Design for X

Design for X
Author: Charles M. Eastman
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 499
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9401139857

Bringing together the expertise of worldwide authorities in the field, Design for X is the first comprehensive book to offer systematic and structured coverage of contemporary and concurrent product development techniques. It features over fifteen techniques, including: design for manufacture and assembly; design for distribution; design for quality; and design for the environment. Alternative approaches and common elements are discussed and critical issues such as integration and tradeoff are explored.

The Caste of Merit

The Caste of Merit
Author: Ajantha Subramanian
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2019-12-03
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 067424348X

How the language of “merit” makes caste privilege invisible in contemporary India. Just as Americans least disadvantaged by racism are most likely to endorse their country as post‐racial, Indians who have benefited from their upper-caste affiliation rush to declare their country post‐caste. In The Caste of Merit, Ajantha Subramanian challenges this comfortable assumption by illuminating the controversial relationships among technical education, caste formation, and economic stratification in modern India. Through in-depth study of the elite Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs)—widely seen as symbols of national promise—she reveals the continued workings of upper-caste privilege within the most modern institutions. Caste has not disappeared in India but instead acquired a disturbing invisibility—at least when it comes to the privileged. Only the lower castes invoke their affiliation in the political arena, to claim resources from the state. The upper castes discard such claims as backward, embarrassing, and unfair to those who have earned their position through hard work and talent. Focusing on a long history of debates surrounding access to engineering education, Subramanian argues that such defenses of merit are themselves expressions of caste privilege. The case of the IITs shows how this ideal of meritocracy serves the reproduction of inequality, ensuring that social stratification remains endemic to contemporary democracies.

Code of Federal Regulations

Code of Federal Regulations
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1096
Release: 2015
Genre: Administrative law
ISBN:

Special edition of the Federal Register, containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect ... with ancillaries.

The Tyranny of Merit

The Tyranny of Merit
Author: Michael J. Sandel
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2020-09-15
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0374720991

A Times Literary Supplement’s Book of the Year 2020 A New Statesman's Best Book of 2020 A Bloomberg's Best Book of 2020 A Guardian Best Book About Ideas of 2020 The world-renowned philosopher and author of the bestselling Justice explores the central question of our time: What has become of the common good? These are dangerous times for democracy. We live in an age of winners and losers, where the odds are stacked in favor of the already fortunate. Stalled social mobility and entrenched inequality give the lie to the American credo that "you can make it if you try". The consequence is a brew of anger and frustration that has fueled populist protest and extreme polarization, and led to deep distrust of both government and our fellow citizens--leaving us morally unprepared to face the profound challenges of our time. World-renowned philosopher Michael J. Sandel argues that to overcome the crises that are upending our world, we must rethink the attitudes toward success and failure that have accompanied globalization and rising inequality. Sandel shows the hubris a meritocracy generates among the winners and the harsh judgement it imposes on those left behind, and traces the dire consequences across a wide swath of American life. He offers an alternative way of thinking about success--more attentive to the role of luck in human affairs, more conducive to an ethic of humility and solidarity, and more affirming of the dignity of work. The Tyranny of Merit points us toward a hopeful vision of a new politics of the common good.

Design for X

Design for X
Author: Charles M. Eastman
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 506
Release: 1996-08-31
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0412787504

Bringing together the expertise of worldwide authorities in the field, Design for X is the first comprehensive book to offer systematic and structured coverage of contemporary and concurrent product development techniques. It features over fifteen techniques, including: design for manufacture and assembly; design for distribution; design for quality; and design for the environment. Alternative approaches and common elements are discussed and critical issues such as integration and tradeoff are explored.

AFHRL-TR.

AFHRL-TR.
Author: Air Force Human Resources Laboratory
Publisher:
Total Pages: 582
Release: 1968
Genre: Aeronautics, Military
ISBN:

2017 Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

2017 Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Office of Management and Budget. Executive Office of the President
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1886
Release: 2017
Genre: Economic assistance, Domestic
ISBN: 9780160944192

Identifies and describes specific government assistance opportunities such as loans, grants, counseling, and procurement contracts available under many agencies and programs.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1390
Release: 2010
Genre: Economic assistance, Domestic
ISBN:

Identifies and describes specific government assistance opportunities such as loans, grants, counseling, and procurement contracts available under many agencies and programs.