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Sales Management for Start-ups and SMEs: Building an effective scalable sales organisation
by Anderson HirstManagers and entrepreneurs know they have a great product or service - but they may not know how best to sell it.Useful for nearly any sector or industry, this book is a thoroughly practical guide on how to build an excellent sales organisation, brick by brick. Creating an effective sales organisation is a challenge for many businesses, and it’s easy to waste resources on ineffective approaches. Many MBA and executive education programmes do not cover sales management in any depth. Filling this knowledge gap, this guide will help readers to create their own unique high-performing sales organisation that fits their product and market environment. Evidence-based and field-tested, it will gives answers to critical questions, including: Which sales process should we use? How do we recruit, retain and inspire our sales team? What should we measure, and how should we manage it? What do great sales managers do? Rich with case studies from the author’s 25 years of sales consulting experience, this book will appeal to a wide variety of managers and entrepreneurs who wrestle with the question “How do I grow my business?” from sales directors to start-up founders to MBA students.
Salinity and Drainage in San Joaquin Valley, California
by Andrew C. Chang Deborah Brawer SilvaThis book documents the history of irrigated agriculture and drainage in the San Joaquin Valley, and describes the hydrology and biogeochemical processes of salts and selenium, remediation technologies for salts and trace elements and policy and management options. The contents are comprised of fourteen chapter-length independent treatises, each depicting with fresh perspective a distinctive salinity drainage topic. The opening chapters detail the evolution of irrigated agriculture, and depict the geochemical and hydrological processes that define the San Joaquin Valley, including the physics, chemistry, and biology attributes that impact water management policies and strategies. Next, the contributors address the biogeochemistry of selenium, the role of plants in absorbing it from soils, and the processes involved in retaining and concentrating dissolved salts in drainage water. Further chapters describe on-farm and plot-level irrigation provisions to reduce agricultural drainage outputs and examine their effects on plant performance. This volume offers realistic policy analysis of water management options for irrigated agriculture in the Valley and assesses their respective outcomes, if implemented. Also included is an international perspective on the sustainability of irrigated agriculture there.
Salome's Modernity: Oscar Wilde and the Aesthetics of Transgression
by Petra Dierkes-Thrun"Salome's Modernityis a first-class piece of scholarship---at once learned, sharply focused, and beautifully, indeed, entertainingly written. Above all, it is a significant contribution to modernist studies, for it takes a number of themes that appear in the various writings about Salome to show precisely how the various authors, performers and film-makers utilized and rethought these themes for their own times. " ---Herbert S. Lindenberger, Stanford University "Salome's Modernityis intellectually powerful, truly informative, and engagingly written. No other book rivals it in scope when it comes to placing Wilde's play in a cultural and literary genealogy that links memorable works of poetry, fiction, drama, opera, and film. " ---Joseph Bristow, UCLA Oscar Wilde's 1891 symbolist tragedy Salomé has had a rich afterlife in literature, opera, dance, film, and popular culture. Salome's Modernity: Oscar Wilde and the Aesthetics of Transgressionis the first comprehensive scholarly exploration of that extraordinary resonance that persists to the present. Petra Dierkes-Thrun positions Wilde as a founding figure of modernism and Salomé as a key text in modern culture's preoccupation with erotic and aesthetic transgression, arguing that Wilde's Salomé marks a major turning point from a dominant traditional cultural, moral, and religious outlook to a utopian aesthetic of erotic and artistic transgression. Wilde and Salomé are seen to represent a bridge linking the philosophical and artistic projects of writers such as Mallarmé, Pater, and Nietzsche to modernist and postmodernist literature and philosophy and our contemporary culture. Dierkes-Thrun addresses subsequent representations of Salome in a wide range of artistic productions of both high and popular culture through the works of Richard Strauss, Maud Allan, Alla Nazimova, Ken Russell, Suri Krishnamma, Robert Altman, Tom Robbins, and Nick Cave, among others. Jacket illustration: Maria Ewing in Richard Strauss's Salome, Pittsburgh Opera, 2001, © Suellen Fitzsimmons.
