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Book SynopsisComparing two consequential movements that shed light on the nature of revolution>Revolutions in Cuba and Venezuela compares the sociopolitical processes behind two major revolutions—Cuba in 1959, when Fidel Castro came to power, and Venezuela in 1999, when Hugo Chávez won the presidential election. With special attention to the Cuba-Venezuela alliance, particularly in regards to foreign policy and the trade of doctors for oil, Silvia Pedraza and Carlos Romero show that the geopolitical theater where these events played out determined the dynamics and reach of the revolutions.Updating and enriching the current understanding of the Cuban and Venezuelan revolutions, this study is unique in its focus on the massive exodus they generated. Pedraza and Romero argue that this factor is crucial for comprehending a revolution’s capacity to succeed or fail. By externalizing dissent, refugees helped to consolidate the revolutions, but as the diasporas became significant political actors and the lifelines of each economy, they eventually served to undermine the social movements.Using comparative historical analysis and data collected through fieldwork in Cuba and Venezuela as well as from immigrant communities in the U.S., Pedraza and Romero discuss issues of politics, economics, migrations, authoritarianism, human rights, and democracy in two nations that hoped to make a better world through their revolutionary journeys.Publication of this work made possible by a Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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Book SynopsisCollective Intelligence and Digital Archives DIGITAL TOOLS AND USES SET Coordinated by Imad Saleh This book presents the most up-to-date research from different areas of digital archives to show how and why collective intelligence is being developed to organize and better communicate new masses of information. Current archive digitization projects produce an enormous amount of digital data (Big Data). Thanks to the proactive approach of large public institutions, this data is increasingly accessible. Despite the recent stabilization of technical and legal frameworks, the use of data has yet to be enriched by processes such as collective intelligence. By exploring the field of digital humanities, audiovisual archives, preservation of cultural heritage, crowdsourcing and the recovery of scientific archives, this book presents and analyzes concrete examples of collective intelligence for use in digital archives.Table of ContentsChapter 1 Ecosystems of Collective Intelligence in the Service of Digital Archives 1 Samuel SZONIECKY 1.1 Digital archives 1 1.2 Collective intelligence 3 1.3 Knowledge ecosystems 5 1.4 Examples of ecosystems of knowledge 7 1.4.1 Modeling digital archive interpretation 7 1.4.2 Editing archives via the semantic web 10 1.4.3 A semantic platform for analyzing audiovisual corpuses 12 1.4.4 Digital libraries and crowdsourcing: a state-of-the-art 14 1.4.5 Conservation and promotion of cultural heritage 16 1.4.6 Modeling knowledge for innovation 18 1.5 Solutions 20 1.6 Bibliography 21 Chapter 2 Tools for Modeling Digital Archive Interpretation 23 Muriel LOU PRE and Samuel SZONIECKY 2.1 What archives are we speaking of? Definition, issues and collective intelligence methods 25 2.1.1 Database archives, evolution of a concept and its functions 25 2.1.2 The exploitation of digital archives in the humanities 27 2.1.3 The specific case of visualization tools 32 2.2 Digital archive visualization tools: lessons from the Biolographes experiment 34 2.2.1 Tools for testing 37 2.2.2 Tools for visualizing networks: DBpedia, Palladio 38 2.2.3 Multi-purpose tools (Keshif, Table) 40 2.3 Prototype for influence network modeling 44 2.3.1 Categorization of relationships 45 2.3.2 Assisted influence network entry 47 2.4 Limits and perspectives 50 2.4.1 Epistemological conflicts 51 2.4.2 The digital “black box”? 55 2.4.3 From individual expertise to group intelligence 56 2.5 Conclusion 57 2.6 Bibliography 58 Chapter 3 From the Digital Archive to the Resource Enriched Via Semantic Web: Process of Editing a Cultural Heritage 61 Lénaïk LEYOUDEC 3.1 Influencing the intelligibility of a heritage document 61 3.2 Mobilizing differential semantics 62 3.3 Applying an interpretive process to the archive 63 3.4 Assessment of the semiotic study 67 3.5 Popularizing the data web in the editorialization approach 70 3.6 Archive editorialization in the Famille™ architext 73 3.7 Assessment of the archive’s recontextualization 79 3.8 Bibliography 81 Chapter 4 Studio Campus AAR: A Semantic Platform for Analyzing and Publishing Audiovisual Corpuses 85 Abdelkrim BELOUED, Peter STOCKINGER and Steffen LALANDE 4.1 Introduction 85 4.2 Context and issues 86 4.2.1 Archiving and appropriation of audiovisual data 89 4.2.2 General presentation of the Campus AAR environment 94 4.3 Editing knowledge graphs – the Studio Campus AAR example 96 4.3.1 Context 97 4.3.2 Representations of OWL2 restrictions 99 4.3.3 Resolution of OWL2 restrictions 101 4.3.4 Relaxing constraints 102 4.3.5 Classification of individuals 104 4.3.6 Opening and interoperability with the web of data 106 4.3.7 Graphical interfaces 107 4.4 Application to media analysis 108 4.4.1 Model of audiovisual description 109 4.4.2 Reference works and description models 110 4.4.3 Description pattern 111 4.4.4 The management of contexts 112 4.4.5 Suggestion of properties 113 4.4.6 Suggestion of property values 114 4.4.7 Opening on the web of data 115 4.5 Application to the management of individuals 116 4.5.1 Multi-ontology description 116 4.5.2 Faceted browsing 117 4.5.3 An individual’s range 117 4.6 Application to information searches 118 4.6.1 Semantic searches 118 4.6.2 Transformation of SPARQL query graphs 120 4.6.3 Transformation of OWL2 axioms into SPARQL 120 4.6.4 Interface 121 4.7 Application to corpus management 122 4.8 Application to author publication 123 4.8.1 Publication ontologies 125 4.8.2 Transformation engine 128 4.8.3 Final product 129 4.8.4 Opening on the web of data 129 4.8.5 Graphical Interface 130 4.9 Conclusion 131 4.10 Bibliography 132 Chapter 5 Digital Libraries and Crowdsourcing: A Review 135 Mathieu ANDRO and Imad SALEH 5.1 The concept of crowdsourcing in libraries 136 5.1.1 Definition of crowdsourcing 136 5.1.2 Historic origins of crowdsourcing 137 5.1.3 Conceptual origins of crowdsourcing 140 5.1.4 Critiques of crowdsourcing. Towards the uberization of libraries? 140 5.2 Taxonomy and panorama of crowdsourcing in libraries 141 5.2.1 Explicit crowdsourcing 143 5.2.2 Gamification and implicit crowdsourcing 145 5.2.3 Crowdfunding 148 5.3 Analyses of crowdsourcing in libraries from an information and communication perspective 150 5.3.1 Why do libraries have recourse to crowdsourcing and what are the necessary conditions? 150 5.3.2 Why do Internet users contribute? Taxonomy of Internet users’ motivations 153 5.3.3 From symbolic recompense to concrete remuneration 154 5.3.4 Communication for recruiting contributors 155 5.3.5 Community management for keeping contributors 155 5.3.6 The quality and reintegration of produced data 156 5.3.7 The evaluation of crowdsourcing projects 157 5.4 Conclusions on collective intelligence and the wisdom of crowds 158 5.5 Bibliography 159 Chapter 6 Conservation and Promotion of Cultural Heritage in the Context of the Semantic Web 163 Ashraf AMAD and Nasreddine BOUHAÏ 6.1 Introduction 163 6.2 The knowledge resources and models relative to cultural heritage 164 6.2.1 Metadata norms 164 6.2.2 Controlled vocabularies 171 6.2.3 Lexical databases 172 6.2.4 Ontologies 172 6.3 Difficulties and possible solutions 174 6.3.1 Data acquisition 175 6.3.2 Information modeling 185 6.3.3 Use 195 6.3.4 Interoperability 197 6.4 Conclusion 201 6.5 Bibliography 202 Chapter 7 On Knowledge Organization and Management for Innovation: Modeling with the Strategic Observation Approach in Material Science 207 Sahbi SIDHOM and Philippe LAMBERT 7.1 General introduction 207 7.2 Research context: KM and innovation process 210 7.2.1 Jean Lamour Institute 210 7.2.2 Technology and Knowledge Transfer Office (or CC-VIT) 211 7.3 Methodological approach 212 7.3.1 Observation and accumulation of knowledge for innovation 212 7.3.2 Strategic observation and extraction of knowledge: towards an ontological approach 215 7.3.3 Creation of a class hierarchy (of knowledge) 224 7.4 Conceptual modeling for innovation: technological transfer 225 7.4.1 Implementations 226 7.4.2 Corpus specificities 227 7.4.3 NLP engineering applied to the corpus 228 7.4.4 “Polyfunctionalities” favoring strategic observation 232 7.5 Conclusion: principal results and recommendations 233 7.6 Bibliography 235 List of Authors 239 Index 241

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Book SynopsisSEO practices for Baidu and other Chinese search engines are little known in the Western world. However, in order for a company to promote itself successfully in the Middle Kingdom, it is absolutely necessary to go online in China. Chinese SEO is not only about working on the on-site and off-site aspects of a site, there are also many administrative tasks to take into account: the creation of a site in China can pose governmental problems (obtaining a Chinese mobile line, applying for an ICP license, proving that the company is well established in China, etc.) In order for readers to understand how SEO and web-marketing works in China, tips, advice and case studies are presented throughout this book.Table of ContentsPreface ix Introduction xiii Chapter 1 Baidu, Its Services and Its Competitors 1 1.1 The history of Baidu 1 1.2 Very “rich” Search Engine Results Page 2 1.3 Baidu versus HaoSou and Sogou 4 1.4 Baidu’s services 6 1.5 Eye tracking on Baidu versus Google 7 1.6 How does “BaiduSpider” work? 8 1.7 Understanding the difference between crawl and indexing on Baidu 11 Chapter 2 Technical Advice and Tips for Baidu SEO 13 2.1 Purchasing a domain name with a “.cn” extension 13 2.2 Choosing a domain name 13 2.3 Hosting a site in Hong Kong and/or in China 14 2.3.1 Recommended hosting companies 16 2.3.2 Case study 17 2.4 Chinese mobile telephone line 18 2.5 Optimizing an HTML code for Baidu 19 2.6 Is HTTPS protocol incompatible with Baidu? 20 2.7. “Baidu MIP”, a new feature for mobile pages in 2016 22 2.8 Encoding a Chinese site 24 2.9 Baidu’s “Webmaster Tools” 25 2.10 Check that the robots.txt complies with the Baidu guidelines 27 2.11 How should a robots.txt with a high number of restrictions be managed? 28 2.12 Tags and attributes that are not compatible with Baidu 30 2.12.1 The rel=“canonical” attribute does not work on Baidu 30 2.12.2 The hreflang attribute does not work on Baidu 31 2.12.3 Micro data tags (Schema.org) do not work in Baidu 32 2.13 Baidu’s V1, V2 and V3 icons 33 2.14 The “official site” icon on Baidu (官 网) 35 2.15 The Pomegranate algorithm (石 榴) 37 2.16 The Money Plant algorithm against external spam links 37 2.17 Sitemap for Baidu 39 2.18 Submitting URLs to Baidu automatically 39 2.19 Adapt your mobile site to Baidu 42 2.20 Declaring a mobile site in Webmaster Tools 43 2.21 Baidu’s official good practices for optimizing a mobile site 44 2.22 Why should you have a Responsive Design site? 45 2.23 Managing the redesign of a site for Baidu 47 2.24 Simple and ordinary URLs for Baidu 49 2.25 URL formats for press sites for Baidu news 50 2.26 The negative impact of empty internal results pages 50 2.27 Problems with link analysis and Rapid Positioning 51 Chapter 3 Semantic and Editorial Advice and Tips for Baidu SEO 53 3.1 Baidu Index: a useful platform for studying search trends 53 3.2 Baidu’s keyword generation tool 54 3.3 Keywords and ranking: Term Frequency–Inverse Document Frequency statistics 55 3.4 The length of the title and meta description meta-tags 56 3.5 The influence of keywords on Baidu SEO 58 3.6 The importance of keyword density 59 3.7 Strategy for keywords and SERP analysis 61 Chapter 4 Subjects Related to Baidu SEO 65 4.1 Baidu Certified Marketing Specialist certifications 65 4.2 Baidu’s browser 66 4.3 Connecting to a social network directly from the SERPs 68 4.4 Chinese e-commerce and Baidu SEO: current trends 69 4.5 AutoNavi is outperforming Baidu Maps 71 4.6 Social networks and Baidu 71 Chapter 5 Methodology of a Baidu SEO Campaign 75 5.1 First step: kick-off meeting 75 5.2 The SEO project reverse schedule 76 5.2.1 How is a Gantt chart created? 77 5.3 The technical audit for Chinese SEO on Baidu 80 5.4 The semantic audit for Chinese SEO on Baidu 81 5.5 Keyword analysis 82 5.6 Optimizing Chinese meta-tags 83 5.7 Optimizing headings tags 85 5.8 Optimizing textual content 86 5.9 Optimizing Chinese URLs 88 5.10 Optimizing text anchors 89 5.11 Optimizing images 91 5.12 Optimizing breadcrumbs 92 5.13 Dragon Metrics: a special position monitoring tool for China 92 5.14 Netlinking: searching for external links 94 Chapter 6 Beyond Baidu SEO 97 6.1 Advice on SMO optimization for WeChat 98 6.2 Advice for social marketing on Weibo 100 6.3 Mei Nu in China: a marketing method 104 6.4 Wang Hong (网 红): the new online promotion model 106 Conclusion 111 Glossary 113 Bibliography 121 Index 123

