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Book SynopsisIn this wide-ranging selection of papers, distinguished economists, public policy advisers and political theorists contribute to the debate on public goods.The studies cover topics in the conceptualization, classification and stratification of public goods. Also examined are public institutional design, global economic institutions and partnership typologies. Individual papers address the financing, regulatory, organizational and legal aspects relating to services of general interest in Europe. The dynamics of global public good production, including monopolies, patents, scientific uncertainty and market failures, are discussed. Empirical research on the state, profit and non-profit sectors is presented. Providing numerous examples of specific public goods, the contributions also highlight the impact of macroeconomic policies on provision. The book presents a broad diversity of new approaches to global public goods within the framework of mixed economies, beyond the standard economic analysis of public services.Academics, researchers and policymakers in the area of global public goods and services will find this volume of great interest.Trade Review'This is a timely and thought-provoking book which brings the discussion of public goods to confront the contemporary world economy where such goods have often a global nature and require super-national provision and control.' -- Giovanni Dosi, St Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, ItalyTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction: Public Goods, Social Enactions Bernard Gazier and Jean-Philippe Touffut 1. Public Goods: A Positive Analysis Inge Kaul 2. For-Profit, State and Non-Profit: How to Cut the Pie Among the Three Sectors Avner Ben-Ner 3. Services of General Interest in a Competitive Multinational Space Philippe Herzog 4. Funding Public Services in Europe: State Banks or Public–Private Partnerships (PPPs)? Patrick Artus 5. New Public Institutional Design Xavier Greffe 6. Knowledge as Global Public Good: Production Conditions and Preconditions Claude Henry 7. Global Public Goods and Global Finance: Does Global Governance Ensure that the Global Public Interest is Served? Joseph E. Stiglitz Index

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Book SynopsisThis important and highly original book explores the application of economics to the subject of hate via such diverse topics as war, terrorism, road rage, witchcraft mania, marriage and divorce, and bullying and harassment. As yet there is no overall economic approach to hate; Samuel Cameron pioneers this work by using standard neo-classical economics concepts of the utility-maximizing consumer and the entrepreneur. He examines emotions as a form of personal capital and hate as a form of 'negative social capital', and investigates the idea of a modular matrix of hatred as the appropriate means of examining the subject. The likely form and scope of future effects of hate on government policy are also discussed.Seeking to explore the dimensions of hate as a commodity from a wider economic perspective, this exceptional book will prove a fascinating read for those with an interest in the economic value of hatred in particular, and the economics of the unusual more generally.Trade Review'A very timely treatment of one of mankind's most important topics.' -- Tyler Cowen, George Mason University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Towards the Economics of Hate 2. The Quiet and Peaceful World of Microeconomics (QPWM) 3. Why is Hate Like Raspberry Jam? Hatred in Conventional Microeconomics 4. Widening the Economic Approach to Hate 5. Applied Hate in the Material World at the Individual Level 6. Hate in the Air: The Economics of Psychic Possession 7. Phobias, -Isms and Schisms: Group Hate 8. Is Conflict Resolution Theory Relevant? 9. Is There a Policy Conclusion? References Index

