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Haiti was once a beacon of Black liberatory futures, but now it is often depicted as a place with no future where emigration is the only way out for most of its population. But Reclaiming Haiti's Futures tells a different story. It is a story about two generations of Haitian scholars who returned home after particular crises to partake in social change. The first generation, called jenerasyon 86, were intellectuals who fled Haiti during the Duvalier dictatorship (1957–1986). They returned after the regime fell to participate in the democratic transition through their political leadership and activism. The younger generation, dubbed the jenn doktè, returned after the 2010 earthquake to partake in national reconstruction through public higher education reform. An ethnography of the future, the book explores how these returned scholars resisted coloniality's fractures and displacements by working toward and creating inhabitability or future-oriented places of belonging through improvisation, rasanblaj (assembly), and radical imagination. By centering on Haiti and the Caribbean, the book offers insights not just into the Haitian experience but also into how fractures have come to typify more aspects of life globally and what we might do about it.

Professor Madry, one of the world's leading experts in the field of the practical applications of satellites and space technologies, provides in a condensed form, a quick yet comprehensive overview of all aspects of satellite navigation. This new edition concisely addresses the latest breakthrough technologies, the various national systems, the many applications, the regulatory issues, and the strategic implications of satellite navigation systems. The future directions of autonomous aircraft and the role drones play in satellite navigation networks are also evaluated. Moreover, the industry's strengths and weaknesses are discussed, as well as reviews of all the various national systems now being deployed. The motivation behind the proliferation of these systems, in this book, evaluates the overall societal and ethical issues of these invisible yet pervasive parts of our modern digital world.

Karl Marx entwickelt, in der Tradition der idealistischen Philosophie Hegels, eine Konzeption der menschlichen Lebensform, die er in Gestalt einer philosophischen Anthropologie und einer kritischen Sozialphilosophie entfaltet. In diesem Buch werden die zentralen Konzeptionen und Theoreme der Philosophie von Karl Marx herausgearbeitet. Dabei zeigt sich, dass Marx eine pragmatistische Anerkennungstheorie in Gestalt einer Philosophie des gegenständlichen Gattungswesens und eine kritische Sozialphilosophie entwickelt. Erstere verbindet Elemente der philosophischen Anthropologie und der Religionskritik Feuerbachs zu einer perfektionistischen Ethik. Letztere liegt in Gestalt einer Kritik der politischen Ökonomie vor, in der Marx den Kapitalismus als prinzipiell scheiternde Realisierung der menschlichen Lebensform analysiert. Die philosophische Explikation des Marxschen Denkens zeigt, dass er in der Tradition der Hegelschen Philosophie eine eigenständige Konzeption entwickelt hat.

This book will make the case for the introduction of a universal basic income (UBI). The structural logic of the digital economy as presently constituted widens inequality and, through its use of automation for increasingly complex, as well as mundane, tasks, threatens jobs. The book will investigate the extent of this disruption to traditional labour markets and of individual livelihoods, and argue that alternative means of supporting people financially, like UBI, can mitigate the digital economy's most baleful impacts. The book will also highlight the positive social and environmental benefits that would accrue from the introduction of UBI, as unconditional financial support would reduce workers'anxiety in insecure labour markets, and the expending of valuable resources would be lessened if energy consumption was determined by society's needs rather than by the requirements of labour markets tasked primarily with maximising employment. An explanation as to why arguments against its introduction on the grounds of cost and its supposed encouraging of idleness, are, while superficially compelling, ultimately without foundation, will form the centrepiece of the concluding political argument for UBI.

Wie funktioniert geisteswissenschaftliche Forschung? Der Historiker Ewald Frie und der Soziologe Boris Nieswand erklären, wie der Drang nach Prestige, der Wettbewerb um Forschungsförderung, die Suche des Nachwuchses nach Stellen und der Spaß an neuen Ideen und Einsichten eine kritische Masse bilden, aus der tatsächlich neues Wissen hervorgeht. Ein ungewöhnlicher, scharfer, geradezu verführerischer Blick in den Maschinenraum des Geistes. Weltfremde Männer vor verstaubten Folianten, deren Bücher niemand liest: Das Image von Geisteswissenschaftlern könnte besser sein. Dabei hat sich geisteswissenschaftliche Forschung in den letzten Jahrzehnten grundlegend geändert. Immer mehr Frauen bekommen eine Chance. Die Digitalisierung hat das Suchen, Lesen, Auswerten und Schreiben beschleunigt. Teamarbeit ersetzt das stille Kämmerlein. Zugleich ist der Druck gestiegen, sich im Wettbewerb zu behaupten. Ewald Frie und Boris Nieswand haben zwölf Jahre lang in einem Sonderforschungsbereich zum Thema «Bedrohte Ordnungen» gearbeitet. Die Tübinger Keplerstraße 2 wurde für viele Forschende Anlaufpunkt und Arbeitsplatz. Auf der Grundlage ihrer eigenen Erfahrungen und von Interviews mit Beteiligten berichten die Autoren, wie von ersten Ideen und Theorien über Planungen und Anträge, Präsentationen und Evaluationen das Wunder vollbracht wird, dass man neue Erkenntnisse nicht planen kann, es aber trotzdem tun muss und damit auch noch Erfolg hat – jedenfalls meistens.

