Th e term “network” can mean all sorts of things, but I use it here to describe three levels of connections, all insecure. Th ere are the social connec- tions made explicit by social technologies; the behavioral networks mapped and traced through consumer-level tracking and aggregation of big data; and perhaps most powerful and invisible, the deeply rooted and interconnected networ…
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…
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…
This book is a result of how wickedly complex life is for most all of us. Nothing seems to go according to plan. If that were the case, I would be penning a book about my adventures as an astronaut/firefighter/artist/sol- dier, which was my original plan around ten years of age. My father, Irving Zweibelson, was a World War II veteran, fine artist, and university professor. In the end,…
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…
Emerging Practices in the Age of Automated Digital Journalism provides detailed insight into the current state of journalism and its future challenges. The book brings together a global team of authors to review and analyse emerging practices in the automated digital scenario through which journalism is being reshaped, such as novel languages, storytelling forms, and business models. Providi…
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…
The classic book Frankenstein, written two centuries ago by English author Mary Shelley, bears an eerie descriptive of our pandemic world today. ‘Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change’, Shelley wrote. Well, say hello to our COVID-19 world, ‘a great and sudden change’ accompanied by waves of pain jolting minds and lives worldwide through lockdowns, quar…
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…
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…
Taking a qualitative approach based on original case studies, this book offers a detailed overview of the contemporary media system in Malta. Three Maltese news organisations are examined to understand the editorial routines, ownership and management structures, and social and cultural factors that affect the day-to-day business of creating news. In-depth interviews with key stakeholders of …
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 book explains the psychological and social mechanisms that limit political plasticity and shape the possibility of changes in both democratic and dictatorial countries. Students, teachers, and anyone interested in political behavior and social psychology will benefit from this volume.
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.
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…
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 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…