Competition : : a multidisciplinary analysis / / Wade B. Worthen [and three others].

• Superior document: Transgressions: Cultural Studies and Education
• VerfasserIn: Worthen, Wade B.,
• Place / Publishing House: Rotterdam : : Sense Publishers,, [2009]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: Transgressions (Rotterdam, Netherlands)
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

The Super Bowl. Democrats vs. Republicans. Ford vs. Chevy. Bloods vs. Crips. Public vs. private schools. Sibling rivalries. Competition permeates every aspect of our society, and we place great confidence in its ability to allocate resources efficiently, spur innovation, and build personal character...

Table of Contents

• Preliminary Material / Wade B. Worthen , A. Scott Henderson , Paul R. Rasmussen and T. Lloyd Benson
• Introduction: Competition and context in the Euro-Atlantic historical mind / T. Lloyd Benson
• Competition from a scientific perspective / Wade B. Worthen , A. Scott Henderson , Paul R. Rasmussen and T. Lloyd Benson
• Darwin’s entangled bank: The competition paradigm in ecology / Wade B. Worthen
• The global competition for planetary resources / C. Brannon Andersen and Weston R. Dripps
• Competition in the social sciences / Wade B. Worthen , A. Scott Henderson , Paul R. Rasmussen and T. Lloyd Benson
• Competition reconsidered: A perspective from psychology / Beth A. Pontari and Paul R. Rasmussen
• Competition in economics / Nathaniel P. S. Cook and Kailash Khandke
• A sociological approach to the competition paradigm / David E. Redburn
• Competition from the perspective of the humanities / Wade B. Worthen , A. Scott Henderson , Paul R. Rasmussen and T. Lloyd Benson
• Competition and religion: Abrahamic religions and Islam / Alfons H. Teipen
• The competition paradigm and modern politics / Aristide Tessitore
• Thrasymachus or Socrates: Some philosophical and pedagogical reflections on competition and cooperation / James C. Edwards
• Competition in sports, business, politics, and education / Wade B. Worthen , A. Scott Henderson , Paul R. Rasmussen and T. Lloyd Benson
• Competition in sport / William J. Pierce
• The paradigm of competition: The business perspective / Kirk R. Karwan and Thomas I. Smythe Jr.
• Gender and politics: How the competition paradigm determines who governs and how in American politics / Elizabeth S. Smith
• The brain race: Competition, national security, and the rise of federal aid to education / A. Scott Henderson
• Competition and education: How the market forces failure on and in our schools / Renita R. Schmidt and P. L. Thomas
• Conclusion: The future of competition / A. Scott Henderson
• Index / Wade B. Worthen , A. Scott Henderson , Paul R. Rasmussen and T. Lloyd Benson.