the time and money that people put into them. In this book, Lorna Zischka explores ways in which a person’s willingness to ‘give’ both reflects and generates social cohesion. Zischka draws together two distinct bodies of literature; on social capital and on generosity, as well as analysing UK data to reveal the strong links between ‘giving’ patterns and community cohesion. Reacting to the needs and interests of others brings communities together, building positive relationships and enabling people to work together more effectively. Welfare policy can be improved by directing attention to the relationships that underlie ‘giving’, and as such this book is an important read for community development practitioners and policy makers. Finding out if a programme stimulates more people to ‘give’ represents a measurable goal that has a tangible impact on social cohesion. This is also a valuable read for social science scholars wishing to explore the feedback loops between thriving communities and the act of ‘giving’.
Giving Preservation a History: Histories of Historic Preservation in the United States
by Randall F. Mason Max PageIn this volume, some of the leading figures in the field have been brought together to write on the roots of the historic preservation movement in the United States, ranging from New York to Santa Fe, Charleston to Chicago. Giving Preservation a History explores the long history of historic preservation: how preservation movements have taken a leading role in shaping American urban space and development; how historic preservation battles have reflected broader social forces; and what the changing nature of historic preservation means for efforts to preserve national, urban, and local heritage. The second edition adds several new essays addressing key developing areas in the field by major new voices. The new essays represent the broadening range of scholarship on historic preservation generated since the publication of the first edition, taking better account of the role of cultural diversity and difference within the field while exploring the connections between preservation and allied concerns such as environmental sustainability, LGBTQ and nonwhite identity, and economic development.
Giving Preservation a History: Histories of Historic Preservation in the United States
by Randall Mason; Max PageIn this volume, some of the leading figures in the field have been brought together to write on the roots of the historic preservation movement in the United States, ranging from New York to Santa Fe, Charleston to Chicago. Giving Preservation a History explores the long history of historic preservation: how preservation movements have taken a leading role in shaping American urban space and development; how historic preservation battles have reflected broader social forces; and what the changing nature of historic preservation means for efforts to preserve national, urban, and local heritage. The second edition adds several new essays addressing key developing areas in the field by major new voices. The new essays represent the broadening range of scholarship on historic preservation generated since the publication of the first edition, taking better account of the role of cultural diversity and difference within the field while exploring the connections between preservation and allied concerns such as environmental sustainability, LGBTQ and nonwhite identity, and economic development.
Giving Voice to Values-based Leadership: How to Develop Good Organizations Through Work on Values (Giving Voice to Values)
by Gry Espedal Frank ElterThe complexity facing today’s organizations calls for a rethinking of leadership. The world is facing grand challenges for people and the planet. Leaders and employees bear the responsibility of formulating strategies grounded in strong values. These strategies aim to foster the growth of sustainable organizations and promote ethical work practices. This book gives voice to values-based leadership and provides a method for leaders to develop a values-based organizational culture. Values play a role on many levels in how we work as individual leaders, in teams, and in organizations and in how organizations approach societal challenges. Values can be a compass or orientation point, giving direction for decisions and actions. Awareness of values can make organizational responsibilities clearer and give a sense of meaning to work and help leaders to create organizations where corporate, moral, and social values are embedded at every level. This book gives insight into a Scandinavian values-based leadership model built on the institutional leadership tradition. It provides processes and practices that leaders can use to develop organizations where values are continuously nurtured. The book provides practical ideas of how leaders can work on becoming conscious of both the organization’s explicit and implicit values, as well as working on the direction of the organization and its broader organizational culture. This book will be an invaluable resource for both practitioners and graduate students interested in leadership and organizational development.
Giving Voice to Values-based Leadership: How to Develop Good Organizations Through Work on Values (Giving Voice to Values)
by Gry Espedal Frank ElterThe complexity facing today’s organizations calls for a rethinking of leadership. The world is facing grand challenges for people and the planet. Leaders and employees bear the responsibility of formulating strategies grounded in strong values. These strategies aim to foster the growth of sustainable organizations and promote ethical work practices. This book gives voice to values-based leadership and provides a method for leaders to develop a values-based organizational culture. Values play a role on many levels in how we work as individual leaders, in teams, and in organizations and in how organizations approach societal challenges. Values can be a compass or orientation point, giving direction for decisions and actions. Awareness of values can make organizational responsibilities clearer and give a sense of meaning to work and help leaders to create organizations where corporate, moral, and social values are embedded at every level. This book gives insight into a Scandinavian values-based leadership model built on the institutional leadership tradition. It provides processes and practices that leaders can use to develop organizations where values are continuously nurtured. The book provides practical ideas of how leaders can work on becoming conscious of both the organization’s explicit and implicit values, as well as working on the direction of the organization and its broader organizational culture. This book will be an invaluable resource for both practitioners and graduate students interested in leadership and organizational development.
