Paper prepared for the conference ‘New Forms of Urbanization: Conceptualizing and Measuring Human Settlement in the Twenty-first Century’‚ organized by the IUSSP Working Group on Urbanization and held at the Rockefeller Foundation’s Study and Conference Center in Bellagio‚ Italy‚ 11-15 March 2002. Paper 14 THE NATURE OF RURALITY IN POST INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY By David L. Brown and John B. Cromartie∗ Draft 2/15/02 INTRODUCTION Urbanization is a dynamic social and economic process that transforms
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# 0703 Firm Growth: A Survey by Alexander Coad The Papers on Economics and Evolution are edited by the Evolutionary Economics Group‚ MPI Jena. For editorial correspondence‚ please contact: evopapers@econ.mpg.de ISSN 1430-4716 © by the author Max Planck Institute of Economics Evolutionary Economics Group Kahlaische Str. 10 07745 Jena‚ Germany Fax: ++49-3641-686868 #0703 Firm Growth: A Survey∗ Alex Coad a b c† a Max Planck Institute of Economics‚ Jena‚ Germany b Centre
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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study Since Nigeria attained independence in 1960‚ considerable efforts have been directed towards industrial development. The initial efforts were government-led through the vehicle of large industry‚ but lately‚ emphasis has shifted to Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) following the lessons learnt from the success of SMEs in the economic growth of Asian countries (Ojo‚ 2003). Thus‚ the recent industrial development drive in Nigeria has
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Kellert‚ Stephen and Alan Felthous. 1985. “Childhood Cruelty toward Animals among Criminals and Noncriminals.” Human Relations 38:1113– 29. Koller‚ R. 1988. Humor and Society: Explorations in the Sociology of Humor. Houston: Cap and Gown Press. Kraybill‚ Donald. 2001. The Riddle of Amish Culture. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. Levin‚ Jack and Arnold Arluke. 1986. Gossip: The Inside Scoop. New York: Plenum Press. Lightfoot‚ Cynthia. 1997. The Culture of Adolescent Risk Taking. New York:
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Rumspringa Introduction The Mennonite/Amish cultures have many traditions that separate them from the normal Christian faith. 400 years ago‚ many European Christians were killed and tortured for their belief in adult baptism. Adult baptism is referred to as Anabaptism‚ meaning “re-baptizer.” One Anabaptists belief is that members of the church should be baptized during adulthood rather than infancy (Robinson 2002). Amish adult baptism gives members of the church the freedom‚ and the adult conscious
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CHAPTER- 1 1. INTRODUCTION: “Workplace Conflicts and Resolution Mechanisms” We know that resources get dissipated a lot in unwarranted directions‚ and sometimes conflicts are known to become one such reason. Conflicts beyond reasonable levels seem to be the major source of wastage of valuable resources in many ways. 1. Workplace Conflict Workplace conflict is a type of conflict that occurs in workplaces. The conflicts that arise in workplaces may be shaped by the unique
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REFERENCES 1. Feuer‚ D.‚ 1989. Quality of work life: a cure for all ills? Training: The Magazine of Human Resources Development‚ 26: 65-66. 2. Gomez-Mejia‚ L.R.‚ Balkin‚ D.B. and Cardy‚ R.L. (2001)‚ Managing Human Resources‚ 3rd Edition‚ Prentice-Hall of India Private Ltd.‚ New Delhi. 3. Hackman J.R. and Suttle J.L. (1997). Improving life at work: Behavioral science approaches to organisational change. California; Good year. 4. James W. Westerman‚ (2007) The Effects of Work Environment on the Personality-
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2 Assimilation and Pluralism From Immigrants to White Ethnics We have room for but one flag‚ the American flag. . . . We have room for but one language here‚ and that is the English language . . . and we have room for but one loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people. —Theodore Roosevelt‚ 26th President of the United States‚ 1907 T his chapter continues to look at the ways in which ethnic and racial groups in the United States relate to one another. Two concepts‚ assimilation
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Mission FOCUS Annual Review 2001 Volume 9 Contents Editorial The Causes and the Consequences of Separations in North American Anabaptist Missions John A. Lapp Cooperation‚ Complimentarity‚ and Conflict: Case Study in Mission/Service Agency Relations - Mennonite Ministries Botswana Erwin Rempel Cooperation‚ Accommodation and Conflict Case study: Vietnam Betsy Headrick McCrae Personal Reflections on Language Ministry in Burkina Faso after Two Decades Donna Kampen Entz Mennonite History
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