E-book The Digital Scholar : How Technology is Transforming Scholarly Practice

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E-book Women, Love and Learning : The Double Bind

This book tells the story of a generation of American and Australian women who embodied – and challenged – the prescriptions of their times. In the 1950s and early 60s they went to colleges and universities, trained for professions and developed a life of the mind. They were also urged to embrace their femininity, to marry young, to devote themselves to husbands, children and communities. C…

E-book Anthropologies of Global Maternal and Reproductive Health: From Policy…

This open access edited book brings together new research on the mechanisms by which maternal and reproductive health policies are formed and implemented in diverse locales around the world, from global policy spaces to sites of practice. The authors – both internationally respected anthropologists and new voices – demonstrate the value of ethnography and the utility of reproduction as a le…

E-book The Online Advertising Tax : A Digital Policy Innovation

Google and Facebook now control about two thirds of global advertising revenue. They dominate the online advertising market in the form of a duopoly and avoid paying adequate taxes. This policy brief introduces a new possibility and policy innovation for taxing online adver-tising. This brief sheds new light on the question how to estabilish models for taxing online ad…

E-book The Birth of Energy : Fossil fuels, Thermodynamics and the Politics of…

Intensive energy consumption is necessary to the good life. At least that is ExxonMobil’s outlook for energy in their “View to 2040,” quoted above. As global warming becomes more difficult to ignore, oil and gas titans increasingly want to brand themselves as energy companies that supply much-needed power to the people, rather than as fossil fuel extractors…

E-book Negotiating Climate Change in Crisis

In all the talk about the Paris Agreement, reached at the twenty-first Conference of Parties (COP21) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Paris in 2015, it is sometimes forgotten that the world’s political leaders have held negotiations about climate change at the highest possible level for at least three decades. Many have known about …

E-book Crime and Fear in Public Places : Towards Safe, Inclusive and Sustaina…

Safety is an essential dimension of urban sustainability. In a sustainable city, safety ensures each person a place to live free from danger but also has the possibility of movement that is essential to place attachment and one’s quality of life (UN-Habitat, 2013, 2017, 2019). The adoption by member states of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Developme…

E-book Translation and Social Media Communication in the Age of the Pandemic

This collection of essays represents the first of its kind in exploring the conjunction of translation and social media communication, with a focus on how these practices intersect and transform each other against the backdrop of the cascading COVID-19 crisis. The contributions in the book offer empirical case studies as well as personal reflections on the topic, illuminating a broad range of t…

E-book Thinking like a Climate

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E-book Self-directed multimodal learning in higher education

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E-book Ethnographies of Waiting : Doubt, Hope and Uncertainty

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E-book Science at the end of Empire : Experts and the development of the Brit…

During the 1930s, episodes of violent protest by the inhabitants of Britain’s Caribbean colonies brought the extremely poor living and working conditions that existed in these territories to domestic and international attention. Revelations of widespread unemployment, squalid housing and malnutrition threatened the moral authority of British rule …

E-book The Asian 21st Century

e live in hugely paradoxical times. We will see greater change in the twenty-firstcentury than we have in any previous human century. Huge leaps in science andtechnology, accompanied by huge economic and social advances in many societiesaround the world, especially Asian societies, will mean that the texture and chem-istry of the twenty-first century will be massively different from the ninetee…

E-book Youth in Indonesia

The youth of today are generally healthier, better educated, more urbanized, enjoy greater access to knowledge, and are more connected with the rest of the world than the preceding generations. A growing body of research attributes this marked improvement in the life situations of young people to socio-economic development and the ensuing prolonged transition to adulthood.1 Relative to their pa…

E-book Violence Situation, Speciality, Politics, and Storytelling

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E-book Exit and Voice

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E-book Global Prison Trends 2020 : Special Focus Pull-out Section Alternativ…

As detailed in Global Prison Trends, despite widely documented challenges in creating fair and effective criminal justice systems, there have been some positive steps taken towards the practical implementation of international human rights standards related to criminal justice, such as the UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela Rules) and the United Nation…

