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The Promise and Performance of Environmental Conflict Resolution (RFF Press)
Manufacturer: RFF Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 1891853651 |
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Environmental conflict resolution (ECR) is a process of negotiation that allows stakeholders in a dispute to reach a mutually satisfactory agreement on their own terms. The tools of ECR, such as facilitation, mediation, and conflict assessment, suggest that it fits well with other ideas for reforming environmental policy. First used in 1974, ECR has been an official part of policymaking since the mid 1990s. The Promise and Performance of Environmental Conflict Resolution is the first book to systematically evaluate the results of these efforts.
The Promise and Performance of Environmental Conflict Resolution presents empirical research along with insights from some of ECR's most experienced practitioners. Beginning with a primer about concepts and methods, the book describes the kinds of disputes where ECR has been applied, making it clear that "despite the faith of proponents in the power and usefulness of ECR, it is not applicable to all environmental conflicts."The contributions that follow critically investigate the record and potential of ECR, drawing on perspectives from political science, public administration, regional planning, philosophy, psychology, anthropology, and law.
ECR is being extended to almost every area of environmental policy. Rosemary O'Leary and Lisa Bingham argue that truly effective use of ECR requires something more than advocacy. The Promise and Performance of Environmental Conflict Resolution provides scholars, policymakers, students, and practitioners with critical assessments, so that ECR can be used to its best advantage.
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International Law and the Resolution of Central and East European Transboundary
Paul R. Williams Manufacturer: Palgrave Macmillan ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0312227809 |
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Environmental Disputes: Community Involvement In Conflict Resolution
Julia M. Wondolleck , and James Crowfoot Manufacturer: Island Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0933280734 |
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Helps citizen groups, business, and government understand how Environmental Dispute Settlement - a set of procedures for settling disputes over environmental policies without litigation - can work for them.
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Introduction to Construction Dispute Resolution (Mit-Prentice Hall Series on Civil, Environmental, and Systems Engineering)
Feniosky Peña-Mora , Carlos E. Sosa , and Sean D. McCone Manufacturer: Prentice Hall ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0130470899 |
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This book keeps professionals abreast of new and innovative ways to promote collaborative environments and resolve disputesincluding multinational disputesin construction. Part I of this book focuses on state-of-the-art DART around the world and its current applications. Part II emphasizes conflict index, the application of system dynamics to negotiations, game and negotiation theory, and the use of the Internet. For construction managers, design engineers, owners, lawyers, arbitrators, and other professionals who want to learn about the latest techniques in conflict resolution.
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Environmental Conflict and Alternative Dispute Resolution
Elizabeth J. Swanson Manufacturer: Environmental Law Center ProductGroup: Book Binding: Plastic Comb ASIN: 0921503520 |
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Resolving Environmental Disputes: From Conflict to Consensus
Roger Sidaway Manufacturer: Earthscan Publications Ltd. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1844070131 |
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* A fresh examination of the causes of environmental conflicts and key tools for conflict resolution through consensus building
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Conflict resolution and mediation in natural resource management in Nepal
Krishna Prasad Oli Manufacturer: IUCN Nepal ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: 9291440310 |
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Diplomacy on the Jordan: International Conflict and Negotiated Resolution (Natural Resource Management and Policy)
Munther J. Haddadin Manufacturer: Kluwer Academic Publishers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0792375270 |
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The Jordan River waters are essential for the development and well being of the people of its basin. Plans for the development of its water resources were considered since the beginning of the twentieth century, and have long been central to dispute between riparian nations. This volume reviews the roots of conflict over the Jordan between Arabs and Jews and the development of that conflict over the past 150 years. It analyzes the positions of Arabs and Israelis and the role of the United States in promoting a settlement. The work then presents the development of a negotiated resolution of that part of the conflict related to Jordan and Israel through the Middle East Peace Process. This book approaches the Jordanian-Israeli water affairs in the Jordan River Basin with a wide interdisciplinary perspective. It unfolds the full history of the dispute and negotiation process, beginning in the 1950s and ending with the water accord in 1974.
