The Boomerang Effect

2016-11-08 Young Adult Fiction

Author : Gordon Jack
Release : 2016-11-08
Genre : Young Adult Fiction
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Book Rating : 411/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Boomerang Effect by : Gordon Jack

Download or read book The Boomerang Effect written by Gordon Jack. This book was released on 2016-11-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hilariously subversive YA debut that explores the meaning of friendship and loyalty, and also why you should avoid being trapped in a small space with an angry chicken. Perfect for fans of Andrew Smith’s Winger and Frank Portman’s King Dork. It all started with a harmless prank. But now high school junior Lawrence Barry is one step away from reform school unless he participates in a mentorship program. His mentee? Spencer Knudsen, a Norwegian exchange student with Spock-like intelligence but the social skills of the periodic table. Then disaster strikes. Homecoming Week. When someone dressed as the school Viking mascot starts destroying the fairytale-inspired floats, all suspicion falls on Lawrence. Add to the mix a demon Goth girl, a Renaissance LARPing group, an overzealous yearbook editor, and three vindictive chickens, and Lawrence soon realizes that his situation may be a little out of control. But Spencer seems to have some answers. In fact, Spencer may be the one friend Lawrence never knew he needed.

Water, Climate Change and the Boomerang Effect

2018-07-27 Political Science

Author : Larry Swatuk
Release : 2018-07-27
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 415/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Water, Climate Change and the Boomerang Effect by : Larry Swatuk

Download or read book Water, Climate Change and the Boomerang Effect written by Larry Swatuk. This book was released on 2018-07-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In line with COP21 agreements, state-led climate change mitigation and adaptation actions are being undertaken to transition to carbon-neutral, green economies. However, the capacity of many countries for action is limited and may result in a ‘boomerang effect’, defined as the unintended negative consequences of such policies and programmes on local communities and their negative feedbacks on the state. To avoid this effect, there is a need to understand the policy drivers, decision-making processes, and impacts of such action, in order to determine the ways and means of minimizing negative effects and maximizing mutually beneficial policy outcomes. This book directly engages the policy debates surrounding water resources and climate actions through both theoretical and comparative case studies. It develops the ‘boomerang effect’ concept and sets it in relation to other conceptual tools for understanding the mixed outcomes of state-led climate change action, for example ‘backdraft’ effect and ‘maldevelopment’. It also presents case studies illustrative of the consequences of ill-considered state-led policy in the water sector from around the world. These include Africa, China, South Asia, South America, the Middle East, Turkey and Vietnam, and examples of groundwater, hydropower development and forest hydrology, where there are often transboundary consequences of a state's policies and actions. In this way, the book adds empirical and theoretical insights to a still developing debate regarding the appropriate ways and means of combating climate change without undermining state and social development.

The Boomerang Effect

2013-04-02 Self-Help

Author : Nicola Bird
Release : 2013-04-02
Genre : Self-Help
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Book Rating : 392/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Boomerang Effect written by Nicola Bird. This book was released on 2013-04-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you wrestle with confused feelings, negative thoughts, and issues in your relationships, or notice that the same problems recur over and over in your life? You can free yourself from what psychotherapist Dr. Nicola Bird calls the boomerang effect. It is possible to gain control and change unhealthy patterns to generate harmony in your life. By using a five-minute formula, you can empower yourself and revolutionize your life in positive ways. You can avoid stress and problems by using Dr. Birds transformational method, one that has already liberated many people from personal struggles. Her proven self-empowerment formula can help you take charge of your life and create positive change. In this guidebook, youll discover how to deal with the unavoidable and unpredictable obstacles; battle insecurities that impede personal growth; and manage the fighter, hider, and runner within. Managing perception can help you change your life. This self-empowerment guide allows you to begin a journey that opens up new possibilities in life. Equip yourself with the tools you need to take charge of your life and avoid The Boomerang Effect.

Tyranny Comes Home

2018-04-03 Business & Economics

Author : Christopher J. Coyne
Release : 2018-04-03
Genre : Business & Economics
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Book Rating : 280/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Tyranny Comes Home written by Christopher J. Coyne. This book was released on 2018-04-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many Americans believe that foreign military intervention is central to protecting our domestic freedoms. But Christopher J. Coyne and Abigail R. Hall urge engaged citizens to think again. Overseas, our government takes actions in the name of defense that would not be permissible within national borders. Emboldened by the relative weakness of governance abroad, the U.S. government is able to experiment with a broader range of social controls. Under certain conditions, these policies, tactics, and technologies are then re-imported to America, changing the national landscape and increasing the extent to which we live in a police state. Coyne and Hall examine this pattern—which they dub "the boomerang effect"—considering a variety of rich cases that include the rise of state surveillance, the militarization of domestic law enforcement, the expanding use of drones, and torture in U.S. prisons. Synthesizing research and applying an economic lens, they develop a generalizable theory to predict and explain a startling trend. Tyranny Comes Home unveils a new aspect of the symbiotic relationship between foreign interventions and domestic politics. It gives us alarming insight into incidents like the shooting in Ferguson, Missouri and the Snowden case—which tell a common story about contemporary foreign policy and its impact on our civil liberties.

Parental Life Courses after Separation and Divorce in Europe

2020-06-02 Social Science

Author : Michaela Kreyenfeld
Release : 2020-06-02
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 755/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Parental Life Courses after Separation and Divorce in Europe written by Michaela Kreyenfeld. This book was released on 2020-06-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book assembles landmark studies on divorce and separation in European countries, and how this affects the life of parents and children. It focuses on four major areas of post-separation lives, namely (1) economic conditions, (2) parent-child relationships, (3) parent and child well-being, and (4) health. Through studies from several European countries, the book showcases how legal regulations and social policies influence parental and child well-being after divorce and separation. It also illustrates how social policies are interwoven with the normative fabric of a country. For example, it is shown that father-child contact after separation is more intense in those countries which have adopted policies that encourage shared parenting. Correspondingly, countries that have adopted these regulations are at the forefront of more egalitarian gender role attitudes. Apart from a strong emphasis on the legal and social policy context, the studies in this volume adopt a longitudinal perspective and situate post-separation behaviour and well-being in the life course. The longitudinal perspective opens up new avenues for research to understand how behaviour and conditions prior or at divorce and separation affect later behaviour and well-being. As such this book is of special appeal to scholars of family research as well as to anyone interested in the role of divorce and separation in Europe in the 21st century.

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