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Book SynopsisOriginally developed as a trading route between Mexico and the fledgeling US, The Santa Fe Trail quickly became one of the most important routes to California for those seeking fortune and land. This travel guide provides the reader with history, reference points, and maps that help them to find their way through the story of this western trail.

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Book SynopsisThe majority of rules adopted at the EU level are not issued by democratically elected institutions, but rather by administrative bodies which are empowered to exercise rule-making powers by legislative acts. This book analyses the legal mechanism through which these powers are conferred on the most relevant bodies in the EU institutional landscape, namely the European Commission, the Council, the ECB and EU agencies, and the democratic controls in place to limit and oversee the exercise of these powers.Providing an overarching perspective of the delegation of powers, this book reflects on the notion of delegation and on the commonalities between the different forms of delegation identified. It focuses on the legal requirements and limits for the delegating act, the procedures for the exercise of such powers, the position of the acts in the hierarchy of norms, and their judicial review. Overcoming the fragmentation which characterized the development of the different fTable of ContentsList of Abbreviations Table of Cases Introduction 1.Defining Delegation of Powers: From State-Based Models to an EU Notion, 2.Delegation of Power in the EU: Development, Powers and Features 3.Limiting the Delegation of Powers: The Delegating Act 4.Limiting the Delegation of Powers: The Procedures 5. The Acts of the Delegate and Their Judicial Review 6.Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis book examines Egypt's turbulent and contradictory political period (2011-2015) as key to understanding contemporary politics in the country and the developments in the Arab region after the mass protests in 2010/11, more broadly. In doing so, it breaks new ground in the study of political representation, providing analytical innovation to the study of disenchantment with politics, democracy fatigue and social cohesion. Based on five years of intense fieldwork, the author provides rare insights into local and national ideas on politics, justice and identity, and on how people situate themselves and Egypt in the regional and global context. It analyzes how the creation of an alternate, political system was discussed and negotiated among the Egyptian population, the military, the government, public figures, the media, and international actors, and yet nevertheless today, Egypt has a new political regime that is the most repressive in the countries' modern history. Finally, Table of ContentsIntroduction. 1. Democratization and Authoritarianism Outside Formal Government Structures: Political Representation in the Making 2. Conducting Fieldwork in a Revolutionary Context: Political Representations and the Shifting Research Facets 3. International Thugs, Revolutionary Youth, and Remnants of the Old Regime—Emerging Political Actors and the Formation of Collective Identities 4. Streets Versus Elections: Formalizing a Revolution? 5. Visions for the State: Striving for National Unity and a New Political Representative System 6. Negotiating Legitimacy: Free Elections Versus Street Politics 7. The Realization of a Negative State Vision: Street Voting, Terrorism, and the Rehabilitation of a Repressive Regime. Conclusions: Analytical Innovation Through Post-Revolutionary Egypt

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Book SynopsisThis is the first book in English to closely examine the life of Diego Maradona from socio-cultural perspectives, exploring how his status as an icon, a popular sporting hero, and a political figurehead has been culturally constructed, reproduced, and manipulated.The volume looks at representations of Maradona across a wide variety of media, including literature, cinema, popular music, printed and online press, and radio, and in different countries around the world, to cast new light on topics such as the instrumentality of sporting heroes and the links among sport, nationalism, and ideology. It shows how the life of Maradona from his origins in the barrio through to his rise to god-like status in Naples and as a postcolonial symbol of courage and resistance against imperial powers across the global south, alongside scandal and his fall from grace powerfully illustrates themes such as the dynamics of gender, justice, and affect that underpin the study of sport, cultuTrade Review'This text offers much to the academic specialist, the armchair sports watcher and those also interested in the broader issue of fandom and celebrity. With especially strong chapters on the Spanish and Italian dimension of Maradona’s career by Garcia Cames and Russo as well as Boyle on Maradona and Britain, the work is destined to have a wide and long-lasting appeal. Brescia and Paz have also opened an avenue of investigation and analysis that could prove valuable in the assessment of other major historical sporting figures most notably Shane Warne, Mohammed Ali, Arthur Ashe and Colin Kaepernick, with respect to gaining a deeper insight into wider manifestations of popular culture and the growing impact of sport in moulding a key component of evolving national identity, socio-political priority and nation-building.'- Russell Holden, In the Zone Sport and Politics ConsultancyTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Cultural Significance of Maradona, Part I: Global Maradona, 1. Maradona and Argentina: Four Takes, 2. Maradona and Spain: Mythologies of the Hero Narrative, 3. Maradona and Italy: The Rise and Fall of the Man on His Own, 4. Maradona and Mexico: The Ecstasy and the Agony, 5. Maradona and Britain: An Unforgettable Affair, Part II: Representing Maradona, 6. Maradona and Literature: God Is Only Human, 7. Maradona and Cinema: Biopic, Documentary, Art Film, 8. Maradona and Music: Soundscapes and Echoes of the Maradonian Song, Part III: Reading and Writing Maradona, 9. Spectres of Maradona: Chronicle/Fiction/Autobiography/Film, 10. The Maradona Story: Tropes in Biography and Autobiography, 11. Argentinian Feminisms in the Light (and Shadow) of Maradona, 12. Deifying Diego: The Church of Maradona and Beyond, 13. Writing Maradona, One and All, God, the Era, and the Epic, Language and Tears, Saint Diego Maradona?, M and M, to See or Not to See, Number Ten in Ten, Children of Maradona

