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  • 1
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    Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore | Singapore : Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 9789819720347
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XVII, 298 p. 35 illus., 33 illus. in color)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024
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    DDC: 302,231
    Keywords: Digital and New Media ; Media Culture ; Media Industries ; Media and Communication Theory ; Media Sociology ; Digital media ; Mass media and culture ; Communication and traffic ; Communication ; Information theory ; Mass media
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  • 2
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    Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore | Singapore : Imprint: Springer
    ISBN: 9789819710607
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIV, 482 p. 156 illus., 153 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Artificial Intelligence and the Rule of Law
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    Keywords: Private international law. ; Conflict of laws. ; International law. ; Comparative law. ; Artificial intelligence. ; Information technology ; Mass media
    Abstract: Overview of the Development of Artificial Intelligence Rule of Law -- Overview of the Development of Artificial Intelligence Rule of Law -- Overview of the Development of Artificial Intelligence Rule of Law -- Essence of Viewpoints of the “2021 World Artificial Intelligence Conference Rule of Law Forum” -- Artificial Intelligence Law and Policy- Theoretical Research on Artificial Intelligence -- Application of Artificial Intelligence Rule of Law -- Analysis of Artificial Intelligence Judicial Cases -- Special Reports on the Development of Artificial Intelligence Rule of Law -- Interviews with Experts on the Development of AI Rule of Law -- Blue Book on AI and the Rule of Law in the World (2022) Research Questionnaire and Analysis.
    Abstract: This book focuses on the development of artificial intelligence and rule of law in the world, by collecting and summarizing the information about the development of artificial intelligence and rule of law in China and the world, covering topics like AI strategy, policy, law, theoretical research, practical application, etc. It makes an in-depth analysis so as to provide an objective, fair, and accurate report. The purpose is to promote the study of AI and law, promote the construction of AI and rule of law system, and create an AI and rule of law environment. In particular, it aims to play an active role in promoting the establishment of legislative norms, legal systems, policy systems, and ethical norms that are compatible with the innovative development of AI, promoting the implementation of a new generation of national AI development strategies and ensuring the safe, reliable, controllable, healthy, and sustainable development of AI. It is hoped that this book provides a useful reference for researchers of AI and law.
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  • 3
    ISBN: 9789819718870
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (VIII, 249 p. 11 illus., 3 illus. in color.)
    Uniform Title: Jisedai no jissho keizaigaku
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    Keywords: Economics. ; Experimental economics. ; Empirical economics ; Evidence-Based Policy Making (EBPM) ; Qualitative micro-economics ; Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) ; Experimental economics ; Agricultural economics ; Statistics for economics ; Panel data ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Introduction -- Intergenerational Transformation of Empirical Research in Economics -- Implementing Empirical Economics into Policymaking -- Challenges in Empirical Research in Economics: The Way Forward -- The Next Generation of Empirical Labor Economics -- Past and Future of Empirical Development Economics -- Empirical Analysis in the Economics of International Trade: Recent Progress and Challenges -- From Behavioral Economics to Behavioral Science -- "Swallowed" Economic History: The Significance of Economic History Research in Economics -- Difficulties in Conducting Empirical Research in Macroeconomics: Evaluating Policies for Economic Growth -- Conclusion.
    Abstract: Leading Japanese economists passionately discuss the frontiers of empirical research in economics and the future of it in this book. The book explores the impact that recent econometrics and empirical research has had on labor economics, development economics, international trade theory, behavioral economics, economic history, and macroeconomics. Each chapter consists of a main text, comments, and replies by leading experts in each sub-discipline. Basic knowledge of statistics and qualitative economics is ideal, but not essential to appreciate the book. This book is ideal for students and scholars who wish to learn about cutting-edge empirical research in economics and learn how to apply it to their own research.
    Note: Translation from the Japanese language edition: "Jisedai no jissho keizaigaku" by Keijiro Otsuka et al., © Keijiro Otsuka, Takashi Kurosaki, Yasuyuki Sawada, Tetsushi Sonobe 2023
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  • 4
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    Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore | Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 9789819723515
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVII, 119 p. 5 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: People with disabilities ; Social justice. ; Medical care. ; Inclusive education. ; Well-being. ; Social service.
    Abstract: Chapter 1 - Introduction -- Chapter 2 – International Contexts of School Leaving -- Chapter 3 - Capability -- Chapter 4 – Methods of Inquiry -- Chapter 5 – Lived experiences: International narratives of transition -- Chapter 6 – Transition with dignity -- Chapter 7 – Conclusion.
    Abstract: This book analyzes the process of leaving school, commonly referred to as 'transition' for young adults with severe, complex, and multiple disabilities. It seeks to challenge prevailing assumptions and offer practical steps towards reversing customary accepted theories, methods, practices, and outcomes. Despite extensive research, policies, and procedures of transition, the reality is that post-school outcomes are worrying for those with significant special needs. Community inclusion depends as much upon in-school procedures and support systems as it does the inclusivity of society itself. This book directly addresses these concerns by examining the experiences of young adults living through their transitions in two countries, Aotearoa New Zealand and the USA. Engaging and highly readable case narratives bring fresh insights on the diversity of disability experiences, portraying the under-explored opportunities involved in a transition with dignity. Disability isan often overlooked aspect of one’s intersectional identity. Post-school transition is therefore positioned less as a procedural function of leaving school and more so an urgent matter of social justice. Readers will benefit from the transformative framing of post-school transition based on the capability approach. Genuine opportunities within the transition of young adults with significant disabilities and those who support them may promote a thriving life for all. Sarah M. Hart is an Associate Professor of Special Education in the College of Education, Nursing, and Health Professions at the University of Hartford in Connecticut, USA. She completed a PhD in Education at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Her international work focuses on post-school transitions, engaging a capability theory of social justice and an inclusive qualitative research paradigm to examine equity in special education through the perspectives of young adults with significant disability.
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  • 5
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    Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore | Singapore : Imprint: Springer
    ISBN: 9789819711642
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (IX, 114 p. 28 illus., 2 illus. in color.)
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    Keywords: Finance. ; International economic relations. ; International finance. ; Chinese yuan's rising status ; impact of RMB's exchange rate changes ; spillover effect of RMB ; source of RMB's rising status ; Chinese yuan an international reserve currency ; Chinese yuan an anchor currency ; Chinese yuan a safe haven currency
    Abstract: Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Literature Review -- Chapter 3 Is RMB Becoming Systemically Important? -- Chapter 4 Why is RMB Systemically Important? -- Chapter 5 Is RMB a Safe Haven Currency? -- Chapter 6 Conclusions -- References.
    Abstract: China’s economic achievements laid solid foundations for RMB's international standing. By the end of 2022, China accounted for 18.6% of the global economy and 14.4% of world exports. However, there is a huge gap between the yuan’s growing prominence and its global use. RMB remains underutilized compared to the U.S. dollar. This book attempts to fill this gap from the view of the systemic importance of the RMB exchange rate, an angle that could be easily overlooked. We argue that pricing is too important to be relegated to an afterthought. The change of RMB exchange rate could have a systemic impact on the global financial system. Furthermore, we present substantial evidence that RMB is gaining importance globally and regionally as an anchor currency and safe-haven currency, indicating that RMB is becoming systemically important despite its relatively limited international use. It is important to understand in depth that the force that has helped fuel China's rapid economic growth over the past few decades has been globalization and that market reform and opening up are the pillars of RMB internationalization. Currently, the new trends of anti-globalization and de-financialization have emerged. The global monetary and financial system must be reframed according to the financial needs of socially sustainable activities to prevent systemic instability and system-wide economic/social catastrophes. Against this backdrop, further internationalization of RMB should serve the real sectors in high-quality economic development.
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  • 6
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    Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore | Singapore : Imprint: Springer
    ISBN: 9789819990856
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XV, 458 p. 92 illus., 89 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Artificial Intelligence and the Rule of Law
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    Keywords: Private international law. ; Conflict of laws. ; International law. ; Comparative law. ; Artificial intelligence. ; Information technology ; Mass media
    Abstract: AI Laws and Policies -- Theoretical Research on AI and the Rule of Law -- Application of AI in the Rule of Law -- Analysis of Al-Related Cases -- Report on the Development of AI and the Rule of Law -- Expert Interviews on Development of AI and the Rule of Law -- Interviews with AI Companies on the Rule of Law.
    Abstract: This book focuses on the development of artificial intelligence and rule of law in the world, by collecting and summarizing the information about the development of artificial intelligence and rule of law in China and the world, covering topics like AI strategy, policy, law, theoretical research and practical application, etc. It makes an in-depth analysis so as to provide an objective, fair and accurate report. The purpose is to promote the study of AI and law, promote the construction of AI and rule of law system and create an AI and rule of law environment. In particular, it aims to play an active role in promoting the establishment of legislative norms, legal systems, policy systems and ethical norms that are compatible with the innovative development of AI, promoting the implementation of a new generation of national AI development strategies, ensuring the safe, reliable, controllable, healthy and sustainable development of AI. It is hoped that this book may provide useful reference for researchers of AI and law.
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  • 7
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    Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore | Singapore : Imprint: Springer
    ISBN: 9789819990818
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVII, 291 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Private international law. ; Conflict of laws. ; International law. ; Comparative law. ; Mediation. ; Dispute resolution (Law). ; Arbitration (Administrative law). ; Trade regulation.
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Several Legal Issues in Cases Involving Foreign Financial Disputes -- chapter 2: International Judicial Cooperation on Cross-border Bankruptcy -- Chapter 3: Legal Issues of Domestic Application of International Treaties -- Chapter 4: Principles& Practice on Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments by Chinese Courts -- Chapter 5: Development of E-commerce in China (Bing Cheng) -- Chapter 6: The Future Impact of Conventions on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters in China -- Chapter 7: Application of the Doctrine of Forum non Conveniens in Chinese Courts -- Chapter 8: Jurisdiction by Agreement and the Principle of Actual Connection ( Bing Cheng) -- Chapter 9: Judicial Review of Arbitration Agreement -- Chapter 10: Judicial Review of Arbitration Agreement -- Chapter 11:Decisions on Matters beyond the Scope of Submission to Arbitration and Setting Aside an Arbitral Award -- Chapter 12: Judicial Review of Fraudulent Arbitration -- Chapter 13:Nationality of International Commercial Arbitral Awards -- Chapter 14: Arbitration Practice in China’s Pilot Free Trade Zones (Bing Cheng) -- Chapter 15: Application of Public Policy in Judicial Review of Arbitral Awards.
    Abstract: Combining the author's many years of legal practice experience, this book examines the current hot and difficult issues arising in the legal practice of foreign-related commercial disputes in China. The book focuses on the application of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (“CISG”) in Chinese courts, judicial review of foreign-related arbitral awards, judicial cooperation in cross-border insolvency, and legal relationships in legal disputes over electronic commerce. The book pays close attention to the latest legislative achievements of the international community and their impact on Chinese judicial practice, thus helping to strengthen exchanges and cooperation among countries along the “Belt and Road” and providing more effective rule of law protection for Chinese enterprises “going global”.
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    ISBN: 9789819712878
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XIX, 180 p. 12 illus., 10 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Contributions to Finance and Accounting
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    Keywords: Finance, Public. ; Macroeconomics. ; Industrial policy. ; Green Finance ; Climate Finance ; Policy Framework ; Sustainable Development ; Pilot Reform ; ESG ; The Belt and Road Initiative ; Green Finance Products
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Overview of Green Finance Development in China -- Chapter 2. China's Green Finance Policy Framework -- Chapter 3. China’s Experiences and International Lessons -- Chapter 4. Main Products of China's Green Finance -- Chapter 5. International Cooperation on China's Green Finance -- Chapter 6. Remaining Green Finance Challenges in China and the Way Forward.
    Abstract: This book aims to provide first-hand information for readers concerned with green finance and sustainable development by summarizing the unique features, policies and practical innovations of green finance development in China and hoping to provide China's experience in the development of green finance for more regions. The global economy is currently facing historic opportunities that brings by a new round of technology, energy and industrial revolution. The new growth path of "green and low-carbon" development has become the main direction of the transformation of global economic development. What's China's green finance strategy? How does China deliver on the goal? This book builds an overview of China's green finance and sheds light on sustainable development topics from finance perspective. .
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  • 9
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    Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore | Singapore : Imprint: Springer
    ISBN: 9789819710560
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(IX, 229 p. 35 illus., 27 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Indo-Pacific Focus
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    Keywords: International economic relations. ; Asia ; International relations. ; Asia
    Abstract: Introduction -- Misunderstandings on BRI’s Debt Trap -- India and BRI’s Debt Trap -- Debt Issue/Debt Management and BRI in Myanmar -- Debt Issue/Debt Management and BRI in Cambodia -- Debt Issue/Debt Management and BRI in Laos -- From Aquino to Duterte: Examining the Reality and Myth of the “Debt Trap” in the Philippines.
    Abstract: This edited book aims to present a well-balanced view on the heated debate about BRI’s “debt trap” controversy within the route states by presenting compelling evidence from Asian and African countries. It is contributed by the university scholars, think tank experts, and governmental officials from the concerned parties such as China, USA, South/Southeast Asia, and Africa to discuss this new topic from their perspectives. It not only examines the origins and changes in external debt among the BRI route states before and after the launch of the BRI, but also analyzes the outcomes stemming from BRI projects. The book covers 12 chapters, in which the first chapter briefly introduces the aims and scope of this book. The following 2 chapters look at Chinese and Indian perspectives on the “debt trap”, respectively. The next 9 chapters examine the debt issue and BRI projects in Southeast Asian, South Asian, and African states, which mainly involve Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Nigeria, and give some useful policy suggestions to reduce the debt burden and promote the socioeconomic development in these countries.
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  • 10
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    Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore | Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 9789819703579
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXI, 205 p. 2 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Political science.
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. China, Internet Governance, and the Liberal International Order -- 3. Situating Chinese engagement in Internet governance: China’s domestic digital policy reviewed -- 4. On the Normative Impact of Chinese Stakeholders in the Governance of Critical Internet Resources. A Document- and Interview-based Analysis -- 5. On the Normative Impact of Chinese Stakeholders in Mobile Internet Standard-making. A Document- and Interview-based Analysis -- 6. The Rise of China, Internet Fragmentation, and the Future of Multistakeholderism: Implications for the Liberal International Order -- 7. Conclusion.
    Abstract: This book provides an account of the transformation of Chinese stakeholders' engagement in Internet governance, from normative contestation to integration, and from isolation to an industrial leadership role. The book concludes that Chinese stakeholders are not seeking to fragment the Internet but are rather integrating in the existing global Internet governance mechanisms while adopting strong regulation domestically. This counters a widespread media (and academic) narrative on China as the promoter of an alternative Internet and/or an alternative model of Internet governance. These conclusions are reached through a mix of qualitative methods, including interviews with people involved first-hand in Internet governance, such as technologists engaged in the making of Internet and mobile connectivity standards. Riccardo Nanni is Researcher in Data Governance at Fondazione Bruno Kessler's Digital Commons Lab. He obtained a Ph.D. in International Relations (June 2022) from the Department of Political and Social Sciences of the University of Bologna (Italy). His Ph.D. thesis discussed the influence of Chinese public and private stakeholders in Internet governance, particularly the making and distribution of Internet and mobile connectivity standards.
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    Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore | Singapore : Imprint: Springer
    ISBN: 9789819730360
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 164 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Emotions (Philosophy). ; Philosophical anthropology. ; Philosophy of mind. ; Ethics.
    Abstract: Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Preface -- A Love that Kills: The Idiot -- Isabel Archer: A Case for Female Masochist Tendencies -- Romantic Agony: Young Werther and Jacopo Ortis -- Bipolarism in the Nineteenth Century Novel -- Women of Modernism -- The Love Song of the Underground Men -- The Unbearable Lightness of Providence -- Orphans of Love -- Afterword -- Endnotes -- Biography -- Index.
    Abstract: This book aims at explaining romantic love between straight adults through literary texts of the western canon from the nineteenth and twentieth century. Each chapter comes with a multidisciplinary approach in which protagonists are mutilated in their quest for loving as alternative to annihilation. The book emphasizes love as an obsession, thus as an exploration of the mind. From the passion-myth of Tristan and Isolde to the nihilist modernist representations, the western world has created a perverse concept of love. A love for nothingness, for death. Narcissistic and at times destructive, love is gained by overcoming obstacles. If without obstacles there is no love, then love becomes love for obstacles. Within this masochistic frame, love, falling in love, being loved always stand at the edge of pathology. At its core this book narrates a love story, more precisely a story of loves, the haunting evocation of a desire that by its very nature cannot be fulfilled. Inherent in the nature of love is a subtle dialectical activity between presence and absence, between creation and destruction, reality and void. Accordingly, the narrative raises questions that the past two centuries were incapable of answering. Does love only last the time of a kiss? Is its promise fatally destined to dissolve? What about violence? Physical, emotional, temporal. Is it an ineliminable part of love or its most extreme profanation? And what is the mystery that accompanies loves that know how to last without resigning themselves to the death of desire? It is to answer some of these questions that I wrote this text. Love is an unconscious process that dominates reason and destroys it when reason cannot be a mode of communication. Hence, the amorous romance is madness and this text is written as a loud reminder. Endorsement A unique and surprising book about love. A book that goes against the grain, offering the reader an evocative feeling of suspension between desire and the uncertainty of its fulfilment. A daring book whose reading is a must because it offers a new perspective not yet encountered elsewhere. Barbara Sonzogni - Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
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    Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore | Singapore : Imprint: Springer
    ISBN: 9789819707065
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XIII, 176 p. 9 illus., 6 illus. in color.)
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    Keywords: Economics ; Household Finance ; Finance Health ; Financial Resilience ; Financial Literacy ; Family Financial Behavior ; Household Asset Allocation ; Risky Financial Market ; Entrepreneurial Activity ; Financial Consumer Protection ; FinTec
    Abstract: Chinese Household Finance: Research Background and Conceptual Delineation -- Health status, risk attitude and Household financial investment behavior -- Housing type, financial literacy and household financial investment behavior -- The effect of mental accounting and housing wealth on household financial asset allocation -- The age-period-cohort effect on household financial health -- The influence of risk attitude and borrowing participation on resident entrepreneurship -- The influence of financial exclusion and financial literacy on resident entrepreneurship -- The impact of digital technology on household finance -- Fintech, household finance, and financial consumer protection: opportunities, challenges, and countermeasures.
    Abstract: This book systematically studies and discusses pertinent issues related to household finance in China. This book not only elucidates the concept and connotation of household finance, but also extensively examines the significance and necessity of enhancing household finance and upholding household financial well-being. Drawing upon theories from economics, psychology, sociology, and behavioral finance, it conducts a quantitative analysis of family finance and its influencing factors by constructing models such as Probit model, Tobit model, and APC model to empirically test the underlying mediation mechanism. In addition, from the perspective of inclusive finance development and safeguarding the rights and interests of financial consumers, this book expounds on its profound impact on household finance. This book is a valuable reference for researchers in related fields, and it also provides some insights into residents’ and families’ awareness of financial health. Furthermore, it aids in formulating and improving consumption policies, adjusting economic structures, and preventing household financial risks. This research provides valuable guidance for enhancing family welfare and increasing property income for Chinese residents.
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    Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore | Singapore : Imprint: Springer
    ISBN: 9789819729548
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 149 p. 35 illus., 33 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Frontiers of Artificial Intelligence, Ethics and Multidisciplinary Applications
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    Keywords: Information technology ; Mass media ; Health services administration. ; Artificial intelligence.
    Abstract: Artificial Intelligence in Drug Development - Nature and Scope -- Analysis of AI Related Patents in the Healthcare -- Regulation of AI in Drug Development -- Policy and Regulation for AI for Indian Drug and Healthcare Industry -- Way forward for Patenting and Regulation in relation to AI.
    Abstract: This book discusses how Artificial Intelligence developments have revolutionized the area of medicine and how companies use them to develop applications. While the book covers the growth of AI in medicine and the early developments in AI based medical tools, it provides an in-depth analysis of the current developments in relation to the area of medical diagnostics. The book focuses on how enterprises and institutes have developed their intellectual property portfolio, particularly patents, in this area. Cross-country patenting analysis helps in understanding key areas of growth in certain markets and also company strategies and arrangements. The introduction of AI based products in market is subject to regulation. The developments in policy and regulation influence the development and deployment of such products into the market. This book brings focus to the development of policy and regulation and how regulatory developments impact the introduction of AI-based healthcare products from a cross-country perspective. Further, how regulatory developments lead to the evolution of standards, build reliability and safety in this area are also examined. The unique aspect of this book is the comprehensive coverage of the dual aspects of the nature and scope of AI-based innovations in health care and the related drug regulatory aspects which are imperative for the understanding for students, researchers, and those who work in this area.
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    ISBN: 9789819944132
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (IX, 344 p. 101 illus., 95 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: India Studies in Business and Economics
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    Keywords: Agriculture ; Sociology. ; Nutrition. ; Food. ; Food security. ; Nutrition . ; Sustainable Development Goals ; Food Security ; SDG2, SDG1, SDG5 ; Hunger ; Nutrition ; Dietary Diversity ; Undernutrition ; India ; Women and children nutrition ; Dietary supplements ; Food wellbeing ; Food and health
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction and Synthesis of the Book -- Chapter 2. Evolution of India’s Policy Response to Hunger. Nutrition and Food Security Since Independence -- Chapter 3. Are Gender Budgets Necessary for Reducing Inequalities in Health Outcomes? An Exploratory Analysis -- Chapter 4. Food Security in Rural Bihar: Findings from a Longitudinal Survey -- Chapter 5. Food Security Atlas of Rural Jharkhand -- Chapter 6. Milk Consumption Pattern of Young children: A Relook at the Indian Evidence -- Chapter 7. Revisiting Women’s Empowerment as an Agriculture-Nutrition Pathway Using the Framework of Intersectionality -- Chapter 8. A Search for Appropriate Calorie Intake Norm for Indian States -- Chapter 9. Socio-Legal Analysis of the Impact of Food Insecurity and Hunger on Right to Health of Urban Poor Living in the State of Gujarat -- Chapter 10. Subjective Wellbeing of Women in The Marine Fisherfolk of Kerala: Anthropological Insights on Life Experience, Attitude and Life Satisfaction -- Chapter 11. Exploring The Prevalence of Undernutrition and Consumers’ Knowledge, Preferences and Willingness to Pay for Bio-Fortified Food -- Chapter 12. Does Crop Insurance Promote Nutrition and Good Health among Women and Children in the Agrarian Households of India?- Chapter 13. Dietary diversity and anaemia among women: A study of four Indian states -- Chapter 14. Gendering Tribal Food Security in Uttar Pradesh.
    Abstract: This open access volume discloses rich set of findings and policy recommendations for India towards achieving the SDG 2.1 target of zero hunger by 2030. Through its fourteen chapters, it takes an integrated approach by examining diverse aspects of food and nutrition security through multidisciplinary lens of Agricultural Economics, Nutrition, Crop Sciences, Anthropology and Law, while being rooted in economics. The chapters reflect this diversity in disciplines in terms of the questions posed, the data sets used, and the methodologies followed. Starting from the evolution of policy response for hunger and nutrition security, the book covers aspects such gender budgeting, dietary diversity, women’s empowerment, calorie intake norms, socio-legal aspects of right to health, subjective wellbeing, bio-fortification, crop insurance and food security linkages, interdependence of public distribution system (for food security) and employment guarantee schemes especially during COVID-19 pandemic, effects of dairy dietary supplements, and so on. With its rich discussions, the book is compelling for students, researchers, policy makers, development professionals and practitioners working in areas of food and nutrition security, SDGs, in particular SDG1, SDG2 and SDG5, and sustainable food systems. .
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    Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore | Singapore : Imprint: Springer
    ISBN: 9789819978441
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XI, 141 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Private international law. ; Conflict of laws. ; International law. ; Comparative law. ; Trade regulation. ; Mediation. ; Dispute resolution (Law). ; Arbitration (Administrative law).
    Abstract: 1. Introducation -- 2. Cisg and unification of international sales law -- 3.Legal interpretation and uniform interpretation of cisg -- 4.Gap-filling and the uniform interpretation of cisg -- 5. supplemental materials and the uniform interpretation of cisg -- 6.Conclusion.
