Life expectancy in Italy is among the highest in Europe, but it fell at least temporarily in 2020 because of deaths due to COVID-19. While the Italian health system generally provides good access to high-quality care, the pandemic highlighted important structural weaknesses, including years of low investment in the health workforce and the health information infrastructure. The pandemic stimula…
Climate change is already having widespread effects on nature and people around the world. There is clear scientific evidence that climate change poses one of the greatest existential threats to humanity and the planet. It is a problem which demands action now. While climate change is a global threat, Asia, home to majority of the world’s population, is warming faster than the global average …
Bioscientific concepts of human diversity and politics of inequality have long been intertwined in efforts to order and classify people. The contributors to this volume critically examine the particular ways in which these concepts are constituted and applied across various national contexts and within different life science disciplines, including genetics, medicine, forensics, anthropology, ep…
The ‘sharing economy’, powered by companies like Airbnb, Uber and Deliveroo, promised to revolutionize the way we work and live. But what changes have come about, and why? This book shows how platform capitalism is not only shaped by business decisions, but is a result of struggles involving social movements, consumer politics and state interventions. It focuses in particular on the controv…
Belgium is a parliamentary democracy with a proportional representation system and two linguistic groups, Flemish and French-speaking. There are currently 11 parties sitting in the lower chamber of parliament (Pilet 2021), along with two independent MPs. This is testimony to Belgium’s fair and accessible electoral system, despite a 5% electoral threshold since early 2000 (Reuchamps et al. 201…
This Independent Country Program Review (ICPR) assesses the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Group’s strategy and program in Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) over the period 2016–2020. ICPRs assess the relevance of the Country Strategy (CS) and provide aggregate information on the alignment and execution of the corresponding country program and, to the extent possible, provide an overview of …
Beragam tulisan dalam bentuk jurnal sederhana yang dapat pembaca nikmati dalam buku ini sungguh menggambarkan betapa kaya imajinasi, kreasi, dan eksplorasi akal budi para siswa dalam belajar. Topik yang dipilih sangat beragam, mulai dari sains, sosial, ekonomi, agama, budaya, komunikasi, dan masih banyak lagi. Tulisan-tulisan para siswa itu selain menggambarkan keprihatinan atas beragam fenomen…
Doing Business captures several important dimensions of the regulatory environment as it applies to local firms. It provides quantitative indicators on regulation for starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit, protecting minority investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts and resolving insolvency. …
Doing Business captures several important dimensions of the regulatory environment as it applies to local firms. It provides quantitative indicators on regulation for starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit, protecting minority investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts and resolving insolvency. …
Pengalaman yang direfleksikan oleh para guru di Kolese Kanisius dibukukan sebagai bahan bacaan bagi banyak orang dalam menjalani kehidupan sehari-hari. Pedagogi Ignatian dikenal dalam pendampingan para guru di kelas, dapat juga diterapkan dalam kehidupan harian untuk mengatur diri dan mensyukuri kehidupan. Refleksi yang dilakukan ini bukanlah semata-mata pemikiran otak yang terpisah dengan duni…
Para pendidik Kolese Kanisius pada tahun ajaran 2022/2023 menyelenggarakan sebuah program yang diberi nama Compassion Week. Ini merupakan kesempatan bagi para siswa untuk belajar nilai-nilai kehidupan dari lingkungan sekitarnya. Mereka dimasukkan ke dalam konteks real alam dan masyarakat Indonesia sehingga kelak mereka dapat menjadi sosok pemimpin yang membumi dan berbela rasa. Di dalam program…
Contemporary art, entertainment, and architecture cultures offer a growing amount of digitally mediated spatial experiences, situated either in the metaverse (e.g. VR) or location-based in physical realms (e.g. AR), increasingly powered by generative systems (e.g. AI). Are such spatially “immersive experiences” a new phenomenon and dependent on digital innovation? The Art of Spatial Illusio…
This volume examines the phenomenon of fake news by bringing together leading experts from different fields within psychology and related areas, and explores what has become a prominent feature of public discourse since the first Brexit referendum and the 2016 US election campaign. Dealing with misinformation is important in many areas of daily life, including politics, the marketplace, health …
In Domestic Courts and the Interpretation of International Law, Odile Ammann examines the methodology and reasoning which domestic courts, including Swiss courts, use to interpret international law. She argues that interpretative methods must be taken more seriously in international law. Readership: Domestic judges, academics working on international law, legal theory, and judicial reasoning, a…
Are judges supposed to be objective? Citizens, scholars, and legal professionals commonly assume that subjectivity and objectivity are opposites, with the corollary that subjectivity is a vice and objectivity is a virtue. These assumptions underlie passionate debates over adherence to original intent and judicial activism. In Common Law Judging, Douglas Edlin challenges these widely held assump…
The notion of "human rights" is widely used in political and moral debates. The core idea, that all human beings have some inalienable basic rights, is appealing and has an important practical function: It allows moral criticism of various wrongs and calls for action in order to prevent them. The articles in this collection take up a tension between the wide political use of human rights claims…
