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Vi's Secret

A Family's Story

By: Ph. D. Gene F. Ostrom,Gene Ostrom

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Vi's Secret

A Family's Story

By: Ph. D. Gene F. Ostrom,Gene Ostrom

No person's life exists in a vacuum. To varying extent, we are all shaped by the times, places, events, and people that make up the milieu of our experience. This is well illustrated by this women's life. Born Elvira Claudia Farr in Montana in 1899, "Vi" (as she preferred) was witness to, and strongly subject to societal changes stemming largely from the enormous advances in science, technology, and culture. (An amazing parallel exists between then and now-rapid change and conflict). Her life was filled with competing forces from her beginnings in a affluent family in a small town retaining a vestige of the Wild West (with its cowboys and Indians); to space travel. Her temperament and the times led to a paradoxical existence not easy to decipher. Unique events occurred in her life that were especially challenging. Her way of coping provides a valuable lesson. Vi lived in fascinating times and fascinating places. Some of those people who had special meaning to Vi will be a surprise to the reader. Her life is a good example of the importance of family lore.

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0595466257

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Why Smart People Do Stupid Things: Revised and Updated

By: Gene F. Ostrom

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Why Smart People Do Stupid Things: Revised and Updated

By: Gene F. Ostrom

Why Smart People Do Stupid Things: Revised and Updated" follows the original publication by more than seven years. We worried and fretted then particularly about the stupidity exhibited by two of our recent presidents. Of course, we worried about ourselves and the host of other intelligent people who behaved out of character at one time or another. Today, rather than seeing improvement, we see a worsening of the condition in which obviously intelligent people do tragically stupid things. Not only that. The increased stupidty is operating at an institutional level. Note the functioning of major financial corporations, regulatory agencies of the federal government, and the United States congress. It is mind bogling. Answers aren't easy to come by because there are complex political and sociological factors that have bearing on the problem. But at the core--and where it most matters--are psychological and spiritual forces. We need to take a look at individuals and individuals need to take a look at themselves. This book explores why and it offers possible solutions. The analyses are presented in a readily understandable style with numerous illustrations.

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1440108609

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Why Smart People Do Stupid Things

By: Gene F. Ostrom

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Why Smart People Do Stupid Things

By: Gene F. Ostrom

Why Smart People Do Stupid Things addresses a question that’s frequently on our minds. When Bill Clinton’s affair with Monica Lewinsky was exposed many people were utterly astounded. How could he? Most of us were asking. Answers aren’t easy to come by because we have spent considerable time building on our strengths to the neglect of our dark side. We aren’t only puzzled when we see friends, co-workers, or public leaders engage in stupid, unseemly, unexplainable acts, we are personally threatened by it. If them, why not still others or perhaps ourselves. This book looks at numerous examples of apparently unexplainable stupidities with particular focus upon Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton. Every mindless act doesn’t turn out wrong. There are occasions when the outcome greatly benefits us. On the other hand, there are many times when the result goes against us to our disadvantage if not to the point of tragedy. Why? This book addresses the complex issues involved in making rational decisions, including excusable error. Analyses are offered in a readily understandable style. Potential solutions are described. The topic is of vital interest to us individually as well as to the nation.

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0595187986

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Community, State, and Market on the North Atlantic Rim

Challenges to Modernity in the Fisheries

By: Richard A. Apostle,Gene Barrett,Petter Holm,Svein Jentoft,Leigh Mazany,Bonnie McCay,Knut Mikalsen

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Community, State, and Market on the North Atlantic Rim

Challenges to Modernity in the Fisheries

By: Richard A. Apostle,Gene Barrett,Petter Holm,Svein Jentoft,Leigh Mazany,Bonnie McCay,Knut Mikalsen

A study of North Norway and Atlantic Canada, two regions experiencing severe crisis due to over-exploitation of fishing resources. The book examines the implications of common market integration, privatized resource management, and small business development policies for fishery dependent communities. 30 illustrations.

