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Taylor & Francis Ltd Social Work and Climate Justice
Book SynopsisThis book argues that climate justice is an urgent and defining global challenge with long-term implications for poverty reduction, livelihoods, community well-being, and sustainable development. It provides a thorough overview of both fundamental and new directions of knowledge and policy directions in this less debated area within environmental social work. The chapters of this book offer both global and cross-country perspectives via case studies from India, Nepal, Ukraine, South Africa, and the USA, providing greater understanding, evidence, and strategies to achieve the resilience of vulnerable communities based on climate justice principles. It will be required reading for all scholars, students, and social work professionals as well as those working in sustainability and community development.Trade ReviewIn a world that is still structured by coloniality, climate change looms large as a threat to individuals, families and communities and a force that portends even greater global inequality. Famines, armed conflict, immigration and forced migration are but a few of the deadly consequences spawned by climate change. "Social Work and Climate Justice: International perspectives" is a timely and important book, not only because it covers these topics, but it refreshingly includes many voices of scholars from the global majority who are from countries most affected by climate change, rather than solely relying on Western "experts." Joshua Miller, Ph.D., Professor, Smith College School of Social Work. Author of Psychosocial capacity building in response to disasters and co-author of Racism in the United States: Implications for the helping professions (3 rd .ed.) Social Work and Climate Justice: International Perspectives is a timely response to the issues related to and with climate change. A masterpiece volume, enriched by renowned contributors from different locales, covers current themes of everyone’s concerns like climate change, environmental justice, sustainable development, social change, social work education, etc. The book presents a logical and critical inquiry with a glocal perspective and offers an understanding for everyone interested in the theme. The editors are known for their candid and honest writing on Environment, Climate change, and Social Policy dimensions. I enthusiastically recommend the book not only to professional social workers but to all those who are concerned with the future of society. Sanjai Bhatt (Ph.D.), Professor, Department of Social Work, University of Delhi, India. Former President, National Association of Professional Social Workers in India (NAPSWI) and immediate past President (South Asia), International Council on Social Welfare (ICSW). This is a topical book that comes at the right time when the United Nations are urging all stakeholders from the global society to accelerate their efforts towards combating climate crisis. Climate crisis is causing biodiversity loss and destruction of the Earth system putting life on the planet at risk. It is affecting all beings and the planet, but impacting to a greater extent the poor, marginalized and disfranchised people and communities. Given that justice is an important pillar of social work, climate justice is de-facto a vital subject area within the discipline. This book offers a wide range of contributions on climate justice from different parts of the world. The chapters consist of theoretical and conceptual discussions, case studies, and policy-oriented viewpoints which make distinguished contributions to social work knowledge development. It is a commendable work and an excellent book for social work education, practice, and research in all parts of the work. Komalsingh Rambaree (Ph.D.), Associate Professor of Social Work, Department of Social Work and Psychology, University of Gävle, Sweden. Table of Contents1.Social Work and Climate Justice: Past, Present, and the Way Forward. 2.Human Behavior in the Natural Environment: Embracing an Ecocentric Paradigm. 3.Climate Change, Environmental Justice, and Sustainable Development in Social Work. 4.Swedish Eco-Social Interventions for Climate Justice and Social Justice: Examples from the Global North. 5.Climate Crisis and Forced Migration: A Global Social Work Response for Migrants on the Move. 6.Floods in Ukrainian Carpathians: Lessons for Social Work Practice and Education. 7.Climate Justice and Toxic Environments in Latin America: Role for Environmental Social Work. 8.Indian Social Work Education and Climate Change: Gaps, Solutions, and Alternative Possibilities. 9.Green Social Work for Climate Change: Curriculum Innovations for a Post-Apartheid South Africa. 10.Responding to Environmental Disasters in India and Nepal: Insights from Green Social Work.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Routledge International Handbook on Femicide and Feminicide
Book SynopsisThis volume explores in depth femicide and feminicide, bringing together our current knowledge on this phenomenon and its prevention.No country is free from femicide/feminicide, which represents the tip of the iceberg in male violence against women and girls. Therefore, it is crucial and timely to better understand how states and their citizens are experiencing and responding to femicide/feminicide globally. Through the work of internationally recognised feminist and grassroots activists, researchers, and academics from around the world, this handbook offers the first in-depth, global examination of the growing social movement to address femicide and feminicide. It includes the current state of knowledge and the prevalence of femicide/feminicide and its characteristics across countries and world regions, as well as the social and legal responses to these killings. The contributions contained here look at the accomplishments of the past four decades, ongoing challenTable of ContentsForeword by Dubravka Šimonovic, Former Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences (2015-2021)Part 1 Introduction Chapter 1: Femicide and feminicide: A growing global human rights movementAuthors: Myrna Dawson and Saide Mobayed VegaPart 2 Theoretical Understandings and PerspectivesChapter 2: A global archaeology of femi(ni)cideAuthor: Saide Mobayed VegaChapter 3: Femicide and the global political economy Authors: Alison Brysk and Vitória MoreiraChapter 4: Understanding femicide using a global social ecological modelAuthors: Emma Fulu, Victoria Alondra, Xian Warner, Chay Brown and Loksee LeungChapter 5: Femicide and intersectionalityAuthor: Lorena SosaChapter 6: Femicide/feminicide and colonialismAuthors: Paulina García-Del Moral, Dolores Figueroa Romero, Patricia Torres Sandoval, and Laura Hernández PérezChapter 7: Femi[ni]cide and space: Theorising the socio-spatial scripts of femi[ni]cideAuthor: Lorena FuentesChapter 8: Systems of power and femicide: The intersections of race, gender, and extremist violence Authors: Maria N. Scaptura and Brittany E. HayesPart 3 Data and Methodological ConsiderationsChapter 9: Data sources and challenges in addressing femicide and feminicideAuthors: Angelika Zecha, Naeemah Abrahams, Karine Duhamel, Cristina Fabré, Alejandra Otamendi, Alejandra Rios Cazares, Heidi Stöckl, Myrna Dawson, and Saide Mobayed VegaChapter 10: Feminicide data activismCollectif Féminicides Par Compagnons ou Ex Feminizidmap, Kathomi Gatwiri, Counting Dead Women project, Savia Hasanova, Anna Kapushenko, Lyubava Malysheva, Saide Mobayed Vega, Audrey Mugeni, Counting Dead Women project, Rosalind Page, Black Femicide project, Ivonne Ramírez Ramírez, Ellas Tienen Nombre project, Helena Suárez Val, Feminicidio Uruguay project, Dawn Wilcox, Women Count USA: Femicide Accountability project and Aimee Zambrano Ortiz, Monitor de Femicidios project, UtopixChapter 11: Femicide/feminicide observatories and watchesVathsala Illesinghe, Ahora Que Sí Nos Ven, Femi(ni)cide Watch Poland, Feminicidio.net, Observatorio de Feminicidios, Observatorio feminicidios Colombia - Red feminista antimilitarista, Shalva Weil, Myrna Dawson, and Saide Mobayed VegaPart 4 Femicide and Feminicide Across World Regions and CountriesChapter 12: Femicide in AfghanistanAuthors: Mohammad Ibrahim Dariush, Farzana Adell, and Angelika ZechaChapter 13: Femicide in AustraliaAuthors: Patricia Cullen, Jenna Price and Natasha Walker Chapter 14: Feminicide in Brazil Author: Joana PerroneChapter 15: Femicide in CanadaAuthors: Wendy Aujla, Myrna Dawson, Crystal J. Giesbrecht, Nneka MacGregor, Shiva NourpanahChapter 16: Femicide in EuropeAuthors: Marceline Naudi, Monika Schröttle, Elina Kofou, Maria José Magalhães, and Christiana KoutaChapter 17: Femicide in GeorgiaAuthor: Tamar DekanosidzeChapter 18: Femicide in IndiaAuthor: Nishi Mitra vom BergChapter 19: Feminicide in Mexico Authors: Saide Mobayed Vega, Sonia M. Frías, Fabiola de Lachica Huerta, and Aleida Luján-PineloChapter 20: Femicide in Palestinian SocietyAuthors: Rafah Anabtawi, Iman Jabbour, and Abeer BakerChapter 21: Femicide in Russian Federation Authors: Ksenia Meshkova and Lyubava MalyshevaChapter 22: Femicide in South AfricaAuthors: Nechama Brodie, Shanaaz Mathews, and Naeemah AbrahamsChapter 23: Femicide in Sub-Saharan Africa Authors: Emmanuel Rohn and Eric Y. TenkorangChapter 24: Femicide in TurkeyAuthors: Ceyda Ulukaya and Büşra Yalçınöz UçanChapter 25: Femicide in the United KingdomAuthor: Karen Ingala SmithChapter 26: Femicide in the United StatesAuthors: Jill Theresa Messing, Millan A. AbiNader, Jesenia Pizarro, April M. Zeoli, Em Loerzel, Tricia Bent-Goodley, and Jacquelyn CampbellPart 5 Understanding Femicide and Feminicide Subtypes and Contexts Chapter 27: Intimate femicide/intimate partner femicide Authors: Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Sandra Walklate, Jude McCulloch, and JaneMaree MaherChapter 28: Population control and sex-selective abortion in China and India: A feminist critique of criminalisationAuthors: Navtej Purewal and Lisa EklundChapter 29: Systemic sexual feminicide: Colonial scars in bodies and territoriesAuthor: Julia Estela Monárrez FragosoChapter 30: ‘Honour’-based femicideAuthor: Aisha K. GillChapter 31: Femigenocide Authors: Rita Laura Segato and Lívia VitentiChapter 32: Sex work feminicide and the making of #SayHerName campaign by SWEAT in South AfricaAuthor: Phoebe Kisubi MbasalakiChapter 33: Armed conflict femicideAuthor: Anna Alvazzi del FrateChapter 34: Femicide in the context of gang-related violence in El Salvador Authors: Silvia Ivette Juárez Barrios and Erika J. Rojas OspinaChapter 35: Continuities and discontinuities between the concepts of feminicide and transfeminicide in MexicoAuthors: Sayak Valencia and Liliana FalcónChapter 36: Femi(ni)cide as war as femi(ni)cide: Violence and justice-seeking beyond bordersAuthor: Dilar DirikPart 6 Legal Responses to Femicide and Feminicide Chapter 37: Femicide and legislationAuthor: Patsilí Toledo VásquezChapter 38: Femicide and transnational lawAuthors: Isabel López Padilla and Helene SaadounChapter 39: Investigating femicide/feminicide: The Latin American model protocol Authors: Françoise Roth, Mariela Labozzeta and Agustina RodríguezChapter 40: Femicide and the "heat of passion" criminal doctrineAuthor: Hava Dayan Chapter 41: State accountability and feminicide Authors: Cecilia Menjívar and Leydy Diossa-JimenezPart 7 Social Responses to Femicide and Feminicide Chapter 42: Colonial femicide: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in Canada Author: Robyn BourgeoisChapter 43: Witnessing across borders: Truth-telling about feminicides in México and the MMIWG2S in Canada and the U.S.Author: Cynthia BejaranoChapter 44: North American necropolitics and gender: On #BlackLivesMatter and Black femicideAuthor: Shatema ThreadcraftChapter 45: Femicide, digital activism, and the #NiUnaMenos in ArgentinaAuthors: Francesca Belotti, Francesca Comunello and Consuelo CorradiChapter 46: Dissident memories: Feminicide, memorialisation, and the fight against state cruelty Author: Elva Orozco MendozaPart 8 Where to go from here in Research, Policy, and Practice Chapter 47: Latin American standardisation of data on feminicide Authors: Silvana Fumega and María Esther CervantesChapter 48: Human-centered computing and feminicide counterdata science Author: Catherine D’IgnazioChapter 49: Male perpetrators’ accounts of femicide: A global systematic review Authors: Dabney P. Evans, Martín Hernán Di Marco, Subasri Narasimhan, Melanie Maino Vieytes, Autumn Curran, and Mia S. WhiteChapter 50: Changing media representations of femicide as primary prevention Authors: Jordan Fairbairn, Ciara Boyd, Yasmin Jiwani, and Myrna Dawson
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Taylor & Francis The Routledge Companion to Media and Class
Book SynopsisThis companion brings together scholars working at the intersection of media and class, with a focus on how understandings of class are changing in contemporary global media contexts. From the memes of and about working-class supporters of billionaire populists, to well-publicized and critiqued philanthropic efforts to bring communication technologies into developing country contexts, to the behind-the-scenes work of migrant tech workers, class is undergoing change both in and through media. Diverse and thoughtfully curated contributions unpack how media industries, digital technologies, everyday media practicesâand media studies itselfâfeed into and comment upon broader, interdisciplinary discussions. They cover a wide range of topics, such as economic inequality, workplace stratification, the sharing economy, democracy and journalism, globalization, and mobility/migration. Outward-looking, intersectional, and highly contemporary, The Routledge CompanTable of Contents Introduction: Media and Class in the Twenty-first Century. Erika Polson, Lynn Schofield Clark, and Radhika Gajjala Part I: Class and Mass Media Working-class Bodies in Advertising. Matthew P. McAllister and Litzy Galarz Class Hybridity and the Habitus Clivé on American Reality Television. June Deery Migrants Meet Reality Shows: The Class Representation of Non-Koreans in Reality Shows in Korea. Hun-Yul Lee Participation in Reality Television: Entertainment Mobilization in Dance Talent Shows. Annette Hill and Koko Kondo Love, Sex, Money: Gender and Economic Inequality in HIV Edutainment Programming in Kenya. Renée A. Botta Part II: Class in Interactive Digital and Mobile Media Horse Racing, Social Class, and the Spaces of Gambling. Holly Kruse “Keep it Classy”: Grindr, Facebook and Enclaves of Queer Privilege in India. Rohit K. Dasgupta YouTube-based Programming and Saudi Youth: Constructing a New Online Class and Monetizing Strategies. Omar Daoudi Mobile Technology and Class: Australian Family Households, Socioeconomic Status and Techno-literacy. Will Balmford and Larissa Hjorth Hanging Out at Home as a Lifestyle: YouTube Home Tour Vlogs in East Asia. Crystal Abidi Young People, Smartphones, and Invisible Illiteracies: Closing the Potentiality–Actuality Chasm in Mobile Media. Sun Sun Lim and Renae Sze Ming Lo Childhood, Media, and Class in South Asia. Shakuntala Banaji Part III: Labor in Digital/Media Contexts The Roots of Journalistic Perception: A Bourdieusian Approach to Media and Class. Sandra Vera-Zambrano and Matthew Powers The Aspirational Class “Mobility” of Digital Nomads. Erika Polson Technologies of Recognition: The Classificatory Function of Social Media in Mobile Careers. André Jansson The Gig Economy and Class (De)composition. Todd Wolfson Digital Hierarchies of Laboring Subjects. Kaitlyn Wauthier, Alyssa Fisher, and Radhika Gajjala Between “World Class Work” and “Proletarianized Labor”: Digital Labor Imaginaries in the Global South. Cheryll Ruth Soriano and Jason Vincent Cabañes Part IV: Media, Class, and Expressions of Citizenship Class Distinctions in Urban Broadband Initiatives. Germaine Halegoua “Second-class” Access: Homelessness and the Digital Materialization of Class. Justine Humphry Marginality and Social Class in Moroccan Youth Media. Mohamed El Marzouki Reconsidering Mobility: The Competing Logics of Information and Communication Technologies Across Class Differences in the Context of Denver’s Gentrification. Lynn Schofield Clark Class Interplay in Social Activism in Kenya. Job Mwaura Postscript The Vivid Particularities of Class and Media. David Morley