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Book SynopsisCommunity Responses to Disasters in the Pacific Rim presents different aspects of place-making in displacement in the Pacific Rim region. It focuses focus on how people respond and readjust to changes and captures the long-term community development outcomes and the critical moments that facilitate this development.Interdisciplinary and using diverse research approaches, the book includes contributions by authors from a variety of disciplines across disaster research, sociology, urban planning, architecture, anthropology, earth science, and education. Mixed methods are adopted to carry out the research projects that ground this volume, including qualitative research for social scientific research, ethnographic methods and more importantly, Participatory Action Research (PAR) is also included by authors who have a background in design professions and a few indigenous scholars who are themselves survivors of disasters. The chapters are structured in the following five thTable of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction. Placemaking in Displacement: Community Responses to Disasters in the Pacific Rim Session I. Learning as place-making in displacement Chapter 2. Schools as community assets for placemaking in post-disaster resettlement: Reciprocal impacts of housing and education recovery in Tacloban, Philippines; Chapter 3. Collaborating Across Borders: Placemaking and Local Climate Adaptation in Rural Nepal and the Philippines; Chapter 4. Making place for Indigenous Learning in Displacement: Cultivating Land Wisdom in Recovery in Southern Taiwan Session II. Gendering place-making in response to displacement Chapter 5. More than mushrooms: Local food culture and place making after “Fukushima”; Chapter 6. Where are the women’s voices? A Case study of Otsuchi Town after the Great East Japan Earthquake; Chapter 7. Displacement as unfolding spatial and gender politics: A Case Study of Indigenous Women’s Participation in Place-Making in Rinari Session III. Community Resilience and Indigenous Sense of Place Chapter 8. The real tsunami in North Pagai: Indigenous survivors living between old and new settlements after the 2010 Mentawai disaster; Chapter 9. Resilience to Disaster-driven Relocation Through Paiwan Inheritance Culture after Typhoon Morakot: the Laiyi case in Taiwan; Chapter 10. Finding Culture Through Agriculture: Rukai Communities at a Post-disaster Recovery Site in Southern Taiwan Session IV Community (Re)building in Post-tsunami Relocation Chapter 11. Diversification of Meanings of the Disaster-Stricken Area of Arahama: Towards a Recovery by the “Design of Meanings”; Chapter 12. Making a Community Around a Table: Reconstruction of Mutual Help System by Tea Parties (Ocha-kai) and Lunch Parties After the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake; Chapter 13. Re-starting Traditional Events After Small-scale Community Relocation Post-tsunami in Toyoma Village Session V. Transnational Placemaking from Bottom-up: Talk to the Actors (Transcribed/edited by Shu-Mei Huang, Elizabeth Maly, Yu- Yu-Hsin Chang) Chapter 14. Community/place-making in Otsuchi: A conversation with Mio Kamitani; Chapter 15. Transnational collaboration in the Pacific Rim: A conversation with Robert Olshansky, Ikuo Kobayashi, and Liang-Chun Chen; Chapter 16. Teaching and practicing in the Tohoku region: A conversation with Yasuaki Onoda; Index

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Book SynopsisThis book presents the universal issue of radioactive waste management from the perspective of the German legal system, analysing how lawmakers have responded to the problem of nuclear waste over the course of the last seventy years. In this book, Robert Rybski unwraps and explains the perplexing legal and social issues related to radioactive waste. He takes readers through the entire life-cycle': from the moment that radioactive material is classified as radioactive waste, through to the period of interim storage, and right up to its final disposal. However, this last step in radioactive waste management (that of final disposal) has not yet been achieved in Germany, or anywhere in the world, and has been the subject of hefty public debate for dozens of years. As a result, the book analyses the most recent regulations in place to enable final disposal. This book will be of interest to energy policy experts, academics and professionals who work in the area of nuclear enTable of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: The nuclear energy sector and its by-products Chapter 2: Storage and disposal of radioactive waste Chapter 3: Selection of a proper site for final disposal of radioactive waste Concluding remarks

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Book SynopsisThis volume explores the dialogic relationship between myths and places in the historically, geographically, and culturally diverse context of India.Given its ambiguous relationship with âfactsâ and empirical reality, myth has suffered an uncertain status in the field of professional history, with the latterâs preference for scientifism over more creative orders of representation. Myths and Places rehabilitates myth, not as historyâs primeval âOtherâ, nor as an instrument of socio-religious propagation, but as communitarian mechanisms by which societies made sense of themselves and their world. It argues that myths helped communities fashion their identities and their habitat/habitus, and were fashioned by these in turn. This book explores diverse forms of territorial becoming and belonging in a grassroots approach from across India, studying them in culturally sensitive ways to recover local life-worlds and their self-understanding. Further, challenging the stereotypical bracketing of the mythical with the sacred and the material with the historical, the multidisciplinary essays in the book examine myth in relation to not only religion but other historical phenomena such as ecology, ethnicity, urbanism, mercantilism, migration, politics, tourism, art, philosophy, performance, and the everyday.This book will be of interest to scholars and general readers of Indian history, regional studies, cultural geography, mythology, religious studies, and anthropology.

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Book SynopsisThis book examines military operations other than war (MOOTW) of the Indonesian military in the post-Suharto period and argues that the twin development of democratic consolidation, marked by âstableâ civilâmilitary relations from 2004 to 2014 under Susilo Bambang Yudhoyonoâs presidency, and internationalization of the military have not yet entirely de-politicized the armed forces.This book shows how peacekeeping, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, and counter-terror missions have been reinvented by the Indonesian military (Tentara Nasional Indonesia, TNI) to adhere to its politico-institutional interests rather than to divert military attention from politics. In contrast with conventional arguments about the rationale of MOOTW in promoting military professionalism, this book provides the first critical analysis of the development of these missions and correlates them with TNIâs concerted effort to preserve territorial command structure â a military network tTrade Review"Muhamad Haripin’s book, Civil-Military Relations in Indonesia: The Politics of Military Operations Other Than War, is a fresh take on military reform in the post-Soeharto era. It is a welcome addition to a rich canon of writing on civil-military relations in Indonesia […] Overall, the book’s greatest contribution is its scrutiny of the military’s political behaviour in a new, albeit indirect, way, while at the same time informing the reader about three important areas of the armed forces’ activities during the Yudhoyono era. […] Thus, for its accessibility and data, the book is highly recommended for students and scholars of civil-military relations, Southeast Asian politics and military affairs more generally."Natalie Sambhi, Verve ResearchTable of Contents1 Introduction: military operations other than war in post-Suharto Indonesia; 2 Civilian control and democratization: historical developments; 3 In search of justification: peacekeeping and territorial commands; 4 Repositioning military missions: HADR and territorial commands; 5 Connecting regional norms and domestic missions: counter-terrorism and territorial commands; 6 Conclusion: politics of re-legitimizing territorial commands

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Book SynopsisFor many years, entrepreneurship has been considered as one of the most important solutions to the three-pronged challenges, poverty, unemployment and inequality, of most African countries. A recent development that has undoubtedly compounded the challenges that African entrepreneurs face and further impede the economic growth impact is Covid-19. This pandemic has exerted severe damage to economies and businesses globally. For the African setting, the implications of Covid-19 on businesses and individuals would be enormous, as African societies are rarely equipped to absorb unexpected shocks of this magnitude as the social and welfare schemes are far below requirements.This book illuminates entrepreneurship in the African setting, focusing on the prospects, challenges, and the post-Covid-19 pandemic future. It aims to offer a rich repository of information on strategies and techniques for sustaining entrepreneurial activities that can enrich African nations and will be of rel

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Book SynopsisJapan: The Basics is an engaging introduction to the culture, society, and global positioning of Japan. Starting by looking at the common stereotypes, clichés, and tropes associated with Japan, this accessible introduction to the country is designed to arm readers with key skills and knowledge for their study of Japan. This new edition covers topics including: How do we go about studying Japan? What can be learnt about Japan from looking at its transportation system? What is the impact of an aging society? What are the connections between popular culture and wider Japanese society? How does Japan respond to disasters? How are core values about identity formed and what are their implications? How did Japan respond to the COVID-19 pandemic? With exercises, discussion points, and reflective questions throughout, Japan: The Basics is an ideal starting point for all those studying Japan.<

