METHODOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS IN AGENT-BASED MODELLING :WITH APPLICATIONS FOR…

This Book Series is devoted to examining and solving the major methodological problems social sciences are facing. Take for example the gap between empirical and theoretical research, the explanatory power of models, the relevance of multilevel analysis, the weakness of cumulative knowledge, the role of ordinary knowledge in the research process, or the place which should be reserved to “…

NEGOTIATING INTERNET GOVERNANCE

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9780198833079

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xv, 258 p

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TEN CRISES:THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF CHINA’S DEVELOPMENT (1949-2020)

This open access handbook, Ten Crises systematically traces the economic history of China from 1949 to 2020, unravelling the complex domestic and global factors leading to the cyclical crises identified by WEN and his research team, and examining the corresponding counteracting policies and measures by the government to resolve or defer the crises. The book offers profound insights into China�…

THEORIZING TEACHING :CURRENT STATUS AND OPEN ISSUES

This open access book seeks to create a forum for discussing key questions regarding theories on teaching: Which theories of teaching do we have? What are their attributes? What do they contain? How are they generated? How context-sensitive and content-specific do they need to be? Is it possible or even desirable to develop a comprehensive theory of teaching? The book identifies areas of conver…

CULTURAL POLICY IS LOCAL :UNDERSTANDING CULTURAL POLICY AS SITUATED PRACTICE

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9783031323126

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XIX, 267p

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EMPTY INNOVATION :CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF SOCIETY'S OBSESSION WITH INTREPR…

Innovation is generally viewed as something inherently good, a source of progress and prosperity in our society. But innovation can also have negative, unintended, and wasteful effects, if policies are misdirected and organizations pursue innovation to look good and convey a message, rather than to actually achieve improvements of technologies, services, and products. This book makes the case t…

THE ROLE OF COMMUNITY-MINDEDNESS IN THE SELF-REGULATION OF DRUG CULTURES :A C…

This book analyzes heroin users and the drug subculture on the Shetland Islands, an area known for its geographical remoteness, rural character and relative wealth. It fills the scientific gap created by the conventional research in heroin research, which is usually conducted in urban areas and relies on treatment and prison populations. Based on qualitative, in-depth interviews with twenty-fou…

INFORMATION POLITICS :LIBERATION AND EXPLOITATION IN THE DIGITAL SOCIETY

Conflict over information has become a central part of modern politics and culture. The sites of struggle are numerous, the actors beyond count. Currents of liberation and exploitation course through the debates about Edward Snowden and surveillance, Anonymous, search engines and social media. In Information Politics, Tim Jordan identifies all these issues in relation to a general understanding…

TRAUMA AND RESILIENCE AMONG DISPLACED POPULATIONS :A SOCIOCULTURAL EXPLORATION

This open access book provides an enriched understanding of historical, collective, cultural, and identity-related trauma, emphasising the social and political location of human subjects. It therefore presents a socio-ecological perspective on trauma, rather than viewing displaced individuals as traumatised “passive victims”. The vastness of the phenomenon of trauma among displaced populati…

BETWEEN PEACE AND CONFLICT IN THE EAST AND THE WEST:STUDIES ON TRANSFORMATION…

This open access book features various studies on democratization, transformation, socio-economic development, and security issues in the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) geographical region and beyond. Written by experts and scholars working in the field of human dimension, security, transformation and development in Europe and Asia, particularly in post-soviet and co…

ACTIONS OF THEIR OWN TO LEARN :STUDIES IN KNOWING, ACTING, AND BEING

What does it mean to take actions of one’s own to learn? How do human beings create meaning for themselves and with others? How can learners’ active efforts to build knowledge be encouraged and supported? In this edited compilation, scholars from a diverse range of academic and professional backgrounds address these questions, grounded in the conviction that the ability to take effective ac…

FROM TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TO INTERCULTURAL DEVELOPMENT :UNDERSTANDING TECHNOLO…

The central theme of this book is the intercultural development of technology in a globalising world. Migration, tourism, information and communication technology and international trade stimulate tfhe encounter between cultures, leading to a totally new social configuration on a worldwide scale.