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Environmental Dispute Resolution (Environment, Development and Public Policy: Environmental Policy and Planning)
Lawrence S. Bacow , and Michael Wheeler Manufacturer: Springer ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items: ASIN: 0306415941 |
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Environmental Dispute Resolution: An Anthology of Practical Solutions (5350090)
Manufacturer: Section of Environment Energy Ociation ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1590310926 |
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The heterophyllous Selaginellae of continental North America (Bulletin of the British Museum)
A. H. G Alston Manufacturer: British Museum (Natural History) ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0007K0DIC |
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In the Parish of the Poor: Writings from Haiti
Jean-Bertrand Aristide Manufacturer: Orbis Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0883446820 |
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A Wonderful and Intriguing Read.......2000-06-05
Timeless and Touching.......2000-04-23
An inside to the thoughts of liberation-theology.......1998-08-23
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Selling the Church: The English Parish in Law, Commerce, and Religion, 1350-1550
Robert C. Palmer Manufacturer: The University of North Carolina Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0807827436 Release Date: 2001-10-31 |
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In the years of expanding state authority following the Black Death, English common law permitted the leasing of parishes by their rectors and vicars, who then pursued interests elsewhere and left the parish in the control of lay lessees. But a series of statutes enacted by Henry VIII between 1529 and 1540 effectively reduced such clerical absenteeism. Robert Palmer examines this transformation of the English parish and argues that it was an important part of the English Reformation.Palmer analyzes an extensive set of data drawn from common law records to reveal a vigorous and effective effort by the laity to enforce the new statutes. Motivated by both economic and traditional ideals, the litigants made the commercial activities of leaseholding and buying for resale and profit the exclusive domain of the laity and acquired the power to regulate the clergy. According to Palmer, these parish-level reformations presaged and complemented other initiatives of the crown that have long been considered central to the reign of Henry VIII.
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The People of the Parish: Community Life in a Late Medieval English Diocese (The Middle Ages Series)
Katherine L. French Manufacturer: University of Pennsylvania Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0812235819 |
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The parish, the lowest level of hierarchy in the medieval church, was the shared responsibility of the laity and the clergy. Most Christians were baptized, went to confession, were married, and were buried in the parish church or churchyard; in addition, business, legal settlements, sociability, and entertainment brought people to the church, uniting secular and sacred concerns. In The People of the Parish, Katherine L. French contends that late medieval religion was participatory and flexible, promoting different kinds of spiritual and material involvement.
The rich parish records of the small diocese of Bath and Wells include wills, court records, and detailed accounts by lay churchwardens of everyday parish activities. They reveal the differences between parishes within a single diocese that cannot be attributed to regional variation. By using these records show to the range and diversity of late medieval parish life, and a Christianity vibrant enough to accommodate differences in status, wealth, gender, and local priorities, French refines our understanding of lay attitudes toward Christianity in the two centuries before the Reformation.
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Catholic Parish: Institutional Discipline, Tribal Identity And Religious Development in the English Church
Desmond Ryan Manufacturer: Sheed & Ward ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0722015763 |
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Furthermore! Memories of a Parish Priest
Andrew M. Greeley Manufacturer: Forge ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0312869649 |
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Popular novel writer Andrew Greeley returns to the voice of memoirist in this update of his feisty original autobiography, Confessions of a Parish Priest. Greeley is the first to admit how controversial he is. Religious purists attack his fiction as slanderous and racy. Even more divisive is Greeley's open criticism of the Catholic Church, including his denouncing of other priests for failing to handle the rampant pedophilia problem. Although Greeley is not flip or defensive when confronting his critics, he does make it clear that he is a man with a mission, and he will not be stopped from writing fiction or speaking his truth. In his chapter titled "Pedophile Problems," he brazenly writes, "Nothing has made me feel more contemptuous of my fellow priests--both as individuals and as collectives--than their response to the pedophile crisis.... The bishops in a way are worse.... After blaming the media for the problem, they set up a committee to study the problem, to make a report, and issue vague and feeble guidelines." This is the kind of strong writing one can expect from this highly opinionated (and highly admired) man of words and cloth. Arranged as a collection of essays, fans will find plenty of fresh material in this memoir, including chapters about "Prayers," "Catholic Schools," "The End of the Confident Church," and "Why They Stay--It's the Stories!" --Gail HudsonBook Description
Those who know his novels, Father Greeley asserts, may be the ones who know him best, because he puts all of himself into the novelshe cant help it. And all of a man like Father Greeley, who for more than half a century has been a successful journalist, novelist, sociologist, and priest, results in something truly extraordinary. Picking up where his acclaimed Confessions of Parish Priest left off, this memoir has something for everyone: whether youre already a fan of his fiction, and want to know more about how he writes his books, or you are interested in an extremely sharp and insightful firsthand look into the Churchs turbulent and controversial times in the latter half of this century. His keen journalistic eye has been closely observing the world around him and his native charm, wit, and insight makes it a pleasure to join this remarkable man as he reflects on some of the major issues that have led him into the volatile world of church politics and the glaring light of media attention. Always on the side of compassion, understanding, and honesty, Father Greeley admits that sometimes he finds himself unable to keep quiet. Introspective, jovial, somber, playful, Father Greeleys charismatic personality shines through in all of its many facets as he examines his life and times. And running through all his observations is the positive undercurrent, familiar to his millions of readers, that God is Love, Understanding, and Forgiveness.Customer Reviews:
With all due respect...?.......2000-11-21
After finishing this book, my only wish is that this isn't the end of Father Greeley's long career of theological troublemaking. In the traditional Jewish expression, "biz a hundert und tzvantzig yohrn" -- [may he live to] "a hundred and twenty years!"
