Author: National Conference on Social WelfarePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Charities
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
Decoding the Social World
Author: Sandra Gonzalez-BailonPublisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262343460
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
How data science and the analysis of networks help us solve the puzzle of unintended consequences. Social life is full of paradoxes. Our intentional actions often trigger outcomes that we did not intend or even envision. How do we explain those unintended effects and what can we do to regulate them? In Decoding the Social World, Sandra González-Bailón explains how data science and digital traces help us solve the puzzle of unintended consequences—offering the solution to a social paradox that has intrigued thinkers for centuries. Communication has always been the force that makes a collection of people more than the sum of individuals, but only now can we explain why: digital technologies have made it possible to parse the information we generate by being social in new, imaginative ways. And yet we must look at that data, González-Bailón argues, through the lens of theories that capture the nature of social life. The technologies we use, in the end, are also a manifestation of the social world we inhabit. González-Bailón discusses how the unpredictability of social life relates to communication networks, social influence, and the unintended effects that derive from individual decisions. She describes how communication generates social dynamics in aggregate (leading to episodes of “collective effervescence”) and discusses the mechanisms that underlie large-scale diffusion, when information and behavior spread “like wildfire.” She applies the theory of networks to illuminate why collective outcomes can differ drastically even when they arise from the same individual actions. By opening the black box of unintended effects, González-Bailón identifies strategies for social intervention and discusses the policy implications—and how data science and evidence-based research embolden critical thinking in a world that is constantly changing.
The Social Welfare Forum
Author: National Conference on Social WelfarePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Charities
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
Good Old Days Remembers the Little Country Schoolhouse
Author: Ken TatePublisher: DRG Wholesale
ISBN: 9781882138500
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
What was is about the little country schoolhouse that so endears it to us? Travel with us to a time when education was a lot more than the three R's. You'll treasure this collection of heartwarming memories about those "dear old Golden Rule days."
Come 'n' Get It
Author: Beulah BarssPublisher: Heritage House Publishing Co
ISBN: 1772031267
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
A wholesome and hearty collection of authentic recipes and local history from ranch country. Come ‘n’ Get It is an authentic collection of down-home recipes and early Western Canadian ranch lore. Featuring material and recipes gathered from letters, history books, family cookbooks, and interviews with ranching families, this book represents a cross-section of Canada’s ranching country, extending from the Cariboo area of British Columbia through southern Alberta and Saskatchewan. From scrumptious desserts such as Prince of Wales Cake to comfort-food favourites such as Ranch House Meat Loaf and Chicken ‘n’ Dumplings to the quirkily named Belly Busters, Sheep Wagon Cake, and Son-of-a-Gun-in-a-Sack, these recipes have been thoroughly tested and adapted for modern cooks.
Social and Labor Needs of Farm Women
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural extension work
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
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Author: Wisconsin Association Guide
Author: Wisconsin Association of FHA-HERO.Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
The Medicine Line
Author: Beth LaDowPublisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415927642
Category : Blaine County (Mont.)
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
The author explores the history of the border of Canada and Montana, 100 miles of the most desolate terrain in America, and the point where three nations were fated to come together in a contest for land, wealth, and ultimately survival. Illustrations.
Those Were the Days: Weird and Wacky Ads of Yesteryear
Author: Floyd ClymerPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486472426
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Stroll back in time for a lighthearted view of advertising at its best and worst from 1890 to 1910. This historical scrapbook showcases more than 600 advertisements by well-known companies such as Cadillac, Pillsbury, and Remington. It also includes ads for now-defunct products — the Talk-o-phone, velvet-grip garters, and other curiosities.
The Man from the Broken Hills
Author: Louis L'AmourPublisher: Bantam
ISBN: 0553899457
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
For years Milo Talon had been riding the outlaw trail, looking for a man who had betrayed his family. Only Hank Rossiter wasn’t the man he had been: old now and blind, Rossiter was trying desperately to hold on to a small ranch to support his daughter, Barbara. Suddenly Talon found himself in the middle of a range war, siding with the man he’d marked for payback. But had Rossiter really changed? And could his daughter be trusted by either of them? For Milo, getting to the truth meant a long hard fight to separate his enemies from his friends—and forgiveness from revenge.