The purpose of Philosophy and Politics - Critical Explorations is to publish high quality volumes that refect original research pursued at the juncture of philosophy and politics. Over the past 20 years new important areas of inquiry at the crossroads of philosophy and politics have undergone impressive developments or have emerged anew. Among these, new approaches to human rights, transitional…
This book analyzes the ideological roots, structures and operational methods of Jihadi intelligence and counterintelligence activities. Based on a substantive collection of data on terrorist attacks, communication channels, recruitment methods, manuals and statements released by various Jihadi groups, it examines and compares the nature, ideology and realities of Jihadi intelligence operations.…
This book mainly introduces the concepts and approaches of global governance from the viewpoints of Chinese and Russian scholars and is divided into four parts. The first one deals with the concept of a new type of global governance, namely “Globalization 2.0”. The second one is dedicated to institutions and multilateralism, including the importance and effectiveness of international instit…
Renewable energy policy is very timely topic in the European policy-making as the European Union is facing an urgent need to eliminate its dependence on imports of Russian fossil fuels before 2030 in the context of Russia’s ongoing aggression in Ukraine. Renewable energy is also a key building block to accelerate the energy transition towards climate neutral economy by 2050 and reach EU’s e…
Democracy is both an obvious and dubious idea. Here's why democracy is an obvious idea: For most of history, most governments divided people into the few who rule and the many who obey. The few then used the state to advance their own private interests at the expense of the many. Rulers were less like noble protectors appointed by God and more like intestinal parasites. The obvious solution is …
The selections for this volume appeared in a variety of outlets and formats – thereby providing a window onto the world of letters in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
This book argues that the examination of sports media within cultural and media studies is organized around more than just a shared topic: mediated sports. What counts as 'sports media' in journals, books, and conferences are extremely diverse; they can cover athlete expression on social media, shoe commercials, gender in sports commentary, indigenous name change activists, and fantasy sports. …
This book is going to press at a time when speculations about the future – not just the future of media, be it ‘traditional’ or ‘new’, but also of the many other aspects of our socio-political life such as communication platforms, political frameworks or, indeed, the world itself – are rife with existential anxieties. We are in the middle of a global pandemic caused by the Covid-19 …
The Broadcast News Toolkit focuses on the writing, shooting, and production of broadcast news across multimedia platforms in a non-technical and visually engaging way. Covering a range of different story forms in broadcast news (RDR, FS, VO, VO/SOT, PKG, and Liveshots), this book illustrates basic audio/video shooting and editing techniques through straightforward examples, including online vi…
Buku ini pada awalnya bertujuan untuk menyorot inisiasi dari pemerintah daerah seperti Pemerintah Daerah Provinsi Sumatera Barat, Pemerintah Daerah Sumsel, Pemerintah Daerah Kota Semarang, Pemerintah Daerah Propinsi Jawa Timur, Pemerintah Daerah Kota Makasar-Kabupaten Sinjai dan Propinsi Sulawesi Tengah dalam pemberian bantuan hukum. Akan tetapi, lingkup sorotan ini menjadi lebih luas lagi guna…
Data structures and algorithms is a fundamental course in computer science, which most undergraduate and graduate programs in computer science and other allied disciplines in science and engineering offer during the early stages of the respective programs, either as a core or as an elective course. The course enables students to have a much-needed foundation for efficient programming, leading t…
The research for this book was made possible by the prize money from the 2014 Tietgen Award, which funded Sarah Anne Ganter’s position as a postdoc- toral research fellow at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism and the associated research costs. The work has since continued at the institute as well as at the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University where Sarah i…
This book investigates the role of arts practitioners in the formation and implementation of cultural policy. In so doing, it challenges a still-recurrent perception that practitioners have little or no involvement in cultural pol- icy activity. The perception is apparent in cultural policy research litera- ture—as will be illustrated in the next chapter—as well as being encountered …
Every book, like its author, is the product of multiple communities. I am fortunate to have met many wonderful people while researching and writing this book and have greatly benefited from their perspec- tives. I thank my teachers, friends, colleagues, and interview partners for their generous engagement and for deepening my understanding of the world.
The present publication focusses the attention on new avenues in regional information and knowledge management, while we will zoom in particularly on the potential promises and hurdles of digital technology. This digital challenge has already generated a wealth of implications in the area of smart or intelligent cities, but as yet far less has been achieved in the field of regional planning and…
From the phone phreaks of the 1970s to Anonymous, how how hackers deploy persuasion, helpfulness, manipulation, and deception to gain access to sensitive information
In autumn 2005, Lt. Gen. David Petraeus came home from Iraq with an idea. Petraeus had participated in the 2003 invasion – he led the initial occupation of Mosul, and he returned to the country in 2004, to lead training of Iraqi troops.
The digital microcosms of journalism in Eastern and South Eastern Europe, as the research demonstrates, are at the same time both distinct from and integral to, the greater mediatic transformation and should be analyzed and understood in this context. In truth, all the issues under consideration are part of a larger global debate and phenomenon that is affecting more “established” media mar…
The ubiquity of new technologies in our everyday lives has led to the lead-in of emerging technologies in the public sector. In a recent report by Microsoft and EY [1], entitled ‘Artificial Intelligence in the Public Sector: European Vision for 2020 and Beyond’, two-thirds of respondents rated AI as a digital priority. Although many local, state, and national governments see the promise…