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Book SynopsisContemporary societies are characterised by new and more flexible working patterns, new family structures and widening social divisions. This book explores how these macro-level changes affect the micro organisation of daily life, with reference to working patterns and gender divisions in Northern and Western Europe and the United States. Through detailed comparative analysis and case studies from France, Norway, Sweden, the UK and the US, this collection demonstrates how, despite globalisation and the spread of neo-liberalism, states still exercise some autonomy in terms of the implementation of equalities and 'city time' policies. These policies affect people's capacity to organise their daily lives and ameliorate the adverse impact of new working patterns. However, the authors also show that, despite the proliferation of work-life balance policies which potentially encourage a greater reconciliation of caring and paid work, inequalities in the distribution of paid work and caring between men and women remain remarkably resilient. Bringing together academic analysis and policy studies, Gender Divisions and Working Time in the New Economy will appeal to students and scholars of comparative social policy, economic sociology, economic geography and sociology. In particular, those with an interest in issues of employment relationships, gender, welfare states, working time, work-life balance and 'city time' will find the book to be of great value.Trade Review'. . . the book presents leading-edge research on a variety of issues associated with work/life integration and gender equity. It will be of value to academic researchers and students of gender, employment and social trends, and its release in paperback should extend its accessibility.'Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: Work, Life and Time in the New Economy Diane Perrons, Linda McDowell, Colette Fagan, Kath Ray and Kevin Ward Part I: Social and Spatial Divisions and Work–Life Management in the New Economy 2. Work Intensification in the UK Brendan Burchell 3. Employment in a 24/7 Economy: Challenges for the Family Harriet B. Presser 4. Enterprising Women: Remaking Gendered Networks on Wall Street in the New Economy Melissa Fisher Part II: Work, Time and the Work–Life Balance 5. The French 35-Hour Working Law and the Work–Life Balance of Parents: Friend or Foe? Jeanne Fagnani and Marie Thérèse Letablier 6. Economic Crisis and the Sustainability of the Dual-Earner, Dual-Carer Model Anita Nyberg 7. Class, Gender and Work–Life Articulation Rosemary Crompton and Michaela Brockmann Part III: Work, Life and the Household 8. Mothers’ Work–Life Balance: Individualized Preferences or Cultural Construction? Simon Duncan 9. Care Politics for Fathers in a Flexible Time Culture Berit Brandth and Elin Kvande 10. Individualization and ‘Identity-Risks’ in Dual-Career Households Irene Hardill and Joost van Loon Part IV: Work, Time and Urban Services 11. E-enabled Active Welfare: Creating the Context for Work–Life Balance Sarah Walsh, Susan Baines and James Cornford 12. Local Time Policies in Europe Jean-Yves Boulin 13. Developing Positive Flexibility for Employees: The British Trade Union Approach Jo Morris and Jane Pillinger Part V: Equality Policies in the New Economy 14. Promoting Equality in the Private and Public Sectors Teresa Rees 15. Equal Opportunity and Unwarranted Pay Differences. A Case Study of Gender-Related Pay Differences in a Knowledge-based Society Lena Gonäs, Ann Bergman and Kerstin Rosenberg 16. Conclusion: Work, Life and Time in the New Economy Diane Perrons, Colette Fagan, Linda McDowell, Kath Ray and Kevin Ward Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTraditionally it was understood that while Marshall was the synthesizer of neoclassical economics, Schumpeter challenged the dynamic conception of the economy in place of the static structure of economics. While historians of economic thought rarely discuss the work of Alfred Marshall and Joseph Schumpeter jointly, the contributors to this book do exactly this from the perspective of evolutionary thought. This unique and original work contends that, despite the differences between Marshallian and Schumpeterian thinking, they both present formidable challenges to a broad type of social science beyond economics, particularly under the influence of the German historical school. In a departure from the received view on the nature of the works of Marshall and Schumpeter, the contributors explore their themes in terms of an evolutionary vision and method of evolution; social science and evolution; conceptions of evolution; and evolution and capitalism.This timely resource will provide a stimulus not only to Marshall and Schumpeter scholarship within the history of economic thought but also to the recent efforts of economists to explore a research field beyond mainstream equilibrium economics. It will therefore prove a fascinating read for academics, students and researchers of evolutionary and heterodox economics and historians of economic thought.Trade Review'This collection of essays offers a fresh and challenging interpretation which departs from the received views of two giants - among the greatest economists of all times. Distinguished scholars of Marshall and Schumpeter engage in a lively discussion of their work and convincingly argue that, despite their differences, they shared a common drive towards a broader type of social science beyond economics. It is an intriguing account that will not fail to attract and fascinate the majority of readers.' -- Maria Cristina Marcuzzo, Universita di Roma, Italy'Ever since the development of the theory of biological evolution in the middle of the nineteenth century, evolutionary doctrine has posed challenges to economics. These came directly from the work of Darwin and Huxley and indirectly through economic history and the juxtaposition of dynamics with comparative statics - the approach widely adopted by economists by the end of the century. The eminent historians of economics, Yuichi Shionoya and Tamotsu Nishizawa, together with a distinguished team of specialists, have produced an important set of essays that examine the positions on evolution of Marshall and Schumpeter and the economists who surrounded them. This collection is a valuable contribution to the history of economics and is highly relevant to controversies that rage still in the economics discipline today.' -- Craufurd Goodwin, Duke University, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Yuichi Shionoya and Tamotsu Nishizawa PART I: VISION AND METHOD OF EVOLUTION 1. Schumpeter and Evolution: An Ontological Exploration Yuichi Shionoya 2. The General Pattern of Marshallian Evolution Tiziano Raffaelli 3. Schumpeter on Marshall: A Reconsideration Roger E. Backhouse PART II: SOCIAL SCIENCE AND EVOLUTION 4. On the Relation between Economics and Sociology: Marshall and Schumpeter Richard Arena 5. Marshall, Schumpeter and the Shifting Boundaries of Economics and Sociology Geoffrey M. Hodgson 6. The Broken Thread: Marshall, Schumpeter and Hayek on the Evolution of Capitalism J.S. Metcalfe PART III: CONCEPTIONS OF EVOLUTION 7. Alfred Marshall and the Historico-Ethical Approach Tamotsu Nishizawa 8. The Limits to Growth: Alfred Marshall and the British Economic Tradition Katia Caldari and Fabio Masini 9. Rebuilding Schumpeter’s Theory of Entrepreneurship Richard Swedberg 10. Schumpeter in the Harvard Yard: Inventions, Innovations and Growth Kiichiro Yagi PART IV: EVOLUTION AND CAPITALISM 11. Schumpeter on Development Harald Hagemann 12. Frictions in Schumpeter’s Theory of Unemployment Mauro Boianovsky and Hans-Michael Trautwein 13. Marshall on Economic Chivalry and Business Ethics Kenji Fujii Index

