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Psychology straddles areas from the biological to the social and cultural. Within that vast range, there have been recent explosions of interest in neuropsychology, genetics and epigenetics, and the evolutionary bases of mindedness. Correspondingly, there have been conceptual innovations and new empirical evidence in relation to the embodied, social and discursive processes supporting mind and personhood. Simultaneously, awareness of developmental processes and their dynamic interweaving of genetic, physiological, neurological, social and cultural elements has also increased. Might such developments help ‘connect the dots’ between diverse aspects of mindedness and the contexts within which it arises? Whilst it seems clear that mind is co-constituted of both biological and socio-cultural processes, how might we bring these disparate realms of knowledge together? In a number of these areas, suggestive integrative possibilities have been explored (e.g., predictive processing, embodied and situated cognition, dynamic developmental systems theory) and insights such as a focus on action, ‘knowledge as skills’, embeddedness and connectivity have been pursued across a range of disciplines. This edited collection of articles bring together such possibilities – and others - in the same forum in order to provide an opportunity to re-visit a recurring discussion within theoretical psychology: The claimed lack of - and potential for - theoretical synthesis and unity. While the chapters range over a number of areas of research, this collection is focused on current prospects for conceptual synthesis within - or convergence of research between - aspects of mind and mindedness. As is clear from the contributions, it highlights integrative conceptual proposals that emphasize action-orientation, process, embeddedness and connectivity – especially between explanatory ‘levels’. Beyond specific proposals for integration, several of the contributions explicitly or implicitly expose broader questions about the purpose of psychological research, the epistemological and ontological commitments required, and the relevant social, political and economic contexts within which such research is performed. This is perhaps inevitable since any aim for synthesis of various understandings of mind will - or should - lead to consideration of the general implications, beyond the ‘science’, that follow from an integrated account of mind and mindedness. Whether or not the contributions in this volume provide insights into profitable paths towards greater theoretical synthesis in the sciences of mind or, alternatively, provide grist for the mill of renewed skepticism over the potential or even desirability of such synthesis is unpredictable. Whichever the outcome, we feel sure that they will help provoke future productive research in, and thinking about, the sciences of mind.

Levels of explanation --- Enactivism --- Argumentation --- Theoretical synthesis --- Reciprocity --- multi-level systems --- neurophenomenology --- Developmental Systems Theory

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Psychology straddles areas from the biological to the social and cultural. Within that vast range, there have been recent explosions of interest in neuropsychology, genetics and epigenetics, and the evolutionary bases of mindedness. Correspondingly, there have been conceptual innovations and new empirical evidence in relation to the embodied, social and discursive processes supporting mind and personhood. Simultaneously, awareness of developmental processes and their dynamic interweaving of genetic, physiological, neurological, social and cultural elements has also increased. Might such developments help ‘connect the dots’ between diverse aspects of mindedness and the contexts within which it arises? Whilst it seems clear that mind is co-constituted of both biological and socio-cultural processes, how might we bring these disparate realms of knowledge together? In a number of these areas, suggestive integrative possibilities have been explored (e.g., predictive processing, embodied and situated cognition, dynamic developmental systems theory) and insights such as a focus on action, ‘knowledge as skills’, embeddedness and connectivity have been pursued across a range of disciplines. This edited collection of articles bring together such possibilities – and others - in the same forum in order to provide an opportunity to re-visit a recurring discussion within theoretical psychology: The claimed lack of - and potential for - theoretical synthesis and unity. While the chapters range over a number of areas of research, this collection is focused on current prospects for conceptual synthesis within - or convergence of research between - aspects of mind and mindedness. As is clear from the contributions, it highlights integrative conceptual proposals that emphasize action-orientation, process, embeddedness and connectivity – especially between explanatory ‘levels’. Beyond specific proposals for integration, several of the contributions explicitly or implicitly expose broader questions about the purpose of psychological research, the epistemological and ontological commitments required, and the relevant social, political and economic contexts within which such research is performed. This is perhaps inevitable since any aim for synthesis of various understandings of mind will - or should - lead to consideration of the general implications, beyond the ‘science’, that follow from an integrated account of mind and mindedness. Whether or not the contributions in this volume provide insights into profitable paths towards greater theoretical synthesis in the sciences of mind or, alternatively, provide grist for the mill of renewed skepticism over the potential or even desirability of such synthesis is unpredictable. Whichever the outcome, we feel sure that they will help provoke future productive research in, and thinking about, the sciences of mind.

