agriculturally self-sustaining until the convergence of scientific knowledge coupled with capitalist economic growth-oriented production. These convergences triggered the development of new technologies to extract fossil energy, technological innovations in
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Humanosphere Potentiality Index
Appraising Existing Indicators from a Long-term Perspective
Takahiro Sato, Mario Ivan López, Taizo Wada, Shiro Sato, Makoto Nishi, and Kazuo Watanabe
Rolf Dieter Hepp
between the poles of freedom and dependence. So—with reference to Boltanski and Chiapello (2003) —the creative profession can be understood as pioneers within the working world. The development of new media, for example, in the areas of web technology and
The Rule of Law as a Condition for Development Toward Sustainability
Toward a New Legally Oriented Environment at a Global Level
Giovanni Tartaglia Polcini
current laws. ( UN DESA et al. 2015 ) These assumptions are confirmed by Mohamed Sami Ben Ali and Amira Gasmi (2017) , which shows that information and communication technologies (ICT) diffusion clearly acts as a control of corruption mechanism. Taking
The Role of Small-Scale Farming in Familial Care
Reducing Work Risks Stemming from the Market Economy in Northeast Thailand
Shinsuke Tomita, Mario Ivan Lopez, and Yasuyuki Kono
that one reason why farming households can accept returners in the north and the northeast is that households possess idle paddy fields, despite the fact that marginal land has shrunk because of water-saving technologies from the late 1980s ( Grandstaff
The Limits to Cheating History
Changing the Reference for Accounting
Peter Herrmann
things just sitting around—helped companies improve their bottom line. But today, peer-to-peer software and mobile technology allow us all to have access, just when we need it, to the things we used to have to buy and hold. Overproduction In concrete
Social Quality in a Transitive Society
The Role of the State
Valeriy Heyets
of information technology leaving its mark on society as a whole, including public administration. Therefore, it is important to determine what will happen to social quality. But this is the subject of the next study, where social and paternalistic
Ananta Kumar Giri
growth, expansion, technology, mastery, speed, ‘freedom.’” 1 While there is some effort in exploring and reflecting on the pathways like art and development, there is very little effort in exploring poetics of development. Such an exploration includes
An Exogenous Path of Development
Explaining the Rise of Corporate Social Responsibility in China
Ka Lin, Dan Banik, and Longfei Yi
, and B.H. Yu . 2007 . “ Analysis of the Chinese CSR Dilemma ” (in Chinese). Sci-Technology and Management 41 ( 1 ): 54 – 59 . Yin , J.L. , and Y.L. Zhang . 2012 . “ Institutional Dynamics and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in an
The Wall, the Ban, and the Objectification of Women
Has “Uncle Sam” Learned any Lessons from “Typhoid Mary?”
Amani Othman and William W. Darrow
economy. Now, we must implement an immigration system that will allow our citizens to prosper for generations to come.” Following this introduction, Trump offered a few details: “Investment in technology will ensure we can scan 100 percent of everything
Public Evaluation of Society in China
The Social Quality Approach
Ren Liying and Zou Yuchin
new technology such as the Internet, and actively participate in social and political activities is more dynamic. However, the link between these indicators and people's overall evaluation of society is not so simple. As some empirical studies have