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  • 1
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    Reproductive decision-making in a macro-micro perspective (2014)
    Dordrecht : Springer
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    ISBN: 9789401794008
    Language: English
    Pages: VII, 178 S. , graph. Darst.
    Parallel Title: Online-Ausg. Philipov, Dimiter Reproductive Decision-Making in a Macro-Micro Perspective
    DDC: 304.666
    Keywords: Family planning Decision making ; Social Sciences ; Demography ; Family ; Personality and Social Psychology ; Electronic books
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    Handbook of Child Maltreatment (2014)
    Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands
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    ISBN: 9789400772083
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XXVI, 588 p. 17 illus., 11 illus. in color, online resource)
    Series Statement: Child Maltreatment, Contemporary Issues in Research and Policy 2
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    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Handbook of child maltreatment
    DDC: 306
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    PH 8740
    Keywords: Social sciences ; Quality of Life ; Quality of Life Research ; Developmental psychology ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Quality of Life ; Quality of Life Research ; Developmental psychology ; Developmental psychology ; Quality of Life ; Quality of Life Research ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Kindesmisshandlung ; Kindesmisshandlung
    Abstract: This Handbook examines core questions still remaining in the field of child maltreatment. It addresses major challenges in child maltreatment work, starting with the question of what child abuse and neglect is exactly. It then goes on to examine why maltreatment occurs and what its consequences are. Next, it turns to prevention, treatment and intervention, as well as legal perspectives. The book studies the issue from the perspective of the broader international and cross-cultural human experience. Its aim is to review what is known, but even more importantly, to examine what remains to be known to make progress in helping abused children, their families, and their communities
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents; Author Biographies; Introduction; References; Part I: Child Maltreatment: What Is It?; Chapter 1: Trends in Child Abuse Reporting; Introduction; Referrals to CPS and CPS Responses: Evidence from NCANDS; Incidence of Maltreatment and CPS Investigation Rates: Evidence from NIS; Nonreporting by Mandated Reporters; Who Does and Does Not Report Child Maltreatment; Why Mandated Reporters Fail to Report; Conclusions; References; Chapter 2: Child Neglect: Challenges and Controversies; Defining Child Neglect; Challenges to Definitional Consensus
    Description / Table of Contents: Parent-Focused (Omissions) Versus Child-Focused (Meeting Needs)Actual Versus Potential Harm; Heterogeneity of Neglect; Importance of Chronicity; Developmentally Appropriate Definitions; Cultural Context; Incidence/Prevalence; Risk Factors; Societal Context; Poverty; Child Welfare and Health Professions; Community/Neighborhood Context; Social Capital; Family Context; Parent-Child Relationship; Stressful Life Experiences; Family Chaos and Violence; Individual Parent Factors; Caregiver Depression; Substance Use; Isolation and Lack of Social Support
    Description / Table of Contents: Developmental History, Personality, and Level of FunctioningInformation Processing; Child Factors; Protective Factors; General Factors; Context-Specific Factors; Consequences; Physical Development; Cognitive Development; Socioemotional Development; Neglect During Adolescence; Measurement; Treatment; Prevention; References; Chapter 3: Current Issues in Physical Abuse; Current Issues in Physical Abuse; Definitions; History; Epidemiology; Impact and Costs; International Issues and Cultural Practices; Skin Lesions; Fractures; Head Trauma; Other Injuries; Preventing Physical Abuse; Summary
    Description / Table of Contents: ReferencesChapter 4: Child Sexual Abuse: The History, Current State of the Art and the Challenges for the Future: A Pediatric Perspective; Where Do We Go from Here?; References; Chapter 5: Fatal Child Abuse; Background and History; Epidemiology of Fatal Child Maltreatment; Child Death Evaluation; Ideal Process for Child Death Investigation; Child Fatality Review Teams; Causes of Fatal Child Abuse Deaths; Abusive Head Trauma; Fatal Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy; Suffocation Versus SIDS; Fatal Poisoning; Fatal Neglect; Prevention; References; Part II: Child Maltreatment: Why Does It Occur?
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 6: A Multidimensional View of Continuity in Intergenerational Transmission of Child MaltreatmentA Multidimensional View of Continuity in Intergenerational Transmission of Child Maltreatment; A Multidimensional View of Continuity; A Multidimensional View of Child Maltreatment; A Multidimensional View of IGTM Phenomenology; Homotypic and Heterotypic IGTM; Undifferentiated IGTM; A Multidimensional View of IGTM Etiology; IGTM Mechanisms Specific to Subtypes; IGTM Mechanisms Common Across Subtypes; IGTM Mechanisms That Operate Differently Depending on Subtype
    Description / Table of Contents: Future Directions and Recommendations
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction: Jill E. Korbin and Richard D. KrugmanPART I. CHILD MALTREATMENT: WHAT IS IT? -- Chapter 1: Trends in Child Abuse Reporting; Andrea Sedlak and Raquel Ellis -- Chapter 2: Child Neglect: Challenges and Controversies; Laura Proctor and Howard Dubowitz -- Chapter 3: Current Issues in Physical Abuse; Vincent Palusci -- Chapter 4: Child Sexual Abuse: The History, Current State of the Art and the Challenges for the Future - a Pediatric Perspective; Astrid Heger -- Chapter 5: Fatal Child Abuse; Scott Krugman and Wendy Lane -- PART II. CHILD MALTREATMENT: WHY DOES IT OCCUR? -- Chapter 6: A Multidimensional View of Continuity in Intergenerational Transmission of Child Maltreatment: Sara Bezenski, Tuppett Yates and Byron Egeland -- Chapter 7: Poverty and Child Maltreatment; F. Brett Drake and Melissa Jonson-Reid -- Chapter 8: The Evolving Understanding of Disproportionality and Disparities in Child Welfare; Alan Dettlaff -- Chapter 9: Child Maltreatment and Disabilities: Increased Risk? Angelo Giardino, Eileen R. Giardino and Reena Isaac -- Chapter 10: Addressing Intimate Partner Violence and Child Maltreatment: Challenges and Opportunities; Jeanne Alhusen, Grace Ho, Kamala Smith and Jacqueline Campbell -- PART III. CHILD MALTREATMENT: WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES? -- Chapter 11: Neurobiological Consequences of Neglect and Abuse; Kristin Bernard, Teresa Lind and Mary Dozier -- Chapter 12: Longterm Consequences of Child Maltreatment; Cathy Spatz Widom -- PART IV. CHILD MALTREATMENT: WHAT CAN AND SHOULD WE DO ABOUT IT? -- Chapter 13: Beyond Maltreatment: Developing Support for Children in Multiproblem Families; Michael Wald -- Prevention -- Chapter 14: Sustaining Progress in Preventing Child Maltreatment: A Transformative Challenge; Deborah Daro and Genevieve Benedetti -- Chapter 15: Community-Level Prevention of Child Maltreatment; Beth Molnar and William Beardslee -- Chapter 16: The Public Health Approach to the Prevention of Child Maltreatment; Patricia Hashima -- Chapter 17: Strong Communities: A Community-wide Approach to Prevention of Child Maltreatment; Gary Melton -- Chapter 18: Prevention of Child Maltreatment: The Problem of Resource Allocation; Fred Wulczyn, Sara Feldman, Sarah McCue Horwitz and Lily Alpert.-Treatment and Intervention -- Chapter 19: Empirically Based Treatments for Maltreated Children: A Developmental Perspective; Susan Timmer and Anthony Urquiza -- Chapter 20: Psychosocial Consequences and Treatments for Maltreated Children; Monica Fitzgerald and Lucy Berliner -- Chapter 21: Foster Care and Child Well-Being: A Promise Whose Time Has Come; Heather Taussig and Tali Raviv -- Chapter 22: Addressing Child Maltreatment through Mutual Support and Self-Help Among Parents; Arlene Andrews -- Chapter 23: Nonoffending Mothers of Sexually Abused Children; Viola Vaughan-Eden -- Chapter 24: Beyond Investigations: Differential Response in Child Protection Services; Tamara Fuller -- Chapter 25: Decisions to Protect Children: A Decision Making Ecology; John Fluke, Donald Baumann, Len Dalgleish and Homer Kern -- Legal Perspectives -- Chapter 26: Using Law to Identify and Manage Child Maltreatment; Ben Mathews and Donald Bross -- Chapter 27: Judicial Issues in Child Maltreatment; Jesse Russell, Nancy Miller and Michael Nash -- Chapter 28: Law Enforcement’s Evolving Mission to Protect Children; Stephanie Stronks Knapp -- PART V.  CHILD MALTREATMENT: IS IT THE SAME EVERYWHERE? -- Chapter 29: Child Maltreatment as a Problem in International Law; Robin Kimbrough-Melton -- Chapter 30: Child Maltreatment and Global Mental Health: Biocultural Perspectives; Brandon Kohrt.
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    DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-7208-3
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  • 3
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    Assemblages of health : Deleuze's empiricism and the ethology of life (2014)
    Dordrecht : Springer
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    ISBN: 9789401788922
    Language: English
    Pages: xviii, 209 Seiten
    Series Statement: Social sciences
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 306
    Keywords: Deleuze, Gilles ; Social sciences ; Philosophy and social sciences ; Public health ; Medical research ; Quality of life ; Social Sciences ; Quality of Life Research ; Public Health ; Philosophy of the Social Sciences ; Sozialwissenschaften ; Ethik ; Gesundheit ; Lebensqualität ; Deleuze, Gilles 1925-1995 ; Lebensqualität ; Gesundheit ; Ethik
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    Handbook of Child Maltreatment (2014)
    Dordrecht : Springer
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    ISBN: 9789400772076 , 9789400772083
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XXVI, 588 p. 17 illus., 11 illus. in color, online resource)
    DDC: 306
    Keywords: Sozialwissenschaften ; Social sciences ; Quality of Life ; Quality of Life / Research ; Developmental psychology ; Social Sciences ; Kindesmisshandlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Kindesmisshandlung
    Note: Child Maltreatment, Contemporary Issues in Research and Policy ; 2
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    The Concept of argument : a philosophical foundation (2014)
    Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands
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    ISBN: 9789401787628
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (LXII, 443 p. 2 illus) , online resource
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
    Series Statement: Logic, Argumentation & Reasoning, Interdisciplinary Perspectives from the Humanities and Social Sciences 4
    Parallel Title: Print version The Concept of Argument
    DDC: 160
    Keywords: Philosophy (General) ; Logic ; Pragmatism ; Argument ; Begriff ; Argumentationstheorie ; Philosophie
    Abstract: Arguing that our attachment to Aristotelian modes of discourse makes a revision of their conceptual foundations long overdue, the author proposes the consideration of unacknowledged factors that play a central role in argument itself. These are in particular the subjective imprint and the dynamics of argumentation. Their inclusion in a four-dimensional framework (subjective-objective, structural-procedural) and the focus on thesis validity allow for a more realistic view of our discourse practice. Exhaustive analyses of fascinating historical and contemporary arguments are provided. These range from Columbus' advocacy of the Western Passage to India, over the trial of King Louis XVI during the French Revolution, to today’s highly charged controversies surrounding euthanasia and embryo research. Excavating foundational issues such as the purpose of argument itself (assent of an audience or critical examination of validity claims) and the contested role of argument as a generator of knowledge, the book culminates in a discussion of the relationship between rationality and reasonableness and criticizes the restrictions of ‘rational’ argument relying on fixed logical, economic or cultural criteria that in reality are mutable. Here, a true, open argument requires the infusion of Paul Lorenzen’s principle of ‘transsubjectivity’, which recognizes but transcends the partiality of the individual, and which can be seen in the pragmatic and expanding consensus that humanity can control itself to safeguard the future of a fragile, damaged world
    Description / Table of Contents: PrefaceIntroduction -- Chapter 1. Knowledge -- Chapter 2. Research -- Chapter 3. Subjectivity -- Chapter 4. Basic Operations -- Chapter 5. Frame Structures -- Chapter 6. Dialogue Events -- Chapter 7. Validity -- Chapter 8. Argument Analysis -- Chapter 9. Reflexivity -- Chapter 10. Transsubjectivity.
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    DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-8762-8
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    People on the move in a changing climate : the regional impact of environmental change on migration (2014)
    Dordrecht : Springer
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    ISBN: 9789400769847
    Language: English
    Pages: vii, 253 Seiten , Illustrationen
    Series Statement: Global migration issues volume 2
    Series Statement: Global migration issues
    RVK:
    LB 56000
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    MS 1560
    RVK:
    MS 9000
    Keywords: Mobilität ; Internationale Migration ; Klimawandel ; Migrationsentscheidung ; Migrationsforschung ; Welt ; Migration ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Sammelwerk ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung
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    DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-6985-4
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    People on the Move in a Changing Climate : The Regional Impact of Environmental Change on Migration (2014)
    Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands
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    ISBN: 9789400769854
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (VII, 253 p. 29 illus, online resource)
    Series Statement: Global Migration Issues 2
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    Parallel Title: Druckausg. People on the move in a changing climate
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    MS 9000
    Keywords: Mobilität ; Internationale Migration ; Klimawandel ; Migrationsentscheidung ; Migrationsforschung ; Welt ; Social sciences ; Migration ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Migration ; Migration ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Klimaänderung ; Migration ; Klimaänderung ; Migration
    Abstract: Policymakers around the world are increasingly concerned about the likely impact of climate change and environmental degradation on the movement of people. This book takes a hard look at the existing evidence available to policymakers in different regions of the world. How much do we really know about the impact of environmental change on migration? How will different regions of the world be affected in the future?  Is there evidence to show that migration can help countries adapt to environmental change ? What types of research have been conducted, how reliable is the evidence? These are some of the questions considered in this book, which presents, for the first time, a synthesis of relevant research findings for each major region of the world.   Written by regional experts, the book provides a comprehensive overview of the key findings of existing studies on the linkages between environmental change and the movement of people. More and more reports on migration and the environment are being published, but the information is often scattered between countries and within regions, and it is not always clear how much of this information is based on solid research. This book brings this evidence together for the first time, highlighting innovative studies and research gaps.  In doing this, the book seeks to help decision-makers draw lessons from existing studies and to identify priorities for further research
    Description / Table of Contents: 1: Regional Perspectives on Migration, the Environment and Climate Change: Frank Laczko, Etienne Piguet2: Migration and Environmental Change in Asia: Graeme Hugo and Douglas K. Bardsley -- 3: Environmental change and Migration between Europe and its Neighbours: Mark Mulligan Sophia Burke and Caitlin Douglas -- 4: Environmental change and human migration in sub-Saharan Africa: James Morrissey -- 5: Climate Change, Extreme Weather Events, and Migration: Review of the Literature for Five Arab Countries: Quentin Wodon, Nicholas Burger, Audra Grant, George Joseph, Andrea Liverani and Olesya Tkacheva -- 6: Migration and Environmental Change in North America (USA and Canada): Susana B. Adamo and Alexander M. de Sherbinin -- 7: Migration and Climate Change in Latin America and the Caribbean: Raoul Kaenzig and Etienne Piguet -- 8: Migration and Climate Change in Oceania; Richard Bedford and John Campbell -- 9: The changing Hindu Kush Himalayas: Environmental change and migration: Soumyadeep Banerjee, Richard Black, Dominic Kniveton, Michael Kollmair -- 10:  Regional Policy Perspectives: Karoline Popp.
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    DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-6985-4
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    The Circulation of Agency in E-Justice : Interoperability and Infrastructures for European Transborder Judicial Proceedings (2014)
    Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands
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    ISBN: 9789400775251
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XXI, 365 p. 35 illus., 30 illus. in color, online resource)
    Series Statement: Law, Governance and Technology Series 13
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    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    RVK:
    PZ 5300
    Keywords: Social sciences ; Computer network architectures ; Social sciences Data processing ; Civil Law ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Computer network architectures ; Social sciences Data processing ; Civil Law ; Europäische Union ; Rechtsstreit ; Grenzüberschreitender Datenverkehr
    Abstract: This book contributes to an understanding of the dynamic complexities involved in the design of e-justice applications that enable online trans-border judicial proceedings in Europe. It provides answers to critical questions with practical relevance: How should online trans-border judicial proceedings be designed in order to deliver effective and timely justice to European citizens, businesses and public agencies? How can the circulation of judicial agency across Europe be facilitated? Based on extensive research, the book explores and assesses the complex entanglements between law and technology, and between national and European jurisdictions that emerge when developing even relatively simple e-services such as those supporting the European small claims procedure and European payment orders. In addition to providing a strong theoretical framework and an innovative approach to e-justice design, this book includes case studies that are based on a common methodology and theoretical framework. It presents original empirical material on the development of e-government systems in the area of European justice. Finally, it introduces the design strategies of Maximum Feasible Simplicity and Maximum Manageable Complexity and, based on them, it proposes architectural and procedural solutions to enhance the circulation of judicial agency
    Description / Table of Contents: ContentsList of Abbreviations -- Introduction: The Challenge of Interoperability and Complexity in European Civil Proceedings Online;  Francesco Contini and Giovan Francesco Lanzara -- Part I Beyond Interoperability -- Chapter 1 The Circulation of Agency in Judicial Proceedings: Designing for Interoperability and Complexity; Giovan Francesco Lanzara -- Chapter 2 Developing Pan-European e-Government Solutions. From Interoperability to Installed Base Cultivation; Ole Hanseth -- Chapter 3 How the Law can make it Simple: Easing the Circulation of Agency in e-Justice; Francesco Contini and Richard Mohr -- Part II Building e-justice: National and European Experiences -- Chapter 4 Law, Technology and System Architectures:  Critical Design Factors for Money Claim and Possession Claim OnLine in England and Wales; Giampiero Lupo -- Chapter 5 Functional Simplification through Holistic Design: The COVL Case in Slovenia; Gregor Strojin -- Chapter 6 The Piecemeal Development of an e-Justice Platform: The CITIUS Case in Portugal; Paula Fernando, Conceição Gomes and Diana Fernandes -- Chapter 7 Pushing at the Edge of Maximum Manageable Complexity: The case of ‘Trial OnLine’ in Italy; Davide Carnevali e Andrea Resca -- Chapter 8 The Making of Pan-European Infrastructure: From the Schengen Information System to the European Arrest Warrant; Marco Velicogna -- Chapter 9 Searching for Maximum Feasible Simplicity: the Case of e-Curia at the Court of Justice of the European Union; Francesco Contini -- Part III Complexity and the Circulation of Agency in Transborder Civil Proceedings -- Chapter 10 Legal Interoperability in Europe: An Assessment of the European Payment Order and the European Small Claims Procedure; Marco Mellone -- Chapter 11 Testing Transborder Civil Procedures in Practice: Findings from Simulation Experiments with the European Payment Order and the European Small Claims Procedure; Gar Yein Ng -- Chapter 12 Building Semantic Interoperability for European Civil Proceedings Online; Marta Poblet, Josep Suquet, Antoni Roig and Jorge González-Conejero -- Chapter 13 Coming to Terms with Complexity Overload in Transborder e-Justice: The e-CODEX Platform; Marco Velicogna -- Chapter 14 Let Agency Circulate: Architectures and Strategies for Pan-European e-Justice; Francesco Contini -- About the Authors -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
    DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-7525-1
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    Krister Segerberg on Logic of Actions (2014)
    Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands
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    ISBN: 9789400770461
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XXIX, 335 p. 40 illus, online resource)
    Series Statement: Outstanding Contributions to Logic 1
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    Keywords: Philosophy (General) ; Logic ; Philosophy of mind ; Logic design ; Philosophy ; Philosophy (General) ; Logic ; Philosophy of mind ; Logic design ; Segerberg, Krister 1936- ; Logik
    Abstract: This volume describes and analyzes in a systematic way the great contributions of the philosopher Krister Segerberg to the study of real and doxastic actions. Following an introduction which functions as a roadmap to Segerberg's works on actions, the first part of the book covers relations between actions, intentions and routines, dynamic logic as a theory of action, agency, and deontic logics built upon the logics of actions. The second section explores belief revision and update, iterated and irrevocable beliefs change, dynamic doxastic logic and hypertheories. Segerberg has worked for more than thirty years to analyze the intricacies of real and doxastic actions using formal tools - mostly modal (dynamic) logic and its semantics. He has had such a significant impact on modal logic that "It is hard to roam for long in modal logic without finding Krister Segerberg's traces," as Johan van Benthem notes in his chapter of this book
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction; Robert TrypuzPART I -- 1. "Krister Segerberg’s Philosophy of Action"; Richmond Thomason -- 2. "The concept of a routine in Segerberg’s philosophy of action"; Dag Elgesem -- 3. "On the Reconciliation of Logics of Agency and Logics of Event Types"; Jan Broersen -- 4. "Three traditions in the logic of action: bringing them together"; Andreas Herzig, Tiago de Lima, Emiliano Lorini, and Nicolas Troquard -- 5. "Deontic Logics based on Boolean Algebra"; Pablo Castro and Piotr Kulicki -- 6. "Dynamic Deontic Logic, Segerberg-Style"; John-Jules Meyer -- PART II -- 7. "Contraction, Revision, Expansion - Representing Belief Change Operations"; Sven Ove Hansson -- 8. "Segerberg on the Paradoxes of Introspective Belief Change"; Erik J Olsson and Sebastian Enqvist -- 9. "Equivalent Beliefs in Dynamic Doxastic Logic"; Robert Goldblatt -- 10. "On revocable and irrevocable belief revision"; Hans van Ditmarsch -- 11. "Actions, belief update, and DDL"; Jérôme Lang -- 12. "DDL as an “Internalization” of Dynamic Belief Revision"; Alexandru Baltag, Virginie Fiutek, and Sonja Smets.- 13. "Two logical faces of belief revision"; Johan van Benthem.
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    DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-7046-1
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    Logic, Reasoning, and Rationality (2014)
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    ISBN: 9789401790116
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XII, 283 p. 186 illus, online resource)
    Series Statement: Logic, Argumentation & Reasoning, Interdisciplinary Perspectives from the Humanities and Social Sciences 5
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    Keywords: Philosophy (General) ; Logic ; Science Philosophy ; Philosophy ; Philosophy (General) ; Logic ; Science Philosophy ; Logik ; Rationalität ; Vernunft
    Abstract: This book contains a selection of the papers presented at the Logic, Reasoning and Rationality 2010 conference (LRR10) in Ghent. The conference aimed at stimulating the use of formal frameworks to explicate concrete cases of human reasoning, and conversely, to challenge scholars in formal studies by presenting them with interesting new cases of actual reasoning. According to the members of the Wiener Kreis, there was a strong connection between logic, reasoning, and rationality and that human reasoning is rational in so far as it is based on (classical) logic. Later, this belief came under attack and logic was deemed inadequate to explicate actual cases of human reasoning. Today, there is a growing interest in reconnecting logic, reasoning and rationality. A central motor for this change was the development of non-classical logics and non-classical formal frameworks. The book contains contributions in various non-classical formal frameworks, case studies that enhance our apprehension of concrete reasoning patterns, and studies of the philosophical implications for our understanding of the notions of rationality
    Description / Table of Contents: Preface; Erik Weber, Joke Meheus & Dietlinde WoutersChapter 1. Adaptive Logics as a Necessary Tool for Relative Rationality. Including a Section on Logical Pluralism; Diderik Batens -- Chapter 2. A New Approach to Epistemic Logic; Giovanna Corsi and Gabriele Tassi -- Chapter 3. Explaining Capacities: Assessing the Explanatory Power of Models in the Cognitive Sciences; Raoul Gervais -- Chapter 4. Data-driven Induction in Scientific Discovery. A Critical Assessment Based on Kepler’s Discoveries; Albrecht Heeffer -- Chapter 5. Dovetailing Belief Base Revision with (Basic) Truth Approximation; Theo A.F. Kuipers -- Chapter 6. A Method of Generating Modal Logics Defining Jaśkowski’s Discussive D2 Consequence; Marek Nasieniewski and Andrzej Pietruszczak -- Chapter 7. Frontier Theory of Inquiry: Apparent Conflicts between the Ghent Logical Program and the “Darwinian” Selectionist Program; Thomas Nickles -- Chapter 8. On the Propagation of Consistency in Some Systems of Paraconsistent Logic; Hitoshi Omori and Toshiharu Waragai -- Chapter 9. Degrees of Validity and the Logical Paradoxes; Francesco Orilia -- Chapter 10. Contradictory Concepts; Graham Priest -- Chapter 11. Bloody Analogical Reasoning; Dagmar Provijn -- Chapter 12. Another Look at Mathematical Style, as Inspired by Le Lionnais and the OuLiPo; Jean Paul Van Bendegem and Bart Van Kerkhove -- Chapter 13. Internalism Does Entail Scepticism; Jan Willem Wieland -- Chapter 14. Answering by Means of Questions in View of Inferential Erotetic Logic; Andrzej Wiśniewski.
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    Methodological Misconceptions in the Social Sciences : Rethinking Social Thought and Social Processes (2014)
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    ISBN: 9789401786751
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XXVII, 309 p. 1 illus, online resource)
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    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Fusari, Angelo Methodological misconceptions in the social sciences
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Social sciences Methodology ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Social sciences Methodology ; Social sciences Research ; Methodology ; Sozialwissenschaften ; Interdisziplinäre Forschung ; Forschungsmethode ; Sozialwissenschaften ; Methodologie
    Abstract: This book offers a systematic view of social analysis that will advance the communication of results between different academic disciplines. It overcomes misunderstandings that are due to the use of an unstructured variety of methodological traditions in the analysis of complex socioeconomic and political processes. The book focuses on the special features of human society: humans as subjects, non-repetitiveness and irreversibility of social actions, and the peculiar relations between necessity and possibility in human action. It defines methodological criteria, procedures and rules that enable researchers to select and classify realistic hypotheses to derive general principles and basic organizational features. It then applies these criteria in critical reviews of major theories and interpretations of society and history, offering clarifications and alternative proposals with regard to crucial aspects of anthropological, political, juridical, sociological, and religious thought
    Description / Table of Contents: PrefaceIntroduction -- Part I. Theory -- Chapter 1. Preliminary Considerations on the Method of Social Thought -- Chapter 2. The Core of the Methodological Question: Procedure, Rules and Classifications -- Chapter 3. Heterogeneity of Methods in Social Thought: Weakness or Strength - Is there a Synthesis -- Chapter 4. Social Development and Historical Processes -- Chapter 5. On the Dynamics of Societies: Is there a Universal Theory? -- Part II. Some Applications -- Chapter 6. About Anthropology -- Chapter 7. Problems of Political Theory and Action -- Chapter 8. The Foundations of Law: Juridical Objectivism versus Jus Naturalism and Juridical Positivism -- Chapter 9. Some Insight on Sociological Thought: Rationality, Relativism and Social Evolution in Boudon-Weber's Cognitive Method -- Chapter 10. Further Meditations on Ethics: Values in the Light of Religious Thought and its Opponents.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-8675-1
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    Children’s Rights and the Capability Approach : Challenges and Prospects (2014)
    Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands
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    ISBN: 9789401790918
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XII, 293 p. 10 illus, online resource)
    Series Statement: Children’s Well-Being: Indicators and Research 8
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Children's rights and the capability approach
    Keywords: Social sciences ; Quality of Life ; Quality of Life Research ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Quality of Life ; Quality of Life Research ; Konferenzschrift ; Soziale Gerechtigkeit ; Kind ; Menschenrecht ; Lebenschance ; Gerechtigkeit ; Nachhaltigkeit ; Soziale Situation ; Armut ; Capability Approach
    Abstract: This volume addresses the conditions allowing the transformation of specific children’s rights into capabilities in settings as different as children’s parliaments, organized leisure activities, contexts of vulnerability, children in care. It addresses theoretical questions linked to children’s agency and reflexivity, education, the life cycle perspective, child participation, evolving capabilities, and citizenship. The volume highlights important issues that have to be taken into account for the implementation of human rights and the development of peoples’ capabilities. The focus on children’s capabilities along a rights-based approach is an inspiring perspective that researchers and practitioners in the field of human rights would like to deepen
    Description / Table of Contents: Foreword - Asher Ben-AriehIntroduction - Daniel Stoecklin & Jean-Michel Bonvin -- Chapter 1 Transforming Children's Rights into Real Freedom: A Dialogue between Children’s Rights and the Capability Approach from a Life Cycle Perspective - Mario Biggeri & Ravi Karkara -- Chapter 2 Observing Children’s Capabilities as Agency - Claudio Baraldi & Vittorio Iervese -- Chapter 3 From Evolving Capacities to Evolving Capabilities: Contextualising Children’s Rights - Manfred Liebel -- Chapter 4 Reconstructing children’s concepts: Some theoretical ideas and empirical findings on education and the good life - Sabine Andresen & Katharina Gerarts -- Chapter 5 Children’s Councils implementation: a path toward recognition? - Dominique Golay & Dominique Malatesta -- Chapter 6 Cross-fertilizing children’s rights and the capability approach. The example of the right to be heard in organized leisure - Daniel Stoecklin & Jean-Michel Bonvin -- Chapter 7 The theoretical orthodoxy of children’s and youth agency and its contradictions: moving from normative thresholds to a situated assessment of children’s and youth - Stephan Dahmen -- Chapter 8 Children’s rights and the capability approach: Discussing children’s agency against the horizon of the institutionalised youth land - Didier Reynaert & Rudi Roose -- Chapter 9The Participation of Children in Care in the Assessment Process - Pierrine Robin -- Chapter 10 The UN Children’s Rights Convention and the Capabilities Approach - Family duties and children’s rights in tension - Zoë Clark & Holger Ziegler -- Chapter 11 Children’s rights between normative and empirical realms - Karl Hanson, Michele Poretti & Frederic Darbellay -- Chapter 12 Growing up in contexts of vulnerability: the challenges in changing paradigms and practices for children’s and adolescents’ rights in Brazil and Mexico - Irene Rizzini & Danielle Strickland -- Conclusion - Daniel Stoecklin & Jean-Michel Bonvin.
