This step by step guide is for those seeking to undertake a transformational change process based on strong collaboration among diverse interests. Guiding transformational change goes beyond small changes to an existing system. It leads to lasting change in the system itself. The collective learning[...]

Compiles all procedures outlined in Organic Syntheses Volumes 75-79 Organic Syntheses consists of protocols for the synthesis of useful chemical compounds. Each protocol is repeated in the laboratory of one of the editorial board members for accuracy or for missing experimental details prior to publ[...]

This systematic approach is based principally on the model of infinite systems. The three-part treatment covers the generalized quantum mechanical framework, statistical thermodynamics, and collective phenomena. "Excellent." --" Physics Today." "One of the best introductions to the subject." -- "Phy[...]

Oleg Kharkhordin has constructed a compelling, subtle, and complex genealogy of the Soviet individual that is as much about Michel Foucault as it is about Russia. Examining the period from the Russian Revolution to the fall of Gorbachev, Kharkhordin demonstrates that Party rituals - which forced eac[...]

In this collaboratively authored work, five distinguished sociologists develop an ambitious theoretical model of "cultural trauma"--and on this basis build a new understanding of how social groups interact with emotion to create new and binding understandings of social responsibility. Looking at the[...]