CITIZEN ACTIVITIES IN ENERGY TRANSITION :USER INNOVATION, NEW COMMUNITIES, AN…

This book addresses the rapidly changing citizen roles in innovation, technology adoption, intermediation, market creation, and legitimacy building for low-carbon solutions. It links research in innovation studies, sustainability transitions, and science and technology studies, and builds a new approach for the study of user contributions to innovation and sociotechnical change. Citizen Activit…

EXPLORING 'UNSEEN' SOCIAL CAPITAL IN COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION :EVERYDAY LIVES …

This book argues that using social capital to eradicate poverty is less likely to succeed because the mainstream neoinstitutional approach mistakenly assumes that social capital necessarily benefits poor people. This inadequacy calls for a re-assessment of human motivations, institutional dynamics and structural complexity in social capital building. Using ethnographic and participatory methods…

TRANSCENDING MODERNITY WITH RELATIONAL THINKING

This book explores the ways in which social relations are profoundly changing modern society, arguing that, constituting a reality of their own, social relations will ultimately lead to a new form of society: an aftermodern or relational society. Drawing on the thought of Simmel, it extends the idea that society consists essentially of social relations, in order to make sense of the operation o…

THE PUBLIC VALUE OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES :AN INTERPRETIVE ESSAY

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. What is the purpose of social science? How can social science make itself relevant to the intractable problems facing humanity in the twenty-first century? The social sciences are under threat from two main sources. One is external, reflected in a global universi…

POLITICAL LIFE WRITING IN THE PACIFIC :REFLECTIONS ON PRACTICE

This book aims to reflect on the experiential side of writing political lives in the Pacific region. The collection touches on aspects of the life writing art that are particularly pertinent to political figures: public perception and ideology; identifying important political successes and policy initiatives; grappling with issues like corruption and age-old political science questions about le…

POLITICS OF PREFERENTIAL DEVELOPMENT :TRANS-GLOBAL STUDY OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTIO…

The book is a critical examination of affirmative action, a form of preferential development often used to address the situation of disadvantaged groups. It uses a trans-global approach, as opposed to the comparative approach, to examine the relationship between affirmative action, ethnic conflict and the role of the state in Fiji, Malaysia and South Africa. While affirmative action has noble g…

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTICS :PART OF A NEW DEAL ? : FIRA 2020 CONCLUSIONS : WITH 27…

Throughout the fifth edition of the International Forum of Agricultural Robots (FIRA) in December 2020, more than 1,500 farmers, manufacturers, advanced technology suppliers, innovators, investors, journalists and experts from 71 countries around the world gathered to ask questions, share stories and exchange ideas about agricultural robots. This book is a journey into the state of the art of t…

HANGING OUT, MESSING AROUND, AND GEEKING OUT :KIDS LIVING AND LEARNING WITH N…

An examination of young people's everyday new media practices—including video-game playing, text-messaging, digital media production, and social media use.Conventional wisdom about young people's use of digital technology often equates generational identity with technology identity: today's teens seem constantly plugged in to video games, social networking sites, and text messaging. Yet there…

DE SOCIALE BETEKENIS VAN DE BUURT :EEN ONDERZOEK NAAR DE RELATIE TUSSEN HET W…

In The Social Significance of the Neighbourhood the negative image of the social quality of poor urban districts is critically examined based on research in two districts of The Hague. This investigation focuses on the extent to which living in a certain quarter could constitute as an obstacle to social mobility and what role social relations play between local residents therein. Based on inter…

SURVEY ANALYSIS FOR INDIGENOUS POLICY IN AUSTRALIA:SOCIAL SCIENCE PERSPECTIVES

Indigenous policy is a complex domain motivated by a range of social, cultural, political and economic issues. The Council of Australian Governments ‘closing the gaps’ agenda for addressing Indigenous disadvantage in Australia now includes six targets with well defined and measurable outcomes for policy action. In this context there is a continuing and pressing need for robust debate to und…

VIETNAM AS IF… :TALES OF YOUTH, LOVE AND DESTINY

Vietnam as if… follows five young people who have moved from the countryside to the city. Their dramatic everyday lives illuminate some of the most pressing issues in Vietnam today: ‘The Sticky Rice Seller’ explores gender roles; ‘The Ball Boy’ is all about the struggles of sexual and ethnic minorities; ‘The Professional’ examines relations between rich and poor; ‘The Goalkeeper…

THE REPOLITICIZATION OF THE WELFARE STATE

The Repoliticization of the Welfare State grapples with the evolving nature of political conflict over social spending after the Great Recession. While the severity of the economic crisis encouraged strong social spending responses to protect millions of individuals, governments have faced growing pressure to reduce budgets and make deep cuts to the welfare state. Whereas conservative parties h…

ECONOMIC EXCHANGE AND SOCIAL INTERACTION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA :PERSPECTIVES FROM…

Economic behavior is governed by two major sets of boundary conditions: environmental and technological factors on the one hand, and conditions of social organization on the other hand. Indeed, social scientists are often particularly interested in the framework of exchange relationships: exchange of goods, services, personnel, and information. Economic exchanges lend concrete manifestations to…

THE GERMAN CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY :SELF-GOVERNANCE, SERVICE, THE G…

This open access book examines a particular factor in the enduring international success of German companies. Beyond industrial specialization, peaceful labor relations, local financial markets and the “miracle of the Mittelstand”, it focuses on a characteristic aspect of governance within the German economy: The Chambers of commerce and industry. Important characteristics of the Chamber sy…

