Edge Futures are a series of five books that explore the impact that climate change will have on different aspects of our lives in the future. They are available to order as individual titles or as a
In this groundbreaking work, Bill Ashcroft extends the arguments posed in The Empire Writes Back to investigate the transformative effects of postcolonial resistance and the continuing relevance of co
Deciding Children’s Futures addresses the thorny task of how to assess parents and children who belong to struggling families where there are issues of neglect or significant harm, and when separating
How are indigenous and local people faring in their dealings with mining and related industries in the first part of the 21st century? The unifying experience in all the resource-rich states covered i
Can we imagine a future in which physical education in schools no longer exists?In this controversial and powerful meditation on physical education, David Kirk argues that a number of different future
A global industry and an important tool for economic development, international tourism is facing an increasingly uncertain future. Global environmental change, including climate change; increasing fu
Deciding Children’s Futures addresses the thorny task of how to assess parents and children who belong to struggling families where there are issues of neglect or significant harm, and when separating
Citizenship has provided a focus for many of the most significant arguments about justice and democracy. Major theorists of justice, for instance, have tried to understand its contours by thinking thr
「期貨市場200問」乙書內容共分七章，包含介紹期貨市場基本概念、評價、避險與投機、交易單與交易所、標的金融資產、產品與交易所、交易策略等。全書以200個問答方式編寫，每一個問答除有詳解說明外，另闢「數字會說話」專欄，以簡易數學及計算解說概念；每章最後並附有「觀念自我測驗」，供讀者複習觀念之用，為一認識期貨市場相當實用之入門工具書。本書內容來自作者Sunil K. Parameswaran及Shan
The Futures of School Reform represents the culminating work of a three-year discussion among national education leaders convened by the Harvard Graduate School of Education.Based on the recognition t
In these papers from a November 2007 conference held at Southern Methodist University, US contributors in art and law employ many different ethical approaches to the debate between ownership versus st
The East Asian economic miracle of the twentieth century is now a fond memory. What does it mean to be living in post-miracle times? For the youth of China, Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea, the opportu
The East Asian economic miracle of the twentieth century is now a fond memory. What does it mean to be living in post-miracle times? For the youth of China, Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea, the opportu
American education is entering the age of cybersymbiosis -- irretrievably dependent on digital technologies. Cyberized culture is accelerating foundational shifts at the core of education -- redefinin
Navigating Maori Futures brings together twenty-five papers Mason Durie has presented at national and international conferences between 2004 and 2010. It discusses Maori moving towards a future involv
Antonin Artraud, Octavio Paz, Leonora Carrington, Andr Breton, Benjamin P ret, Franklin Rosemont, Paul Garon, Michael L wy and many other surrealists are discussed in this essay and especially how the
大宗商品市場在全球經濟活動中的地位牽一髮而動全身，與實體經濟的關係愈來愈密切。從趨勢看，中國內地大宗商品和其衍生品市場在全球的影響力持續提升，其對外開放程度也穩步提高。 本書是市場上第一本把大宗商品現貨與期貨市場融合分析，同時梳理全球與中國大宗商品市場發展脈絡、探討多渠道推進中國大宗商品市場開放的中、英雙語著作，由在相關領域具有豐富業務經驗的專業人士，圍繞三大主題：「全球大宗商品市場的格局」、「內地與香港大宗商品市場的演變」、「大宗商品現貨與期貨市場的互聯互通」作了深入分析，讓市場參與者對整個大宗商品市場的宏觀系統和金融生態圈獲得整體的認識，更好地促進大宗商品現貨與期貨交易良性互動，服務實體經濟。 The commodities market is now so closely linked to the global economy that a small change in the former will trigger the butterfly effect on the latter. We can see a trend of continuous increase in the global influence of Mainland China’s commodities physical and derivative markets, and the increasing opening-up of the Mainland markets. This book is the first bilingual title in the market that gives an integrated analysis of the commodities spot and futures market and the development of the global and Mainland commodities markets, and explores the multiple ways for advancing the opening-up of the Mainland commodities market. Experts who are experienced in these areas discu
"Few areas in the world better exemplify the fragile connections between science, engineering, economics and public policy than the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The authors of Comparing Futures have,
