DEFENCE POLICY-MAKING A CLOSE-UP VIEW, 1950-1980 - A PERSONAL MEMOIR

Sir Arthur Tange was perhaps the most powerful Secretary of the Australian Defence Department and one of the most powerful of the great ‘mandarins’ who dominated the Commonwealth Public Service between the 1940s and the 1970s. His strong, and often decisive, influence on both administration and policy was exerted by virtue of his intellectual capacity, his administrative ability and the she…

TOWARDS HUMAN RIGHTS COMPLIANCE IN AUSTRALIAN PRISONS

Imprisoned people have always been vulnerable and in need of human rights protections. The slow but steady growth in the protection of imprisoned people’s rights over recent decades in Australia has mostly come from incremental change to prison legislation and common law principles. A radical influence is about to disrupt this slow change. Australian prisons and other closed environments w…

MIGRANT CONVERSIONS

"Peruvian migrant workers began arriving in South Korea in large numbers in the mid-1990s, eventually becoming one of the largest groups of non-Asians in the country. Migrant Conversions shows how despite facing unstable income and legal exclusion, migrants have come to see Korea as an ideal destination, sometimes even as part of their divine destiny. Faced with a forced end to their residence …

NEW DIMENSIONS OF CONNECTIVITY IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC

There is no bigger policy agenda in the East Asian region than connectivity. Costs of international connectivity are indeed falling, in the movement of goods, services, people and data, leading to greater flows, and to the reorganisation of business and the emergence of new forms of international transactions. There are second-round effects on productivity and growth, and on equity and inclusiv…

GOODNA GIRLS:A HISTORY OF CHILDREN IN A QUEENSLAND MENTAL ASYLUM

Goodna Girls tells the story of children incarcerated in Wolston Park Hospital, an adult psychiatric facility in Queensland, Australia. It contains the personal testimonies of women who relate—in their own no-holds-barred style and often with irreverent humour—how they, as children, ended up in Wolston Park and how this affected their adult lives. The accounts of hospital staff who witnesse…

THE REALITIES AND FUTURES OF WORK

What do we know about the current realities of work and its likely futures? What choices must we make and how will they affect those futures? Many books about the future of work start by talking about the latest technology, and focus on how technology is going to change the way we work. And there is no doubt that technology will have huge impacts. However, to really understand the direction in …

THE GLOBAL FILM MARKET TRANSFORMATION IN THE POST-PANDEMIC ERA

This book reviews the development and performance of the global film industry during the COVID-19 pandemic and examines new trends in film production, distribution and consumption through a global lens. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a substantial impact on the global film industry since the beginning of 2020. There has been significant transformation in terms of film production, distribution an…

DECOLONISING POLITICAL COMMUNICATION IN AFRICA

This book uses decolonisation as a lens to interrogate political communication styles, performance, and practice in Africa and the diaspora. The book interrogates the theory and practice of political communication, using decolonial research methods to begin a process of self-reflexivity and the creation of a new approach to knowledge production about African political communication. In doing so…

THE CURIOUS COUNTRY

By definition scientists are an inquisitive lot. But what are the scientific curiosities and concerns on the minds of Australians? What worries them, baffles them, and sets their curiosity meter to 10 out of 10? To find out, the Office of the Chief Scientist (OCS) took the nation’s intellectual temperature, surveying 1186 Australians: men and women aged 18 to 65, from all education levels and…

RE-CONFIGURATIONS :CONTEXTUALISING TRANSFORMATION PROCESSES AND LASTING CRISE…

This edited volume is an open access title and assembles both the historical consciousness and transformation of the MENA region in various disciplinary and topical facets. At the same time, it aims to go beyond the MENA region, contributing to critical debates on area studies while pointing out transregional and cultural references in a broad and comparative manner.

TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE FOR PEOPLE AND THE PLANET :EVALUATING ENVIRONMENT AND…

This Open Access book deals with the pressing question of how to achieve transformational change that reconciles development with environmental sustainability. It particularly focuses on the role of evaluation in finding sustainable solutions. Environment and development are closely interlinked, as are human health and ecosystem health. The pandemic that began in 2020 demonstrated in no uncerta…

CONTEMPORARY NARRATIVES OF AGEING, ILLNESS, CARE

This collection of essays explores cultural narratives of care in the contexts of ageing and illness. It includes both text-based and practice-based contributions by leading and emerging scholars in humanistic studies of ageing. The authors consider care not only in film (feature and documentary) and literature (novel, short story, children’s picturebook) but also in the fields of theatre per…

CLASSROOM ASSESSMENT AND EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT

Classroom Assessment and Educational Measurement explores the ways in which the theory and practice of both educational measurement and the assessment of student learning in classroom settings mutually inform one another. Chapters by assessment and measurement experts consider the nature of classroom assessment information, from student achievement to affective and socio-emotional attributes; h…