Fr. Greeley's best book to date........2000-02-09
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English Parish Churches (World of Art)
Edwin Smith , Graham Hutton , and Olive Cook Manufacturer: Thames & Hudson ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0500201390 |
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The beauty of light........2004-08-04
A Good Process.......2003-08-15
As I read the text I turned to the photos and studied them as they were referenced in the text. At the conclusion of the text there are notes on the photos and then the photos follow. This format occurs throughout the book. After reading the text I then read the photo notes and studied the photos for a second time. This format and study method links the visual study of the photos with the textual study causing each to develop the other. As a result, the second photo exam reveals far more to the reader than the first.
This book has been very beneficial to me and I recommend it and the study method it creates.
The classic guide.......2003-05-09
Smith's photography is enhanced by informative chapters, written by Graham Hutton, that trace the evolution of English parish church design and construction from well before the Conquest up to and through the Victorian era. Of course, the story of parish churches is also the story of the parish, and therefore the reader also will find here a fine capsule summary of changing sociological patterns over many centuries.
If I have one complaint, it's in the way the text, explanatory notes, and photos are arranged. Hutton's chapters are annotated with references to the photographic plates, which are all generally in one section following the relevant text. The explanatory notes on the photos, in turn, are in a section following the plates. So a reader who wants to look at a photo to which Hutton refers must turn ahead several pages to find the photo, and then several more pages to read, essentially, the caption to the photo. In all, it makes for a lot of flipping pages back and forth and a less than entirely efficient reading experience.
Apart from that, though, this title should have a lot of appeal, not just to architecture and art historians, but also to the not-insubstantial number of people who have affection for historic churches, the English countryside, and the preservation of both. There is much here to learn from, and enjoy.
Classic.......1998-03-06
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Parochial Vision: The Future of the English Parish
Nick Spencer Manufacturer: Paternoster ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1842272381 |
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The label Generation X has been applied to those born since the early mid 1960s and by their attitudes and outlook this generation has shown itself to be the first influenced by postmodernity rather than modernity. Anecdotal evidence of the personal experience of Xers shows that they do not find it easy to fit into the culture and structures of much of the contemporary Western church especially in its organizational forms such as mission agencies. If Generation Xers do world mission their way what would it look like Are new strategies structures and methodologies needed or can the existing structures be changed to allow the Xer worldview to exist alongside others
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Americans Guide To English Parish Churches
John Betjeman Manufacturer: UNSPECIFIED VENDOR ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000UC53N2 |
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Americans Guide To English Parish Churches
John Betjeman Manufacturer: UNSPECIFIED VENDOR ProductGroup: Book Binding: Library Binding ASIN: B000SNJ2T4 |
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Annals of St. Michael's Parish: In Loramie (Berlin), Shelby County, Ohio, in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, from 1838 to 1903 ... in original German and with English translation
Wilhelm P Bigot Manufacturer: Unigraphic ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0006WAN90 |
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The Winner's Wreath (Sparks)
Martin Oliver Manufacturer: Franklin Watts Ltd ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 074963555X |
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