E-book Healthy Minds in the Twentieth Century : In and Beyond the Asylum

This open access edited collection contributes a new dimension to the study of mental health and psychiatry in the twentieth century. It takes the present literature beyond the ‘asylum and after’ paradigm to explore the multitude of spaces that have been permeated by concerns about mental well-being and illness. The chapters in this volume consciously attempt to break down institutional wal…

E-book Encyclopedic Dictionary of International FInance and Banking

The Encyclopedic Dictionary of International Finance and Banking is written and compiled for working professionals engaged in the fields of international finance, global trade, foreign investments, and banking. It may be used for day-to-day practice and for technical research. The Encyclopedic Dictionary is a practical reference of proven techniques, strategies, and approaches that are successf…

E-book DOD Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

Standardized military and associated terminology forms the foundation of joint doctrine. It enables the joint force to organize, plan, train, and execute operations with a common language that is clearly articulated and universally understood. Since 1948, military terms have been codified in the DOD Dictionary. Although different in purpose, policy documents also require standardized terminolog…

E-book Metagestures

his introduction is a mediated gesture, in medias res, designed to help you, dear reader, become better acquainted with the writings that comprise this book; how they originated, and what they are attempting to achieve. I cannot see your facial expres-sion while I am doing the introducing, so I do not have a sense of whether my gesture is capturing your attention. Perhaps it is boring…

E-book The Psychology of Money

Doing well with money isn’t necessarily about what you know. It’s about how you behave. And behavior is hard to teach, even to really smart people. How to manage money, invest it, and make business decisions are typically considered to involve a lot of mathematical calculations, where data and formulae tell us exactly what to do. But in the real world, people don’t make financial decision…

E-book Ethnographic Causality

What role can the analysis of a single, or perhaps only just a few, case(s) play in a systematic social science? More particularly, what role can the study of a handful of comparative cases (based upon individuals or social groupings of one sort or another) play in discovering causal relationships between designated causes and effects with a view to furnishing explanations and perhaps even mode…

E-book Village Housing : Constraints and opportunities in rural England

The focus of housing research is set by the apparent scaling of hous-ing problems: where problems congregate, so too does the research community. The collective gaze of that community has been on cities dur-ing recent decades. The urban processes that have caused inequalities – across housing, education, healthcare and other domains – are critically important and the …

E-book Mapping Good Work : The Quality of Working Life Across the Occupationa…

High-quality work is central for a productive and thriving society. Ensuring a sufficient quality of work – as a policy issue – as opposed the government’s conventional responsibility of ensuring a sufficient quantity of work – reached its zenith in the UK in July 2017 when the government published a review to scope out a new national job quality strategy. The public…

E-book Hospital Care for Children : Guidelines for the Management of Common C…

Does the child’s breathing appear to be obstructed? Look at the chest wall movement, and listen to breath sounds to determine whether there is poor air movement during breathing. Stridor indicates obstruction. Is there central cyanosis? Determine whether there is bluish or purplish discoloration of the tongue and the inside of the mouth. Is the child breathing? Look and listen to determine wh…

E-book Corruption during Covid-19 : Trends, Drivers, and Lessons Learned for …

Covid-19 has reinforced vulnerabilities worldwide. It has threatened people’s health and well-being, shattered health systems, exacerbated poverty and inequality, limited children’s access to education, and negatively impacted economies.1 Blindfolded by their lack of knowledge about this disease, governments’ efforts to contain Covid-19 once and for all have been limited at best. Between …

E-book Forests and Food : Addressing Hunger and Nutrition Across Sustainable …

As population estimates for 2050 reach over 9 billion, issues of food security and nutrition have been dominating academic and policy debates. A total of 805 million people are undernourished worldwide and malnutrition affects nearly every country on the planet. Despite impressive productivity increases, there is growing evidence that conventional agricultural strategies fall short of eliminati…

