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Preface | |
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Introduction | |
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Management Today | |
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What Is Management? | |
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The Management Process | |
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Successful Plans: Putting Management into Action | |
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Why Manage? | |
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Who Manages? | |
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Influences on Management Styles | |
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Interdisciplinary Foundation | |
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Life Management for Individuals and Families | |
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Managing the Second Half of Life | |
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Singles, Households, and Families | |
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Changes in Family Composition | |
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What Lies Ahead? | |
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Summary | |
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Management History and Theories | |
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The Early Years of Management | |
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Four Eras of Management | |
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Theory Overview | |
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Functions of Theory | |
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Theories Ahead | |
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Systems Theory | |
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Open and Closed Families | |
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Subsystems and System Elements | |
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The Personal System | |
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The Family System | |
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Applications of Systems Theory to Households | |
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Human Ecology and Ecosystems | |
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Economic Theory | |
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Optimization and Satisficing | |
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Risk Aversion | |
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Summary | |
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Management Concepts and Principles | |
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Values, Attitudes, and Goals | |
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Values and Attitudes | |
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Types of Values | |
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Values, Lifestyles, and Consumption | |
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Societal and Cultural Values | |
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Families, Values, Standards, and Households | |
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Attitudes | |
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Goals | |
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Goals versus Habits | |
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Goal Attributes | |
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Types of Goals | |
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Setting Goals | |
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College Students' Values and Goals | |
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Motivation | |
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Summary | |
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Resources | |
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Resources Defined | |
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Types of Resources | |
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Resources and Economics | |
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Resource Attributes and Models | |
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Cultural Perceptions of Resources | |
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Resources, Families, and Households | |
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Consumption and Resources | |
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Resource Strategy | |
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Summary | |
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Decision Making and Problem Solving | |
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Decision Making as Part of Management | |
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Steps in Decision Making | |
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Models, Rules, and Utility | |
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Reference Groups | |
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Personal Decision Making | |
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Family Decision Making | |
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Consumer Decision Making in Families | |
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Problem Solving | |
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Definition, Analysis, and Plan of Action | |
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Uncertainty and Risk | |
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Summary | |
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Planning, Implementing, and Evaluating | |
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What Is Planning? | |
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The Planning Process and Task | |
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Need Fulfillment | |
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Time, Stress, and Planning | |
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Standard Setting | |
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Scheduling and Sequencing | |
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Attributes of Plans | |
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Types of Plans | |
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What Is Implementing? | |
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Actuating | |
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Checking and Controlling | |
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What Is Evaluating? | |
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Summary | |
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Communication | |
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Communication as Part of the Management Process | |
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Sending and Receiving | |
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Listening | |
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Messages | |
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Channels | |
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Noise | |
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Feedback/Response | |
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Setting | |
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Communication Conflicts | |
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In Families | |
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Across Cultures | |
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Communication in Small Groups | |
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Group Discussions and Cohesion | |
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Information and Communication Technology | |
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Information Overload and Habitual Decision Making | |
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Computers and the Human Capacity to Process Information | |
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The Role of the Home and the Individual | |
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Summary | |
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Management Applications | |
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Managing Human Resources | |
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Population Shifts: Measuring Human Resources | |
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Population Terms and Trends | |
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Population Age and Composition | |
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Households and Families | |
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The Nature of Change | |
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Mobility | |
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Managing Change | |
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Meeting Individual, Family, and Societal Needs | |
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Dual-Earner and Dual-Career Couples | |
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Children and Child Care | |
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Elderly, Elder Care, and Aging | |
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The Homeless | |
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Individuals with Disabilities | |
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Single-Parent and Blended Families | |
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Poverty and Low-Income Families | |
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Summary | |
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Managing Time | |
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Time as a Resource | |
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Discretionary versus Nondiscretionary Time | |
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Personal Computers and Time | |
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The ABC Method of Time Control | |
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Time Perceptions | |
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Perceptions of Time across Cultures | |
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Biological Time Patterns | |
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Quantitative and Qualitative Time Measures | |
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Demands, Sequencing, and Standards | |
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Electronic Resources | |
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Summary | |
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Managing Work and Family | |
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Overview of Work and Family | |
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The Problem of Work and Family Conflicts | |
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Resolving Work and Family Conflicts | |
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Family-Supportive Workplace Policies | |
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The Meaning of Work and Leisure | |
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The Work Ethic | |
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Workaholism | |
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The Three P's: Procrastination, Parkinson's Law, and Pareto's Principle | |
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Workforce Trends Including Home-Based Businesses | |
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Volunteer Work | |
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Leisure | |
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Electronic Resources | |
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Summary | |
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Managing Stress and Fatigue | |
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Stress: Definition, Theory, and Research | |
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Crisis and Adaptation to Stress | |
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Decision Making and Stress | |
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The Body's Response to Stress | |
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Diet, Exercise, and Stress | |
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Stress Management | |
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Techniques for Reducing Stress | |
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Burnout | |
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Stress and Non-Events | |
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Parents, Children, and Stress | |
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College Students and Stress | |
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Fatigue: Definition and Sources | |
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The Body and Fatigue | |
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Systems Theory: Sleep, Energy, and Fatigue | |
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Electronic Resources | |
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Summary | |
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Managing Environmental Resources | |
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The Ecosystem and Environmentalism | |
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Problem Recognition | |
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Individual and Family Decision Making | |
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Environmental Problems and Solutions | |
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Water | |
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Energy | |
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Noise | |
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Waste and Recycling | |
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Air Quality | |
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Electronic Resources | |
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Summary | |
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Managing Finances | |
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What Is Financial Management? | |
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Individuals and Families as Producers and Consumers | |
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Income, Net Worth, Budgets, Savings, and Credit | |
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Banking, Investments, and Insurance | |
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Expenses Related to Children | |
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Retirement Planning | |
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Financial and Economic Concerns | |
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Recession, Depression, Inflation, and Unemployment | |
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College Students and Money Management | |
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The Gender Gap and the Glass Ceiling | |
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Poverty and Wealth | |
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Where Does Money Go? | |
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Electronic Resources | |
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Summary | |
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Looking Ahead | |
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Future Challenges | |
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Technology | |
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Computers, Home Automation, and Other Home Innovations | |
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Information and Innovation Overload | |
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Family and Global Change | |
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Quality of Life and Well-Being | |
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Multiculturalism | |
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Environment | |
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Technology, Society, and the Environment | |
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Electronic Resources | |
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Summary | |
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Glossary | |
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Index | |