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University of Toronto Press

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0802007457

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9780802007452

Sara's Story and the Impact of Alzheimer's

The Celebration of a Productive Life

By: Gene F. Ostrom,Gene Ostrom

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Sara's Story and the Impact of Alzheimer's

The Celebration of a Productive Life

By: Gene F. Ostrom,Gene Ostrom

Sara would choose to be remembered for the person she was-a whole person having lived a full, productive life. She was far more than one who succumbed to Alzheimer's disease. Her story is of one who overcame obstacles by virtue of her inherent gifts. She made her mark as a faithful wife, mother, and exemplary educator. In her chosen field of speech therapy, she was trained by pioneering professionals who found in her the perfect disciple. Sara touched the lives directly and indirectly of many thousands of children in a vital way. That way was through helping children and youth to build their speech and language skills. She constantly emphasized the pragmatics of communication-communication that was practical, effective, and facilitative of positive interpersonal relationships. She had health problems to contend with and she did so with courage. In later life, she was able to deal with Alzheimer's in a dignified way. She had the aid of others in doing so. Particularly, she had her husband who stood by her, demonstrating the power of love. The story of this love is told dramatically through her husband's journal written during the crucial years of their battle with this tragic disease.

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0595466265

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9780595466269

Conservation Psychology

Understanding and Promoting Human Care for Nature

By: Susan Clayton,Gene Myers

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Conservation Psychology

Understanding and Promoting Human Care for Nature

By: Susan Clayton,Gene Myers

People are inseparable from natural ecosystems, and understanding how people think about, experience, and interact with nature is crucial for promoting environmental sustainability as well as human well-being. This is the new edition of what is now the leading textbook in conservation psychology, the field that explores connections between the study of human behavior and the achievement of conservation goals. Completely updated, this book summarizes theory and research on ways in which humans experience nature; it explores people’s conceptions of nature and environmental problems, their relationship with nature, and their moral lenses on nature; and examines ways to encourage conservation-oriented behavior at both individual and societal levels. Throughout, the authors integrate a wide body of research demonstrating the role of psychology in promoting a more sustainable relationship between humans and nature. New sections cover human perceptions of environmental problems, new examples of community-based conservation, and a “positive psychology” perspective that emphasizes the relevance of nature to human resilience. Additional references are to be found throughout this edition along with some new examples and a reorganisation of chapters in response to reader feedback. This fascinating volume is used for teaching classes to senior undergraduate and graduate students of Conservation Psychology, Environmental Psychology and Conservation Science in departments of Psychology, Geography, Environmental Science, and Ecology and Evolution. It is equally suitable as a starting point for other researchers and practitioners - psychologists, conservation biologists, environmental scientists, and policy-makers - needing to know more about how psychological research can inform their conservation work.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118874641

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9781118874646

Nature and the City

Making Environmental Policy in Toronto and Los Angeles

By: Gene Desfor,Roger Keil

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Nature and the City

Making Environmental Policy in Toronto and Los Angeles

By: Gene Desfor,Roger Keil

Pollution of air, soil, and waterways has become a primary concern of urban environmental policy making, and over the past two decades there has emerged a new era of urban policy that links development with ecological issues, based on the notion that both nature and the economy can be enhanced through technological changes to production and consumption systems. This book takes a new look at this application of "ecological modernization" to contemporary urban political-ecological struggles. Considering policy processes around land-use in urban watersheds and pollution of air and soil in two disparate North American "global cities," it criticizes the dominant belief in the power of markets and experts to regulate environments to everyone’s benefit, arguing instead that civil political action by local constituencies can influence the establishment of beneficial policies. The book emphasizes ‘subaltern’ environmental justice concerns as instrumental in shaping the policy process. Looking back to the 1990s—when ecological modernization began to emerge as a dominant approach to environmental policy and theory—Desfor and Keil examine four case studies: restoration of the Don River in Toronto, cleanup of contaminated soil in Toronto, regeneration of the Los Angeles River, and air pollution reduction in Los Angeles. In each case, they show that local constituencies can develop political strategies that create alternatives to ecological modernization. When environmental policies appear to have been produced through solely technical exercises, they warn, one must be suspicious about the removal of contention from the process. In the face of economic and environmental processes that have been increasingly influenced by neo-liberalism and globalization, Desfor and Keil’s analysis posits that continuing modernization of industrial capitalist societies entails a measure of deliberate change to societal relationships with nature in cities. Their book shows that environmental policies are about much more than green capitalism or the technical mastery of problems; they are about how future urban generations live their lives with sustainability and justice.