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Book SynopsisDuring the Cold War, Switzerland functioned as a hub for Chinese propaganda networks. Despite its fierce anti-communism, the Swiss Confederation was one of the first capitalist countries to recognise the People''s Republic of China (PRC). As a neutral country and as the home base for many international organisations, Switzerland represented a strategic centre for the spread of Maoism throughout the world. Focusing on cultural diplomacy and questioning the notion of soft power, this book explores how the PRC developed its influence and its prestige abroad through its Embassy in Bern, the most important in Western Europe. The book also discusses how China's approach in Switzerland, bypassing traditional diplomatic structures, and relying on contacts with individual people foreign friends was then used, and continues to be used, in many other countries, including the United States, France, and Japan.Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I Diplomacy and Propaganda 1. Obstacles to a Sino-Swiss cultural diplomacy 2. Swiss cultural events in China 3. China’s "people’s diplomacy" Part II The Many Faces of Friendship 4. Under surveillance (1949-1964) 5. Golden age (1964-1976) 6. Bittersweet twilight (1976-1989) Part III Pro-Chinese Culture and Politics 7. The voice of Beijing in Switzerland 8. A small step for Man, a giant leap for Friendship 9. With a friend like Han Suyin… Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis book introduces readers to the rich and diverse experiences of women across the African continent, covering their socio-cultural, political and economic realities from the pre-colonial era right up to the modern day.In many precolonial African societies, women were empowered and considered to be important participants in the social structures and political systems that managed their communities, but during the colonial era, women were often marginalized. Now, across the continent, women are reasserting their agency. This book explores the various ways in which gender had been constructed in different African cultures across history, and how this has impacted the lived experiences of women. The book encompasses a broad range of topics including history, health, sexualities, gender-based violence, motherhood, education, economic activities, science and technology, religion, popular culture, politics, peacebuilding, feminism, literature, social media and migration. Engaging

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Book SynopsisDrawing inspiration from Pierre Bourdieuâs social space theory, this book provides an unprecedent overview of class relations, covering topics such as class polarisation, cultural reproduction, political orientations, and globalisation.The book applies Bourdieusian social space approach to show how class boundaries have been maintained or transformed in different European countries. Based on quantiative data, it proposes a renewal of the analysis of distances, divides, and relations of domination between social classes, documenting objective and symbolic boundaries that form the basis of individualsâ living and working conditions in 11 European countries. Focusing on transformations of wealth inequalities, education strategies, and European labour markets, the book examines the role of cultural, economic and social capital. It will be of interest to students and scholars across the social sciences, in particular to those studying social and wealth inequalities in a com

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a comprehensive overview of the academic journeys of Dalit students and their lived experiences of systemic exclusion in Indian higher education. It explains their educational journeys beyond caste-based discrimination, specifically analyzing the power dynamics, resilience, and resistance in their institutional life.The volumeâ Describes institutional culture, practices and contexts that contribute to a negative environment for Dalit students, and what changes would be required to create a positive campus climate for them;â Provides a comparative analysis with the U.S. higher education contexts while drawing theoretical frameworks from critical race theory in educational settings, social reproduction theory, and diversity research;â Discusses the significance of developing anti-casteist, democratic, and inclusive university spaces in India, with an emphasis on how Indian university campuses can be transformed through diversity, equity,

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Book SynopsisBringing together cutting-edge research from a range of disciplines, this handbook argues that despite often being overlooked or treated as marginal, the study of Islam from an African context is integral to the broader Muslim world.Challenging the portrayal of African Muslims as passive recipients of religious impetuses arriving from the outside, this book shows how the continent has been a site for the development of rich Islamic scholarship and religious discourses. Over the course of the book, the contributors reflect on: The history and infrastructure of Islam in Africa Politics and Islamic reform Gender, youth, and everyday life for African Muslims New technologies, media, and popular culture. Written by leading scholars in the field, the contributions examine the connections between Islam and broader sociopolitical developments across the continent, demonstrating the important role of religion in the everyday liveTrade Review"The Routledge Handbook of Islam in Africa provides a fresh synthesis of a field that has grown rapidly over the past four decades. Assembling the insights from first-hand research by twenty leading academics from three continents, the expertise on display here will benefit students and scholars alike, not least through the division of the book into thematic chapters that, each in its own way, open up new windows on the Islamic experience in Africa."Rüdiger Seesemann, Chair of Islamic Studies, University of Bayreuth, Germany"Featuring rich, well-researched contributions by leading scholars in the field, this handbook offers an excellent synthesis of Islam and Muslim societies in Africa. The essays challenge assumptions that Islam in Africa sits on the fringe of the Muslim world and provide much needed insights on Africa’s role in the production of Islam as a global religion. This will be a great resource for students and scholars alike."Adeline Masquelier, Department of Anthropology, Tulane University, USATable of Contents1. Introduction Part I: Formation of Islam in Africa: Islamic Scholarship, Literature, and Sufism 2. The "Traveling Scholar" in African Islamic Traditions 3. An Overview of Islamic Literature in Africa 4. Pathways and Formations of ‘African Sufism’ Part II: Dynamics of Religious Infrastructure 5. A Historiography of Sub-Saharan African Mosques 6. Sufi Shrines as Material Space 7. The Qur’an School and Trajectories of Islamic Education Part III: Islam and African Intersections 8. Muslim Christian Relations in Africa 9. Islam and the Question of Gender Part IV: Islam, Politics, and Reform 10. Islam and Politics in Africa 11. Jihadism in Africa 12. African Salafism Part V: Patterns of Islamic Reform in Africa 13. Dynamics of Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa 14. Fayda-Tijaniyya and Islamic Reform in Twentieth and Twenty-first Africa 15. Reform in the Discourse of Islam and the Making of Muslim Subjects Part VI: Everyday Muslim Life 16. People’s Quest for Well-Being 17. Islam, Muslim Life-worlds, and Matters of the Everyday 18. Muslim Youth and Lived Experiences of Islam Part VII: New Technologies and New Connectiveness 19. Popular Culture in Muslim Africa 20. Media, the Digital, and New Connections 21. Beyond the Invisible Muslims Label

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Book SynopsisThis book analyses Japan's security policy after the Cold War and engages with the question of whether, since the Cold War ended, Japan has again become a global security player. The contributions to the book explore Japan's security policy by providing a detailed overview of the evolution of Japan's security policy after the Cold War, including the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty and the Senkaku/Daioyu Islands dispute. It also reveals the preeminent security concerns of contemporary Japan by delving into regional security issues such as the Layered Security of Okinawa, the increasing nuclear threat from North Korea, and the Taiwan Strait Crisis of 1995-6. The book culminates by discussing security in terms of the essential functions of energy, food, and human security, including an assessment of Japan's energy policy since World War II and an assessment of the impact food security on Japan's agriculture and trade. This book will be of interest to student and scholars of EaTable of ContentsPart 1: Historical Overview 1. The Cold War and Japan-US Alliance as Backdrop 2. Post-Cold War Crises and A Search for a New Security Policy 3. Did Japan become a global security player again? Part 2: Regional Issues 4. Japan and South Korea: Can the two countries cooperate over North Korea nuclear crisis? 5. Layered Security on Okinawa: Engaging international, national, and subnational narratives 6. How did Japan take the Taiwan Strait Crisis of 1995-6 Part 3: Security Policy by Function 7. Japan’s Energy Security 8. Japan’s Food Security Policy 9. Why Did Japan Engage in Human Security Diplomacy?