Salt Production and Social Hierarchy in Ancient China
by Rowan K. FladThis book examines the organisation of specialised salt production at Zhongba, one of the most important prehistoric sites in the Three Gorges of China's Yangzi River valley. Rowan K. Flad demonstrates that salt production emerged in the second millennium BCE and developed into a large-scale, intense activity. As the intensity of this activity increased during the early Bronze Age, production became more coordinated, perhaps by an emergent elite who appear to have supported their position of authority by means of divination and the control of ritual knowledge. This study explores evidence of these changes in ceramics, the layout of space at the site and animal remains. It synthesises the data retrieved from years of excavation, showing not only the evolution of production methods, but also the emergence of social hierarchy in the Three Gorges region over two millennia.
Salt Sugar Fat
by Michael Moss#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter at The New York Times comes the explosive story of the rise of the processed food industry and its link to the emerging obesity epidemic. Michael Moss reveals how companies use salt, sugar, and fat to addict us and, more important, how we can fight back. In the spring of 1999 the heads of the world's largest processed food companies--from Coca-Cola to Nabisco--gathered at Pillsbury headquarters in Minneapolis for a secret meeting. On the agenda: the emerging epidemic of obesity, and what to do about it. Increasingly, the salt-, sugar-, and fat-laden foods these companies produced were being linked to obesity, and a concerned Kraft executive took the stage to issue a warning: There would be a day of reckoning unless changes were made. This executive then launched into a damning PowerPoint presentation--114 slides in all--making the case that processed food companies could not afford to sit by, idle, as children grew sick and class-action lawyers lurked. To deny the problem, he said, is to court disaster. When he was done, the most powerful person in the room--the CEO of General Mills--stood up to speak, clearly annoyed. And by the time he sat down, the meeting was over. Since that day, with the industry in pursuit of its win-at-all-costs strategy, the situation has only grown more dire. Every year, the average American eats thirty-three pounds of cheese (triple what we ate in 1970) and seventy pounds of sugar (about twenty-two teaspoons a day). We ingest 8,500 milligrams of salt a day, double the recommended amount, and almost none of that comes from the shakers on our table. It comes from processed food. It's no wonder, then, that one in three adults, and one in five kids, is clinically obese. It's no wonder that twenty-six million Americans have diabetes, the processed food industry in the U.S. accounts for $1 trillion a year in sales, and the total economic cost of this health crisis is approaching $300 billion a year. In Salt Sugar Fat, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Michael Moss shows how we got here. Featuring examples from some of the most recognizable (and profitable) companies and brands of the last half century--including Kraft, Coca-Cola, Lunchables, Kellogg, Nestlé, Oreos, Cargill, Capri Sun, and many more--Moss's explosive, empowering narrative is grounded in meticulous, often eye-opening research. Moss takes us inside the labs where food scientists use cutting-edge technology to calculate the "bliss point" of sugary beverages or enhance the "mouthfeel" of fat by manipulating its chemical structure. He unearths marketing campaigns designed--in a technique adapted from tobacco companies--to redirect concerns about the health risks of their products: Dial back on one ingredient, pump up the other two, and tout the new line as "fat-free" or "low-salt." He talks to concerned executives who confess that they could never produce truly healthy alternatives to their products even if serious regulation became a reality. Simply put: The industry itself would cease to exist without salt, sugar, and fat. Just as millions of "heavy users"--as the companies refer to their most ardent customers--are addicted to this seductive trio, so too are the companies that peddle them. You will never look at a nutrition label the same way again."As a feat of reporting and a public service, Salt Sugar Fat is a remarkable accomplishment."--The New York Times Book ReviewFrom the Hardcover edition.
Saltwater Slavery: A Middle Passage from Africa to American Diaspora
by Stephanie E. SmallwoodStephanie Smallwood offers a penetrating look at the process of enslavement from its African origins through the Middle Passage and into the American slave market. Her story is animated by deep research and gives us a startlingly graphic experience of the slave trade from the vantage point of the slaves themselves.
