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    ISBN: 9783031398148
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXXVIII, 749 p. 35 illus., 29 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Emigration and immigration ; Emigration and immigration. ; Demography. ; Population. ; Human geography. ; Political science. ; Social sciences. ; Global South ; colonisation ; decolonisation ; forced migration ; food insecurity ; climate change ; gender inequality ; Open Access ; transnational borders ; asylum ; refugees ; diaspora ; colonialism ; displacement ; discrimination ; intersectional inequalities ; Indigenous Peoples ; postcolonialism ; racism ; Sustainable Development Goals ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: 1. South-South Migration, Inequality and Development: An Introduction -- PART I Conceptualising South-South Migration -- 2. The Enduring Impacts of Slavery: An Historical Perspective on South-South Migration -- 3. Recentering the South in Studies of Migration. 4. Writing the Camp -- 5. Migration Research, Coloniality and Epistemic Injustice -- 6. Rethinking Power and Reciprocity in the “Field” -- 7. What does it mean to move? Humanising Cultural Work in South-South Migration -- PART II Unpacking “the South” in South-South Migration -- 8. Trends in South-South Migration -- 9. The Dynamics of South-South Migration in Africa -- 10. Migration as a Collective Project in the Global South: a Case Study of Hadiya Migration to South Africa -- 11. Migration and Inequality in the Burkina Faso- Côte d’Ivoire Corridor -- 12. Unequal Origins to Unequal Destinations: Trends and Characteristics of Migrants' Social and Economic Inclusion in South America -- 13. The Making of Migration Trails in the Americas: Ethnographic Network Tracing of Haitians on the Move -- 14. Migrant Labour and Inequalities in the Nepal-Malaysia Corridor (and Beyond) -- 15. Inter-regional Migration in the Global South: Chinese Migrants in Ghana -- 16. Inter-regional Migration in the Global South: African Migration to Latin America -- PART III Inequalities and South-South Migration -- 17. Poverty, Income Inequalities and Migration in the Global South -- 18. Gendered Migration in the Global South: An Intersectional Perspective on Inequality -- 19. Haitian Migration and Structural Racism in Brazil -- 20. Climate Change and Human Mobility in the Global South -- 21. Why, When and How? The Role of Inequality in Migration Decision-making -- 22. Overcoming and Reproducing Inequalities: Mediated Migration in the “Global South” -- 23. The Design and Use of Digital Technologies in the Context of South-South Migration -- 24. Migrant Resource Flows and Development in the Global South -- 25. South-South Migration and Children’s Education: Expanded Challenges and Increased Opportunities -- 26. Mapping the Linkages between Food Security, Inequality, Migration and Development in the Global South -- PART IV Responses to South-South Migration - 27. The Governance of South-South migration: Same or Different? - 28. Policies towards Migration in Africa -- 29. Migration Governance in South America: Change and Continuity in Times of “Crisis” -- 30. Perú and Migration from Venezuela: From Early Adjustment to Policy Misalignment -- 31. The “ASEAN Way” in Migration Governance -- 32. Unfair and Unjust: Temporary Labour Migration Programmes in and from Asia and the Pacific as Barriers to Migrant Justice -- 33. Migrant Political Mobilisation and Solidarity Building in the Global South.
    Abstract: “Across thirty three dazzling chapters, this groundbreaking collection from some of the world’s leading migration scholars makes a major contribution to the field of migration studies. Centring south-south migration raises vital theoretical, methodological, and empirical questions for research on mobility globally which go far beyond geographical movements within the symbolic geography of the ‘Global South’. Situated at the cutting edge of these debates, the contributors to this volume offer food for thought for scholars and students from a range of disciplines and locations.” --Lucy Mayblin, Senior Lecturer, Department of Sociological Studies University of Sheffield. Author of Asylum After Empire: Postcolonial Legacies in the Politics of Asylum Seeking (2017) and Migration Studies and Colonialism (with Joe Turner, 2020) This open access handbook examines the phenomenon of South-South migration and its relationship to inequality in the Global South, where at least a third of all international migration takes place. Drawing on contributions from nearly 70 leading migration scholars, mainly from the Global South, the handbook challenges dominant conceptualisations of migration, offering new perspectives and insights that can inform theoretical and policy understandings and unlock migration’s development potential. The handbook is divided into four parts, each highlighting often overlooked mobility patterns within and between regions of the Global South, as well as the inequalities faced by those who move. Key cross-cutting themes include gender, race, poverty and income inequality, migration decision making, intermediaries, remittances, technology, climate change, food security and migration governance. The handbook is an indispensable resource on South-South migration and inequality for academics, researchers, postgraduates and development practitioners. Heaven Crawley is Head of Equitable Development and Migration at United Nations University Centre for Policy Research (UNU-CPR), New York, USA, and Visiting Professor of International Migration at Coventry University’s Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations (CTPSR), UK. She was previously Head of Asylum and Migration Research at the UK Home Office and Associate Director at the Institute for Public Policy Research, UK. Joseph Kofi Teye is Director of Research at the Office of Research Innovation and Development at the University of Ghana and Associate Professor of Migration and Development in the Department of Geography and Resource Development of the University of Ghana. He holds a PhD in Geography from the University of Leeds, UK.
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    ISBN: 9783031498497
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XXI, 551 p. 16 illus.)
    Edition: 2nd ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Advanced Studies in Theoretical and Applied Econometrics 54
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The Econometrics of Multi-dimensional Panels
    Keywords: Panel ; Big Data ; Ökonometrie ; Theorie ; Econometrics. ; Game theory. ; Statistics . ; Social sciences ; Quantitative research. ; Panel data ; Multi-dimensional data ; Multi-dimensional panels ; Econometric modeling ; Big Data ; Estimation ; Hypothesis testing ; Regression ; Spatial panels ; Partially penalized regression ; Econometrics of panel data ; Health economics ; Machine Learning ; Gravity Models ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Fixed Effects Models -- When and How Much Do Fixed Effects Matter?- Random Effects Models -- Estimation of Sparse Variance-Covariance Matrix -- Models with Endogenous Regressors -- Dynamic Models and Reciprocity -- Random Coefficients Models -- Nonparametric Models with Random Effects -- Nonparametric Models with Fixed Effects -- Multi-dimensional Panels in Quantile Regression Models -- Multi-dimensional Models for Spatial Panels -- The Econometrics of Gravity Models in International Trade -- Modelling Housing Using Multi-dimensional Panel Data -- Modelling Migration -- Multi-dimensional Panels in Health Economics with an Application on Antibiotic Consumption -- Can Machine Learning Beat Gravity in Flow Prediction?
    Abstract: This book presents the econometric foundations and applications of multi-dimensional panels, including modern methods of big data analysis. In light of the big data revolution and the emergence of higher dimensional panel data sets, it provides new results to synthesize existing knowledge on the field. The first, theoretical part of the volume is providing the econometric foundations to deal with these new high-dimensional panel data sets. It not only synthesizes our current knowledge, but mostly, presents new research results. The second empirical part of the book provides insight into the most relevant applications in this area. These chapters are a mixture of surveys and new results, always focusing on the econometric problems and feasible solutions. This second extended and revised edition provides an update of all existent chapters to reflect on new developments in the area as well as several new chapters on topics such as machine learning, nonparametric models, networks, and multi-dimensional panels in health economics. The book serves as a standard reference work, a textbook for graduate students in economics, and a source of background material for professionals conducting empirical studies.
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    ISBN: 9783031452895
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XXIII, 450 p. 7 illus., 2 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions
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    Keywords: Financial services industry. ; Financial engineering. ; Finance ; fintech innovations ; covid-19 measures ; SDG policy priorities ; commercial banking ; commercial banking business models ; fintech-based payment service providers ; post-covid 19 economic downturn ; Digitizing the commercial banking business model ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Foreward, by Vittorio Santoro -- Chapter 1 Introduction, by the Editors -- Part I “The EUROPEAN UNION” -- Chapter 2Intermediaries’ model in banking and finance and the treatment of fintech in the European Union: a critical approach, by Patrick Barban -- Chapter 3 FinTech and competition regulatory concerns in the EU banking business framework, by Gabriella Gimigliano -- Chapter 4 Prudential regulation policy responses to financial technological innovations: the future for banks and crypto-finance?, by Iris H-Y Chiu -- Chapter 5 Digitalizing the commercial bank business model: vanishing brank branches and the risk of financial exclusion of the elderly, by Anne-Christine Mittwoch, Anne-Marie Weber, Weronika Herbert-Homenda, and Weronika Stefaniuk -- Chapter 6 The “game changer” in the euro area: Banking Union and commercial banking, by Lucia Quaglia -- Chapter 7 The financing of problem banks: critical issues and challenges ahead, by Marco Bodellini -- Chapter 8 The review of the EU bank crisis management and deposit insurance framework, by Johannes Langthaler -- Chapter 9 Sustainable commercial banking in European Union Law: a renewed mandate for commercial banks?, by Pablo Iglesias Rodriguez -- Chapter 10 Commercial banks and competition concerns – SDG policy priorities, by Lela Mélon and Alenka Recelj Mercina -- Part II “The Anglo-Saxon SYSTEMS” -- Chapter 11 Central Bank Digital Currency and the Agenda of monetary devolution, by Leonidas Zelmanovitz and Bruno Meyerhol Salama -- Chapter 12 Open banking in the UK: a co-opetition scenario for innovation and evolution in the UK retail banking sector, by Nikita Divissenko -- Chapter 13 Rethinking crypto-regulation for crypto-investors in the UK, by Joy Malala and Folashade Adeyemo -- Chapter 14 Cross-border recognition of foreign resolution actions: the statutory regime in the United Kingdom, by Shalina Daved, Clare Merrified & Michael Salib -- Chapter 15 The impact of climate change on the economy and financial system: legal aspects of the Bank of England’s response, by Jack Parker and Ann Corrigan -- Part III “CHINA AND SOUTH KOREA” -- Chapter 16 Chinese commercial banks and fintech-competition and collaboration, by Ding Chen -- Chapter 17 Fintech and banking reform: a perspective from China, by Wang Feimin, Xu Duoqi, and Cheng Xuejn -- Chapter 18 Prudential regulation of the banking-like business of fintech companies in China, by Yangguang Xu and Zhirou Li -- Chapter 19 Recent changes and prospects of banking services regulations and supervision in Korea, by Sung-Seung Yun and GiJin Yan -- Part IV “Looking ahead” -- Chapter 20 Final remarks, by Antonella Brozzetti.
    Abstract: The book investigates commercial banking, covering the European framework, the Anglo-Saxon systems, and the Asian area in a comparative approach in trying to answer the following questions: Which is the commercial banking business model of the future? What do we expect a bank to be and to do in the new economic and social reality? How might banking supervision over commercial banks as well as market competition change? The book showcases how three factors or driving forces influence the future of commercial banking: i) fintech innovations (such as artificial intelligence, cryptocurrencies, blockchain, algorithmic trading, machine learning and electronic payments, to name a few), ii) covid-19 measures, and iii) SDG policy priorities. Geared toward academics, scholars and students of banking and financial services, the book will explore how these three factors have different weight in the different legal contexts. Chapter 11 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com. Marco Bodellini is a Senior Research Scientist in sustainable finance at the ADA chair in financial law and inclusive finance at the University of Luxembourg, House for Sustainable Governance and Markets, and a Lecturer in banking and financial law at the University of Bergamo. His main areas of research include bank crisis and resolution, corporate governance of financial institutions, systemic risk and financial stability, shadow banking and investment funds, fintech, and sustainable finance. He is a member of the expert group advising the European Parliament on bank crisis management matters, a member of the Advisory Panel of the International Association of Deposit Insurers (IADI), and a Special Advisor to the Unidroit Secretariat on bank insolvency. Gabriella Gimigliano is a Lecturer of Law at the University of Siena, where she held the Jean Monnet Chair in EU Money Law. Her main areas of research include law of money and payments, banking law, Islamic finance, and economic regulation. Dalvinder Singh is a Professor of Law in the School of Law at the University of Warwick, and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Law at the University of Bergamo. He is the editor of the Journal of Banking Regulation and Financial Regulation International. He is also a member of the Advisory Panel of the International Association of Deposit Insurers (IADI).
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    ISBN: 9783031487354
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XXXIV, 606 p. 172 illus., 147 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Contributions to Economics
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    Keywords: Development economics. ; Economic development. ; Economic policy. ; Regional economics. ; Spatial economics. ; Economic history. ; Ukraine ; Eastern Europe ; Economic management ; National security ; Tourism and hospitality sector ; Public marketing ; Key infrastructure ; Urban development ; Quantitative research ; Case studies ; Information and communication technology ; Novel strategies for economic development ; Urban environmental progress ; Development data ; Development policy ; Reducing poverty ; Prosperity ; Economic dynamics ; Territorial infrastructure development ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Part 1: Strengthening National Security Through Technology and Governance -- Chapter 01. Public Governance of the National Security of Ukraine -- Chapter 02. Utilizing Information and Communication Technology Systems for the Formation of National Security -- Chapter 03. Conceptual Framework of Ukraine’s National Security: Regulatory Examination Using Information and Communication Technologies -- Chapter 04. An Integrated Methodological Framework for Advancing Information and Communication Technology in Environmental Protection Within the Context of Ukraine’s National Security -- Part 2: Strategies for Sustainable Economic Development -- Chapter 05. Standardizing Business Management by Greening Domestic Production -- Chapter 06. Modeling a System of Adaptive Management of Manufacturing Enterprises in Ukraine: Political, Economic, Socio-cultural, and Technological Analysis -- Chapter 07. Advancing State Regulation of Information and Communication: a Framework for Managing the Complex Socioeconomic System in Ukraine -- Chapter 08. Insurance Companies and Territorial Positioning in Ukraine’s Post-war Economic Development: a Comprehensive Historical Analysis, 2015-1019 -- Chapter 09. Challenges and Perspectives in Assessing Technological Development: a Focus on Ukraine's Processing Industry -- Chapter 10. Enhancing Competitiveness Management in Ukraine’s Post-war Industrial Enterprises: Theoretical Insights and Strategic Implications -- Chapter 11. Examining the Link Between Corporate Sustainability and Financial Performance: an Empirical Study With Implications for Post-conflict Ukraine -- Chapter 12. Ukraine’s Potential for Sustainable Development: Exploring Global Implications Amidst Conflict and Reconstruction -- Part 3: Advancing Tourism Development and the Hospitality Sector -- Chapter 13. Modern Trends and Spatial Planning of Hotel Complexes: Navigating Uniqueness, Challenges, and Post-war Development in Ukraine’s Tourism Landscape -- Chapter 14. Tourism Development and Resilience in Ukraine: Challenges and Enhancing Competitiveness -- Chapter 15. Sustainable Tourism Development and Strategies in Ukraine: Balancing Environmental, Social, and Economic Dimensions -- Chapter 16. Sustainable Ecotourism Development: Integrating Public Marketing, Community Engagement, and Environmental Stewardship in Ukraine -- Part 4: Marketing and Communication for Territory Development -- Chapter 17. Adaptive Marketing Strategies for Post-conflict Reconstruction, Regional Development, and Sustainable Growth in Ukraine -- Chapter 18. Marketing Strategies and Communication Dynamics for Territorial Development in Post-conflict Ukraine -- Chapter 19. Intersecting Territorial Development, Spatial Planning, and Marketing: a Multidisciplinary Exploration of Post-conflict Ukraine -- Chapter 20. Strategic Communication and Public Marketing for Territory Positioning in Ukraine: Media Engagement, Resource Utilization, and Image Formation -- Part 5: Urban Transformation and Infrastructure Advancements -- Chapter 21. Enhancing Urban Solid Waste Management Through an Integrated Geographic Information System and Multicriteria Decision Analysis: a Case Study in Post-war Reconstruction -- Chapter 22. Statistical Modeling for Forecasting Pipeline Reliability: Post-war Reconstruction Strategies for Heating Networks in Ukraine -- Chapter 23. Urban Evolution: Analyzing Architectural and Functional Transformations in Railway Station Complexes for Post-war Reconstruction in Ukraine -- Chapter 24. Innovation in Ukraine’s Construction and Post-war Recovery: the Transformative Power of Information Technology -- Chapter 25. Architectural Software Trends: Bridging Education and Practice to Build Ukraine’s Future -- Chapter 26. Optimizing Urban and Social Planning Structures in Medium-sized Cities: Lessons From Uzhhorod for Post-war Reconstruction in Ukraine -- Chapter 27. Towards Standardization and Modernization: Advancing a Cadastral System in Ukraine -- Chapter 28. Building Sustainable and Resilient Cities in Ukraine: Functional Zoning and Form-based Codes in Urban Development.
    Abstract: This authoritative handbook offers insights into the complexities of post-war reconstruction and development economics in Ukraine. Covering a broad spectrum of topics, from bolstering national security to fostering sustainable economic growth, it offers a comprehensive understanding of the economic dynamics, factors, and practical applications shaping policy and programs. The book explores the multifaceted requirements for enhancing fiscal, economic, and social aspects, including security, education, working conditions, domestic and international policies, and market conditions. Using traditional and innovative analytical tools, it unravels the complex relationship between macroeconomic and microeconomic factors in Ukraine's post-war landscape, charting a path towards economic growth. Key themes within this handbook encompass development data, statistical capacity building, research and knowledge creation, national indicators, and impact evaluation. An indispensable reference for Ukraine's future and a must-read for researchers and policy analysts focused on Eastern European economies, this handbook illuminates the journey from war-torn nations to more prosperous ones.
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    ISBN: 9783031495151
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XVIII, 183 p. 25 illus., 21 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Financial Innovation and Technology
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    Keywords: Financial engineering. ; New business enterprises ; Business information services. ; Technological innovations. ; Decentralized finance ; Stablecoins ; Decentralized insurance ; Blockchain ; Lending ; Borrowing ; Decentralized exchanges ; FinTech ; Entrepreneurship ; Decentralized autonomous organizations ; Business model disruption ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Introduction: Blockchain, Decentralized Finance and Entrepreneurship 9 -- DeFi and Investing in Entrepreneurial Ventures -- Extreme Return Connectedness Between DeFi Tokens and Traditional Financial Markets: An Entrepreneurial Perspective -- A Framework for Implementation of Decentralized Finance for Financial Inclusion of Unbanked Populations in a Developing Context. A case of Zimbabwe -- Islamic Digital Currency and Entrepreneurship -- Blockchain Adoption in the Accounting and Auditing Industry: An Exploratory Study in France -- New MTFs Based on DLT Technology as Operational Spaces for Decentralized Finance: A European Perspective -- DeFi Cybersecurity Technical and Non-Technical Risks -- Integration of Blockchain with Last Mile Delivery Robots Toward Marketing Innovations -- Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Decentralized Finance.
    Abstract: This book provides a comprehensive overview of the rapidly expanding field of decentralized finance (DF) and discusses how entrepreneurs can leverage it in their business activities. Decentralized finance (DF) is a system for exchanging value without centralized intermediaries. It relies heavily on peer-to-peer lending and borrowing, decentralized exchanges, trustless systems, and blockchain. Decentralized Finance is seen as a disruptive technology that could replace traditional financial systems in the future due to its advantages of being inclusive, non-discriminatory, resilient to risk management failures, cost-effective for lenders and borrowers to access the system and more efficient in terms of financial intermediation through automated trustless systems. This book explains the challenges and opportunities that these blockchain-based financial innovations present for both entrepreneurship and the broader financial system.
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    ISBN: 9783031457135
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XII, 314 p. 3 illus., 1 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: International Political Theory
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    Keywords: Political science. ; Europe ; Political science ; World politics.
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Benjamin Bourcier and Mikko Jakonen: Introduction -- Part I: Early Modern British International Thought -- Chapter 2: Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak: Grotius Among the English Merchants: Mare Liberum and Anglo-Dutch Rivalry in the Early Seventeenth Century -- Chapter 3: Mikko Jakonen: Hobbes and the Problem of International Trade -- Chapter 4: Daniel Layman: Locke’s Conflicted Cosmopolitanism: Individualism and Empire -- Part II: The Scottish School of Political Economy within International Thought -- Chapter 5: Erik W. Matson: “To Keep Industry Alive”: Hume on Freer International Trade as Moral Improvement -- Chapter 6: Edwin van de Haar: Human Nature as the Foundation of Adam Smith’s International Theory -- Chapter 7: Benoît Walraevens: Colonization, Commerce and Global History: Adam Smith and Raynal’s Histoire des Deux Indes -- Chapter 8: Laurie Bréban & Jean Dellemotte: Remote Encounters of a Distant Kind: Natives and Westerners in Adam Smith’s International Thought -- Part III: Bentham’s Political Economy and International Theory -- Chapter 9: Nathalie Sigot: One Conclusion and Two Explanations: Bentham’s Economic Analysis of International Trade -- Chapter 10: Michael Quinn: Bentham via Dumont on the Balance of Trade -- Chapter 11: Benjamin Bourcier: Jeremy Bentham’s Politics of Global Commerce as a Limit-Case -- Chapter 12: Eileen M. Hunt: Women’s Misery and Women’s Rights in International Law and Literature: Wollstonecraft, Malthus, Bentham, and Shelley.
    Abstract: “For those reared on a diet of Saint Pierre, Rousseau and Kant, it will come as a shock to find that British international thought often pre-empted their ideas or developed them separately, based on a deep understanding of commerce and the global balance of powers.” —Peter Niesen, Hamburg University “Britain’s transformation into an economic powerhouse over the course of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries was matched by a formidable group of contributors to economic theory and international political thought. This excellent volume canvasses the ideas of over a dozen prominent “economists,” including Hobbes, Locke and Bentham, as well as Hume and Smith. The work will prove a major resource to scholars in philosophy, the history of political economy, and international relations.” —Margaret Schabas, University of British Columbia-Vancouver, Canada This book articulates international political theory in dialogue with economics on several questions. It asks: how has modern international theory been adjusted and nourished by economic ideas, theories and practices? How far has the distinctive contribution of some theorists to international theory been informed by their views on economy? What has been the impact of the theory of the state for economic and international theory? What sort of economic thinking has led to revise the debates constitutive for the modern international realm? How have economic debates been rhetorically connected to political debates in the field of international relations? Benjamin Bourcier is Associate Professor of Philosophy, ESPOL, Catholic University of Lille, France. His main research interests include the history of international political thought, cosmopolitanism, Jeremy Bentham, the enlightenment. Mikko Jakonen is Professor of Social and Public Policy, University of Eastern Finland. His main research interests are in social policy, work, economy, social theory and history of political thought.
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    ISBN: 9783031356643
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 388 Seiten) , Diagramme, Illustrationen
    Series Statement: Studies in Energy, Resource and Environmental Economics
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    Keywords: Power resources. ; Environmental economics. ; Energy policy. ; Energy and state. ; Technology ; Information technology. ; Stadt ; Konzeption ; Stadtentwicklung ; Klimaänderung ; Umweltfaktor ; Soziales Feld ; Einflussgröße ; Stadtplanung ; Governance ; Smart cities ; Climate Change ; Ecology ; Smart Governance ; Energy transition ; ICT ; smart mobility ; sustainability ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: 1. Innovation and Smart Cities Research: A Review and Future Directions -- 2. The role of the fourth industrial revolution technologies in driving smart cities -- 3. Finance and economic return of smart city projects -- 4. Cities transformation and benefits of Smart Cities -- 5. Cities: the new form of international environmental governance -- 6. Smart Energy Cities: The Role of Behavioral Interventions in Reducing Electricity Demand in Buildings in Principality of Monaco -- 7. Back to the future: tapping into ancient knowledge toward human centered smart cities -- 8. Environmental retrofitting, a mandate for NEZ livable and sustainable GCC cities -- 9. A comprehensive smart system for social housing -- 10. Smart Modelling for Greener Urban Environments: The Digital Twin of the City of Imola -- 11. MUST-B: a multi-agent model to envisage the future challenges of sustainable urban development -- 12. A Systematic Literature Review on an Expansion of Transit-Oriented Development’s Station Areas -- 13. Ergonomics of access: a new, broad and inclusive vision to better understand the links between the urban context on the conditions of access, accessibility and appropriation of resources of daily life in active modes -- 14. Mobility hubs, an innovative concept for a sustainable urban mobility? State of the art, guidelines and assessments of two European experiences -- 15. Micromobility in urban areas: Evaluation of several scenarios with respect to detailed characteristics of the city -- 16. Smart Cities initiatives and perspectives in emerging economies -- 17. Data driven urban management for Saudi cities: Practices, challenges, and opportunities -- 18. Smart Cities: GCC and Kuwait Experience -- 19. Smart Cities from an Indian Perspective: Evolving Ambitions and Incorporating Sustainable Practices.
    Abstract: This open access book discusses the socioeconomic, environmental, and policy implications of smart cities. Written by international experts in energy economics and policy, the chapters present wide range of high quality theoretical and empirical studies at the nexus of social, entrepreneurial, governmental and ecological transformation. The book covers a wide range of topics, with a view towards providing empirical evidence of the benefits of smart cities as well as practical frameworks for smart city initiatives. Topics discussed include: smart city transition pillars, innovation for smart and sustainable cities design and implementation, smart city governance, smart mobility within cities, and smart cities in emerging economies. This volume will be of use to students and researchers interested in resource economics, energy economics, sustainability, ICT, and governance, as well as policymakers working on smart city initiatives.
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    ISBN: 9783031398148 , 3031398149
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XXXVIII, 749 Seiten) , 35 illus., 29 illus. in color.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The Palgrave Handbook of South–South Migration and Inequality
    DDC: 304.82
    Keywords: Emigration and immigration Social aspects ; Emigration and immigration ; Demography ; Population ; Human geography ; Political science ; Social sciences ; Sociology of Migration ; Human Migration ; Population and Demography ; Human Geography ; Political Science ; Society
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    ISBN: 9783031550362
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XI, 250 p. 47 illus., 40 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Greening of Industry Networks Studies 12
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    Keywords: Environmental economics. ; Sustainability. ; Business logistics. ; Environmental management. ; Power resources. ; Circular Economy ; Circular Tools ; Economic Transition ; Sustainability ; Sustainable Supply Chains ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction – Circular Economy as a part of the new and sustainable Economy in the XXI Century -- Part I. Business and Systems Transitions -- Chapter 2. A value flow perspective in the Circular Business Model -- Chapter 3. The design of Sustainable Product-Service Systems to foster Circular Economy for All -- Chapter 4. Initiating a Minimum Viable Ecosystem for Circularity -- Chapter 5. Organizational practices, values, and mindsets as a basis for circular economy transition -- Chapter 6. From socio-technical innovations to ecological transitions: A multilevel perspective on Circular Economy -- Part II. Business Technologies, Processes, and Practices -- Chapter 7. The importance of Circular Economy in HP Sustainable Impact Strategy -- Chapter 8. Purchasing and Supply Management Journey into Unilever’s Circular Economy Strategy -- Chapter 9. Circular Economy in the paperboard industry: Ibema Cases -- Chapter 10. Circular Economy Principles in Urban Agri-food Systems: Potentials and Implications for Environmental Sustainability -- Chapter 11. A systems perspective on the Industry 4.0 technologies as enablers of Circular Economy transitions -- Chapter 12. Psychological and systemic factors influencing behaviour in circular consumption systems: Lessons from the fast-moving consumer goods and apparel industries.
    Abstract: The book will explore, using multiple perspectives from multiple contributors, two main aspects for circular economy (CE) business and technology (B&T): systems and value perspectives. Going beyond a linear-economic perspective--the traditional perspective--CE needs to develop intentional and integrated paths to help restore physical resources and regenerate the functions of natural and anthropic systems, creating greater economic and social opportunities, with environmentally positive outcomes. Whether this is feasible and possible within the context of CE and B&T is something that will be central to the contributions made in this book. A major objective of the book is to deliver practical and fundamental knowledge of B&T CE insights combining a systems perspective and value creation for socio-technical innovation leading to sustainable transitions and effective transformations. Based on those key aspects, the book is structured in two parts, one from a more theoretical and conceptual basis in Part 1, and a more applied perspective in Part 2. The chapters in Part 1 are presented through the lens of business and systems transitions. In Part 2, the chapters present the opportunities and the journeys from real case studies of companies engaged in circular business strategies, processes, practices, and technologies.
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    ISBN: 9783031530159
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 257 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Philosophy and Politics - Critical Explorations 29
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    Keywords: Political science ; Ethics. ; Political science. ; Artificial intelligence.
    Abstract: Introduction -- Part I: Framing algorithmic democracy -- Chapter 1. The democratic drift -- Part II: Ethical and political challenges of Algorithmic Democracy -- Chapter 2. The Second Age of Artificial Intelligence -- Chapter 3. The virtual politician: on algorithm-based political decision-making -- Chapter 4. Digital twins: on algorithm-based political participation -- Chapter 5. Platformization: the dangers of the artificial public sphere -- Chapter 6. Moral learning by algorithms: the possibility of developing morally intelligent technology -- Chapter 7. The metaverse: building a digital hyper-economy -- Part III: Against algorithmic democracy: scope and ethical-discursive perspectives for an expansion of deliberative democracy -- Chapter 8. Artificial ethics: on the automation of morality -- Chapter 9. Critique of algorithmic reason -- Chapter 10: Dialogic digital ethics: from explicability to participation -- Chapter 11: Civil society: an ethical framework for algorithmic democracy -- Chapter 12. Institutional design for an embedded algorithmic democracy -- Index.
    Abstract: Based on a deliberative democracy, this book uses a hermeneutic-critical methodology to study bibliographical sources and practical issues in order to analyse the possibilities, limits and consequences of the digital transformation of democracy. Drawing on a two-way democracy, the aim of this book is intended as an aid for thinking through viable alternatives to the current state of democracy with regard to its ethical foundations and the moral knowledge implicit in or assumed by the way we perceive and understand democracy. It is intended to stimulate reflection and discussion on the basis that, by addressing what we understand as democracy, we can inevitably influence the reality known as democracy. Democracy’s evident regression in today’s world makes this all too apparent: it has become a hostage to all kinds of autocracies and technopopulisms, which are supported to a greater or lesser extent by the current algorithmic revolution.
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    ISBN: 9783031484575
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (VIII, 316 p. 55 illus., 37 illus. in color.)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The ESG framework and the energy industry
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    Keywords: Power resources. ; Business enterprises ; Economics ; Energy policy. ; Energy and state. ; Environmental ; Social and Governance ; Corporate finance ; Economic Incentives for ESG Activities ; Market-Based Policies for ESG Activities ; Financial markets ; Financial risks ; Corporate governance ; Behavioral finance ; Energy financing ; Energy markets ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction (James Thewissen) -- Part I. Energy Resources and ESG Criteria: Demand and Supply Issues -- Chapter 2. The Causal Relationship Between ESG and Economic Growth: Evidence from the Panel of Commonwealth Independent States (Nermin Yasar Baskaraagac) -- Chapter 3. Macroeconomic Determinants of Energy Poverty in Türkiye (Goktug Sahin) -- Chapter 4. Towards Economic Growth Without CO2 Emissions: the Case of Türkiye (Wietze Lise) -- Chapter 5. The Natural Gas War between Europe and Russia after the Invasion of Ukraine (Mehmet Baha) -- Part II. Market-Based Policies for ESG Activities in the Energy Sector -- Chapter 6. ESG Performances of Energy Companies in OECD Countries: A Clustering Approach (Cem Menten) -- Chapter 7. The Impact of Renewable Energy Incentives on Carbon Prices in the USA (Esin Hilal Çoşkun) -- Chapter 8. Static and Dynamic Connectedness between Green Bonds and Clean Energy Markets (Ayşe Nur Şahinler) -- Chapter 9. Do Green Bonds Improve the Stock and Environmental Performance of Energy Firms? International Evidence (Mehmet Baha Karan) -- Part III. Dealing with ESG Issues: Creating Corporate Value -- Chapter 10. Resilience in Power Generation: Two Case Studies from Turkey (Fatih Avcı) -- Chapter 11. The Effect of Environmental Scores on Financial Performance in the European Region (Gizem Arı) -- Chapter 12. The Impact of Executive Pay Gap on Environmental and Social Performance in the Energy Sector: Worldwide Evidence (Deniz Kartal) -- Chapter 13. Sector and Country Effects of Carbon Reduction on Firm Performance (Robin van Emous).
