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…

INFORMATION SYSTEMS FOUNDATIONS:THE ROLE OF DESIGN SCIENCE

This volume presents papers from the fourth biennial Information Systems Foundation Workshop, held at The Australian National University in Canberra from 2–3 October, 2008. The focus of the workshop was, as for the others in the series, the foundations of Information Systems as an academic discipline. The emphasis in this workshop was on the movement known as ‘Design Science’ and its impo…

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…

ENGAGING THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION :PERSPECTIVES FROM THEOLOGY, PHILOS…

The reality of a radically changing world is beyond dispute. The notion of the Fourth Industrial Revolution is a heuristic key for the world of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, quantum computing, big data, the internet of things, and biotechnology. The discussion of emerging technologies and the Fourth Industrial Revolution highlights urgent questions about…

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…

HISTORICAL AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES ON HOPE

This open access volume makes an important contribution to the ongoing research on hope theory by combining insights from both its long history and its increasing multi-disciplinarity. In the first part, it recognizes the importance of the centuries-old reflection on hope by offering historical perspectives and tracing it back to ancient Greek philosophy. At the same time, it provides novel per…

GRASSROOTS INNOVATION MOVEMENTS

Innovation is increasingly invoked by policy elites and business leaders as vital for tackling global challenges like sustainable development. Often overlooked, however, is the fact that networks of community groups, activists, and researchers have been innovating grassroots solutions for social justice and environmental sustainability for decades. Unencumbered by disciplinary boundaries, polic…

THE INVASION OF THE SOUTH:ARMY AIR FORCE OPERATIONS, AND THE INVASION OF NORT…

Between 1966 and 1980, the War History Office of the National Defense College of Japan (now the Center for Military History of the National Institute for Defense Studies) published the 102-volume Senshi Sōsho (War History Series). The present book completes the trilogy of English translations of the sections in the Senshi Sōsho series on the Japanese operations against the former Dutch East I…

STORIES OF CAPITALISM :INSIDE THE ROLE OF FINANCIAL ANALYSTS

The financial crisis and the recession that followed caught many people off guard, including experts in the financial sector whose jobs involve predicting market fluctuations. Financial analysis offices in most international banks are supposed to forecast the rise or fall of stock prices, the success or failure of investment products, and even the growth or decline of entire national economies.…

SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS :NEW PERSPECTIVES ON PRODUCTION, RECEPTION, L…

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com Walt Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (David Hand, 1937) occupies a central place within the history of global animation. Based on the German fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm, the film was the first feature-length animated film produced by the Disney Stu…

TECHNOLOGY’S REFUGE :THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY BY ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES

An investigation into the use of information communication technologies by refugees during flight, displacement and in settlement, this book examines the impact of Australia’s official policy of mandatory detention on how asylum seekers and refugees maintain links to diasporas and networks of support. Given the restricted contact with the world outside of the immigration detention centre, the…

MODERN SOCIO-TECHNICAL PERSPECTIVES ON PRIVACY

This open access book provides researchers and professionals with a foundational understanding of online privacy as well as insight into the socio-technical privacy issues that are most pertinent to modern information systems, covering several modern topics (e.g., privacy in social media, IoT) and underexplored areas (e.g., privacy accessibility, privacy for vulnerable populations, cross-cultur…

PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS :IMPROVING STATE-OF-THE-ART MANAG…

This open access book is supported by the European Atherosclerosis Society Association (EAS). This follow-up edition of the well-received Handbook volume 'Atherosclerosis: Diet and Drugs' reflects the state-of-the-art and most recent developments in atherosclerosis research. Outstanding international experts give a comprehensive overview of the field covering topics, such as improving the trea…

ARAB AMERICANS IN THE UNITED STATES

Shaikha H. Al-Kuwari is an assistant professor of Anthropology at Qatar University. She earned her Ph.D. in Anthropology from University of Florida, USA, in 2018. Her research focuses in studying the relation between culture and health. She is interested in building cultural models of illnesses using the latest methodological advances in social science. Her goal is to create culturally based pr…

MIGRATION AND RELIGION

This open access book introduces research on migration and religion with the focus on migration to western European countries from the 1950s and onwards. The book is an in-depth presentation of the main research trends as to methods, theories and empirical zones on migration and religion. In a unique way, the book brings together research about the topic aligning it with the experiences and urg…

COUNTER-TERRORISM, ETHICS AND TECHNOLOGY :EMERGING CHALLENGES AT THE FRONTIER…

This open access book brings together a range of contributions that seek to explore the ethical issues arising from the overlap between counter-terrorism, ethics, and technologies. Terrorism and our responses pose some of the most significant ethical challenges to states and people. At the same time, we are becoming increasingly aware of the ethical implications of new and emerging technologies…

USES OF TECHNOLOGY IN LOWER SECONDARY MATHEMATICS EDUCATION :A CONCISE TOPICA…

Digital technology1 is omnipresent in society. Revolutionary technological developments change the character of professional environments, and therefore put new demands on workers (Hoyles, Noss, Kent, & Bakker, 2010). Consequently, there are new demands on educational systems in order to prepare students for future professions. Importantly, technology also offers opportunities for teaching a…

