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Part 1. Prospects for energy, commodities, water, food, and healthcare. Chapter 1. Energy, commodities, and water -- Chapter 2. Food and agriculture -- Chapter 3. Healthcare and the life sciences -- Part II. Business transformations. Chapter 4. The sharing economy -- Chapter 5. The fourth industrial revolution -- Chapter 6. The gig economy -- Chapter 7. Salient patterns in the global economy -- Chapter 8. Consumers and consumption -- Chapter 9. Labor, work organization, and education -- Part III. Innovation and technology. Chapter 10. Innovation and research -- Chapter 11. Emerging technologies.

The current volume offers a concise and analytical portrait of the contemporary world. The author encompasses concepts and theories from multiple disciplines notably sociology, anthropology, international relations, and economics to examine the major sociocultural transformations of the modern world, their underlying causes, and their consequences. The volume is organized in 10 chapters dealing with a variety of topics including global demographic trends, globalization, culture, foreign affairs, emerging markets, environmental degradation, global security, global health, large corporations, and economic inequality. Each chapter is divided into separate sections examining the accompanying themes. This book is a valuable reference for managers and business leaders, students, policy makers, and all those who are interested in acquiring a better understanding of the sociocultural trends that are shaping our world.

Lectures to Youth Clubs on Growing Up, Sex Relationships & Marriage presents a critical review of two lectures about the responsibilities of young adults. The book discusses the definition and psychological implications of growing up; the emotional components of sex relationship; and the value and factors involved in marriage. Some of the topics covered in the text are the description of changes in puberty; the difference of puberty in a boy and a girl; and the development of reproductive organs. The development of a fetus; the description of bodily changes in a female under pregnancy; and the

This book is a study of the changing patterns of marriage in Zimbabwe. The author examines different aspects of traditional marriage including the central significance of fertility