    Abstract: The unification of international commercial law has been a common course for every country of the world. The U.N. Convention on Contracts for International Sale of Goods (CISG) is a milestone in creating a uniform law in the field of the international sale of goods. The CISG coordinated divergent political, economic, and legal systems combined different contract laws and set up a comprehensive and independent legal framework for the international sale of goods. This book examines the basic requirements and criteria of the CISG’s interpretation and investigates how to achieve the uniform interpretation of the CISG based on interpretation rules in the CISG and through appropriate legal interpretation approaches. As a comprehensive and uniform legal framework for the international sale of goods, the CISG still has gaps to fill. Therefore, a uniform interpretation in gap-filling is equally important for the CISG. This book discusses gap-filling in the CISG, explains why and how to fill its gaps, clarifies gap-filling approaches, their order of application, and eventually concentrates on general principles and the uniform interpretation of the CISG. Another feature of the book is to discuss the supplementary materials that could be used to assist in the uniform interpretation of the CISG. PICC, foreign cases, UNCITRAL Digest, and the CISG Advisory Council opinions will be examined in detail to see whether and how they can fill the gaps in the CISG and promote its uniform interpretation. Only by clarifying the basic requirements and principles relating to the CISG’s uniform interpretation, can courts and arbitral tribunals correct their attitude toward and practices in the interpretation of the CISG. Only by following the autonomous interpretation approach, can the CISG achieve its goal to unify the sale of goods laws and promote the development of international commerce.
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 200 p. 20 illus., 12 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Perspectives in Law, Business and Innovation
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    Keywords: Medical laws and legislation. ; Bioethics. ; Information technology ; Mass media ; Civil rights. ; European communities.
    Abstract: Introduction: The Dynamic Context & Multiple Challenges of Data Sharing Today -- The GA4GH Regulatory and Ethics Work Stream (REWS) at 10: An Interdisciplinary, Participative Approach to International Policy Development in Genomics -- Assessing Public and Private Rights of Action to Police Health Data Sharing -- Patient Perspectives on Data Sharing.
    Abstract: Data sharing – broadly defined as the exchange of health-related data among multiple controllers and processors – has gained increased relevance in the health sciences over recent years as the need and demand for collaboration has increased. This includes data obtained through healthcare provisions, clinical trials, observational studies, public health surveillance programs, and other data collection methods. The practice of data sharing presents several notable challenges, however. Compliance with a complex and dynamic regulatory framework is essential, with the General Data Protection Regulation being a prominent example in a European context. Recent regulatory developments related to clinical trial transparency, trade secrecy, data access, AI training data, and health data spaces further contribute to the difficulties. Simultaneously, government initiatives often encourage scientists to embrace principles of “open data” and “open innovation.” The variety of regulations in this domain has the potential to impede widespread data sharing and hinder innovation. This edited volume, therefore, compiles comparative case studies authored by leading scholars from diverse disciplines and jurisdictions. The book aims to outline the legal complexities of data sharing. By examining real-world scenarios from diverse disciplines and a global perspective, it explores the normative, policy, and ethical dilemmas that surround data sharing in the health sciences today. Chapter Patient Perspectives on Data Sharing is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com. Chapter Supplementary Measures and Appropriate Safeguards for International Transfers of Health Data after Schrems II is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XIII, 139 p. 46 illus., 38 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Advances in Japanese Business and Economics 32
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    Keywords: Economics ; Economics. ; Power resources. ; Energy policy. ; Energy and state. ; Field experiments ; Electric power industry ; Smart grid ; Dynamic pricing ; Demand response ; Power crisis ; Great East Japan Earthquake
    Abstract: Part I Smart Grid Economics -- Chapter 1 Economics of Smart Grid: Smart Grid, Time-dependent Pricing (Dynamic Pricing), Demand Response -- Part II Field Experimental Economics -- Chapter 2 Economics of Field Experiment: History of Field Experiment, especially in Energy and Environmental Economics -- Chapter 3 Dynamic Pricing: Purpose, Design, and Results of Field Experiment of Dynamic Pricing -- Chapter 4 Persistence and Habit Formation: Short-term and Long-term Effects of Conservation Request and Dynamic Pricing -- Chapter 5 Switching Cost and Information Friction: Status Quo Bias and Cognitive Incompleteness of Behavioral Change -- Chapter 6 Social Welfare Analysis: Cost-Benefit Ratio of Installing Smart Grid System -- Part III Toward Power System Restructuring -- Chapter 7 Power System Restructuring and Smart Grids.
    Abstract: This book aims to report on a cutting-edge research project of the smart grid in Japan, resting on the three pillars of field experiments, behavioral economics, and big data. The field experiments on the smart grid were conducted in four regions in Japan—Yokohama city, Toyota city, Keihanna Science City, and Kitakyushu city—over a three-year period from 2012 to 2014 after the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011, and the subsequent accident at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plants. Our focus here is on demand response in the smart grid environment, which we also discuss in the context of power system reforms. The book is intended for undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, policy makers, and business leaders.
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    ISBN: 9789819990771
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XI, 119 p. 1 illus.)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Sheng, Edmund Li From Colonial Seaports to Modern Coastal Cities
    Keywords: Shipping. ; Economic development. ; Social policy. ; Civilization ; colonial history ; Contemporary development ; China's maritime policy ; Bohai Economic Rim ; China's future development ; maritime power intentions
    Abstract: Chapter 1: A Review on the Geopolitics of China: From Perspectives of History and Theories -- Chapter 2: China at the Geopolitical Crossroads: The Construction of Sea Power -- Chapter 3: A Historical Review on the Role of the Bohai Coastal Region in China’s History: Qingdao, Dalian, and Economic Rim -- Chapter 4: Urban Analysis of Qingdao and Dalian from a Comparative Perspective: The Opportunities and Challenges of China’s Maritime Strategy.
    Abstract: This book explores China's ambition to build itself into a maritime power. Despite having a continental coastline of 18,000 kilometers and territorial waters that cover an area one-third the size of its land mass, China has traditionally been considered a continental power. However, Beijing is currently trying to change this historical situation through two national strategies. This book will use the world-island and sea-power theories to explore the development of China’s maritime power from historical and geopolitical perspectives. Using fieldwork, in-depth interviews, and comprehensive data collection, this book will present a series of compelling examples and vivid stories to help readers understand China’s maritime strategies, with interest for China scholars, historians and economists alike. Edmund Li Sheng received his M.A. and Ph.D. (political economy) from Universitaet Freiburg, Germany, after graduating with his BA from Peking University. He is currently a distinguished professor and executive director of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Research Institute at Shandong University, and his research has focused mainly on political economy and public policy.
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    ISBN: 9789819975129
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVI, 222 p. 27 illus., 25 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: China and Globalization
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    Keywords: Diplomacy. ; International relations. ; Globalization.
    Abstract: Convergences in Pakistan-China Development: Perspectives of the Pakistani Ambassador -- Croatia and China in the Diamond Era of Bilateral Relations -- Future milestones in Switzerland-China relations -- China and Sri Lanka: Neighbourly Relations in a Rapidly Evolving World -- For a useful dialogue between Spain and China -- Status and Prospects of EU-China relations.
    Abstract: This is an open access book. As the world continues to recover from the fear and uncertainty of the Covid-19 pandemic, a new set of challenges like increased geopolitical tensions and climate change have become increasingly prominent. This open access book, which contains the views of ambassadors to Beijing on topics ranging from bilateral relations to potential cooperation, global development and even more of the most immediate issues, aims to help readers make sense of our changing world and China’s role in it. Building on the success of our previous volume China and the World in a Changing Context: Perspectives from Ambassadors to China, the Center for China and Globalization (CCG) has invited 27 ambassadors to examine China’s role in this context of constant flux, focusing specifically on China’s perspective, including its trade and investment ties with other countries, as well as its role in multilateral regional relations and global governance. These diplomatic envoys from countries around the world serve as pivotal contact points between nations across a wide range of fields, from economics and culture to health and the environment. Their perspectives, representing both developing and industrialized countries, are both invaluable and illuminating—not only in conveying the views and experiences of their own country, but also for their insights into global affairs and China’s development. It is our hope that the views expressed in this volume will inspire even more discussion on the next best step to take in finding solutions to the problems we face, and in particular how China can use its own experience and wisdom to better contribute and engage with the world in finding solutions together. This book provides a wealth of perspective and insight that we hope will benefit not only academics and policy makers, but also the private sector and individuals. .
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    ISBN: 9789819988976
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XV, 94 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Information technology ; Mass media
    Abstract: Sui generis rights in the intellectual property system -- Sui generis intellectual property protection for databases -- Sui generis intellectual property protection for designs -- Sui generis intellectual property protection for plant varieties -- Sui generis intellectual property protection for works generated by AI systems.
    Abstract: The standard forms of intellectual property protection, namely, copyright, patents, trademarks and trade secrets, have a long history and are well regulated in the legislative systems of most jurisdictions. However, there are specific kinds of subject matter that, due to their characteristics, cannot be adequately protected by these standard forms of intellectual property instruments. At the same time, these categories of subject matter require legal protection in order to ensure the balance between the public's access to these creations and the creators' rights. For these reasons, many jurisdictions introduce a special form of intellectual property protection, namely, sui generis regime, i.e., intellectual property legal regime “of its own kind”, designed to serve the specific needs of a particular subject matter. This book analyzes the intellectual property protection regimes in the EU and the U.S. available for three categories of subject matter that are often considered as requiring sui generis protection, namely, databases, designs and plant varieties. One of the main objectives is to evaluate whether the chosen subject matter in fact requires sui generis intellectual property protection and whether the introduced sui generis regimes have proved to be successful over time. The final chapter of this book analyses the perspectives of sui generis intellectual property protection for works generated by AI systems. This volume offers a comprehensive analysis of sui generis intellectual property rights and will be a key source for both scholars and practitioners with an interest in intellectual property law. .
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    ISBN: 9789819703876
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(IX, 358 p. 229 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Spatial Demography and Population Governance
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    Keywords: Welfare economics. ; Social justice. ; Real estate business.
    Abstract: Introduction -- Behavioral Characteristics of Mid-High Net Worth Families -- Financial Asset Management for Mid-High Net Worth Families -- Non-Financial Asset Management for Mid-High Net Worth Families -- Commercial Insurance Allocation for Mid-High Net Worth Families -- Allocation of Children's Commercial Health Insurance for Mid-High Net Worth Families -- Retirement and Insurance for Mid-high net worth Families -- Typical Family Analysis.
    Abstract: This book analyzes the wealth management of mid-high net worth individuals and families. As China's economy develops and people's living standards improve, more and more families are becoming well-off and the middle-income group continues to expand. After creating wealth and becoming rich, better guarding, spreading and enjoying wealth is not only an urgent challenge faced by more and more micro-families, but also an inevitable need to enrich and energize people's livelihood and the connotation of a good life. Mid-high net worth people are an organic part of China's middle-income group, as well as the future coordinates of many families that have just crossed into the middle-income group. An accurate portrait of this group and an in-depth study of the needs, habits, ways and effects of their family wealth management and distribution are conducive to better responding to the demands of affluent families to "keep, pass on and enjoy wealth," as well as exploring the path of solidly promoting common prosperity at the micro-family level. From this perspective, Institute of Social Science Survey of Peking University has conducted a panoramic analysis on mid-high net worth people from panel survey with more 16,000 households in China after 10 years of tracking and investigation, from six aspects: behavioral patterns, financial asset allocation, non-financial asset allocation, commercial insurance allocation, children's commercial medical insurance allocation and pension insurance allocation, the importance of which is self-evident. As the first systematic work on asset allocation and insurance protection of Chinese middle and high net worth families, although part of the purpose is to explore the demand for insurance protection and develop the commercial insurance market, there is no doubt that this study is an important reference for the government to formulate social security policies and for financial institutions to optimize the supply of family wealth services.
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    ISBN: 9789819961122
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (IX, 263 p. 176 illus., 12 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Research Series on the Chinese Dream and China’s Development Path
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    Keywords: Economic policy. ; Digital Government in China ; Chinese Regulatory Reform ; Chinese Business System Reform ; Doing Business in China ; Business Environment in China ; Deregulation Reform in China ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: 1. Overview of Business Environment in 2018/2019 -- 2. Walking into One-stop Shops -- 3. Using Digital Government -- 4. Measuring Economic Performance -- 5. Doing Business in Zhejiang -- 6. Doing Business in Zhejiang -- 7. Doing Business in Gansu -- 8. Doing Business in Guangdong -- 9. Theory and Indicators -- 10. Chinese Business Environment Survey -- 11. Data Tables.
    Abstract: This book provides quantitative indicators covering four main areas of business environment in China. The most distinguished feature of this book is that it evaluates Chinese business environment from the perspective of enterprises based on two years' nationwide survey, interviewing 15,000 enterprises in 300 One-Stop Shops across China from 2018 to 2019, which includes: (1) Progress of Chinese business environment in 2019; (2) overview of the facilities and services of China's One-stop Shops; (3) construction and popularity of Chinese digital government system; (4) the effect of Chinese business environment on improving economic performance in terms of entrepreneurship, innovation, and economic growth. The quantitative analysis of this book shows that in 2019, China made noteworthy improvements in the process of reducing permits, increasing the availability of digital government, and improving the government efficiency. Challenges such as uneven progress among sub-regions and difficulties for small enterprises to grow were still getting in the way. The goal of the book is to provide objective data and cases from enterprise survey for use by academics and governments. This book presents Chinese experiences of designing sound business regulatory policies.
    Note: Jointly published with Social Sciences Academic Press. - Translation from the Chinese Simplified language edition: “中国营商环境企业调查报告2020” by Xianxiang Xu et al., © Social Science Academic Press 2020
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    ISBN: 9789819994663
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 224 p. 2 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Literature ; Environmental education. ; Creative nonfiction. ; Sex. ; Anthropology.
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction: The biosemiotic turn and Malaysian ecocriti-cism -- Part I: Cultivating multispecies worlds -- Chapter 2: Petikan dari halaman: An ecocritical reading of Lat’s graphic novels and Malay home gardens -- Chapter 3: On love, keepers and confiscated orang-utans -- Chapter 4: K.S. Maniam’s bestiary: Reading animality and identity in selected stories -- Part II: Mediating magical landscapes -- Chapter 5: Imperial enclosure, literary resistance: The case of Ishak Haji Muhammad’s Putera Gunung Tahan (1938) -- Chapter 6: Other-than-human: Thinking like the forest gardens -- Chapter 7: An enchanted landscape: Rethinking ‘irrational ideas’ of human relations to nature -- Part III: Encountering other ecologies -- Chapter 8: Trashy tales and tales of Trash (2016): The making of waste in contemporary Malaysian short stories -- Chapter 9: The other Malay: Nature and subversive sexualities in Dina Zaman’s King of the Sea (2012) -- Part IV: Defending the tanah air -- Chapter 10: An excerpt from Memoirs of a Malaysian Eco-Activist (2017) -- Chapter 11: The eco-hero in Malaysian novels: From solitary figures to group solidarity. .
    Abstract: “Grounded in the local, this collection also maintains a global outlook on biocultural precarities through interdisciplinary approaches. This timely publication offers a significant contribution to the environmental humanities of Southeast Asia and the Global South.” —John Charles Ryan, Southern Cross University, Australia This collection of essays brings together ecocritical interpretations of Malaysian texts – including fiction, nonfiction, and other media / cultural expressions. It includes original works by environmental activists as well as emerging and established scholars, who collectively analyse various aspects of Malaysian ecological discourse. The contributors address crucial – and often controversial – topics such as local ecological imaginations, wildlife conservation, overdevelopment, postcolonial ecological identities, biopolitics, nature and sexuality, nature and race, the commodification of nature, nature–culture embodiments and entanglements, human–animal relations, waste and materiality, human and other-than-human agency, toxicity and slow violence, self-representations as well as attitudes towards land, nativity and indigeneity, migrancy and diaspora. Readers will gain valuable insights into the ways in which environments and ecological relationships are mediated within this national space, while opening up room to theorise beyond its boundaries. Dr Agnes S. K. Yeow taught at the Department of English in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Universiti Malaya, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, until her retirement. Her research areas encompassed topics related to the environmental humanities, including climate change literature, postcolonial ecocriticism and migrant ecologies. Wai Liang Tham has a background in English from his postgraduate studies at Universiti Malaya and is currently affiliated with the research department at New Naratif. His creative and nonfiction works have been published in NANG , PR&TA and the Southeast Asian Review of English.
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    ISBN: 9789819707225
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(IX, 115 p. 1 illus.)
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    Series Statement: Artificial Intelligence and the Rule of Law
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    Keywords: Private international law. ; Conflict of laws. ; International law. ; Comparative law. ; Criminal law. ; Artificial intelligence.
    Abstract: Preface -- Chapter 1 Challenge of Criminal Imputation for Negligence Crime Involving AI to the Traditional Criminal Imputation Theory -- Chapter 2 Theoretical Preconditions of Criminal Imputation for Negligence Crime Involving AI -- Chapter 3 Imputation System for Negligence Crime Involving AI -- Chapter 4. Main Conclusions and Future Prospects.
    Abstract: This book provides an in-depth discussion of the theoretical and practical issues of criminal imputation for negligence crime involving artificial intelligence. Accordingly, this study combines the imputation challenges brought about by AI with traditional criminal imputation theory and analyses imputation for negligence crime involving AI from three aspects: the basic principles, structure, and results of imputation for negligence crime involving AI. The traditional theory of imputation is discussed in detail. The readership is a group of people interested in this topic, including, in particular, interested laymen, undergraduate students and postgraduate researchers. The highlights of this book are it identifies the imputation challenges bought about by AI, reveals the theoretical and practical gap in the criminal imputation of negligent crimes involving AI, and provides an in-depth and creative ideas of criminal imputation for the negligent crimes involving AI.
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    ISBN: 9789819996339
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXIII, 210 p. 26 illus., 24 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Asia ; China ; International relations. ; Asia ; Diplomacy. ; International relations ; Wirtschaftsbeziehungen ; Wirtschaftskooperation ; Regionale Kooperation ; Internationale Politik ; Finanzierung ; Direktinvestition ; China ; Erde
    Abstract: Chapter 1 China’s Push for the BRI in a Changing World: Origins and Motivations -- Chapter 2 BRI as China’s Platform to Push for Economic Globalisation -- Chapter 3 China-ASEAN Cooperation under the BRI -- Chapter 4 Vietnam’s Mixed Reactions to China and the BRI -- Chapter 5 The China-Singapore Chongqing Connectivity Project: A Cornerstone for bilateral relations -- Chapter 6 Riding on the BRI Train: Issues relating to China’s Strengthening Ties with Cambodia.
    Abstract: This open access book provokes critical thinking regarding the most ambitious Chinese project since the founding of the People’s Republic of China, The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The book presents extensive quality research and original insights in assessing the status of China’s outbound investment and construction projects under the BRI umbrella. Referring to case studies and projects of selected countries from Southeast Asia, Central Asia, and the Middle East, the author sheds new light on the issues and problems associated with the BRI's implementation and discusses both the readjustments and prospects for the BRI. Finally, this book demarcates the limits and potential of the world’s second largest economy in pushing for the BRI, which is challenged by enormous domestic tensions and external pressures. It also identifies and analyzes potential new collaboration areas between the Belt and Road countries and China under the BRI framework in the context of the post-COVID-19 era. It provides an outstanding reference for academics, students, policymakers, and the business community working in areas of international affairs and Asian economics and development, particularly those interested in Sino-relations and Chinese power dynamics in the global world order.
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    ISBN: 9789819702060
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (X, 120 p. 1 illus.)
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    Keywords: Asia ; Macroeconomics. ; International economic integration. ; Globalization. ; chinese economics ; trade war ; green transition ; macroeconomics ; finance ; Konferenzschrift
    Abstract: Introduction -- Chapter 1 Keynote speech & Dialogue: Global Financial Turbulence and Changes in the World Order -- Chapter 2 Roundtable Ⅰ: China Economic Outlook -- Chapter 3 Global Financial Turbulence and China's Financial Market -- Chapter 4 Global Financial Turbulence and China's Economic Outlook.
    Abstract: Since the Tsinghua PBCSF Chief Economists Forum’s inception in 2019, the 2023 forum, adhering to the traditions of previous sessions, with combining online and offline innovation formats, conducted an in-depth analysis of many key issues in the current macro-economy from the perspective of the chief economists, with a focus on the future of China and global economy from all angles. It has become the largest and highest-level economic forum in China. 20 chief economists and leading scholars from prestigious institutions attended the forum, engaging in in-depth discussions on the reform of the global economic order amidst financial turbulence. They conducted forward-looking analyses of both the Chinese and world financial markets, with the aim of exploring solutions to the issue of economic growth worldwide. 5 million viewers tuned in online. Through our projects, China's foremost economic experts share their insights with the world, generating innumerable original and highly professional economic analyses. The themes addressed in our forum span the globe and will have a long-lasting impact. Embracing diversity, we aim to provide an array of perspectives on the direction of global economic development, promote informed decision-making, and bridge the communication gap between China and the rest of the world on economic matters, in a book of interest to scholars, economists and China watchers. Jiandong JU is the Unigroup Chair Professor at PBC School of Finance in Tsinghua University, Director of Center for International Finance and Economics Research, PBC School of Finance, Tsinghua University.
    Note: "Tsinghua PBCSF Chief Economist Forum is held annually in the PBC School of Finance at Tsinghua University, hosted by the Center for International Finance and Economics Research (CIFER). The 2023 forum was held on May 6, 2023, in Tsinghua University." - Seite v
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    ISBN: 9789819998210
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVIII, 234 p. 13 illus., 11 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Poetry. ; Comparative literature. ; Psycholinguistics. ; Classical literature. ; Literature, Ancient. ; Pragmatics.
    Abstract: Part I Grief and Melancholy in the Chinese Literary Contexts -- Chapter 1 Epitomizing the Poignancy in Poetry and Cantonese Opera: “The Heartbroken Poetry” -- Chapter 2 Representing Melancholy Love: “Aiqing xiaoshuo” in Early Twentieth-Century Chinese Media Culture -- Chapter 3 Mourning does not Become Beiju: Forging a Tragic Spirit of Grief and Heroic Resistance in Some 1920 Chinese (she-)tragedies -- Chapter 4 -- Translating China for the Gazing eyes – A Case Study of The Battle of Chosin -- Part II: The Triggering of Melancholic Loss from the Cross-cultural Perspective -- Chapter 5 Melancholy across the Multiverse: The Everything Bagel and the Loss of Self in Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022) -- Chapter 6 The Grief of Losing and the Melancholy of Being: A Journey of Dream and Awakening in Lao She’s Mr Ma and Son -- Chapter 7 Poetics of Loss in Esperanto: Mao Zifu Writes on his Wheelchair -- Chapter 8 Mourning the Lost Self in Mei Ng’s Eating Chinese Food Naked and LuLu Wang’s The Farewell -- Part III The Various Forms of Grief and Melancholy in Contemporary Hong Kong Discourses -- Chapter 9 Words on Display: Chinese Funeral banners and Wreath Messages through a Geosemiotic Lens -- Chapter 10 Covering the Grief of Leaving: A Study of News discourse on Hong Kong Emigration Wave -- Chapter 11 Melancholy in Narratives of Early Career English Teachers in Hong Kong.
    Abstract: This book is a collection of academic essays that examines the representation, esthetics and dichotomy of the notions of grief and melancholy in East–West exchanges and cultural dialogues. It explores the topic in the dimensions of individual behaviors under specific social norms and cultural products such as literature, film and any other forms of arts/genres, etc. In his 1917 work Mourning and Melancholia (Trauer und Melancholie), Sigmund Freud connected the grief of loss with melancholic emotions which may give rise to acts of mourning. He suggested that “[i]n mourning it is the world which has become poor and empty; in melancholia it is the ego itself” (Freud, 1917: 246). Inspired by Freud’s stance and with the goal of providing up-to-date intellectual resources for academics, researchers and students with ardent interests in the varying exemplifications of grief and melancholy in Sino-Western contexts, the book serves more than a discussion over the pragmatic and ritualistic connections of grief and melancholy in relation to the inner self and the external world. It aims at the pursuit of a contemporary theorization of grief and melancholy beyond its modern limits.
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    Keywords: Regional economics. ; Spatial economics. ; Industries. ; Economic history. ; Housing Analysis ; Spatiotemporal Analysis ; Japanese Housing Market ; Real Estate Analysis ; Spatial Analysis ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Statistical multi-dimensional scaling under the geographical constraints: The development of Bayesian Multi-dimensional Scaling and its application to time-space mapping -- Chapter 2. Structure of Place Attachment, and Relationship with Predictors and Consequences of Place Attachment in Japan -- Chapter 3. Demand-supply relationship in the resale housing market in the Tokyo's suburbs -- Chapter 4. Efficient population size for public services considering intermunicipal cooperation -- Chapter 5. Socio-economic segregation and its structural factors in Japanese metropolitan areas -- Chapter 6. Redefinition of "disadvantaged shoppers": quantitative approaches to evaluate their inconvenience -- Chapter 7. Setback distance and density of buildings and roads -- Chapter 8. A Method of Visual Analytics and Data Visualization in Design Context -- Chapter 9. Living Environment Score - a comprehensive index of residence satisfaction -- Chapter 10. The effects of working spaces for teleworking on urban structures -- Chapter 11. Factors affecting residential solar photovoltaics installation in housing estates in Kakegawa City, Shizuoka Prefecture.
