Pervasive Powers

Author : Sara Angeli Aguiton
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000451062
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pervasive Powers written by Sara Angeli Aguiton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-09-23 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an era of systemic crisis and of global critiques of the unsustainable perpetuation of capitalism, Pervasive Powers: The Politics of Corporate Authority critically questions the conditions for the maintenance and expansion of corporate power. The book explores empirical case studies in the realms of finance, urban policies, automobile safety, environmental risk, agriculture, and food in western democracies. It renews understanding of the power of big business, focusing on how the study of temporalities, of multi-sited influence and of sociotechnical tools is crucial to an analysis of the evolution of corporate authority. Drawing on different literatures, ranging from research on business associations and global governance to that on the social production of ignorance or on corporate crime, this book aims at contributing to existing works on the capacity of corporations to rule the world. Unlike approaches focused on economic elites and on the political activities of firms, it goes beyond analysis of the power of corporations to influence policy-making to depict their unprecedented capacity to transform and shape the social world. Operating in numerous social spaces and mobilizing a wide range of strategies, corporate organizations have acquired the pervasive power to act far beyond mere spaces of regulation and government. Based on contributions from historians, science and technology studies scholars, sociologists and political scientists, this book will be of great interest to researchers, academics and students who wish to understand how corporations exert a pervasive influence on public policies, and to NGOs and regulatory agencies.

Author : Linda Hirshman
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin
ISBN 13 : 1328566447
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reckoning written by Linda Hirshman and published by Houghton Mifflin. This book was released on 2019 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first history--incisive, witty, fascinating--of the fight against sexual harassment, from the author of the New York Times bestseller Sisters in Law Linda Hirshman, acclaimed historian of social movements, delivers the sweeping story of the struggle leading up to #MeToo and beyond: from the first tales of workplace harassment percolating to the surface in the 1970s, to the Clinton/Lewinsky scandal--when liberal women largely forgave Clinton, giving men a free pass for two decades. Many liberals even resisted the movement to end rape on campus. And yet, legal, political, and cultural efforts, often spearheaded by women of color, were quietly paving the way for the takedown of abusers and harassers. Reckoning delivers the stirring tale of a movement catching fire as pioneering women in the media exposed the Harvey Weinsteins of the world, women flooded the political landscape, and the walls of male privilege finally began to crack. This is revelatory, essential social history.

Author : Bryce L Shriver Ph D
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780692229705
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Unleashing the Power of Pervasive Leadership written by Bryce L Shriver Ph D and published by . This book was released on 2014-04-16 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where there is a lack of leadership, frustration abounds. When there is leadership, there is clarity of purpose and achievement is realized. But it's only when pervasive leadership prevails, that sustainable growth and excellence abound. "Pervasive leadership?," you may ask. Yes, in great organizations, leadership is evident throughout, independent of title or position. Managers, of course, establish the overall direction, provide needed resources and resolve significant problems. But in the enlightened, pervasive leadership model, employees are empowered to simplify processes, reduce wasted effort and improve quality. They are encouraged to reach out to other areas of the organization in the quest for excellence. Yet, this model does not advocate a free-style organization where each individual and group is allowed to define their own process and goals. Instead, it is marked by seven distinct, interrelated characteristics that must be developed. These characteristics define the purpose, processes and behaviors that create freedom to focus on greatness. This book provides insights on these seven characteristics and how they are developed based on the author's 35 years of leadership experience in various organizations including the military, academia, large corporations and the church. You will be rewarded with life changing insights no matter whether you are a senior executive or an entry level employee who wants to make your life count. Enjoy the journey - it will reward you and your organization richly! Cover Picture: A sailing ship dancing across the turquoise waters of St. Thomas. With its three masts and seven sails, it is a fitting symbol of pervasive leadership. The power of the wind is all around, but needs to be harnessed if the ship is to reach its destination. Likewise, the key to any organization's success is within its people, but like the ship, this power must be directed, encouraged and developed to achieve greatness.

Author : Philip Hamburger
Publisher : Encounter Books
ISBN 13 : 159403950X
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Administrative Threat written by Philip Hamburger and published by Encounter Books. This book was released on 2017-05-02 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Government agencies regulate Americans in the full range of their lives, including their political participation, their economic endeavors, and their personal conduct. Administrative power has thus become pervasively intrusive. But is this power constitutional? A similar sort of power was once used by English kings, and this book shows that the similarity is not a coincidence. In fact, administrative power revives absolutism. On this foundation, the book explains how administrative power denies Americans their basic constitutional freedoms, such as jury rights and due process. No other feature of American government violates as many constitutional provisions or is more profoundly threatening. As a result, administrative power is the key civil liberties issue of our era.

