Terror warnings, fake news, spectacles and scandals in real time – the networked world has wound itself up into a nervous frenzy, where everything has become visible: the banal and the terrible, the uninhibited abuse and the anonymous attack. Translated for the first time into English, Digital Fever analyses the patterns of outrage and agitation that have come to define social media and th…
This book is structured so that each section builds on the previous one, progressing from simpler concepts to more complicated ones. However, the book is also assembled so that you can flip directly to a chapter or specific topic to find the exact information you seek, such as information on buying a home or planning for retirement. Imagine that your financial journey is like a cross-country r…
This little book was written to accomplish something big: economic literacy. It is intentionally kept very short to be inviting rather than intimidating. You will gain life-changing understanding of how the economy works in practically no time. Per Bylund will make you excited about what economics has to offer. Because economic literacy is mind-opening. Sound economic reasoning is an enormou…
As this project started as a PhD dissertation, I express my great thanks to my first supervisor, Birgit Krawietz, whose provided criticism and constructive advice on writing a dissertation which is not only enjoyable for expert readers, but also for non-expert readers. Without her suggestions, I would have ignored the importance of an international audience. Furthermore, her comments and s…
This book is about more than business or economics. The rise of the Velvet Rope Economy threatens to worsen the divisiveness that plagues our politics and culture today. After all, if you never actually encounter people from a different class or social background, it’s much easier to demonize them. “With growing inequality, there is an attempt by the affluent to buy their way out of public …
Late in December 2019, the world first learnt about the outbreak of a cluster of viral pneumonia cases in Wuhan Province, China. Soon after, on 9 January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that the Chinese authorities had identified a novel coronavirus as the cause of these cases. The virus spread rapidly across the globe, and the out- break of the initially unnamed disea…
Originally published in 1993, this book provides an excellent analysis of commodity policies internationally during the late 20th Century. It discusses 2 major methods of market regulation: price stabilization – based on buffer stocks or export quotas – and compensatory finance. The authors analyse whether major commodity policies have reached their primary objectives and to what extent the…
The topic of book has occupied my mind since I finished writing my previous book: A Complexity Theory for Public Policy (2012a). In A Complexity Theory my goal was to present the implications of com- plexity theory for public policy studies. The complexity of public policy processes was recognized by almost everybody who practiced policy ana- lysis or policymaking or who studies policy…
This book explores democratic possibilities for education after the critique of the impact of neo-liberalism on educational policy and practice. Together, the authors investigate the contours of a 'new publicness' of education. This edited volume refers to well-established critiques that expose how neoliberal governance has normalised the privatisation of public life and undermined the publi…
Privileged populations in the global north are increasingly getting hammered by natural disasters, turbo-charged by climate change. In other words, what vulnerable communities everywhere have been experiencing for decades. Climate breakdown is indeed accelerating, and the existential threat is finally impossible to ignore in the halls of power. This makes the debate about the Green New Deal…
"The prolificacy and accessibility of technology and digital communications platforms is not only empowering a new form of communication between people and communities, but changing the way individuals, communities and society collectively think, act, and behave. Social media as an open-source tool has lowered the barrier for the consumption of digital and technologically based information, man…
In this handbook, we discuss and reflect on two intricately interwoven concepts: privacy and social media. Using social media is fun, allows us to stay connected, to socialize, to be entertained, to seek out news, and to stumble across content we didn’t know we were interested in. Social media are platforms for exploration, games, and the unlikely beauty of the mundane, the ridiculous, and…
This book provides an expanded conceptualization of legalization that focuses on implementation of obligation, precision, and delegation at the international and domestic levels of politics. By adding domestic politics and the actors to the international level of analysis, the authors add the insights of Kenneth Waltz, Graham Allison, and Louis Henkin to understand why most international law is…
This volume provides a comprehensive examination and analysis of the concepts and issues related to police use of force, particularly the use of deadly force with a firearm, from multi-faceted and international perspectives. It explores innovative training, protocols, policies, tactical options for de-escalation, and recommendations for the restriction of the use of force by law enforcement off…
Under Science Diplomacy, three types of activities were noted in 2010 by the Royal Society and American Association for the Advancement of Science: (i) informing science and supporting foreign policy objectives (Science in Diplomacy), (ii) diplo- macy facilitating international cooperation (Diplomacy for Science), and (iii) scien- tific cooperation improving international relations (Scien…
This handbook explores the significance of Indo-Pacific in world politics. It shows how the re-emergence of the Indo-Pacific in international relations has fundamentally changed the approach to politics, economics, and security. The volume: - Explores the themes related to trade, politics and security for better understanding of the Indo-Pacific and the repercussions of the regions' emergence; …
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 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 …
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…
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 …