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Book SynopsisTechnological innovation is a core aspect of corporate and national competitiveness and it is not only complexrequiring cooperation and coordination among many stakeholdersbut it also involves high risk due to uncertainty. Financial markets are a key to successful technological innovation. This book looks at how traditional financing and non-traditional ones transform corporate innovation strategy.This book reviews Korean companies to illustrate the impact of financialization on technological innovation through the relationships among financialization, managerial myopia and short-termism of innovation strategy. It does so by conducting an empirical study using Korean firm and USPTO data from the period of 1980 to 2017. By analyzing the innovation capabilities of Korean companies and presenting indicators of technological competitiveness, it offers insights into how financialization has influenced organizational behaviour, causing them to shift strategy formulation, decision mTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. Financialization and Corporate Innovation Strategy 3. Innovative Capacity and Financialization of Korean Firms 4. Financialization and Short-termism of Innovation Strategy 5. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis book draws on a range of theoretical foundations, approaches and management practices that are culturally and jurisdictionally appropriate in several Muslim countries. As such, it contributes to an emerging specialism in comparative management and leadership theory that is oriented toward a broader and more diverse set of perspectives, particularly from the non-Western world, given that the importance of values, ethics, and culture have recently been recognized as a key contributing factor to management knowledge development. The author offers an in-depth overview of the Islamic management strategies that have successfully been implemented in selected Malaysian banking and non-banking financial institutions and then outlines how the application of such strategies leads to increased integrity, efficiency and performance. The book is divided into three parts. The first part deals with the introduction, historical background and methods used in collection of data. The seconTable of ContentsPart 1. 1. Background to Management Practices 2. Method of Data Collection & Discussion Part 2. 3. Yayasan Pembangunan Ekonomi Islam Malaysia 4. An Era Of New Beginning- Bank Islam Malaysia 5. Bank Muamalat Follows the Suit 6. Bank Rakyat Facing the Members 7. Being Glocal -Al-Rajhi Bank 8. Lembaga Urusan Tabung Haji 9. Managing Risk by Takaful Malaysia Part 3. 10. Teaching Notes and Pedagogy 11. Conclusion and Suggestions Bibliography

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Book SynopsisMade in Puerto Rico: Studies in Popular Music serves as a comprehensive introduction to the history, culture, and musicology of 20th and 21st century popular music in Puerto Rico. The essays in this volume, written by both local experts and leading scholars, contextualize under-researched areas of Puerto Rican popular music-making in relation to ideologies, aesthetics, and symbolism, and propose new ways of thinking about Puerto Rican musical cultures.A groundbreaking introduction to Puerto Rican musical culture, the volume covers the major figures, styles, and social contexts of popular music in Puerto Rico, while also going beyond conventional narratives. Rather than simply providing histories of key genres, these insightful essays focus on the ways in which Puerto Rican musicians reimagine their distinctive musical language as it transmutes from local practices into global expressions.Offering both a survey of Puerto Rican popular music and pathways into deep

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Book SynopsisMuseums, Collections and Social Repair in Vietnam analyses the relationship between museums, collections and social repair in contemporary Vietnam. Drawing on fieldwork in a range of museums in the country, alongside interviews with museum workers and stakeholders, and analyses of museum exhibitions, the book explores how museums help ordinary people overcome loss suffered during conflict. Focusing on key objects in museum collections that elicit strong emotions or feelings, Graeme Were examines their relationship to social repair and transformation, in order to understand what mobilises survivors, families and communities to recover and re-evaluate memory and give prominence to grievances and loss or future hopes and aspirations. Arguing that nationalist frameworks no longer adequately account for the diverse agendas of Vietnamese museums, this book brings into question the dynamics between history and memory; the capacity of the museum to repair injury, lo

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Book SynopsisThis book questions the theoretical premises and practical applications of transparency, showing both the promises and perils of transparency in a methodologically innovative way and in a cross-section of policy instruments. It scrutinizes transparency from three perspectives - methodologically, theoretically, and empirically - both in the specific context of the EU but also in the wider context of modern society in which transparency is embraced as an almost unquestionable virtue. This book examines the ways in which transparency practices can make institutions visible and stands out for its methodological self-reflection: to fully understand the irresistible call for transparency in our governing institutions, we must reflect on our own relationship with it. This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of transparency studies, democratic legitimacy, global governance, governance law, EU studies and law and public policy more widely.Table of Contents1. Introduction: European Government Transparency beyond the Slogans PART 1 2. Transparency as a Critical Research Agenda: Engaging with the EU Institutions on Access to Documents 3. What is the Purpose of Regulation 1049/2001? An Empirical Analysis of Member State Positions 4. Interpretive Approaches in Transparency Studies: Gaining New Perspectives on Old Problems 5. Learning Through Rejection: Studying the Informalisation of EU Readmission Policy with Access to Documents Requests PART 2 6. The Human Face of Legal Transparency? Performance in Action 7. Toward Radical Transparency 8. Escaping the Transparency Trap: In Defense of Playacting 9. Algorithms and the Open Society: New Approaches to Information, Transparency and Accountability 10. Government Transparency: Dispelling the Myth PART 3 11. “Off paper”: The Transparency Dilemma in EU Institutions 12. Transparency as Enabling Citizen-participation: The Quality of Public Information on EU Decision-making Processes 13. Access to documents and the EU agency Frontex: Growing pains or outright obstruction? 14. The Council Presidency, brought to you by Coca-Cola: Transparency about Commercial Sponsoring 15. EU Agencies and Lobbying Transparency Rules: A Case Study on the Islandization of Transparency? 16. "Mediated Transparency": The Digital Services Act and the legitimization of platform power 17. Epilogue: Against transparency. For engaged publics