This study offers a critical approach to the connections between the law, politics, and morality as they figure in human rights discourse. It argues that human rights must be understood – ethically, politically, and legally – through the prism of reasonable skepticism towards the legitimacy of contemporary institutions for the protection of human rights. The colonial legacy of human rights,…
It was in ancient Greek philosophy where the idea arose that there is a supreme law before which any civil law created by human societies has to be justified. Since then the concept of natural law not only remained one of the paradigms of Western civilization but has shaped the development of international legislation in general. The understanding of the significance of the idea of a natural la…
Combines an overview of the key theoretical models of democracy and human rights with a state-of-the-art survey which reports on trade-offs between achievements, set-backs and challenges in some of the world's 'hotspots'. The 20th century has been described as the bloodiest in human history, but it was also the century in which people around the world embraced ideas of democracy and human right…
Kegiatan penulisan karya tulis/jurnal (research paper/journal), presentasi, dan pameran pengalaman hasil belajar (exhibition of learning experience) pada semester 2 merupakan bentuk paling konkret atas upaya sekolah membangun iklim belajar demi mewujudkan keunggulan manusiawi dalam diri para siswa. Melalui kegiatan itu seluruh akal, budi, dan kehendak para siswa diolah dan diasah agar makin mem…
Estonia, one of the three Baltic countries, experienced a political and economic reorganization after regaining its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. One of the first priorities of the newly established government was to rebuild a national identity system. As a result, during the 1990s, the legal foundations for the new system were laid out, and both a national identification number s…
Internet is a real place. Every time we switch on our computers, use a program or an application, or log in to a social media site, we enter a virtual space made up of worlds, domains, forums and rooms. But we behave differently when we interact with technology: technology amplifies and accelerates our deeds; it can help us find useful information, benefit from a wide range of services and stay…
Finding out that you are having more than one baby can be exciting and overwhelming at the same time. Twins Trust is a national registered charity which supports families like yours who are expecting twins, triplets or more. We understand the unique challenges you face and are here to help you. This booklet has been put together to support you from the start of your journey through pregnancy un…
Could the Walrus and the Carpenter have been talking about our earth? And is the situation really this grim? Is it time to start shedding bitter tears, or is there something we can do to control environmental pollution? The objective of this book is to at least begin to answer these questions. As the title suggests, this book focuses first on the problems of environmental pollution, but then co…
Belize has made significant development strides in the past decade. Its long-term development strategy, Horizon 2030, prescribes a pathway to increasing prosperity, eradicating poverty, improving social cohesion, caring for its natural resources, and securing peace and justice for all Belizeans. As a signatory to the United Nations Millennium Development Goal Declaration, the Government of Beli…
The Indo-Pacific region will play a critical role in shaping Canada’s future over the next half-century. Encompassing 40 economies, over four billion people and $47.19 trillion in economic activity, it is the world’s fastest growing-region and home to six of Canada’s top 13 trading partners. The Indo-Pacific region represents significant opportunities for growing the economy here at home,…
Aimed primarily at meeting the needs of economists and statisticians, this pamphlet concisely describes the principles underlying the four main sets of macroeconomic accounts statistics, viewed as an integrated system. The four main sets are the national accounts, balance of payments and international investment position, monetary and financial statistics, and government finance statistics. To …
To support the development of the 2025 SNA and BPM 7 a glossary of macroeconomic terms and definitions that has been compiled. The master glossary, approved by the Advisory Expert Group and the IMF Committee on Balance of Payments Statistics, harmonizes terms with those used in other macroeconomic statistics standards and was developed in collaboration with the relevant stakeholders.
In the current climate of concern over disinformation and the so-called ‘post-truth era,’ psychological warfare has returned to discussions of national and international politics. Yet questions concerning psychological warfare — when, where, and how it came about — are poorly understood. This monograph reveals the complexity of these questions by investigating the historical-geographica…
Nothing is more important than children’s welfare. Every child deserves to grow up in a safe, stable, and loving home. Children who need help and protection deserve high quality and effective support. This requires individuals, agencies, and organisations to be clear about their own and each other’s roles and responsibilities, and how they work together. In this guidance, a child is defined…
This book contributes to the foundations of a critical theory of communication as shaped by the forces of digital capitalism. One of the world's leading theorists of digital media Professor Christian Fuchs explores how the thought of some of the Frankfurt School’s key thinkers can be deployed for critically understanding media in the age of the Internet. Five essays that form the heart of thi…
The Republic of Ireland is in the centre and south part of the beautiful island of Ireland, which is called "the Emerald Isle", one of the British Isles, in the North West of Europe.