    Abstract: This book presents research in the field of housing and urban analysis in Japan. It features carefully selected English translations of peer-reviewed articles published in journals in Japan, especially by authors involved in the laboratory supervised by Professor Yasushi Asami. The topics covered include economic analysis of the housing market, analyses of residential environment and human behaviour/psychology, analyses related to urban policies such as intermunicipal cooperation, teleworking and solar photovoltaics installation, spatial analyses of urban entities and effective visualization. Housing and urban analysis has developed using theory and methods in the fields of economics, regional science, geography, statistics, spatial psychology and urban sociology. Even though the methods of analysis differ from chapter to chapter, the ultimate goal of the research is the same. Namely, the target of the research is a better understanding of urban phenomena and effective improvement of urban space and society. The academic contributions in this collection of work are helpful for academics, practitioners and policy makers not only in Japan but also in other Asian countries. .
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIX, 256 p. 10 illus., 5 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Religion. ; Culture ; Peace. ; Globalization.
    Abstract: 1. Towards a New Dharma of Peace Building: An Introduction and an Invitation (Ananta Kumar Giri) -- Part One: Dharma of Peace Building: New Visions and Practices of Conflict Transformations and Beyond -- 2. Towards a New Dharma of Peace Building: Cultivating Transformative Reconciliation and the Calling of Compassion, Confrontation and A New Art of Integration (Ananta Kumar Giri) -- 3. On the Moral and Ethical Limits of Conflict and Conflict Resolution (Piet Strydom) -- 4. Sustainable Peace: Vulnerability, Risk and the New World Environment (John Clammer) -- 5. Following Leo Tolstoy’s Conscientious Objection: Conscription of the Spirit and a New Dharma of Peace Building (Christian Bartolf) -- 6. Thinking Peace with Derrida as an unconditional openness to what is to-come (Nishant A. Irudayadason) -- Part Two: Towards a New Dharma of Peace Building: Further Insights from Indian and other Traditions -- 7. Abhinavagupta’s Arguments for Coexistence and Peace amongst Traditions: Understandingthe Transcendent Unity of traditions vis-à-vis Uniqueness of Kashmir Saivism (Muhammad Maroof Shah) -- 8. Towards a New Dharma and Ubuntu of Peace Building: African Perspectives (Michal Abam). etc.
    Abstract: This volume deals with a new Dharma of peacebuilding and conflict transformations, drawing on the world's philosophical, religious, and spiritual traditions and many recent initiatives and experiments with peace. It deals with issues of sustainable peace, Dharma and Ubuntu of peace from African traditions, neurological insights of peacebuilding, traditions of conscientious objection, Satyagraha, possibilities of Gandhian Ahimsa, and moral and ethical limits of conflict and conflict resolution. It also presents the works of peace thinkers and activists such as Spinoza, Abhinavagupta, Tolstoy, Gandhi, Ulrich Beck, and others. It offers new initiatives and experiments in peace in different parts of the world—Palestine-Israel, Colombia, the Middle East, India, and South Africa. This pioneering and handy book is of interest to students, scholars, teachers, and activists working in peace and conflict studies, development studies, cultural studies, and religious studies as well as in different civil society organizations around the world.
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    ISBN: 9789819700806
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XVIII, 346 p. 26 illus., 21 illus. in color.)
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    Keywords: Asia ; Industrial policy. ; Asia ; chinese economics ; industrial policy ; CCP ; chinese centralized planning ; planned economy
    Abstract: Part 1: Microeconomic Environment -- Chapter 1: The Roles and Responsibilities of Local Government -- Chapter 2: Finance, Taxation and Government Behavior -- Chapter 3: Government Investment, Financing and Debt -- Chapter 4: Government and Industrialization -- Part 2: Macroeconomic Consequences -- Chapter 5: Urbanization and Imbalances -- Chapter 6: Debt and Risk -- Chapter 7: Domestic and International Imbalances -- Chapter 8: Summary: Government and Economic Development in China.
    Abstract: This book, a bestseller in China with over a million copies sold, depicts the role played by the Chinese government in China‘s economic development. It explains how the Chinese government has gradually established and improved market mechanisms while promoting economic growth. The book particularly points out that the Chinese government not only governs the economy through policy guidance but also directly participates in the process of urbanization and industrialization as part of the market. It also introduces the specific mechanisms of government involvement in economic activities, which forms a bridge between economic theory and the reality of China. This book, a winner of the Wenjin Book Award by the National Library of China, will be an invaluable reference for scholars seeking to understand China‘s economic policy and government system reform in the years to come. Xiaohuan Lan is a professor of economics at the School of Economics, Fudan University. He is also a research fellow at the Shanghai Institute and International Finance and Economics. He received his PhD in economics from the University of Virginia. He was the Director of Strategy and Research at Yangtze River Industry Fund, one of the largest industrial investment funds owned by local governments in China.
    Note: Translation from the Chinese Simplified language edition: "置身事内: 中国政府与经济发 展,"f by Xiaohuan Lan, © 世纪文景·上海人民出版社 Shanghai People’s Publishing House 2021
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    ISBN: 9789819700219
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (X, 124 p. 21 illus., 16 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Economics
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    Keywords: International trade. ; International economic integration. ; Globalization. ; Transportation. ; Economic development. ; Asia ; global value chains (GVCs) ; GVC participation ; structural upgrading in GVC ; maritime connectivity ; air connectivity ; technological intensity
    Abstract: Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 GVC participation and trade -- Chapter 3 Upgrading in GVCs -- Chapter 4 Measuring connectivity in global maritime and aviation networks -- Chapter 5 Technological intensities of exports in East Asia.
    Abstract: This book aims to investigate the global value chain (GVC) from a viewpoint of industrial development and examine how GVC participation, upgrading, and connectivity have affected structural transformation in developing economies. It first reviews the indexes to measure progresses in GVC participation and upgrading. Then it examines factors affecting these progresses, using original measures of connectivity, which are computed based on the complex network theory. Another distinguished feature of the study is its in-depth analyses on the relationship between economic development and GVC participation based on the hypothesis of nonlinear relationship which is drawn from authors past studies on Asian economies. Major findings include (1) inverted-U shaped relationship between backward participation and income levels, (2) U shaped relationship between forward participation and income level, (3) marginal but significant impacts of maritime and aviation connectivity on GVC participation, (4) significant and different roles of basic and advanced education on the upgrading in GVCs, and (5) the importance of technological intensities in export in sustaining economic growth.
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    ISBN: 9789819991457
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIX, 313 p. 31 illus., 24 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Accounting, Finance, Sustainability, Governance & Fraud: Theory and Application
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    Keywords: Business ethics. ; Corporate governance. ; Sustainability.
    Abstract: ESG in The Global Journey: A Biometric Analysis -- Different view of weather anomalies on BIST100 -- Role of Empathy and Innovative Behavior of Bankers in providing Credit to Entrepreneurs -- Possibility of Creating A Process-Based Organizational Structure In The Public Sector -- Sustainable Governance, Development Disparities, Regional Government: A Case from South Sulawesi Government, Indonesia -- Insights on Climate Change and Sustainability Reporting: Türkiye Case -- Critical Factors Influencing Accounting Misstatements: Evidence from Malaysia -- The European Union and Türkiye’ s renewable resources versus fossil energy for the sustainable future -- The relationship between corporate governance mechanisms and firm’s performance pre and post-Malaysian Corporate Code Governance 2017: The moderating effect of women directors on board -- The Kosovo Women’s Role and Position In Leadership Strategy -- The relationship between corporate governance and firm value and performance: The evidence from Istanbul Stock Exchange of Turkiye -- The Impact of Financial Development and Innovation on Green Growth: An Empirical Investigation on Emerging Countries -- Does Social Entrepreneurship Favor Inclusion among People? A Conceptual Analysis in Emerging and Developing Economies -- Index. .
    Abstract: This book continues the discussion from the first four volumes on the challenges that organizations face in order to implement sustainability, ethics, and effective corporate governance, all of which are important elements of “standing out” from other companies. Examining the background of the New European Consensus on development with the new guiding motto ‘Our World, Our Dignity, Our Future,’ the authors explore how this new legislation on sustainability issues around the world is forcing companies to deal directly with sustainability issues. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2030 Agenda), adopted by the United Nations in September 2015, is the international community’s response to global challenges and trends in connection with sustainable development. With the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at its core, the 2030 Agenda is a transformative political framework designed to eradicate poverty and achieve sustainable development globally. It balances the economic, social, and environmental dimensions of sustainable development, including the key issues of governance and peaceful and inclusive societies, and recognizes the essential interlinkages between its goals and targets, i.e., that they must be implemented as a whole and not selectively. The respective chapters in this volume raise a number of questions regarding corporate social responsibility, ethics, and corporate governance in the face of new technology and new approaches to climate change and sustainability reporting.
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    ISBN: 9789819709380
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXIV, 189 p. 6 illus., 5 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Asia ; Economic development. ; Development economics.
    Abstract: Chapter 1: China's "Miracle of Poverty Reduction": From an Extremely Poor Country to a Moderately Prosperous Society in All Respects -- Chapter 2: Common Prosperity Theory Innovation -- Chapter 3: China's Innovative Practice of Common Wealth -- Chapter 4: Foundations and Challenges for Achieving Common Prosperity -- Chapter 5: Prospects for Building a Common Prosperity Society in the New Era -- Chapter 6: The Major Task of Promoting Common Prosperity in the New Era -- Chapter 7: Policy ideas for promoting common prosperity -- Chapter 8: The Chinese and World Significance of Achieving Common Prosperity.
    Abstract: This open access book is a new study by the Institute for Contemporary China Studies at Tsinghua University, condensing the new achievements of the Institute’s national policy research. Taking "common prosperity" as the theme, the book elaborates the historical background, ideological sources and theoretical connotation of common prosperity. It reviews the theoretical and practical innovations of common prosperity in three historical periods: the socialist revolution and construction period, the new period of reform and opening up and socialist modernization, and the new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics. It discusses the development goals and practical approaches for China to build a society of common prosperity by 2035, analyzes the development basis and challenges China faces in promoting common prosperity, and puts forward the overall goals and quantitative indicator system for achieving common prosperity in the new era, as well as major tasks, policy logic and pathway for promoting common prosperity. The book also looks into the great significance and world significance of China's realization of common prosperity. Policy interpretation in the book is thorough, and the data is accurate, with authoritative, professional and forward-looking perspectives. This is an open access book. Angang Hu is Professor at the School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University, and the Dean of the Institute for Contemporary China Studies, Tsinghua University. Hu received his Ph.D (1988) at China Academy of Science and conducted Postdoctoral research (1991-1992) at Yale University. Professor Hu is one of the leading experts in China Studies. Shaojie Zhou is a Professor of School of Public Policy and Management at Tsinghua University (TUSPPM), the Deputy Dean of the Institute for Contemporary China Studies at Tsinghua University and the Director of the Center for Employment and Social Security of TUSPPM. Zhou received his PhD in Economics from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2007, with main research areas as development studies and policies, Chinese economy, and international development and governance.
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    ISBN: 9789819996063
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIX, 229 p. 4 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Communication in medicine. ; Public health. ; Well-being. ; Psychology.
    Abstract: Chapter 1: The Field of Health Communication: An Overview -- Chapter 2: A Failure to Communicate -- Chapter 3: Creatures of Habit – Automatic Health Behaviour -- Chapter 4: The Politics Of Talking Health: Power, Ethics, And Other Dilemmas -- Chapter 5: Eudaimonia – The Tricky Endeavour To Find Evidence for Wellbeing or its Absence -- Chapter 6: Culture’s Consequences – Making Health Communication More Equitable And Inclusive -- Chapter 7: Nurturing a Shared Vision: Self-identity, Relationship Building and People-powered Interventions -- Chapter 8: Hashtag Stay Healthy – Digital Media for Health Communication -- Chapter 9: Back To The Roots – Using Health Communication To Connect.
    Abstract: This book advances our understanding of communicative relationships and key barriers to more effective health communication. In this, it offers a humanistic orientation of health communication as well as its social, cultural, political, ethical, and spiritual dimensions and contexts. The book therefore brings a more inclusive and integrated approach to the major challenges and opportunities in contemporary health, medicine, and wellbeing.
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    ISBN: 9789819701858
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVI, 369 p. 9 illus., 5 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Modern China and International Economic Law
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    Keywords: Private international law. ; Conflict of laws. ; International law. ; Comparative law. ; Trade regulation. ; Mediation. ; Dispute resolution (Law). ; Arbitration (Administrative law).
    Abstract: The WTO Institutional Structure and Dispute Settlement Practice -- China’s Practice in WTO Dispute Settlement -- China’s Special Member Status in WTO Dispute Settlement Practice -- Application of the Protocol on the Accession of China in WTO Dispute Settlement Practice -- Evaluation and Re-Evaluation of the Features of China’s Practice in WTO Dispute Settlement.
    Abstract: This book thoroughly reviews China’s participation in the WTO dispute settlement system with a focus on the interaction between China’s distinctive institutional characters and international legal regime and an aim of not only revealing the Chinese phenomenon but also identifying the Chinese mode and the rationale that lies behind China’s mode change. It further analyzes two fundamental issues China is confronted with. One is the distinctive member status issue of China due to the concurrence of its multiple member status as member state, accessing member state and developing member state. The other is the issue of invoking and applying the special rules of The Protocol on the Accession of China in the WTO dispute settlement. In-depth examination of assorted cases that involve China and representative individual cases thereof, is also provided. Upon the insight into Chinese phenomenon and Chinese issues in the WTO dispute settlement, the book tries to respond to the imminent need of reforming the WTO dispute settlement regime by providing directions that accord with the regular pattern of evolution of international economic law system and pragmatic suggestions that stem from China’s strategic position. This book serves for academics, policymakers, and business practitioners by providing useful insights into the legal, regulatory, and economic issues raised by distinctive character of China in WTO dispute settlement.
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    ISBN: 9789819703791
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (IX, 290 p. 65 illus., 49 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: India Studies in Business and Economics
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    Keywords: Labor economics. ; Population ; Development economics. ; Economic development. ; Economic policy. ; Social policy. ; Labor Market ; Youth Productivity ; Youth Employment ; Youth Skill ; Demand and Supply of Labour ; Youth Employability ; Inequality ; Labour and Gender Disadvantages ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Introductory -- A global perspective on youth employment challenges: what have we learned over the last two decades? -- Labour Market Profile of the Youth: Role of Education, Caste and Economic Background -- Youth and challenges in Contemporary World of Work in India -- Employment Vulnerability among Young Indian Workers -- Status of Youth’s Employment in Uttar Pradesh: Demographic Dividend or Disaster -- Post-school Experiences of the Youth: Tracing Delhi Slum Dwellers from 2007/08 to 2018 -- Youth Employment in India: The Female Perspective -- The Challenge of Youth Employment in India: A Gender Perspective -- Labour productivity of Rice crop in India: A comparison between Agriculture in Eastern and Western Regions.
    Abstract: This book addresses labour market participation issues of youth in India, and follows an inter-disciplinary approach. It carries out both quantitative and qualitative assessments for an in-depth understanding of these issues. It collates a wide range of concerns both from supply and demand side, and instead of reflecting on the empirical questions only, the book reflects on various analytical questions as well. Some other challenges being discussed here are inadequacy of skill and compulsion to participate in the labour market, concentration in activities with excess supplies of labour, unrecognised work experience, lack of upward mobility, and working with information asymmetry. Caste and gender disadvantages are an instrumental part of the book. Problems of educated and uneducated youth are quite different and the book analyses them separately. Besides, it refers to a wide range of issues relating to occupational flexibility. It also discusses skill imparting institutions and the major lacuna associated with their functioning. Social unrest and threats to the prospects of future growth in the absence of adequate youth employment are some of the economic and political issues which the book covers. Unraveling the threads of the concerns mentioned above, the book finally comes up with policy suggestions. It is a great resource for researchers, industry watchers, and policy makers who are interested in inclusive and sustainable growth.
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    ISBN: 9789819708048
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XXV, 195 p. 78 illus., 77 illus. in color.)
    Uniform Title: 迈向橄榄型社会
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    Keywords: Finance, Public. ; Economic development. ; Political planning. ; Social policy. ; Social Inequality ; Common Prosperity ; Income Distribution ; Educational Policy ; Health-care Policy ; Housing Market ; Philanthropy ; Public Finance ; Labor Market ; Asset Price ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: From pyramids to olives -- Building a unified and inclusive labor market -- Real estate: Returning to real demand and reducing excessive financialization -- Balancing regional development and carbon emission constraints -- Sharing infrastructure and improving operational efficiency -- Establishing equitable and efficient systems for education and healthcare -- Connecting the hands of government and society to leverage the role of public finance and charity -- The macro trend of asset prices in the age of common prosperity. .
    Abstract: This open access book offers a comprehensive analysis of China’s way of economic development balancing between efficiency and equity, striving to investigate existing challenges and to discuss the role of fiscal policies and philanthropy to mitigate social inequality. The book analyzes the current overall state and challenges of China's income and wealth distribution and describes the social inequality in specific fields such as labor market, housing markets, education, public health, infrastructure building and carbon emission. This book also explores the implications of long-run trends of macro-asset pricing. The book is both academically rigorous and readable. This valuable reference will attract readers in economics, public finance and social policy who seek to better understand China’s path of combating social inequality.
    Note: Open Access , Translation from the Chinese Simplified language edition: “迈向橄榄型社会” by CICC Research, CICC Global Institute, © CITIC Press 2022
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    ISBN: 9789819960422
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVI, 259 p. 12 illus., 10 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: The Contemporary City
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    Keywords: Art, Modern ; Cities and towns
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Establishing the city’s ‘ground rules’ -- Part I: Hardware -- Chapter 2: A rational city programme -- Chapter 3:Critical responses to the ‘city plan’ -- Chapter 4: Art’s non-rational uses of the city -- Part II: Software -- Chapter 5: Ideology and the city -- Chapter 6: The body and the city -- Chapter 7: The everyday city -- Chapter 8: Disrupting ‘normalcy’ through art -- Part III: Networks -- Chapter 9: Networks that create control in the city -- Chapter 10: Foundations for cognitive dissonance -- Chapter 11: Art’s intervention in the society of control -- Chapter 12: Epilogue: An ongoing struggle between ‘art in the city, the city in art’.
    Abstract: This Book examines an interplay between discourses on the city that stress the need for rational-functional order and art’s imaginative deviations from the topdown structures of urban life. Moving between theory and praxis, the book situates the city as both a concept and physical construct through which lives and possibilities are shaped or defined. In response, certain modalities of art create spontaneous, non-rational and playful interludes that risk escape from the urban apparatus and a hyper-valorisation of rational order. A three-part framework is used to discuss this push-pull dynamic and to assess the strategies of shock, performative embodiment and intervention that emerged in post-war art movements and in contemporary performance and participatory art practices. The book examines how the disturbances introduced by artists throw the city construct into sharp relief, making it visible and activating momentary encounters where new modes of expression can emerge. This Book offers a new approach to interdisciplinary studies of art and urbanity. The book aims to delineate how the city—as concept and construct—is made visible through artistic practice and in turn challenged or interrogated. Students, researchers and professionals with an interest in the interaction between art and urban studies will discover a new perspective on how urban conditions and issues have been addressed through artistic practice. The book contributes to an evolving discourse in the urban humanities through an exposition of the city’s default construct that is made visible or reimagined through visual art in public spaces. Elisha Masemann is an independent researcher and educator and holds a PhD in art history from the University of Auckland (2018). Masemann has lectured in the medical humanities at the University of Auckland and has received research awards in New Zealand and Germany, including the Kate Edger Charitable Trust Postdoctoral Research Award and a Women in Research (WiRe) Postdoctoral Fellowship at Westfälische Wilhelms Universität Münster. With Cameron Cartiere (Emily Carr University of Art + Design) and Leon Tan (Unitec), Masemann coauthored ‘Mapping art in the public realm 2008-2018’ in The Routledge companion to art in the public realm (2021).
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(152 illus., 132 illus. in color. eReference.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Social service. ; People with disabilities
    Abstract: Prominent Figures -- Voices of Impact: History of Disability Disability Paradigm Shifts Disability Activism and Advocacy Qualitative and Quantitative Research Intersectionality Studying Critical Disability -- A Consolidating Field Inclusive Design and Accessibility Implementing Policy and Law from a Rights Perspective Monitoring and Indicators of Disability Rights Disaster, Conflict, and Environmental Conditions Disability, Ethics, and Law Conclusion -- Moving Forward.
    Abstract: This important reference work maps the terrain of disability across the world by providing an overview of issues, concerns and developments in the domains of society, culture, medicine, law, policy, justice, education, economics, and science and technology. It is a truly inclusive volume bringing together perspectives from researchers, activists, professionals, service providers, international development experts and policymakers based in the global North and South, and it particularly focuses on the voices of the principal stakeholders---disabled persons themselves. Working from an interdisciplinary matrix, this book reviews historical developments, contemporary practices and policies . It addresses hitherto unchartered areas in the disability discourse that will be significant in the years to come. In the modern world, the social and medical responses to disability have been separation, segregation and incarceration of disabled people. These responses are reflected in practices of special education, building of asylums, medical classifications and sheltered employment. Current thinking on disability is based on the need to overcome such segregation through the enactment of human rights and socially just programmes, policies and laws such as inclusive education, affirmative action, reasonable accommodation, and supported decision-making. This book explores: · The evolution of the concept of disability over space and time and identifies approaches to disability, debility, equality and equity; · Broad trends in research on disability across the world; · New directions in work on disability; · The emergence of a global disability movement and its etiology; · Intersections of disability with other demographic variables like gender, race, caste, and age; and · Historical and socio-economic interfaces with colonialism, globalization, and social development. Spread over14 sections and spanning more than 80 chapters, this volume is the most comprehensive, up-to-date reference work available on the subject. .
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XXXIV, 406 p. 1 illus.)
    Series Statement: New Frontiers in Regional Science: Asian Perspectives 76
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    Keywords: Regional economics. ; Spatial economics. ; Asia ; Development economics. ; Economic development. ; Indonesian Economy ; Indonesia ; Regional Science ; Regional Economics ; Southeast Asian Economies ; Development Economics ; Festschrift ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Iwan Jaya Azis: A Person, an Economist, and a Regional Scientist -- Chapter 2. Impacts of Monetary Policy on Consumer Demand of High- and Low-Income Groups in Indonesia -- Chapter 3. Rapid Urbanization: The Challenges and Opportunities for Planning in Indonesian Cities -- Chapter 4. Small and Medium Size Linkages with Large Firms: Revisiting of Studies of Indonesian Manufacturing -- Chapter 5. Indonesia and the Resource Curse: Economic and Environmental Dimensions -- Chapter 6. Climate Change Policies in Indonesia: Challenges and Economic Consequences -- Chapter 7. The Status and Trend of Indonesian Provinces’ Sustainability: A Genuine Savings Approach -- Chapter 8. ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE 2018 ASIAN GAMES IN INDONESIA -- Chapter 9. Indonesia and Vietnam in Global Supply Chains and the Age of COVID: A Tale of Two Countries -- Chapter 10. Education and Expenditure Inequality in Indonesia and the Philippines: A Comparative Analysis in an Urban and Rural Dual Framework -- Chapter 11. Impact Analysis of the Economic Eastern Corridor on the Thai Economy: An Application of Multi-Regional Input-Output Model and Dynamic Computable General Equilibrium Model -- Chapter 12. Climate Change, Food Security, and Trade: Navigating through Multiple Crises -- Chapter 13. I Won’t Get Caught: An Agent-Based Model of Corruption with Incomplete Information -- Chapter 14. Analyses of University-Partnered Economic Development Initiatives and Minimum-Wage Policies Under Different Assumptions of Competition and Scale Economies -- Chapter 15. Lessons Learned from Managing Transportation Demand for Suburban Areas of Washington DC: Implications for Rapidly Growing Cities of the World -- Chapter 16. A Complex Systems Approach to Uneven Development in Asia: Political Economy and Mathematical Models.