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Book SynopsisThis book presents a comprehensive overview of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the long-running dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the Armenian-majority region of Azerbaijan. It outlines the historical development of the dispute, explores the political and social aspects of the conflict, examines the wars over the territory including the war of 2020 which resulted in a significant Azerbaijani victory, and discusses the international dimensions.Table of ContentsM. Hakan Yavuz and Michael M. Gunter, "Introduction." Part I: Conceptual and Historical Origins 1. Kamala Imranli-Lowe, "Karabakh: Historical Background." 2. Jamil Hasanli, "The Sovietization of Azerbaijan and a Road to Autonomy in Nagorno-Karabakh (1920–1923)." 3. Eldar Abbasov, "Armenian Irredendist Nationalism and Its Transformation into the Mass Karabakh Movement,"MIATSUM" (1965–1988)." 4. Farid Shafiyev, "The Orientalizing of Azerbaijanis and the Armenia-Azerbaijani Conflict." Part II: The First Karabakh War and the Consequences 5. Michael M. Gunter, "Self-Determination or Territorial Integrity? International Legal/Political Doctrines in Opposition and Their Implications for Karabakh." 6. Shamkhal Abilov and Ceyhun Mahmudlu, "The UN Security Council Resolutions on Nagorno-Karabakh: View from Azerbaijan." 7. Araz Aslanli, "The Politics of Ceasefire and the Occupation." 8. Farhad Mirzayev, "The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict: International Law Appraisal." 9. Kamal Makili-Aliyev, "International Law and the Changes in the Status Quo of the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict in 2020." Part III: The Second Karabakh War and the Consequences 10. Edward J. Erickson, "How Do We Explain Victory? The Karabakh Campaign of 2020." 11. Ali Askerov and Gubad Ibadoglu, "The Causes and Consequences of the Second Karabakh War: September 27, 2021–November 10, 2021." Part IV: Foreign Policy and the Karabakh War 12. M. Hakan Yavuz, "Turkish Foreign Policy and the Karabakh Conflict." 13. Emil Avdaliani, "Georgia and the Second Karabakh War." 14. Esmira Jafarova, "The Role of the United States in the Armenia-Azerbaijani Conflict." 15. Orhan Gafarli, "Russia's Role in the Karabakh Conflict." 16. Michael B. Bishku, "Israel's Foreign Policy toward the Karabakh Conflict." 17. Mesiagha Mahammadi and Vasif Huseynov, "Iran’s Policies Toward the Karabakh Conflict." 18. Brendon J. Cannon, "The Arab States and the Karabakh War." 19. Ozay Mehmet, "The Nagorno-Karabakh War: Diaspora Politics in Canadian Foreign Policy."

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Book SynopsisThis book examines contemporary issues and debates of terrorism in Bangladesh, including national and transnational terrorist outfits operating within the country, their narratives and counternarratives, ideologues, women and the youth, media representation, counterterrorism laws, and challenges.Bangladesh is a fascinating and often paradoxical case study for terrorism studies. The book examines major terrorist groups in contemporary Bangladesh and their international connections and narratives, as well as a case study of an influential ideologue who encouraged some Bangladeshis to engage in violence. The chapters discuss how women and youth play a role in Bangladeshi terrorism, how the internet is used for recruiting terrorists, the discourses of the media and state regarding terrorism, as well as the politics of law and counterterrorism initiatives, including critically evaluating non-state actors and government responses.In addition to providing an up-to-date analys

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Book SynopsisThis book breaks new ground by providing a structured and cohesive set of contributions on the actions, developments, problems and theories of corporate social responsibility (CSR). With new case studies from the UN's Least Developed Countries (LDCs), contributors in this book investigate how firms in Eastern and Western countries are responding to and making use of evolving CSR guidelines.The book addresses the following questions: is CSR simply greenwashing or an authentic commitment to responsible corporate citizenship? Has globalization drawn CSR conduct in LDCs closer to that of industrialized countries? Stakeholder theory, actornetwork theory and a new orbital theory of accountability are applied to give coherence to the case studies. Other chapters address greenwashing in reports, the impact of CSR in socially stigmatized occupations, an analysis on what responsibility precisely entails in CSR, and the interface between law and CSR. The book also considers the impact oTrade Review'A real strength of the compilation is its substantial, although not exclusive, focus on CSR in Eastern and developing countries, areas much in need of rich investigation. To that end, Comparative CSR and Sustainability: New Accounting for Social Consequences offers new insights on where we stand and where we need to go.'Dennis M. Patten, Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Accounting, Illinois State UniversityTable of Contents1. Introduction: CSR at the peak of the globalisation movement Part 1: CSR: Extinction, disasters, and the new paradigm 2. The transition from biodiversity to extinction accounting in the Chinese context 3. Responsive approaches to community involvement in resettlement schemes to prevent conflict: A case study in the Chibuto district, Mozambique 4. Sustainability reporting during COVID-19: A study of the hospitality industry 5. The reciprocal nature of CSR: A case study of Macau 6. The impact of COVID-19 on social responsibility in stigmatized occupations Part 2: CSR challenges in developing and least developed countries 7. The role of NGOs in CSR: A comparison of NGOs’ practices of and influences on CSR in developing and developed countries 8. The process model of inclusive innovation from an MNE perspective: A case study of India 9. CSR by regulators: The case of sustainable villages for development (SV4D) in Mozambique 10. Using "actor-network theory and friends" to explore CSR reporting in the information and communication technology sector under the Belt and Road Initiative Part 3: CSR: Greenwashing and window-dressing 11. Corporate green initiatives as real circular economy or window-dressing? 12. Why are the Japanese companies publishing integrated reports? Perceiving through the lens of institutional theory 13. Conceptualizing CSR avoidance and engagement Part 4: CSR and new underlying assumptions 14. CSR and the Orbital Theory of Accountability 15. Companies’ responsibilities and political dissent: The new frontier of corporate social responsibility? 16. Do businesses have a responsibility or an obligation to society? Setting out the terms for business engagement 17. Managing stakeholder relationships within corporate social responsibility communication Part 5: Sustainability goals and ESG 18. The road towards an internationalized Sustainable Development Goals Disclosure (SDGD) practice in China 19. The general overview of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) guidelines in Hong Kong: Past, present and future 20. Corporate social responsibility and countries’ reputation: A study from a global strategic management perspective 21. Concluding remarks: Comparative CSR and sustainability research – An axial analysis