Ireland’s young workforce is capable, highly adaptable, educated and committed to achievement. Ireland has the youngest population in Europe with one third of the population under 25 years of age. The population is forecast to increase by almost one million people to 5.75 million by 2040. In 2017/2018 over 220,000 students enrolled in third level courses across Ireland’s universities and co…
In cooperation with the UN, Japan contributes to international peace and stability through exercising leadership in its areas of expertise, such as agenda-setting and rule-making for the international community. A case in point is human security. Japan has upheld human security as a guiding principle in international cooperation for the 21st century. This principle won the common understanding …
The web-based filing system allows for electronic signature of the registration form and for the possibility to upload all attachments (i.e., copies of signed versions of the memorandum, auditor statements, and the rest) electronically. It is still possible to file all documents manually by regular mail as well. In some cases registration inquiries cannot be filed online (i.e., mergers, some ca…
As social media is increasingly becoming a standard feature of sociological practice, this timely book rethinks the role of these mediums in public sociology and what they can contribute to the discipline in the post-COVID world. It reconsiders the history and current conceptualizations of what sociology is, and analyzes what kinds of social life emerge in and through the interactions between …
Subnational and local governance programming is an integral part of UNICEF’s support for the realization of children’s rights within countries. Achieving outcomes for children at the subnational and local levels is done through the application of the Subnational and Local Governance Programming Framework2 that adopts a territorial lens as a principle for sustainable local development and t…
Indonesia has recently achieved a key milestone: the percentage of population living in urban areas has now passed 50 per cent. As this percentage is expected to keep increasing, we can safely conclude that never again will the majority of Indonesia’s population live in rural areas. Instead, the majority will be living in a range of urban settlements, such as small towns, larger towns, cities…
Satya Nandan was a close friend of me and my family for over four decades. He and I worked together for many years which included productive months at the Third United Nation’s Convention on the Law of the Sea (unclos) negotiations. Satya was a skilled diplomat who made many substantive contributions to the peaceful order of the oceans.1 His contributions were comparable to just a few oth…
This book explores the contours of the code of silence and provides policy recommendations geared toward creating an environment less conducive for police misconduct. It responds to the recent calls for police reform, in the wake of the perceived illegitimacy of police actions and the protection that the code of silence seems to provide to the police officers who violate the official rules. Usi…
This book raises three interlinked questions: first, how to do a social history of time; second, what are the ways in which it can be done without succumbing to the usual, and at times inevitable, pull of some of the useful binaries in which most of the historical accounts of time have been written; and third, how, as a result of overcoming some of these binaries, do we go beyond simply sta…
Concerns regarding brain injury in sport have escalated into what is often termed a “concussion crisis,” fueled by high-profile lawsuits and deaths. Although athletes are central figures in this narrative, they comprise only a small proportion of the people who experience brain injuries, while other high-risk groups—including victims of domestic violence and police brutality—are all too…
In the fight against the Coronavirus, digital technology is playing an unprecedented role in the maintenance of daily life and economic and social activities, as well as the recovery of industries and business activities. The Coronovirus-pandemic could become a tipping point for digitalisation - a dawn of a new era - by accelerating the maturity of digital technology: What was once a ‘nice to…
In an era of mass extinction, climate emergency, and biodiversity collapse, what role do digital media have in securing liveable futures? To what extent are digital media mitigating or intensifying environmental crises? And what theoretical, empirical, and methodological frameworks are needed to make sense of emerging digital ecologies? In a context where digital media are reshaping the futures…
The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online. As digital technologies have become ever more ingrained in society, Media Use in Digital Everyday Life asks how our relationship with media has changed. After the proliferation of smartphones, social media and ubiquitous connectivity, what has happened to the ways we navigate across social domains and structure …
Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China, is also the national political center, cultural center, international exchange center, and scientific and technological innovation center. It takes the lead domestically and even globally in multiple strategic emerging industries, and gathers rich resources of technology, finance, culture, talents and international elements. The city is be…
Women and Public Life in Early Meiji Japan focuses on women’s activities in the new public spaces of Meiji Japan. With chapters on public, private, and missionary schools for girls, their students, and teachers, on social and political groups women created, on female employment, and on women’s participation in print media, this book offers a new perspective on nineteenth- and early twentiet…
Creativity has become a buzzword across all disciplines in education and across all phases, from early years through to tertiary education. Although the meaning of creativity can change vastly depending on the global educational setting, it is impossible to ignore the applicability and relevance of creativity as an educational tool, philosophical framework and pedagogical approach. Through case…
The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online. School-to-work transition studies have a rich sociological history that has traditionally focused on marginalised young men, until recently. Returning the focus to the most marginalised working-class young within a contemporary context, The 21st Century Ladz explores changing ideas of manhood, masculinities and …
Available Open Access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This book draws on ethnographic research in two UK secondary schools, considering the shifting roles of migration status, language, ethnicity, religion and precarity in young people’s peer relationships. The book challenges culturalist understandings of social cohesion, highlighting the divisive impacts of neoliberalism, from pervasiv…