Author : Jeremy Pitt
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 1848167482
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book This Pervasive Day written by Jeremy Pitt and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2012 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation 'This Pervasive Day' explores the potential - and possible pitfalls - of daily living with pervasive adaptive computing.

Author : Michel Foucault
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 039473954X
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Power/Knowledge written by Michel Foucault and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1980-11-12 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michel Foucault has become famous for a series of books that have permanently altered our understanding of many institutions of Western society. He analyzed mental institutions in the remarkable Madness and Civilization; hospitals in The Birth of the Clinic; prisons in Discipline and Punish; and schools and families in The History of Sexuality. But the general reader as well as the specialist is apt to miss the consistent purposes that lay behind these difficult individual studies, thus losing sight of the broad social vision and political aims that unified them. Now, in this superb set of essays and interviews, Foucault has provided a much-needed guide to Foucault. These pieces, ranging over the entire spectrum of his concerns, enabled Foucault, in his most intimate and accessible voice, to interpret the conclusions of his research in each area and to demonstrate the contribution of each to the magnificent -- and terrifying -- portrait of society that he was patiently compiling. For, as Foucault shows, what he was always describing was the nature of power in society; not the conventional treatment of power that concentrates on powerful individuals and repressive institutions, but the much more pervasive and insidious mechanisms by which power "reaches into the very grain of individuals, touches their bodies and inserts itself into their actions and attitudes, their discourses, learning processes and everyday lives" Foucault's investigations of prisons, schools, barracks, hospitals, factories, cities, lodgings, families, and other organized forms of social life are each a segment of one of the most astonishing intellectual enterprises of all time -- and, as this book proves, one which possesses profound implications for understanding the social control of our bodies and our minds.

Author : Therese Boos Dykeman
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 1498573215
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rhetoric at the Non-Substantialistic Turn written by Therese Boos Dykeman and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2018-05-04 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rhetoric at the Non-Substantialistic Turn: The East-West Coin presents a unique theory of rhetoric that encompasses both Eastern and Western approaches. Based on the Field-Being philosophy founded by Lik Kuen Tong, this theory gives an account of the ontological foundations of both kinds of rhetoric. Beginning with an exposition of the nature of Field-Being rhetoric as Eastern and Western, this book presents chapters on Eastern and Western rhetoric over history as power, ethics, art, creativity, politics, and communication. It acknowledges the thinking of many philosophers and rhetoricians who have contributed to East-West comparative studies in both fields and argues that both understandings of rhetoric are necessary for global communication.

Author : Debashis Saha
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461511437
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Networking Infrastructure for Pervasive Computing written by Debashis Saha and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-06-28 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Networking Infrastructure for Pervasive Computing: Enabling Technologies & Systems is a comprehensive guide to tomorrow's world of ubiquitous computing where users can access and manipulate information from everywhere at all times. The emphasis is on networking, systems and standards rather than detailed physical implementation. Addressed are many technical obstacles, such as, connectivity, levels of service, performance, and reliability and fairness. The authors also describe the existing enabling off-the-shelf technologies and its underlying infrastructure known as pervasive networking (PervNet). PervNet ties different sets of smart nodes together enabling them to communicate with each other to provide pervasive computing services to users. Throughout the book, important issues related to scalability, transparency, security, energy management, QoS provisioning, fault tolerance, and disconnected operations are discussed. This work provides a research and development perspective to the field of PervNet and will serve as an essential reference for network designers, operators and developers.

Author : Symonds, Judith
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 160566961X
Total Pages : 1962 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ubiquitous and Pervasive Computing: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications written by Symonds, Judith and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2009-09-30 with total page 1962 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This publication covers the latest innovative research findings involved with the incorporation of technologies into everyday aspects of life"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Athanasios Tsanas
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 303134586X
Total Pages : 701 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare written by Athanasios Tsanas and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-06-10 with total page 701 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 16th EAI International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare, PervasiveHealth 2022, which took place in Thessaloniki, Greece, in December 2022. The 45 full papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 120 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: personal informatics and wearable devices; computer vision; IoT-HR: Internet of things in health research; pervasive health for COVID-19; machine learning, human activity recognition and speech recognition; software frameworks and interoperability; facial recognition, gesture recognition and object detection; machine learning, predictive models and personalised healthcare; human-centred design of pervasive health solutions; personalized healthcare.