Giving Wings to Her Team: A Novel About Learning to Coach the Toyota Kata Way
by Tilo Schwarz Jeffrey K. LikerDenise dreamed of being the kind of leader who empowered and engaged her people, but was becoming frustrated and disillusioned. Denise -- a fast-rising, young consultant at a large advisory firm -- lands a job as a manager in industry. Crisis strikes as low-cost competitors take market share and general chaos generates late shipments. Denise goes into Lean consulting mode but quickly learns her supervisors are not buying it. They're not engaged, and they find the Lean tools confusing and a distraction from their goals of getting product out. It's going to take some magic -- magic that's available to you, the reader, too! Come with Denise on a journey of discovery and skill development, as she moves beyond the tools and concepts of Lean and focuses on daily practice that helps her supervisors achieve their goals. It's about an approach called Toyota Kata that helps anyone develop and apply scientific thinking -- an exploratory mindset of curiosity and experimentation. A mentor from an unlikely place appears and shares with Denise how to coach her team. Once her supervisors dig into real problems they face every day, they begin to engage. Step by step, with insightful inputs from her mentor, Denise starts developing the skills to become a coaching manager. She watches her team meet their current challenges and be ready for more. When you teach and practice scientific thinking and coaching skills you give wings to your team, and new worlds of opportunity open up. If you're a manager you'll identify with how the team in this story goes beyond general preaching about best practices, to practicing how to get to where they want to be. If you're a Lean practitioner frustrated with applying tools with a limited half life, you'll learn how to develop people so they can achieve their most important goals and keep going. And if you're already a Toyota Kata practitioner, well ... you will love this book!
Giving Wings to Her Team: A Novel About Learning to Coach the Toyota Kata Way
by Tilo Schwarz Jeffrey K. LikerDenise dreamed of being the kind of leader who empowered and engaged her people, but was becoming frustrated and disillusioned. Denise -- a fast-rising, young consultant at a large advisory firm -- lands a job as a manager in industry. Crisis strikes as low-cost competitors take market share and general chaos generates late shipments. Denise goes into Lean consulting mode but quickly learns her supervisors are not buying it. They're not engaged, and they find the Lean tools confusing and a distraction from their goals of getting product out. It's going to take some magic -- magic that's available to you, the reader, too! Come with Denise on a journey of discovery and skill development, as she moves beyond the tools and concepts of Lean and focuses on daily practice that helps her supervisors achieve their goals. It's about an approach called Toyota Kata that helps anyone develop and apply scientific thinking -- an exploratory mindset of curiosity and experimentation. A mentor from an unlikely place appears and shares with Denise how to coach her team. Once her supervisors dig into real problems they face every day, they begin to engage. Step by step, with insightful inputs from her mentor, Denise starts developing the skills to become a coaching manager. She watches her team meet their current challenges and be ready for more. When you teach and practice scientific thinking and coaching skills you give wings to your team, and new worlds of opportunity open up. If you're a manager you'll identify with how the team in this story goes beyond general preaching about best practices, to practicing how to get to where they want to be. If you're a Lean practitioner frustrated with applying tools with a limited half life, you'll learn how to develop people so they can achieve their most important goals and keep going. And if you're already a Toyota Kata practitioner, well ... you will love this book!