BEYOND DATA :HUMAN RIGHTS, ETHICAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT IN AI

This open access book focuses on the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on individuals and society from a legal perspective, providing a comprehensive risk-based methodological framework to address it. Building on the limitations of data protection in dealing with the challenges of AI, the author proposes an integrated approach to risk assessment that focuses on human rights and encompasses…

INDIAN AGRICULTURE TOWARDS 2030 :PATHWAYS FOR ENHANCING FARMERS' INCOME, NUTR…

This open access book brings together varying perspectives for transformational change needed in India’s agriculture and allied sectors. Stressing the need of thinking for a post-Green Revolution future, the book promotes approaching this change through eight broad areas, indicating the policy shifts needed to meet the challenges for the coming decade (2021-2030). The book comprises of ten…

CO-PRODUCTION AND CO-CREATION :ENGAGING CITIZENS IN PUBLIC SERVICES

Co-production and co-creation occur when citizens participate actively in delivering and designing the services they receive. It has come increasingly onto the agenda of policymakers, as interest in citizen participation has more generally soared. Expectations are high and it is regarded as a possible solution to the public sector’s decreased legitimacy and dwindling resources, by accessing m…

USING EVIDENCE IN POLICY AND PRACTICE :LESSONS FROM AFRICA

This book asks how governments in Africa can use evidence to improve their policies and programmes, and ultimately, to achieve positive change for their citizens. Looking at different evidence sources across a range of contexts, the book brings policy makers and researchers together to uncover what does and doesn’t work and why. Case studies are drawn from five countries and the ECOWAS (west …

ASSESSMENT FOR EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING

Chan’s book explores the challenges in assessing experiential learning, deepens our understanding, and inspires readers to think critically about the purpose of assessment in experiential learning. Experiential learning has been studied and proven to be effective for student learning, particularly for the development of holistic competencies (i.e. 21st century skills, soft skills, transferabl…

EXTIMATE TECHNOLOGY :SELF-FORMATION IN A TECHNOLOGICAL WORLD

This book investigates how we should form ourselves in a world saturated with technologies that are profoundly intruding in the very fabric of our selfhood. New and emerging technologies, such as smart technological environments, imaging technologies and smart drugs, are increasingly shaping who and what we are and influencing who we ought to be. How should we adequately understand, evaluate an…

MAKING SENSE OF THE FUTURE

Making Sense of the Future integrates the latest thinking in Future Studies with the author’s expertise in world history, economics, interdisciplinary studies, knowledge organization, and political activism. The book takes a systems approach that recognizes the complexity of our world. It begins by suggesting a set of goals for human societies and identifying innovative strategies for achievi…

STUDIES IN GLOBAL ANIMAL LAW

This open access book contains 13 contributions on global animal law, preceded by an introduction which explains key concepts and methods. Global Animal Law refers to the sum of legal rules and principles (both state-made and non-state-made) governing the interaction between humans and other animals, on a domestic, local, regional, and international level. Global animal law is the response to t…

IMAGINING PERSONAL DATA :EXPERIENCES OF SELF-TRACKING

Digital self-tracking devices and data have become normal elements of everyday life. Imagining Personal Data examines the implications of the rise of body monitoring and digital self-tracking for how we inhabit, experience and imagine our everyday worlds and futures. Through a focus on how it feels to live in environments where data is emergent, present and characterized by a sense of uncertain…

MULTILINGUALISM ACROSS THE LIFESPAN

This innovative collection examines key questions on language diversity and multilingualism running through contemporary debates in psycholinguistics and sociolinguistics. Reinforcing interdisciplinary conversations on these themes, each chapter is co-authored by two different researchers, often those who have not written together before. The combined effect is a volume showcasing unique and dy…

UNDERSTANDING LEISURE

First published in 1989. Understanding Leisure is a readable introductory analysis of the key elements in the study of leisure. This includes leisure concepts and dimensions of leisure, its activity forms, participants, provision, and leisure futures, leisure and social theory. A collaborative work of six authors, Understanding Leisure is a textbook which introduces the reader to the interrelat…

SPACES OF MULTILINGUALISM

This innovative collection explores critical issues in understanding multilingualism as a defining dimension of identity creation and negotiation in contemporary social life. Reinforcing interdisciplinary conversations on these themes, each chapter is co-authored by two different researchers, often those who have not written together before. The combined effect is a volume showcasing unique and…

ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF GLOBAL SPORT

The story of global sport is the story of expansion from local development to globalized industry, from recreational to marketized activity. Alongside that, each sport has its own distinctive history, sub-cultures, practices and structures. This ambitious new volume offers state-of-the-art overviews of the development of every major sport or classification of sport, examining their history, …