'An excellent book'Vince Cable |'A must read'Jo Johnson |'A fascinating read'Bill Dudley A timely manifesto on how digital currencies will win the New Cold War and the struggle for geopolitical supremacy in the twenty-first century.A New Cold War is underway. Whereas the first Cold War was dominated by the threat of nuclear conflict, the new front line is economic and financial, but still dominated by technology. Who controls its future will help decide the outcome of the geopolitical struggle between China and the US. Since the end of the Second World War, the US dollar has been the global reserve currency, which has ensured American dominance of the world economy. But no longer. More than a hundred countries are developing Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), digital equivalents to cash that will utterly transform how we do business at home and abroad. China was the first country to recognise the potential of this new money. The West's media focused on the new currency's role in China's surveillance state, creating widespread concern about all CBDCs. But they have largely overlooked a more important aspect of its existence: as a tool through which to'de-dollarise'the developing world at the speed of light. When China's President Xi Jinping officially launched the digital yuan in February 2022, he also agreed a pact of'limitless co-operation'with Russia. Within days, Russia launched its war on Ukraine, secure in the knowledge it could bypass US sanctions.Urgent, clear-eyed and groundbreaking, Smart Money shows us how CBDCs are going to impact all of our futures in ways that most of us have failed to even consider. If the West is to compete, it needs to act fast to develop its own global digital currencies that reflect the values of liberal democracies.

'Family Household'explores the evolving concept of family across human history and diverse cultures, offering a comprehensive examination of family dynamics. The book delves into three key areas: the historical development of family structures, cultural variations in family systems, and socioeconomic impacts on family units. By tracing family structures from prehistoric hunter-gatherer societies to modern urban environments, it illuminates how factors like agricultural revolutions, industrialization, and globalization have shaped family compositions and roles. Central to the book's argument is the idea that family structures are not universal or static, but diverse and adaptable systems influenced by cultural, economic, and social forces. This perspective challenges readers to reconsider their assumptions about what constitutes a'normal'family. The book's global approach examines a wide range of family systems, from polygamous arrangements in some African societies to multi-generational households in East Asia, providing valuable insights for policymakers, social workers, and educators working with diverse populations. Drawing on evidence from anthropology, sociology, economics, and history,'Family Household'progresses logically through its chapters, exploring historical developments, cultural variations, and socioeconomic factors influencing modern families. Its holistic approach and accessible language make it suitable for both students of social sciences and general readers interested in understanding the complex interplay between family dynamics and broader societal forces.

'Asylum Seeker HowTo'offers a comprehensive guide to navigating the complex world of asylum seeking, addressing a critical question: What would you do if fleeing your home country was your only option for survival? This book delves into the legal framework of asylum, practical steps for seeking protection, and the psychological impact of displacement. It provides a unique blend of legal expertise and on-the-ground advice, making it an invaluable resource for those facing persecution and individuals seeking to understand the global asylum system. The book traces the evolution of asylum laws from the 1951 Refugee Convention to current policies, highlighting how geopolitical events have shaped modern practices. It argues that while seeking asylum is a fundamental human right, the process is often convoluted and challenging. By equipping readers with accurate information and practical strategies, the book aims to improve the chances of successful asylum claims. Drawing on international law, case studies, and expert interviews, it offers a holistic understanding of the asylum-seeking process and its broader implications. Structured in three parts, the book covers:1. The concept of asylum2. A step-by-step guide to the application process3. Long-term implications of seeking asylum Its clear, accessible style balances comprehensive information with readability, making it suitable for asylum seekers, their supporters, and anyone interested in immigration and human rights issues. By addressing ongoing debates and controversies in the field,'Asylum Seeker HowTo'contributes to a more informed and compassionate discourse on this critical issue.

Derzeit haben Endzeitszenarien Konjunktur. Wegen zunehmend instabiler Verhältnisse in der Politik befürchten einige das Ende der Demokratie. Die »Letzte Generation« warnt angesichts der drohenden Klimakatastrophe vor dem Ende der Menschheit. Und die ökologische Krise lässt sogar ein beispielloses Ende biologischer Arten befürchten. Doch das Nachdenken über das Ende ist nicht neu. Wie die Beiträge dieses interdisziplinär angelegten Bandes zeigen, setzt sich der Mensch seit jeher mit dem Ende von Dingen oder Zeiten auseinander, die ihm wichtig sind. Denn der Mensch ist das Wesen, welches das Ende denken kann. Er kann es fürchten wie den eigenen Tod oder das Ende einer guten Beziehung. Er kann es aber auch nur beschwören, um es zu vermeiden helfen, oder es festsetzen, um Epochen voneinander abzugrenzen. In jedem Fall macht sich der Mensch eine Vorstellung vom Ende und versucht, es gedanklich vorwegzunehmen oder im Nachhinein zu deuten, die Zeit bis dahin zu nutzen und vielleicht sogar das Ende zu einem Neuanfang umzudeuten.

La guerra in Ucraina ha causato la più grave emergenza umanitaria in Europa dalla fine del secondo conflitto mondiale, con quasi sei milioni di persone costrette alla fuga. Le istituzioni europee hanno reagito tempestivamente in aiuti e supporto alla popolazione travolta dal conflitto; il processo di accoglienza dei rifugiati, in Italia come in molti altri paesi, si è distinto sin da subito per unitarietà dell'azione politica e tentativi di innovazione istituzionale. Anche tra individui e famiglie si è prodotto uno slancio solidaristico da molti percepito come senza precedenti. Una reazione apparentemente molto diversa rispetto a quanto avvenuto durante altre crisi migratorie, pure recenti, come quella siriana, o quelle che si verificano con i flussi di rifugiati «ordinari», provenienti da Medio Oriente e Africa. Partendo da questa constatazione, un gruppo di ricerca multidisciplinare, composto da sociologi, politologi e linguisti, ha intrapreso uno studio con l'obiettivo di verificare l'effettiva esistenza di questo presunto «differenziale di solidarietà» e capirne le ragioni. Quanto conta la posizione delle forze politiche, in primis i partiti populisti e di destra? Qual è il potere dei media nell'indirizzare l'opinione pubblica o nell'assecondarla? E quanto è rilevante il fatto che alcuni rifugiati ci appaiano – per tratti somatici, per cultura, per vissuto – più simili a noi di altri? L'indagine ha mostrato risultati per certi versi sorprendenti. Se vi sono in effetti differenze significative nei giudizi e nelle percezioni dei rifugiati ucraini ed extra-europei, tali differenze «simboliche» e «rappresentazionali» non si traducono in modo equivalente e meccanico in comportamenti: nelle azioni di solidarietà messe in campo dagli intervistati – dalle semplici donazioni fino all'accoglienza presso la propria abitazione – non si ravvedono particolari differenze tra i due gruppi di rifugiati; non si riscontra una sproporzione di aiuti in favore degli ucraini, come ci si sarebbe potuto aspettare. In tutte queste forme di sostegno, al contrario, si scopre un netto rifiuto per i trattamenti differenziati: esiste dunque, sottotraccia, quotidiana ma tenace, una solidarietà che, pur portata avanti con discrezione, sceglie di non discriminare.

