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Evan, William Martin was born on December 17, 1922 in Ostrow, Poland.
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Minding the Machines: Preventing Technological Disasters
(Technological disasters can impact every area of a corpor...)
Technological disasters can impact every area of a corporation's infrastructure, not to mention its reputation and bottom line. This book explores today's best strategies -- organizational, professional, political and legal -- for reducing the incidence of technological catastrophe and mitigating its vast human cost. Technological breakthroughs have revolutionized our lives, but some of them have also led to catastrophe. In this book, two leading experts in technological risk assessment and mitigation analyze nearly three dozen disasters -- from Chernobyl to Challenger, the Bhopal gas leak to the Exxon Valdez oil spill. They present lessons learned and preventive strategies for all four leading causes of disaster: technical design, human factors, organizational system factors, and socio-cultural factors. They also identify appropriate preventive roles for every participant in technological systems, from corporations to individual citizens. For everyone concerned with the risks of technological disaster: educated laypeople, corporate executives, R&D professionals, practicing engineers and scientists, regulators, lawyers, policymakers, and many others.
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Sociology of Law: A Social-Structural Perspective
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Hardcover book.
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(Nuclear Proliferation and the Legality of Nuclear Weapons ) Author: William M. Evan Nov-1995
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Nuclear Proliferation and the Legality of Nuclear Weapons
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This work presents a set of penetrating essays by distinguished legal and international security scholars who study the strengths and weaknesses of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and the widespread assumption of the legality of nuclear weapons. Evan and Nanda's book commemorates the 50th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the 50th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations and the 25th year review of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. In a critical analysis, these essays investigate the prevalent assumption held by political leaders concerning the legality of nuclear weapons. This book supports the World Court Project, which was founded in the interest of applying international law to protect humanity from the threat posed by nuclear weapons. In such subject matter, no other work compares to Nuclear Proliferation and the Legality of Nuclear Weapons. Clearly, Evan and Nanda have edited a work that will be of utmost interest to students enrolled in courses on international law, international relations and international security; specialists in international law, or national security; diplomats, and members of missions to the United Nations.
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Social Structure and Law: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives (SAGE Library of Social Research)
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There is still a good deal of confusion surrounding the sociology of law with regard to the subject and boundaries of the field. Social Structure and Law clarifies some of the central issues. Using his own social structure model, Evan explains the interactions between legal and non-legal institutions and provides some useful theoretical guidelines for ongoing research. Readers will profit from studying this volume which sets forth a rationale for theoretical and empirical contributions to the sociology of law.
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Organization Theory: Research and Design
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War and Peace in an Age of Terrorism: A Reader
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This anthology, with contributions from many academic disciplines, is designed to help readers analyze the causes and consequences of war, and to find new ways of resolving conflicts and preventing wars.
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Knowledge and Power in a Global Society (SAGE Focus Editions)
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William Evan associates the emergence of modern science with the growth of international scientific and professional associations (ISPAs), that have been founded for the purpose of developing and applying scientific knowledge. In the course of pursuing these objectives, the ISPAs address global problems outside the framework of national interests and ideologies. The contributions to this book are the result of a conference convened (at the University of Pennsylvania) with the specific aim of exploring the potential influence of ISPAs on global problems and international decision making.
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- Interorganizational relations: Selected readings (Penguin education)
- Organizational experiments: Laboratory and field research
- Social Structure and Law: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives (SAGE Library of Social Research) by William M. Evan (1990-06-01) (Will be shipped from US. Brand new copy.)
William Martin Evan
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William Martin Evan, American Sociologist, educator. Social Science Research Council training fellow, 1951-1952, Fulbright fellow, 1952-1953; Russell Sage Foundation resident, 1956-1958. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science; member American Sociological Association, International Sociological Association, International Institute Management Sciences, Law and Society Association, International Studies Association.
Education
Bachelor, University of Pennsylvania, 1946; Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell Univercity, 1954.
Career
Instructor sociology, Princeton University, 1954-1956;
assistant professor, Columbia University, 1956-1959;
research sociologist, Bell Telephone laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, 1959-1962;
associate professor sociology and management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1962-1966;
professor, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, since 1966. Consultant to government agys. private industry, since 1960. Ford visiting professor sociology Graduate School Business, University of Chicago, 1971-1972.
Visiting fellow Wolfson College, U.Oxford, 1978-1979.
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Nuclear Proliferation and the Legality of Nuclear Weapons
(This work presents a set of penetrating essays by disting...)
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Knowledge and Power in a Global Society (SAGE Focus Editions)
(William Evan associates the emergence of modern science w...)
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War and Peace in an Age of Terrorism: A Reader
( This anthology, with contributions from many academic d...)
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Social Structure and Law: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives (SAGE Library of Social Research)
(There is still a good deal of confusion surrounding the s...)
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Minding the Machines: Preventing Technological Disasters
(Technological disasters can impact every area of a corpor...)
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Social Structure and Law: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives (SAGE Library of Social Research) by William M. Evan (1990-06-01)
(Will be shipped from US. Brand new copy.)
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Sociology of Law: A Social-Structural Perspective
(Hardcover book.)
- Interorganizational relations: Selected readings (Penguin education)
- (Nuclear Proliferation and the Legality of Nuclear Weapons ) Author: William M. Evan Nov-1995
- Organizational experiments: Laboratory and field research
- Organization Theory: Research and Design
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Nuclear Proliferation and the Legality of Nuclear Weapons
Membership
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Sociological Association, International Sociological Association, International Institute Management Sciences, Law and Society Association, International Studies Association, Fulbright Association, University Pennsylvania Faculty Club, Philadelphia Art Alliance.
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