E-book Burning Up : A Global History of Fossil Fuel Consumption

Each year, fossil fuels (coal, oil and gas) are consumed in ever-greater quantities, despite the danger of global warming, which makes such large-scale consump-tion unsustainable. The facts of consumption growth are at odds with ever more insistent claims that we are moving to a post-fossil-fuel era. Clearly, the causes of consumption growth are very strong. The purpose of this book is to put t…

E-book The Future of Money : Compilation of Papers

Digitalisation has changed the way monetary systems work for many years already, but recently it hasstarted to change its structure more fundamentally. Developed economies rapidly reduce the importance of cash, and in some cases envisage becoming cashless entirely in the foreseeable future. At the same time digital currencies have appeared. The first wave of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, E…

E-book The Science of War : Strategies, Tactics, and Logistics

Today in the world of 24-hour news, we cannot help but be aware of the brutality and human cost of war. It is difficult to imagine the festive atmosphere of parades and cheering as local regiments marched off to fight in the American Civil War, or even in the early days of World War I. Yet in spite of our lack of illusion about the reality of war, the idea of war still holds an enduring fascina…

E-book Peace and Conflict Analysis : Guidance for ILO’s programming in frag…

This document provides guidance for designing ILO initiatives in countries affected by fragility and conflict. These include countries or regions subject to tensions or at risk of conflict or violent unrest, or where criminal violence threatens people’s security on a significant scale. It outlines how to use a peace and conflict analysis (PCA) to ensure that programmes and projects are confli…

E-book Maldives : Overcoming the Challenges of a Small Island State

The Maldives, a chain of 26 coral atolls to India’s southwest, is one of the smallest countries in Asia and the Pacific by population and land area. Its estimated 341,200 people are widely dispersed over 188 inhabited islands across an archipelago more than 800 kilometers long and 130 kilometers wide. The capital city, Malé, is home to one-third of the people, yet has a total land area of le…

E-book A  Circular Economy in the Netherlands by 2050 : Government-wide Pro…

The circular economy provides an answer to the great challenge of the 21st century, which is to utilise raw materials with much greater efficiency. In order to continue feeding humanity, provide it with the necessary goods and to guarantee people a decent existence, a fundamental change in how we use raw materials is necessary. We are talking about an economy that provides for people’s needs …

E-book Laws of the Sea : Interdisciplinary Currents

Most legal thinkers and practitioners view law as fundamentally terrestrial. Indeed, law—in its Eurocentric iteration at least—ultimately imagines itself as beginning and ending on terra firma. Land is perceived as a fully historicized, mapped, and regulated space that stands in stark opposition to the seemingly a-temporal, empty, and unruly sea.…

E-book Collaborating Against Child Abuse : Exploring the Nordic Barnahus Model

Violence and abuse against children are serious threats to children’s well-being, and the need for societies to take action is increasingly recognised, in both the Nordic region and internationally. Children exposed to violence and abuse are vulnerable and often in need of multiple services, creating the risk of potential “secondary victimi…

E-book Action Plan for a Sustainable Planet in the Digital Age

The CODES Action Plan for a Sustainable Planet in the Digital Age marks the 50th anniversary of the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment and the establishment of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) set-up to promote global environmental sustainability. The goal of the Action Plan is to offer a vision and set of priorities to advance digital sustainability through a series …

E-book Living Planet Report 2020

The global Living Planet Index continues to decline. It shows anaverage 68% decrease in population sizes of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish between 1970 and 2016. A 94% decline in the LPI for the tropical subregions of the Americas is the largest fall observed in any part of the world. Why does this matter? It matters because biodiversity is fundamental to human life on Earth, and…

E-book Techniques of Social Influence : The psychology of gaining compliance

As a rule, the introduction is where the author explains to the reader what the book is about. Before I do that, however, I will take the liberty of a brief digression of a personal nature. Whenever I’m at some sort of gathering and find I am acquainted only with the host, my interactions with other guests go off “without a hitch”. I’m not a particularly shy person, so it’s rather eas…