    Abstract: This book broadens the reader’s knowledge of several important issues having to do with the economy of Indonesia and its surrounding regions, to which Professor Iwan Jaya Azis has made significant contributions in the last 40 years. The book is divided into three parts, the first of which contains several chapters describing fundamental methods in regional economics, development economics, macroeconomics, and finance. These methods are crucial in understanding the political economy of Indonesia and the neighboring regions. Among the techniques discussed are social accounting matrix (SAM) analysis, computable general equilibrium (CGE) modeling, and agent-based modeling (ABM) approaches. The second part is on several important issues related to the Indonesian economy. The topics covered are urbanization, resource booms, manufacturing, and micro and small enterprises. The book’s third part deals with the economies of several countries in the neighboring Southeast Asian region, including the Philippines, Vietnam, and Thailand.
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    ISBN: 9789819997305
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XXI, 184 p. 20 illus., 16 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Translational Systems Sciences 41
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    Keywords: Evolutionary economics. ; Institutional economics. ; International economic relations. ; Economics. ; Culture. ; Business ethics. ; Industry 5.0 ; Industry 4.0 ; Digital industrial transformation ; Sustainable technology governance ; Ecosystems ; Circular economy ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Chapter1. An Introduction to Industry 5.0: History, Foundations, and Futures -- Chapter 2. The Complexity of Sustainable Innovation, Transitional Impacts of Industry 4.0 to 5.0 for our Societies: Circular society exploring the systemic nexus of socioeconomic transitions -- Chapter 3. Coping with Industry 5.0: An assessment of evolving soft skills for the workplace -- Chapter 4. AI Upskilling and Digital Twins: A Service Science Perspective on the Industry 4.0 to Industry 5.0 Shift -- Chapter 5. . Industry 5.0 and Artificial Semi-General Intelligence. Exploring future challenges and opportunities within industries and societies -- Chapter 6. Artificial and hyperselfish intelligence capabilities, the possible impacts, and why humans need Industry 5.0 -- Chapter 7. Incremental Adaptation or Generational Shift?
    Abstract: This is an Open Access book. In 2015, Industry 4.0 was announced with the rise of industrialization by the European Parliament, supporting policy, research, and infrastructure funding. In 2020, Industry 5.0 was launched as an evolution of Industry 4.0, towards societal and ecological values in a sustainable, human-centric, and resilient transition. In 2023, the IN4ACT research project team completed 4 years of research on the impact on these initiatives. Presentations reviewing the progress of management practices and economics led to conversations about what’s next. The unanticipated rise in late 2022 of Generative AI technologies (e.g. ChatGPT, DALL-E) sparked dialogues with an extended circle of researchers on impacts not considered in 2015 or in 2020. This collection of chapters reflects multiple perspectives on research findings to 2023, prospects for 2024, and considerations on ways the techno-economic industrial revolutions may be reshaped into desirable futures respecting social and ecological concerns.
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XI, 254 p. 3 illus., 1 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: European literature. ; Civilization ; Culture.
    Abstract: Literary Eastern Europe from the Viewpoint of Sino-Foreign Literary Relations -- The Beginnings of the Chinese Translation of Eastern European Literature in the Late Qing and Early Republic of China -- Translating the Literature of the Weak and Small Nations in the May Fourth Era -- Translation and Introduction of Eastern European Literature in the 1930s and 1940s -- Translating the Literature of Marginalized Nations and the Construction of a National Culture in the People’s Republic of China.-Sándor Petőfi from the Perspective of Modern China – The Chinese Translation of His Epigram -- The Different Reception of Henryk Sienkiewicz, Julius Fučík and Bertolt Brecht in China -- Milan Kundera in China -- Esperanto and the Translation of the Literature of the Marginalized Nations -- The Research and Translation of Eastern European Literature in the first 60 years of the PRC -- National Consciousness VS. Cosmopolitan Consciousness: Rabindranath Tagore in China -- The Significance of the Literature of Marginalized Nations in Sino-Foreign Literary Relations – With a Focus on Eastern European Literature.
    Abstract: This book presents the first systematic study of the 100-year history of translation, research, reception, and influence of Central and Eastern European literature in China from the late Qing Dynasty to the end of the twentieth century. This study of Eastern European literature from the perspective of Sino-foreign literary relations is based on extensive research into the translation and reception of Central and Eastern European writers such as Milan Kundera, Sándor Petőfi, Henryk Sienkiewicz, Julius Fucik, and Bertolt Brecht. Since the late nineteenth century, the major Chinese writers have paid special attention to the literature of the marginalized Eastern European nations when they have to translate from translations since few of them understand Eastern European languages. The book seeks to identify what attracted the founders of new Chinese literature to Eastern European literature and to define its unique significance for the construction of modern Chinese literature. .
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(eReference.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Springer Handbooks in Languages and Linguistics
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    Keywords: Poetry.
    Abstract: Introduction -- Ghazals and couplets: Meanings and commentary -- Appendix -- Epilogue -- Bibliography.
    Abstract: The Handbook of Mirza Ghalib's Poetry and Poetics: Commentaries and Contemporary Concerns is a seminal contribution to Ghalib studies. It provides a detailed commentary in English on the poetry of Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib, known as Ghalib (1797-1869), arguably the greatest poet of Urdu not only of the 19th century, when he lived, but of all time. Each couplet is explained in English and is underpinned by historical references. Each chapter is rigorous, thorough, and jargon-free, making it accessible to all readers. The commentary relates to the historical reality of Ghalib's time as well as the contemporary period. It quotes several couplets from Urdu, Punjabi and English literature as well as other significant texts that have influenced civilisations, such as the Bible, the Quran, Dhammapada, Bhagwat Gita, Plato, and so on. It touches upon cultural history, too. Ghalib's commentaries - rich in cultural, historical, and literary references - make his work relevant to a wide range of contemporary concerns. The book is a social and literary guide to Indo-Islamicate culture, Iranian pre-Islamic cultural influences and local folk Indian Islam. The Urdu text of Ghalib and poetry in the literary languages of South Asia -- Persian, Urdu and Punjabi -- are transliterated according to a list of symbols that maintain accuracy and accessibility. The book introduces the reader not only to Ghalib's couplets but also to the most famous form of Islamicate poetry, the ghazal, found in Arabic, Persian, Turkish and Urdu literary traditions. In turn, it provides an alternative lens to understanding Islam and its interdisciplinary connections within the fields of international relations, politics, and sociology. .
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    ISBN: 9789819711802
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(IX, 300 p. 72 illus., 60 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Contributions to International Relations
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    Keywords: Political science. ; International relations.
    Abstract: 1. National-international power of the states -- 2. World power index -- 3. The international geoestructure of power -- 4. National power of the core states -- 5. The core states in the international geostructure -- 6. National power of the semiperipheral states -- 7. The semiperipheral states in the international geostructure -- 8. National power of the peripheral states -- 9. The peripheral states in the international geostructure.
    Abstract: This book addresses three innovative aspects for the study of International Relations: first, proposes a novel theoretical-methodological framework for the study of national power, and based on this, a quantitative analysis technique is formulated that allows us to study the evolution of state power over almost five decades. Second, states play a fundamental role in the international system, which is why the study of their roles in the world cannot be limited to old, insufficient, and contradictory categorizations. Having new categories of states becomes an even more urgent task in the rapidly changing international order than it is today. This book proposes nine categories of powers and states that cover all the countries that currently exist. Third, the international geostructure of world power is proposed, which represents a new theoretical notion that helps to explain how the international insertion of states and their possibilities of action are conditioned by the unequal distribution of national power and by their structural positioning in the international system. This book is for all students of International Relations, academics, and people who want to understand national power as a fundamental factor in relations between countries.
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    ISBN: 9789819706969
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIV, 286 p. 49 illus., 48 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Africa's Global Engagement: Perspectives from Emerging Countries
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    Keywords: Asia ; Africa ; Cultural policy. ; Ethnology ; Culture. ; Emigration and immigration. ; Ethnology
    Abstract: Introduction -- I Africa-India -- Ch 1 Global circulating educational concepts and multiplicities of contexts in India and Africa – a relational perspective on the educational sector -- Ch 2 searching for materialities, visual cultures and art practices on African heritages in Indian Ocean islands -- Ch 3 Mombasa, Mother of the World: Sounding Hadrami Diasporic Space on the Kenyan Coast -- Ch 4 Africa-Asia: Literary Relationalities -- Ch 5 Carving Out the Local: Poetry by Ustadh Mau and its Indian Ocean Ties -- II Africa-China -- China in Africa: Liminally positioned in/to ‘the Global South’ -- Re-burying the Remains of Chinese Martyrs: The Rumours, Controversies and Revised Solidarities of the New TAZARA Memorial Park in Zambia -- "Black and Yellow": African Hip Hop Singer and Chinese Racial Nationalism -- III Africa-South Korea -- Africa and African Artists in popular visual culture in South Korea -- Take off the Blinkers: From TV to Web, from the North to the South -- Imagined Encounters, Cultural Patterns and Asia-Africa Intersections -- My Utopia.
    Abstract: This book provides an insight into the complex entanglements between African countries and India, China, and South Korea from multidisciplinary perspectives connecting approaches from cultural, anthropological, literary, and music studies and art history. The three parts present a regional focus, namely Africa-India, Africa-South Korea, and Africa-China while the single contributions speak to each other and offer complementary insights. At the same time, the chapters also link across the regional realms as they deal with similar topics, such as travelling music genres. In part I, for Pombo material culture is the starting point to investigate the connections between the islands of the Indian Ocean and India by questioning the construction of memory. It highlights various aspects of the multilayered history of connections between Africa, the islands, and India. Part II gathers contributions that are complimentary to each other and therefore contribute to the understanding of the complex entanglements in area studies. Part III (Africa-South Korea) explores the impact of African-American arts and artists on South Korea's popular culture as well as the changing perception of artists of African descent in visual popular culture. It shows the impact of Korean content in South Africa. Ute Fendler holds the chair of Romance and Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies at the University of Bayreuth. She is the deputy spokesperson of the Cluster of Excellence “Africa Multiple. Her research interests cover literature and film cultures of the Caribbean, West Africa, the Indian Ocean, and South America. Yongkyu Chang is a professor at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in South Korea and teaches in the Division of African Studies and Graduate School of International Area Studies. He earned his Ph.D. in Anthropology at KwaZulu-Natal University in South Africa and researched various social and cultural issues across Africa. He has expertise in African belief systems and currently working on a project exploring spirit possession in Zanzibar.
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    ISBN: 9789819716951
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XVI, 184 p. 6 illus., 2 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Contributions to Public Administration and Public Policy
    Uniform Title: 高速铁路社会效益研究
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    Keywords: Economic policy. ; Social policy. ; Space in economics. ; High-Speed Rail ; Spatial Economics ; Social Benefits ; Chinese HSR ; HSR ; HSR Social Benefits
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Theoretical Frameworks in the Study -- 3. The Spatiotemporal Analysis of the High-Speed Rail Social Benefits -- 4. The High-Speed Rail Social Benefit Analysis from the Perspective of Case Study -- 5. The High-Speed Rail Social Benefit Analysis from the Perspective of Modeling -- 6. The High-Speed Rail Social Benefit Analysis from the Perspective of Investigation -- 7. The High-Speed Rail Social Benefit Analysis from the Perspective of Policy -- 8. Conclusion and Future Work.
    Abstract: This book summarizes the quantitative research methods related to the social benefits of high-speed rails. It also explores the political, economic, technological, social and environmental impacts of high-speed rails. As China's new national business card, high-speed railways not only reflect the advanced technology of Chinese railways but also reflect China's increasing comprehensive national power. The highlight of the book is to conduct multidimensional analysis of the social benefits of the high-speed rail with a focus of spatiotemporal economics analysis.
    Note: Translation from the Chinese Simplified language edition: "高速铁路社会效益研究" by Hongchang Li and Xuanxuan Xia, © author 2022
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XI, 151 p. 29 illus., 28 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Palgrave pivot
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    Keywords: Labor economics. ; Development economics. ; Feminist economics. ; Economic sociology. ; Political anthropology. ; Economic anthropology. ; Ethnography ; Feminist Ethnography ; informal sector ; labour market ; post-pandemic ; livelihood ; modern Indian labour market ; ethnographic methods ; informal workforce ; Urban Informality ; COVID-19 pandemic ; Informal workers ; Vulnerable communities ; Gender disparities ; Socio-economic complexities ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Methodology: (Feminist) Ethnography in Crisis -- Chapter 3: Navigating Through Shocks: Mīṉavar of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry -- Chapter 4: Flooding Urbanity: Narratives from Safai Karamcharis of Guwahati, Assam -- Chapter 5: Living Among Waste: Bachaikaris of Bhalswa -- Chapter 6: Cycle of Poverty: Analysing the Social Structures of the Women of Kapashera -- Chapter 7: Reflections.
    Abstract: This book aims to delve into the application of feminist ethnography by engaging with the lived experiences of vulnerable workers, occupied by India’s informal workforce, across its deeply stratified labour-market landscape. Set up and organized in a diverse spatial trajectory through identified case studies from across India, the book, in a post pandemic context, aims to study, critically reflect on the vulnerable state of India’s workforce, capturing the daily emergencies, livelihood of marginalized communities. Case studies in the book feature the pandemic-crisis narratives of farmers, fisherfolk, factory workers, artisans, small scale entertainment providers, sanitation, and waste workers, to name a few. By understanding the intersectional dimensions of social structures like caste, gender, and class our case studies in the book also attempt to unpack the ‘dualities’ present in the contemporary understanding of India’s labour market. Reflective discussions with fieldethnographers through first-person narratives help documenting their own observations from different case studies, while focusing on interactions on how to work through power dynamics and varied positionalities across dynamic field sites marked with different spatial characteristics. The text is primarily aimed at students and peer scholars of development studies, or for those who interested in learning about the application of ethnographic methods to studying/understanding the governing dynamics of informality across India and South Asia. Deepanshu Mohan is Professor of Economics and Director, Centre for New Economics Studies, Jindal School of Liberal Arts and Humanities, O.P. Jindal Global University. He is a Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and an Honorary Research Fellow with Birkbeck College, University of London. Sakshi Chindaliya is an Assistant Lecturer and Programme Coordinator for the Jindal Fellowship Program at Jindal School of Liberal Arts and Humanities, O.P. Jindal Global University. She is also a Senior Researcher at the Centre for New Economics Studies. As a feminist geographer, she is interested in gender and sexuality studies, international development, and ethnographies of water and disasters. Arun Kumar Kaushik is an economist by training with background in business economics, law and economics and development economics. He co-authored a book on Indian Elections, "Who Moved My Vote? His other research interests are intellectual property law and its dynamics and distortions.
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    ISBN: 9789819989904
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XXI, 192 p. 3 illus.)
    Series Statement: Research Series on the Chinese Dream and China's Development Path
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    Keywords: Economic policy. ; Macroeconomics. ; The New Normal of Economic Development ; New Development Concept ; Supply-Side Structural Reform ; The Macro-Control System for the New Era ; Proactive Fiscal Policy ; Cut Taxes and Administrative Fees ; High-Quality Economic Development
    Abstract: 1. Facing the new normal of economic development -- 2. Implement the new development concept -- 3. With supply-side structural reform as the main line -- 4. Constructing a macro-control system in the new era -- 5. New interpretation of active fiscal policy -- 6. New policy of tax reduction and fee reduction -- 7. Promoting high-quality economic development.
    Abstract: This book focuses on the China’s economic strategy aiming to high-quality development in recent years. It is a paper collection of the author published since 2013. Under the basic framework of macroeconomic analysis, this book is divided into 7 chapters in accordance with the basic logic chain of "the new normal of economic development - the change of the main contradiction in society - the new development concept - the supply-side structural reform." It involves the hot topics around China’s economic reform toward high-quality development including supply-side structural reform, macro-control system, fiscal policy, cutting taxes and fees, etc.
    Note: Jointly published with Social Sciences Academic Press
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    ISBN: 9789819958146
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XII, 584 p. 2 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Literature ; Civilization ; Oriental literature.
    Abstract: Part I. Literature in Pre-Qin Period -- 1. Overview -- 2. Chinese Literature in the Pre-Zhou Period -- 3. The Culture of Rites and Music in the Zhou Dynasty and The Book of Poetry -- 4. Thriving Development of Historical Prose in Pre-Qin Period -- 5. Contention of a Hundred Schools of Thought and Prose of Scholars -- 6. Qu Yuan and Song Yu -- Part II. Literature in the Qin and Han Dynasties -- 7. Overview -- 8. Literature in the Qin Dynasty -- 9. Literature in the Western and Eastern Han Dynasties -- Part III. Literature in Wei, Jin, and the Southern and Northern Dynasties -- 10. Overview -- 11. Literature in the Wei and Jin Dynasties -- 12. Literature in the Southern Dynasties -- 13. Literature in the Northern Dynasties -- Part IV. Literature in the Sui Dynasty, Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties -- 14. Overview -- 15. Literature in the Early Tang Dynasty -- 16. Literature in the Heyday of the Tang Dynasty -- 17. Literature in the Middle Years of the Tang Dynasty -- 18. Literature in the Late Years of the Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties -- Part V. Literature in the Song, Liao and Jin Dynasties -- 19. Overview -- 20. Poems in the Song Dynasty -- 21. Ci in the Song Dynasty -- 22. Prose and Novels in the Song Dynasty -- 23. Literary Classics in Liao, Jin, Western Xia and Other Ethic Areas -- Part VI. Literature in the Yuan Dynasty -- 24. Overview -- 25. Poetic Drama in the Yuan Dynasty -- 26. The Rise of Southern Opera -- 27. Sanqu in the Yuan Dynasty -- 28. Poetry in the Yuan Dynasty -- 29. Novels and Prose in the Yuan Dynasty -- Part VII. Literature in the Ming Dynasty -- 30. Overview -- 31. Poetry and Prose in the Ming Dynasty -- 32. Opera in the Ming Dynasty -- 33. Novels in the Ming Dynasty -- Part VIII. Literature in the Qing Dynasty -- 34. Overview -- 35. Integration and Expansion of Prose Theories -- 36. Poetry in the Qing Dynasty -- 37. Revival of Ci in the Qing Dynasty -- 38. Opera in the Qing Dynasty -- 39. Novels in the Qing Dynasty -- 40. Prosperity of Popular Literature.
    Abstract: This book includes the history of Chinese literature before 1949. It firstly outlines the development process of Chinese literature and basic features and then discusses them according to the literary genre, for the literature of each era. This book gathers established scholars in the field and presents their latest research in the Chinese literature history studies. Moreover, it has included the literature history of different nationalities in the history of China and the records of folk literature history, reflecting literature from different classes. In the limited space of this book, the writers who have been loved by the Chinese people for three thousand years are discussed, such as Qu Yuan, Tao Yuanming, Li Bai, Du Fu, Su Shi, Xin Qiji, Yuan Haowen, Nalan Xingde, and so on. Careful elaborations are made on each writer together with quotations and analysis of their work. Yuejin Liu, Deputy Director of the Department of Literature and Philosophy of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), Member of the Academic Division of CASS, researcher and doctoral supervisor.
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    ISBN: 9789819971213
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXIII, 298 p. 1 illus.)
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    Keywords: Constitutional law. ; Public law . ; Human rights. ; Political science. ; Australasia. ; History. ; Race.
    Abstract: 1. Terminology, values and identity -- 2. How we got here – the reform debate from 2010-2015 -- 3. Sovereignty and the impact of colonisation -- 4. Treaty-making and its limitations -- 5. Self-determination and an Indigenous state -- 6. Legal pluralism -- 7. Rights, race and culture -- 8. The Voice to Parliament -- 9. Indigenous parliamentary representation -- 10.Summary of reforms and the way forward.
    Abstract: This book examines whether Australia’s constitution should be reformed so as to enable the country to fulfil its obligations under the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which it ratified in 2009. The book surveys the history of the constitutional status of Australia’s Indigenous peoples from the time of colonisation through to the current debate on ‘Indigenous constitutional recognition’. However, it argues that the term ‘Indigenous constitutional recognition', implying that mere acknowledgement of the existence of Indigenous peoples is sufficient to meet their legitimate expectations, misrepresents the nature of the project the country needs to engage in. The book argues that Australia should instead embark upon a reform programme directed towards substantive, and not merely symbolic, constitutional change. It argues that only by the inclusion in the constitution of enforceable constitutional rights can the power imbalance between Indigenous Australians and the rest of society be addressed. Taking a comparative approach and drawing upon the experience of other jurisdictions, the book proposes a comprehensive constitutional reform programme, and includes the text of constitutional amendments designed to achieve the realisation of the rights of Australia’s Indigenous peoples. It ends with a call to improve the standard of civics education so as to overcome voter apprehension towards constitutional change. .
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    ISBN: 9789819984480
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VII, 85 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Sociology
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Hung, Jason Legalising prostitution in Thailand
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    Keywords: Criminology. ; Sex. ; Human rights. ; Industrial sociology. ; Human body ; Ethnology ; Culture.
    Abstract: An Overview of Legalising Prostitution in Thailand -- Socioeconomic Construction of Prostitution in Thailand -- Institutional Construction of Prostitution in Thailand -- Revisiting Thailand’s Contemporary Policies on Tolerating “Illegal” Sex Work -- Comprehensive Social, Healthcare and Human Interventions in Curbing Prostitution -- Conclusions: How to Curtail the Legalised Prostitution Rates and Protect Sex Workers’ Rights.
    Abstract: This book problematises the socioeconomic and institutional construction of prostitution in Thai contexts, identifying the root causes that propel underprivileged, discriminated and deprived women and girls to enter the sex industry. The author considers Thailand’s tolerance of prostitution and sex trafficking, despite criminalising prostitution since 1960. In doing so, they explain how criminalising prostitution does not lower the odds of women and girls engaging in commercial sex, but rather, legally marginalises them from receiving the necessary social and healthcare support. The book highlights that neither can Thailand pragmatically practice a zero-tolerance stance against prostitution - primarily due to severe police corruption and its heavy reliance on the sex tourism economy to support the national economic growth - nor is Thailand willing to fully crack down on the domestic sex industry. Engaging in an evaluation of how legalising and decriminalising prostitution, along with continuing to implement policies and interventions that alleviate the root causes of prostitution, can help Thailand build a more inclusive society and less-prostitution-reliant economy in the long term, the book provides a nuanced understanding of the relationships between society, inequality, governance, criminality, and policy in Southeast Asian contexts. It is relevant to students and researchers in sociology, socio-criminology, public policy, government and Southeast Asian studies.
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    ISBN: 9789819953103
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XV, 163 p. 4 illus., 1 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Law ; Law ; Law and economics. ; Digital media. ; Information technology ; Mass media
    Abstract: Part 1. Introduction -- Chapter 1: Overview of Japanese Law -- Chapter 2 International Cooperation and Harmonization in Competition Law -- Part 2: Digital Initiatives in Japanese Competition Law -- Chapter 3: Big Data and AI -- Chapter 4: Big Data and AI -- Chapter 5: Perspectives on High-Tech Regulation -- Part 3: The Realities of Various Digital Regulations -- Chapter 6: Data Regulation -- Chapter 7 Digital PF Regulation -- Chapter 8: Competition in Multisided Markets -- Chapter 9 Competition Law and Consumers in Digital Platforms.
    Abstract: This book organizes the intent and purpose of the Japanese competition law (Antimonopoly Act) to address the digitalized socio-economy and provides a detailed explanation of its basic content as well as advanced issues. It includes an overview of Japanese law and its international position, a basic understanding of the big data and AI issues in today's competition law, and perspectives on high-tech regulation. In addition, it includes a variety of important topics, ranging from exploring principles to tackle digital regulatory realities, to understanding and analyzing the competitive realities of multisided markets. It also examines the relationship between information and competition law and that between consumer and competition law. Digitalization is a key concept in our economy and society today. Carbon neutrality initiatives, the need to improve productivity, globalization, and new ways of working are all seeking breakthroughs by way of digitalization. What’s more, digitalization requires free and fair competition in order to encourage technological innovation. The search for transparent and clear competition laws is essential to promote efficient and effective research and development and to promote public awareness through competition.
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    ISBN: 9789819971657
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIX, 341 p. 2 illus.)
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    Series Statement: China Arbitration Yearbook
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    Keywords: Private international law. ; Conflict of laws. ; International law. ; Comparative law. ; Mediation. ; Dispute resolution (Law). ; Arbitration (Administrative law). ; Trade regulation.
    Abstract: Chapter 1 . Arbitration Agreement -- Chapter 2. Parties and Participants -- Chapter 3. Evidence and Substantive Matters. Chapter 4. Public Policy -- Chapter 5. Arbitration and Criminal Proceedings -- Chapter 6. International and Interregional Recognition and Enforcement of Arbitral Awards in China -- Appendix. 1. Main Official Replies by the Supreme People’s Court Concerning Arbitration in China.