    Abstract: This book contributes to a better understanding of the importance of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) principles for corporate value in the energy industry. In particular, it analyzes how the energy industry is achieving this shift in response to government regulations and how it is addressing specific ESG issues. It discusses various economic incentives and market-based policies for ESG activities in the energy sector and highlights how energy firms are using environmental, social and governance initiatives to create value. In turn, the book demonstrates how ESG principles can be implemented while considering various economic and corporate issues, such as financial markets, financial risks, asset pricing, value at risk, capital structure, capital budgeting, corporate (re)structuring, corporate governance, behavioral finance, financial performance, asset pricing, cost control, financial accounting, fiscal issues, institutions, governance, and legal aspects. Accordingly, it will appeal to scholars of economics, finance, and energy policy, and to anyone interested in the implementation of ESG principles in the energy industry. This is the ninth book in a series organized by the Centre for Energy and Value Issues (CEVI). In this book, CEVI collaborates with the Hacettepe University Energy Markets Research and Application Center (Ankara, Turkey). The previous volumes in the series were: Financial Aspects in Energy (2011), Energy Economics and Financial Markets (2012), Perspectives on Energy Risk (2014), Energy Technology and Valuation Issues (2015), Energy and Finance (2016), Energy Economy, Finance and Geostrategy (2018), Financial Implications of Regulations in the Energy Industry (2020) and Applied Operations Research and Financial Modelling in Energy (2021).
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    ISBN: 9783031530517
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XII, 321 p. 36 illus., 1 illus. in color.)
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Priority of Needs?
    Keywords: Social choice. ; Welfare economics. ; Economics ; Public administration. ; Personality. ; Difference (Psychology). ; Political science ; Need-based distributive justice ; Identification of needs ; Social recognition of needs ; Social groups ; Political recognition of needs ; Welfare ; Social utility ; Justice principles ; Prioritization in the health care sector ; Pandemic ; Covid-19 ; Social equity ; Welfare state ; Social identity ; Decision-making ; Equality ; Administrative processes ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Why Prioritize Needs? -- Part I: Identification of Needs -- Chapter 2. Need as One Distribution Principle: Frames and Framing -- Chapter 3. Measuring Need-Based Justice—Empirically and Formally -- Part II: Structures and Processes of the Recognition of Needs -- Chapter 4. The Social Recognition of Needs -- Chapter 5. The Political Recognition of Needs -- Chapter 6. Deliberation and Need-Based Distribution -- Part III: Welfare Consequences of Prioritizing Need-based Distributions -- Chapter 7. Need-based Justice and Social Utility: A Preference Approach -- Chapter 8. How Sustainable is Need-Based Redistribution? -- Part IV Differentiation -- Chapter 9. Need and Street-Level Bureaucracy. How Street-Level Bureaucrats Understand and Prioritize Need -- Chapter 10. Justice Principles, Prioritization in the Health Care Sector, and the Effect of Framing -- Chapter 11. Conclusion: Elements of a Theory of Need-Based Justice.
    Abstract: This book develops an empirically informed normative theory of need-based justice, summarizing core findings of the DFG research group FOR2104 “Need-based Justice and Distributive Procedures”. In eleven chapters scholars from the fields of economics, political science, philosophy, psychology, and sociology cover the identification and rationale of needs, the recognition and legitimacy of needs, the dynamics and stability of procedures of distributions according to needs, and the consequences and sustainability of need-based distributions. These four areas are studied from the perspective of two mechanisms of need objectification, the social objectification by the discursive generation of mutual understanding (transparency) and the factual objectification by the transfer of decisions to uninvolved experts (expertise). The volume addresses academics in the fields of justice research, ethics, political theory, social choice and welfare, framing, individual and group decision making, inequality and redistribution, as well as advanced students in the contributing disciplines.
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    ISBN: 9783031491474
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (VI, 371 Seiten) , Diagramme
    Series Statement: Springer Studies in Alternative Economics
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    Keywords: Labor economics. ; Urban policy. ; Political science. ; Economics. ; Schools of economics. ; Platform economy ; Digital labor ; Platform capitalism ; Urban governance ; Social protection ; Digital platforms ; Capitalism ; Urban studies ; Digital economy ; Google ; Facebook ; Organization of labor ; Political economy of platform capitalism ; Amazon ; Microsoft ; Apple ; Industrial Revolution 4.0 ; Future of work ; Labor organization ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Part I. Theoretical Foundations -- Chapter 1. Introduction (Sandro Mezzadra) -- Chapter 2. Operations of Platforms. A Global Process in a Multipolar World (Sandro Mezzadra) -- Chapter 3. The process of valorization in the platform capitalism (Andrea Fumagalli) -- Chapter 4. Out of the Standard. Towards a Global Approach to Platform Labour (Maurilio Pirone) -- Chapter 5. What Urban Future: Do High-Tech Metropolises Dream of Electric Sheep? (Niccolò Cuppini) -- Chapter 6. The Politics of Platforms. Exploring Platform’s Infrastructural Role and Power (Mattia Frapporti) -- Chapter 7. Managing the Wheel: Managerial Normativity from the Wage Society to the Platform Age (Massimilano Nicoli) -- Chapter 8. Digital labour, informal unionism and the rise of a new workers subjectivity (Marco Marrone) -- Chapter 9. Platform capitalism: Infrastructuring migration, mobility, and racism (Stefania Animento) -- Chapter 10. Affect, precarity and feminised labour in Airbnb in London (Eleni Kambouri) -- Part II. Notes from the Field -- Chapter 11. Why the sectoral context matters for platform work (Bettina Haidinger) -- Chapter 12. A Variegated Platform Capitalism? Algorithms, Labour Process and Institutions in Deliveroo in Bologna and Uber in Lisbon (Marco Marrone) -- Chapter 13. Perceiving platform work as decent work? Views regarding working conditions among platform taxi drivers in Tallinn (Marge Unt) -- Chapter 14. Skills development as a political process: Towards new forms of mobilization and digital citizenship among platform workers (Filippo Bignami) -- Chapter 15. How to build alternatives to platform capitalism? (Mayo Fuster Morell) -- Chapter 16. Labour policies for a fairer gig economy (Annamaria Donini) -- Chapter 17. Engaging stakeholders with platform labour: The social lab approach (Raúl Tabarés) -- Chapter 18. Local best practices. Urban governance and the ongoing platformization process (Michelangelo Secchi) -- Chapter 19. Social protection, basic income and taxation in the Digital economy (Cristina Morini) -- Chapter 20. Latent conflict, invisible organisation: Everyday struggles in platform labour (Moritz Altenreid).
    Abstract: This open access book provides an overview of urban digital platforms such as Airbnb and Deliveroo, which, along with Amazon, Google, Facebook and other IT companies, constitute by now the infrastructures for other businesses to operate on and for our social life to go on. These platforms serve as standards-based techno-economic systems that simultaneously capture cooperation through remote coordination and organize labor via algorithm management. Based on a three-years research project, this contributed volume outlines a general theory of platform capitalism that conceives these platforms not only as technical devices, but as generative engines that operate at the interface of several aspects, such as digitalization of forms of social cooperation; algorithm-based management of labor and participation; and private and vertical appropriation of profits. These elements are somehow iconic of the capitalist evolution of the last decades, and they open up a reflection on new forms of “primitive accumulation” (in particular regarding data), on the mechanisms used to capture and extract social surplus value, and on the logistic-financial dimensions of capital. Finally, in light of the transformations associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, the authors examine how platforms can evolve into hegemonic organizational structures. Assuming we are all already living in the age of the platform, this book takes a multifaceted approach—combining sociology with urban studies, and political sciences with economics—to grasp the challenges our societies face in terms of ensuring fair economic growth, adequate social protections, and labor rights. It will appeal to anyone interested in digital platforms and how they are changing the organization of labor, urban spaces, and forms of governance.
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    ISBN: 9783031412837
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXIV, 607 Seiten) , Diagramme
    Edition: 1st edition
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    Keywords: Political science. ; Comparative government. ; Economics. ; Finance, Public. ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction (Nico Steytler) -- Chapter 2. Argentina (Penelope Vaca Avila) -- Chapter 3. Australia (Graham Sansom and Su Fei Tan) -- Chapter 4. Austria (Karl Kössler) -- Chapter 5. Brazil (Sol Garson and Kleber Castro) -- Chapter 6. Canada ( Enid Slack and Zachary Taylor) -- Chapter 7. Ethiopia (Zemelak Ayele) -- Chapter 8. Germany (Henrik Scheller).-Chapter 9. India (Niranjan Sahoo) -- Chapter 10. Italy (Elisabeth Alber, Alice Valdesalici, Greta Klotz) -- Chapter 11. Mexico ( Monica Unda–Gutierrez and Alejandra Reyes) -- Chapter 12. Nepal (Khim Lal Devkota and Gopi Krishna Khanal) -- Chapter 13. Nigeria (Rotimi Suberu) -- Chapter 14: South Africa (Jaap de Visser) -- Chapter 15. Spain (Francisco Velasco Caballero).-Chapter 16. Switzerland (Andreas Ladner) -- Chapter 17. United States of America (Meryl Chertoff) -- Chapter 18. Concluding Remarks (Nico Steytler).
    Abstract: This book brings together leading scholars and practitioners from around the globe to examine the current roles of, and future trends in, local government structures and mechanisms in 16 different federal and federal-type countries. In doing so, this volume explores pressing topics such as the institutions of local government, constitutional recognition, local government competencies, financial management, intergovernmental relations, political culture, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the role of local government in federal systems. Contributors to this volume provide a timely and comprehensive account of the integral role local governments play in federal countries and offer illuminating perspectives on how these roles may change as individual federal systems evolve. These individual analyses are contextualized in a comparative perspective in order to gain a holistic understanding of the challenges and opportunities of various local government dynamics in different regions around the world. Chapter 16 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com. Nico Steytler is a professor emeritus at the Dullah Omar Institute of Constitutional Law, Governance and Human Rights of the University of the Western Cape, South Africa.
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    ISBN: 9783031462092
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XXXII, 403 p. 32 illus., 24 illus. in color.)
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    Keywords: Financial engineering. ; Accounting. ; Auditing. ; Digital Transformation ; emerging technologies ; artificial intelligence ; machine learning ; blockchain-based applications ; cloud computing ; cybersecurity management ; aligning digital technology with business strategy ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Chapter 1:Incorporating Digital Skills in Accounting Education -- Chapter 2: Digital transformation in accounting: the nexus between technology, leadership, and beyond -- Chapter 3: Digital Transformation in Redefining the Role of the Finance and Audit Professional of the Future -- Chapter 4: A Topic Modeling-Based Review of Digital Transformation Literature in Accounting -- Chapter 5: Lost in Translation? The Required Vs. Actual Technology Skills of Accountants -- Chapter 6: Accountants’ Attitudes to Digital Technology: A Barrier to the Digital Transformation of Accounting? -- Chapter 7: How Accountants can Drive Digital Transformation -- Chapter 8: The Role of Artificial Intelligence In Management Accounting: An Exploratory Case Study -- Chapter 9: Blockchain and the Future of Accountancy: A Review on Policies and Regulations -- Chapter 10: Blockchain Technology in Accounting and Auditing: A Comprehensive Analysis and Review of Feasible Applications -- Chapter 11: Artificial Intelligence in Accounting: Ethical Challenges and Legal Perspectives -- Chapter 12: Harnessing Technologies and Data to Accelerate and Operationalize Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Initiatives -- Chapter 13: Digital Transformation in Audit - Japan’s Current Situation in Advantages and Challenges of Adopting Digital Technology.
    Abstract: This book elucidates the digital transformation of accounting by examining the countless challenges academic institutions encounter in the wake of technological progress. This underscores the importance of accountants in enhancing their skill set to align with today’s evolving digital landscape. The text evaluates cutting-edge technologies, such as artificial intelligence, data analytics, and blockchain, exploring their impact on accounting decision-making processes. Through a comprehensive analysis of the intersection between these technologies and diverse industrial sectors, this book illuminates the distinctive challenges and possibilities. The book provides an essential reference for professionals and scholars seeking a thorough understanding of accounting domain in the digital age. Arif Perdana works as an Associate Professor at Monash University, Indonesia. His research interests are in digital strategy, sustainable digital transformation, data science and analytics, and management information systems. Arif has been working in academia in multiple countries (i.e., Australia, Denmark, and Singapore) for more than a decade. Tawei (David) Wang is the KPMG/Neil F. Casson Endowed Professor at DePaul University, USA. He received his PhD from Purdue University in 2009. His research interests include information security management and IT management.
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    ISBN: 9783031558818
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XI, 202 p. 3 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Philosophy. ; Postcolonialism. ; Terrorism. ; Political violence. ; Political science
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Reimagining the colonial condition: understanding unhappiness in context to the colonial wound -- 3. Violent Technologies: A Historico-Philosophical Analysis -- 4. Internal Violence: A Critique of Absolute Socialisations -- 5. Corrective Sexual Violence in South Africa: a crime against the deviant Sexualised Other -- 6. Women, violence, and social activism: From Aba women’s protest to #EndSARS protests -- 7. An anger-based contextualist account of justifiable violence: An African case study -- 8. Reimagining Civil-Military Relations from a Quadrumvirate Interaction Perspective -- 9. Reading Contemporary Decolonial Iconoclasm in Belgium with Žižek, Yousfi and Fanon -- 10. A postcolonial theory of recognition: Honneth and Fanon on violence and mutual recognition.
    Abstract: This volume explores the role of violence generally but with specific reference to African concepts and themes, and the significance they have for social redress. The contributors interpret African concepts and themes to include accounts of violence, explicitly or implicitly construed from indigenous axiological resources like Ubuntu or personhood and from those works that are not African in origin but have become central in African moral, political and legal thought, such as Hannah Arendt’s On Violence and Walter Benjamin’s Critique of Violence. The volume contributes to moral philosophy, social philosophy, African philosophy, and political philosophy/theory. It situates itself within the Global South, specifically the African perspective, to explore, articulate, and defend (or even critique) African conceptions of violence. This volume also takes seriously the need to tap into the intellectual resource of the African and diasporic African episteme thru thinkers such as Steve Biko, Frantz Fanon and Reiland Rabaka. It appeals to students and researchers working in philosophy and related disciplines on violence in Africa and the postcolonial context.
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    ISBN: 9783031517532
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 150 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Ethics. ; Political science ; Philosophy of nature. ; Climatology.
    Abstract: 1. Introduction to collective and shared responsibility for climate change -- 2. Calling all collective agents -- 3. Responsibility as members -- 4. Shared social orientation and responsibility as constituents -- 5. Carbon inequality and direct responsibility -- 6.Why we need ethical arguments to set good climate policies.
    Abstract: "In this innovative book, Hormio effectively argues for an 'all hands on deck' approach to assigning climate change responsibility to a wider array of agents than is typically recognized, making the case that ethical analysis matters for complex policy problems like climate change.” —Steve Vanderheiden, Professor of Political Science, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA "By interweaving philosophical argument with real-world examples, Säde Hormio makes an important contribution to debates about collective responsibility for climate change." —Stephanie Collins, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Monash University, Australia This book proposes that it is not only states and international bodies that have a responsibility to take action toward mitigating climate change. Other collective agents, such as corporations, need to also come onboard. Additionally, the book argues that climate change is not solely a problem for collective agents, but also for individuals, as they are members of collectives and groups of several kinds. Therefore, framing climate change responsibility exclusively from either the collective or the individual perspective leaves out something crucial: how we all are influenced by the collectives we belong to and how, in turn, collectives are influenced by individuals. The focus of the book is on areas of climate change responsibility that are often left out of the picture or get too little attention in climate ethics, such as carbon inequality within countries. But why should any theoretical arguments about normative issues matter when we have a real-life climate crisis on our hands? Säde Hormio argues that ethical arguments have an important role in setting climate policy: they can highlight what values are at stake and help ground normative arguments in public deliberations. Säde Hormio is an Academy Research Fellow in Practical Philosophy at the University of Helsinki. She is also affiliated with the Institute for Futures Studies in Stockholm. Her research focuses on shared and collective responsibility.
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    ISBN: 9783658375072 , 3658375078
    Language: German
    Series Statement: Netzwerkforschung
    DDC: 302.3
    Keywords: Social sciences Network analysis ; Sociology Methodology ; Sociology ; Political science ; Psychology Methodology ; Communication ; Network Research ; Sociological Methods ; Sociological Theory ; Political Science ; Psychological Methods ; Media and Communication
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    ISBN: 9783031553042
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVIII, 286 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: The New Synthese Historical Library, Texts and Studies in the History of Philosophy 78
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    Keywords: Philosophy ; Philosophy, Medieval. ; Political science ; Ethics. ; Philosophy, Modern.
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction: On the Conflict between the Common Good and Individual Good (Juhana Toivanen and Heikki Haara) -- Part I: Ancient and Medieval Philosophical and Theological Views -- Chapter 2. Honestum to Goodness(Calvin Normore) -- Chapter 3. Interpreting Aristotle’s Concept of the Common Good(Anthony Celano) -- Chapter 4. Medieval Monastic Ideas of the Compatibility between the Individual and the Common Good(Ritva Palmén).-Chapter 5. Albert the Great and Thomas Aquinas on Charity and the Common Good(Iacopo Costa) -- Part II: "Common and Individual Good in Late Medieval Thought" -- Chapter 6. Convergences of Private Self-Interest and the Common Good in Medieval Europe: An Overview of Economic Theories, c. 1150–c. 1500(Cary Nederman) -- Chapter 7. Common Goods and the Common Good in John Duns Scotus(Nicolas Faucher) -- Chapter 8. Old Wine in New Wineskins: William Ockham and the Common Good in Context(Roberto Lambertini) -- Chapter 9. Is Socrates Permitted to Kill Plato? -- Part III: Common and Individual Good in Early Modern Philosophy(Juhana Toivanen) -- Chapter 10. Alignment of the Individual and Common Good in the Political Theory of Johannes Althusius(Jukka Ruokanen) -- Chapter 11. Individual and Common Utility within Grotius’s Theory of the State(Laetitia Ramelet) -- Chapter 12. The Compatibility of Individual and Common Good in Hobbes’s Philosophy(Alexandra Chadwick) -- Chapter 13. Self-Interest as a Source of the Common Good in Post-Hobbesian Natural Law(Heikki Haara) -- Chapter 14. Self-Interest and the Common Good in Early Modern Philosophy(Colin Heydt).
    Abstract: This open access volume provides an in-depth analysis of philosophical discussions concerning the common good and its relation to self-interest in the history of Western philosophy. The thirteen chapters explore both renowned and lesser-known thinkers from the Middle Ages to the eighteenth century, covering also the relevant ancient background. By bridging the gap between the medieval and early modern periods, they provide fresh insights into how moral and political philosophers understood the concepts of the common good and self-interest, along with their ethical and political implications. The concept of the common good occupies a central role in philosophical reflections on the public and private dimensions of moral and social life in contemporary debates. By exploring the rich and diverse ways in which the relationship between the common good and self-interest has been understood, this volume has the potential to contribute to our ongoing efforts to critically discern the possibilities and limitations of these concepts in the present. Thus, the volume will be useful for scholars interested in the multi-layered role of the notion of the common good both in the history of philosophy and in contemporary moral and political philosophy.
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    ISBN: 9783662677124 , 3662677121
    Language: German
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (X, 208 Seiten) , 23 Abb., 11 Abb. in Farbe.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024
    Series Statement: AdminiStudies. Formen und Medien der Verwaltung 3
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Apparate
    DDC: 306
    Keywords: Culture Study and teaching ; Political science ; Cultural Studies ; Governance and Government
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    ISBN: 9783031282928
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XXX, 541 p. 1 illus)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024
    Series Statement: Circular Economy and Sustainability
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    DDC: 304.2
    Keywords: Sustainability ; Environmental Management ; Social Economy ; Water ; Waste Management/Waste Technology ; Sustainability ; Environmental management ; Welfare economics ; Water ; Hydrology ; Refuse and refuse disposal ; Aufsatzsammlung
    URL: Volltext  (URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
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    ISBN: 9783031255915
    Language: English
    Pages: xii, 315 Seiten
    Series Statement: Palgrave Studies in Urban Anthropology
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    DDC: 306.461
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    Keywords: Medical Anthropology ; Political and Economic Anthropology ; Ethnography ; Health Care ; Governance and Government ; Medical anthropology ; Political anthropology ; Economic anthropology ; Ethnology ; Medical care ; Political science ; Ethnomedizin ; Gesundheitsfürsorge ; Gesundheitspolitik ; Gesundheitsfürsorge ; Gesundheitspolitik ; Ethnomedizin
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    ISBN: 9783658398071 , 3658398078
    Language: German
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XVII, 483 Seiten) , 5 Abb.
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Deradikalisierung und Distanzierung auf dem Gebiet des islamistischen Extremismus
    DDC: 306.6
    Keywords: Islam ; Fundamentalismus ; Deradikalisierung ; Radikalisierung ; Prävention ; Ausstieg ; Religion and sociology ; Sociology ; Social groups ; Emigration and immigration—Social aspects ; Social service ; Sociology of Religion ; Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging ; Sociology of Migration ; Social Work ; Deutschland ; Aufsatzsammlung
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    ISBN: 9783031355530
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VII, 135 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Studies in the History of Law and Justice 26
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    Keywords: Law ; Law ; Political science
    Abstract: Introduction: Teaching Under Unusal Circumstances -- Dante Alighieri, Hans Kelsen, and the Principium Unitatis -- Niccolò Machiavelli and Efficacy -- Gerolamo Cardano and Italian “Realism” -- Efficacy in the Italian Tradition: from Giovanni Della Casa to Giovanni Nevizzano -- Paradoxes of Equality: Giambattista Vico -- Cesare Beccaria and the Narrative of Neutral Equality -- Equality and Vulnerability in The Duties of Man: Giuseppe Mazzini -- Social Pluralism, Efficacy & Equality – Rethinking The Legal Order by Santi Romano -- From Emilio Salgari to Cesare Lombroso – Racism and Law in Italy: Situated Vulnerability -- The Limits of Law and Arturo Carlo Jemolo’s Islands -- The Italian “Braibanti Affaire”: a Tale of Two Vulnerabilities -- We, the People: Of Poets and Priests. Pasolini’s Very Hard Poem.
    Abstract: One of the main goals of this book is to determine if, in the works of some of the key authors in the history of Italian political philosophy, a notion of “efficacy” can be found. In legal philosophy, “efficacy” is the capacity a norm has to effectively influence citizens’ behavior. The “principle of efficacy” is that according to which an order or rule exists as such when it is followed effectively in practice. Here by “efficacy” I mean the idea that normative phenomena are self-justifying, without reference to extrinsic systems of value (such as “natural law”). The examinations of several texts undertaken here constitute reflections on this theme, without any claim to systematicity. They have been grouped together, roughly in historical order, by their common respect for the contexts within which they reason and reach decisions, which lends them a characteristic flavor of harsh realism that at times relies on a minimalist use of traditional normative categories. The second theme that emerges through the respective chapters (each of which constitutes the text for a lesson in a course for Ph.D. students) is that of the relationship between “equality” and “vulnerability.” Here the idea is to elaborate a concept of “vulnerability” that is not underpinned by what we in Italy call an “anthropology,” that is, a fixed notion of human nature. Instead this concept should be comprehensible and graspable solely on the basis of the recognition of decisions and actions that are merely “efficacious,” that function “for what they are, and what they do.” This recognition doesn’t even need to be explicitly articulated by these authors with any specific, deliberately conscious awareness. The goal is not to identify a precise tradition of thought, one which elaborates a given line of reflection, but rather to highlight certain “themes” that emerge in the texts examined, even as the authors write with and for their own specific, contingent set of motives, which differ from time to time and place to place. These authors include some who are widely known, such as Dante, Machiavelli, and Beccaria. At times they are figures who typify certain key historical episodes, such as the Risorgimento (Giuseppe Mazzini) or Fascism (Cesare Lombroso and Santi Romano), while others reflect certain aspects of a contemporary debate (Pasolini and the “Braibanti affair”). The book is based on lectures given for a 2021 Ph.D. Course at the University of California, Berkeley’s Department of Italian Studies.
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    ISBN: 9783031140846
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VI, 228 p. 142 illus., 139 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Studies in Art, Heritage, Law and the Market 6
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Art crime in context
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    Keywords: Private international law. ; Conflict of laws. ; International law. ; Comparative law. ; Criminal law. ; Criminology. ; Cultural property. ; Archaeology. ; Organized crime. ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Kunst ; Kulturgut ; Kunstdiebstahl ; Kunstfälschung ; Schmuggel
    Abstract: Introduction -- Assay-ssination: Reflections on the Cost of Jewellery and Gem Crime -- Design crime in context: Mass-manufactured design, design-as-art, and Chandigarh’s modernist furniture -- The Evolution of the Belgian Art and Antiques Unit -- Fossil trafficking, fraud, and fakery -- Illicit Excavations and Trade in Antiquities -- New Security Challenges at Museums and Historic Sites: The Case of Spain -- Revisiting the Looting of Site Q through Lidar: A Case Study of Illicit Digging in La Corona, Guatemala -- Securing Borders and Restraining the Illegal Movement of Cultural Property to, from, and within, the Island of Ireland -- Stealing Heritage in Canada -- The Theft of Your Soulmate: Motivations for the Theft of Rare Violins -- UNESCO Emergency Response “First-Aid” Heritage Interventions in Syria during Armed Conflict -- Yellow Journalism: Neutralisation techniques, media validation, and the Rothko vandal.
    Abstract: This book brings together empirical and theoretical case-study research on art and heritage crime. Drawn from a diverse group of researchers and professionals, the work presented explores contemporary conceptualisations of art crime within broader contexts. In this volume, we see ‘art’ in its usual forms for art crime scholarship: in paintings and antiquities. However, we also see art in fossils and in violins, chairs and jewellery, holes in the ground and even in the institutions meant to protect any, or all, of the above. And where there is art, there is crime. Chapters in this volume, alternatively, zoom in on specific objects, on specific locations, and on specific institutions, considering how each interact with the various conceptions of crime that exist in those contexts. This volume challenges the boundaries of what we understand as “art and heritage crimes” and displays that both art, and criminality related to art, is creative and unpredictable.
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    ISBN: 9783031178122
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXVI, 382 p. 26 illus., 23 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Palgrave Studies in Crime, Media and Culture
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Serial killing on screen
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    Keywords: Mass media and crime. ; Critical criminology. ; Criminal behavior. ; Motion pictures. ; Television broadcasting. ; Adaptation (Literary, artistic, etc.). ; Sex. ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Serienmörder ; Kriminalfall ; Fernsehen ; Film
    Abstract: 1. Introduction: Screening Serial Murder: Adaptation, True Crime and Popular Culture; (Claire O’Callaghan and Sarah E Fanning).-Section I. Re-viewing Victims: Sex, Gender and Spectacle -- 2. Re-membering “The Five”: Violence, Victims and the Dead Female Body in Neo-Victorian Portrayals of the Whitechapel Murders (Claire O’Callaghan) -- 3. ‘It is happening again’: Seriality, Twin Peaks and the Necroaesthetic (Chase Bucklew) -- 4. The Diminished Figure of the Serial Killer in A Confession: (Louise Wattis) -- 5. Serial Killer ‘monster’ woman (?): Aileen Wuornos on Trial and on Screen (Jo Aldridge) -- Section II. Psycho Paths: Re-Creating the Scenes of Crim -- 5. Wolf Creek, Mick Taylor and Australian Horror (Penny Spirou) -- 6. A Strange Sort of Comfort: Domestic Architecture, Home-Bodies, and the Nostalgia of Suburban Containment in American Serial Killer Narratives (Brenda S Gardenour Walter) -- 7. “Be Careful of Uncle Charlie: The Unsuspecting Serial Killer in Shadow of a Doubt” (Douglas MacLeod) -- 8. See No Evil: Representations of the Moors Murder Case (Ian Cummins, Marian Foley & Martin King) -- Section III. Monstrous Makeovers -- 9. The Sexualisation of Serial Killers in Twenty-First Century Film and the #MeToo Movement (Katrina Jan) -- 10. The ‘Prison Poet’ on Screen: Jack Unterweger and the Art of Murder (Michael Fuchs) -- 11. “Homicidal Hams” and “Psycho Clowns”: Serial Killer Humor in TV Sitcoms and Sketch Comedies (David Scott Diffrient) -- 12. ‘Jazz Hands and Strangulation’: Serial Killers in Musicals (Louise Creechan) -- Section IV. ‘Based on’: Truth, Authenticity and the Politics of Representation -- 13. Graze Culture and Serial Murder: Brushing up against ‘familiar monsters’ in the wake of 9/11 (Adam Lynes & Craig Kelly) -- 14. ‘We’re here for something else’: Mindhunter, Serial Murder and the Reverential (Rachael Collins & Michele Byers) -- 15. ‘What follows is based on actual case files’: Adapting the “Truth” in David Fincher’s Zodiac (Sarah E Fanning). .
    Abstract: This book explores the representation of real-life serial murders as adapted for the screen and popular culture. Bringing together a selection of essays from international scholars, Serial Killing on Screen: Adaptation, True Crime and Popular Culture examines the ways in which the screen has become a crucial site through which the most troubling of real-life crimes are represented, (re)constructed and made accessible to the public. Situated at the nexus of film and screen studies, theatre studies, cultural studies, criminology and sociology, this interdisciplinary collection raises questions about, and implications for, thinking about the adaptation and representation of true crime in popular culture, and the ideologies at stake in such narratives. It discusses the ways in which the adaptation of real-life serial murder intersects with other markers of cultural identity (gender, race, class, disability), as well as aspects of criminology (offenders, victims, policing, and profiling) and psychology (psychopathy, sociopathy, and paraphilia). This collection is unique in its combined focus on the adaptation of crimes committed by real-life criminal figures who have gained international notoriety for their plural offences, including, for example, Ted Bundy, Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, Aileen Wuornos, Jack the Ripper, and the Zodiac, and for situating the tales of these crimes and their victims’ stories within the field of adaptation studies. Sarah E. Fanning is Assistant Professor of Drama and Screen Studies and Director of Drama at Mount Allison University, Canada. Claire O’Callaghan is Lecturer in English in the School of Social Sciences and Humanities at Loughborough University, UK.
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    ISBN: 9783031181429
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XI, 267 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Library of Public Policy and Public Administration 18
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    Keywords: Political science—Philosophy. ; Social sciences—Philosophy. ; Well-being. ; Social policy. ; Political science ; Social sciences
    Abstract: Chapter 1 – Introduction -- Chapter 2 – Well-Being and the Human Condition -- Chapter 3 – Well-Being, Pain, and Parfit: Time, Self-Interest and Pensions Policy -- Chapter 4 – Well-Being, Agency, and Finiteness: Time, Self-Acceptance and Disability Policy -- Chapter 5 – Well-Being, Melancholy, and Happiness: Bitter-Sweet Emotions, Sober Self-Reflection, Loss and Bereavement -- Chapter 6 – Well-Being, Radical Politics and False-Consciousness: Self-Knowledge, Disability, and ‘Subjective’ versus ‘Objective’ Perspectives in Co-Productive Practices -- Chapter 7 – Well-Being, Mental Illness, Co-Production and Social Prescription: Social Constructionism, Relational Integrity, and Agency -- Chapter 8 - Meaning and Purpose-Based Approaches to Pluralistic Understandings of Well-Being -- Chapter 9 – Conclusion: The Human Condition, Conflicting Experiences of Time, Emotion, Self-Consciousness, and Value Incommensurability.
    Abstract: This book provides important philosophical insights concerning the kind of creatures we are such that we can experience something we understand as well-being, with these insights then being applied to various areas of social policy and welfare practice. The author defends what he calls The Ontology of Well-Being Thesis (TOWT), addressing ontological questions about the human condition, and how these questions are fundamental to issues concerning what we might know about human well-being and how we should promote it. Yet, surprisingly, these ontological questions are often side-lined in academic, political, and policy and practice based debates about well-being. Addressing these questions, head-on, six features of the human condition are identified via TOWT: human embodiment, finiteness, sociability, cognition, evaluation, and agency. The main argument of the thesis is that these features reveal the conflicting character of human experiences, which can, in turn, have a profound bearing on our experience of well-being. Notably, it is our conflicting experiences of time, emotion, and self-consciousness, which can potentially help us experience well-being in complex and multi-dimensional ways. The author then applies these insights to various social policies and welfare practices, concerning, for example, pensions, disability, bereavement counselling, social prescribing within health settings, the promotion of mental health, and co-production practices. This book is of importance to philosophers, social policy analysts, and welfare practitioners and is also relevant to the fields of psychology, sociology, politics, and the health sciences. .