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    DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-9091-8
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    Intersecting Interregionalism : Regions, Global Governance and the EU (2014)
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    ISBN: 9789400775664
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    Series Statement: United Nations University Series on Regionalism 7
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    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Intersecting interregionalism
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    Keywords: Regionalwissenschaft ; Regionalökonomik ; Integration ; Theorie ; EU-Staaten ; Welt ; Social sciences ; Regional planning ; Anthropology ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Regional planning ; Anthropology ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Regionalismus ; Theorie ; Europäische Union ; Regionalismus ; Europäische Union ; Regionalismus ; Global Governance ; Internationale Kooperation
    Abstract: Intersecting Interregionalism moves beyond narrow understandings of regions and interregionalism that dominate the research field by focusing on the polymorphous nature of the concepts under study, theoretical advances and the empirical challenges ahead. Written by leading experts in the field, the ultimate aim of the book is to contribute to a more relevant and nuanced comparative research agenda on interregionalism in Europe and elsewhere. The volume is divided into two parts. The first provides an overview of several distinctive theoretical perspectives, with particular emphasis on the dynamic relationship between regions and interregionalism. The second part of the book uncovers the diversity of regional actors and institutions that are engaged in the creation of contemporary interregionalism. The EU is used as an entry point and detailed case studies explore the role of EU member states, the Council, the Commission, the European Parliament and the Court of Justice, in order to map out a patchwork of intersecting interregionalisms around the world
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction; Fancis Baert, Tiziana Scaramagli and Fredrik SöderbaumPart I. Theorising Interregionalism -- Chapter 2. Interregionalism and International Relations: Reanimating an Obsolescent Research Agenda; Jürgen Rüland -- Chapter 3. Interregionalism and the European Union: Conceptualising Group-to-Group Relations; Mathew Doidge -- Chapter 4. Regional Actorship: A Comparative Approach to Interregionalism; Björn Hettne -- Chapter 5. Interregionalism: A Security Studies Perspective; Ruth Hanau Santini, Sonia Lucarelli and Marco Pinfari.- Part II. Regional Actors and Strategies -- Chapter 6. The European Union and the Contradictions of Complex Interregionalism; Alan Hardacre and Michael Smith -- Chapter 7. The Impact of the Iberian States in the European Union-Latin American Interregionalism; Sebastian Santander -- Chapter 8. How Does the European Parliament Contribute to the Construction of EU's Interregional Dialogue; Olivier Costa and Clarissa Dri -- Chapter 9. The Court of Justice of the European Union and Other Regional Courts; Stefaan Smis -- Chapter 10. Conclusion: Understanding Interregionalism in the 21st Century; Francis Baert, Tiziana Scaramagli and Fredrik Söderbaum -- Index. .     .
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    Pluralism in Mathematics: A New Position in Philosophy of Mathematics (2014)
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    ISBN: 9789400770584
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (XVII, 291 p. 16 illus, online resource)
    Series Statement: Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science 32
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    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Friend, Michèle Pluralism in mathematics
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    Keywords: Philosophy (General) ; Logic ; Science Philosophy ; Logic, Symbolic and mathematical ; Philosophy ; Philosophy (General) ; Logic ; Science Philosophy ; Logic, Symbolic and mathematical ; Logic ; Logic, Symbolic and mathematical ; Philosophy ; Philosophy (General) ; Science Philosophy ; Pluralismus ; Mathematik
    Abstract: This book is about philosophy, mathematics and logic, giving a philosophical account of Pluralism which is a family of positions in the philosophy of mathematics. There are four parts to this book, beginning with a look at motivations for Pluralism by way of Realism, Maddy’s Naturalism, Shapiro’s Structuralism and Formalism. In the second part of this book the author covers: the philosophical presentation of Pluralism; using a formal theory of logic metaphorically; rigour and proof for the Pluralist; and mathematical fixtures. In the third part the author goes on to focus on the transcendental presentation of Pluralism, and in part four looks at applications of Pluralism, such as a Pluralist approach to proof in mathematics and how Pluralism works in regard to together-inconsistent philosophies of mathematics. The book finishes with suggestions for further Pluralist enquiry. In this work the author takes a deeply radical approach in developing a new position that will either convert readers, or act as a strong warning to treat the word ‘pluralism’ with care.
    Description / Table of Contents: IntroductionPart I. Motivating the Pluralist Position from Familiar Positions -- Chapter 1. Introduction. The Journey from Realism to Pluralism -- Chapter 2. Motivating Pluralism. Starting from Maddy’s Naturalism -- Chapter 3. From Structuralism to Pluralism -- Chapter 4. Formalism and Pluralism Co-written with Andrea Pedeferri -- Part II. Initial Presentation of Pluralism.- Chapter 5. Philosophical Presentation of Pluralism -- Chapter 6. Using a Formal Theory of Logic Metaphorically -- Chapter 7. Rigour in Proof Co-written with Andrea Pedeferri -- Chapter 8. Mathematical Fixtures -- Part III. Transcendental Presentation of Pluralism -- Chapter 9. The Paradoxes of Tolerance and the Transcendental Paradoxes -- Chapter 10. Pluralism Towards Pluralism -- Part IV. Putting Pluralism to Work. Applications -- Chapter 11. A Pluralist Approach to Proof in Mathematics -- Chapter 12. Pluralism and Together-Inconsistent Philosophies of Mathematics -- Chapter 13. Suggestions for Further Pluralist Enquiry -- Conclusion.
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    David Makinson on Classical Methods for Non-Classical Problems (2014)
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    ISBN: 9789400777590
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (XII, 433 p. 16 illus, online resource)
    Series Statement: Outstanding Contributions to Logic 3
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    Parallel Title: Druckausg. David Makinson on classical methods for non-classical problems
    Keywords: Philosophy (General) ; Logic ; Computer science ; Logic, Symbolic and mathematical ; Philosophy ; Philosophy (General) ; Logic ; Computer science ; Logic, Symbolic and mathematical
    Abstract: The volume analyses and develops David Makinson’s efforts to make classical logic useful outside its most obvious application areas. The book contains chapters that analyse, appraise, or reshape Makinson’s work and chapters that develop themes emerging from his contributions. These are grouped into major areas to which Makinsons has made highly influential contributions and the volume in its entirety is divided into four sections, each devoted to a particular area of logic: belief change, uncertain reasoning, normative systems, and the resources of classical logic. Among the contributions included in the volume, one chapter focuses on the “inferential preferential method”, i.e. the combined use of classical logic and mechanisms of preference and choice and provides examples from Makinson’s work in non-monotonic and defeasible reasoning and belief revision. One chapter offers a short autobiography by Makinson which details his discovery of modern logic, his travels across continents and reveals his intellectual encounters and inspirations. The chapter also contains an unsually explicit statement on his views on the (limited but important) role of logic in philosophy
    Description / Table of Contents: PrefaceContributors -- Introductory -- Chapter 1. Sven Ove Hansson: Preview -- Chapter 2. Sven Ove Hansson and Peter Gärdenfors: David Makinson and the extension of classical logic -- Chapter 3. David Makinson: A tale of five cities -- I. Logic of Belief Change -- Chapter 4. Hans Rott and Sven Ove Hansson: Safe contraction revisited -- Chapter 5. Pavlos Peppas: A panorama of iterated revision -- Chapter 6. Wolfgang Spohn: AGM, ranking theory and the many ways to cope with examples -- Chapter 7. Edwin Mares: Liars, lotteries and prefaces: two paraconsistent theories of belief revision -- Chapter 8. Rohit Parikh: Epistemic reasoning in life and literature -- II. Uncertain Reasoning -- Chapter 9. James Hawthorne: New Horn rules for probabilistic consequence: Is O+ enough? -- Chapter 10. Karl Schlechta: Non-monotonic logic: preferential vs. algebraic semantics -- Chapter 11. Hykel Hosni: Towards a Bayesian theory of second-order uncertainty: lessons from non-standard logics -- III. Normative Systems -- Chapter 12. Audun Stolpe: Abstract interfaces of input/output logic -- Chapter 13. Xavier Parent, Dov Gabbay and Leendert van der Torre: Intuitionistic basis for input/output logic -- Chapter 14. Jörg Hansen: Reasoning about permission and obligation -- Chapter 15. John Horty: Norm change in the common law -- IV. Classical Resources -- Chapter 16. David Makinson: Intelim rules for classical connectives -- Chapter 17. David Makinson: Relevance logic as a conservative extension of classical logic -- V. Responses -- Chapter 18. David Makinson: Reflections on contributions -- Bibliographical -- David Makinson’s publications -- Index.
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    Changing Perspectives on the Social Sciences in Ghana (2014)
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    ISBN: 9789401787154
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (XII, 347 p, online resource)
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    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Changing perspectives on the social sciences in Ghana
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Economics ; Archaeology ; Social work ; Demography ; Developmental psychology ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Economics ; Archaeology ; Social work ; Demography ; Developmental psychology ; Ghana ; Sozialwissenschaften
    Abstract: This book is the first compilation of its kind that brings together discussions of the evolution of scholarship in different branches of the Social Sciences. It presents a comprehensive multi-disciplinary text exploring the changing dynamics of the Social Sciences in Ghana, offering a broader perspective from which to view the evolution, theory, methods, substance and relevance of each of the Social Science disciplines and their multiple interfaces. The introduction and the conclusion are devoted to the theoretical, comparative and empirical debate over the Social Sciences from historical and analytical perspectives.Written by acknowledged experts, the 15 chapters span the following disciplines: Archaeology and Heritage Studies; History; Geography; Psychology; Sociology and Anthropology; Social Work; Economics; Political Science; International Affairs; Information Studies; Communication Studies; African Studies; Development Studies; Women’s and Gender Studies; and Adult and Continuing Education. Changing Perspectives on the Social Sciences in Ghana offers sophisticated perspectives for comparing and appreciating the synergies, differences, trends and nuances among and between the Social Science disciplines in Ghana, in a holistic and scholarly manner
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Introduction: Joseph R.A. Ayee, Samuel Agyei-Mensah and Abena D. OduroChapter 2: Trends in the Development of Archaeology and Heritage Studies in Ghana: James Anquandah -- Chapter 3: Bridging the Ivory Tower: Professional History, Scholarship, and Public Engagement in Ghana: Daniel E.K. Baku, Nana Yaw B. Sapong and Cyrelene Amoah-Boampong -- Chapter 4: Change and Continuity in the Practice and Development of Geography in Ghana: Samuel Agyei-Mensah, Joseph A. Yaro and Joseph Mensah -- Chapter 5: Psychology in Ghana: A Review of Research and Practice: Ama de-Graft Aikins, Angela L. Ofori-Ata, Adote Anum and Vivian A. Dzokoto -- Chapter 6: The Development of Sociology and Anthropology in Ghana and Future Prospects: Akosua Darkwah, Steve Tonah and Max Assimeng -- Chapter 7: Social Work Practice in Ghana Changing Dynamics, Challenges and Opportunities: Michael Baffoe and Mavis Dako-Gyeke -- Chapter 8: The Study and Practice of Economics in Ghana: Louis Boakye-Yiadom, William Baah-Boateng and Abena D. Oduro -- Chapter 9: The Vissisitudes of Political Science in Ghana: Joseph R.A. Ayee and Maame A.A. Gyekye-Jandoh -- Chapter 10: Changing Perspectives in the Didactics of International Affairs in Ghana: Linda Darkwa and Philip Attuquayefio -- Chapter 11: From Library and Archival Studies to Information Studies: Anaba Anankyela Alemna and Harry Akussah -- Chapter 12: Critically 'Trending' Approaches to Communication Theory and Methods of Inquiry in Ghana: Kwasi Ansu -Kyeremeh -- Chapter 13: African Studies: Evolution, Challenges and Prospects: Brigid Sackey -- Chapter 14: Evolution and Development of Development Studies in Ghana: Philip Duku Osei -- Chapter 15: Women's and Gender Studies in Ghana: Abena Animwaa Yeboah, Akosua Adomako Ampofo and Maame Kyerewaa Brobbey -- Chapter 16: Changing Trends in Adult and Continuing Education: The Ghanaian Experience: Yaw Oheneba-Sakyi, Olivia Adwoa Tiwaah Frimpong, Samuel Kofi Badu-Nyarko, Michael Ayittey Tagoe -- Chapter 17: Conclusion: Joseph R.A. Ayee, Samuel Agyei-Mensah and Abena D. Oduro.
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    DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-8715-4
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    Understanding Society and Natural Resources : Forging New Strands of Integration Across the Social Sciences (2014)
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    ISBN: 9789401789592
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (XXV, 261 p. 38 illus., 2 illus. in color, online resource)
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    Series Statement: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
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    Keywords: Ecology ; Environmental geology. ; Geoecology. ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Human Geography ; Physical geography.
    Abstract: In this edited volume leading scholars from different disciplinary backgrounds wrestle with social science integration opportunities and challenges. This book explores the growing concern of how best to achieve effective integration of the social science disciplines as a means for furthering natural resource social science and environmental problem solving. The chapters provide an overview of the history, vision, advances, examples, and methods that could lead to integration. The quest for integration among the social sciences is not new. Some argue that the social sciences have lagged in their advancements and contributions to society due to their inability to address integration related issues. Integration merits debate for a number of reasons. First, natural resource issues are complex and are affected by multiple proximate driving social factors. Single disciplinary studies focused at one level are unlikely to provide explanations that represent this complexity and are limited in their ability to inform policy recommendations. Complex problems are best explored across disciplines that examine social-ecological phenomenon from different scales. Second, multi-disciplinary initiatives such as those with physical and biological scientists are necessary to understand the scope of the social sciences. Too frequently there is a belief that one social scientist on a multi-disciplinary team provides adequate social science representation. Third, more complete models of human behavior will be achieved through a synthesis of diverse social science perspectives
    DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-8959-2
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    Leo Esakia on Duality in Modal and Intuitionistic Logics (2014)
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    ISBN: 9789401788601
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (XIII, 334 p. 44 illus, online resource)
    Series Statement: Outstanding Contributions to Logic 4
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    Keywords: Philosophy (General) ; Logic ; Computer science ; Philosophy ; Philosophy (General) ; Logic ; Computer science
    Abstract: This volume is dedicated to Leo Esakia's contributions to the theory of modal and intuitionistic systems. Consisting of 10 chapters, written by leading experts, this volume discusses Esakia’s original contributions and consequent developments that have helped to shape duality theory for modal and intuitionistic logics, and to utilize it to obtain some major results in the area. Beginning with a chapter which explores Esakia duality for S4-algebras, the volume goes on to explore Esakia duality for Heyting algebras and its generalizations to weak Heyting algebras and implicative semilattices. The book also dives into the Blok-Esakia theorem and provides an outline of the intuitionistic modal logic KM which is closely related to the Gödel-Löb provability logic GL. One chapter scrutinizes Esakia’s work interpreting modal diamond as the derivative of a topological space within the setting of point-free topology. The final chapter in the volume is dedicated to the derivational semantics of modal logic and other related issues
    Description / Table of Contents: PrefaceIntroduction -- Esakia’s Biography -- Canonical extensions, Esakia spaces, and universal models; Mai Gehrke -- Free modal algebras revisited: the step-by-step method; Nick Bezhanishvili, Silvio Ghilardi, and Mamuka Jibladze -- Easkia duality and its extensions; Sergio A. Celani and Ramon Jansana -- On the Blok-Esakia Theorem; Frank Wolter and Michael Zakharyaschev -- Modal logic and the Vietoris functor; Yde Venema and Jacob Vosmaer -- Logic KM: A Biography; Alexei Muravitsky -- Constructive modalities with provability smack; Tadeusz Litak -- Cantor-Bendixson properties of the assembly of a frame; Harold Simmons -- Topological interpretations of provability logic; Lev Beklemishev and David Gabelaia -- Derivational modal logics with the difference modality; Andrey Kudinov and Valentin Shehtman -- Esakia’s Bibliography.
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    A New Perspective on Human Mobility in the South (2014)
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    Series Statement: Global Migration Issues 3
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Population ; Migration ; Demography ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Population ; Migration ; Demography ; Internationale Migration ; Süd-Süd-Beziehungen
    Abstract:   This book offers innovative insights on South-South human mobility. It features a collection of papers that highlight often overlooked mobility patterns among and within regions in the global South as well as address critical realities faced by South-South migrants. This publication thoroughly investigates key issues of the migration debate, spanning from the terminological and contextual meaning of migration and development. It also critically examines some of the key features that human mobility in the global South is characterized by, including the prevalence of intra-regional and labor mobility, the role of diasporas communities in developing countries, South-South remittances patterns, the influence of environmental factors on the decision to migrate and the rising number of child migrants. By carefully moving the lens from the frequently examined South-North and North-North movements to human mobility within the Southern regions of the world, this book questions the traditional conception of the migration paradigm. It offers knowledge and insights that will help to expand the debate as well as stimulate further research on this important topic and, hopefully, promote future activities aimed at the protection of migrants and their families living in the South. As a result, it is an ideal resource for migration scholars, policy-makers and development practitioners
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Introduction: The South-South Migration and Development Nexus: Susanne Melde, Rudolf Anich, Jonathan Crush, John O. OuchoChapter 2: Inter-and Extraregional Migration in the South: The Case of Africa: Bernard M. Lututala -- Chapter 3: Labor Mobility, Regional Integration and Social Protection in Southern Economies: John O. Oucho -- Chapter 4: Diasporas in the South: Abel Chikanda and Jonathan Crush -- Chapter 5: Impact of Remittances in Developing Countries: Manuel Orozco and Caryn G. Ellies -- Chapter 6: Environmental Change and (Im)Mobility in the South: Eberhard Weber -- Chapter 7: The Migration of Children in ACP Countries: Of Their Own Free Will or by Force? Olivia Tiffoche.
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    Handbook of Philosophical Logic : Volume 17 (2014)
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    ISBN: 9789400766006
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XIII, 269 p. 156 illus, online resource)
    Series Statement: Handbook of Philosophical Logic 17
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    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Handbook of philosophical logic ; 17
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    Keywords: Philosophy (General) ; Logic ; Philosophy ; Philosophy (General) ; Logic
    Abstract: This second edition of the Handbook of Philosophical Logic reflects great changes in the landscape of philosophical logic since the first edition. It gives readers an idea of that landscape and its relation to computer science and formal language and artificial intelligence. It shows how the increased demand for philosophical logic from computer science and artificial intelligence and computational linguistics accelerated the development of the subject directly and indirectly. This development in turn, directly pushed research forward, stimulated by the needs of applications. New logic areas becameestablished and old areas were enriched and expanded. At the same time, it socially provided employment for generations of logicians residing in computer science, linguistics and electrical engineering departments which of course helped keep the logic community to thrive. The many contributors to this Handbook are active in these application areas and are among the most famous leading figures of applied philosophical logic of our times
    Description / Table of Contents: Editorial Preface; Dov M. GabbayHybrid Logic; Torben Braüner -- Nominal Terms and Nominal Logics: From Foundations to Meta-mathematics; Murdoch J. Gabbay -- Introduction to Labelled Deductive Systems; Dov M. Gabbay -- Index.
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    Harmonising Demographic and Socio-Economic Variables for Cross-National Comparative Survey Research (2014)
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    ISBN: 9789400772380
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XVI, 274 p. 17 illus., 5 illus. in color, online resource)
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    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Hoffmeyer-Zlotnik, Jürgen H. P., 1946 - Harmonising demographic and socio-economic variables for cross-national comparative survey research
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Statistics ; Social sciences Methodology ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Statistics ; Social sciences Methodology ; Demographie ; Wirtschaftstheorie ; Variable ; Harmonisierung ; Vergleichende Forschung ; Demographie ; Wirtschaftstheorie ; Kennzahl ; Harmonisierung ; Vergleichende Forschung
    Abstract: This book explains harmonisation techniques that can be used in survey research to align national systems of categories and definitions in such a way that comparison is possible across countries and cultures. It provides an introduction to instruments for collecting internationally comparable data of interest to survey researchers. It shows how seven key demographic and socio-economic variables can be harmonised and employed in European comparative surveys. The seven key variables discussed in detail are: education, occupation, income, activity status, private household, ethnicity, and family. These demographic and socio-economic variables are background variables that no survey can do without. They frequently have the greatest explanatory capacity to analyse social structures, and are a mirror image of the way societies are organised nationally. This becomes readily apparent when one attempts, for example, to compare national education systems. Moreover, a comparison of the national definitions of concepts such as "private household" reveals several different historically and culturally shaped underlying concepts. Indeed, some European countries do not even have a word for "private household". Hence such national definitions and categories cannot simply be translated from one culture to another. They must be harmonised.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Harmonisation of Demographic and Socio-Economic VariablesChapter 2. The Harmonisation Process: Harmonosation is not Translation -- Chapter 3. Existing Measurement Instruments for Data Collection -- Chapter 4. Background Variables for Cross-National Comparative Research: Data Sources -- Chapter 5. Core Social Variables and Their Implentation in Measurement Instruments -- Chapter 6. The Proposed Set of Instruments at a Glance -- Chapter 7. Comparability of Currently Available Survey Data.
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    Handbook of Argumentation Theory (2014)
    Dordrecht : Springer
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    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XII, 988 p. 79 illus., 18 illus. in color. eReference, online resource)
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    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Eemeren, Frans H. van, 1946 - Handbook of argumentation theory
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    Keywords: Philosophy (General) ; Philosophy ; Logic ; Law ; Social sciences ; Linguistics. ; Argumentationstheorie
    Abstract: The Handbook Argumentation Theory provides an up to date survey of the various theoretical contributions to the development of argumentation theory for all scholars interested in argumentation, informal logic and rhetoric. It describes the historical roots of modern argumentation theory that are still an important theoretical background to contemporary approaches. Because of the complexity, diversity and rate of developments in argumentation theory, there is a real need for an overview of the state of the art, the main approaches that can be distinguished and the distinctive features of these approaches. The Handbook covers classical and modern backgrounds to the study of argumentation, the New Rhetoric developed by Perelman and Olbrechts-Tyteca, the Toulmin model, formal approaches, informal logic, communication and rhetoric, pragmatic approaches, linguistic approaches and pragma-dialectics. The Handbook is co-authored by Frans H. van Eemeren, Bart Garssen, Erik C.W. Krabbe, A. Francisca Snoeck Henkemans, Bart Verheij and Jean Wagemans, who are a coherent and prominent writing team whose expertise covers the whole field. The authors are assisted by an international Editorial Board consisting of outstanding argumentation scholars whose fields of interest are represented in the volume
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    Stigma, discrimination and living with HIV/AIDS : a cross-cultural perspective (2013)
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    Pages: XXIV, 415 S. , Ill., graph. Darst.
    Parallel Title: Online-Ausg. Liamputtong, Pranee, 1955 - Stigma, Discrimination and Living with HIV/AIDS
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Public health ; Quality of Life ; Anthropology ; Quality of Life Research ; Psychology, clinical ; Social Sciences ; Aufsatzsammlung ; HIV-Infektion ; Lebensqualität ; Aids ; Lebensqualität
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    Research methods in conflict settings : a view from below (2013)
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    ISBN: 1461936535 , 9781461936534
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Research methods in conflict settings
    DDC: 303.6072
    Keywords: Social conflict Research ; War and society Research ; Violence Research ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Political Freedom & Security ; Human Rights ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Violence in Society ; Social conflict ; Research ; Violence ; Research ; War and society ; Research ; Sociology & Social History ; Social Sciences ; Social Change ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "Compiles a variety of lessons learned by field researchers, many of whom have faced demanding situations characterized by violence, profound and well-grounded distrust, and social fragmentation"--
    Abstract: Coordination: Research, Assessment, and ResponseIdentity Challenges; Bibliography; 4 Researching Social Life in Protracted Exile; Introduction; Sudan and Its Neighbors: Conflict and Forced Migration; From Ikafe to Kiryandongo; Which Research Questions and Why?; Methods Used and Why; Challenges to the Research; Ethical Questions and Practical Matters; Security Risks and Challenges; Conclusions: What Did I Learn and Was I Able to Communicate It?; Bibliography; Part III Safe Spaces; 5 "I Love My Soldier"; Introduction; The Research Context: Militarization and Silencing in Sri Lanka.
    Abstract: Cover; Research Methods in Conflict Settings; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Witnesses to War; Responsibility and Representing Oneself and Others in Violent Environments; Research Methods in Conflict Settings; Accessing and Creating Safe Spaces; Overview of the Book; Part I: Representation; Part II: Do No Harm; Part III: Safe Spaces; Part IV: Trust; Part V: Responsibility; Part VI: Practicalities; Bibliography; Part I Representation; 1 The Other Side of the Country: Filming the Human Experience of War; Introduction; Without Blood.
    Abstract: Field and Responsible FieldworkUnderstanding Silences; Making Safe Spaces; Sharing Responsibilities, Developing Institutional Collaboration; Bearing Witness, Disseminating Conflict, Respecting Silence; Reflections on Responsible Research in a Militarized Society; Bibliography; 6 Power Dynamics and the Politics of Fieldwork under Sudan's Prolonged Conflicts; Arrival at the Research Site; War, Power Relations, and Fieldwork; Identity and Access; Ethical Issues: Participant Benefits; Gender, Age, and What Questions to Ask; Seamless Techniques to Involve Women.
    Abstract: Fixed TemporalityEthical, practical, and methodological challenges; Ethics, Benefits, and Identity; Body Politics and the Continuum of Violence; Agency and Networks of Support; Conclusion; Bibliography; Part II Do No Harm; 3 Reflections on Ethical and Practical Challenges of Conducting Research with Children in War Zones: Toward a Grounded Approac; Origins and Evolution; The Origins of My Interest; Youth Narratives -- Agency and Resilience; Toward a Grounded Approach; Key Ethical and Practical Challenges; Raised Expectations; Excessive Targeting; Negotiating Culture.
    Abstract: Origins of the ConflictThe Starting Point: One Girl's Story; Gray Zones; Scouting without a Camera; The Camp Settings; Part 2; Shooting in Secret; Technical Constraints; Choosing the Characters; Angelina; Jackson; Anguleta; Dennis; Caroline; The Pitfalls of "Humanitarian Cinema"; Protecting the Characters; Protecting Young People during the Filmmaking; Political Understandings without Talking Politics; Government Denial; Going Home; Conclusion; Bibliography; 2 Negotiating Identity, Space, and Place among Iraqi Women Refugees in Jordan; Introduction; A Note on Context and Terminology.
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    Religion and Place : Landscape, Politics and Piety (2013)
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (XIII, 222 p. 7 illus, digital)
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Religion and place
    DDC: 304.2
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Religion (General) ; Human Geography ; Social Sciences ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Religion ; Ort ; Politik
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    Black-Latino relations in U.S. national politics : beyond conflict or cooperation (2013)
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    ISBN: 1139625918 , 1139612891 , 1139343734 , 9781139612890 , 9781139343732 , 9781139625913
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Hero, Rodney E., 1953- Black-Latino relations in U.S. national politics
    DDC: 305.800973
    Keywords: African Americans Relations with Hispanic Americans ; African Americans Politics and government ; Hispanic Americans Politics and government ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Government ; General ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Ethnic Studies ; General ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies ; African Americans ; Politics and government ; African Americans ; Relations with Hispanic Americans ; Ethnic relations ; Political aspects ; Hispanic Americans ; Politics and government ; Gender & Ethnic Studies ; Social Sciences ; Ethnic & Race Studies ; United States Ethnic relations ; Political aspects ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "Social science research has frequently found conflict between Latinos and African Americans in urban politics and governance, as well as in the groups' attitudes toward one another. Rodney E. Hero and Robert R. Preuhs analyze whether conflict between these two groups is also found in national politics. Based on extensive evidence on the activities of minority advocacy group in national politics and the behavior of minority members of Congress, the authors find the relationship between the groups is characterized mainly by non-conflict and a considerable degree of independence. The question of why there appears to be little minority intergroup conflict at the national level of government is also addressed. This is the first systematic study of Black-Latino intergroup relations at the national level of United States politics"--
    Abstract: 7 Further Explorations of Black-Latino Relations and Policies in National PoliticsWelfare Reform; Black Advocacy Organizations; Latino Advocacy Organizations; African American and Latino Relations and Welfare Reform; Education and No Child Left Behind; African American Advocacy Organizations; Latino Advocacy Organizations; Some Instances of Collaboration, but Mostly Shared Positions with Little Interaction; Voting Rights Act Renewal; African American Advocacy Groups; Latino Advocacy Groups; Immigration; African American Advocacy Organizations; Latino Advocacy Groups; NAFTA and CAFTA; NAFTA.
    Abstract: Cover; Black-Latino Relations in U.S. National Politics; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Tables and Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; Background; The Promise of the Multiracial Coalition; The Apparent Reality; Pluralism and Black-Latino Relations; Beyond Conflict and Cooperation; Analytic Approach; Elites and "the Masses": Brief Caveats; 2 What Previous Research Tells Us about Black-Latino Relations; Urban Government and Politics; Urban Case Studies; Quantitative Studies of Socioeconomic and Political Cooperation and Competition in Urban Politics.
    Abstract: Multivariate AnalysisClarifying the Analysis of the Intersection of Descriptive Representation and Party; Further Exploring the Links of Minority Representatives and Ideology; Conclusion; Appendix 5.1; 6 The Role of Group Interests and Ideology in Cross-Group Support; Ideology as a Bridging Mechanism; Minority Members of Congress and Their Unique Ideological Orientations; A "Conditioning Effect" and a Different Kind of Descriptive Representation?; Accounting for the Direct and Indirect Effects of Descriptive Representation; Conclusion.
    Abstract: Oklahoma City Schools v. Robert Dowell (498 U.S. 237, 1991)U.S. Department of Commerce v. U.S. House of Representatives (525 U.S. 326, 1999); Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Atonio (490 U.S. 642, 1989); Wygant v. Jackson Board of Education [of Jackson, Michigan] (476 U.S. 267, 1986); Conclusion; 4 Salience and Congruence in Policy Positions; Prefatory Comments; Analyzing Salience and Congruence; Congruence -- A Winning Strategy?; Conclusion; 5 Black-Latino Relations in the U.S. House of Representatives; Intergroup Relations in Congressional Voting; Analysis of Minority MCs' Voting; General Patterns.
    Abstract: School DistrictsUrban Education Reform; State Politics and Policy and Black-Latino Relations; Mass Attitudes Research; Blacks and Latinos' Attitudes toward Each Other; Voting Patterns and Partisanship; Similarity/Differences in Group Attitudes about Issues and Policies; Conclusion; 3 Black-Latino Relations in Congressional Testimony and the Legal Arena; Congressional Testimony; Minority Advocacy Group Activities in the Legal Process: Supreme Court Amicus Briefs; A Closer Look at Amicus Briefs: Six Illustrative Cases; Gratz v Bollinger (539 U.S. 244, 2003); Romer v. Evans (517 U.S. 620, 1996).
