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Make Your Move

The New Science of Dating and Why Women Are in Charge

by Jon Birger ...

Modern romance is broken. It's time to flip the script.Apps have transformed dating from a mysterious adventure into a daily chore. Young, single, college-educated women are sick and tired of competing for a shrinking supply of guys. And marriage-material men, long expected to take the lead when it comes to asking women out, are suddenly balking at making the first move, fearing they'll come ... Read more

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Modern romance is broken. It's time to flip the script.Apps have transformed dating from a mysterious adventure into a daily chore. Young, single, college-educated women are sick and tired of competing for a shrinking supply of guys. And marriage-material men, long expected to take the lead when it comes to asking women out, are suddenly balking at making the first move, fearing they'll come
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Date-onomics

How Dating Became a Lopsided Numbers Game

by Jon Birger ...

It’s not that he’s just not that into you—it’s that there aren’t enough of him. And the numbers prove it. Using a combination of demographics, statistics, game theory, and number-crunching, Date-onomics tells what every single, college-educated, heterosexual, looking-for-a-partner woman needs to know: The “man deficit” is real. It’s a fascinating, if sobering read, with two critical takeaways: One ... Read more

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It’s not that he’s just not that into you—it’s that there aren’t enough of him. And the numbers prove it. Using a combination of demographics, statistics, game theory, and number-crunching, Date-onomics tells what every single, college-educated, heterosexual, looking-for-a-partner woman needs to know: The “man deficit” is real. It’s a fascinating, if sobering read, with two critical takeaways: One
... Read more
Wind Power Policies and Diffusion in the Nordic Countries

Comparative Patterns

by Jon Birger Skjærseth, Teis Hansen, Jakob Donner-Amnell, Jens Hanson, Tor Håkon Jackson Inderberg, Helle Ørsted Nielsen, Birgitte Nygaard, Markus Steen ...

Series series Social Sciences (R0)
This book focuses specifically on policy mixes and wind power diffusion in four Nordic countries – Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. Although these Nordic welfare states have much in common, they have adopted different wind power policies and experienced dissimilar diffusion trajectories. Understanding these patterns across the Nordic countries is the central puzzle that this book investigates. ... Read more

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This book focuses specifically on policy mixes and wind power diffusion in four Nordic countries – Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. Although these Nordic welfare states have much in common, they have adopted different wind power policies and experienced dissimilar diffusion trajectories. Understanding these patterns across the Nordic countries is the central puzzle that this book investigates.
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The Politics of Low-Carbon Innovation

The EU Strategic Energy Technology Plan

by Per Ove Eikeland, Jon Birger Skjærseth ...

Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
"Although technological innovation is undoubtedly crucial for addressing climate change, low-carbon innovation policies and politics have hardly been studied. This book clearly reveals the promises and pitfalls of European efforts in this field – recommended reading!"—Sebastian Oberthür, Institute for European Studies, Belguim"This compact volume effectively addresses a surprisingly unknown ... Read more

$49.49 USD

"Although technological innovation is undoubtedly crucial for addressing climate change, low-carbon innovation policies and politics have hardly been studied. This book clearly reveals the promises and pitfalls of European efforts in this field – recommended reading!"—Sebastian Oberthür, Institute for European Studies, Belguim"This compact volume effectively addresses a surprisingly unknown
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EU Emissions Trading

Initiation, Decision-making and Implementation

by Jon Birger Skjærseth, Jørgen Wettestad ...

The EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) has been characterized as one of the most far-reaching and radical environmental policies for many years. Given the EU's earlier resistance to this market-based and US-flavoured programme, the development and implementation of the EU ETS has been rapid. This novel approach to environmental regulation has the potential to affect not only greenhouse gas ... Read more

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The EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) has been characterized as one of the most far-reaching and radical environmental policies for many years. Given the EU's earlier resistance to this market-based and US-flavoured programme, the development and implementation of the EU ETS has been rapid. This novel approach to environmental regulation has the potential to affect not only greenhouse gas
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Corporate Responses to EU Emissions Trading

Resistance, Innovation or Responsibility?

by Jon Birger Skjærseth, Per Ove Eikeland ...

Series series Global Environmental Governance
The European Union (EU) aims to put Europe on track toward a low-carbon economy. In this striking challenge, the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) has been singled out as the Union’s key climate policy instrument, ultimately aimed as a model for a global carbon market. The learning effect of the EU ETS could thus be tremendous. This study explores how the EU ETS actually works on the ground, ... Read more

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The European Union (EU) aims to put Europe on track toward a low-carbon economy. In this striking challenge, the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) has been singled out as the Union’s key climate policy instrument, ultimately aimed as a model for a global carbon market. The learning effect of the EU ETS could thus be tremendous. This study explores how the EU ETS actually works on the ground,
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International Regimes and Norway's Environmental Policy

Crossfire and Coherence

by Jon Birger Skj�rseth ...

