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A sensitive investigation into how French writers, including Descartes and Racine, treated a central preoccupation in early modern writings.

French literature --- Idolatry in literature. --- History and criticism. --- 1600-1699 --- Confessional Conflicts. --- D'Urfé. --- Descartes. --- Divine. --- Fractured Relationship. --- Human Agency. --- Human. --- Ideological Violence. --- Idolatry. --- La Fontaine. --- Legitimacy. --- Logic of Idolatry. --- Molière. --- Political. --- Racine. --- Religious Polemics. --- Seventeenth-Century French Literature. --- Sévigné.

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This open access book is the result of an expert panel convened by the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability and Nature Sustainability. The panel tackled the seventeen UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030 head-on, with respect to the global systems that produce and distribute food. The panel’s rigorous synthesis and analysis of existing research leads compellingly to multiple actionable recommendations that, if adopted, would simultaneously lead to healthy and nutritious diets, equitable and inclusive value chains, resilience to shocks and stressors, and climate and environmental sustainability.

Agricultural science --- Environmental economics --- Sustainability --- Socio-technical innovation --- Agri-food systems --- Land and water footprint of food --- Climate crisis --- Human agency --- Heterogeneity --- Spillover effects --- Natural environment --- Public health --- Social justice

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Winner of the 2017 Paul Sweezy Marxist Sociology Book Award from the American Sociological Association Although humans have long depended on oceans and aquatic ecosystems for sustenance and trade, only recently has human influence on these resources dramatically increased, transforming and undermining oceanic environments throughout the world. Marine ecosystems are in a crisis that is global in scope, rapid in pace, and colossal in scale. In The Tragedy of the Commodity, sociologists Stefano B. Longo, Rebecca Clausen, and Brett Clark explore the role human influence plays in this crisis, highlighting the social and economic forces that are at the heart of this looming ecological problem. In a critique of the classic theory "the tragedy of the commons" by ecologist Garrett Hardin, the authors move beyond simplistic explanations-such as unrestrained self-interest or population growth-to argue that it is the commodification of aquatic resources that leads to the depletion of fisheries and the development of environmentally suspect means of aquaculture. To illustrate this argument, the book features two fascinating case studies-the thousand-year history of the bluefin tuna fishery in the Mediterranean and the massive Pacific salmon fishery. Longo, Clausen, and Clark describe how new fishing technologies, transformations in ships and storage capacities, and the expansion of seafood markets combined to alter radically and permanently these crucial ecosystems. In doing so, the authors underscore how the particular organization of social production contributes to ecological degradation and an increase in the pressures placed upon the ocean. The authors highlight the historical, political, economic, and cultural forces that shape how we interact with the larger biophysical world. A path-breaking analysis of overfishing, The Tragedy of the Commodity yields insight into issues such as deforestation, biodiversity loss, pollution, and climate change.

Fishery management. --- Fisheries --- Aquaculture. --- Fishes --- Anthropogenic effects on fishes --- Overfishing --- Aquiculture --- Agriculture --- Fish management --- Fisheries management --- Fishery resources --- Aquatic resources --- Wildlife management --- Fish counting towers --- Environmental aspects. --- Effect of human beings on. --- Management --- Fishery management --- Aquaculture --- Environmental aspects --- Effect of human beings on --- E-books --- human agency  in oceans and fisheries.