THE NEW POLITICS OF NUMBERS :UTOPIA, EVIDENCE AND DEMOCRACY

This open access book offers unique insight into how and where ideas and instruments of quantification have been adopted, and how they have come to matter. Rather than asking what quantification is, New Politics of Numbers explores what quantification does, its manifold consequences in multiple domains. It scrutinizes the power of numbers in terms of the changing relations between numbers and d…

PUBLIC SYSTEMS MODELING :METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING AND EVALUATING ALTERNATIVE P…

This is an open access book discusses readers to various methods of modeling plans and policies that address public sector issues and problems. Written for public policy and social sciences students at the upper undergraduate and graduate level, as well as public sector decision-makers, it demonstrates and compares the development and use of various deterministic and probabilistic optimization …

STUDIES IN GLOBAL ANIMAL LAW

This open access book contains 13 contributions on global animal law, preceded by an introduction which explains key concepts and methods. Global Animal Law refers to the sum of legal rules and principles (both state-made and non-state-made) governing the interaction between humans and other animals, on a domestic, local, regional, and international level. Global animal law is the response to t…

PERSPECTIVES IN DIGITAL HUMANISM

This open access book aims to set an agenda for research and action in the field of Digital Humanism through short essays written by selected thinkers from a variety of disciplines, including computer science, philosophy, education, law, economics, history, anthropology, political science, and sociology. This initiative emerged from the Vienna Manifesto on Digital Humanism and the associated le…

JUDICIAL LAW-MAKING IN EUROPEAN CONSTITUTIONAL COURTS

This book analyses the specificity of the law-making activity of European constitutional courts. The main hypothesis is that currently constitutional courts are positive legislators whose position in the system of State organs needs to be redefined. The book covers the analysis of the law-making activity of four constitutional courts in Western countries: Germany, Italy, Spain, and France; an…

PHILOSOPHY OF RACE :AN INTRODUCTION

Philosophy of Race: An Introduction provides plainly written access to a new subfield that has been in the background of philosophy since Plato and Aristotle. Part I provides an overview of ideas of race and ethnicity in the philosophical canon, egalitarian traditions, race in biology, and race in American and Continental Philosophy. Part II addresses race as it operates in life through colonia…

TEKNIK SIPIL TRANSPORTASI DASAR REKAYASA LALU LINTAS

Persoalan dalam sektor transportasi adalah bagaimana cara merekayasa lalu lintas sehingga terjadi keseimbangan antara kebutuhan pergerakan dengan kemampuan penyediaan prasarana jaringan jalan dan fasilitas-fasilitas pendukungnya. Pembenahan sistem transportasi harus dilakukan melalui pandangan dan pendekatan yang luas, menyeluruh, terkoordinasi dan konsisten. Untuk itu diperlukan sistem yang ba…

KINERJA DAN KEMACETAN LALU LINTAS PADA AREA BUKAAN MEDIAN U-TURN

Pertumbuhan penduduk memicu pertumbuhan volume kendaraan dan tidak diiringi dengan pengembangan kapasitas ruas jalan, pada akhirnya menimbulkan kemacetan khususnya pada kota-kota besar di Indonesia. Akibat kemacetan, pergerakan masyarakat perkotaan justru cenderung melakukan perjalanan sebagai tujuan dalam beraktivitas sehari-hari dengan menggunakan kendaraan pribadi. Penggunaan kendaraan priba…

FIRST-IN-FAMILY STUDENTS, UNIVERSITY EXPERIENCE AND FAMILY LIFE :MOTIVATIONS,…

This open access book, now in its second edition, offers a comprehensive overview of the experiences of First in Family (FiF) or first-generation students in higher education. It draws upon narratives of students and their family members and spans the entire university student life cycle (pre-entry, commencement, progression and graduation) with a focus on specific cohorts including mature-aged…

PENGANTAR REKAYASA LALU LINTAS

Buku ini membahas pengantar rekayasa lalu lintas. Pada bab pertama dijelaskan definisi dan tujuan teknik lalu lintas serta perkembangannya. Bab selanjutnya membahas karakteristik pengemudi dan pejalan kaki yang mempengaruhi lalu lintas. Bab ketiga membahas karakteristik arus lalu lintas seperti volume, kecepatan, dan kerapatan serta hubungannya. Bab empat membahas kajian ruas jalan perkotaan.