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Book SynopsisIn a world of finite resources, expanding populations and widening structural inequalities, the ownership of things is increasingly contested. Not only are the commons being rapidly enclosed and privatized, but the very idea of what can be owned is expanding, generating conflicts over the ownership of resources, ideas, culture, people, and even parts of people. Understanding processes of ownership and appropriation is not only central to anthropological theorizing but also has major practical applications, for policy, legislative development and conflict resolution.Ownership and Appropriation significantly extends anthropology's long-term concern with property by focusing on everyday notions and acts of owning and appropriating. The chapters document the relationship between ownership, subjectivities and personhood; they demonstrate the critical consequences of materiality and immateriality on what is owned; and they examine the social relations of property. By approaching ownership as social communication and negotiation, the text points to a more dynamic and processual understanding of property, ownership and appropriation.Table of ContentsForewordChris Hann (Max Planck Institute, Germany)IntroductionMark Busse (University of Auckland, New Zealand) and Veronica Strang (University of Auckland, New Zealand)PART ONE - SUBJECTS, PERSONHOOD AND PEOPLEHOODChapter 1. Sharing, Stealing and Borrowing SimultaneouslyMarilyn Strathern (University of Cambridge, UK)Chapter 2. On Having Achieved Appropriation: the Anak Berprestasi of Kepulauan RiauNicholas Long (University of Cambridge, UK)Chapter 3. Appropriating Authentic Practice: Competing Discourses of 'Being There', 'Having Been There' and 'Virtually Being There'Tamara Kohn (University of Melbourne, Australia) Chapter 4. Dreaming in Thread: from Ritual to Art and Property(s) Between Katie Glaskin (University of Western Australia)Chapter 5. The Legal Geographies of Cultural Rights: Community Subjects and their TraditionsRosemary Coombe (York University, UK)PART TWO - MATERIALITY AND IMMATERIALITYChapter 6. Cultural AppropriationTaihakurei (Eddie) Durie (Ngati Kauwhata, Aotearoa, New Zealand)Chapter 7. The Double Movement of Property Rights and Rental Regimes in Papua New GuineaColin Filer (Australian National University) and Michael Lowe (Australian National University)Chapter 8. Fluid Forms: Owning Water in AustraliaVeronica Strang (University of Auckland, New Zealand)Chapter 9. Appropriating Fish, Appropriating Fishermen: Tradable Permits, Natural Resources and Existential UncertaintyMonica Minnegal (University of Melbourne, Australia), Peter Dwyer (University of Melbourne, Australia)Chapter 10. Can't Find Nothing on the Radio: Access to the Radio Frequency Spectrum in NepalMichael Wilmore (University of Adelaide, Australia), Pawan Prakash Upreti (Equal Access Nepal)PART THREE - OWNERSHIP AS SOCIAL COMMUNICATIONChapter 11. The Village That Wasn't There: the Narrative Appropriation of a Tourist DestinationAdam Kaul (Augustana College, USA)Chapter 12. Formed and Forming: the Articulations of Yolngu Art in its ContextsHoward Morphy (Australian National University)Index