Many of us grew up believing in a meritocracy, where hard work brings rewards. Go to university, get a job, put in the hours and things will be OK. That's what we were told – but the reality is that life chances and opportunities are no longer shaped by what we learn or earn but by whether we have access to the Bank of Mum and Dad. We're living in an inheritocracy, where parental support is what matters most – whether that's covering the cost of university, stumping up for a house deposit or helping with childcare. And let's be honest, this isn't something we like to talk about with our friends, families or as a society. It's a modern taboo. In these pages, generational expert Eliza Filby explores the emergence of this inheritocracy through her own life story, revealing how her family's financial circumstances shaped everything from her education to her dating life, from her career to her class identity. Inheritocracy is a thought-provoking and candid blend of memoir and cultural commentary, told through Eliza's humorous and insightful voice. With trillions of pounds set to be passed down the generations over the next two decades, a significant divide is emerging between those who can rely on family wealth and those who can't. Inheritocracy offers a fresh, captivating and honest look at our recent past and a future that will be shaped – for better or worse – by family fortunes.

Written by an array of seasoned Christian leaders, theologians and academics, this book captures the various aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic with the view of drawing lessons for the future. It examines the pandemic from historical, biblical, theological, medical, psychological, socio- cultural, political, economic, educational as well as mission and evangelistic perspectives. It also discusses the impact of the pandemic on Africans in the diaspora, family life, church administration, and the youth. The book makes several recommendations on how the church must reposition itself in the post-COVID-19 era to enable it to maintain and expand its missional activities without compromising the core values of the Christian faith.

Many federal agencies provide data and statistics on inequality and related aspects of household income, consumption, and wealth (ICW). However, because the information provided by these agencies is often produced using different concepts, underlying data, and methods, the resulting estimates of poverty, inequality, mean and median household income, consumption, and wealth, as well as other statistics, do not always tell a consistent or easily interpretable story. Measures also differ in their accuracy, timeliness, and relevance so that it is difficult to address such questions as the effects of the Great Recession on household finances or of the Covid-19 pandemic and the ensuing relief efforts on household income and consumption. The presence of multiple, sometimes conflicting statistics at best muddies the waters of policy debates and, at worst, enable advocates with different policy perspectives to cherry-pick their preferred set of estimates. Achieving an integrated system of relevant, high-quality, and transparent household ICW data and statistics should go far to reduce disagreement about who has how much, and from what sources. Further, such data are essential to advance research on economic wellbeing and to ensure that policies are well targeted to achieve societal goals. Creating an Integrated System of Data and Statistics on Household Income, Consumption, and Wealth reviews the major household ICW statistics currently produced by U.S. statistical agencies and provides guidance for modernizing the information to better inform policy and research, such as understanding trends in inequality and mobility. This report provides recommendations for developing an improved 21st century data system for measuring the extent to which economic prosperity is shared by households throughout the population and for understanding how the distribution of resources is affected by government policy and economic events.

Wir leben in einer Ära des Übergangs – weg vom fossilen Zeitalter und hin zu einer klimaneutralen Gesellschaft und Wirtschaft. Eine wahrhaft historische Aufgabe, bei der es um viel geht. Der Weg dahin stellt uns vor gewaltige Herausforderungen. Gewohntes wird infrage gestellt. Viele blicken mit Sorge auf das, was kommt. Gesellschaftliche Spannungen wachsen. Dieser Band versammelt hochkarätige Autorinnen und Autoren, die der Frage nachgehen: Wie können wir die Transformation so gestalten, dass unsere Gesellschaft bei all der Veränderung zusammenbleibt? Und woraus können wir die Zuversicht schöpfen, um gemeinsam die Chancen des Neuen mutig zu ergreifen?

Development thought emerged as the governing principle of First World global hegemony in the new world order marked by the end of the Second World War and decolonization. Six decades later, at yet another critical geopolitical conjuncture marked by globalization and neoliberal resurgence, History of Development Thought revisits the major strands in the development debate from the 1950s to the early twenty-first century. The volume places classic international interventions in critical development thinking alongside major contributions to the discourse from the Indian context.Beginning by juxtaposing W. A. Lewis's classic liberal theory of the dual economy with P. C. Mahalanobis's schema for planned development in India, the volume tracks the trajectory of the development debate — from the Latin American neo-Marxist paradigm, through the ‘mode of production'debates in India, to Indian and international feminist perspectives on development. It explores the departures of the 1980s in India and elsewhere as theorists, including Pranab Bardhan, Sukhamoy Chakravarty, Partha Chatterjee, A. O. Hirschman, Samuel Huntington, and Amartya Sen, sought to address from various perspectives the reasons for the failure of development to live up to expectations. It ends with excerpts signposting the emerging strands of the development (and post-development) debate at the turn of the twenty-first century. Throughout, the volume remains committed to the paradigm of development as a horizon of critical thought and a field of democratic politics, while paying attention to the multiple storylines of the discourse over the last 60 years. This anthology, together with its critical introduction and rigorous prefatory remarks for each extract, will be invaluable to students and researchers in the social sciences and the humanities, especially those in development studies, history, politics and economics, as well as to activists, administrators, and professionals in health, education, and development.