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Wonderful Circles of Oz
Book SynopsisWith the world's economies impacted by coronavirus, billions are feeling social, environmental, and economic injustices. The call for a new, more just, more distributive economic story and system is louder and more urgent than ever. The Wonderful Circles of Oz provides both the framework and solutions for navigating towards an effective circular economy the gateway to an abundant, autonomous, and democratic future.Widely regarded as one of the world's most engaging circular economy thought leaders, Ken Webster, together with creative writer, Alex Duff, use a storytelling approach based on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz to offer a new, accessible, and compelling narrative about the future direction of our economy.The harder you work, the more you'll improve your lot.' That's the simple story we've been sold over the last 40 years to justify how today's economy works. Yet extreme inequality, the devastation of our natural world, and the erosion of our commTrade Review"This book is a breath-taking journey into intellectual allegories and metaphors of a powerful story… In an era of increasing inequalities, social anxieties and neo-materialism, we need more than ever a story to feed our imagination, a journey to discover sustainable futures, where ideas are the key currency."Stefano Pascucci, Professor in Sustainability and Circular Economy, & Head of Sustainable Futures, University of Exeter Business School"In these days of a dominance of audio-visual information, the skill of storytelling is one of the keys to get listeners’ and readers’ attention. By spinning "the golden thread of ‘digitally connected systems’ to transform our economy" in this book, Ken and Alex prove they are masters in this domain."Walter Stahel, Visiting Professor, University of Surrey, & Full Member of the Club of Rome"Just as The Wizard of Oz was an allegory critiquing the Gold Standard, The Wonderful Circles of Oz allegorically introduces us to the actual ways in which money is created, and how they might be harnessed to enable us to create a sustainable economy."Steve Keen, Honorary Professor, UCL, & Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute for Strategy, Resilience and Security "There is an ongoing debate on resource efficiency in most regions of the world, notably in Europe. Moving from a linear to a circular production model is a primary objective. But to do that the economic policy framework – if not the economic model itself – has to be changed. The incentives structure of today is flawed and for circularity to happen the policy frameworks have to be re-thought. The Wonderful Circles of Oz presents a most appealing new narrative which covers the economy as a whole – income distribution, taxation, the right of property owners, debt issues, production and consumption systems, financial system, the digital society and its pros and cons... All in all a very compelling narrative and much needed as inspiration for people around the world who look for solutions to the sustainability dilemma(s)."Anders Wijkman, Honorary President, Club of RomeTable of ContentsPart 1: A fictional world. The Wonderful Circles of Oz. Rewriting the allegory. 1. Weathering extremities 2. From poor to paws 3. From straw for brains to wise owls 4. Heartless: If only AI had EI 5. Making the lion’s share enough to go around 6. Locked in the past 7. Technological wizardry or trickery? 8. The wonderful Emerald City 9. The magical festival of urban food 10. The nightmare of Oz the Terrible 11. Meeting the wonderful Wizard of Oz 12. Back home 13. Chasing rainbows 14. Official correspondence of The Wizard’s Office, Oz Part 2: A real-world framework. An imaginary for the 21st century. 15. An introduction to this ‘Imaginary for today’s real world’ from Ken & Alex 16. An overview: The Wonderful Circles of Oz framework and its sigil for resetting the rules of the game 17. Today’s economic narrative 18. Worldview pre-science 19. Shifting the metaphor: From machine to metabolism 20. The productive cycle: Four rules for materials to flow not fail our economy 21. Uncovering the big players: Active but hidden in plain sight 22. The gatekept cycle: Four rules for money to circulate not clot our economy 23. The liberation and terrors of a digital world 24. A flourishing democracy – the path to a flourishing economy Part 3: A ‘golden’ path between the fiction, the framework, and real-world applications 25. Story as a strategy for sharing real world complex ideas 26. Weathering extremities - real world themes 27. From poor to paws - real world themes 28. From straw for brains to wise owls - real world themes 29. Heartless: If only AI had EI – real world themes 30. Making the lion’s share enough to go around – real world themes 31. Locked in the past - real world themes 32. Technological wizardry or trickery - real world themes 33. The wonderful Emerald City - real world themes 34. The magical festival of urban food - real world themes 35. The nightmare of Oz the Terrible - real world themes 36. Meeting the wonderful Wizard of Oz - real world themes 37. Back home and Chasing rainbows - real world themes
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Rural Enterprise Economy
Book SynopsisEnterprises located in rural regions face various challenges in the globalised and digitised world. This book offers comprehensive answers to the question of what makes up the rural enterprise economy in the contemporary business world. It addresses the competitiveness and viability, strategic management and strategic change, and marketing issues for both incumbent and start-up companies in rural regions. The book presents new concepts that shed light on the rural enterprise economy with its entrepreneurs. With a broad range of cases from European regions, the book provides theoretical insights for scholars, practical case-based evidence for lecturers and teachers, and practical knowledge for business practitioners and planning specialists. Academic experts from European universities and research institutes provide compelling answers to this under-researched topic in business studies and economics. Table of ContentsPart I: Introduction to the Rural Enterprise Economy 1. Introduction to The Rural Enterprise Economy Part II: Rural Enterprise Development 2. The Hidden Strength of Rural Enterprises: Why Peripheries Can Be more than A City Centre’s Deficient Complements 3. Hidden Champions in Rural Germany: Innovation Strategies to Compete in Global Markets 4. Adoption of Digital Innovations in Rural Enterprises during COVID-19 5. Competitive Strategies of Incumbent Small Regional Banks in Rural Locations 6. Reflections on Tourism Business Viability and Competitiveness in Rural Regions 7. Tourism Marketing in Rural Contexts: The Potential of Wine Tourism in the Dao Wine Region 8. Participation of Micro-Enterprises and Public Organisations in Rural Development Projects: Balancing between Collaboration and Tensions 9. Rural Business Support Policy and Rural Enterprise Economy: The Neo-endogenous Approach to Entrepreneurship Promotion of Common Agricultural Policy Part III: Rural Entrepreneurship 10. Opportunity- and Necessity-Driven Entrepreneurship in Urban versus Rural Locations 11. Entrepreneurship in Rural Areas: Locational Choices and Embeddedness 12. Entrepreneurship in Rural Sweden: The Role of Weak Ties, Strong Ties and "Good enough" Internet Access 13. Tourism Micro-Enterprises and Entrepreneurship in Rural Norway: Opportunities and Constraints 14. Entrepreneurial Knowledge-Strategies in Specialty Food Innovations 15. Combining Local and International Embeddedness in A Rural Context Part IV: The Rural Enterprise Economy – Conclusions and Implications 16. The Rural Enterprise Economy: Conclusions and Implications
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Social Innovation in the Service of Social and
Book SynopsisThis book explores how the State can play a role as an enabler of citizens-led social innovations, to accelerate the shift to sustainable and socially just lifestyles.To meet the twin challenges of environmental degradation and the rise of inequalities, societal transformation is urgent. Most theories of social change focus either on the role of the State, on the magic of the market, or on the power of technological innovation. This book explores instead how local communities, given the freedom to experiment, can design solutions that can have a transformative impact. Change cannot rely only on central ordering by government, nor on corporations suddenly acting as responsible citizens. Societal transformation, at the speed and scope required, also should be based on the reconstitution of social capital, and on new forms of democracy emerging from collective action at the local level. The State matters of course, for the provision of both public services and of social pTable of Contents1. The dusk of the consumer society and the role of social innovation 2. Obstructing myths 3. How social innovations relate to societal transformation: four scenarios 4. The new activism 5. Enabling societal transformation without the myths 6. The missing Sustainable Development Goal: enabling social innovations 7. The state as enabler of social innovations
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Food Loss and Waste Policy
Book SynopsisThis book examines policy responses to food waste and loss, an issue of significant, global concern, with one-third of food produced for human consumption lost or wasted.Investigating food waste and loss under an interdisciplinary lens, the contributors employ a variety of methodological approaches, including quantitative and qualitative techniques, drawing on in-depth case studies and action research. The volume is organised into four parts: Understanding Food Loss and Waste, International Programmes, National Policies and Local Initiatives. The first part introduces the reader to the concept of food loss and waste, how it can be measured, its causes and consequences, and how it can be reduced. The second part is dedicated to international and cross-country case studies, with six chapters reviewing national policies implemented in France, Italy, Romania, Japan, China and the United States. In Part Four, three chapters are dedicated to local food recovery and redistribution iTrade Review"An eye-opening account of one of the major causes of global food insecurity and hunger that illustrates in an accessible way the quantitative dimension of food loss and waste, while offering evidence-based and feasible policy solutions to reduce this phenomenon. The book draws an interesting distinction between the role of food loss reduction in developing countries as a pathway to reduce hunger by increasing availability through technological advancement and that of food waste reduction in developed countries by curbing overproduction. An excellent read on Food Economics."Ervin Prifti, Senior Economist, International Monetary Fund"This book deals with a topic of great relevance and interest, such as food loss and waste. With the participation of scholars and experts at the international and national level, it offers a broad and in-depth picture, combining contributions to the theoretical and methodological framework with analyses of policies and programmes at the national, international and local scale. A must-read if you want to have an up-to-date, comprehensive, and passionate look at the subject of food loss and waste."Egidio Dansero, Professor of Political and Economic Geography, University of Turin, Italy & Coordinator of the Italian Network for Local policies of Food "I have read this book with great interest, and it has been very useful for my work as a teacher and researcher. This book examines the political responses to a critical issue that currently constitutes a challenge for humanity, such as food loss and waste, which accounts for 30% of world production. The book is of great value, not only for its content but also for its approach: (1) it has an interdisciplinary perspective; (2) it incorporates the application of a wide variety of methodological approaches, including quantitative and qualitative techniques; (3) it is based on in-depth case studies and action research, with a broad geographic scope. I am sure it will greatly interest students and academics working in the food and public policy fields, and I also believe it can be very useful to professionals designing and implementing public policies for preventing food loss and waste."María Ángeles Huete García, Professor of Sociology, Universidad Pablo de Olavide de Sevilla, Spain "Suppose you are interested in a policy approach to understanding why FLW policy succeeds or fails. In that case, you need to read this book. Foremost, it expands our understanding of the multiple goals of FLW programs and provides insights into the complexity of policy-making when addressing wicked issues intersecting with safety, circularity, and poverty. Collecting various case studies in different countries and national and local contexts, the authors provide a bright and easily readable volume, light on the technical/legal aspects of the matter. This book can be a valuable resource for scholars and practitioners to design and improve food policy's social, economic, and environmental sustainability." Maria Stella Righettini, Professor of Public Policy. University of Padua, Italy Table of ContentsPart 1: UNDERSTANDING FOOD LOSS AND WASTE 1. Assessing food loss and waste: approaches, methodologies and practices 2. The policy problem: The causes and consequences of food loss and waste 3. Tackling food loss and waste: An overview of policy actions Part 2: INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMES 4. The contribution of social protection to reducing food loss and waste 5. Reducing food loss in rural development projects. Examples from IFAD’s investments 6. The European Union and the fight against food waste and losses: from policy to practice Part 3: NATIONAL POLICIES 7. Did France really ban food waste? Lessons from a pioneering national regulation 8. Food waste policy in Italy: From decision to implementation 9. Food waste policy in Romania: A case study 10. Japan’s practices on food waste reduction 11. The Political Economy of Anti-Food-Waste in China: From Anti-Corruption to Enhancing Food Security 12. History and Legacy of the U.S. Good Samaritan Food Donation Law Part 4: LOCAL INITIATIVES 13. Social innovation for food waste reduction: Surplus food redistribution 14. Mitigating barriers to surplus food donation in Italian retail and food service 15. Food waste reduction through food re-distribution actions during Covid 19 in Brazil