HAKIKAT MANUSIA PANCASILA MENURUT NOTONAGORO DAN DRIJARKARA : AKTUALISASINYA …

Buku ini membahas secara mendalam tentang pikiran-pikiran filsafat Pancasila dari dua filsuf besar, yakni Prof., Dr. Notonagoro dan Prof., Dr. N. Drijarkara, SJ. Keduanya tidak diragukan lagi sebagai filsuf yang memberikan kontribusi besar bagi perumusan atau pengembangan filsafat Pancasila. Dengan latar belakang pendidikan filsafat dan sosio-kultural yang berbeda, membandingkan pemikiran kedua…

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THE NARRATIVE SUBJECT :STORYTELLING IN THE AGE OF THE INTERNET

This open access book considers the stories of adolescents and young adults from different regions of the world who use digital media as instruments and stages for storytelling, or who make the media the subject of story telling. These narratives discuss interconnectedness, self-staging, and managing boundaries. From the perspective of media and cultural research, they can be read as responses …

REVISITING MIGRANT NETWORKS :MIGRANTS AND THEIR DESCENDANTS IN LABOUR MARKETS

This open access book provides new conceptualisations on the networks of migrants and their descendants in accessing the labour market. Although references to social networks are common in discussions of migration, simplified ideas of co-ethnic networks often obscure the reality, for example confounding ties with co-ethnics and ‘strong ties’. This open access book addresses key questions ab…

TRANSFORMATION LITERACY :PATHWAYS TO REGENERATIVE CIVILIZATIONS

This open access book brings science and practice together and inspires a global movement towards co-creating regenerative civilizations that work for 100% of humanity and the Earth as a whole. With its conceptual foundation of the concept of transformation literacy it enhances the knowledge and capacity of decision-makers, change agents and institutional actors to steward transformations effec…

AUTHORITARIAN POPULISM AND THE RURAL WORLD

The rise of authoritarian, nationalist forms of populism and the implications for rural actors and settings is one of the most crucial foci for critical agrarian studies today, with many consequences for political action.Authoritarian Populism and the Rural World reflects on the rural origins and consequences of the emergence of authoritarian and populist leaders across the worl…

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL 3 :HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF AGEING IN HONG KONG

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aim to develop a better and sustainable future for the world, and the goals are part of an action plan to address poverty, hunger, health, gender equity and various pressing world issues. One of these goals looks at health and wellness. Ageing populations have become a crucial issue worldwide, and this short monograph explores ageing and how the con…

THE CLIMATE-SMART AGRICULTURE PAPERS :INVESTIGATING THE BUSINESS OF A PRODUCT…

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This volume shares new data relating to Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA), with emphasis on experiences in Eastern and Southern Africa. The book is a collection of research by authors from over 30 institutions, spanning the public and private sectors, with specific knowledge on agricultural development in the region discussed. The material is…

HOW TO BUILD A MODERN TONTINE:ALGORITHMS, SCRIPTS AND TIPS

This open access book introduces the modern tontine and its applications in retirement and decumulation. Personal financial management in the later stages of life presents unique challenges, and renowned retirement planning expert Dr. Milevsky proposes the modern tontine as a solution. With the goal of guiding professionals and retirees in more efficient decumulation, the book demonstrates how …

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION IN CHINA :CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

The Center for China Studies is among China's most influential think-tanks, and its China Studies Reports are read at the highest levels of government. Now for the first time, the most important of these and reports is collated in book form in English, providing a fascinating insight into the challenges and opportunities for Chinese development and the government's thinking on economic and and …

A CULTURAL APPROACH TO POPULISM

This book is a critical introduction of theorisations and research on contemporary political populism emphasising the cultural per-spective. It introduces the basic theories and analyses the cultural construction of populism regarding radical democratic theory and empirical studies.Applying Ernesto Laclau’s and Chantal Mouffe’s theories, the author builds …

REMOTE SENSING OF PLANT BIODIVERSITY

This Open Access volume aims to methodologically improve our understanding of biodiversity by linking disciplines that incorporate remote sensing, and uniting data and perspectives in the fields of biology, landscape ecology, and geography. The book provides a framework for how biodiversity can be detected and evaluated—focusing particularly on plants—using proximal and remotely sensed hype…

NUCLEAR LAW :THE GLOBAL DEBATE

This open access book traces the journey of nuclear law: its origins, how it has developed, where it is now, and where it is headed. As a discipline, this highly specialized body of law makes it possible for us to benefit from the life-saving applications of nuclear science and technology, including diagnosing cancer as well as avoiding and mitigating the effects of climate change. This book se…

PASAR MINGGU TEMPO DOELOE:DINAMIKA SOSIAL EKONOMI PETANI BUAH 1921-1966

Pasar Minggu di masa lalu dikenal sebagai penghasil buah utama untuk penduduk Jakarta. Bahkan telah menjadi memori kolektif masyarakat Jakarta terutama terlihat dalam lirik-lirik lagu yang menggambarkan berbagai aspek dinamika kehidupan pertanian buah di Pasar Minggu kala itu. Buku ini menceritakan kembali dunia yang hilang (the lost world) tentang Pasar Minggu sebagai area penghasil buah-buaha…