Salutogenic Urbanism: Architecture and Public Health in Early Modern European Cities
by Mohammad Gharipour Anatole TchikineThis book offers a new, salutogenic, perspective on the development of early modern cities by exploring profound and complex ways in which architecture and landscape design served to promote public health on an urban scale. Focusing on fifteenth- through nineteenth-century Europe, it addresses the histories of spaces and institutions that supported salubrious living, highlighting the intersections of medical theory, government policy, and architectural practice in designing, improving, and monumentalizing the infrastructure of sanitation and healthcare. Studies in this book highlight the joint role of design thinking and scientific practice in reforming the facilities for treating and preventing disease; the impact of cross-cultural exchange on early modern strategies of urban improvement; and the creation of new therapeutic environments through state, communal, and private initiatives concerned with the preservation of physical and mental health, from recreational landscapes to spa resorts.
Salutogenic organizations and change: The concepts behind organizational health intervention research
by Georg F. Bauer Gregor J. JennyNew and current approaches to organizational health intervention research are the main focus of this comprehensive volume. Each chapter elaborates on the respective intervention researcher's concept of a healthy organization, his/her approach to changing organizations, and how to research these interventions in organizations. As a common ground, the book consistently relates to the notion of salutogenesis, focusing on resources and positive outcomes of health-oriented organizational change processes. Out of the virtual dialogue between the chapters, common themes and potential trends for the future are identified.
Samajik Sanstha First Semester Ani Second Semester FYBA New NEP Syllabus - RTMNU: सामाजिक संस्था पहिले सत्र आणि दुसरे सत्र एफ.वाय.बी.ए. नवीन एन.इ.पी. अभ्यासक्रम - राष्ट्रसंत तुकडोजी महाराज नागपूर विद्यापीठ
by Dr Pradeep Aglave Dr Rahul Bhagat"सामाजिक संस्था" हे डॉ. प्रदीप आगलावे आणि डॉ. राहुल भगत लिखित पुस्तक बी.ए. (भाग १, सत्र १ व २) साठी राष्ट्रसंत तुकडोजी महाराज नागपूर विद्यापीठाच्या अभ्यासक्रमानुसार तयार करण्यात आले आहे. राष्ट्रीय शैक्षणिक धोरण (NEP 2020) च्या पार्श्वभूमीवर लिहिलेले हे पुस्तक समाजशास्त्रातील प्रमुख सामाजिक संस्था जसे की राज्यसंस्था, आर्थिक संस्था, शिक्षण संस्था आणि धर्मसंस्था यांचा सैद्धांतिक व व्यवहार्य अभ्यास सादर करते. यामध्ये सत्तेचे प्रकार, सामाजिक असमानता, शिक्षणातील भूमिकात्मक परिवर्तन, धर्माचे सामाजिक प्रभाव इत्यादी विषयांचा सखोल विचार केला आहे. विद्यार्थ्यांना अभ्यासक्रम समजून घेण्यासाठी व परीक्षेची तयारी करण्यासाठी हे पुस्तक उपयुक्त ठरते.
Samajik Sanstha Second Semester FYBA New NEP Syllabus - RTMNU: सामाजिक संस्था दुसरे सत्र एफ.वाय.बी.ए. नवीन एन.इ.पी. अभ्यासक्रम - राष्ट्रसंत तुकडोजी महाराज नागपूर विद्यापीठ
by Dr Rahul Bhagat Dr Nalini Borkarसामाजिक संस्था हे पुस्तक बी.ए. समाजशास्त्र अभ्यासक्रमाच्या दुसऱ्या सत्रासाठी तयार करण्यात आलेले असून, राष्ट्रीय शैक्षणिक धोरण २०२० नुसार साकारले आहे. डॉ. राहुल भगत व डॉ. नलिनी बोरकर (भगत) यांनी लिहिलेल्या या पुस्तकात सामाजिक संस्थांचे स्वरूप, कार्य आणि महत्त्व याचे सविस्तर विश्लेषण केले आहे. ‘काम आणि आर्थिक जीवन’, ‘राजकारण आणि समाज’, ‘धर्म आणि समाज’, आणि ‘नातेसंबंधाची प्रणाली’ ही प्रमुख प्रकरणे पुस्तकात समाविष्ट आहेत. गुलाम समाज, सरंजामशाही समाज व भांडवलशाही समाज यांमधील कामाच्या संघटनांचे विश्लेषण करताना आर्थिक, सामाजिक आणि राजकीय घटकांचे परस्परसंबंध मांडले आहेत. औपचारिक व अनौपचारिक कामाच्या संघटना, श्रम विभागणी, कामाचे सामाजिक महत्त्व, धार्मिक प्रथा, सत्तेचे प्रकार, आणि कुटुंब व्यवस्था यांचे अभ्यासपूर्ण वर्णन या पुस्तकात आहे. सामाजिक चळवळी, आंदोलने व क्रांती यांचेही विवेचन आहे. युपीएससीसारख्या स्पर्धा परीक्षांसाठी उपयुक्त असा हा अभ्यासपूर्ण स्रोत विद्यार्थ्यांसाठी मार्गदर्शक ठरतो. हे पुस्तक सामाजिक संस्थांचे शास्त्रीय व वास्तववादी विश्लेषण करीत सामाजिक बदलांचे समज सुलभ करते.