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Waste Location
Book SynopsisFirst published in 1992, Waste Location seeks to widen and integrate the debate on the intrinsically spatial nature of waste disposal. The political and industrial significance of the new environmentalism of the 1980s came from the recognition of growing public pressure for environmental quality and product reliability. Attention was turned to waste as the product of consumption. As the political economy of waste was explored, new issues were raised: new technologies, recycling, pollution havens, waste minimization, location of landfill sites and incinerator facilities, and environmental crime, responsibility and planning. The 1990s sees the advocates of cradle to grave' responsibility still battling the promoters of market forces.One of the major developments in the study of waste collection and disposal was the new forms of data collection and handling technology. The contributors consider both geotechnics and geographical information systems within this context. TheTable of ContentsList of figures List of tables Notes on contributors List of abbreviations 1. Paradise lost? Issues in the disposal of waste 2. Land reclamation through waste disposal 3. The use of rock, soil and secondary aggregates as landfill cover in South Wales 4. The use of special waste consignment note data in waste planning for the Greater London area 5. The development and application of geographical information systems in waste collection and disposal 6. Civic Amenity Waste Disposal Sites: the Cinderella of the waste disposal system 7. A Geographic Information systems approach to locating nuclear waste disposal sites 8. Heavy metals in soils and diabetes in Tyneside 9. Burning questions: incineration of wastes and implications for human health 10. Assessing the health effects of waste disposal sites: issues in risk analysis and some Bayesian conclusions 11. Licenced to dump? A report on British Coal’s sea dumping in Durham 12. Here today, there tomorrow: the politics of hazardous waste transport and disposal 13. Narrowing the options: the political geography of waste disposal Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Foreign Aid
Book SynopsisForeign Aid: Policy and Practice offers a complete overview of the basics of foreign aid. Who is it for? Who pays for it? Why does it exist? What is it spent on? How much is it? And most important, does it work?The aid debate has been flooded by academic studies and popular books that either challenge or champion the effectiveness of aid. Most presume that the reader already knows the basic facts and characteristics of the aid industry. This book provides readers with a comprehensive summary of the background, actors, core principles and policies, and intended (and unintended) outcomes of foreign aid, followed by a more informed and balanced treatment of the key controversies and trends in aid today. Drawing on the author's 25 years' experience in development practice and 15 years in teaching, the book reflects on recent efforts to accelerate aid's impact and concludes by taking a look at the future of aid and the headwinds it will face in the first half of thTrade Review"An important and timely book as Foreign Aid is being rethought to account for climate change and pandemics. Prof. Pomerantz offers a magistral sweep of the who, why, what, and how of foreign aid and its transformation over six decades, informed by her long experience as practitioner and academic. The book provides both students and practitioners with a clear analysis of the debates on aid modalities and effectiveness. A must read for anyone interested in international affairs."Jean-Louis Sarbib, Former Senior Vice President, The World Bank"Aid is often considered an arcane subject, debated by econometricians and decided by high-level policymakers. This book brings the subject down to earth. Written in an engaging style, the book covers the many controversies surrounding foreign aid and development, while giving the reader a sense of how decisions actually get made. Phyllis Pomerantz distills her experience as a development practitioner and professor to give students knowledge, skills and, most importantly, the ability to make a difference."Shantayanan Devarajan Professor of the Practice of International Development, Georgetown University, USA"Phyllis Pomerantz brings the calm wisdom of an experienced veteran to the polarized debate on foreign aid. She shuns panaceas, because she deeply understands the nuances on how to make aid work better. This is required reading for aid practitioners and those who care about world poverty." William Easterly is Professor of Economics at New York University and Co-director of the NYU Development Research Institute, USA"This excellent introduction to foreign aid covers all of the key issues, from its basic logic and procedures, to the evolution of the international institutions that have sought to coordinate aid policies, and to recent economic debates about how to make aid more effective. Balanced, clear and readable, this is likely to become the standard text book on the topic." Nicolas van de Walle, Maxwell M. Upson Professor of Government, Cornell University, USATable of ContentsPart I The Basics of Foreign Aid 1. Introduction 2. Setting the Context 3. The Main Actors: Recipients and Donors 4. How Aid Works Part II Effective Aid: Debates and Trends 5. Judging Donors’ Performance 6.: The Great Aid Effectiveness Debate 7. Opening the "Black Box" of Aid Effectiveness 8. The Rocky Road Towards Aid Effectiveness 9. Summing Up and Looking Ahead
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Taylor & Francis Neoextractivism and Territorial Disputes in Latin
Book SynopsisThis book reflects on the continuing expansion of extractive forms of capitalist development into new territories in Latin America, and the resistance movements that are trying to combat the ecological and social destruction that follows.Latin American development models continue to prioritise extractivism: the intensive exploitation and exportation of nature in its primary commodity form. This constant expansion of the extractive frontier into new territories leads to forms of place-based resistance, negotiation and struggle in which competing territorial projects and claims are at stake. This book uncovers the underlying trends and dynamics of these âterritorialities in disputeâ, and the socio- ecological resistance movements that are emerging as marginalized communities struggle to reclaim their territorial rights and defend and protect their right of access to the global commons. A focus on territorialities in dispute renders visible the unsustainable expansion of extractivist territories and opens up new horizons to learn from these processes and to consider post-extractivist/post-development imaginings of another world and alternate futures â as well as the challenges to their realisation.This book will be of interest to both students and researchers in the fields of international development, political ecology, critical geography, social anthropology as well as to activists engaged in socio-ecological/eco-territorial movements.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Net Zero Food and Farming
Book SynopsisThis book examines the implications of the net zero transition for food and farming in the UK and how these can be managed to avoid catastrophic climate change in the crucial decades ahead. For the UK to meet its international obligations for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, nothing short of a revolution is required in our use of land, our farming practices and our diet. Taking a historical approach, the book examines the evolution of agriculture and the food system in the UK over the last century and discusses the implications of tackling climate change for food, farming and land use, setting the UK situation in an international context. The chapters analyse the key challenges for this transition, including dietary change and food waste, afforestation and energy crops, and low-emission farming practices. This historical perspective helps develop an understanding of how our food, farming and land use system has evolved to be the way that it is, and draws lessons for how theTrade Review"A fascinating and insightful book. It is sympathetic and informative on how the food system got where it is today, and is pragmatic, accessible and detailed on the future outlook. Essential reading for anyone interested in how we can reach net zero through the current food system." Sarah Bridle, Author of Food and Climate Change: Without the Hot AirNeil Ward has written a timely and compelling book about the challenges of net zero for the agri-food system. The book integrates social science research with the science of climate change, drawing on perspectives from the political economy of food and farming, science and technology studies, and research on sustainability transitions. This synthesising approach is essential if we are to rise to the challenge of climate change.Professor Kevin Morgan, author of Worlds of Food: Place, Power and Provenance in the Food Chain"In this rich account of the food system and the challenge of delivering net zero, Neil Ward draws together social science and climate science while also providing sharp historical analysis. Clear and compelling, Ward makes a powerful case for applying historical lessons to implement urgent change in the contemporary agri-food sector. Indeed, while the scientific evidence amassed by Ward shows revolution must happen, the history he details proves, if the right forces align, it can. This is an essential read for anyone interested in food, the environment, agriculture and agricultural history."Polly Russell, Food historian, The British Library"In this book, Neil Ward discusses the potential and challenges of achieving a net zero agri-food system in the UK. He examines the problem through the lens of science, technology and politics, skilfully and effortlessly weaving together the evidence from the scientific literature with his deep knowledge of UK policy and politics. In addition to opportunities for emission reduction and for creating carbon sinks, he also discusses the role of demand-side measures, such as dietary change and reduction of food waste, in a net zero future. This comprehensive assessment of what is possible in the UK is a must read for anyone interested in how we produce our food and what we need to do to effectively tackle climate change."Pete Smith FRS, Director of the Scottish Climate Change Centre of ExpertiseTable of Contents1. Food, Farming and Climate Change 2. Science, Technology and Politics: The Conceptual Approach 3. Food and Farming in Twentieth Century Britain: Productivism and its Aftermath 4. Cleaning and Greening Food and Farming 5. The Evolution of Climate Science and Climate Politics 6. Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Food, Farming and Land Use 7. Diet, Food and Waste 8. Land Use Change and Greenhouse Gas Removal 9. Farming Practice and Climate Change Mitigation 10. The Dynamics of Transitioning to Net Zero 11. Conclusions: Net Zero, Food and Farming
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Blue Economy
Book SynopsisThis book presents state-of-the-art perspectives on the Blue Economy. It applies important geographical and sustainability transitions perspectives and underscores how Blue Economy dynamics are situated in regional contexts and shaped by the people who live there. The book highlights the Blue Economy concept as a potential driver of regionally sensitive, ecologically embedded, and community-focused sustainability. The scope for Blue Economy to form a core cog in our low-carbon future is obvious, from the potential for renewable energy production and coastal resilience building to possibilities for sustainable food production and the delivery of economic opportunities for peripheral communities. However, fundamental questions remain on how to meaningfully deliver these promises, such as how to avoid embedding a model of damaging extractivism, as per the terrestrial economy, and how to deliver on the key social sustainability principles of human well-being, equity, and justice when planning and developing blue economies. As the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development opens, this book provides a timely reminder of the richness, diversity, and potential of coastal and marine spaces. It advances geographical and transdisciplinary understandings of the Blue Economy and sets a baseline for continued scholarly engagement with the Blue Economy from a variety of perspectives. This timely contribution will be of interest to policy makers, academics, industry leaders, decision makers, and stakeholders working in or connected to the Blue Economy Sphere and working in the fields of Economic Geography, Regional Development, Public Policy and Planning, Environmental Studies, and Coastal Zone Management.Table of ContentsList Of FiguresList Of TablesList Of ContributorsForeword: Michelle VoyerEditors Acknowledgements INTRODUCTION Blue Economy: People and Regions in Transitions PART 1): BE People - A Blue Economy for who? A Blue Economy for who? Linking marine social sciences with blue economy discourse Effective Stakeholder Engagement in Coastal Transitions: Floating away from the DAD model toward the MOM method Community acceptance of Blue Energy: Future research trajectories for understanding place-technology fit preferences Conflicts and Communities: Marine Aquaculture and the Blue Economy Of fragile communities and big dreams: the Finnafjordur harbour project in Northeast Iceland PART 2) BE Regions - Blue Economies in Place The Blue Economy and Its Geographies: The Case of Turkey Experimentation and enactive research: Building a knowledge infrastructure for marine social science The Blue Economy, Climate, Tourism, and Social Injustice in Barbuda Conceptualizing entangled Blue Economy and Marine Spatial Planning: Netting Blue Growth and Sustainable Seas in the UK Blue Economy Agenda for the Baltic Sea Region PART 3) BE Futures – Blue Economies in Transition Deciding port futures: Ports of Auckland, Marine Spatial Planning and contested ethics in Blue Economy plan making Blue Economy Policies in the European Union: The Case of French Maritime Clusters. The Evolution of Blue Carbon: Exploring the Burgeoning Role of Macroalgae in Carbon and Nitrogen Sequestration Strengthening industry and academic links through transdisciplinary action research: An introspective reflection of a collaborative water quality, biodiversity, and aquaculture initiative CONCLUSION Situating Just Transitions: Sustainability, Innovation, and Inclusion in the Blue Economy?