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Book Synopsis"Creative competitive intelligence" is an information-seeking and monitoring activity of an information environment for the purpose of creativity and innovation. It involves the process leading up to the development of an informational supply adapted to the inspiration of creative or innovative personnel. This dynamic aims for the recognition of novelties (ideas, products, technologies, etc.), the identification of new players in the world of creation and innovation, and the identification of forgotten or neglected developmental paths. This book is aimed at readers who already have some experience of innovation and who are now looking for new ways to discover new products under development, anticipate the design of future products, identify unexplored tracks of inventions, develop and analyze innovation strategies, or recognize the emergence of budding artists.Table of ContentsIntroduction ix Chapter 1 Intelligence and Creative Competitive Intelligence 1 1.1 Supplying intelligence 1 1.2 Informational supply and creative competitive intelligence 10 1.3 Creative class and creative competitive intelligence 12 1.4 Creative competitive intelligence, objectives and means 15 Chapter 2 Researching and Identifying Trends 17 2.1 Weak and strong signals and routine signals 17 2.1.1 The puzzle method 19 2.1.2 The 3S hypotheses method 19 2.1.3 Researching routine signals 20 2.2 Trends interpreted using graphs 21 2.3 Sources of information on trends 27 2.4 Algorithm of trend research 32 Chapter 3 Formatting, Analysis and Inspiration Using Trends 37 3.1 Word clouds 37 3.2 Boards, cartograms and trend books 40 3.3 Note about researching images that relate to a trend 44 3.4 Trend funnel and cartogram of opportunities 48 3.5 Routine boards 51 Chapter 4 Presenting and Analyzing Networks 53 4.1 Overview 53 4.2 Illustrating indirect links 54 4.3 Illustrating links between individuals 56 4.4 Demonstrating networks with multivariate entities 60 4.4.1 Using star glyphs 60 4.4.2 Using Chernoff faces 61 4.5 Invisible chessboards 64 4.6 Comparative analysis of networks using graphs 66 Chapter 5 Visual Tools for Problem Solving 67 5.1 The great issues of problem solving 67 5.2 Maps to express questions and ideas 68 5.2.1 Mind maps 68 5.2.2 Concept maps 69 5.2.3 Lotus flower maps 72 5.2.4 Ishikawa diagrams 74 5.2.5 The tree to break down objectives 76 5.3 Window tools to change perspective 77 5.3.1 Crossing multiscreens 77 5.3.2 Hyperspective multi-windows 79 5.3.3 The customer experience corridor 80 5.4 Business use cases and user stories 82 5.4.1 Business use case diagrams 82 5.4.2 User stories 84 5.5 User experience maps 84 Chapter 6 Investigating the Past and Present 87 6.1 Existing solutions 87 6.1.1 Go and see what is done in other regions 88 6.1.2 Go to see what is done in other sectors 89 6.1.3 Go and see what exists in nature 91 6.2 Lateral thinking of obsolete technologies 94 6.3 The C-K theory for design 96 6.4 Investigating blue oceans 99 6.4.1 Strategic canvas 100 6.4.2 Forgotten customers 101 6.5 Crossing of current trends 103 Chapter 7 Inspiration Using TRIZ 107 7.1 A few general points about TRIZ 107 7.2 The innovation principles 108 7.3 Matrix of (technical) contradictions 109 7.4 Separation principles 112 7.5 Eras and laws of technical system evolution 113 7.6 Analyzing the technical system 117 7.7 The ideal final result (IFR) 119 Chapter 8 Reasoning with the Aid of Operators 121 8.1 Search operators of expressions of avenues for innovation 121 8.2 The easy choice operators and their negation 124 8.3 Verbal operators 127 8.3.1 Scamper 127 8.3.2 Mathematical operators (the most basic ones) 128 8.3.3 DTC operators 128 8.3.4 FRED ASTAIRE operators 129 8.4 Operators using the imaginary 130 8.4.1 The operator using super powerful characters (SPC) 130 8.4.2 The operator inspired from science fiction (ISF) 131 8.5 Combined techniques 135 8.5.1 The use of the Sequencer 135 8.5.2 Crossing of windows and operators 136 8.6 The analogical operators 138 8.6.1 Simple usage of an analogy matrix 139 8.6.2 Using Synectics 141 Chapter 9 Use of Games for Serious Purposes 143 9.1 Some forms of games 143 9.1.1 A game as an attitude or support 144 9.1.2 The game as a design goal 145 9.2 The game for serious purposes 148 9.3 Information bingo to monitor speeches 150 9.4 The semantic brainball to find ideas 153 9.5 Keyword battleships 155 Chapter 10 Diversion of Role-playing Games 159 10.1 Role-playing games 159 10.2 Knowledge acquisition through role-playing 160 10.3 The personas 160 10.4 The court of ideas 164 10.5 The seven creative families 168 10.6 Investigation trees 169 10.7 Complex route mapping 171 10.8 The investigation of possible futures 172 Chapter 11 Tactical or Strategic Reflection and Wargames 175 11.1 Reasoning by military analogies 175 11.2 Free business wargames 179 11.3 Product clash maps 182 11.3.1 Choice and preliminary data collection, development of questionnaires 182 11.3.2 Drawing the bottom of the map/terrain 185 11.3.3 Placing pawns and estimating movements: the simplified version 186 11.3.4 Placing pawns and estimating movements: the detailed version 187 11.3.5 Reasoning using product clash maps 189 11.4 The strategic goban 189 Chapter 12 Use of Objective-based Games 195 12.1 A small point about games with a purpose 195 12.2 The strategic and creative shoot (SCS) 196 12.2.1 SCS, strategic round 197 12.2.2 SCS, creative round 199 12.2.3 SCS, counter-attack or second level 201 12.3 The Rummy of attributes 203 12.4 The Small Horse Challenge 205 12.5 The informational and creative centipede 209 Chapter 13 Creative Competitive Intelligence and Territorial Intelligence 215 13.1 Territory in question 215 13.2 Problems with creative competitive intelligence and territorial intelligence 217 13.3 Geo-strategic approach 220 13.4 Risk approach with Clue Storming 223 Conclusion 229 Bibliography 233 Index 241

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Book SynopsisA polymorphous concept, power has imposed itself since ancient times. Whether it characterizes the phenomena of domination, exclusion or voluntary submission, it illuminates social relations and, since the 20th Century, interpersonal relations. This book offers, first of all, a daring panorama through its intertwining of different theoretical propositions relating to power, across time and across disciplines. It then presents the work of researchers in information and communication sciences who draw from these proposals the materials allowing them to develop their own analyses. These analyses revisit discursive power with respect to contemporary formations of communication and information. They investigate digital technologies by problematizing the phenomena of influence, control and access to knowledge. Finally, they reflect on the media in the light of inherent powers of social mediation, advertising and journalism.Table of ContentsPart 1. Epistemological Foundations 1. Political Power, Institutions and Socio-economic Organizations. 2. Subjective and Intersubjective Power. 3. Discursive Power: Words, Languages, Controls and Arguments. Part 2. Mobilizing the Concept of Power in ICS 4. Linguistic Power in ICS. 5. Power, Society, and Developments in ICT. 6. Media Power.

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Book SynopsisOur world overwhelms us with more and more data everyday. Yet we need to face many challenges in order to deal with its complexity – notably to discern the essential from the accessory, to exploit quality and not quantity, to explore the depth of our knowledge and to produce from it, in a reasoned way, effective ideas to be put into action. A synthesis of a triple experience in industry, pedagogy and academia, Knowledge and Ideation presents numerous concepts, such as the dematerialized knowledge object, inventive intellectual heritage, inventive potential, and knowledge-based ideation. This book develops and describes applications in the form of case studies while proposing prospects.Table of ContentsForeword xiii Preface xvii Part 1 Inventive Knowledge and Inventive Intellectual Corpus 1 Chapter 1 Nature of Inventive Knowledge 3 1.1 Knowledge levels 3 1.1.1 Knowledge in everyday life 4 1.1.2 Scientific knowledge 4 1.1.3 Knowledge in the Japanese intellectual tradition 4 1.1.4 Knowledge according to cognitive science 5 1.2 The limits of knowledge 6 1.3 Value chain and knowledge evolution chain 7 1.3.1 The knowledge value chain inspired by Porter 7 1.3.2 The DIKW knowledge evolution chain 16 1.4 Inventive knowledge concepts 21 1.4.1 Current and fruitful ideas 21 1.4.2 Depth of inventive knowledge 22 1.5 Cognitive and social dimensions of the knowledge actor 22 1.5.1 From erudite (scholar) to expert 23 1.5.2 From expert to inventor 23 1.6 Conclusion 24 Chapter 2 Representation and Analysis of Inventive Knowledge 25 2.1 The concept of dematerialized knowledge object 25 2.1.1 Founding principle 25 2.1.2 Illustration by electromagnetic wave detection object 26 2.1.3 Application to the description included in patents 27 2.2 Cartography or mapping 28 2.2.1 Introduction 28 2.2.2 Information mapping 28 2.2.3 Knowledge mapping 29 2.3 The map 30 2.3.1 Introduction to the map 30 2.3.2 Types of maps 31 2.4 Cognitive mapping 32 2.5 The cognitive map 32 2.6 A reasoned procedure for analyzing inventive knowledge 35 2.6.1 Introduction 35 2.6.2 Work on a knowledge structure 36 2.6.3 Example of an invention file 37 2.7 Conclusion 40 Chapter 3 Knowledge: Bridge between Innovation, Invention and Intellectual Property 41 3.1 Innovation 41 3.1.1 Multidimensional aspect of innovation 41 3.1.2 Innovation procedures and processes 42 3.2 Invention and the ability to invent 44 3.2.1 Concept of inventiveness 44 3.2.2 Concept of creativity 44 3.2.3 Combining creativity and inventiveness 46 3.3 Intellectual property rights 46 3.3.1 General information on intellectual property rights and copyright 46 3.3.2 The patent 47 3.3.3 Summary 48 3.4 Analysis of the links between invention, innovation and inventive intellectual corpus 48 3.4.1 Links between industrial property rights and innovation 48 3.4.2 Links between industrial property rights and invention 49 3.4.3 Links between invention and intellectual property rights 51 3.4.4 Links between innovation and intellectual property rights 51 3.4.5 Links between invention and innovation 51 3.4.6 Links between innovation and invention 51 3.4.7 Reciprocal links of the inventive activity and the inventive intellectual corpus 51 3.5 The nature of the bridges between knowledge domains 53 3.5.1 The perspective of economists 54 3.5.2 The knowledge management perspective on innovation 54 3.5.3 The perspective of KBI (Knowledge-Based Innovation) 55 3.6 Conclusion 55 Chapter 4 Knowledge Capital and Inventive Intellectual Corpus 57 4.1 Knowledge capital and intellectual corpus 57 4.1.1 Knowledge capital 57 4.1.2 Intellectual corpus 57 4.2 Inventive intellectual corpus 64 4.2.1 Dematerialized nature of the inventive intellectual corpus 64 4.2.2 Epistemic diagram of the inventive intellectual corpus 64 4.2.3 Inventive intellectual corpus versus intangible capital 65 4.2.4 Inventive intellectual corpus and creation of inventive knowledge 65 4.2.5 Traces in the inventive intellectual corpus 68 4.3 Projection of the inventive intellectual corpus on the inventive knowledge map ® 69 4.4 Conclusion 71 Part 2 Knowledge-Based Innovation 75 Chapter 5 Innovation Dynamics and Innovation as a Mode of Innovative Problem Solving 77 5.1 Innovation dynamics 77 5.2 Using knowledge to find innovative solutions 79 5.2.1 Relationship between knowledge management and innovation within the general framework 79 5.2.2 Relationship between knowledge management and innovation within the context of research and development activities 83 5.2.3 Known knowledge management methods instrumenting innovation 83 5.3 Overview of some common methods and techniques 84 5.4 Innovation and knowledge evolution by the principle of divergence-convergence 85 5.5 Innovation and knowledge evolution by the principle of analogy 86 5.6 Innovation and knowledge evolution by the principle of expansion 87 5.7 Generalization: global problem-solving process 88 5.8 Conclusion 89 Chapter 6 Innovation in Ideation Mode 91 6.1 The concept of ideation 91 6.2 Knowledge-based innovation (KBI) field 91 6.2.1 Relationship between knowledge management and innovation 92 6.2.2 Management by the strategic capabilities portfolio 92 6.2.3 Knowledge-based innovation as a process 92 6.2.4 Two key hypotheses 93 6.2.5 Systemic evolution 94 6.2.6 Path dependency 96 6.3 Principle of emergence 97 6.3.1 Need for a new principle for creativity 97 6.3.2 Principle of emergence 98 6.4 Theoretical model of knowledge evolution (the “chaotically” inspired model of knowledge evolution by emergence) 100 6.4.1 Step 1: knowledge, a complex system 100 6.4.2 Step 2: knowledge creation, an evolution of the knowledge system 101 6.4.3 Step 3: description of knowledge evolution by another complex system 102 6.4.4 Step 4: generalization of the evolution process to any complex system evolving over time 102 6.5 Theoretical model of inventive knowledge creation (step 5) 105 6.6 Instantiation of the “chaotically” inspired model of knowledge evolution by the ICAROS ® method (step 6) 107 6.7 The purpose of ideation for innovation 110 6.8 Conclusion 110 Chapter 7 Implementation of the ICAROS ® Method: Case Study 113 7.1 Introduction to the case study 113 7.2 Funnel model 113 7.3 Presentation of the experiment context 114 7.3.1 Concept of Knowledge and Technology Areas Portfolio 115 7.3.2 Adaptation of the Knowledge and Technology Areas Portfolio concept to the company under observation: the Knowledge and Technology Areas Portfolio 117 7.4 Preliminary step: constitution of cognitive stimulus 118 7.4.1 Structuring of the intellectual corpus by knowledge domain 118 7.4.2 Development of cognitive stimulus 124 7.5 Course 130 7.5.1 Individual stimulation session 131 7.5.2 Seminar 137 7.5.3 Dissemination 147 7.6 Conclusion in the form of lessons learned 147 Part 3 Inventive Activity and Visibility of Inventive Potential 151 Chapter 8 The Inventive Potential of a Company 153 8.1 Reminder on inventive activity 153 8.2 Notion of inventive potential 154 8.3 Annual innovation and invention activity file 154 8.4 Concept of making the inventive potential visible 156 8.5 Inventive data knowledge base 158 8.6 Introduction to the activation of inventive knowledge extracted from inventive intellectual corpus 158 8.7 Conclusion 160 Chapter 9 Managerial Applications 161 9.1 Reasoned contribution to technical strategic decision-making support 161 9.2 Strategic surveillance 162 9.2.1 Introduction 162 9.2.2 The place of strategic surveillance in overall performance steering 162 9.2.3 Knowledge management and environment surveillance 165 9.2.4 Interaction between knowledge capital and its environment 166 9.2.5 Knowledge-based strategic surveillance 168 9.3 Information system on patent portfolio management 172 9.3.1 Introduction 173 9.3.2 The patent file considered as a knowledge object 173 9.3.3 Description of the patent information system 174 9.3.4 Descriptive sheet of a patent file 177 9.3.5 Presentation support for the inventor’s working file 178 9.3.6 Applications 178 9.4 Valorization of inventive activity associated with intangible assets 183 9.4.1 Limits of automated analysis of technical information contained in a patent portfolio 184 9.4.2 Limits to the quality of the drafting of patent files 186 9.4.3 Identification of the knowledge generated by the inventive activity involved in the patent 187 9.5 Publication policy 187 9.6 Determination of the inventive activity for the research tax credit 188 9.6.1 Industrial research and development 188 9.6.2 Characteristics of the research tax credit in France 189 9.6.3 Application of inventive knowledge engineering methods 191 9.7 Reasoned contribution to innovation management 195 9.8 The knowledge worker 196 9.8.1 Knowledge worker definitions 196 9.8.2 Characteristics of the knowledge worker 196 9.8.3 The knowledge worker in their relationship with the law 197 9.8.4 Knowledge Manager 199 9.9 A new profession: the inventive activity expert 202 9.10 The cognitive scientist and inventive activity expert pair 203 9.11 Need for a change in culture 203 9.11.1 Compatibility of conventional companies with the development of creativity 203 9.11.2 New knowledge-based organization 204 9.12 Conclusion 204 Part 4 Perspectives 207 Chapter 10 Knowledge Assessment Based on Knowledge 209 10.1 Introduction 209 10.2 Fundamental principles of knowledge management 212 10.2.1 The virtuous circle of knowledge management 212 10.2.2 Notion of critical knowledge 213 10.2.3 Reminder: ascent along the knowledge evolution chain 214 10.3 Reminder on the social mechanism for stimulating creativity and reflexivity 215 10.3.1 Reminder on the model of “chaotic” evolution 215 10.3.2 Instantiation of the creativity process: the ICAROS ® method 215 10.4 Transposition to the knowledge assessment field 216 10.4.1 Application of the fundamental principles of knowledge management 216 10.4.2 Application of the social mechanism of stimulation 217 10.5 Case study (2019–2020 academic year) 218 10.5.1 Context 218 10.5.2 Objectives of the action research 219 10.5.3 Preparation of the framework 219 10.5.4 Precautions taken with regard to students 221 10.5.5 Example of exercise subject terms 221 10.5.6 Analysis of the score database 224 10.5.7 Benefits of the analysis in the institution 231 10.5.8 Lessons learned and perspectives 231 10.6 Conclusion 232 Chapter 11 Towards an IKM ® : Inventive Knowledge Management 235 11.1 Introduction to the second level of the ICAROS ® method 235 11.1.1 Reminder on the first level of the ICAROS ® method 235 11.1.2 The second level of the ICAROS ® method 236 11.1.3 Notions of creativity 238 11.1.4 Contribution of creativity and inventiveness to ideation 246 11.2 Knowledge-based ideation 248 11.2.1 Introduction to the Idea according to Plato 248 11.2.2 Knowledge-based ideation and supervenience 249 11.2.3 Gestalt theory 252 11.2.4 Synthesis of knowledge-based ideation 258 11.3 Inventive profile engineering 259 11.4 Perspectives from the academic point of view 261 11.4.1 Inventive knowledge creation process as a study object in itself 261 11.4.2 Theoretical approach to knowledge by the physical sciences 261 11.4.3 Extension of the exploration to non-creativity 262 11.4.4 Reminder on the path hypothesis 262 11.5 Conclusion 263 Glossary 265 References 281 Index 295