    Abstract: This book presents a selection of the latest arbitration cases, materials, and commentaries from China. It aims to provide information on the theory and practice of arbitration combined. It is intended to provide readers with a useful resource to guide them when they encounter actual China-related arbitration cases. This book is a valuable resource for all practitioners concerned with international and foreign-related arbitration matters in China, global law firms, companies engaged in multinational business, jurists, and academics.
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    ISBN: 9789819992676
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XI, 147 p. 2 illus.)
    Series Statement: Research Series on the Chinese Dream and China's Development Path
    Uniform Title: 中国经济体制改革
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    Keywords: Asia ; Development economics. ; Historical analyze of market economy ; Reconstructing the economic system in China ; Stage development in economic reform ; Macro-economy managerial system ; Socialistic market economy
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Reform Objectives -- Chapter 2. Initial Stage of Marketization Reform: 1979-1984 -- Chapter 3. Full Speed Ahead: 1985-1992 -- Chapter 4. Market Institutions Beginning to Take Shape: 1993-2000 -- Chapter 5. Market Institutions Nearing Maturity: 2001-2011 -- Chapter 6. Comprehensive Deepening of Market Reform: 2012-2018 -- Chapter 7. Achievements and Their Significance.
    Abstract: This book analyzes and summarizes the process and achievements of China's economic restructuring from 1978 to 2018, including the objectives of China's economic restructuring, the initial stage of market-oriented reform (1979–1984), the comprehensive development stage of market-oriented reform (1985–1992), and the initial establishment stage of market-oriented reform system (1993–2000). The book illustrates the achievements and significance of China's economic system reform during the stage of system improvement (2001–2011) and the stage of comprehensive deepening reform focusing on market-oriented reform (2012–2018). It has great international significance to summarize the experiences of China's economic restructuring, and it is conducive to continuing the reform and achieving the final victory of the reform.
    Note: Translation from the Chinese Simplified language edition: "中国经济体制改革 (1978-2018)" by Haibo Wang, © Social Science Academic Press 2018
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    ISBN: 9789819975808
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 189 p. 12 illus., 10 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Global Political Transitions
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    Keywords: Comparative government. ; Political science. ; Innenpolitik ; Autoritarismus ; Demokratie ; Defizit ; Krise ; Politischer Prozess ; Erde
    Abstract: Introduction: ‘Despots masquerading as democrats’ -- Chapter 1: What is Democracy? -- Chapter 2: How Democracy Backslides? -- Chapter 3: Processes and sequences of backsliding -- Chapter 4: Five cases of backsliding and the rise of autocrats -- Conclusion: What did we learn?.
    Abstract: For the past decade and a half, the world has witnessed a precipitous decline of democratic countries and the consequent rise of autocrats. How Autocrats Rise: Sequences of Democratic Backsliding challenges the conventional wisdom and offers an institutional-ideological approach to understand the phenomenon, examines the steps of emergent autocrats, and analyzes the methods of legitimizing their rules. Employing the new framework, the book provides incisive analyses of four countries located in four different regions with dissimilar national features – Bangladesh, Bolivia, Hungary, and Turkey, and demonstrates that political developments in these countries have followed a similar, specific pattern resulting in various shades of autocracy. Theoretically enriched and empirically grounded, this exceptionally timely book makes significant contribution to the democratic backsliding literature while offering insights on how to forestall an autocratic era. Ali Riaz is a Distinguished Professor of political science at Illinois State University, USA, a Non-resident Senior Fellow of Atlantic Council, and the President of the American Institute of Bangladesh Studies. Riaz previously taught at universities in Bangladesh, England, and South Carolina, USA, worked as a Broadcast Journalist at the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in London, and served as a Visiting Researcher at the Varieties of Democracy Institute (V-Dem) at Gothenburg University in Sweden and as a Public Policy Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars at Washington D.C. Md Sohel Rana is an Associate Instructor of Political Science and a PhD student at Indiana University, USA. He earned his Master of Science (M.S.) in Political Science from Illinois State University, USA. His research interests include democratic and authoritarian politics and South Asian politics. His recent publications include “Democracy Deficit in the D-8” (with Ali Riaz) in Ahmed M Khalid et al. eds. Economic Integration Among D-8 Muslim Countries (2023), and “The God Gap? Public Perception on Religion-Politics Mix in South Asia” in Ali Riaz ed. Religion and Politics in South Asia (2nd ed., 2021).
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XII, 136 p. 1 illus.)
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    Keywords: Literature, Modern ; Poetry. ; Theology. ; Knowledge, Theory of.
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Epistemology and Faith -- 3. The Rejected and Rejecting Outcast -- 4. The Passive Supplicant -- 5. The Playful Warrior -- 6. Conclusion and “to dwell in Possibility”.
    Abstract: This book covers nineteenth-century American poet Emily Dickinson who captured the multifaceted nature of life in all of its uncertainties. Studies on her exploration of faith are ample, but in this book, the author uncovers Dickinson’s playful role-play in enacting solemn themes of religion, death, and the unknown. Dickinson’s creativity encompasses not only her use of language but also her poetic personae and self-created poetic stages inviting readers to question, contemplate deeply or even poke fun at life's absurdities. By using performative roles such as the rejected outcast, passive supplicant, and playful warrior, Dickinson unveils--through a paradoxical framework of belief and unbelief-- a line of inquiry that is multifocal and erratic to “tell all the truth and tell it slant.” Regina Yoong Yui Jien is a former Fulbright educator and scholar from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She holds an M.A. in English Literature from the University of Malaya and a Ph.D. in Literary History from Ohio University. Her area of interest revolves around 19th-century Transatlantic Literature, especially concerning womanhood, religion, and the immigrant experience.
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    ISBN: 9789819987917
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XII, 436 p. 2 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Aesthetics. ; Philosophy, Chinese. ; Literature ; Philosophy
    Abstract: 1. The Forms of Traditional Chinese Aesthetic Spirit -- 2. The Confucian Spirit of Traditional Chinese Aesthetics -- 3. The Taoist Spirit of Traditional Chinese Aesthetics -- 4. The Buddhist Spirit of Traditional Chinese Aesthetics -- 5. The Expression Spirit of Ancient Chinese Literary Aesthetics -- 6. The Spirit of Imagery Appreciation in the Traditional Chinese Aesthetics -- 7. The Aesthetic Characteristics of Traditional Chinese Aesthetics -- 8. The Aesthetic Methodology of Traditional Chinese Aesthetics. .
    Abstract: This book differentiates between and analyzes the Confucian, Taoist and Buddhist spirit in traditional Chinese aesthetics, explains the core characteristics and methods of traditional Chinese aesthetics, and conveys the author’s overall thinking on the spirit of traditional Chinese aesthetics. Given its scope, the book is of great value in terms of understanding and promoting China’s unique traditional culture. Zhixiang Qi is a professor in the School of Humanities at Shanghai Jiao Tong University and President of the Shanghai Aesthetic Society. He is also in the board of Chairs of several Provincial Aesthetic Societies in China. He has published more than 30 personal monographs, including the representative works “Aesthetics of Musical Sense” (2016), “General History of Chinese Aesthetics” in three volumes (2008), “History of Modern and Contemporary Chinese Aesthetics” (2018), the five-volume work “A Complete History of Chinese Aesthetics” (2018) and “Ancient Chinese Literary Theory” (2018), a national higher education textbook for the Eleventh Five-Year Plan. His work has garnered him the Ministry of Education Humanities and Social Sciences Outstanding Achievement Award, and the Shanghai Philosophy and Social Science Outstanding Achievement Award. He also teaches “Chinese Aesthetics” and “Chinese Studies and Life” courses on Wisdom Tree.com, a major MOOC platform in China.
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    ISBN: 9789819972890
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (VII, 392 p. 120 illus., 1 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Current Chinese Economic Report Series
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    Keywords: Power resources. ; Global Energy Outlook in the Context of Russia-Ukraine Conflict ; China's Carbon Emission Peak Goals ; Strategies and Policies ; New Energy Industry ; Carbon Neutrality ; Energy Transformation ; Low-Carbon Transformation ; Hydrogen Energy ; Sustainability ; Global Oil Refining Industry ; Renewable Energy ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: 1. Global Energy Outlook in the Context of Russia-Ukraine Conflict -- 2. China's Carbon Emission Peak Goals, Strategies and Policies -- 3. Carbon Market Outlook in the Context of Global Carbon Neutrality -- 4. New Features of the Global Oil Market in the Context of High Oil Prices -- 5. Global Oil Supply Analysis and Outlook in the Context of Russia-Ukraine Conflict.
    Abstract: This book focuses on the global economy, oil industry, natural gas industry, hydrogen energy industry, and electricity industry in China under the Carbon Emission Peak Strategy and the whole world. It provides the overview of the China's energy economy development in 2022–2023 and has an in-depth analysis of the future development trends of the oil and gas and new energy industries. It aims to present Chinese insights on the development of the energy industry of China and the world.
    Note: Jointly published with China Economic Publishing House. - Translation from the Chinese Simplified language edition: "中国油气与新能源产业发展报告 (2022-2023)" by China International United Petroleum & Chemicals Co., Ltd., et al., © China Economic Press 2023
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    ISBN: 9789819707034
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXIII, 57 p. 1 illus.)
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    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Philosophy
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Hermeneutics. ; Critical theory.
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Modernisation, Modernity, Liberalism and Religion -- Chapter 3: Marxian Critique of Religion -- Chapter 4: Early Habermas’s Critique of Gadamer and His Later Approach to Religion -- Chapter 5: The Gadamer-Habermas Debate and its Implication for Religion -- Chapter 6: Post-Secularism, Liberalism and Their Discontents -- Chapter 7: Conclusion.
    Abstract: This book deals with the question of understanding religion and its relationship with politics in the context of developing countries. It reviews specific theories, such as modernisation theory, marxism, liberalism, hermeneutics and critical approach to explain questions related to religion and religious traditions. The book focuses on the recent attempts to theorise religion by Jurgen Habermas. It argues modernisation and orthodox Marxian theory are inadequate in understanding the recent spurt of religious phenomenon in politics. It discusses Hans-Georg Gadamer’s view to show a way forward regarding dialectical hermeneutics in facilitating a dialogue between different traditions and religions. The book is of interest to students, scholars, practitioners of development, and all those who concern themselves with the questions of religion, tradition, modernity and secular well-being in developing countries such as India and beyond.
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (X, 224 p. 4 illus., 1 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: India Studies in Business and Economics
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    Keywords: Labor economics. ; Population ; Political science. ; Economic policy. ; Social policy. ; Public health. ; COVID-19 ; Pandemic ; Epidemic ; India ; Plague ; Long Century ; Livelihood ; Global Epidemiological Crisis ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: 1. Introduction: Looking beyond the Immediate -- Part 1: Of Past and Futures of Studying Epidemics -- 2. ‘Longue Durée’, ‘Conjoncture’, ‘Event’: Notion of Plural Time in History (Subhas Ranjan Chakraborty) -- 3. Locating the Diseased Body (Paula Banerjee) -- 4. Structure, Agency, Temporality: Revisiting Historical Analyses to Study the Contemporary (Kaustubh Mani Sengupta) -- 5. The Island of the Day After: Digital Epidemiology, Artificial Intelligence and a Futuristic Governmentality (Iman Mitra) -- Part 2: Global and Local Response to 2020 -- 6. Global Capitalism and Corona Pandemic – In Search for Radical Solution (Byasdeb Dasgupta) -- 7. The Long 2020/21 in India: Models of Pandemic Management and Logistics of Governance (Amit Prakash) -- Part 3: Refugees and Labouring Lives -- 8. Politics of Health in Post-Partition Calcutta: the Refugees, the Left movements and the Question of Life in the City (Priyankar Dey) -- 9. Guest Workers in Kerala: Is Welfarism Enough? (Jyothi Krishnan) -- 10. Long 2020 and the Informal Care Economy: Case studies of select Careworkers (Sabir Ahamed) -- Part 4: Literature and the Literary World -- 11. Epidemic and Bangla Literature: Tropes, Traces, Topographies (Samata Biswas) -- 12. Books — and the Time-Warp of Long-COVID (Ritu Menon).
    Abstract: This book looks at the current crises of life and livelihood following the global epidemiological crisis and various strategies to manage them as a long unfolding of past trends and future possibilities of epidemiological governance, restructuring of global economy, public health, systems of protection and care and the role of state in that, and precarities of the migrants and the refugees. It brings together scholars from different fields to think of our present in the time of COVID-19 pandemic in a longer temporal frame. The essays compiled in this book investigate issues mentioned above, covering a period from the colonial past to the postcolonial present with an aim towards encouraging scholarly debates on protection, care and justice. Although the experiences of last two years have inspired some very important academic and scholarly interventions, this book compiles original research to contextualise the present in a longue duree framework and arrive at a more complex understanding of it. It is a must-have resource for researchers of developmental studies especially in the above mentioned areas, as well as policy makers, think tanks and other non-governmental organizations interested in these areas.
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    ISBN: 9789819975419
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIX, 256 p. 2 illus.)
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    Series Statement: Modern China and International Economic Law
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    Keywords: Private international law. ; Conflict of laws. ; International law. ; Comparative law. ; Trade regulation. ; Mediation. ; Dispute resolution (Law). ; Arbitration (Administrative law).
    Abstract: What is international economic law -- Subjects of international economic law -- Economic sovereignty and the right to regulate -- Values of international economic law: freedom, equity and security -- Competition, cooperation and development in international economic relations -- Trade Treatment in international economic relations -- Protection and restriction of property -- Exceptions to obligations under international trade and economic rules -- Settlement of international economic and trade disputes.
    Abstract: This book focuses on the real themes in various areas of international economic law and explores the key elements behind the written rules. The advantage of this approach is that these themes or elements apply to all types of countries, whether developed or developing, whether market-based or not, and to trade, investment, or other transactions. This book reflects the author's thoughts and views on international economic law and its application based on his experience advising government departments and entities, particularly insights into the U.S.-China trade war from the perspective of a Chinese scholar. This feature makes the book very different from other books published before the U.S.-China trade war or textbooks that simply introduce the relevant subjects and provokes readers to think deeply about the relevant issues.
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    ISBN: 9789819711567
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVIII, 662 p. 1 illus.)
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    Keywords: Law ; Law ; Literature ; Motion pictures. ; Culture ; Mass media and crime. ; Critical criminology.
    Abstract: Rene Girard, Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus, and the goat song of Tragoidia -- ‘El sueno de la razon produce monstruos’ or, ‘the dream of reason creates monsters’: Two little piggies went to the Apocalypse in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies -- ‘Does anybody know anything about the law?’: White male grown-ups in the wilderness and their regression to the state of nature in James Dickey’s Deliverance -- ‘A little law and order wouldn’t hurt anybody around here’: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and High Noon -- ‘A woman only loves a real man’: Metaphysical desire and the crisis of undifferentiation in Akira Kurosawa’s Yojimbo and Rashomon -- ‘I just want to talk…’: Liberalism, generative unanimity, and post-sacrificial scapegoating in 12 Angry Men -- ‘You must always point...’: The Post-Heroic Lawyer as scapegoat and scapegoater in Presumed Innocent, The Verdict, and Cape Fear -- The telling of lies and the casting of lots: Franz Kafka’s The Trial and the eternal un-decidability of the scapegoat -- ‘…Why do we, all of us, have to keep judging and being judged?’: The scapegoat and the scapegoater in Albert Camus’ The Stranger and The Fall -- ‘Out There’: Monstrous doubles and the folie a deux in Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood -- The Good Murderer Gary Gilmore: The re-sacralization of the scapegoat in the age of public reason -- Spare a Thought for the Hangman: The apocalypse of Rene Girard.
    Abstract: This book is the first monograph to critically evaluate the work of the literary scholar René Girard from the perspectives of Law and Literature and Law and Film Studies, two of the most multidisciplinary branches of critical legal theory. The central thesis is that Girard’s theory of the scapegoat mechanism provides a wholly new and original means of re-conceptualizing the nature of judicial modernity, which is the belief that modern Law constitutes an internally coherent and exclusively secular form of rationality. The book argues that it is the archaic scapegoat mechanism – the reconciliation of the community through the direction of unified violence against a single victim – that actually works best in explaining all of the outstanding issues of Law and Literature in both of its sub-forms: law-as-literature (the analysis of legal language and practice exemplified by literacy texts) and law-in-literature (the exploration of issues in legal theory through the fictitious form of the novel). The book will provide readers with: (i) a useful introduction to the most important elements of the work of René Girard; (ii) a greater awareness of the ‘hidden’ nature of legal culture and reasoning within a post-secular age; and (iii) a new understanding of the ‘subversive’ (or ‘enlightening‘) nature of some of the most iconic works on Law in both Literature and Cinema, media which by their nature allow for the expression of truths repressed by formal legal discourse.
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    ISBN: 9789819715640
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XX, 144 p. 1 illus.)
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    Keywords: Islamic philosophy. ; Islam ; Corrections. ; Punishment. ; Theology. ; Middle East ; Middle Eastern literature.
    Abstract: 1. Said Nursi and Aleksander Solzhenitsyn: Chronologies of prison experiences -- 2. Prison Spirituality and Inner Peace -- 3. Contemporary Turkish Prison Experience. .
    Abstract: This book explores the religious experiences of two notable figures who endured severe trials under authoritarian regimes: Bediuzzaman Said Nursi (1877–1960) within the Islamic tradition, and Aleksander Solzhenitsyn (1918–2008) within the Russian Orthodox Christian tradition. Against the tumultuous backdrop of the twentieth century’s spiritual, social, political, and intellectual upheavals, both Nursi and Solzhenitsyn grappled with immense hardships because of their beliefs. Despite immense tribulations, both individuals demonstrated unwavering faith and resilience in the face of adversity, continuing their scholarly and literary activities. The current study centers on the dichotomy of spiritual confinement and expansiveness, illustrating how people can experience spiritual distress even without physical restraints. It explores the historical and conceptual aspects of imprisonment within Christian and Muslim perspectives, explores the reasons for Nursi and Solzhenitsyn's incarceration, examines their coping mechanisms in the face of hardship, and underscores the role of faith and spirituality. The author integrates personal experiences, particularly his own incarceration during the aftermath of the 2016 Turkish staged coup attempt, within the context of the narratives of Nursi and Solzhenitsyn. The book addresses court proceedings, release, departure from Turkey, and resettlement in Australia. Throughout, the author draws parallels between their own observations and those of Nursi and Solzhenitsyn, contributing to the broader discourse on individual spirituality and collective consciousness. The book offers insights into spiritual resilience in the face of adversity, utilizing the lives of these figures to illuminate shared human experiences. A unique collation of personal narration and scholarly reflection, it is relevant to academics and students in history, political science, sociology, Islamic and Middle Eastern studies, and to social scientists researching the phenomenon of exile and prison in different countries across the world. It also speaks to the work of activists and policymakers in human rights.
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    ISBN: 9789819716272
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXIX, 224 p. 7 illus., 6 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Private international law. ; Conflict of laws. ; International law. ; Comparative law. ; Criminal law. ; Human rights.
    Abstract: Introduction -- General views on criminal punishment in China -- The death penalty and its reforms in China and other countries -- The alternative punishment to the death penalty -- General issues concerning life imprisonment -- The approaches of life imprisonment as an alternative to the death penalty in China -- Conclusion.
    Abstract: This book presents a study of alternative penalties to the death penalty in China, aiming to promote theoretical exploration of death penalty reform in China as well as long-term penal reform. Currently, China is endeavouring to control the use of the death penalty and is gradually moving towards its abolition. The factors influencing the choice of the punishment option to replace the death penalty are complex and varied and include the traditional punishment culture, penalty concepts, the political system, the punishment system, public opinion and human rights, etc. Given the differences between China and developed Western democratic states, when we examine these influencing factors, we cannot ignore the culture of the punishment and the special political and legislation system in China. In this light, this work examined and analysed the factors that influence the choice of punishment option to replace the death penalty in this special political system with its clearly Chinese characteristics. Criminal policy and public opinion are two significant and typical factors involving obvious political considerations in China. The former normally reflects and carries out the will of the Government as expressed to the national management; the latter responds to the majority of citizens’ view on the current legal system and it is, to a great extent, the basis for national leadership’s running of the country. Even though life imprisonment without release (hereinafter, LWOR) has been stipulated by the Ninth Amendment for the crime of corruption, it should not be the preferable option as the alternative sanction to the death penalty because it is a kind of cruel torture and violates the constitutional principle of human rights protection. On the contrary, life imprisonment with possibility of release (hereinafter, LWPR) would be an option, but the termination mechanisms for inmates should be set out in accordance with the principle of proportional justice; aggravated life imprisonment can be chosen to replace the death penalty in China. In addition, there needs to be improvements made to the relevant criminal systems. By examining China's death penalty reform and long-term imprisonment reform, this book not only explains the methodology of the reform theoretically, but also pays attention to the issues of legislation and judicial practice. This book is of interest to scholars and researchers in the fields of criminal justice, penal reform issues, and crime control in China. .
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    ISBN: 9789819721597
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XV, 78 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Law
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    Keywords: Humanitarian law. ; Human rights. ; Family policy. ; Peace.
    Abstract: 1. Understanding Child Marriage Law and Practice -- 2. The Vulnerable Child, Rights and Discourse -- 3. Child Marriage and International Law -- 4.International Human Rights Law Responses Western and Arab Approaches -- 5. The Future for Vulnerable Child Brides.
    Abstract: This book provides a comprehensive account of one significantly underreported aspect of violence affecting young refugee girls today, that of forced child marriage. It examines the ongoing, insidious practice via the lens of international human rights laws and contextualising human rights laws and discourses in relation to Middle Eastern, Islamic, and Jordanian understandings of international law and human rights, where the practice in directly impacting young Syrian refugee girls who are seeking refuge in Jordan with their displaced families. The book finds that in a juxtaposition of human rights definitions and obligations, between the traditional and modern, the religious and the secular, there are mixed implications for the realisation of universal human rights and that this has consequences for the most vulnerable—child refugees. As a result, Syrian children exist in a precarious situation. They are living in a foreign state with an unclear legal status, are largely unidentified, and, in effect, stateless. It is in this liminal space that Syrian children are vulnerable and voiceless and highly exposed to forced marriages and the resultant violence and possibly death. While allowed to continue, the practice of child marriage not only severely impedes upon progressive international human rights efforts to eliminate gender-based violence, slavery, and discrimination, but significantly impacts on children’s physical, mental and emotional health, and their opportunities for growth and development in society. As a case study this book seeks to inform how vulnerable Syrian children have come to be increasingly confronted by child marriage and to consider why it occurred and continues to occur, even though the idea of children being forcibly marriage is considered ethically and legally objectionable within international human rights law. "This insightful and empathetic study into the nefarious global practice of child marriages is important reading for those seeking to understand this contemporary issue. The case study of child marriage in Syrian refugee populations languishing in refugee camps in Jordan highlights the impacts of this pernicious activity, as well as the need for urgent national and international response. The book is especially timely for those working in the field seeking to identify possible mechanisms for leverage in order to stop this abusive practice and for this the author is to be congratulated." Dr Johanna Garnett, Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Peace Studies, University of New England, Armidale. .
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    ISBN: 9789819712113
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVII, 199 p. 8 illus., 1 illus. in color.)
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    Keywords: Applied linguistics. ; Private international law. ; Conflict of laws. ; International law. ; Comparative law. ; Law and the social sciences.
    Abstract: Introduction -- Lawyer Evaluation, Lawyer Speech and Legal Culture -- Theorizing Lawyer Evaluation as a rational speech: a socio-semiotic interpretation -- Locating Lawyer Evaluation in Three Constituents in texts -- Understanding Lawyer Evaluation under Contextual Constraints.
    Abstract: This book focuses on the speech style of lawyer talk in contemporary Chinese courtrooms. The topic is intriguing to readers who may wonder how lawyers compete with their opposing counterparts in an adversarial trial system in China. The legal tradition in Confucianism, which advocates harmony in interpersonal relationships, has historically guided the practice of law in China. The book analyses how lawyers manage to compete in this system. Applying the social semiotic view of language in the Hallidayian sense, specifically systemic functional linguistics and its appraisal theory, this study interprets the subjectivity of legal language by lawyers. The speech style in legal argument presentation is described as 'rational'. The exploration of the rational speech style of lawyers is a theoretical and discursive topic. It draws upon Habermasian philosophy of intersubjectivity in legal argumentation and considers the cultural and legal contexts of China as contextual constraints. The key construct of lawyer evaluation is fully captured in this discussion. As a linguistic phenomenon and unit of analysis, discourse can be examined both within local clauses and in larger stretches of talk beyond clauses. Additionally, it serves as an effective means for constructing a rational speech style for lawyers. Most importantly, discourse is a discursive act that negotiates legal arguments in the dynamic speech exchanges of a court trial, which is embedded in a wider social and cultural context. The book showcases instances of lawyer talk in well-documented trials in China and offers a good opportunity for readers to gain a general understanding of courtroom discourse in the Chinese context. It introduces readers with special interests in legal language and the law to the solidarity dimension of legal language and arguments, an alternative to the confrontational or hostile lawyer talk in trials in countries with a common-law system. The analysis presented is refined and the language used is clear, concise, and objective.