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Humanitarian Parent
Book SynopsisAid sector staff work in some of the world's most challenging environments, from conflict zones to sites of natural disaster and refugee camps. For a long time, the aid worker was typified by the lone white male, flying from place to place and seeing his family during the holidays. But now, as the world changes and the sector diversifies, how can family life be reconciled with the challenges and travel commitments of this particularly difficult career? This book delves deep into these challenges, exposing the problems that persist and pointing a path for organisations to adopt a more human-centred, staff-centred, parent-centred, feminist approach to humanitarian and development work. Drawing on the author's own experiences as an aid worker, as well as extensive original interviews and desk research, the book looks at the challenges faced by those who aspire to a family life, from finding a partner who is willing and able to live in the same location, to dating in difficult coTrade ReviewThe Humanitarian Parent is a watershed addition to the discourse about what it means to be human and purposeful in the humanitarian sector. Hietanen left no stone unturned. The Humanitarian Parent provides a provocative glimpse into what are at once the deeply personal and yet systemic contradictions, paradoxes and intersectionality of parenting in the humanitarian sector.Lucy Ellis, Founder of AidMamas, the global community of mothers in the humanitarian and international development sectorThe Humanitarian Parent is an important contribution for its critique of the organizational culture in the humanitarian sector through a feminist lens and neo-colonial lens. Through its honest and very relatable anecdotes, it is a moving and genuine conversation around the ‘perfect’ humanitarian vis a vis the needs of the affected community, and if appealing to traditional humanitarian archetypes weighs down efforts of fostering genuine progress in the sector.Dr Jessica Hazelwood, Humanitarian Expert This book was so much needed! And it is urgent for all of us to read it. Merit describes the struggle of many of us, parents in the humanitarian field, with depth and empathy, with a broad perspective that, while it acknowledges privileges and advantages of many of us, it bring us together on the challenges we face when becoming parents. Virginia Perez, Chief of Program, UN. Mother of two If you work in the humanitarian or development sector, you need to read this book, irrespective of whether you have children or not. Merit Hietanen depicts compellingly the dire need for a more feminist, anti-colonial, and overall more humane working culture and offers insights into getting there.Liisa Ketolainen, Specialist in gender equality and international relationsIn The Humanitarian Parent, the author explores the realities faced by individuals working in theaid sector, challenging the traditional narrative of a male-dominated field. Drawing on personalexperiences and research, the book sheds light on the complex dynamics of balancingprofessional responsibilities with parenthood. It highlights the increasing presence of womenand mothers in the aid sector, while acknowledging the unique challenges they face. The bookalso addresses the lack of support for working mothers and the impact of cultural norms onwomen’s ability to balance work and family life. Overall, The Humanitarian Parent offers valuableinsights into the intersection of gender, parenthood, and humanitarian work, emphasizing theimportance of supporting gender equality and family-friendly policies in the workplace. Mays Nawayseh, Humanitarian Specialist, MotherMany of us, humanitarians, will recognise bits of our own life on the pages of the Merit’s book The Humanitarian Parent. It will be interesting for humanitarian parents and equally to those who have yet to discover how the humanitarian lifestyle impacts (or often replaces) every single other aspect of human existence. I particularly appreciate the deep dive into the diversity of struggles among the humanitarian workers: not all challenges and people are the same, but all are equally valid. Yuliya Chykol'ba, Humanitarian Mine Action Specialist and co-host of the Ukraine series in the Trumanitarian podcastThe Humanitarian Parent has captured an intimate and detailed account of the challenges and impact aid work has on the family life of staff in the sector. It offers a mosaic of complex and contrasting experiences, with numerous observations and arguments that countless people in the field will be able to relate to and commiserate with, as well as insight for those considering a career in aid work – noting that priorities often change over time and the importance of better understanding the consequences of decisions and sacrifices as it reflects across cultures and genders. Through this book I believe Merit Hietanen provides readers with a sense of fellowship within a community that has too often struggled in seclusion when it comes to matters of the family and work balance. I am grateful to Merit for her efforts in articulating with such clarity feelings and conditions I have struggled to frame and understand when weighing career aspirations against my own role as a husband and father.Teddy Leposky, Operations Officer, UNHCR UkraineTable of ContentsIntroductionPART IThe humanitarian workplace and what it does to parents1 The work culture in a humanitarian workplace2 Why is change necessary and how do we get there?PART IIFor the ones thinking about having children3 Making a decision about having children4 Childless not by choice and how to get out of itPART IIILife of a parent in the aid sector5 Mothers who work on national contracts6 LGBTQIA+ parents7 Single mothers8 Trailing spouses or unemployed aid workers9 Fathers10 The humanitarian nannies: the dependency of aid parents on domestic staffPART IVA sector in change: where do we go next?11 What have policies given us?12 Making humanitarian contexts more compatible with parenthood13 Parental leave: where are we and where should we go?14 Office hours and flexible working arrangements: what needs to change?Epilogue
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Omniconomics
Book SynopsisOmniconomics shows how we can make human society intrinsically sustainable, harmonically embedded in nature, with the help of a completely new approach in which traditional economics is transformed.Citing the fallacies of existing economic approaches as directly responsible for many of the environmental and social threats faced by society today, Niko Roorda presents a new, interdisciplinary science: omniconomics. This framework has its foundations in an innovative, joined-up approach, in which all aspects of the natural and social sciences are inextricably linked. It will better allow for new solutions to tackling urgent issues, including climate change, deforestation, environmental and economic inequality, dehumanization, and crumbling social cohesion.Inspiring new thinking, this book aims to:Inspire a public, scientific and political debate about the role of present-day economics, its status as no more than a protoscience, and the consequences foTrade Review"This is an important contribution to thoughtful engagement with sustainability in a context of major economic reformation. The author presents a breakthrough concept, underlined with engaging pedagogy, that identifies sustainability fault lines while suggesting comprehensive ideas to address systemic shortcomings. Omniconomics is a very current and truly innovative book!" Charles Hopkins, UNESCO Chair in Reorienting Education towards Sustainability, York University, Canada "It is no longer difficult to analyze the shortcomings of economics as a protoscience. One only has to look at the environmental destruction, cultural devastation, economic inequality, and social agony it has wrought. The challenge is to imagine what can replace it and guide us to deep intrinsic sustainability in balance with nature. Niko Rooda has done it again— given us a theoretical and imaginative update on sustainable development and provided us a much-needed critique of economics at the same time! May this sustainability narrative of new systematics help to replace the old thinking." Peter Blaze Corcoran, Professor Emeritus, Environmental Studies and Environmental Education, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, Florida Table of Contents1. The Problem and the Plan Part I: The Problem: Economics is not Science 2. Towards the Roots 3. Four Spheres 4. Intrinsic Sustainability 5. Impetus Words 6. Protoscience 7. Myths 8. The Unsustainable Success of Economics 9. Homo Solitarius, the Lonesome Human 10. Collapse 11. Proto-economics Part II: The Plan: Omniconomics, the New Science 12. Buying Time 13. Understanding 14. Science Creation 15. The Eightfold Path to Science 16. Characteristics of Omniconomic Science 17. The Complex Omniconomic World 18. Tegular Unification 19. On the Road to Success: Evolution towards Sustainability 20. Participatory Democracy: Society directs Science
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Taylor & Francis Environmental Economics and Ecosystem Services
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Trade Unions and Regions
Book SynopsisTrade Unions and Regions: Better Work, Experimentation, and Regional Governance is about the place of workers and their unions in the modern world. It addresses current challenges for unions working in regions and the experiments that may take place at this level of governance. The book addresses pressing questions concerned with the conditions for better work and a humane society. The focus is on the capacities of unions to address questions relating to regional governance, in both supranational and sub-national regions. It examines workers and their unions in a variety of contexts: multinationals, industries, workplaces, and communities. The authors address the experiments that can be initiated by unions, governments, or employers and the ways in which collective organisations engage to address these matters in regional contexts. The analysis takes as a starting point the fracturing and divisions evident in various regions, in Australia, Canada, Mexico, Spain, the United Kingdom, and
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Sociology of Farming
Book SynopsisThis book provides a detailed and comprehensive introduction to the concepts and methods of the sociology of farming. The sociology of farming focuses on co-production: the ongoing interaction and mutual transformation of the natural and the social (of human and living nature') which requires putting the farm labour process centre stage. While there are many books which discuss food and agriculture, this book is different: it delves into the methods and concepts used and presents a comprehensive conceptual framework and the associated methods for research to give students and researchers of agriculture and rural studies a solid set of tools for unravelling the complexities of farming and rural life. Importantly, these tools also empower us to design new ways forward. A wide array of case studies, as wide-ranging as Brazil, Peru, China, the Netherlands, Italy and Guinea Bissau, help readers to grasp the commonalities that underlie strongly diversified and divided rural Trade Review'This book fills a longstanding gap in rural studies. Nobody in the sociological tradition could do it better than Jan Douwe. The multiple levels, the distinct shapes and the different dimensions of agriculture are carefully canvassed by someone who knows the subject from personal history and as a research topic. It’s a seminal book that honors the good tradition of great rural sociologists from the past, and must be read by all agrarian, rural and food scholars of the future.'Sergio Schneider, Full Professor of Sociology of Rural Development and Food Studies, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil'This book brings together knowledge acquired through a long and productive career of deep/analytical thinking and research delving into the complexities of agriculture, nature, and those engaged in food production. If you want to learn more about the significance of the farm labour process and how radical transformations of food systems are already underway in various parts of the world, read this book!' Annette Aurélie Desmarais, Canada Research Chair in Human Rights, Social Justice and Food Sovereignty, University of Manitoba'The Sociology of Farming is an original, grounded, systematic and brilliant textbook that goes far beyond the boundaries set by its title to encompass global social life. It must be read by all students concerned about the future of humanity and our planet.'Saturnino M. Borras Jr., Professor of Agrarian Studies, International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), Netherlands"TheSociology of Farmingspells out the importance of a sociological perspective of farming and champions the call for methodological crea-tivity. It isasinspiring as it is critical—an impor-tant read for every rural sociologist, agroecologist, and agrifood systems scholar."Danielle Schmidt, Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development'This book fills a longstanding gap in rural studies. Nobody in the sociological tradition could do it better than Jan Douwe. The multiple levels, the distinct shapes and the different dimensions of agriculture are carefully canvassed by someone who knows the subject from personal history and as a research topic. It’s a seminal book that honors the good tradition of great rural sociologists from the past, and must be read by all agrarian, rural and food scholars of the future.'Sergio Schneider, Full Professor of Sociology of Rural Development and Food Studies, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil'This book brings together knowledge acquired through a long and productive career of deep/analytical thinking and research delving into the complexities of agriculture, nature, and those engaged in food production. If you want to learn more about the significance of the farm labour process and how radical transformations of food systems are already underway in various parts of the world, read this book!' Annette Aurélie Desmarais, Canada Research Chair in Human Rights, Social Justice and Food Sovereignty, University of Manitoba'The Sociology of Farming is an original, grounded, systematic and brilliant textbook that goes far beyond the boundaries set by its title to encompass global social life. It must be read by all students concerned about the future of humanity and our planet.'Saturnino M. Borras Jr., Professor of Agrarian Studies, International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), Netherlands"TheSociology of Farmingspells out the importance of a sociological perspective of farming and champions the call for methodological crea-tivity. It isasinspiring as it is critical—an impor-tant read for every rural sociologist, agroecologist, and agrifood systems scholar."Danielle Schmidt, Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community DevelopmentTable of Contents1. The specificity of farming 2. The farm labour process 3. Markets and technology: A space for manoeuvre 4. Styles of farming 5. Farm development trajectories and agricultural growth 6. Farming, society and capital 7. Rural development processes 8. Constructing new markets 9. Peasant resistances and struggles 10. Dealing with socio-material practices