This title was first published in 2000: This volume addresses the prominent role given to institution-building, institutional change and governance in the regional development strategies and policies. The establishment of the Scottish Parliament, Welsh and Northern Ireland Assemblies, and the arrival of regional development agencies in England highlighted the need to put the initiatives into some context, drawing on experience from across Europe on the critical factors in the determination of the potential and success of regions. Central to the discussions presented here by a group of European experts are the question of governance - how does an ongoing process of institution-building affect the ways in which regions and localities are governed, including questions of democracy, participation, regional self-determination, public-private partnerships, networks and accountability; and the consequences of new modes of governance and institutional change for regional development strategies and policies, particularly in the context of large-scale industrial restructuring and city-region and urban regeneration.

This title was first published in 2003. An exhaustive and synthetic framework for the use of Internet tools in customer-supplier relationships is one aspect of e-business that is still missing from existing literature. This book analyses the main management implications related to the adoption of the Internet in the supply chain and unifies different research studies and contributions in order to build such a framework. It is based on wide empirical evidence including four in-depth case studies in both Europe and the US, a cross-industry survey of more than 160 US companies and website research describing emerging Internet initiatives in B2B relationships. By creating a concrete link between theory and practice it should appeal to academics and practitioners alike.

This title was first published in 2001. A discussion of managerial, occupational and organizational stress research. The volume is in seven parts. The first part explores the theoretical or conceptual frameworks in occupational and organizational stress that have developed out of empirical work and work with others in different countries. The second part provides the reader with reviews of literature on different topics in the field of workplace stress. Part Three highlights a range of studies undertaken by UMIST and their collaborating colleagues in different institutions. The research that highlights issues and problems of current relevance is found in the fourth part, while the methodological studies involving instrument development, refining of existing measures, and more, is found in Part Five. The studies linking stress and health follows on from this, and the new area of investigation, evaluating stress management interventions, concludes this survey of research in this field.

Dilemma in Politics underlines the major faults and fissures in the academic discourses around the themes emphasizing upon the prevalence of dichotomy between ‘what ought to be'and ‘what is'in the political sphere.How do political values get marginalized, if not compromised, in the name of ideological conflicts and alliances? This book highlights this dilemma across a range of themes which explore the gaps in the practice and the praxis of politics. The chapters in this volume present detailed analytical perspective on issues concerning environment, female empowerment and feminist discourses and identity-based politics and its limitations, among various other key themes. Further, it analyses the concept of rights in the neoliberal democratic context, caste and class politics and its inherent dilemmas, and it also illustrates the gaps in the political discourses to discussion on possible alternatives or solutions.With contributions by eminent political scientists working on Indian politics, this book would be an invaluable resource for scholars and researchers of political science, political philosophy, public administration, governance, public policy, political participation, democracy and South Asia studies, and will be of interest to bureaucrats, policymakers and the general reader.

Houston is one of the most diverse cities in the United States and has long been a prime destination for international migrants from Latin America, Asia, and more recently, Africa. However, the city is politically mixed, organizationally underserved, and situated in a relatively anti-immigrant state. This makes Houston a challenging context for immigrant rights despite its rapidly diversifying population. In Advancing Immigrant Rights in Houston, Els de Graauw and Shannon Gleeson recount how local and multi-level contexts shape the creation, contestation, and implementation of immigrant rights policies and practices in the city. They examine the development of a city immigrant affairs office, interactions between local law enforcement and federal immigration enforcement officials, local public-private partnerships around federal immigration benefits, and collaborations between labor, immigrant rights, faith, and business leaders to combat wage theft. The case study of Houston provides a bellwether for how other U.S. cities will deal with their growing immigrant populations and underscores the importance of public-private collaborations to advance immigrant rights.

Decoding conspiracy thinking at the nexus of sexuality, Freemasonry, and the occult. In this book, anthropologists Rogers Orock and Peter Geschiere examine the moral panic over a perceived rise in homosexuality that engulfed Cameroon and Gabon beginning in the early twenty-first century. As they uncover the origins of the conspiratorial narratives that fed this obsession, they argue that the public's fears were grounded in historically situated assumptions about the entanglement of same-sex practices, Freemasonry, and illicit enrichment. This specific panic in postcolonial Central Africa fixated on high-ranking Masonic figures thought to lure younger men into sex in exchange for professional advancement. The authors'thorough account shows how attacks on elites as homosexual predators corrupting the nation became a powerful outlet for mounting populist anger against the excesses and corruption of the national regimes. Unraveling these tensions, Orock and Geschiere present a genealogy of Freemasonry, taking readers from London through Paris to francophone Africa and revealing along the way how the colonial past shapes present-day anxieties linking same-sex practices to enrichment.

O objetivo deste livro é apontar as mudanças ocorridas no Clube de Máscaras Galo da Madrugada no que concerne à sonoridade da orquestra, número de foliões, estrutura da orquestra de frevos, trajeto e a presença de trios elétricos no desfile durante a sua fundação até o carnaval de 2008. Uma abordagem pela ótica da etnomusicologia, enfatizando a necessidade de buscar novas técnicas interpretativas e, consequentemente, novas tecnologias em virtude dessas mudanças.

Através de ensaios teóricos e estudos de caso empíricos, os autores oferecem uma reflexão profunda sobre a complexidade das relações humanas e sociais no século XXI. Este volume destaca a importância do diálogo e da colaboração entre as ciências humanas e sociais para compreender e enfrentar os desafios globais atuais.

This book provides a philosophical investigation of technology in Africa, articulating conceptual foundations and analyses rooted in African worldviews and communitarian values. It aims to spur discourse and understanding of how technology can be justly shaped for human advancement in Africa. Yamikani Ndasauka highlights the need to understand African conceptions of existence, ethics, and values as foundations for envisioning more humanistic technological applications. A historical contextualisation traces the layered origins of African technology philosophy in indigenous innovation, resistant adaptation of external systems, and creative fusion of endogenous and exogenous knowledge. The book develops African frameworks to assess and design technology in accord with human dignity and collective advancement.