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Book SynopsisWhat happens when there is almost unlimited choice? When everything becomes available to everyone? And when the combined value of the millions of items that only sell in small quantities equals or even exceeds the value of a handful of best-sellers?In this ground-breaking book, Chris Anderson shows that the future of business does not lie in hits - the high-volume end of a traditional demand curve - but in what used to be regarded as misses - the endlessly long tail of that same curve. As our world is transformed by the Internet and the near infinite choice it offers consumers, so traditional business models are being overturned and new truths revealed about what consumers want and how they want to get it. Chris Anderson first explored the Long Tail in an article in Wired magazine that has become one of the most influential business essays of our time. Now, in this eagerly anticipated book, he takes a closer look at the new economics of the Internet age, showing where business is going and exploring the huge opportunities that exist: for new producers, new e-tailers, and new tastemakers. He demonstrates how long tail economics apply to industries ranging from the toy business to advertising to kitchen appliances. He sets down the rules for operating in a long tail economy. And he provides a glimpse of a future that's already here.Trade ReviewThe Long Tail has helped to reinterpret our world * The Times *A smart, timely and oddly inspiring book * Time Out *Snappily argued and thought-provoking * New Yorker *

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Book SynopsisConsumer Theory brings together in one volume the most significant contributions to the subject by leading scholars. Ranging over the period from 1915 to the present, the articles explore the foundations of neoclassical theory and discuss preference and the structure of preferences. The book investigates extensions and modifications to the basic neoclassical theory, including consumption as production, intertemporal choice and the problems of uncertainty and risk. This authoritative anthology gives a comprehensive overview and will be an essential reference source for consumer theory.Trade Review'This excellent volume provides a selection of original articles covering the most important ideas in this field over the last fifty years.' -- Aslib Book GuideTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Part I: Foundations of Neo-Classical Theory Part II: Revealed Preference Part III: Preference, Utility and Rationality Part IV: Aggregate Demand Part V: The Structure of Preferences Part VI: Consumption as Production Part VII: Intertemporal Choice Part VIII: Durable Goods Part IX: Uncertainty Part X: Special Cases Index

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Book SynopsisThis major reference book provides an authoritative analysis and survey of consumer research and economic psychology. It provides an international, in-depth overview of the present state of knowledge and theory which will be indispensable to students, researchers and practitioners.The Companion presents over 100 specially commissioned entries on important topics in consumer research and economic psychology from behaviourism and brand loyalty to trust and the psychology of tourism. Leading scholars in the fields provide stimulating insights into the area as well as summarising existing knowledge. Readers will find entries both on new topics that have rarely been considered in the framework of consumer research or economic psychology and on topics that have long been considered important in these disciplines.The book will ably meet the needs of undergraduate and graduate students in business administration, economics, marketing and psychology, as well as informing researchers and practitioners in those disciplines.Trade Review'. . . a generous selection of essays that many will find useful to refresh a faded memory, to grasp an overview of an unfamiliar subject, or to clarify misunderstood or confusing issues. Earl and Kemp have relied on the expertise of a wide selection of scholars to compile a timely and useful resource that can best be described as a short encyclopedia. . . . a readable, authoritative, and diverse research tool. The index is comprehensive and useful. The articles are clearly written. Each is referenced with a set of essential sources for further study. Marketing needs such resources for students and scholars alike. The Elgar Companion can be a good starting point for a student (or professor) who could start learning about a new topic by consulting one of these articles.'