Samajshastrachi Multatve First Semester FYBA New NEP Syllabus - RTMNU: समाजशास्त्राची मूलतत्वे पहिले सत्र एफ.वाय.बी.ए. नवीन एन.इ.पी. अभ्यासक्रम - राष्ट्रसंत तुकडोजी महाराज नागपूर विद्यापीठ
by Dr Pradeep Agalave Dr Rahul Bhagat"समाजशास्त्राची मूलतत्त्वे" हे पुस्तक समाजशास्त्राच्या विविध पैलूंचे विश्लेषण करते. यात समाजशास्त्राचा उदय, विकास आणि एक विद्याशाखा म्हणून असलेले महत्त्व यावर प्रकाश टाकण्यात आला आहे. लेखकांनी युरोपातील आधुनिकीकरण आणि सामाजिक बदलांच्या संदर्भात समाजशास्त्राच्या विकासाचे स्पष्टीकरण दिले आहे. पुस्तकात, समाजशास्त्र एक विज्ञान म्हणून कसे विकसित झाले, याची माहिती दिली आहे. विज्ञानाची व्याख्या, वैज्ञानिक पद्धती आणि समाजशास्त्रातील तथ्यांचे महत्त्व यावर चर्चा केली आहे. तसेच, सामाजिक स्तरीकरण आणि गतिशीलतेच्या संकल्पनांचे विश्लेषण आहे. समानता, असमानता, विषमता, सामाजिक वर्ग आणि गतिशीलता यांसारख्या घटकांचा अभ्यास यात आहे. आधुनिक समाजातील सामाजिक बदल आणि त्यावर परिणाम करणारे घटक जसे की शिक्षण, विज्ञान आणि तंत्रज्ञान यांचा विस्तृत आढावा लेखकদ্বারা घेतला आहे. हे पुस्तक समाजशास्त्र विषयातील विद्यार्थ्यांना उपयुक्त आहे.
Samajshastrachi Olakh First Semester FYBA New NEP Syllabus - SPPU: समाजशास्त्राची ओळख प्रथम सत्र एफ.वाय.बी.ए. नवीन एन.इ.पी. अभ्यासक्रम - सावित्रीबाई फुले पुणे यूनिवर्सिटी
by Dr Jyoti Suhas Gagangrasसावित्रीबाई फुले पुणे विद्यापीठाच्या (SPPU) नवीन राष्ट्रीय शैक्षणिक धोरण (NEP) 2020 अंतर्गत प्रथम वर्ष बी.ए. (FYBA) अभ्यासक्रमात समाजशास्त्राची ओळख हा अभ्यासक्रम समाविष्ट केला आहे. समाजशास्त्र हे मानवी जीवनाच्या विविध पैलूंवर आधारित शास्त्र असून, ते समाज, त्यातील सहजीवन, परस्परसंबंध, वर्तन, आणि सामाजिक प्रक्रियांवर सखोल अभ्यास करते. प्राचीन काळापासून मानवाने सामाजिक जीवनाचा विचार केला असला तरी आधुनिक समाजशास्त्राचा उगम १९व्या शतकात झाला. याचे जनक ऑगस्त कॉम्प्त यांनी समाजाचा अभ्यास शास्त्रीय पद्धतीने