She Works He Works

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Readable and challenging, this four-year study of three hundred middle-class and working-class couples debunks the myth of the overwrought working mother with her insensitive husband and neglected children. Drawing on extensive cross-disciplinary research, Rosalind Barnett and Caryl Rivers argue that "collaborative couples," busy as they are, thrive in their diverse roles, and inspire competence and confidence in their children.

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Find out what works for you.......2002-11-30

I have read many books about parenting. Some are in support of the stay at home mom and others support the working mom. The fact that many of us need to read books like this to feel good about the choices we make seems to say that this is a controversial issue with no easy right answer. She works, He works, is a book written to make to income families feel good about their choice. Other books are written to make stay at home moms feel good about their choice. People will believe what they want to believe about this debatable issue. Make the choice for yourself. Do what is correct for your children and family. If that means working, by all means work. If that means staying home with your young children, be all means stay home with your children (at least while they are young and not school age). I am in support of all loving parents that really make an effort to create good lives for their children. While keeping your children and family in mind, make the right choice for your circumstances. I think books like this are for the most part pointless. They are written to make the authors feel good about their choices whatever they may be. It is also written to justify the choices that author has made. However if you are reading this book to support the choices you have made, that is fine too. We all need to feel supported especially when confronting difficult decisions like this one regarding our families and lifestyle.

Great Info!.......2001-06-05

This book finally debunks many of the myths that tend to dog working parents. It turns the table around to show that, in many cases, working parents provide a healthier and happier lifestyle for their families.

Let's face it, the two-income family is hear to stay. It is highly unlikely that we as a society will go back to having a parent stay at home just to tend to its children. It didn't work in the '50s, and it won't work now. We need meaningful change based on a real assessment of the situation--and this book gives one.

Based on Barnett and Rivers' 4 year study of 600 working class and middle-class COUPLES (don't know WHAT that other review is talking about--this book is not based on the study "A Reader" suggests--the data was compiled by 1996 from a study funded by [I think]Radcliff). Many real-life examples are given, and their invaluable insights compliment Barnett and Rivers' points.

Brava!

Deliberately flawed data to support corporate greed.......2000-05-11

Before you buy or, God forbid, become influenced by this book, read what a major news columnist had to say about the study that provides most of the data for this book:

A study from a major university early last year made the pronouncement that children whose mothers work full-time suffer no detrimental effects.

Now, that's what the news media wanted us to hear. CBS Evening News couldn't wait to broadcast it. The Washington Post, the Boston Globe, and the Atlanta Journal & Constitution all trumpeted the story.

There was just one problem. The study showed no such thing. It's an example of how the "science" of sociology is being used to serve an ideological agenda.

It was later discovered that the researcher, Dr. Elizabeth Harvey of the University of Connecticut, had skewed some of the data. The stay-at-home mothers in her study were mostly young, poor, and uneducated. They were twice as likely to be single mothers as the national norm, and their income was less than half the national average.

In his book, There's No Place Like Work, Brian Robertson observes, "Clearly, [Harvey's] findings could not be applied to American society as a whole -- yet this is precisely what was claimed in the news stories."

The misinterpretation of her data didn't faze Harvey a bit -- in fact, just the opposite. She said she hoped her study would alleviate the guilt mothers feel when they leave their children each day.

Robertson says the lesson we ought to take away from this is that sociological research "can be -- and often is -- used selectively in the debate over what type of culture we shall have." Journalists grabbed onto Harvey's study because they have a philosophical commitment to the idea that no woman should be asked to interrupt her career in order to care for her children full-time.

If you don't believe that, imagine how the media would react if a researcher announced that full-time daycare caused great harm to kids. As writer Danielle Crittenden asks, would such a study "be heralded... as a vindication for mothers who stay at home?" Would the network anchors tell these moms they need not feel 'guilty' about not contributing to their household expenses?

Don't hold your breath.

Over the last three decades, huge numbers of Americans have shifted time and attention from home to the workplace. Despite assurances by the experts that children are not being harmed by this, Robertson notes, "There remains a strong sense among the public that something is deeply wrong with the parent-child relationship." And a Wall Street Journal poll reveals that an incredible 83 percent of all Americans believe that "parents not paying enough attention" to their children has become "a very serious problem."

Democrats apparently want to solve the problem with government-funded daycare. Republicans want to reform labor laws to give working parents more flexibility. But Robertson says both of these are quick-fix approaches that will not work. They ignore the reasons behind the social and economic pressures that have led to the "flight from domesticity."