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    Bayesian Argumentation : The practical side of probability (2013)
    Dordrecht : Springer
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    ISBN: 9789400753570 , 1283936097 , 9781283936095
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (VIII, 215 p. 23 illus, digital)
    Series Statement: Synthese Library, Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science 362
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    Keywords: Philosophy (General) ; Genetic epistemology ; Computer simulation ; Applied linguistics ; Social sciences Methodology ; Applied psychology ; Philosophy ; Philosophy (General) ; Genetic epistemology ; Computer simulation ; Applied linguistics ; Social sciences Methodology ; Applied psychology ; Reasoning (Psychology) ; Congresses ; Logic ; Congresses ; Thought and thinking ; Congresses ; Probabilities ; Congresses ; Bayesian statistical decision theory ; Congresses ; Konferenzschrift ; Argumentationstheorie ; Bayes-Entscheidungstheorie
    Abstract: Relevant to, and drawing from, a range of disciplines, the chapters in this collection show the diversity, and applicability, of research in Bayesian argumentation. Together, they form a challenge to philosophers versed in both the use and criticism of Bayesian models who have largely overlooked their potential in argumentation. Selected from contributions to a multidisciplinary workshop on the topic held in Lund, Sweden, in autumn 2010, the authors count legal scholars and cognitive scientists among their number, in addition to philosophers. They analyze material that includes real-life court cases, experimental research results, and the insights gained from computer models.The volume provides a formal measure of subjective argument strength and argument force, robust enough to allow advocates of opposing sides of an argument to agree on the relative strengths of their supporting reasoning. With papers from leading figures such as Mike Oaksford and Ulrike Hahn, the book comprises recent research conducted at the frontiers of Bayesian argumentation and provides a multitude of examples in which these formal tools can be applied to informal argument. It signals new and impending developments in philosophy, which has seen Bayesian models deployed in formal epistemology and philosophy of science, but has yet to explore the full potential of Bayesian models as a framework in argumentation. In doing so, this revealing anthology looks destined to become a standard teaching text in years to come.
    Description / Table of Contents: Bayesian Argumentation; Foreword; Contents; Bayesian Argumentation: The Practical Side of Probability; 1 Introduction; 2 The Bayesian Approach to Argumentation; 3 Chapter Overview; 3.1 The Bayesian Approach to Argumentation; 3.2 The Legal Domain; 3.3 Modeling Rational Agents; 3.4 Theoretical Issues; References; Part I: The Bayesian Approach to Argumentation; Testimony and Argument: A Bayesian Perspective; 1 Introduction; 2 Testimony, Argumentation and the `Third Way´; 3 Some Problems for MAXMIN; 4 A Bayesian Perspective; 5 Message Content and Message Source: Exploring Norms and Intuitions
    Description / Table of Contents: 6 Rehousing Argumentation Schemes Within a Bayesian Framework7 Concluding Remarks; References; Why Are We Convinced by the Ad Hominem Argument?: Bayesian Source Reliability and Pragma-Dialectical Discussion Rules; 1 Types of the Argumentum Ad Hominem; 2 The Pragma-Dialectical Approach; 3 The Bayesian Approach; 4 An Experiment on the Argument Ad Hominem; 5 Method; 6 Results and Discussion; 7 Conclusion; Appendix: Experimental Materials; Abusive; Circumstantial; Tu Quoque; Control; References; 1 Introduction; 2 Survey of Relevant Uncertainties; Part II: The Legal Domain
    Description / Table of Contents: A Survey of Uncertainties and Their Consequences in Probabilistic Legal Argumentation2.1 The Example Case; 2.2 Factual Uncertainty; 2.3 Normative Uncertainty; 2.4 Moral Uncertainty; 2.5 Empirical Uncertainty; 2.6 Interdependencies; 3 Desirable Attributes for a Probabilistic Argument Model to Assist Litigation Planning; 3.1 Assessment of Utilities; 3.2 Easy Knowledge Engineering; 3.3 Conflict Resolution and Argument Weights; 4 Sample Assessment of Graphical Models; 4.1 A Graphical Structure of the Analysis; 4.2 Casting the Example into a Graphical Model; 4.3 Generic Bayesian Networks
    Description / Table of Contents: 5 Carneades5.1 A Brief Introduction to the Carneades Model; 5.2 Carneades Bayesian Networks; 5.3 Carneades Bayesian Networks with Probabilistic Assumptions; 5.4 Introduction to Argument Weights; 6 Extension of Carneades to Support Probabilistic Argument Weights; 7 Desiderata for Future Developments; 7.1 Weights Subject to Argumentation; 7.2 Inform Weights from Values; 8 Conclusions and Future Work; References; Was It Wrong to Use Statistics in R v Clark? A Case Study of the Use of Statistical Evidence in Criminal Courts; 1 Introduction; 2 Factual Background; 3 Existing Explanations
    Description / Table of Contents: 3.1 The Flaws in Meadow´s Calculation3.2 The Psychological Effect of the Statistical Evidence; 3.3 The Prosecutor´s Fallacy; 3.4 Bayes´ Theorem; 3.5 The Insignificance of the SIDS Statistics; 4 The Contrastive Explanation; 5 Conclusion; References; Part III: Modeling Rational Agents; A Bayesian Simulation Model of Group Deliberation and Polarization; 1 Introduction; 2 The Laputa Simulation Framework; 3 The Underlying Bayesian Model; 4 Interpreting Laputa; 5 Do Bayesian Inquirers Polarize?; 6 Conclusion and Discussion; Appendix; References
    Description / Table of Contents: Degrees of Justification, Bayes´ Rule, and Rationality
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction: Frank Zenker.​- Part 1 -- The Bayesian Approach to Argumentation -- Chapter 1. Testimony and Argument: A Bayesian Perspective: Ulrike Hahn, Mike Oaksford and Adam J.L. Harris -- Chapter 2. Why are we convinced by the Ad Hominem Argument?: Source Reliability or Pragma-Dialectics: Mike Oaksford and Ulrike Hahn.- Part 2. The Legal Domain.-Chapter 3. A survey of uncertainties and their consequences in Probabilistic Legal Argumentation: Matthias Grabmair and Kevin D. Ashley -- Chapter 4. What went wrong in the case of Sally Clark? A case-study of the use of Statistical Evidence in Court: Amid Pundik -- Part 3. Modeling Rational Agents -- Chapter 5. A Bayesian Simulation Model of Group Deliberation: Erik J. Olsson -- Chapter 6. Degrees of Justification, Bayes' Rule, and Rationality: Gregor Betz -- Chapter 7. Argumentation with (Bounded) Rational Agents: Robert van Rooij and Kris de Jaeghery -- Part 4. Theoretical Issues -- Chapter 8. Reductio, Coherence, and the Myth of Epistemic Circularity: Tomoji Shogenji -- Chapter 9. On Argument Strength: Niki Pfeiffer -- Chapter 10 -- Upping the Stakes and the Preface Paradox: Jonny Blamey -- References.​.
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    Judgement and the Epistemic Foundation of Logic (2013)
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    ISBN: 9789400751378
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XVII, 161 p, digital)
    Series Statement: Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science 31
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    Keywords: Philosophy (General) ; Chemistry ; Genetic epistemology ; Logic ; Philosophy ; Philosophy (General) ; Chemistry ; Genetic epistemology ; Logic
    Abstract: This compelling reevaluation of the relationship between logic and knowledge affirms the key role that the notion of judgement must play in such a review. The commentary repatriates the concept of judgement in the discussion, banished in recent times by the logical positivism of Wittgenstein, Hilbert and Schlick, and the Platonism of Bolzano. The volume commences with the insights of Swedish philosopher Per Martin-Löf, the father of constructive type theory, for whom logic is a demonstrative science in which judgement is a settled feature of the landscape. His paper opens the first of four sections that examine, in turn, historical philosophical assessments of judgement and reason; their place in early modern philosophy; the notion of judgement and logical theory in Wolff, Kant and Neo-Kantians like Windelband; their development in the Husserlian phenomenological paradigm; and the work of Bolzano, Russell and Frege. The papers, whose authors include Per Martin-Löf, Göran Sundholm, Michael Della Rocca and Robin Rollinger, represent a finely judged editorial selection highlighting work on philosophers exercised by the question of whether or not an epistemic notion of judgement has a role to play in logic. The volume will be of profound interest to students and academicians for its application of historical developments in philosophy to the solution of vexatious contemporary issues in the foundation of logic. ​
    Description / Table of Contents: Judgement and the Epistemic Foundation of Logic; Preface; Contents; Introduction; Bibliography; Part I: Constructivism, Judgement and Reason; Chapter 1: Verificationism Then and Now; Chapter 2: Demonstrations Versus Proofs, Being an Afterword to Constructions, Proofs, and the Meaning of the Logical Constants; Bibliography; Chapter 3: Containment and Variation; Two Strands in the Development of Analyticity from Aristotle to Martin-Löf; Bibliography; Part II: Judgement and Reason in the Seventeenth Century; Chapter 4: Descartes' Theory of Judgement: Warranted Assertions, the Key to Science*
    Description / Table of Contents: 1 Descartes' Debate with Scholastic Logic over the Foundations of Science2 The Rules for the Forming of True Judgements; 3 The Many Uses of the Concept of Judgement in Descartes' Mathesis; Bibliography; Chapter 5: Striving, Oomph, and Intelligibility in Spinoza; 1 Descartes and the Great Intelligibility Trade-Off; 2 Strengthening Intelligibility; 3 Weakening Intelligibility; Bibliography; I. Works by Descartes; II. Works by Spinoza; III. Works by Leibniz; IV. Works by Hume; V. Other Works; Part III: Kant, Neo-Kantianism, and Bolzano
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 6: The Role of Wolff's Analysis of Judgements in Kant's Inaugural Dissertation1 Wolff's Analysis of Judgements; 2 Meier's Notion of Condition; 3 The Strategy of Kant's Dissertation; 4 Three Classes of Subreption; Bibliography; Chapter 7: Windelband on Beurteilung; 1 Windelband's Definition of Judgement; 2 Windelband's Three-Step Argument; 3 Judgeable Content; 4 Assessing Under Assumption of Epistemic Values; 5 The Nature of Epistemic Assessment; Bibliography; I. Primary; II. Secondary; Chapter 8: A Priori Knowledge in Bolzano, Conceptual Truths, and Judgements
    Description / Table of Contents: 1 The Apriori in Bolzano1.1 Concepts and Conceptual Truths; 1.2 Conceptual Truths and Judgements A Priori; 1.2.1 Conceptual Truths and Analytic Truths; 1.2.2 Empirical Analytic Truths; 1.2.3 Synthetic Conceptual Truths; 1.3 How Are Synthetic Judgements A Priori Possible?; 2 Understanding (C1): Bolzano's Epistemology; 2.1 Judgements and Subjective Representations; 2.2 Bolzano's Analysis of the Concept of Knowledge; 2.2.1 Confidence; 2.2.2 How Much Confidence?; 3 Understanding (C2): Knowing a Concept; 3.1 The Correspondence Assumption; 3.2 Having a Representation, Clarity, and Distinctness
    Description / Table of Contents: 4 Definitions, Proofs, and Synthetic Truths4.1 Knowledge and Proof; 4.2 Two Remaining Problems; 4.3 The Case of Fundamental Truths; 5 Conclusion; Bibliography; Part IV: Husserl, Frege and Russell; Chapter 9: Immanent and Real States of Affairs in Husserl's Early Theory of Judgement: Reflections on Manuscripts from 1893/1894 and Their Background in the Logic of Brentano and Stumpf; 1 Introduction; 2 Brentano and Stumpf on Contents of Judgement; 2.1 Brentano; 2.2 Stumpf; 2.3 Excursus: Other Students of Brentano; 3 Husserl's Theory of Judgement (1893/1894)
    Description / Table of Contents: 3.1 Psychological Studies in Elementary Logic
    Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Part 1. Constructivism, Judgement, and Reason -- Chapter 1. Verificationism then and now: Per Martin-Löf -- Chapter 2. Demonstrations versus Proofs, being an afterword to 'Constructions, Proofs and the meaning of Logical Constants': Göran Sundholm -- Chapter 3. Containment and Variation: Two Strands in the Development of Analyticity from Aristotle to Martin-Löf: Göran Sundholm -- Part 2. Judgement and Reason in the Seventeenth Century -- Chapter 4. Decartes' Theory of Judgement: Warranted Assertions, the Key to Science: Elodie Cassan -- Chapter 5. Striving, Oomph, and Intelligibility in Spinoza: Michael Della Rocca -- Part 3. Kant, Neo-Kantianism, and Bolzano -- Chapter 6. The Role of Wolff's Analysis of Judgments in Kant's Inaugural Dissertation: Johan Blok -- Chapter 7. Windelband on 'Beurteilung’: Arnaud Dewalque -- Chapter 8. A Priori Knowledge in Bolzano; Conceptual Truths and Judgements: Stefan Roski -- Part 4. Husserl, Frege and Russell -- Chapter 9. Immanent and Real States of Affairs in Husserl's Early Theory of Judgement: Robin Rollinger -- Chapter 10. Frege and Russell on Assertion: Jeremy Kelly.​.
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    Governability of Fisheries and Aquaculture : Theory and Applications (2013)
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Wildlife management ; Marine Sciences ; Humanities ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Wildlife management ; Marine Sciences ; Humanities ; Fischerei ; Governance
    Abstract: Following in the footsteps of the book Fish for Life - Interactive Governance for Fisheries (Kooiman et al., 2005), and the interdisciplinary approach it presents, this volume illustrates the contribution of interactive governance theory to understanding core fisheries and aquaculture challenges. These challenges are invariably linked to broader concerns such as ecosystem health, social justice, sustainable livelihoods and food security. The central concept in this perspective is governability - the varied capacity to govern fisheries and aquaculture systems sustainably. Many of these systems are characterized by problems that are inherently 'wicked' and therefore difficult to address. The authors of this edited volume argue that responses to such problems must consider context; specifically the character of the fisheries and aquaculture systems themselves, their institutional conditions, and the internal and external interactions that affect them. Drawing on a diverse set of international experiences, the volume offers a new lens and systematic approach to analysing the nature of governance problems and opportunities in fisheries and aquaculture, exploring pressing challenges and identifying potential solutions. ”It now seems clear that the crisis in the world’s fisheries [is] a much larger and more complex problem than many had imagined. Yet, examining it through the lens of governability may offer the best hope for alleviating it--as well as alleviating similar crises in other social systems.” James R. McGoodwin (Professor Emeritus, University of Colorado)
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    Sustainable livelihood approach : a critique of theory and practice (2013)
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Regional planning ; Sustainable development ; Human Geography ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Regional planning ; Sustainable development ; Human Geography
    Abstract: We all view the ubiquitous term ‘sustainability’ as a worthwhile goal. But how can we apply the principles of sustainability in the real world, at the sharp end of communities in developing nations where income insecurity is the troubled norm? This volume provides some practical answers, explaining the precepts of the ‘sustainable livelihood approach’ (SLA) through the case study of a microfinance scheme in Africa. The case study, centered around the work of the Catholic Church’s Diocesan Development Services organization, involved an SLA implemented over two years designed in part to help enhance its existing microfinance operation through closer links between local communities and international donors. The book’s central conclusion is that we must move beyond the concept of sustainable livelihood itself, with its in-built polarities between developed and developing nations, and embrace a more global notion of ‘sustainable lifestyle’; a more nuanced and inclusive approach that encompasses not just how we make a sustainable living, but how we can live sustainable lives
    Description / Table of Contents: Sustainable Livelihood Approach; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; Abbreviations; 1 Sustainability and Sustainable Livelihoods; 1.1 The Future of Sustainability; 1.2 The Multiverse of Sustainability; 1.3 Practicing Sustainability; 1.4 Structure of the Book; 2 The Theory Behind the Sustainable Livelihood Approach; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The SLA Framework; 2.3 Definitions of SLA; 2.4 Origins of SLA; 2.5 Capital in SLA; 2.6 Vulnerability and Institutional Context; 2.7 Representation Within SLA; 2.8 The Attractions and Popularity of SLA; 2.9 Critiques of SLA
    Description / Table of Contents: 2.10 SLA for Evidence-Based Intervention2.11 Conclusion; 3 Context of the Sustainable Livelihood Approach; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Governing an African Giant; 3.3 Economic Development in Nigeria; 3.4 A Kingdom Discovered; 3.5 Igala Livelihoods; An Overview; 3.6 The Diocesan Development Services in Igalaland; 3.7 New Pastures; 3.8 Choice of Villages for the SLA; 3.9 Conclusions; 4 The Sustainable Livelihood Approach in Practice; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The Sample Households; 4.3 Human Capital: The Households; 4.3.1 Household M1 (Headed by the Village Chief)
    Description / Table of Contents: 4.3.2 Household M2 (Headed by a Senior Igbo)4.3.3 Household M3(Igbo Community Leader); 4.3.4 Household M4 (farmer and business man); 4.3.5 Household E1 (Farmer and Vigilante); 4.3.6 Household E2(Madaki of Edeke); 4.3.7 Household E3 (Farmer and Fisherman); 4.3.8 Household E4 (Madaki in Edeke); 4.4 Natural Capital: Land and Farming; 4.5 Natural Capital: Trees; 4.6 Social Capital: Networks; 4.7 Physical Capital: Assets for Income Generation; 4.8 Financial Capital: Household Budgets; 4.9 Vulnerability and Institutional Contexts; 4.10 Did SLA Succeed?; 4.11 Conclusions; 5 Livelihood into Lifestyle
    Description / Table of Contents: 5.1 Introduction5.2 How SLA?; 5.3 Where SLA?; 5.4 Transferability of SLA; 5.5 Livelihood into Lifestyle; 5.6 Conclusions; References; Index
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
    DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-6268-8
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    Paraconsistency: Logic and Applications (2013)
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    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (VIII, 375 p. 31 illus, digital)
    Series Statement: Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science 26
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    Keywords: Philosophy (General) ; Logic ; Linguistics Philosophy ; Computer science ; Artificial intelligence ; Philosophy ; Philosophy (General) ; Logic ; Linguistics Philosophy ; Computer science ; Artificial intelligence ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Parakonsistente Logik
    Abstract: A logic is called 'paraconsistent' if it rejects the rule called 'ex contradictione quodlibet', according to which any conclusion follows from inconsistent premises. While logicians have proposed many technically developed paraconsistent logical systems and contemporary philosophers like Graham Priest have advanced the view that some contradictions can be true, and advocated a paraconsistent logic to deal with them, until recent times these systems have been little understood by philosophers. This book presents a comprehensive overview on paraconsistent logical systems to change this situation. The book includes almost every major author currently working in the field. The papers are on the cutting edge of the literature some of which discuss current debates and others present important new ideas. The editors have avoided papers about technical details of paraconsistent logic, but instead concentrated upon works that discuss more "big picture" ideas. Different treatments of paradoxes takes centre stage in many of the papers, but also there are several papers on how to interpret paraconistent logic and some on how it can be applied to philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of language, and metaphysics
    Abstract: A logic is called 'paraconsistent' if it rejects the rule called 'ex contradictione quodlibet', according to which any conclusion follows from inconsistent premises. While logicians have proposed many technically developed paraconsistent logical systems and contemporary philosophers like Graham Priest have advanced the view that some contradictions can be true, and advocated a paraconsistent logic to deal with them, until recent times these systems have been little understood by philosophers. This book presents a comprehensive overview on paraconsistent logical systems to change this situation. The book includes almost every major author currently working in the field. The papers are on the cutting edge of the literature some of which discuss current debates and others present important new ideas. The editors have avoided papers about technical details of paraconsistent logic, but instead concentrated upon works that discuss more 'big picture' ideas. Different treatments of paradoxes takes centre stage in many of the papers, but also there are several papers on how to interpret paraconistent logic and some on how it can be applied to philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of language, and metaphysics.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Part 2. Applications ; An Approach to Human-Level Commonsense Reasoning , Paraconsistency: Introduction , Distribution in the Logic of Meaning Containment and in Quantum Mechanics , Wittgenstein on Incompleteness Makes Paraconsistent Sense , Pluralism and "Bad" Mathematical Theories: Challenging our Prejudices , Arithmetic Starred , Notes on Inconsistent Set Theory , Sorting out the Sorites , Are the Sorites and Liar Paradox of a Kind? , Vague Inclosures , Part 1. Logic ; Making Sense of Paraconsistent Logic: The Nature of Logic, Classical Logic and Paraconsistent Logic , On Discourses Addressed by Infidel Logicians , Information, Negation, and Paraconsistency , Noisy vs. Merely Equivocal Logics , Assertion, Denial and Non-classical Theories , New Arguments for Adaptive Logics as Unifying Frame for the Defeasible Handling of Inconsistency , Consequence as Preservation: Some Refinements , On Modal Logics Defining Jaśkowski's D2-Consequence , FDE: A Logic of Clutters , A Paraconsistent and Substructural Conditional Logic
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    The Demography of Health and Healthcare : Third Edition (2013)
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    ISBN: 9789048189038
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (IX, 300 p. 92 illus, digital)
    Edition: 3rd ed. 2013
    Series Statement: The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis 13
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Pol, Louis G. The demography of health and healthcare
    Keywords: Demographie ; Gesundheitswesen ; USA ; Social sciences ; Public health ; Population ; Demography ; Social Sciences
    DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-8903-8
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    The Melanin Millennium : Skin Color as 21st Century International Discourse (2013)
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    ISBN: 9789400746084 , 1283633876 , 9781283633871
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (XIV, 348 p. 32 illus, digital)
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Philosophy (General) ; Applied psychology ; Law Psychological aspects ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Philosophy (General) ; Applied psychology ; Law Psychological aspects ; Hautfarbe ; Bleichen ; Ethnische Beziehungen ; Rassendiskriminierung
    Abstract: In the aftermath of the 60s "Black is Beautiful movement and publication of The Color Complex almost thirty years later the issue of skin color has mushroomed onto the world stage of social science. Such visibility has inspired publication of the Melanin Millennium for insuring that the discourse on skin color meet the highest standards of accuracy and objective investigation. This volume addresses the issue of skin color in a worldwide context. A virtual visit to countries that have witnessed a huge rise in the use of skin whitening products and facial feature surgeries aiming for a more Caucasian-like appearance will be taken into account. The book also addresses the question of whether using the laws has helped to redress injustices of skin color discrimination, or only further promoted recognition of its divisiveness among people of color and Whites. The Melanin Millennium has to do with now and the future. In the 20th century science including eugenics was given to and dominated by discussions of race category. Heretofore there remain social scientists and other relative to the issue of skin color loyal to race discourse. However in their interpretation and analysis of social phenomena the world has moved on. Thus while race dominated the 20th century the 21st century will emerge as a global community dominated by skin color and making it the melanin millennium.
    Description / Table of Contents: The Melanin Millennium; Preface; Contents; Chapter 1: The Bleaching Syndrome: Western Civilization vis-à-vis Inferiorized People of Color; References; Chapter 2: The Historical and Cultural Influences of Skin Bleaching in Tanzania; Historical and Cultural Influences: Institutions That Placed Tanzanians in a Color-Conscious Society; Enslaved by the Arabs; Controlled by the British, Colonized by the Germans; The Cycle Continues: Postcolonization; Westernization and Neocolonialism
    Description / Table of Contents: How Color-Conscious Societies Fuel Potent Skin-Color Ideals That Result in Efforts to Assimilate into Dominant GroupsIntrapsychic Conflict and Motivation to Assimilate; The Psychological Consequences of Living in Color-Conscious Societies; Inferiority and Low Self-Esteem; Identity Development; Where to Go from Here; Research Implications; Policy and Practice Implications; Conclusion; References; Chapter 3: Pathophysiology and Psychopathology of Skin Bleaching and Implications of Skin Colour in Africa; Introduction; Skin Colour: Anatomy, Biochemistry, and Physiology
    Description / Table of Contents: Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD)What Are the Causes of Somatoform Disorders?; The Light Skin Fad; Pathophysiology of Skin Bleaching; Mechanisms of Skin Bleaching; Trigger Factors: Psychosocial Disturbances; Exposure to Bleaching Agents; Alteration of the Skin Biochemical and Anatomical Composition; In Contemporary Africa; References; Chapter 4: An Introduction to Japanese Society's Attitudes Toward Race and Skin Color; Introduction; Historical Japanese Treatments of Foreigners, Based Upon Skin Color; Roots of the Coloring of the World: Fukuzawa Yukichi's Theories of "Civilization"
    Description / Table of Contents: The Otaru Onsens Case and Japan's Judicial Valuation of Skin ColorContemporary Japanese Media Expressions of Valuation of Skin Color; Conclusion; References; Chapter 5: Mapping Color and Caste Discrimination in Indian Society; Foregrounding Racism in India; Revisiting the Mythical "Aryan Supremacy"; What Scriptures Say; Aryans, Varna, and Jāti; Revisiting the Aryan Supremacy; Questioning the Aryan Supremacy Myth: Non-Brahmanical Contestations; Notion of Beauty and Contemporary Forms of Preserving White Superiority; Notions of Femininity and Beauty in India; Whitening Cream Culture; Conclusion
    Description / Table of Contents: ReferencesChapter 6: Indigeneity on Guahan: Skin Color as a Measure of Decolonization; Introduction; Traditional Concepts of Skin Color; The Impact of Colonization and Western Values; Indigeneity and Decolonization; Conclusion; References; Chapter 7: A Tale of Two Cultures; References; Chapter 8: Where Are You From?; Introduction: The "Where Are You From?" Question; How to Answer the "Where Are You From?" Question; The Founding Migration; The Founding Origin; Melanin: An Insuperable Sign of Otherness?; Promise and Delusion of a Project?; Assimilation and Integration
    Description / Table of Contents: Ethnic Statistics in France: Wishes and Fears
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    DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4608-4
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    Handbook of the Sociology of Mental Health (2013)
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    ISBN: 9789400742765
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XXI, 636 p. 29 illus, digital)
    Edition: 2nd ed. 2013
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Handbook of the sociology of mental health
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Public health ; Psychiatry ; Psychology, clinical ; Consciousness ; Social Sciences ; Social psychiatry ; Mental illness ; Social aspects ; Psychische Störung ; Psychische Gesundheit ; Medizinsoziologie
    Abstract: This second edition of the Handbook of the Sociology of Mental Health features theory-driven reviews of recent research with a comprehensive approach to the investigation of the ways in which society shapes the mental health of its members and the lives of those who have been diagnosed as having a mental illnessThe award-winning Handbook is distinctive in its focus on how the organization and functioning of society influences the occurrence of mental disorder and its consequences. A core issue that runs throughout the text concerns the differential distribution of mental illness across various social strata, defined by status characteristics such as gender, race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and age. The contributions to this volume shed light on the social, cultural, and economic factors that explain why some social groups have an elevated risk of disorder. They also address the social repercussions of mental disorder for individuals, including stigmatization within the larger society, and for their families and social networks.The second edition of this seminal volume includes substantial updates to previous chapters, as well as seven new chapters on: -The Individuals Experience of Mental Illness.--The Medicalization of Mental Illness.---Age, Aging, and Mental Health.- -Religion and Mental Health.- -Neighborhoods and Mental Health.- -Mental Health and the Lawand Public Beliefs about Mental Illness.
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    DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4276-5
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    Debate Dynamics: How Controversy Improves Our Beliefs (2013)
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    ISBN: 9789400745995 , 128363385X , 9781283633857
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (X, 255 p. 102 illus., 12 illus. in color, digital)
    Series Statement: Synthese Library, Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science 357
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Betz, Gregor Debate dynamics: how controversy improves our beliefs
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    Keywords: Philosophy (General) ; Genetic epistemology ; Logic ; Science Philosophy ; Artificial intelligence ; Philosophy ; Philosophy (General) ; Genetic epistemology ; Logic ; Science Philosophy ; Artificial intelligence ; Argumentationstheorie ; Debatte
    Abstract: Is critical argumentation an effective way to overcome disagreement? And does the exchange of arguments bring opponents in a controversy closer to the truth? This study provides a new perspective on these pivotal questions. By means of multi-agent simulations, it investigates the truth and consensus-conduciveness of controversial debates. The book brings together research in formal epistemology and argumentation theory. Aside from its consequences for discursive practice, the work may have important implications for philosophy of science and the way we construe scientific rationality as well.
    Description / Table of Contents: Debate Dynamics: How Controversy Improves Our Beliefs; Acknowledgements; Contents; Chapter 1: General Introduction; 1.1 The Aims of Argumentation; 1.2 An Example of a Controversial Argumentation; 1.3 Modeling Controversial Debate; 1.4 Results Pertaining to Consensus-Conduciveness; 1.5 Results Pertaining to Truth-Conduciveness; 1.6 Objections and Caveats; 1.7 Putting the Approach in Perspective; Chapter 2: An Introduction to the Theory of Dialectical Structures; 2.1 Fundamental Concepts; 2.2 Degrees of Justification; 2.3 The Space of Coherent Positions; 2.4 Normalized Closeness Centrality
    Description / Table of Contents: 2.5 Inferential Density2.6 The General Design of the Simulations; Part I: Why Do We Agree? On the Consensus-Conduciveness of Controversial Argumentation; Chapter 3: Introduction to Part I; 3.1 Outline of Part I; 3.2 Main Results and Their Justification; Chapter 4: The Consensual Dynamics of Simple Random Debates; 4.1 Setup; 4.2 Results; 4.3 Discussion; 4.4 Results, Continued; 4.5 Discussion, Continued; Chapter 5: The Consensual Dynamics of Random Debates with Explicit Background Knowledge; 5.1 Setup; 5.2 Results; 5.3 Discussion
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 6: Comparing the Consensual Dynamics of Four Proponent-Specific Argumentation Strategies in Dualistic Debates6.1 Setup; 6.2 Results; 6.3 Discussion; Chapter 7: The Consensual Dynamics of Argumentation Strategies in Many-Proponent Debates; 7.1 Setup; 7.2 Results; 7.3 Discussion; Chapter 8: The Consensual Dynamics of Debates with Core Updating; 8.1 Setup; 8.2 Results; 8.3 Discussion; Chapter 9: The Consensual Dynamics of Debates with Core Argumentation; 9.1 Setup; 9.2 Results; 9.3 Discussion; Part II: How Do We Know? On the Truth-Conduciveness of Controversial Argumentation
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 10: Introduction to Part II10.1 Outline of Part II; 10.2 Main Results and Their Justification; Chapter 11: The Veritistic Dynamics of Simple Random Debates; 11.1 Setup; 11.2 Results; 11.2.1 Truth's Attraction: How Rapidly Does the Proponents' Verisimilitude Increase?; 11.2.2 The Verisimilitude of Consensus Positions: Is Mutual Agreement a Good Indicator of Having Reached the Truth?; 11.2.3 The Verisimilitude of Stable Positions: Are Proponent Positions Which Remain Relatively Stable Closer to the Truth?; 11.3 Discussion
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 12: The Veritistic Dynamics of Random Debates with Explicit Background Knowledge12.1 Setup; 12.2 Results; 12.3 Discussion; Chapter 13: Comparing the Veritistic Dynamics of Four Proponent-Specific Argumentation Strategies in Dualistic Debates; 13.1 Setup; 13.2 Results; 13.3 Discussion; Chapter 14: The Veritistic Dynamics of Argumentation Strategies in Many-Proponent Debates; 14.1 Setup; 14.2 Results; 14.2.1 Truth's Attraction: How Rapidly Does the Proponents' Verisimilitude Increase?