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Book SynopsisLiving eXperience Design – the design of life experiences – is an extension of user experience design (UXD). The context comprises usage and practice in real contexts in which spatial, urban, social, temporal, historical and legal dimensions are considered. Reflecting upon LivXD is to examine the whole experience of a target audience in a variety of situations – and not only in those involving digital technology. This book begins with the definition of LivXD and its associated epistemology, and proceeds to detail field experiments in certain privileged areas: the relation to creation and works, mediation and adult education. Table of ContentsIntroduction xi Sylvie LELEU-MERVIEL, Daniel SCHMITT and Philippe USEILLE Part 1. Epistemology and Concepts 1 Chapter 1. From UXD (User eXperience Design) to LivXD (Living eXperience Design): Towards the Concept of Experiences of Life and their Design 3 Patrizia LAUDATI and Sylvie LELEU-MERVIEL 1.1. Introduction 3 1.2. The source of UXD 4 1.2.1. From design to user-centered design (UCD) 4 1.2.2. What is UXD? 5 1.2.3. The UXD approach in practice 7 1.2.4. Assessment 9 1.3. Beyond digital devices: from experience design to life experience design 10 1.3.1. The framework of the experience: spaces and living spaces 10 1.3.2. The practices of the places: living experience and visit experience 11 1.4. Views on experience 12 1.4.1. Experience according to Dewey 13 1.4.2. The conditions of experience according to Dewey 14 1.4.3. The meaning of experience according to Dewey 16 1.4.4. When Dewey anticipates Varéla 17 1.4.5. Theureau’s course of experience applied to the case of the visit experience 18 1.4.6. Françoise Héritier’s identity perspective 19 1.5. How can we design experience? 20 1.5.1. Is it possible to design experience? 20 1.5.2. How can we design the spatial framework of experience? 21 1.5.3. Criteria for the spatial preconfiguration of life experience: LivXD 21 1.6. Conclusion and perspectives 23 1.7. References 24 1.8. Webography 26 Chapter 2. Thinking and Living “Experience”: Pragmatist Contributions from John Dewey 27 Françoise BERNARD 2.1. Introduction 27 2.2. Reading experiences: paths to experience in John Dewey’s work 28 2.3. John Dewey: a broad, constructed and argued pragmatism 31 2.4. A social philosophy open to multiple themes and practices 33 2.5. Conclusion 36 2.6. References 37 2.7 Webography 40 Chapter 3. Paths Created by an Enactive-relativized Approach to Experience: the Case of Viewing Experience 41 Charles-Alexandre DELESTAGE 3.1. Introduction 41 3.2. Method of relativized conceptualization and enaction 42 3.2.1. On the subject of embodied cognition 42 3.2.2. Method of relativized conceptualization 45 3.2.3. Enaction 51 3.2.4. First theoretical contributions 53 3.3. From percept to concept 55 3.3.1. The body, a unit of consciousness 56 3.3.2. Communication perspective 63 3.3.3. Communicability of the lived experience 70 3.4. The horizon of relevance 72 3.4.1. Specific individual expectations and relevance: the case of viewing experience 73 3.4.2. Towards a horizon of relevance 77 3.5. Conclusion 81 3.6. Appendix: MRC summary 82 3.7. References 91 Chapter 4. The Lived Experience as an Alternative to Digital Uses 93 Philippe BONFILS, Laurent COLLET and Michel DURAMPART 4.1. Introduction 93 4.2. A partial review of a scientific production linked to the questions of experience 94 4.2.1. Two references: enactivism and narrative semiotics 94 4.2.2. The prism of the relationship with the device 95 4.2.3. Shifting gaze, from interaction to the subject’s transformations 96 4.2.4. The literacy current 96 4.3. The lived experience in i3M Toulon research programs (IMSIC) questioning digital technology at school 97 4.3.1. Prerequisites: a context of paradoxical injunctions 98 4.3.2. An example of “diligence” 98 4.3.3. The bottom line: rigidities, immobilization and fears 101 4.4. The lived experience in i3M Toulon research programs (IMSIC) questioning immersive environments and industry training 102 4.4.1. The observation of a shift from uses to experiences to be lived 102 4.4.2. From experience stories to testing 104 4.5. Assessment: the lived experience and its methodological consequences in research 106 4.6. Conclusion 107 4.7. References 108 Part 2. Experiences of Creation and/or Work 111 Chapter 5. Sources of Video Mapping: a “Proto-narrativity” of a Musical Nature? 113 Pascal BOUCHEZ and Philippe USEILLE 5.1 Introduction 113 5.2. Video mapping and narrativity: a musical chord? 114 5.3 Parent-child interactions and proto-narrativity 118 5.4. Proto-narrativity and configuration of the temporal experience 120 5.5. Conclusion 123 5.6. References 125 Chapter 6. In the Minds of Artists? Study of the Situated Artistic Creation Experience 127 Marine THÉBAULT and Daniel SCHMITT 6.1. Creation: between myth and mystery 127 6.2. Video mapping: a form of support for the study of creative experiences 128 6.3. REMIND: a method for analyzing the artistic creation experience 129 6.3.1. Summary of artists’ different courses of experience 132 6.3.2. Discussion 138 6.4. Conclusion 139 6.5. Acknowledgments 139 6.6. References 139 Chapter 7. Participants’ Experience in an Optical Illusion Installation 143 Khaldoun ZREIK and Ahmad ALI 7.1. Preamble 143 7.2. Visual perception and the art of optical illusion 144 7.2.1. Visual perception in an optical illusion 144 7.2.2. Geometrical-optical illusion 146 7.3. Receiving visual data 152 7.3.1. The spectator’s culture 153 7.3.2. The spectator’s age 154 7.3.3. The spectator’s gender 154 7.4. Mediation in the search for perspective 155 7.4.1. Anamorphosis 155 7.4.2. Digital anamorphosis 158 7.4.3. Lenticular printing 159 7.5. The art of optical illusion 161 7.5.1. Op Art: main features 163 7.5.2. The art of optical illusion from a unique viewpoint 165 7.5.3. The interactive optical illusion 171 7.6. Design examples 175 7.6.1. Unique perspective in the media 176 7.6.2. Experiment at Le Chêne 177 7.6.3. Spectator reactions to the installation 179 7.6.4. Experiment in an open public space: description 181 7.6.5. Spectator reactions 183 7.7. Conclusion 184 7.8. References 186 Part 3. Experiences in Mediation and Training 187 Chapter 8. The Concept of Experience in John Dewey’s Aesthetic Pragmatism: What are the Consequences for Cultural Mediation in the Museum? 189 Jérôme HENNEBERT 8.1. Introduction 189 8.2. Aesthetic theory before John Dewey 191 8.3. John Dewey’s aesthetic pragmatism: the continuity of art and existence 195 8.4. Towards a descriptive redefinition of cultural mediation in museums 198 8.5. Conclusion 203 8.6. References 203 Chapter 9. A Step Towards Experience Design in Museums 205 Daniel SCHMITT and Virginie BLONDEAU 9.1. Visitor experience and experience design 205 9.2. Reducing the concept of experience 206 9.3. REMIND, a method of accessing experience 207 9.4. Objectifying visitor experience: the Iguane marin 209 9.4.1. Analysis of the installation 211 9.5. Objectifying your own experience: the Louise de Bettignies project 212 9.6. A step closer to experience design? 214 9.7. References 215 Chapter 10. Towards Teaching Focused on the “Bridging Experience”: the Case of Urban Learning through Site Visits 217 Smaïl KHAINNAR 10.1. Introduction 217 10.2. Theoretical part: experience, and bridging experience in pedagogy 219 10.2.1. Experience: some conceptual milestones 219 10.2.2. What place is there for the bridging experience in pedagogy? 220 10.3. Application part: two site visits as experiential situations 222 10.3.1. Research methodology and experimental protocol 222 10.3.2. Results and discussion 224 10.4. Conclusion and possibilities 226 10.5. References 227 Chapter 11. Design Games and Game Design: Relations Between Design, Codesign and Serious Games in Adult Education 229 Julian ALVAREZ, Olivier IRRMANN, Damien DJAOUTI, Antoine TALY, Olivier RAMPNOUX and Louise SAUVÉ 11.1. Introduction 229 11.2. Definitions 230 11.2.1. Design and codesign 230 11.2.2. Design games 231 11.2.3. Games 232 11.2.4. Serious games 232 11.2.5. Game design 233 11.2.6. Gamification 234 11.3. Exploring the links between design and serious games 235 11.3.1. Design games and serious games 235 11.3.2. Design games and game design 235 11.4. The main approaches to designing a serious game 239 11.4.1. Identification of different approaches 239 11.4.2. Serious game design 241 11.4.3. Gamification 242 11.4.4. Degamification 243 11.4.5. Serious gaming 245 11.4.6. Review and discussion 249 11.5. Conclusion 250 11.6. References 251 List of Authors 255 Index 257

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Book SynopsisComputer software (operating systems, web browsers, word processors, etc.) structure our daily lives. Comprising both a user interface and the electronic circuits of the machine it is printed to, software represents a hybrid object at the crossroads of materiality and immateriality. But is it, strictly speaking, a �technical object�? By examining the status of software against the criteria of philosophy of classic techniques, in particular that of Gilbert Simondon, this book lays the groundwork of a philosophical reflection on this subject. Further, in order to help introduce readers to problematics, lines of code and explanatory schemas have been provided.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction ix Chapter 1. Simondon’s Philosophy of Technics: A Work Program 1 1.1. A philosophy of technicity 1 1.1.1. Simondonian functionalism 4 1.1.2. The question of the localization of technicity 12 1.1.3. The question of the representatives of technicity 17 1.2. The Simondonian method: approaching the technical object as closely as possible 21 1.2.1. The epistemological stakes: an inductive method 22 1.2.2. Case study of a technological example 24 1.2.3. Reproducing the Simondonian gesture 28 1.3. Confronting Simondon’s thoughts with computers 29 1.3.1. Existing work on Simondon and computers 29 1.3.2. The positioning of our study 35 Chapter 2. Genetic Study of Technology: the Software Program, A Technical Object? 37 2.1. Definition and problem statement of the digital object 37 2.1.1. Technical objects according to Simondon 38 2.1.2. The browser, a digital object that represents software 40 2.2. Constructing the software program from the margin of indeterminacy 51 2.2.1. The computer-machine and the margin of indeterminacy 52 2.2.2. The complexification of computer code 59 2.2.3. Three hypotheses on the status of the software program 64 2.3. The levels of technicity of software 65 2.3.1. The genesis of the browser 66 2.3.2. The element, the associated milieu 70 Chapter 3. Psychosocial Study of Free Software 77 3.1. The problem of the industrial technical object 79 3.1.1. The question of the commensurability of technics 80 3.1.2. The dual alienation of industrial technical objects 81 3.1.3. Saving the technical object by dethroning it 87 3.2. The promise of openness of software as a postindustrial technical object 89 3.2.1. A complex system 90 3.2.2. A postindustrial configuration 91 3.2.3. The free software program, guarantor of software technicity 94 3.3. Bricolage with the digital technical object 98 3.3.1. Aspects and extension of the concept of bricolage 99 3.3.2. Computer bricolage 106 Conclusion 117 Glossary 125 References 131 Index 141

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Book SynopsisAnalysing the aural background of everyday spaces, this book explores the role and processes of sound in daily life in a range of contexts. Sounding Places questions how sound comes to be a meaningful ingredient in the microgeographies of place-making, how it contributes to shaping a variety of embodied and spatially situated experiences, and how such aspects can be harnessed methodologically. These topics contribute to broader debates on the relations between representation and the non- or more-than-representational that are taking place across the social sciences and humanities in the wake of the cultural turn. Using creative approaches, this multidisciplinary book brings together the work of international scholars to enrich our understanding of the more-than-representational registers of sound and sonic experiences. Social science scholars focusing on human geography, social psychology, music and cultural studies will find this to be a beneficial read. It will also prove to be a useful tool for urban planners and policy-makers interested in the use of sound and music in public environments.Trade Review'Sounding Places represents a significant theoretical and empirical moment in an emergent sonic geography. Through the lens of a more-than-representational theoretical approach, the volume presents an eclectic and dizzying array of sounds, places and experiences for the reader to savour - from the crashing of ocean waves, the sounds of airports, to breakdancing in Milan subways, to the spatial awareness of the visually impaired, to the geopolitical sounds of nations and the sonic atmospheres of dormitory rooms, this volume presents a truly compelling contribution to our understanding of the role of sound in the geographies of our everyday lives.' --Michael Bull, University of Sussex, UK'Sound is embodied and embedded in materials and processes which envelope, embrace and touch humans deeply, providing senses of temporality which animate place through vivid presents and intense memories. Exploring relationships between sound, music, body and environment, this collection makes an important contribution examining sonic places in all their richness.' --George Revill, The Open University, UKTable of ContentsContents 1. Sounding Places: An introduction Karolina Doughty, Michelle Duffy and Theresa Harada PART I Sound and place-making 2. Soundings: Sensing and encounters in/with/of place Michelle Duffy, Angela Campbell and Richard Chew 3. Exploring Inclusive Therapeutic Soundscapes Alexandra Kaley, Chris Hatton and Christine Milligan 4. Affective Relations of Bodies and Sound: The Constitution of ‘Ben Gurion International Airport 2000’ Planning Project Mor Shilon 5. Resounding heterotopias: breakdance, caporales and the re-appropriation of the city Fabio Bertoni 6. The call of the sea: how sound co-composes the place of the surfed wave Jon Anderson and Lyndsey Stoodley PART II The centrality of sound to the making of bodies 7. Voicing Waters; (Co-)Creative Reflections on Sound, Water, Conversations and Hydrocitizenship Owain Jones, Luci Gorell Barnes and Antony Lyons 8. Rural Sound-Space: A Restless Quiet and an Active Silence Sheryl-Ann Simpson 9. The sounds we make: environmental feedback and the entanglements of sonic presence Daniel Paiva and Herculano Cachinho 10. Sonic and tactile bodies: sound, haptic space and accessibility Karla Berrens 11. Encountering everyday linguistic diversity in public space in Antwerp Nesrin El Ayadi PART III Affective politics of sound 12. Sonifying the World Anja Kanngieser and Rory Gibb 13. Observations on Politics and Communication in Electronic Music Performances͛ Ryan Bird 14. Modes of Power and Sonic Affect: Urban encounters in Bangkok͛’s transport infrastructure Leonie Tuitjer 15. Rethinking musical cosmopolitanism as a visceral politics of sound Karolina Doughty 16. The echo of communal space: More-than-representational tourist encounters in hostel accommodation Kaya Barry PART IV Methodological approaches to utilizing sound 17. Musical Improvisation as Therapeutic Practice: An Interlude Candice P. Boyd 18. Embodied listening in research practice Theresa Harada 19. All about that Place: Tuning in to Community Radio - Listener Diary Accounts Catherine Wilkinson and Samantha Wilkinson Index