The reasons behind this flight are the subject of this special BreakPoint series based on Robertson's book, There's No Place Like Work.

You'll learn the truth about how deliberate, government policies are harming America's families -- and what you can do about it.

(Charles Colson is chairman of Prison Fellowship Ministries. His daily commentary can be heard on radio stations throughout the United States, and at the Breakpoint web site.)

This book is pure hucksterism based on bad statistics. Instead of easing your conscience with crud like this, take a look at the two-income families in your neighborhood and decide if they're "thriving."

Wonderful Optimistic View of Couples Who Work.......1999-11-14

Barnett and Rivers do a wonderful job of presenting real facts that support a phenomenon so many of us experience. Thank you for the support and optimism!

Yeah! Research supports a positive view of working families........1999-07-21

This book gives research to support that working families do not ruin children. I particularly liked the different view of families in the past and the contradictions with the "Leave it to Beaver" time. Historically, women have either worked or even when home did not interact as much with children (they were just "there"). The research also does not seem to show much more happiness for moms that work outside the home part time (which really surprised me). Women as individuals are taking care of themselves and sharing the load. The husbands have become partners more often than not so the marriages are healthier. Gender roles are becoming less rigid. I really enjoyed reading this book and felt a lot of affirmation from it. The only negative side is that some of the information is repetitive.

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Great Analysis on Why the Union Had the Edge at Gettysburg .......2005-03-06

One of the great controversies of Gettysburg, aside from pointing the finger at Longstreet, was why did the Confederates go blind through Pennsylvania and of course where was Stuart? Longacre gives a highly readable story of how the supremacy of the Confederate Cavalry crested before Gettysburg as the Union begin to have bolder leaders and more aggressive tactics and better mounts. Starting with Stuarts embarrassment at the shock like attack of Union Cavalry at Brandy Station, Longacre explains the difference evolutions of the Cavalry on each side and in detail you see how the Union became more like the Confederates and less like picket line guards in the past. Excellent story of how Stuart took all his top brigade commanders with him leaving Grumble Jones behind to screen Lee's army and with the little known Albert Jenkins virtually leading reconnaissance for Lee's march through Pennsylvania. To me, the best part of the book is about Stuart's misadventures and Lee's army groping its way almost blind through Pennsylvania running into Buford's cavalry equipped with spencer repeater rifles. Great detail on Stuart's final arrival and desperate attempt to ride behind the Union line to disrupt it during Pickett's charge only to be quashed by Custer's attack stopping Stuart completely. In addition, excellent detail on Farnsworth's suicide charge into Longstreet's right flank after Pickett's charge ordered by "Kilcavalry" Kilpatrick. There is also additional detail on the harassment of Lee's retreat by the Union cavalry and Stuarts tired efforts to hold his ground. Excellent book fills the void left by most all Gettysburg books.

An Essential Read for All Gettysburg Fans.......2004-07-29

Edward Longacre's _The Cavalry at Gettysburg_ continues to deserve an honored place at the top of the Gettysburg canon, which is saying a lot considering how much has been published on America's most written-about battle. This is one of Longacre's earliest books, but it still ranks as one of his best. The volume is exhaustively researched and well written. Longacre excels in his pithy character sketches of the opposing commanders, and his battle descriptions sometimes approach the poetic. This book sets the Battle of Gettysburg in a wider context, which helps us to better understand both what caused it and its outcome. Finally, Longacre ended up teaching me many things about a subject I thought I already knew a lot about.

A History of the Cavalry in the Gettysburg Campaign.......2004-03-04

Edward Longacre's book, "The Cavalry at Gettysburg" is a thorough, well-written study of the mounted arms of both the Union and Confederate armies during Lee's critical Pennsylvania campaign of June 9 -- July 14, 1863. This campaign culminated in the Battle of Gettysburg. As is well known, Jeb Stuart had embarked on a ride-around of the Union army beginning on June 24. He did not rejoin General Lee until late on July 2, well into the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg. Mr. Longacre examines Stuart's ride and its impact in detail. But he offers as well a comphrensive account of cavalry operations throughout the campaign. This is a subject that is sometimes overlooked, and it is good for those interested in the history of the Pennsylvania campaign to have the information gathered in one study.

An excellent feature of the book is the background Mr. Longacre gives on cavalry operations and on their development in both armies. Mr. Longacre also spends substantial time on the leaders of both the Confederate and Union cavalries -- during the time of this study Stuart for the South and Pleasanton for the North. He explains why the personal, hands-on dashing activities required in cavalry operations tended to attract flamboyant types of leaders.