Levels of explanation --- Enactivism --- Argumentation --- Theoretical synthesis --- Reciprocity --- multi-level systems --- neurophenomenology --- Developmental Systems Theory --- Levels of explanation --- Enactivism --- Argumentation --- Theoretical synthesis --- Reciprocity --- multi-level systems --- neurophenomenology --- Developmental Systems Theory

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In the recent years, Vietnam has become the best destination of foreign investors. However, the multinational companies have to change their organization in order to fit in Vietnamese market due to differences in cultures and economic and legal systems. The local human resource managers play an important role to maintain the business process and performance for the organization as well. There have been many studies recently concerning the role of the human resource manager in foreign subsidiaries in Vietnam. In order to investigate what kind of human resource managers’ role in a process of organizational change launched by a multinational company, Herbalife Vietnam had been chosen as a single case study. This paper, mostly based on an in-depth exploration of the fieldwork conducted with the respondents (including general director, HR manager, and Sale manager) who have a vital role in the change process of their organization. This thesis will be pointed out the answer of following problem statement: (1) “What are the remarkable point of HRM practices in Herbalife Vietnam?”; (2) “How has Herbalife Vietnam changed its organization since 2012?”; and (3) “What kind the local HR manager’s role played in the process of the organizational change launched by Herbalife Vietnam?”.

Multinational companies --- human resource management --- human resource manager --- Vietnam --- Herbalife --- Herbalife Vietnam --- organizational change --- multi-level marketing --- Sciences économiques & de gestion > Gestion des ressources humaines

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The EU's multi-level system continuously renegotiates the influence of the European institutions on national sovereignty. Social policy has traditionally been the domain of the member states. But is it still possible to speak of the political autonomy of the nation-states, or is the European level gaining in importance through social and budgetary policy measures, some of which are restrictive? Jana Windwehr vividly analyzes Europeanization processes within social policy in the context of the euro crisis, using five member states as examples. This makes the book an indispensable contribution to the discussion on national social policy autonomy in the EU multi-level system. Das EU-Mehrebenensystem verhandelt den Einfluss der europäischen Organe auf die einzelstaatliche Souveränität fortlaufend neu. Sozialpolitik gilt dabei traditionell als Domäne der Mitgliedsstaaten. Kann man jedoch an dieser Stelle noch von politischer Autonomie der Nationalstaaten sprechen oder gewinnt die europäische Ebene durch sozial- wie haushaltspolitische, teils auch restriktive Maßnahmen vielmehr fortlaufend an Bedeutung? Jana Windwehr analysiert Europäisierungsprozesse innerhalb der Sozialpolitik im Kontext der Eurokrise anschaulich am Beispiel von fünf Mitgliedsstaaten. Das Buch wird dadurch zu einem unverzichtbaren Beitrag zur Diskussion um nationale sozialpolitische Autonomie im EU-Mehrebenensystem.

International institutions --- Autonomie;autonomy;budget;Deutschland;domestic policy;economic governance;euro crisis;Eurokrise;European Union;europeanisation;Europäische Union;Europäisierung;Germany;Great Britain;Großbritannien;Haushalt;Innenpolitik;Italien;Italy;Mehrebenensystem;multi-level system;Poland;Polen;Schweden;social policy;Souveränität;sovereignty;Sozialpolitik;Sweden

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"Effective Advocacy examines successful environmental advocacy in East Asia to develop the Connected Stakeholder Model, which helps explain why a small number of advocacy strategies are particularly effective around the world"--

Environmental policy --- Environmentalism --- Environmental movement --- Social movements --- Anti-environmentalism --- Sustainable living --- Greenwashing --- Environmental politics --- Environmental movements --- Energy --- East Asia --- Japan --- China --- Korea --- Taiwan --- Advocacy --- Protests --- Grassroots movements --- Civil society --- Civic activism --- Public Policy --- Policy networks --- Pollution --- Transnational activism --- Advocacy coalitions --- Nonprofit organizations --- Democracy --- Art --- Local government --- NIMBY --- Multi-level governance --- State-society relations