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Prediction: Science, Decision Making, and the Future of Nature

By: N/A

Price: $234.51

Publisher: Island Press: 2000-04-01

Seller ID: M1559637757Z2

ISBN: 1559637757

Condition: VeryGood

The idea that predictive science can simplify the decision-making process by creating a clearer picture of the future is deeply appealing in principle, but deeply problematic in practice.Prediction offers a fascinating and wide-ranging look at the interdependent scientific, political, and social factors involved in using science-based predictions to guide policy making. Through ten detailed case studies, it explores society's efforts to generate reliable scientific information about complex natural systems and to use that information in making sound policy decisions. The book: provides an over...
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When the Buck Stops With You: Harry S. Truman on Leadership

By: Axelrod Ph.D., Alan

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Portfolio Hardcover: 2004-01-05

Seller ID: 1591840287-01

ISBN: 1591840287

Condition: Good

some shelfwear/edgewear, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name - still NICE!
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Images and Intervention: U.S. Policies in Latin America (Pitt Latin American Series)

By: Cottam, Martha L.

Price: $2.95

Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press: 1994-04-15

Seller ID: M0822955261Z2

ISBN: 0822955261

Condition: VeryGood

Cottam explains the patterns of U.S. intervention in Latin America by focusing on the cognitive images that have dominated policy makers' world views, influenced the procession of information, and informed strategies and tactics. She employs a number of case studies of intervention and analyzes decision-making patterns from the early years of the cold war in Guatemala and Cuba to the post-cold-war policies in Panama and the war on drugs in Peru. Using two particular images-the enemy and the dependent-Cottam explores why U.S. policy makers have been predisposed to intervene in Latin America whe...
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Choice, Expectation and Uncertainty

By: Ford, J. L.

Price: $6.41

Publisher: Rl Innactive Titles: 1983-06-01

Seller ID: M0389204153Z2

ISBN: 0389204153

Condition: VeryGood

This book considers a topic at the center of economicsothe decision-making processes of individuals, whether as consumers, producers or investors, when they must make choices in a situation of uncertainty or ignorance about the outcome of their chosen strategies.
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Task Strategies: An Empirical Approach to Clinical Social Work

By: Reid, William J.

Price: $2.95

Publisher: Columbia University Press: 1992-04-15

Seller ID: M0231075502Z3

ISBN: 0231075502

Condition: Good

This study focuses on task-centered intervention strategies in order to attain a variety of goals that regularly arise in short-term clinical work with both individuals and families. These strategies involve problem-solving actions or tasks carried out by clients in the treatment session, at home or in the community. A task consists of acting in a planned way to solve a problem, rather than talking about the problem as a means to develop insight or promote personal growth. The author emphasizes a collaborative effort in which practitioners help clients to design, plan, practice and implement t...
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Geographic Information Systems and Science

By: Rhind, David W.,Maguire, David J.,Goodchild, Michael F.,Longley, Paul A.

Price: $6.48

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons: 2001-07-13

Seller ID: 0471892750-01

ISBN: 0471892750

Condition: VeryGood

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Narrative Policy Analysis: Theory and Practice

By: Roe, Emery

Price: $41.73

Publisher: Duke University Press Books: 1994-11-04

Seller ID: M0822315025Z3

ISBN: 0822315025

Condition: Good

Narrative Policy Analysis presents a powerful and original application of contemporary literary theory and policy analysis to many of today's most urgent public policy issues. Emery Roe demonstrates across a wide array of case studies that structuralist and poststructuralist theories of narrative are exceptionally useful in evaluating difficult policy problems, understanding their implications, and in making effective policy recommendations.
Assuming no prior knowledge of literary theory, Roe introduces the theoretical concepts and terminology from literary analysis through an exami...
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Making Care Work: Employed Mothers in the New Childcare Market

By: Uttal, Lynet

Price: $2.95

Publisher: Rutgers University Press: 2002-08-10

Seller ID: M081353111XZ2

ISBN: 081353111X

Condition: VeryGood

As ever more women work outside the home, ever more families employ childcare workers. In the absence of government regulations or social models that clearly define the childcare provider's role, mothers worry about the quality of care their children are getting. By connecting the personal level of mothers' daily experiences to the larger political, economic, and ideological context of childcare, Lynet Uttal describes and explains how mothers rely on their relationship with the providers to monitor and influence the quality of care their children receive. Whereas other studies have emphasiz...
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Category: Decision-Making & Problem Solving