E-book Leading Cities : A Global Review of City Leadership

Cities are home to the majority of the world’s population, drivers of both national and global economic activity, hubs of culture and innovation, and are the locations in which many of society’s greatest challenges, from climate change to social unrest, play out. Given this, it is not surprising that, in recent years, cities have captured the global imagination. A focus on cities …

E-book Renewable Energy : Resources, Challenges and Applications

The demand for secure, affordable and clean energy is a priority call to humanity. Challenges associated with conventional energy resources, such as depletion of fossil fuels, high costs and associated greenhouse gas emissions, have stimulated interests in renewable energy resources. For instance, there have been clear gaps and rushed thoughts about replacing fossil-fuel driven engines with ele…

E-Book The Eagle's eye ; A True Story of the Imperial German Government's Spi…

A True Story of the Imperial German Government's Spies and Intrigues in America from facts furnished Each morning at 3 o'clock, American time, those messages flashed from the tremendous wireless tower at Nauen, Germany—to find spies waiting everywhere in America for them. On interned ships, in shacks, built far from the roar and bustle of the city, even in Fifth Avenue residences, were wirel…

E-book Pemberdayaan Masyarakat Desa

Upaya-upaya untuk tercapainya perbaikan kesejahteraan hidup bagi setiap individu maupun masyarakat luas, dalam pengertian sehari-hari seringkali disebut sebagai upaya "pembangunan". Pendek kata, pembangunan merupakan segala upaya yang terus-menerus ditujukan untuk memperbaiki kehidupan masyarakat dan bangsa yang belum baik, atau untuk memperbaiki kehidupan yang sudah baik menjadi lebih baik lag…

E-book Handal Pasar Modal

Berisikan panduan untuk menjadi handal dalam dunia pasar modal.

E-book Insurance Handbook : A Guide to Insurance what it does and how it works

The insurance industry safeguards the assets of its policyholders by transferring risk from an individual or business to an insurance company. Insurance companies act as financial intermediaries in that they invest the premiums they collect for providing this service. Insurance company size is usually measured by net premiums written, that is, premium revenues less amounts paid for reinsurance.…

E-book Your Money or Your Life : The Tyranny of Global Finance

The tendency towards concentration in the corporate sector has been given a huge boost as we approach the twenty-first century. There were more mega-mergers in 1998 than in any previous year - in banking, insurance, oil, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, automobiles and the media. This merger frenzy has amplified the power of a handful of companies over whole sectors of the global economy. The merger…

E-book Economy Profile of Indonesia Doing Business 2020

This topic measures the number of procedures, time, cost and paid-in minimum capital requirement for a small- to medium-sized limited liability company to start up and formally operate in each economy’s largest business city. To make the data comparable across 190 economies, uses a standardized business that is 100% domestically owned, has start-up capital equivalent to 10 times the income pe…

E-Book Naskah Kebijakan Pendidikan Inklusif bagi Penyandang Disabilitas : Rek…

Undang-Undang Dasar 1945 pasal 31 ayat (1) dan Undang-Undang (UU) Nomor 20 Tahun 2003 tentang Sistem Pendidikan Nasional menegaskan memberi jaminan sepenuhnya kepada penyandang disabilitas untuk memperoleh layanan pendidikan yang bermutu dan hal itu tidak dapat dilepaskan adanya istilah ‘pendidikan inklusif’. Negara semakin menegaskan melalui komitmen-komitmen global, dimana tidak ada seor…

E-book ASEAN Community Based Tourism Standard

Internationally, the tourism economic sector is dominated by small businesses that provide goods and services to a visiting tourist clientele. Community based tourism (CBT) is a form of tourism that seeks to empower communities to manage tourism growth and achieve community aspirations relating to their well-being, and includes economic, social and environmental sustainable development. Therefo…

E-book Animal Welfare Act and Animal Welfare Regulations

Passed by Congress in 1966, the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) sets general standards for humane care and treatment that must be provided for certain animals that are bred for commercial sale, sold sight unseen (Internet sales), exhibited to the public, used in biomedical research, or transported commercially. Congress assigned the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) the responsibility for enforcin…