करण्याचा पाया घातला. समाजशास्त्र मानवी सहजीवनातील विविध समस्या, सामाजिक संघटनांचा उगम, विकास, आणि त्यामधील विविधतेचे विश्लेषण करते. यामध्ये विविध समाजांची तुलनात्मक पाहणी केली जाते. समाजशास्त्राचा अभ्यास केवळ समाजाच्या स्वरूपावरच नव्हे तर सामाजिक समस्या, आर्थिक विषमता, सांस्कृतिक बदल, आणि तंत्रज्ञानामुळे होणाऱ्या परिणामांवरही केंद्रित असतो. यामुळे समाजाच्या प्रगतीत, नियोजनात आणि धोरणनिर्मितीत समाजशास्त्र महत्त्वाची भूमिका बजावते. सामाजिक नियंत्रण, सामाजिकीकरण, व समाजातील मूल्य-नियमांचे पालन आणि सामाजिक एकात्मतेसाठी आवश्यक तत्त्व यांचाही अभ्यास समाजशास्त्राच्या अंगाने केला जातो. आधुनिक जगात बदलत्या जीवनशैलीमुळे समाजशास्त्र हे शास्त्र समाजाच्या गरजांना अनुरूप राहून नवीन दृष्टिकोन विकसित करत आहे. अशा प्रकारे, समाजशास्त्र हे फक्त शास्त्रीय ज्ञानाचाच विषय नाही तर मानवी समाजाच्या सर्वांगीण विकासासाठी अपरिहार्य ठरते.
Samajshastratil Payabhut Sanklpana Second Semester FYBA New NEP Syllabus - SPPU: समाजशास्त्रातील पायाभूत संकल्पना दुसरे सत्र एफ.वाय.बी.ए. नवीन एन.इ.पी. अभ्यासक्रम - सावित्रीबाई फुले पुणे यूनिवर्सिटी
by Dr Sudhir Ashruba Yewale Prof. Dr. Jyoti Suhas Gagangras"समाजशास्त्रातील पायाभूत संकल्पना" हे पुस्तक मानवी समाज, सामाजिक रचना आणि परस्परसंवाद यांचा अभ्यास करणारे आहे. यात समाजशास्त्राच्या पायाभूत संकल्पनांमध्ये समूह, संस्था, मूल्यव्यवस्था आणि संस्कृती यांचा समावेश आहे. समाजातील व्यक्तीच्या भूमिकांचे, परस्परसंवादांचे व त्यातील बदलांचे स्पष्टीकरण यात दिले आहे. धार्मिक, आर्थिक, राजकीय व शैक्षणिक पैलूंसह समाजातील विविध अंगांची सखोल चिकित्सा पुस्तकामध्ये केली आहे. समाजशास्त्र लोकांच्या वर्तनातील विविध पैलूंना समजून घेण्यासाठी एक मार्गदर्शन करते आणि असमानता, न्याय व समानता यांसारख्या महत्त्वाच्या विषयांवर विशेष भर देते. हे पुस्तक विद्यार्थ्यांना समाजाचा व्यापक दृष्टिकोन देऊन सामाजिक बदल व प्रक्रियेचे महत्त्व समजावून देते.
