Thomas Dietz

Decisions by individuals, organisations, and nations shape the well-being of humans and other species, the environment, and sustainability. Decisions for Sustainability examines how we can make better decisions concerning our future. It incorporates sociological, psychological, and economic perspectives to highlight our strengths and weaknesses in decision-making, and suggest strategies to influence both individual and societal decisions. Sustainability challenges – from local land use and toxic contamination to climate change and biodiversity loss – illustrate how we can improve decision making and what factors lead to conflict. How we use science in the face of uncertainty is also examined, and a range of ethical criteria for good decisions are proposed. Emphasizing the need for diversity in decision making and clarifying the relationship between reform and societal transformation, this book provides a comprehensive view of what we know about decision-making, and how we can do better in the face of sustainability challenges.

Introduction to Social Statistics is a basic statistics text with a focus on the use of models for thinking through statistical problems, an accessible and consistent structure with ongoing examples across chapters, and an emphasis on the tools most commonly used in contemporary research. Lively introductory textbook that uses three strategies to help students master statistics: use of models throughout; repetition with variation to underpin pedagogy; and emphasis on the tools most commonly used in contemporary research Demonstrates how more than one statistical method can be used to approach a research question Enhanced learning features include a ‘walk-through’ of statistical concepts, applications, features, advanced topics boxes, and a ‘What Have We Learned’ section at the end of each chapter Supported by a website containing instructor materials including chapter-by-chapter PowerPoint slides, answers to exercises, and an instructor guide Visit www.wiley.com/go/dietz for additional student and instructor resources.

Decisions by individuals, organisations, and nations shape the well-being of humans and other species, the environment, and sustainability. Decisions for Sustainability examines how we can make better decisions concerning our future. It incorporates sociological, psychological, and economic perspectives to highlight our strengths and weaknesses in decision-making, and suggest strategies to influence both individual and societal decisions. Sustainability challenges – from local land use and toxic contamination to climate change and biodiversity loss – illustrate how we can improve decision making and what factors lead to conflict. How we use science in the face of uncertainty is also examined, and a range of ethical criteria for good decisions are proposed. Emphasizing the need for diversity in decision making and clarifying the relationship between reform and societal transformation, this book provides a comprehensive view of what we know about decision-making, and how we can do better in the face of sustainability challenges.

Dieses Buch bietet eine Einführung in die Grundlagen des industriellen Robotereinsatzes und vermittelt Praxiswissen im Hinblick auf Planung, Umsetzung und Betrieb von Robotersystemen. Roboter haben sich als zuverlässige Werkzeuge in der Automatisierung bewährt. Sie sind in vielen Industriebereichen für die wirtschaftliche Produktion unentbehrlich. Die erweiterten Einsatzmöglichkeiten verursachen allerdings auch einen erheblichen Integrationsbedarf auf dem Weg vom »nackten« Roboter zu einer maßgeschneiderten Roboterlösung. Zur Auswahl der passenden Roboterlösung und zur effektiven Kommunikation mit Lieferanten und Kunden sind technisches Basiswissen, die Grundbegriffe der Robotik und ein umfassender Marktüberblick unverzichtbar. Die Autoren vermitteln praxisnah die notwendigen Grundlagen, um informierte Entscheidungen bei der Umsetzung von Robotersystemen zu treffen.

Well-functioning contract law is a crucial prerequisite for economic development. However, even though international trade has increased enormously in recent decades, we still know little about the contract enforcement mechanisms that exist in today's globalised markets. The aim of this work is to shed light on the governance of complex cross-border contracts by developing a comprehensive theoretical framework for understanding the relevance of both formal and informal institutions. This framework is then applied to an empirical study of cross-border software development contracts. Combining a unique data set of 41 qualitative expert interviews with statistical data and surveys, the author demonstrates that state contract laws show fundamental signs of dysfunction across borders. Companies engaged in globalised exchange therefore rarely use this mechanism. Even the European Union's supranational enforcement order is, in practice, insignificant. Against all expectations, international commercial arbitration also turns out to be limited in its ability to provide a workable legal infrastructure for global commerce. With global trade lacking a reliable formal legal order, companies have reacted by creating their own informal governance structures. This book explains how complex exchange in global markets has emerged in the absence of a global legal order.

Well-functioning contract law is a crucial prerequisite for economic development. However, even though international trade has increased enormously in recent decades, we still know little about the contract enforcement mechanisms that exist in today's globalised markets. The aim of this work is to shed light on the governance of complex cross-border contracts by developing a comprehensive theoretical framework for understanding the relevance of both formal and informal institutions. This framework is then applied to an empirical study of cross-border software development contracts. Combining a unique data set of 41 qualitative expert interviews with statistical data and surveys, the author demonstrates that state contract laws show fundamental signs of dysfunction across borders. Companies engaged in globalised exchange therefore rarely use this mechanism. Even the European Union's supranational enforcement order is, in practice, insignificant. Against all expectations, international commercial arbitration also turns out to be limited in its ability to provide a workable legal infrastructure for global commerce. With global trade lacking a reliable formal legal order, companies have reacted by creating their own informal governance structures. This book explains how complex exchange in global markets has emerged in the absence of a global legal order.