Glad We Met: The Art and Science of 1:1 Meetings
by Steven G. Rogelberg"Steven Rogelberg knows more about how to improve meetings than anyone on earth." - Adam Grant, PhD, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again and Hidden Potential, and host of the TED podcast WorkLife SHRM top 12 New Books * The Next Big Idea Club's January 2024 Must-Read Books There are an estimated 200-500 million 1:1 meetings held each day around the world, but are they run as transformatively as they could be? Or are they just talk? In Glad We Met: The Art and Science of 1:1 Meetings Dr. Steven Rogelberg, author of The Surprising Science of Meetings, helps us maximize the potential of these crucial conversations. 1:1s are arguably one of the most critical meeting types for the success of team members, managers, coaches, teams, and organizations. The best managers recognize that 1:1s are not an add-on to their role as a manager. Conducting 1:1s successfully are foundational to being a manager. At the same time, these meetings are the core of a direct report's experience and development at work, including how well they engage and attach to their role, perceive the effectiveness of their manager, and envision their future at the organization. Scouring the research and evidence collected over 20 years from managers and team members, and drawing on interviews with top leaders from some of the most respected companies in the world, Steven Rogelberg covers topics such as: ? Why effective 1:1s are critical to your success and the success of your team ? Messaging and positioning 1:1s for maximum value ? Finding the correct 1:1 cadence and meeting length to maximize positive impact without over-meeting ? Managing the intricate balance of productivity-building, relationship-building, and employee development ? Designing 1:1s with intentionality, from where to conduct the meeting to building agendas to optimize effectiveness ? Acting as leader coach and leveraging key skills around facilitation, listening, and feedback-giving ? How to personalize your 1:1 approach to fit you and your direct reports - one size does not fit all Glad We Met will make managers and direct reports walk away from every 1:1 energized more than any other moment of their workweek and with enduring impact.
Glad We Met: The Art and Science of 1:1 Meetings
by Steven G. Rogelberg"Steven Rogelberg knows more about how to improve meetings than anyone on earth." - Adam Grant, PhD, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again and Hidden Potential, and host of the TED podcast WorkLife SHRM top 12 New Books * The Next Big Idea Club's January 2024 Must-Read Books There are an estimated 200-500 million 1:1 meetings held each day around the world, but are they run as transformatively as they could be? Or are they just talk? In Glad We Met: The Art and Science of 1:1 Meetings Dr. Steven Rogelberg, author of The Surprising Science of Meetings, helps us maximize the potential of these crucial conversations. 1:1s are arguably one of the most critical meeting types for the success of team members, managers, coaches, teams, and organizations. The best managers recognize that 1:1s are not an add-on to their role as a manager. Conducting 1:1s successfully are foundational to being a manager. At the same time, these meetings are the core of a direct report's experience and development at work, including how well they engage and attach to their role, perceive the effectiveness of their manager, and envision their future at the organization. Scouring the research and evidence collected over 20 years from managers and team members, and drawing on interviews with top leaders from some of the most respected companies in the world, Steven Rogelberg covers topics such as: ? Why effective 1:1s are critical to your success and the success of your team ? Messaging and positioning 1:1s for maximum value ? Finding the correct 1:1 cadence and meeting length to maximize positive impact without over-meeting ? Managing the intricate balance of productivity-building, relationship-building, and employee development ? Designing 1:1s with intentionality, from where to conduct the meeting to building agendas to optimize effectiveness ? Acting as leader coach and leveraging key skills around facilitation, listening, and feedback-giving ? How to personalize your 1:1 approach to fit you and your direct reports - one size does not fit all Glad We Met will make managers and direct reports walk away from every 1:1 energized more than any other moment of their workweek and with enduring impact.
The Glamour System
by S. Gundle C. CastelliIn the twentieth century, glamour has often been associated with the cinema and its stars, though fashion, 'high society', popular music, shopping, glossy magazines and advertising have all sought to harness its allure. The authors explore the origins and uses of the aura of glamour and trace its history and power as a language of visual seduction.
Glasgow: The Making of a City
by Andrew GibbOriginally published in 1983, this book sets the phases and elements of Glasgow’s townscape evolution in their historical framework, from the medieval period when Glasgow was a small but important burgh to the growth of the town thanks to its command of the transatlantic tobacco trade in the 18th Century. Examining the solid growth which came with the textile phase of the industrial revolution and subsequent pioneering achievements in ship-building and marine engineering, the book also charts the subsequent collapse of the industrial base and attempts at urban renewal on a massive scale.
Glasgow: The Making of a City
by Andrew GibbOriginally published in 1983, this book sets the phases and elements of Glasgow’s townscape evolution in their historical framework, from the medieval period when Glasgow was a small but important burgh to the growth of the town thanks to its command of the transatlantic tobacco trade in the 18th Century. Examining the solid growth which came with the textile phase of the industrial revolution and subsequent pioneering achievements in ship-building and marine engineering, the book also charts the subsequent collapse of the industrial base and attempts at urban renewal on a massive scale.