DIMENSIONE DIDATTICA, TECNOLOGICA E ORGANIZZATIVA. LA COSTRUZIONE DEL PROCESS…

Volume pertama dari proyek editorial dibagi menjadi dua karya: ini didedikasikan untuk hubungan antara dimensi metodologis-didaktik, teknologi dan organisasi dalam proses inovasi sekolah; yang kedua didedikasikan untuk guru pendidikan inklusif dan peran teknologi dalam layanan penilaian keterampilan dan bimbingan karir. Tujuan dari kedua karya tersebut sama: mengumpulkan refleksi dan mendukung …

SWISS DEMOCRACY :POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO CONFLICT IN MULTICULTURAL SOCIETIES

This open access book provides an updated and fully revised 4th edition of this authoritative analysis of Swiss democracy. It particularly explains the institutions of federalism and consensus government through political power sharing. In this new edition, the authors also address several important changes and challenges that have affected Swiss democracy, including the country's relationship …

LANDLOCK :PARALYSING DISPUTE OVER MINERALS ON ADIVASI LAND IN INDIA

Landlock: Paralysing Dispute over Minerals on Adivasi Land in India explores the ways in which political controversy over a bauxite mining and refining project on constitutionally protected tribal lands in Andhra Pradesh descended into a state of paralysis where no productive outcome was possible. Long-running support for Adivasi (or tribal) land rights motivated a wide range of actors to block…

KASTOM, PROPERTY AND IDEOLOGY :LAND TRANSFORMATIONS IN MELANESIA

The relationship between customary land tenure and ‘modern’ forms of landed property has been a major political issue in the ‘Spearhead’ states of Melanesia since the late colonial period, and is even more pressing today, as the region is subject to its own version of what is described in the international literature as a new ‘land rush’ or ‘land grab’ in developing countries. T…

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' INNOVATION:INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PATHWAYS TO DEVELOPMENT

Traditional knowledge systems are also innovation systems. This book analyses the relationship between intellectual property and indigenous innovation. The contributors come from different disciplinary backgrounds including law, ethnobotany and science. Drawing on examples from Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands, each of the contributors explores the possibilities and limits of inte…

CYBER PUBLIC SPHERE AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS :CALLING TO CYBER SPACES

The diversification and politicisation of the mass media within itself and also societal pressure created by the mass media at a social level have caused changes to our social structure. The first change began with the contextual changes to the mass media, and this change led to visible changes in societies. That transformation has almost erased the distinction between the private and the publi…

SOCIAL MEDIA IN SOUTHEAST ITALY :CRAFTING IDEALS

Why is social media in southeast Italy so predictable when it is used by such a range of different people? This book describes the impact of social media on the population of a town in the southern region of Puglia, Italy. Razvan Nicolescu spent 15 months living among the town’s residents, exploring what it means to be an individual on social media. Why do people from this region conform on p…

SOCIAL MEDIA IN TRINIDAD :VALUES AND VISIBILITY

Drawing on 15 months of ethnographic research in one of the most under-developed regions in the Caribbean island of Trinidad, this book describes the uses and consequences of social media for its residents. Jolynna Sinanan argues that this semi-urban town is a place in-between: somewhere city dwellers look down on and villagers look up to. The complex identity of the town is expressed through u…

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE IN DEVELOPING THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES OF UNIVERSITIES

This open access book aims to present the experiences and visions of several world university leaders, providing strategies and methods used to find various income sources for their institutions. The expansion of a university system requires a corresponding increase in funding. Consequently, university administrators all over the world are in a constant search for additional funds. If higher-le…

GLOBALIZATION AND CAPITALIST GEOPOLITICS :SOVEREIGNTY AND STATE POWER IN A MU…

In a period of increasing geopolitical insecurity and economic instability this title provides an authoritative yet accessible commentary on debates on capitalism and globalization in the wake of the financial crisis.

THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY THE SOCIAL SCIENCES LOOK AT THE NEOLIBERAL UNIVERSITY …

This collection of essays arose from a workshop held in Canberra in 2013 under the auspices of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia to consider the impact of the encroachment of the market on public universities. While the UK tripled fees in 2013 and determined that the teaching of the social sciences and the humanities would no longer be publicly funded, it was feared that Australia wou…

MAKING IN THE MAKING :PERFORMING NEW FORMS AND SPATIALITIES OF PRODUCTION

During the last two decades, we have witnessed the spreading of shared spaces of work and production in different urban contexts, attracting attention from both policymakers and scholars in economic geography and urban studies. In particular, Fablabs are considered open workshops for grassroots innovation, which is enabled by the availability of shared digital fabrication machines and by the po…