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Globalizations from Below
Book SynopsisGlobalizations from Below uses a Constructivist International Relations approach that emphasizes the centrality of normative power to analyze and compare the four globalizations from below.'These are: (1) the counter-hegemonic globalization represented by the movement of movements' of alter-globalization transnational social activists, who try to put an end to the Neoliberal nature of the Western-centered globalization from above'; (2) the non-hegemonic globalization enacted by ant traders' that are part of the transnational informal economy; (3) the partially similar Chinese-centered globalization, whose entrepreneurial migrants are strongly influenced and instrumentalized by the Chinese state; and (4) the first wave globalization from below' that paralleled (and outlived) the 18701914 globalization from above.' This book identifies their common features and uses them to define the concept of globalization from below' as a set of socio-economic or socio-political pr
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Socioecological
Book SynopsisThis book explores interdisciplinary perspectives on socioecological challenges and offers innovative solutions at both a European and global level.This book critically reflects on the latest scientific knowledge regarding the increasing instability of the Earth System caused by human activities during the Anthropocene and the Great Acceleration. It focuses on the global and European challenges regarding climate, resources, bio-integrity, and environment. The authors assess the obstacles to overcoming these challenges and examine the risks posed by path dependencies, lock-ins, and trade-offs between global and regional goals. They also drill down into the complexities of the European Green Deal, specifically the similarities and differences between the scientific analyses and recommendations from the European Environment Agency and the content of the Deal. Finally, the book looks at the Just Transition put forward by the European Green Deal. The authors discuss this in a contTable of ContentsList of contributorsIntroductionAnders Siig Andersen, Henrik Hauggaard-Nielsen, Thomas Budde Christensen, and Lars Hulgaard Part I: Global ecological and socioecological challenges and UN solutions Chapter 1: Global ecological risks Anders Siig Andersen, Henrik Hauggaard-Nielsen, Thomas Budde Christensen, and Lars HulgaardChapter 2: UN ecological risk governanceAnders Siig Andersen, Henrik Hauggaard-Nielsen, Thomas Budde Christensen, and Lars HulgaardChapter 3: Socioecological challenges and UN policiesAnders Siig Andersen and Lars HulgaardChapter 4: Affirmative and critical perspectives on the 2030 Agenda of sustainable development and the sustainable development goalsAnders Siig Andersen and Lars HulgaardPart II: European ecological and Socioecological challenges, and EU Solutions Chapter 5: The European Green Deal and the state of the European environmentAnders Siig Andersen, Henrik Hauggaard-Nielsen, Thomas Budde Christensen, and Lars HulgaardChapter 6: Climate Change-motivated development of the EU’s energy production and use systemsThomas Budde Christensen and Tobias Pape Thomsen Chapter 7: Resources and the circular economyThomas Budde Christensen Chapter 8: The food system and agricultureHenrik Hauggaard-Nielsen and Niels Heine KristenenChapter 9: Biodiversity and nature’s contributions to peopleThorkil Casse and Henrik Hauggaard-Nielsen Chapter 10: Just Transition and the EULars Hulgaard and Anders Siig Andersen Part III: Cross-cutting issues: governance, the “Anthropocene”, and interdisciplinary researchChapter 11: Ecological and socioecological governance in the UN and the EUAnders Siig Andersen, Thomas Budde Christensen, and Lars Hulgaard Chapter 12: Decentering humanity: The Anthropocene and the perils of AnthropocentricityAnders Siig Andersen and Lars HulgaardChapter 13: Interdisciplinary research and knowledge creation Anders Siig Andersen, Henrik Hauggaard-Nielsen, Thomas Budde Christensen, and Lars HulgaardIndex
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Unequal Development and Labour in Brazil
Book SynopsisThis book is about unequal development and labour in Brazil, with particular reference to the economic and social development of the Northeast region, which has suffered persistent disadvantage. It combines a historical approach, which shows how economic, social and political institutions have been restructured over time, with an analysis of changes in the pattern of production, employment, unemployment and inequality up to the present day. It draws on detailed case studies to examine the connections between local and national production systems and critical labour market outcomes such as informality in employment, precarious work and disparities between genders, races and regions. The case of the Brazilian Northeast illustrates processes, relationships and policy debates that are important not only in Brazil but also elsewhere. The book will be of interest to teachers, researchers and students in economics, sociology, labour and development; public officials and policy-makers; the Trade ReviewThis book is the result of a long-term and thorough collaborative research project thatneeds to be praised. [...] I would recommend the reading of this book as a priority for all social scientistsinterested by the economic, social, and political situation of Brazil and its Northeast regionbut also, more widely, to all those working on development policies, regional inequalityissues and the determinant role of labour market and employment conditions to reducepoverty.Jean-Luc Maurer, Honorary Professor in Development Studies, The Graduate Institute of International andDevelopment Studies, GenevaThis fine book provides an assessment and analysis of the pattern of unequal development in Brazil, with specific reference to Brazil’s Northeast region, which has historically been significantly less developed and poorer than other regions. It is a fascinating, rich and insightful account of both the historical processes that contributed to the “persistent disadvantage” of this region compared with other parts of Brazil, as well as a careful and penetrating analysis of recent policies that either reduced this disadvantage (during the 2003–14 period) or once again led to increasing inequalities (in the period after 2016, in particular). Clearly, therefore, this book will be essential reading for anyone concerned with Brazil’s economic development and the living conditions of its people, especially in the Northeast. In fact, the book is much more than that and deserves an even wider audience, providing an object lesson in how to study inequality, both horizontal and vertical. The thoughtful political economy approach and the recognition of the intermingling of different forces are both admirable.Jayati Ghosh, Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USATable of ContentsList of map and graphs. List of tables. Preface. Acronyms. Chapter 1. A focus on the Northeast. Chapter 2. The historical trajectory. Chapter 3. The labour regime. Chapter 4. Diversity in production systems and labour relations. Chapter 5. Towards a more equal development. Index.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Planetary
Book SynopsisThis book proposes a paradigm shift in how human and nonhuman well-being are perceived and approached. In response to years of accelerated decline in the health of ecosystems and their inhabitants, this edited collection presents planetary well-being as a new cross-disciplinary concept to foster global transformation towards a more equal and inclusive framing of well-being. Throughout this edited volume, researchers across the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences apply and reflect on the concept of planetary well-being, showcasing its value as an interdisciplinary, cross-sectoral changemaker. The book explores the significance of planetary well-being as a theoretical and empirical concept in sustainability science and applies it to discipline-specific cases, including business, education, psychology, culture, and development. Interdisciplinary perspectives on topical global questions and processes underpin each chapter, from soil processes and ecosystem health toTrade Review"The work of IPBES has shown that many sustainable development goals will not be met by 2030 with current negative trends in biodiversity and may only be achieved through transformative changes across economic, social, political and technological factors. Transformative change calls for deep systemic transformations in our production and consumption habits, and in the way people value nature and conceive a good quality of life. This novel work on planetary well-being addresses the critical need for more work on transformative change, in particular by conceptualising well-being for all life on Earth, for humans and non-humans." Anne Larigauderie, Executive Secretary, Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)"This wide-ranging, multifaceted volume advances a bold theoretical proposal: Earth as a whole, as an integrated complex system, can fare better or worse – in specifiable, measurable, theoretically defensible terms. Then the volume advances another, equally bold suggestion: thinking in terms of planetary wellbeing can inform policies in novel ways at various scales – to include and balance the needs, interests, leanings, and powers of all those humans and nonhumans that across time concur to propel Earth’s transformations. This volume opens and most competently orients a whole new research program, which is as ambitious and urgent as the theoretical and practical tasks it sets for itself."Marcello Di Paola, Assistant Professor in the History of Philosophy, University of Palermo, ItalyTable of ContentsIntroduction to interdisciplinary perspectives on planetary well-being Part 1. Grounding the concept 1. Planetary well-being 2. Planetary well-being: Ontology and ethics 3. Ontological differences and the pursuit of planetary well-being Part 2. Assessing ecological processes as constituents of planetary well-being 4. Ecosystem health and planetary well-being 5. A landscape approach to planetary well-being 6. Soil processes are constituents of planetary well-being Part 3. Challenging the economic imperative 7. An economic tail wagging an ecological dog? Well-being and sustainable development from the perspective of entangled history 8. Local knowledge and global justice: From hegemonic development to planetary well-being 9. Consumption and planetary well-being 10. Planetary well-being and sustainable business: A work in progress Part 4. Rethinking human well-being 11. Eudaimonia and temperance: A pathway to a flourishing life 12. Psychological well-being and pro-environmental behaviour 13. The ecosocial paradigm in social work: Striving for planetary well-being Part 5. Fostering transformation towards planetary well-being 14. Extinction risk indices for measuring and promoting planetary well-being 15. Planetary well-being accounting system for organizations 16. Financial system in steering the economy towards planetary well-being 17. Towards cultural transformation: Culture as planetary well-being 18. Education for planetary well-being
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Young People in the Global South
Book SynopsisYoung People in the Global South: Voice, Agency and Citizenship explores the spatial, relational, affective and material dimensions of adolescents' and young people's civic engagement and political participation in lower- and middle-income contexts. This textbook questions how the everyday politics' of exercising voice and agency is experienced at different scales, from the interpersonal to the global.It explores how structural inequalities and marginalisation, as well as social norms and attitudes, shape how voice, agency and participation are expressed by diverse young people in particular contexts with unique histories. Contributing authors focus on the experiences of young people who are marginalised based on age, gender, sexuality, disability, citizenship status and geographical location. Together they show how ageing through adolescence enables or constrains agency and voice. Textbook features include case studies on Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin AmericTrade ReviewThis book is an important contribution to documenting the vital role that young people in all their diversity play in pushing progress towards the realization of the Sustainable Development Goals. They are not passively waiting for change to happen. They innovate, mobilize and advocate for a more equal, just, and sustainable world, but are too often excluded when decisions are made. I hope readers are left with a strong conviction to ensure their meaningful participation and put youth-led action at the forefront.Jayathma Wickramanayake, United Nations Secretary General’s Envoy on YouthThe voice and agency of adolescent girls is often overlooked in work on young people’s civic engagement and politics, where there has traditionally been more attention to young men and boys. This book addresses this gap by focusing explicitly on gender-related constraints and accelerators to young people’s full participation in civic and political life. The book includes a rich range of case studies and pieces by young researchers themselves –from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. We learn of how social norms specifically constrain girls’ mobility, learning – including use of technologies- and how these can be overcome. Importantly, this book presents practical policy and programme solutions to support girls to exert their leadership, voice and agency on issues that matter to them, including to tackle gender-based violence, refugee education rights and more. This book is relevant to policymakers, researchers and development practitioners alike; articulating the power and potential of girls and boys to influence change in their communities and in the world at large. Lauren Rumble, Associate Director for Gender Equality, UNICEFWhile much is said about the importance of assuring that the voices and perspectives of young people are integrated into the work we professionals do on their behalf, the reality is more reflected in lip service than action. This volume by Jones and colleagues digs deeply into what youth engagement means for policies, programs, research and so much more. Here youth are neither tokens nor the subject of our work but are partners every step of the way. It operationalizes the slogan: “Nothing about us without us!”Robert Blum, Professor and Chair of the Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, John Hopkins UniversityContext is everything, and yet there are common predicaments, processes and insights that link and illuminate the lives of young people growing up in precarious environments. This important volume helps us work between the particular (in terms of local knowledge, meanings and tactics) and the global (in terms of policies, programmes and strategy). Drawing on interdisciplinary and embedded research, the collection centres the voices and agency of