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Book Synopsis***Winner of the American Association for Italian Studies Book Prize 2022 and selected at the FAD Awards 2023***After World War II, a wave of Italian films emerged that depicted the life and hardships of characters left helpless after the conflict, bringing to the screen the struggles of a time of existential angst and uncertainty. This form of filmmaking was associated with a broader artistic phenomenon known as âneorealismâ and is now considered a pivotal point in the history of Italian cinema. But neorealism was not limited to film any more than it was to literature. It spread to other areas of artistic production, including architecture. What was, then, neorealist architecture?This book explores the links between architecture, filmmaking and the built environment in dopoguerra Italy (194Xâ195X) seeking to ascertain whether, and how, neorealism manifested itself in architecture. Terms such as âneorealist architectureâ or âarchitectural neTrade ReviewMeticulously researched and copiously illustrated, this book persuasively explicates the myriad connections among Italian cinema and architecture. Escudero’s deep knowledge of key films and buildings yields a new and more subtle understanding of neorealism and twentieth-century Italy. A must read for students and scholars of film and the city.Edward Dimendberg. University of California, Irvine.David Escudero brings a novel approach to housing scholarship. By viewing the postwar Italian social housing programme through the lens of neorealist cinema, he reveals their common ideological substrate – an aesthetics of everyday life that is in turn angry, nostalgic, and optimistic. The filmic records of ordinary, changing built environments, by reflecting the inner state of characters, also bring back into focus the intended beneficiary of housing: the human subject.Irina Davidovici. gta Institute, ETH Zürich.Locating post-war Italian architecture in what he calls the "environment" of neorealism—the convergence of literature, film, and art that characterised Italy’s reconstruction after Fascism—David Escudero compellingly demonstrates how transmedial cultural innovations transformed the built space of Italian cities in the 1940s and ’50s. Wide ranging and richly detailed, this book brilliantly illuminates the links connecting architecture and cinema, offering an original survey of the landscape and built environment of Italian neorealism. Charles L. Leavitt IV. University of Notre Dame. Author of Italian Neorealism: A Cultural History (University of Toronto Press, 2020).David Escudero’s thought-provoking book on Italian Neorealism offers a new and insightful angle to the study of one of the most influential artistic phenomena of the 20th century –Neorealism. His book shows that Neorealism not only transgressed the boundaries between architecture, film and other visual forms of expression, but also profoundly influenced our way of seeing, representing and embodying modern life in dopoguerra Italy. Escudero’s book brings much needed context, colour and depth into a fascinating world that most of us know only in black and white.Richard Koeck. Chair in Architecture and the Visual Arts, University of Liverpool. Director of the Centre for Architecture and the Visual Arts | CAVA.This book by David Escudero moves beyond being a remarkable historiographical review of the experiences in collective housing during the Italian dopoguerra, to become the possibility of a cultural study. His insight transcends both the document and the image, entering a landscape where that floating signifier that underlies the term neorealism activates a common sensibility. A sensibility that includes the dimension of the real –or what is supposed to be real– in the form of architecture, of cinematographic stories, or in the images used for its presentation. Juan Miguel Hernández León. Chair Emeritus of Architecture, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. President of the Círculo de Bellas Artes de Madrid.Table of ContentsFOREWORD by Andrew Leach ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION PART I. TOWARDS A CONCEPT: NEOREALIST ARCHITECTURE Chapter 1. A Climate Beyond Filmmaking Chapter 2. Political Celebration, Formal Failure PART II. A NEOREALIST MAKING IN ARCHITECTURE Chapter 3. The INA-Casa Program as a Vehicle for Neorealism Chapter 4. Atmosphere, Mood, Mindset... Translated Into Bricks PART III. NEOREALIST IMAGES OF ARCHITECTURE Chapter 5. Architecture Within the Imagery of Neorealism Chapter 6. Figuranti of a Shared Aesthetic EPILOGUE. THE SCENE OF HUMAN’S LIFE BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX

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Book SynopsisAt a time when the traditional media have been reshaped by digital technologies and audiences have fragmented, people are using mediated forms of communication to manage all aspects of their daily lives as well as for news and entertainment.The Media and Communications in Australia offers a systematic introduction to this dynamic field. Fully updated and expanded, this fifth edition outlines the key media industries from print, sound and television to film, gaming and public relations and explains how communications technologies have changed the ways in which they now operate. It offers an overview of the key approaches to the field, including a consideration of Indigenous communication, and features a hot topics' section with contributions on issues including diversity, misinformation, algorithms, COVID-19, web series and national security.With chapters from Australia's leading researchers and teachers in the field, The Media and CommunicatioTrade Review"Representing a major expansion in the comprehensiveness of its coverage, as well as in the range of expertise provided by its list of contributors, this latest edition of The Media and Communications in Australia is an indispensable guide to understanding the contemporary ecology of our media environment." -Emeritus Professor Graeme Turner AO"With crucial updating, this new edition addresses Australian media after a decade of rapid change and usefully identifies a range of ‘hot topics’ that cut across multiple industries and present some of the biggest challenges to those seeking to understand and work in media today."-Professor Amanda Lotz, Queensland University of TechnologyTable of ContentsPart I: Approaches 1. Introduction: Thirty years on 2. A short history of the Australian media 3. Australian media 2.0 4. The media and communications: Theoretical approaches 5. Indigenous media and communications 6. Policy, regulation and ownership 7. Audiences Part II: Industries 8. Newspapers 9. Magazines 10. Book publishing 11. Radio 12. Podcastin 13. Music 14. Film, cinema and streaming 15. Television 16. Advertising and marketing 17. Public relations 18. Social media 19. Mobile media and telecommunications 20. The videogame industry Part III: Hot topics 21. Diversity 22. Privacy and ethics 23. Media and national security 24. Misinformation 25. COVID-19 and crisis communication 26. Media and the environment 27. Sport and the media 28. Web series 29. Algorithms 30. Monetisation and digital entrepreneurship 31. The future of public service media 32. National Broadband Network.

