Wired to the World, Chained to the Home

Wired to the World, Chained to the Home
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Publisher : UBC Press
Total Pages : 260
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ISBN-10 : 0774808470
ISBN-13 : 9780774808477
Rating : 4/5 (70 Downloads)

Synopsis Wired to the World, Chained to the Home by : Penny Gurstein

How does working at home change people’s activity patterns, social networks, and their living and working spaces? Will telecommuting solve many of society’s ills, or create new ghettos? Penny Gurstein combines a background in planning, sociology of work, and feminist theory with qualitative and quantitative data from ten years of original research, including in-depth interviews and surveys, to understand the impact of home-based work on daily life patterns. She analyzes the experiences of employees, independent contractors, and self-employed entrepreneurs, and presents significant findings regarding the workload, mobility, differences according to work status and gender, and the tensions in trying to combine work and domestic activities in the same setting.

Communication Technology

Communication Technology
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Publisher : UBC Press
Total Pages : 226
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ISBN-10 : 9780774840774
ISBN-13 : 0774840773
Rating : 4/5 (74 Downloads)

Synopsis Communication Technology by : Darin Barney

When the Internet began to emerge as a popular new mode of communication, many political scientists and social commentators believed that it would revolutionize our democratic institutions. Today, voter turnout is at an historic low and Internet usage is at an all-time high. Can we still make the claim that new information and communication technologies (ICTs) enhance democratic life in Canada? What effect does the technological mediation of political communication have on the practice of Canadian politics? How have such technologies affected the distribution of power in society?

The Network Society

The Network Society
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Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages : 172
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ISBN-10 : 9780745637099
ISBN-13 : 0745637094
Rating : 4/5 (99 Downloads)

Synopsis The Network Society by : Darin Barney

In The Network Society, Darin Barney provides a compelling examination of the social, political and economic implications of network technologies and their application across a wide range of practices and institutions. Are we in the midst of a digital revolution? Have new information and communication technologies given birth to a new form of society, or do they reinforce and extend existing patterns and relationships? This book provides a clear and engaging discussion of these and other questions. Using a sophisticated model of the relationship between technology and society, Barney investigates both what has changed, and what has remained the same, in the age of the Internet. Among the issues discussed are debates concerning the emergence of a 'knowledge economy'; digital restructuring of employment and work; globalization and the status of the nation-state; the prospects of digital democracy; the digital divide; new social movements; and culture, community and identity in the age of new media. This book provides an accessible resource for a thoughtful engagement with life in the network society. It will be essential reading for students in sociology and media and communication studies. This will be a valuable textbook for undergraduate students of sociology and media and communication studies.

Challenging Consumption

Challenging Consumption
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 225
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ISBN-10 : 9781136734908
ISBN-13 : 1136734902
Rating : 4/5 (08 Downloads)

Synopsis Challenging Consumption by : Anna R. Davies

Sustainable consumption is a central research topic in academic discourses of sustainable development and global environmental change. Informed by a number of disciplinary perspectives, this book is structured around four key themes in sustainable consumption research: Living, Moving, Dwelling and Futures. The collection successfully balances theoretical insights with grounded case studies, on mobility, heating, washing and eating practices, and concludes by exploring future sustainable consumption research pathways and policy recommendations. Theoretical frameworks are advanced throughout the volume, especially in relation to social practice theory, theories of behavioural change and innovative visioning and backcasting methodologies. This groundbreaking book draws on some conceptual approaches which move beyond the responsibility of the individual consumer to take into account wider social, economic and political structures and processes in order to highlight both possibilities for and challenges to sustainable consumption. This approach enables students and policy-makers alike to easily recognise the applicability of social science theories.

Seven Rules for Sustainable Communities

Seven Rules for Sustainable Communities
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Publisher : Island Press
Total Pages : 215
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ISBN-10 : 9781597268202
ISBN-13 : 1597268208
Rating : 4/5 (02 Downloads)

Synopsis Seven Rules for Sustainable Communities by : Patrick M. Condon

Questions of how the design of cities can respond to the challenge of climate change dominate the thoughts of urban planners and designers across the U.S. and Canada. With admirable clarity, Patrick Condon responds to these questions. He addresses transportation, housing equity, job distribution, economic development, and ecological systems issues and synthesizes his knowledge and research into a simple-to-understand set of urban design recommendations. No other book so clearly connects the form of our cities to their ecological, economic, and social consequences. No other book takes on this breadth of complex and contentious issues and distills them down to such convincing and practical solutions.