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    ISBN: 9783031164774
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (VIII, 282 p. 1 illus.)
    Series Statement: World-Systems Evolution and Global Futures
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    Keywords: Power resources. ; Energy policy. ; Climatology. ; Economic development. ; Technological innovations. ; Energy and state. ; Global warming ; Renewable energy sources ; Alternative energy sources ; Socio-economic development ; Structural change ; Financial climate-related risks ; Global energy needs ; Risk management ; Fossil fuel emissions ; Low carbon energy ; Global economy ; Ramsey-Koopmans-Cass model ; BRICS ; Global capitalism ; Social justice ; Energy poverty ; Optimal environmental policy ; Green fiscal policy ; Eurasian Economic Union ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Chapter 1. The Root Causes of Our Environmental Crises We Ignore -- Chapter 2. Risks From Transition to Low Carbon Energies and Global Warming for FSU Countries -- Chapter 3. The General Situation with Climate Change in the World and Risk Assessment for the Global Economy -- Chapter 4. Why the Ramsey-Koopmans-Cass Model Underlying Noticeable Integrated Assessment Models is Misleading in Economic and Climate Projections -- Chapter 5. The Ecological Consequences of the Rising Economic Power of the BRICS Economies in Global Capitalism: An Eco-socialist Perspective -- Chapter 6. The Trinomial Nature – Nurture – Culture and Some Social Justice Aspects Regarding Adaptation to Climate Change -- Chapter 7. Examining the Relationship Between Eco-efficiency and Energy Poverty: A Stochastic Frontier Models Approach -- Chapter 8. Revisiting the Nexus Between Renewable and Non–renewable Energy, CO2 Emissions and Economic Growth: An Empirical Application to Asian and African Economies -- Chapter 9. Impact of Eu’s CBAM on EAEU Countries: The Case of Russia -- Chapter 10. Optimal Environmental Policy for NPS Pollution Under Cournot Duopoly -- Chapter 11. Сhallenges and Risks of the "Green" Transformation of the Countries Participating in the Integration Blocks: The Case of the Eurasian Economic Union -- Chapter 12. Green Finance in Eurasian Union – Should We Expect a Common Solution? -- Chapter 13. Prospects for Low-carbon Industrial Policy: The Case of Russia -- Chapter 14. Green Fiscal Policy and Development: Reconciling Climate and Structural Change.
    Abstract: This two-volume book offers a broad range of discussions on the immense challenge of climate change, one confronting every country on the planet and forcing them to find a path towards a sustainable future that will not have disastrous consequences in relation to our chances of survival. It also presents a snapshot of the status quo, which reflects all the decisions and measures taken to date. Analyzing the consequences of the steps that will shape our future, the two volumes also reflect on important decisions at a global level that have already been taken. This second volume on risks assessment and the political and social dimension of the green energy transition is structured into 14 chapters. International renowned scholars discuss the inherent risks that arise in consequence of the transition to the intensive use of low carbon energy sources and global warming, risks related to food and water security, as well as risks of social and political conflicts. They further examine the dependence on individual countries' industrial structures and on their socio-economic development level as challenges to climate change solutions and to the global energy policy agenda. This book is a must-read for scholars, researchers and students, as well as policymakers interested in a better understanding of climate change, present scenarios, and alternative solutions and measures.
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    ISBN: 9783031101373
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVII, 304 p. 25 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Palgrave Studies in New Religions and Alternative Spiritualities
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Damanhur
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    Keywords: Spirituality. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Damanhur ; Italien Nordwest ; New Age ; Religiöse Gemeinschaft ; Spiritualität ; Geschichte 1975-2022
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction -- PART 1: History and organization -- Chapter 2: The Origins. The Utopia of the People and Community -- Chapter 3: The Community in Numbers -- Chapter 4: Ubi societas, ibi ius: The Legal System -- Chapter 5: A Bridge between Inside and Outside: The Economy -- Chapter 6: The Politics of a ‘New Spirituality’ Community -- Chapter 7: Children of Damanhur: A “Unique” Education? -- PART 2: Culture and spirituality -- Chapter 8: Oberto Airaudi and the Community. Before-During-After -- Chapter 9: Secrecy and Spirituality: The Horusian Way and Alchemy -- Chapter 10: Oberto Airaudi and Selfic Paintings -- Chapter 11: Spiritual Tourism -- Chapter 12: Heritagization of Temples of Humankind -- Chapter 13: The Farewell: Taking Leave from the Community -- Chapter 14: Conclusions. .
    Abstract: The Damanhur Federation, situated in Valchiusella, North-West Italy, is one of Europe’s longest-lasting spiritual-esoteric communities. Nevertheless, there has hitherto been nearly no scientific study of this group, with the exception of a handful of specialised-journal articles. This collection fills that gap by collating the various scholarly contributions which over the years have dealt with Damanhur, aiming to present the phenomenon to a public of specialists, students and people who are just curious in a volume focusing on the multidisciplinary nature of the community as a whole. We consider the various spheres making up the social, cultural, spiritual and organisational life of Damanhur through analysis and interpretation of its historical evolution and more recent changes which have affected the community since its founder’s death. The contributions combine field research with theoretical reflection, making use of both qualitative (discursive interviews and participant observation) and quantitative (questionnaires) methods.
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    ISBN: 9783031170058
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VIII, 315 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: Political science—Philosophy. ; Ethics. ; Political planning. ; Social policy. ; Political science
    Abstract: Part I: Background -- Chapter 1: The Question—Should Drugs be Prohibited?- Chapter 2: Just the Facts -- Part II: Morality -- Chapter 3: Religion and Drug Use -- Chapter 4: Is it Morally Wrong to Use Drugs?- Chapter 5: Morality and the Law -- Part III: Liberty -- Chapter 6: Liberty and the Right to Get High -- Chapter 7: Libertarianism and Laissez Faire Legalization -- Chapter 8: Paternalism—Prohibiting Users from Harming Themselves -- Part IV: The Criminal Justice System -- Chapter 9: Crime and Punishment -- Chapter 10: The Drug War and Civil Rights -- Part V: The Public Good -- Chapter 11: Social Consequences of Drug Prohibition -- Chapter 12: Social Consequences of Drug Legalization -- Chapter 13: Alternatives to Prohibition & Legalization Part VI: Conclusion -- Chapter 14: Belling the Cat.
    Abstract: This textbook introduces students to the various arguments for and against the prohibition of recreational drugs. The arguments are carefully presented and analyzed, inviting students to consider the competing principles of liberty rights, paternalism, theories of punishment, legal moralism, and the social consequences of drug use and drug laws. Meyers extends this examination by presenting alternatives to the prohibition/legalization dichotomy, including harm reduction, decriminalization, and user licensing or on-premise use. The presentation invites readers to think clearly about the reasons and principles that should determine public policy and law, while also delving into the deeper philosophical questions underlying the drug prohibition debate. Is it morally wrong to use drugs? If so, would that be reason enough to make it illegal? Are there good reasons in favor of using illicit drugs? Do addicts lack free will, and if so, would it be unjust to punish them? What is (or ought to be) the purpose of punishment? Is the state justified in limiting the freedom of competent adults for their own good? What should be the goal of drug policy, reduced use or reduced harm? The purpose of the book is twofold. First, it is a review of the arguments for and against drug prohibition, a useful tool for policy makers, activists, and concerned citizens with an understanding of the relevant considerations for determining how we should reform our failing drug policy. Second, the book serves as a case study in the deeper issues of justice, the nature of law, rights and liberties, and the public good. Students studying applied ethics, political science, or public policy will benefit greatly from Meyers' approach.
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    ISBN: 9783031180262
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XVIII, 300 p. 35 illus., 33 illus. in color.)
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    Keywords: International economic relations. ; Economic development. ; Economics. ; International relations. ; China ; Latin America ; Regional order ; Global order ; Trade ; Infrastructure ; Finance ; Economic growth ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction (Alessandro Teixeira and Aaron Schneider) -- Part I. Sectoral and Historical Issues. ­Chapter 2. History: The Long Trajectory of a Relationship Yet to be Fulfilled (Rafael R. Ioris and Marco Cepik) -- Chapter 3. Chinese Economic Policy: Internationalization in LAC and Future Perspectives (Mathilde Closset, Cecilia Plottier and Zebulun Kreiter). – Chapter 4. Chinese Economic Development: Impact on LAC countries (Menghuai Xiang and Mingyuan Li) -- Chapter 5. Chinese Foreign Policy: Context, Decision, and Implementation (Marco Cepik and Cui Shoujun) -- Chapter 6. Infrastructure: The Belt and Road Initiative in Latin America (Alessandro Teixeira and Nicolas Azocar) -- Chapter 7. Trade: Competition or Complementarity? (Alessandro Teixeira, Wenying Chen, and Zhengyu Jiang) -- Chapter 8. Geopolitics: China, US, and Latin America - Conflict, Competition, or Collaboration? (Louis W. Goodman and Aaron Schneider) -- Part II. Regional and National Questions -- Chapter 9. Central America (Aaron Schneider and Henrique Estides Delgado) -- Chapter 10. The Mexico-Queretaro Train, Dragon Mart, and the Ups and Downs of the Mexico-China Trade Relation (Luz María Gallardo Castro and Juan Carlos Morales Marcucci) -- Chapter11. Sino-Brazilian Relations (Jorge Arbache and Gabriel Condi) -- Chapter 12. A Comparative View of Chinese Relations with Peru (Alvin Camba and Victoria Chonn Ching).
    Abstract: “The extraordinary expansion of China’s ties to Latin America marks a turning point in the region’s engagement in the international arena, and this timely volume illuminates the implications across key countries and sub-regions as well as different economic and strategic domains.” —Eric Hershberg, Professor of Government, American University “This volume not only presents a rich and comprehensive analysis of China-Latin American relations, it also offers important insights into China’s overall economic, foreign policy and geopolitical strategies and limitations as an emerging global power. Required reading for anyone interested in a deep and contextual analysis of China and world order.” —Amitav Acharya, Distinguished Professor of International Relations, American University “The volume makes an important contribution to the literature on China’s rising power behavior in one of the most important regions of the world. Strongly recommended for anyone who is interested in Chinese foreign policy, great power relations, and regional dynamics in Latin America.” —Suisheng Zhao, Professor, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver, and Editor of Journal of Contemporary China This book offers accounts of the ways in which Chinese engagement with Latin America will shape the regional and global order. The historical, sectoral, regional, and national stories told here seek to change the narrative on China-Latin American relations. In particular, the book argues that there is room for cooperation between the US, China, and Latin American nations towards development, peace, and equity. Alessandro Golombiewski Teixeira is Professor of Public Policy at School of Public Policy and Management at Tsinghua University and Professor of International Business at Schwartzman College, Tsinghua University, China. Aaron Schneider is Leo Block Professor of International Studies at the University of Denver, United States.
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    ISBN: 9783031173820
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XXXVII, 410 p. 71 illus.)
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    Keywords: Russia—History. ; Europe, Eastern—History. ; Soviet Union—History. ; International economic relations. ; Economic history. ; Economic development. ; Economics. ; Europe, Eastern ; Soviet Union ; Russia ; Russian economic policy ; regional development ; social policy ; institutions and governance ; natural resources ; Russian studies ; the economics of transition ; the economics of emerging markets ; contemporary Russian economic history ; economic geography of Russia ; Russia's role in the global economy ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Part I: Natural and Human Resources -- Chapter 1: Natural resources, geography, and climate (by Leonid Limonov) -- Chapter 2: Human resources (by Irina Denisova and Marina Kartseva) -- Part II: Historical Roots -- Chapter 3: Capitalist industrialization and modernization: since Alexander's reforms until World War I (the 1860s – 1917) (by Carol Scott Leonard) -- Chapter 4: The Soviet economy (1918-1991) (by Carol Scott Leonard) -- Part III. Institutions and Their Transformation -- Chapter 5: Constitutional foundations of the economic system and the role of government in economic activity (by Christopher Hartwell) -- Chapter 6: Regulatory environment and business climate (by Marek Dabrowski) -- Chapter 7: Evolution of ownership structure and corporate governance (by Alexander Radygin) -- Part IV: Major Sectors and Regional Diversity -- Chapter 8: Structural changes in the Russian economy since 1992 (by Boris Kuznetsov) -- Chapter 9: Energy sector (oil, natural gas, coal, and electricity) and energy intensity (by Przemyslaw Kowalski) -- Chapter 10: Agriculture (by Evgeniya Serova) -- Chapter 11: Science, research and innovation (by Boris Kuznetsov) -- Chapter 12: Regional diversity (by Leonid Limonov) -- Part V: Russia in the Global Economy -- Chapter 13: Trade (by Arne Melchior) -- Chapter 14: Foreign investment (by Kalman Kalotay) -- Chapter 15: Sanctions and forces driving to autarky (by Marek Dabrowski) -- Part VI: Economic and Social Policy Challenges -- Chapter 16: Economic growth (by Ilya Voskoboynikov) -- Chapter 17: Macroeconomic vulnerability, monetary and fiscal policies (by Marek Dabrowski) -- Chapter 18: Labour market, employment, and migration (by Vladimir Gimpelson) -- Chapter 19: Living standard and social policy (by Irina Denisova and Marina Kartseva) -- Chapter 20: Summary: changes in an economic system since the early 2000s (by Marek Dabrowski).
    Abstract: This textbook offers a wide-ranging, comprehensive analysis of the contemporary Russian economy (as it functions in the early 2020s) concentrated on the economy, economic policy, and economic governance. Chapters cover recent Russian economic history, the economic geography of Russia, natural resources, population, major sectors and industries, living standards and social policy, institutions, governance, economic policy, and Russia's role in the global economy. The book will provide a comparative cross-country context, analysing how the Russian economy and its institutions perform compared to its peers to help students and instructors understand Russia’s strengths, weaknesses, and future challenges. Prepared by a team of leading Russian and international experts on the respective topics, this textbook will be of interest to those studying Russian economics. It will be valuable reading for undergraduate and graduate students of Russian studies, the Russian economy, Russian politics, the economics of transition, the economics of emerging markets, and international relations. Marek Dabrowski is a Non-Resident Scholar at Bruegel, Brussels, Professor of the Higher School of Economics in Moscow, and Co-founder and Fellow at CASE - Center for Social and Economic Research in Warsaw. He was a co-founder of CASE (1991), former Chairman of its Supervisory Council and President of Management Board (1991-2011), Chairman of the Supervisory Board of CASE Ukraine in Kyiv (1999-2009 and 2013-2015), and Member of the Board of Trustees and Scientific Council of the E.T. Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy in Moscow (1996-2016). .
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    ISBN: 9783031134401
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (VIII, 257 p. 34 illus., 13 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Great Minds in Regional Science
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    Keywords: Economics—History. ; Regional economics. ; Spatial economics. ; Human geography. ; Economics ; Spatial Analysis ; Location Theory ; History of Regional Science ; The Regional Science Academy ; Quantitative Methods in Spatial Science ; Regional Policy ; History of Ideas ; Regional and urban planning ; Antecedents of Regional Science ; History of economic thought ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Part I. Antecedents of Regional Science -- Chapter 2. Adam Smith (1723–1790): Uncovering His Legacy for Regional Science (Roberto Camagni) -- Chapter 3. Johann Heinrich Von Thünen (1783–1850): A Systemic View of Human Interaction within Space (Tomás Ponce Dentinho) -- Chapter 4. Alfred Weber (1868–1958): The Father of Industrial Location and Supply-Chain Design (Richard L. Church) -- Chapter 5. Corrado Gini (1884–1965): Versatile Originator of Measures of Variability (Peter Rogerson) -- Part II. Laying the Foundations of Regional Science -- Chapter 6. Jan Tinbergen (1903–1994): A Rational Thinker on Inequality and Distribution (Peter Nijkamp) -- Chapter 7. Albert O. Hirschman (1915–2012): An Unorthodox Regional Scientist (Abdul Shaban) -- Chapter 8. Leslie Curry (1923–2009): Expounder of the Random Spatial Economy and Spatial Autocorrelation (Daniel A. Griffith) -- Chapter 9. Crawford “Buzz” Holling (1930–2019): Progenitor of Resilience in Regional Science (Amitrajeet A. Batabyal) -- Chapter 10. Karen R. Polenske (1937– ): A Journey from Rural Idaho to MIT (Geoffrey J. D. Hewings) -- Chapter 11. Wolfgang Weidlich (1931–2015): A Pioneer in Sociophysics (Denise Pumain) -- Chapter 12. Alan Wilson (1939– ): A Renaissance Man in Regional Science (Laurie A. Schintler).
    Abstract: This book is the second volume in a new series on 'Great Minds in Regional Science,' which seeks to present a contemporary view on the scientific relevance of the work done by great thinkers in regional science. This volume presents, among others, Adam Smith, Johann Heinrich von Thünen, and Alan Wilson. Each chapter combines factual biographical information about the ‘Great Mind,’ a description of their major contributions, and a discussion of the broader context of their work, as well as an assessment of its current relevance, scientific recognition, and policy impact. The book attempts to fill a gap in our knowledge and to respond to the growing interest in the formation and development of the field of regional science and its key influential figures.
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (IX, 188 p. 24 illus., 22 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development
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    Keywords: Agriculture—Economic aspects. ; Africa—Economic conditions. ; Development economics. ; Agriculture ; Africa ; Policy Platonicity ; Agriculture in Africa ; Agri-Food deepening ; Climate change and agriculture ; Sustainable food ; Nutrition security ; African Union Commission Strategic Food crops ; Agricultural growth ; Maize farmers ; Farm management ; Smallholder farmers ; Agri-Food policy in Africa ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: 1. The Introduction: Pandemic Preparedness and A-Platonic Policies for Transforming Africa’s Agri-food Systems -- 2. Technical Efficiency and Poultry Farming in Nigeria -- 3. Economics of Sesame Marketing in Nigeria -- 4.Analysis of Smallholder Maize Farmer’s Technical Efficiency and Farm Management Practices in the West Region of Cameroon -- 5. Structure, Conduct, and Performance of Tomato Retailers in Abeokuta South, Ogun State, Nigeria -- 6. Determinants of Credit Accessibility and Performance of Smallholder Rice Farmers: A Case of the West Region of Cameroon -- 7. Cereal Crops Yield, Food Security and Agricultural Growth in Nigeria: A Vector Error Correction Model Approach -- 8. Climate Variability and Arabica Coffee Production in Uganda -- 9. Effect of Private Investment and Exchange Rate on Groundnut Production in Nigeria: 1980–2016 -- 10. Climate Change and Agricultural Output: The Need for Policy -- 11. A Vector Error Correction Model Approach to Government Agricultural Expenditure on Agricultural Growth in Nigeria Under the Period of Uninterrupted Democracy (1999–2020) -- 12. Public External Debt, Domestic Private Investment, and Agricultural Output Nexus: Empirical Evidence from Nigeria -- 13. Conclusion: Agri-food Deepening, Sustainable Development Planning, and Policy Platonicity.
    Abstract: This book offers new insights into the ongoing agricultural transformation in Africa. Presenting case studies, macro-level simulations, and relevant surveys, it analyzes food crops and agri-food policy challenges and their implications in various African countries. In addition, it discusses how current African agri-food policies could be improved to achieve the continental vision of sustainable development in light of the African Union’s Agenda 2063. The respective contributions address topics such as drivers of technical efficiency among smallholder maize farmers; farm management practices; agri-food infrastructure policies; food security; agricultural growth; and financing for and investment in agricultural production. Accordingly, the book appeals to scholars of economics and agricultural studies and to anyone interested in the agricultural transformation of Africa. .
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    ISBN: 9783031113178
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XV, 360 p. 112 illus., 106 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: Science—History. ; History—Philosophy. ; Art—History. ; Science ; History ; Art ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Grafische Darstellung ; Naturwissenschaften ; Geschichte
    Abstract: Part I: Transmission -- Chapter 1. Visual Culture Of University Knowledge: The Lecture Notebooks From Louvain And Douai (17th-18th Centuries)(Gwendoline De Mûelenaere - University Of Louvain, Belgium) -- Chapter 2. The Illustrated Printed Page As A Tool For Thinking And Transmitting Knowledge. The Case Of Renaissance Astronomical Books(Isabelle Pantin) -- Chapter 3. Representing Experience In The Early Royal Society. The Case Of Robert Hooke?S Micrographia (1665)(Salvatore Ricciardo - University Of Bergamo, Italy) -- Chapter 4. Vision On Vision: Early Modern Scientific Images On Cosmology Explored By Means Of Second Order Images(Matteo Valleriani, Florian Kräutli) -- Part II: Transformation -- Chapter 5. Theorizing Technology: Theōria, Diagram, And Artifact In Hero Of Alexandria(Courtney Roby) -- Chapter 6. Artistic 'Libido' And Scientific Truth In 16th Century Woodcut Illustrations(Magdalena Bushart) -- Chapter 7. Capturing, Modeling, Overviewing And Making Credible: The Functions Of Visual At The Accademia Del Cimento(Giulia Giannini) -- Chapter 8. The Transformations Of Physico-Mathematical Visual Thinking: From Descartes To Quantum Physics(Enrico Giannetto) -- Part III: Exploration -- Chapter 9. Transporting Asian And Australasian Nature To Europe: Photographs From The Voyage Of HMS. Challenger 1872–1876(Stephanie Hood) -- Chapter 10. Visualising Biodata In The Laboratory. Image-Makers, Practices And Reinvention In Magnetic Resonance Technology(Silvia Casini) -- Chapter 11. Arguing From Appearance: The Numerical Reconstruction Of Galactic Tails And Bridges(Matthias Schemmel) -- Chapter 12. Ethnoscience And Spatial Representations Of Climate Change(Elena Bougleux).
    Abstract: This book explores continuity and ruptures in the historical use of visual representations in science and related disciplines such as art history and anthropology. The book also considers more recent developments that attest to the unprecedented importance of scientific visualizations, such as video recordings, animations, simulations, graphs, and enhanced realities. The volume collects historical reflections concerned with the use of visual material, visualization, and vision in science from a historical perspective, ranging across multiple cultures from antiquity until present day. The focus is on visual representations such as drawings, prints, tables, mathematical symbols, photos, data visualizations, mapping processes, and (on a meta-level) visualizations of data extracted from historical sources to visually support the historical research itself. Continuity and ruptures between the past and present use of visual material are presented against the backdrop of the epistemic functions of visual material in science. The function of visual material is defined according to three major epistemic categories: exploration, transformation, and transmission of knowledge.
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    ISBN: 9783031178047
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(IX, 274 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Violence and peace in sacred texts
    Keywords: Religions. ; Religion and sociology. ; Religion and politics. ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Gewalt ; Religion
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Violence and Peace in the Mahābhārata and Rāmāyaṇa -- Chapter 3. Spectres of Violence and Landscapes of Peace: imagining the religious other in patterns of Hindu modernity -- Chapter 4. Jewish Interpretations of Biblical Violence -- Chapter 5. A Hermeneutic of Violence in Jewish Legal Sources: The Case of the Kippah -- Chapter 6. Buddhism and the dilemma of whether to use violence in defence of a way of peace -- Chapter 7. Apologists and Appropriators: Protestant Christian reckoning with biblical violence -- Chapter 8. Roman Catholic Teachings on Violence and Peace: The Credible Re-enactment of the Kingdom -- Chapter 9: Interpretations of Qurʾānic Violence in Shīʿī Islam -- Chapter 10. Sacralized Violence in Sufism -- Chapter 11. The Predicament of the Sant-Sipahi (Saint-Soldier): Sanctioned Violence and Martyrdom in the Sikh Tradition -- Chapter 12. Experiences with Violence: Studying Sacred Text in Interreligious Dialogue. .
    Abstract: This volume brings together 11 experts from a range of religious backgrounds, to consider how each tradition has interpreted matters of violence and peace in relation to its sacred text. The traditions covered are Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam and Sikhism. The role of religion in conflict, war, and the creation of peaceful settlements has attracted much academic attention, including considerations of the interpretation of violence in sacred texts. This collection breaks new ground by bringing multiple faiths into conversation with one another with specific regard to the handling of violence and peace in sacred texts. This combination of close attention to text and expansive scope of religious inclusion is the first of its kind. Maria Power, FRHistS, is a Senior Research Fellow in Human Dignity at the Las Casas Institute for Social Justice, Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford. She is the author of Catholic Social Teaching and Theologies of Peace in Northern Ireland (2020) and From Ecumenism to Community Relations: Inter-Church Relationships in Northern Ireland 1980-2005 (2007). She is editor of Building Peace in Northern Ireland (2011). Helen Paynter is a UK Baptist Minister, tutor in Biblical Studies at Bristol Baptist College, and Director of the Centre for the Study of Bible and Violence, Bristol Baptist College. She is the author and editor of a number of books, including Telling Terror in Judges 19: Rape and Reparation for the Levite’s Wife (2020), God of violence yesterday, God of love today? Wrestling honestly with the Old Testament (2019), and Reduced Laughter: Seriocomic Features and their Functions in the Book of Kings (2016).
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    ISBN: 9783031219832
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (VI, 305 p. 101 illus., 84 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: The Voice of Regional Science
    Series Statement: Footprints of Regional Science
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    Keywords: Regional economics. ; Spatial economics. ; Human geography. ; Urban economics. ; Space in economics. ; Covid-19 and empirical data analytics ; Impact assessment of corona pandemics ; Human health and future cities ; Urban Geography ; Urban planning ; Regional Science ; COVID-19 ; Urban sustainability ; Urban Resilience ; Urban Policies ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Part I. Cities, cooperation, and resilience in the face of COVID-19 -- Chapter 2. The resilience of cities to COVID-19: A literature review and application to Dutch cities (Jeroen van Haaren) -- Chapter 3. A subjective geographer’s experience of pandemic and confidence in systems of cities (Denise Pumain) -- Chapter 4. City and Regional Demand for Vaccines Whose Supply Arises from Competition in a Bertrand Duopoly (Amitrajeet A. Batabyal) -- Chapter 5. Post Pandemic Cities - competing for size or cooperating for interaction: An analysis of the evolution of Portuguese Municipalities based on an Organic and Rational Spatial Interaction Growth Models (Tomaz Ponce Dentinho) -- Part II. Comparative approaches on the patterns and effects of city and location-specific policies and socioeconomic structures during COVID-19 -- Chapter 6. The social digital twin for liveable cities: a COVID-19 case study (Corentin Kuster) -- Chapter 7. The impact of differing COVID-19 mitigation policies: three natural experiments using difference-in-difference modelling (Kingsley Haynes) -- Chapter 8. On the association between income inequality and COVID spread: a view into Spanish Functional Urban Areas (David Castells-Quintana) -- Chapter 9. Urbanization impact arising from the behavioral shift of citizens and consumers in a post-pandemic world (Tannistha Maiti) -- Part III. The Socioeconomic and labor market effects of pandemics on cities and local economies -- Chapter 10. What happened after SARS in 2003? The economic impacts of a pandemic (Ilan Noy) -- Chapter 11. Industrial composition, remote Working, and mobility changes in Canada and the US during the COVID-19 pandemic: A SHAP value analysis of XGBoost predictions (Mehmet Güney Celbiş) -- Part IV. The need for new types of data and applications, and existing challenges in analysing the effects of COVID-19 on Cities -- Chapter 12. Problems with recording the spread of COVID-19 in developing countries: evidence from a phone survey in Indonesia (Budy P. Resosudarmo) -- Chapter 13. Pandemic Regional Recovery Index: An Adaptable Tool for Decision-making on Regions (Jacob Irving) -- Chapter 14. The geography of daily urban spatial mobility during Covid: The example of Stockholm in 2020 and 2021 (Ian Shuttleworth) -- Chapter 15. Social justice, digitalization, and health and wellbeing in the pandemic city (Laurie A. Schintler).
    Abstract: This book features a collection of novel and original contributions to the study of urban sustainability from a human health perspective in the light of the current corona pandemic and the challenge of cities to offer inclusive, appealing, and healthy infrastructures. Written by experts from various disciplines, this book analyzes the impact of the corona pandemic on contemporary cities, and how these cities respond to the challenges. Featuring also case studies on various cities and regions, it addresses four interconnected research challenges and themes: Cities, cooperation, and resilience in the face of COVID-19 Comparative approaches on patterns and effects of city and location-specific policies and socioeconomic structures during COVID-19 The socioeconomic and labor market effects of pandemics on cities and local economies The need for new types of data and applications in addressing challenges in analysing the effects of COVID-19 on cities This book will appeal to scholars of regional and spatial science, urban economics, and urban planning and anyone interested in the impact of corona pandemic on city life.
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    ISBN: 9783031237317
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIV, 198 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Church after the Corona pandemic
    Keywords: Theology. ; Religion and sociology. ; Protestantism. ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Kirche ; COVID-19 ; Pandemie
    Abstract: PART I: GATHERING -- Chapter 1: Worship in the Face of Corona: Ritual, Place, People, and Polymodality -- Chapter 2: Physicality and Relatedness when God’s People Gather -- Chapter 3: “In All Times and Places”: The Transcendence and Immanence of the Holy Spirit in a Diasporic Body of Christ -- PART II: WORD -- Chapter 4: Seeing God in Christ, Being Seen as the Body of Christ, Seeing Others as God’s Beloved: A Lutheran Reflection on the Church Post-COVID-19 -- Chapter 5: Re-imagining Preaching in a Post-Pandemic Era -- Chapter 6: Worship in the African American Tradition during the COVID-19 Pandemic -- Chapter 7: One Virus after Another: Composing the Weekly Intercessions -- PART III: MEAL -- Chapter 8: Holy Communion under Quarantine -- Chapter 9: Toward a More Accessible Body of Christ -- Chapter 10: Real Presence and Absent Bodies: Sacramental Practice Today -- PART IV: SENDING -- Chapter 11: Church May Be Digital, But Is the Clergy’s Call? -- Chapter 12: One Body, One Spirit, One Hope: We Are Part of this, Together… Intercultural Connectedness as a Church after Corona.
    Abstract: This book explores the church’s engagement with digital worship as a result of the pandemic and guides readers in considering how the means of grace distributed online might be theologically framed. Organized around the four-fold pattern of Sunday worship—Gathering, Word, Meal, Sending—this collection of essays provides source material for both theological discernment and practical implementation. Topics include (preparing and) offering a theology of worship no matter the modality, engaging the questions of embodiment as related to the incarnation of Christ, and looking at the theology of church in a digital age. Renowned scholars in the field explore how online worship provides for the visibility of the gospel, how to lament and pray in the midst of pandemic and future crises, and how the mission of the church through its worship can continue regardless of physical restrictions. This timely collection appeals to researchers, professionals, and practitioners in the field.
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XVIII, 288 p. 21 illus., 10 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Palgrave Studies in Economic History
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    Keywords: Economic history. ; Shipping. ; Labor economics. ; Labor. ; History. ; Key advances in ship and marine engine design ; Economics of shipping operation ; Revolution in shipping technologies ; Impact of technological changes on shipping ; Transition from sail to steam in the Danish shipping industry ; Increased importance of below-deck labour. ; Changes in maritime labour force ; Swedish and Finnish shipping industries, c. 1850-1950 ; British mercantile marine ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Europa ; Arbeit ; Seefrachtverkehr ; Geschichte 1800-2000
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Part I: Changes in maritime labour: Institutional, technological and spatial contexts -- Chapter 2: The human element in power-driven merchant ship propulsion since 1850: The British case -- Chapter 3: Technological change, institutions, and maritime labour: International reforms and their reception in Sweden and Finland, c.1850-1939 -- Chapter 4: Changes in maritime labour in Greece during the transition from sail to steam, c. 1850-1917 -- Chapter 5: Seamen in the city. Origins, residence and standard of living of Le Havre seamen from c. 1800 to the First Wold War -- Chapter 6: Reading shipboard space: the plans of ships serving the Netherlands East Indies, c.1850-1914 -- Part II: Case studies of old maritime jobs -- Chapter 7: Reconfiguring authority at sea: Steamships and their captains in a Danish context, c.1850-1950 -- Chapter 8: Feeding the fleet: Cooks in the Belgian merchant marine, c.1850-1930 -- Part III: Case studies of new maritime jobs -- Chapter 9: Elbowing their way: Engineers in the Spanish merchant marine, c.1850-1950 -- Chapter 10: From the captain’s tiger to the chief steward. Career patterns of the catering personnel on British passenger liners, 1860–1938 -- Chapter 11: Surfing the waves. The rise and decline of radio operators in the Dutch mercantile marine in the twentieth century -- Chapter 12: Conclusion.