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Book SynopsisOver the last 20 years, urbanization processes have undergone profound transformations under the growing influence of private actors, particularly in the financial sector. This has exposed the physical environment of various cities to global capital flows, which has generated an overall rise in real estate values on a global scale. This is often disconnected from the financial capacities of local actors – primarily households – which then increases the inequalities and vulnerabilities of societies regarding financial and environmental risks. This book offers the keys to understanding these new dynamics of capital accumulation in the general built-up environment of cities by taking into account the diversity of their configurations, their intensity and their urban effects according to national contexts. Beyond the cases involving the major Western countries, the initial centers of the financial industry and the theorizations on the urban, this book addresses the particular contexts of real estate production in four major regions: Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and West Africa.Table of ContentsIntroduction xiNatacha AVELINE-DUBACH I.1 Market finance’s stranglehold on the city xiv I.2 Diversity of modes of capital accumulation in real estate xvii I.3 What are the consequences for contemporary capitalisms? xix I.4 References xx Part 1 Sectoral Reconfigurations of Property Markets and Urban (Re)Development 1 Chapter 1 The Financialized City and the Extraction of Urban Rent 3Thierry THEURILLAT 1.1 Institutionalization of direct connections between the urban built environment and financial markets 5 1.1.1 Securitization as a connector from the urban built environment to market finance 6 1.1.2 The consolidation of the driving role of the urban built environment thanks to connections to global investment circuits 8 1.1.3 Space at the heart of the valorization and extraction of value by the Global City 9 1.2 Territorialized chains of financialized urban production: a transcalary and multiactor re-intermediation 11 1.2.1 Financialization through the extraction of urban rent by financial landowners 12 1.2.2 Financialization through the extraction of urban rent via household property 15 1.2.3 The financialization of urban development strategies through municipal land 17 1.3 Conclusion 19 1.4 References 21 Chapter 2 Real Estate Developers: Coordinating Actors in the Production of the City 27Julie POLLARD 2.1 The real estate developer, a multi-faceted player 29 2.1.1 What is a real estate developer? 29 2.1.2 The diversity of real estate developer profiles 31 2.2 The changing role of real estate developers: between market and politics 34 2.2.1 Is financialization (re)shaping real estate developers? 34 2.2.2 How (and why) do developers integrate "social" objectives? 36 2.2.3 Are environmental issues transforming the practices of real estate developers? 39 2.3 References 41 Chapter 3 Housing, Ownership, Assets and Debt: Geographical Approaches 47Renaud LE GOIX 3.1 Introduction: a renewed interest in housing finance and home ownership 47 3.2 Is residential real estate becoming a financialized asset? 49 3.2.1 Geographical approaches to the financialization of real estate 49 3.2.2 Property and inflationary mechanisms 50 3.2.3 Asset-based welfare 53 3.3 Geographical analysis of property market regimes 54 3.3.1 The value of property in space, renewal of a critical analysis 54 3.3.2 The limits of classical approaches to prices in the city 55 3.3.3 Market regimes 57 3.4 Property and socio-spatial segregation 60 3.4.1 The role of credit and intermediation in inequality and segregation 60 3.4.2 The new market mechanisms, a strengthening of the relationship between property and inequality 62 3.4.3 Sharing ownership 63 3.5 Conclusion 65 3.6 References 65 Chapter 4 Logistics Urbanization, Between Real Estate Financialization and the Rise of Logistics Urban Planning 73Nicolas RAIMBAULT and Adeline HEITZ 4.1 Introduction 73 4.2 Logistics development in the outer-suburbs: a dynamic of sprawl and financialization of logistics real estate 75 4.2.1 An increase in the number of warehouses to supply major cities 76 4.2.2 The logistics sprawl of metropolitan areas on a global scale 78 4.2.3 Financialized production of outer-suburban logistics zones 82 4.2.4 The challenges of regulating the diffuse urbanization of economic activities 85 4.3 Logistics development in urban centers: urban logistics 85 4.3.1 The rise of logistics real estate in urban centers: urban logistics facilities 86 4.3.2 Towards a logistics urban planning 89 4.3.3 The rise of a logistics real estate market in urban centers 92 4.4 Logistics spaces in the inner suburbs: the case of intermediate logistics as a blind spot in logistics urban planning 93 4.4.1 Permanence and mutations of intermediate logistics activities in the suburbs 94 4.4.2 Intermediate logistics, a blind spot in public policy 96 4.5 Conclusion 97 4.6 References 98 Chapter 5 The CityJean DEBRIE 5.1 The shift in city-port relations and the reconfiguration of intra-urban scales 105 5.2 The levels of the port metropolis 106 5.2.1 The terminalization movement 106 5.2.2 The docklandization movement 109 5.3 The city–port interfaces, support for major urban projects 111 5.3.1 Standardization versus differentiation (forms/functions) 111 5.4 Who governs the port metropolis? 117 5.5 Conclusion: "Creating the city with the port?" The agenda of the port metropolis 118 5.6 References 120 Part 2 Regional Dynamics of Capital Accumulation in East Asian, Middle Eastern and West African Real Estate Markets 125 Chapter 6 Land Value Capture and Its Large-Scale Application in Northeast Asia 127Natacha AVELINE-DUBACH 6.1 Introduction 127 6.2 Origins and contemporary forms of LVC 130 6.2.1 Circulation of LVC models between the West and the East 130 6.2.2 Contemporary approaches to LVC 133 6.3 LVC strategies in East Asia 137 6.3.1 Flexible and consensual LVC practice in Japan 137 6.3.2 An LVC regime based on land concessions in Hong Kong 142 6.3.3 Optimization of the LVC by local governments in China 145 6.4 Conclusion 149 6.5 References 151 Chapter 7 The Dual Regionalization of Real Estate Financialization in Southeast Asia 155Gabriel FAUVEAUD 7.1 Introduction 155 7.2 The oligopolistic preconditions for the organization of real estate markets in Southeast Asia 156 7.3 A privatization of land tenure 159 7.4 Regionalization and internationalization of real estate development 161 7.5 Towards a rescaling of real estate production and urban governance 163 7.6 Financialization of the regional real estate market 166 7.7 China and the new geopolitics of real estate in Southeast Asia 169 7.8 Conclusion 172 7.9 References 173 Chapter 8 Real Estate in the Middle East: An Economy Shaped by Rents 177Myriam ABABSA 8.1 Introduction 177 8.2 The financialization of economies and real estate in the Middle East 180 8.2.1 Arab metropolises as engines of economic development 181 8.2.2 Half of foreign investments are in real estate in the Middle East 182 8.2.3 Capital invested in real estate and Arab real estate investment trust 187 8.2.4 Households’ indebtedness for mortgages in the Middle East 189 8.2.5 The legalization of informal settlements through the titling of "dead capital" 191 8.3 Egypt and Jordan: the squandering of public land and the construction of new cities 192 8.3.1 The new cities of Cairo 192 8.3.2 The Abdali project, Amman 195 8.3.3 Rental renewals and their current outcomes in Cairo and Amman 196 8.4 Saudi Arabia: tax innovation to finance housing 198 8.5 Lebanon and Syria: reconstruction policies as a means of consolidating elites 200 8.5.1 Lebanon, land of investor exemptions and subsidies 200 8.5.2 Syria confiscates refugees’ property and deploys a policy of territorial revenge 204 8.6 Conclusion 208 8.7 References 209 Chapter 9 Building Cities in West Africa: Construction Boom and Capitalism 213Armelle CHOPLIN 9.1 Construction boom and cement industry 216 9.2 City-making: actors and sectors 218 9.3 Concrete, towers and megaprojects 220 9.4 "Social" housing programs 224 9.5 Self-build and incremental urbanization 227 9.6 Conclusion 228 9.7 References 229 Conclusion 235Olivier CREVOISIER and Natacha AVELINE-DUBACH C.1 The emergence of the international dimension of real estate 236 C.2 Real estate, a highly sought-after asset 237 C.3 The diversity of capital accumulation dynamics in real estate 237 C.4 From sectorial and induced real estate to the integrated and driving production of urban construction 239 C.5 The financialized urban construct as a concrete scene of the global city 240 C.6 Social consequences and the need for rethinking public policies `240 C.7 References 241 List of Authors 243 Index 245

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Book SynopsisAnalyses by the Israeli sociologist Michael Feige embraced every aspect of the State of Israel. He examined the ever-changing and complex identity of Israelis; how they remember and commemorate themselves; the long- and short-term conceptions of time of the left- and right-wing political movements; the spacial concept of the settlers; myths underlying the lives and deaths of its citizens; and the dialectical vicissitudes of the real and imagined Israel. The book contains material from Professor Feiges literary output, contextualized in an Introduction by David Ohana. Chapters delve into the meaning of Israeli signs and symbols; the semiotics of secular spaces (sites of disasters and graves of political and religious leaders); the semiotics of historical time and daily existence; forms of commemoration (of figures like David Ben-Gurion, Yitzhak Rabin, airforce pilots, a female settler and a peace activist). Feige scrutinized communities formed around political cells, the processes of fragmentation and globalization in Israel, the traumas and scars from the Yom Kippur War, the evacuation of settlements, and the killing of Yitzhak Rabin. Feiges scrutiny illuminated Israeli society in myriad ways. He was a sociologist among historians and a historian among sociologists, and internationally acknowledged as having an extraordinary ability to convey sociological meaning and structure to Israels radical political culture as expressed in its social actions and underlying mythology. Semiotics of Israeli Space and Time is not only an essential sociological toolbox for students and an historical masterpiece for the wider Israeli public to better understand the society to which they belong, but a commemorative volume to honour his life and work. Michael was murdered on 8 June 2016 when two Palestinian gunmen opened fire in the Sarona Market in Tel Aviv.Trade Review'This collection of Feige’s academic output, in short, will surely be of interest to those individuals who have an interest in how Israeli society has developed over the course of the Jewish state’s history.' David Rodman, Israel Affairs

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Book SynopsisThis unique Companion showcases the importance of valleys and their socio-economic, physical and cultural landscapes across three continents. Expert scholars in the field offer a broad range of disciplinary perspectives on the topic, discussing key historical and contemporary issues governing and transforming valleys.Exploring the impact of economic and spatial justice, and environmental and climate change issues on valleys, the Companion also studies key topics including lifestyle placemaking, the rise of inequalities within and across valleys, and alternate representations of this under-studied geographical feature. Highlighting some lesser-known valleys across Europe and North and South America, chapters provide in-depth reviews of experiencing, living in and growing up in valleys, and how internal and external factors shape each valley’s characteristics.The Elgar Companion to Valleys is an excellent resource for academics and scholars in the fields of geography, and environmental studies, as well as anthropology and sociology. Using original empirical data to tackle emerging theoretical issues, researchers interested in the changing internal configurations of valleys and under what conditions those changes take place will find this Companion illuminating and insightful.Trade Review‘Steeped in the disciplines of Anthropology, Sociology, and Geography, this theoretically engrossing volume of sixteen case studies explores the geographic, ecological, economic, and culturally contingent aspects of “Valleys” on different continents.’ -- Benny Andrés, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, USTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction: fronting valleys in social science research 1 Luís LM Aguiar, Donna Senese and Diana E. French PART I SEEING THE VALLEY: NARRATIVES OF POWER AND DISRUPTION Luís LM Aguiar, Donna Senese and Diana E. French 2 The Yakima Valley: a personal history of the Valley 9 Benjamin L. Peterson 3 Changing places in Silicon Valley 21 Charles N. Darrah 4 To dis-remember the valley in the Okanagan 35 Luís LM Aguiar 5 Valley conservatisms: racial landscapes of religion and migration in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley 51 Bonar Buffam PART II IN, AROUND, AND BEYOND THE VALLEY Diana E. French, Luís LM Aguiar and Donna Senese 6 Hybrid interstices: conceptualising suburbanism in Alpine valleys 66 Andrea Mubi Brighenti and Cristina Mattiucci 7 Vertical (sub)urbanization in Zurich’s northeast: the valley along the Glatt as both a metaphor and mediating structural element 79 Constance Carr and Evan McDonough 8 The magical Elqui Valley: from ruralism and solidarity to neoliberalism 92 Ricardo Trumper and Patricia Tomic 9 The emergence of contemporary valley images: a comparison of landscape perceptions of three valleys in north-western British Columbia, Canada 111 Diana E. French 10 Commanding the heights: governing valley terrain 125 Mike Zajko PART III PLACES OF PLENTY: VALLEY PRODUCTION, REFLECTION AND TRANSFORMATION Donna Senese, Luís LM Aguiar and Diana E. French 11 Wine from Waipara Valley: expressing sense of place in an emerging New Zealand wine region 143 Rory Hill and Joanna Fountain 12 Reconstructing valley: the transformative power of wine in the lower Pisuerga River Valley (Spain) 160 Julio Fernández Portela and Donna Senese 13 Agricultural place-making in Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley: new wine in old skins? 173 Danielle Robinson 14 The community resilience of mountain valleys in the European Alps 188 Rike Stotten and Markus Schermer 15 The Creston Valley: a socio-environmental history of food procurement and change 203 Joanne Taylor 16 Migrant farmworkers in the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia: margins and mechanisms of struggle in the making of the valley 217 Amy Cohen and C. Susana Caxaj 17 Conclusion: backing the valley: origin stories, conclusions and paths forward 233 Donna Senese, Luís LM Aguiar and Diana E. French Index 238

