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As political debate over the overexploitation of fish stocks rages on, UBC's Fisheries Centre is targeting the responsible management of aquatic ecosystems from multiple perspectives. ; Other UBC ; Unreviewed ; Other

"Big mistakes or misconduct, serious accidents and other disasters are normally followed by investigations which explore what went wrong. These produce recommendations to limit the damage from a future event, or to prevent it altogether. In many cases, this doesn't happen, and 'repeat crises' occur. Why should this be the case? Surely, in the aftermath of extreme events, readiness for change will be high? This book shows how the conventional 'rules' of change management do not always apply in extreme contexts. It explores other perspectives and approaches, as well as the challenges of implementing change in the aftermath of extreme events. Disastrous and tragic, such events are also useful in providing an audit of organizations' systems, procedures, practices, cultures, norms, and behaviours, exposing gaps and flaws. The chapters in this book also establish guidelines for practice, noting that conditions at the implementation phase have implications for crisis management and the conduct of investigations. In providing a comprehensive analysis of organizational change and crisis management, the book develops a fresh conceptualization of change and change processes in extreme contexts. The result is a resource that will be vital reading for advanced students, researchers and managers involved with organizational studies and crisis management"--

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: changing our assumptions about change / Shugarman, David P. -- Between body and thought / Bakan, Mildred -- Marx on human emancipation / Le Baron, Bentley -- Between memory and dream / Kontos, Alkis -- Rhetoric and violence: some considerations of the events of October 1970 / Cooper, Barry -- Political judgment and the viability of institutions / Hill, Melvyn A. -- The false imperatives of technology / Leiss, William -- Wrong turn: youth and social change / Adelman, Howard -- Voluntary associations: the view from radical humanism / Willmott, Donald E. -- Professionalism vs Parkdale / Williams, Joan -- The political cornucopia of participation in a movement-party: a brief introduction / St John, James D. -- Participation vs Parliament / Hunnius, Gerry -- Contributors -- Books by the University League for Social Reform

This report provides studies on greenhouse gas emissions and atmospheric concentrations which focuses on questions raised by decision-makers regarding U.S. climate change.

The Working Group II contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) provides a comprehensive assessment of the scientific literature relevant to climate change impacts, adaptation and vulnerability. The report recognizes the interactions of climate, ecosystems and biodiversity, and human societies, and integrates across the natural, ecological, social and economic sciences. It emphasizes how efforts in adaptation and in reducing greenhouse gas emissions can come together in a process called climate resilient development, which enables a liveable future for biodiversity and humankind. The IPCC is the leading body for assessing climate change science. IPCC reports are produced in comprehensive, objective and transparent ways, ensuring they reflect the full range of views in the scientific literature. Novel elements include focused topical assessments, and an atlas presenting observed climate change impacts and future risks from global to regional scales. Available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Cuban-Americans are changing their attitudesabout many of the key components of current US/Cuba policy. The paper explores some of the socialforces creating the patterns associated with thechanging attitudes. Based on the data from the2014 Cuba Poll, a descriptive analysis ofrelationships among key demographic variablesuncovers compelling patterns associated with theideological shift occurring in the population.Specifically, the patterns associated with ideologyshifts and time of arrival of the migrant aswell as his/her age and political party preferenceare explored. The paper makes clear that the newarrivals to Miami, as well as the younger Cubans,are significantly more interested in normalizingrelations with the home country. Unfortunately, alarge majority of the new arrivals (migrating since1995), are not citizens and therefore not able toparticipate in the electoral processes that shapeU.S. policy towards the island.Los cubano-americanos están cambiando susactitudes acerca de muchos de los componentesclave de la política actual de Estados Unidos haciaCuba. El artículo explora algunas de las fuerzas socialesque crean los patrones asociados a esas actitudescambiantes. En base a los datos del 2014Cuba Poll, un análisis descriptivo de las relacionesentre las variables demográficas clave, el texto descubrepatrones de peso asociados con el cambioideológico que ocurre en la población. En concreto,patrones asociados con los cambios y el tiempode llegada de los migrantes, así como su edady preferencia de partido político o de ideología.El documento deja claro que las personas reciénllegadas a Miami, así como los jóvenes cubanos,están significativamente más interesados en lanormalización de las relaciones con su país de origen.Por desgracia, la gran mayoría de los reciénllegados (desde 1995), no son ciudadanos estadounidensesy, por tanto, no pueden participar enlos procesos electorales que dan forma a la políticade Estados Unidos hacia la isla.