Technological Impact on Society
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From  On Technology, Agriculture, and the ArtsTools with a Life of Their Own From: Peak Everything |
In assessing and understanding technology and its effects on people and nature, it is at least as important to pay attention to the energy that drives our tools as to the tools themselves and the … | Richard Heinberg | 17 | 2010 | $1.70 Add |
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From  Our Future Our SelvesFrom: i-Minds, 2nd edition |
I want to close this book by coming full circle back to what I feel are our most urgent issues: First and foremost are our collective children; the next generations and how we individually and … | Mari K Swingle | 14 | 2019 | $1.40 Add |
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From  Parents and PedagogyHelicopters and Expert Advice From: Degrees of Failure |
Twentieth-century child-rearing practices in North America have been heavily manipulated by the state and the private sector toward a domestication that suits institutional life. The tense … | Randle W. Nelsen | 19 | 2017 | $1.90 Add |
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From  NEW! Planning Smart CitiesThe Dream of the Smart City From: Dream States |
The Dream of the Smart City: Part 3 explores planning smart cities. Topics discussed include transportation, census data, what is meant by urban ‘blight’, public and city … | John Lorinc | 15 | 2022 | $1.50 Add |
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From  Privatization and Its DiscontentsFrom: Back to the Well |
In this Chapter, de Villiers discusses the thorny issue of water privatization and commodification. He explores the difference between privatization of ownership and use and the ways in which … | Marq de Villiers | 45 | 2018 | $4.50 Add |
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From  Profit Motive: The Main Driver of Technological DevelopmentFrom: Techno-Fix |
Profit Motive: The Main Driver of Technological Development demonstrates that profit maximization does not necessarily lead to the development of technologies and products best suited to meet the … | Joyce Huesemann; Michael Huesemann | 20 | 2011 | $2.00 Add |
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From  Protecting against International Insecurity and Armed AttackFrom: National Security Law |
Discusses the challenges posed by international insecurity and armed attacks by focusing on issues such as the use of international force and collective self-defense, the proper use of military … | Craig Forcese | 38 | 2007 | $3.80 Add |
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From  NEW! Provincial and Territorial Laws RespondPart Two — Provincial Legislation: Assisted Human Reproduction and the Changing Definitions of Family From: Fertility |
In Provincial and Territorial Laws Respond McTeer examines the responses from across Canada about the use of IVF technology in human reproduction. The chapter explores issues relating to a … | Maureen McTeer | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
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From NEW! Public Policy and Legal Challenges AheadPart Four — Looking to the Future From: Fertility |
In Public Policy and Legal Challenges Ahead McTeer examines the current federal legislation that governs assisted human reproduction (AHR) and how many types of embryo research will inevitably … | Maureen McTeer | 12 | 2022 | $1.20 Add |
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From  Refoulment |
Chapter Six provides an examination of in what circumstances persons with a criminal background can and cannot be removed. | Joseph Rikhof | 118 | 2023 | $11.80 Add |
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From Reframing the DebateFrom: Back to the Well |
In this chapter, de Villiers begins approaching solutions for water crises by asking us to reframe the issue, by thinking and acting on a local level. | Marq de Villiers | 6 | 2018 | $0.60 Add |
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From NEW! Research and the Human EmbryoPart Three — Research on Human Embryos From: Fertility |
In Research and the Human Embryo McTeer examines some of the myriad of related issues raised by research on human embryos, and the medical-scientific research presented to Canadians — … | Maureen McTeer | 7 | 2022 | $0.70 Add |
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From  Respect des libertés individuelles et exigences de sécurité nationalequel point d’équilibre? From: In The Balance |
Ce chapitre aborde le sujet du respect des libertés individuelles et exigences de sécurité nationale en France et en Europe. En particulier, il se concentre sur la choix … | Jean-Claude Marin | 18 | 2011 | $1.80 Add |
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From Rivers and Lakes in TroubleFrom: Back to the Well |
In this chapter, de Villiers explores how surface water – lakes and rivers – are some of the most vulnerable to contamination and destruction as a result of human action. | Marq de Villiers | 27 | 2018 | $2.70 Add |
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From Scarcity, Yes; Conflicts, MaybeFrom: Back to the Well |
In this chapter, de Villiers asks whether water shortages lead to war, under what circumstances these conflicts occur, and where in the world they are most likely to spark. | Marq de Villiers | 35 | 2018 | $3.50 Add |
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From  NEW! School of ScreensFrom: Childhood Unplugged |
In this chapter, Martinko discusses navigating an increase of technology use in schools. Martinko describes how COVID-19 impacted the learning experience for children and why she opted to educate … | Katherine Johnson Martinko | 18 | 2023 | $1.80 Add |