    Description / Table of Contents: 14.2.2 The Verisimilitude of Consensus Positions: Is Mutual Agreement a Good Indicator of Having Reached the Truth?
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    DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4599-5
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    Social Morphogenesis (2013)
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    ISBN: 9789400761285
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Social morphogenesis
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Konferenzschrift ; Sozialer Wandel
    Abstract: The rate of social change has speeded up in the last three decades, but how do we explain this? This volume ventures what the generative mechanism is that produces such rapid change and discusses how this differs from late Modernity. Contributors examine if an intensification of morphogenesis (positive feedback that results in a change in social form) and a corresponding reduction in morphostasis (negative feedback that restores or reproduces the form of the social order) best captures the process involved. This volume resists proclaiming a new social formation as so many books written by empiricists have done by extrapolating from empirical data. Until we can convincingly demonstrate that a new generative mechanism is at work, it is premature to argue what accounts for the global changes that are taking place and where they will lead. More concisely we seek to answer the question whether or not current social change can be regarded as social morphogenesis. Only then, in the next volumes will the same team of authors be able to remove the question mark
    Description / Table of Contents: Social Morphogenesis; Contents; 1 Social Morphogenesis and the Prospects of Morphogenic Society; 1.1…Part 1. Social Morphogenesis and Societal Transformation?; The Rapidity of Social Change and Empiricism's Shortcomings; Social Morphogenesis: From Toolkit to Theory; Three Levels of Social Morphogenesis; Transformations of the Third-Order; References; Part I Social Morphogenesis and Societal Transformation?; 2 Morphogenesis and Social Change; 2.1…The Morphogenetic Approach; 2.2…Social Change Understood Morphogenetically; 2.3…The Morphogenetic Approach Versus the Current Conflationisms
    Description / Table of Contents: 2.4…Where Are We Now?References; 3 The Morphogenetic Approach and the Idea of a Morphogenetic Society: The Role of Regularities; 3.1…The Topic: Morphogenesis from Meta-Theory to Forms of Social Order; 3.2…Morphogenesis and Regularity: Making Friends with Old Enemies?; 3.3…Duration, Pace, Trajectory, Turning Points, Transitions, and Cycles: New Bricks for the Morphogenetic Fabric; 3.4…Conclusion; References; 4 Emergence and Morphogenesis: Causal Reduction and Downward Causation?; 4.1…Emergence; Causal Reduction and Downward Causation; 4.2…Causal Reduction
    Description / Table of Contents: 9 Network Analysis and Morphogenesis: A Neo-Structural Exploration and Illustration
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction: Social Morphogenesis and the Prospects of Morphogenic Society; Margaret S. Archer -- PART I. SOCIAL CHANGE AS MORPHOGENESIS.- Chapter 2. Morphogenesis and Social Change; Douglas V. Porpora -- Chapter 3. The Morphogenetic Approach and the Idea  of Morphogenetic Society. The Role of Regularities; Andrea M. Maccarini -- Chapter 4. Emergence and Morphognesis: Causal Reduction and Downward Causation; Tony Lawson -- Chapter 5 Morphogenesis, Continuity and Change in the International Political System; Colin Wight -- PART II. SOCIAL FORMATIONS AND THEIR RE-FORMATION -- Chapter 6. Self-Organization: What is it, What isn't it and What's it Got to Do with Morphogenesis; Kate Forbes-Pitt -- Chapter 7. Self-Organization as the Mechanism of Development and Evolution in Social Systems; Wolfgang Hofkirchner -- Chapter 8. Morphogenetic Society: Self-Government and Self-Organization as Misleading Metaphors; Maragaret S. Archer.- PART III. SOCIAL NETWORKS: LINKAGES OR BONDS -- Chapter 9. Network Analysis and Morphogenesis: A Neo-Structural Exploration and Illustration; Emmanuel Lazega -- Chapter 10. Authority's Hidden Networks: Obligations, Roles and the Morphogenesis of Authority; Ismael Al-Amoudi -- Chapter 11. Morphogenesis and Social Networks: Relational Steering not Mechanical Feedback; Pierpaolo Donati.
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    The Web of Violence : Exploring Connections Among Different Forms of Interpersonal Violence and Abuse (2013)
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    ISBN: 9789400755963
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (IX, 108 p. 3 illus, digital)
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Hamby, Sherry L. The web of violence
    Keywords: Social sciences ; Public health ; Quality of Life ; Social sciences Methodology ; Quality of Life Research ; Psychology, clinical ; Developmental psychology ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Public health ; Quality of Life ; Social sciences Methodology ; Quality of Life Research ; Psychology, clinical ; Developmental psychology ; Gewalttätigkeit ; Risikofaktor ; Korrelation
    Abstract: There is an increasing appreciation of the interconnections among all forms of violence. These interconnections have critical implications for conducting research that can produce valid conclusions about the causes and consequences of abuse, maltreatment, and trauma. The accumulated data on co-occurrence also provide strong evidence that prevention and intervention should be organized around the full context of individuals’ experiences, not narrowly defined subtypes of violence. Managing the flood of new research and practice innovations is a challenge, however. New means of communication and integration are needed to meet this challenge, and the Web of Violence is intended to contribute to this process by serving as a concise overview of the conceptual and empirical work that form a basis for understanding the interconnections across forms of violence throughout the lifespan. It also offers ideas and directions for prevention, intervention, and public policy.A number of initiatives are emerging to integrate the findings on co-occurrence into research and action. The American Psychological Association established a new journal, Psychology of Violence, which is a forum for research on all types of violence. Sherry Hamby is the founding editor and John Grych is associate editor and co-editor of a special issue on the co-occurrence of violence in 2012. Dr. Hamby also is a co-investigator of the National Survey of Children’s Exposure to Violence (NatSCEV), which has drawn attention to polyvictimization. Polyvictimization is a focus of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Defending Childhood Initiative and has recently been featured in calls for grant proposals by the Office of Victims of Crime and National Institutes for Justice.
    Description / Table of Contents: 〈p〉Chapter 1: The Case for Studying Co-Occurrence -- Chapter 2:  Tracing the Threads of the Web: The Epidemiology of Interconnections among Forms of Violence & Victimization -- Chapter 3:  The Causes of Interconnection -- Chapter 4:  A Developmental Perspective on Interconnection -- Chapter 5:  Implications for Research: Toward a more comprehensive understanding of interpersonal violence -- Chapter 6 Implications for Prevention & Intervention: A More Person-Centered Approach -- Chapter 7   Conclusion: Toppling the Silos.〈/p〉.
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    The Aristotelian Tradition and the Rise of British Empiricism : Logic and Epistemology in the British Isles (1570–1689) (2013)
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    ISBN: 9789400749511
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (XII, 259 p. 1 illus, digital)
    Series Statement: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 32
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    Keywords: Philosophy (General) ; Logic ; Science Philosophy ; Philosophy ; Philosophy (General) ; Logic ; Science Philosophy
    Abstract: This book is a radical reappraisal of the importance of Aristotelianism in Britain. Using a full range of manuscripts as well as printed sources, it provides an entirely new interpretation of the impact of the early-modern Aristotelian tradition upon the rise of British Empiricism, and reexamines the fundamental shift from a humanist logic to epistemology and facultative logic. The task is to reconstruct the philosophical background and framework in which the thought of philosophers such Locke, Berkeley and Hume originated: some aspects of their empiricism can be explained only in reference to the academic Aristotelian tradition, even if these authors established themselves as anti-scholastic, anti-Aristotelian philosophers outside the official institutions.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1 Introduction -- 2 Logic in the British Isles during the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries -- 3 Logic in the Universities of the British Isles -- 4 Zabarella’s Empiricism 5 Early Aristotelianism between Humanism and Ramism -- the British School 7 Continental Aristotelians in the British Isles -- 8 The Empiricism of the Seventeenth-Century Aristotelianism -- 9. The Reformers of Aristotelian Logic -- 10 Late Seventeenth-Century Aristotelianism -- 11 Conclusion -- Bibliography.-Index ​.
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    DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4951-1
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    Keywords: Philosophy (General) ; Logic ; Computer science ; Logic, Symbolic and mathematical ; Philosophy ; Philosophy (General) ; Logic ; Computer science ; Logic, Symbolic and mathematical
    Abstract: Written by experts in the field, this volume presents a comprehensive investigation into the relationship between argumentation theory and the philosophy of mathematical practice. Argumentation theory studies reasoning and argument, and especially those aspects not addressed, or not addressed well, by formal deduction. The philosophy of mathematical practice diverges from mainstream philosophy of mathematics in the emphasis it places on what the majority of working mathematicians actually do, rather than on mathematical foundations. The book begins by first challenging the assumption that there is no role for informal logic in mathematics. Next, it details the usefulness of argumentation theory in the understanding of mathematical practice, offering an impressively diverse set of examples, covering the history of mathematics, mathematics education and, perhaps surprisingly, formal proof verification. From there, the book demonstrates that mathematics also offers a valuable testbed for argumentation theory. Coverage concludes by defending attention to mathematical argumentation as the basis for new perspectives on the philosophy of mathematics.
    Description / Table of Contents: IntroductionPart I. What are Mathematical Arguments? -- Chapter 1. Non-Deductive Logic in Mathematics: The Probability of Conjectures; James Franklin -- Chapter 2. Arguments, Proofs, and Dialogues; Erik C. W. Krabbe -- Chapter 3. Argumentation in Mathematics; Jesús Alcolea Banegas -- Chapter 4. Arguing Around Mathematical Proofs; Michel Dufour -- Part II. Argumentation as a Methodology for Studying Mathematical Practice -- Chapter 5. An Argumentative Approach to Ideal Elements in Mathematics; Paola Cantù -- Chapter 6. How Persuaded Are You? A Typology of Responses; Matthew Inglis and Juan Pablo Mejía-Ramos -- Chapter 7. Revealing Structures of Argumentations in Classroom Proving Processes; Christine Knipping and David Reid -- Chapter 8. Checking Proofs; Jesse Alama and Reinhard Kahle -- Part III. Mathematics as a Testbed for Argumentation Theory -- Chapter 9. Dividing by Zero-and Other Mathematical Fallacies; Lawrence H. Powers -- Chapter 10. Strategic Maneuvering in Mathematical Proofs; Erik C. W. Krabbe -- Chapter. 11 Analogical Arguments in Mathematics; Paul Bartha -- Chapter 12. What Philosophy of Mathematical Practice Can Teach Argumentation Theory about Diagrams and Pictures; Brendan Larvor -- Part IV. An Argumentational Turn in the Philosophy of Mathematics -- Chapter 13. Mathematics as the Art of Abstraction; Richard L. Epstein -- Chapter 14. Towards a Theory of Mathematical Argument; Ian J. Dove -- Chapter 15. Bridging the Gap Between Argumentation Theory and the Philosophy of Mathematics; Alison Pease, Alan Smaill, Simon Colton and John Lee -- Chapter 16. Mathematical Arguments and Distributed Knowledge; Patrick Allo, Jean Paul Van Bendegem and Bart Van Kerkhove -- Chapter 17. The Parallel Structure of Mathematical Reasoning; Andrew Aberdein -- Index.
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    Transactional Perspectives on Occupation (2013)
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    ISBN: 9789400744295 , 1283532646 , 9781283532648
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (VII, 266 p. 1 illus, digital)
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Transactional perspectives on occupation
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Occupational Therapy ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Occupational Therapy ; Transactional Analysis ; Occupational Therapy methods ; Occupations ; Philosophy ; Beschäftigungstherapie
    Abstract: An occupation is, most simply put, any activity we participate in that engages (occupies) our attention, interests, and/or expectations, at any point throughout the life course. This book offers an emerging and innovative perspective on occupation, based in the work of American philosopher John Dewey and other pragmatists, that challenges accepted ideas. Each chapter presents a lively and multifaceted dialogue on transactional perspectives on occupation. Scholars from Europe, North America, and Australasia have written a diverse set of arguments and case studies about occupation, covering theoretical, methodological and applied issues relevant to the topic. In addition, contributors make connections with significant authors from various disciplines that make clearer the roles of occupation and occupational science across many cultures and contexts. The transactional perspectives articulated in this book both implicitly and explicitly suggest that occupations are forms of activity that create and re-create a multitude of our relationships with the world. Often taken for granted by some academic disciplines, occupation is a core element of human life. This book is a provocative and critical analysis of the focal concept for occupational therapy and science.
    Description / Table of Contents: Transactional Perspectives on Occupation; Contents; Chapter 1: Transactional Perspectives on Occupation: An Introduction and Rationale; 1.1 Introduction and Invitation; 1.2 Development of Transactional Perspectives on Occupation; 1.3 A Pluralistic Approach; 1.4 Structure and Content of the Book; 1.5 Our Hopes; References; Part I: Theoretical Extensions; Chapter 2: Dewey's Concepts of Embodiment, Growth, and Occupation: Extended Bases for a Transactional Perspective; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Embodiment; 2.2.1 Live Creatures; 2.2.2 Embodying the Social; 2.3 Growth; 2.4 Occupation
    Description / Table of Contents: 2.4.1 Dewey on Occupation2.4.2 Occupation, Embodiment, and Growth; 2.5 Conclusion; References; Chapter 3: Being Occupied in the Everyday; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The Habitual; 3.3 The Relational; 3.3.1 Continuity of Time: Past-Present-Future; 3.3.2 Continuity of Relating: Being-with-Others; 3.4 The Precarious; 3.5 Occupational Practice as Listening; 3.6 Conclusion; References; Chapter 4: Resituating the Meaning of Occupation: A Transactional Perspective; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Meaning Explored; 4.2.1 Social Science Perspectives on Meaning; 4.2.2 Occupational Perspectives on Meaning
    Description / Table of Contents: 4.2.3 Philosophical Perspectives on Meaning: Heidegger and Dewey4.3 Perspectives on Meaning Uncovered by Research; 4.4 Implications for Occupational Therapy and Science; 4.5 Conclusion; References; Chapter 5: Conceptual Insights for Expanding Thinking Regarding the Situated Nature of Occupation; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Governmentality Studies: Shaping Occupational Possibilities; 5.2.1 Discourses; 5.2.2 Differential Shaping of Occupational Possibilities; 5.3 Bourdieu's Theory of Practice: Voicing the Unspoken; 5.3.1 Makane: A Case in Point; 5.4 Conclusion; References
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 6: Exploring the Transactional Quality of Everyday Occupations Through Narrative-in-Action: Meaning-Making Among Women Living with Chronic Conditions6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Everyday Occupations as Transactions Within Local Cultures; 6.3 "Narrative-in-Action": Meaning Making Endeavors; 6.4 Everyday Transactions, Meaning Making in Everyday Occupations; 6.5 Everyday Transactions in Local Cultures; 6.6 Everyday Occupational Transactions Enacted and Embedded in Local Culture; References; Part II: Case Studies; Chapter 7: Navigating Cultural Spaces: A Transactional Perspective on Immigration
    Description / Table of Contents: 7.1 Introduction7.2 Current Perspectives on Immigration and Settlement; 7.3 A Transactional Perspective on Immigration and Settlement; 7.3.1 Navigating Cultural Spaces: A Case Study; 7.4 Implications for Science and Society; 7.4.1 Occupational Science Research; 7.4.2 Societal Practice; 7.5 Conclusion; References; Chapter 8: The Situated Nature of Disability; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Conceptualizing Disability: An Overview of Recent Controversies; 8.2.1 The International Classi fi cation of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)
    Description / Table of Contents: 8.3 Research Projects: Support for the Transactional Perspective on Disability
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    DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4429-5
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    C. Henry Kempe: A 50 Year Legacy to the Field of Child Abuse and Neglect (2013)
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    ISBN: 9789400740846 , 1282056964 , 9781282056961
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XXIV, 269 p. 6 illus, digital)
    Series Statement: Child Maltreatment, Contemporary Issues in Research and Policy 1
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Public health ; Pediatrics ; Quality of Life ; Social work ; Quality of Life Research ; Developmental psychology ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Public health ; Pediatrics ; Quality of Life ; Social work ; Quality of Life Research ; Developmental psychology ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Bibliografie ; Kindesmisshandlung ; Kempe, Charles Henry 1922-1984 ; Kindesmisshandlung ; Kempe, Charles Henry 1922-1984
    Abstract: The book series, 'Child Maltreatment: Contemporary Issues in Research and Policy.' will consist of a state of the art handbook (to be revised every five years) and two to three volumes per year. The first volume in this series is a legacy to C. Henry Kempe. This is a timely publication because 2012 marks 50 years after the appearance of the foundational article by C. Henry Kempe and his colleagues, 'The Battered-Child Syndrome.' This volume capitalizes on this 50 year anniversary to stand back and assess the field from the perspective that Dr. Kempes early contributions and ideas are still being played out in practice and policy today. The volume will be released at the next ISPCAN meeting, also in 2012.
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    DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4084-6
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    Crime, HIV and Health: Intersections of Criminal Justice and Public Health Concerns (2013)
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    ISBN: 9789048189212
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (XXXVI, 299 p. 18 illus, digital)
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Crime, HIV and health
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Public health ; Criminology ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Public health ; Criminology ; Sozialwissenschaften ; Public health ; Kriminologie ; Aufsatzsammlung ; USA ; Öffentliches Gesundheitswesen ; Kriminalität ; HIV ; USA ; Strafjustiz ; HIV ; Gesundheitsgefährdung
    Abstract: Carefully selected to reflect the latest research at the interface between public health and criminal justice in the US, these contributions each focus on an aspect of the relationship. How, for example, might a person's criminal activity adversely affect their health or their risk of exposure to HIV infection? The issues addressed in this volume are at the heart of policy in both public health and criminal justice. The authors track a four-fold connection between the two fields, exploring the mental and physical health of incarcerated populations; the health consequences of crime, substance abuse, violence and risky sexual behaviors; the extent to which high crime rates are linked to poor health outcomes in the same neighborhood; and the results of public health interventions among traditional criminal justice populations. As well as exploring these urgent issues, this anthology features a wealth of remarkable interdisciplinary contributions that see public health researchers focusing on crime, while criminologists attend to public health issues. The papers provide empirical data tracking, for example, the repercussions on public health of a fear of crime among residents of high-crime neighborhoods, and the correlations between HIV status and outcomes, and an individual's history of criminal activity. Providing social scientists and policy makers with vital pointers on how the criminal justice and public health sectors might work together on the problems common to both, this collection breaks new ground by combining the varying perspectives of a number of key disciplines
    Abstract: Carefully selected to reflect the latest research at the interface between public health and criminal justice in the US, these contributions each focus on an aspect of the relationship. How, for example, might a persons criminal activity adversely affect their health or their risk of exposure to HIV infection? The issues addressed in this volume are at the heart of policy in both public health and criminal justice. The authors track a four-fold connection between the two fields, exploring the mental and physical health of incarcerated populations; the health consequences of crime, substance abuse, violence and risky sexual behaviors; the extent to which high crime rates are linked to poor health outcomes in the same neighborhood; and the results of public health interventions among traditional criminal justice populations.As well as exploring these urgent issues, this anthology features a wealth of remarkable interdisciplinary contributions that see public health researchers focusing on crime, while criminologists attend to public health issues. The papers provide empirical data tracking, for example, the repercussions on public health of a fear of crime among residents of high-crime neighborhoods, and the correlations between HIV status and outcomes, and an individuals history of criminal activity. Providing social scientists and policy makers with vital pointers on how the criminal justice and public health sectors might work together on the problems common to both, this collection breaks new ground by combining the varying perspectives of a number of key disciplines.
    Description / Table of Contents: Crime, HIV and Health: Intersections of Criminal Justice and Public Health Concerns; Introduction; References; Contents; About the Authors; Chapter 1: Crime and Public Health in the United States; 1.1 Substance Use and Violence; 1.2 Vulnerable Populations, Negative Health Outcomes, and Incarceration; 1.3 Exploring Common Ground: Criminal Justice and Public Health; 1.3.1 Incarceration; 1.3.2 Health Risk Behaviors Among High-Risk Youth; 1.3.3 Crime, Health, and Space; 1.3.4 Public Health Interventions and Criminal Justice Populations; References; Part I: The Health of Incarcerated Populations
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 2: A Longitudinal Study of the Prevalence, Development, and Persistence of HIV/STI Risk Behaviors in Delinquent Youth: Implications for Health Care in the Community2.1 Methods; 2.1.1 Sampling Procedures; 2.1.2 Procedures to Obtain Assent and Consent; 2.1.3 Participants; 2.1.4 Procedures for Data Collection; 2.1.5 Measures; 2.1.6 Missing Data; 2.1.6.1 Missing Cases; 2.1.6.2 Missing Data from Interviews Conducted by Telephone; 2.1.7 Independent Variables; 2.1.8 Statistical Analysis; 2.2 Results; 2.2.1 Prevalence of HIV/STI Risk Behaviors
    Description / Table of Contents: 2.2.1.1 Comparing the Baseline and Follow-up InterviewsMales; Females; 2.2.1.2 Prevalence at Follow-up; Males; Females; 2.2.1.3 Gender Differences; 2.2.1.4 Age Differences (Data Not Shown); 2.2.2 Development of HIV/STI Risk Behaviors; 2.2.2.1 Gender Differences; 2.2.2.2 Racial/Ethnic Differences; 2.2.3 Persistence of HIV/STI Risk Behaviors; 2.2.3.1 Gender Differences; 2.2.3.2 Racial/Ethnic Differences; 2.3 Discussion; 2.4 Limitations; 2.5 Conclusions; References
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 3: Risky Sexual Behavior and Negative Health Consequences Among Incarcerated Female Adolescents: Implications for Public Health Policy and Practice3.1 Pathways into Delinquency for Female Adolescents; 3.2 Health Service Needs and Service Gaps among Incarcerated Female Adolescents; 3.3 STD Screening and Treatment in Juvenile Detention Settings in California; 3.3.1 Profiles of Project Participants and Qualitative Findings; 3.3.2 Qualitative Findings: Condom Use; 3.3.3 Qualitative Findings: Family Life; 3.3.4 Overlap of Family Conflict, Substance Use and Risky Sexual Behaviors
    Description / Table of Contents: 3.4 DiscussionReferences; Chapter 4: Disparities in Mental Health Diagnosis and Treatment Among African Americans: Implications for the Correctional Systems; 4.1 Disparities in Mental Health Diagnoses and Treatment; 4.1.1 Anxiety; 4.1.2 Depression; 4.1.3 Bipolar Disorder; 4.1.4 Schizophrenia; 4.1.5 Treatment Disparities; 4.2 Implications for Correctional Settings; References; Part II: Health Consequences of Crime and Risk Behaviors; Chapter 5: Methamphetamine Use, Personality Traits, and High-Risk Behaviors; 5.1 Research Methods; 5.1.1 Sample Recruitment; 5.1.2 Measures; 5.2 Study Results
    Description / Table of Contents: 5.2.1 Sample
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    DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-8921-2
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    Handbook of Neurosociology (2013)
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    ISBN: 9789400744738
    ISSN: 1389-6903
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XII, 406 p. 32 illus, digital)
    Series Statement: Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research
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    Parallel Title: Druck-Ausg. Franks, David D., 1931 - Handbook of neurosociology
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Neurology ; Psychology, clinical ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Neurology ; Psychology, clinical ; Neurosciences ; Social aspects ; Neurowissenschaften ; Soziologie ; Neurobiologie ; Neurologie ; Soziologie
    Abstract: Until recently, a handbook on neurosociology would have been viewed with skepticism by sociologists, who have long been protective of their disciplinary domain against perceived encroachment by biology. But a number of developments in the last decade or so have made sociologists more receptive to biological factors in sociology and social psychology. Much of this has been encouraged by the coeditors of this volume, David Franks and Jonathan Turner. This new interest has been increased by the explosion of research in neuroscience on brain functioning and brain-environment interaction (via new MRI technologies), with implications for social and psychological functioning. This handbook emphasizes the integration of perspectives within sociology as well as between fields in social neuroscience. For example, Franks represents a social constructionist position following from G.H. Meads voluntaristic theory of the act while Turner is more social structural and positivistic. Furthermore, this handbook not only contains contributions from sociologists, but leading figures from the psychological perspective of social neuroscience.
    Description / Table of Contents: Handbook of Neurosociology; Preface; References; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1: Introduction: Summaries and Comments; David Franks: A Short History; Brain Activity Measures and Limitations; Jonathan H. Turner: Coming on Board as an Editor; What Does Neurosociology Have to Offer?; References; Part I: Large Issues; Chapter 2: Neural Social Science; Reason Is Neural; Back to the Future; How Brain Circuits Become Meaningful; Reason and Social Science; Reason Itself: Enlightenment Fallacies; The Enlightenment Fallacies; The First Fallacy: Reason Is Conscious
    Description / Table of Contents: The Second Fallacy: One Can Reason Directly About the WorldThe Third Fallacy: Thought Is Disembodied; The Fourth Fallacy: Words Are Defined Directly in Terms of Features of the External World; The Fifth Fallacy: Reason Is Unemotional; The Sixth Fallacy: Reason Is Literal and Logical; The Seventh Fallacy: Categories Are Defined by Necessary and Sufficient Conditions; The Eighth Fallacy: Reason Exists Primarily to Serve Self-interest; The Ninth Fallacy: Conceptual Systems Are Monolithic; The Tenth Fallacy: Words Have Fixed Meanings, and Concepts Have Fixed Logics
    Description / Table of Contents: The Eleventh Fallacy: The Truth Will Set You Free If Enough People Know the Truth About Social Issues, They Will Change Their Attitudes, to Society's Bene fi t; Some Brain Basics; Color; Perception and Action; That's Why There Are Basic-Level Concepts; That's Why Verb Roots Are the Same for First- and Third-Person Experiences; Imagining and Doing Use the Same Brain Circuitry; Neural Computation and Simulation; The Centrality of Metaphor in Social Life; Neural Metaphor; The Narayanan-Johnson-Grady Neural Theory of Metaphor; How Are Neural Circuits Learned?
    Description / Table of Contents: The Feldman Functional Circuitry HypothesisPrimary Metaphors; Narayanan on Spike-Time-Dependent Plasticity; Neuromodulators and "Rewards"; Integrating Multiple Neural Systems; Embodiment Evidence in Social Psychology; Real Social and Political Life; The Conservative Advantage; What Can Progressives and Democrats Do?; Systems Thinking; The Point; CODA; Solving a Social Science Puzzle; References; Chapter 3: Why We Need Neurosociology as Well as Social Neuroscience: Or-Why Role-Taking and Theory of Mind Are Different Concepts; History of the Terms Neurosociology and Social Neuroscience
    Description / Table of Contents: Distinguishing Between the Two Fields Using Role-Taking and ToMSome Ways Role-Taking and Power Can be Explored Experimentally; What Social Neuroscience Can Offer Sociological Research on Role-Taking and Power; Empirically Testing the Role-Taking and Power Hypothesis; Conclusions; References; Chapter 4: Social Cognition and the Problem of Other Minds; Where in the World Are Minds?; The Psychology of Individual Minds; Social Psychology and Social Cognition; What Do Minds Learn to Mind?; Brains and Minds Grow Together; Socialized Brains Remain Social Minds; References
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 5: Genetic, Hormonal, and Neural Underpinnings of Human Aggressive Behavior
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    The Nature of Truth : An updated approach to the meaning of truth ascriptions (2013)
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    ISBN: 9789400744646
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    Series Statement: Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science 29
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Frápolli, María José, 1960 - The nature of truth
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    Keywords: Philosophy (General) ; Logic ; Linguistics Philosophy ; Pragmatism ; Semantics ; Philosophy ; Philosophy (General) ; Logic ; Linguistics Philosophy ; Pragmatism ; Semantics ; Truth ; Wahrheit ; Wahrheit
    Abstract: The book offers a characterization of the meaning and role of the notion of truth in natural languages and an explanation of why, in spite of the big amount of proposals about truth, this task has proved to be resistant to the different analyses. The general thesis of the book is that defining truth is perfectly possible and that the average educated philosopher of language has the tools to do it. The book offers an updated treatment of the meaning of truth ascriptions from taking into account the latest views in philosophy of language and linguistics.
