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Business Battles in the US Energy Sector

Lessons for a Clean Energy Transition

By: Christian Downie

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Business Battles in the US Energy Sector

Lessons for a Clean Energy Transition

By: Christian Downie

This book is ground breaking in its study of business actors in climate and energy politics. While various studies have demonstrated the influence of business actors across multiple policy domains, this is the first to examine the behaviour of business actors in energy centric industries in the US that will be vital for achieving a clean energy transition, namely the oil, gas, coal, utility, and renewable industries. Drawing on almost 80 interviews with senior energy executives, lobbyists, and policymakers, it asks two central questions: (i) how and why are business actors shaping energy policy contests in the US? And (ii) what are the implications for policymakers? In answering these questions, this book provides new insights about the preferences and strategies of business in the energy sector, and, significantly, it identifies strategies for policymakers seeking to regulate energy in the face of political resistance from incumbent fossil fuel industries. This book will be of particular value to students, scholars, and policymakers working in the fields of energy, climate, and environmental politics, as well as individuals generally interested in the role that business exerts over policy processes.

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Routledge

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0429687885

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9780429687884

The Rough Guide to Canada

By: Tim Jepson,Phil Lee,Christian Williams,Annelise Sorensen,Stephen Keeling,Steven Horak

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The Rough Guide to Canada

By: Tim Jepson,Phil Lee,Christian Williams,Annelise Sorensen,Stephen Keeling,Steven Horak

The Rough Guide to Canada is the ultimate travel guide to this staggeringly beautiful country with detailed coverage of all the top attractions. Inspired by stunning colour photography and insightful background information, discover both the urban and the wild with expert guidance on exploring everything from the glistening skyscrapers of Toronto, the restaurants of Montreal and the laid-back ambience of Vancouver, to the spectacular Niagra falls and the rolling plains of the Prairies. You'll find specialist information on a host of outdoor activities including winter sports in the Rockies, trekking through the Northwest Territories, and wildlife spotting in the country's great wilderness, complimented with full-colour sections on the National Parks and Skiing and Snowboarding. Choose what to see and do whilst relying on up-to-date descriptions of the best hotels, bars, clubs, shops and restaurants for all budgets. Explore every corner of this stunning country with clear maps and expert background on everything from sea cliffs and tidal bores in the Bay of Fundy to the walled Old Town in Qu�bec City. Make the most of your holiday with The Rough Guide to Canada.

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Rough Guides UK

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1405387432

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9781405387439

Managing Healthy Organizations

Worksite Health Promotion and the New Self-Management Paradigm

By: Mikael Holmqvist,Christian Maravelias

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Managing Healthy Organizations

Worksite Health Promotion and the New Self-Management Paradigm

By: Mikael Holmqvist,Christian Maravelias

This book studies worksite health promotion as a way of managing organizations. It examines the character of corporate health experts’ work, the social contexts of their profession, their striving for influence, the way they try to affect people’s thinking and behaviour, and the organizational ethic and culture that they contribute to construct.

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183

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Routledge

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1136929851

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9781136929854

All the President’s Men

By: Robert B. Ray,Christian Keathley

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All the President’s Men

By: Robert B. Ray,Christian Keathley

Alan J. Pakula's political thriller All the President's Men (1976) was met with immediate critical and commercial success upon its release, finishing second at the box office and earning seven Academy Award nominations. Through a close reading of key scenes, performances and stylistic decisions, Christian Keathley and Robert B. Ray show how the film derives its narrative power through a series of controlled oppositions: silence vs. noise; stationary vs. moving camera; dark vs. well-lit scenes and shallow vs. deep focus, tracing how these elements combine to create an underlying formal design crucial to the film's achievement. They argue that the film does not fit the auteurist model of New Hollywood film-makers such as Coppola and Scorsese. Instead, All the President's Men more closely resembles a studio-era film, the result of a collaboration between a producer (Robert Redford), multiple scriptwriters, a skilful director, important stars (Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman), a distinctive cameraman (Gordon Willis), an imaginative art director (George Jenkins) and ingenious sound designers, who together created an enduringly great film.

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114

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1839024062

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9781839024061

Handbook Of Disaster Risk Reduction & Management: Climate Change And Natural Disasters

By: Christian N Madu

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Handbook Of Disaster Risk Reduction & Management: Climate Change And Natural Disasters

By: Christian N Madu

Climate change is increasingly of great concern to the world community. The earth has witnessed the buildup of greenhouse gases (GHG) in the atmosphere, changes in biodiversity, and more occurrences of natural disasters. Recently, scientists have begun to shift their emphasis away from curbing carbon dioxide emission to adapting to carbon dioxide emission. The increase in natural disasters around the world is unprecedented in earth's history and these disasters are often associated to climate changes. Many nations along the coastal lines are threatened by massive floods and tsunamis. Earthquakes are increasing in intensity and erosion and droughts are problems in many parts of the developing countries. This book is therefore to investigate ways to prepare and effectively manage these disasters and possibly reduce their impacts. The focus is on mitigation strategies and policies that will help to reduce the impacts of natural disasters. The book takes an in-depth look at climate change and its association to socio-economic development and cultures especially in vulnerable communities; and investigates how communities can develop resilience to disasters. A balanced and a multiple perspective approach to manage the risks associated with natural disasters is offered by engaging authors from the entire globe to proffer solutions.

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957

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World Scientific Publishing Company

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9813207965

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9789813207967

Special Responsibilities

Global Problems and American Power

By: Mlada Bukovansky,Ian Clark,Robyn Eckersley,Richard Price,Christian Reus-Smit,Nicholas J. Wheeler

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Global Problems and American Power

By: Mlada Bukovansky,Ian Clark,Robyn Eckersley,Richard Price,Christian Reus-Smit,Nicholas J. Wheeler

This is the first study of how major global problems have been managed through the international distribution of special responsibilities.

