Author: Lord Dahrendorf
Publisher: Central European University Pre
Keywords: consequences, unintended, paradoxes
Number of Pages: 420
Published: 2000-11-01
List price: $55.00
ISBN-10: 9639241091
ISBN-13: 9789639241091

This volume of essays is dedicated to George Soros in honor of his seventieth birthday. The authors come from the different but intersecting worlds of academia, politics and business. The editors have chosen the title The Paradoxes of Unintended Consequences to encourage the contributors to adopt a dialogue-oriented approach and in reference to the example of Giordano Bruno, who was burnt at the stake 400 years ago for holding heretic views which were probably far more backward than the views of those condemning him. The idea behind this approach was that any complex social process or politica

Authors:James S. Uleman, John A. Bargh,
Publisher: The Guilford Press
Keywords: thought, unintended
Number of Pages: 469
Published: 1989-07-14
List price: $60.00
ISBN-10: 0898623790
ISBN-13: 9780898623796

Bringing together an array of outstanding contributors, this volume offers an in-depth examination of unintended thought--its underlying mechanisms, consequences in day-to-day life, and role in mental and emotional disturbance. Chapters describe a number of important phenomena that are influenced by unintended (and sometimes automatic, uncontrolled, or unconscious) ways of perceiving and interpreting the social and physical environment. These include inferences and judgments about self and others, stereotyping and prejudicial behavior, the impact of persuasive messages, long-term goals, respo

Author: Peter W. Galbraith
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Keywords: america, enemies, strengthened, iraq, consequences, war, unintended
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2008-09-30
List price: $23.00
ISBN-10: 1416562257
ISBN-13: 9781416562252

Following his New York Times bestseller The End of Iraq, Peter W. Galbraith describes the storm the next president will inherit in the Middle East as a result of President George W. Bush’s failed Iraq policies.

Author: Dick Grannan
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Keywords: struggle, prostate, cancer, man, one, journey, story, unintended
Number of Pages: 140
Published: 2010-02-22
List price: $18.00
ISBN-10: 1426903871
ISBN-13: 9781426903878

A Prostate Cancer Patient’s Story Dick Grannan recently completed an unbelievable, exciting, life-threatening journey that is quickly becoming prevalent for thousands of men. He wants them to know what it will be like, and to encourage them to remain hopeful even when tempted to despair. He writes a narrative account of his personal experience with prostate cancer. The book follows a logical progression starting with the discovery of a medical problem, the long struggle to find answers, total submission to treatments, and the end result. It is written as a type of journal to ease t

Author: Edward Tenner
Publisher: Vintage
Keywords: consequences, vintage, unintended, revenge, bite, technology, things
Number of Pages: 448
Published: 1997-09-02
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0679747567
ISBN-13: 9780679747567

In this perceptive and provocative look at everything from computer software that requires faster processors and more support staff to antibiotics that breed resistant strains of bacteria, Edward Tenner offers a virtual encyclopedia of what he calls "revenge effects"--the unintended consequences of the mechanical, chemical, biological, and medical forms of ingenuity that have been hallmarks of the progressive, improvement-obsessed modern age. Tenner shows why our confidence in technological solutions may be misplaced, and explores ways in which we can better survive in a world where despite te

Authors:Helen Margetts, Perri 6, Christopher Hood,
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: policy, reform, public, consequences, modernization, unintended, paradoxes
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2010-08-13
List price: $80.00
ISBN-10: 0199573549
ISBN-13: 9780199573547

This book explores the unintended and unanticipated effects associated with ’modernization’ projects and tackles the key question that they provoke - why do policy-makers persist in such enterprises in the face of evidence that they tend to fail? Paradoxes of Modernization first discusses what is meant by ’modernization’ and ’unintended consequences’, placing public policy reform within more general intellectual and social trends. It presents eight case study ’modernization’ projects. Their architects promised faster trains, a more efficient and

Authors:M. Gail Jones, Brett D. Jones, Tracy Hargrove,
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Keywords: testing, stakes, consequences, unintended
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2003-06
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0742526275
ISBN-13: 9780742526273

To better understand how high-stakes accountability has influenced teaching and learning, this book takes an in-depth look at the myriad consequences that high-stakes tests hold for students, teachers, administrators, and the public. By focusing on these tests and spending large amounts of time on test preparation and driving teachers to teach low-level, rote memorization, schools are essentially wiping out non-tested subjects such as science, social studies, physical education, and the arts. Although testing is promoted as a strategy for improving education for all, research shows that testin