Authors:Peter Taylor-Gooby, Jens O. Zi,
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: science, social, risk
Number of Pages: 306
Published: 2006-11-30
List price: $45.00
ISBN-10: 0199285969
ISBN-13: 9780199285969

This book is designed as an introduction to recent social science work on risk and is intended primarily for students in sociology, social psychology, and psychology, although it will also be useful for those studying political science, government, public policy, and economics. It is written by leading experts actively involved in research in the field.

Author: Peter Taylor
Publisher: Picador
Keywords: stories, forest, old
Number of Pages: 368
Published: 1996-08-15
List price: $15.00
ISBN-10: 0312146957
ISBN-13: 9780312146955

From the grand master of the American short story, these fourteen tales of domestic life in the South during the thirties and forties explore that extraordinary world of manners, expectations and unspoken understanding. The reader is drawn as if by magnetic force into a world rendered in breathtaking, painterly detail. These stories are marvelous entertainments, rich with amusement, yet Taylor renders his characters truly and understands them in a profoundly meaningful way.

Author: Peter Taylor
Publisher: Vintage
Keywords: memphis, summons
Number of Pages: 209
Published: 1999-06-29
List price: $13.95
ISBN-10: 0375701176
ISBN-13: 9780375701177

When Phillip Carver is asked by his sisters to help avert their widower father’s impending marriage to a younger woman, he is forced to confront his domineering siblings, a controlling patriarch, and a flood of memories from his deeply troubled past.

Author: Peter J. Taylor
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Keywords: engagement, interpretation, ecology, complexity, unruly
Number of Pages: 232
Published: 2005-10-01
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 0226790363
ISBN-13: 9780226790367

Ambitiously identifying fresh issues in the study of complex systems, Peter J. Taylor, in a model of interdisciplinary exploration, makes these concerns accessible to scholars in the fields of ecology, environmental science, and science studies. Unruly Complexity explores concepts used to deal with complexity in three realms: ecology and socio-environmental change; the collective constitution of knowledge; and the interpretations of science as they influence subsequent research.For each realm Taylor shows that unruly complexity-situations that lack definite boundaries, where what goes on "out

Author: Peter J. Taylor
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: urban, analysis, global, network, city, world
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2003-10-20
List price: $55.95
ISBN-10: 0415302498
ISBN-13: 9780415302494

Through an analysis of the intra-company flows of 100 global business service firms, Taylor measures the connections between cities and also their relative connectivity to the global economy.

Author: Peter J. Taylor
Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press
Keywords: interpretation, geohistorical, modernities
Number of Pages: 168
Published: 1999-03-01
List price: $67.50
ISBN-10: 0816633959
ISBN-13: 9780816633951

Authors:Peter Taylor, Bob Thackwray,
Publisher: Kogan Page Ltd
Keywords: explained, people, investors
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2001-04-01
List price: $39.25
ISBN-10: 0749434600
ISBN-13: 9780749434601

Revised and updated to take account of changes in the Investors in People criteria since the publication of the third edition, this text is a guide for trainers and senior managers to all aspects of the Investors in People (IiP) process. With detailed explanation and analysis of the revised indicators, it explains every stage of achieving the standard - and the reasons for doing so. Drawing on their own experience, the authors seek to clarify a sometimes confusing system, provide case studies from a broad range of sectors, show how organizations overcome common difficulties and describe the be