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 288 p. 86 illus., 78 illus. in color.)
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    Keywords: Tourism. ; Management. ; Real estate business. ; Geography.
    Abstract: Introduction -- Literature Review and Technical Framework -- Background Analysis Before the Hotel Site Selection -- Hotel Site Selection and Evaluation -- Accommodation Supply Analysis of Hotel -- Accommodation Demand Analysis -- Overall Design and Planning of the Proposed Hotel -- Average Daily Room Rate Projections -- Statement of Projected Revenue and Expenses -- Projection of Value -- Conclusions.
    Abstract: The book constructs a holistic analytical framework for the selection of hotel sites and the evaluation of their value, employing the TSPV (Target Analysis—Site Selection—Project Planning—Value Assessment) methodology, particularly in the context of emerging urban (new area) developments. Proceeding from a theoretical foundation in the TSPV paradigm, the book methodically dissects and examines various components such as factor analysis, market feasibility, and financial scrutiny, pertinent to the process of hotel site selection. It adopts an interdisciplinary approach, integrating these elements, while also addressing the ramifications of uncertainty analysis within the hotel industry. Readers can be navigated through the TSPV framework to engage in a scientifically grounded and logically coherent exploration of critical aspects like site selection, strategic positioning, profitability, and the overall valuation of prospective hotel ventures.
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XXII, 115 p. 31 illus., 24 illus. in color.)
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    Keywords: New business enterprises ; Capital market. ; Consolidation and merger of corporations. ; Business enterprises ; LEAP Market in Malaysia ; Malaysian Capital Market ; SPAC in Malaysia ; Initial Public Offering in Malaysia ; Korea New Exchange ; Finance in Malaysia ; KWAP investment in Malaysia ; EPF fund managers in Malaysia ; Institutional Investors in Malaysia ; Leading Entrepreneur Accelerator Platform Market ; Main and ACE Markets ; Special Purpose Acquisition Company
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Development of Bursa Malaysia as an IPO Market -- Chapter 2: LEAP Market IPO: A New Financing Platform -- Chapter 3: Intraday Performance of LEAP Market IPO -- Chapter 4: Learning from Korea New Exchange (KONEX) -- Chapter 5: LEAP Market: Current State, SWOT Analysis and Way Forward -- Chapter 6: SPAC: Current State, SWOT Analysis and Way Forward.
    Abstract: This book covers the most recent initiatives in the Malaysian capital market. In doing so, it discusses the Leading Entrepreneur Accelerator Platform Market (LEAP Market), and Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC). With regard to the LEAP Market, the book elaborates on its inception, value proposition, governance, performance, issues, and strengths. It also compares LEAP Market with the Main and ACE Markets, and draws the experience of the Korea New Exchange (KONEX) for LEAP Market to emulate and improve its operation, showing how KONEX provides valuable lessons for Malaysia's LEAP Market, as the former has two times more listed firms than the latter. Similarly, the book also includes discussions on the inception of SPAC, its features, volumes, risk, issues, strength, life cycle and time frame of SPAC IPO, and includes case studies of the four firms listed under SPAC IPO. Put together, the book offers a compilation of facts, analysis and insights from these new market initiatives, and provides a reference for the financial market industry, regulators, market practitioners, analysts, researchers, government authorities and universities. Hon-Wei Leow is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Accounting and Finance, Asia Pacific University of Technology & Innovation. He received his PhD (Applied Finance) from University of Malaya in 2020 and BBA and MBA (Applied Finance and Investment) from the National University of Malaysia in 2010 and 2012 respectively. He has strong interest in the research of initial public offerings. He published in various journals such as Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal, Review of Pacific Basin Financial Markets and Policies, International Journal of Business and Society, and Indonesian Capital Market Review. Wee Yeap Lau is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Malaya. He is an Elected Member of the International Statistical Institute, ISBIS Council Member and Associate Research Fellow of the Malaysian Institute of Economic Research (MIER). He was a MEXT Scholar at Osaka University and Visiting Scholar at the Risk Management Institute, National University of Singapore. In addition to two edited books with a University Press, he has published over 80 articles in journals and book chapters and presented at numerous conferences. He received his PhD and Master in Economics from Osaka University. He also attended an Executive Program at Bendheim Center for Finance, Princeton University. He specialises in the economics of finance and investment.
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    ISBN: 9789819721832
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VIII, 249 p. 6 illus., 1 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: International Law in Asia
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    Keywords: International law. ; Commercial law. ; Private international law. ; Conflict of laws. ; Comparative law. ; Mediation. ; Dispute resolution (Law). ; Arbitration (Administrative law).
    Abstract: Can China’s Belt and Road Initiative be Reconciled with the EU’s Multilateral Approaches to International Law?-Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann & Giuseppe Martinico -- Pluralism or Cosmopolitanism? Reflections on Petersmann’s International Economic Law Constitutionalism in the Context of China-Tao Li & Zuoli Jiang -- Is Calvo Dead? Wenhua Shan.-Calvo Is Back! Changing Sovereignty and Evolutionary Investment Law in a Leaving and Return of the State Paradigm-Shuo Feng & Wei Shen -- Outward FDI: Determinants and Flows in Emerging Economies: Evidence from China-Mohamad Zreik & Badar Alam Iqbal & Mohd Nayyer Rahman -- BIT by BIT: The Growth of Bilateral Investment Treaties and Their Impact on Foreign Investment in Developing Countries-Jeswald W. Salacuse -- Diversity in the Formulation of Fair and Equitable Treatment in International Investment Agreements-Mujeeb Emami & Rehna Gul -- The 2016 Model Indian Bilateral Investment Treaty: A Critical Deconstruction-Prabhash Ranjan and Pushkar Anand -- The Final 2015 Indian Model BIT: Is This the Change the World Wishes to See?-Grant Hanessian and Kabir Duggal -- Legalizing the ASEAN Way: Adapting and Reimagining the ASEAN Investment Regime-Sungjoon Cho & Jurgen Kurtz -- Comprehensive or BIT or BIT: the ACIA and Indonesia’s BITs-Junianto James Losari -- International Cooperation and Organizational Identities: The Evolution of the ASEAN Investment Regime-Sungjoon Cho & Jurgen Kurtz -- ASEAN Investment Treaties, RCEP, And CPTPP: Regional Strategies, Norms, Institutions, and Politics-Diane A. Desierto -- Addressing the Global Backlash Against Investment Arbitration? A Multilateral Investment Agreement and China-Junqing Chao -- A Multilateral Approach to Investor-State Dispute Settlement Issues in the Asia-Pacific Region-John Riley -- The Elephant In a Dark Room? Russia and the ISDS Reform-Dmitry K. Labin & Alena V. Soloveva -- Two Bites at the Same Apple? ‘Derivative’ ISDS Proceedings in the Revised Korea-US FTA-Jaemin Lee -- China and Investment Treaty Regime: Rule Taker or Rule Maker?-Sheng Zhang -- Investor-State Mediation in a China-EU Bilateral Investment Treaty: Talking About Being in the Right Place at the Right Time-Chunlei Zhao -- Legitimacy Crisis and the ISDS Reform in a Political Economy Context-Shuping Li and Wei Shen.
    Abstract: The book focuses on some of the most pressing issues in international investment law in Asia, such as the role of developing countries, the rebalancing between the investors’ rights protection and the host states’ right to regulate, the ISDS reform, among others. The book investigates these issues by looking into the bilateral investment treaties and investment arbitration cases in the region. The readers will benefit from this book’s rich content and wide coverage. For instance, the readers would learn more about Asian states’ Bilateral Investment Treaty law and practice and their standing on international investment law. The book provides a fresh angle to most readers who may be more exposed to the Western perspective on the topic, providing a more complete picture to add to the readers’ understanding of international investment law and in particular its evolution and future possibilities. .
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    ISBN: 9789819991419
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XI, 223 p. 39 illus., 1 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: China Insights
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    Keywords: Economic development. ; Development economics. ; Asia ; Economic policy. ; Social policy. ; Middle Income Trap ; China's Economy ; Demographic Dividend ; Socialist Modernization with Chinese Characteristics ; Regional Economies ; Urbanization ; The Threshold Effect ; Economic Development
    Abstract: From the Middle-Income Trap to the Threshold Effect -- How Does China Avoid “Secular Stagnation? -- Establishing a New Development Paradigm by Strengthening Comparative Advantage -- Dynamic Balance of Regional Economic Growth -- Productivity, New Growth Drivers and the Manufacturing Industry -- Tales of Cities: Fundamentals of Urban Development -- Human-Centered Macroeconomic Policies -- Innovation and Protection: Why We Should Prioritize Income Redistribution -- Moving Upward: Quality-oriented Development and Social Mobility -- Unlocking the Second Demographic Dividend.
    Abstract: Focusing on these developing problems and growing troubles, this book mainly discusses economic growth issues related to demographic transition, as well as livelihood issues derived from them and closely related to policy logic. It aims to make theoretical analysis and provide necessary international experience and lessons and put forward targeted policy advice. This book proposes a three-pronged pattern of competition policy, industrial policy, and social policy to achieve productivity improvement and innovation momentum; gives full play to China's super-large market advantages, attractiveness and negotiating position; and promotes each other through domestic and international dual cycles to achieve a higher level of development.
    Note: Jointly published with China Social Sciences Press
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    ISBN: 9789819964642
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XII, 165 p. 71 illus., 18 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Peking University Linguistics Research 9
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    Keywords: Pragmatics. ; Sociolinguistics. ; Intercultural communication.
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Deixis -- Chapter 3. Presupposition -- Chapter 4. Implicature -- Chapter 5. Speech Acts -- Chapter 6. Politeness and Impoliteness -- Chapter 7. Research Methods -- References -- Appendix.
    Abstract: This book covers major topics in the Anglo-American tradition, including deixis, presupposition, implicature, speech acts, and (im)politeness. These key topics are illustrated with examples and case studies from various contexts such as romantic relationships, online forums, social media posts, and popular culture. The book also includes a methods chapter that offers a hands-on guide for literature search, data collection, and data analysis. This book is particularly suitable for readers who have no prior knowledge of pragmatics. .
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    ISBN: 9789819966295
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XXV, 152 p. 19 illus., 11 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Public Economy and Urban Governance in China
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    Keywords: Urban economics. ; Development economics. ; Sociology, Urban. ; Infrastructure ; Economic Development ; Economics ; Infrastructure Construction ; China's Economy ; China's Economic Development ; China's Governance System ; National Governance ; GDP ; Infrastructure Economic Growth Model
    Abstract: Introduction -- Brief History and Basic Concepts of Infrastructure -- Origin and Development of Infrastructure Economics -- A Review of Infrastructure Economic Growth Models.-Achievements and Challenges of China’s Infrastructure Development (1949-2019) -- Infrastructure and Market Integration: A Case Study on High-Speed Rail Accessibility -- Infrastructure and Open Development: A Case Study on Foreign Direct Investment.
    Abstract: This book provides an overview of the history, basic concepts, and provision models of infrastructure, significant theories on infrastructure economics, practices at home and abroad that reflect the economic development effects of infrastructure, and four infrastructure economic growth models. Great attention is placed on the domestic front. This book describes and discusses in detail the historical background, development trends, achievements, and challenges of China’s infrastructure from 1949 to 2019, under the classic “supply and demand” analysis framework. From the four perspectives of market integration, open development, people’s livelihood, and endogenous growth, this book carries out an empirical study on how to quantify and make causal inferences about the economic development effects of infrastructure. Based on the conclusion that national governance is of important help to infrastructure provision, this book interprets China’s governance system and its impact on infrastructure provision from the angle of decentralization and offers suggestions on policy optimizing.
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    ISBN: 9789819989010
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XXV, 210 p. 68 illus., 67 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: India Studies in Business and Economics
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Dutta, Swati Mapping sustainable development goals for children in India
    Keywords: Economic policy. ; Social policy. ; Family policy. ; Education and state. ; Welfare state. ; Development economics. ; Population ; Child Deprivation ; Child Wellbeing ; Children ; Sustainable Development Goals ; Child Rights ; Indien ; Vereinte Nationen Generalversammlung Sustainable Development Goals ; Kind ; Wohlbefinden
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Overview -- Chapter 2: Child Poverty and Deprivation -- Chapter 3: Anthropometric Failure and Undernutrition among Children -- Chapter 4: Child Health Status and Utilization of health care services -- Chapter 5: Holistic Child Development and New Education Policy -- Chapter 6: Violence and Gender equity -- Chapter 7: Tracking the Child over all Wellbeing between 2015-16 & 2019-21 -- Chapter 8: Policies and way forward.
    Abstract: This book offers a comprehensive exploration of child well-being within the context of Indian states, focusing on the progress made in eight Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) targets. What sets this book apart is its unique perspective, as it delves into the well-being of children, examining their experiences across six key dimensions: child poverty and deprivation, anthropometric failure and undernutrition, child health and healthcare services, quality education, violence and gender equity, and overall child well-being. The book relies on data from various data sources such as the National Family Health Survey, Unified District Information System, and National Crime Records Bureau statistics. The child well-being score is calculated following the UNDP methodology, enabling a ranking of states and districts in terms of their progress between 2015-16 and 2019-21. In addition to rigorous quantitative analysis, the book delves into the implications of key policies like the National Education Policy, National Health Policy, social protection schemes, and Poshan Abhiyan on child development and their role in achieving SDG targets. It systematically compares the performance of Indian states in relation to SDG targets, using child-specific indicators, making this book truly unique. It incorporates more than 30 child-related indicators, spanning the eight child-specific SDGs selected for analysis. The child well-being achievement score from 2015-16 serves as a baseline for assessing the progress toward SDG goals. The indicators presented in this book serve as valuable tools for tracking SDG progress and sustainably monitoring child well-being at the state level. Ultimately, the book not only reveals the depth of deprivations but also provides a roadmap for region-specific priority areas, strongly advocating for child-centric policy interventions. This book will be useful for the academicians, policy makers, government officials, civil bodies, NGOs and other research communities including doctoral researchers who are working in the field of child wellbeing.
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    ISBN: 9789819996803
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(IX, 208 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Oriental literature. ; Social justice. ; Asia ; Ethnology ; Culture. ; Literature.
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Dalit Autobiographies as A Way of Knowing the Dalit 'Self' -- 3. No More Worlds to Conquer: a critical reading of Ambedkar’s Waiting for a Visa -- 4. Waiting for a Visa: Reminiscences or Remedy? -- 5. The Rhetoric of Ambedkar in Selected Works -- 6. Education, Exploitation and Empowerment of Dalits in Waiting for a Visa -- 7. Trajectory of Tolerance and Triumph: A Short Study of Ambedkar’s Waiting for Visa -- 8. Language and Indian Social Discourse in Waiting for a Visa by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar -- 9. The Social and Political Aggressions of B R Ambedkar: Interrogating his Childhood Traumas and Denial of Childhood -- 10. The Dalit Autobiography as a Critical Genre: Situating Ambedkar’s Waiting for a Visa among Marathi Dalit Autobiographical Writings -- 11. Conclusion For a Way Forward. .
    Abstract: With multidisciplinary examination, this book explores Waiting for Visa, Ambedkar's autobiographical writing. This investigation ranges from Dalit Studies to Discourse analysis. It aims to provide the reader with in-depth knowledge of Ambedkar's unexplored autobiographical memoir and supplement a range of generalized works. The issues addressed in this book are essential to Ethnic and Race studies in general, to which Dalit Studies is but one contributing discipline. The Dalit Studies already have many texts. These texts are primarily concerned with Dalit identity politics, socio-mythological explorations, and Ambedkarian thoughts on economics, politics, and racial-religious discriminations. These are not discussed with Ambedkar's life stories narrated by himself. This book bridges the gap between Dalit Studies and Ambedkar Studies to project how Ambedkar attempted to forge into an impregnable South Asian social, educational, and political fabric. This reference book aims to attract academics and students of Asian, South Asian, and Dalit Studies. The book appeals to educators, policymakers, and comparative literary scholars. Mrunal Chavda is Assistant Professor in Business Communication at the Indian Institute of Management Raipur. He holds a Ph.D. in Drama from the University of Exeter, United Kingdom.
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    ISBN: 9789819984909
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIV, 253 p. 19 illus., 10 illus. in color.)
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    Series Statement: The Language of Politics
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    Keywords: Communication in politics.
    Abstract: Humor and Politics: A Conceptual Introduction -- Founding Contradictions, Contemporary Expressions: Political Humor in American Culture -- Humorous Genres and Modes in Greek Political Discourse -- British Phlegm and Individualism in Humorous Political Advertising -- ‘Kapwa’ and Filipinos’ Fixation with Presidential Jokes. .
    Abstract: This collection of original chapters reflects the increasing interest over the past few decades in the relationship between political humor (as a distinct form of political discourse) and a country’s culture: Beliefs, values, norms, institutions, and processes that are affected, shaped by, and related to historical experiences, socialization processes, social structure, religion, the economic system, and majority/minority relations. Written by contributors from various fields of study – political science, communication, linguistics, sociology, culture studies, and political psychology – the book looks at the central role played by “culture” in shaping and affecting the sundry aspects of political humor, including satire and parody. The chapters, focusing on diverse countries such as the USA, UK, Greece, Philippines, Israel, Poland, Italy, and Spain, as well as ethnic groups, offer a comprehensive overview of political humor as used by public figures, including politicians, artists, performers, as well as comedians, talk shows hosts and and the general public. By presenting fresh perspectives on the relationship between culture and political humor as employed during political debates in parliament, in media interviews and shows, on the internet and in art, the book opens up new avenues for discussion regarding the factors that shape political humor across the globe in a variety of political and media systems. .
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    ISBN: 9789819700295
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIV, 148 p. 25 illus., 23 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Engaging Indonesia, Critical Dialogues on Culture and Society
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The digitalization of Indonesian small and medium enterprises
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    Keywords: Welfare economics. ; Entrepreneurship. ; New business enterprises. ; Economics. ; Personnel management. ; Microeconomics. ; Electronic commerce. ; Digitalization of SMEs in Indonesia ; Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Indonesia ; Challenges of digitalization ; Business digitalization and SMEs ; Financial inclusion and platform capitalism ; inclusive digital economy ; governance and economy ; SMEs and Covid-19 ; Digital ecosystem
    Abstract: Introduction: Current Status of Digitalization of Indonesia SMEs -- Understanding Digital Talent Potential in Indonesia’s Digital SMEs -- Digital Finance for SMEs: Issues, Challenges, and Keys to Promote Inclusive Growth -- Connection and Automation: The Opportunities and Threats of Digitalization -- The Dynamism of Economy in the Regional SME Digital Ecosystem -- The Role of Government and Business in Facilitating Digital Economy -- Conclusion: Inclusive Digital Economy of Indonesia SMEs.
    Abstract: This book examines the digitalization of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Indonesia and its challenges in the context of an emerging economy and the Covid-19 crisis. During the Covid-19 pandemic, business digitalization became a must for a business to avoid collapse and people saw that digital transformation is a panacea for SMEs to help them survive and revive from the crises. Governments and other stakeholders in many countries including Indonesia have launched policies and programs to support SMEs. Transforming SMEs' conventional businesses into digitalized versions, however, is a complex issue influenced by various factors. These factors encompass both internal changes within the organization and external dynamics in the ecosystem in which they operate. This book, therefore, is a new approach towards understanding the digitalization of SMEs in Indonesia and includes contributions from scholars with different, multi-disciplinary perspectives and demonstrates that digital transformation of SMEs is not all about technology adoption but also involves other aspects such as social, economic, and public governance factors. It discusses opportunities and challenges of digital transformation of SMEs in Indonesia, such as digital talent, financial inclusion, platform capitalism, automation, government’s role, governance, open competition, and inclusive digital economy. The book is of interest to researchers and students of social economics, SMEs and entrepreneurship, human capital research, and economy and governance.
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    ISBN: 9789819999873
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIV, 162 p. 17 illus., 3 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Qizhen Humanities and Social Sciences Library
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    Keywords: Applied linguistics. ; Language and languages ; Educational tests and measurements.
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Item response theory -- Chapter 3. Validation frameworks and methods -- Chapter 4. Components of computerized adaptive language testing -- Chapter 5. Design of computerized adaptive language tests -- Chapter 6. Validation of computerized adaptive language tests -- Chapter 7. Conclusion.
    Abstract: The book reports on the development and validation of a computerized adaptive EFL test, which is used as an exit requirement for non-English-major undergraduates at a major Chinese university. Unlike the tests reported in previous research on computerized adaptive language test (CALT), which were mostly designed to assess vocabulary, grammar and reading, this test consists of listening and reading components using both dichotomously-scored stand-alone items and polytomously-scored testlet-based items. The book is an essential and stimulating read for researchers and graduate students in the testing domain, particularly for those who are interested in CALT, item response theory (IRT), and quantitative research methods in general. It also constitutes a solid reference resource for L2 teachers and test developers. One of the distinctive features of the book is its operationalization of assessment use argument (AUA) in the investigation of the construct validity of the CALT. Another strength of this book is that it provides insight into the specific procedures that are followed in the development of CALTs and addresses a few key issues, such as local item dependence and DIF detection that were ignored in previous CALT development research.
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XII, 278 p. 3 illus., 1 illus. in color.)
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    Series Statement: International Law and the Global South, Perspectives from the Rest of the World
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    Keywords: International law. ; Human rights. ; Sex. ; Criminology.
    Abstract: Introduction by editors -- The discursive dissociation of human rights and justice: Experiences of Afro-Colombian displaced women from Colombia -- Seeking intersectionality in the Inter-American System jurisprudence on land rights -- The rights of indigenous and quilombola communities in the context of environmental challenges in Brazil -- The Struggles for Corporate Accountability in the UN: A Global South Perspective -- Strategies for Including LGBT as an “Ethnical Group” under the Genocide Article of the Rome Statute -- Prior consultation in Colombia and its postcolonial legacies: an exclusion/inclusion policy -- Impacts of Sinosphere on ensuring equal rights of ethnic minority women in Southeast Asian countries: Barriers, challenges and recent developments -- Human Rights as a calculus of unfreedom -- Manual Scavenging as an Unhygienic Occupation: An Untold Story -- Analysing the Symbiotic Relation Between the Concept of Resistance and Counter-hegemonic Practices of Human Rights -- The Utility of International Law in Solving the Palestinian Question Insights from Complexity Theory -- Using Law to Prevent Further Unequal Access to Food in North Korea -- Vernacularising Human Rights in ASEAN Regionalism -- A Critical Appraisal of The Human Rights Based Approach to NCD Prevention and Control in the Caribbean Region -- International Criminal Court: A Critical Analysis -- Contradictions and opportunities for national liberation in human rights law and practice.
    Abstract: The books aims to discuss and present an alternative epistemology of human rights, against the background of the globalization from below. The interdependent network of transnational networks, ranging from social movements, NGOs, and other groupings, questions the neoliberal paradigm and a particular set of human rights. This book wishes to transform this discourse on human rights and amplify the subaltern voices. The book also aims to highlight alternative practices of freedom that decenter human rights as a liberation discourse. Following Julia Suarez-Krabbe in “Race, Rights and Rebels”, the authors aim to amend to practices of freedom that center different orders of knowledge on subjectivity and agency. The proposed book, first, situates the problem of representation of the marginalized voices in contemporary legal and political discourse. Second, it offers critiques in theory, and, third, followed by alternative practices that emanate from marginalized localities. In particular, this book wishes to reflect upon alternatives rooted in legal and non-legal responses to address human rights grievances. In the end, this book envisages, along the lines of Frantz Fanon, to vision the possibility of the human by a new concept, addressing the concerns in various ways: As Fanon argued for “a new start”, “a new way of thinking”, and for the creation of a “new man”, it is pertinent to trigger a human rights project from the below.