Samajshastriya Sankalpana ani Samajik Prakriya First Semester Ani Second Semester FYBA New NEP Syllabus - RTMNU: समाजशास्त्रीय संकल्पना आणि सामाजिक प्रक्रिया पहिले सत्र आणि दुसरे सत्र एफ.वाय.बी.ए. नवीन एन.इ.पी. अभ्यासक्रम - राष्ट्रसंत तुकडोजी महाराज नागपूर विद्यापीठ
by Dr Pradeep Aglave Dr Rahul Bhagat‘समाजशास्त्रीय संकल्पना आणि सामाजिक प्रक्रिया’ हा ग्रंथ राष्ट्रसंत तुकडोजी महाराज नागपूर विद्यापीठाच्या बी.ए. प्रथम वर्षासाठी तयार करण्यात आलेला असून, राष्ट्रीय शैक्षणिक धोरण २०२० नुसार आधुनिक सामाजिक विचारांची मांडणी करतो. या पुस्तकात संस्कृती, समाज, सामाजिक संरचना, सामाजिक स्तरीकरण, लिंगभेद, सामाजीकरण, सामाजिक परिवर्तन, सामाजिक चळवळी आणि सामाजिक विचलन अशा महत्त्वपूर्ण संकल्पनांचा सखोल अभ्यास करण्यात आला आहे. संस्कृती म्हणजे मानवनिर्मित ज्ञान, मूल्य, विश्वास, संकेत आणि चिन्हांची एक सुसंगत पद्धती आहे, जी समाजाच्या जडणघडणीस आधार देते. सामाजिक संरचनेत समूह, भूमिका, दर्जा, सत्ता, संवाद यांचा समावेश असतो, तर स्तरीकरण म्हणजे समाजातील असमानतेचे विविध प्रकार — जात, वर्ग, लिंग आदींवर आधारित व्यवस्था. लिंगसंबंधी विचारात पितृसत्ताक समाजरचना, लिंगाधारित कामांची विभागणी आणि सामाजिक ओळख या मुद्यांचा विचार केला आहे. पुढील सत्रात सामाजीकरणाची प्रक्रिया, सामाजिक संस्थांचे कार्य, सामाजिक परिवर्तनाची कारणे व स्वरूप (पाश्चात्यीकरण, शहरीकरण, आधुनिकता), तसेच विविध सामाजिक चळवळींचे प्रकार आणि त्यांचे परिणाम यावर चर्चा केली आहे. सामाजिक विचलन आणि नियंत्रण या संकल्पनांतून समाजव्यवस्थेतील नियम, मूल्ये, आणि त्यांच्या अंमलबजावणीच्या पद्धती स्पष्ट होतात. एकूणच, हे पुस्तक विद्यार्थ्यांना समाजशास्त्राच्या मूलभूत संकल्पनांची शास्त्रीय आणि व्यावहारिक समज प्रदान करून सामाजिक वास्तवाचे समजूतदार विश्लेषण करण्यास मदत करते.
Same Difference: Feminism and Sexual Difference (Routledge Revivals)
by Carol Lee BacchiAre women the same as or different from men? Should women seek ‘equality’ with men or admit their ‘difference’? First published in 1990, Same Difference explores these highly-charged political questions by examining how the women’s movement has engaged with them over time and in three countries—Australia, Britain, and America. Case studies include disputes about maternity leave, protective legislation, affirmative action, custody, pornography, rape, and women’s supposed metaphysical differences from men—their greater nurturing and caring capacity.Challenging a common view of the women’s movement as perpetually riven into ‘sameness’ and ‘difference’ camps, Same Difference highlights the political conditions which impel some feminists to argue in these terms. The implication of the analysis is that debates about sexual difference divert attention from important social issues such as how society is to reproduce itself and what kind of society we wish to create.This book will be a beneficial read for students and researchers of feminist theory, women’s studies, and sociology.
Same Difference: How Gender Myths Are Hurting Our Relationships, Our Children, and Our Jobs
by Rosalind Barnett Caryl RiversPsychologist Barnett (Brandeis U. ) and media critic Rivers (Boston U. ) take a closer look at the fad for gender-difference research manifested in "Mars and Venus"-style pop psychology and show how the theoretical assumptions behind such analyses have real, practical, and damaging consequences in the lives of women, men, and children. An emphasis on innate differences between the sexes, they argue, has compromised education, workplace relations, marriages, and friendships. It's power, they find, and not gender that makes the difference; they explore and dismantle a number of commonly accepted notions of biological destiny from math ability to maternal instinct. Barnett and Rivers are also the authors of the 1996 study He Works/She Works. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc. , Portland, OR (booknews. com)
Same Kind of Different As Me
by Ronald E. Hall Denver Moore Lynn VincentA dangerous, homeless drifter who grew up picking cotton in virtual slavery. An upscale art dealer accustomed to the world of Armani and Chanel. A gutsy woman with a stubborn dream. A story so incredible no novelist would dare dream it. It begins outside a burning plantation hut in Louisiana . . . and an East Texas honky-tonk . . . and, without a doubt, in the heart of God. It unfolds in a Hollywood hacienda . . . an upscale New York gallery . . . a downtown dumpster . . . a Texas ranch. Gritty with pain and betrayal and brutality, this true story also shines with an unexpected, life-changing love.