    Abstract: The wealth of proposals about truth and its meaning in natural languages everywhere should open it to analysis and definition, but this book makes the startlingly rare assertion that we can define truth using the latest methods in linguistics and philosophy
    Description / Table of Contents: The Nature of Truth; Acknowledgements; Contents; Chapter 1: Some Preliminary Issues; 1.1 The General Purpose; 1.2 Some Features of the Proposal; 1.3 Required Philosophical Assumptions; 1.4 The Content of a Theory of Truth; 1.5 The Pragmatist Ingredient; 1.6 The Structure of the Book; Chapter 2: Syntax: Playing with Building Blocks; 2.1 Does Syntax Matter?; 2.2 The Truth Predicate; 2.3 The Truth Operator; 2.4 Truth and Identity; 2.5 Adverbs, Adjectives and Nouns; Chapter 3: The Meaning and Content of Truth Ascriptions; 3.1 The Distinction; 3.2 Kinds of Proforms; 3.3 Truth-Ascriptions
    Description / Table of Contents: 3.4 A Classification of Truth-Ascriptions3.5 Special Semantic Tasks; Chapter 4: What Do We Do with Truth Ascriptions?; 4.1 Pragmatics and Semantics; 4.2 Assertions; 4.3 Expressivism; 4.4 Particular Pragmatic Functions; Chapter 5: The Liar Paradox (And Other Logico-Semantic Issues); 5.1 Is There a Liar Paradox?; 5.2 Truth Bearers; 5.3 Logical Form; 5.4 The Paradox; Chapter 6: What Do You Mean by "Redundancy"?; 6.1 R amsey's View; 6.2 Redundancy, of What?; 6.3 Syntactic Redundancy; 6.4 Semantic Redundancy; 6.5 Pragmatic Redundancy; Chapter 7: Obvious Answers for Ready-Made Objections
    Description / Table of Contents: 7.1 Standard Objections7.2 The Epistemic Objections; 7.2.1 Definitions vs. Criteria; 7.2.2 The Causal Effect of Truth; 7.3 The Logical Objection; 7.4 The Semantic Objection; 7.5 Mathematical Truth and Other Metaphors; References; Index;
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    Economic and Political Change in Asia and Europe : Social Movement Analyses (2013)
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    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XVIII, 306 p. 9 illus, digital)
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Population ; Demography ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Population ; Demography ; East Asia ; Economic policy ; East Asia ; Economic conditions ; East Asia ; Social policy ; East Asia ; Social conditions ; Europe ; Economic policy ; Europe ; Economic conditions ; Europe ; Social policy ; Europe ; Social conditions
    Abstract: Since the 1973 publication of Alain Peyrefittes prophetic When China Awakens, developments in East Asia have outstripped even the wildest predictions. China has undergone the fastest industrialization and urbanization process in history, yet tensions there are rising as some realize how far they have been left behind. This volume explores the applicability of European economic and social models to our analysis of East Asias and, in particular, Chinas situation. Though millions of Chinese and other Asian people have been lifted out of poverty, inequality is rising nonetheless, and contemporary Europe and Asia are both witnessing collective action against rampant economic neoliberalism in the former and the exclusion of minorities in the latter. It is difficult to overstate the relevance of this assessment, which seeks answers to some central questions: Can events in Europe serve as a model for those in East Asia? Are there similarities or differences between the two regions? To what extent do political, economic or social systems stimulate or inhibit collective action? How culturally equivalent are the collective actions of marginalized/ disadvantaged people in the two locations, or are events in Europe symptomatic of specific cultural attributes? Comparing and contrasting the research tools and dominant paradigms in the social and economic sciences in East Asia and Europe, as this volume does, throws out some revealing results.
    Description / Table of Contents: Economic and Political Change in Asia and Europe; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Appendices; Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Collective Action and Relatively Powerless People in Europe and Asia; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Social and Economic Backdrops; 1.3 Recession and Social Movements; 1.4 Common Traits: Asia and Europe; 1.5 Chapter Descriptions; 1.6 Conclusion; References; Part I: Economic, Political and Social Globalization in Asia and Europe; Chapter 2: Economic Change and Social Dynamics: Converging and Diverging Trends Across Different Economies; 2.1 Introduction
    Description / Table of Contents: 2.2 Growth, Structural Change, and Macro Socioeconomic Performance by Broad World Region2.3 Economic Growth, Development, and Poverty; 2.3.1 Broad Trends in Terms of Poverty and Inequality; 2.3.2 Impact of the Recent and Current Economic Shocks; 2.4 Convergence and Equality in the EU; 2.4.1 Between-Country Economic Convergence; 2.4.2 Convergence Across Socioeconomic Groups in the EU; 2.5 The Case of Asia; 2.5.1 Convergence Across Asian Countries; 2.5.2 Convergence Across Socioeconomic Groups in Asia; 2.6 Conclusions; 2.7 Appendices
    Description / Table of Contents: Appendix 2.1 List of Countries Included in the Major World Regions (See Table  2.1)Appendix 2.2 Indicators Developed (or Being Developed) by the Commission so as to Measure Social Cohesion (Sample); References; Chapter 3: European Integration, Social Cohesion, and Political Contentiousness; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The European Structure of Grievances: The Renaissance of "Old" Issues; 3.3 Social Cohesion in Europe: Spatial and Social Cleavages; 3.3.1 Social Cohesion: The Core and the Peripheries; 3.3.2 Social Cohesion and Class
    Description / Table of Contents: 3.4 Discussion and Conclusions: Social Cohesion and the Political Sociology of EuropeReferences; Chapter 4: Images and Frameworks of Collective Action in China; 4.1 Assumptions from a Western Concept; 4.2 Reconstruction of a Chinese Traditional Heritage; 4.2.1 Interpersonal Relations, Intention, Ritual, and Mankind; 4.2.2 Traces of Collectivity in Chinese History; 4.3 The Affirmative Societal Role of Collective Action; 4.3.1 Statehood, Citizens, and Welfare; 4.3.2 Authoritarianism, Democratization, and Collective Action; 4.4 Collective Action with Chinese Characteristics; References
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 5: European Governance and Democracy5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Immigration and Citizenship: Building the Fortress; 5.3 Organizing the Unemployed Within the Member States; 5.4 European Marches and Alter-Globalization Movements; 5.5 Conclusion; References; Chapter 6: Agricultural Markets and Food Riots: The European Union and Asia Compared; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Main Drivers Affecting the Food System; 6.3 Prices Crisis or Food Crisis?; 6.4 Food Riots and Policy Responses; 6.5 Food Aid Policies; 6.6 Concluding Remarks; References; Part II: Social Movements in a Transnational Perspective
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 7: Marginalization and Transnationalizing Movements: How Does One Relate to the Other?
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    Spatial Microsimulation: A Reference Guide for Users (2013)
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    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (VIII, 277 p. 51 illus., 10 illus. in color, digital)
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Quality of Life ; Geography ; Economics Statistics ; Quality of Life Research ; Demography ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Quality of Life ; Geography ; Economics Statistics ; Quality of Life Research ; Demography ; Spatial analysis (Statistics) ; Space ; Computer simulation ; Statistical matching ; Demography ; Demographie ; Räumliche Statistik ; Mikrosimulation
    Abstract: This book is a practical guide on how to design, create and validate a spatial microsimulation model. These models are becoming more popular as academics and policy makers recognise the value of place in research and policy making. Recent spatial microsimulation models have been used to analyse health and social disadvantage for small areas; and to look at the effect of policy change for small areas. This provides a powerful analysis tool for researchers and policy makers. This book covers preparing the data for spatial microsimulation; a number of methods for both static and dynamic spatial microsimulation models; validation of the models to ensure the outputs are reasonable; and the future of spatial microsimulation. The book will be an essential handbook for any researcher or policy maker looking to design and create a spatial microsimulation model. This book will also be useful to those policy makers who are commissioning a spatial microsimulation model, or looking to commission work using a spatial microsimulation model, as it provides information on the different methods in a non-technical way.
    Description / Table of Contents: Spatial Microsimulation: A Reference Guide for Users; Foreword; Contents; Part I: Background; Chapter 1: Introduction to Spatial Microsimulation: History, Methods and Applications; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 History of Spatial Microsimulation; 1.3 Applications of Spatial Microsimulation Models; 1.4 Validation of Spatial Microsimulation Models; 1.5 The Future; 1.6 Conclusion; References; Chapter 2: Building a Static Spatial Microsimulation Model: Data Preparation; 2.1 Data Sources and Requirements; 2.2 Sample Scope; 2.3 Unit of Analysis; 2.3.1 Non-private Dwellings
    Description / Table of Contents: 2.3.2 Non-classifiable Households2.4 Population Imputation; 2.4.1 Imputation of Child Records; 2.4.2 Imputation of a Non-private Dwelling Population; 2.5 Matching Variable Definitions in the Sample Survey and the Census; 2.6 Uprating and Deflating; 2.7 Balancing Data; 2.8 Conclusion; References; Part II: Static Spatial Microsimulation Models; Chapter 3: An Evaluation of Two Synthetic Small-Area Microdata Simulation Methodologies: Synthetic Reconstruction and Combinatorial Optimisation; 3.1 Background; 3.2 Synthetic Reconstruction and Combinatorial Optimisation Methodologies
    Description / Table of Contents: 3.2.1 Synthetic Reconstruction3.2.2 Combinatorial Optimisation; 3.3 Innovations in Synthetic Reconstruction; 3.3.1 Modified Monte Carlo Sampling; 3.3.2 Statistical Justification of Reconstruction Order; 3.3.3 Modelled 100% Counts of 10% Data; 3.3.4 Improved Data Linkage; 3.3.5 Data Reconciliation; 3.4 Innovations in Combinatorial Optimisation; 3.4.1 Validated Random Number Generation; 3.4.2 Sequential Table Fitting; 3.4.3 Stratified Household Selection; 3.4.4 RSSZ*: A New Selection Criterion; 3.4.5 Stopping Rules; 3.5 Understanding Between-Area Variation; 3.5.1 Spatial Concentration
    Description / Table of Contents: 3.5.2 Multicollinearity3.6 A Framework for Validating Small-Area Microdata; 3.6.1 Identification of Appropriate Measures of Fit; 3.6.2 Innovations in Types of Fit Measured; 3.7 The Impact on Combinatorial Optimisation of Selected Improvements; 3.7.1 Substitution of TAE with RSSZ *; 3.7.2 Stratified Household Selection; 3.8 Synthetic Reconstruction vs. Combinatorial Optimisation; 3.8.1 ED-Level Mean Fit; 3.8.2 ED-Level Fit of the Mean; 3.8.3 Ward-Level Fit; 3.8.4 Fit of Unconstrained Counts; 3.9 Conclusion; References
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 4: Estimating Small-Area Income Deprivation : An Iterative Proportional Fitting Approach4.1 Background; 4.2 Small-Area Income Estimation Methods; 4.3 The Iterative Proportion Fitting Approach; 4.3.1 Definition of Income; 4.3.2 Choice of Constraint Variables; 4.3.3 Small-Area IPF Algorithm Implementation; 4.4 Results; 4.5 Validation; 4.6 Conclusions and Future Directions; References; Chapter 5: SimObesity: Combinatorial Optimisation (Deterministic) Model; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Why Use Spatial Microsimulation Modelling to Model Disease Data?; 5.2.1 Why Use a Deterministic Model?
    Description / Table of Contents: 5.3 SimObesity Methodology
    Description / Table of Contents: Part 1: Background: Chapter 1: Introduction to spatial microsimulation - History, Methods and Applications: Robert Tanton and Kimberley Edwards -- Chapter 2: Building a static spatial microsimulation model: data preparation: Rebecca Cassells, Riyana Miranti and Ann Harding -- Part 2: Static spatial microsimulation models -- Chapter 3: An Evaluation of Two Synthetic Small-Area Microdata simulation methodologies: Synthetic Reconstruction and Combinatorial Optimisation methodologies: Paul Williamson -- Chapter 4: Estimating Small Area Income Deprivation: An Iterative Proportional Fitting Approach: Ben Anderson -- Chapter 5: SimObesity: Combinatorial Optimisation (deterministic) model: Kimberley Edwards and Graham Clarke -- Chapter 6: Spatial Microsimulation using a generalised regression model: Robert Tanton, Ann Harding and Justine McNamara -- Chapter 7: Creating a Spatial Microsimulation model of the Irish Local Economy: Niall Farrell, Karyn Morrissey and Cathal O’Donoghue -- Chapter 8: Linking static spatial microsimulation modelling to meso-scale models: The Relationship between Access to GP services & Long Term Illness: Karyn Morrissey, Graham Clarke and Cathal O’Donoghue -- Chapter 9: Projections using a static Spatial Microsimulation model: Yogi Vidyattama and Robert Tanton -- Chapter 10: Limits of static Spatial Microsimulation models: Robert Tanton and Kimberley Edwards -- Part 3: Dynamic spatial microsimulation models -- Chapter 11: Moses: A dynamic spatial microsimulation model for demographic planning: Belinda Wu and Mark Birkin -- Chapter 12: Design principles for micro models: Einar Holm and Kalle Mäkilä -- Chapter 13: SimEducation: a dynamic spatial microsimulation model for understanding educational inequalities: Dimitris Kavroudakis, Dimitris Ballas and Mark Birkin -- Chapter 14: Challenges for spatial dynamic microsimulation modelling: Mark Birkin -- Part 4: Validation of spatial microsimulation models and conclusion -- Chapter 15: Validation of spatial microsimulation models: Kimberley Edwards and Robert Tanton -- Chapter 16: Conclusions and the future of spatial microsimulation modelling: Graham Clarke and Ann Harding..
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    DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4623-7
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    Intelligent Data Mining in Law Enforcement Analytics : New Neural Networks Applied to Real Problems (2013)
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    ISBN: 9789400749146
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XVIII, 516 p. 185 illus, digital)
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Artificial intelligence ; Social sciences Methodology ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Artificial intelligence ; Social sciences Methodology
    Abstract: This book provides a thorough summary of the means currently available to the investigators of Artificial Intelligence for making criminal behavior (both individual and collective) foreseeable, and for assisting their investigative capacities. The volume provides chapters on the introduction of artificial intelligence and machine learning suitable for an upper level undergraduate with exposure to mathematics and some programming skill or a graduate course. It also brings the latest research in Artificial Intelligence to life with its chapters on fascinating applications in the area of law enforcement, though much is also being accomplished in the fields of medicine and bioengineering. Individuals with a background in Artificial Intelligence will find the opening chapters to be an excellent refresher but the greatest excitement will likely be the law enforcement examples, for little has been done in that area. The editors have chosen to shine a bright light on law enforcement analytics utilizing artificial neural network technology to encourage other researchers to become involved in this very important and timely field of study.
    Description / Table of Contents: Dedication -- Preface.- Chapter 1. Introduction to Artificial Networks and Law Enforcement Analytics; William J. Tastle -- Chapter 2. Law Enforcement and Artificial Intelligence; Massimo Buscema -- Chapter 3. The General Philosophy of Artificial Adaptive Systems; Massimo Buscema -- Chapter 4. A Brief Introduction to Evolutionary Algorithms and the Genetic Doping Algorithm; M. Buscema, M. Capriotti -- Chapter 5. Artificial Adaptive Systems in Data Visualization: Pro-Active data; Massimo Buscema -- Chapter 6. The Metropolitan Police Service Central Drug Trafficking Database: Evidence of Need; Geoffrey Monaghan and Stefano Terzi -- Chapter 7. Supervised Artificial neural Networks: Back Propagation Neural Networks; Massimo Buscema -- Chapter 8. Pre-Processing Tools for Non-Linear Data Sets; Massimo Buscema, Alessandra Mancini and Marco Breda -- Chapter 9. Metaclassifiers; Massimo Buscema, Stefano Terzi -- Chapter 10. Auto Identification of a Drug Seller Utilizing a Specialized Supervised Neural Network; Massimo Buscema and Marco Intraligi -- Chapter 11. Visualization and Clustering of Self-Organizing Maps; Giulia Massini -- Chapter 12. Self-Organizing Maps: Identifying Non-Linear Relationships in Massive Drug Enforcement Databases; Guila Massini -- Chapter 13. Theory of Constraint Satisfaction Neural Networks; Massimo Buscema -- Chapter 14. Application of the Constraint Satisfaction Network; Marco Intraligi and Massimo Buscema -- Chapter 15. Auto-Contractive Maps, h Function and the Maximally regular Graph: A new methodology for data mining; Massimo Buscema -- Chapter 16. Analysis of a Complex Dataset Using the Combined MST and Auto Contractive Map; Giovanni Pieri -- Chapter 17. Auto Contractive Mapsand Minimal Spanning tree: Organization of Complex datasets on criminal behavior to aid in the deduction of network connectivity; Giula Massini and Massimo Buscema -- Chapter 18. Data Mining Using Non-linear Auto Associative Artificial Neural Networks: The Arrestee Dataset; Massimo Buscema -- Chapter 19. Artificial Adaptive System for Parallel Querying of Multiple Databases; Massimo Buscema.-.
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    DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4914-6
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    Resilience Thinking in Urban Planning (2013)
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    ISBN: 9789400754768 , 1283910845 , 9781283910842
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XIV, 249 p. 13 illus, digital)
    Series Statement: GeoJournal Library 106
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T.
    Keywords: Social sciences ; Regional planning ; Architecture ; Regional economics ; Human Geography ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Regional planning ; Architecture ; Regional economics ; Human Geography
    Abstract: There is consensus in literature that urban areas have become increasingly vulnerable to the outcomes of economic restructuring under the neoliberal political economic ideology. The increased frequency and widening diversity of problems offer evidence that the socio-economic and spatial policies, planning and practices introduced under the neoliberal agenda can no longer be sustained. As this shortfall was becoming more evident among urban policymakers, planners, and researchers in different parts of the world, a group of discontent researchers began searching for new approaches to addressing the increasing vulnerabilities of urban systems in the wake of growing socio-economic and ecological problems. This book is the joint effort of those who have long felt that contemporary planning systems and policies are inadequate in preparing cities for the future in an increasingly neoliberalising world. It argues that resilience thinking can form the basis of an alternative approach to planning. Drawing upon case studies from five cities in Europe, namely Lisbon, Porto, Istanbul, Stockholm, and Rotterdam, the book makes an exploration of the resilience perspective, raising a number of theoretical debates, and suggesting a new methodological approach based on empirical evidence. This book provides insights for intellectuals exploring alternative perspectives and principles of a new planning approach
    Abstract: There is consensus in literature that urban areas have become increasingly vulnerable to the outcomes of economic restructuring under the neoliberal political economic ideology. The increased frequency and widening diversity of problems offer evidence that the socio-economic and spatial policies, planning and practices introduced under the neoliberal agenda can no longer be sustained. As this shortfall was becoming more evident among urban policymakers, planners, and researchers in different parts of the world, a group of discontent researchers began searching for new approaches to addressing the increasing vulnerabilities of urban systems in the wake of growing socio-economic and ecological problems. This book is the joint effort of those who have long felt that contemporary planning systems and policies are inadequate in preparing cities for the future in an increasingly neoliberalising world. It argues that “resilience thinking” can form the basis of an alternative approach to planning. Drawing upon case studies from five cities in Europe, namely Lisbon, Porto, Istanbul, Stockholm, and Rotterdam, the book makes an exploration of the resilience perspective, raising a number of theoretical debates, and suggesting a new methodological approach based on empirical evidence. This book provides insights for intellectuals exploring alternative perspectives and principles of a new planning approach.
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Introduction: Resilience Thinking in Urban Planning: Ayda Eraydin and Tuna Taşan-Kok -- Chapter 2: “Resilience Thinking” for Planning: Ayda Eraydin -- Chapter 3: Conceptual Overview of Resilience: History and Context: Tuna Taşan-Kok, Dominic Stead and Peiwen Lu -- Chapter 4: Urban Resilience and Spatial Dynamics: Sara Santos Cruz,  João Pedro Costa, Silvia Ávila de Sousa and Paulo Pinho -- Chaper 5: Analysing the Socio-spatial Vulnerability to Drivers of Globalisation in Lisbon, Oporto, Istanbul, Stockholm and Rotterdam: Tuna Taşan-Kok and Dominic Stead -- Chapter 6: Systems, Cultures, Styles: Spatial Planning in Portugal, Turkey, Sweden and the Netherlands: Sofia Morgado and Luís Dias -- Chapter 7: Managing Urban Change in Five European Urban Agglomerations: Key Policy Documents and Institutional Frameworks: Peter Schmitt -- Chapter 8: Evaluating Resilience in Planning: Paulo Pinho, Vítor Oliveira and Ana Martins -- Chapter 9: Assessing Urban Resilience in the Metropolitan Area of Lisbon: the Case of Alcântara: Luís Dias, Sofia Morgado and João Pedro Costa -- Chapter 10: Evaluating Urban Policies from a Resilient Perspective: The Case of Oporto: Vítor Oliveira, Ana Martins and Sara Santos Cruz -- Chapter 11: The Evaluation of Different Processes of Spatial Development from a Resilience Perspective in Istanbul: Ayda Eraydin, Ali Türel and Deniz Altay Kaya -- Chapter 12: Urban Resilience and Polycentricity - the Case of the Stockholm Urban Agglomeration: Peter Schmitt, Lisbeth Greve Harbo, Asli Tepecik Diş and Anu Henriksson -- Chapter 13: Urban Resilience, Climate Change and Land-Use Planning in Rotterdam: Dominic  Stead and Tuna Taşan-Kok -- Chapter 14: The Evaluation of Findings and Future of Resilience Thinking in Planning: Ayda Eraydin and Tuna Taşan-Kok -- Index..
    Note: Includes index , Introduction: Resilience Thinking in Urban Planning , "Resilience Thinking" for Planning , Conceptual Overview of Resilience: History and Context , Urban Resilience and Spatial Dynamics , Analysing the Socio-Spatial Vulnerability to Drivers of Globalisation in Lisbon, Oporto, Istanbul, Stockholm and Rotterdam , Systems, Cultures and Styles: Spatial Planning in Portugal, Turkey, Sweden and the Netherlands , Managing Urban Change in Five European Urban Agglomerations: Key Policy Documents and Institutional Frameworks , Evaluating Resilience in Planning , Assessing Urban Resilience in the Metropolitan Area of Lisbon: The Case of Alcântara , Evaluating Urban Policies from a Resilience Perspective: The Case of Oporto , The Evaluation of Different Processes of Spatial Development from a Resilience Perspective in Istanbul , Urban Resilience and Polycentricity: The Case of the Stockholm Urban Agglomeration , Urban Resilience, Climate Change and Land-Use Planning in Rotterdam , The Evaluation of Findings and Future of Resilience Thinking in Planning
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    Methods for Multilevel Analysis and Visualisation of Geographical Networks (2013)
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    ISBN: 9789400766778
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (X, 223 p. 105 illus, digital)
    Series Statement: Methodos Series, Methodological Prospects in the Social Sciences 11
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    Parallel Title: Druckausg.: Methods for Multilevel Analysis and Visualisation of Geographical Networks
    Keywords: Social sciences ; Computer vision ; Cartography ; Social sciences Methodology ; Human Geography ; Social Sciences ; Anthropogeografie ; Daten ; Netzwerk
    Abstract: This leading-edge study focuses on the latest techniques in analysing and representing the complex, multi-layered data now available to geographers studying urban zones and their populations. The volume tracks the successful results of the SPANGEO Project, which was set up in 2005 to standardize, and share, the syncretic, multinational mapping techniques already developed by geographers and computer scientists. SPANGEO sought new and responsive ways of visualising urban geographical and social data that reflected the fine-grained detail of the inputs. It allowed for visual representation of the large and complex networks and flows which are such an integral feature of the dynamism of urban geography. SPANGEO developed through the ‘visual analytics loop’ in which geographers collaborated with computer scientists by feeding data into the design of visualisations that in turn spawned the urge to incorporate more varied data into the visualisation. This volume covers all the relevant aspects, from conceptual principles to the tools of network analysis and the actual results flowing from their deployment. Detailed case studies set out in this volume include spatial multi-level analyses of flows in airports and sea ports, as well as the fascinating scientific networks in European cities. The volume shows how the primary concern of geography-the interaction of society with physical space-has been revivified by the complexities of new cartographical and statistical methodologies, which allow for highly detailed mapping and far more powerful computer analysis of spatial relationships
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    Regionalizing Oman : Political, Economic and Social Dynamics (2013)
    Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands
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    ISBN: 9789400768215
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XI, 351 p. 40 illus, online resource)
    Series Statement: United Nations University Series on Regionalism 6
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    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Regionalizing Oman
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Regional planning ; Anthropology ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Regional planning ; Anthropology ; Anthropology ; Regional planning ; Social sciences ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Oman ; Regionalisierung ; Oman ; Persischer Golf ; Politik ; Wirtschaft ; Gesellschaft ; Soziologie ; Sansibar ; Außenhandel
    Abstract: This volume addresses the historical structures and current dynamics of Oman’s regionalization processes and their political, economic and social dimensions. It is based on an interdisciplinary and trans-regional dialogue between scholars from different social sciences and area studies such as political science, economics, management, economic and social geography, history, social anthropology and linguistics as well as Middle East/West Asian, gulf and African studies, and develops four major axes of research: - Oman’s integration into global and regional flows of goods, capital, people and ideas; - The multi-scaled political negotiation of such integration (or disintegration) processes; - Consequences of suchlike processes and forms of regionalization for (translocal) actors; - Ideas and strategic communication of regional belonging and the constitution of regions. Each chapter deals with one or more of these issues. Part I deals with concepts of regionalisation and region-building and presents different approaches that accentuate certain dimensions of these processes and come from different disciplinary backgrounds. Part II focuses on the translocal, transnational and (trans)regional movement of people, their practices and imaginations, be they contemporary labour in- and out-migrants, returnees from Eastern Africa or nomadic tribal members. Part III takes a closer look particularly at economic issues and regionalisation processes that are mainly based on multiple trade links, regional development policies or politics of regionalism. Part IV analyses political and socio-cultural issues in regional and global perspectives.
    Description / Table of Contents: Preface; References; Acknowledgements; Contents; Chapter 1: "Regionalizing Oman": A New Interest of Research on Oman and Its Spatial Dimensions; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Research on Oman: A Renewed Interest and Current Developments; 1.3 Outline of the Volume: Its Conceptual Focus and Addressed Readership; 1.4 The Background: The Editor's Projects and the Leipzig Conference in 2010; 1.5 Contributions: Multiple Perspectives on "Regionalizing Oman"; 1.5.1 Introduction; 1.5.2 Part I: Concepts of Regionalisation and Region-Building
    Description / Table of Contents: 1.5.3 Part II: The Translocal, Transnational and Transregional Movement of People1.5.4 Part III: Micro- and Macro-regionalisation Through Economic Practices; 1.5.5 Part IV: State and Society in Regional and Global Perspectives; 1.5.6 Conclusion; References; Part I: Concepts of Regionalisation and Region-Building; Chapter 2: Conceptual Considerations of "Space" and "Region": Political, Economic and Social Dynamics of Region-Building; 2.1 Introduction: Recent Perspectives on Regionalisation; 2.2 "Methodological Nationalism" and the Emergence of the Territorial Nation State
    Description / Table of Contents: 2.3 Continental World Regions and Fixed "Metageographies"2.4 "Spatial Turn": Deconstructing Spatial Rigidities in Social and Cultural Studies; 2.5 Globalisation and the State: Concomitant Processes of Deterritorialisation and Reterritorialisation; 2.6 The "New Regionalism Approach": From Conventional Integration Steps to a Multiplicity of Forms and Actors; 2.7 The Daily "Making of Geography": The Emergence of Spaces of Flows, Movement and Entanglement; 2.8 From a Realist to a Critical Understanding of Making "Geopolitics"
    Description / Table of Contents: 2.9 The Rhetoric of "Transes": Transstate, Transnational and Translocal Networks, Flows and Spaces2.10 Blurred Spatial Scales Between the Local and the Global; 2.11 A Complex Understanding of "Regionalisation"; References; Chapter 3: Theorizing Regionalism(s): When "Regions" Emerge and Interact; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Multiple Epistemologies: New Regionalism(s) and the "IR Trap"; 3.2.1 Economic Regionalism; 3.2.2 Political Regionalism; 3.3 The Concept of "Region" in Critical Political Geography; 3.4 Towards an Adaptive Concept of Regional Integration; 3.5 Interregionalism; 3.6 Conclusion
    Description / Table of Contents: ReferencesChapter 4: Working with "Translocality": Conceptual Implications and Analytical Consequences; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Translocality: A Perspective, a Middle-Range Theory or a Social Fact?; 4.3 The Operational Concept of the Seascape 6; 4.4 By Way of Conclusion; References; Part II: The Translocal, Transnational and Transregional Movement of People; Chapter 5: "We Are Part of Zanzibar" - Translocal Practices and Imaginative Geographies in Contemporary Oman-Zanzibar Relations; 5.1 Introduction: Zanzibar as a Translocality; 5.2 Turning the Focus Towards "Zanzibari" in Oman
    Description / Table of Contents: 5.3 Imaginative and Material Relations to Zanzibar: Keeping Connected and/or Being Tied Together
    Description / Table of Contents: Preface; Fred ScholzChapter 1. ''Regionalizing Oman'': A New Interest of Research on Oman and its Spatial Dimensions; Steffen Wippel -- Part I: Concepts of Regionalisation and Region-Building -- Chapter 2. Conceptual Considerations of “Space” and “Region”: Political, Economic and Social Dynamics of Region-Building -- Steffen Wippel -- Chapter 3. Theorizing Regionalism(s): When “Regions” Emerge and Interact; Ulrike Lorenz  and Frank Mattheis -- Chapter 4. Working with “Translocality”: Conceptual Implications and Analytical Consequences; Katrin Bromber -- Part II. The Translocal, Transnational and Transregional Movement of People -- Chapter 5. “We are part of Zanzibar” - Translocal Practices and Imaginative Geographies in Contemporary Oman-Zanzibar Relations; Julia Verne and Detlef Müller-Mahn -- Chapter 6. Of Red Cells, Translocality and Origins: Inherited Blood Disorders in Oman; Claire Beaudevin -- Chapter 7. Oman-India Relations: Exploring the Long-Term Migration Dynamics; Samir Pradhan -- Chapter 8. Negotiating Authenticity and Translocality in Oman: the “Desertscapes” of the Harasiis Tribe; Dawn Chatty -- Part III. Micro and Macro Regionalisation through Economic Practices; -- Chapter 9. Re-reading the Role of Oman within its International Trade Relations. From 16th through to the 19th Centuries; Beatrice Nicolini -- Chapter 10. Oman and the Indian Ocean Rim - Economic Integration Across Conventional Meta-Regions; Steffen Wippel -- Chapter 11. Oman Caught Between the GCC Common Market and Bilateral Free Trade with the US: Is It Worth Breaking the Rules?; Anja Zorob -- Chapter 12. Musandam and its Trade with Iran. Regional Linkages across the Strait of Hormuz; Michael Benz -- Chapter 13. Is Littoralization Reconfiguring the Omani Territory?; Belgacem Mokhtar -- Chapter 14. The Impact of Shopping Malls on Traditional Retail Stores in Muscat. Case study of al-Seeb Wilayat; Montasser I. M. Abdelghani. Part IV. State and Society in Regional and Global Perspectives -- Chapter 15. Private Documents as a Source for Regional History: The Archive of the ÝAbrÐyÐn of al-ÍamrÁÞ; Michaela Hoffmann-Ruf -- Chapter 16. Domesticating Local Elites. Sheikhs, Walis and State-Building under Sultan Qaboos; Marc Valeri -- Chapter 17. Musandam: Creating a New Region Across the Water; Gulshan Dietl -- Chapter 18. The Political Economy of Internationalization and Privatization of Higher Education in the Sultanate of Oman; Torsten Brandenburg -- Chapter 19. Bringing the Global and the Local Together through English in Oman; Rahma Al-Mahrooqi and Victoria Tuzlukova -- Concluding Remarks: Regionalizing Oman beyond Conventional Metageographies; Steffen Wippel.  .