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Book SynopsisChina's rapid economic growth has attracted much international attention in recent years, partly due to the potential purchasing power of the largest population in the world. This timely book examines general patterns of Chinese household demand for a variety of consumer goods such as food, durables, housing and health care and investigates the impact of economic and social factors on household consumption. China's Consumer Revolution focuses on comparisons between different consumer groups, such as rural versus urban and rich versus poor. Special attention is given to the impact of the newly affluent consumers, the so-called 'new rich'. This book also compares China with other countries in terms of household demand for consumer goods and sheds light on the prospects for international trade in this area. Drawing upon newly released household surveys, this book is the first of its kind and it will be of interest to both academic researchers and business advisors.Trade Review'The structure of the book is clear and straightforward. . . business people, economists and other social scientists may find this book a useful source of data related to China's changing economic situation.'Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Emerging Patterns of Wealth and Expenditure 3. Food Consumption in Urban Households 4. Food Consumption in Rural Households 5. Grain Consumption and the Effects of Urbanisation 6. Alcohol Consumption and its Implications for the Grain Sector 7. Demand and Prospects of Consumer Durables 8. Health–care Demand and Reforms 9. Housing Demand and Reforms 10. Conclusions Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisOver the past few generations, expectations of comfort, cleanliness and convenience have altered radically, but these dramatic changes have largely gone unnoticed. This intriguing book brings together the sociology of consumption and technology to investigate the evolution of these changes, as well the social meaning of the practices themselves. Homes, offices, domestic appliances and clothes play a crucial role in our lives, but not many of us question exactly how and why we perform so many daily rituals associated with them. Showers, heating, air-conditioning and clothes washing are simply accepted as part of our normal, everyday lives, but clearly this was not always the case. When did the daily shower become de rigueur? What effect has air conditioning had on the siesta at one time an integral part of Mediterranean life and culture? This book interrogates the meaning and supposed normality of these practices and draws disturbing conclusions. There is clear evidence supporting the view that routine consumption is controlled by conceptions of normality and profoundly shaped by cultural and economic forces. Shove maintains that habits are not just changing, but are changing in ways that imply escalating and standardizing patterns of consumption. This shrewd and engrossing analysis shows just how far the social meanings and practices of comfort, cleanliness and convenience have eluded us.Trade Review'Elizabeth Shove has delivered a refreshing and high quality piece of work that can be expected to have a lasting impact on the research agenda of the sociology of consumption...The book also offers a refreshing sort of methodological perspective to the study of everyday life.'Sociology Journal'Conceptually rich and strikingly original. With close attention to the most mundane of human activities and their objects, she advances both social theory and the cause of environmental reform.'Harvey Molotch, Professor of Sociology and Metropolitan Studies, New York University

