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In working with educators every day who are down in the trenches making a difference in the lives of their students, I have come to realize something that is so, so exciting. We already have in place the talent and resources to transform our…

Change was the story of the 20th century and will inevitably be the story of the 21st. In order to survive and prosper, organizations in the private and the public sectors will need to respond in a timely and flexible way to social, techno- logical,…

The publication of a Sociological Review Monograph on urban issues and processes is timely, both sociologically and politically. With the global recession of 2008 placing cities near the top of policy-making agendas, urban environments came to…

This book explores some of the main findings of a piece of research funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council (award 00 23 7661) that the authors, Rachel Johnson, Oliver Fulton, and Stephen Watson conducted at Lancaster University from…

Since the walls of caves were first decorated with primitive paintings, it has
been a natural instinct for humans to embellish their environment. For many
people, the design, decoration and remodeling of a home provide a
wonderful outlet for…

The Art in Peacemaking:
An Initiative of the Partnership for Conflict Resolution in the Arts
Young people bring many challenges and sensitive issues with them when they enter community arts programs. Often these challenges exist as disputes young…

Many years ago I was in Moscow, carrying out a negotiation in the offices of a state buying organisation. After my negotiation was finished I had to wait for the
formal signatures to the document that I had agreed. I passed the time sitting in one…

Interiors: An Introduction, Fifth Edition, is the starting point for a lifetime of design
education, appreciation, and enjoyment. Interior design is an exciting discipline that
makes life better through effective design solutions to spatial,…

We review the extensive benchmark data on short‐term memory for order, and discuss the prominent computational theories accounting for serial order memory. On the basis of recent diagnostic results, we identify four explana- tory constructs that we…

I could not have produced this account, fourteen years in
the making, without significant help. Surely credit is due
to the early Usonians who typed and mimeographed—and saved—the thousands of single-spaced communications during the creation…