A Glasgow Mosaic
by Ian R MitchellWith this book is completed a trilogy of works begun in 2005 with This City Now: Glasgow and its Working Class Past, and continuing with Clydeside; Red Orange and Green in 2009. The three books have all had similar aims in trying to raise the profile of forgotten or neglected areas and aspects of Glasgow and its history, in a small way trying to boost the esteem in which such places are held by the people who live in there and by those who visit. Moving away slightly from the working class focus, this third instalment presents a broad view of Glasgow's industrial, social and intellectual history. From public art to socialist memorials, and from factories to cultural hubs, Ian Mitchell takes the reader on a guided tour of Glasgow, outlining walking routes which encompass the city's forgotten icons.
Glass Ceilings: Enhancing Social Mobility: Leadership Lessons From Charter Schools
by Iain HallAfter a Damascene moment following a school trip to the US, Sir Iain Hall realised the UK's approach to urban education is all wrong. In Glass Ceilings, the hugely experienced and respected educator lays out his vision to get social mobility moving again in the UK.
The Glass Cliff: Why Women in Power Are Undermined - and How to Fight Back
by Sophie Williams'Every current and aspiring leader needs to read this book' - Helen Tupper & Sarah Ellis, Sunday Times bestselling authors of The Squiggly Career and You Coach You'Clever, brilliantly researched and vitally important' - Dawn O'Porter, bestselling author of The Cows and Cat LadyThe Glass Cliff is a conversation about what happens when women break the rules, and break through The Glass Ceiling.Have you ever wondered why there are so few success stories of women in business leadership? Or maybe you’ve wondered what life is really like on the other side of The Glass Ceiling? The world of work is supposedly changing, embracing diversity – yet are the opportunities we’re giving to women really equal to those of men?Drawing on almost 20 years of research from around the world, The Glass Cliff phenomenon - whereby women are often only hired in leadership roles when a business is already underperforming, meaning their chances of success are limited before they ever even start in the role - is well established, but little known. Until now.This is the story of The Glass Cliff: a story of a structural inequality disguising itself as the personal failures of women. When Sophie Williams gave her viral TED talk on the subject, she was subsequently flooded with accounts of confident, accomplished women who had taken what seemed like a dream leadership role only to quickly find themselves in a waking nightmare. Without the language to describe their experiences they had been left blaming themselves. But learning about The Glass Cliff enabled them to reframe and reexamine what they’d gone through.Once we understand The Glass Cliff – once we can stand together and face it head-first – we can start to unravel so many other false narratives about women’s leadership experiences that just don’t make sense without it. By understanding the phenomenon, and by telling one another about it, we can affect the conversation, empower one another to overcome societal bias and, ultimately, change the world of work for women forever.
Gläubiger, Schuldner, Arme: Netzwerke und die Rolle des Vertrauens
by Curt Wolfgang HergenröderArmut und finanzielle Überforderung privater Haushalte sind zu einem gesellschaftspolitischen Problem ersten Ranges geworden. Allein in Deutschland gelten rund 10 % der über 18-Jährigen als überschuldet. Für die nächsten Jahre wird angesichts der wirtschaftlichen und sozialen Entwicklung ein weiterer Anstieg armutsbedingter Problemlagen und von Privatinsolvenzen prognostiziert. Maßnahmen zur Unterstützung von armen und zahlungsunfähigen Personen sowie Präventionsstrategien zur Vermeidung von Armut und Überschuldung werden dringend notwendig. Der Forscherverbund „Gesellschaftliche Abhängigkeiten und soziale Netzwerke“ der Universitäten Mainz und Trier hat es sich, gefördert durch die Exzellenzinitiative des Landes Rheinland-Pfalz, zur Aufgabe gemacht, die verschiedenen Facetten der Schuldenproblematik in transdisziplinärer Zusammenarbeit zu hinterfragen. Ziel der Forschergruppe, deren Mitglieder aus der Erziehungswissenschaft, der Geschichte, der Kriminologie, den Rechtswissenschaften, der Sozialmedizin sowie der Wirtschaftspädagogik kommen, ist die nähere Erforschung der Ursachenzusammenhänge zwischen der Entstehung von Armut und Schulden, den Auswirkungen dieser Problemlagen auf die wirtschaftliche, rechtliche, soziale und gesundheitliche Lebenssituation sowie dem Bewältigungshandeln der daraus resultierenden Probleme.