Since the former Norwegian prime minister, Gro Harlem Brundtland, led the World Commission on Sustainable Development, Norway has played an important role in international environmental co-operation. This volume looks at how this one state engaged international regimes in order to pursue its own national goals in the following issue areas: climate change, biodiversity, ozone depletion, air ... Read more

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Since the former Norwegian prime minister, Gro Harlem Brundtland, led the World Commission on Sustainable Development, Norway has played an important role in international environmental co-operation. This volume looks at how this one state engaged international regimes in order to pursue its own national goals in the following issue areas: climate change, biodiversity, ozone depletion, air
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Linking EU Climate and Energy Policies

Decision-making, Implementation and Reform

by Per Ove Eikeland, Lars H. Gulbrandsen, Jon Birger Skjærseth, Torbjørg Jevnaker ...

Series series New Horizons in Environmental Politics series
Based on an innovative theoretical framework combining theories of EU policy making, negotiation and implementation, this comprehensive book examines EU climate and energy policies from the early 1990s until the adoption of new policies for 2030.The authors investigate how the linking of climate and energy concerns in policy packages has facilitated agreement among EU leaders with very different ... Read more

$35.09 USD

Based on an innovative theoretical framework combining theories of EU policy making, negotiation and implementation, this comprehensive book examines EU climate and energy policies from the early 1990s until the adoption of new policies for 2030.The authors investigate how the linking of climate and energy concerns in policy packages has facilitated agreement among EU leaders with very different
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Climate change and the oil industry

Common problem, varying strategies

by Jon Skjaerseth, Jon Birger Skjaerseth, Tora Skodvin ...

Series series Issues in Environmental Politics
Multinational corporations are not merely the problem in environmental concerns, but could also be part of the solution. The oil industry and climate change provide the clearest example of how the two are linked; what is less well-known is how the industry is responding to these concerns. This volume, available for the first time in paperback, presents a detailed study of the climate strategies of ... Read more

$23.79 USD

Multinational corporations are not merely the problem in environmental concerns, but could also be part of the solution. The oil industry and climate change provide the clearest example of how the two are linked; what is less well-known is how the industry is responding to these concerns. This volume, available for the first time in paperback, presents a detailed study of the climate strategies of
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Make Your Move

The New Science of Dating and Why Women Are in Charge

by Jon Birger ...

Narrated by Michael Butler Murray ...

Unabridged

5 hours 18 min

Society is changing, which means it's time for dating to evolve. Millennial and Gen Z women are more than capable of seeking out what—and who—they want. They're standouts in the classroom and champions on the playing fields. They're leaders in the workplace and trailblazers in city halls, state houses, and Congress. So why would we tell a generation of badass women that they're not allowed to be ... Read more

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Society is changing, which means it's time for dating to evolve. Millennial and Gen Z women are more than capable of seeking out what—and who—they want. They're standouts in the classroom and champions on the playing fields. They're leaders in the workplace and trailblazers in city halls, state houses, and Congress. So why would we tell a generation of badass women that they're not allowed to be
... Read more

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Cyber Privacy

Who Has Your Data and Why You Should Care

by April Falcon Doss ...

Narrated by Chloe Cannon ...

Unabridged

11 hours 49 min

We live in an era of unprecedented data aggregation, and it's never been more difficult to navigate the trade-offs between individual privacy, personal convenience, national security, and corporate profits. Technology is evolving quickly, while laws and policies are changing slowly.You shouldn't have to be a privacy expert to understand what happens to your data. April Falcon Doss, a privacy ... Read more

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We live in an era of unprecedented data aggregation, and it's never been more difficult to navigate the trade-offs between individual privacy, personal convenience, national security, and corporate profits. Technology is evolving quickly, while laws and policies are changing slowly.You shouldn't have to be a privacy expert to understand what happens to your data. April Falcon Doss, a privacy
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The Emotional Brain

The Mysterious Underpinnings of Emotional Life

by Joseph Ledoux ...

Narrated by Graham Rowat ...

Unabridged

10 hours 46 min

What happens in our brains to make us feel fear, love, hate, anger, joy? Do we control our emotions, or do they control us? Do animals have emotions? How can traumatic experiences in early childhood influence adult behavior, even though we have no conscious memory of them? In The Emotional Brain, Joseph LeDoux investigates the origins of human emotions and explains that many exist as part of ... Read more

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What happens in our brains to make us feel fear, love, hate, anger, joy? Do we control our emotions, or do they control us? Do animals have emotions? How can traumatic experiences in early childhood influence adult behavior, even though we have no conscious memory of them? In The Emotional Brain, Joseph LeDoux investigates the origins of human emotions and explains that many exist as part of
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