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Book Synopsis'Life has become more joyous, comrades.' Josef Stalin, 1936Stalin's Russia is best known for its political repression, forced collectivization and general poverty. Caviar with Champagne presents an altogether different aspect of Stalin's rule that has never been fully analyzed - the creation of a luxury goods society. At the same time as millions were queuing for bread and starving, drastic changes took place in the cultural and economic policy of the country, which had important consequences for the development of Soviet material culture and the promotion of its ideals of consumption.The 1930s witnessed the first serious attempt to create a genuinely Soviet commercial culture that would rival the West. Government ministers took exploratory trips to America to learn about everything from fast food hamburgers to men's suits in Macy's. The government made intricate plans to produce high-quality luxury goods en masse, such as chocolate, caviar, perfume, liquor and assorted novelties. Perhaps the best symbol of this new cultural order was Soviet Champagne, which launched in 1936 with plans to produce millions of bottles by the end of the decade. Drawing on previously neglected archival material, Jukka Gronow examines how such new pleasures were advertised and enjoyed. He interprets Soviet-styled luxury goods as a form of kitsch and examines the ideological underpinnings behind their production.This new attitude toward consumption was accompanied by the promotion of new manners of everyday life. The process was not without serious ideological contradictions. Ironically, a factory worker living in the United States - the largest capitalist society in the world - would have been hard-pressed to afford caviar or champagne for a special occasion in the 1930s, but a Soviet worker theoretically could (assuming supplies were in stock). The Soviet example is unique since the luxury culture had to be created entirely from scratch, and the process was taken extremely serioTrade Review'Jukka Gronow describes the development in the hungry 1930s of a Soviet rhetoric of cultured living that privileged luxury commodities like champagne, caviar and perfume ... The thorough research in the archives it is based on makes Caviar with Champagne useful to scholars, and general readers will enjoy its vivid illustrations.'London Review of Books 'Jukka Gronow has applied his mastery of the every-day economy and taste cultures to the bewildering world of Stalinist consumerism. In an engaging style, he expertly explains how a luxury goods market came about in a socialist state in the midst of widespread poverty in the 1930s. Both Russians and foreign visitors familiar with Sovetskoe Shampanskoe and the old Soviet department stores and food and fashion shops will enjoy a thrill of discovery about their origins.' Richard Stites, Professor of History, Georgetown University'An excellent and innovative contribution to the study of consumer culture. By exploring in detail the

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Book SynopsisBased primarily on a former coal-mining village in Northeast England, this book explores practices of inhabitation, from moving in or being modernized to the daily accommodation of sleep and children. It provides a demonstration of what happens to consumption research when it comes home and is positioned not in sites of exchange but within the hom

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Book SynopsisHow can we imagine a technologized life that deviates from globalized norms and standardization and from our collective obsession with endless growth? ​In 'Deserted Devices and Wasted Fences', artist and cultural critic Dani Ploeger examines everyday technologies found in places and circumstances that are usually unforeseen by their designers, manufacturers and marketers. He travels through second-hand markets in sub-Saharan Africa, the frontline in the Russo-Ukrainian War, desert landscapes in the Middle East, anti-immigration fences on the EU border and many other sites of turmoil, disruption and surprising convergences. Examining the ways in which technologies that were intended for use in everyday consumer culture start to (mal)function, gain new meanings and are appropriated in these liminal spaces can give us hints at what alternative techno-cultures could look like. This collection of essays provokes unusual perspectives on how technologies might be developed, used and reappropriated in support of people’s personal, local and regional lifeworlds and lifestyles.Trade Review“Highly recommended for all scholars, thinkers, artists… well for anyone with an interest in stuff, things, technology, waste, bodies, consumerism, and so much else that’s going in our crazy, divided and imperilled world. Delivered in wonderfully erudite and insightful, not to mention often plainly hilarious, bite-sized chunks of smart observation and edgy practice across a myriad quotidian but often less visible lives and situations - and all entangled with enough theoretical sophistication to inspire critical reflection in any reader, without drowning them. In this book Ploeger and his diverse collaborators offer an exciting, and sometimes disturbing reflection upon some of the key issues of our time. Not to be missed.”; Joost Fontein, Professor of Anthropology, University of Johannesburg; "I very much recommend this very captivating read of Ploeger’s endeavour to highlight not only the wastages of our ‘throwaway’ society, but also globally explore and posit innovative ways that already exist or could exist to rethink and reappropriate technology, at the same time producing new significatory ways of technological being."; Susan Broadhurst, Professor Emerita of Performance and Technology, Brunel University London / Chair, Digital Research in the Humanities and Arts (DRHA); “This book is gritty and provocative, asking us to review technologies through a radical vision. The festival, the event and the everyday come together in an enticing assemblage. Exceptional in terms of intellectual contributions and vantage point.”; Yasmin Ibrahim, Professor of Digital Economy and Culture, Queen Mary, University of LondonTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Tactical Transgressions: Bashar al-Assad’s phone 2. E-Waste in Cling Film: The symbolic order of technological progress 3. Hi-Tech Everything: A report from the heart of techno-consumerism 4. Eerie Prostheses and Kinky Strap-Ons: Mori’s uncanny valley and ableist ideology 5. The Dirt Inside: Computers and the performance of dust 6. Orodha: The ultimate fetish commodity and its reversal 7. Frugal Phone / Material Medium 8. Positioning the Middle of Nowhere: GPS technology and the desert 9. Sounds of Violence: The affective tonality of high-tech warfare 10. Smart Bombs, Bulldozers and the Technology of Hidden Destruction 11. Smart Technologies and Soviet Guns: The dialectics of postdigital warfare 12. Techno-Mythology on the Border: The pandemic risk society 13. Camera Surveillance and Barbed Wire 14. The Smart Fence is the Message: EU border barriers as violent media 15. The Deluxe Anti-Terrorist Barrier 16. Struggle and Expand: The Delta Works as colonial technology Postscript: Artificial techno-myths

