Human Development in the Twenty-First Century: Visionary Ideas from Systems Scientists - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1107403146 ISBN 13: 9781107403147

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2011

Synopsis

In this 2007 collection, a dynamic group of systems scientists consider ways to enhance human development worldwide.

About this title

Book Description

A dynamic group of systems scientists challenges us to reconsider how to enhance human development worldwide. The engaging, non-technical essays in this 2007 collection propose ways to deal with poverty, violence, neglect, disease and crises in our families and will be of interest to professionals and practitioners alike.

About the Author

Alan Fogel is Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychology at the University of Utah. He has written and edited many books including Change Processes in Relationships: A Relational-Historical Research Approach (Cambridge, 2006). Barbara J. King is Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the College of William & Mary. She is the Editor of the Journal of Developmental Processes. Stuart G. Shanker is Distinguished Research Professor of Philosophy and Psychology at York University, Toronto where he is also President of the Council for Early Child Development and Director of the Milton and Ethel Harris Research Initiative.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1107403146
• ISBN 13: 9781107403147
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 270
• Editor: Fogel Alan