Gheo-Shih, an Archaic site in the Valley of Oaxaca, was a 1.5-hectare open-air macroband camp near the Mitla River. It was repeatedly occupied in the summer rainy season during the period (cal.) 7500–4000 BC, possibly by 25–50 people. At other times of the year the local population dispersed in smaller, family-sized groups, occupying microband camps in caves and rockshelters. The available macrofossil and palynological data suggest that between 5000 and 4000 BC, the inhabitants were cultivating maize, squash, gourds, and (possibly) runner beans, while continuing to collect wild plants and hunt deer, rabbit, and mud turtle. This site report describes the discovery of Gheo-Shih and the subsequent research carried out there: a systematic surface pickup, a series of test pits, targeted excavations, and analysis of the materials recovered.

Discover'Schiller-Code': Poetry, Spirituality, Ecology, Historical and Contemporary New Stories. In 2021, during the pandemic, the author discovered that her partner Michael is a descendant of the poet Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller. This surprising revelation, combined with her work on educational books and the'Experience Growth'project, inspired her to explore deeper aspects of growth in both education and society. In'Schiller-Code,'the author demonstrates how true growth extends beyond school, blending knowledge, creativity, moral values, and spiritual development. The book also unveils the'Schiller-Code'project, revealing that Schiller was poisoned rather than dying from a chronic illness. Coincidentally, Michael's work is focused on'detoxification,'specifically in hazardous waste disposal. His lifelong dedication to ecological responsibility ties back to the garbage of war that Michael once dealt with, now resurfacing globally. It's as if Schiller's advocacy for peace has a timely message for us today. The book emphasizes that preserving the ecological environment relies on the'human'factor, and that true civilization encompasses both material and spiritual dimensions. Through real-life examples, the book underscores the importance of a conscious and sustainable lifestyle. Immerse yourself in'Schiller-Code'– a captivating fusion of Myth versus reality and religion versus science, philosophy versus everyday life, explore the essence of mindful living.

If you're intimidated by the thought of taking research methods, Rubin/Babbie's RESEARCH METHODS FOR SOCIAL WORK, 10th Edition, can help you overcome the fear associated with this course with its reader-friendly presentation of all aspects of the research endeavor. Students will appreciate the authors'clear and humorous writing style as well as the depth and breadth of coverage of current issues regarding social and racial justice. The text strikes a balance of quantitative and qualitative research techniques, illustrating how the two methods complement one another and can be integrated in the same study. Real-world examples highlight connections between research, social work practice and social justice. Comprehensive, friendly, accurate and integrating the best of technology, the text is widely considered the best for the research methods course -- and when you read it, you'll see why.

In questo volume, Homi K. Bhabha, uno dei maggiori teorici del nostro tempo, ridefinisce la modernità occidentale secondo la prospettiva degli studi postcoloniali. Attraverso una vastità di fonti, l'autore elabora una genealogia della postmodernità partendo dalla constatazione che i testi coloniali e postcoloniali non ci raccontano la storia dello sviluppo ineguale del mondo. Quest'ultima andrebbe riportata alla luce scavando tra le pieghe della storia ufficiale, alla scoperta di quelli che Bhabha definisce i veri “luoghi della cultura”. Ricorrendo allo stile ermeneutico di Derrida e alle metafore semiotico-psicanalitiche di Lacan, due dei suoi principali pensatori di riferimento, l'autore mette così in discussione i termini stessi della nostra cultura occidentale e coloniale. Oggi, in un momento storico in cui il confronto con l'Altro è inevitabile, la riflessione di Bhabha è quanto mai attuale e fondamentale per riuscire a comprendere meglio culture apparentemente distanti. Il risultato è il tentativo di riscrivere la storia della modernità da una prospettiva non eurocentrica.

This volume examines the role of culture in developing social, cultural and political discourses of HIV/AIDS from a contemporary viewpoint. In doing so, the memory of HIV/AIDS is a powerful tool to examine representations of the past and connect them with future debates. This reassessment of HIV/AIDS explores the most appropriate way to come to terms with a past that involved a negative, stigmatised and marginalised representation. Therefore, remembering plays a key role in generating collective memory, which allows for the exchange of mnemonic content between individual minds, creates discourses on memory and commemoration, and disseminates versions of the past that may affect the representation of HIV/AIDS in the future. Indeed, rewriting about the past also means assessing our responsibility towards the present and the potential of transmission to future generations, especially in times of pandemics.

American-born Larissa Babij is at home in Kyiv when Russia launches its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. Her grandparents left Ukraine amidst the violence of World War II, and nearly 80 years later, she is fleeing the advancing Russian army. A Kind of Refugee chronicles the first year of all-out war in Ukraine through vivid dispatches that Babij sent to readers abroad. In cities flooded with refugees and bustling with humanitarian aid efforts, or while supporting an innovative military unit making DIY drones, Babij examines Ukrainian cultures of cooperation. Reflecting on her American upbringing, she ponders the premium that Western societies—shaped by the traumatic history of WWII—place on security. Back in Kyiv, sirens, Russian missile strikes, and long periods of darkness organize her days. This moving account of taking responsibility for your home and your history concludes with several essays on theater published between 2015 and 2018. Written with a fierce love and admiration for Ukraine and its people, this book is a testament to the courage of ordinary people committed to freedom while defending their homeland.

