Advocates of Openness
Title | Advocates of Openness PDF eBook |
Author | George Kennedy |
Publisher | |
Pages | 634 |
Release | 1978 |
Genre | Freedom of information |
ISBN |
Advocates of Openness
Title | Advocates of Openness PDF eBook |
Author | George Penn Kennedy |
Publisher | |
Pages | 634 |
Release | 1982 |
Genre | Freedom of information |
ISBN |
Contextualizing Openness
Title | Contextualizing Openness PDF eBook |
Author | Leslie Chan |
Publisher | Perspectives on Open Access |
Pages | 280 |
Release | 2018-04-24 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 9780776626666 |
A fascinating look at Open Science and the democratization of knowledge in international development and social transformation.
The Open Organization
Title | The Open Organization PDF eBook |
Author | Jim Whitehurst |
Publisher | Harvard Business Press |
Pages | 246 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1625275277 |
Based on open source principles of transparency, participation, and collaboration, "open management" challenges conventional business ideas about what companies are, how they run, and how they make money. This book provides the blueprint for putting it into practice in your own firm. He covers challenges that have been missing from the conversation to date, among them: how to scale engagement; how to have healthy debates that net progress; and how to attract and keep the "Social Generation" of workers. Through a mix of vibrant stories, candid lessons, and tested processes, Whitehurst shows how Red Hat has blown the traditional operating model to pieces by emerging out of a pure bottom up culture and learning how to execute it at scale. And he explains what other companies are, and need to be doing to bring this open style into all facets of the organization.
The Battle for Open
Title | The Battle for Open PDF eBook |
Author | Martin Weller |
Publisher | Ubiquity Press |
Pages | 244 |
Release | 2014-11-28 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 1909188352 |
With the success of open access publishing, Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and open education practices, the open approach to education has moved from the periphery to the mainstream. This marks a moment of victory for the open education movement, but at the same time the real battle for the direction of openness begins. As with the green movement, openness now has a market value and is subject to new tensions, such as venture capitalists funding MOOC companies. This is a crucial time for determining the future direction of open education. In this volume, Martin Weller examines four key areas that have been central to the developments within open education: open access, MOOCs, open education resources and open scholarship. Exploring the tensions within these key arenas, he argues that ownership over the future direction of openness is significant to all of those with an interest in education.
In Defense of Openness
Title | In Defense of Openness PDF eBook |
Author | Bas van der Vossen |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 309 |
Release | 2018-08-01 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0190876115 |
The topic of global justice has long been a central concern within political philosophy and political theory, and there is no doubt that it will remain significant given the persistence of poverty on a massive scale and soaring global inequality. Yet, virtually every analysis in the vast literature of the subject seems ignorant of what developmental economists, both left and right, have to say about the issue. In Defense of Openness illuminates the problem by stressing that that there is overwhelming evidence that economic rights and freedom are necessary for development, and that global redistribution tends to hurt more than it helps. Bas van der Vossen and Jason Brennan instead ask what a theory of global justice would look like if it were informed by the facts that mainstream development and institutional economics have brought to light. They conceptualize global justice as global freedom and insist we can help the poor-and help ourselves at the same time-by implementing open borders, free trade, the strong protection of individual freedom, and economic rights and property for all around the world. In short, they work from empirical, consequentialist grounds to advocate for the market society as a model for global justice. A spirited challenge to mainstream political theory from two leading political philosophers, In Defense of Openness offers a new approach to global justice: We don't need to "save" the poor. The poor will save themselves, if we would only get out of their way and let them.
Open Society Unresolved
Title | Open Society Unresolved PDF eBook |
Author | Christof Royer |
Publisher | Central European University Press |
Pages | 169 |
Release | 2023-03-29 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9633867282 |
Is the concept of open society still relevant in the 21st century? Do the current social, moral, and political realities call for a drastic revision of this concept? Here fifteen essays address real-world contemporary challenges to open society from a variety of perspectives. What unites the individual authors and chapters is an interest in open society’s continuing usefulness and relevance to address current problems. And what distinguishes them is a rich variety of geographical and cultural backgrounds, and a wide range of academic disciplines and traditions. While focusing on probing the contemporary relevance of the concept, several chapters approach it historically. The book features a comprehensive introduction to the history and current ‘uses’ of the theory of open society. The authors link the concept to contemporary themes including education, Artificial Intelligence, cognitive science, African cosmology, colonialism, and feminism. The diversity of viewpoints in the analysis reflects a commitment to plurality that is at the heart of this book and of the idea of open society itself.