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    ISBN: 9789819988570
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXI, 371 p. 15 illus., 14 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Law in mass media. ; Economics. ; Asia
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: A Conceptual Scheme for the Double-Bind Regulatory State -- Chapter 3: Particularities of the Economic Regulation of the ISM Industry -- Chapter 4: Particularities of the Political Regulation of the ISM Industry -- Chapter 5: Economic Versus Political Goals -- Chapter 6: The Dynamics of Fragmented Authoritarianism -- Chapter 7: Global Leadership Comes at a Price -- Chapter 8: The Double-Bind Regulation Beyond China.
    Abstract: “Authoritarian regimes smother internet and the social media. This book boldly argues this is not the case in China, where the party-state is torn between conflicting political and economic objectives. Taking advantage of this “double-bind regulation”, private internet firms have managed to secure zones of autonomy . A brilliant demonstration.” --Nonna Mayer, Sciences Po, Paris “In China as a Double-Bind Regulatory State, Aifang Ma provides an ambitious yet convincing framework to explain the puzzling coexistence of an all-powerful and unchecked party-state and the relatively autonomous space for private internet and social media firms to grow and thrive. This book is theoretically innovative, methodologically rigorous, and empirically rich. A must read for anyone curious about internet governance and regulation in China.” --Rongbin Han, University of Georgia “An extraordinarily interesting, highly provocative and deeply empirical piece of political analysis on a topic of staggering importance. Its achievement, above all, is to restore the agency of firms and netizens in its forensic reconstruction and de-mythologising of the saga of the ongoing birth of a digital public sphere in China.” --Colin Hay, Sciences Po, Paris “Through a detailed, provocative and insightful analysis of state-firm interactions, Aifang Ma shows how private internet firms in China carved out a space of relative autonomy. This book is a must-read for students of Chinese internet regulation.” –Guobin Yang, University of Pennsylvania This book explores the power dynamics in the Chinese regulation of internet firms. It conceptualises China as a “double-bind regulatory state”, defined as a two-step autonomy-enabling process. First, the party-state’s pursuit of competiting objectives creates its predicament. Second, private internet firms consciously exploit such predicament to enlarge their manoeuvring room. The double-bind regulation approach challenges some current academic accounts that exaggerate the capacity of the Chinese party-state to establish seamless control. Aifang Ma is currently a Boya postdoctoral scholar and a Lecturer at Peking University. She holds a Ph.D in political science at Sciences Po Paris. .
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVII, 160 p. 19 illus., 8 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Urban Sustainability
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Hu, Xiaohui Uneven economic resilience of old industrial cities in China
    Keywords: Economic geography. ; Human geography. ; Sustainability. ; Evolutionary Economic Geography ; Regional Economic Resilience ; Industrial Path Development ; Old Industrial Cities ; Resource-Based Cities ; Structure-Agency Interplays ; Multi-Scalarity ; China ; COVID-19 ; Multiple Perspectives
    Abstract: Introduction: theories, concepts, and new research accounts of regional economic resilience -- Adaptation, adaptability, and resilience of regions under economic crises: a conceptual framework -- Regional economic resilience under COVID-19: towards new research agendas -- The economic r resilience of old industrial cities in China: a call for multiple perspectives -- Industrial structure or agency: What affects regional economic resilience? Evidence from resource-based cities in China.
    Abstract: Taking the Chinese context seriously, this book provides critical reflections and policy-informed accounts of how and why old industrial cities generate uneven resilience in the face of crisis. It offers unconventional conceptualizations and on-the-ground empirical studies in the Chinese context when it comes to the literature on regional economic resilience. Theoretically, this book adopts multiple perspectives, including evolutionary, complex adaptive systems, and institutional and geographical political economy, to provide a more systematic understanding of regional economic resilience in Chinese old industrial cities. Empirically, this book adopts a comparative analysis approach to explore the in-depth nature of uneven regional economic resilience by focusing on two coal mining regions in China. The book also makes an additional and timely academic contribution to the literature on the conceptualization and empirics of regional economic resilience under the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. This book is suitable for undergraduate and graduate students and scholars interested in economic geography in general and regional economic resilience, regional industrial dynamics and old industrial cities in China in particular. It is also a useful reference for local and regional governments, as well as businesses, for policy-making and action in the face of crisis.
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XVII, 257 p. 3 illus., 1 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Understanding China
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    Keywords: Economics. ; Social choice. ; Economic Theory ; Chinese Path to Modernization ; Modernization Theory ; Li Yining ; Chinese Economy
    Abstract: Preface by Ping Xinqiao -- An Important Innovation Achievement of Economics Theory with Chinese Characteristics -- On Li Yining's contribution to economics -- Introduction -- I. Formation of Economics Theory with Chinese Characteristics -- II. The Framework Structure and Main Content of this Book -- PART ONE -- Mutual Understanding and Inclusiveness -- The Origin and Development of Economics -- Chapter 1 -- Theoretical Framework of Economics -- Section 1: Economics Is the Science of Social Enlightenment and Social Design -- I. What Economics Studies -- II. How to Study Economics -- III. Levels of Economic Theory Section 2: Ethics of Economics -- I. Ethics of Economics and the Study of Human -- II. The Study of Economics Ethics and Objectives -- Section 3: Economic Operation and System -- I. How to Achieve Efficiency and Fairness -- II. Economic System and Resource Allocation -- Section 4: Three Important Tools of Economists -- I. History -- II. Theory -- III. Statistics .-Chapter 2: A -- Hundred Flowers Blooming of Economics -- Section 1: A Mirror of Economic Doctrine History -- I. Classification of Economics -- II. Brief History of Economic Doctrines -- III. Crisis of Modern Western Economic Theory -- Section 2: The Integrator -- Marxist Political Economics -- I. The Formation and Development of Marxist Political Economics -- II. The Scientific Laws Revealed by Marxist Political Economics -- Section 3: The Intersection of Economics and Other Disciplines -- I. The Trend of Interdisciplinary Intersection -- II. The Intersection of Economics and Other Disciplines -- Chapter 3: The Prosperity of Economics with Chinese Characteristics -- Section -- 1: Theoretical Starting Point and Innovative Development of Economics with Chinese Characteristics -- I. Theoretical Starting Point -- II. Practical Exploration and Theoretical Innovation of CPC in Leading Economic Work -- Section 2: Theoretical Features of Economics with Chinese Characteristics -- I. People-centered Economics -- II. The Basic Features of Socialist Economic Operation -- Section 3: Development Trend of Economics with Chinese Characteristics -- I. Systematic Economic Theory -- II. A Hundred Schools of Thought Contending and the Mission of Chinese Economists -- PART TWO -- Exploration of History--Success and Loss of Global Modernization -- Chapter 4: A Brief History of Global Modernization -- Section 1: Modernization of Western European Countries -- I. A Brief Modernization History of Western European Countries -- II. The Loss of British Modernization in the Twentieth Century -- Section 2: Modernization of United States -- I. The Establishment of the American Capitalist System -- II. The Process of Economic modernization of United States -- Section 3: Modernization of Other Countries -- I. Modernization of Other European Countries -- II. Modernization of Asia, Oceania, Africa, and Latin America countries -- Chapter 5: An Economic Analysis of the Success and Loss of Global Modernization -- Section 1: Comparative Economic History and Modernization -- I. Research Methods of Comparative Economics -- II. Modernization from the perspective of comparative economic history -- Section 2: The Basic Laws of Economic modernization -- I. The Economic Analysis Framework of Economic modernization -- II. Key Factors of Economic modernization -- Section 3: The Basic Laws of System Modernization -- I. The Economic Analysis Framework of System Modernization -- II. Key Factors of System Modernization.-PART THREE.-New Generation’s Mission for New Trail --The Universality and Particularity of Chinese Path to Modernization -- Chapter 6: Economic Analysis of Universality and Particularity of Chinese Path to Modernization -- Section 1: The Universality of Chinese Path to Modernization from the perspective of Economics -- I. A Consistent Logic of Economic modernization .-II. A Consistent Logic of System Modernization .-Section 2: The Particularity of China from the Perspective of Economic Modernization -- I.Development Economics and Two Types of Transformation -- II. Economic Operation and Two Types of Disequilibrium -- Section 3: The Particularity of China from the Perspective of System Modernization -- I. Planning System with Chinese Characteristics -- II. Development-oriented Finance System with Chinese Characteristics -- Chapter 7: To honor Commitment and take practical Actions of Chinese Path to Modernization -- Section 1: Chinese Path to Modernization Before the Reform and Opening Up -- I. Chinese Modernization in recent times -- II. Chinese Path to Modernization Under the Leadership of CPC Before the Reform and Opening up -- Section 2: Chinese Path to Modernization in the New Era of Reform, Opening Up, and Socialist Modernization -- I. Establishment of Socialist Market Economy and "Thought Guarantee" -- II. Modernization in the New Era of Reform, Opening Up, and Socialist Modernization -- Section 3: The New Journey of ChinesePath to Modernization and Theoretical Innovation -- I. High-quality Development Is of Paramount Importance in the New Era -- II. Implementing the New Development Philosophy -- III. The World Significance of Chinese Path to Modernization -- Conclusion:Where Does Modernization End?. .
    Abstract: This book exploratively reviews and refines the theoretical system of economics with Chinese characteristics and the analytical framework of Chinese path to modernization. This book aims to reveal answers to the three questions: what has the theoretical system of economics with Chinese characteristics inherited and developed? What are the experiences and lessons of all countries’ modernization in the world? What is the universality and particularity of Chinese Path to Modernization? As conclusion, the author draws a clue to understand Chinese path to modernization, which is neither “making up for the lessons” nor a “convergence”, but an “innovation” built upon the general principles of modernization. Its universality lies in the overall patterns and trends of modernization, that is, the consistent process of the country's pursuit of national economic growth and people's prosperity. The distinctiveness of this path lies in the concurrent transformation of Chinese economic system and the institutional innovations with Chinese characteristics that unfold throughout this ongoing economic process.
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(IX, 250 p. 4 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Modern China and International Economic Law
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    Keywords: Private international law. ; Conflict of laws. ; International law. ; Comparative law. ; Blockchains (Databases). ; Data protection.
    Abstract: 1. The Reform of the IMF and the Origin of Crypto-SDRs -- 2. The realization path of Crypto-SDRs Monetization -- 3. Risks and Regulations in the Early Stage of the Birth of Crypto-SDRs -- 4. Research on Legal Issues in the Mature Period of Crypto-SDRs -- 5. The Impact of Crypto-SDRs and China's Countermeasures -- 6. Conclusion.
    Abstract: This book analyzes the concept, theory, rules, and impact of the reform of the international monetary system and Crypto-SDRs and provides a feasibility analysis of the combination of blockchain technology and SDRs. It explores and summarizes the possibility of solving problems such as the inherent defects of the current international monetary system and creatively suggests that the birth of Crypto-SDR will have a positive impact on countries and industries and fields around the world, especially in anti-money laundering, cross-border asset recovery, international payments, banking, insurance, financial auditing, Fintech regulation, etc.
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VII, 349 p. 28 illus., 22 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Philosophy of mind. ; Artificial intelligence. ; Technology
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: What AI can learn from the Brain – The Temporal Augmenting Agent (TAA) -- Chapter 3: Can Machines Learn Music? An open dialogue between Neuromusicology and Computational modelling methods -- Chapter 4: Can Machines ‘Think’? Machine intelligence and the phenomenal nature of thoughts -- Chapter 5: Can Machines Think Causally? -- Chapter 6: Neuromodulation and AI -- Chapter 7: Self-awareness and its implications for cooperative - competitive machine-mind interactions -- Chapter 8: Bicentennial Saga of Consciousness: Exploring the Lives and Minds of Humans and Machines with a Discussion on contemporary Sci-Fi Movies that Straddles the Identity, Love and Intelligence Discourses -- Chapter 9: AI as an Intercultural Trigger of New Consciousness -- Chapter 10: Can Artificial Intelligence (AI) accelerate social advancement? A review of possibilities and challenges -- Chapter 11: Mind-reading machines: Promises, Pitfalls and Solutions of Implementing Machine Learning in Mental Health -- Chapter 12: AI Technology and Autonomous Weapon System: Debating “Meaningful Human Control” -- Chapter 13: Language and Meaning in Humans and AI Systems -- Chapter 15: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), and the Humanities -- Chapter 16: Expanding Cognition: The Plasticity of Thought -- Chapter 17: Simulation and Obfuscation: Artificial Intelligence, Intelligent and Not? -- Chapter 18: Can Artificially Intelligent Machines have a Goal?: An Understanding based on Bhoja's Aesthetic Theory of Character Personality and Life-goals -- Chapter 19: Incomplete performitivity in the age of Neganthropocene or how to exit the Anthropocene -- Chapter 20: Singularity Beyond Silicon Valley: The Transmission of AI Values in a Global Context -- Chapter 21: Advaita Ethics and the Machine Age: The Pursuit of Happiness in an Interconnected world -- Chapter 22: The World as Affordances: Phenomenology and Embodiment in AI -- Chapter 22: Human Learning andMachine Learning: Unfolding from Creativity Perspective -- Chapter 23: On Convergence of Intelligence: Decision-making Models in AI and Reflections on Human Intelligence -- Chapter 24: Situating AI in the matrix of human agency and normativity: Implications of post-phenomenological mediation and technological intentionality -- Chapter 25: Investigating the ontology of AI vis-a-vis Technical Artefacts.
    Abstract: This edited volume presents perspectives from computer science, information theory, neuroscience and brain imaging, aesthetics, social sciences, psychiatry, and philosophy to answer frontier questions related to artificial intelligence and human experience. Can a machine think, believe, aspire and be purposeful as a human? What is the place in the machine world for hope, meaning and transformative enlightenment that inspires human existence? How, or are, the minds of machines different from that of humans and other species? These questions are responded to along with questions in the intersection of health, intelligence and the brain. It highlights the place of consciousness by attempting to respond to questions with the help of fundamental reflections on human existence, its life-purposes and machine intelligence. The volume is a must-read for interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary researchers in humanities and social sciences and philosophy of science who wish to understand the future of AI and society. .
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVII, 227 p. 82 illus., 53 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Literature. ; History. ; Anthropology.
    Abstract: The Quadruple-evidence Method in Retrospect -- The Fourth-dimension Evidence: Theoretical Legitimacy -- The Quadruple-evidence Method in Methodology -- The Owl as the Cultural Symbol from the Perspective of Comparative Iconology -- A Study of the Serial Jade Pedants Unearthed from the Dou Family’s Tombs in the West Han Dynasty Based on the Inter-evidentiality -- On the Inter-evidence Again: The Jade ring Unearthed from the Tombs of the HanDynasty in Chaohu city and the Bear Totem of the Chu People -- A Third Exploration on the Evidence Interrelation: On the Myths of Heavenly Bear in the Han Dynasty -- The Chain of Evidence and the Great Tradition: An Interpretation of the Mystery of Er-snake in Classic of Mountains and Seas -- Summary and Prospect -- Reference -- Translator’s Note. .
    Abstract: This book is the first monograph of its kind in the academic world which comprehensively expounds the new methodology of humanities. The quadruple-evidence method is one which integrates quadruple-evidences to open up new horizon for interpretation of ancient culture in the three-dimensional manner. The first layer of evidence refers to documents passed down from the past; the second layer of evidence refers to local written materials; the third layer of evidence includes oral legends of anthropology and folklore and etiquette in the living folk customs; the fourth layer of evidence refers to those ancient objects and images either unearthed in archaeological excavations or handed down from the past. The book consists of theoretical explorations and their applications in individual cases. While the first part studies the academic evolution, theory and methodological value of the quadruple-evidence method, the second part, in using the method in different cases, explores different historical and cultural phenomena in the history of China, attempting to extend the frontier of the origin of civilization from the approach of mythological study.
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    ISBN: 9789819997343
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VI, 276 p. 15 illus., 14 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Private international law. ; Conflict of laws. ; International law. ; Comparative law. ; Political science. ; Public law .
    Abstract: 1. Openness of Government Affairs in China:Development in 2020 and Prospects in 2021 Innovation Project Team on the Rule of Law Index of the Law Institute of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences -- 2. Deepening the Openness of Government Affairs and Building a Transparent Government in Hubei Province Government Affairs Management Office of the Government of Hubei Province -- 3. Investigation Report on Litigation Cases Relating to Government Information Disclosure in Guangzhou Area-Based on the Analysis of 1,168 Cases Handled by Guangzhou Railway Court Since 2016Research Group of the Administrative Tribunal of the Intermediate Court of Railway Transport of Guangzhou Municipality,Guangdong Province -- 4. The Characteristic Mechanism for and Innovative Explorations of the Open Government Work in Xicheng District of Beijing Municipality Project Group on Open Government Work,the Government of Xicheng District of Beijing Municipality -- 5. Promoting Implementation,Standardization,and Service through the Openness of Government Affairs in the Field of Taxation Taxation Publicity Center of the State Administration of Taxation -- 6. The Suzhou Practice of Promoting the Openness of Government Affairs and Servicing Enterprises with the “Policy Calculator” Project Group of the General Office of Suzhou Municipal People‘’s Government -- 7. Report on the Index of Transparency of Government Affairs in Pilot Free Trade Zones in China (2020)—From the Perspective of Information Disclosure on Government Websites of Free Trade Zones Innovation Project Team on the Rule of Law Index of the Law Institute of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences -- 8. Current Situation and Prospect of Government Press Release in China Innovation Project Team on the Rule of Law Index of the Law Institute of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
    Abstract: The book continues to use quantitative and empirical research methods to summarize and analyze the achievements of government openness in China in 2020. It points out that in 2020, the exploration of standardization and standardization of government affairs openness is accelerating, decision-making openness is making steady progress, and government affairs services, administrative law enforcement, and management results are all making significant progress. However, in the future, it is still necessary to further enhance the awareness of openness, identify the needs of the public, integrate openness into the whole process of government affairs activities, and improve the level of information security. Besides, the book for the first time first carries out a third-party assessment of the government affairs publicity in the national free trade zones and free trade zones, and releases research reports on the publicity of administrative punishment information, government news release, work and production resumption information, and health science popularization information.
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    ISBN: 9789819704156
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (VIII, 73 p. 15 illus., 10 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Economics
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    Keywords: Macroeconomics. ; Economic development. ; Economic policy. ; Public debt ; Fiscal deficit ; Policy coordination ; QQE (Quantitative and Qualitative Monetary Easing) ; FTPL (Fiscal Theory of Price Level) ; MMT (Modern Monetary Theory)
    Abstract: Circumstances of Questions and Theoretical Background -- Timeline of Economic Policies in Japan -- Structure of Quantitative and Qualitative Monetary Easing and Joint Statement with Government -- Fiscal Theory of Price Level and Modern Monetary Theory -- Answers to Questions 1 and 2: Financial System from Viewpoints of Payment -- Answer to Question 3: Crocodile Mouth Theory vs. Blanchard Assertion -- Conclusion.
    Abstract: In this study on the Japanese economy, the author focuses on three problems related to economic policy and presents their answers. The author analyzes (i) what mechanisms exist for fiscal policy and the price level, (ii) whether the MMT proposition that public deficits increase people’s wealth and savings fits into the standard macro model, and (iii) whether Blanchard's assertion that fiscal deficits are net wealth in the US economy can be applied to Japanese economy as well. The propositions of Sims’ FTPL, Kelton's MMT, Japan's Ricardian type argument, and the non-Ricardian type of government by Blanchard have been understood as independent economic perceptions, but they will be theoretically shown as a coherent story. Namely, this study presents a macroeconomic framework that includes the financial sector and derives Sims’ proposition that “fiscal policy can be the sole determinant of the price level.” It also shows that MMT's claim that "budget deficits increase our wealth and collective savings" can inevitably hold within this framework. Furthermore, it presents a model that consistently explains that public debt leads to financial collapse and contributes to economic welfare.
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    ISBN: 9789819709724
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XV, 193 p. 9 illus., 8 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Asia ; Medical policy. ; Public health.
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction: Japan and Global Health in the COVID-19 Pandemic -- Chapter 2: Japan and Gavi: Its Global Health Diplomacy for the COVAX Facility -- Chapter 3: Japan and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria -- Chapter 4: Japan and the GPEI: Toward a Polio-Free World -- Chapter 5: Japan’s TICAD Diplomacy for Global Health in Africa -- Chapter 6: Japan’s Changing ODA Diplomacy for Global Health -- Chapter 7: Japan and the Business Leaders’ Coalition for Global Health -- Chapter 8: Japan and the GFF: For Health and Nutrition of Mothers and Children -- Chapter 9: Japan, the GHIT Fund, and Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) -- Chapter 10: Japan’s Global Health Strategy and the 2023 G7 Hiroshima Summit -- Chapter 11: Japan and CEPI: In Preparation for the Next Pandemic -- Chapter 12: Chapter 11: Japan and CEPI: In Preparation for the Next Pandemic.
    Abstract: This book examines the development of Japan’s human security diplomacy for global health in the pre- and post-COVID-19 world. In the light of global health politics and human security studies, it attempts to clarify Japan’s financial and diplomatic contributions to the Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi), the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) Facility, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund), the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), official development assistance (ODA) related to global health, the Global Health Innovative Technology Fund (GHIT Fund) to combat neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) in preparation for future pandemics, and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to enhance the global health system. Moreover, the role of the Japanese Business Leaders’ Coalition for Global Health in collaboration with the Bill & Melida Gates Foundation in the field of innovative technology, such as an application of artificial intelligence (AI) for global health will be scrutinized. In addition, this research investigates implications of Japan’s Global Health Strategy for Japan’s global health diplomacy at the event of the G7/G8 summits, especially the 2023 G7 Hiroshima Summit. Finally, this book identifies multiple global health actors that constitute the emerging and changing global health architecture in the post-COVID-19 world. Dr. Daisuke Akimoto is Associate Professor at Tokyo University of Information Sciences. As a former Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholar at the University of Sydney, former Assistant Professor at Soka University, and a former Official Secretary in the House of Representatives, he has authored several books, including Japanese Prime Ministers and Their Peace Philosophy (Palgrave 2022). .
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    ISBN: 9789819707140
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVIII, 295 p. 22 illus.)
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    Series Statement: Space Law and Policy
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    Keywords: International relations. ; Law of the sea. ; International law. ; Aeronautics ; Private international law. ; Conflict of laws. ; Comparative law. ; Space. ; Politics and war.
    Abstract: Introduction to the Book -- Opening Address -- Chapter 1: International Space Law: An Overview -- Chapter 2: Emergency Assistance and Rescue Obligations for Commercial and Private Spacefarers in the Context of the History, Present and Future of Human Spaceflight -- Chapter 3: The Artemis Accords: A New Phase in the Development of Outer Space Law -- Chapter 4: Deconfliction of Space Activities: Lunar Safety Zones -- Chapter 5: Military Activities and Operations in Space: An Unfolding Legal Universe -- Chapter 6: The New Zealand Outer Space and High-altitude Activities Act 2017 and the Statutory Review — A Dance Between International and Domestic Law -- Chapter 7: Transformational Trends in India’s Space Programme -- Chapter 8: Knowing Me, Knowing You: A Critique of the UK Space Strategy -- Chapter 9: LISA: Global Space Science and New Zealand’s Contribution -- Chapter 10: Space Weather: A Global Hazard from Space to New Zealand’s Technological Infrastructure -- Chapter 11: Light Pollution and the Future of Space Science and Astronomy -- Chapter 12: New Zealand’s Growing Space Sector: A Technological and Science Perspective.
    Abstract: This book explores multidisciplinary perspectives on critical issues in space from the viewpoints of New Zealand and other nations. It brings together the topics examined at the Otago Foreign Policy School 2022 by both domestic and international experts in the area of space, and includes the opening address on space policy delivered by the Minister of Foreign Affairs. This book takes a multidisciplinary approach to New Zealand’s growing space sector in conjunction with other nations’ perspectives on space. It encompasses space science, military and defence matters, space tourism and astronaut rescue, and international legal and policy frameworks, while taking into account future considerations. Readers such as academics, students, policy advisers, diplomats, government officials and others engaged in the field of space will find value in this book. It will appeal to think tanks and international institutions grappling with the complexities that are presented by the outer space domain.