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303

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Cambridge University Press

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1107021359

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Resilient Relationships

Techniques for Surviving Hyper-individualism, Social Isolation, and a Mental Health Crisis

By: Christian Heim,Caroline Heim

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Resilient Relationships

Techniques for Surviving Hyper-individualism, Social Isolation, and a Mental Health Crisis

By: Christian Heim,Caroline Heim

Designed to be used as a companion to couple therapy, this book is based on a trailblazing study of over 1400 individuals. It presents over 75 techniques to help relationships thrive in the long-term and provides insights into the challenges faced by contemporary couples. Through in-depth interviews, this book takes pertinent questions from young couples and puts them to couples who have been together for decades. The time-tested secrets of thriving couples are presented in a new guise for a new generation. Capturing the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the study includes people from 52 countries and is the largest cross-sectional, multi-national study on long-term relationships to date. It highlights the dynamic and protective factors that lead to relationship longevity, as well as societal pressures, to guide therapists on how to manage these with their clients. The authors uncover how long-term relationships promote resilience, emotional, mental, and physical health, and protect against loneliness and harmful behaviours. Therapists and couples need to know what goes right in long-lasting relationships. Providing essential data and practical skills for psychologists, counsellors and other professionals, this book is a must-read for anyone working with couples to explore and understand what leads to resilient relationships in a harsh, complex world.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000864863

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9781000864861

The Rough Guide to Canada

By: AnneLise Sorensen,Christian Williams

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The Rough Guide to Canada

By: AnneLise Sorensen,Christian Williams

The Rough Guide to Canada is the ultimate travel guide to this staggeringly beautiful country with detailed coverage of all the top attractions. Inspired by stunning colour photography and insightful background information, discover both the urban and the wild with expert guidance on exploring everything from the glistening skyscrapers of Toronto, the restaurants of Montreal and the laid-back ambience of Vancouver, to the spectacular Niagra falls and the rolling plains of the Prairies. You'll find specialist information on a host of outdoor activities including winter sports in the Rockies, trekking through the Northwest Territories, and wildlife spotting in the country's great wilderness, complimented with full-colour sections on the National Parks and Skiing and Snowboarding. Choose what to see and do whilst relying on up-to-date descriptions of the best hotels, bars, clubs, shops and restaurants for all budgets. Explore every corner of this stunning country with clear maps and expert background on everything from sea cliffs and tidal bores in the Bay of Fundy to the walled Old Town in Québec City. Make the most of your holiday with The Rough Guide to Canada.

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Penguin

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1405387459

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9781405387453

Beside the Bard

Scottish Lowland Poetry in the Age of Burns

By: George S. Christian

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Beside the Bard

Scottish Lowland Poetry in the Age of Burns

By: George S. Christian

Whether male or female, loyalist or radical, urban or rural, literati or autodidacts, Scottish Lowland poets in the age of Burns adamantly refuse to imagine a single British nation. Instead, they pose the question of "Scotland" as a revolutionary category, always subject to creative destruction and reformation.

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Rutgers University Press

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1684481813

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Coastal Erosion

Response and Management

By: Roger H. Charlier,Christian P. De Meyer

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Coastal Erosion

Response and Management

By: Roger H. Charlier,Christian P. De Meyer

The coastal zone is subject to strong pressures from a large number of users. Populations are migrating to it in large numbers. Industry wants to exploit it for its space, water and manpower. Aggregate miners want to exploit mineral resources and health centers are multiplying. It is a favorite area for tourism and recreation worldwide. The zone can boom economically. However, coastlines are progressively receding worldwide, making the zone fragile, vulnerable, and unstable. The book presents methods of coastal protection and beach restoration and offers solutions to the various problems.

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Springer

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3540494057

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9783540494058

The Rough Guide to Canada

By: Phil Lee,Tim Jepson,Christian Williams,Tania Smith

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The Rough Guide to Canada

By: Phil Lee,Tim Jepson,Christian Williams,Tania Smith

From lush wilderness to urban adventure The Rough Guide to Canada is your definitive guide to this diverse country. The section introduces the best Canada has to offer, from cosmopolitan Toronto to the thundering Niagra and the country's spectacular natural wonders. This revised 6th edition contains insider tips and colour sections on national parks, art and architecture. The guide includes plenty of practical information on Canada's amazing array of outdoor pursuits including sailing and fishing in the Maritime Provinces and snowboarding and skiing in Banff. There are comprehensive reviews of the best places to eat, drink and stay to suit all tastes and budgets. This guide also takes a detailed look at Canada's extraordinary history, wildlife and aboriginal peoples, and comes complete with new maps and plans for every area. The Rough Guide to Canada is like having a local friend plan your trip!

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Rough Guides UK

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184836783X

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Business Battles in the US Energy Sector

Business Battles in the US Energy Sector

The Rough Guide to Canada

The Rough Guide to Canada

Managing Healthy Organizations

Managing Healthy Organizations

All the President’s Men

All the President’s Men

Handbook Of Disaster Risk Reduction & Management: Climate Change And Natural Disasters

Handbook Of Disaster Risk Reduction & Management: Climate Change And Natural Disasters

Special Responsibilities

Special Responsibilities

Resilient Relationships

Resilient Relationships

The Rough Guide to Canada

The Rough Guide to Canada

Beside the Bard

Beside the Bard

Coastal Erosion

Coastal Erosion

The Rough Guide to Canada

The Rough Guide to Canada

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