    Abstract: This book deals with the economic impact of technological changes and the rise of passenger shipping on social relations on board and ashore in European shipping industries between c.1850 and 2000. The changes in motive power, communication techniques and positioning technologies and the rise of passenger shipping went together with the creation of new tasks and functions and the marginalization or disappearance of traditional jobs and skills. This book presents case-studies on changes in different maritime professions between the middle of the nineteenth century and the end of the twentieth century, covering the shipping industries of a variety of seafaring countries in Europe. The subjects include changes in maritime labour at large, changes in specific groups of deck, catering or engine room personnel, such as captains, cooks, catering personnel, engineers, or radio-operators. A number of chapters employ a prosopographical or micro-historical approach, while others apply a spatial perspective, analyze business records, materials from professional associations or distil information from large sets of quantitative data. This book will be of interest to academics and students of economic history, maritime and labour history. Karel Davids is Professor Emeritus of Economic and Social History at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He has published and taught on economic and social history, maritime history, the history of technology and global history. Joost Schokkenbroek has been Executive Director of the Vancouver Maritime Museum since July 2017. Prior to this he was affiliated with The Kendall Whaling Museum in the USA (1988-1990) and Het Scheepvaartmuseum (The Dutch National Maritime Museum) in Amsterdam (1991-2017), where he worked as Chief Curator, in combination with a Professorship of Maritime History and Maritime Heritage at Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. .
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    ISBN: 9783031293788
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 283 p. 31 illus., 5 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: Political science—Study and teaching. ; Comparative government. ; Identity politics. ; Sociology. ; Social groups. ; Political sociology. ; Political science
    Abstract: Introduction -- Black Youth Activism Was Pivotal to the Civil Rights Movement: How Black Lives Matter is Inspiring Education Activists Today -- Political Participation of Young People in Serbia: Activities, Values, and Capability -- The 2018 Road Safety Protest in Bangladesh: How a Student Crown Challenged (or Could not Challenge) the Repressive State -- From the Streets to the Campus: The Institutionalization of Youth Anti-Sexual Harassment Activism in Post-Coup Egypt -- When David Defeats Goliath. The Case of MeToo University: The Solidarity Network of Victims of Gender-Based Violence in Universities -- Practising Sectarianism: Lebanese Youth Politics and the Complexity of Youth Political Engagement -- Interrogating Vulnerability within the University: A Case Study of Undocumented/DACAmented Students at a Jesuit Institution -- Making Visible Intersectional Black Pain: Embodied Activism and Affective Communities in Recent South African Youth Movements -- Existential Activism: The Complex Contestations of Trans Youth -- Critical Literacies and the Conditions of Decolonial Possibility -- Conclusion: International Perspectives on Youth Political Mobilizations.
    Abstract: At a time when political mobilisation is a symptom of social dissatisfaction, young people’s participation in political decision-making, practice and ideological change, make foregrounding and investigating their political practices a necessity. The title of this book, Young People Shaping Democratic Politics: Interrogating Inclusion, Mobilising Education clearly announces its intention, subject, and mission. This collection has been inspired by topical youth mobilisations that aim to address injustices and inequalities which are rooted in poverty, austerity, violence, increased surveillance, climate change, dislocation, xenophobia, the rise of authoritarian regimes, and a global turn to the political right. Whereas young people are politicised in moments of conflict and become symbolic conduits for the future of their nation, they represent a category most often relegated to the apolitical sphere before and after such moments of crisis. This edited collection seeks to expand our engagement with inclusion beyond educational institutions by situating young people at the centre of our inquiry, as agents of political processes that promote, problematise and re-imagine inclusive societies. The chapters engage in contemporary case-studies, which are mapped across a wide range of countries from Europe (Serbia, Spain and United Kingdom), North Africa (Egypt), South Africa, North America (United States), South-Asia (Bangladesh), and West Asia (Lebanon). Ian Rivers is Associate Principal and Executive Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Strathclyde, UK. C. Laura Lovin is an independent scholar and artist whose work centers on the intersections of feminist, queer and critical race theories within contexts of social movements, labor justice activism, cities and migration, art and visual cultures.
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    ISBN: 9783031333132
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(X, 175 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: Social sciences—Philosophy. ; Culture—Study and teaching. ; Political science—Philosophy. ; Social sciences ; Culture ; Political science
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Ideological Contention -- Chapter 3: Incipient Practice and Culture -- Chapter 4: Incipient Practice, Class, and Ideology -- Chapter 5: The Factory Without Bosses -- Chapter 6: Incipient Practice and Subaltern Groups -- Chapter 7:Conclusion.
    Abstract: The Cultural Production of Social Movements offers a theory of cultural practices, protest tactics, strategic planning and deliberation, and movement organizational structures: “ideological contention.” It is a theory of ideology “from below.” The Cultural Production of Social Movements shows how conflicts—both with external political forces and disagreements, dissensus, and the decision-making process internal to social movements—produce knowledge and meanings that, in turn, impact upon and change the practices that contribute to how social movements are structured and organized. The Cultural Production of Social Movements theorizes the relationship between consciously held superordinate ideas, the changing composition of progressive and oppositional social struggles, and the social worlds they hope to inhabit. Analyzing the Black Panther Party, specifically Kathleen Cleaver’s break with the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee and her contributions to the Party, Operaismo (or Workerism) in Italy and the relationship between shifting organizational strategies, inventive tactics, and novel and expansive ways to theorize class struggles, and the communal composition of “Worker-Recovered Enterprise Movements” in contemporary Argentina, this book shows how movement ideologies change and how meanings structure organizations, mobilizations, and futures. Robert F. Carley is Associate Professor of International Affairs in the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University. He is Vice President and President Elect of the Cultural Studies Association and is co-editor of Lateral: Journal of the Cultural Studies Association. He is the author and editor of eight books, most recently Cultural Studies in the Interregnum (Temple University Press, Forthcoming), Cultural Studies Methodology and Political Strategy (Palgrave Macmillan), and Culture and Tactics: Gramsci, Race, and the Politics of Practice (State University of New York Press).
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    ISBN: 9783031318948
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XXIII, 300 p. 13 illus., 4 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance
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    Keywords: Finance—Law and legislation. ; Finance. ; History. ; Finance ; The Bubble Act ; The repeal of the Bubble Act ; The Bubble Act’s legacy ; the South Sea Bubble ; history of economic thought ; financial history ; historic economic development ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Introduction -- The Bubble Act and the First Corporate Economy -- ‘Mr Morice is said to appear at the head’: The Bubble Act and an Aborted Joint-Stock Slave-Trading Company -- ‘That ever-memorable year of epidemical infatuation’: Incorporation, the Jamaica Mines Company, and the Bubble Act of 1720 -- Pamphlet Poetry and the South Sea Bubble -- Decoding the Bubble: Popular Magic, Financial Deception, and Eliza Haywood’s Memoirs of a Certain Island Adjacent to Utopia -- Consequences Unintended: The Bubble Act and American Independence -- Capitalism by Generalists: The Governance of the Ayr Bank and the Emergence of Professionalism in Mid-Eighteenth-Century Scottish Banking -- Royal Charters, Royal Power, and the Business of Empire -- Babbage’s Age of Speculation: Calculating the Value of Life After the Repeal of the Bubble Act -- The Repeal of the Bubble Act and the Debate Between the Currency School and the Banking School -- Agency Houses in Bengal and the Indigo Bubble -- Epilogue.
    Abstract: This book reassesses the actual effects of the Bubble Act, still popularly associated with the bursting of the South Sea Bubble. The book builds on the foundational work of Ron Harris to discuss the act’s effect on corporate governance, literary culture, colonial law, and the Industrial Revolution. The Bubble Act was deemed an empty letter within England itself as it was rarely used in legal proceedings. Several chapters consider whether this was the case outside England, from Scotland to the Americas, India, and Africa. Others assess the impact of the act, both on literary culture and in the history of economic thought. The act has been conceptualized as a brake on economic development or of little consequence. This edited collection offers a timely reassessment of the Bubble Act and its legacy. Helen Paul is a Lecturer in Economics and Economic History at the University of Southampton and an honorary associate professor at UCL. She was the Honorary Secretary of the Economic History Society and now serves on the Council of the Royal Historical Society. She studied at Oxford and St Andrews. Nicholas Di Liberto is an honorary assistant researcher at the Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction, UCL. He is co-editor and translator of Jean Lescure, General and Periodic Crises of Overproduction (2023), and translator of Albert Aftalion, Periodic Crises of Overproduction (forthcoming). D’Maris Coffman is the Professor of Economics and Finance of the Built Environment at UCL. She is also Director of the Bartlett School of Construction and Project Management. She is editor-in-chief of Elsevier’s Structural Change and Economic Dynamics and an editor of the Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance.
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    ISBN: 9783031348921
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (VIII, 170 p. 48 illus., 43 illus. in color.)
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    Keywords: Environmental economics. ; Operations research. ; Mathematical models. ; Geology. ; Management science. ; Personnel management. ; Multicriteria Decision Aid ; Decision support systems ; Resources management ; Multiobjective programming ; Sustainable development ; Human resources development ; Project management ; Production engineering ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: The Multicriteria Features of Environmental Footprint Assessment Methodology for Refractory Materials in the Circular Economy: Issues, perspectives and new directions -- Fire Disaster Recovery and Resource Allocation Enabled by Firefighters’ Sustainable UAV Technology in Smart Cities -- Resource Management – A Bi-Objective methodological approach for routing in crisis situations -- Urban space quality evaluation using multi-criteria decision analysis-based framework -- Multicriteria Disagregation – Aggregation approach for the evaluation of warm water lakes -- Agricultural water management in the context of Water-Enegy-Land-Food NEXUS -- Recommending open educational resources using weighted linear combination -- User comments as a resource to rank with multiple criteria: The case of TripAdvisor Athens’s restaurants.
    Abstract: This book is focused on the application of methodological approaches and systems of multiple criteria decision analysis (MCDA) in the field of resource management. Resource management constitutes a major challenge of modern times. The book comprehensively examines cases of human resources, material resources and natural resources in particular. It focuses on the efficient utilization of these resources to achieve sustainability of economic, environmental and social aspects. Also, the book presents methodological tools which aim to support the decision making at operational, executive and strategic levels. The book presents recent results of scientific research in the field of MCDA and its applications to resource management. It investigates the resource management challenges and introduces innovative methodological approaches and systems for addressing these resources management issues.
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    ISBN: 9783031375453
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIX, 341 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Political Philosophy and Public Purpose
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    Keywords: Political science. ; Political science ; Critical theory. ; Social sciences ; Marxian school of sociology.
    Abstract: 1. Introduction: Philosophy and Social Theory beyond the “Bourgeois Horizon” -- 2. Recognizing Capital: Some Barriers to Public Discourse about Capital -- 3. The Legend of Hegel’s Labor Theory of Reason -- 4. Marx, Subjectivism, and Modern Moral Philosophy -- 5. Karl Marx and the Critique of Bourgeois Philosophy -- 6. Reclaiming the Concepts of Value and Capital -- 7. Social Form and the “Purely Social”: On the Kind of Sociality Involved in Value -- 8. The Commodity Spectrum -- 9. A Brilliant Failure: Hegel and Marx Assess the Enlightenment -- 10. From Hegel on Enlightenment Terror to Marx on Capital -- 11. The Poetics of Nihilism: Representing Capital’s Indifference in Dickens’ Hard Times -- 12. Rebel without a Cause: Stanley Kubrick and the Banality of the Good -- 13. Disappearing Act: The Trick Philosophy of Woody Allen. .
    Abstract: This book extends the approach that Murray and Schuler develop in their companion volume, False Moves in Philosophy and Social Theory: Losing Public Purpose. The chapters form a connected inquiry into consequences of capital, a far-reaching social form, through a critique of political economy and the mindset it shares with much modern philosophy and social theory. The authors call this bifurcating mentality factoring philosophy. Factoring philosophy mistakes the distinguishable for the separable. It splits the subjective and objective, form and content, and it takes the object of social theory to be an impossible economy-in-general, stripped of constitutive social forms. The critique of factoring philosophy structures the collection, which makes a wide-ranging contribution to the research field of the critique of political economy as critical social theory. Ultimately, this book solidifies Murray and Schuler’s impact on the study of political economy, political philosophy, modern philosophy, Hegel, Marx, and critical theory. Patrick Murray is John C. Kenefick Faculty Chair in the Humanities and professor of philosophy at Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska. He is author of Marx’s Theory of Scientific Knowledge and The Mismeasure of Wealth and editor of Reflections on Commercial Life. His research interests center on capitalism and modern philosophy. Jeanne Schuler is professor of philosophy at Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska. She has published in the history of philosophy and critical theory, including articles on Hume, Kant, Hegel, Marx, Arendt, Iris Murdoch, and Habermas. She is working on a series of articles on Hegel and modern philosophy. .
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    ISBN: 9783031350283
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXIX, 406 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Political Philosophy and Public Purpose
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    Keywords: Political science. ; Political science ; Social sciences ; Analysis (Philosophy). ; Marxian school of sociology.
    Abstract: Introduction: How Factoring Philosophy Puts Philosophy on the Sidelines -- Chapter One: Is Life Absurd? -- Chapter Two: Being Mortal -- Chapter Three: Reinventing Humans: The Strange Allure of Stoicism -- Chapter Four: Beyond the Illusion of Philosophical Egoism: Recovering Self-Love and Selfishness -- Chapter Five: Moral Luck, Responsibility, and this Worldly Life -- Chapter Six: The Pure Self in Political Life: Reconsidering the Primacy of the Right over the Good -- Chapter Seven: Values as Purely Subjective: Against the Idea of “A New Creation” -- Chapter Eight: Setting Aside the Purely Subjective: Reclaiming the Discourse of Truth and Error -- Beyond “the Illusion of the Economic”: Renewing the Concept of Capital: A Foreword to Chapters Nine, Ten, and Eleven -- Chapter Nine: Why Wealth is a Poor Concept -- Chapter Ten: Capital, the Truth about Utility -- Chapter Eleven: The Myth of Instrumental Reason and Action -- Conclusion: Just Enough Phenomenology -- Appendix A: Dogmas of Factoring Philosophy -- Appendix B: Symptoms of Factoring Philosophy.
    Abstract: This book considers diverse philosophical topics unified by the identification of false moves commonly found in modern philosophy, mainstream Anglo-American philosophy, and social theory. The authors expose the sources of fundamental problems that recur in philosophy—basic problems with what the authors call factoring philosophy. Factoring philosophy fails to attend to the phenomenological task of determining when what is distinguishable is separable and when not. Consequently, factoring philosophy makes phenomenological mistakes, false moves, when it treats as separable what is only distinguishable. Analytic philosophy is prone to false moves when it fails to recognize that phenomenology is the necessary complement to analysis. There is nothing wrong with analysis—we might as well give up thinking as give up analysis—and nothing is wrong with the values prized by analytic philosophy. As Hegel observed, “philosophizing requires, above all, that each thought should be grasped in its full precision and that nothing should remain vague and indeterminate.” Ultimately, this book contends that false moves prevail in philosophical analysis and social theory when they neglect their phenomenological foundations. Patrick Murray is John C. Kenefick Faculty Chair in the Humanities, Creighton University, USA. Jeanne Schuler is Professor of Philosophy, Creighton University, USA.
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    ISBN: 9783031410017
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XLVI, 629 p. 13 illus.)
    Edition: 2nd ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee
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    Keywords: Grundeinkommen ; Finanzierung ; Ideologie ; Wirkungsanalyse ; Soziale Folgen ; Verteilungswirkung ; Welt ; Finance, Public. ; Labor economics. ; Economic history. ; Law and economics. ; Environmental economics. ; Economics. ; Basic Income ; Basic Income scheme ; Political economy of Basic Income ; Economic ethics ; Transitional Basic Income ; Full Basic Income ; Partial Basic Income ; Negative Income Tax ; Global employment market ; Financial security ; Poverty and inequality ; Ecological economics ; Citizen's Income ; Citizen's Basic Income ; Universal Basic Income ; Universal Grant ; history of basic income ; basic income pilot projects ; labour income gap ; basic income and public health ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Garantiertes Mindesteinkommen ; Soziale Frage
    Abstract: Part I: Introductory chapters -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: The definition and characteristics of Basic Income -- Chapter 3: A short history of the Basic Income idea -- Part II: Some of the likely effects of Basic Income -- Chapter 4: Employment market effects of Basic Income -- Chapter 5: Social effects of Basic Income -- Chapter 6: The health case for Basic Income -- Chapter 7: Some effects of Basic Income on economic variables -- Chapter 8: Ecological effects of Basic Income -- Chapter 9: The gender effects of a Basic Income -- Chapter 10: Basic Income for development and peacebuilding in post-conflict settings -- Part III: The feasibility and implementation of Basic Income -- Chapter 11: Feasibility and implementation -- Chapter 12: Alternative funding methods -- Chapter 13: Analysis of the financial effects of Basic Income -- Chapter 14: Public opinion on Basic Income: What have we learnt so far? -- Chapter 15: Alternatives to Basic Income -- Part IV: Pilot projects and other experiments -- Chapter 16: The Negative Income Tax experiments of the 1970s -- Chapter 17: Citizen’s Basic Income in Brazil: The reality of pilot experiences -- Chapter 18: Basic Income by default: Lessons from Iran’s ‘cash subsidy’ programme -- Chapter 19: The Namibian Basic Income Grant Pilot -- Chapter 20: Pilots, evidence, and politics: The Basic Income debate in India -- Chapter 21: A primer on the Finnish Basic Income experiment: From design and implementation to evaluation and impact -- Chapter 22: A variety of experiments -- Chapter 23: Current and recent Basic Income and Guaranteed Income pilots in the United States -- Chapter 24: Problems with pilot projects -- Part V: Political and ethical perspectives -- Chapter 25: Libertarian perspectives on Basic Income -- Chapter 26: Socialist arguments for Basic Income -- Chapter 27: Neither left nor right -- Chapter 28: Trade unions and Basic Income -- Chapter 29: The ethics of Basic Income -- Part VI: Concluding chapter -- Chapter 30: Tentative conclusions.
    Abstract: This handbook brings together scholars from various disciplines and from around the world to examine the history, characteristics, effects, viability and implementation of basic income. The first edition of this book contributed a comprehensive treatment of multiple aspects of the basic income debate. This updated, expanded edition tackles new topics that are becoming increasingly prominent in the global debate. New chapters are devoted to recent research on the history of basic income; the development and peacemaking potential of basic income in conflict zones; municipal experiments in the United States; requirements for pilot projects and experiments; and the public health implications of basic income. Existing chapters on the implementation of basic income have also been substantially updated to take account of new research on microsimulation, land value tax, local currencies, and blockchain technology and cryptocurrency, along with new material on the increasing use of opinion polls and the difficulties related to that. New political and ethical perspectives on the role of trade unions and their increasing engagement with the basic income debate are also introduced, while the section on pilot projects and experiments has been updated to cover recent political developments. Fully updated to reflect new global developments in the basic income debate, this handbook will be of interest to researchers, teachers and research-oriented policymakers in a range of fields. Malcolm Torry is the Director of the Citizen’s Basic Income Trust and Visiting Senior Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. His research interests include the reform of the benefits system, and particularly the Basic Income debate.
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    ISBN: 9783031361678
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIII, 279 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Political Philosophy and Public Purpose
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    Keywords: Political science. ; Political sociology. ; Political science ; Law and the social sciences. ; Law ; Law
    Abstract: 1. Introduction Rob Hunter, Rafael Khachaturian, Eva Nanopoulos -- 2. State, Capital, Nature: State Theory for the Anthropocene Alyssa Battistoni -- 3. ‘Bursting Asunder the Integument’: Democracy, Digitalisation, and the State Dimitrios Kivotidis -- 4. Crisis, Social Reproduction, and the Capitalist State: Notes on an Uncertain Conjuncture Rafael Khachaturian -- 5. From Economic to Political Crisis: Trump and the Neoliberal State Stephen Maher and Scott Aquanno -- 6. Soldiers and the State in Marx and Engels Jasmine Chorley-Schulz -- 7. To Embrace or Reject: Marxism and the ‘War-Emergency Paradigm’ Eva Nanopoulos -- 8. Socially Reproductive Workers, ‘Life Making’, and State Repression Kirstin Munro -- 9. Social Murder: Capitalism’s Systematic and State-Organised Killing Nate Holdren -- 10. Beyond Abstractionism: Notes on Conjunctural State Theory Michael A. McCarthy -- 11. The Marx Revival and State Theory: Towards a Negative-Dialectical Critical Social Theory of the State Chris O’Kane -- 12. The Capitalist State as Historically-Specific Social Form Rob Hunter.
    Abstract: “This collection from a younger generation of scholars brings forward not only the theoretical and analytical richness of the Marxist tradition but also its indispensability for any project of radical social transformation.” — Panagiotis Sotiris, Hellenic Open University, Greece and author of A Philosophy for Communism: Rethinking Althusser (2020) “From the Covid pandemic to global warming to vulnerable supply chains, it has become commonplace to observe the ‘return of the state.’ This volume adds much-needed rigor to such discussions. There is no better moment to revisit and advance Marxist state theory.” —Thea Riofrancos, Associate Professor of Political Science, Providence College, USA “This volume contains a masterfully orchestrated set of arguments and insights for a materialist theory of the state and will undoubtedly serve as a reference point for future debate.” — Marco Goldoni, Senior Lecturer in Legal Theory, Glasgow University, UK This book builds on the recent revival of interest in Marx and Marxism, calling for a renewal and refinement of Marxist state theory. It aims to encourage new debates and critiques that build on—but also update and extend—the rich tradition of Marxist analyses of the capitalist state, including the well-known debates of the 1970s. The chapters present a dynamic and diverse constellation of arguments and perspectives on a range of topics, from general re-appraisals of the capitalist state to investigations of contemporary challenges—including digitalisation, the ecological crisis, the coronavirus pandemic, social reproduction, and critical political economy. What they share is a commitment to an understanding of the specifically capitalist character of the modern state and its significance for any serious discussion of the causes of our current age of global catastrophe and the overcoming of capitalist social relations. Rob Hunter holds a PhD in Politics from Princeton University, USA. He is a member of the Legal Form editorial collective. Rafael Khachaturian is a Lecturer in Critical Writing at the University of Pennsylvania, USA. Eva Nanopoulos is a Senior Lecturer in Law at Queen Mary, University of London UK.
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (X, 235 p. 87 illus., 69 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Applied Innovation and Technology Management
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    Keywords: Power resources. ; Electric power production. ; Computer science. ; Technological innovations. ; Power Trading Agent Competition (Power TAC) ; retail electricity markets ; Sustainable energy ; statistical modeling ; Machine Learning ; Intelligent agents ; Energy System modeling ; Virtual power plants ; Competitive simulation ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Introduction (Collins) -- Modeling a customer population in Power TAC: Electric Vehicle Chargers (Collins) -- VidyutVanika: AI-Based Autonomous Broker for Smart grids – From Theory to Practice (Chandlekar) -- Designing Retail Electricity Tariffs Using Reinforcement Learning (Naseri) -- Nudging the Direction of Energy Tariff Selection: Lessons Learned from an Attribute Framing Experiment with Temporal Construal Levels (Rook) -- AgentUDE: A Smart Broker Agent for Autonomous Power Trading (Unland) -- Upgrading a winning agent to not winning: the case of Agent Mertacor in Power TAC (Makrodimitris) -- SPOT: Strategies for Power Trading in Wholesale Electricity Markets (Morshed, Chowdhury) -- CrocodileAgent: A decade of competing in the Power Trading Agent Competition (Podobnik) -- Incorporating Social Values for Cooperation in Energy Trading and Balancing Research (Rook) -- Smart Market-driven Virtual Power Plants of Shared Electric Vehicles (Kahlen) -- Power TAC Experiment Manager: Support for empirical studies (Collins).
    Abstract: The world is moving away from demand-driven electricity markets supplied by centralized generation and distribution of fossil-fuel-produced electricity. Increasing reliance on weather-dependent renewable sources will require a shift toward a supply-driven paradigm, while beneficial electrification, including widespread adoption of electric vehicles, heat pumps, and batteries will offer considerable but widely distributed demand flexibility that can be used to compensate for supply variability. The open-source Power Trading Agent Competition (Power TAC) platform simulates a decentralized future, modeling the high complexity of future retail electricity markets. This book describes a variety of approaches to profitable trading in realistic wholesale and retail electricity markets. It presents actionable insights from extensive exploration of policies and business models for retail electricity markets gained from a decade of Power TAC tournaments, and from research inspired by the Power TAC experience. Featuring contributions from tournament designers, competitors, and scientists combining best practices from computer science and economics and management science, this book is of benefit to academics, researchers, practitioners and policy makers in sustainable energy and wholesale and retail electricity markets. .
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    ISBN: 9783031387234
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XXIX, 585 p. 82 illus., 57 illus. in color.)
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    Keywords: Economic history. ; World politics. ; Latin America ; Economic development. ; Development economics. ; Latin America ; Economic History ; Political History ; Latin American History ; Latin American Economics ; Latin American Development ; Development Studies ; Latin American Studies ; Caribbean Studies ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Latin American economic history in the light of the recent economic cycles -- Chapter 3: The Making of Mexico: The Political Economy of Conquest and Independence -- Chapter 4: Checks and Balances in the Colonial Government of Peru: Evidence from Office Prices -- Chapter 5: Attached once, attached forever: The persistent effects of concertaje in Ecuador -- Chapter 6: Public Education and Indigenous People in Bolivia, 1880’s-1950’s -- Chapter 7: The Age of Mass Migration in Argentina: Social Mobility, Effects on Growth and Selection Patterns -- Chapter 8: European Immigration and Agricultural Productivity in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1898-1920 -- Chapter 9: Modernizing Elites in Latin America: Social-network Evidence from the Emergence of Banking in Antioquia -- Chapter 10: Colombia: Democratic but Violent? -- Chapter 11: Political Conflict and Economic Growth in Post-Independence Venezuela -- Chapter 12: The Plantation Economy of Surinam in the 18th Century -- Chapter 13: The Legacy of the Pinochet Regime -- Chapter 14: Missionaries and Soldiers in the Forging of Modern Paraguay -- Chapter 15: Uruguay: the Rise of a Monocentric Economy -- Chapter 16: The Lasting Development Impacts of El Salvador’s 1980 Land Reform -- Chapter 17: Global Firms and Local Development -- Chapter 18: Protestant Doctrinal Heterodoxy and Heterogeneity in Guatemala -- Chapter 19: The Expansion of Public Education in Puerto Rico after 1900 -- Chapter 20: Conclusion: Historical Persistence, Possibilism and Utopias in Latin America and the Caribbean.
    Abstract: “How can it be that Latin America is so poor when its governments over the past two centuries have experimented with just about every known model of economic development? Read this book and learn how a new generation of Latin Americanist social scientists, using frontier empirical methods and systematically gathered data, provide an answer based on the region’s social and political organization since the 16th century.” —Stephen Haber, A.A. and Jeanne Welch Milligan Professor, School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University “A phenomenal synthesis with new insights on the roots of Latin American political economy. A vital read to grasp the origins of macroeconomic management and populism, the stubbornly high inequality, and social tensions.” —Elias Papaioannou, Professor of Economics, London Business School “This fantastic new book maps the latest and most interesting methodological advances in the fields of historical economics and historical political economy onto the history of Latin America. The result is a fascinating new understanding of the persistent effects of historical phenomena in the region – including institutional and cultural changes – on each country’s path to development and economic prosperity, or lack thereof.” —Alberto Bisin, Professor of Economics, New York University This book brings together world-renowned experts and rising scholars to provide a collection of chapters examining the long-term impact of historical events on modern-day economic and political developments in Latin America. It, uses a novel approach, stressing empirical contributions and state-of-the-art empirical methods for causal identification. Contributing authors apply these cutting-edge tools to their topics of expertise, giving readers a compendium of frontier research in the region. Important questions of colonialism, migration, elites, land tenure, corruption, and conflict are examined and discussed in an approachable style. The book features a conclusion from Alberto Diaz-Cayeros, Director of the Center for Latin American Studies at Stanford University. This book is critical reader for scholars and students of economic history, political science, political economy, development studies, and Latin American, and Caribbean studies. Felipe Valencia Caicedo is Assistant Professor in the Vancouver School of Economics at the University of British Columbia, Canada, and a Research Affiliate of CEPR. His primary research interests are in economic history, development economics, and economic growth, with an emphasis on Latin America.
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    ISBN: 9783031443930
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (VI, 384 p. 21 illus., 10 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Studies in Public Choice 43
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The political economy of lobbying
    Keywords: Economics. ; Social choice. ; Political science. ; Legislation. ; Political planning. ; Europe ; Welfare economics. ; Accountability ; Chinese Politics ; Corruption ; Economics ; European Union Politics ; Governance ; Lobbying ; Political Science ; Political Economy ; Public Choice ; Party donations ; Regulation ; Revolving door ; Russian and Post-Soviet Politics ; US Politics ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Chapter 1 Introduction -- Part I: Theoretical Background -- Chapter 2 Lobbying – A Public Choice Perspective -- Chapter 3 Lobbying from the Perspective of Behavioral Political Economy -- Chapter 4 Policy Failure and Lobbying -- Chapter 5 Lobbying and Macroeconomic Development -- Part II: Channels of Influence and their Regulation -- Chapter 6 Informational Lobbying -- Chapter 7 Campaign Finance -- Chapter 8 The Revolving Door Phenomenon -- Chapter 9 Politicians’ Extra-Parliamentary Activities and Lobbying -- Chapter 10 Lobbying through Gifts -- Chapter 11 Commercial Lobbying Firms: Lobbying as Business -- Chapter 12 The Evolution of Modern Democracy as a Process of Constitutional Lobbying -- Chapter 13 Lobbying and Trade Protection -- Part III: Lobbying in selected World Regions -- Chapter 14 Lobbying in the United States -- Chapter 15 Lobbying in the European Union -- Chapter 16 Lobbying in Russia -- Chapter 17 Lobbying in China.
    Abstract: Lobbying is not only the subject of ongoing, heated debates in politics and the public sphere but has also been a focus of the social sciences for decades. This edited volume provides an overview of the current state of research on lobbying from the perspective of Public Choice as a subfield of political science and economics. After a brief introduction to the field, Part I provides an overview of basic concepts and political-economic theories of lobbying from the standpoints of various subfields of Public Choice. Subsequently, Part II investigates the various channels used by interest groups to influence policymakers, such as party donations, informational lobbying, hiring politicians, etc. These chapters also discuss the possibilities and limits of regulating the respective channels. Lastly, Part III sheds light on lobbying in selected regions (i.e., the United States, European Union, Russia, and China). .
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XVI, 328 p.)
    Series Statement: SIDREA Series in Accounting and Business Administration
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    Keywords: Accounting. ; Commercial law. ; Industries. ; Financial Reporting ; Accounting Standards ; European Regulation ; International Accounting ; Directive 34/2013 ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: The evolution of accounting regulations in the EU -- Germany -- United Kingdom -- France -- Italy -- Spain -- Denmark -- Sweden -- The Netherlands -- Objectives, overriding principles and relevance -- Financial statements layouts -- Write-down for impairment losses -- Accounting for Capital and Reserves, OCI and Profit Distribution -- Income taxes in financial statements -- Non-financial reporting in the European Union: current issues and prospects -- Private firm accounting in the EU: still an incomplete and fragmented picture.