SECURING VILLAGE LIFE :DEVELOPMENT IN LATE COLONIAL PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Securing Village Life: Development in Late Colonial Papua New Guinea examines the significance for post-World War II Australian colonial policy of the modern idea of development. Australian officials emphasised the importance of bringing development for both the colony of Papua and the United Nations Trust Territory of New Guinea. The principal form that development took involved securing small…

CHINA'S RACE TO GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP

Last December the Chief Financial Officer of the leading Chinese telecommunication company Huawei was travelling from Hong Kong to Mexico when she was arrested while changing flights at Vancouver Airport by the Canadian authorities acting on an extradition request from the United States. Meng’s arrest and detention are a significant development in China-US relations, marking a dramatic ch…

ENVIRONMENTAL ARSENIC IN A CHANGING WORLD :PROCEEDINGS OF THE 7TH INTERNATION…

The Congress ""Arsenic in the Environment"" offers an international, multi- and interdisciplinary discussion platform for research and innovation aimed towards a holistic solution to the problem posed by the environmental toxin arsenic, with significant societal impact. The Congress has focused on cutting edge and breakthrough research in physical, chemical, toxicological, medical, agricultural…

VISUAL METHODOLOGY IN MIGRATION STUDIES :NEW POSSIBILITIES, THEORETICAL IMPLI…

This open access book explores the use of visual methods in migration studies through a combination of theoretical analyses and empirical studies. The first section looks at how various visual methods, including photography, film, and mental maps, may be used to analyse the spatial presence of migrants. The second section addresses the processual building of narratives around migration, thereby…

GENDERING THE FIELD :TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS FOR MINING COMMUNITIES

The chapters in this book offer concrete examples from all over the world to show how community livelihoods in mineral-rich tracts can be more sustainable by fully integrating gender concerns into all aspects of the relationship between mining practices and mine affected communities. By looking at the mining industry and the mine-affected communities through a gender lens, the authors indicate …

DOING FAMILY ON THE MOVE :HIGHLY-SKILLED MIGRANTS IN SWITZERLAND AND GERMANY

This book focuses on the coordination between family life and professional career under the condition of repeated mobilities. It analyses the division between the labour force work and the care work of couples of highly-skilled migrants settling in either Switzerland or Germany. A mutually exclusive model provides an innovative understanding of gendered hierarchies in career achievement. The ma…

DISSONANT HERITAGES AND MEMORIES IN CONTEMPORARY EUROPE

This open access book discusses political, economic, social, and humanitarian challenges that influence both how people deal with their past and how they build their identities in contemporary Europe. Ongoing debates on migration, on local, national, inter- and transnational levels, prove that it is a divisive issue with regards to understanding European integration and identity. At the same ti…

GLOBAL WARMING AND CLIMATE CHANGE:WHAT AUSTRALIA KNEW AND BURIED...THEN FRAME…

1988: coming to grips with a terrifying global experiment The Toronto conference statement made it clear that climate change would affect everyone. It called greenhouse gas atmospheric pollution an ‘uncontrolled, globally pervasive experiment whose ultimate consequences could be second only to nuclear war’. World governments were urged to swiftly develop emission reduction targets (The …

SDGS, TRANSFORMATION, AND QUALITY GROWTH :INSIGHTS FROM INTERNATIONAL COOPERA…

This is an Open Access book. The primary objective of this book is to seek out insights into the concept of high-quality growth (HQG). It explores the essential attributes of HQG, such as inclusiveness, sustainability, and resilience, as well as its relationship with transformation, by drawing principally on illustrative cases and instances of international cooperation. The United Nations docum…

DEMOGRAPHIC AND FAMILY TRANSITION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA

This open access book presents the trends and patterns of demographic and family changes from all eleven countries in the region for the past 50 years. The rich data are coupled with historical, cultural and policy background to facilitate an understanding of the changes that families in Southeast Asia have been going through. The book is structured into two parts. Part A includes three se…

MIGRANTS WITH IRREGULAR STATUS IN EUROPE :EVOLVING CONCEPTUAL AND POLICY CHAL…

This open access book explores the conceptual challenges posed by the presence of migrants with irregular immigration status in Europe and the evolving policy responses at European, national and municipal level. It addresses the conceptual and policy issues raised, post-entry, by this particular section of the migrant population. Drawing on evidence from different parts of Europe, the book tak…

THE SHARING ECONOMY IN EUROPE :DEVELOPMENTS, PRACTICES, AND CONTRADICTION

This open access book considers the development of the sharing and collaborative economy with a European focus, mapping across economic sectors, and country-specific case studies. It looks at the roles the sharing economy plays in sharing and redistribution of goods and services across the population in order to maximise their functionality, monetary exchange, and other aspects important to soc…