The Ecology of Learning

The Ecology of Learning
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 257
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ISBN-10 : 9781136536007
ISBN-13 : 1136536000
Rating : 4/5 (07 Downloads)

Synopsis The Ecology of Learning by : John Blewitt

Your house is flooded by 'unseasonal' heavy rain. What do you learn from this experience? Do you shrug your shoulders and call your insurer? Or do you choose to learn about climate change, switch to renewable energy and lobby politicians? In this insightful book, John Blewitt explores the possibilities for developing a sustainable society through 'lifelong learning' that is, learning that happens in everyday environments and activities as diverse as shopping, community, 'edutainment', information and communication technology, the internet, broadcasting, people's experience of place and space, green building, social networks and consumer culture. Drawing on a range of sociological, anthropological and educational studies as well as new research, The Ecology of Learning is ideal for educators, teachers, corporate trainers and consultants working to integrate environmental education, sustainability and innovation in non-traditional learning situations. The coverage is extensive, with an accessible but informed engagement with both theory and practice and a wide range of examples. Throughout, the voices, stories and experiences of many people are used to illustrate the ways people may reshape our understanding of learning and sustainability.

Live-Work Planning and Design

Live-Work Planning and Design
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Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages : 504
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ISBN-10 : 9781118144060
ISBN-13 : 1118144066
Rating : 4/5 (60 Downloads)

Synopsis Live-Work Planning and Design by : Thomas Dolan

“Although the live-work concept is now accepted among progressive urban design and planning professionals, the specifics that define the term, and its application, remain sketchy. This encyclopedic work is sure to change that, providing the critical information that is needed by architects, planners and citizens.” -Peter Katz, Author, The New Urbanism, and Planning Director, Arlington County, Virginia Live-Work Planning and Design is the only comprehensive guide to the design and planning of live-work spaces for architects, designers, and urban planners. Readers will learn from built examples of live-work, both new construction and renovation, in a variety of locations. Urban planners, developers, and economic development staff will learn how various municipalities have developed and incorporated live-work within building codes and city plans. The author, whose pioneering website, www.live-work.com, has been guiding practitioners and users of live-work since 1998, is the United States' leading expert on the subject.

Learning Civil Societies

Learning Civil Societies
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Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Total Pages : 275
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ISBN-10 : 9780802091192
ISBN-13 : 0802091199
Rating : 4/5 (92 Downloads)

Synopsis Learning Civil Societies by : Penelope Cheryl Gurstein

This collection explores the theoretical underpinnings of democratic planning and governance in relation to civil society formation and social learning.

Time Use

Time Use
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 255
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ISBN-10 : 9781317250401
ISBN-13 : 1317250400
Rating : 4/5 (01 Downloads)

Synopsis Time Use by : William H. Michelson

Many researchers have studied people's everyday use of time. National and international agencies increasingly collect and analyze time-use data. Yet this perspective and its techniques remain a black box to most social science researchers and applied practitioners, and the potential of time-use data to expand explanation in the social sciences is not fully recognized by even most time-use researchers. Sociologist William Michelson's unique book places the study of time-use data in perspective, demystifies its collection and analytic options, and carefully examines the potential of time-use analysis for a wide range of benefits to the social sciences. These include the sampling of otherwise socially "hidden" groups, bridging the gap between qualitative and quantitative phenomena, gender studies, family dynamics, multitasking, social networks, built environments, and risk exposure.

Mothers Who Deliver

Mothers Who Deliver
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Publisher : State University of New York Press
Total Pages : 331
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ISBN-10 : 9781438432250
ISBN-13 : 1438432259
Rating : 4/5 (50 Downloads)

Synopsis Mothers Who Deliver by : Jocelyn Fenton Stitt

Mothers Who Deliver: Feminist Interventions in Public and Interpersonal Discourse brings together essays that focus on mothering as an intelligent practice, deliberately reinvented and rearticulated by mothers themselves. The contributors to this watershed volume focus on subjects ranging from mothers in children's picture books and mothers writing blogs to global maternal activism and mothers raising gay sons. Distinguishing itself from much writing about motherhood today, Mothers Who Deliver focuses on forward-looking arguments and new forms of knowledge about the practice of mothering instead of remaining solely within the realm of critique. Together, the essays create a compelling argument about the possibilities of empowered mothering.