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    ISBN: 9789819998753
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XXXI, 594 p. 90 illus., 20 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Contributions to Economics
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    Keywords: Macroeconomics. ; Trading ; Trading Economics ; Trading system ; Trading agents ; Accounting Matrix ; Trading network ; Trading equation ; Trading loop ; Trading potential ; Trading status
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Trading System -- Chapter 2. Trading Agents -- Chapter 3. Accounting Matrix -- Chapter 4. Expansion of Trading Probability -- Chapter 5. Expected Return Function -- Chapter 6. Trading Principles -- Chapter 7. Equilibrium of Trading System -- Chapter 8. Trading Community -- Chapter 9. Trading Network Generation -- Chapter 10. Trading Network Expression -- Chapter 11. Layered Structure of Trading Network -- Chapter 12. Phase Structure of Trading Network -- Chapter 13. Aggregation Structure of Trading Network -- Chapter 14. Compactness of Trading System -- Chapter 15. Trading Equation -- Chapter 16. Interpretation of Trading Phenomena -- Chapter 17. Trading Loop -- Chapter 18. Distribution of Trading Potential -- Chapter 19. Evolution Equation of Trading System -- Chapter 20. Evolution of Trading Space -- Chapter 21. Phase Transition of Trading Status -- Chapter 22. Business Cycle Model Chapter -- 23. Economic Growth Model -- Chapter 24. Trading Pricing Model -- Chapter 25. Efficiency Decay ofTrading Systems -- Chapter 26. Imperfection of Trading Systems.
    Abstract: This book reconstructs the theoretical framework of economics by examining the concept of trading, the trading network, and the evolution of a trading system, tied together by the notion of “bounded rationality.” Trading economics uproots the theoretical paradigm of mainstream economics and enables timeworn economic thinking to deal with the various complex phenomena of the modern economy. Mainstream economic theories see growth as the combined result of family and enterprise activities. Based on this understanding, established economic policies all focus on how to effectively influence the behavior of trading agents. Trading economics, by contrast, believes economic growth is the product of the activities of a self-organizing network of families and enterprises, rather than a simple superposition of the behaviors of trading agents. In policy design, trading economics looks to maintain the structural integrity of the trading network and the stability of the trading cycle. This book is a translation of an original German edition. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation.
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    ISBN: 9789819719044
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIX, 217 p. 3 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Environmental Law. ; Environmental law, International. ; Law of the sea. ; International law. ; Aeronautics
    Abstract: Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 The Governance Challenges of Regional SRM and Cloud Seeding -- Chapter 3 Material Resemblances between Cloud Seeding and Regional Solar Radiation Management -- Chapter 4 Adaptive Governance as a Normative and Analytical Framework -- Chapter 5 Domestic Cloud Seeding Law and Governance -- Chapter 6 Multi-Scale Institutional Arrangements -- Chapter 7 Participatory Decision-Making -- Chapter 8 Iterative Learning Processes -- Chapter 9 Conflict Management Mechanisms -- Chapter 10 Conclusion -- Bibliography.
    Abstract: This book investigates the role of cloud seeding laws in governing regional solar radiation management (SRM) activities. It challenges the prevailing belief that cloud seeding laws are irrelevant to regional SRM governance and argues for their applicability. Through case studies in Australia, Canada, and the United States, the book highlights the need for legal frameworks that promote cross-scale interactions, stakeholder participation, flexible decision-making, and conflict resolution. It advocates for adopting adaptive governance principles to effectively manage the risks and uncertainties associated with regional SRM interventions. By filling a gap in the existing literature, this book offers valuable insights and recommendations for the governance of regional SRM, shedding light on the potential of cloud seeding laws to inform and shape SRM governance frameworks. It provides a comprehensive analysis of the legal and normative aspects, offering practical guidance for policymakers, researchers, and stakeholders involved in regional SRM initiatives.
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    ISBN: 9789819990467
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (X, 381 p. 88 illus., 2 illus. in color.)
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    Keywords: Economic history. ; Macroeconomics. ; Development economics. ; Sustainable economy ; Evolutionary economy ; Theory economy ; Macroeconomics ; China's economy
    Abstract: Carrying Capacity: Theory And Research Methods -- Calculation and Analysis of Population Carrying Capacity of China’s Regional Resources, Environment, and Economy -- Carrying Capacity and China’s Regional Functional Planning -- Carrying Capacity and China’s Urban-rural Coordination -- Some Problems Concerning EW-MFA and China’s Economic Growth.-Bibliography.
    Abstract: This book systematically examines the progression of carrying capacity research and its correlation with sustainable development, constructing a new framework of interactive theory and application methods within the context of sustainable development. Additionally, it links carrying capacity theory and methods with the unique challenges faced by China in achieving sustainable development. The book delves into the implementation of sustainable development strategies tailored to China’s specific circumstances. In practical research, the book conducts comprehensive calculations and analyses of the carrying capacity of various regions in China from resource, environmental, and economic perspectives. It employs various analytical approaches to elucidate and investigate three key issues in China’s current development landscape: regional functional planning, urban-rural coordinated development, and the transformation of economic growth models. The book is intended to unveil more efficacious solutions, pathways, and measures to address these challenges.
    Note: Jointly published with Economic Science Press
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    ISBN: 9789819712199
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VIII, 195 p. 6 illus., 1 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Modern China and International Economic Law
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    Keywords: Private international law. ; Conflict of laws. ; International law. ; Comparative law. ; Commercial law. ; Trade regulation.
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Members’ shareholding: A GDP-based formula -- Chapter 2. Corporate governance: The non-resident Board -- Chapter 3. Operational standards: Environmental and Social Framework 2021 -- Chapter 4. MCDF: A multilateral fund administered by the AIIB -- Chapter 5. The issue of SOEs: Perspectives of AIIB and other institutions.
    Abstract: This book reflects the latest legal development of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), and makes direct and positive responses—it uses first-hand, authoritative information and makes insightful and persuasive analyses in addressing those concerns. In particular, this book provides nuanced analysis of the following topics: — capital allocation of the AIIB, in comparison with those of Bretton Woods institutions; — dynamic relationship between the shareholder board and management, a central topic of corporate governance for the AIIB and other MDBs; — AIIB’s environmental and social safeguards, including its frontier ESG portfolio investments, in comparison with the World Bank standards; — highly debatable issues relating to the interaction between AIIB, Belt and Road, and MCDF; — comparative study of state-owned enterprises in the laws of AIIB, WTO, ICSID, etc.. This book targets academics, students, policymakers, and business circles who are interested in AIIB, given the bank’s growing importance in the context of global economic governance reforms. First, the book is a must for those who are keen to gain insight into the AIIB. Ten years have passed since the debut of the idea of AIIB in 2013, and the topic has never retreated from the debate of the international community—a major concern is whether a China-led multilateral development bank (MDB) remains to be politically neutral, or professional, and can live up to high standards.
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    ISBN: 9789819947294
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, , 132 Seiten) , Diagramme
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in International Relations
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    Keywords: Globalization. ; International economic integration. ; Diplomacy. ; Regionalism. ; Political science. ; Weltordnung ; Ordnungspolitik ; Instrument ; Internationales politisches System ; Interessenkonflikt ; Internationale Politik ; Politisches Verhalten ; Liberalismus ; Erde
    Abstract: Introduction -- American Strategy and the Liberal International Order -- East Asia, Europe and the High Sea: The Geostrategic Trinity of the U.S. led order -- The EU’s Connectivity Strategy 2.0: Global Gateway in the Indo-Pacific -- Germany’s Indo-Pacific Turn: Evolving Approaches and the Rules-based Order -- France’s Indo-Pacific approach: Salvaging the rules-based order and staying relevant -- India, the Quad, and the Liberal International Order -- Countering Chinese Economic Coercion and Corrosive Capital in Southeast Asia -- The Challenge of China in the Liberal International Order -- Northeast Asia’s Energy Transition - Challenges for a Rules-based Security and Economic Order -- Post-Covid Liberal International Order -- The Limits of the Liberal International Order?
    Abstract: This open access book aims to emphasize the potential for Japan, Europe and Indo-Pacific countries including the US to respond to shared domestic and international challenges on finding joint ways to uphold and develop the liberal international order (LIO) in the Asian Pacific region and the world. It explores how these countries and the region (the EU) can work together to promote solidarity and cooperation to advance democratic standards and rules-based norms globally. The US understands the LIO in a political sense and centers its focus on democracy, aiming to build a coalition of democracies opposed to China and Russia which represent a kind of authoritarian axis. The US aims both to defend the LIO and respond to the China challenge and to build a coalition of countries that will do both. In contrast European countries aim at defending the “rules-based order”—a term preferred because they fear that the concept of the LIO might alienate or antagonize non-democratic countries. They face a dilemma between working with China to reform the LIO or, in seeking to defend it from China, excluding China. Germany and France differ regarding whether to play a passive or active role in the Indo-Pacific, the former choosing to preserve peace and stability for continued exports, and, until recently, doing little to contribute to security. Its views echo those of the ASEAN countries, which are unable or unwilling to take an active role in protecting the LIO. On the contrary France, along with the UK, actively carries out presence operations in the Indo-Pacific. Rather than upholding US dominance, France supports a multipolar order that will also reduce China’s influence in the region, with France acting as a balancing power and offering an alternative to the choice between China and the United States. Japan and India show interest in European views with the former leaning more toward its allies, the US and AUKUS, and the latter seeing Europe less as an alternative to the status quo and more as a complement of QUAD. This book concludes that the US needs to build coalitions rather than forcing allies and neighbors to choose sides, while Japan, Asian countries, and Europeans should more actively reform the LIO.
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    Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore | Singapore : Imprint: Springer
    ISBN: 9789819970667
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVII, 81 p. 30 illus., 28 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Design Science and Innovation
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    Keywords: Design. ; Tourism. ; Management. ; Buildings ; Interior architecture.
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Your Users Your God -- Chapter 2: First Love with Accommodation -- Chapter 3: Host and Hospitality -- Chapter 4: Food and Tour -- Chapter 5: Reducing Travel Uncertainty -- Chapter 6: Exercises with ergonomic directions.
    Abstract: The textbook covers the application of human factors in different facets of tourism and hospitality industry. It talks about appropriate ambience creation for guests, so they can enjoy their stay. This book enumerates different human factors aspects of dealing with tourists, conducting guided tours, or ensuring that tourists are completely satisfied from the tour in detail but in a layperson’s language. This book discusses details of the application of human factors in the tourism sector. This book aims to fill the gap between the literature available on tourism that deals with people and human factors that deals with the interaction among people, space, and products. This book aids the students and instructors in understanding and teaching different human factors issues in this sector. Further, this book will help professionals in the industry in providing quality services to their clients.
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    Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore | Singapore : Imprint: Springer
    ISBN: 9789819982929
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XII, 235 p. 3 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Modern China and International Economic Law
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    Keywords: Private international law. ; Conflict of laws. ; International law. ; Comparative law. ; Trade regulation. ; Mediation. ; Dispute resolution (Law). ; Arbitration (Administrative law).
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Economic Justifications for Antidumping -- Chapter 3. Historical Development of AD Law based on Protectionist Intent -- Chapter 4. Pre-WTO Era Evolution of Non-market Economy Treatment Rules and Practices -- Chapter 5. WTO Era Non-market Economy Treatment Rules and Practices -- Chapter 6. The Changing International Legal Environment Regarding Non-market Economy Treatment -- Chapter 7. Prospects of Non-market Economy Treatment.
    Abstract: This book serves as a comprehensive study of and provides rich insight into non-market economy treatment, including its past, present, and estimated future practices and implications. It explores the introduction of the market and non-market economy dichotomy into international trade law. It traces the origin and development of non-market economy treatment against changing international economic and political background. The book examines this treatment in light of the rationale underlying anti-dumping, reflecting its alleged significance of ensuring fair trade. It in particular investigates the varied non-market economy treatment practices responding concerns of China’s rising as a large state-led economy, analyzing the deviation of NME treatment into an all-in trade tool. The book argues against preconceived bias and unilateral protectionism. It highlights the universal existence of government involvement in the market and proposes objective assessment of its impact on fair trade. Final proposition of the book is depoliticizing trade, reforming comprehensively international trade rules to carefully calibrate different values, including promoting fairness and enhancing global social welfare. It envisages a multi-dimension overhaul of international trade rules to rebalance trade interests, rather than roughly labeling an economy to confer different treatment, the practices of which lead to separation and chaos. The book is of particular relevance and interest to economies-in-transition, and among policy makers, academicians and legal practitioners engaged in trade remedies and trade rules reconstruction.
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  • 96
    ISBN: 9789819974214
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XV, 267 p. 39 illus., 28 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: European literature. ; Fiction. ; Intercultural communication. ; Mass media.
    Abstract: Introduction:(Why) Is Europe Still Following in Winnetou’s Footsteps? -- Indianthusiasm and Indigenous Contacts: A Very Personal German Perspective -- A Separation of Sameness: (East) German Indianthusiasm, Ostalgie, and Kent Monkman’s Intervention -- “We Were Indians First, Before We Became Croats”: “Playing Indian” on the European Frontier -- Croatian Winnetou: Locations, Memories, Cultural Legacy, Ethical Issues -- Alalá all’Indiano! Native Americans in Fascist Italy: Useful Characters from Dime Novel Foes to “Natural Leaders”’ against Anglo-American Imperialism -- Lakota Dandies in the Eternal City: Indigenous Travelers Chief Iron Tail and Jacob Ištá Ská -- Constructions of North American Indigeneity in Contemporary Polish Non-Fiction -- Becoming White Otter: Constructing Whiteness between Canada and Czechoslovakia -- Winnetou in Czech Comics -- “We’re Still Here”: Interview with Bruce Sinclair -- Erasing the Footsteps That Lead Astray.
    Abstract: This book examines the ways in which North American Indigenous identity has been (re)imagined, represented, and negotiated in German, Croatian, Italian, Polish, and Czech culture. Employing a cross-disciplinary and comparative approach and drawing on a range of media—from literature, comics, and film to photography, painting, and the performative arts—across different historical and cultural backgrounds, it aims to both contribute innovative scholarship on Indigenous studies in Europe and open a new avenue in the field by focusing on Central European settings that have received little or no critical attention to date. The book’s novelty also comes from its focus on the latest developments in the field, including the “Ravensburger/Winnetou controversy,” which swept across Europe in 2022, echoing the 2017 Canadian debate over Indigenous appropriation and free speech. It seeks to provide a sound reference and lay the groundwork for future scholarship by opening up a conversation on how Indigenous identities have been portrayed in Central European literature and media texts. To this end, it not only addresses generalized expectations about North American Indigenous people underlying (Central) European public discourse and imagination but also questions whether and to what extent some of the ingrained stereotypical views and practices, such as hobbyism, have been challenged in the face of Indigenous resurgence, rapidly changing media and information-sharing realities, and global cultural shifts. The closing interview with Métis playwright, actor, and director Bruce Sinclair underscores one of the book’s key goals—to spark an informed cross-cultural dialogue that will reveal the mechanisms of, as well as the contradictions and tensions inherent in, the politics of Indigenous representation in (Central) European cultural industries and encourage (Central) Europeans to confront their own cultural assumptions and attitudes. .
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    ISBN: 9789819954476
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XIV, 177 p. 32 illus., 28 illus. in color.)
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    Keywords: Financial engineering. ; Macroeconomics. ; Valuation. ; Fintech in Malaysia ; Cryptocurrency in Malaysia ; Banking Behaviour in Malaysia ; Islamic Banking ; Financial Literacy in Malaysia ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Bridging the Gap Between Information Asymmetry and ir 4.0: A Systematic Literature Review. - The Impact of Market Sentiment on Business Fixed Investment in Malaysia -- Crypto or Stock? A Comparative Analysis for Beginners -- The Size Effect in Malaysia’s Stock Returns -- The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Malaysian Stock Market -- Reaction and Efficiency of Cryptocurrency Market During COVID-19 Pandemic: The Effect of Size and Supply -- Monetary Policy, COVID-19 and Cryptocurrency: The Tales of 3 Countries -- Fintech Financial Literacy and Islamic Bank -- Factors Influencing Online Investment Adoption: A Systematic Review -- Ethical Banking Behaviour of Millennials and Generations Z in Malaysia.
    Abstract: This book is a collection of research works by experienced academics focusing on the current issues of fintech and cryptocurrency in the context of Malaysia. The book aims to fill the gap in the extant literature on the topic in Southeast Asia. The book starts with a discussion on the role of monetary policies in the advent of the current trend where cryptocurrencies are being used more widely as a medium of exchange compared to conventional fiat money. It then goes on to provide a comparative analysis for beginners regarding the differences between cryptocurrencies and stocks, considering facets such as ownership, methods of exchange, volatility, regulation, and their interconnectedness. Also discussed are the factors influencing on-line investment options using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) review method, a comparison of Islamic banking products and conventional fintech. The book ends on an analysis of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Malaysian stock market. This book is a valuable read for undergraduate students, postgraduate students, academicians, researchers, and professionals working in the economics, finance, and banking industries, particularly in Southeast Asia.
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    ISBN: 9789819987870
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XIX, 237 p. 38 illus., 1 illus. in color.)
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    Keywords: Economic development. ; Social policy. ; Schools of economics. ; Social Development ; Common Prosperity ; Economic Commission ; Government ; Chinese Modernization
    Abstract: Part I. Theory- Systematic understanding of common prosperity -- 1. Background and significance of common prosperity -- 2. The basis and connotation of common prosperity -- 3. Goal and measurement of common prosperity -- Part II. Practice -Jointly promote common prosperity -- 4. Principles and policies of top-level design -- 5. Construction and promotion of common prosperity demonstration area -- 6. Influence and opportunity of common prosperity -- 7. Realizing people's all-round development.
    Abstract: This book explains China's new common prosperity policies—their significance, connotations, and goals—and explains the economic logic behind these often misunderstood policies. First, the authors explain the theory behind common prosperity. Why is the Chinese government changing its economic policies now, and what is its objectives and metrics? The authors then go on to explain how the new policies are being designed, what the test cases are across the country, and how the government, businesses, families, and individuals are working together to promote common prosperity. An important book that will help scholars around the world understand China's new economic bottom line. This book will be of interest to economists, sociologists, and sinologists. Liu Yuanchun is the President of Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, and the former Vice President of Renmin University of China, a member of China Finance 40 Forum and Chinese Economy 50 Forum, a distinguished economist, and a member of the expert committee of the 14th national five-year plan. Song Yang is a professor in School of Economics of Renmin University of China and holds a Ph.D in economics from Cornell University specializing in development and labor economics. He was selected into the 100 innovative young people program of China Association for Science and Technology. Wang Fei is an associate professor of the School of Labor and Human Resources, Renmin University of China, and a research fellow of the Institute of common prosperity and the Institute of national development and strategy. Zhou Guangsu is an associate professor at the School of Labor and Human Resources, Renmin University of China, and an ‘outstanding scholar’ of Renmin University of China.
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    Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore | Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 9789819973255
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVII, 269 p. 4 illus., 2 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Philosophy. ; Religion.
    Abstract: Part I: Introduction -- Chapter 1: What Intellectual Shift Do We Need in a Time of Planetary Risks? Inspirations from Symbiosis in Life Sciences and the Notion of Gongsheng/Kyōsei -- Chapter 2: The Re-engineering of Gongsheng: On the Methodology of this Volume and its Philosophical Implications -- Part II: Gongsheng/Kyōsei in Classical Philosophies -- Chapter 3: Introduction on the Ethical “Doctrine of Gongsheng” based on Song-Ming Confucianism’s “Unity of Consummate Persons and Things” -- Chapter 4: The Concept of Gongsheng in Daoist Philosophy: Examples from Laozi and Zhuangzi -- Chapter 5: “If Humans are Free of Disease, then Tian is Free of Disease” – Ecological Civilization and the Daoist Concept of Gongsheng -- Chapter 6: Co-dependent Origination and the Doctrine of Gongsheng: A Buddhist Perspective on The Harmony of Humanity, Nature, and Civilizations -- Chapter 7: The Gap of Wen and the Edge of Chaos: From the Conundrum of Kyōsei to the “Cosmic Hope” -- Part III: Gongsheng in Contemporary Contexts -- Chapter 8: How to Understand Symbiosis? – The Conflict and Integration of Two Pictures of Life -- Chapter 9: The Microbiome is Redefining What it Means to be Human -- Chapter 10: Gongsheng in Ecological Anthropology -- Chapter 11: Yaoshi Tongyuan: The Symbiotic Practice in Traditional Medicines -- Chapter 12: The Gongsheng School of International Relations: China's Experience -- Part IV: Resonance -- Chapter 13: Origins and Theoretical Foundations of Convivialism -- Chapter 14: Ontology, Conviviality and Symbiosis or: Are there Gifts of Nature?
    Abstract: “This excellent collection of essays explores the notion of gongsheng/kyōsei as a conceptual ground for developing novel pathways in our age of crisis. It shows how cutting-edge contributions from contemporary Chinese and Japanese philosophy offer accounts of deep relationality that allow us to think the co-becoming not only of all humans on our planet but rather the entanglement of humans and the complex non-human systems in which they are embedded. A must read for anybody interested in identifying avenues of planetary cooperation in philosophy and science beyond the narrow confines of merely local traditions.” —Markus Gabriel, University of Bonn, Germany “This anthology assembled a cohort of distinguished scholars to provide cross-cultural and interdisciplinary perspectives on an ecological way of thinking about the human experience in all of its parts. In our own historical moment when the zero-sum thinking we associate with a foundational individualism has proven to be woefully inadequate, gongsheng thinking might usher in the gestalt shift in our values, intentions, and practices needed to bring humanity back from the brink.” —Roger T. Ames, Peking University, China This open access book sheds light on the term gongsheng/kyōsei, which is used in Chinese and Japanese to not only translate “symbiosis” in biology but also broadly deployed in philosophical, social and political contexts. It is a cross-contextual attempt to study the foundation of gongsheng/kyōsei as a philosophy of co-becoming, with exploration of its significance for thinking about the planetary challenges of our times. Bing Song is a Senior Vice President of the Berggruen Institute and Director of the Institute’s China Center. She has been leading projects under the research theme of Frontier Science & Technology and East Asian Philosophies and edited Intelligence and Wisdom: Artificial Intelligence Meets Chinese Philosophers (CITIC Press 2020, Springer 2021). Yiwen Zhan is Lecturer at Beijing Normal University. He mainly works in metaphysics and epistemology. Recently, he is interested in exploring the question-sensitive structures in epistemology, decision theory, and how it might affect our understanding of modality and existence.
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    Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore | Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 9789819977659
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 293 p. 3 illus., 1 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Middle East ; World politics. ; International relations. ; International trade. ; Internationale Politik ; Nahostkonflikt ; Normalisierung ; Diplomatische Beziehungen ; Politischer Konflikt ; Deeskalation ; Internationales politisches System ; Israel
    Abstract: Part I. International Perspectives -- 1. Introduction: Continuity in Tradition and Reconstruction of the Past: An Analysis of Contemporary Middle East -- 2. On the change in International System: Prospects and pitfalls of Saudi Arabia-Israel Relations -- 3. De-securitizing and Normalizing a Regional Actor: The case of Israel and Abraham Accords -- 4. Israel-Muslim World Relations under China’s Watch -- 5. Africa in the Shadow of Arab – Israel Relations -- 6. Global Protection Force for Palestine -- Part II. Regional Perspectives -- 7. Relations between Tunisia and the Zionist State within a Post-Abraham Peace Accords Context -- 8. GCC-Israel Rapprochement under Abraham Accords: Implications for Israel-Palestine Conflict -- 9. Abraham Accord: Regional Impact on Hezbollah -- 10. Normalization of Relations between Israel and Arab States: An Iranian Perspective -- 11. Israel-Arab Normalization: Reflections from Pakistan -- 12. Periphery Doctrine and Israel Relations with Central Asian States: A Normalized Perspective from Non-Arab Region -- 13. The Arab-Israeli Diplomatic Normalization and its implications for South and Southeast Asian Muslim Countries.
    Abstract: This book focuses on rapprochement and normalisation between Israel and some Arab countries within the context of global and regional geopolitics, bringing together broader perspectives on transformations resulting from this. The analysis is rooted in a historical and cultural construction of the region as an Islamic sphere viewing Israel as a perpetuation of the Western colonial project in the region. It analyses how this normalisation must not be treated as a novel phenomenon, but as a reconstruction of the past and continuity in tradition geared at regional stability, signifying a wider shift in the structure of the global international system. The first section addresses the international perspectives of the changing dynamics through the lens of US domestic politics, disengagement plans, China’s increasing understanding of the geopolitics of the Abrahamic world. It equally pays enough attention to the attendant implications of this normalisation. The second section of the book explores the reflections of regional (state and non-state) actors, such as Turkey, Iran, Syria, Pakistan, and Hezbollah, and the catalysing effects of this normalisation within and beyond the region. The book is a rich resource for scholars of regional and international relations, in particular Middle East studies. It provides useful reading material for both undergraduate and graduate students of Political Science, think tanks, diplomats, and IR experts and policy analysts, who are desirous of having rich theoretical and empirical underpinnings of unfolding realities in the larger Middle East. Bakare Najimdeen is Associate Professor at the Centre for International Peace & Stability (CIPS), Department of Peace and Conflict Studies, National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST), Islamabad, Pakistan.
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