By late in the twentieth century, scientists had succeeded in manipulating organisms at the
genetic level, mainly by gene transfer. The major impact of this technology has been seen in …

As colleges and universities become more entrepreneurial in a post-industrial economy,
they focus on knowledge less as a public good than as a commodity to be capitalized on in …

With the proliferation of private standards many significant decisions regarding public health
risks, food safety, and environmental impacts are increasingly taking place in the backstage …

An airline pilot and researcher in 'aviation human factors' once described the goal of all
airline pilots as 'to get people from A to B without killing them': 1 this book explores the place …

This is the opening article in a Human Relations special issue on 'Interdisciplinary
approaches to contemporary career studies'. After introducing a story of an 'exceptional—but …

Resurgent interest incommodities is linked to recent attempts toovercome the constraints
posed by the binariesof economy/culture and production/consumption. Commodities and …

Sustainable development demands institutions manage the conflicts and struggles that
inevitably arise over material and ideal interests. While current cooperative theory privileges …

The Agricultural Dilemma questions everything we think we know about the current state of
agriculture and how to, or perhaps more importantly how not to, feed a world with a growing …

Despite its use to exemplify how the world is “flat,” India is in many ways “spiky.” Hyderabad
is a prosperous hub of information–communication technology (ICT) while its impoverished …

Diversity matters. Whether in the context of ecosystems, education, the workplace, or politics,
diversity is now recognized as a fact and as something to be positively affirmed. But what is …