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Book SynopsisSinne gehören zur anthropologischen Grundausstattung des Menschen, ihre Definition, Erfahrung und Verwendung sind jedoch kulturell und historisch je unterschiedlich: Sinnesordnungen sind gesellschaftliche Ordnungen. Was geschieht nun mit den damit verbundenen Geschlechterordnungen, wenn die Sinneswahrnehmung Störungen ausgesetzt ist, sei es infolge von Kriegserlebnissen oder Gotteserfahrung, im Kulturkontakt oder im Zuge von Konsumwandel? Zu dieser Frage versammelt das Themenheft neben einer Rubrik zu Archiven der Sinnesgeschichte vier Beiträge, die exemplarisch von der Antike bis zum 20. Jahrhundert untersuchen, ob und wie durch die Verunsicherung der sinnlichen Gewissheit zuweilen die Gewissheit um die Geschlechterverhältnisse ins Wanken geraten konnte.Aus dem Inhalt: Sinnesregime und Körper der Athene bei Homer / Sinnesirritationen in englischen Reiseberichten über Nordamerika im 16. und 17. Jahrhundert / Soldatische Hysterie und Narkohypnose in britischen und US-amerikanischen Lehrfilmen (19431945) / Geruchslandschaften in der Volksrepublik Polen im Wandel / Unternehmerisch tätige Frauen im Wiener Vormärz / Streitende Freundinnen / Archivrecherchen zu David P. Boders Interviews mit Displaced Persons im Sommer 1946 / The Corona Crisis, Informal Gendered Support and Vulnerable Migrant Women in India. Senses are part of the anthropological basic equipment of humans. However, their definition, experience and usage vary throughout history and different cultures: sense orders are social orders. What happens to the gender roles associated when the sensory perception is disturbed, either due to war or God experiences; in cultural contact or due to consumption change? This issue not only assembles four contributions which concern themselves with these questions but also a section with archives on the history of senses. The contributors try to analyse how the confusion of the sensual certainty might shake the certainty of the gender roles from ancient times to the 20th century.

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Book SynopsisRetail is going through difficult times and is suffering the consequences of both the economic crisis and the digitization of society. Fundamentally, there is a bigger problem: stores cannot keep up with the changing behavior of customers who are connected 24/7, customers for whom there is no distinction between online and offline.The End of Online Shopping: The Future of New Retail in an Always Connected World describes how the smart, the sharing, the circular, and the platform economy are shaping a new era of always connected retail. Retailers urgently need to innovate if they want to stay relevant in a world dominated by marketplaces and sharing platforms. The book contains inspiring examples from different industries — which include the usual suspects such as Amazon, Alibaba, and Google, but also local startups — and covers all aspects of the customer journey, from orientation and selection to delivery.The End of Online Shopping provides an excellent overview of shopping trends and developments worldwide, and offers readers indispensable insights into the future of retail.

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