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Green growth : from theory to action, from practice to power
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ISBN: 1443863408 9781443863407 1306947103 9781306947107 1443851426 9781443851428 9781443851428 Year: 2013 Publisher: Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing,

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This book examines the theme of globalisation, the environment and the challenges of technology, and elucidates problems raised by these issues, providing a forum for critical reflection in the two domains of theory and practice, on the one hand, and action and power, on the other. With the continuing globalisation of technology, the debate on certain environmental issues has become pervasive, shaping thought and action in all sectors of the economy and levels of society. From films such as...


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The seventh age of man : issues, challenges, and paradoxes
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ISBN: 152752681X 9781527526815 9781527509085 1527509087 Year: 2018 Publisher: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing,

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The Seventh Age of Man: Issues, Challenges, and Paradoxes is a collection of academic essays on Old Age. The contributors come from a wide range of fields of expertise, which accounts for the originality of the book. Depending on their respective disciplines, the authors resort to various methodological approaches, from sociological case studies to discourse analysis, and from historical and political theories to media criticism, but they often address similar questions--when are people to be considered as old, what does it mean to be old, how do we deal with ageing--and research similar conclusions about the paradoxical representations of the elderly, whether in Renaissance Europe or in contemporary China. Although men and women are sometimes treated differently, in most societies, the older generation is alternately perceived as a threat and a burden, or as financial and moral support. It they are often criticized or ridiculed, especially when they try to retain their youthful looks long after their prime, the elderly also trigger a feeling of nostalgia as representatives of a past usually seen as more desirable than the present. Their resilience and independence are regularly emphasized, as well as their wisdom, as a result of their long experience, which helps them to contemplate their ends more serenely and which might turn them into models for their contemporaries--back cover.

Nouvelles valeurs dans l’Angleterre d’aujourd’hui
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ISBN: 2878542622 2878548442 Year: 2017 Publisher: Paris : Presses Sorbonne Nouvelle,

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Dans un siècle marqué par la déchristianisation et l'individualisme, il est intéressant de voir qu'en Grande-Bretagne on assiste à un retour aux valeurs traditionnelles et à la définition de nouvelles valeurs pour vivre mieux en société. Les auteurs de cet ouvrage s'attachent à montrer comment certaines valeurs victoriennes comme l'amour de la campagne ou un intérêt pour la condition féminine se sont développées au xxe siècle pour donner naissance à de nouvelles valeurs comme l'égalité des sexes ou la protection des espaces verts ou ruraux. Par ailleurs d'autres valeurs sont nées de la transformation de la société britannique dans l'après-guerre avec, notamment, la création d'un service national de santé ou l'utilisation grandissante de la publicité. Ces différentes études de cas (sur les jardins, la campagne, la publicité, l'égalité des sexes, la santé, le sida) intéressent à divers titres le sociologue, le politiste ou tout lecteur curieux d'étudier la transformation de la société britannique.

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