    Abstract: With Directive 2013/34/EU - which replaced the 4th and 7th accounting Directives - a new step towards European accounting harmonization has been taken: accounting rules on private firms have been further standardized and, at the same time, brought closer to IAS/IFRS. This book develops a comparative analysis of the most relevant issues in the process of preparing the financial statements after the recent transposition of the aforementioned Directive into the local accounting rules and standards. This book is of interest for several reasons. First, private firms, which are not necessarily small-medium sized companies, are the most prevalent and the engine of growth in all European countries. At the same time, the international academic literature is mainly devoted to listed companies, due to the limited availability of data for private companies and the idea that accounting information is less relevant for this kind of companies. In addition, the analysis contained in the book is the result of the work of more than 30 European researchers, who contributed to both a vertical analysis of eight countries (Germany, Spain, Italy, France, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Sweden, and Denmark) and a horizontal analysis of the most relevant cross-cutting issues (fundamental principles, financial statement formats, impairment losses, capital reserves and profit distribution, income taxes, and non-financial reporting). More specifically, the book aims to examine, from a comparative perspective, the methods of application of the Directive in Europe, in parallel with the evolutionary processes of national GAAPs, in order to verify the impact of both legal regulations and professional rules on the quality and comparability of accounting information, as well as the degree of convergence towards the IAS/IFRS model.
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVIII, 456 p. 52 illus., 38 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Palgrave Studies in Ancient Economies
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    Keywords: Economic history. ; Prehistoric peoples. ; America ; Political anthropology. ; Economic anthropology. ; Mesoamerica ; Maya ; realizing value ; decision-making in ancient economies ; Spanish conquest ; Classic period ; maize and jade ; social value ; Mesoamerican archaeology ; ancient economies and the marketplace ; Western Mexico ; Oaxaca ; Veracruz ; collective value ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Part I: Approaches to Value -- Chapter 2. Postclassic Maya Things and their Entanglements -- Chapter3. Considering Reciprocity and Gratitude in the Postclassic Basin of Mexico Economies -- Chapter 4. Chronotopic Value: Objects and Meaning Through Mesoamerican Timespace -- Part II: Lithics and Land -- Chapter 5: Assembling Value in Mesoamerica -- Chapter 6. Understanding Obsidian Values Among the Ancient Maya -- Chapter 7. On Value and Values: The Displayed and Hidden Action of Classic-Period Maya Jades -- Chapter 8. Shifting Landscapes of Value in the Maya World. Part III: Crafting -- Chapter 9. Crafting Jewels, Creating Value: Techné and Tlateccayotl among the Nahuas in the Basin of Mexico -- Chapter 10. The Social Value of Cotton Textiles in Postclassic Oaxaca, Mexico -- Chapter 11. Soft Infrastructure: Realizing Value of Craft Producers in Small Centers and Settlements in Veracruz, Mesoamerica -- Part IV: Exchange -- Chapter 12. Exchange Value in Classic Period Maya Economies: The View from Western Belize -- Chapter 13. Magic and Marxism: Valuing Enchantment in the Maya Political Economy -- Chapter 14. Classic Maya Tribute as a Social Register -- Part V: Inequality -- Chapter 15. Beyond Economic Inequality: Unmeasurable Values, Collective Demand, and Community Building in Classic Period Mesoamerica -- Chapter 16. Inequality of What? Multiple Paths to the Good Life.
    Abstract: This edited collection addresses concepts of value and its impact on economies and economic decision-making in Mesoamerica. It brings together various theoretical and methodological approaches to illuminate the little-studied topic of value in ancient economies. While scholars increasingly note that tangible objects found in the archaeological record could assume different values, depending on how they were used and circulated, less attention has been paid to how we might infer consensus (or lack of consensus) on how value was determined in past cultures so different from contemporary ones. These contributions show how multiple and conflicting understandings of what is important and meaningful coexist within any society even as moments of exchange create the impression of shared formulations of value. They consider divergences between shared understandings based on systems of beliefs and patterns of practice and the individual decisions of social actors. They also discuss how inequalities in social structures might inform our understanding of value, and how a multiplicity of values might encourage closer inspection of inequality in turn. The book brings together fifteen chapters focused on many parts of Mesoamerica, including Western Mexico, the Basin of Mexico, Veracruz, Oaxaca, and various parts of the Maya Lowlands, and range chronologically from the Classic period (250-900 CE) to the Spanish Conquest in the early 16th Century. It appeals to those working in archaeology, economic anthropology, economic history, and all those interested in how value can be understood in terms of contemporary cultural and political differences. Scott Hutson is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Kentucky. He is the author of several books on the Maya. He has been doing fieldwork in the Maya lowlands, usually focusing on household archaeology, settlement patterns, and ritual practice, since 1996. Charles Golden is Professor of Anthropology at Brandeis University. He has conducted archaeological research in Belize, Honduras, Guatemala, and Mexico, and his investigations have focused on the borders between Maya kingdoms and the economic, social, and ritual ties that bound rural villages into larger political communities.
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    ISBN: 9783031218088
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(X, 156 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Sophia Studies in Cross-cultural Philosophy of Traditions and Cultures 40
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    Keywords: Religion—Philosophy. ; Political science—Philosophy. ; Culture—Study and teaching. ; Religion ; Political science ; Culture
    Abstract: Preface -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: All Life is Yoga -- Chapter 3: Ideal of Human Unity -- Chapter 4: Integral Conflict Resolution -- Chapter 5: Sri Aurobindo in the 21st Century -- Index.
    Abstract: This book brings to focus one of the prominent 20th century Indian thinkers, Sri Aurobindo, by providing an overview of his philosophy on life and yoga, and by elucidating his thought in the context of contemporary society. This text is unique in approaching Sri Aurobindo as a problem solver and from a conflict resolution perspective, the latter being the author’s expertise. Sri Aurobindo’s contributions such as Ideal of Human Unity, Integral Yoga, Life Divine and his poetic vision as embodied in his epic poem, Savitri, are explored in-depth. The book explores these ideas to seek possible solutions to the current predicaments of human life and society. This monograph attracts not only students and researchers in the fields of philosophy, religion, yoga, political science, international politics, Indian thought, and conflict resolution, but also general interest readers. .
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    ISBN: 9783031226069
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XIX, 421 p. 12 illus., 4 illus. in color.)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Taxing choices for managing natural resources, the environment, and global climate change
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    Keywords: Power resources. ; Environmental economics. ; Economic policy. ; Sustainability. ; Climatology. ; Taxation of Natural Resources ; Fiscal Policy Instruments for Environmental Protection ; Non-Renewable Resource Revenue Funds ; Environmental Federalism ; Corruption in the Oil and Gas Sector ; Carbon Taxes ; Reducing Energy Subsidies to Combat the Greenhouse Effect ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Ressourcenökonomie ; Umweltschutz ; Steuer ; Umweltzertifikat
    Abstract: Part I. Introduction and Overview -- 1. Overview -- Part II. The Taxation of Natural Resources and the Environment, Revenue Sharing and Revenue Fund Management -- 2. The Taxation of Natural Resources: Principles and Policy Issues -- 3. Green Taxes and Policies for Environmental Protection -- 4. Revenue Sharing from Natural Resources: Principles and Practices -- 5. Non-renewable Resource Revenue Funds: Critical Issues in Design and Management -- Part III. Environmental Federalism -- 6. Green Federalism: Principles and Practice in Mature Federations and the European Union -- 7. Environmental Federalism in Brazil -- Part IV. Combating Global Climate Change -- 8. Carbon Tax as a Tool for Tax Reform and Protecting Local and Global Environments -- 9. Worldwide Energy Subsidies and the impact of their removal on economic welfare and global climate change -- Part V. Combating Corruption -- 10. Combating Corruption in the Oil and Gas Sector.
    Abstract: This book reviews taxing choices to protect the local and global environment and preserve and sustain natural resources. Alternative economic instruments such as carbon taxes and tradable permits to combat global climate change are also examined. Strategies and practices for the managing and sharing of revenues from natural resources are highlighted. Also, roles of various orders of government in managing, taxing, and sharing natural resources in selected countries are documented to highlight the impact of such division of responsibilities in preserving natural resources and the environment. The susceptibility of resource revenue dependent economies to corruption and malfeasance, and the Dutch disease, is also highlighted. This book could serve as a supplementary reference book for graduate and undergraduate courses and as a sourcebook for journalists, researchers, policymakers, and government practitioners. Anwar Shah is a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution (Washington, D.C., USA) and Advisor at the World Bank and OECD. He has previously served the Asian Development Bank, Canadian Ministry of Finance, the Government of Alberta, and the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
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    ISBN: 9783031134050
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVII, 262 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Pluralizing philosophy's past
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    Keywords: Philosophy, Modern. ; Religions. ; History. ; Philosophy ; History ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Religionsphilosophie ; Philosophie ; Kulturvergleich
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Anne Conway on Substance and Individuals -- 3. Du Bois on the Centralized Organization of Science -- 4. A New Perspective on Old Ideas in González de Salas’s Nueva idea de la tragedia Antigua -- 5. Developing Political Realism: Some Ideas from Classical China -- 6. Philosopher of Samarqand: Abū Manṣūr al-Māturīdī’s Theory of Properties -- 7. Toward a Critical History of Philosophy: Hannah Arendt and the Critique of the Meditative Tradition -- 8. “Pervading the Sable Veil”: Phillis Wheatley as Early Modern Philosopher of Religion -- 9. The Waters of Which We Have Spoken: Reading Marguerite Porete as Substance Metaphysics -- 10. Two Dogmas of Enlightenment Scholarship -- 11. “Novel Philosophy”: Mapping a Path for a Woman in the Radical Enlightenment” -- 12. Teaching Comparative History of Political Philosophy -- 13. Doing Philosophy in Nineteenth-Century West Africa -- 14. Ibn Taymiyya’s “Common-Sense” Philosophy -- 15. From Meditation to Contemplation: Broadening the Borders of Philosophy in the Thirteenth to Fifteenth Centuries -- 16. Notes for an Indigenous Political Philosophy in New Spain: On the Figure of Nezahualcóyotl.
    Abstract: This collection of 15 accessible essays on neglected philosophical figures and traditions aims to provide readers with concrete access points to less familiar philosophical sources and methods. Showcasing the latest research by both up-and-coming and well-established scholars, each essay focuses on a particular topic relevant to the pluralization of the history of philosophy and offers advice for incorporating the figure, theme, or approach into the philosophy classroom.
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XXV, 485 p. 68 illus., 48 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Public Administration and Information Technology 40
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    Keywords: Technology—Sociological aspects. ; Public administration. ; Information technology. ; Application software. ; Technology ; Crisis Information Management Systems ; Disaster Management ; Critical Information Infrastructures ; response and recovery ; Resource and Task Management ; Situational Awareness ; Common Operating Picture ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: 1. Emergency Management’s Journey with Technology -- 2. Deploying Modern Technology for Disaster Management Practitioners -- 3. Technology and information management supporting resilience in health care and rescue systems -- 4. A System for Collaboration and Information Sharing in Disaster Management -- 5. A decade of netcentric crisis management: challenges and future development -- 6. Common Operational Picture and Interconnected Tools for Disaster Response: the FASTER toolkit -- 7. Intelligent Building Evacuation: From Modeling Systems to Behaviors -- 8. Challenges of Integrating Advanced Information Technologies with 5G in Disaster Risk Management -- 9. An Integrated Framework to Evaluate Information Systems Performance in High-Risk Settings: Experiences from the iTRACK Project -- 10. Rural First Responders and Communication Technology: A Mixed Methods Approach to Assessing Their Challenges and Needs -- 11. Designing well-accepted IT solutions for emergency response: Methods and approaches -- 12. Mobile Device-to-Device Communication for Crisis Scenarios Using Low-cost LoRa Modems -- 13. Digitalized Cross-sector Collaboration for an Effective Emergency Response: Emerging Forms of Network Governance -- 14. Defining common information requirements for supporting inter-agency emergency operations -- 15. A Commercial Cloud-based Crisis Information Management System: How Fit and Robust is it in Response to a Catastrophe?- 16. Practitioners’ Perceptions of Fitness to Task of a Leading Disaster Response Management Tool -- 17. From Digital Public Warning Systems to Emergency Warning Ecosystems -- 18. The role of Ontologies and Linked Open Data in support of Disaster Management -- 19. Towards a taxonomy for classifying Crisis Information Management Systems.
    Abstract: This edited book entertains a multitude of perspectives on crisis information management systems (CIMS)-based disaster response and recovery management. The use of information technology in disaster management has become the central means for collecting, vetting, and distributing information. It also serves as the backbone for coordination and collaboration between response and recovery units as well as resource management tool. This edited volume aims at covering the whole range of application and uses of CIMS in disaster response and recovery. It showcases coordination and collaboration mechanisms between government agencies, the involvement of non-governmental entities, lessons learned as well as lessons not learned, approaches to disaster resiliency in society, community engagement in disaster/catastrophe responses and recovery, and, particularly, the role of CIMS in response and recovery. Serving as a platform for showcasing recent academic discoveries as well as a knowledge source for practitioners, this volume will be of interest to researchers and practitioners interested in disaster response, public administration, emergency management, and information systems. .
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    ISBN: 9783031244780
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XI, 128 p. 2 illus.)
    Series Statement: Sustainable Finance
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    Keywords: Finance. ; Macroeconomics. ; Capital market. ; Financial services industry. ; Central Banks ; Monetary Policy ; EU ; Macroeconomic Policy ; Sustainability ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Chapter 1. From Climate Finance to “climate Finance Society” to a Culture of Sus-tainability. Changing Perspectives on the ECB’s New Strategy -- Chapter 2. Sustainable Finance: What has Happened – What Needs to Happen? -- Chapter 3. The New Sustainability Strategy of the ECB -- Chapter 4. Independently Green? An Integrated Strategy for a Transformative ECB -- Chapter 5. Credibility in the Financial Market – a Practical Perspective -- Chapter 6. Fundamental Rights in the Core Business of the ECB – Still No Issue -- Chapter 7. The Club of Rome, the Global Perspective -- Chapter 8. What to Do with Modern Money Theory (MMT)? -- Chapter 9. The Role of the EU Taxonomy.
    Abstract: This book analyses the new strategic decisions of the European Central Bank. Contributors from different fields examine especially the sustainability strategy of the ECB: What role can the European Central Bank play in fighting climate change? ECB President Christine Lagarde has repeatedly confirmed that the central bank wants to play a role in coping with climate change. What will this role be? What instruments does the ECB have to make a difference in challenges such as the defossilization of the economy and transport, biodiversity, the energy transition, resource consumption and other sustainability areas? Is it entitled or obliged to go beyond the classic mandate of maintaining price stability? The volume includes contributions from academics and practitioners from the financial sector, civil society and institutions involved at European level.
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    ISBN: 9783031278563
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVII, 189 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Marx, Engels, and Marxisms
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    Keywords: Political science—Philosophy. ; Political science. ; Marxian school of sociology. ; Marxian economics. ; Political sociology. ; Political science
    Abstract: 1.Introduction -- Part I: Democratic Criticism of Work -- 2. Chapter 1 : The Political Meaning of the Critique of Work -- 3.Chapter 2. Neoliberalism versus Democratic Work -- Part II: Theoretical Models and Political Issues -- 4.Chapter 3. The class struggle : revolutionising institutions to democratise labour -- 5.Chapter 4. Industrial democracy: democratising work to transform institutions -- 6.Chapter 5. Materialist feminism: the democratic stakes of the definition of work-for -- 7.Chapter 6. Political ecology : what kind of work does the critique of productivism lead to ? -- Part III: Work, democratic experiments -- 8.Chapter 7. Self-management: towards a revolution in the process, organisation and division of labour -- 9.Chapter. 8. Workers’ councils and council democracy: towards a democratic transformation of the company, the State, and the municipality -- 10. Conclusion. .
    Abstract: "This book is an exceptionally rich study that will mark a major intervention in the live discussions on the social and political centrality of work. Cukier investigates the many ways in which democratic life depends on the democratic control of the economy, from workplaces to the economy as a whole." –Jean-Philippe Deranty, Professor of Philosophy, Macquarie University, Australia. This book proposes a radical transformation of labour institutions, in order to lay the foundation for the democratization of society rather than capitalist accumulation. Using an empirical analysis of the contemporary world of work, Alexis Cukier examines the democratic meaning of today’s critique of work organization and questions the theoretical models (linked to class struggles and to industrial democracy) to conceive of a "democratic work." Considering particular historical experiments (such as cooperatives, self-management, worker’s councils) that try to realize democracy at work, this book also analyzes the political issue of "democratic work" in relation to issues such as labour law, feminist struggles and political ecology. Ultimately, this book proposes some institutional paths that could overtake the divide between the rights of the citizens and the rights of the workers, arguing finally: if we really want to radicalize democracy, we should begin with democratizing work. Alexis Cukier is Associate Professor of Moral and Political Philosophy and member of the research laboratory Métaphysique Allemande et Philosophie Pratique, University of Poitiers, France. .
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    ISBN: 9783031123344
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XVI, 622 p. 19 illus.)
    Series Statement: Studies in Economic Transition
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    Keywords: Economics—History. ; Economics. ; Development economics. ; Globalization. ; Economics ; Socialist economic systems ; Economic transition ; Integration and globalisation ; Transition to the market economy ; Transition of the USSR ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: 1. The degree of monopoly in the Kaldor-Mirrlees growth model -- 2. Capitalism, socialism and steady growth -- 3. Introductory essay to V. K. Dmitriev -- 4. Michal Kalecki's contributions to the theory and practice of socialist planning -- 5. Kalecki and Keynes revisited -- 6. Socialism on earth -- 7. Hidden and repressed inflation in Soviet-type economies -- 8. Cycles in socialist economies -- 9. Feasible financial innovation under market socialism -- 10. On Tibor Liska’s entrepreneurial socialism -- 11. Market socialism: the model that might have been but never was -- 12. Stabilization and reform sequencing in the reform of Central Eastern Europe -- 13. Privatisation of socialist economies: general issues and the Polish case -- 14. Privatization of financial institutions -- 15. Economic inertia in the transitional economies of central eastern Europe.
    Abstract: This book, the first of two volumes, brings together the work of Domenico Mario Nuti to highlight his significant and varied contribution to economics. Bringing together works from across Nuti’s career, his distinctive intellectual framework is exemplified in relation to discussions on the drivers of economic growth and development, the most efficient economic system, the organisation of firms, and how economies should be managed. This volume gives particular attention to socialist economic systems, and the transition of former socialist countries to market economies. This book, through the inclusion of an introduction, aims to contextualise his ideas and illustrate their continued relevance. It will be of wide interest to students and researchers. Domenico Mario Nuti was Professor of Economics at La Sapienza University in Rome and the European University Institute in Florence. He also held positions at the University of Cambridge, University of Birmingham, and the London Business School. Saul Estrin is Emeritus Professor of Managerial Economics and Strategy at LSE. Milica Uvalic is Professor of Economics at the University of Perugia.
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    ISBN: 9783031292439
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(IX, 270 p. 5 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Political Philosophy and Public Purpose
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    Keywords: Political science—Philosophy. ; Intellectual life—History. ; Political science. ; Critical theory. ; World politics. ; Political science ; Intellectual life
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Part I: Rereading Rousseau, Reclaiming History -- Chapter 2: From fashioned to Fashioner: Rousseau and the Reclaiming of History -- Part II: ‘Marxism and Critical Theory’ -- Chapter 3: The Most Absolute Authority’: Rousseau and the Tensions of Mass Sovereignty -- Chapter 4: Althusser, Rousseau and the Politics of the Encounter -- Chapter 5: The ambivalence of human sociality: Rousseau and recognition -- Part III: ‘Transgression and Resistance’ -- Chapter 6: Olympe de Gouges: Gendering Rousseau -- Chapter 7: Toward a Queer and Feminist Ecology in The Reveries of the Solitary Walker -- Part IV: Sovereignty and Economic Democracy -- Chapter 8: Sovereignty as Responsibility: Rousseau and the Dialectic of Practical Reason -- Chapter 9: Economic Democracy and Rousseau’s Political Thought -- Part V: ‘Rousseau and Intellectual History’ -- Chapter 10: Rousseau in Thai Constitutionalism -- Chapter 11: Rousseau in Meiji Japan: the impact of French Republicanism and Nakae Chômin -- Conclusion co-authored by Denis C. Bosseau, Neal Harris, and Ployjai Pintobtang (NB Owen Brown is no longer co-authoring this chapter).
    Abstract: “This highly innovative and wide-ranging collection 'reloads' Rousseau as a resource for current social and political theory, covering both well-known topics and less familiar ones.” —William Outhwaite, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, University of Newcastle, UK “This scintillating volume on Rousseau—with its internationally divergent and original chapters—confronts the realities of the neo-liberal counterrevolution and the ways in which its understanding of ‘freedom’ constitute a danger for a good life of all and the survival of the planet.” —Heinz Sünker, Rudolf Carnap Senior Professor, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Germany “We are living through a crisis of democracy, during which it is necessary not to go back to Rousseau but to go forward to Rousseau and to explore the ways in which his thought can illuminate our contemporary dilemmas. The interdisciplinary focus and breadth of this stimulating collection will be of great help in this endeavour.” —Andy Kilmister, Senior Lecturer of Economics, Oxford Brookes University, UK This book demonstrates that Rousseau offers a distinctive critical voice which is worthy of listening to. Rousseau is shown to target not merely social ‘injustices’, but the very dynamics central to the ‘form of life’ itself. As such we are able to contemplate, and engage in, a more foundational form of social critique. We contend that by returning to Rousseau, both as a theorist in his own right, and as an interlocutor with the contemporary literature within radical political and social philosophy, we can see both the circumscribed nature of contemporary discussion, and the true importance of Rousseau’s thought. In summary, Rousseau remains a figure of vital importance across disciplines and it is high time for an edited volume which connects insights centring his thought and impact today. Denis Bosseau is a doctoral candidate at the University of Sussex, Brighton, UK. Owen Brown is an independent scholar based in Oxford, UK. Neal Harris is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Oxford Brookes University, UK. Ployjai Pintobtang is a Lecturer in the department of Government, University of Chiang Mai, Thailand.
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    ISBN: 9783031132605
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXIII, 716 Seiten) , Illustrationen
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The Palgrave handbook of global slavery throughout history
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    Keywords: America—History. ; Africa—History. ; World history. ; Labor. ; History. ; Imperialism. ; Social history. ; Africa ; America ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Sklaverei ; Geschichte
    Abstract: 1: Introduction: Historicising and Spatialising Global Slavery; Damian A. Pargas -- Part 1: Ancient Societies (to 500 C.E.) -- 2. Mesopotamian Slavery; Seth Richardson -- 3: Ancient Egyptian Slavery; Ella Karev -- 4: Slavery in Ancient Greece; Kostas Vlassopoulos -- 5: Slavery in the Roman Empire; Noel Lenski -- 6: Injection: An Archaeological Approach to Slavery; Catherine M. Cameron. Part 2: Medieval Societies (500-1500 C.E.) -- 7: Slavery in the Byzantine Empire; Youval Rotman -- 8: Slavery in Medieval Arabia; Magdalena Moorthy-Kloss -- 9: Slavery in the Black Sea Region; Hannah Barker -- 10: Slavery in the Western Mediterranean; Juliane Schiel -- 11: The Question of Slavery in the Inca State; Karoline Noack and Kerstin Nowack -- 12: Injection: A Gender Perspective on Domestic Slavery; Ruth Karras -- Part 3: Early Modern Societies (1500-1800 C.E.) -- 13: Slavery in the Mediterranean; Giulia Bonazza -- 14: Slavery in the Ottoman Empire; Hayri Gökşin Özkoray -- 15: Slavery in the Holy Roman Empire; Josef Köstlbauer -- 16: Slavery and Serfdom in Muscovy and the Russian Empire; Hans-Heinrich Nolte and Elena Smolarz -- 17: Slavery in Late Ming China; Claude Chevaleyre -- 18: Slavery in Chosŏn Korea; Sun Joo Kim -- 19: Slavery in the Indian Ocean World; Titas Chakraborty -- 20: Maritime Passages in the Indian Ocean Slave Trade; Pedro Machado -- 21: The Rise of Atlantic Slavery in the Americas; Michael Zeuske -- 22: Plantation Slavery in the British Caribbean; Trevor Burnard -- 23: Injection: Atlantic Slavery and Commodity Chains; Klaus Weber -- Part 4: Modern Societies (1800-1900 C.E.) -- 24: The Second Slavery in the Americas; Michael Zeuske -- 25: Slavery in the US South; Damian A. Pargas -- 26: Slavery in the Middle East and North Africa; Ismael M. Montana -- 27: Slavery in Islamic West Africa; Jennifer Lofkrantz -- 28: Urban East African Slavery; Michelle Liebst -- 29: Slavery in South Asia; Emma Kalb -- 30: Slavery in Southeastern Europe; Viorel Achim -- 31: Injection: The Global Spread of Abolitionism; William Mulligan -- Part 5: Contemporary Societies (1900-Present) -- 32: American Slaveries since Emancipation; Catherine Armstrong -- 33: Slavery in French West Africa; Benedetta Rossi -- 34: Slave Labor in Nazi Germany; Marc Buggeln -- 35: State-introduced Slavery in Soviet Forced Labor Camps; Felicitas Fischer von Weikersthal -- 36: North Korean Slavery and Forced Labor in Present-Day Europe; Remco Breuker -- 37: Modern Slavery in the Global Economy; Bruno Lamas -- 38: Injection: Modern Slavery and Political Strategy; Joel Quirk -- 39: Conclusion: Situating Slavery Studies in the Field of Global History; Juliane Schiel.
    Abstract: This open access handbook takes a comparative and global approach to analyse the practice of slavery throughout history. In order to understand slavery - why it developed, and how it functioned in various societies – is to understand an important and widespread practice in world civilisations. With research traditionally being dominated by the Atlantic world, this collection aims to illuminate slavery that existed in not only the Americas but also ancient, medieval, North and sub-Saharan African, Near Eastern, and Asian societies. Connecting civilisations through migration, warfare, trade routes and economic expansion, the practice of slavery integrated countries and regions through power-based relationships, whilst simultaneously dividing societies by class, race, ethnicity and cultural group. Uncovering slavery as a globalizing phenomenon, the authors highlight the slave-trading routes that crisscrossed Africa, helped integrate the Mediterranean world, connected Indian Ocean societies and fused the Atlantic world. Split into five parts, the handbook portrays the evolution of slavery from antiquity to the contemporary era and encourages readers to realise similarities and differences between various manifestations of slavery throughout history. Providing a truly global coverage of slavery, and including thematic injections within each chronological part, this handbook is a comprehensive and transnational resource for all researchers interested in slavery, the history of labour, and anthropology. Damian A. Pargas is Professor of North American History and Culture at Leiden University as well as Director of the Roosevelt Institute for American Studies in The Netherlands. Juliane Schiel is Associate Professor of Economic and Social History at the University of Vienna in Austria.
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    ISBN: 9783031313035
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVII, 236 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Recovering Political Philosophy
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    Keywords: Political science—Philosophy. ; Law—Philosophy. ; Law—History. ; Political science. ; Political science ; Law ; Law
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Reverence and the Politics of Authority -- Chapter 2. Plato’s Laws and the Enigma of Godlikeness -- Chapter 3. Classical Utopianism in Plato’s Laws -- Chapter 4. The Athenian’s Rehabilitation of Tragedy -- Chapter 5. Reverence and the Disunity of Political Virtue -- Chapter 6. Epilogue.
    Abstract: “The Reverent City is among the best studies of Plato’s Laws. Ballingall argues convincingly that reverence or awe plays a far greater role in classical political thought than is ordinarily understood.” —Mark Lutz, Director, Society for Greek Political Thought and Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA “A subtle and penetrating interpreter of Plato, Ballingall shows that Plato’s Laws has important lessons to teach our irreverent age. This is a book for serious students of Plato, but also for those concerned about the drift of our politics away from all things respectful and reverent.” –Devin Stauffer, Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Government, University of Texas at Austin, USA “Ballingall’s astute study of Plato’s Laws addresses the puzzles and covers all the aspects of reverence while offering a thoughtful tribute to this unlikely friend of reason.” –Harvey C. Mansfield, Kenan Professor of Government, Harvard University, USA This book offers an original interpretation of Plato’s Laws and a new account of its enduring importance. Ballingall argues that the republican regime conceived in the Laws is built on "reverence," an archaic virtue governing emotions of self-assessment—particularly awe and shame. Ballingall demonstrates how learning to feel these emotions in the right way, at the right time, and for the right things is the necessary basis for the rule of law conceived in the dialogue. The Laws remains surprisingly neglected in the scholarly literature, although this is changing. The cynical populisms haunting liberal democracies are focusing new attention on the “characterological” basis of constitutional government and Plato’s Laws remains an indispensable resource on this question, especially when we attend to the theme of reverence at its core. Robert Ballingall is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Maine, USA. Previously, he was a postdoctoral fellow in the Program on Constitutional Government at Harvard University and Allan Bloom Memorial Postdoctoral Fellow for Research in Classical Political Thought at the University of Toronto, where he also earned his PhD.
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    ISBN: 9783031363788
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVIII, 258 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Political Philosophy and Public Purpose
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    Keywords: Political science. ; Political science ; Critical theory. ; World politics.
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Socialisme ou Barbarie -- Chapter 2: Society, Reality, Alienation and Ideology -- Chapter 3: The modern symbolic revolution -- Chapter 4: The interpretation of Machiavelli -- Chapter 5: The theory of the political -- Chapter 6: Democracy and Totalitarianism -- Chapter 7: Conclusions.
    Abstract: This book proposes a new interpretation of Claude Lefort’s thought focusing on his phenomenological method. Although all scholars recognize the influence of Merleau-Ponty, so far no one has demonstrated the fundamental coherence between Merleau-Ponty’s theory and the main concepts proposed by Lefort; in particular between the concept of institution and the definitions of social and democracy. If Merleau-Ponty uses the idea of institution to think beyond the division between subject and object, to think together continuity and difference, permanence and change, this same concept allows Lefort to understand society as both conflict and unity. From this starting point, this study will attempt to clarify Lefort’s concept of the political and his interpretations of modernity, humanism, and the work of Niccolò Machiavelli. These very concepts will show the difference from structuralism, Michel Foucault’s contemporary theory and theories of immanence. At the same time this study highlights an internal tension in Lefort’s own thinking: between autonomy and experience, institution and insurgence. Mattia Di Pierro is a Post-Doc researcher at the Philosophy Department of the University of Milan, Italy. His research mainly concerns contemporary political thought, theories of democracy and of modernity. He is the author of L’esperienza del mondo: Claude Lefort e la fenomenologia del politico (ETS 2020) and numerous articles on history of political thought and political philosophy.
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    ISBN: 9783031343407
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVIII, 390 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 2nd ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science 341
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    Keywords: 18. Jahrhundert (1700 bis 1799 n. Chr.) ; c 1700 to c 1800 ; Philosophy. ; History. ; Science ; Philosophy ; Geschichtsschreibung, Historiographie ; HISTORY / Historiography ; Historiography ; History of ideas ; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 ; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General ; PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics ; Philosophie: Metaphysik und Ontologie ; Philosophische Traditionen und Denkschulen ; Philosophy ; Philosophy of science ; Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology ; SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects ; Wissenschaftsphilosophieund -theorie ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm 1646-1716 ; Kant, Immanuel 1724-1804 ; Newton, Isaac 1643-1727 ; Naturwissenschaften ; Metaphysik ; Geschichte 1700-1800 ; Wissenschaftsphilosophie ; Geschichte 1700-1800
    Abstract: Introduction -- 1. Disciplinary Transformations in the Age of Newton: The Case of Metaphysics (Alan Gabbey) -- 2. Leibniz’ Concept of Possible Worlds and the Analysis of Motion in Eighteenth-Century Physics (Hartmut Hecht) -- 3. The Limits of Intelligibility: The Status of Physical Sciences in d’Alemberts Philosophy (François De Gandt) -- 4. “In Nature as in Geometry”: Du Châtelet and the Post-Newtonian Debate on the Physical Significance of Mathematical Objects (Aaron Wells) -- 5. Order of Nature and Order of Science (Helmut Pulte) -- 6. Samuel Clarke’s Annotations in Jacques Rohault’s Traité de Physique, and How They Contributed to Popularising Newton’s Physics (Volkmar Schüller) -- 7. "Feigning Hypotheses”: non-Newtonian Approaches to Gravitation - Euler and Le Sage (Maria de Paz) -- 8. Kant on Extension and Force: Critical Appropriations of Leibniz and Newton (Eric Watkins) -- 9. Enlightenment Scotland’s Philosophico-Chemical Physics (David Wilson ) -- 10. Materialistic Theories of Mind and Brain (Ann Thomson ) -- 11. Kant’s Second Paralogism in Context: The Critique of Pure Reason on Whether Matter Can Think (Falk Wunderlich ) -- 12. Cosmological Constellations: Varieties of Cosmology Available to Kant in 1755 (Stephen Howard) -- 13. Natural or Artificial Systems? The Eighteenth-Century Controversy on Classification and its Philosophical Contexts (Wolfgang Lefèvre ) -- 14. Beyond Newton, Leibniz, and Kant: Constrained Motion and New Conceptual Foundations, 1740-1800 (Marius Stan) -- Appendix 1.Newton’s scholia from David Gregory’s Estate on the Propositions IV trough IX Book III of his Principia -- Appendix 2. The Concepts of Immanuel Kant’s Natural Philosophy (1747-1780): A Database Rendering their Explicit and Implicit Networks.