Gleichgeschlechtlich liebende Frauen im Alter: Intersektionalität, Lebenslagen und Antidiskriminierungsempfehlungen
by Bärbel S. TraunsteinerBärbel S. Traunsteiner erforscht die aktuellen Lebenslagen gleichgeschlechtlicher Frauen über 60 Jahre. Entlang der intersektionalen Schnittstellen von Alter, Geschlecht und sexueller Orientierung analysiert die Autorin die spezifische sozial-strukturelle Positionierung dieser bisher sowohl (sozial‑)politisch als auch wissenschaftlich wenig beachteten Zielgruppe am Beispiel von Österreich. Vielschichtige Einblicke hinsichtlich der ökonomischen und beruflichen Situation, der sozialen Kontakte sowie in Bezug auf private und öffentliche Räume älterer Lesben werden dargelegt. Rund 55 grundlegende Empfehlungen zur (Weiter-)Entwicklung und Verbesserung von (Antidiskriminierungs-)Maßnahmen betreffend gleichgeschlechtlich l(i)ebender älterer Frauen auf gesellschafts- wie sozialpolitischer, gesetzlicher ebenso wie auf organisationaler Ebene runden die Recherche ab.
Gleichheit, Politik und Polizei: Jacques Rancière und die Sozialwissenschaften (Kulturelle Figurationen: Artefakte, Praktiken, Fiktionen)
by Thomas Linpinsel Il-Tschung LimJacques Rancière gilt als einer der einflussreichsten französischen Philosophen der Gegenwart, in dessen gesamtem Werk immer wieder das Motiv der radikalen Kritik an der Sozialwissenschaft in Szene gesetzt wird. In dem Sammelband werden zahlreiche Denkmotive des französischen Philosophen aus einer genuin sozialwissenschaftlichen Perspektive aufgegriffen, weitergedacht und kritisiert, wobei in den einzelnen Artikeln konkrete Forschungsperspektiven mit Rancière entwickelt, methodologische Überlegungen im Anschluss an Rancière vorgestellt, gesellschaftstheoretische Reflexionen vor dem Hintergrund der Kritik des Philosophen unternommen sowie Aspekte seines politischen Denkens in die politische Theorie integriert werden. Aber auch sozialwissenschaftliche Kritik an der Philosophie Rancières findet in den Argumentationen der Autorinnen und Autoren ihren Platz. Somit bietet der Band ein breit gefächertes Spektrum an sozialwissenschaftlichen Anschlüssen an das Denken des französischen Philosophen. Einerseits schließt der Sammelband damit eine Lücke in der sozialwissenschaftlichen Forschung und ist anderseits der erste genuin sozialwissenschaftliche Beitrag in der umfangreichen jüngeren Forschung zum philosophischen Werk Rancières.
Gleichheit und Souveränität: Von den Verheißungen der Gleichheit, der Teufelslist der Diktatur und dem schwachen Trost der Nivellierung
by Niels Beckenbach Christoph KlotterDie Autoren entfalten, ausgehend von der Schrift Diderots über Gesellschaft (‚Soziabilität‘) und Industrie in der französischen Enzyklopädie von 1752, ein Panorama der Diskurse von Gleichheit und Selbstbestimmung sowie, dazu kontrastiv, das Prinzip ‚Souveränität’ als Begründung für autoritäre und totalitäre Sozialformen. Anhand historischer Quellen aus Literatur und Philosophie zeichnen sie Veränderungen nach, denen das Denken dabei unterworfen war. Bei der Aufklärung beginnend, führt sie ihr Weg über die Französische Revolution, die 1848er Revolution, die Anfänge der Arbeiterbewegung und des Anarchismus zu den Kulturavantgarden des 20. Jahrhunderts. Die Autoren verstehen ihre Arbeit als Beitrag zu einer Rekonstruktion der kritischen Theorie der Gesellschaft und des Subjekts.
Gleichstellung als Profession?: Gleichstellungsarbeit an Hochschulen aus professionssoziologischer Sicht (Geschlecht und Gesellschaft #70)
by Lina VollmerDie Gleichstellungsarbeit an Hochschulen in Deutschland weist vor dem Hintergrund hochschulischer Reformprozesse Merkmale eines Professionalisierungsprozesses auf. Anhand eines Mixed Methods Ansatzes wird in dem vorliegenden Buch die Ausprägung der soziologischen Professionskriterien untersucht. Während die quantitative Untersuchung einen positiven Zusammenhang zwischen wissenschaftlichem Geschlechterwissen und dem Professionalisierungsgrad nachweist, zeigt die qualitative Interviewstudie die Heterogenität unterschiedlicher Akteurinnentypen und deren Bezug zu diesem Wissen. Für den (weiteren) Professionalisierungsprozess sind das wissenschaftliche Geschlechterwissen und der Transfer dieses Wissens in die Gleichstellungspraxis fundamental.