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Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary.This insightful Research Agenda offers unique perspectives into the different strands of social innovation research, covering the history and theory of this ever-growing research field. Chapters show the range and depth of the social advances that characterize this vibrant and contested subject, and analyse the strong increase in political and public interest in social innovation. Exploring the potential influence of social innovation on important social factors, the Research Agenda looks at education, poverty reduction, environmental policies, and health and social care. Contributors examine the approaches and successful initiatives that illustrate the strengths of social innovations in manifold areas and in establishing sustainable patterns of consumption, while coping with demographic change. Possible future research pathways are outlined and new topics such as social innovation ecosystems, epistemic diversities and sustainable development are examined in detail. This discerning and innovative Research Agenda will be an ideal read for social innovation researchers, policy-makers and innovation-policy stakeholders. It will be a welcome addition to the literature for innovation practitioners and entrepreneurs looking for theoretical insights into this influential subject.Trade Review‘A rich 15-chapter collection from key thinkers in the field ensures this volume will be a beacon for navigating understanding on the diversity of social innovation and creating new impulses for future research. Perceptive organization of the collection brings deep insights on the historical and theoretical foundations, ecosystem and actor constellations, and framework conditions and infrastructures, to critically assess and advance new practices in a post-Pandemic world. A must-read for academics and practitioners alike.’ -- – Anne de Bruin, Massey University, New Zealand‘We will not change the world for the better by waiting for the state or the market to change the world for us. We need to change our social practice. The multiplication and scaling up of hundreds of social innovations, in all walks of life, everywhere in the world, will be the critical main element to tackle our grand challenges. This being so, this book does exactly what is needed now. It takes stock of Social Innovation as an academic field and as an empirical phenomenon; and it outlines the research agenda of the future. This edition is refreshingly diverse and reflective on the challenges for academics and practitioners. World leading experts from all corners of the globe and – importantly – from a diverse range of disciplines reflect on how to better understand and enable social innovation. This is also a huge credit to the editors and confirms their front-running role in this rather new field of research. This book will be essential for research and teaching in innovation and transition studies and social science more generally and it will help to frame the field for years to come.’ -- Jakob Edler, Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI and Manchester Institute of Innovation Research, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1 A research agenda for social innovation – the emergence of a research field 1 Jürgen Howaldt, Christoph Kaletka and Antonius Schröder PART I HISTORY OF THE CONCEPT AND THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS 2 Research on the history of innovation: from the spiritual to the social 21 Benoît Godin and Cornelius Schubert 3 Social innovation and social change 39 Jürgen Howaldt and Michael Schwarz 4 The importance of systems thinking and transformation for social innovation research: the evolution of an approach to social innovation 59 Katharine McGowan, Frances Westley, Michele-Lee Moore, Erin Alexiuk, Nino Antadze, Sean Geobey and Ola Tjornbo 5 The role of social innovation research in sustainable development 81 Jeremy Millard 6 Digital transformation of work: spillover effects of workplace innovation on social innovation 99 Steven Dhondt, Peter R.A. Oeij and Frank D. Pot PART II GOVERNANCE, ACTORS AND ECOSYSTEMS 7 Capabilities approach and social innovation 117 Rafael Ziegler 8 Unpacking epistemic diversities in grassroots social innovation and enterprises in India: a critical agenda for re-centering people 133 Swati Banerjee and Abdul Shaban 9 Social innovation ecosystems: a literature review and insights for a research agenda 149 Graziela Dias Alperstedt and Carolina Andion 10 Power and conflict in social innovation: a field-based perspective 169 Simon Teasdale, Michael J. Roy and Lars Hulgård PART III FRAMEWORK CONDITIONS AND INFRASTRUCTURES 11 Research on social innovation: advancing the frontiers of social innovation research and policy 189 Geoff Mulgan 12 Collaborative spaces for social innovation 211 Eva Wascher 13 The role of design research in and for social innovation 229 Tamami Komatsu Cipriani, Alessandro Deserti and Francesca Rizzo 14 Social innovation and social sciences: reflections on a difficult relationship 245 Klaus Schuch and Nela Šalamon 15 Measuring social innovation 263 Judith Terstriep, Gorgi Krlev, Georg Mildenberger, Simone Strambach, Jan-Frederik Thurmann and Laura Wloka Index

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Book SynopsisThis Special Issue of Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change reflects upon global student and youth activism 50 years after the shooting of student activists protesting against the US wars in SE Asia at Kent State University providing the needed space for the narratives of those who have fought, and continue to fight, for change.

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Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.Providing a concise overview of resilience in the context of unprecedented global environmental change, this Advanced Introduction addresses the intertwined systems of people and nature. It explores ecological resilience, incorporating social science approaches and concepts, and identifies and discusses innovative ways of planning for an increasingly unpredictable future. Key Features: Identifies practical resilience-building strategies applicable to multiple areas Provides an interdisciplinary discussion of the fundamentals of social and ecological resilience Proposes new ways of dealing with complex environmental problems which present fundamental challenges to conventional science and technology Highlights knowledge and issues concerning the resilience of Indigenous peoples across the globe, and the lessons that may be learned Examining the concept of resilience rooted in historical analysis, from Greenland’s Vikings to the collapse of Maya civilization, this insightful Advanced Introduction will be essential reading for students and scholars of environmental studies, ecological economics, environmental and human geography, political studies, socio-economics, sociology and social policy. It includes key concepts for practitioners in the areas of climate change, development studies, disaster management, and natural resources management.Trade Review‘Resilience is a crucial ingredient of healthy environments, societies, and communities – but what is it and how do we get it? Berkes tells us, through a masterful exploration that looks back in history and right up to the present day of COVID-19. The book is filled with real-world examples, making it down-to-earth and pleasantly readable.’ -- Anthony Charles, Director, Community Conservation Research Network, Canada‘This book is a brilliant synthesis of resilience scholarship. It provides a fresh perspective on ways that society can address its most urgent challenges despite prevailing uncertainties about the future. This clearly written book is essential reading for managers, policy-makers, scientists, and ordinary citizens.’ -- F. Stuart Chapin III, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, US‘This is a beautiful text on resilience, the ability of a system to renew itself while adapting to or transforming with change, with a focus on social-ecological systems. Fikret Berkes explains resilience as capacities, with stories and cases from Indigenous groups to governance of climate change. A pleasure to read, highly recommended!’ -- Carl Folke, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and Stockholm University, Sweden

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Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.Providing a concise overview of resilience in the context of unprecedented global environmental change, this Advanced Introduction addresses the intertwined systems of people and nature. It explores ecological resilience, incorporating social science approaches and concepts, and identifies and discusses innovative ways of planning for an increasingly unpredictable future. Key Features: Identifies practical resilience-building strategies applicable to multiple areas Provides an interdisciplinary discussion of the fundamentals of social and ecological resilience Proposes new ways of dealing with complex environmental problems which present fundamental challenges to conventional science and technology Highlights knowledge and issues concerning the resilience of Indigenous peoples across the globe, and the lessons that may be learned Examining the concept of resilience rooted in historical analysis, from Greenland’s Vikings to the collapse of Maya civilization, this insightful Advanced Introduction will be essential reading for students and scholars of environmental studies, ecological economics, environmental and human geography, political studies, socio-economics, sociology and social policy. It includes key concepts for practitioners in the areas of climate change, development studies, disaster management, and natural resources management.Trade Review‘Resilience is a crucial ingredient of healthy environments, societies, and communities – but what is it and how do we get it? Berkes tells us, through a masterful exploration that looks back in history and right up to the present day of COVID-19. The book is filled with real-world examples, making it down-to-earth and pleasantly readable.’ -- Anthony Charles, Director, Community Conservation Research Network, Canada‘This book is a brilliant synthesis of resilience scholarship. It provides a fresh perspective on ways that society can address its most urgent challenges despite prevailing uncertainties about the future. This clearly written book is essential reading for managers, policy-makers, scientists, and ordinary citizens.’ -- F. Stuart Chapin III, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, US‘This is a beautiful text on resilience, the ability of a system to renew itself while adapting to or transforming with change, with a focus on social-ecological systems. Fikret Berkes explains resilience as capacities, with stories and cases from Indigenous groups to governance of climate change. A pleasure to read, highly recommended!’ -- Carl Folke, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and Stockholm University, Sweden

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Book SynopsisThis book asks why socially innovative initiatives, including attempts to rejuvenate democracy by introducing new modes of participation, are not leading to a democratization of the State or overcoming the gap between political leaders and people. It offers a vivid and thought-provoking conversation on why we are at such an impasse and explores concrete possibilities for change. Offering insights on the failures of modern democracies from three leading voices of contemporary social science, the book interrogates the possibilities of progressive socio-political agendas, strategies, and movements seeking to overcome these failures. It highlights examples of bottom-linked forms of governance that provide signs of positive change and focuses on the essential role that progressive institutions play in enabling socio-political transformation. It also analyses how processes of self-emancipation driven by social innovation and political mobilization movements represent the most promising form of political engagement today. Students and scholars of social innovation and governance will find this to be an invigorating read. It will also be helpful to politicians and government officials seeking to understand, respond to, and explore efforts towards democratizing political change.Trade Review‘This thought-provoking volume sits at the nexus of social innovation and democratic political theory and practice. Leading international scholars compare and confront different approaches to nurturing emancipatory social change in a world increasingly encountering populist politics and ruptures to “democratic” systems. It provides a valuable landmark for anyone interested in solidarity-based social relations and the potential for social political change.’ -- Jean Hillier, RMIT University, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: Foreword 1. Can Mutual Aid in a Post-industrial Society Reforge the Political? Frank Moulaert, Bob Jessop, Erik Swyngedouw and Liana Simmons 2. Bottom-linked Governance and Socio-political Transformation Frank Moulaert 3. Is Emancipatory Politicization Still Possible Today? Erik Swyngedouw 4. Exploring the Dilemma between Self-emancipation and Self-responsibilization Bob Jessop 5. Debate: A Dialogical Encounter on the Potentialities of Social Innovation for Social-Political Transformation 6. Towards Socially Innovative Political Transformation Frank Moulaert, Pieter Van den Broeck, Liana Simmons, Bob Jessop and Erik Swyngedouw Index

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Book SynopsisShedding light on a range of price fixing mechanisms and price display technologies, this incisive book offers a clear overview of the retail price setting, posting and adjusting processes. Based on a detailed study of a century of pricing practices in the US retail sector, it explores the anthropology and sociology of valuation practices by concentrating on the way prices are fabricated. Fixing Prices examines the relationship between everyday price display innovations, such as price tag devices, and wider market changes, including the introduction of price regulations about price display and item pricing. Investigating the historical development of price display, the book demonstrates the extent to which the materiality of prices contributes to the creation of different price-based valuation tactics. Offering a historical perspective on pricing in the US retail sector, this unique book will prove invaluable to students of marketing, economic sociology, and industrial economics. It will also benefit industry professionals wanting to expand their knowledge surrounding pricing procedures.Trade Review‘Fixing Prices reveals how retail shopping was transformed by the posting of prices through the invention of new techniques and technology. The book delightfully captures how these innovations had to be learned by store owners, sold to customers, and created new and unforeseen opportunities. We now take these innovations for granted but as the authors suggest, they continue in the digital age to evolve in startling ways.’ -- Neil D. Fligstein, University of California, Berkeley, US‘Markets are built on price setting. Yet we don’t know how price setting works. Drawing on brilliant scholarship from three leading scientists of our times, Fixing Prices is the first book that gives a definitive answer. A must read for anyone who wants to understand what makes a price.’ -- Koray Caliskan, The New School, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: studying the display of prices 1. Indexing prices: prices and the fingers of the invisible hand 2. Tagging prices: the proliferation of price tag technologies 3. Managing prices: price cutting strategies 4. Ruling prices: price ceiling policies 5. Printing, sticking, and stamping prices: rebalancing power between manufacturers and retailers 6. Infrastructuring prices: from paper to digital price systems 7. Digitalizing prices: the long history of Electronic Shelf Labels 8. Conclusions References Index

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Book SynopsisAI, robots, algorithms, and data/metrics are pervasive throughout the media industry, increasingly dictating and rapidly changing journalistic and newsroom practices, cultures, and norms - from editorial agenda setting to news production processes, to audience and advertiser targeting. Social media platforms in particular have been at the core of the AI and algorithmic turn, offering real-time consumer analytics and newsfeeds for insatiable and borderless digital citizens. The algorithms within these platforms make them powerful news aggregators, redirecting consumer habits and advertisers, making them vital in the journalism practice and media viability across the globe. Despite this, there is a shortage of scholarship on AI, algorithms and data-driven journalism from the global South, and especially in Sub-Saharan African contexts. Digitisation, AI and Algorithms in African Journalism and Media Contexts moves the focus from the West, addressing the significant knowledge gaps relating to the current state of AI, algorithms and data-driven journalism, as well as the implications for political, social, cultural, markets, media viability and journalism education. This timely collection offers new knowledge on key issues surrounding automation and data-driven media and journalism practice in post-truth, post-human and post-Covid African contexts. It is a vital resource for researchers, educators, media students, academics, advocacy groups, media practitioners, developers and policy makers, both in African countries and internationally.Table of ContentsForward; Martin Ndlela Part I: AI and Algorithms in Journalism and media practice Chapter 1. Towards automated fact-checking in Africa: the experience with artificial intelligence at Africa Check; Irene Larraz Chapter 2. Between Utopia and dystopia: Investigating journalism perceptions of AI deployment in Community media newsrooms in South Africa; Blessing Makwambeni,Trust Matsilele, and John G Bulani Chapter 3. AI and the algorithmic-turn in journalism practice in Eastern Africa: perceptions, practice and challenges; Carol Azungi Dralega Chapter 4. New challenges old tactics: How Uganda Newsrooms combat Fake news; Florence Namasinga Selnes, Gerald Walulya, and Ivan Nathaniel Lukanda Chapter 5. Newsday and the Herald’s inclusion of disabled people in the use of digital media in Zimbabwe; Witness Roya and Sandiso Ngcobo Part II: Policy, Governance, Indigenization of Digital Innovation and Critical literacies Chapter 6. A comparative study of AI policy frameworks on Journalism practice in sub-Saharan Africa; Carol Azungi Dralega, Wise Kwame Osei,Daniel Kudakwashe Mpala, Gezahgn Berhie Kidanu, Bai Santigie Kanu, and Amia Pamela Chapter 7. Analysis of Facebook and Twitter usage in Ghana’s 2020 presidential and Parliamentary elections; Kodwo Jonas Anson Boateng and Redeemer Buatsi Chapter 8. Conceptualizing data-driven journalism and the quest for good governance in Nigeria; Toyosi Olugbenga Samson Owolabi and reheemat Adeniran Chapter 9. Technology Indigenisation and Popularisation for Life Transformation in East Africa; Margaret Jjuuko and Emmanuel Munyarukumbuzi Chapter 10. An agenda for developing critical literacies for journalism education in an era of datafication; Carol Azungi Dralega

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Book SynopsisExploring the interconnectedness and uncertainty of today's economic world, this volume thoughtfully considers core themes, current trends, and possibilities for the future.

