Unintended Consequences of Human Actions

Elena Ermolaeva; Jessica Ross

doi:10.5771/9780761854463

Summary

Using a mixed-method approach, Unintended Consequences of Human Actions documents a wide range of unintended and unanticipated consequences of human actions. The major message is the urgent need to review a range of possible outcomes of human actions. During these fragile times 'looking down the road' has become imperative.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2012
ISBN-Print: 978-0-7618-5445-6
ISBN-Online: 978-0-7618-5446-3
Publisher: Hamilton Books, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 87
Product type: Book Titles

1. Table of Contents No access
2. Preface No access
1. 1.1 Niccolo Machiavelli No access
2. 1.2 Giambattista Vico No access
3. 1.3 Adam Smith No access
4. 1.4 Wilhelm Wundt No access
5. 1.5 Vilfredo Pareto No access
6. 1.6 Max Weber No access
7. I.7 Graham W alias No access
1. 1. 2.1.1 John Milton, England, 1643 No access
  2. 2.1.2 No-Fault Divorce Law, USA, 1970 No access
2. 2.2 Genocide in Rwanda on Women in Parliament, 1994 No access
3. 2.3 Demographic Change in Japan on Women in Education, 2003- No access
4. 2.4 Honor Killing and Suicide, Western Europe, 2005- No access
5. 2.5 Globalization, Women's Labor Force Participation, and Feminization of Migration No access
1. 3.1 The Allotment Act of 1887 No access
2. 3.2 Indian Reorganization Act (IRA) of 1934 No access
3. 3.3 Land Ownership and African American Class Divide No access
4. 3.4 The Jim Crow, White Violence, Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the Role of Television Coverage No access
5. 3.5 Outsourcing Affirmative Action No access
6. 3.6 Invasion in Iraq (2003-) and Sunnis I Shi'ites war No access
1. 4.1 Opening of Higher Education to Women, USA, 19th century No access
2. 4.2 Promise Scholarship, WV, 2002- No access
3. 4.3 No Child Left Behind Act, USA, 2002- No access
4. 4.4 Centennial "Celebration" of the System of Tracking No access
1. 5.1 The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 No access
2. 5.2 Deinstitutionalization No access
3. 5.3 De-industrialization and Obesity No access
1. 6.1 Welfare Reforms of the 1990s No access
2. 6.2 West Virginia and the New Deal No access
3. 6.3 China's One Child Policy (1979) on Imbalance of Genders No access
4. 6.4 Zimbabwe Land Redistribution of 1990s and 2000 No access
5. 6.5 Changes in the Teachers Retirement Systems (TRS) since 1991(West Virginia) No access
6. 6.6 Annexation of Unincorporated Areas (West Virginia) No access
7. 6.7 Congressional and State Legislative Redistricting (West Virginia) No access
1. 7.1 Release of Domestic European rabbits in Australia in 1859 No access
2. 7.2 Fence Construction Along US-Mexican Border No access
3. 7.3 Electronic Waste (E-waste) No access
4. 7.4 Mountaintop Removal No access
5. 7.5 Global Warming No access
6. 7.6 Use of Wind Turbines and Wind Energy No access
7. 7.7 Introduction of Hybrid Cars and the Use of Ethanol as a Fuel No access
8. 7.8 Daylight Saving Time (DST) No access
1. 8.1 Cracking Down on Illegal Immigration No access
2. 8.2 Megan's Law No access
3. 8.3 Legalizing Abortion No access
4. 8.4 Amendment 18 (1919) and Alcohol Prohibition No access
5. 8.5 The "Three Strikes" Law No access
Chapter 9: Conclusion. Looking Down the Road No access Pages 81 - 86
About the Authors No access Pages 87 - 87