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    Rethinking Logic: Logic in Relation to Mathematics, Evolution, and Method (2013)
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    ISBN: 9789400760912
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    Series Statement: Logic, Argumentation & Reasoning, Interdisciplinary Perspectives from the Humanities and Social Sciences 1
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    Keywords: Philosophy (General) ; Logic ; Computer science ; Philosophy ; Philosophy (General) ; Logic ; Computer science ; Computer science ; Logic ; Philosophy ; Philosophy (General) ; Logik ; Interdisziplinäre Forschung
    Abstract: This volume examines the limitations of mathematical logic and proposes a new approach to logic intended to overcome them. To this end, the book compares mathematical logic with earlier views of logic, both in the ancient and in the modern age, including those of Plato, Aristotle, Bacon, Descartes, Leibniz, and Kant. From the comparison it is apparent that a basic limitation of mathematical logic is that it narrows down the scope of logic confining it to the study of deduction, without providing tools for discovering anything new. As a result, mathematical logic has had little impact on scientific practice. Therefore, this volume proposes a view of logic according to which logic is intended, first of all, to provide rules of discovery, that is, non-deductive rules for finding hypotheses to solve problems. This is essential if logic is to play any relevant role in mathematics, science and even philosophy. To comply with this view of logic, this volume formulates several rules of discovery, such as induction, analogy, generalization, specialization, metaphor, metonymy, definition, and diagrams. A logic based on such rules is basically a logic of discovery, and involves a new view of the relation of logic to evolution, language, reason, method and knowledge, particularly mathematical knowledge. It also involves a new view of the relation of philosophy to knowledge. This book puts forward such new views, trying to open again many doors that the founding fathers of mathematical logic had closed historically
    Description / Table of Contents: PrefaceChapter 1. Introduction -- Part I. Ancient Perspectives -- Chapter 2. The Origin of Logic -- Chapter 3. Ancient Logic and Science -- Chapter 4. The Analytic Method -- Chapter 5. The Analytic-Synthetic Method -- Chapter 6. Aristotle's Logic: The Deductivist View -- Chapter 7. Aristotle's Logic: The Heuristic View -- Part II. Modern Perspectives -- Chapter 8. The Method of Modern Science -- Chapter 9. The Quest for a Logic of Discovery -- Chapter 10. Frege's Approach to Logic -- Chapter 11. Gentzen's Approach to Logic -- Chapter 12. The Limitations of Mathematical Logic -- Chapter 13. Logic, Method, and the Psychology of Discovery -- Part III: An Alternative Perspective -- Chapter 14. Reason and Knowledge -- Chapter 15. Reason, Knowledge and Emotion -- Chapter 16. Logic, Evolution, Language and Reason -- Chapter 17. Logic, Method and Knowledge -- Chapter 18. Classifying and Justifying Inference Rules -- Chapter 19. Philosophy and Knowledge -- Part IV: Rules of Discovery -- Chapter 20. Induction and Analogy -- Chapter 21. Other Rules of Discovery -- Chapter 22. Conclusion -- References -- Name Index -- Subject Index.
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    Handbook of Tourism and Quality-of-Life Research : Enhancing the Lives of Tourists and Residents of Host Communities (2012)
    Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands
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    ISBN: 9789400722880
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (LXII, 702p. 133 illus, digital)
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Quality of Life ; Geography ; Sustainable development ; Humanities ; Regional economics ; Quality of Life Research ; Social Sciences
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    Migration and Transformation : Multi-Level Analysis of Migrant Transnationalism (2012)
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (VII, 227p. 4 illus, digital)
    Series Statement: International Perspectives on Migration 3
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    DDC: 304.8
    Keywords: Social sciences ; Population ; Migration ; Social Sciences
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    Regional Mortality Differences in Germany (2012)
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    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XXIV, 300 p. 76 illus, digital)
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Kibele, Eva Ulrike Bianca, 1981 - Regional mortality differences in Germany
    DDC: 304.6
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Public health ; Demography ; Human Geography ; Social Sciences ; Mortality ; Germany ; Regional disparities ; Deutschland ; Sterblichkeit ; Regionale Verteilung
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    Young People's Quality of Life and Construction of Citizenship (2012)
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (IX, 58p, digital)
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    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Tonon de Toscano, Graciela Young people's quality of life and construction of citizenship
    DDC: 306
    Keywords: Social sciences ; Quality of Life ; Education, Higher ; Social sciences Methodology ; Quality of Life Research ; Applied psychology ; Social Sciences ; Sozialpsychologie ; Lebensqualität ; Staatsbürgerschaft ; Jugend ; Soziale Bedingung ; Sozialpsychologie
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    The Muslim World in the 21st Century : Space, Power, and Human Development (2012)
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (XX, 363p. 15 illus, digital)
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. The Muslim world in the 21st century
    DDC: 301
    Keywords: Social sciences ; Religion (General) ; Social Sciences ; Islamic countries ; Civilization ; 21st century ; Islamic countries ; Social conditions ; 21st century ; Islamic countries ; Economic conditions ; 21st century
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    Subjective Well-Being and Security (2012)
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (VIII, 328p. 20 illus, digital)
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    Human Security : Securing East Asia's Future (2012)
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    ISBN: 9789400717992
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (XIII, 255p, digital)
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    DDC: 301
    Keywords: Social sciences ; Humanities ; Regional planning ; Social policy ; Migration ; Social Sciences
    DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-1799-2
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    Mortality and Causes of Death in 20th-Century Ukraine (2012)
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    ISBN: 9789400724334
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (X, 279p. 123 illus, digital)
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    DDC: 304.8
    Keywords: Social sciences ; History ; Migration ; Social Sciences
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    The Role of Community-Mindedness in the Self-Regulation of Drug Cultures : A Case Study from the Shetland Islands (2012)
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    ISBN: 9789400738614
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (XIX, 379p. 4 illus, digital)
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Stallwitz, Anke The role of community-mindedness in the self-regulation of drug cultures
    DDC: 301
    Keywords: Social sciences ; Criminology ; Applied psychology ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Criminology ; Applied psychology ; Shetlandinseln ; Heroin ; Drogenkonsum ; Empirische Sozialforschung ; Shetlandinseln ; Heroin ; Drogenkonsum ; Empirische Sozialforschung
    Abstract: Anke Stallwitz
    Abstract: This book analyzes heroin users and the drug subculture on the Shetland Islands, an area known for its geographical remoteness, rural character and relative wealth. It fills the scientific gap created by the conventional research in heroin research, which is usually conducted in urban areas and relies on treatment and prison populations.  Based on qualitative, in-depth interviews with twenty-four heroin users, this book depicts and analyzes the nature and historical development of the local heroin scene. It illustrates the features and internal structures of the subculture, and it examines the manner in which both are influenced by the location-specific geographical, cultural and socio-economic conditions. It thus reveals complex causal associations that are hard to recognize in urban environments. Complete with a list of references used and recommendations for future research, this book is a vital tool for progressive and pragmatic approaches to policy, intervention and research in the field of illicit drug use.
    Description / Table of Contents: The Role of Community-Mindedness in the Self-Regulation of Drug Cultures; Acknowledgements; Contents; Synopsis; Part I: Theoretical and Empirical Foundations of the Study; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1 Drug Use on the Shetland Islands; 1.2 Forerun of the Study; 1.3 Overview of the Book; References; Chapter 2: Theoretical Background and Literature Review; 2.1 An Introduction; 2.2 De fi nitions of Problematic and Unproblematic Drug Use; 2.2.1 De fi ning Problematic Drug Use; 2.2.2 Defining Unproblematic, Controlled Drug Use; 2.2.2.1 Social Integration; 2.2.3 Spectrum of Using Patterns
    Description / Table of Contents: 2.2.4 Definitions Employed in This Book2.3 Deficiency-Oriented Approaches: The Prevailing Theoretical Basis of Most Research on Heroin Use; 2.3.1 The Medical or Disease Model; 2.3.2 Biological, Psychological, and Sociological Approaches; 2.3.2.1 The Risk and Protection Factor Approach; 2.3.2.2 The Receptor Model; 2.3.2.3 Social- and Individual-Psychological Models; 2.3.2.4 Sociological Models; 2.3.3 Conclusions Regarding Conventional Theories of Heroin Use and Addiction; 2.4 Limitations of Knowledge from Traditional Samples; 2.5 Qualitative Drugs Research
    Description / Table of Contents: 2.5.1 Qualitative Heroin Studies with Urban Problematic Heroin Users2.6 Non-habitual, Controlled Use of 'Hard' Drugs; 2.6.1 Research on Non-dependent and Controlled Heroin Use; 2.6.2 The Significance of Drug, Set, and Setting in the Prevention of Problematic Drug Use; 2.6.3 Further Research Concerned with the Control of Heroin and Crack/Cocaine Use; 2.6.4 Practical Application of Findings from Research on Controlled Heroin Use; 2.7 Drug Subcultures; 2.7.1 Defining Drug Subculture and Drug Scene; 2.7.2 Research on Heroin Subcultures
    Description / Table of Contents: 2.8 Location-Specific Research Perspectives of Drug Use Across the World2.8.1 Heroin Use in Non-urban Areas; 2.8.2 Defining 'Rural'; 2.8.2.1 'Rurality' of Shetland; 2.8.3 Excursion into the Empirical Evidence of Non-urban Drugs Research Across the World; 2.8.3.1 Research on Drug Use in Rural US America; 2.8.3.2 Research on Drug Use in Rural Australia; 2.8.3.3 Research on Drug Use in Rural Europe; 2.8.3.4 Research on Drug Use in Rural England and Scotland; 2.8.4 Location-Specific Drugs Research
    Description / Table of Contents: 2.8.4.1 Research on Drug Use in Rural Arabia and Asia, Polynesia, Central- and Very Remote North America2.8.4.2 Location-Specific Drugs Research in Scotland; 2.9 Published and Unpublished Research on Drug Use in Shetland; 2.9.1 Statistical Information on Drug Use in Shetland: ISD and CADSS; 2.9.2 Unpublished Research on Drug Use in Shetland; 2.9.3 Published Research on Heroin Use in Shetland; 2.9.4 Media Information on Heroin Use in Shetland; 2.10 The Laboratory Situation of the Shetland Islands; 2.11 Research Aim; 2.11.1 Original Research Question; References; Chapter 3: Methodology
    Description / Table of Contents: 3.1 Methodological Approach: Qualitative, Semi-structured In-Depth Interviews
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    Mortality and Causes of Death in 20th-Century Ukraine (2012)
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    ISBN: 9789400724334
    Language: English
    Pages: x, 279 Seiten , Diagramme
    Edition: Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2012
    Series Statement: Demographic Research Monographs
    Keywords: Social sciences ; History ; Migration ; Social Sciences ; History ; Sciences sociales ; Histoire ; social sciences ; history (discipline) ; History ; Social sciences
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    Flows of Faith : Religious Reach and Community in Asia and the Pacific (2012)
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    ISBN: 9789400729322
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (XV, 238p. 14 illus, digital)
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Flows of faith
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Religion (General) ; Anthropology ; Social Sciences ; Pacific Area ; Religion ; Religion and sociology ; Pacific Area ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Religion ; Internationalisierung ; Sozialer Wandel
    DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-2932-2
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    The Sciences’ Media Connection –Public Communication and its Repercussions (2012)
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    ISBN: 9789400720848
    Language: English
    Pages: XII, 379 S. , graph. Darst.
    Edition: Online-Ausg. [S.l.] eblib Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Sociology of the Sciences Yearbook 28
    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. The sciences' media connection
    DDC: 301
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Science History ; Social Sciences ; Konferenzschrift ; Konferenzschrift ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Wissenschaftspublizistik
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    Responding to Immigrants' Settlement Needs: The Canadian Experience (2012)
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    ISBN: 9789400726888
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (XIV, 91p. 15 illus, digital)
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Population Studies
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; History ; Migration ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; History ; Migration
    Abstract: Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1: Pre-confederation Settlement Activities -- 2: Post-confederation Settlement Activities to 1945 -- 3: The Settlement Service and the Citizenship Branch -- 4: Creation of the Settlement Program -- 5: Constitutional Issues and Settlement in Québec -- 6: Repatriation of the Settlement Program -- 7: Program Review and Settlement Renewal -- 8: Solving the Funding Issues -- 9: Foreign Credential Recognition -- 10: Emerging Issues and the New Terms and Conditions -- Summary and Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Canadian Immigration Halls -- Bibliography -- Endnotes -- Index
    Abstract: While much has been written about Canada's modern settlement program and there is a growing body of research and analysis of the settlement and integration successes and challenges of recent years, there is virtually no literature that has addressed the history of settlement services since the beginning of immigration to Canada. Some survey histories of Canadian Immigration have touched on elements of settlement policy but no history of services to immigrants in Canada has been published heretofore. Responding to Immigrants' Settlement Needs: The Canadian Experience addresses this gap in the h
    Description / Table of Contents: Responding to Immigrants' Settlement Needs:The Canadian Experience; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Contents; 1 Pre-Confederation Settlement Activities; In the Beginning; Protect the Emigrant; Protect Yourself; 2 Post-Confederation Settlement Activities to 1945; Sorting Out the Jurisdictions; Dominion Government Initiatives; The Last Best West; Between the Wars; 3 The Settlement Service and the Citizenship Branch; Demise of the Settlement Service; 4 Creation of the Settlement Program; Improvements to the Settlement Program; Organizational Challenges
    Description / Table of Contents: 5 Constitutional Issues and Settlement in QuébecThe Meech Lake Accord; The Charlottetown Accord; The Canada-Québec Immigration Accord; 6 Repatriation of the Settlement Program; 7 Program Review and Settlement Renewal; Trying to Give it Away; Consultations and Negotiations; Implications of Program Review at Human Resources; The Settlement Allocation Model; 8 Solving the Funding Issues; The Canada-Ontario Immigration Agreement; Other Provinces Catch Up; Resettlement Assistance Program; 9 Foreign Credential Recognition; 10 Emerging Issues and the New Terms and Conditions
    Description / Table of Contents: Francophone Immigration Outside QuébecSettlement Services Abroad; Enhanced Language Training; Welcoming Communities Initiative; Local Immigration Partnerships; Contribution Accountability Framework; New Terms and Conditions; The Transfer of the Multiculturalism Program to CIC; 11 Summary and Conclusion; Appendix 1; Bibliography; Endnotes; Index;
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    Marconi's Wireless and the Rhetoric of a New Technology (2012)
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    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XX, 145p. 2 illus, digital)
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T.
    Keywords: Social sciences ; Humanities ; Regional planning ; Social Sciences
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    The Politicization of Parenthood : Shifting private and public responsibilities in education and child rearing (2012)
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    ISBN: 9789400729728
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (XII, 311p. 16 illus, digital)
    Series Statement: Children’s Well-Being: Indicators and Research 5
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. The politicization of parenthood
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Quality of Life ; Social work ; Quality of Life Research ; Social Sciences ; Families ; Family policy ; Parenting ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Familienpolitik ; Kind ; Erziehung ; Familienerziehung ; Familienpolitik
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    Agent-Based Models of Geographical Systems (2012)
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    ISBN: 9789048189274 , 1283453355 , 9781283453356
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (VIII, 759p. 180 illus, digital)
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Computer simulation ; Cartography ; Human Geography ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Computer simulation ; Cartography ; Human Geography ; Geographic information systems--Simulation methods. ; Multiagent systems. ; Geographic information systems ; Simulation methods ; Multiagent systems ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Mehragentensystem ; Geoinformationssystem ; Geoinformationssystem ; Agent ; Quantitative Geografie ; Computersimulation
    Abstract: This unique book brings together a comprehensive set of papers on the background, theory, technical issues and applications of agent-based modelling (ABM) within geographical systems. This collection of papers is an invaluable reference point for the experienced agent-based modeller as well those new to the area. Specific geographical issues such as handling scale and space are dealt with as well as practical advice from leading experts about designing and creating ABMs, handling complexity, visualising and validating model outputs. With contributions from many of the world's leading research
    Abstract: This unique book brings together a comprehensive set of papers on the background, theory, technical issues and applications of agent-based modelling (ABM) within geographical systems. This collection of papers is an invaluable reference point for the experienced agent-based modeller as well those new to the area. Specific geographical issues such as handling scale and space are dealt with as well as practical advice from leading experts about designing and creating ABMs, handling complexity, visualising and validating model outputs. With contributions from many of the world's leading research
    Description / Table of Contents: Agent-Based Models of Geographical Systems; Contents; Chapter 1: Perspectives on Agent-Based Models and Geographical Systems; 1.1 A Little Bit of History; 1.2 Essential Themes; 1.3 Structural Rules, Behaviour, and Dynamics in ABM; 1.4 Computation, Calibration, Error and Uncertainty; 1.5 The Structure and Rationale for What Follows; 1.6 A Guide for the Reader; References; Part I: Computational Modelling: Techniques for Simulating Geographical Systems; Chapter 2: A Generic Framework for Computational Spatial Modelling; 2.1 Antecedents: The Origins of Spatial Models
    Description / Table of Contents: 2.2 Modelling as Computation: Abstraction and Representation2.3 Feedback, Dynamics and Processes of Change; 2.4 Six Styles of Spatial Model; 2.5 Cellular Automata: Physical Simulation Models of Urban Morphologies; 2.6 Agent-Based Models: Purposive Behaviour, Physical Movement and Temporal Change; 2.7 Land Use Transportation (LUTI) Models: Aggregate Behaviour in Spatial Equilibrium; 2.8 Conclusions: Modelling Using Generic or Purpose-Built; References; Chapter 3: A Review of Microsimulation and Hybrid Agent-Based Approaches; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Microsimulation Models of Public Policy
    Description / Table of Contents: 3.3 Application Areas of Public Policy MSMs3.4 Dynamic Microsimulation; 3.5 Spatial MSM; 3.6 Towards a Hybrid Modelling Approach; 3.6.1 ABM and MSM; 3.6.2 GI Science and ABM; 3.6.3 Unification of MSM, ABM and GI Science; 3.7 Conclusions; References; Chapter 4: Cellular Automata in Urban Spatial Modelling; 4.1 Preliminaries; 4.2 Basic Concepts of CA; 4.2.1 Origins of CA; 4.2.2 One-Dimensional CA; 4.2.3 Two-Dimensional CA; 4.2.4 Game of Life; 4.2.5 Life Forms; 4.3 CA as Complex Systems; 4.4 Urban CA; 4.4.1 History of Urban CA; 4.4.2 Theoretical Urban CA Models; 4.4.3 Real City CA Models
    Description / Table of Contents: 4.4.3.1 Land Use Change in Constrained CA4.4.3.2 Diffusion-Based Urban Growth; 4.4.3.3 Urban Sprawl in CA; 4.4.3.4 Fuzzy Urbanization; 4.5 Conclusions; References; Chapter 5: Introduction to Agent-Based Modelling; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 What Is an Agent?; 5.2.1 What Does an Agent Look Like?; 5.2.2 Rules, Behaviour and Relationships; 5.2.3 Agent Environments; 5.3 Individual-Based Models; 5.3.1 Cellular Automata; 5.3.2 Microsimulation; 5.4 Constructing an Agent-Based Model; 5.5 Working with Agent-Based Models; 5.5.1 Verification, Calibration and Validation; 5.5.2 Communication and Visualisation
    Description / Table of Contents: 5.6 Advantages of Agent-Based Modelling5.7 Limitations of Agent-Based Modelling; 5.8 Applications of Agent-Based Models; 5.9 Conclusion; References; Part II: Principles and Concepts of Agent-Based Modelling; Chapter 6: Agent-Based Models - Because They're Worth It?; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Horses for Courses: Different Agent Models for Different Purposes; 6.3 Are Modellers Agent-Based Because They Should Be or Because They Can Be?; 6.4 What Are Agents? And What Do They Do?; 6.5 So When Do Agents Make a Difference?; References; Chapter 7: Agent-Based Modeling and Complexity; 7.1 Introduction
    Description / Table of Contents: 7.2 Complexity Approaches
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    Understanding Lone Wolf Terrorism : Global Patterns, Motivations and Prevention (2012)
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (VIII, 119p. 7 illus, digital)
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Criminology ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Criminology ; Terrorist ; Einzelgänger ; Terrorist ; Einzelgänger
    Abstract: Ramon Spaaij
    Abstract: What drives the lone wolf terrorist to commit mass violence? What are their ideologies and motivations? How do they plan and carry out their attacks, and who do they target? How can lone wolf terrorism be effectively countered? One of the first in-depth analyses of lone wolf terrorism, this publication sets out to answer these questions. Drawing on extensive international data and qualitative case studies, it examines the global patterns in and key features of lone wolf terrorism over the past four decades. This engaging text will be essential reading for students and researchers on terrorism
    Description / Table of Contents: Understanding Lone Wolf Terrorism; Acknowledgments; Contents; 1 Introduction; References; 2 A Note on Method; 2.1…Chronology of Lone Wolf Terrorism in 15 Countries, 1968--2010; 2.2…Qualitative Case Studies; References; 3 Definition of Lone Wolf Terrorism; 3.1…The Social Construction of Terrorism; 3.2…What is Lone Wolf Terrorism?; References; 4 Incidence and Evolution; 4.1…Lone Wolf Terrorism in Its Historical Context; 4.2…Incidence and Lethality; 4.3…Lone Wolf Terrorism Across Space and Time; References; 5 Motivations and Ideologies; References; 6 Influences and Radicalization
    Description / Table of Contents: 6.1…Theorizing Radicalization6.2…Personal Circumstances and Social Backgrounds; 6.3…Sociocultural and Political Influences; Radicalization: The Internet and Self-Study; 6.4…Lone Wolf Terrorism and Inversion; References; 7 Modus Operandi; 7.1…Planning for Terror; 7.2…Targets; 7.3…Weapons; References; 8 Responses; 8.1…Legalistic Responses; 8.2…Repressive Responses; Enhanced Security; Intelligence; Internet Surveillance; Emergency Preparedness and Resilience; 8.3…Conciliatory Responses; References; 9 Conclusion and Outlook; References
    Description / Table of Contents: Appendix:Chronology of Lone Wolf Terrorismin 15 Countries, 1968-2010A Note on Sources; References; About the Author;
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    Probability and Social Science : Methodological Relationships between the two Approaches (2012)
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (XXXIII, 308p. 1 illus, digital)
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Courgeau, Daniel Probability and social science
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Distribution (Probability theory) ; Mathematical statistics ; Social sciences Methodology ; Social Sciences ; Distribution (Probability theory) ; Mathematical statistics ; Social sciences ; Social sciences / Methodology ; Probabilities ; Social sciences--Statistical methods. ; Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie ; Sozialwissenschaften ; Methode
    DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-2879-0
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    Geographical Sociology : Theoretical Foundations and Methodological Applications in the Sociology of Location (2012)
    Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands
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    ISBN: 9789400738492
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (IX, 126p. 15 illus, digital)
    Series Statement: GeoJournal Library 105
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Porter, Jeremy Reed, 1978 - Geographical sociology
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Geography ; Regional economics ; Social sciences Methodology ; Human Geography ; Social Sciences ; Human geography ; Methodology ; Spatial behavior ; Soziologie ; Geografie ; Geoinformationssystem
    DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-3849-2
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    The Urban Fabric of Crime and Fear (2012)
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    ISBN: 9789400742109
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (XIV, 351 p. 82 illus, digital)
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. The urban fabric of crime and fear
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Regional planning ; Architecture ; Criminology ; Human Geography ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Regional planning ; Architecture ; Criminology ; Human Geography ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Stadtplanung ; Kriminalität ; Kriminalitätsfurcht
    Abstract: How does the city{u2019}s urban fabric relate to crime and fear, and how is that fabric affected by crime and fear? Does the urban environment affect one{u2019}s decision to commit an offence? Is there a victimisation-related inequality within cities? How do crime and fear interrelate to inequality and segregation in cities of developing countries? What are the challenges to planning cities which are both safe and sustainable? This book searches for answers to these questions in the nature of the city, particularly in the social interactions that take place in urban space distinctively guided by different land uses and people{u2019}s activities.¡ In other words, the book deals with the urban fabric of crime and fear. The novelty of the book is to place safety and security issues on the urban scale by (1) showing links between urban structure, and crime and fear, (2) illustrating how different disciplines deal with urban vulnerability to (and fear of) crime (3) including concrete examples of issues and challenges found in European and North American cities, and, without being too extensive, also in cities of the Global South
    Abstract: With global case studies, this book traces the interplay between crime, and the fear of crime, and the wider urban fabric. It shows how an urban environment can affect the decision to commit a crime, and how some cityscape have crime and inequality 'built in'
    Description / Table of Contents: The Urban Fabric of Crime and Fear; Preface; Chapter Outlines; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Urban Fabric of Crime and Fear; 1.1 Introduction; 1.1.1 The `Urban Fabric´ in This Book; 1.2 Placing Fear on the Urban Scale; 1.3 Micro-urban Environments of Crime and Fear; 1.4 Crime, Fear of Crime in Neighbourhoods and Its Effects; 1.5 The Context of Crime and Fear in Cities of Global South; 1.6 Actions for Safe Urban Environments; 1.7 Concluding and Looking Ahead; References; Part I: Placing Fear on the Urban Scale
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 2: Urban Security: Whose Security? Everyday Responses to Urban Fears2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Whose Fear Is It Anyway?; 2.3 Outline of the Chapter; 2.4 Methodology; 2.5 Control, Surveillance and Young People´s Security; 2.6 Victimisation and Fear; 2.7 Belonging, Exclusion and Agency in Urban Youth Security; 2.8 Citizenship and Urban Security; 2.9 Conclusion; References; Chapter 3: Urban Fear and Its Roots in Place; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Neighbourhood Contexts and Causal Mechanisms; 3.2.1 Crime and Disorder; 3.2.2 Social and Organisational Neighbourhood Structures
    Description / Table of Contents: 3.2.3 Multilevel Approaches to Neighbourhood Effects3.3 Study One: The Meaning and Effect of Neighbourhood; 3.3.1 Hypotheses; 3.3.2 Data; 3.3.3 Defining Neighbourhoods, Analysing Neighbourhood Effects and Incorporating Spatial Autocorrelation; 3.3.4 Measures; 3.3.5 Results; 3.3.6 Discussion; 3.4 Study Two: Issues in the Measurement of Fear of Crime; 3.4.1 Objectives and Data; 3.4.2 Measures and Analytical Strategy; 3.4.3 Results; 3.5 Final Considerations; References; Part II: Micro-Urban Environments of Crime and Fear; Chapter 4: Safe on the Move: The Importance of the Built Environment
    Description / Table of Contents: 4.1 Introduction4.2 Who Is Afraid and Why?; 4.3 Fear and the Spatial Characteristics of Place; 4.4 Fear of Transit in Los Angeles; 4.5 Crime and the Spatial Characteristics of Places; 4.6 Transit Crime in Los Angeles; 4.7 Recommendations for Reducing Fear and Crime in Transit Environments; References; Chapter 5: Safety in Numbers: High-Resolution Analysis of Crime in Street Networks; 5.1 Background: New Urbanism and Defensible Space; 5.2 Theoretical Background: The Other Side of Newman; 5.3 House Type, Socio-economic Level, Density and Residential Burglary; 5.4 Building-Centred Density
    Description / Table of Contents: 5.5 Contextualising the Street Network and Crime Problem5.6 Segment Connectivity and Other Variables; 5.7 Primary Risk Band Analysis of Robbery; 5.8 Robbery in Space and Time; 5.9 Discussion: Safety in Numbers, a Paradigm Changing Result; References; Part III: Crime, Fear of Crime in Neighbourhoods and Their Effects; Chapter 6: Ecological Analysis of Urban Offence and Offender Data; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Ecological Analysis in Practice; 6.3 Explaining Geographical Variation in Burglary Rates; 6.4 Identifying High-Intensity Crime Areas; 6.5 Analyzing the Geography of Offending; 6.6 Conclusions
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    Computer Applications for Handling Legal Evidence, Police Investigation and Case Argumentation (2012)
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    ISBN: 9789048189908
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (LXXXVIII, 1340 p. 580 illus., 135 illus. in color, digital)
    Series Statement: Law, Governance and Technology Series 5
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Nissan, Ephraim Computer applications for handling legal evidence, police investigation and case argumentation
    Keywords: Social sciences ; Computer science ; Artificial intelligence ; Criminology ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Computer science ; Artificial intelligence ; Criminology
    Abstract: This book provides an overview of computer techniques and tools especially from artificial intelligence (AI) for handling legal evidence, police intelligence, crime analysis or detection, and forensic testing, with a sustained discussion of methods for the modelling of reasoning and forming an opinion about the evidence, methods for the modelling of argumentation, and computational approaches to dealing with legal, or any, narratives. By the 2000s, the modelling of reasoning on legal evidence has emerged as a significant area within the well-established field of AI Law. An overview such as this one has never been attempted before. It offers a panoramic view of topics, techniques and tools. It is more than a survey, as topic after topic, the reader can get a closer view of approaches and techniques. One aim is to introduce practitioners of AI to the modelling legal evidence. Another aim is to introduce legal professionals, as well as the more technically oriented among law enforcement professionals, or researchers in police science, to information technology resources from which their own respective field stands to benefit. Computer scientists must not blunder into design choices resulting in tools objectionable for legal professionals, so it is important to be aware of ongoing controversies. A survey is provided of argumentation tools or methods for reasoning about the evidence. Another class of tools considered here is intended to assist in organisational aspects of managing of the evidence. Moreover, tools appropriate for crime detection, intelligence, and investigation include tools based on link analysis and data mining. Concepts and techniques are introduced, along with case studies. So are areas in the forensic sciences. Special chapters are devoted to VIRTOPSY (a procedure for legal medicine) and FLINTS (a tool for the police). This is both an introductory book (possibly a textbook), and a reference for specialists fromvarious quarters.