young people; proposing a new agenda for evidence and advocacy that takes seriously the significance of gender, age and participation. Unusually, the book draws on longitudinal insights, showing how change and maturity emerge in dynamic settings. Covering the time period before, during and after the Covid -19 pandemic and drawing case study material from Africa, Asia, MENA and Latin America the volume is up-to-date and conceptually nuanced while attending to the categories and demands of contemporary governance and investment agendas. A must-read for policy makers and practitioners concerned with young people in the global south and a rich resource for students and researchers for years to come.Rachel Thomson, Professor of Childhood & Youth Studies, University of SussexThis book is a superb resource that advances our knowledge of the experience and influence of young people in the global South. Each of the four sections delivers a useful literature-informed overview followed by rich examples of initiatives written by practitioners and, consistent with the book’s theme, by young people themselves.Nicola Ansell, Professor of Human Geography, Brunel UniversityPeople working with and for adolescents realize that young people are talented, powerful, and full of potential. The delightful publication of Young People in the Global South: Voice, Agency and Citizenship is a brilliantly conceptualized work based on strong evidence and extended global experience of working with adolescents. The book echoes the recent and enlarging focus on the need to utilize the adolescents' power of change in civic engagement, especially among less privileged populations. It fits exactly with their slogan “Nothing for us, without us!”Mamdouh Wabha, Head of the Arab Coalition for Adolescent Health and MedicineThis is an outstanding volume. Its novel approach and structure weaves discussion and case-studies together to create a book bursting with engaging ideas about citizenship, activism, agency, politics and participation. The editors' commitment to youth voice is clear through the fantastic chapter contributions from young people themselves. A wonderful text that centres young people's lives and animates debates on civic engagement for academic researchers and practitioners.Professor Sarah Mills, Professor of Human Geography, Loughborough UniversityTable of ContentsSECTION I Research methods to explore young people’s voice, agency and civic engagement; Introduction: Adolescent and young people’s voice, agency and citizenship in the Global South; Section overview: Research methods to explore young people’s voice, agency and civic engagement; Measuring adolescent voice and agency: An overview of quantitative and mixed-methods approaches; Empowerment in the age of Covid-19: A mixed-methods study of voice and decision-making on four continents; Giving voice to children and adolescents in Chile: Lessons from the participatory research Mosaic approach; Youth contribution: Changing perceptions, changing roles exploring self, peer and public perceptions and changing roles and responsibilities of street-connected peer researchers and advocates in Kolkata during the Covid-19 pandemic; Youth contribution: Our child-led research makes child activists’ voices stronger in Brazil; Youth contribution: How we are working to reduce teenage pregnancy in our community in Sierra Leone; SECTION II Listening to young people: Negotiating gendered perspectives on voice and agency; Youth contribution: ‘When a girl says something, I learn from her’; Section overview: Listening to young people: Negotiating gendered perspectives on voice and agency; Exercising agency on the periphery: Brazilian children and young people’s understanding of agency and choice within contexts of inequality; ‘Children have the right to be controlled by their parents’: Children’s voice in rural Sierra Leone; Exploring the lived realities of lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) youth in Bangladesh; Youth contribution: When children and young people participate, it is possible to make a change; Youth contribution: Reflections of a young feminist navigating the promise of sustainable development by world leaders; Youth contribution: Pressure around sex in exchange for necessities is a setback in the fight against HIV among adolescent girls living in fishing communities in Kenya’s Lake Victoria region; SECTION III Understanding young people’s citizenship: Marginalisation, agency and the political Imagination; Youth contribution: ‘Although the camp has changed as compared to the old times, I don’t think it has changed enough’; Section overview: Understanding young people’s citizenship: marginalisation, agency and the political imagination; Street youth as human billboards – a paradox of performed street citizenship: Novel political participation by street youth in Ghana; Informality, gender, and alternative citizenship: The lives and livelihoods of rural migrant youth in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Youth movements and political protest: Opportunities and limitations of Ethiopia’s Qeerroo movement in affecting transformative change; Youth contribution: Negotiating everyday life in a Delhi slum as a Muslim girl; SECTION IV Young people’s voice, agency and participation ‘beyond borders’; Youth contribution: My revolution footprint in Zambia; Section overview: Young people’s voice, agency and participation ‘beyond borders’; Patterning, enablers and barriers to adolescents’ participation in protracted crises: A case study of adolescents’ mobility and safe access to public spaces in the Gaza Strip; Adolescents mobilising in real life and online: The Bangladesh context; Youth contribution: Youth climate leaders: What are the major barriers facing young people in climate action and how can these be overcome?; Youth contribution: ‘Being part of the military wing gives you authority here in the camp’; SECTION V Policies and programming for voice, agency and civic participation; Youth contribution: ‘My mother does not allow me to go out of this camp’: Reflections on experiences as an internally displaced adolescent girl in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia; Section overview: Policies and programming for voice, agency and civic participation; Supporting adolescent voice, agency and civic participation in the context of forced displacement: The role of the Makani/‘My Space’ programme one-stop centres in Jordan; Negotiating meaningful dialogue: Scaffolding safe spaces for street-connected young people’s participation in Kenya; Youth contribution: Youth citizenship and advocacy: Perspectives and challenges facing Peruvian youth leaders; Youth contribution: ‘We give our views but our suggestions are not implemented’: Experiences of school parliaments in Batu, Ethiopia; Youth contribution: The Khuluma Mentor programme: Young people’s experiences of running a digital peer-led psychosocial support intervention in South Africa; Final reflections and next steps for policy, programming and research
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Book SynopsisThe fourth edition of Teaching Culture and Psychology (previously Cross-Cultural Explorations) provides an array of carefully designed instructor resources and student activities that support the construction and implementation of courses on culture and psychology.Revised and expanded from previous editions, the book enables instructors to use selected activities appropriate for their course structure. Part One explores a variety of pedagogical challenges involved in teaching about culture and psychology and details specific strategies for addressing these challenges. Part Two (instructor resources) and Part Three (student handouts) center around 90 activities designed to encourage students to think critically about the role of culture in a wide range of psychology content areas. These activities are based on current and classic cross-cultural research and take the form of case studies, self-administered scales, mini-experiments, database search assignments, a
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Taylor & Francis An Introduction to Humanitarian Action
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Anthropology of Ascendant China
Book SynopsisThis volume represents the latest research in cultural anthropology on an ascendant and globalizing China, covering the many different dimensions of China's ascendancy both within China itself and beyond.It focuses not only on the real and perceived successes of China in the past four decades, but also on the difficulties, tensions, and dangers that have emerged as a result of rapid economic development: class polarization, state expansion, psychological distress, and environmental degradation. Including contributions by some of the most well-known cultural anthropologists of China, as well as rising innovative younger scholars, this book documents and analyzes China's multifaceted transformations in the modern eraboth within Chinese society and in Chinese relations with the outside world. It features the unique perspective of anthropology, with its on-the-ground deep cultural immersion through long-term fieldwork, coupled with a macrolevel global perspective, a strong histor
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Sustainable Prosperity in the Arab Gulf
Book SynopsisTracing the development journey of the Arabian Gulf region with a forward-looking perspective, this book describes how a combination of good fortune, creative experimentation, and determination has enabled the region to achieve prosperity. Today, the Arabian Gulf is well positioned to assume a pivotal role in the new global order. Forced to balance an extreme climate and acute resource constraints, but also an exceptional location, the region's progress and prosperity have historically been precarious and vulnerable to external shocks. Efforts to transcend resource dependency have typically involved proactive attempts to enable other economic activities. This book argues that, while conventional economic diversification is making headway, the Gulf region is in fact amidst a far more holistic transformation that positions it for a pivotal role in the emerging multipolar global order. It now offers globally competitive regulations and world-class infrastructure at the heTrade Review"A journey through history explained under the lens of sustainable prosperity, economic diversification and the evolution within the marketplace. Jarmo’s storytelling takes you through the journey as an active listener. The storyline brings back fond memories and is quite nostalgic for the readers who have experienced and worked through the transitions within the regional marketplace over the past decades. The transition across the region has been quite exceptional, and the fact that the modern day GCC today holds the potential to be one of the fastest growing regions and to emerge as a powerhouse for influence is expertly expressed through Dr. Jarmo’s wordsmithing."Jamal Fakhro, Managing Partner, KPMG Fakhro"When Jarmo speaks (or writes), I pay attention. I find his thoughts, analysis, and conclusions insightful and thought-provoking. I highly recommend this book for anyone who wants a better understanding of our region’s past and wants to help build a better tomorrow for its future generations."Suhail Algosaibi, Founder and CEO, Falak Innovation"Dr Kotilaine has produced a compelling narrative of the economic history of the Arab Gulf from the earliest times to the 21st Century, including the extraordinary rags-to-riches story of the hydrocarbons era and describes with great clarity both the challenges and the potential opportunities that face these now-wealthy, but still largely hydrocarbon-dependent, states as they prepare for the post-oil age. This is a book that will fascinate the general reader, while also providing vital historical and cultural context to anyone who (like me) needs to understand the complex economic challenges that this region now faces."Lord Philip Hammond of Runnymede"Dr Kotilaine is considered a leading expert on the Gulf economies. His intimate knowledge of, not only economic issues, but also the underlying sociopolitical landscape and culture, make him uniquely qualified to shed the light on key aspects of the post oil transition. Recommended reading."Hassan Jarrar, Former CEO, Bahrain Islamic Bank "This work demonstrates how ongoing efforts to transform the economic models of the Gulf countries at the same time position them for a role of growing importance in the global economy. Among other things, the Gulf economies face a compelling opportunity to play a leading role in the global energy transition."Abdulhussain Ali Mirza, Former Minister of Electricity and Water Affairs, Former President, Sustainable Energy Authority, Kingdom of Bahrain "Jarmo Kotilaine's new book presents a lucid, coherent analysis and history of the transformation of the GCC countries from near empty, desert spaces into modern powerhouses of energy and finance. This is a fascinating story of energy resources being invested into productive infrastructure, of economic liberalisation through free zones, of freedom of movement of people and capital that transformed the economic geography of the Gulf. The GCC are now embarked on economic diversification 2.0, engaged in an energy transition to reduce their dependence on fossil fuels, develop their digital economies and move into higher value-added industries using modern tech."Nasser Saidi, President, Nasser Saidi & Associates"The Gulf countries are important actors in geopolitics and geo-economics thanks to their energy resources. This book will help readers, whatever their views on the local regimes, understand the history of the gulf economies and how they are preparing for a world less dependent on fossil fuels. Given fractures in the world order, an important read."Sir Paul Tucker, Author of Global Discord"Dr. Jarmo has a long experience in the region's economic affairs. The importance of this new book stems from its handling of a number of vital issues related to the future of sustainable development programs that Gulf governments are working to implement in accordance with their wise long-term visions, and then he seeks to develop solutions to them."Adnan Ahmed Yousif, Chairman, Bahrain Association of Banks Table of Contents1. Awaiting a miracle 2. The double-edged sword 3. Determined to diversify 4. Reaping the demographic dividend 5. Greasing the wheels of exchange 6. Build it and they will come 7. All together now? 8. The imperative of change 9. Navigating choppy waters 10. Charting the way forward
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Taylor & Francis Ltd SouthNorth Dialogues on Democracy Development and