    Abstract: This extended new edition offers a multifaceted insight into a period of intellectual history in the West in which the balance between speculative theories and experiential science was reset. As is well known, the interrelationship between philosophy and science underwent a profound change in the early modern period, in the course of which the sciences freed themselves from the conceptual framework of traditional metaphysics. The contributions of the volume focus on the eighteenth century, the critical and quite contradictory final phase of this process. The volume distinguishes itself by tracing this transition process not only in the obvious case of the new mechanics - Newtonianism and analytic mechanics - but also by addressing new speculative philosophies of nature - early modern atomism or imponderable physics - and new metaphysical controversies such as the body-mind problem (Can matter think?) as well as developments in special scientific fields such as cosmology/astronomy and natural history. The volume is written by historians of philosophy and the sciences of the early modern period and is intended primarily for specialists and students in these fields of knowledge. However, it is certainly also interesting and useful for cultural historians working on this period.
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    ISBN: 9783031315787
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XIV, 257 p. 1 illus.)
    Series Statement: Palgrave Studies in Economic History
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    Keywords: Economic history. ; Europe ; Science ; Economics ; Intellectual life ; Cold War ; Cold War history ; Economic History ; History of Economics ; Cold War Studies ; History of Science ; CEE history ; Intellectual history ; Exile history ; Communist countries ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Soviet Union : The Ambiguous Case of National -- Chapter 2: East Germany : Negotiating Conformity and Innovation -- Chapter 3:Czechoslovakia : Opening the Doors to the West -- Chapter 4: Hungary : Surfing Among Ice Floes -- Chapter 5: Poland : Economic History Debate Across the Iron Curtain -- Chapter 6: Yugoslavia : Economic Historiography Between National and International Context -- Chapter 7: Romania : Approaches and Limits of Economic History.
    Abstract: This edited volume offers a systematic exploration of the relations between Western and Eastern scientists during the Cold War from the Eastern European perspective using the example of economic history. Introducing famous as well as almost forgotten scholars who attempted to eliminate the Iron Curtain and strove to break through the obstacles against the transfer of scientific ideas, the book challenges the narrative of the non-cooperative nature of scientific work during the Cold War due to socialist scientists’ incapability and disinclination to engage openly in international discussions. The book contributes to a deeper collective understanding of the multiple contemporary ideological and political circumstances that influenced scientific work and individual scientists' careers and explores the options scientists in socialist countries had - and utilized - to develop their research in collaboration with their Western colleagues. Antonie Doležalová is Associate Professor in Economic History at the Faculty of Social Sciences at Charles University in Prague and Senior Member at Robinson College in Cambridge. Doležalová focuses on economic history, its historiography, and the history of economic thought in Central Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries. Catherine Albrecht is Professor of History Emerita at Ohio Northern University in Ada, Ohio. She is an expert in the history of economic thought in East Central Europe, having published numerous articles on the intersection of economic development and nationalist competition in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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    ISBN: 9783031373831
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(IX, 240 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Recovering Political Philosophy
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    Keywords: Political science. ; Political science ; Critical theory. ; Political science
    Abstract: 1. Introduction (Ian Dagg) -- 2. The Limits of Regimes: Education and Character Formation in Xenophon’s Political Thought (Gregory A. McBrayer) -- 3. The Beautiful and the False: An Introduction to Plato’s Hippias (Alex Priou) -- 4. The Connection Between Moral Virtue and Politics in Aristotle’s Ethics (John Hungerford) -- 5. Machiavelli’s Revolutionary Classical Education (John Peterson) -- 6. Bacon’s Transformation of Philosophy: An Introduction to the Education of Bacon (Ian Dagg) -- 7. John Locke’s Approximate Regime (Cole Simmons) -- 8. Education and Regime in Rousseau’s Social Contract (Ian Dagg) -- 9. Tocqueville’s Defense of Aristocratic Literature (Antonio Sosa) -- 10. Nietzsche and Political Education (Michael Grenke).
    Abstract: This volume is an inquiry into the history of political philosophy by way of the general theme of education. Each contributor addresses the relationship between a particular political philosopher’s broad teaching on the best political order and that political philosopher’s teaching about education. The unifying contention of the work is that each political philosopher considered in the volume promotes a certain kind of political regime and therefore a particular mode of education essential to that regime. Each chapter, written by a separate contributor, is distinguished from the others primarily by the political philosopher being considered. The book has a chapter dedicated to each of the following political philosophers: Plato, Xenophon, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Bacon, Locke, Rousseau, Tocqueville, and Nietzsche. The volume provides a survey of educational models by some of the greatest thinkers of the West, while continually demonstrating that the two themes of politics and education are inseparable. Ian Dagg is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Dallas and Baylor University, USA. He received a doctoral degree from the University of Dallas in Philosophic Studies in Politics. He has published “Natural Religion in Montesquieu’s Persian Letters and The Spirit of the Laws” as well as a Review Essay of On the Happiness of the Philosophic Life by Heinrich Meier translated by Robert Berman in Interpretation: A Journal of Political Philosophy. His dissertation is Bad Beginnings, Failed Attempts to Control Convention, and Political Concessions: An Analysis of Plato’s Laws.
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XI, 232 p. 60 illus., 54 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Diversity and Inclusion Research
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    Keywords: Regional economics. ; Spatial economics. ; Architecture. ; Emigration and immigration. ; Diversity in the workplace. ; Tourism. ; Management. ; Diversity ; Inclusion ; Inclusive Cities ; Regional Economics ; Urban Transformations ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Part I - Alternatives for Sustainable Urban Transformation -- 1. Introduction: Inclusive cities as a new paradigm? -- 2. The Open City Concept: Evidence from Berlin -- 3. From Reactive to Proactive Participation: A case study on micro-regeneration in Shanghai, China -- Part II - Transformation of Cities through Inclusive Development Processes -- 4. Living in Contexts. Transforming housing vacancies as a driving concept for inclusive cities -- 5. Adaptive Planning for the Hospitable City: The experiences of temporary housing in Grenoble, Rennes and Villeurbanne -- 6. An Integrated Framework for Transforming Cultural Landscapes through Innovative and Inclusive Strategies -- Part III - The Role of Culture and Heritage in the Diversification of Urban Identities -- 7. A Reflection on Culture-led Urban Development: from symbol-oriented consumption towards the city for all -- 8. Rethinking Dissonant Heritage – The unabsorbed modernisation of Novi Sad -- 9. 2021/22 European Capital of Culture: Inclusive culture-led branding of Novi Sad? -- Part IV - Inclusive and Intersectional City-making Practices and Policies -- 10. Planning Gender-inclusive Cities – Tactical and strategic support for the reconciliation of paid work and care work -- 11. Empowerment and Adaptive Capacity of Women in Urban Areas: Mitigating the risk of water insecurity in Chad -- 12. Urban Struggles Redefined: On the disenfranchisement and agency of Cairo’s middle-class citizens.
    Abstract: This edited volume delves into the intricate challenges that cities face in the midst of evolving socio-political, economic, and environmental landscapes. With a focus on inclusivity and diversity, the book thoroughly examines the transformation of urban systems and their manifestations within broader spatial contexts. Employing a trans- and interdisciplinary approach, the editors have strategically curated diverse research clusters to address key aspects of inclusive urban transformation from multiple perspectives. These clusters explore alternative paradigms for sustainable urban transformation, the dynamics of city regions, inclusive tourism development, the de-contestation of urban heritage to diversify urban identities, and inclusive intersectional city-making practices. By fostering collaboration and cross-pollination among these clusters, the volume fosters a transdisciplinary understanding of inclusive and sustainable urban transformation, facilitating the development of more holistic approaches in conceptualizing and promoting inclusive urban theory and praxis.
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (X, 232 p. 18 illus., 3 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Sports Economics, Management and Policy 23
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    Keywords: Industries. ; Economic policy. ; Finance, Public. ; Sports ; stadiums and arenas ; sports subsidies ; economics of the olympics ; mega-events ; economic impact of sports ; Festschrift ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: This edited volume discusses the economic impact of sports facilities, franchises, and events on local economies. Written in honor of Robert Baade upon his retirement, the book provides a state-of-the-art of current research on the economic impact of sports, and recognizes the seminal contributions that Dr. Baade has made to this topic. The analysis of the economic impact of spectator sports is a vital public policy topic as $75 billion has been spent on stadium construction since 1990 in the US alone, with nearly $35 billion of this coming from taxpayer subsidies. True public cost of sports franchises is much higher than this as this figure excludes facilities outside the Big 5 domestic leagues (like NASCAR track, NCAA facilities, minor league baseball, and the Canadian Football Leagues), public subsidies for major events like the Super Bowl or Olympic Games, and excludes sports subsidies outside of direct stadium construction subsidies. Including contributions from many of the most notable researchers studying the economic impact of sports, topics include impacts of stadiums and franchises on local economies, labor markets, and tax collections, the effect of sports franchises on property values, and changes in the public and academic discourse on sports subsidies over time. This volume will be of interest to researchers and students of sports economics, management, public policy, and public finance.
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    ISBN: 9783031433047
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(V, 104 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: Philosophy. ; Political science ; Economics.
    Abstract: Modern Monetary Theory and Distributive Justice shows how the macroeconomic framework called modern money theory (MMT) is relevant to the field of political philosophy called distributive justice. Many of the macroeconomic assumptions of distributive justice are unstated and unexamined. The framework of MMT illuminates these assumptions and provides an alternative vision of distributive justice analysis and prescriptions. In particular, MMT holds that modern money is a nominal state issued token (fiat), there is a distinction between nominal assets and real assets, that state money as a nominal token can cause changes in real terms, and that the macroeconomy has historically not operated at capacity. The upshot of these assumptions held by MMT is that state spending can bring about changes in persons’ well-being without traditional redistributive measures via taxation. This is in contradistinction to standard assumptions in the distributive justice literature, which holds that the macroeconomy is at capacity and, thus, redistribution is the necessary mechanism for enacting improvements in well-being. This is a fundamental shift in how distributive justice can be conceived.
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    ISBN: 9783031315091
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XLI, 402 p. 45 illus., 32 illus. in color.)
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    Keywords: Economics ; Political planning. ; Psychology. ; Behavioral insights ; Behavioral economics ; Decison-making ; Public policy ; Institutions ; Financial regulation ; Public health ; Behavior change ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Foreword by David Halpern -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Section 1: Central Teams -- Chapter 2: From innovative to imperative: Evolving the application of behavioral science in the Government of Canada -- Chapter 3: Ten Years of Ireland’s Behavioural Research Unit -- Section 2: Line departments -- Chapter 4: Learning by Doing: Designing and Testing Behavioral Interventions to Improve Labor Programs -- Chapter 5: Launching the first federal effort to apply behavioral science to U.S. human services programs -- Chapter 6: Designing for social impact: Behavioral science field studies to improve economic mobility -- Chapter 7: The World's first Government Behavioural Insights Team dedicated to Public Health: Ten Lessons Learned over a Decade of Experience -- Chapter 8: Blending Backgrounds: Building Behavioral Insights at the U.S. IRS -- Section 3: The Global South -- Chapter 9: Reflections from Ideas 42’s economic justice team -- Chapter 10: MineduLab, the innovation laboratory for a cost-effective educational policy in Peru -- Chapter 11: Lessons Learned from Applying Behavioral Science in the Middle East -- Chapter 12: Improving Lives in Latin America and the Caribbean -- Chapter 13: Behavioural Insights in South Africa – a view from the Global South, learning, growing, and evolving -- Chapter 14: Expanding beyond nudge: Experiences applying behavioral science for comprehensive social change -- Section 4: Going Local -- Chapter 15: Doing Behavioural Science in the Eternal City: The Case of R² -- Chapter 16: Nudging United States Local Government to What Works -- Chapter 17: Putting Behavioral Science to Work in The City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection: The Philadelphia Behavioral Science Initiative -- Section 5: Going Meta -- Chapter 18: The evolution of a rigorous multi-disciplinary behavioural team: lessons from financial regulation in the UK -- Chapter 19: eMBeDding Behavioral Sciences in International Development -- Chapter 20: Behavioural and Cultural Insights for better health: the BCI Unit at WHO Regional Office for Europe -- Chapter 21: Embedding Behavioural Science into the work of the United Nations -- Section 6: Outside Government -- Chapter 22: The Megastudy Approach for Changing Behavior at Scale -- Chapter 23: The Busara Center: Letters To Our Past -- Chapter 24: Inside Out: BCG’s Path to Applying and Embedding Behavioral Science .
    Abstract: “This book is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding, joining, or building an institution that applies lessons from behavioral science to public policy.” —Katherine L. Milkman, James G. Dinan Professor, Wharton School, The University of Pennsylvania and Co-Director, The Behavior Change for Good Initiative Behavioral science draws on research from across the social and natural sciences, and it has consistently shown that humans are not always rational. This insight has reshaped multiple fields, including economics, political science, and law. Since the early 2000s, the application of behavioral science to public policy has also grown exponentially. Policymakers and practitioners now regularly use behavioral science to rethink how they develop programs and solve social problems. The impact has been far-reaching; behavioral science has transformed how we think about the economy, public health, education, and beyond. In practice, behavioral insights have been used to raise tax revenues, help people access social welfare program benefits and employment opportunities, increase voter turnout, boost medication adherence, and more. There are now hundreds of entities – international organizations, governments, business, and nonprofits – building and investing in internal behavioral science teams. Unfortunately, most of the hard work of putting these teams together and applying behavioral science insights happens “behind the scenes.” This book unearths key stories and insights from pioneers in applied behavioral science. Michael Sanders is Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Experimental Government Team in the Policy Institute at King’s College London. He was founding Chief Executive of What Works for Children’s Social Care and the first Chief Scientist of the Behavioral Insights Team, the world's first "nudge unit." Syon Bhanot is Associate Professor of Economics at Swarthmore College. His research focuses on using experimental methods to test behavioral science ideas in public policy contexts, with a focus on public health, prosocial behavior, and public administration. Shibeal O’Flaherty is a Ph.D. Candidate in Public Policy at King’s College London. Her research focuses on applying behavioral science to improve welfare across a range of policy areas, including workplace wellbeing, access to benefits and programs, and sustainability.
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    ISBN: 9783031448331
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIV, 138 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: Political science ; Social sciences
    Abstract: Chapter 1 Concepts: Somapower, the Microphysics of Emancipation, and the Politics of Everyday Life -- Chapter 2 Applications: Everyday Life, the Body and Strategies of Resistance -- Chapter 3 The Pandemic and the Politics of the Body -- Chapter 4 Conclusions.
    Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has powerfully highlighted the tight knot of bodiliness and politics. This relationship lies at the heart of this book. The author explores how events in everyday life take on a deeply political dimension, and how the body becomes a site of political practice. Subject to regulation, the body functions as a vehicle of oppressive social influences, and has been studied as such by philosophers within the framework of biopolitics. However, the body is also a locus of resistance and rebellion against the entrenched rules, a quality which the author refers to as somapower. The revolt of the body usually begins and develops beyond political spaces – in emancipatory cultural niches, which may gradually accrue political resonance. While this microphysics of emancipation, with its potential for remodeling political life, is particularly important in authoritarian and totalitarian regimes, it is also a relevant force in democracies, where it may foster social change. Leszek Koczanowicz is Professor of Cultural Studies and Political Science at the Faculty of Humanities, SWPS University, Wrocław, Poland.
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    ISBN: 9783031415388
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XV, 475 p. 3 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: Education ; Political science ; Buddhism. ; Religion ; Continental Philosophy.
    Abstract: Precursions -- Loose Threads -- Interpermeation, or All Philosophical Positions Are Valid -- Malabou’s Heidegger and Granularity -- Žižek and Granularity -- Egoity, Infinity, and (W)holistic Education -- Imagination and Hyperholistic Education -- The Three Moments and Absolute Justice -- References -- Index.
    Abstract: This book presents an original exploration of philosophical questions pertaining to the ways we grasp the Absolute by bringing together the Buddhist notion of interpermeation of all phenomena into contemporary strains of thought in continental philosophy. This text introduces an ontological concept, granularity, deploying it to probe questions concerning the intersection of ontology, ethics, and education. A wide range of issues in metaphysics are covered—including being, nothingness, unity, plurality, truth, change, transformation, subjectivity, contradiction, coherence, potentiality—from the perspective of thinkers such as Hegel, Heidegger, Badiou, Meillassoux, Malabou, Žižek, and Harman. The text deploys granularity in arguing for an ethics of unconditional hospitality within education. This volume is intended for students and researchers working in the areas of philosophy of education, philosophy of religion, and continental philosophy.
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    ISBN: 9783031374661
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (VIII, 335 p. 70 illus., 58 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: The Voice of Regional Science
    Series Statement: Footprints of Regional Science
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    Keywords: Regional economics. ; Spatial economics. ; Urban economics. ; Geography. ; Space in economics. ; Architecture. ; Well-being. ; Circular and sustainable urban development ; Studies on the New Urban Agenda ; Smart cities ; Intelligent urban development ; Human well-being and future cities ; Urban liveability ; Urban economics ; Regional Science ; Spatial Science ; Urban planning ; Urban geography ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Challenges for a Liveable Urban World (Luigi Fusco Girard) -- Part I. Spotlights on Liveable Cities -- Chapter 2. Livable Cities: A Conceptual Modelling Approach (Dani Broitman) -- Chapter 3. Defining Indicator Systems for Liveable Cities (Rudolf Giffinger) -- Chapter 4. Three Conditions for Liveable Cities: Geographical Inclusion, Carbon Neutrality and Transport Innovation (Nicos Komninos) -- Chapter 5. ICT Solutions for Smart Urban Mobility: A Review (Luca Zamparini) -- Chapter 6. Adapting Historic Cities Towards the Circular Economy: Technologies and Materials for Circular Adaptive Reuse of Historic Buildings (Mariarosaria Angrisano) -- Part II. Urban Liveability Planning -- Chapter 7. Green Liveable Urban Futures: the Integration of Nature-Based Solutions into Planning as a Strategy for Regreening the Post-Oil City (Steffen Lehmann) -- Chapter 8. The Impact of Spatially Egalitarian Functional Urban Areas. The Case of Lisbon Metropolitan Region (Tomaz Ponce Dentinho) -- Chapter 9. Challenges in Building More Liveable Cities in Post-Socialist European Countries: from "Cities4all" to "Cities4everyone" (Alexandru Bănică) -- Chapter 10. A Tale of Two Big Cities Struggling for their Agriculture Conflict and Oppositions around Land Farming in the Greater São Paulo and Paris Regions (Brenno Fonseca) -- Part III. Urban Quality of Life Challenges -- Chapter 11. After COVID: A Circular Recovery in Western European Cities (Joanna Williams) -- Chapter 12. Covid-19 City Perspective: The Impacts on the Real Estate Dynamics (Pasquale De Toro) -- Chapter 13. Actors of Urban Health at World and Continental Scales: An Intercontinental Comparison of Urban Health Actions Using Topic Modeling on a Large Worldwide Web Mining (2000-2021) (Céline Rozenblat) -- Chapter 14. Same Bed, Different Dreams? Socioeconomic Strata and Differences in Liveability Perception in European Cities (Pui-Hang Wong).
    Abstract: This book explores the concept of livable cities, where people enjoy living and being, and examines indicators of citizens' well-being in relation to the urban environment. It is authored by experts from diverse disciplines, providing a citizen-centered perspective on urban well-being in sustainable, environmentally friendly, and climate-neutral (or -positive) cities. The contributions focus on the human and social aspects of cities, developing operational models and frameworks for circular cities, smart resource utilization, and examining contextual factors such as environmental and neighborhood quality, energy transition, climate neutrality, and recycling as factors that influence the well-being of "homo urbanus.” The chapters approach these topics from various analytical perspectives, including conceptual/theoretical, methodological/modeling, policy/planning, and evidence-based case studies. This book will be of interest to scholars in regional and spatial science, urban geography, economics, and related fields, as well as those interested in urban well-being.
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    ISBN: 9783031488948
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XI, 273 p. 11 illus., 5 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities
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    Keywords: Philology. ; Political science ; International relations. ; European literature.
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction – Universal values in a partisan key -- Chapter 2. The World is a Prison: Political community in the work of Joseba Sarrionandia -- Chapter 3. Lluís Maria Xirinacs: The inside and outside of a political ontology -- Chapter 4. Máirtín Ó Cadhain: Bordering complexity -- Chapter 5. Conclusions: If we cannot move from ‘here’ to ‘there’, why not find a better starting point?
    Abstract: This book offers case studies and a comparative analysis of three authors writing in different European minority languages, exploring how they link national and context-marked political community with universal human requirements. The author examines their left-wing positions and how their writing speaks to the acceptance of difference as a necessary condition of such universal values. He presents, for the first time in English, an in-depth treatment of the writing of the Basque poet, novelist and essayist Joseba Sarrionandia (1958–) and the Catalan priest and civil disobedience author and activist Lluís Maria Xirinacs (1932–2007), whilst linking their understanding of a 'foundational universalism' with the work of Irish novelist, short-story writer and language activist Máirtín Ó Cadhain (1906–1970). The book is by its nature interdisciplinary in order to engage in a thoroughgoing comparative analysis of European language minorities, and responds empirically and theoretically to calls made recently in this regard from within critical Iberian Studies. It will therefore be of interest to students and scholars of fields such as Iberian and Celtic studies, International Relations theory, literary criticism, nationalism studies, political philosophy, as well as socio-legal and critical terrorism studies. Patrick Carlin is an Associate Researcher at the Language, Policy and Planning Research Unit, School of Welsh, Cardiff University, UK. He has published research in the field of minority language sociolinguistics, language and regulation.
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XVIII, 192 p. 5 illus.)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The gas industry in Latin Europe
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    Keywords: Power resources. ; Environmental economics. ; Economic history. ; Gas municipalizations in Latin Europe ; Latin Europe before electricity competition ; Gas industry in Madrid ; Environmental history ; Liquefied Petroleum Gases (LPG) ; Regional energy economics ; Energy resources in Latin Europe ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Frankreich ; Italien ; Portugal ; Spanien ; Gaswirtschaft ; Geschichte
    Abstract: 1. Introduction. State of the Art -- 2. Territorial diffusion of gas in Latin Europe before electricity competition -- 3. Gas regulation in Latin Europe -- 4. Gas municipalizations in Latin Europe -- 5. Gas in Latin Europe -- 6. Gas in Paris and Rome up to the advent of electricity -- 7. Gas industry in Madrid -- 8. Residential consumption of Liquefied Petroleum Gases.
    Abstract: This book explores the development of the gas industry within Latin Europe (France, Italy, Portugal, and Spain). Through charting the growth of this industry during the 19th and 20th centuries, the technology and public policies used are examined to highlight the long term impact of the industry. Utilising a comparative analysis, similarities and variation between the development of gas within the Latin European countries is compared and contrasted with the aid of specific case studies. This book aims to place the development of gas resources in Latin Europe within a global perspective that takes into account the development of energy resources in the rest of Europe and the world more generally. It will be of interest to students and researchers working within energy economics and economic history. Jesús Mirás-Araujo is Professor of Economic History at the University of A Coruña. Andrea Giuntini is Associate Professor of Economic History at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. The book forms part of the results of the research project ‘Gas in Latin Europe: a comparative and global perspective (1818-1945)’, financed by the Ministry of Science and Innovation of the Spanish Government and ERDP Funds.
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    ISBN: 9783031201271
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVII, 260 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Contemporary Religion and Popular Culture
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    Keywords: Comic books, strips, etc.—Influence on mass media. ; Religions. ; America. ; Psychology and religion. ; Popular Culture. ; Comic books, strips, etc. ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Comicgenre ; Superheld ; Vergleichende Mythologie ; Tiefenpsychologie ; Popkultur ; Religion ; Geschichte 1960-2022
    Abstract: A New Gnosis: The Comic Book as Mythical Text -- Part I A New Gnosis: Comic Books as Modern Mythology -- Dreaming the Myth Onward: Comic Books as Contemporary Mythologies -- From Horror to Heroes: Mythologies of Graphic Voodoo in Comics -- Mystico-Erotics of the “Next Age Superhero”: Christian Hippie Comics of the 1970s -- The Flying Eyeball: The Mythopoetics of Rick Griffin -- Graphic Mythologies -- Part II Archetypal Amplifications: Comic Books, Comparative Mythology, and Depth Psychology -- Archetypal Dimensions of Comic Books -- All-Female Teams: In Quest of the Missing Archetype -- Infirm Relatives and Boy Kings: The Green Man Archetype in Alan Moore’s The Saga of The Swamp Thing -- The Shadow of the Bat: Batman as Archetypal Shaman -- “To Survive and Still Dream”: Ritual and Reclamation in Little Bird -- Graffiti in the Grass: Worldbuilding and Soul Survival Through Image, Immersive Myth, and the Metaxis -- Afterword: Comics and Gnostics.
    Abstract: “[S]uperhero comics and science fiction…can and do function as transmission sites for what David Odorisio has called the “new gnosis.” Superpowers are real. So are the altered states of knowing and excessively weird paranormal phenomena or “special effects”…that often lie behind the conception and within the very artistic execution of these genres on the page, on screen, and in life. This is, by far, the most important resonance between [my own Mutants and Mystics] and this book—the gnostic transmission. I would immediately add that the vast, vast majority of such psi-fi gnostics will never be known as such. They exist silently in the margins of the culture, which, paradoxically, is also somehow the center." —Jeffrey J. Kripal, from the Afterword Superhero phenomena exploded into 20th- and 21st-century popular culture by way of the visual medium of comic books. In an increasingly secular (yet spiritual) culture that has largely renounced “the gods” (and even religion), what does the return of the superhero through our own pop cultural mythologies say to us—or even about us? This collection of essays from leading and up-and-coming scholars in the fields of comparative mythology and depth psychology considers the return of the superhero as representative of our own unique emergent modern mythology: a wildly diverse pantheon that reflects back to us our most far-reaching hopes and (im)possible (super)human desires. In placing the interpretive tools of comparative mythology and depth psychology alongside the comic book phenomenon, a super-powered palette emerges that unveils the hidden potential of modern readers’ own heightened imaginations. The essays in this anthology examine select comic book and superhero characters from the “Silver Age” 1960s through contemporary 21st-century adaptations and innovations, as readers are invited to discover and uncover what the (re)emergence of these perennial gods and goddesses have to say about our own secret super selves today. David M. Odorisio is Associate Core Faculty and Co-Chair of the Mythological Studies program at Pacifica Graduate Institute, USA. He is editor of Merton and Hinduism: The Yoga of the Heart (2021) and co-editor of Depth Psychology and Mysticism (2018). David teaches in the areas of psychology, religion, and comparative mysticism, and has published in numerous journals in the fields of Jungian and transpersonal psychology.
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    ISBN: 9783031230691
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XXX, 378 p. 52 illus., 38 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Palgrave Studies in Financial Services Technology
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    Keywords: Financial engineering. ; Financial services industry. ; Artificial intelligence ; Cloud computing ; Cryptocurrencies ; Blockchain ; Fintech ; Banking ; the Internet of Things ; ABCDI ; the opportunities and risks Fintech ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 1 Fintech and Banking: An Overview. SECTION I: FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGIES AND THEIR EFFECTS ON THE BANKING INDUSTRY -- Chapter 2 Centralized and Decentralized Finance: Coexistence or Convergence? -- Chapter 3 Fintech and the Digital Transformation of the Banking Landscape -- Chapter 4 Shifting paradigms in banking: How new service concepts and formats enhance the value of financial services -- Chapter 5 Competitors and Partners at the Same Time: On the Role of Fintech Companies in the Latvian Financial Market -- Chapter 6 Non-Fungible Tokens -- SECTION II: CHALLENGES, OPPORTUNITIES, AND REGULATIONS REGARDING FINTECH IN THE BANKING INDUSTRY -- Chapter 7 Open Banking: Opportunities and Risks -- Chapter 8 The Rise of Financial Services Ecosystems: Towards Open Banking Platforms -- Chapter 9 The Crypto-assets Market in the United Kingdom: Regulatory and Legal Challenges -- Chapter 10 A Preliminary Comparison of Two Ecosystems: Fintech Opportunities and Challenges for Financial Inclusion -- Chapter 11 Investigating Variables that Increase the Desire and Loyalty to Utilize Fintech After the COVID-19 Lockdown: A New Normal Habit -- SECTION III: EVIDENCE FROM AROUND THE WORLD -- Chapter 12 Fintech and Financial Inclusion in Developing Countries -- Chapter 13 The Cash Holdings of Fintechs and SMEs: Evidence from OECD Countries -- Chapter 14 Fintech Companies in Brazil: Assessing Their Effects on Competition in the Brazilian Financial System from 2018 to 2020.
    Abstract: This book provides both practice-oriented and academic insights into the disruptive power of fintech for the banking industry. It explores (1) whether and how the banking industry can use newly emerging technologies in the financial sphere to its advantage while managing any associated risks, (2) how these technologies affect traditional banking service formats as well as the pricing of these services, and (3) whether the emergence of fintech in the banking industry calls for a rethinking of existing banking regulations such as the Basel Accords as well as country-specific regulations. Prior publications in this area typically examine both current applications of fintech in the banking industry, as well as its future prospects, by analyzing actual cases or exploring the impact of a single emerging technology on the banking industry. They often ignore the interdependence between emerging technologies and overlook the connection between fintech as a whole and the future of the banking industry. This book addresses this gap by providing a comprehensive overview of various fintech applications and by analyzing what they mean for the future of banking. Given the potentially disruptive power of fintech, the book will focus on the challenges banking supervisors are likely to encounter as a result of fintech’s continual ascent. It will thus encourage readers to think about and explore how to find a balance between the beneficial aspects of fintech and the challenges it creates in terms of supervision, regulation, and risk management. Thomas Walker is Professor of Finance and Concordia University Research Chair in Emerging Risk Management at Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. Prior to academia, he worked for several years in the German consulting and industrial sector at Mercedes Benz, Utility Consultants International, Lahmeyer International, Telenet, and KPMG Peat Marwick. Elaheh Nikbakht currently serves as Data Management and Reporting Administrator in the Entity Services Department of Maples Group. In addition, she works as a Research Assistant for the Emerging Risks Information Centre and the Department of Finance at Concordia University. She holds an MBA and an MSc in Finance from Concordia University. Maher Kooli is a Full Professor of Finance at the School of Management (ESG), Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) and head of the Finance Department. He is the Caisse de Depot et Placement de Québec (CDPQ) research chair-holder in portfolio management, founder of the trading room at ESG UQAM, and Autorite des marches financiers (AMF) and Finance Montreal research co-chair-holder in fintech at ESG UQAM.
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    ISBN: 9783031220463
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXIX, 260 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Marx, Engels, and Marxisms
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    Keywords: Political science—Philosophy. ; Political science. ; Marxian school of sociology. ; World politics. ; Marxian economics. ; Political science
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Preface -- Part 1: State, politics, social classes and historical change -- Chapter 2. Introduction -- Chapter 3. The capitalist state at the center: A Critique of Michel Foucault's concept of power -- Chapter 4. The place of State in the Marxist theory of history -- Chapter 5. State and transition to capitalism: Feudalism, Absolutism and Bourgeois political revolution -- Chapter 6. State and transition to socialism: Was the Paris Commune a workers' power? -- Chapter 7. The concept of revolutionary crisis: 1789: France in 1789 -- Chapter 8. The Political scene and class interests in capitalist society: Marx's analysis -- Part 2: Politics and economy in the formation of the working classes -- Chapter 9. Pre-capitalism, capitalism and worker resistance: Elements for a theory of union action -- Chapter 10. The (difficult) formation of the working class -- Chapter 11. The constitution of the proletariat into a class in the Manifesto of the Communist Party: Polemicizing with Some Classic Interpretations -- Chapter 12. The exhaustion of the 20th century revolutionary cycle -- Chapter 13. Middle class and unionism -- Chapter 14. Citizenship and social classes. .