    Description / Table of Contents: Foreword; Acknowledgements; Contents; Abstract; Abstracts of the Chapters; Call for Information; List of Section Authors; 1 A Preliminary Historical Perspective; 2 Models of Forming an Opinion; 2.1 Modelling Adjudicators' Shifts of Opinion; 2.1.1 Preliminaries; 2.1.2 Distributed Belief Revision for Modelling the Dynamics of Adjudicators' Opinion; 2.1.3 Further Considerations, and Suggestions of Possible Refinements; 2.1.4 Devices of Manipulation of Incoming Information in Court; 2.1.5 Remarks About Procedures and Jurisdictions; 2.1.6 A Taxonomy of Quantitative Models
    Description / Table of Contents: 2.1.7 An Excessive Focus on Juries?2.2 Reasoning About a Charge and Explanations: Seminal Tools from the Late 1980s and Their Aftermath; 2.2.1 ECHO, and PEIRCE's Remake of the Peyer Case; 2.2.1.1 Thagard's 1989 Simulation of the Jury at the Peyer Case; 2.2.1.2 Thagard's Principles of Explanatory Coherence; 2.2.1.3 Thagard's Neural Network Algorithm in ECHO; 2.2.1.4 Thagard's Greedy Algorithm for Simulating a Trial; 2.2.1.5 Josephson's Abducer, PEIRCE-IGTT; 2.2.1.6 Abductive Reasoning, and Inference to the Best Explanation; 2.2.1.7 The von Bülow Trials
    Description / Table of Contents: 2.2.1.8 Thagardüs Treatment of the von Bülow Trials: Using ECHO and a Coherence Network, vs. Producing a Bayesian Network with JavaBayes2.2.2 ALIBI, a Planner for Exoneration; 2.2.2.1 1989: An Annus Mirabilis?; 2.2.2.2 Workings and Structure of ALIBI; 2.2.2.3 Examples of ALIBI's Output; 2.2.2.4 Knowledge Representation in ALIBI; 2.2.2.5 An Illustration of the Conceptual Factors Involved in Common Sense About the Jeweller's Example; 2.2.2.6 An Afterlife of Some ALIBI Sessions; 2.2.2.7 Extension with the Dramatis Personae Approach; 2.2.2.8 Wells and Olson's Taxonomy of Alibis
    Description / Table of Contents: 2.3 A Quick Survey of Some Bayesian and Naive Bayesian Approaches in Law2.3.1 Underlying Concepts; 2.3.2 Some Applications in Law; 2.4 The Controversy Concerning the Probabilistic Account of Juridical Proof; 2.5 A Quick Sampling of Some Probabilistic Applications; 2.5.1 Poole's Independent Choice Logic and Reasoning About Accounts of a Crime; 2.5.2 Dynamic Uncertain Inference Concerning Criminal Cases, and Snow and Belis's Recursive Multidimensional Scoring; 2.6 Kappa Calculus in the Service of Legal Evidence; 2.6.1 Preliminary Considerations; 2.6.2 A Review of Åqvist's Scheme
    Description / Table of Contents: 2.6.3 A Review of Kappa Calculus2.6.4 A Comparison of the Schemes; 2.6.4.1 Equivalence of Kappa-Calculus to Grading Mechanisms; 2.6.4.2 Reintroducing the Probabilities; 2.6.5 Suggested Solution; 2.6.6 Contextual Assessment of the Method; 2.6.7 An Application to Relative Plausibility?Considerations About a Role for the Formalism; 3 Argumentation; 3.1 Types of Arguments; 3.2 Wigmore Charts vs. Toulmin Structure for Representing Relations Among Arguments; 3.2.1 Preliminaries; 3.2.2 The Notation of Wigmore Charts; 3.2.3 A Wigmorean Analysis of an Example
    Description / Table of Contents: 3.2.3.1 The Case, the Propositions, and the Wigmore Chart
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    Analysis and Interpretation in the Exact Sciences : Essays in Honour of William Demopoulos (2012)
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    ISBN: 9789400725829
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XII, 267p. 11 illus, digital)
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    Keywords: Philosophy (General) ; Logic ; Science Philosophy ; Quantum theory ; Philosophy
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    World Population Policies : Their Origin, Evolution, and Impact (2012)
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    ISBN: 9789400728370
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XXVII, 339 p. 5 illus, digital)
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Social policy ; Demography ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Social policy ; Demography ; Bevölkerungspolitik ; Bevölkerungsentwicklung
    Abstract: John F. May
    Abstract: This book examines the history behind the formulation, implementation, and evaluation of population policies in the more developed, the less developed, and the least developed countries from 1950 until today, as well as their future prospects. It links population policies with the theories of the demographic, epidemiological, and migratory transitions. It begins by summarizing the demographic situation around the world, with an emphasis on population policies and their underlying theories. Then, it reviews the early efforts to reduce mortality and fertility in the developing countries. This is followed by a description of the internationalization of the debate on population issues and the transformation of these programs into more formal population policies, particularly in the developing countries. The book reviews also the situation of the developed countries and their specific challenges - sub-replacement fertility, population aging, and immigration - and examines the effectiveness of population policies. It also explores the way forward and future prospects for population policies over the next decades. The book provides numerous concrete examples from all over the world, and show how population policies are actually implemented and what have been their successes as well as their constraints. Above all, the book highlights the importance of understanding underlying demographic trends when assessing the development prospects of any country. The book is recommended for not only demographers, social scientists, and policymakers but also economists and political scientists who are interested in social and demographic change around the world. Demography students and researchers who are interested in applying knowledge on population trends and prospects in designing and evaluating public policies will find this an invaluable reference work. John F. May, a Belgian national, is a Lead Demographer at the World Bank, and a specialist in population policies and programs. Prior to joining the World Bank in 1997, he worked on many population projects around the world for UNFPA, UNICEF, USAID, and the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP). He was posted in Haiti, West Indies, and New Caledonia, South Pacific for the United Nations. He came to the US in 1987 and was appointed Senior Scientist at The Futures Group International, a consulting firm offering services in population and HIV/AIDS modeling, policy, and program design. In 1991-1992, he spent a year as a Visiting Scholar at the Population Reference Bureau (PRB) and was a PRB Visiting Scholar again in 2006, 2007, and 2011. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Demography at Georgetown University, Washington, DC. He earned a BA in Modern History (1973) and a MA in Demography (1985) from the Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium), and a Doctorate in Demography (1996) from the University of Paris-V (Sorbonne).
    Description / Table of Contents: World Population Policies; Foreword; About the Author; Disclaimer; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Abbreviations; List of Figures and Maps; List of Tables; Chapter 1: General Introduction; Overall Context of Population Policies; Outline of the Book; Chapter 2: World Population Trends and Issues; World Demographic Patterns and Trends; Demographic and Epidemiological Transitions; High, Medium, and Low Fertility Countries; Future Demographic Growth and Changing Age Structures; The Rise of International Migration; Old and New Demographic Issues; Conclusion
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 3: Population Policies FrameworkWhat Are Population Policies?; Malthusianism and Marxism; Population and Socioeconomic Development; Human Rights Concerns; Intervention Variables and Policy Levers; Policy Processes, Instruments, and Actors; Implementation Modalities; Implementation Challenges; Conclusion; Chapter 4: First Public Health and Population Programs; Initial Efforts to Reduce Mortality; Programs on Specific Diseases; The Expanded Program of Immunization; Vanguard Family Planning Programs; Expansion of Family Planning Efforts; Components of Family Planning Programs; Conclusion
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 5: Internationalization of Population IssuesInternational Population Paradigms; New Population Institutions; World Population Conferences; New Developments and Old Controversies; The Millennium Development Goals; Improvements in Population Monitoring; The Availability of Population Projections; Conclusion; Chapter 6: Population Policies in Developing Countries; Family Planning Spreads Around the World; The Role of Induced Abortion; Toward Reproductive Rights and Reproductive Health; The Broader Scope of Population Policies; Gender Issues and Indirect Actions on Fertility
    Description / Table of Contents: Policies on Urbanization and Internal and International MigrationUrbanization and Internal Migration; International Migration; Population, Environment, and Sustainable Development; The Global Response to HIV/AIDS; Conclusion; Chapter 7: Population Policies in Developed Countries; Sub-replacement Fertility; Population Aging; Immigration Policies; Population Policies vs. Socioeconomic Regulations; Family Policies; Reaching a Policy Consensus; Conclusion; Chapter 8: Effectiveness of Population Policies; Measurement Methodology; Effectiveness of Family Planning Programs
    Description / Table of Contents: Broader Policy InterventionsAdvocacy and Policy Dialogue; Experiences in Developed Countries; Modeling Policy Interventions; Conclusion; Chapter 9: Future Prospects for Population Policies; The New Demographic Landscape; Renewed Concerns: Climate Change, Poverty, Inequity, and Security; Priority Groups: Women, Adolescents, Old People, and Migrants; The Challenge of Urbanization; New Bioethical and Gender Issues; Redefining Population Policies; Conclusion; General Conclusion; Glossary; References; Index
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    The Biology of Happiness (2012)
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    ISBN: 9789400743939 , 1280799153 , 9781280799150
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (X, 109p. 29 illus, digital)
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Well-Being and Quality of Life Research
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Quality of Life ; Quality of Life Research ; Psychology, clinical ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Quality of Life ; Quality of Life Research ; Psychology, clinical ; Happiness ; Affect physiology ; Quality of Life ; Sociobiology
    Abstract: Bjørn Grinde
    Abstract: The briefs presents a model for happiness based on current knowledge in evolutionary biology and neurobiology. Briefly, the primary purpose of nervous systems is to direct an animal toward behaviour relevant for survival and procreation. In primitive animals actions are based on reflexes, while in humans the modules directing behaviour engage positive and negative affect (good and bad feelings), and they are swayed by cognitive processes. The reason why evolution opted for this strategy was the improved flexibility in response - i.e., we learn from previous experiences. The human capacity for happiness is an accidental consequence. An array of brain modules has evolved to care for various pursuits, but recent studies suggest that they converge on shared neural circuits designed to generate positive and negative mood. Happiness can be construed as the net output of the relevant modules. The briefs suggests a strategy for how to avoid having negative feelings (such as anxiety, depression and chronic pain) dominate the mind, and how to exercise positive feelings. In short, the book offers both a deeper understanding of what happiness is about, and a framework for improving well-being. An array of brain modules has evolved to care for various pursuits, but recent studies suggest that they converge on shared neural circuits designed to generate positive and negative mood. Happiness can be construed as the net output of the relevant modules. The book suggests a strategy for how to avoid having negative feelings (such as anxiety, depression and chronic pain) dominate the mind, and how to exercise positive feelings. In short, the book offers both a deeper understanding of what happiness is about, and a framework for improving well-being. Bjørn Grinde received his education in natural sciences, psychology, and anthropology from the University of Oslo, ending with a Dr.scient and Dr.philos in biology. He is presently employed as Chief Scientist at the Division of Mental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health. He has previously served as scientist and professor at top universities in Norway, United States and Japan. A lasting focus has been to understand the process of evolution, particularly how it has formed the human brain and our capacity to enjoy life. He has written several books, including 'Darwinian Happiness' - a book that suggests how the biological perspective can be used for guidance in living.
    Description / Table of Contents: 4 Mental HealthAbstract; 4.1…The Link Between Happiness and Mental Disorders; 4.2…Darwinian Happiness and the Concept of Discords; References; 5 How to Improve Happiness; Abstract; 5.1…Avoiding Discords; 5.2…Exercising the Brain; 5.3…Is it Best to be Rational?; References; 6 The Politics of Happiness; Abstract; References; 7 Concluding Remarks; Abstract; Reference; About the Author;
    Description / Table of Contents: The Biology of Happiness; Preface; Abstract; Contents; 1 Introduction: From Philosophy to Science; Abstract; 1.1…Is Happiness What We Want?; 1.2…Know Thyself; 1.3…The Evolutionary Perspective; 1.4…Some Words Require More Words; References; 2 Evolution of Nervous Systems; Abstract; 2.1…Who can be Happy?; 2.2…From Reflexes to Feelings; 2.3…Recent Human Evolution; References; 3 The Human Brain; Abstract; 3.1…The Frailty of Brain Modules; 3.2…The Mood Modules; 3.3…Neurobiology of Rewards and Punishment; 3.4…Hedonia and Eudaimonia; 3.5…Individual Variations in Happiness; References
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    Population Aging : The Transformation of Societies (2012)
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    ISBN: 9789400740501
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XIX, 292p. 29 illus, digital)
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Aging Research ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Aging Research ; Population aging ; Alternde Bevölkerung ; Bevölkerungsentwicklung ; Alter ; Alternde Bevölkerung ; Bevölkerungsentwicklung ; Alter
    Abstract: Donald T. Rowland
    Abstract: Population Aging: The Transformation of Societies presents an overview and international comparison of the causes, consequences and policy implications of one of the major processes of change in contemporary societies. It provides a foundation for understanding and reflecting on key demographic and social trends, together with related theoretical and policy frameworks that are important in explaining changes and designing informed responses. With particular reference to countries that have the oldest or largest aged populations, the book presents a synthesis of research on population aging, new analyses of trends and a discussion of the major social policy strategies. Key topics include the new demography of aging, population health, family change, the Third Age, international policy concepts and strategies, and comparisons of countries - such as in terms of the relative risks they face from population aging and their resilience as changes occur. Overall, the book presents a broad interdisciplinary perspective on the determinants and consequences of population aging. The book is written for an international audience of policy makers, educators and practitioners in health and welfare, together with students in the social sciences and health sciences. It provides an accessible and academically informed exposition of the field for people engaging with issues arising from population aging in their own country. Donald T. Rowland is an adjunct associate professor in the Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University. He is the author of Demographic Methods and Concepts and more than a hundred other academic publications, many on aspects of population aging.
    Description / Table of Contents: Population Aging; Preface; Structure and Contents; Part I: Aging and Societies; Part II: Communities, Families and Individuals; Part III: Policies and Prospects; Acknowledgements; Contents; Part I: Aging and Societies; Chapter 1: A Silent Revolution; 1.1 Demographic Autumn; 1.2 The Threshold of Later Life; 1.3 Global and Regional Changes; 1.4 National Population Aging; 1.5 Aging and Demographic Transition Theory; 1.6 Further Transition Theories; 1.7 Conclusion; References; Chapter 2: The New Demography; 2.1 Continuing Changes; 2.2 Overview of Trends; 2.3 Growth and Aging
    Description / Table of Contents: 2.4 Contemporary Developments2.5 Implications for Aging and Population Size; 2.5.1 Effects of Fertility and Mortality; 2.5.2 Effects of Migration; 2.6 The Tempo of Aging; 2.7 Conclusion; References; Chapter 3: National Trends; 3.1 Population Profiles; 3.2 Types of Age Structures; 3.3 Changes Through Time; 3.4 Labour Force Changes; 3.5 Generational Changes; 3.6 Conclusion; References; Chapter 4: The 'New Era' in Health; 4.1 New Longevity; 4.2 The Fourth Stage; 4.3 Longevity; 4.4 Hubris; 4.5 The Status Syndrome; Box 4.1 Social Inequality and Smoking; 4.6 The Paradox of Health
    Description / Table of Contents: 4.7 Health Risk Factors4.8 Compression of Mortality and Morbidity; 4.9 Conclusion; References; Chapter 5: Survival and Health; 5.1 Population Health; 5.2 Life Expectancy at Older Ages; 5.3 Healthy Life Expectancy; 5.4 The Burden of Disease; 5.5 Conclusion; References; Part II: Communities, Families and Individuals; Chapter 6: Community Change; 6.1 The Community Perspective; 6.2 Aging in Place; Box 6.1 Characteristics of Age-Friendly Cities; 6.3 Migration; 6.4 Explaining Migration; Box 6.2 The Elderly Mobility Transition; 6.5 Community Composition; 6.6 Conclusion; References
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 7: Community Participation7.1 Social Integration; Box 7.1 Age Integration; 7.2 Social Capital; 7.3 Measuring Social Capital; 7.4 International Comparisons; 7.5 Conclusion; References; Chapter 8: Family Change; 8.1 The Family Nexus; 8.2 Families and Aging; 8.3 The First Transition; 8.4 The Second Transition; 8.5 Explaining Changes; 8.6 Conclusion; References; Chapter 9: Family Resources; 9.1 Family Diversity; 9.2 Marriage and Cohabitation; 9.3 Divorce and Remarriage; 9.4 Choices of Living Arrangements; 9.5 Householders and Coresidents; 9.6 Friends; 9.7 Leaving the Home; 9.8 Conclusion
    Description / Table of Contents: ReferencesChapter 10: Successful Aging; 10.1 The New Paradigm?; 10.2 Avoiding Disease and Disability; 10.3 High Cognitive and Physical Function; 10.4 Engagement with Life; 10.5 Limits of Successful Aging; 10.6 Obesity; 10.7 Conclusion; References; Chapter 11: The Third Age; 11.1 Stages of Life; 11.2 Origins; 11.3 Characteristics of the Third Age; 11.4 Health; 11.5 The 'Fourth Age'; 11.6 The Later Life Course; 11.7 Establishing the Third Age; 11.8 Challenges; 11.9 Conclusion; References; Part III: Policies and Prospects; Chapter 12: Policy Concepts; 12.1 The Expanding Policy Agenda
    Description / Table of Contents: 12.2 Active Aging
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    Religion, spirituality and everyday practice (2012)
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    ISBN: 9789400718197
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XV, 193p. 2 illus, digital)
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Giordan, Giuseppe, 1966 - Religion, spirituality and everyday practice
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Religion (General) ; Sociology ; Social Sciences ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Religiosität ; Spiritualität ; Religionsausübung ; Geistliches Leben
    DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-1819-7
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    Translocal Ruralism : Mobility and Connectivity in European Rural Spaces (2012)
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Translocal ruralism
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Regional planning ; Migration ; Human Geography ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Regional planning ; Migration ; Human Geography ; Bevölkerungssoziologie ; Bevölkerungsstatistik ; Migration ; Mobilität ; Sociology, Rural ; Ländlicher Raum ; Mobilität ; Verkehrsanbindung ; Europa ; Migration ; Ländlicher Raum
    Abstract: Rural areas are often viewed as isolated and stagnating areas and urban areas as their opposites. Against such a backdrop, this book seeks to unveil a set of dynamics that view rural areas as 'translocal' in the sense that they are 'changing' and 'inter connected'. Social transformations take place in rural areas as the result of intense exchanges between different people, settings and geographies. Accordingly, rural-urban but also rural-rural interrelations on international and national scales are strongly contributing to rural change. Translocal ruralism is exemplified through the analysis o
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Contributors; 1 Translocal Ruralism: Mobility and Connectivity in European Rural Spaces; 1.1 Introduction: Towards a Translocal Rural Space; 1.2 Translocal Ruralism: Mobilities on Various Scale Levels; 1.3 Contextual Diversities; References; Part I Linking Nodes: People and Networks Connecting Places; 2 Between Marginalisation and Urbanisation: Mobilities and Social Change in Southern Portugal; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Mobilities in Rural Areas: A Theoretical Approach; 2.3 Diversity in the Inland Algarve: Alcoutim and São Brás de Alportel
    Description / Table of Contents: 2.4 The Geography of Mobilities2.5 The Social Constitution of Mobility; 2.6 Solidarity and Mutual Knowledge; 2.7 Conclusion; References; 3 The Ties That Bind? Spatial (Im)mobilities and the Transformation of Rural-Urban Connections; 3.1 Introduction; 3.1.1 Methodology; 3.2 Stereotyping the Rural: Images of Immobility; 3.3 Rural (Im)mobilities and the Globalisation of the Rural; 3.3.1 Car Dependence in Rural Ireland; 3.3.2 No Place Like Home? Property Ownership and the Mobility of Farmers; 3.4 Mitigating Rural Immobility? Impacts of Transport and Land-Use Planning on Spatial Mobility Patterns
    Description / Table of Contents: 3.5 ConclusionReferences; 4 "The Rural" Intervening in the Lives of Internal and International Migrants: Migrants, Biographies and Translocal Practices; 4.1 Introduction; 4.1.1 Rural Places and Scale; 4.1.2 Two Studies in One; 4.2 Translocalism and Rural Migration; 4.2.1 Seizing the Rural Migrants; 4.2.2 Biographies and Translocal Practices; 4.3 Translocal Rural Spaces from the Perspectives of Internal and International Migrants; 4.3.1 Communication and Networks; 4.3.2 Local Society and Community; 4.3.3 Spending Time Outdoors and the Meaning of Nature; 4.4 Conclusion; References
    Description / Table of Contents: 5 Youth "Settled" by Mobility: Ethnography of a Portuguese Village5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Aims and Methodology; 5.3 The Regional Scale of Mobility: Young People and Association; 5.4 National and International Spaces: A Tension Between Flows and Images; 5.5 Cyberspace: Internet, Friends and Multiple Images; 5.6 The Cross-Border Scale: Beyond the Frontier; 5.6.1 Friendship, a Necessary Relationship; 5.7 Conclusion; References; 6 Migration Dynamics in Romania and the Counter-Urbanisation Process: A Case Study of Bucharest's Rural-Urban Fringe; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Background
    Description / Table of Contents: 6.3 The Spatial Dimension of the Migratory Movements in Romania6.4 Metropolitan Areas in Romania and Migration Patterns in Their Rural-Urban Fringe; 6.5 Migration Patterns in Bucharest Rural-Urban Fringe; 6.6 Voluntari and Branesti - Two Case Studies; 6.7 Conclusion; References; 7 Local Embeddedness and Global Links in Rural Areas: Euclidean and Relational Space in Business Networks; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Conceptual Framework; 7.2.1 From Dyadic Linkages to Business Networks; 7.2.2 The Role of Proximity in Economic Geography; 7.2.3 Internationalisation of Rural SMEs Business Activities
    Description / Table of Contents: 7.2.4 Translocal Relational Spaces
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    DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-2315-3
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    The Immutable Laws of Mankind : The Struggle For Universal Human Rights (2012)
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    ISBN: 9789400741836
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (XXXIII, 520p, digital)
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Davidson, Alastair, 1939 - The immutable laws of mankind
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Political science Philosophy ; History ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Political science Philosophy ; History ; Menschenrecht ; Geschichte
    Abstract: Alastair Davidson
    Abstract: The key question for the history of universal human rights is why it took so long for them to become established as law. The main theme of this book is that the attainment of universal human rights required heroic struggle, first by individuals and then by ever-increasing numbers of people who supported those views against the major historical trends. Universal human rights are won from a hostile majority by outsiders. The chapters in the book describe the milestones in that struggle. The history presented in this book shows that, in most places at most times, even today, for concrete material reasons a great many people oppose the notion that all individuals have equal rights. The dominant history since the 1600s has been that of a mass struggle for the national-democratic state. This book argues that this struggle for national rights has been practically and logically contradictory with the struggle for universal rights. It would only be otherwise if there were free migration and access to citizenship on demand by anybody. This has never been the case. Rather than drawing only on European sources and being limited to major literary figures, this book is written from the Gramscian perspective that ideas mean little until they are taken up as mass ideologies. It draws on sources from Asia and America and on knowledge about mass attitudes, globally and throughout history.
    Description / Table of Contents: The Immutable Laws of Mankind; Acknowledgments; Contents; Prologue; Contents; The Sparrow's Eye View; Methods; Periodisation; Before the Beginning; Chapter 1: A World Without Rights; Everyday Life in the Middle Ages; Apocalyptic Horseman I: Famine; Apocalyptic Horseman II: Plague; Apocalyptic Horseman III: War; The Mafia World of the Middle Ages; Human and Beast: Worlds of Similitude; Asking Questions: The Courts and Torture; A Myopic World: Humanity Stops at the Stile; Germs of an Idea: Universal Humanity; Pie in the Sky; Justice Is Nowhere; Conclusions; Chapter 2: Eyes Turned Heavenwards
    Description / Table of Contents: Continuity and ChangeThe Reformation and the Individual; The New Social Contract; A National-Popular Rule of Law; The Common Law; The Dutch Model; The British Version; Belonging to the Church; The Bill of Rights; The First Milestone; Hobbes; The Popular Sovereign or the Sovereign People; No Rights for Those Who Not Belong to the Nation; Sectaries and Other Dissidents; Rights in International Spaces: Grotius; Exporting the National-Popular Rule of Law: 1689 and America; American Particularism; Conclusions; Chapter 3: When the World Was New; When the World Was New
    Description / Table of Contents: Discovering the Other: The AmericasMildness: A Feminine Virtue; The Other and International Law; Imperialism: A Denial of Rights for All Humans; Learning from the Other: India; India Before the Raj; Suttee; Learning from the Other: China; Learning from the Other: Chinese Thought; Conclusions; Chapter 4: The Open Republic or Kafka's Doorman; Early French Criticism of Locke; The Absolute Monarchy and Rights; The New Bourgeoisie and National-Popular Rights; The Peasant Majority and Rights; Towards the Democratic National Model of Rights; The Etats Généraux and Rights
    Description / Table of Contents: Universal Human Rights for the First TimeConclusions; Chapter 5: Jack Is Master in His Own House: The Triumph of the Nation; Rights and the French Citizen; Robespierre, Jacobinism and the National-Popular Revolution; The Beginning of the End; Two Steps Backwards; Nationalism Ends British Liberties; Exporting Rights at Bayonet Point; The Napoleonic Reaction; Italy and Rights; Rights and Cultural Difference; The Parthenopean Republic and Rights; Hegemony and Universal Human Rights; Peoples and Nations; Conclusions; Chapter 6: Rousseau
    Description / Table of Contents: Universal Human Rights and the Revolution: The Conservative OrthodoxyRousseau and Hegemony; Rousseau and Democracy; Rousseau and Human Rights; Conclusions; Chapter 7: Human Rights and the Working Class; The Contradictions of the National-Popular; Global Migration; The Stake-Less Sufferers: The Working Class after 1815; Parliamentary Reform and the Workers; France; Britain; Nationalism and the Working Class; France and the June Revolution of 1848; National Rights for the Working Class; Going it Alone: Trade Unions; Conclusions; Chapter 8: The Excluded: Women
    Description / Table of Contents: National Popular Democracy and Women
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    DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4183-6
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    Rudolf Carnap and the Legacy of Logical Empiricism (2012)
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    ISBN: 9789400739291
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    Series Statement: Vienna Circle Institute Yearbook, Institut `Wiener Kreis' Society for the Advancement of the Scientific World Conception 16
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    Parallel Title: Druckausg. u.d.T. Creath, Richard, 1947 - Rudolf Carnap and the legacy of logical empiricism
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    Keywords: Philosophy (General) ; Logic ; Science Philosophy ; Pragmatism ; Philosophy ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Carnap, Rudolf 1891-1970 ; Neopositivismus
    DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-3929-1
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    Epistemology versus Ontology : Essays on the Philosophy and Foundations of Mathematics in Honour of Per Martin-Löf (2012)
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    ISBN: 9789400744356
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (XXVII, 385 p. 18 illus, digital)
    Series Statement: Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science 27
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    Keywords: Philosophy (General) ; Genetic epistemology ; Logic ; Ontology ; Logic, Symbolic and mathematical ; Philosophy ; Philosophy (General) ; Genetic epistemology ; Logic ; Ontology ; Logic, Symbolic and mathematical
    Abstract: This book brings together philosophers, mathematicians and logicians to penetrate important problems in the philosophy and foundations of mathematics. In philosophy, one has been concerned with the opposition between constructivism and classical mathematics and the different ontological and epistemological views that are reflected in this opposition. The dominant foundational framework for current mathematics is classical logic and set theory with the axiom of choice (ZFC). This framework is, however, laden with philosophical difficulties. One important alternative foundational programme that is actively pursued today is predicativistic constructivism based on Martin-Löf type theory. Associated philosophical foundations are meaning theories in the tradition of Wittgenstein, Dummett, Prawitz and Martin-Löf. What is the relation between proof-theoretical semantics in the tradition of Gentzen, Prawitz, and Martin-Löf and Wittgensteinian or other accounts of meaning-as-use? What can proof-theoretical analyses tell us about the scope and limits of constructive and predicative mathematics?
    Abstract: This book brings together philosophers, mathematicians and logicians to penetrate important problems in the philosophy and foundations of mathematics. In philosophy, one has been concerned with the opposition between constructivism and classical mathematics and the different ontological and epistemological views that are reflected in this opposition. The dominant foundational framework for current mathematics is classical logic and set theory with the axiom of choice (ZFC). This framework is, however, laden with philosophical difficulties. One important alternative foundational programme that is actively pursued today is predicativistic constructivism based on Martin-Löf type theory. Associated philosophical foundations are meaning theories in the tradition of Wittgenstein, Dummett, Prawitz and Martin-Löf. What is the relation between proof-theoretical semantics in the tradition of Gentzen, Prawitz, and Martin-Löf and Wittgensteinian or other accounts of meaning-as-use? What can proof-theoretical analyses tell us about the scope and limits of constructive and predicative mathematics?