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Book SynopsisReimagining 'Irish' identity on a uniquely intimate level, this richly thoughtful work aspires to a more egalitarian society in Ireland, Europe and beyond, encouraging readers to rethink their own national identities in turn.

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Book SynopsisThis Handbook is a critical resource for carefully considering the possibilities and challenges of strategically integrating participatory action research (PAR) and community development (CD). Utilizing practical examples from diverse contexts across five continents, it looks at how communities are empowering themselves and bringing about systemic change.Chapters provide models for sustainably integrating the two practices and explore the transformative potential of decolonizing innovations and incorporating community organizing. With contributions by leading scholars and practitioners from the global south and north, the Handbook explores ways to build infrastructure to bring PAR and CD together, how to use PAR and CD to build people’s power and capacity, and how to integrate PAR and CD in relation to community and organizational capacity building. It further gives practical advice and academic analysis on youth PAR, how to use PAR and CD in crisis situations such as earthquakes and pandemics, and envisions radically alternative PAR and CD approaches.This is a timely resource for social science scholars looking to better understand PAR as an important research method. It rethinks the theories underpinning both PAR and CD, offering important lessons for community development practitioners and non-profit professionals, as well as higher education professors interested in community engagement.Trade Review‘The authors in this illuminating volume represent a diverse array of places, positions, and participatory initiatives. Their thoughtful analyses of their specific contexts and approaches to knowledge production and community change offer rich theoretical insights and examples that will be useful to students, faculty, and practitioners interested in collaborative research and action.’ -- Julie L. Plaut, Brown University, US‘By combining PAR and Community Development, the editors frame each article’s commitment to praxis for social change within the radical traditions of global south educators and activists such as Friere, Fals Borda, and Rahman. The various cases range from rural to urban, national to global, and cover issues from health and the environment to homelessness and community planning. For anyone studying or implementing community-based collaborations for research and action projects, this book offers a treasure trove of innovative case studies and inspirational possibilities. For anyone, like me, who still holds fast to the potential of engaged research for social justice, even in the face of neoliberal universities hell-bent on sucking the life blood out of faculty and students in search of a more just and humane world, this book is a lifeline.’ -- Corey Dolgon, Stonehill College, USTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction: reflecting upon the development of participatory action research and community development efforts 1 Randy Stoecker and Adrienne Falcón PART I STRUCTURES AND PROCESSES FOR INTEGRATING PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 2 Flipping the script: community-initiated urban research with the Liberal Arts Action Lab 23 Megan Brown, Jack Dougherty, and Jeff Partridge 3 Toward a community development science shop model: insights from Peterborough, Haliburton and the Kawartha Lakes 43 Randy Stoecker, Todd Barr, and Mark Skinner 4 Elevating community voices 60 Jenice Meyer and Katelyn Baumann 5 Sociocultural intervention as a resource for social transformation in Cuban communities of the twenty-first century 80 Manuel Martínez Casanova and Adrienne Falcón PART II ORGANIZING COMMUNITIES 6 Community organizing for environmental change: integrating research in support of organized actions 99 Dadit G. Hidayat and Molly Schwebach 7 The birth of a community of practice in Québec to support community organizations leading participatory action research as a tool for community development: what it teaches us 118 Lucie Gélineau, Sophie Dupéré, Marie-Jade Gagnon, Lyne Gilbert, Isabel Bernier, Nicole Bouchard, Julie Richard, and Marie-Hélène Deshaies 8 The centrality of storytelling at the nexus of academia and community organizing in rural Kentucky 139 Nicole Breazeale, Dana Beasley-Brown, Samantha Johnson, and Alexa Hatcher PART III BUILDING ORGANIZATIONS AND NEIGHBORHOODS 9 Putting theory into practice: leveraging community-based research to achieve community-based outcomes in DeLand, Florida 160 Maxwell Droznin, Kelsey Maglio, Asal M. Johnson, Cristian Cuevas, and Shilretha Dixon 10 From mission to praxis in neighborhood work: lessons learned from a three-year faculty/community development initiative 180 Laura L. O’Toole, Nancy E. Gordon, and Jessica L. Walsh 11 Early childhood wellness through asset-based community development: a participatory evaluation of Communities Acting for Kids’ Empowerment 200 Farrah Jacquez, Michael Topmiller, Jamie-Lee Morris, Alexander Shelton, Cynthia Wooten, Lakisha A. Best, Alan Dicken, Monica Arenas-Losacker, Giovanna Alvarez, Crystal Davis, and Shanah Cole 12 The complexities of participatory action research: a community development project in Bangladesh 218 Larry Stillman, Misita Anwar, Gillian Oliver, Viviane Frings-Hessami, Anindita Sarker, and Nova Ahmed PART IV GROWING YOUTH POWER 13 Youth participatory action research as an approach to developing community-level responses to youth homelessness in the United States: learning from Advocates for Richmond Youth 239 M. Alex Wagaman, Kimberly S. Compton, Tiffany S. Haynes, Jae Lange, Elaine G. Williams, and Rae Caballero Obejero 14 Volunteerism as a vehicle for civil society development in Ukraine: a community-based project to develop youth volunteerism in a Ukrainian community 259 Danielle Stevens, Tetiana Kidruk, and Oleh Petrus 15 Design your neighborhood: the evolution of a city-wide urban design learning initiative in Nashville, Tennessee 281 Kathryn Y. Morgan, Brian D. Christens, and Melody Gibson PART V RESPONDING TO CRISIS 16 Rethinking participatory development in the context of a strong state 302 Ming Hu 17 Tracing power from within: learning from participatory action research and community development projects in food systems during the COVID-19 pandemic 321 Laura Jessee Livingston 18 The information and knowledge landscapes of mutual aid: how librarians can use participatory action research to support social movements in community development 341 Alessandra Seiter PART VI EXPANDING OUR THINKING 19 Be and build the city: an experience of sociopraxis in Cuenca, Ecuador 359 Ana Elisa Astudillo and Ana Cecilia Salazar 20 Leading with locally produced knowledge: development in Jemna, Tunisia 379 Ihsan Mejdi and Celeste Koppe 21 Relationship as resistance: partnership and vivencia in participatory action research 394 José Wellington Sousa 22 Re-storying participatory action research: a narrative approach to challenging epistemic violence in community development 415 Daniel Bryan and Chelsea Viteri Index

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Book SynopsisIn today's political climate, when sustainable development is the perceived goal for farming and forest communities throughout the globe, the experiences of early Canadian settlers force a re-examination of many of the assumptions about the processes through which wilderness has been civilised. The Frontier Environment and Social Order examines the development of civil society within the forest frontier of Upper Canada, using the letters of Francis Codd, a young English doctor, who settled in the Ottawa Valley in 1846 as the textual basis. The letters provide detailed evidence about frontier development: clearing the forest, establishing farming communities, and bringing civil institutions to a developing country.This period was one of intense social and environmental transformation as immigrants began the difficult task of settling a new land. The backdrop to Francis Codd's life in Canada was dramatic, but the detailed observations he provides bring the process of settlement to life. Codd became one of the cornerstones of local society and his letters and the memoirs of his contemporaries document the privations and struggles of the time. They also present new evidence on the establishment of a relationship between nature and culture at a time when ideas of wilderness and civilisation were being forged through civil society and its myths.This fascinating book will appeal to environmental social scientists and economists, historians, geographers and migration specialists as well as the interested reader.Trade Review'This riveting account of frontier expansion in Upper Canada in the nineteenth century gives today's environmentalists plenty of food for thought - can we unlearn social conflict and the exploitation of nature so as to live sustainably today?' -- Andrew Dobson, University of Keele, UKTable of ContentsContents: Part I: The Letters 1. Introduction 2. Francis Codd’s Life and Letters: A Commentary 3. The Letters from Upper Canada (1847–52) Part II: The Context 4. Revisiting the ‘Frontier’ 5. Upper Canada in the Mid-Nineteenth Century References Index

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Book SynopsisMeasuring tax evasion and the size of the underground economy is a growing industry among researchers. However, Filip Palda argues that deadweight losses from tax evasion are a social loss that have been largely neglected.Tax Evasion and Firm Survival in Competitive Markets illustrates how a firm with high production costs but which is easily able to evade taxes may displace from the market a company with low production costs but poor tax evasion capabilities. The difference in production costs between the inefficient survivor and the efficient loser is termed by the author the 'displacement loss from taxation', and rivals in size the Harberger triangle loss from taxation.The book demonstrates how Filip Palda's calculus for measuring displacement loss can be extended to subsidies, minimum wages, and any other government attempt to displace resources from one part of the economy to another. Throughout, the book highlights the way in which taxation has evolved to mitigate displacement losses and how policymakers should be even more sensitive to the larger costs of the uneven enforcement of taxes and regulations.This volume also contains simple but powerful analytical tools for calculating economic equilibrium in the presence of two inseparable characteristics of the firm that determine its survival in the market: the ability to produce efficiently and the ability to evade taxes and ignore regulations.This highly innovative book will be of great interest to public finance economists and policymakers concerned with fiscal issues.Trade Review'This is an extraordinarily well-written book. You do not need to be an academic to read, understand, and appreciate the arguments made. At the same time, the analysis is rigorous.' -- Glenn Feltham, Canadian Tax JournalTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Tax Evasion 3. Are Subsidies Evaded Taxes? 4. Tax Evasion Analysis Extended to Regulation Evasion: The Case of the Minimum Wage 5. Tax Evasion, Regulation Evasion and Rent-Seeking 6. Conclusion References Index

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Book SynopsisRonald Dore's enquiring mind, rigorous reasoning and comparative methodology have greatly enhanced our understanding of Japan. His insights from Japan have been deployed to generate fresh perspectives on Britain and other industrialized and developing countries. This careful selection of writings reflects his underlying concern with what light the study of Japan sheds on theoretical generalizations about how societies evolve and how economies work. Social Evolution, Economic Development and Culture brings together Ronald Dore's key writings for the first time, making his work accessible across a wide range of social science disciplines. It produces a distinctive perspective with four interlinking themes - technology-driven social evolution, late development, culture and polemics. These are highly topical in the current context of rapid technological innovation and socio-economic change, globalization and accompanying policy choices.The book provides a rich empirical and conceptual source for those interested in technology, socio-economic evolution and culture, and the ways in which they interact. Researchers, teachers and students in the fields of evolutionary economics, economic development, comparative education, institutional economics, political economy and economic and classical sociology (as well as Japanese studies) will find this volume invaluable reading.Trade Review'. . . I can recommend no better reading material. . . than the writings of Ronald Dore presented in this fine volume from Edward Elgar.' -- James Reveley, Australian Economic History Review'This is not a mere selection of the writing of one of the most versatile Japan specialists, but a book which provides abridged versions of some of Ronald Dore's most representative writings in the various fields which he has been covering over several decades: development, education, political economy, sociology, etc . . . Dore's writing is eminently readable, enlightening and compassionate. It is therefore a book which is to be recommended to anybody with a broad interest in the issues confronting contemporary society.' -- Reinhard Drifte, Asian Affairs'By focusing on writings that represent Dore's theoretical assumptions and arguments within the tradition of comparative sociology, the editors have created a very neat 'one-stop-shopping' opportunity for us to review the underlying intellectual themes and coherence that unify his work . . . Those who have long been his admirers will read this collection with renewed respect and anticipate with relish his next salvo or carefully argued analysis. Those new to the field will find this book a useful introduction to the rich cornucopia of Dore's writings on Japan.' -- Thomas P. Rohlen, Journal of Japanese Studies'The image that emerges from this [collection] is one of an impressive scholar who is theoretically sophisticated, well read in a large variety of topics, extremely honest and acutely aware of social problems both in highly industrialized and in developing countries. [Dore's] insights . . . are always challenging and are still at the forefront of scholarship on Japan . . . I contend that his writings provide the most important contribution to the understanding of contemporary Japan in a Western language. This selection of writings reveals the immense importance of Dore's work not only for the analysis of Japanese society, economy and culture, but also for the development of a highly sophisticated multidisciplinary comparative approach to economic development and industrialization. I would suggest it is required reading for all interested in Japan, and also for those who are reflecting on more complex theoretical frameworks in the analysis of current problems and on ways to solve them.' -- Bernard Bernier, Pacific AffairsTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Part I: Technology-driven Social Evolution Part II: And Late Development Part III: But Culture Does Matter, Too Part IV: Polemics: For All the Constraints of Structure and Culture, Is There Still Room for Hope and Reason? Index

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Book SynopsisWritten by the scholar who, together with Chris Freeman, first introduced the concept of the innovation system, this book brings the literature an important step forward. Based upon extraordinarily rich empirical material, it shows how and why competence building and innovation are crucial for economic growth and competitiveness in the current era. It also provides a case study of a small, very successful European economy combining wealth creation with social cohesion. The author's comparative analysis of innovation systems demonstrates that the 'new economy' can thrive and grow not only in the US-type of economy but also in European economies which exhibit a high degree of social cohesion. He warns against the polarisation that may result from a development path where the success of individuals, organisations and national economies reflects their capability to adopt new competencies and skills. He argues that if this kind of learning economy is left unattended, it will eventually undermine the social cohesion that is essential for interactive learning processes. As such, he emphasises the need to develop coherent policy strategies at the regional, national and EU level in order to cope with the new challenges of the globalising learning economy.Innovation, Growth and Social Cohesion is a highly readable, non-technical book which illustrates the basic concepts with plentiful examples and a wide variety of empirical material. Students and scholars in the field of industrial dynamics and innovation research will find this an invaluable resource. It will also be of significant interest to policymakers looking for growth models compatible with social cohesion and those interested in understanding the dynamics of the new learning economy.Trade Review'My overall assessment of this book is very positive. It presents itself well and is a well written contribution to the debate on the future of innovation policy. It is certainly worth reading, presenting both interesting and thought-provoking insights on the dynamics of innovation systems, as well as an interesting chapter on policy and management implications. The focus on labour market policies as central means in innovation policy is an important point.' -- Poul Houman Andersen, Journal of Evolutionary Economics'Bengt-Ake Lundvall has made many outstanding original contributions to contemporary understanding of innovation systems, not only in Scandinavia but world-wide. This book is especially valuable in its deep appreciation of the role of social cohesion during periods of far-reaching technological transformation. Like the earlier work of Polanyi on "The Great Transformation", it is essential reading for all those concerned with innovation and social change.' -- Christopher Freeman, SPRU - Science and Technology Policy Research, University of Sussex, UK and Maastricht University, The NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction: Innovation and Social Cohesion in a Learning Economy 1. The Objective: To Stimulate a Knowledge-based Debate about Innovation Policy 2. Innovation 3. The Innovation System 4. A National Innovation System? 5. The Specialization of the Danish Innovation System 6. Education, Labour Markets and Capital Markets as Fundamental Components of the Danish Innovation and Competence-building System 7. The Learning Economy 8. The Learning Organization 9. Knowledge Intensity and Knowledge Flows in the Danish Innovation System 10. Inter-firm Collaboration 11. Collaboration between Firms and Knowledge Institutions 12. Qualification Requirements and Organizational Change: New Challenges for Continuing Education and Vocational Training 13. Labour Market Dynamics, Innovation and Organizational Change 14. Lessons to be Learnt Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisExploring the Tomato engages with an apparently simple fruit in order to reveal major changes to society and economy. It treats the tomato as an object of fascination and as a probe into major historical changes in twentieth century capitalism.From first domestication to genetic modification, from Aztec salsa to supermarket pizza, the tomato has been continually transformed in the ways it has been produced, exchanged and consumed. This book explores what brings about a variety that is at once biological, historical and socio-economic. A conceptual framework of 'instituted economic process' demonstrates how different tomato forms are an expression of dynamic processes in capitalist economies and societies during the twentieth century. As both an early pioneer in mass production and a contemporary contributor to the creation of global cuisines, the tomato has been subject to intense innovation. Computerised total ecologies under glass, producing fresh tomatoes of all shapes, colours and sizes, compete with sun and southern climates across the world. To enter the variety of tomato worlds is to discover the variety of capitalism.Written in an accessible style, this book makes a major contribution to the emerging field of economic sociology and to our understanding of the innovation process. It should be read by anyone concerned with social science, particularly economists and sociologists, as well as those interested in food and the history of food.Trade Review'. . . this volume is a fascinating interdisciplinary study, and well worth reading.' -- Long Range Planning'Exploring the Tomato is a fascinating and stimulating read,interweaving human stories provided by avowedly economic agents within an explicitly relational analytical framework.' -- Tony Gore, Economic Issues'The authors of this book claim that the tomato's history mirrors a fundamental shift in how we produce, process, market, and consume our food. To make the case, they combine historical research with organizational analysis, case studies, and interviews with growers, seed producers, warehouse operatives, food processors, and store managers. The results are impressive.' -- James J. Lang, Technology and Culture'Exploring the Tomato is a wonderful study of contemporary capitalism, as mirrored through the tomato. The authors explore social, economic, historical and biological aspects of the tomato in what deserves to become a minor classic. Read it and enjoy!' -- Richard Swedberg, Cornell University, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. The Human Tomato Part I: From Domestication to Genetic Modification 2. From Nature into Culture and Economy 3. Broken Glass 4. The Round European Tomato 5. The Fabrication of Nature 6. The Rise and Fall of the Genetically Modified Tomato Part II: Twentieth-Century Tomato Configurations 7. Tomato: A Pioneer of Mass Production 8. The Battle of Tomato Identities: The Rise of Supermarket Own-Label 9. Growing New Routes 10. Supermarket Tomato 11. Tomato Variations or Plus C’est la Même Chose, Plus ça Change Bibliography Appendix: List of Interviews Index