Thomas Dietz untersucht die Auswirkungen der ökonomischen Globalisierung auf die für eine positive wirtschaftliche Entwicklung so wichtige Funktion des Staates, Verträge in ökonomischen Austauschprozessen wirksam durchzusetzen. Dabei gelangt er zu dem Ergebnis, dass die Globalisierung zu einem Auseinanderfallen der wirtschaftlichen und rechtlichen Räume führt. Die staatlichen Gerichte und Zwangsvollstreckungsorgane hinterlassen im grenzüberschreitenden Wirtschaftsverkehr ein normatives Vakuum, das von privaten Governance-Mechanismen gefüllt wird. Die Funktion, Verträge wirksam durchzusetzen, wird auf den internationalen Märkten zunehmend von den Marktteilnehmern selbst übernommen. Dabei werden sie unterstützt von der rasanten Entwicklung im Bereich der Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologie. Das Internet hat zur Entstehung einer virtuell integrierten Weltökonomie geführt, in der sich komplexer Tausch auch ohne eine staatliche Weltprivatrechtsordnung entwickelt.

Introduction to Social Statistics is a basic statistics text with a focus on the use of models for thinking through statistical problems, an accessible and consistent structure with ongoing examples across chapters, and an emphasis on the tools most commonly used in contemporary research. Lively introductory textbook that uses three strategies to help students master statistics: use of models throughout; repetition with variation to underpin pedagogy; and emphasis on the tools most commonly used in contemporary researchDemonstrates how more than one statistical method can be used to approach a research questionEnhanced learning features include a 'walk-through' of statistical concepts, applications, features, advanced topics boxes, and a ‘What Have We Learned’ section at the end of each chapterSupported by a website containing instructor materials including chapter-by-chapter PowerPoint slides, answers to exercises, and an instructor guide Visit www.wiley.com/go/dietz for additional student and instructor resources.

Der EKG-Knacker bietet ein Konzept zur schnellen und sicheren Notfall-EKG-Interpretation. Von den physiologischen Grundlagen und dem Normalzustand ber Rhythmusst rungen bis hin zum Herzinfarkt wird die Elektrokardiographie verst ndlich erkl rt und mit anschaulichen Bildern belegt. Der EKG-Knacker-Entscheidungsbaum stellt Ja/Nein-Alternativen dar, deren Beantwortung eine eindeutige Diagnose ergibt. Ein berblick ber die wichtigsten Medikamente f r eine notfallmedizinische Akuttherapie schlie t den diagnostischen Teil ab. berarbeitete und aktualisierte Neuauflage mit neuen Themen wie AICD (automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator), Lyse-Therapie f r Herzinfakt und neuen Abbildungen ausklappbarer Buchdeckel mit dem EKG-Knacker-Entscheidungsbaum, der eine schnelle und sichere EKG-Diagnose erlaubt Bew hrte Didaktik mit klarer Struktur, anschaulichen Bildern, Glossar und Index Kitteltaschen-Format

'Mediated Modeling' is an approach to participatory environmental decision-making. It uses system dynamics models in a public setting to enable participants to learn about and see the consequences of various possible decision paths for their communities and ecosystems.

Seit der friedlichen Revolution in Osteuropa sind grüne Parteien dazu übergegangen, auf europäischer Ebene enger zusammenzuarbeiten. Ihre grenzüberschreitende Parteiorganisation, die "Europäische Förderation grüner Parteien" (EFGP), kann zwar noch nicht als europäische Partei bezeichnet werden. Sie ist der Struktur einer solchen aber nähergekommen und hat im Vergleich zu Sozialisten, Christdemokraten und Liberalen aufgeholt. In der grünen Fraktion im Europaparlament ist die Kooperation zwischen den nationalen Delegationen seit 1989 ebenfalls enger geworden. Der Autor beschreibt die Einflußfaktoren, die diese Entwicklung beschleunigt (im Falle der EFGP u.a. der Umbruch in Osteuropa und der Maastricher Vertrag) bzw. gebremst haben (u.a. die basisdemokratische Grundorientierung der Grünen sowie Unterschiede in den Konzeptionen für die Integration von Nationalstaaten bzw. nationalen Parteien). Er kommt zu dem Ergebnis, daß entscheidende Schritte in Richtung einer europäischen Partei bzw. einer wirklich europäisch zu nennenden Fraktion erst dann zu erwarten sind, wenn entsprechende institutionelle Rahmenbedingungen (Stärkung des Europaparlaments, europäische Wahllisten, Existenz einer europäischen Regierung) geschaffen werden.

This book compiles, discusses, and explains 126 key concepts relating to animals in sustainability in an easy-to-navigate A–Z format. Essential Concepts of Animals in Sustainability is a roadmap of concepts that trace the connections of the planet with all its inhabitants – humans, non-human animals, other organisms, and ecosystems. This book provides an interdisciplinary introduction, drawing on the social, ecological and physical sciences, to examine the place of animals as members of communities in relation to humans, other organisms and the physical environment. Entries address the important role individual animals and species play in ecosystem management and environmental well-being, as well as addressing negative impacts on the environment, such as the methane produced by cattle. The book also focuses on the philosophical and ethical arguments that support protecting animals from human exploitation, including questions around emotion and sentience. Overall, this book provides students with a clear picture of the animal question in sustainability and will demonstrate that the ability to coexist is essential to the entire biophysical world. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of animal studies, zoology, conservation biology, environmental studies, ecosystem services, environmental humanities and sustainability.