    Abstract: This book offers a reassessment politics against the predominating economicist approach to historical materialism within contemporary Marxism. Boito draws on the structural interpretation of Marxism inspired by Althusser’s works of the mid-1960s and, especially, by Poulantzas’ Political Power and Social Classes. The volume aims to demonstrate the role of the political dimension (together with the economy) and, to a further extent, to contribute to renew contemporary Marxist political theory. The chapters cover topics such as: the nature of political power; the structure and functions of the state; the role of politics in historical change; political crises; and the political formation of the working class. The book highlights the role of political structures and practices in the reproduction of economic and social relations and also in the process of historical change. The aim of the book is to contribute to the renewal of Marxist thought, breaking with the economicist conception that dominated it throughout the last century, and finally meeting the demands of the socialist struggle in the 21st century. Armando Boito is Professor of Political Science at the State University of Campinas, Brazil. He is editor of the Brazilian journal Crítica Marxista. Among other books, he has published Reform and Political Crisis in Brazil: Class Conflicts in Workers' Party Governments and the Rise of Bolsonaro Neo-fascism (2021). .
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    ISBN: 9783031222191
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XXIV, 276 p. 45 illus., 42 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Global Perspectives on Wealth and Distribution
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    Keywords: Medical economics. ; Economics. ; Political planning. ; Health policy ; Covid-19 ; Inequality ; Labor markets ; Access to healthcare ; Innovation ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: The Response of the United States to the Coronavirus Pandemic -- Chapter 3: Inequalities Associated with the COVID-19 Pandemic in Canada: The Legacy of Socio-demographic Fault Lines and Inter-provincial Differences -- Chapter 4: COVID-19 Inequalities in Brazil: Health, Education, and Social Assistance Policies -- Chapter 5: The Coronavirus Pandemic and Inequality in Italy -- Chapter 6: The Coronavirus Pandemic: Ethiopia -- Chapter 7: The Impact of Covid-19 on Household Welfare in the Comoros: The Experience of a Small Island Developing State -- Chapter 8: Taiwan’s Response to the COVID-19 Crisis: Experience and Lessons -- Chapter 9: The Coronavirus Pandemic and Inequality: Australia -- Chapter 10: Conclusion.
    Abstract: This book examines the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the degree of inequality in wellbeing (income and wealth, health, access to health care, employment, and education) in a number of different countries around the globe. The effect of socioeconomic inequality within a country on the outcome of the pandemic is also considered. This book studies the differential effects of Covid based on location, age, income, education, gender, race/ethnicity, and immigrant status. Special attention is devoted to indigenous populations and those who are institutionalized. The short- and long-term effects of public policy developed to deal with the pandemic’s fallout are studied, as are the effects of the pandemic on innovations in health care systems and likely extensions of public policy instituted during the pandemic to alleviate unemployment, poverty, and income inequality. Shirley Johnson-Lans is Professor Emerita of Economics of Vassar College (USA). Johnson-Lans has an academic career spanning over 50 years, during which she has taught courses and done research in labor economics, health economics, gender studies, economic inequality, and history of economic thought. She is the author of many journal articles, book chapters and the A Health Economics Primer and Wage Inequality in Africa.
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    ISBN: 9783031248887
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XII, 285 Seiten) , Diagramme, Karten
    Series Statement: Sustainable Development Goals Series 13
    Series Statement: Climate Action
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    Keywords: Environmental law, International. ; Sustainability. ; Bioclimatology. ; Oceanography. ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Part I Foundations of Global Ecological Sustainability -- Blue Planet Law and Ecological Sustainability in the 21st Century -- Environmental Law in the EU: A Pathway to the Green Transition -- Our Blue Planet at the crossroads. Between the Hobbesian nightmare and a new culture of the commons -- Human Responsibility for the Protection of our "Common Home" -- Scientific Knowledge: its Impacts on Judicial Decision-making and International Law in the Era of Sustainability -- Part II Climate, Ocean and Biodiversity Protection -- Climate Change and Sustainability -- Pollution and Law -- Suing States: The Role of Courts in Promoting States’ Responsibility for Climate Change -- Marine biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction -- Climate Change and the Ocean: The Disruption of the Coral Reef -- Marine Protected Areas and Ocean Sustainability -- Part III Law, Policy and Ecological Sustainability -- Renewable Energies, Sustainability and Law -- The Impact of Ecolabels and Green Taxes on Market Outcomes -- Environmental Governance through Tax Law in the European Union -- The Legal and Normative Challenges behind Sustainable Seafood -- Economy of the Sea and Sustainable Development: The 2030 Agenda Beyond Boxes -- Part IV Law, Genetic Resources and Biotechnology -- A Legal Approach to Fostering Green Infrastructure for Improved Water and Energy Efficiency -- Law and Marine Genetic Resources -- Marine Bioprospecting: Understanding the Activity and Some Challenges related to Environmental Protection, Scientific Research, Ethics and the Law -- Biotechnological Patents, Compulsory Licensing and Sars-cov-2 in a pandemic and epidemic context -- Fighting Listeria monocytogenes with bacteriophages: Biotechnology for Food Safety -- Genetic Engineering and the Law – Past, Present and Beyond: 20+1 Criteria to Help Focus the Path to Our Common Future.
    Abstract: Blue Planet Law is the global and future-oriented environmental law that is necessary to face the global environmental crisis in the Anthropocene, assuming especially the link between climate action (SDG 13) and ocean sustainability (SDG 14). This open access book focuses on means of overcoming global environmental problems such as climate change, ocean degradation and biodiversity loss and the consequent risks for human life, health, food and wellbeing. It explores how environmental law, at the international, European and national levels, might set economic and technological development on a more sustainable path. Law must engage in dialogue with other areas such as philosophy, economics, ecology, and biology. This book highlights protection of the climate and the oceans and sustainable use of natural resources, through new policies, economies and technologies, including biotechnology, with a view to the preservation of life, health, food and a healthy environment for the present and future generations. The book may be seen as a contribution to the UN Sustainable Development Goals 13 and 14 and a tribute to the Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, also known as the Stockholm Conference (1972), on its 50th Anniversary.
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    ISBN: 9783031142321
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XXXVI, 791 p. 182 illus.)
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    Keywords: Environmental economics. ; Finance. ; Sustainability. ; Sustainability and economic systems ; Environmental finance ; Sustainable finance ; Corporate governance ; Monetary production economy ; Finance-climate nexus ; Asset management and sustainability ; Social impact bonds ; Development Finance ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Economy and reality -- 3. Economic systems and enterprises -- 4. Corporate governance: shareholders, employees, stakeholders -- 5. Sustainability, ownership and the role of shareholders -- 6. Understanding money -- 7. Understanding the monetary system -- 8. Balance sheets and economic circuit -- 9. An ecological macroeconomic model -- 10. International trade and the balance of payments -- 11. Macroeconomic equilibrium and the international financial architecture -- 12. The monetary system and the determination of interest rates -- 13. The finance-climate nexus -- 14. Understanding financial markets -- 15. Finance through a social science lens -- 16. Rules and regulation critique of the neoclassical theory -- 17. Asset management and regulatory issues -- 18. Asset management and sustainability -- 19. Crowdsourcing -- 20. Crowdlending -- 21. Social impact bonds -- 22. Mutual banks.
    Abstract: “Our new age of sustainable development calls for a new age of economics and finance textbooks as well. Bravo to the contributors to this exciting and pioneering book, demonstrating important new ways to re-think the financial system and its ethical foundations to align with the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Climate Agreement.” —Jeffrey D. Sachs, President of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, University Professor at Columbia University. “This textbook (…) should become a keystone text as we move forward towards reclaiming economics and finance as anthropocentric social sciences.” —Brian Lucey, Professor of Finance, Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin. "This book is an essential contribution to the development of humanist and ecological economic thought." —Nicolas Dufrêne, Director of the Institute Rousseau. This book provides a detailed overview of ecological money and finance. The functioning and development of the monetary and financial systems are analysed in relation to sustainability constraints to highlight the actions required to meet the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. Empirical case studies are utilized to give insight into the failure of the traditional financial system, with ways in which they can be overcome also considered. This book adopts a pluralist perspective to revisit the foundations of financial and monetary economics from a sustainability perspective, and examines the economic and financial instruments that can be used to combat ecological challenges. It will be relevant to students and researchers interested in ecological economics and sustainable finance. Thomas Lagoarde-Segot is Professor of Economics at KEDGE Business School and Director of the Sustainable Finance Commission at SDSN France.
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    ISBN: 9783031276200
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(IX, 715 p. 2 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Dao Companions to Chinese Philosophy 18
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    Keywords: Political science—Philosophy. ; Philosophy, Modern. ; Religion. ; Ethics. ; Political science
    Abstract: Chapter 1 Introduction -- Section I: Mencius in the Classical Context (Pre-Qin to the Han Period) -- Chapter 2 Unravelling the Connections Between the Mozi and the Mencius -- Chapter 3 Mencius in the Han Dynasty -- Chapter 4 The Mencius in the Context of Recently Excavated Texts -- Chapter 5 Mengzi’s Theory of Human Nature and Its Role in the Confucian Tradition -- Chapter 6 Two Visions of Confucianism: Mencius and Xunzi -- Chapter 7 Mencius, Zhuangzi and “Daoism” -- Section II: Mencius and Neo-Confucianism -- Chapter 8 CHENG Hao and CHENG Yi’s Appropriations of the Mencius -- Chapter 9 ZHU Xi’s Appropriation of Mencius’s Thought: From a Hermeneutic to a Developmental Approach -- Chapter 10 Mencius and WANG Yangming -- Chapter 11 Mencius and WANG Fuzhi -- Chapter 12 Jeong Dasan’s Interpretation of Mencius: Heaven, Way, Human Nature, and the Human Heart -- Section III: Social and Political Thought -- Chapter 13 Mengzi’s View on the Public and the Private -- Chapter 14 Mencius and Early Chinese Political Thought -- Chapter 15 Mencius and the New Confucianism’s Pursuit of Democracy -- Chapter 16 Mencius’s Political Philosophy of Ren Government: Human Dignity and Distributive Justice -- Chapter 17 Mencius and Political Rhetoric -- Chapter 18 Hermeneutics in the Mencius: Methods, Context, Divergence -- Chapter 19 Mencius and Japanese Confucian Philosophy -- Section IV: Ethics and Epistemology -- Chapter 20 Ming 命 and Acceptance -- Chapter 21 MOU Zongsan’s Interpretation of Mencius’s Moral Philosophy -- Chapter 22 Eudaimonism in the Mencius: Fulfilling Human Nature -- Chapter 23 Is Mencius a Consequentialist? Rethinking the Relationship between Yi (Righteousness) and Li (Benefit) in the Mencius -- Chapter 24 Mencius’s Theory as a System of the Gongfu to be Human and to Live a Good Human Life -- Chapter 25 Epistemology in the Mencius -- Section V: Moral Psychology and Moral Development -- Chapter 26 Feeling, Reflection, and Reasoning in the Mencius -- Chapter 27 Mencius on Moral Psychology -- Chapter 28 The Mencian Triplet of Ceyin Zhi Xin: Perceptive, Affective, and Motivational -- Chapter 29 Mencius’s Moral Psychology and Contemporary Cognitive Science -- Section VI: Mencius and Western Philosophers: Comparative Studies -- Chapter 30 Mencius and Augustine: A Feminine Face in the Personal, the Social, and the Political -- Chapter 31 Self-determination and the Metaphysics of Human Nature in Aristotle and Mencius -- Chapter 32 Mencius and Aquinas -- Chapter 33 Mencius and Hume -- Chapter 34 Mencius, Dewey, and “Developmental” Human Nature.
    Abstract: This book is about the philosophical, historical, and interpretative aspects of Mencius. It explores his influence, reception, and relevance in China from the third century BCE to the present, as well as offers comparative studies of Mencius and major figures in the history of Chinese and Western philosophy. With 34 accessible articles written by leading philosophers and scholars, the Dao Companion to the Philosophy of Mencius provides both broad pictures and in-depth discussions regarding the work of one of the most important and influential Chinese philosophers. It covers his normative ethics, meta-ethics, political philosophy, epistemology and moral psychology. The last section of the volume, “Mencius and Western Philosophers: Comparative Perspectives,” explicitly puts him in dialogue with major Western philosophers. The Dao Companion to the Philosophy of Mencius serves as an essential volume for college students, graduate students, and scholars who study and teach Mencius as well as Chinese philosophy and comparative philosophy in general.
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    ISBN: 9783031226533
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XVIII, 473 p. 152 illus., 117 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Advances in Spatial Science, The Regional Science Series
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    Keywords: Latin America—Economic conditions. ; Regional economics. ; Spatial economics. ; Economic geography. ; Latin America ; Regional development ; Regional economics ; Spatial science ; Regional science ; Regional policy in Colombia ; Sustainable growth ; General equilibrium analysis ; Income Inequalities in Colombia ; Interregional Input-Output Systems ; Regional Effects of Domestic Tourism ; Regional Disparities ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction and Overview (Eduardo A. Haddad) -- Part I. Regional Setting -- Chapter 2. Is There a Case for Regional Policy in Colombia? (Jaime Bonet) -- Chapter 3. Income Inequalities in Colombia (Leonardo Bonilla) -- Chapter 4. Regional Convergence in Colombia in the Twenty-First Century (Karina Acosta) -- Part II. Modelling Framework -- Chapter 5. The Interregional Input-Output System for Colombia (Eduardo A. Haddad) -- Chapter 6. The Interregional Computable General Equilibrium Model for Colombia (Eduardo A. Haddad) -- Part III. Structural Analysis -- Chapter 7. Revisiting the Structural Interdependence among Colombian Departments.
    Abstract: This book examines regional structural challenges on Colombia’s path to sustainable social cohesion and regionally inclusive growth. These challenges can be divided into three main groups: (i) those that focus on competitiveness and the supply side, (ii) those that arise from critical business cycle issues on the demand side, and (iii) those concerning environmental sustainability, employment and social inclusion. The contributions, written by experts on Latin American economics and regional science, apply quantitative simulations based on a unified general equilibrium framework and address a wide range of topics, including: Colombia’s competitive integration in global markets, human capital profiles, regional economic disparities and public and private mechanisms of interregional income transfer. The challenges entailed by such high-profile and long-term issues as productivity growth and climate change are also analyzed. In addition, the book positions Colombia’s experiences in an international comparative context. It argues that many other Latin American countries face similar challenges and provide evidence to substantiate this claim. By doing so, it offers valuable policy lessons for Latin American countries with similar difficulties.
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    ISBN: 9783031264511
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XIV, 200 p. 28 illus., 22 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Progress in IS
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    Keywords: Business information services. ; Economic history. ; Economic development. ; Digital transformation ; Economy of Georgia ; New technology adoption ; Policy implementation ; Strategic roadmap for Georgia ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Preface The relevance of the digital transformation for the societal and economic development of Georgia -- Part A Digital Transformation and the Economic Perspective -- Chapter 1 Digital work platforms in the modern labor market -- Chapter 2 The Role of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) on Georgian Economy -- Chapter 3 How to attract startups to boost national economies - A German-Georgian comparison and case study -- Chapter 4 KIU-INNOVATE: A flagship initiative for an entrepreneurial and engaged university in Georgia -- Part B Digital Transformation and the Enterprise Perspective -- Chapter 5 The Enterprise Transformation Cycle - A Model for Digital Transformation -- Chapter 6 Agile project management methodology – Exploring factors which foster successful introduction and institutionalization of the framework -- Chapter 7 Revisiting Organizational Change Management (OCM) – a Context Sensitive and Dynamic Approach of Change -- Chapter 8 Recommendations for leaders of virtual teams to build trust -- Chapter 9 Remote Work – The Great Equalizer of the 21st Century? Stress and employee motivation in High and Low-Cost Countries – Exemplary Analysis for Germany, Bulgaria, and Georgia -- Chapter 10 Digitalization as a Driver for successful Talent Acquisition and Employee Retention -- Chapter 11 Cultural Work and Cultural Management in the Digital Post-Pandemic Change of Time – Opportunities, Risks and Challenges in the Context of the 4th Industrial Revolution -- Part C Conclusion and Implications for Policy makers -- Chapter 12 The Potential of the Digital Economy for Economic Development: The Case of Georgia.
    Abstract: This edited volume discusses the path towards the digital transformation of Georgia from two major viewpoints: First, an economic perspective that includes contributions around economic integration and orientation towards the EU, and an analysis of its implications for a small country like Georgia. Second, various aspects of digital transformation initiatives will be studied from an enterprise and a managerial perspective. In this part, innovative management methodologies are conceptualized such as agile change management and the enterprise transformation cycle to facilitate the shift from the manufacturing and agriculture industry towards an increasing digitalization of companies. These concepts serve as fundamental cornerstones to enable the development of a digital transformation roadmap including the analysis of the potential of establishing a digital hub in Georgia and the Caucasus area. Based on a survey of national and international managers, important HR key performance indicators referring to mobility and digitalization of the workplace are discussed. The impact of pandemic (post-Covid) scenarios for future organizational development as well as large-scale labor migration from East to West is also in focus. The authors present implications for policymakers and business owners as well as top-level executives resulting in a set of recommendations for future actions.
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    ISBN: 9783031161193
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(X, 179 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Violence in extreme conditions
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    Keywords: Politics and war. ; Industrial organization. ; Political ethics. ; Terrorism. ; Political violence. ; Psychology, Industrial. ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Militär ; Soldat ; Gewalttätigkeit ; Trauma ; Sprache ; Moral
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- Multi – and interdisciplinary reflections on violence and military ethics -- 2. Language and violence -- 3. Military trauma and the conflicted human condition: Moral injury as a window into violence, human nature and military ethics -- 4. Exploring the relevance of the systems psychodynamic approach to military organizations -- Recent cases and developments -- 5. Instrumental morality under a gaze: Israeli soldiers reasoning on doing “good” -- 6. Soldiers as street level bureaucrats? Military Discretionary Autonomy and Moral Professionalism in a Police Perspective -- 7. The Future of the Comprehensive Approach as a Strategy for Intervention -- Some answers to current challenges -- 8. Contemporary just war thinking and military education -- 9. Educating for restraint -- 10. The e-word (emotions) in military moral education: Making use of the dual-process model of moral psychology -- 11. The Dutch approach to ethics: Integrity management in the military -- Epilogue -- 12. ‘Moresfare’ and the resilience paradox: Ethics as the terra incognita of hybrid warfare and its challenges -- 13. Concluding reflections.
    Abstract: As an organization operating under extreme conditions, the military is often confronted with destructive behavior from individuals, organizations, and societies. Written by experts from a variety of disciplines, this open access book reflects on confrontations with violence under extreme conditions and the various challenges that arise. By examining real first-hand accounts of soldiers’ deployments, the contributions shed new light on the multifaceted and sometimes hidden dynamics of destructive violent behavior and offer an ethical reflection on military practices. In addition, they address topics such as moral decision-making in violent contexts, military trauma, organizational change, and military ethics education. The interdisciplinary exploration of these topics has been the primary focus of Désirée Verweij, who was the Chair of Military Ethics at the Netherlands Defence Academy from 2008 to 2021. The contributions in this book are written in honor of her scholarly achievements and help to ensure that these important issues continue to receive attention. The book will appeal to scholars of military studies, organizational studies and military ethics, and to professionals and decisionmakers in military organizations.
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    ISBN: 9783031313356
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XXXII, 243 p. 27 illus., 3 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: The Political Economy of Greek Growth up to 2030
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    Keywords: Economics. ; Macroeconomics. ; Microeconomics. ; International economic relations. ; Greek economy ; Management structures ; Corporate networks ; Economic diversification ; Productive transformation ; Industrial policy ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Part A: Sectoral Interconnections in the Greek Economy -- Chapter 1: Industrial Policy and Productive Transformation: An Optimization Approach based on Input-Output Analysis (Maria Markaki, Stelios Papadakis) -- Chapter 2: Greece towards 2027: Structural Transformation, Industrial Policy and Economic Development (Maria Markaki, Stelios Papadakis) -- Chapter 3: A regional analysis of Inputs-Outputs of the Greek Economy: a baseline depiction of interconnections in Greece (Georgia Pagiavla and Yorgos Pisinas) -- Part B: Relations in the Greek Industries -- Chapter 4: Networks in Ownership and Management Structures (Giorgos Vasilis) -- Chapter 5: Connected Corporate Networks I: Definitions, metrics and empirical results from the Greek telecommunications sector (Michalis Vafopoulos, Charalampos Agiropoulos, Artemis Gourgioti and Michalis Klonaras) -- Chapter 6: Connected Corporate Networks II: A novel approach to the competition measure (Charalampos Agiropoulos, Michalis Vafopoulos, Artemis Gourgioti and George Galanos) -- Part C: Economic Shocks, Diversification and Economic Interconnections -- Chapter 7: Economic Shocks in Greece and the Effects on the Gross Value Added per Economic Sector (Kyriaki Kafka) -- Chapter 8: Identifying Smart Growth Policies for Economic Diversification and Sustainable and Inclusive Growth in the Greek Economy (Pantelis Kostis) -- Chapter 9: Networks & Interconnections in an Era of Trending Divergence (Anna-Maria Kanzola).
    Abstract: “This book is an excellent addition to the literature in this field of economic interconnections and networks as it provides a framework for understanding and explaining economic, institutional, national, and social interactions and relationships. Moreover, the book offers policy implications on how to mitigate vulnerabilities resulted by incoherent interconnections, focusing on the Greek economy, which is service-oriented and characterized by low dynamism. Overall, it will be of great value to researchers, students, and practitioners alike.” — Dimitrios Kenourgios, Professor of Department of Economics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens “This book provides a rich and innovative portrayal of the Greek economy and its challenges. By focusing on sectoral interconnections, relations among industries and corporate networks it links macroeconomic evaluation with microeconomic detail necessary for more refined industrial policy design. The varied and transdisciplinary approaches of the contributing authors illuminate both our understanding of the Greek government debt crisis and the ways to achieve sustainable development. Students, researchers, and policymakers will have much to gain from reading this book.” — Andreas Papandreou, Professor of Department of Economics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens This book examines the interconnections of the Greek economy at a macro and micro level, allowing it to explore both the economic relations between the various sectors and the interconnections of various companies and overlaps in management boards. Two approaches are used to quantify interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral interfaces: the traditional input-output analysis approach and the “influence and information flow” approach through network analysis. The book presents the current conditions and the economic interconnections within the Greek economy. During the analysis of microeconomic interconnections, a much more thorough presentation of the economic interconnections of Greek companies is established. Finally, how the Greek economy must transform its production prototype under structural constraints and opportunities for economic diversification and inclusive growth and under the pressure of economic shocks and uncertainty is presented. Panagiotis E. Petrakis is an Emeritus Professor (Department of Economics, NKUA, Greece), and Scientific Coordinator of Distance Education Training Programs.
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    ISBN: 9783031294044
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXVII, 159 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Ethical Economy, Studies in Economic Ethics and Philosophy 65
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    Keywords: Political science—Philosophy. ; Business ethics. ; Management. ; Phenomenology . ; Industrial organization. ; Political science
    Abstract: Introduction -- Part I: From proto-management to conflicting interpretations -- Chapter 1. Management as a philosophical problem -- Chapter 2. Continental philosophy and post-management -- Chapter 3. The five senses of management -- Part II: Rethinking management -- Chapter 4. Organizations and the subjective body -- Chapter 5."Desaffectio societatis" -- Chapter 6. Individual experience at a time of social acceleration -- Part III: Rebuilding management -- Chapter 7. The powerlessness of the powerful -- Chapter 8. Working without joy? -- Chapter 9. Redefining "management” -- Conclusion.
    Abstract: This book is the first of its kind to offer a new definition of contemporary management. It uses Henry’s philosophy and takes the real, sensitive and pathetic subjectivity of individuals as the starting point of the analysis as opposed to the usual large categories of representations; resources; images; and discourses. This book thus proposes to rethink management by insisting on the dialectic of strength and vulnerability; its power of constraint, imitation and imagination; and finally its framework of action situated in a fourfold concern for the self, for people, for institutions and for the environment. These different notions are useful in order to experience a deeper understanding of management that is free from the obsolescence of the distant recommendations of ancient protomanagement and the outdated and dubious prescriptions of the so-called “scientific management”.
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    ISBN: 9783031338205
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XV, 187 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: Political science—Philosophy. ; Political science. ; Ethics. ; World politics. ; Political science
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Psychological and Moral Hypocrisy -- Chapter 3: Domination, Critique and Democratic Hypocrisy -- Chapter 4: Apologetic Narratives: Justifying the Unjustifiable -- Chapter 5: Conclusion: Beyond the Critique of Democratic Hypocrisy, Before Cynical Resignation.
    Abstract: "Mazzone has focused our attention on an important and underappreciated topic; the way hypocrisy suppresses the complaints of the oppressed and poses a particular threat not just to our politics but to democracies as a whole. The topic could hardly be more urgent." -- Ekow N. Yankah, Thomas M. Cooley Professor of Law at the University of Michigan, USA Unconfessed by definition, hypocrisy is one of the most used and abused polemical categories, even today, to denounce the "masked cynicism" of certain social actors, especially when they hold public office. But has hypocrisy always been just that? Should we really always be wary of it and challenge its every manifestation? What forms of hypocrisy can we distinguish? What kind of relationship exists between hypocrisy and the lack of self-critical attitude of those who are used to challenge the conduct of others? And above all: what relationship exists between this common vice, democratic politics and the institutional reproduction of different forms of oppression and domination? These are just some of the questions that inspire this philosophical journey back into the history of one of the most chameleonic concepts of Western culture. In Mazzone’s conception, democratic hypocrisy includes argumentative strategies used by institutional actors to refuse any kind of responsibility when their decisions, actions or roles are called into question by the protests of citizens in a democratic context. He reveals the relationship that exists between such “apologetic narratives” and the institutional reproduction of different forms of oppression and domination. Ultimately, the book urges civic vigilance against underhand wannabe authoritarians, who – as a group – are evolving to find new ways to trick people into opposing democracy. Leonard Mazzone is Research Associate in Social and Political Philosophy at the Department of Social and Political Sciences of the University of Florence, Italy.
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    ISBN: 9783031316050
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XI, 186 p. 4 illus., 1 illus. in color.)
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    Keywords: Teachers—Training of. ; Education—Economic aspects. ; Schools of economics. ; Econometrics. ; Macroeconomics. ; Teachers ; Education ; Post-Crash economics ; Heterodox economics ; Teaching economics ; Financial Economics ; Business Economics ; Interdisciplinary Economics ; Covid-19 ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: 1. Introduction: the financial crisis, the Covid pandemic and the future of economics. By Abdullah Yusuf, Carlo Morelli and Omar Feraboli, University of Dundee -- 2. COVID-19 and the Future of Higher Education. By Abdullah Yusuf, University of Dundee, Mehdi Chowdhury, Bournemouth University, and Ian Roache, University of Dundee -- 3. Assessing the education needs of the Rohingya refugees and the impacts of COVID-19. By Roberta Dumitriu, University of Dundee -- 4. COVID-19 and economic development in sub-Saharan Africa: has the pandemic taught us anything we didn't already know?. By Kevin Deane, Julia Chukwuma and Lorena Lombardozzi, Open University -- 5. Covid 19: A comparison of equality-promoting policy-responses related to education across Europe. By Daniela Tavasci and Luigi Ventimiglia, Queen Mary University of London -- 6. What is opportunity cost?. By Martin Jones, University of Dundee -- 7. Labour Rights, Full Employment, and a Dynamic Market Economy. By Morris Altman, University of Dundee -- 8. An Analysis on the State of Economics Education in Scottish Universities. By Louis Bryson, University of Dundee -- 9. Experiences and Reflections on being taught undergraduate economics. By Emma Madill, Stoyanka Stoimenova, Louis Bryson, University of Dundee -- 10. Post-Crash Economics: What are the implications of the 2007 crisis for the teaching of economics?. By Omar Feraboli, University of Dundee.
    Abstract: This book continues the ongoing debate about the need for alternative, interdisciplinary and heterodox approaches to teaching economics at university. It deals with challenges currently faced by economists, pursues an interdisciplinary approach to enhance collaboration with academics from disciplines other than economics, and analyses several questions and issues related to the 2007-08 financial crisis and the current Covid-19 emergency. The Covid pandemic has shown the flaws of the current neoliberal model and the inability of mainstream economic theory to address the problems created by the pandemic. The book engages with an academic audience interested in incorporating a wider range of economic approaches in their research and teaching, and with undergraduate and postgraduate economics students who are trying to understand the limitations of their current economics syllabi. The novelty of the book is the active involvement of undergraduate and postgraduate students who contribute to this volume with three chapters. The book will be of interest to a wide range of researchers, students and teachers interested in interdisciplinary and heterodox economics. Abdullah Yusuf is a Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Dundee, UK. His research interests include issues of International Peacekeeping and the Politics of the United Nations. He is also interested in broader Middle East Politics; ‘War on Terror’; Radical Islamic movements; Religion and International Relations. Carlo J. Morelli is Senior Lecturer in Economics at the University of Dundee, UK, and has published work in economic and business history. His recent work includes studies of economic transformation, the management of decline in the jute industry and the food retailing industry. Omar Feraboli is Lecturer in Economics at the University of Dundee, UK. His main fields of research are international finance and international trade, in particular applied computable general equilibrium (CGE) models and trade policy issues.
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    ISBN: 9783031328985
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XI, 274 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Philosophy and Politics - Critical Explorations 27
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    Keywords: Political science—Philosophy. ; Ethnology—Africa. ; Culture. ; Ethics. ; Moral development. ; Social influence. ; Political science ; Ethnology
    Abstract: Chapter 1 Introduction- What is Development Ethics in an African Context? -- Chapter 2 African Ethics as a Conduit to Development -- Chapter 3 Neo-liberalism and the Ethics of Pan-African Development Governance in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Chapter 4 An Anatomy of Neoliberalism’s Subversion of Development and Democracy in Africa -- Chapter 5 The Moral Dimension of Development in Zimbabwe -- Chapter 6 Development Theory and Ideology Conundrums in Africa: A disconnect between values and practice -- Chapter 7 “A model without plenty”: A critical assessment of the “Winner takes all” concept in Zimbabwean politics 1980-2021 -- Chapter 8 African Ethics and Sustainable Development Goals: Towards Achieving the SDGs in Africa -- Chapter 9 A blessing or a curse: An exploration of Zimbabwe’s plight in the global village -- Chapter 10 Can the disrupter be disrupted? An ethical interrogation of the implication of Disruptive innovations on incumbent businesses in Africa -- Chapter 11 Human Rights: A Precursor for Development in Africa with specific reference to Women’s Rights -- Chapter 12 The Economic Foundation of Racism -- Chapter 13 Dynamics of poverty and brain-drain in Africa -- Chapter 14 Medical Brain Drain and Restrictive Migration Policies in Africa: Recurring Issues and New Perspectives -- Chapter 15 Environmental and intergeneration justice in Africa: Important issues in addressing Africa’s developmental challenges in the 21st century -- Chapter 16 “Environmental Crisis or Environmental Retaliation”: Reflections on the Nexus between the Manyika people and the Environment in Post-Colonial Zimbabwe -- Chapter 17 Africa’s Economic Migrants and their contribution to Community Development in Africa’s host communities -- Chapter 18 Epistemic Decolonisation in African Higher Education: Beyond Current Curricular and Pedagogical Reformation -- Chapter 19 Educational Challenges to Africa’s Development: The Imperative of Epistemic Decolonisation Victoria -- Chapter 20 Political conflict, Sanctions and Development in the Post-coup Zimbabwe: An Ubuntu perspective -- Chapter 21 Terrorism, Religious Fundamentalism and the Challenge of (Under)development in Africa: An Existentialist InterventionAbidemi Israel -- Chapter 22 Towards Resolving African Leadership Issues Using Integrity and Public Accountability Criteria of Ethical and Exemplary Leadership Models -- Chapter 23 Conclusion: Development Ethics in an African Context: What does the future hold?.