CHINA 2002 :WTO ENTRY AND WORLD RECESSION

In 2002 China enters the WTO. Long awaited by the world’s trading economies, it now comes in a year of global recession. What effect will China’s entry into the WTO have at a difficult time? The rapid expansion of China’s trade has required large adjustment in its trading partners, and the expansion and adjustment will accelerate with WTO entry. The internal adjustment pressures in China …

ANIMATING FILM THEORY

Animating Film Theory provides an enriched understanding of the relationship between two of the most unwieldy and unstable organizing concepts in cinema and media studies: animation and film theory. For the most part, animation has been excluded from the purview of film theory. The contributors to this collection consider the reasons for this marginalization while also bringing attention to key…

JAPAN'S FUTURE IN EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

Japan’s Future in East Asia and the Pacific takes a ’big-picture‘ approach to Japan’s economic place in East Asia alongside that of China. It analyses Japan’s successes and experiments in trade policy as well as its failures in macro-economic policy. Japan’s diplomatic and economic integration strategies are also examined for their impact on East Asia and on Australia. The collectio…

ANIMATING UNPREDICTABLE EFFECTS :NONLINEARITY IN HOLLYWOOD'S RETD COMPLEX

Uncanny computer-generated animations of splashing waves, billowing smoke clouds, and characters’ flowing hair have become a ubiquitous presence on screens of all types since the 1980s. This Open Access book charts the history of these digital moving images and the software tools that make them. Unpredictable Visual Effects uncovers an institutional and industrial history that saw media indus…

POWER, CULTURE, ECONOMY:INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS AND MINING

Research over the past decade in health, employment, life expectancy, child mortality, and household income has confirmed that Indigenous Australians are still Australia’s most disadvantaged group. Those residing in communities in regional and remote Australia are further disadvantaged because of the limited formal economic opportunities there. In these areas mining developments may be the ma…

KERETA API CEPAT JAKARTA-BANDUNG

Pada 16 Oktober 2015, konsorsium Badan Usaha Milik Negara (BUMN), yang membentuk PT Pilar Sinergi BUMN Indonesia (PSBI), dan konsorsium perusahaan perkeretaapian Tiongkok, melalui Beijing Yawan HSR Co. Ltd membentuk perusahaan patungan yang dinamakan PT Kereta Cepat Indonesia China (KCIC). Dalam hal ini KCIC menjadi operator Whoosh, yang sebelumnya dikenal dengan Kereta Cepat Jakarta Bandung…

DISCIPLINING INTERDISCIPLINARITY:INTEGRATION AND IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCES FOR …

This book provides collaborative research teams with a systematic approach for addressing complex real-world problems like widespread poverty, global climate change, organised crime, and escalating health care costs. The three core domains are Synthesising disciplinary and stakeholder knowledge, Understanding and managing diverse unknowns, and Providing integrated research support for poli…

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REIMAGINING MARGINALIZED FOODS

Contributor(s) Finnis, Elizabeth (editor) Collection Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Number 102404 Language English Perlihat publikasi penuh This volume brings together ethnographically based anthropological analyses of shifting meanings and representations associated with the foods, ingredients, and cooking practices that of marginalized and/or indigenous cultures. Contributors are particula…

CORPORATE MEMORY :RECORDS AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT IN THE KNOWLEDGE AGE

Corporate memory' is the body of information that an organization needs to keep for re-use. It is the active and historical information that an organization has that is worth sharing, managing and preserving to enable it to function effectively. This book is aimed at records managers and archivists, who are responsible for maintaining and managing information within an organization. It describe…

THE POWER OF ECONOMIC IDEAS:THE ORIGINS OF KEYNESIAN MACROECONOMIC MANAGEMENT…

Economics, Keynes once wrote, can be a ‘very dangerous science’. Sometimes, though, it can be moulded to further the common good though it might need a leap in mental outlook, a whole new zeitgeist to be able do do. This book is about a transformation in Australian economists’ thought and ideas during the interwar period. It focuses upon the interplay between economic ideas, players and p…

THE TURNING POINT IN CHINA'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

The profound economic transformation in China is not a linear process. It is subject to fundamental shifts in its underlying structure. One of those structural transformations will be a shift from unlimited to limited supplies of labour in China’s economic development. Is China approaching this turning point? What are the dynamic forces in driving China moving towards this turning point? What…

FRAMING THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC DOWNTURN:CRISIS RHETORIC AND THE POLITICS OF RECE…

The global economic downturn that followed the collapse of major US financial institutions is no doubt the most significant crisis of our times. Its effects on corporate and governmental balance sheets have been devastating, as have been its impacts on the employment and well being of tens of millions of citizens. It continues to pose major challenges to national policymakers and institutions a…

