Rethinking park protection

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Edwin A. Locke

Postmodern philosophy has had a profound effect on intellectuals throughout the world. Its influence has seeped into many fields other than philosophy including literature, psychology, sociology, political science, history, journalism and management. However, there is a debate within the intellectual community as to whether this influence has been beneficial or harmful with no resolution yet in sight. This book contributes to the debate within the field of management. The book includes four chapters by the most highly regarded pro postmodern scholars and an equal number of chapters by the most highly regarded anti postmodern scholars. Adding to the controversy is a final chapter which argues that Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism is the proper alternative to postmodernism. Ayn Rand is a world famous novelist and philosopher whose ideas have become increasingly popular and influential within academia and within culture at large. This is a book that promises to make you think.

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John I. Goodlad

"The Agenda for Education in a Democracy proposed by the authors is more than an effort to simply revitalize a faltering civics curriculum. It is about restoring a shared humanity to the educational process. It is about the need to make caring, compassion, freedom, dignity, and responsibility central to the mission of schooling. It is about placing power and responsibility - a concept more demanding of the individual than is accountability - in the hands of those who need and deserve it. It is about taking the idea of excellence seriously. It is about taking democracy seriously. It is about having real faith in real people to do what is right, just, and honorable."--Jacket.

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Gilles Pronovost

Synthèse et analyse sociologique sur le loisir moderne; c'est en même temps une étude de la société québécoise à travers le prisme du loisir. Cinq niveaux d'analyse: 1. Le système culturel: les rapports à la culture - 2. Les activités de loisir - 3. Les acteurs: les personnes âgées, les travailleurs en loisir, les associations - 4. Les structures sociales: les budgets-temps; l'équipement et le budget des ménages; les structures publiques et para-publiques - 5. Les institutions sociales: la famille; travail et loisir; les médias.

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Kaj Ilmonen

From the publisher. Kaj Ilmonen was a pioneer in the third wave of the sociology of consumption. This book provides a balanced overview of the sociology of consumption, arguing that the enthusiasm of 'the third wave' exaggerated the role of the symbolic and imaginary at the expense of the materiality of human societies.