This book offers insight into the most important scientific society on urban morphology worldwide: the International Seminar on Urban Form (ISUF). After addressing the three-decade history of ISUF, the book analyses the present and future of this scientific society, of urban morphology, and of human settlements. This timely and fundamental reflection gathers contributions from present and past leadership of ISUF since its inception in 1994. Over the last three decades, the urban world has undergone major changes: the urban population is now higher than the rural population; more than half of the world's population lives on a single continent—Asia, home to almost three billion people in China and India alone—so geographical imbalance is considerable; and while half of the urban population still lives in small cities of fewer than 300,000 inhabitants, the number of megacities has increased significantly. How does the physical form of cities in different parts of the world respond to these dynamics? Can cities preserve fundamental elements of humankind's urban heritage while accommodating changes driven by the main socioeconomic and environmental needs of today? The field of urban morphology has been continuously adjusting to the essential dynamics of its object of study. While developing and strengthening its most robust theories, concepts, and methods designed after the mid-twentieth century, urban morphology has been able to integrate innovative approaches for describing and explaining the emerging dynamics and patterns of urban form—often incorporating groundbreaking technologies for data collection, analysis, modelling, and simulation. But what is the role of urban morphology in science and society today? How effective is it in communicating a rigorous understanding of the urban landscape both to academics and researchers in other fields and to citizens in general? How successful is it in providing practitioners with relevant and useful knowledge that informs their action on cities'form and structure through spatial planning, urban design, and architecture? This book addresses these fundamental questions, offering academics, researchers, and practitioners comprehensive knowledge on human settlements, the field of urban morphology, and the role of ISUF in promoting groundbreaking morphological thought.

This new edition provides a step-by-step guide to applying the Rasch model in R, a probabilistic model used by researchers across the social sciences to measure unobservable (“latent”) variables. Although the focus is on simple R code, the book provides updated guidance through the point-and-click menus of BlueSky Statistics software.The book covers all Rasch models frequently used in social sciences, from the Simple Rasch model to the Rating Scale, Partial Credit, and Many-Facets Rasch models. Using a pragmatic approach to model-data fit, this book offers helpful practical examples to investigate Rasch model assumptions. In addition to traditional Rasch model approaches, it introduces the Rasch model as a special case of a Generalized Mixed Effects Model. Readers will also benefit from the online support material which includes all the code used in the book in downloadable and useable files.It also provides a comprehensive guide to R programming and practical guidance on using BlueSky Statistics software's point-and-click menus. This dual approach enables readers to experiment with data analysis using the provided data sets, enhancing their understanding and application of statistical concepts. It will be a valuable resource for both students and researchers who want to use Rasch models in their research.

This open access book draws on the work of Deleuze and Guattari alongside Lacan and Freud to offer a radical psychosocial survey of the status of anxiety. Taking a multidisciplinary approach, the book examines key issues in contemporary diagnosis and points towards possibilities for forging a more creative clinic. Departing from a feminist, non-Oedipal positioning towards psychoanalytic texts, the author invites art theory, medical humanities and philosophy into a conversation that seeks to answer the question: What can anxiety do? Here, Ana Minozzo explores the possibilities of an encounter with the Real as a sphere of excessive affect in psychoanalysis, and terms this meeting a ‘vibration'. Situating this enquiry within the art practice of Lygia Clark, the book utilises vibration as a conceptual artifice when considering affects, their ethical horizons and a psychoanalytic possibility for creating new ways of living. This book offers exciting new perspective on anxiety for students, clinical trainees, art and humanities researchers and practitioners and those interested in psychoanalytic ideas in general.

Madness, Psychiatry, and Empire in Postcolonial Literature provides a comparatist interrogation of empire through archives of history, science, and literature. The book analyzes Aimé Césaire's Discourse on Colonialism to shed light on Césaire's critique of psychological and medical discourses of the colonized's mind. The book argues that the discourse of psychiatry, psychology, and psychoanalysis has erased the context of power in global histories of empire. Through the book's chapters, Chi analyzes Lu Xun's “A Madman's Diary,” Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway, and Tsitsi Dangarembga's Nervous Conditions to assert that the misapprehension of madness should not automatically be accepted as the history of an isolated Western culture but rather that of the history of imperialism—a globalizing process that silences alternative cultural conceptions of the mind, of madness, and of behavior, as well as different interpretations of madness.

Archives intersect with our lives in many ways. We have archives of our own, documenting family memories and histories. Then, there are larger archives that document different aspects of the past — memories, identities, location, time, and space.This volume explores changing notions of the archive in different areas, to trace the ways in which the archives continue to be used in history. It examines how history, the historian, and the archive interact in many ways to look at the past and record it. The chapters in this volume discuss an array of diverse and important themes regarding the making and usage of archives which include reconstructing pre-modern economic history from the Dutch archives; the role of India Office Records in the British Library; reading the Rungia Gosavi Affair in 1857 from colonial archives; and Uday Shankar's Kalpana as archive besides the usage of archives to study nationalism, historiography and literature, water and Chola history, Mysorean invasions in Kerala, and cyberspace. The chapters also explore how archives impact and shape our investigations.First of its kind, this important work will be of interest to scholars and researchers of archival studies, research methodology, archaeology, Indian history, ancient history, medieval history, modern India, anthropology, and history in general.

This work challenges the dominant pejorative view of myth by showing how myth is implicated in the deepest layers of society, politics, individuality and temporality.This work draws upon European cultural theorists, particularly Schelling, Nietzsche, Freud, Bataille and Baudrillard, to challenge the dominant pejorative view of myth. It argues that myth has been subjected to an intensive process of profanation yet nevertheless is always implicated in society, politics and temporality. The work examines sacred dimensions of myth, the modern myth of desire and some cultural effects of the profanation process.The intended audience is undergraduate and postgraduate students in the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences.

Consumer and industrial products have evolved significantly over the last century, from physical to virtual products, services, and hybrid products. Product management has had to change and adapt to the rapidly changing business environments. This textbook offers an in-depth look into the role, what the job entails, and what skills it requires.Product managers are required to manage the ideation, development, production, marketing, and distribution of a product. This book: highlights the content and skills required to be an effective product manager including strategy, marketing management, technology, project management, and design; provides frameworks for developing and executing effective strategies throughout the life cycle of a product with the help of case studies and examples; highlights the unique considerations and processes underpinning digital product creation; and explores marketing strategies including various channels for digital marketing and how product managers can use these effectively. Detailed and lucid, this book will be of interest to teachers and students of product management, brand management, management, and business studies.