    Description / Table of Contents: Epistemology versus Ontology; Contents; Introduction; 1 Background; 2 Martin-Löf: Pioneer and Land Clearer; 3 Contributions to This Volume; 3.1 Part I: Philosophy of Logic and Mathematics; 3.2 Part II: Foundations; Acknowledgments; On the Philosophical Work of Per Martin-Löf; Notes on the Contributors; Part I Philosophy of Logic and Mathematics; Chapter 1: Kant and Real Numbers; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Mathematics Within Subjective Limits; 1.3 Kant's Discussion with Rehberg; 1.4 Infinite Sequences as Concepts and as Objects; 1.5 Concluding Remark; References
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 2: Wittgenstein's Diagonal Argument: A Variationon Cantor and Turing2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Three Diagonal Arguments; 2.2.1 The Halting Problem; 2.2.2 Turing's First Argument; 2.2.3 The Argument from the Pointerless Machine; 2.3 Wittgenstein's Diagonal Argument; 2.4 The Positive Russell Paradox; 2.5 Interpreting Wittgenstein; References; Chapter 3: Truth and Proof in Intuitionism; 3.1 Early Intuitionistic Accounts of Propositions, Assertions, and Proof; 3.1.1 Heyting on Propositions and Assertions; 3.1.2 Heyting on Proofs; 3.1.3 The BHK-Interpretation; 3.2 Dummett's Verificationism
    Description / Table of Contents: 3.2.1 A Correction of the Intuitionistic Meaning-Theory3.2.2 Truth in Verificationism and the Knowability Principle; 3.3 Martin-Löf's Type Theory; 3.4 Martin-Löf's Siena Lectures and a Subsequent Paper; 3.5 The Epistemic Approach to Meaning and Truth Being Abandoned; 3.6 Reasons for the Shift; 3.6.1 Is the Ontological Standpoint Compatible with Intuitionism?; 3.6.2 Reasons for Rejecting the Knowability Principle; 3.6.3 Are the Proofs of the BHK-Interpretation Representations of Proof Acts?; 3.6.4 An Alternative Argument for the Epistemic Nature of Proof-Objects; References
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 4: Real and Ideal in Constructive Mathematics4.1 Explanations from Above and Explanations from Below; 4.2 The Dynamic Process in Logic and in Foundations; 4.3 Real and Ideal Notions in Constructive Topology; References; Chapter 5: In the Shadow of Incompleteness: Hilbert and Gentzen; 5.1 A Puzzle; 5.2 Results, Methods, and Problems; 5.3 Unprovability in General, First; 5.4 Unprovability of Consistency, Second; 5.5 Hilbert's Response; 5.6 The New Student; 5.7 An Impasse; 5.8 Toward a Solution; 5.9 New Perspectives; References; Chapter 6: Evolution and Logic
    Description / Table of Contents: 6.1 Hume's Analysis of Causality6.2 Evolutionistic Understanding of Causality; 6.3 Evolutionistic Understanding of Logic; 6.4 Foundations of Mathematics; 6.5 Martin-Löf Type Theory and the Synthetic A Priori; 6.6 Ontology; 6.7 Concluding Remarks; References; Chapter 7: The ``Middle Wittgenstein'' and Modern Mathematics; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Grammar and Geometry; 7.3 Grammar and the Axiomatic Method; 7.4 Grammar and the Theory of Relativity; 7.5 Mental Verbs and the Method of Ideal Elements; 7.6 Wittgenstein and Hertz; References
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 8: Primitive Recursive Arithmetic and Its Role in the Foundations of Arithmetic: Historical and Philosophical Reflections: In Honor of Per Martin-Löf on the Occasion of His Retirement
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    The Sociology of Medical Regulation : An Introduction (2012)
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    ISBN: 9789400748965
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Medicine ; Medical ethics ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Medicine ; Medical ethics ; Delivery of Health Care legislation & jurisprudence ; Ethics, Medical ; Sociology, Medical
    Abstract: This book provides a comprehensive examination of the complex issues surrounding the regulation of the medical profession. It offers up-to-date information on the current legislative framework and institutional arrangements surrounding the regulation in the United Kingdom. Well organized and written in an accessible way, it offers an insight into key sociological theories surrounding medical regulation. It gives a historically situated analysis of the contemporary relationship between medicine, the state and the public, and an overview of relevant social scientific research. Case studies highl
    Abstract: This book provides a comprehensive examination of the complex issues surrounding the regulation of the medical profession. It offers up-to-date information on the current legislative framework and institutional arrangements surrounding the regulation in the United Kingdom. Well organized and written in an accessible way, it offers an insight into key sociological theories surrounding medical regulation. It gives a historically situated analysis of the contemporary relationship between medicine, the state and the public, and an overview of relevant social scientific research. Case studies highlight the practical or applied circumstances in which issues can occur. Readers will gain insight into possible future directions for medical governance.
    Description / Table of Contents: The Sociology of Medical Regulation; Preface; Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction: Medical Governance in the Risky Age of the Surveillance Society; Introduction; From Modernity to High Modernity; The Rise of the Risk Society; The Risk Society as the Surveillance Society; The Dispersal of Discipline; Resisting the Surveillance Assemblage; Medical Regulation in the Age of Risk; Conclusion; Self-Study Activity; References; Chapter 2: Biomedicine, Medicalisation and Risk; Introduction; The Enlightenment Promise; A Realist Endeavour; The Greco-Roman Humoral Tradition; The Birth of Biomedicine
    Description / Table of Contents: From the Laboratory to the Clinic and the Medical GazeThe Biomedical Model and the Postmodern Turn; Medicalisation; Conclusion; Self-Study Activity; References; Chapter 3: Doctors, Patients, Managers and the State; Introduction; From Bedside Medicine to Hospital Medicine; The 1858 Medical Act and the Golden Age of Medical Power; Challenging Medicine; The Shipman Case; The Donaldson Report; The 2008 Health and Social Care Act and Beyond; Medical Regulation and the Nature of Medical Expertise; Conclusion; Self-Study Activity; References
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 4: Sociological Deconstructions I: Critiquing Medical Autonomy and AltruismIntroduction; Functionalism: Professionalism as Altruism; Critiquing Professional Power: The Neo-Weberian Viewpoint; Freidson and Social Closure; Larson and Medical Knowledge; The Dominance of the Social Closure Model; The Feminist Critique; The Neo-Marxist Critique; Conclusion; Self-Study Activity; References; Chapter 5: Sociological Deconstructions II: Governmentality and Restratification; Introduction; Governmentality and the Revival of Liberalism; The Natural Order of Liberal Governance
    Description / Table of Contents: The Enterprise Self and Neo-liberal GovernmentalityExpert Enclosures and Technologies of Performance and Agency; Critical Reflections on the Governmentality Perspective; The Proletarianisation and Deprofessionalisation Theses; The Restratification Thesis; Medicine and Managerial Corporate Rationalisers Revisited; Conclusion; Self-Study Activity; References; Chapter 6: Restratification and Revalidation: United Kingdom and International Perspectives; Introduction; Medical Professionalism Revisited: Maintaining Competence to Practise; Revalidation in the United Kingdom: A Developmental Process
    Description / Table of Contents: Restratification, Revalidation and the Health Select CommitteeAustralia; Canada; Finland; Netherlands; United States; Critical Reflections on the Restratification Thesis; Conclusion; Self-Study Activity; References; Chapter 7: Restratification and the Hearing of Fitness to Practice Cases; Introduction; The Medical Register and the Changing Medical Profession; Handling Complaints; From Triage to Investigation and Adjudication; Trends in Complaints by Source and Practitioner Characteristics; Trends in Fitness to Practice Hearing Activity
    Description / Table of Contents: Fitness to Practice Activity and the Transformation of Medical Autonomy
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    DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4896-5
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    Topical Themes in Argumentation Theory : Twenty Exploratory Studies (2012)
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    ISBN: 9789400740419 , 128079903X , 9781280799037
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (X, 346p. 27 illus, digital)
    Series Statement: Argumentation Library 22
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    Keywords: Philosophy (General) ; Logic ; Linguistics Philosophy ; Literacy ; Humanities ; Philosophy ; Philosophy (General) ; Logic ; Linguistics Philosophy ; Literacy ; Humanities ; Argumentationstheorie
    Abstract: Bart Garssen
    Abstract: Topical Themes in Argumentation Theory brings together twenty exploratory studies on important subjects of research in contemporary argumentation theory. The essays are based on papers that were presented at the 7th Conference of the International Society for the Study of Argumentation (ISSA) in Amsterdam in June 2010. They give an impression of the nature and the variety of the kind of research that has recently been carried out in the study of argumentation.The volume starts with three essays that provide stimulating theoretical perspectives on argumentation. Subsequently, some views are explained on the intriguing topics of 'dissensus' and 'deep disagreement'. After a discussion of three different approaches to the treatment of types of argumentation some classical themes from antique argumentation theory are revisited. The new research area of visual argumentation is explored in the next part. The volume concludes with three reports of experimental studies concerning argumentative discourse. The volume starts with three essays that provide stimulating theoretical perspectives on argumentation. Subsequently, some views are explained on the intriguing topics of 'dissensus' and 'deep disagreement'. After a discussion of three different approaches to the treatment of types of argumentation some classical themes from antique argumentation theory are revisited. The new research area of visual argumentation is explored in the next part. The volume concludes with three reports of experimental studies concerning argumentative discourse. The volume starts with three essays that provide stimulating theoretical perspectives on argumentation. Subsequently, some views are explained on the intriguing topics of 'dissensus' and 'deep disagreement'. After a discussion of three different approaches to the treatment of types of argumentation some classical themes from antique argumentation theory are revisited. The new research area of visual argumentation is explored in the next part. The volume concludes with three reports of experimental studies concerning argumentative discourse.
    Description / Table of Contents: Topical Themes in Argumentation Theory; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1: Some Highlights in Recent Theorizing: An Introduction; References; Part I: Theoretical Perspectives; Chapter 2: Rhetorical Argument; 2.1 Rhetoric and Argument; 2.2 A Second Tradition; 2.3 Today's Study of Rhetorical Argument; 2.4 The Commitments of Rhetorical Argument; 2.5 Rhetorical Argument in the Context of Argumentation Studies; Notes; References; Chapter 3: Meta-argumentation : Prolegomena to a Dutch Project; 3.1 Historical Context of William the Silent's Apologia ( 1581)
    Description / Table of Contents: 3.2 Universal Cultural Significance of William's Apologia3.3 The Historical-Textual Approach to Argumentation; 3.4 The Meta-argumentation Project; 3.5 Meta-argumentation in the Subsequent Galileo Affair; 3.6 Theoretical Meta-arguments; 3.7 Famous Meta-arguments; 3.8 Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 4: Wittgenstein's Influence on Hamblin's Concept of 'Dialectical'; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The Meaning of 'Dialectical' in Chapter 7; 4.3 The Meaning of 'Dialectical' in Chapter 8; 4.4 The Meaning of 'Dialectical' in Chapter 9; 4.5 Summary and Synthesis: Hamblin's Conception of 'Dialectical'
    Description / Table of Contents: 4.6 Wittgenstein's Influence on Hamblin4.7 Conclusion; Notes; References; Part II: Views on Dissensus and Deep Disagreement; Chapter 5: Can Argumentation Always Deal with Dissensus?; 5.1 A Case of Unreconciled Dissensus; 5.2 Fish's Challenge to Argumentation; 5.3 Is Argumentation Caught in a Dilemma?; 5.4 Can Argumentation Not Deal with Certain Cases of Dissensus?; Notes; References; Chapter 6: The Appeal for Transcendence: A Possible Response to Cases of Deep Disagreement; 6.1 The Emphasis on Agreement; 6.2 Deep Disagreement; 6.3 Incommensurability: End or Beginning of Analysis?
    Description / Table of Contents: 6.4 Possibilities for Overcoming Deep Disagreement6.4.1 Inconsistency: Hypocrisy and the Circumstantial ad hominem; 6.4.2 Packaging: Incorporation and Subsumption; 6.4.3 Time: Exhaustion and Urgency; 6.4.4 Changing the Ground: Interfield Borrowing and Frame-Shifting; 6.5 Two Case Studies; 6.5.1 Johnson on Education; 6.5.2 Zarefsky on Abortion; 6.6 Conclusion; References; Chapter 7: Cultural Diversity, Cognitive Breaks, and Deep Disagreement: Polemic Argument; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Common Ground, Deep Disagreement, and Cognitive Breaks; 7.3 Cultural Diversity and Deep Disagreement
    Description / Table of Contents: 7.4 Antilogical Reasoning7.5 Conclusion; References; Part III: Types of Argumentation; Chapter 8: When Figurative Analogies Fail: Fallacious Uses of Arguments from Analogy; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 On the Structure of Figurative Analogies; 8.3 Criteria for the Evaluation of Arguments from Figurative Analogy; 8.4 Case Studies; 8.5 Conclusion; References; Chapter 9: Current Issues in Conductive Argument Weight; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Wellman's 'Heft' and Premise Weight; 9.3 Govier's 'Exceptions' and Issues of Quantification and Cases; 9.4 Trevor Bench-Capon's Value-Based, Case-Based Reasoning
    Description / Table of Contents: 9.5 Robert C. Pinto on Conductive Weight
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    Work and Quality of Life : Ethical Practices in Organizations (2012)
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Quality of Life ; Quality of Life Research ; Applied psychology ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Quality of Life ; Quality of Life Research ; Applied psychology
    Abstract: Employees have personal responsibilities as well as responsibilities to their employers. They also have rights. In order to maintain their well-being, employees need opportunities to resolve conflicting obligations. Employees are often torn between the ethical obligations to fulfill both their work and non-work roles, to respect and be respected by their employers and coworkers, to be responsible to the organization while the organization is reciprocally responsible to them, to be afforded some degree of autonomy at work while attending to collaborative goals, to work within a climate of mutual employee-management trust, and to voice opinions about work policies, processes and conditions without fear of retribution. Humanistic organizations can recognize conflicts created by the work environment and provide opportunities to resolve or minimize them. This handbook empirically documents the dilemmas that result from responsibility-based conflicts. The book is organized by sources of dilemmas that fall into three major categories: individual, organizational (internal policies and procedures), and cultural (social forces external to the organization), including an introduction¡and a final integration of the many ways in which organizations can contribute to positive employee health and well-being. This book is aimed at both academicians and practitioners who are interested in how interventions that stem from industrial and organizational psychology may address ethical dilemmas commonly faced by employees. ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡
    Abstract: Employees have personal responsibilities as well as responsibilities to their employers. They also have rights. In order to maintain their well-being, employees need opportunities to resolve conflicting obligations. Employees are often torn between the ethical obligations to fulfill both their work and non-work roles, to respect and be respected by their employers and coworkers, to be responsible to the organization while the organization is reciprocally responsible to them, to be afforded some degree of autonomy at work while attending to collaborative goals, to work within a climate of mutual employee-management trust, and to voice opinions about work policies, processes and conditions without fear of retribution. Humanistic organizations can recognize conflicts created by the work environment and provide opportunities to resolve or minimize them. This handbook empirically documents the dilemmas that result from responsibility-based conflicts. The book is organized by sources of dilemmas that fall into three major categories: individual, organizational (internal policies and procedures), and cultural (social forces external to the organization), including an introduction and a final integration of the many ways in which organizations can contribute to positive employee health and well-being.This book is aimed at both academicians and practitioners who are interested in how interventions that stem from industrial and organizational psychology may address ethical dilemmas commonly faced by employees.
    Description / Table of Contents: Work and Quality of Life; Contents; Part I: Introduction; Chapter 1: Stuck Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Quality of Work Life; Ethics at Work; Do We Have a Problem?; An Ethical Work Culture; Breaking the Code: Why Do Ethical Dilemmas Arise?; Ethical Dilemmas at Work; Individual Sources of Dilemmas; Organizational Sources of Dilemmas; Cultural Sources of Dilemmas; Consequences for Employees Stuck Between a Rock and a Hard Place; References; Part II: Foundations; Chapter 2: Professional Ethical Standards: The Journey Toward Effective Codes of Ethics
    Description / Table of Contents: Code Research Evolves : Content to GovernanceIt Takes More: Institutionalization; Process; Implicit and Explicit Institutionalization of Ethics; Considerations of International Professional Ethical Standards; References; Chapter 3: Employee Well-Being: An Integrative Perspective; What Is Employee Well-Being ?; Employee Well-Being as Meaningful Work; Employee Well-Being as an Affective Response Toward the Work Environment; Employee Well-Being as Ratio of Positive to Negative Affect Experienced at Work; Employee Well-Being as Need Satisfaction Through Organizational Resources
    Description / Table of Contents: Employee Well-Being as Satisfaction in Work LifeJob-Specific Well-Being and Context-Free Well-Being; What Is the Relationship Between Job Satisfaction and Personal Happiness?; How Does Job Satisfaction Influence Personal Happiness? Mediators; Domain Satisfaction Theories; Spillover; Segmentation; Compensation; Border; Role Theories; Conflict; Boundary; Identity; Resource Theories; Scarcity; Facilitation; The Vitamin Analogy; Ego-Involvement Theories; Engagement; Flow; Human Development Theories; Hygiene Factors Versus Motivators; Self-determination; Goal Theories
    Description / Table of Contents: Selection, Optimization, and CompensationTime Management; Goal Selection/Implementation; What Are Other Consequences of Job Satisfaction and Personal Happiness?; What Are the Predictors of Job Satisfaction?; The Work Environment; Opportunity for Personal Control; Opportunity for Skill Use; Externally Generated Goals; Variety; Environmental Clarity; Availability of Money; Physical Security; Supportive Supervision; Opportunity for Interpersonal Contact; Valued Social Position; Employee Characteristics; Affective Disposition; The Big Five Personality Traits; Core Self-evaluation; Employee Age
    Description / Table of Contents: Gender DifferencesOther Factors; Work-Related Behaviors; Job Performance; Absenteeism; Turnover; Discretionary Activities; Conclusion; References; Chapter 4: Work Stress: Help Me Get My Feet Back on the Ground; Decisions to Manage Stress as Ethical Dilemmas; Stressors and Reasons for Handling Them Differently; Coping with Workplace Stressors; Internally Based Factors that May Influence One's Ability to Manage Stress; Self-Efficacy/Beliefs About Self; Fatigue/Exhaustion; Mood; Age/Stage of Life; Organizational Programs; Employee Assistance; Boundary and Coping Strategies; Employee Recovery
    Description / Table of Contents: Employee Socialization, Mentoring, and Social Support
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    DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4059-4
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    The Family, the Market or the State? : Intergenerational Support Under Pressure in Ageing Societies (2012)
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    ISBN: 9789400743397
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (XIV, 207 p. 74 illus, digital)
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Statistics ; Population ; Social policy ; Demography ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Statistics ; Population ; Social policy ; Demography ; Older people ; Services for ; Social service ; Finance ; Old age pensions ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Alter ; Altersversorgung ; Sozialdienst
    Abstract: This book touches upon a few of the major challenges that all modern societies will have to face in the near future: how to set up a resilient pay-as-you-go pension system; whether the current balance between expenses and revenues in social expenditure is viable in the future, and, if not, what changes need to be introduced; whether the relative well-being of the current and future cohorts of the old will be preserved, and how their standards of living compare to those experienced by the old in the recent past. At the micro level, the exchanges between generations are presented and discussed in detail: how they have evolved in the recent past in terms of time, money, co-residence and proximity, and what will likely happen next. The geographical scope is on Europe, Canada and South Korea. A rich documentation of tables and graphs supports the scientific analyses and the policy implications in each of the nine chapters of this book, where demography, sociology, and economics intersect fruitfully, both at the macro and at the micro level
    Abstract: This book touches upon a few of the major challenges that all modern societies will have to face in the near future: how to set up a resilient pay-as-you-go pension system; whether the current balance between expenses and revenues in social expenditure is viable in the future, and, if not, what changes need to be introduced; whether the relative well-being of the current and future cohorts of the old will be preserved, and how their standards of living compare to those experienced by the old in the recent past.At the micro level, the exchanges between generations are presented and discussed in detail: how they have evolved in the recent past in terms of time, money, co-residence and proximity, and what will likely happen next. The geographical scope is on the developed countries, plus South Korea.A rich documentation of tables and graphs supports the scientific analyses and the policy implications in each of the nine chapters of this book, where demography, sociology, and economics intersect fruitfully, both at the macro and at the micro level.
    Description / Table of Contents: The Family, the Market or the State?; Preface; Contents; Introduction; Part I: Demographic Changes and Transfer Systems, Between Equity and Sustainability; Introduction to Part I; Demographic Changes and Transfer Systems Between Equity and Sustainability; Chapter 1: The Demographic Phases and the Almost Ideal Pension System (AIPS); 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 An Unconventional Presentation; 1.3 Choices and Constraints; 1.4 Variability in Pension Benefits? Actuarial Equity (Bismarck) vs. Redistribution (Beveridge); 1.5 What Will the Future Hold?; 1.5.1 Qualitative Considerations; 1.5.2 Simulations
    Description / Table of Contents: 1.6 Discussion1.7 What Role for Private Pension Provisions?; Appendix: Symbols and Formulae; A.1 Symbols; A.2 Formulae; A.3 A Schematisation of AIPS; References; Chapter 2: Ageing and Policies: Pension Systems Under Pressure; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 What Parameters Ensure Sufficient Comparability Between Countries While Keeping the Model Simple?; 2.3 The Initial (2008) Situation Regarding Ageing and the Model´s Parameters in 31 Countries; 2.4 Results: A Classification of Countries by the Best Suitable Measure to Counter Ageing; 2.5 Conclusions; Annex 1: How the Model Works
    Description / Table of Contents: Formal Description of the ModelAssumptions for the Variables and Parameters Used in the Model; Annex 2: Results for the EU and the 29 Countries Analysed in This Chapter; References; Chapter 3: Quebec´s Public Finances Between Demographic Changes and Fiscal Sustainability; 3.1 Background; 3.2 Literature; 3.3 Demographic, Economic, and Budgetary Assumptions; 3.3.1 Demographic Assumptions; 3.3.2 Economic Assumptions; 3.3.2.1 Population; 3.3.2.2 Productivity; 3.3.2.3 Employment Rate; 3.3.2.4 Inflation; 3.3.3 Budgetary Assumptions; 3.3.3.1 Health; 3.3.3.2 Education and Childcare Services
    Description / Table of Contents: 3.3.3.3 Other Spending3.3.3.4 Debt; 3.3.3.5 Pension Plans; 3.3.3.6 Own-Source Revenue and Federal Transfers; 3.4 Projection Results and Implications; 3.4.1 Intergenerational Equity; 3.5 Sensitivity Analysis; 3.5.1 Fertility; 3.5.2 Net Migration; 3.5.3 Life Expectancy; 3.5.4 Employment Rates; 3.5.5 Productivity; 3.6 Alternative Assumptions for Projection of Health Expenditures; 3.7 Conclusion; References; Part II: Economic Security in Old Age; Introduction to Part II; Economic Security in Old Age
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 4: Comparing the Economic Well-Being of Baby Boomers and Their Parents in Quebec and Ontario*4.1 Our Research Question and Its Background; 4.2 Methodology; 4.2.1 The Intergenerational Comparison; 4.2.2 The Interregional Comparison; 4.2.3 Measures of the Economic Well-Being; 4.2.4 Gender Comparison; 4.2.5 The Vulnerable Socio-economic Categories; 4.3 Data; 4.4 Results; 4.4.1 Equivalent Income; 4.4.2 Wealth: Home Ownership; 4.4.3 Gender Comparison; 4.5 The Vulnerability of Some Boomers; 4.6 Conclusion; References
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 5: Income and Poverty Among Older Koreans: Relative Contributions of and Relationship Between Public and Family Transfers
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    DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4339-7
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    Contention and Trust in Cities and States (2011)
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (XLIII, 372p. 16 illus, digital)
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Regional planning ; Architecture ; Political science ; Sociology ; Human Geography ; Social Sciences
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    Estimating Characteristics of the Foreign-Born by Legal Status : An Evaluation of Data and Methods (2011)
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    ISBN: 9789400712720
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (IV, 70p. 2 illus, digital)
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Statistics ; Social sciences Methodology ; Migration ; Demography ; Social Sciences
    DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-1272-0
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    CEMAF as a Census Method : A Proposal for a Re-Designed Census and An Independent U.S. Census Bureau (2011)
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    ISBN: 9789400711952
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (V, 46p, digital)
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Constitutional law ; Statistics ; Social policy ; Demography ; Social Sciences
    DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-1195-2
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    Hazardous Child Labour in Latin America (2011)
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    ISBN: 9789400701779
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    DDC: 306
    Keywords: Social sciences ; Ethics ; Maternal and infant welfare ; Quality of Life ; Labor economics ; Quality of Life Research ; Social Sciences
    DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-0177-9
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    Land-Use Modelling in Planning Practice (2011)
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    ISBN: 9789400718210
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    Pages: XVI, 214 S. , graph. Darst.
    Series Statement: The GeoJournal Library 101
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Computer simulation ; Regional planning ; Environmental management ; Human Geography ; Social Sciences
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    Frontiers in Sociology of Education (2011)
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    ISBN: 9789400715769
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    DDC: 301
    Keywords: Social sciences ; Sociology ; Social Sciences ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung
    DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-1576-9
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    A life-course perspective on migration and integration (2011)
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    ISBN: 9400715447 , 9789400715448
    Language: English
    Pages: VI, 297 S. , graph. Darst., Kt.
    Parallel Title: Online-Ausg. Wingens, Matthias, 1956 - A Life-Course Perspective on Migration and Integration
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Sociology ; Migration ; Social Sciences ; Migration ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Sociology ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Migration ; Soziale Integration ; Biografieforschung
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    DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-1545-5
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    Mexican American and Immigrant Poverty in the United States (2011)
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    Series Statement: The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis 28
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    DDC: 304.8
    Keywords: Social sciences ; Quality of Life ; Sociology ; Quality of Life Research ; Migration ; Demography ; Social Sciences
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    Confronting Genocide (2011)
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (XX, 374p, digital)
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Confronting Genocide
    Keywords: Social sciences ; Comparative law ; Criminology ; Political science ; Social Sciences ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Völkermord ; Prävention
    DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9840-5
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    A life-course perspective on migration and integration (2011)
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    ISBN: 9789400715455
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Sociology ; Migration ; Social Sciences ; Migration ; Social Sciences ; Social sciences ; Sociology ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Online-Publikation ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Migration ; Soziale Integration ; Biografieforschung
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    Quality-of-Life Community Indicators for Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management (2011)
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    ISBN: 9789048198610
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (XVII, 230p, digital)
    Series Statement: Social Indicators Research Series 43
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Quality of Life ; Regional planning ; Architecture ; Quality of Life Research ; Social Sciences
    Abstract: While community quality-of-life indicators are gaining much needed attention in both scholarly work and practice, their application in the areas of parks, recreation and tourism management are not as well known. The applicability of indicator systems for natural resource and natural resource area management within the parks and recreation arena is very high, including urban parks and recreation programs and their influence on quality of life. Tourism is also an area that needs much more work in terms of assessing impacts as well as developing indicators for gauging progress in the long term. All three areas are an integrated discipline and most programs throughout the developed world are housed co-jointly. There are several researchers across the globe who are conducting innovative work in these areas. The editors feel that a volume on the topic will spur additional interests as well as serve to lead the research efforts.
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    Challenges in Health and Development : From Global to Community Perspectives (2011)
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    ISBN: 9789048199532
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (XIX, 196p. 14 illus, digital)
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Humanities ; Human Geography ; Social Sciences
    Abstract: At the turn of the 21st century, human health and economic growth are inextricably linked components of international development. Challenges in Health and Development is a primer on the changing configurations of population health and economic growth in development policy. It examines strategies of investing in human health and investing in economic growth as distinct approaches to development, explores the symbiotic relationship of these tactics, and considers the applications and outcomes from a global, national and community level perspective. Each chapter introduces concepts of economic development and population health, and uses case studies to illustrate the same. These case studies include program and policy examples from Bangladesh, Chile, Haiti, Rwanda, South Africa and Sri Lanka. This text examines the impact of macroeconomic adjustment programs, health care restructuring, investment in primary health care, public-private partnerships, and the challenges of program coordination and up-scaling in stable and conflict-ridden countries. Discussion questions are provided at the end of each chapter to facilitate classroom activities. health and economic growth are inextricably linked components of international development. Challenges in Health and Developmentis a primer on the changing configurations of population health and economic growth in development policy. It examines strategies of investing in human health and investing in economic growth as distinct approaches to development, explcomes of the same from a global, national and community level perspective. Each chapter introduces concepts of economic development and population health and uses case studies to illustrate the same. These case studies include program and policy examples from Bangladesh, Chile, Haiti, Rwanda, South Africa and Sri Lanka. This text examines the impact of macroeconomic adjustment programs, health care restructuring, investment in primary health care, public-private partnerships, and the challenges of program coordination and up-scaling in stable and conflict-ridden countries. Discussion questions are provided at the end of each chapter to facilitate classroom activities.
    DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9953-2
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    Enhancing the Quality of Life of People with Intellectual Disabilities : From Theory to Practice (2011)
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    ISBN: 9789048196500
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XXIII, 400p, digital)
    Series Statement: Social Indicators Research Series 41
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Quality of Life ; Social work ; Quality of Life Research ; Developmental psychology ; Social Sciences
    Abstract: This book contains a series of articles, written by international experts in the fields of intellectual disability and quality of life, that explore a broad range of issues that impact on the quality of life of people with intellectual disabilities and their families. The book commences with a general discussion on defining quality of life and family quality of life and the appropriateness of using these constructs in the field of intellectual disability, and is followed by an analysis on the effects of living arrangements and employment on quality of life and the book. The book concludes with discussions on the unique issues facing children with intellectual disabilities and people living in developing countries and the effect these issues have upon their quality of life.
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    Logic, Mathematics, Philosophy, Vintage Enthusiasms : Essays in Honour of John L. Bell (2011)
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    ISBN: 9789400702141
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XVIII, 486p, digital)
    Series Statement: The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science 75
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T.
    Keywords: Philosophy (General) ; Genetic epistemology ; Logic ; Metaphysics ; Science Philosophy ; Logic, Symbolic and mathematical ; Philosophy
    Abstract: The volume includes twenty-five research papers presented as gifts to John L. Bell to celebrate his 60th birthday by colleagues, former students, friends and admirers. Like Bell's own work, the contributions cross boundaries into several inter-related fields. The contributions are new work by highly respected figures, several of whom are among the key figures in their fields. Some examples: in foundations of maths and logic (William Lawvere, Peter Aczel, Graham Priest, Giovanni Sambin), analytical philosophy (Michael Dummett, William Demopoulos), philosophy of science (Michael Redhead, Frank Arntzenius), philosophy of mathematics (Michael Hallett, John Mayberry, Daniel Isaacson) and decision theory and foundations of ecomonics (Ken Bimore). Most articles are contributions to current philosophical debates, but contributions also include some new mathematical results, important historical surveys, and a translation by Wilfrid Hodges of a key work of arabic logic.
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    Spatial and Social Disparities : Understanding Population Trends and Processes: volume 2 (2010)
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    ISBN: 97890481
    Language: English
    Pages: xiv, 237 Seiten.
    Series Statement: Understanding Population Trends and Processes 2
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    DDC: 304.6
    Keywords: Social sciences ; Quality of Life ; Population ; Quality of Life Research ; Demography ; Social Sciences
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