Mr. Longacre describes well the different fighting styles of the Southern and Northern mounted arms and show too how the North gradually was able to turn its cavalry into an effective fighting force. He finds that the Union was well on its way to doing so by the Pennsylvania campaign, but he concludes that the Union cavalry still was not quite the equal of the Confederate unit during these summer months of 1863.

Mr. Longacre provides detailed discussions of the important and large-scale cavalry battle at Brandy Station, Virginia at the outset of the Pennsylvania campaign and follows it with accounts of engagements at Aldie and Middleburg as the Confederate infantry advanced. There is a good account of the backround of Stuart's ride-around, with Mr. Longacre less critical of Stuart than many other writers. He examines the battles between Stuart and the Union cavalry, particularly at Hanover, before Stuart finally rejoined General Lee on July 2.

The Union cavalry gets even-handed attention. Mr. Longacre offers excellent accounts of Burford's role in delaying the Confederate advance on the first day of the Battle and the significant fighting of Union General David Gregg against the Stonewall Brigade on the evening of July 2. This fighting greatly weakened the Confederate force which attacked Culp's Hill on the far right of the Union line, perhaps saving it from capture.

Mr Longacre offers a detailed account of the sometimes forgotten fighting at the east cavalry battlefield, some 4 miles east of Gettysburg on July 3. This was an important engagement in its own right and included some of the fiercest fighting of the Battle.

The book concludes with an extended discussion of the role of the cavalries following Lee's retreat from Gettysburg. Stuart in particular played an important role in allowing the Confederate army to escape accross the Potomac and various components of the Union cavalry distinguished themselves in pursuit.

This book is a technical study and presupposes a high level of backround and interest in the military history of the Civil War and of the Battle of Gettysburg. But it tells its story well and carefully. More maps would have been welcome.

An Exciting Look at the Mounted Units at Gettysburg-jaslfms.......2003-05-04

I am a middle school student who had to read a Civil War book for History class. The Cavalry at Gettysburg was an okay book unless you are a history buff. It did give a pretty elaborate picture of each mounted Civil War hero and their march to Pennsylvania and the fight for Gettysburg. The book has a lot of people and they are all explained in the first chapter. The problem is that you have to remember them throughout the whole book. Also there were a lot of words I didn't know and had to look them up numerous times.

My favorite chapter was Gettysburg, 2 July. It is filled with interesting quotes and facts as day two of the Battle of Gettysburg goes on. Mr. Longacre does a pretty good job throughout the whole book but this chapter especially.

Although some pages were a challenge, The Cavalry at Gettysburg had a strong backbone and a lot interesting facts. It was a well-written book and might have been more interesting if I was a Civil War buff. Mr. Longacre has written a swell book that actually took me to the Battle of Gettysburg. It was a good book to read!

The Cavalry at Gettysburg.......2002-12-12

The Cavalry at Gettysburg is an interesting study of the cavalry on both sides during the Gettysburg campaign. I'd recommend reading it in conjunction with Lee's Cavalrymen, Longacre's latest book.

Longacre gives a good picture of the various roles of mid-19th century cavalry, compares/contrasts ANV and AOP cavalry, and criticizes the current tactics of mounted assault. As in his later work, he opines that Confederates often didn't like to fight with sabers, and I still wish he would provide more documentary evidence for that. His point regarding the difficulties of poorly armed troopers who could either fight only on foot or only mounted, is well taken.

The description of the campaign itself starts with Brandy Station, goes through Aldie, Middleburg and Upperville, and then follows the various cavalry units as they traveled north. The fighting behind the Union right on July 3 gets a lot of time, as does the desperate rearguard action after the battle.

Longacre generally feels that CS cavalry retained the advantage throughout the campaign, for which he more or less blames Federal leadership. He effectively demolishes the argument that Stuart was not following orders or was "joy-riding" during the march into Pennsylvania, and speaks harshly of the performances of Robertson and Jenkins. He goes on to suggest that Federal tactical flexibility would serve them well in upcoming campaigns.