Same Sex Intimacies: Families of Choice and Other Life Experiments
by Jeffrey Weeks Catherine Donovan Brian HeaphyOur families are increasingly a matter of choice, and the choices are widening all the time. This is particularly true of the non-heterosexual world, where the last ten years have seen a popular acceptance of same sex partnerships and, to a lesser extent, of same sex parenting. Based on extensive interviews with people in a variety of non-traditional relationships, this fascinating new book argues that these developments in the non-heterosexual world are closely linked to wider changes in the meaning of family in society at large, and that each can cast light on the other. Same Sex Intimacies gives vivid accounts of the different ways non-heterosexual people have been able to create meaningful intimate relationships for themselves, and highlights the role of individual agency and collective endeavour in forging these roles: as friends, partners, parents and as members of communities. This topical book will provide compelling reading for students of the family, sexuality and lesbian and gay studies.
Same-Sex Desire and Love in Greco-Roman Antiquity and in the Classical Tradition of the West
by Vernon L. Provencal Beerte C. VerstraeteNew and surprising insights into homoeroticism of times pastIn ancient times, the Greek god Eros personified both heterosexual and homosexual attractions. Same-Sex Desire and Love in Greco-Roman Antiquity and in Classical Tradition of the West explores the homosexual side of the vanished civilizations of Greece and Rome, and the resulting influence on the Classical tradition of the West. Respected scholars clearly present evidence that shows the extensive nature of homoeroticism and homosexuality in the Classical world. Iconography such as vase decoration and carved gemstones is presented in photographs, and the text includes an examination of a wide selection of literature of the times with an eye to opening new vistas for future study.Same-Sex Desire and Love in Greco-Roman Antiquity and in Classical Tradition of the West lays to rest the myths generally accepted as truth about Greco-Roman views on homosexuality and brings fresh insights to philological and historical scholarship. This book provides nuanced, humanistic discussions on the common phenomena of same-sex desire. Topics include Greek pederasty and its origins, the Greek female homoeroticism of Sappho, homosexuality in Greek and Roman art and literature, and the emergence of the gay liberation movement with the influence of discussions of Greek and Roman homosexuality in the twentieth century. The text is extensively referenced and includes helpful notation.Same-Sex Desire and Love in Greco-Roman Antiquity and in Classical Tradition of the West provides a comprehensive table of abbreviations, subject index, and index of names and terms. It discusses in detail: the integral role athletic nudity played in athlete-trainer pederasty the central role of pederasty in Greek history, politics, art, literature, and learning tracing the history of the Ganymede myth how the athletic culture of Sparta contributed to the spread of pederasty in Greece homosexuality in Boeotia in contrast to the rest of Greece the homoeroticism of Sappho dispelling generally accepted myths prevalent about Roman sexuality Roman visual representations of homosexuality as evidence of prevailing attitudes homoerotic connotations in literature and philosophy of the Italian Renaissance the effect of German classical philology on gay scholarship English Romantic poets and the importance of male love in their lives the Uranians&’ use of allusions and themes from ancient Greece the building of intellectual community through gay print culture-through the use of Greece and Rome as models and moreSame-Sex Desire and Love in Greco-Roman Antiquity and in Classical Tradition of the West is essential reading for Classicists, specialists in gender/sexuality studies, humanists interested in the classical tradition in Western culture, psychologists, and other social scientists in human sexuality.
Same-Sex Families and Legal Recognition in Europe (European Studies of Population #24)
by Marie DigoixThis open access book focuses on family diversity from a legal, demographical and sociological perspective. It investigates what is at stake in the life of homosexuals in the field of family formation, parenting and parenthood, what it brings to everyday life, the support of the law, and what its absence implies. The book shows the paths leading to the adoption of laws while demographic analyses concentrate on the link between registration of same-sex marriages and same-sex parenting with a detailed focus on Spain. The sociological chapters in this book, based upon qualitative surveys in France, Iceland and Italy, underline how the importance of the legal structure influenced the daily life of homosexual families. As such this book is an interesting read to lawyers, demographers, sociologists, behavioural scientists, and all those working in the field.