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Book SynopsisEconomic sociology has gone through an explosive development, both in the United States and in Europe, in recent years. These new developments are well represented in this work. Articles by key economic sociologists, such as Mark Granovetter, Pierre Bourdieu and Viviana Zelizer, have been included as well as studies by members of a new and rising generation. The topics that are covered include several classical ones, which modern economic sociologists have worked on for a long time, such as firms, markets, networks and the economics/sociology interface. During the last few years several studies have also appeared which deal with new areas, such as finance, law and economics, and entrepreneurship. The reader will finally also be able to follow recent advances in the understanding of the classics in economic sociology, including Weber, Schumpeter and Polanyi. The result is a colourful and unorthodox two volume collection which will be of interest to scholars and researchers alike.Table of ContentsContents: Volume I Acknowledgements Introduction Richard Swedberg PART I THEORY 1. Mark Granovetter (2002), ‘A Theoretical Agenda for Economic Sociology’ 2. Mark Granovetter (1992), ‘Problems of Explanation in Economic Sociology’ 3. Pierre Bourdieu (2000), ‘Making the Economic Habitus: Algerian Workers Revisited’ 4. Victor Nee and Paul Ingram (1998), ‘Embeddedness and Beyond: Institutions, Exchange, and Social Structure’ 5. Richard Swedberg (2001), ‘Sociology and Game Theory: Contemporary and Historical Perspectives’ 6. V.A. Zelizer (2001), ‘Economic Sociology’ PART II THE TRADITION OF ECONOMIC SOCIOLOGY 7. Max Weber (2000), ‘Stock and Commodity Exchanges [Die Börse (1894)]; Commerce on the Stock and Commodity Exchanges [Die Börsenverkehr]’ 8. Fred Block (2003), ‘Karl Polanyi and the Writing of The Great Transformation’ 9. George Simmel (1997), ‘Money in Modern Culture’ 10. Joseph A. Schumpeter (2003), ‘Entrepreneur’ 11. John F. Sitton (1998), ‘Disembodied Capitalism: Habermas's Conception of the Economy’ 12. Johan Heilbron (2001), ‘Economic Sociology in France’ PART III ECONOMICS/SOCIOLOGY INTERFACE 13. Herbert A. Simon (1997), ‘The Role of Organizations in an Economy’ 14. Jeffrey Sachs (2000), ‘Notes on a New Sociology of Economic Development’ 15. Douglass C. North (1991), ‘Institutions’ 16. Avner Greif (1998), ‘Self-Enforcing Political Systems and Economic Growth: Late Medieval Genoa’ 17. George Loewenstein (2000), ‘Emotions in Economic Theory and Economic Behavior’ PART IV NETWORKS 18. Mark S. Mizruchi (1996), ‘What Do Interlocks Do? An Analysis, Critique, and Assessment of Research on Interlocking Directorates’ 19. Joel M. Podolny and Karen L. Page (1998), ‘Network Forms of Organization’ 20. Paul DiMaggio and Hugh Louch (1998), ‘Socially Embedded Consumer Transactions: For What Kinds of Purchases Do People Most Often Use Networks?’ Name Index Volume II Acknowledgements An introduction by the editor to both volumes appears in Volume I PART I MARKETS 1. John Lie (1997), ‘Sociology of Markets’ 2. Harrison C. White (1997), ‘Varieties of Markets’ 3. Patrik Aspers (2001), ‘A Market in Vogue: Fashion Photography in Sweden’ 4. Neil Fligstein (1996), ‘Markets as Politics: A Political-Cultural Approach to Market Institutions’ PART II FIRMS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP 5. Gerald F. Davis (1991), ‘Agents without Principles? The Spread of the Poison Pill through the Intercorporate Network’ 6. Patricia H. Thornton (1999), ‘The Sociology of Entrepreneurship’ 7. Mark Granovetter (1995), ‘The Economic Sociology of Firms and Entrepreneurs’ 8. AnnaLee Saxenian (1991), ‘The Origins and Dynamics of Production Networks in Silicon Valley’ PART III FINANCE 9. Michael Lounsbury, Paul M. Hirsch and Steven Klinkerman (1998), ‘Institutional Upheaval and Performance Variation: A Theoretical Agenda and Illustration from the Deregulation of Commercial Banks’ 10. Donald Mackenzie and Yuval Millo (2003), ‘Constructing a Market, Performing Theory: The Historical Sociology of a Financial Derivatives Exchange’ 11. Mitchel Y. Abolafia (1998), ‘Markets as Cultures: An Ethnographic Approach’ 12. Karin Knorr Cetina and Urs Bruegger (2002), ‘Global Microstructures: The Virtual Societies of Financial Markets’ PART IV LAW IN THE ECONOMY 13. Richard Swedberg (2003), ‘The Case for an Economic Sociology of Law’ 14. Wayne E. Baker and Robert R. Faulkner (1993), ‘The Social Organization of Conspiracy: Illegal Networks in the Heavy Electrical Equipment Industry’ PART V STRATIFICATION AND WEALTH 15. Lisa A. Keister and Stephanie Moller (2000), ‘Wealth Inequality in the United States’ 16. Seymour Spilerman (2000), ‘Wealth and Stratification Processes’ 17. Martina Morris and Bruce Western (1999), ‘Inequality in Earnings at the Close of the Twentieth Century’ 18. Victor Nee (1989), ‘A Theory of Market Transition: From Redistribution to Markets in State Socialism’ PART VI HISTORICAL AND COMPARATIVE ECONOMIC SOCIOLOGY 19. Bruce G. Carruthers and Wendy Nelson Espeland (1991), ‘Accounting for Rationality: Double-Entry Bookkeeping and the Rhetoric of Economic Rationality’ 20. Marion Fourcade-Gourinchas (2001), ‘Politics, Institutional Structures, and the Rise of Economics: A Comparative Study’ 21. Alya Guseva and Akos Rona-Tas (2001), ‘Uncertainty, Risk, and Trust: Russian and American Credit Card Markets Compared’ 22. Frank Dobbin (2001), ‘Why the Economy Reflects the Polity: Early Rail Policy in Britain, France, and the United States’ Name Index

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Book SynopsisOrganisations and the nature of work have undergone fundamental changes in recent decades. At the same time, the traditional family pattern in Europe is being challenged by the growing number of dual-income families, and by the rise of women's employment. The central aim of this book is to consider to what extent changes in organisations and in the nature of jobs are compatible with the need, increasingly expressed by employees, for greater integration between work and family life. The book questions what sort of dilemmas modern and future employees face, in terms of shaping their careers and organising their lives at home. The authors formulate answers to these problematic questions by shedding light on relevant developments in the European labour markets, the European workplaces, in (flexible) working patterns, changing preferences for working hours and in gender relations at work.With a focus on future developments, this book will be of interest to labour market researchers and social policymakers in Europe, and also students in the social sciences, management (HRM) and social policy.Trade Review‘Flexible Working and Organisational Change offers an interesting variety of studies. . . I am confident that the book will appeal to a large group of readers. Readers looking for stat-of-the-art research on topics such as changes in employment patterns, gender issues, working time preferences, leave facilities, tele-working or flexible working will certainly find the book to their taste.' -- Samula Mescher, Industrial Relations JournalTable of ContentsContents: Preface Part I: Change in a European Context 1. Introduction 2. Work and Family Life in Europe: Employment Patterns of Working Parents Across Welfare States 3. Organisational Change, Gender and Integration of Work and Private Life 4. New Working Arrangements and Organisational Change in the Netherlands 5. Occupational Sex Segregation and Societal Change Part II: Flexible Working 6. Gender Equality and the Work–Life Balance: Policies and Practices in the New Economy 7. Flexibillisation, Deregulation and Working Time: A Gendered Question: Evidence from Spain 8. Long-term Effects of Flexible Work Part III: Working Time, Leave Facilities and Teleworking 9. Employers’ and Employees’ Preferences on Working Time in Finland 10. Do Dutch Employees Want to Work More or Fewer Hours Than They Actually Do? 11. Internal and External Career Aspirations of Men and Women Within their Organisations 12. Assessing the Use of Parental Leave by Fathers: Towards a Conceptual Framework 13. IT and Telework Part IV: The Integration of Work and Personal Life 14. Looking Backwards to go Forwards: The Integration of Paid Work and Personal Life 15. Flexible Work and Organisational Change from a European Perspective: Challenges for Future Research Index

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Book SynopsisThe first study to comprehensively examine the role played by ACOSS in the Australian social policy debate; The implications of Australian welfare state debates and agendas for other advanced welfare states. The Australian welfare lobby group -- the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) -- has played a central role in the welfare politics debate as the foremost defender of the Australian welfare state. ACOSS is widely recognised as one of the most important lobby groups in Australia, and enjoys regular access to the media and key policy makers in government and the bureaucracy. Relevant case studies and source material are used to draw attention to: The role that interest groups play in the formation of government policy agendas; The lobbying strategies used by welfare advocacy groups to influence welfare state outcomes; The relationship between the welfare sector and other key lobby groups and political parties; The impact of key contemporary influences such as neo-liberalism and economic globalisation which have arguably transformed the political context within which welfare advocacy groups operate.Trade Review"This book helps to fill an acute shortage in academic writing about the major interest groups that play such a large role in Australian policy-making and politics. ACOSS stands alongside the BCA, the ACTU, the NFF and other large peak organisations; without an understanding of ACOSS our knowledge of contemporary politics is incomplete. In particular, ACOSS' role in welfare politics is central. Mendes has the best credentials of anyone I know to write such a book. His knowledge of ACOSS is up to date and detailed. This book will be a major resource for all university courses in contemporary Australian politics and a necessary guide for all informed political commentators." -- Professor of Politics, School of Social Sciences, Australian National University."Philip Mendes offers us a study of how ACOSS has built and developed its messages along with its tactics in seeking to influence policy to tackle poverty. Politicians, organisations, and researchers will all find something of interest in this examination of the case of the ACOSS and its relation to the policy-making process." -- Dr Paul Dornan, Child Poverty Action GroupTable of ContentsFrom Voluntary Welfare Co-ordination to Social Action: The Early Years of the Australian Council of Social Service,1955-1970; Towards Social Policy Advocacy, 1970-1975; Watchdog for the Poor, 1976-1985; A Political Insider, 1985-1996; Protecting the Welfare Safety Net, 1996-2006; Labourists and Welfarists: the Relationship Between the Federal Labour Party and the Australian Council of Social Service; Neo-Liberalism versus Social Justice: The Relationship Between the Federal Liberal Party and the Australian Council of Social Service; A Natural Alliance? The Relationship Between the Australian Trade Union Movement and the Australian Council of Social Service; Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisContemporary accounts of welfare state change have produced conflicting findings and incompatible theoretical explanations. To a large extent this is due to a 'dependent variable problem' within comparative research, whereby there is insufficient consideration of how to conceptualize, operationalize and measure change. With contributions from leading international scholars, this important book presents a comprehensive examination of conventional indicators (such as social spending), available alternatives (including social rights and conditionality), as well as principal concepts of how to capture change (for example convergence and de-familization). By providing an in-depth discussion of the most salient aspects of the 'dependent variable problem', the editors aim to enable a more cumulative build-up of empirical evidence and contribute to constructive theoretical debates about the causes of welfare state change. The volume also offers valuable suggestions as to how the problem might be tackled within empirical cross-national analyses of modern welfare states.The focus on the methodology of conceptualizing and measuring welfare state change in a comparative perspective gives this unique book widespread appeal amongst scholars and researchers of social policy and sociology, as well as students at both the advanced undergraduate and post-graduate level studying comparative social policy, research methods and welfare reform.Trade Review'The welfare state is a catch-all term which covers a broad range of governmental interventions into social affairs. Over the past decades, social policy scholars have devoted tremendous efforts to analyze those factors that account for cross-national variation and energize the reform trajectories of advanced welfare states. By contrast, the dependent variable has received much less attention: This volume presents a systematic overview of the dependent variable problem in comparative welfare state research. By sketching different approaches on how to conceptualize and measure social policy change and by highlighting their genuine strengths and weaknesses, this volume should be on the bookshelf of everyone interested in comparative social policy research.' -- Stephan Leibfried, University of Bremen, GermanyTable of ContentsContents: PART I: THE ‘DEPENDENT VARIABLE PROBLEM’ IN COMPARATIVE WELFARE STATE RESEARCH 1. Comparative Welfare State Analysis and the ‘Dependent Variable Problem’ Jochen Clasen and Nico A. Siegel 2. More than Data Questions and Methodological Issues: Theoretical Conceptualization and the Dependent Variable ‘Problem’ in the Study of Welfare Reform Christoffer Green-Pedersen 3. Too Narrow and Too Wide at Once: The ‘Welfare State’ as Dependent Variable in Policy Analysis Giuliano Bonoli PART II: MEASURING AND ANALYSING ‘WELFARE EFFORTS’: SOCIAL EXPENDITURE REVISITED 4. When (Only) Money Matters: The Pros and Cons of Expenditure Analysis Nico A. Siegel 5. Social Expenditure Under Scrutiny: The Problems of Using Aggregate Spending Data for Assessing Welfare State Dynamics Johan De Deken and Bernhard Kittel 6. Social Rights, Structural Needs and Social Expenditure: A Comparative Study of 18 OECD Countries 1960–2000 Olli Kangas and Joakim Palme PART III: BEYOND SPENDING: WELFARE STATE GENEROSITY, SOCIAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS 7. Welfare State Generosity Across Space and Time Lyle Scruggs 8. Levels and Levers of Conditionality: Measuring Change Within Welfare States Jochen Clasen and Daniel Clegg 9. Exploring Diversity: Measuring Welfare State Change with Fuzzy-Set Methodology Jon Kvist PART IV: CAPTURING THE NATURE OF WELFARE STATE CHANGE 10. Convergence in European Welfare State Analysis: Convergence of What? Julia S. O’Connor 11. (In)Dependence as Dependent Variable: Conceptualizing and Measuring ‘De-familization’ Sigrid Leitner and Stephan Lessenich 12. Pension Reform: Beyond Path Dependency? Sven Jochem References Index