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the ways in which Russia and Belarus use disinformation, weaponised historical narratives, and the politics of memory for domestic and foreign policy purposes, utilising these factors to justify aggressive foreign policy in defensive terms and, domestically, for legitimating local ruling elites, consolidating the states' propaganda machines, and mobilising both societies around national power centres. Besides analysing Russian and Belarusian disinformation, geopolitical narratives, and policies, the book also assesses the effectiveness of these measures and discusses how the West can counteract the geopolitical narratives disseminated by Russia and Belarus that attempt to undermine Western democracies and weaken the resilience of its societies.Trade ReviewThis book is topical, authoritative, insightful and comprehensive. It outlines the origins and mechanisms of Russia and Belarusian disinformation campaigns. It explains how they work — and how we can counter them. Anyone interested in the freedom and security of the free world should read it. Edward Lucas, fmr. senior editor, The Economist, author Deception and The New Cold WarThis timely book adds to our understanding of the growing threat of disinformation, especially from Russia and Belarus. Societies can only properly respond to information environment threats if there is a thorough knowledge of the myths and false narratives seeking to undermine our societies. The book’s insights make for compelling read for all countering disinformation practitioners from national administrations and international organisations to academia and the think tank community; forewarned is forearmed. Baiba Braže, NATO Assistant Secretary General for Public DiplomacyIn order to address disinformation, we need to understand it on a deeper level. This book gives us exactly that, and more, offering an insightful perspective of how disinformation and propaganda became the intricate tools to advance the agendas of both Russian and Belarusian regimes. A must-read for all willing to profoundly understand the threat of today. Martyna Bildziukiewicz, Head of East Stratcom Task Force, European External Action ServiceThe authors demonstrate with intellectual rigour that in the hands of authoritarian states such as Russia and Belarus, disinformation is more than a social evil; it is a tool of warfare seeking to undermine democratic institutions and polarise our societies into political disorder. The authors back up their analysis with extensive research, deep knowledge and the use of concrete examples that expose the techniques and strategies that Russia and Belarus are using today to weaken the West, and that other adversaries will undoubtedly seek to emulate tomorrow. This is why this book is so valuable and so timely. All those concerned with the health of democracy and the liberal society should put it at the top of their reading list - and then resolve to take action along the lines that this book usefully recommends.Jamie Shea, Professor of Strategy and Security, University of ExeterTable of ContentsIntroduction Agnieszka Legucka and Robert Kupiecki 1. Russia: Her Political and Historical Identities - Strategic Dilemmas Adam Daniel Rotfeld 2. Russian Disinformation: Old Tactics and New Narratives Agnieszka Legucka 3. "Western Betrayal": The Founding Myth of Russian Foreign Policy Robert Kupiecki 4. How to Weaponize Information: Russian Patterns Jakub Olchowski 5. Political Narratives as a Source of Lukashenka's Legitimacy Justyna Olędzka, Max Rust 6. The Role and Place of Belarus in Contemporary Russian Geopolitical Narratives Michał Słowikowski 7. The Myth of a Great Patriotic War and Russia’s Foreign Policy Maria Domańska 8. Russia’s Approach to International Law as a Foreign Policy Tool: the Case of the Annexation of Ukrainian Crimea Sławomir Dębski 9. The Strategic Culture of Russia: Why is the Dialogue so Challenging? Agata Włodkowska 10. When Europe is Sick, Russia is Not the Remedy: A French Attempt at a European Reset with Russia? Marek Menkiszak 11. Sanctions as a Form of Dialogue Ernest Wyciszkiewicz 12. Does the West Need a Coherent Response to Russian Disinformation? Tomasz Chłoń

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the various issues that characterise the African mining sector, drawing examples from different African countries and regional organisations. Although there is a massive literature on the subject, some issues have been neglected, including the crucial role of digitalisation and technological advancement in resolving the environmental and social challenges faced in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM), deep-sea mining, mining contract negotiations and modernising mining laws to reflect the increasing role of critical minerals, to mention but a few. Therefore, the book unpacks the critical issues associated with the mining sector, explicitly reflecting on the practical solutions needed to address the challenges in the African mining sector. This book uniquely analyses and adds flavour to international miningâs fundamental concepts by describing a simulated annealing-based approach appropriate for complex mining projects in Africa. Book contributors comprise of academics from different universities including professors, practitioners, government policymakers, NGO executives and a variety of different experts. This multidisciplinary book will be of interest to African policymakers, governments, academics, industry professionals, energy and mining institutions, international organisations, universities across the globe and companies.

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Book SynopsisUnderstanding Authenticity in Chinese Cultural Heritage explores the construction of authenticity and its consequences in relation to Chinese cultural heritageâthose objects, texts, and intangible practices concerned with Chinaâs past. Including contributions from scholars around the world reflecting on a range of different materials and time periods, Understanding Authenticity emphasizes the situatedness and fluidity of authenticity concepts. Attitudes toward authenticity change over time and place, and vary between communities and object types, among stakeholders in China as they do elsewhere. The book examines how authenticity relates to four major aspects of cultural heritage in Chinaâart and material culture; cultural heritage management and preservation; living and intangible heritage; and texts and manuscriptsâwith individual contributions engaging in a critical and interdisciplinary conversation that weaves together heritage management, art history, ar

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Book SynopsisThis book offers a comprehensive and comparative analysis of the history of passports, border surveillance, border crossing, and other elements of European border regimes in the 20th century. Border regime is interpreted widely, including inbound and outbound travels, permanent and temporary movements, distance and local border traffic, borderland fortifications, penalties for borderland offences, and also restrictions of free movement, even inside a given country. Based on archival sources from Hungary and the Czech Republic, extensive literature and more than two decades of research, the author distinguishes between two basic border regimes: the restrictive eastern and the permissive western systems, and a transitional zone between them. The historical development of these regimes is discussed in the framework of waves of globalisation and territorialisation. Border Regimes in Twentieth Century Europe offers the first-ever systematic comparison of European Table of ContentsIntroduction / Chapter 1 Theoretical background / Chapter 2 The emergence of the western and eastern model / Chapter 3 The period of the two World Wars / Chapter 4 Cold War tendencies / Chapter 5 Border regimes of East Central Europe, 1945–1989 / Conclusions / Sources and bibliography

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Book SynopsisMembering the Rhodesian Linguistic Agenda in Zimbabwe reports on a study carried out in Zimbabwe to ascertain the degree and effect of honouring the colonial linguistic agenda.The book employs an interpretivist philosophy and qualitative research approach that relies on participatory observations, interviewing purposively sampled informants and focus group discussions involving snowball sampled graduates. It was inspired by the Critical Language Policy Theory that considers language choice a critical determinant factor in how communities are administered politically, economically, socioculturally and educationally. It establishes that whereas linguistic imperialism meant to serve as the lifeblood of the Southern Rhodesian colonial machine, the former coloniser ensured coloniality in Zimbabwe by presenting the English language as a sacred media in political, economic, sociocultural and educational settings forever. The study establishes that the only way Zimbabwe and Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPreface Chapter One - Introduction Chapter Two - Situating Linguistic Imperialism in the Colonial Machine Chapter Three - Political Effects of Linguistic Imperialism in Southern Rhodesia and ZimbabweIntroduction Chapter Four - Economic Effects of Linguistic Imperialism on Southern Rhodesia and ZimbabweIntroductionChapter Five - Sociocultural Impact of the Rhodesian and Zimbabwean language policiesIntroduction Chapter Six - Educational Effects of Rhodesian and Zimbabwean Language PoliciesIntroduction Chapter Seven - Conclusion and Way ForwardReference ListIndex

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the relationship between China and international norms through the lens of The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).Presenting seven case studies, this book highlights Chinaâs stances toward international norms that govern different international issues. The case studies reveal that the normative function of the networks built under the BRI is limited and contains noticeable variations between domestic norms and international ones in China, resulting in implementation gaps between rhetoric and deeds. Unlike current literature on this issue, which is scattered in terms of topics covered and methodology used, it constructs a holistic theoretical/methodological framework which can be utilized to study a Stateâs position toward different international standards.In light of Chinaâs increasing international influence and proactive and assertive foreign policy, this study will be of interest to officials and practitioners involved in foreign policy and international cooperation, and to student and scholars of global development and international relations.