Same-Sex Relationships, Law and Social Change
by Frances Hamilton Guido Noto La DiegaThis edited collection provides a forum for rigorous analysis of the necessity for both legal and social change with regard to regulation of same-sex relationships and rainbow families, the status of civil partnership as a concept and the lived reality of equality for LGBTQ+ persons. Twenty-eight jurisdictions worldwide have now legalised same-sex marriage and many others some level of civil partnership. In contrast other jurisdictions refuse to recognise or even criminalise same-sex relationships. At a Council of Europe level, there is no requirement for contracting states to legalise same-sex marriage. Whilst the Court of Justice of the European Union now requires contracting states to recognise same-sex marriages for the purpose of free movement and residency rights, unlike the US Supreme Court, it does not require EU Member States to legalise same-sex marriage. Law and Sociology scholars from five key jurisdictions (England and Wales, Italy, Australia, Canada, and the Republic of Ireland) examine the role of the Council of Europe, European Union and further international regimes. A balanced approach between the competing views of critically analytical rights based theorists and queer and feminist theorists interrogates the current international consensus in this fast moving area. The incrementalist theory whilst offering a methodology for future advances continues to be critiqued. All contributions from differing perspectives expose that even for those jurisdictions who have legalised same-sex marriage, still further and continuous work needs to be done. The book will be of interest to students and scholars in the field of human rights, family and marriage law and gender studies.
Samples English Cult V2 Ils 88: Part 1 (International Library of Sociology)
by Josephine KleinFirst Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Samples from English Cultures: Part 1 (International Library of Sociology)
by Josephine KleinFirst Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Sampling Designs Dependent on Sample Parameters of Auxiliary Variables (SpringerBriefs in Statistics)
by Janusz L. WywiałThis short monograph provides a synthesis of new research on sampling designs that are dependent on sample moments or the order statistics of auxiliary variables. The range of survey sampling methods and their applications has gradually increased over time, and these applications have led to new theoretical solutions that provide better sampling designs or estimators. Recently, several important properties of sampling designs have been discovered, and many new methods have been published. Offering an overview of these developments, this book describes sampling designs dependent on the sample generalized variance of auxiliary variables, examines properties of sampling designs proportional to functions of sample order statistics of the auxiliary variable, and takes into account continuous sampling designs. The text will be useful for students and statisticians whose work involves survey sampling, and it will inspire those looking for new sampling designs dependent on auxiliary variables.
Sampling Theory and Practice (ICSA Book Series in Statistics)
by Changbao Wu Mary E. ThompsonThe three parts of this book on survey methodology combine an introduction to basic sampling theory, engaging presentation of topics that reflect current research trends, and informed discussion of the problems commonly encountered in survey practice. These related aspects of survey methodology rarely appear together under a single connected roof, making this book a unique combination of materials for teaching, research and practice in survey sampling. Basic knowledge of probability theory and statistical inference is assumed, but no prior exposure to survey sampling is required. The first part focuses on the design-based approach to finite population sampling. It contains a rigorous coverage of basic sampling designs, related estimation theory, model-based prediction approach, and model-assisted estimation methods. The second part stems from original research conducted by the authors as well as important methodological advances in the field during the past three decades. Topics include calibration weighting methods, regression analysis and survey weighted estimating equation (EE) theory, longitudinal surveys and generalized estimating equations (GEE) analysis, variance estimation and resampling techniques, empirical likelihood methods for complex surveys, handling missing data and non-response, and Bayesian inference for survey data. The third part provides guidance and tools on practical aspects of large-scale surveys, such as training and quality control, frame construction, choices of survey designs, strategies for reducing non-response, and weight calculation. These procedures are illustrated through real-world surveys. Several specialized topics are also discussed in detail, including household surveys, telephone and web surveys, natural resource inventory surveys, adaptive and network surveys, dual-frame and multiple frame surveys, and analysis of non-probability survey samples. This book is a self-contained introduction to survey sampling that provides a strong theoretical base with coverage of current research trends and pragmatic guidance and tools for conducting surveys.