Beyond Macaulay provides a radical and comprehensive history of Indian education in the early colonial era from 1780 to 1860. It critically explores data of 16,000 indigenous schools, which shows that indigenous education was not oral, informal, and Brahmin-centric but written, formal, and egalitarian. Based on rich archival evidence, the book challenges the conventional theory that the British administration imposed the English language and modern education on Indians. By including hitherto unused 41 Educational Minutes of Macaulay, the volume examines his educational ideas, his insistence on compulsory teaching of Indian languages in English schools, his encouragement of the Hindi language, his opposition to making Arabic as a medium of instruction in medical and technical education opens up hither to unknown perspectives on Orientalist-Modernist debates. Contrasting the educational ideas of the British elites and the Orientalists with dissenting Scottish voices, it shows that the colonial administration was not monolithic. The book discusses post-Macaulayan educational policies, closing down of Macaulay's schools and the Wood's Despatch of 1854 as well as how people protected English schools during the revolt of 1857.This second edition is supplemented with complete student essays which reveal the students'use of the English language, classical imageries, the debates in Europe and finally, their own location in Indian society. The essays by upper caste, OBC and Dalit students demonstrate their extraordinary competency and command over the English language. The book will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of education, history of education, Indian history, the history of English language teaching in India, sociology, and political science.

Ashford/LeCroy/Rankin's HUMAN BEHAVIOR IN THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT: A MULTIDIMENSIONAL PERSPECTIVE, 7th EDITION, is a comprehensive introduction to human behavior in the social environment that offers a multidimensional approach, with discussion of integrative practice, theory, treatment, diversity and services. You'll find solid coverage of foundation knowledge, material on the biopsychosocial dimensions for assessing social functioning, and case studies to illuminate the applied aspects of case formulation processes. This edition integrates the core competencies and recommended practice behaviors outlined in the Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS) set by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). Study tables and concept maps clarify major phases of biopsychosocial development. This text's framework gives you a concrete tool for assessing human behavior from a social work professional perspective.

Gray's PSYCHOPATHOLOGY, 5e, offers a compelling look at the current state of knowledge about mental disorders from a social work perspective. The author's accessible narrative includes detailed, realistic vignettes of situations social workers commonly encounter in clinical practice, and offers strategies for building on clients'strengths, resilience and insights about social workers'roles in working with the mentally ill. Part of the Cengage Empowerment Series, the up-to-date 5th edition summarizes the current state of knowledge about mental disorders, including a thorough integration of the DSM-5-TR. It also integrates the core competencies and recommended practice behaviors outlined in the 2022 Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS) set by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE).

Good governance is a prerequisite to development, improving the quality of life, and health and ensuring equity. This book examines the interdependency of good governance and economic development by exploring perspectives from the Global North and the Global South.It assesses the impact of good governance on economic development of countries such as the USA, India, Nigeria, Turkey, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and others, and on groups of developing nations like BRICS or ASEAN. The book investigates the interrelationships between development indicators like education, health, gender equity, resource distribution, environmental preservation, quality of life, livelihood and others with governance and provides empirical verifications of the impact of good governance upon development. Further, it offers insights into the economic and governance challenges that developing countries face and highlights strategies for governance that have proved effective in bolstering sustainable growth.This volume will be of interest to students and researchers of economics, political science, social science, international relations, public administration and sociology.

Artificial Intelligence and Evaluation: Emerging Technologies and Their Implications for Evaluation is a groundbreaking exploration of how the landscape of program evaluation will be redefined by artificial intelligence and other emerging digital technologies.In an era where digital technologies and artificial intelligence (AI) are rapidly evolving, this book presents a pivotal resource for evaluators navigating the transformative intersection of their practice and cutting-edge technology. Addressing the dual dimensions of how evaluations are conducted and what is evaluated, a roster of distinguished contributors illuminate the impact of AI on program evaluation methodologies. Offering a discerning overview of various digital technologies, their promises and perils, they carefully dissect the implications for evaluative processes and debate how evaluators must be equipped with the requisite skills to harness the full potential of AI tools. Further, the book includes a number of compelling use cases, demonstrating the tangible applications of AI in diverse evaluation scenarios. The use cases range from the application of GIS data to advanced text analytics. As such, this book provides evaluators with inspirational cases on how to apply AI in their practice as well as what pitfalls one must look out for.Artificial Intelligence and Evaluation is an indispensable guide for evaluators seeking to not only adapt to but thrive in the dynamic landscape of evaluation practices reshaped by the advent of artificial intelligence.The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

Coffee is a major commodity of export in developing countries. In India, it generates significant revenues besides providing employment to many. This book critically looks into various aspects of the coffee production and marketing industry and its potential for promoting sustainable development, poverty alleviation and providing decent work.The small-holder dominated coffee sector is under unprecedented crisis attributed to a host of factors like declining productivity, incidences of new pests and diseases, adverse price trends and issues related to global warming induced climate change. Supported with primary survey and secondary data, this book explores challenges related to coffee production and its economic importance in India. It analyses factors affecting productivity of Robusta and Arabica varieties of coffee— and offers important inferences about the relationship between age and productivity of the plants and factors that guarantee high productivity. The book also sheds light on institutional interventions and the use of IT applications, along with online trading, in the coffee sector.Comprehensive and insightful, the book will be of interest to students and researchers of agriculture studies, agricultural economics, horticulture with a special focus on spices and plantation, sustainability studies, development studies and crop science. It will also be useful to stakeholders of plantation crops, such as, growers, as well as policy makers, processors, traders and exporters at different levels.