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Book SynopsisThe Political Economy of Transnational Power and Production: Mexico''s Metamorphosis 1982-2022 How and why Mexico's socioeconomic structure was transformed through plutocratic preferences, US corporate strategies, and ideologyall powering transnational processes of neoliberalizationare issues examined in this comprehensive, carefully documented publication covering four crucial decades of metamorphosis. The causes and consequences of the creation of a new, regional power blocthe North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)are extensively examined.Readers will benefit from the many important demystifications presented here, chronicling the asymmetric Mexico-US production system. The impacts of the new transnational structure for labor on both sides of the border are matters of centrality. Specialists and general readers alike will find an explicit and accessible account of the powerful forces opening access to and profiting from millions of low-wage workTrade Review"An original and relevant book on Mexico’s economic history such as this has not appeared for a long time. For anyone interested in better understanding the trajectory of Mexico’s economy this book is highly recommended." — Juan Carlos Moreno-Brid, co-author of Development and Growth in the Mexican Economy (Oxford U.P. 2009)"By following the money, Cypher and Crossa skilfully demonstrate how the neoliberal integrationist project serves to impoverish workers and enable capital on both sides of the Mexico- U.S. border. This book provides a powerful call for a change in economic policy direction." — Paul Bowles, Professor, Departments of Global & International Studies and Economics at University of Northern British Columbia, Price George Canada Table of Contents1: The Remaking of Mexico: The State, Economic Elite and US Capital 1982-1992 2: From NAFTA to the PAN’s Implosion: Mexico Remade for US TNCs 1992-2012 3: Stagnation & Income Dispersion Sink New PRI and Fracture US Labor: 2012-2018 4: López Obrador in Power, 2018-2022: A Transformational or Conformational Moment? 5: Export-Led Accumulation: Paradoxes of the Leading Auto Sector 6: Petroleum: A Strategic Resource for Houston’s TNCs or Mexico? 7: Mining and Agriculture: Supporting Pillars of the Transnational Structure 8: Some Final Reflections on Dependence and Asymmetry

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Book SynopsisForeign direct investments (FDI) play an integral role in the growth story of Emerging Asian economies. As an essential source of foreign capital, FDI bolsters the path to economic recovery from recessions, including the one caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. This book is a collection of essays investigating the reconfiguration of FDI flows to the Emerging Asian economies of ASEAN, China and India following the pandemic and FDI policy reforms.This book broadly covers the trends in greenfield FDI flows to Emerging Asia in the context of three pertinent themes. Part I explores the rebalancing effects in global FDI flows after the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on the experience of Emerging Asian economies. We also evaluate the nature of the pandemicâs impact on existing FDI linkages between China and ASEAN. Part II delves into the implications of a cross-border policy framework such as the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). In particular, we examine ASEAN trade activity after China's investments through BRI. We further discuss the future of BRI in ASEAN economies amid the emergence of global competitors. Part III of the book zooms in on the effectiveness of domestic FDI policy reforms. We discuss the cases of Indonesia Special Economic Zones and the Make in India initiative.This book is written for scholars, policymakers and industrial practitioners who wish to gain more knowledge on the recent FDI dynamics of Emerging Asia.

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Book SynopsisThe monograph presents a comprehensive analysis of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on European banking, both at a macro and a micro level. It analyses the impact of the pandemic on bank stability, performance and credit policies, as well as their strategic adjustments to the challenges brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. The initial chapters analyze the various governmental responses to the pandemic. Topics of discussion include the scale and scope of the wide range of public policies undertaken to mitigate the consequences of the crisis, and their efficiency in limiting the negative impact of the pandemic on the economy. The results suggest that the extensive public interventions have been largely successful in averting the possible disastrous consequences for the financial sector on a macro level. On a micro level, the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the restructuring and recovery of the banking industry started after the 2008 crisis which has had a significant impaTable of Contents1. Introduction by the Editors (Paul Wachtel and Ewa Miklaszewska) 2. Crisis interventions and sovereign risk ratings (Cuadros-Solas Pedro J., Salvador Carlos, Suárez Nuria) 3. The impact of Covid-19 pandemic on European bank regulation and supervision: lessons from the past crises (Chesini Giuseppina) 4. The countercyclicality of the macroprudential policy in the EU. The case of the COVID-19 pandemic (Czaplicki Marcin) 5. Business continuity planning and management: a lifejacket in the Covid-19 storm? (Bongini Paola, Iwanicz-Drozdowska Małgorzata, Liberati Caterina) 6. Does the provision of moratorium changed SMEs’ liquidity needs during the Covid-19 outbreak? (Brighi Paola, Severini Sabrina) 7. The influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on bank lending. Evidence from European countries (Karkowska Renata) 8. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on bank stability and performance in the CEE region (Kil Krzysztof, Miklaszewska Ewa) 9. Relationship between banks and FinTechs. Does the pandemic have an impact on it? (Pawłowska Małgorzata, Staniszewska Aleksandra) 10. Competition between banks and FinTechs in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic (Kasiewicz Stanisław, Kurkliński Lech, Woźniak Jacek)

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Book SynopsisThis book probes into the beedi industry, a highly gendered and class-divided unorganised sector in India. It introduces an analysis of the lives, health status and work of the Indian women and girl children in the industry and discusses the role of gender constructions, global capitalism, and global racism in shaping the ideologies and conceptions about men and women at work.The volume presents a gendered postcolonial perspective on women''s employment in the context of social and economic processes that are critical to globalization. It focuses on Telangana''s Nizamabad district - where a majority of the women population are employed in the beedi industry. Through detailed surveys and case studies, the author analyses different aspects of exploitation of these women such as poor working conditions, income inequalities, health risks and the realities of child labour in the process of beedi making.Richly detailed, this book will be of great interest to students, researTable of ContentsPreface.Acknowledgements.Part A. 1: Introduction. 2: The Beedi industry: Structure and Organization. 3: Women’s work in the Unorganised sectors- Issues of Marginalisation and Globalisation. 4: Child work and Child Labour. 5: Anti-tobacco history and control. 6: The Region: The Field. Part B: The Study. 7: The Beedi worker: Socio Economic profile. 8: Beedi Making at home and at the Work shed. 9. Invisible labour: The Girl child worker. 10: Beedi making, health and disease. 11: Narratives of Vulnerability and Exploitation.12: Conclusions and the way forward. Bibliography. Part C: Appendix 1. Map of Telangana with the three regions , Armoor, Balkonda and Nizamabad and Hyderabad Urban area. 2. A list of few Beedi factories in Telangana. Index

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