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The evolution of cooperation

Author: Robert Axelrod
Published: 2006
book: 241 pages
ISBN:0465005640
ISBN:9780465005642
Publisher: null
Subject: History

Updated for the first time, the classic book on why cooperation is not only natural but also the best survival strategy.

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Dislocating China

Author: Dru C. Gladney
Published: 2004
book: 414 pages
ISBN:1850653240
ISBN:9781850653240
Publisher: C. Hurst & Co. Publishers
Subject: Social Science

INTRODUCTION LOCATING AND DISLOCATING CULTURE IN CONTEMPORARY CHINA Taking as its inspiration Homi Bhabha's call to locate culture not in any essential core ...

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Focus groups

Author: David W. Stewart
Published: 2007
book: 188 pages
ISBN:076192583X
ISBN:9780761925835
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Subject: Social Science

The book examines every facet of focus group research, from selection and recruitment of group participants, to the selection of a moderator, to conduct of the ...

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Crowds and power

Author: Elias Canetti
Published: 1984-05-01
book: 495 pages
ISBN:0374518203
ISBN:9780374518202
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Subject: Psychology

Examines the psychology and various types of crowds, and their relationship with power, leadership, and political domination

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Mutual aid

Author: Petr Alekseevič Kropotkin
Published: 1952
book: 362 pages
ISBN:1440051801
ISBN:9781440051807
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Subject: Political Science

CHAPTER I MUTUAL AID AMONG ANIMALS Struggle for existence. — Mutual Aid — a law of Nature and chief factor of progressive evolution. — -Invertebrates. ...

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Beyond words

Author: Kurt W. Back
Published: 1972-03
book: 266 pages
ISBN:0871540770
ISBN:9780871540775
Publisher: null
Subject: Psychology

Traces the evolution of the encounter movement as well as its aims and practices, describing sensitivity training sessions and experiences

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Prisons We Choose to Live Inside

Author: Doris May Lessing
Published: 1992-08-01
book: 76 pages
ISBN:0887845215
ISBN:9780887845215
Publisher: House of Anansi
Subject: Philosophy

When in the Future They Look Back on Us There was once a highly respected and prosperous farmer, who had one of the best dairy herds in the country, ...

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The logic of collective action

Author: Mancur Olson
Published: 1995
book: 186 pages
ISBN:0674537513
ISBN:9780674537514
Publisher: null
Subject: Business & Economics

This book develops an original theory of group and organizational behavior that cuts across disciplinary lines and illustrates the theory with empirical and ...

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The functions of the executive

Author: Chester Irving Barnard
Published: 1968
book: 334 pages
ISBN:0674328035
ISBN:9780674328037
Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr
Subject: Business & Economics

Bibliogs Now reprinted for the eighteenth time, 'The Functions of the Executive' has steadily increased in influence and circulation since its first appearance.

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Cliques, Phonies, & Other Baloney

Author: Trevor Romain
Published: 1998-09-01
book: 136 pages
ISBN:1575420457
ISBN:9781575420455
Publisher: Free Spirit Publishing
Subject: Juvenile Nonfiction

Discusses cliques, what they are and their negative aspects, and gives advice on forming healthier relationships and friendships.

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Group dynamics in occupational therapy

Author: Marilyn B. Cole
Published: 2005-01-11
book: 406 pages
ISBN:1556426879
ISBN:9781556426872
Publisher: Slack Incorporated
Subject: Medical

A core text for over 12 years, this revised third edition of Group Dynamics in Occupational Therapy incorporates the AOTA's Occupational Therapy Practice ...

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Operative groups

Author: Juan Tubert-Oklander
Published: 2004
book: 272 pages
ISBN:1843100940
ISBN:9781843100942
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Pub
Subject: Psychology

"In Britain, group analysis developed as a group-centred approach of both therapeutic and non-therapeutic groups, from the foundational work of S.H. Foulkes.

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Segmented worlds and self

Author: Yi-fu Tuan
Published: 1982
book: 222 pages
ISBN:0816611092
ISBN:9780816611096
Publisher: Univ of Minnesota Pr
Subject: Social Science

1 Segmentation, Consciousness, and Self In any serious reflection on human beings and society, we tend to come up against the bipolar categories of a whole ...

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Social pressures in informal groups

Author: Leon Festinger
Published: 1963-05
book: 197 pages
ISBN:0804701733
ISBN:9780804701730
Publisher: Stanford Univ Pr
Subject: Business & Economics

1 The Functioning of Groups Small social groups occupy a strategic position as determiners of the behavior and attitudes of their members. ...

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Group Dynamics

Author: Donelson R. Forsyth
Published: 2009-03-19
book: 680 pages
ISBN:0495599522
ISBN:9780495599524
Publisher: Wadsworth Pub Co
Subject: Psychology

In the Fifth Edition of his best-selling text, Forsyth combines an emphasis on research, empirical studies supporting theoretical understanding of groups, and ...

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Two-dimensional man

Author: Abner Cohen
Published: 1976
book: 156 pages
ISBN:0520032411
ISBN:9780520032415
Publisher: Univ of California Pr
Subject: Social Science

Proposes guidelines for the analysis of the causal interconnections between the cultural diversity of American cities and the struggle for economic and ...

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Behavior in public places

Author: Erving Goffman
Published: 1966
book: 248 pages
ISBN:0029119405
ISBN:9780029119402
Publisher: Free Pr
Subject: Family & Relationships

CHAPTER I The Problem In diagnosing mental disorder and following its hospital course, psychiatrists typically cite aspects of the patient's behavior that ...

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Worst instincts

Author: Wendy Kaminer
Published: 2009-05-01
book: 160 pages
ISBN:080704430X
ISBN:9780807044308
Publisher: Beacon Pr
Subject: Law

A provocative assessment of the ways in which the author believes that the ACLU has failed or unduly compromised its mission charges the organization with ...

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Hierarchy in natural and social sciences

Author: Denise Pumain
Published: 2006
book: 243 pages
ISBN:1402041268
ISBN:9781402041266
Publisher: Springer Verlag
Subject: Philosophy

This book addresses a wide audience of biologists and social scientists, as well as managers and executives in a variety of institutions.

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Under Deadman's Skin

Author: Jane Katch
Published: 2002-02-08
book: 130 pages
ISBN:0807031291
ISBN:9780807031292
Publisher: Beacon Pr
Subject: Education

So begins Under Deadman's Skin, a deceptively simple-and compellingly readable-teachers' tale.

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