    Abstract: This book offers fresh academic insights, reflections, questions, issues, and approaches to development ethics, taking into account, African values and ethics. Development ethics is an area of applied ethics that examines the moral issues involved in global, social, and economic transformation. While it is a relatively new discipline, there have been numerous scholarly publications on it from Western perspectives. However, only a few studies that focused on development ethics from the African perspective. To address this gap, the book seeks to answer critical questions such as "What does development mean to Africans?", "How can we measure development?", "Who gets to decide?", and "What constitutes just development in Africa?" With contributions from African scholars from diverse backgrounds, the book covers various development themes such as Theories and approaches to development ethics in Africa, Environmental Ethics and African Development, Ethics, Politics and African Development, Migration and African development, Gender, Ethics and Socio-economic Development in Africa, Education, Ethics and African development. It is an essential resource for researchers, lecturers, and students interested in political philosophy and African culture studies.
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    ISBN: 9783031273308
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXVIII, 1970 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology
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    Keywords: Bible—Study and teaching. ; Archaeology. ; Digital humanities. ; Bible ; Antiquities ; Middle East ; Festschrift ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Levy, Thomas Evan 1953- ; Levante Süd ; Fenan ; Archäologie ; Archäologie ; Metallurgie ; Unterwasserarchäologie ; Digital Humanities ; Theorie
    Abstract: List of Contributors -- Volume I: The Southern Levant from Prehistory to the Present -- Introduction: Thomas E. Levy and Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology in the 21st Century (Erez Ben-Yosef and Ian W. N. Jones) -- Foreword: Levy in Paradise: From Israel to San Diego (Richard Elliott Friedman) -- Part 1.1: The Later Prehistory of the Southern Levant -- Chapter 1. Tom Levy and “Deep Time”: Forays into the Neolithic (Alan H. Simmons) -- Chapter 2. The Neolithic of the Jordanian Badia (Bill Finlayson and Pascal Flohr) -- Chapter 3. The Emergence of Fruit Tree Horticulture in the Chalcolithic Southern Levant (Dafna Langgut and Arik Sasi) -- Chapter 4. The Animal Economy in the Chalcolithic of the Southern Levant (Linoy Lamdar and Lidar Sapir-Hen) -- Chapter 5. Butchering patterns and technology in a Chalcolithic settlement: analysis of the butchered fauna from Shiqmim, Israel (Haskel J. Greenfield and Jeremy A. Beller) -- Chapter 6. The Concept of Burial Modes as a Research Tool in the Late Prehistory of the Southern Levant (Ianir Milevski) -- Chapter 7. Home on the Range: Late Neolithic Mixed Hunting-Pastoral Economy in the Black Desert, Eastern Jordan (Gary Rollefson) -- Chapter 8. Tel ‘Ein Jezreel in the Neolithic and Chalcolithic Periods: New finds, new insights (Tamar Shooval, Ian Cipin, Sonia Pinsky, Jennie Ebeling, Norma Franklin, and Danny Rosenberg) -- Chapter 9. Interpreting the Chalcolithic Steles of the Southern Levant (David Ilan and Yorke M. Rowan) -- Chapter 10. The En Gedi Shrine and the Cave of the Treasure in Nahal Mishmar: Untangling the Entangled (Uri Davidovitch) -- Chapter 11. The Galilean Sub-Culture in the Late Chalcolithic period (Dina Shalem and Nimrod Getzov) -- Chapter 12. The Late Chalcolithic in the Valley of Elah, Israel (Yosef Garfinkel) -- Chapter 13. Cultural, Socio-Economic and Environmental Influences on Health Status of Chalcolithic Populations in the Northern Negev (Patricia Smith, Marina Faerman, and Liora Kolska) -- Chapter 14. Socio-Economic Complexity in Chalcolithic Villages: A Re-Evaluation in Light of New Excavations (Yael Abadi-Reiss) -- Chapter 15. Perforated and Unperforated Flint Discs from Late Chalcolithic Fazael: A Note on Their Characteristics and Possible Implications (Danny Rosenberg, Sonia Pinsky, and Shay Bar) -- Chapter 16. V-shaped Bowls and Feasting Ceremonies in the Late Chalcolithic Period in the Southern Levant: The Case Study of Neve Ur (Michael Freikman, David Ben-Shlomo, Jacob Damm, and Oren Gutfeld) -- Chapter 17. Pottery Production in Late Phases of Early Bronze I in the Southern Levant (Eliot Braun) -- Chapter 18. The Outline of Fortified Cities of the Early Bronze Age IB and II (Nimrod Getzov and Ianir Milevski) -- Chapter 19. An-Naq‘ and Fifa in the Southern Ghor, Jordan: A Tale of Two Cemeteries (Mohammad Najjar) -- Chapter 20. A Note on the Earliest Appearance of the Hand-made Straight Sided Cooking Pot in the Southern Levant (Yitzhak Paz and Na‘ama Waltzer) -- Chapter 21. Can DISH be a Marker for Greater Social Stratification? Jericho’s Early Bronze IV and Tell Atchana/Alalakh (Rula Shafiq) -- Part 1.2: New Directions in Biblical Archaeology -- Chapter 22. Theoretical and Methodological Comments on Social Complexity in Biblical Archaeology (Erez Ben-Yosef and Zachary Thomas) -- Chapter 23. History without Texts: Interdisciplinary Interpretive Methods for Understanding the Early Iron Age (Sarah Malena) -- Chapter 24. What is the Name of Our Discipline? Or, the Onomastic Stew that is Archaeology in the Southern Levant (Zachary Thomas) -- Chapter 25. “Their voice carries throughout the earth, their words to the end of the world” (Ps. 19, 5): Thoughts on long-range trade in organics in the Bronze and Iron Age Levant (Aren Maeir) -- Chapter 26. The site of Khirbet ‘Aujah el-Foqa: Identifying Its Iron Age Architecture (David Ben-Shlomo) -- Chapter 27. Die Like an Egyptian: Burial Customs in Iron Age I Philistia (Shirly Ben-Dor Evian and Mario A. S. Martin) -- Chapter 28. Philistine Rural Temple Economy: The Early Iron Age Fauna from Nahal Patish (Edward F. Maher and Pirhiya Nahshoni) -- Chapter 29. The Hesi Region: a regional perspective on interaction and integration processes during the Iron Age I/II Transition (James W. Hardin) -- Chapter 30. Agriculture and economic changes in the Judean Shephelah throughout the Iron Age II as a result of geopolitical shifts: A view from Tel Burna (Itzhak Shai) -- Chapter 31. Gezer Destructions: A Case Study of a Border City (Steven Ortiz) -- Chapter 32. Jerusalem’s Settlement History: Rejoinders and Updates (Israel Finkelstein) -- Chapter 33. The Interconnections between Jerusalem and Samaria in the 9th–8th Centuries BCE: Material Culture, Connectivity, and Politics (Yuval Gadot, Assaf Kleiman, and Joe Uziel) -- Chapter 34. Tel Beth-Shean in the 10th–9th Centuries BCE: a Chronological Query and its Possible Archaeomagnetic Resolution (Yoav Vaknin, Amihai Mazar, Ron Shaar, and Erez Ben-Yosef) -- Chapter 35. Time and Paradigm at Tel Megiddo: David, Shoshenq I, Hazael and Radiocarbon Dating (Hendrik J. Bruins) -- Chapter 36. The Buqei‘a Plateau of the Judean Desert in the Southern Levant during the Seventh to Early Sixth Centuries BCE: Iron Age Run-off Farmland or a Pastoralist Rangeland? (Shimon Gibson, Rafael Y. Lewis, and Joan Taylor) -- Chapter 37. Recognizing Ceramic Traditions: Moabite Painted and Decorated Wares (P. M. Michèle Daviau) -- Chapter 38. The Qasr at Balu‘a (Kent Bramlett, Monique Roddy, Craig Tyson, and Friedbert Ninow) -- Chapter 39. The Case for Jalul as Biblical Bezer (Randall W. Younker) -- Chapter 40. Remarks on the typology and chronology of Iron Age and Persian period winepresses (Samuel Richard Wolff) -- Chapter 41. Remarks on the typology and chronology of Iron Age and Persian period winepresses (Samuel Richard Wolff) -- Chapter 42. Merenptah and Amenmesse: Egyptian rumours concerning the Exodus (Michael Bányai) -- Chapter 43. Moses the Egyptian? A Reassessment of the Etymology of the Name ‘Moses’ (Thomas Schneider) -- Chapter 44. The Heraclitus Law and the Late Period shaft tombs of Abusir (Miroslav Bárta) -- Chapter 45. Hala Sultan Tekke, Cyprus: Trade with Egypt in the Bronze Age (Peter M. Fischer) -- Volume II: From Archaeological Sciences to Archaeological Theory -- List of Contributors -- Preface (Erez Ben-Yosef and Ian W. N. Jones) -- Part 2.1: New Research on the Archaeology of Faynan, Southern Jordan -- Chapter 46. Organizing Principles in Early Bronze Age Copper Manufacturing (Aaron D. Gidding) -- Chapter 47. Maps and Models: Applications of GIS and Image-Based Modeling to Field Archaeology in Faynan, Jordan (Matthew D. Howland and Brady Liss) -- Chapter 48. Archaeological evidence of casual snacking and resource provisioning at Khirbat al-Jariya (ca. 11th to 10th centuries BCE), an Iron Age copper production site (Luke Stroth, Arianna Garvin, Brady Liss, Matthew D. Howland, and Jade d’Alpoim Guedes) -- Chapter 49. City of Copper, Ruin of Copper: Rethinking Nelson Glueck’s Identifications of Ir Nahash and Ge Harashim (Marc A. Beherec) -- Chapter 50. Assessing the Circulation of Arabah Copper (Timna vs. Faynan) from the end of the Late Bronze and Iron Age in the Southern Levant by Combining Lead Isotopic Ratios with Lead Concentrations (Naama Yahalom-Mack, Daniel M. Finn, and Yigal Erel) -- Chapter 51. Copper Trade Networks from the Arabah: Re-assessing the Impact on Early Iron Age Moab (Stanley Klassen and Andrew Danielson) -- Chapter 52. The Negev Highlands –– A Corridor for the Copper and Incense Trade during Nonconsecutive Periods between the Chalcolithic and Roman Periods (Chaim Ben-David) -- Chapter 53. Fragments of an Archaeology of Late Roman Religion at Phaino (Khirbat Faynān, Southern Jordan) (Ian W. N. Jones) -- Part 2.2: Archaeometallurgy Beyond Faynan -- Chapter 54. Lead in human bones and teeth reflecting historical changes in lead production: Rome and the Levant (Yigal Erel) -- Chapter 55. The source of Levantine silver and lead during the Hellenistic Period (2nd–1st centuries BCE) (Tzilla Eshel, Gideon Hadas, Asaf Oron, Irina Segal, Ofir Tirosh, and Yehiel Zelinger) -- Chapter 56. A Social Archaeometallurgy of Bronze Age Cyprus (A. Bernard Knapp) -- Chapter 57. Early types of Cypriot metal ingots (Vasiliki Kassianidou) -- Chapter 58. A change in attitude: X-Ray Images of the Ingot God from Enkomi (George Papasavvas) -- Chapter 59. Iron Age copper metallurgy in southeast Arabia: a comparative perspective (Joseph W. Lehner, Ioana A. Dumitru, Abigail Buffington, Eli Dollarhide, Smiti Nathan, Amir Zaribaf, Paige Paulsen, Mary L. Young, and Michael J. Harrower) -- Chapter 60. Copper Metallurgy in the Andes (Carol Schultze and Charles Stanish) -- Chapter 61. Experimental Bloomery Iron Smelting in the Study of Iron Technology in the Southern Levant (Adi Eliyahu-Behar) -- Part 2.3: Marine Archaeology and Maritime Trade in the Eastern Mediterranean and Beyond -- Chapter 62. Unearthing cr...
    Abstract: This two-volume book presents cutting-edge archaeological research, primarily as practiced in the Eastern Mediterranean region. These volumes’ key foci are inspired by the work of Thomas E. Levy. Volume 1 provides an in-depth look at new archaeological research in the southern Levant (primarily in modern Israel and Jordan) inspired by Levy’s commitment to understanding social, political, and economic processes in a long-term or “deep time” perspective. Volume 2 focuses on new research in several key areas of 21st century anthropological archaeology and archaeological science. Volume 1 is organized around two major themes: 1) the later prehistory of the southern Levant, or the Neolithic, Chalcolithic, and Bronze Age, and 2) new research in biblical archaeology, or the historical archaeology of the Iron Age. Each section contains a combination of new perspectives on key debates and studies introducing new research questions and directions. Volume 2 is organized around five major themes: 1) the archaeology of the Faynan copper ore district of southern Jordan, a key region for archaeometallurgical research in West Asia where Levy conducted field research for over a decade, 2) new research in archaeometallurgy beyond the Faynan region, 3) marine and maritime archaeology, focusing on issues of trade and environmental change, 4) cyber-archaeology, an important 21st century field Levy conceived as “the marriage of archaeology, engineering, computer science, and the natural sciences,” and 5) key issues in anthropological archaeological theory. In addition to presenting the reader with an up-to-date view of research in each of these areas, the volume also has chapters exploring the connections between these themes, e.g. the maritime trade of metals and cyber-/digital archaeological approaches to metallurgy. The work contains contributions from both up-and-coming early career researchers and key established figures in their fields. This book is an essential reference for archaeologists and scholars in related disciplines working in the southern Levant and the Eastern Mediterranean.
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    ISBN: 9783031302039
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XXV, 429 p. 36 illus., 35 illus. in color.)
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    Keywords: Economic development. ; International economic relations. ; Cuba ; Foreign investment ; Economic development ; Oil and energy ; Healthcare ; Tourism ; Interview ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Introduction -- 1 The Economy and Foreign Investment -- 2 Business -- 3 The Lawyers and the Law -- 4 Oil and Energy -- 5 Health Sector -- 6 Tourism -- 7 The Non-Profits and the NGOs.
    Abstract: This book is a collection of meticulously gathered interviews with government officials, ambassadors, and executives involved in foreign investment and economic development in Cuba. The interviews, many for the first time with a foreign journalist, are valuable from a historical perspective and as a story of development. It offers an “open window” on Cuba into a crucial segment of the country’s economy, erroneously perceived by some as “shuttered” to the outside world. This work is structured by the contextual history of Obama’s opening with Cuba, the bleak days of Trump, the Havana Syndrome, the onset of the pandemic, the election of Biden, and his “unmet promises”, through to economic recovery of the island under the post-pandemic normal. It highlights the work of the ones who lead and invest, create opportunities for themselves and others, initiate change, trigger sustainable development, build infrastructure, improve lives, strengthen the economy, lessen suffering, and create hope. They stimulate forward progress. These are the visionaries with plans seeking to realize the full potential of Cuba, driving a new era of sustainable development and growth. By filling those gaps, this work is an important supplement for any future analysis seeking to examine the country’s potential. The book is divided into parts: government, economy, foreign investment, industrial zones, banking, law, and business, followed by interviews with top executives from Cuba’s primary sectors. This “open window” on Cuba is a compelling fresh take that shows that Cuba is open for serious business. Since 1985, T.K. Hernández has spent extended periods in Cuba as a journalist, a tourist, and with family. She has a Bachelor’s degree from Western University and studied economic development at Oxford University. She is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists, ACES International Alliance of Editors, and the Canadian Network on Cuba. She is the author of two published books. Since early 2015, she is the co-founder and editor of the business news site, Cuba Business Report.
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    ISBN: 9783031245022
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XVIII, 490 p. 34 illus., 9 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Palgrave Studies in Economic History
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    Keywords: Economic history. ; Finance. ; History. ; Macroeconomics. ; Economics. ; Economic history of Catalonia ; Spanish economic history ; Mediterranean economic crises ; Financial crises ; Economic depression ; Political economy of Catalonia ; Feudalism ; Mediterranean capitalism ; Late-Medieval Depression ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages: the crisis before the crisis or the transition from the ancient system to feudalism revisited -- Chapter 3: The Great Late-Medieval Depression in the Catalan-speaking lands -- Chapter 4: The seventeenth-century crisis in Valencia and Catalonia -- Chapter 5: The crises in Catalonia in a period of growth and transition (1680-1840) -- Chapter 6: Economic and financial crises in Catalonia (1840-1914) -- Chapter 7: Depressions in the Catalan economy during the rise and decline of the second industrial revolution, 1914-2018 -- Chapter 8: Conclusion.
    Abstract: This edited collection presents an economic history of Catalonia and its economic crises, from Roman times to the political difficulties of the present day. It considers how the strong identity of the Catalan people has been reinforced in critical episodes such as the commercial revolution of the Late Medieval Age, the 1640 rebellion, the Succession War of 1705-1714, the industrial revolution of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and the strong repression during early Francoism. The book also explores how historical parallels from Catalonia’s past might shed light on the long-term consequences of the Great Recession of 2007-9 and recovery in the EU, showing how the typical Mediterranean approach of adjusting to crises by depreciating currencies and expanding public deficits has been less straightforward during the most recent financial crisis. A particularly deep slump has contributed to fostering the claim for independence of Catalonia in recent times, echoing larger dissatisfaction with EU monetary policy. With a comprehensive overview of major events in Catalonian economic history and their broader implications to European political economy and development, this book will be of interest to students and academics in economic history, social history, and monetary economics. Jordi Catalan Vidal is Professor of Economic History at the University of Barcelona, Spain.
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    ISBN: 9783031353642
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XIII, 476 p. 22 illus., 19 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Contributions to Public Administration and Public Policy
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    Keywords: Public administration. ; Political science. ; Political planning. ; Citizen-Centered Public Policy ; direct citizen participation ; Turkey ; Policy Actors ; Policy Process ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: PART I: PUBLIC POLICY MAKING IN THE NEW AGE -- Chapter 1. Introduction to Citizen-Centered Public Policy Making -- Chapter 2. Different Approaches to Public Policy Making -- Chapter 3. Normative Public Policy, the “Public Value” and Value Conflicts -- Chapter 4. Rethinking the Role of Nudge in Public Policy -- Chapter 5. Civil Society and Public Policy in Turkey -- PART II: APPROACHES ON CITIZEN-CENTERED PUBLIC POLICY MAKING -- Chapter 6. Social Networks of/for Citizen Participation in Turkey -- Chapter 7. Digital Divide and Citizen Participation in Public Policy Making -- Chapter 8. Conceptual Complexities and Frameworks to Analyze Digital Transformation and Citizen-Centric E-Participation in Public Administration -- Chapter 9. Active Citizenship and Disadvantaged Groups: The Roma in Turkey -- Chapter 10. Women, Nationalism, And Political Participation in Turkey -- Chapter 11. Rising Expectations: How Digital Democracy Don’t Mean More Participation for Vulnerable Groups -- Chapter 12. Challenges for Direct Citizen Participation in Public Policy making -- PART III: REFLECTIONS FROM VARIOUS POLICY FIELDS IN TURKEY -- Chapter 13. Citizen-Oriented Participation Mechanisms in Turkey: The Case of the Ministry of Interior -- Chapter 14. Citizen-Centered Public Policy Making Through Social Media in Local Governments: A Research on Twitter Accounts of Metropolitan Municipalities in Turkey -- Chapter 15. Citizen-Centric Smart City Practices of Local Governments During Covid-19: Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Case -- Chapter 16. Data Wars During COVID-19 Pandemic in Turkey: Regulatory Science, Trust, Risk, and Citizen Science -- Chapter 17. Citizen-Centered Environmental Policy Making in Turkey: The Struggle of Unheard Voices -- Chapter 18. Housing Affordability in Turkey: How Big Is It and Who Are the Most Vulnerable? -- Chapter 19. Educational Policy Making in Turkey: Citizen-Centered or Window-Dressing? -- Chapter 20. Evaluation of Higher Education Policies in Turkey in the Context of Citizen-Centered Public Policies -- Chapter 21. Access vs. Quality Trade-Off: How Citizen-Centered Is the Public Policy Making in The Expansion of the Turkish Higher Education System? -- Chapter 22. People-Centered Health Policies in Turkey -- Chapter 23. Implementation of Citizen-Oriented Economic Policies -- Chapter 24. Citizen-Centered Public Security in Turkey: Policy and Practice.
    Abstract: This edited volume discusses direct citizen participation and public policymaking in Turkey. Written by a diverse group of scholars and practitioners, this book advances the field of public policy by critically examining whether and how direct citizen participation may add value to government business. Structurally, the book focuses on the core topics of public administration, the generation of public services, the design and implementation of public policies, citizens and networks, new business models, and local perspectives. Using Turkey as a case study, this volume fills a gap in the literature and will appeal to researchers interested in public policy in the MENA context. .
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    ISBN: 9783031387159
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XI, 276 p. 13 illus., 6 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: International Political Economy Series
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The political economy of chinese FDI and spillover effects in Africa
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    Keywords: International economic relations. ; Economic development. ; Finance. ; China ; Africa ; Foreign direct investment ; Development ; Spillover effects ; Linkages formation ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction and overview -- Chapter 2. Spillovers and the effects of FDI: The overview -- Chapter 3. China–Africa spillovers: The literature review -- Chapter 4. Eurocentrism, FDI and spillovers: Conceptual and methodological challenges -- Chapter 5. Institutional and cultural obstacles of Chinese spillover effects in Angola -- Chapter 6. The institutional and political dimensions of FDI spillovers in Zambia -- Chapter 7. Chinese investors in Zambia and Angola: Motives, Profile, Strategies -- Chapter 8. Chinese manufacturing companies in Zambia: Linkages vs. enclaves -- Chapter 9. Image of Chinese Investments and long-term projects in African and Chinese Media.
    Abstract: This is a timely addition to the literature on China’s economic relations with African countries, as hopes have run high that Chinese investments will kick-start Africa’s industrialisation. The volume shows that foreign capital might be a necessary but not a sufficient condition for the structural transformation of African economies, making it an insightful read – sadly the last one co-edited by Ian Taylor. —Tim Zajontz, Lecturer in Global Political Economy, University of Freiburg This is a much-needed book in the China-Africa space and the larger field of African Political Economy. The book comprehensively contextualises and analyses Chinese FDI in Africa within the context of the continent’s pursuit of structural economic transformation. Underpinned by robust research and insightful case studies that provide valuable perspectives, it is a must-read for scholars, researchers, policymakers, and practitioners. —Mandira Bagwandeen, University of Cape Town What are the impacts of Chinese investment in Africa? Is it transforming economic development on the continent? This book is different from many other studies of this issue, as it unpacks the ‘black box’ of technological and learning spillover effects from Chinese firms to others. Rather than using econometric tools, which has now become a standard approach and come with their own set of challenges, the authors investigate the interactions between Chinese investors and African firms in terms of the transfer of technology and learning and explain why such interactions are rare. Only by understanding the reasons behind this rarity can approaches be developed to promote spillovers. Dominik Kopiński is Associate Professor in the Institute of Economics at the University of Wroclaw, Head of the International Economic Relations Department, and Cofounder of the Polish Centre for African Studies. Pádraig Carmody lectures in Development Geography at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. Ian Taylor was Professor in International Relations and African Political Economy at the University of St Andrews and also Chair Professor in the School of International Studies, Renmin University of China. .
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    ISBN: 9783031421518
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VII, 201 p. 4 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: Political science ; Social sciences ; Continental Philosophy.
    Abstract: Chapter 1 What is the Parallax View? -- Chapter 2 What About Life? -- Chapter 3 What is Ideology? -- Chapter 4 Lacan, Discourses and Social Bonds I: Graphs of Desire -- Chapter 5 Lacan, Discourses and Social Bonds II: Aggressivity and Narcissistic Rage -- Chapter 6 Cynicism / Ressentiment as the Function of Ideology -- Chapter 7 What Does it Mean to be Free?: Hermeneutics of Freedom -- Chapter 8 Utopia and the Parallax View.
    Abstract: This book is an exploration of Žižek's theory of freedom. By examining key passages in Žižek's work the aim is to provide a functional, serviceable philosophy of power and ideology and show how this philosophy of power relates to freedom. Although some, like Noam Chomsky, have criticized Žižek's work as having no guiding principles, it is suggested that this misses the fact that Žižek's philosophy utilizes a dialectical methodology that often appears contradictory. Though a highly astute reader with a background in the philosophical texts he frequently cites (the German Idealists, Freud, and modern philosophers), it becomes clear that there is a uniquely Zizekian philosophy that mobilizes a radical hermeneutics of freedom. Bradley Kaye is Adjunct Professor at SUNY Fredonia's Socio-Justice Sciences Department, Fredonia, NY, USA.
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    ISBN: 9783031370151
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XXXII, 268 p. 56 illus.)
    Series Statement: Contributions to Public Administration and Public Policy
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    Keywords: Public administration. ; Finance, Public. ; Comparative government. ; COVID 19 ; public-private partnerships ; disruptions ; contracts ; resilience ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Introduction -- PartI PPP review, policy and administration -- Resilience in Public Private Partnerships – A systematic literature review -- Federal Road Infrastructure PPP In Germany: The Impact Of Covid-19 And Lessons Learned -- The impact of Covid-19 on PPP in Ireland -- PartII PPP financing and contractual governance -- Public-Private Partnerships to face the challenges of Covid-19 in Italy -- Procuring PPPs and Governance in India: Lessons from COVID 19 and way forward -- Covid -19 impact on Highway sector PPP in India - government support and implications on financial agreements -- Contractual Governance in Public-Private Partnerships in the United States: Key Clauses and Impacts of COVID-19 -- PartIII Risk Management -- Governance for sustained success of PPPs during Covid 19 - The case of Ogal Shiwa Project -- Revisiting Issues and Challenges in Indonesia‚ A PPP Water Supply System: A Case Study -- Influence of PPP transportation projects on socio-economic development in Thailand and impact of Covid-19 on PPP projects -- PPP state-of-the-art in Turkey during Covid-19 outbreak - Evidence from a transportation project -- PartIV PPP stakeholder management -- Stakeholder Management for Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Hospital Projects in Australia during COVID-19 Pandemic -- PartV Renegotiation -- Effects of Disruption Circumstances on Contract Renegotiation of Australian PPPs -- Implications and Feasibility of Contract Renegotiations of PPP in France -- Conclusion.
    Abstract: This edited volume discusses the resilience of public-private partnerships (PPPs) in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Using a comparative lens, the book assesses the degree to which global PPP infrastructure projects have been affected by the pandemic and details short term and long-term measures undertaken by governments and private parties to mitigate disruption to infrastructure delivery. Secondly, it focuses on improving the state-of-art knowledge by suggesting future directions to be taken by governments, practitioners, and researchers in order to create resilience in infrastructure projects when using PPPs as the delivery model. Chapters present diverse case studies of PPP governance across countries, covering topics such as regulatory issues, risk management, financing, contractual governance, arbitration, and stakeholder management. Providing a systematic review, assessment, and research agenda on lessons learned from the pandemic, this volume will appeal to researchers and students of public administration, public economics, construction management, infrastructure management, and public management, as well as practitioners and government professionals.
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    ISBN: 9783031475986
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIX, 138 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Philosophy and Politics - Critical Explorations 28
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    Keywords: Political science ; Social justice. ; Philosophy, African.
    Abstract: Dedication -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1. General Introduction -- Chapter 2. Semantic Theory of Justice in the Chichewa Language -- Chapter 3. Communitarian Theory of Justice -- Chapter 4. Vitalogical Theory of Justice -- Chapter 5. Divine Gift Theory of Justice -- Chapter 6. Ubuntu Human Nature-Based Theory of Justice -- Chapter 7. African Rights Theory of Justice -- Chapter 8. Conclusion -- Index.
    Abstract: The book examines the meaning of justice in African political philosophy, building on the use-theoretical approach. Currently, most of the philosophical works in this context advocate for a communal interpretation of the meaning of justice, such as the 'relational theory of justice' and 'Ubuntu justice as fairness.' The author argues that this foundation of justice in the community undermines the self, which is a major problem with these theories. As an attempt to go beyond communitarianism in African thought, the book recognizes other philosophical frameworks for elaborating the meaning of justice in ordinary people's experience, such as vitalism, theism, ubuntuism, and semantic framework. The author opts for a reconstructed ubuntu-based theory of the meaning of justice that reflects the traditional African experience and recuperates 'valuing self-existence' and 'valuing other-existence' as its foundations. The book further identifies the centrality of rights in defining justice in traditional African communities.
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    ISBN: 9783031399732
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XII, 380 p. 4 illus.)
    Edition: 2nd ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: The International Library of Bioethics 106
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    Keywords: Bioethics. ; Public health. ; Ethics. ; Political science
    Abstract: Chapter 1 -- Introduction: International Public Health: Morality, Politics, Poverty, War, Disease (Michael Boylan) -- Part 1: Morality and Politics -- Chapter 2. The Extended Community Worldview Imperative: Becoming a Citizen of the World (Michael Boylan) -- Chapter 3. Personal or Public Health (Muireann Quigley) -- Chapter 4. Exploring the Philosophical Foundations of the Human Rights Approach to International Public Health Ethics (Kristen Hessler) -- Chapter 5. Moral Interests, Privacy, and Medical Research (Deryck Beyleveld) -- Chapter 6. Torture and Public Health (Wanda Teays) -- Chapter 7. Exporting the “Culture of Life” (Laura Purdy) -- Part 2: Money and Poverty -- Chapter 8. International Health Inequalities and Global Justice’ (Norman Daniels) -- Chapter 9. Poverty, Human Rights, and Just Distribution (John-Stewart Gordon) -- Chapter 10. Why Should We Help the Poor? Philosophy and Poverty (Christian Illies) -- Chapter 11. Health Care Justice: The Social Insurance Approach (David Cummiskey) -- Chapter 12. Investments, Universal Ownership, and Public Health (Henrik Syse) -- Part 3: Medical Need and Response -- Chapter 13. Toward Control of Infectious Disease: Ethical Challenges for a Global Effort (Margaret P. Battin) -- Chapter 14. Shaping Ethical Guidelines for an Influenza Pandemic (Rosemarie Tong) -- Chapter 15. TB Matters More (Michael J. Selgelid) -- Chapter 16. Ethics of Management of Gender Atypical Organization in Children and Adolescents (Simona Giordano) -- Chapter 17. Clean Water (Michael Boylan) -- Part 4: Contemporary Challenges -- Chapter 18. What, If Anything, Should Count as Elder Abuse? (Felicia Nimue Ackerman) -- Chapter 19. Contemporary Public Health Challenges in Africa (Takunda Matose) -- Chapter 20. The use of DNR in Pandemic Treatment (Stephen Latham) -- Chapter 21. CRISPR and Cut and Paste Genetics (Sahotra Sarkar).
    Abstract: This second edition of International Public Health Policy and Ethics complements the popular first edition with contemporary problems in international public health. It brings together philosophers and practitioners to address the foundations and principles upon which public health policy may be advanced – especially in the international arena. What is the basis that justifies public health in the first place? Why should individuals be disadvantaged for the sake of the group? How do policy concerns and clinical practice work together and work against each other? Can the boundaries of public health be extended to include social ills that are amenable to group-dynamic solutions? What about political issues? How can international finance make an impact? These are some of the crucial questions that form the core of this volume of original essays sure to cause practitioners to engage in a critical re-evaluation of the role of ethics in public health policy. With a targeted new essay dealing with COVID and public health issues in Africa this second edition provides a resource building on the first edition. .
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    Cham : Springer International Publishing | Cham : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
    ISBN: 9783031135910
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XI, 393 p.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Palgrave Studies in Classical Liberalism
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    Keywords: Political science—Philosophy. ; Aesthetics. ; Political science
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction. Politics, Art and Philosophy -- Chapter 2. The Emergence of a Philosophy of Art and Politics -- Chapter 3. The Political Philosophy of Conservatism (vita activa) -- Chapter 4. The Theory of Art and Culture -- Chapter 5. From the Philosophy of Art to Metaphysics (vita contemplativa) -- Chapter 6. Conclusion. The Duality of Scruton’s Philosophy of Politics and Art.
    Abstract: This book offers the first full-length study into the philosophical legacy of Roger Scruton, one of the most important British conservative philosophers. Scruton’s philosophical interests encompassed art and politics and this book explores the intersections between these seeming disparate concerns. It also examines the philosopher’s fascination with Central European culture and considers his metaphysical intimations, connecting the arts with religion and the bonds of love. .
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