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Excellent, balanced study of the cavalry at Gettysburg.......1999-12-29

This book was one of my best Christmas presents. It challenges the long established view that the Gettysburg campaign was a clearcut success for the Union horsemen. Indeed, given their advantages in supplies, weapons, numbers, horseflesh, and fighting on home ground, it is a surprise the Rebs did not do worse. It also shows that many of Stuart's command decisions were correct, since they are often overshadowed by his gargantuan failure of leaving Lee in the dark as to the movements of the Federal army. However, what I found most helpful about this book was its emphasis not just on the fighting around Gettysburg, but the cavalry battles that occured during the advance and retreat of the Confederate army. All in all, a great book that deals eloquently and concisely with its subject.

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In 1715 France had a sizeable overseas empire in America, Africa and Asia, its colonies garrisoned by thousands of regular officers and soldiers who belonged to the Navy's colonial establishment or by the French East India Company's troops. Though these troops are not usually covered in histories of the French forces, since the end of the 17th century, they saw considerable action against the enemy overseas. This last volume in a series of five (Men-at-Arms 296, 302, 304, 308 and 313) details the uniforms, arms and accoutrements of Louis XV's colonial and naval troops. The text is accompanied by numerous photographs and illustrations, including eight full colour plates.

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Very informative.......2006-11-10

This book provides a lot of information about French Colonial and Naval troops that would be very hard to find anywhere else. A must read for any French and Indain War New France reenactors.

Fascinating Series.......2006-10-25

All five books in this series are magnificent. What makes them great is that they are not in the usual Osprey fashion. Their is no chronology of dates at the begging taking up space; Chartrand jumps right in with organization details, tactics, equipment, armament, and each regiments uniform distinction as it changed through Louis XV reign. The plates are outstanding. Usually for Osprey their only three figures per plate. Not here, 5 and more a plate. With that number it's not cluttered and doesn't detract from the detail. On a last note, I will never have to buy anything else to help me paint my Seven Year War French figures.

Thought I evaluated this one before.......2006-04-20

Rene Chartrand provides in this series an insightful look into the French army of this period, its formations and basic organization as well as the caliber of its troops, with great detail to its unforms which are well illustrated by Eufene Leliepvre.

Truly on an organizational level the French army is quite impressive though its performance a shadow of what it had been under its previous monarch.

A La Hussard!.......2000-07-21

This is an interesting, highly accurate work, as are all of Rene Chartrand's books, which covers a period not usually well-covered, or covered at all. The addition of Maitre Eugene Leliepvre's lively, accurate, and colorful artwork only adds to the value and accuracy.

The early history of French light troops is one of trial and error, fits and starts, that tried to catch up to the excellent light troops of the Austrian army that so troubled the French throughout the early and mid eighteenth century. Here in all their Gallic splendor are the regiments of foreign born hussars, dragoons, uhlans, and whatever else the imaginative, energetic, and not always efficient soldiers thought up to raise and send into the fire in central Europe.

Told in a descriptive and accurate fashion, the book is a must for every afficionado of the period. It is also a very good introduction for the later Revolutionary and Napoleonic periods where the French light troops came into their own and began to dominate battlefields.

The addition of Eugene Leliepvre's superb artwork is a definite plus for the book, and ensures it will be used for years to come. This book belongs on the shelf of every enthusiast of this period and the later Napoleonic and revolutionary periods.

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Louis XV's Army (3): Foreign Infantry. Men-at-Arms Series No. 304
Rene Chartrand
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Men at Arms No. 304 - Louis XV's Army (3) Foreign Infantry
Rene; Lellepvre, Eugene Chartrand
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A good book to gain a perspective on the evolution of India into a technological power

Great inspiring book

Pure Inspiration

Autobiography of a true scientist, and an extraordinary manager

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Wings of Fire: An Autobiography of APJ Abdul Kalam
Arun Tiwari , and Abul Kalam
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A good book to gain a perspective on the evolution of India into a technological power.......2007-07-30

This book sums up how APJ Abdul Kalam went through various stages
in his life starting from his childhood in Rameswaram to the stage prior to
his ascent to Rashtrapathi Bhavan in Delhi.
It depicts various projects he was associated with in the areas of aeronautics,
space research and defence development like Hovercraft Nandi, RATO, SLV and
Missile program and both the agonizing moments and the ecstatic moments
he went through in that process.

It conveys the message how a person's patriotic commitment to the development of
indigenous technology motivates a person to spend long hours and sustain hurdles,
despite being perturbed by the deaths of close family members one by one.

It proves the point that how motivating mentors/managers/leaders like
Dr.Vikram Sarabhai and Dr.Brahm Prakash can mold a young engineer like APJ
into a highly accomplished technocrat and make him bounce back to action
with a redoubled enthusiasm after heart-breaking personal and career setbacks.