Gleichstellung in progress: Von Frauenförderung zu Diversität und Inklusion
by Angela Wroblewski Angelika SchmidtDer Band thematisiert aktuelle Herausforderungen für Gleichstellungspolitik und die notwendige Weiterentwicklung gleichstellungspolitischer Konzepte, um Exklusionsmechanismen effektiv adressieren zu können. Die Beiträge diskutieren dies an der Schnittstelle zwischen Forschung und Politik sowie anhand konkreter Beispiele.
Gleichstellung messbar machen: Grundlagen und Anwendungen von Gender- und Gleichstellungsindikatoren
by Angela Wroblewski Udo Kelle Florian ReithDieser Band schließt eine wichtige Lücke in den politischen und wissenschaftlichen Debatten um Gleichstellung, indem die zahlreichen Herausforderungen, die die Entwicklung und Bewertung von Indikatoren für Gleichstellung mit sich bringen, umfassend dargestellt und diskutiert werden. Auf dieser Basis werden allgemeine Kriterien für die Entwicklung von Gender- und Gleichstellungsindikatoren formuliert. Neben den methodischen und gendertheoretischen Fragen, die hierbei berücksichtigt werden müssen, wird auch auf die Rolle von Gender- und Gleichstellungsindikatoren im Rahmen politischer Prozesse eingegangen.
Gleichstellungspolitiken revisted: Zeitgemäße Gleichstellungspolitik an der Schnittstelle zwischen Politik, Theorie und Praxis
by Angela Wroblewski Angelika SchmidtAnfang der 1990er Jahre wurde erstmals von einem Backlash im Bereich der Frauenförderung und Gleichstellung gesprochen und die Strategien des Patriachats aufgezeigt, die den Forderungen von Frauen* nach gleichberechtigter Teilhabe entgegengesetzt werden. Aktuell wird wieder – nicht nur in Österreich – von einem Backlash gesprochen, der sich beispielsweise in einer Abkehr von der geschlechtsneutralen Sprache, in der Kürzung von Subventionen für Frauen- und Mädchenberatungseinrichtungen, im Rückbau von Institutionen und in Angriffen auf die Gender Studies niederschlägt. Zu diesen Phänomenen von Backlash kam es trotz der Etablierung zahlreicher Institutionen im Bereich Gleichstellung und Bekenntnisse zur Förderung von Vielfalt auf politischer Ebene und von Unternehmensseite. Ausgehend von diesem ambivalenten Befund zum Status Quo von Gleichstellung werden Anforderungen an eine zeitgemäße Gleichstellungspolitik an der Schnittstelle zwischen Politik, Theorie und Praxis formuliert. Die Beiträge in dem Band zeigen aktuelle Herausforderungen für Gleichstellungspolitik und illustrieren, wie die Schnittstelle ausgestaltet werden kann.
Gleichzeitige Ungleichzeitigkeiten: Eine Einführung in die Komplexitätsforschung
by Manfred FüllsackDas Buch vermittelt Einsichten, die in den letzten Jahren in Disziplinen wie der Kybernetik, der System-, Spiel- und Netzwerktheorie sowie im schnell wachsenden Forschungsbereich der Simulation komplexer Systeme gewonnen wurden und unter Titeln wie Komplexitätsforschung oder Theorie komplexer Systeme diskutiert werden. Die Themenpalette reicht von einfacheren Entwicklungen, wie sie Räuber-Beute-Systemen zugrunde liegen, über Grundlagen der Chaos-Theorie, der Theorie Zellularer Automaten, der Spiel- und Netzwerktheorie bis hin zu Methoden artifiziellen Lernens, der Theorie künstlicher neuronaler Netze und der Konzeption von Selbstreferentialität und Autopoiesis komplexer Systeme.
Glimpses of Hope: The Rise of Industrial Labor at the Urban Margins of Nepal (Dislocations #32)
by Michael HoffmannOver the last decade, Nepal has witnessed significant urban growth and an expanding urban middle class. Glimpses of Hope tells the story of the people who enable some of the middle-class consumer practices in urban Nepal. The book focuses on workers in areas such as modern food-processing, water-bottling, housebuilding, and sand-mining industries and explores how workers see such forms of work, where union organization can help, and how work opportunities emerge along lines of gender and ethnicity. Although global labor relations have been mostly in decline for decades, this ethnography offers insights and glimpses of hope in terms of labor dynamics and the opportunities various jobs may afford.