Book SynopsisThis book shows how bringing together experts from the Global South and the Global North can help us to understand and combat global economic, political, and social inequalities. For too long, the world's problems have been viewed through the narrow conceptual lenses of the Global North. This book lays the groundwork for a new approach a truly global approach to political economy.We are currently facing multiple and overlapping international crises. The current economic crisis, characterized by deepening inequalities, is closely intertwined with intensifying geopolitical rivalries and the environmental crisis. The dialogues in this book aim to move beyond the Eurocentric tradition and bring voices from the Global South to the forefront of the debate. Covering 11 key themes drawn from the United Nations' Agenda 2030, the book conceptualizes democracy, development, and sustainability not only as strategies, but also as values that are integrated into the same Table of ContentsPREFACE ANDREAS BIELER & MARCIO POCHMANN INTRODUCTION CRISTINA REIS & TATIANA BERRINGER DIALOGUES 1. Geopolitics and political economy in the 21st century GIORGIO ROMANO SCHUTTE & VIJAY PRASHAD 2. Neoliberalism, Democracy, Authoritarianism and Resistance TATIANA BERRINGER & ALFREDO SAAD FILHO 3. Internet and the risks to democracy CLAUDIO PENTEADO & EVA CAMPOS-DOMINGUEZ 4. Urban development and justice LUCIANA TRAVASSOS & HILDE HEYNEN 5. Challenges of the Global South from a decolonial perspective CAROLINA ALVES & FERNANDA CARDOSO 6. Dependency in a world system of global value chains led by transnational corporations CRISTINA REIS & INGRID KVANGRAVEN 7. The deindustrialization of the Brazilian economy: theoretical aspects and empirical evidence GABRIEL ROSSINI & GUILHERME MAGACHO 8. Global Environmental Crisis LEONARDO MELLO, SUSANA ADAMO & SARA DE PAULA 9. .Articulating local and global processes to ensure the governance of food systems ARILSON FAVARETO & PATRICK CARON 10. Embodied political ecologies of water, gender, and urban space in India and Brazil VANESSA EMPINOTTI & YAFFA TRUELOVE 11. Productive transformations, interstate conflicts and environmental degradation: the non-white youth and asymmetries in the Global South RAMATIS JACINO FINAL REMARKS CRISTINA REIS, TATIANA BERRINGER & RODOLFO V. AGUIAR
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Power Legitimacy and World Order
Book SynopsisThis book reflects on the reasons for the decline of international cooperation in world politics and studies ways to restore legitimacy in the international order. It engages with the concept of legitimacy in international relations theories and practices to examine the discussions around power shifts, the decline of liberalism, demands for inclusive international architectures, and challenges to multilateralism, as well as established norms by leaders and nationalisms. It studies the impact of the post-COVID-19 world order on the nature of power in the international system and changes in normative concerns of security. The volume also interrogates political legitimacy through an area studies lens by examining the concept of legitimacy separately in the USA, Europe, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Latin America, and Africa.An important and timely text featuring contributions from eminent scholars, this book will be of use to students and researchers of modern history, political sTrade Review“The current fragility of institutional legitimacy at every level of social organization is no secret. This important volume addresses the growing crisis of legitimacy in international politics and emphasizes the need to focus on (re)building legitimacy if humanity is going to successfully face current threats such as global climate change and rising authoritarianism.”Jayne Seminare Docherty, Professor Emeritus, Center for Justice and Peacebuilding, Eastern Mennonite University“A most valuable compilation of thought-provoking and richly resourced essays examining the state of disorder and inequality in the world today. Very often there is a disconnect between power and legitimacy, both domestic and international. The emphasis on the concept of legitimacy brought out in the volume is timely and needs to be recognised by those in power.”Chinmaya R Gharekhan, former Indian ambassador and United Nations Under-Secretary-General“Recent developments reinforce the pitfalls of approaching international politics and international economics in silos. The blatant and increasing deployment of crude political power is undermining the legitimacy of many global institutional and trade frameworks. This volume unpacks the challenges of legitimacy that confront global governance frameworks. The excellent essays demonstrate that legitimacy and credibility of global economic architecture can be strengthened by fortifying principles such as transparency, reciprocity, fairness and equity.”Rajat Kathuria, Dean, School of Humanities & Social Sciences, and Professor of Economics, Shiv Nadar University“In this timely, valuable collection a formidable team of analysts examine, in all of their complexity, two concepts – power and legitimacy – that are crucial in world affairs. Diverse regions are assessed from a refreshing diversity of perspectives which take the analysis beyond conventional western perceptions.”James Manor, Emeka Anyaoku Professor, School of Advanced Study, University of London“This excellent, insightful and occasionally provocative volume on Power, Legitimacy, and the World Order merits careful study among policymakers and within global institutions. Its strength lies in its capacity to capture the contested nature of the concept and application of legitimacy. It should inspire serious debate on the legitimacy of a world order which is undergoing seismic changes.”Rehman Sobhan, Chairman, Centre for Policy Dialogue, Dhaka“This volume views today’s world order – or, more accurately, crisis, disorder and fragmentation – through the prism of 'power' and 'legitimacy' and their interaction. The book’s core strength is that it unpacks 'legitimacy' from a diverse range of intellectual and geographical perspectives. The Western vision of world order, based on liberal democracy at home, and US power and Western-shaped multilateral institutions abroad, is contested more than at any time since the end of the Second World War – and not only by China. The COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war have widened this legitimacy divide and further fragmented the world order. This volume helps us to understand these megatrends and navigate our way through an ever more uncertain future.”Razeen Sally, Former Professor of International Political Economy at the London School of Economics and the National University of Singapore‘The current fragility of institutional legitimacy at every level of social organization is no secret. This important volume addresses the growing crisis of legitimacy in international politics and emphasizes the need to focus on (re)building legitimacy if humanity is going to successfully face current threats such as global climate change and rising authoritarianism.’Jayne Seminare Docherty, Professor Emeritus, Center for Justice and Peacebuilding, Eastern Mennonite University‘A most valuable compilation of thought-provoking and richly resourced essays examining the state of disorder and inequality in the world today. Very often there is a disconnect between power and legitimacy, both domestic and international. The emphasis on the concept of legitimacy brought out in the volume is timely and needs to be recognised by those in power.’Chinmaya R Gharekhan, former Indian ambassador and United Nations Under-Secretary-General‘Recent developments reinforce the pitfalls of approaching international politics and international economics in silos. The blatant and increasing deployment of crude political power is undermining the legitimacy of many global institutional and trade frameworks. This volume unpacks the challenges of legitimacy that confront global governance frameworks. The excellent essays demonstrate that legitimacy and credibility of global economic architecture can be strengthened by fortifying principles such as transparency, reciprocity, fairness and equity.’Rajat Kathuria, Dean, School of Humanities & Social Sciences, and Professor of Economics, Shiv Nadar University‘In this timely, valuable collection a formidable team of analysts examine, in all of their complexity, two concepts – power and legitimacy – that are crucial in world affairs. Diverse regions are assessed from a refreshing diversity of perspectives which take the analysis beyond conventional western perceptions.’James Manor, Emeka Anyaoku Professor, School of Advanced Study, University of London‘This excellent, insightful and occasionally provocative volume on Power, Legitimacy, and the World Order merits careful study among policymakers and within global institutions. Its strength lies in its capacity to capture the contested nature of the concept and application of legitimacy. It should inspire serious debate on the legitimacy of a world order which is undergoing seismic changes.’Rehman Sobhan, Chairman, Centre for Policy Dialogue, Dhaka‘This volume views today’s world order – or, more accurately, crisis, disorder and fragmentation – through the prism of ‘power’ and ‘legitimacy’ and their interaction. The book’s core strength is that it unpacks ‘legitimacy’ from a diverse range of intellectual and geographical perspectives. The Western vision of world order, based on liberal democracy at home, and US power and Western-shaped multilateral institutions abroad, is contested more than at any time since the end of the Second World War – and not only by China. The COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war have widened this legitimacy divide and further fragmented the world order. This volume helps us to understand these megatrends and navigate our way through an ever more uncertain future.’Razeen Sally, Former Professor of International Political Economy at the London School of Economics and the National University of SingaporeTable of ContentsList of ContributorsPreface Acknowledgements Abbreviations 1 Introduction: Power, Legitimacy, and World Order Krishnan Srinivasan2 Power, Authority, and Shifting Sands of the Legitimacy Sanjay Pulipaka3 The View from the United Nations Mats Berdal and James Mayall4 From Taboo to Legality: Human Rights and the United Nations Radhika Coomaraswamy5 Domestic Politics, External Engagement, and Legitimacy: A Perspective from the US A. Peter Burleigh6 The Shifting Grounds of Power and Legitimacy in the European Union Fredrik Erixon7 Is the Putin System Partially Legitimate? Julius George Stephen Fein8 Power and Legitimacy in the People’s Republic of China Michael Puett9 Legitimacy and “A Global Community of Shared Future” Wang Yiwei10 Tribalism and the Limits of Liberalism: A (Conservative) Japanese Perspective on Legitimacy in World Politics Tadashi Anno11 Autocracy, Institutional Weakness, and Latin American Concept of Legitimacy Deepak Bhojwani12 Power and Legitimacy: A 21st-Century Perspective on Africa Rajiv Bhatia13 Authoritarianism, Resistance, and Legitimacy in the West Asian Political Order Talmiz Ahmad14 Power and Legitimacy in Pakistan and Bangladesh: To Be Muslim or Islamic? Kingshuk Chatterjee and Devadeep Purohit15 Interrogating Power and Legitimacy in the Information Age from an Indian Perspective Pranay Kotasthane and Nitin Pai16 Legitimacy, Political Power, and Tibetan Buddhism Jigme Yeshe Lama17 In Search of Legitimacy: The ASEAN Way Preeti Saran
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Cultural Complexes of Latin America
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Local Responses to Mine Closure in South Africa
Book SynopsisThis book investigates mine closure and local responses in South Africa, linking dependencies and social disruption. Mine closure presents a major challenge to the mining industry and government policymakers globally, but particularly in the Global South. South Africa is experiencing notable numbers of mine closures, and this book explores the notion of social disruption, a concept often applied to describe the effects of mine growth on communities but often neglecting the impact of mine closures. The book begins with three theoretical chapters that discuss theory, closure cost frameworks and policy development in South Africa. It uses evolutionary governance theory to show how mining creates dependencies and how mining growth often blinds communities and governments to the likelihood of closure. Too easily, mining goes ahead with no concern for the possibility, or indeed inevitability, of eventual closure and how mining communities will cope. These impacts are showcasTable of Contents1 Understanding mine closure: global and national trends 2 A theoretical framework for understanding the social aspects of mine closure 3 Mine closure policies and strategies in South Africa: a critical review 4 A scoping review of the literature on mine closure 5 Miners’ lives after retrenchment 6 West Rand: decline in South Africa’s economic heartland 7 Matjhabeng: decline in the urban periphery 8 Kleinzee: looking for a new dawn amidst the diamond dust 9 Koffiefontein mine downscaling: socioeconomic and infrastructural consequences 10 Alexkor and the Richtersveld community: unlikely partners to mine diamonds together 11 Tshikondeni: mine closure in a deeply rural area 12 Emalahleni’s just transition: from closure to collaboration? 13 Rustenburg: the struggle to go beyond mining 14 Rustenburg: coping despite mine decline 15 A framework for understanding the social aspects of mine closure in South Africa
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Living with Energy Poverty
Book SynopsisLiving with Energy Poverty: Perspectives from the Global North and South expands our collective understanding of energy poverty and deepens our recognition of the phenomenon by engaging with the lived experiences of energy-poor households across different contexts.Understanding the lived experience of energy poverty is an essential component in the design of any effort to alleviate what is fundamentally a deep-rooted, multi-faceted, wickedly complex problem. This requires a nuanced understanding of the causal factors and the research methods that can respond to the flexible spatial and temporal nature of the condition, as well as its wellbeing and justice implications. Drawing together the expertise and connectedness of authors from the Global South and North, this book presents novel approaches to understanding the often hidden forms of domestic energy deprivation. Case studies from 20 countries provide critical perspectives on this phenomenon while analysing the poTable of ContentsINTRODUCTION1. The Global Face of Energy PovertyPaola Velasco-Herrejón, Breffní Lennon and Niall P. DunphyPART I – METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES2. Identifying Energy-Poor Households, Experiences from the Global NorthNiall P. Dunphy, Breffní Lennon, and Paola Velasco-Herrejón3. How do We Measure Energy Poverty? The Limitations of Energy Expenditure as an IndicatorMaría María Ibañez Martín, María Florencia Zabaloy, and Federico Dubois 4. Unveiling Hidden Energy Poverty in a Time of Crisis: A Methodological Approach for National StatisticsRoberto Barrella and José Carlos Romero5. Reflections from Quantitative Characterisations of Energy Poverty in Mexico: Methods, Energy Justice, and Geographic DifferencesAdolfo Mejía-Montero and Pável Soriano-Hernández6. Understanding the Lived Experience of Summer Energy Poverty through Participatory Action ResearchMarta Gayoso Heredia, Daniel Torrego Gómez, Miguel Núñez Peiró, and Carmen Sánchez-Guevara Sánchez7. What Energy Poverty Looks Like: Methodological Insights from a Study in the Republic of Georgia Nino AntadzePART II – LIVED EXPERIENCES 8. Not Equal Before the Energy System: Can Energy Justice Principles Lift Women in Rural West Africa Out of Energy Poverty?Laurent Jodoin and Carelle Mang-Benza9. Connected Yet Suffering: The Lived Experiences of Czech Households through Energy Service Providers BankruptciesDominik David and Hedvika Koďousková10. Insights on Energy Poverty from Street Vendors in IndonesiaDinita Setyawati11. Understanding Energy Poverty in South AfricaNthabiseng Mohlakoana and Peta Wolpe12. Resources and Skills of Low-Income Households to Tackle Energy Poverty in FranceCoralie Robert13. Too Cool or Too Hot: Thermal Comfort in Low-Income Homes and Lived Experiences of Energy Poverty in India and AustriaTania Berger14. Heating Deprivation in Southern Cone: Sensitivities and Resilience Shaping the Vulnerability ExperiencePaz Araya, Tamara Oyarzún, and Betina Cardoso15. Female Voices of Energy Deprivation: The Lived Experience of Energy Vulnerable Women in North Macedonia and AustriaAna Stojilovska and Mariëlle FeenstraPART III PRACTICES, POLICIES AND SUSTAINABILITY16. Transitioning Out of Vulnerability Using the Neighborhood Energy Center ModelAlison Kenner, Andrew Rosenthal, Briana Leone, Morgan Sarao, James Adams, and Abby Tzinberg17. Demand-side Flexibility to Address Household Energy Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Burkina Faso and MadagascarMarine Cornelis, Edmond VII Mballa Elanga, and Luc Richaud18. Assessing Energy Poverty and Potential Retrofit Scenarios in Residential Stock in Tirana, AlbaniaSokol Dervishi, Gliti Mazniku, Alessia Tafani, and Ina Dervishi19. From Energy Poverty to Vulnerability: A Discourse Analysis of the European Union’s National Energy and Climate PlansAhmed Noaman El-Sherbini and Ingmar Lippert20. What of Recognition Justice? An Empirical Analysis of the Role of Recognition Justice in Social Housing Smart City Projects in the Global NorthLuca Lamonaca and Susana Batel21. A Burning Desire: Trying to Achieve SDG 7 and Improving Access to Cleaner Cooking Fuels in Rural GhanaDickson Boateng, Julian Bloomer, and John MorrisseyCONCLUSION22. Towards a Better Understanding of Energy PovertyNiall P. Dunphy, Breffní Lennon, and Paola Velasco-Herrejón Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Foreign Aid in a World in Crisis
