Joel: 1733 books
Contemporary Issues in Mediation
Volume 1
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2016
Is the need for a power balance still necessary for mediation in the Singapore context?
In an increasingly digitised world, what challenges are there for online mediation?
Is the distinction between facilitative and evaluative mediation still relevant?
These questions, and more,...
The 10 Laws of Trust
Building the Bonds That Make a Business Great
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2016
Because of trust in leadership, in each other, and in the mission, a tiny company like John Deere grew into a worldwide leader. On the opposite spectrum, a lack of trust is what eventually sank the seemingly unsinkable corporation of Enron. A culture of trust for all companies large and small is invaluable....
Populism in Latin America
Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2012
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This updated edition of Populism in Latin America discusses new developments in populism as a political phenomenon and the emergence of new populist political figures in Mexico, Argentina, and Venezuela in particular.
For more...
Quiet No More
New Political Activism in Canada and Around the Globe
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2013
Spontaneous and creative protest movements have burst onto the political stage in Canada and around the world. Joel D. Harden, an activist, writer, and educator, offers a ground-level account of the most important of these recent expressions of large-scale political engagement, mostly by young people....
The approaching great transformation
Toward a liveable post carbon economy
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2013
Joel Magnuson's visionary insights into the decline of the Oil Age and life afterward combine sobering warnings with genuine hope. The facts are hard: global oil deposits will soon peak if they haven't already and the violent race to secure what's left has already begun. Meanwhile, our culture of...
American Nightmares
Social Problems in an Anxious World
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2018
In an accessible and droll style, well-known sociologist Joel Best shines a light on how we navigate these anxious, insecure social times. While most of us still strive for the American Dream—to graduate from college, own a home, work toward early retirement—recent generations have been told...
by Joel Spring
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1998
Joel Spring investigates the role of educational policy in the evolving global economy, and the consequences of school systems around the world adapting to meet the needs of international corporations. The new global model for education addresses problems of technological change, the quick exchange...
The Gifts of Athena
Historical Origins of the Knowledge Economy
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2011
The growth of technological and scientific knowledge in the past two centuries has been the overriding dynamic element in the economic and social history of the world. Its result is now often called the knowledge economy. But what are the historical origins of this revolution and what have been its...
by Musa Joel
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2017
OVER the few months since its first publication, ‘1960s War on Poverty: United States History of Fifty-Seven Years Towards Economic Freedom’ has become a financial classic! Now, in a thoroughly revised, enlarged and updated version, Musa .S. Joel, in his usual musical cadence and linguistic playfulness...
Glass Houses
Privacy, Secrecy, and Cyber Insecurity in a Transparent World
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2013
A chilling and revelatory appraisal of the new faces of espionage and warfare on the digital battleground
Shortly after 9/11, Joel Brenner entered the inner sanctum of American espionage, first as the inspector general of the National Security Agency, then as the head of counterintelligence...
Education Networks
Power, Wealth, Cyberspace, and the Digital Mind
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2012
Education Networks is a critical analysis of the emerging intersection among the global power elite, information and communication technology, and schools. Joel Spring documents and examines the economic and political interests and forces —including elite networks, the for-profit education industry,...
by Joel Levitt
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2004
Tap into Joel Levitt's vast array of experience and learn how to improve almost any aspect of your maintenance organization (including your own abilities)! This new edition of a classic first educates readers about the globalization of production and the changing of the guard of maintenance leadership,...
Climate Leviathan
A Political Theory of Our Planetary Future
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2018
How climate change will affect our political theory—for better and worse
Despite the science and the summits, leading capitalist states have not achieved anything close to an adequate level of carbon mitigation. There is now simply no way to prevent the planet breaching the threshold of two...
A Culture of Growth
The Origins of the Modern Economy
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2016
Why Enlightenment culture sparked the Industrial Revolution
During the late eighteenth century, innovations in Europe triggered the Industrial Revolution and the sustained economic progress that spread across the globe. While much has been made of the details of the Industrial Revolution, what...