CHINA:TWENTY TYEARS OF ECONOMIC REFORM

China: Twenty Years of Reform outlines the experiences of China over the past two decades. It highlights the processes of reform, successes achieved, and problems faced during the economic transition. “China, and its relations with the international community, have been transformed. China’s economy has expanded five times, and its foreign trade by twelve. It has greatly increased consum…

TRANSPORTASI, KONEKTIVITAS DAN KETAHANAN NASIONAL

“Agenda Kerja Raksasa”, itulah ungkapan yang pas untuk melukiskan ambisi Presiden Joko Widodo membangun infrastruktur di Tanah Air. Tujuannya, Indonesia mampu berlari menaiki tangga pembangunan dan modernitas, merajut era konektivitas, melancarkan aksesibilitas, meningkatkan ekonomi dan daya saing bangsa, serta memperkuat ketahanan nasional. Dalam mewujudkan agenda kerja raksasa itu, pemeri…

POWER, CULTURE, ECONOMY:INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS AND MINING

Research over the past decade in health, employment, life expectancy, child mortality, and household income has confirmed that Indigenous Australians are still Australia’s most disadvantaged group. Those residing in communities in regional and remote Australia are further disadvantaged because of the limited formal economic opportunities there. In these areas mining developments may be the ma…

DISCIPLINING INTERDISCIPLINARITY:INTEGRATION AND IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCES FOR …

This book provides collaborative research teams with a systematic approach for addressing complex real-world problems like widespread poverty, global climate change, organised crime, and escalating health care costs. The three core domains are Synthesising disciplinary and stakeholder knowledge, Understanding and managing diverse unknowns, and Providing integrated research support for poli…

MEANINGFUL REFORM IN THE WESTERN BALKANS :BETWEEN FORMAL INSTITUTIONS AND INF…

This book contains collection of articles which provide policy implications related to the problem of achieving substantive reform on the basis of harmonising legislation in Western Balkan (WB) countries with the standards of the European Union (EU). While WB states have generally been successful in adopting legal reforms that make up a part of EU conditionality, many laws remain unenforced, am…

CHINA :SURPASSING THE "MIDDLE INCOME TRAP"

This open access book explores one of the most fiercely debated issues in China: if and how China will surpass the middle income trap that has plagued many developing countries for years. This book gives readers a clear picture of China today and acts as a reference for other developing countries. China is facing many setbacks and experiencing an economic slowdown in recent years due to some…

PARIWISATA SUPER PRIORITAS, PERAN INSTITUSI, DAN TRANSPORTASI

Pariwisata adalah sektor yang semakin penting bagi bangsa Indonesia. Potensinya luar biasa: kondisi alamnya, seni budayanya, kulinernya, produk-produk kreatifnya, dan hospitality manusianya. Dari tahun ke tahun sumbangan devisa sektor pariwisata terus meningkat, perannya terhadap produk domestik bruto secara nasional semakin signifikan. Selain menyumbang devisa kepada negara, pariwisata juga me…

MISINFORMATION POLICY IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA :FROM LAWS AND REGULATIONS TO MED…

Misinformation Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa is a single volume containing two research reports by eight authors examining policy towards misinformation in Sub-Saharan Africa. The volume first examines the teaching of ‘media literacy’ in state-run schools in seven Sub-Saharan African countries as of mid-2020, as relates to misinformation. It explains the limited elements of media and informa…

DATA RIGHTS LAW 3.0 :THE LEGISLATIVE PROSPECT

With a global view and a vision of our digital future, we should move forward with an understanding of data rights legislation at pace. The earlier we set the value norms around data in this digital long distance race, the more likely we will grasp the opportunities therein and embrace a future of commonly understood values. With a view to the future, the branch of Chinese law that is most like…

BLACK EGGS :POEMS

Kurihara Sadako was born in Hiroshima in 1913, and she was there on August 6, 1945. Already a poet before she experienced the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, she used her poetic talents to describe the blast and its aftermath. In 1946, despite the censorship of the American Occupation, she published Kuroi tamago (Black Eggs), poems from before, during, and immediately after the war. This volume in…

LOCAL KNOWLEDGE MATTERS

Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. This book explores the critical role that local knowledge plays in public policy processes as well as its role in the co-production of policy relevant knowledge with the scientific and professional communities. The authors consider the mechanisms used by local organisations and the constraints and opportunities they face, exploring what the knowledg…

MANAGING RISK AND INFORMATION SECURITY :PROTECT TO ENABLE

Security and first-person shooter video games have one obvious thing in common: if you’re not continuously moving, you’re dead. In this second edition of Managing Risk and Information Security , Malcolm Harkins helps us move our thinking into areas of risk that have become more prominent over the last several years. Because there is so much new content in this edition, I will focus on …

FASHION MEDIA AND SUSTAINABILITY :ENCOURAGING ETHICAL CONSUMPTION VIA JOURNAL…

ashion is among the biggest polluters, yet the media still promote throwaway fast fashion. The growing fashion public relations industry encourages and enables this media coverage. This policy brief identifies patterns in the way journalists and influencers cover fashion which contribute to unsustainable buying behaviours. Recent research recommends practical steps to improve media coverage to …