“…In France, mountain pastoralism plays a non-neglectable role in the production of quality products, the dynamism, the cultural identity and the management of the mountainous areas. However, some economic, political and environmental pressures are today challenging this activity. …”

“…"The Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management's (EM) mission is the safe cleanup of sites associated with the government-led development of nuclear weapons and nuclear energy. …”

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“…These economists saw their task in terms of discretionary, politically-sensitive economic management. But in the 1980s a new kind of economist, who viewed the advancement of markets as left parties' main task, came to the fore. …”

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“…These practices range from fact-finding and the provision of humanitarian assistance to peacekeeping, the management of refugee camps and territorial administration. …”

“…Chapters examine a range of topics, including storytelling in a multiplayer environment; narrative techniques for a 3,000,000-page novel; continuity (or the impossibility of it) in Doctor Who; managing multiple intertwined narratives in superhero comics; the spatial experience of the Final Fantasy role-playing games; World of Warcraft adventure texts created by designers and fans; and the serial storytelling of The Wire. …”

“…Provides a useful intellectual and historical context for students through framing chapters and head notes developed especially for this volume.Chronicles the historical development of an important argument about communicating and organizing through the sustained focus on a single theorist.Intended Audience:This text is designed for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses such as Organizational Communication, Communication Theory, and Organizational Behavior in the fields of Communication, Business &BAD:amp; Management, and Educational Leadership…”

“…Perhaps the most important aspect--the original idea of environmental design as a continuous process involving many participants--has been more completely and systematically developed.The art of site planning is comprehensively covered by chapters on analyzing a locality, organizing place and action, movement systems, "sensuous form," problems of control, and design and management of the site. These are interspersed by technical chapters on site form and ecology, social and psychological analyses, streets and ways, earthwork and utilities, design methods, and costs. …”

“…It is also a valuable resource for all those line managing and supporting the continuing professional development of teaching assistants, from local authorities, FE and HE organisations…”

“…These include a coal silo, built in 1953, viewed as an embodiment of Spain's industrialized landscape; links between laboratories, architects, and the national Catholic church (and between technology and authoritarian control); vertically organized rice production and research on genetics; river management and the contested meanings of self-sufficiency; and the circulation of construction standards by mobile laboratories as an engine for European integration. …”

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“…Demonstrating the concepts and principles of public procurement, this comprehensive book will have a strong appeal to academic researchers, lawyers judges, practitioners, and policy makers at the European, international and national levels as well as students of law, policy and management…”

“…We live in times of economic change and challenges, as reports of theincreasing concentration of wealth with "the 1%" and stagnating wagescompete for headlines with new and contentious politics of austerity.Public discourse has become fractured not only along class lines butideologically, with advocates of "economic freedom" and "sustainability" locked in seemingly intractable conflict. Managers, business people, and teachers of economics are increasingly aware that they simply cannot go back to the "business as usual" of the pre-Great Recession economy, but that does not explain what should be done. …”

“…Because of its enormous length - it runs to over a million words - Nigel Bryant has provided here a version which gives a full account of every episode, linking extensive passages of translation, to make a manageable and highly readable version of this remarkable and largely unexplored work…”

“…In their final analysis the authors provide a unified account of knowledge that manages to respect and explain this diversity. They argue that animals know when they make appropriate use of the cognitive processes available to animals of that kind, in environments within which those processes are veridically well-adapted."…”

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“…Constituting a first-of-its-kind study and guide, Happiness in Journalism is recommended reading for journalists, educators and advanced students interested in topics relating to journalists' mental health and emotion, media management, and workplace wellbeing. This book is accompanied by an online platform which supports videos, exercises, reports and links to useful further reading"-- Contracubierta…”