Book SynopsisThis book investigates the geopoliticisation of foreign aid in recent years, against a background of global overarching crises such as climate change, conflict, Covid-19, economic crisis, energy shortages and migration.Foreign aid has historically been understood as assisting both with the development objectives of the recipients and with the trade and geopolitical interests of the donors. In the first decades of the 21st century, however, this balance has been shifted by a series of complex global challenges. This book argues that donors have now moved towards framing aid as a geopolitical instrument, wherein aid can be given or withheld based on power or political intent, thus imposing the donor's specific values and norms. This book provides an in-depth analysis of this weaponisation of foreign aid within a framework of global disruption and ultimately concludes that the world is at a tipping point towards a new socio-political world order.Asking important questions
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Taylor & Francis Ltd An Introduction to Inclusive Healthcare Design
Book SynopsisAn Introduction to Inclusive Healthcare Design is a comprehensive guide to the design and facilitation of safe, healthy, equitable, and inclusive healthcare settings across a variety of scales. The book informs healthcare professionals, healthcare administrators, planners, designers in the healthcare sector, design students, and faculty about best practices and considerations for inclusive design.The primary theme for the book is design for all considering the design of healthcare spaces through the lenses of inclusivity and social equity. Part 1 presents the reader with an overview of the variety of locations and types of healthcare settings. Part 2 provides a comprehensive overview of the principles of equitable and inclusive healthcare design and considers how these principles can be applied to the range of settings laid out in Part 1. The authors consider inclusivity-supportive infrastructure in primary and ancillary spaces within healthcare settings. Par
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The COVID19 Pandemic and the Politics of Life
Book SynopsisThis book explores the extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic is poised to be a permanent fixture in the modern world which in contemporary times will be thought of in terms of before and after the pandemic. It looks at how the pandemic has brought to the fore the question of the appropriate ethics, politics, and spirituality and highlights the present condition of humanity and the need to rethink alternative planetary futures. It argues that the pandemic has existential and epistemic implications for human life on planet Earth, and a postCOVID-19 future requires a fundamental transformation of the present economic, political, and social conditions.Drawing on empirical case studies on the COVID-19 pandemic from Africa and beyond, contributions in this book challenge the reader to rethink alternative planetary futures. It will be a useful resource for students, scholars, and researchers of African studies, citizenship studies, global development, global politics, human geographTable of ContentsNotes on Contributors vii1 The planetary impact of COVID-19 1Inocent Moyo and Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni2 Reengaging power: state responses to COVID-19 and the provision of public goods in Canada and the United States of America 9Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba and Kgoto Jan Mbele3 COVID-19 and the challenges of trauma, transformations, and deborderisation: ethics, politics, and spirituality and alternative planetary futures 29Ananta Kumar Giri4 The COVID-19 moment: exacerbation of narrow nationalisms and their toxicity to integration aspirations 42Zenzo Moyo5 COVID-19 pandemic, geopolitics of health, and security entanglement in West Africa 60Olukayode A. Faleye6 The conundrum of balancing between COVID-19 policing and human rights protection in South Africa: a responsibility to protect perspective (R2P) 75Patrick Dzimiri7 A Trojan horse: critically exploring data as a colonial instrument during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa 90Kyle John Bester and Danille Elize Arendse8 Occupational health in the mining industry of South Africa and the COVID-19 pandemic 109Robert Maseko9 “On est pas de cobayes”: Congolese migrants and health transnationalism in the COVID-19 moment 127Leon Mwamba Tshimpaka and Christopher Changwe Nshimbi10 “#Corona Jihad”: remanufacturing Islamophobic narratives during COVID-19 in contemporary India 141Sayan DeyIndex 160
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Taylor & Francis Routledge Handbook of Contemporary African
Book SynopsisThis handbook provides an authoritative multidisciplinary overview of contemporary African international migration. It endeavours to present a single source of reference on issues such as migration history, trends, migrant profiles, narratives, migration-development nexus, migration governance, diasporas, impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, among others.The handbook assembles a multidisciplinary contributor team of distinguished and upcoming Africanist scholars, practitioners, researchers, and policy experts both inside and outside Africa to contribute their perspectives on contemporary African migration. It attempts to address some of the following pertinent questions: What drives contemporary migration in Africa? How are its patterns and trends evolving? What is the architecture of migration governance in Africa? How do migration, diaspora engagement and development play out in Africa? What are the future trajectories of African migration? The handbook is a valuable resource for practitioners, politicians, researchers, university students, and academics interested in studying and understanding contemporary African migration.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Global Forest Carbon
Book SynopsisThis book addresses the major policy, economic and financial issues encountered in global forest carbon.The global forest sector is expected to play a major role in achieving the Paris Agreement's temperature targets. Therefore, there is an urgent need to explore practical and promising solutions to the challenges facing carbon accounting and policy assessment as the global community undertakes forest sector actionsincluding the widely known REDD+ initiative. This book demonstrates how vital it is that we identify appropriate perspectives and formulate approaches to address these challenges in an integrated and effective manner. In doing so, it addresses many of the major issues, including the differential potentials for carbon sequestration within various forest ecosystems as well as for storage within a variety of harvested wood products, the joint production of timber and carbon, and the measurement and impact of forest carbon offsets and credits, results-based payments, a
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Sustainable Human Resource Management
Book SynopsisGlobal trends favor balanced development, integrating socio-economic and environmental aspects. Sustainable development, emphasized by international organizations and the UN''s Sustainable Development Goals, has evolved into Industry 5.0. Unlike Industry 4.0, Industry 5.0 prioritizes social justice and sustainable development, focusing on human-centricity, ecological balance, and resilience. It advocates for circular processes, reduced waste, and lowered environmental impact. The transition to a green economy requires bottom-up efforts from eco-entrepreneurs. In the era of knowledge-based economies, enterprises emphasize sustainable development, including the transition to Sustainable Human Resource Management (SHRM). SHRM combines sustainability with a soft approach to human resources, fostering trust, teamwork, and employee commitment. However, literature on SHRM lacks a universally accepted definition. This monograph aims to bridge gaps through theoretical and empirical
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Sustainable Development
ISC 2022 is dedicated to the Niti Aayog policies to promote sustainability through exchange of ideas emerging out of the academia. The ISC is an annual conference that is held in virtual mode until COVID restrictions on travel exist. The vision of the conference is to capacitate Academia with the necessary ideas that provide insights of the grassroot level development to various stakeholders of the Niti-Aayog policies. Towards this goal, the conference creates a conjunction of various stakeholders of Niti-Aayog policies that include- academic institutions, government bodies, policy makers and industry. The ISC organizers make concerted efforts to promote academic research that would technological, scientific, management & business practices, and insights into policy merits & disruptions. The framework of exchange of ideas is geared towards adoption of deep technologies, fundamental sciences & engineering, energy research, energy policies, advances in medicine & related case s
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Social Structure Adaptation to COVID19
Book SynopsisSocial Structure Adaptation to COVID-19 offers global, interdisciplinary perspectives that examine how the COVID-19 pandemic has altered the development trajectory of schools, public health, the workforce, and technology adoption. It explores social themes in society, economy, policy, and culture and draws on a social framework to describe key functions of societal adaptation to the pandemic.Edited by Suresh Nanwani and William Loxley, the volume is grounded in the study of system components and their objectives to improve overall well-being given the ill effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Chapters explore interconnected social networks and how sectors restructured themselves to stabilize or transform society. International contributors from 20 countries offer case studies that highlight key themes including personal connectivity, societal equality, well-being, big data, and national resilience. They predict how impactful the pandemic might be in reshaping the future an
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Social Policies in Times of Austerity and
Book SynopsisFeaturing the latest research by Brazilian-based scholars previously inaccessible to an English-speaking audience, this book is a timely, authoritative, multidisciplinary overview of social policies in Brazil during the Temer austerity and the Bolsonaro populist presidencies. The breadth of policies studied herein provides clues on the political agenda, preferences, and strategies during this tumultuous period in Brazil's history.Divided into four parts, Part I is a conceptualization: it brings basic understanding of Brazilian social policies, explains the trajectory of the Brazil political landscape, including the growth of a populist right-wing movement, the economic crisis and the increase in poverty and inequality in Brazil prior, and the threat to democracy brought about by the disinformation ecosystem. Part II discusses social security, social assistance, conditional cash transfers, and healthcare. Part III analyzes the neoliberal strategies to social investment policie
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Taylor & Francis PostDevelopment from the Global South
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Many Layers of Ecocentrism
Book SynopsisThis book unveils the myriad streams of ecocentric thoughts that have been flowing through the human mind â in indigenous communities, in the wisdom of philosophers, in the creative expressions of poets and writers â sometimes latent, but sometimes more explicit. The strength of this book lies in the fact that it attempts to show that ecocentrism had not emerged suddenly as a distinct line of philosophical thought or found its place among the various normative approaches toward nature, but the seeds of ecocentrism had always been running through human societies. Thus, this book not only emphasizes the âœunity of lifeâ but also reveals the inherent unity of all hues of ecocentrism. The book adopts a multidisciplinary approach, which is essential to dwell on a topic like ecocentrism which permeates the domains of disciplines as disparate as science, philosophy, religion, normative ethics, myths and folklore, poetry, and literature, among others. Despite this eclectic approach, the book attempts to maintain continuity among the chapters and present these concepts in a simple form that will be easily accessible by readers from all conceivable backgrounds. This book would be useful to the students, researchers, and faculty from the fields of ecology and environmental science, philosophy, sociology, religious studies, and literature. It will also be an indispensable companion for all nature lovers, activists, and general readers interested in the emergence and evolution of environmental thoughts.
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Taylor & Francis Womens Political Leadership for Sustainable
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