It talks about how APJ was an effective project manager who projected his team
members more to the higher hierarchy than himself.

It mentions his elder sister's love toward him who mortgaged her gold ornaments
to pay for his admission to Madras Institute of Technology(MIT) which is so
typical for any middle-class Indian.

The following consoling words by Swami Sivananda to APJ after he fails in his
first job interview in Indian Air Force are notable:
" Accept your destiny and go ahead with your life. You are not destined to become
an Air Force pilot. What you are destined to become is not revealed now
but it is predetermined. Forget this failure, as it was essential
to lead you to your destined path. Search instead, for the true purpose of
your existence. Become one with yourself, my son !
Surrender yourself to the wish of God"

Those words proved right as his life progressed.

Credit goes to Arun Tiwari who asked APJ about his memoirs
and helped him in coming out with this book.

This is a book worth gifting to any child or youth ( 12 and above ) to make them
gain a good perspective on the evolution of India into a technological power.

Great inspiring book.......2007-03-23

One of the best autobiograpy I have read so far. No Indian has contributed more than Dr. Abdul Kalam in making the India a self-reliant nation and nuclear power.

I would recommend atleast every Indian to read this autobiography and be proud of him.

Pure Inspiration.......2007-01-04

I picked up a book in Dhaka recently entitled, "Wings of Fire' by Abdul Kalam. It is a fascinating book which unfortunately I didn't see in the UK.

It is about the biography of Abdul Kalam, who headed the Indian Space, Missile and Nuclear Programme, thus transforming India from a dependent nation to a technology superpower. He talks about the hardships he encountered and how he overcame them. He also draws valubale lessons from his father and his mentors as well as a deep faith in God, that enabled him to carry out his work and build up a home grown space and missile programme.

It has a lot of good suggestions on goal-setting, teamwork, managerial techniques, creating visions and dealing with set-backs. It is a lesson for all Muslims and anyone from the third world. The book is both readable and inspirational.

Hasan Ali Imam

Autobiography of a true scientist, and an extraordinary manager.......2006-11-12

I am halfway through reading the Urdu translation of this book (and just ordered the English version so I could read it in author's own words). As a part-time PhD student at a leading U.S. university who have recently experienced the unexplainable satisfaction one can achieve by doing research, and manager of a large technology team, I can testify by heart that Dr. Kalam shared his deep, and true experiences with his readers.

You will learn that merit is the most powerful thing in the world. If combined with optimism, and strong believe in God (or whatever you believe in), a nobody from a minority can uncover his or her full potential and break all barriers, even in a narrow-minded society like India.

You will learn that human mind can do wonders. And that one should not take anything for granted.

You will learn that leadership is all about trust, and about allowing your people to work freely and to achieve goals their way. You will understand that one does not become an extraordinary manager by being "hard" or by micro-managing his or her team.

You will also read various words of wisdom that only a true scientist (who have "been there"....) can share. And (hopefully) understand why one should not lose heart because of failures.

You will learn interesting facts about the relationship between research and development, and how they strengthen each other. You will also learn the difference between ideal and rational decisions (for an example, see the last paragraph of part 7).

To summarize, its an autobiography of an extraordinary achiever, and a must read for anyone who would like more reasons on believe on himself or herself, or to become a great manager.

Inspiring.......2006-08-22

This is an inspiring text that tells that if one has the passion combined with values in life, however difficult situation may be that person will be successful. Also the book throws light on what it takes for a successful team work.

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Parity and War: Evaluations and Extensions of The War Ledger

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Parity and War is an impressive explanation of why peace predominates in the international arena and why, on occasion, wars do start. Useful for college students and scholars alike, the work scrutinzes and tests ideas about power preponderance, first discussed over a decade ago in the widely acclaimed book The War Ledger.

An alternative to traditional realism, power preponderence contends that peace is preserved when a preponderant nation supports the status quo. The theory convincingly accounts for war initiation, recovery, and peace by analyzing military arms buildups, alliances, territorial threats, economic cycles, and nuclear environment deterrence and proliferation. The contributors to this volume examine and analyze cases as diverse as the peaceful collapse of the Soviet Union, the presence of interstate war in South America in the last century and the absence thereof--despite domestic war--in this century, the economic and political consequences of the American Civil War, and the observation of long-term patterns of conflict and peace in international relations.