This book delves into the concept and definition of social movements from different perspectives with relevance to India. It offers critical insight into the fundamental and ongoing debates and treatises around the struggle for rights and welfare.The book covers discussions on a wide range of movements varying in locus and spatial spread – from movements that highlight environmental issues to those that articulate the voices of women, Dalits, the queer community, persons with disabilities, and farmers. It explores the origins of people's movements, what a collective is and how communities mobilize and organize. The authors also provide a history of the key social movements in India, examining the social, political, and cultural contexts in which they were born and continue being relevant in contemporary India.This revised and updated edition is an essential volume for students and researchers of social movement studies, sociology, political science and history, protest movements, sociological theory, the history of sociological thought, contemporary social theory, social policy, and international and globalization studies.

Governance has been incorporated into the development models of many countries because of its role in ameliorating inequalities in society. This book explores whether good governance boosts or hinders economic growth with perspectives from countries like India, the USA, Nigeria, Turkey, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and others, and on groups of developing nations like BRICS and ASEAN.Governance has twin roles within economic systems. The first is where it guides administrators and the second is the normative role where it may act as a stimulus to economic growth and development. With the help of empirical investigations, this book analyses the interrelationships between good governance and inclusive and sustainable economic growth, productive employment, political stability, and decent work for all. It assesses the impact of various governance indicators and policy strategies on the economy and the GDP of countries in the Global North and South. The book also focuses on roadblocks to good governance such as violent conflicts, corruption, international threats and crises and its implication on economic growth. This volume will be of interest to students and researchers of economics, political science, social science, international relations, public administration, and sociology.

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the theoretical tools, real-world applications, policy implications and corner solutions of microeconomics.It offers a discussion of all significant topics including applications and extension of consumer theory, theory of the firm, production, cost and supply, partial and general equilibrium, welfare economics, uncertainty and information, and market imperfections as well as a detailed overview of the theory of games. Apart from all the topics receiving both the algebraic and geometric treatment, the other distinguishing features of the book are an emphasis on policy implications and a full treatment of corner solutions. This latter feature has arisen out of the realization that students easily master interior solutions by memorizing the standard first-order conditions but do not necessarily understand the underlying concepts. Complete with several original algebraic derivations and graphical expositions, this book will serve as an indispensable textbook for students of microeconomics.The book will be useful to students, researchers, and teachers of economics, international economics, industrial economics, managerial economics, and agricultural economics. It will also be a useful reference for those studying public policy and law.

Serielle Dystopien sind omnipräsent; sei es in der Literatur, im Spielfilm, der Fernseh- bzw. Streamingserie oder auch im Videogame. Das Buch verbindet ein wesentliches Erzählverfahren (die Serie) mit gerade kontrovers diskutierten Themen (u.a. Diversity, Covid 19) und dem Genre ihrer medialen Verhandlung. Die Serialität dystopischer Erzählungen ist ein transmediales Phänomen. Der Band geht der Frage nach, wie sich negative Zukunftsvorstellungen, aber auch kontrafaktische Vergangenheitsentwürfe medienspezifisch darstellen, wie sie darüber hinaus im Zuge der Medienkonvergenz größere Erzähluniversen herausbilden. Im Mittelpunkt stehen dabei vor allem Überlegungen, ob sich die serielle Form in besonderer Weise dafür eignet, von dystopischen Gesellschaftsvisionen zu erzählen.

Gender in Modern India brings together pioneering research on a range of themes including social reforms, caste, and contestations; Adivasis, patriarchy, and colonialism; capitalism, political economy, and labour; masculinity and sexuality; health, medical care, and institution building; culture and identity; and migration and its new dynamics. Commissioned in remembrance of the prolific social historian Biswamoy Pati, this volume examines the gender question through a multilayered and multi-dimensional frame in which interdisciplinarity and intersectionality play an important role. Using case studies on gender from diverse geographies—east, west, north, south, and northeast; community locations—Hindu, Muslim, and Christian; and marginalized socio-economic or ethnic habitations such as those of Dalits and Adivasis, the contributors highlight the complexities and diversities of women's negotiations of patriarchies in varied social, ethnic, and community contexts. Collectively, the chapters in this volume focus on three related and overlapping settings—colonial, colonial and postcolonial continuum, and postcolonial. They delineate the multiple lives of gender by focusing on its intersections with other markers of difference including race, class, caste, sexuality, culture, ethnicity, region, and occupation, thereby questioning stereotypes, challenging dated notions and interpretations of gender, and demonstrating the ubiquity of patriarchy.

In the 2010s, Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) began to mobilize an international media system to project Turkey as a rising player and counter foreign criticism of its authoritarian practices. Bilge Yesil examines the AKP's English-language communication apparatus, focusing on its objectives and outcomes, the idea-generating framework that undergirds it, and the implications of its activities. She also analyzes the decolonial and pan-Islamist messages AKP-sponsored outlets deploy to position Turkey as a burgeoning great power opposed to imperialism and claiming to be the voice of oppressed Muslims around the world. As the AKP wields this rhetoric to further its geopolitical and economic goals, media outlets pursue their own objectives by obfuscating facts with identity politics, demonizing the West to aggrandize the East and rallying Muslims under Turkey's purportedly benevolent leadership. Insightfully exploring the crossroads of communications and authoritarianism, Talking Back to the West illuminates how the Erdogan government and its media allies use history, religion, and identity to pursue complementary agendas and tighten the AKP's grip on power.

A tribute to Jane C. Goodale, Pulling the Right Threads discusses the vibrant ethnographer and teacher's principles for mentoring, collaborating, and performing fieldwork. Known for her ethnographic research in the Pacific, development of the Association of Social Anthropology in Oceania, and influence in the anthropology department at Bryn Mawr College, Goodale and other contributors renew the debate in anthropology over the authenticity of field data and representations of other cultures. Together, they take aim at those who claim ethnography is outmoded or false.