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Tämän vertailevan tutkimuksen tavoitteena on luoda syvempää ymmärrystä kollektivismista, ammattiyhdistystoiminnasta ja kyvystä luoda kollektiivista toimintaa käyttäen Suomea ja Kambodzhaa esimerkkeinä individualistisesta ja kollektivistisesta yhteiskunnasta. Tutkimuksella on kaksi tavoitetta: 1) Tuottaa uutta tietoa ammattiyhdistysten, kollektiivisen toiminnan ja kollektivismin eri muotojen välisistä suhteista Kambodzhassa ja Suomessa. 2) Selittää, millä tavoin kollektivismin taso vaikuttaa ihmisten väliseen yhteistyöhön. Teoksessa tarkastellaan muun muassa poliittista osallistumista, perhearvoja, luottamusta yhteiskunnassa ja koettua kollektiivista tehokkuutta. Tutkimus perustuu Kambodzhasta ja Suomesta kerättyihin laajoihin kyselyaineistoihin.Tutkimuksen teoreettinen viitekehys on sosiologinen. Keskeinen analyysin väline on kulttuurinen toimijateoria (Cultural Agency Theory, CAT), joka mallintaa kollektiivisuuden tasoja ja kollektiivisia toimintoja. Sitä voidaan hyödyntää esimerkiksi ammattiyhdistysten tutkimuksessa.Tutkimuksen tulosten perusteella Kambodzhassa on paljon vaikeampaa luoda kollektiivista toimintaa perheyhteisön ulkopuolella kuin individualistisena pidetyssä Suomessa. Sekä poliittinen aktiivisuus että kollektiivinen toiminta on Suomessa aktiivisempaa kuin Kambodzhassa. Teos osoittaa, että kysymykset individualismista ja kollektiivisuudesta ovat paljon monimutkaisempia kuin yleisesti oletetaan. This comparative study aims to develop a deeper understanding of collectivism, trade unionism, and the capacity to create collective action using Finland and Cambodia as examples of individualistic and collectivistic societies, respectively.The study has two goals: 1) To explore the relationship between collective action, and the level and forms of collectivism in Cambodia and in Finland. 2) To explain if and how the level of collectivism affects the degree of cooperation inside the living system. Phenomena such as political participation, family values, levels of trust within the society, and perceived collective efficacy are examined. The study is based on extensive survey data collected in Cambodia and Finland.The theoretical framework is sociological, involving the study of social systems within which observed regularities emerge and evolve through collaborative and collective behaviour. This approach also entails the personality systems of individual actors and the cultural system built into their actions. The main analytical tool used in the study is the Cultural Agency Theory (CAT).Significant differences were found in how individuals behave at the societal level. Collective action and political participation occur at a higher level in Finland compared to Cambodia. The results also show that the question of individualism versus collectivism is more complex than is generally believed.

Sociology & anthropology --- collective action, trade unionism, trust, individualism, collectivism, human agency, Cultural Agency Theory, Cambodia, Finland --- Collectivism. --- Individualism. --- Political participation. --- ammattiyhdistystoiminta. --- kansainvälinen vertailu. --- kollektiivinen toiminta. --- individualismi. --- kollektivismi. --- ammattiyhdistykset. --- yhteistyö. --- poliittinen osallistuminen. --- luottamus. --- toimijuus. --- sosiologia. --- fackföreningsverksamhet. --- internationell jämförelse. --- kollektiv verksamhet. --- individualism. --- kollektivism. --- fackföreningar. --- samarbete. --- politisk aktivitet. --- förtroende. --- agentskap. --- sociologi. --- Cambodia. --- Finland. --- Kambodža. --- Suomi. --- Kambodja. --- politiskt deltagande.

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In her incisive analysis of the shaping of California's agricultural work force, Devra Weber shows how the cultural background of Mexican and, later, Anglo-American workers, combined with the structure of capitalist cotton production and New Deal politics, forging a new form of labor relations. She pays particular attention to Mexican field workers and their organized struggles, including the famous strikes of 1933.Weber's perceptive examination of the relationships between economic structure, human agency, and the state, as well as her discussions of the crucial role of women in both Mexican and Anglo working-class life, make her book a valuable contribution to labor, agriculture, Chicano, Mexican, and California history.

Cotton farmers --- Foreign workers, Mexican --- Migrant agricultural laborers --- NON-CLASSIFIABLE. --- Agricultural migrants --- Migrant agricultural workers --- Migrant farm workers --- Migrants --- Agricultural laborers --- Migrant labor --- Alien labor, Mexican --- Mexican foreign workers --- Cotton growers --- Farmers, Cotton --- Growers, Cotton --- Farmers --- History --- California. --- History. --- California --- E-books --- 20th century american labor politics. --- 20th century american politics. --- agriculture. --- california. --- californian history. --- capitalism. --- chicano history. --- cotton production. --- cotton. --- cultural studies. --- economic structure. --- hispanic american demographic studies. --- human agency. --- labor force. --- labor relations. --- labor. --- latin american history. --- mexican field workers. --- mexican workers. --- migrant workers. --- migration. --- new deal politics. --- new deal relief policies. --- strikes. --- the strike of 1933. --- united states of america. --- worker strikes. --- working class.