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University of Arizona Press

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081655112X

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9780816551125

The Cult of the Presidency

America’s Dangerous Devotion to Executive Power

By: Gene Healy

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The Cult of the Presidency

America’s Dangerous Devotion to Executive Power

By: Gene Healy

The modern presidency has become the central fault line of polarization in America because the president, increasingly, has the power to reshape vast swaths of American life. In The Cult of the Presidency, Gene Healy argues that “We, the People” are to blame. Americans on each side of the red-blue divide demand a president who can create jobs, teach our children well, tend to the “national soul”—and vanquish their culture-war enemies. Our political culture has invested the office with preposterously vast responsibilities, and as a result, the officeholder wields powers that no human being ought to have. In a new preface to the 2024 edition, Healy argues that the rise of partisan hatred lends new urgency to the cause of re-limiting executive power. In the years since Cult was first published, politics has gone feral, with polls showing that substantial majorities of Democrats and Republicans view members of the other party as “a serious threat to the United States and its people.” At the same time, the most powerful office in the world has grown even more so. That’s raised the stakes of our political differences dramatically: the issues that divide us most are now increasingly settled by whichever party manages to seize the office. In our partisan myopia, we’ve laid down the infrastructure for autocratic rule and sectarian warfare, making the presidency powerful enough to tear the country apart. Interweaving historical scholarship, legal analysis, and trenchant cultural commentary, The Cult of the Presidency traces America’s decades‐long drift from the Framers’ vision for the presidency: a constitutionally constrained chief magistrate charged with faithful execution of the laws. Restoring that vision will require a Congress and a Court willing to check executive power, but Healy emphasizes that there is no simple legislative or judicial fix. Unless Americans change what we ask of the office—no longer demanding what we should not want and cannot have—we’ll get what, in a sense, we deserve.

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Cato Institute

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1952223954

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Leaving Readers Behind

The Age of Corporate Newspapering

By: Gene Roberts

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Leaving Readers Behind

The Age of Corporate Newspapering

By: Gene Roberts

The American newspaper industry is in the middle of the most momentous change in its entire three-hundred-year history. A generation of relentless "corporatization" has resulted in a furious, unprecedented blitz of buying, selling, and consolidation of newspapers, accompanied by dramatic -- and drastic -- change in reporting and coverage of all kinds. Concerned that this phenomenon was going largely unreported, Gene Roberts, legendary reporter and editor, decided to undertake a huge, extended reportorial study of his own industry, what would become the Project on the State of the American Newspaper. Gathering more than two dozen distinguished journalists and writers, Roberts produced a long series of reports in the American Journalism Review, published by the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism, asking the crucial question: Are American communities -- in the very middle of the so-called information explosion -- in danger of becoming less informed than ever?

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University of Arkansas Press

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1557287716

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Sara's Story and the Impact of Alzheimer's

The Celebration of a Productive Life

By: Gene F. Ostrom,Gene Ostrom

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The Celebration of a Productive Life

By: Gene F. Ostrom,Gene Ostrom

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Why Smart People Do Stupid Things

By: Gene F. Ostrom

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By: Gene F. Ostrom

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Why Smart People Do Stupid Things: Revised and Updated

By: Gene F. Ostrom

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By: Gene F. Ostrom

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Do You Love Me: The Gene Gregorits File

By: Gene Gregorits,Lase Salgado

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Do You Love Me: The Gene Gregorits File

By: Gene Gregorits,Lase Salgado

DO YOU LOVE ME: THE GENE GREGORITS FILE is an experimental literary anthology which contains nearly 70 accounts of the man from his enemies, friends, family, and -most tellingly of all- from his rapidly growing cult following, among them Dan Stuart of Green On Red, Lisa Carver of Rollerderby and Suckdog fame, and notorious body modification icon Ron Athey.

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Monastrell Books

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0616000944

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Vi's Secret

Vi's Secret

Why Smart People Do Stupid Things: Revised and Updated

Why Smart People Do Stupid Things: Revised and Updated

Why Smart People Do Stupid Things

Why Smart People Do Stupid Things

Community, State, and Market on the North Atlantic Rim

Community, State, and Market on the North Atlantic Rim

Sara's Story and the Impact of Alzheimer's

Sara's Story and the Impact of Alzheimer's

Conservation Psychology

Conservation Psychology

Nature and the City

Nature and the City

The Cult of the Presidency

The Cult of the Presidency

Leaving Readers Behind

Leaving Readers Behind

Sara's Story and the Impact of Alzheimer's

Sara's Story and the Impact of Alzheimer's

Why Smart People Do Stupid Things

Why Smart People Do Stupid Things

Why Smart People Do Stupid Things: Revised and Updated

Why Smart People Do Stupid Things: Revised and Updated

Do You Love Me: The Gene Gregorits File

Do You Love Me: The Gene Gregorits File

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