Moreover, contributors to Parity and War utilize game theory, expected utility, and differential calculus techniques to model major war and to formalize the originally intuitive propositions of power preponderance. Their timely research shows that, in this era of nuclear weapons dominated by a single super power, effective regime guidance by the United States can insure peace for the next century.

Contributors include Arina Arbetman, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Vesna Danilovic, Daniel S. Geller, Kenk W. Houweling, Kelly M. Kadera, Woosang Kim, Jacek Kugler, Douglas Lemke, Ross A. Miller, James D. Morrow, A. F. K. Organski, Jan G. Siccama, Randoph M. Siverson, Ronald Tammen, William R. Thompson, John A. Vasquez, Frank Whelon Wayman, Suzanne Werner, and Frank C. Zagare.

Jacek Kugler is Elisabeth Helm Rosecrans Professor of International Relations and Political Economy, Claremont College. Douglas Lemke is Assistant Professor of Political Science, Florida State University.

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Public Administration in the New Century: A Concise Introduction
Jeffrey D. Greene
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Learn to apply public adminstration theoretical models to the real world with PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN THE NEW CENTURY: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE WORLD OF PUBLIC MANAGEMENT, a concise guide for anyone working toward a career in this field! This concise yet informative text will provide you with a solid introduction to the fundamentals, as well as coverage of the history of the discipline, bureaucracy, organizational theory and behavior, public budgeting, personnel administration, public policy, and ethics.

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Creating institutions to meet the challenge of sustainability is arguably the most important task confronting society; it is also dauntingly complex. Ecological, economic, and social elements all play a role, but despite ongoing efforts, researchers have yet to succeed in integrating the various disciplines in a way that gives adequate representation to the insights of each.

Panarchy, a term devised to describe evolving hierarchical systems with multiple interrelated elements, offers an important new framework for understanding and resolving this dilemma. Panarchy is the structure in which systems, including those of nature (e.g., forests) and of humans (e.g., capitalism), as well as combined human-natural systems (e.g., institutions that govern natural resource use such as the Forest Service), are interlinked in continual adaptive cycles of growth, accumulation, restructuring, and renewal. These transformational cycles take place at scales ranging from a drop of water to the biosphere, over periods from days to geologic epochs. By understanding these cycles and their scales, researchers can identify the points at which a system is capable of accepting positive change, and can use those leverage points to foster resilience and sustainability within the system.

This volume brings together leading thinkers on the subject-including Fikret Berkes, Buz Brock, Steve Carpenter, Carl Folke, Lance Gunderson, C.S. Holling, Don Ludwig, Karl-Göran Mäler, Charles Perrings, Marten Scheffer, Brian Walker, and Frances Westley-to develop and examine the concept of panarchy and to consider how it can be applied to human, natural, and human-natural systems. Throughout, contributors seek to identify adaptive approaches to management that recognize uncertainty and encourage innovation while fostering resilience.

The book is a fundamental new development in a widely acclaimed line of inquiry. It represents the first step in integrating disciplinary knowledge for the adaptive management of human-natural systems across widely divergent scales, and offers an important base of knowledge from which institutions for adaptive management can be developed. It will be an invaluable source of ideas and understanding for students, researchers, and professionals involved with ecology, conservation biology, ecological economics, environmental policy, or related fields.

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Panarchy: Understanding Transformations .......2005-10-25

A very interesting read. A well developed theoretical framework for examining contempory 'sustainability' issues (social, physical, cultural and so on). Interesting case studies used.

Highly Informative.......2005-08-24

I weighed into this book on the basis of an article I read about Panarchy. Some of the text is too technical for me (all the chapters are written by academics) so I confess that I skipped some parts. Nonetheless for anyone who is trying to grasp how change happens in our world, this is an outstanding source for understanding the complexities and inter-relatedness of everything.

Economics, Ecology, and Sociology Interactions.......2003-06-22

This is the only book I know of which provides theoretical framework for sustainable development using integrated management of economic, ecological, and social systems. The theoretical frame work is based on hierarchy and complexity theories.

You do not want to miss reading and owning it. It belongs in the library of all future oriented executives, economists, ecologists, sociologists, business planners, and policy makers.

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Panarchy: understanding transformations in human and natural systems [A book review from: Ecological Economics]
E. Ostrom
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Panarchy: Understanding Transformations in Human and Natural Systems.(Book Review) : An article from: Journal of the Community Development Society

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Panarchy: Understanding Transformations in Human and Natural Systems.(Book Review) : An article from: Journal of the Community Development Society
Diana Laughlin
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Lance Gunderson
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