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Book SynopsisThe introduction and 10 essays in this volume address questions about how feminist scholars conceptualize gender and view it in relationship to other attributes of individuals and of social systems. The authors strive for intersectional analyses broadening that approach beyond the gender, race and class paradigm to include sexuality, employing a variety of methodologies, and arguing that intersectionality is, or should be, not just theory, but praxis as well. The topics include the empowerment of women globally; the relationship of gender to international migration; gender differences in organizational participation; heteronormativity in organizations and in the media; the ways that the global affects the local in legislation, the workplace and the academy; the relationship between positive stereotypes of women and support for women's rights; and essentialist themes in men's movements. The discussions of globalization and empowerment and of migration are explicitly transnational in perspective. The remaining essays analyze data gathered in particular locations, but all have broader implications. Three nation-specific essays focus on organizational participation in Brazil, feminism in the Canadian academy, and sexual harassment legislation in Japan. Those on the media, social movements and voluntary organizations, and on modern prejudice are based on data from the United States. All of the authors and co-authors, whether professors emerita or graduate students, are trained in the social sciences. Nevertheless, the essays reflect the increasingly interdisciplinary approach to data and methods that characterizes contemporary feminist writing and research.Table of ContentsList of Contributors. Information for Authors. Introduction: Perceiving gender locally, globally, and intersectionally. Toward an intersectionality just out of reach: Confronting challenges to intersectional practice. Commonsense, gender, and the politics of queer visibility. “Do you like girls yet?” Heterosexual presumption, homophobia, and pubescence. Grappling with the relationship between men's endorsement of positive stereotypes of women and support for women's rights. Racialized masculinity and discourses of victimization: A comparison of the mythopoetic men's movement and the Militia of Montana. Globalization and gender equality: A critical analysis of women's empowerment in the global economy. Gender in motion: How gender precipitates international migration. The private motivations of public action: Women's associational lives and political activism in Brazil. Feminism in the Canadian Academy. How did sexual harassment become a social problem in japan? The equal employment opportunity law and globalization. About the Authors. Advances In Gender Research. Perceiving gender locally, globally, and intersectionally. Copyright page.

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Book SynopsisThis is a carefully edited selection of the seminal articles and papers on positivism which has been an important cornerstone of sociology.Positivism has had an enormous influence on both the theoretical ambitions and empirical research strategies of sociology ever since Comte coined both the terms 'positivism' and 'sociology' over a century ago. This influence was strengthened during the heyday of logical positivism in the early decades of this century, with its rigorous attempt to rid all the sciences, natural and social, of metaphysical speculations. The whole of the history of sociology could be described as a struggle with positivism, its proponents attempting to secure the foundations of a scientific study of society and its critics seeking to identify what it is about the social that frees it from positivist canons. These books gathers together the most influential voices in the struggle over the very nature of the discipline of sociology.

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Book SynopsisThis important book presents theoretical and empirical studies of the current reorganization of economic, political and social relations in Britain, West Germany and Scandinavia. An international list of distinguished contributors provide critical and well-informed commentaries on issues such as the transition from ‘Fordism’ to ‘Post-Fordism’, discourses and strategies of flexibility, the recomposition of labour markets and labour processes, the changing functions of the welfare state, and the transformation of the state. The arguments are illustrated using cases drawn equally from these three significant and distinct patterns of political economy. In particular, the book assesses how the need for increased ‘flexibility’ influenced the intellectual and organizational responses of these countries to the crises of the late 1970s.

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Book SynopsisThe collapse of communist governments in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union requires a major rethink of many sociological theories of social integration and change.Drawing on a wide range of social theory, Social Theory and the Crisis of State Socialism offers a comparative analysis of the democratic revolutions, combining historical understanding with accounts of the crisis of communism in Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland and Russia. Larry Ray identifies contradictions within Soviet societies, developing a theory of crisis management that accounts both for the survival of the system over several decades and for its eventual failure.The social structure of Soviet systems is analysed in relation to debates in sociological theory over legitimation, social integration, social movements and modernity. Larry Ray examines new forms of class, political and national identity in post-socialist Europe, demonstrating how political conflicts are related to economic transformation, especially the emergence of 'nomenklatura capitalism', and asks whether sufficient conditions exist for the stabilization of democratic citizenship.Social Theory and the Crisis of State Socialism will be welcomed for comparatively analysing the communist and post-communist experiences of a number of East European countries in the light of a critical examination of the broad issues of social theory and modernity.Trade Review'This is an ambitious, informative and important book. . . . I recommend this book warmly' -- Ivan Szelenyi, Slavonic ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: Social Theory and Socialism 2. State Theory, Modernity and Differentiation 3. State Socialism and Modernity 4. Mode of Domination and Legitimacy 5. Systemic Crises in State Socialism 6. The Legal Revolution 7. The Rectifying Revolutions? 8. Civil Society and Citizenship in the New Europe 9. Globalization and Nationalism Index

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Book SynopsisMax Weber, recognized as one of the world's most important sociologists, saw his life's work as nothing less than the comparative analysis of world civilizations. Above all, he was fascinated by the differing historical paths traced by Western civilization and the civilizations of the East. In his famous essay, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, he addressed the forces behind that dramatic and enormous transformation of human life and society known as the Industrial Revolution. Weber's thesis proposes a causal link between the forces of the 'protestant ethic' and the 'spirit of capitalism' that lay behind the Industrial Revolution.This important book offers a sophisticated analysis of Weber's key concepts and an in-depth study as to their formulation in the early modern period. Michael Lessnoff proposes an original and essential distinction between the protestant 'work' and 'profit' ethics and examines the logical relation between them. He looks at Adam Smith's work on the relation between morals and capitalism, comparing Smith's 'spirit of capitalism' to Weber's. Lessnoff also considers the significance of the 'protestant ethic' in the modern world. As one of the first books of its kind to offer a complex analysis of the Weber thesis and using a large body of previously neglected evidence, The Spirit of Capitalism and the Protestant Ethic will be welcomed by historians of religion and economics and by all sociologists.Trade Review'Lessnoff's book is recommended to all who are seeking a short and carefully constructed tour guide into Weber's remarkable piece of intellectual history.' -- William N. Parker, Journal of Economic HistoryTable of ContentsWhat the Weber thesis is, and what it is not; the pre-Reformation background; Weber's primary Protestant ethic - the work ethic; Weber's secondary Protestant ethic - the profit ethic; the Westminster Assembly's "Shorter Catechism" and its sources; the spirit of capitalism and the Protestant ethic; postscript on the modern world. Appendices: the Glasgow city motto - an epitome of the Weber thesis?; list of Protestant catechisms that discuss the Decalogue's commandment against stealing.

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Book SynopsisThis scholarly collection presents some of the most important classical and contemporary texts of relevance to political sociology. Volume I offers an overview of the sociological approach to the concepts of power and the state; it examines state theory in the 1970s from both a Marxist and Capitalist point of view, the recent shift of political power from the state to other areas of society, this issue of citizenship, and the welfare state.Volume II focuses on the most important political formations and processes in modern societies: democracy, revolution and totalitarianism. It also looks more broadly at political processes in non-industrial societies and at recent historical and sociological analyses of global political systems.Volume III offers analyses of the principal political ideologies and movements of the twentieth century. Other topics covered include military power and regimes and the social bases of politics such as classes and elites, ethnicity, gender and religion.Trade Review'. . . this reader is a must for the enthusiastic. . .' -- Stephen Hunt, Reviewing SociologyTable of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction Volume I: Power and the State • Volume II: Forms of Politics Part I: Politics in Non-Industrial States Part II: Revolution Part III: Democracy Part IV: Totalitarianism Part V: Globalized Politics Part VI: Political Ritual • Volume III: Political Ideologies and Movements Part I: Part II: Military Power and Regimes Part III: Social Bases of Politics

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Book SynopsisIn The Sociology of the Environment, Michael Redclift and Graham Woodgate have brought together a diverse collection of writings from within the human sciences. These papers chart the progress which sociology has made in addressing the environment. Although they are not all written by sociologists, they do illuminate a number of largely unresolved issues for sociology, which mark important departures for the discipline and which necessitate a radical rethink of inherited assumptions.The readings are organized under a number of different themes, ranging from the theoretical foundations of the discipline to post-industrial Utopianism. Other areas covered include Marxism and the environment, neo-Malthusianism and environmental determination, biocentric theories, radical ecology, scientific enquiry and the environment, international perspection, and social movement and the environment. The editors conclude that sociology still has much to do in rising to the challenge of interpreting environmental change, indicating that this must be done by forging relationships with other disciplines, in which the contribution that sociology can make is underlined rather than lost.Table of Contents97 articles, dating from 1949 to 1993 Contents: Foundations, Marxism and the Environment, Neo-Malthusianism and Environmental Determination, Biocentric Theories: Deep Ecology, Gaia Ecofeminism, Radical Ecology, Scientific Enquiry and the Environment, International Perspection, Social Movement and the Environment and Post-Industrial Utopianism

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Book SynopsisIT in the Social Sciences provides students with an overview of the use and study of technology in the social sciences.Table of ContentsList of Contributors. Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. Studying and using technology: An Introduction to Communications and Information Technologies (Millsom Henry). 2. Confronting the Social Character of Computers: The Challenges for Social Scientists (Steve Fuller). 3. What, When and How to learn Using Technology Effectively: Transferable Skills for the Social Sciences Student (Kate Bloor). 4. The Computer as a Tool to Aid the Interaction Between Thinking and Essay Writing (Jon Gubbay). 5. Data Sources for Social Scientists (Eric Tanenbaum). 6. Quantitative Research and Information Technology (Duncan Timms). 7. The Theoretical and Practical Applications of IT in Qualitative Analysis (Nigel Fielding). 8. Using Computers in Qualitative Analysis (Mike Fisher). 9. The Use of Computerized Simulations in Social Science Research, Training and Teaching (George H. Conklin). 10. Simulating Social Interaction in a Virtual Reality Setting: Problems and Prospects (Edward Brent). 11. Alone@Campus.Edu? The Interaction of Student and computing Cultures at the University of California at Berkley (Nina Wakeford). 12. Future Directions: IT ad Studying Social and Political Science in the Next Decade (Graham R. Gibbs and Catherine Skinner). Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book focuses not only on economic and political transformation since the demise of communism in Eastern and Central Europe, but also on the relationships between economic organization, social patterns and institutional change. The changes in political structure and policies of economic reform have in turn resulted in changes in social institutions and patterns of social relations. The authors look at social relations under the old regimes to understand the current social transformation. They consider economic restructuring both in the context of social change and in terms of its consequences for society, using case studies from the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland. The impact of economic changes on new forms of institutional arrangements, social patterns and organization are also discussed taking into account privatization, employment, social welfare, property and industrial relations. This new book will be welcomed by economists, political scientists and sociologists working in the area of transition.Trade Review'This book is a thorough and insightful account of changes in social institutions and patterns of social relations resulting from political restructuring and economic reforms. This book is a valuable empirical addition to the historical-institutionalist perspective in analyzing post-communist transformation. I recommend it to academic scholars and students in economics, political science, sociology, and organizational behavior, as well as to others working in the area of post-communist transition and transformation. Furthermore, specialists on recent worldwide changes in industrial relations would be interested in Cox and Mason's through account of institutional change and adaptation.' -- Elena Iankova, Industrial and Labor Relations Review 'The book can be recommended to students as a complementary text which would lead them to think in a disciplined theoretical manner about the transition.'– Ludek Rychetnik, Europe-Asia StudiesTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. The State-Managed Economy and Social Relations under the Old Regimes 3. Three Paths of Development of the State-Managed Economy 4. Paths of Extrication 5. The Contested Politics of Property Relations 6. Transformation and Institutional Change 7. Inequality, Poverty and Unemployment 8. Towards a New System of Industrial Relations 9. Property Ownership and Enterprise Participation 10. Problems and Prospects Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe Sociology of the Military is an authoritative selection of articles providing an historical overview of the field and illustrating the major directions of contemporary research. The book considers the forerunners to a sociology of the military and the research trends in America and the rest of the world. Topics covered include models for comparative research, the military profession and the relationship between military and civil society. Finally, the book explores new roles for the armed forces in our changing world.Trade Review'This is one good compendium of military sociology . . . This book would be very useful for the committee members of the next pay commission, besides those interested in a psychological and militaristic analysis of the vast subject of military sociology - from the human to the economic and market trends.' -- P.K. Gautam, U.S.I. Journal 'This is a very full collection of articles on the sociology of the military.'– Peter Woodward, Reviewing SociologyTable of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements • Introduction PART I ANTECEDENTS 1. F. Battistelli (1993), ‘War and Militarism in the Thought of Herbert Spencer’ 2. M.D. Wolpin (1978), ‘Marx and Radical Militarism in the Developing Nations’, 3. G. Dearborn Spindler (1948), ‘The Military – A Systematic Analysis’ 4. R.D. Miewald (1970), ‘Weberian Bureaucracy and the Military Model’ PART II THE AMERICAN SCHOOL 5. D.R. Segal, B.A. Lynch and J.D. Blair (1979), ‘The Changing American Soldier: Work-Related Attitudes of US Army Personnel in World War II and the 1970s’ 6. R.M. Williams, Jr. (1989), ‘The American Soldier: An Assessment, Several Wars Later’ 7. J. Burk (1993), ‘Morris Janowitz and the Origins of Sociological Research on Armed Forces and Society’ 8. H.D. Lasswell (1941), ‘The Garrison State’ 9. R. Aron (1979), ‘Remarks on Lasswell’s “The Garrison State”’ 10. A. Perlmutter (1969), ‘The Praetorian State and the Praetorian Army: Toward a Taxonomy of Civil-Military Relations in Developing Polities’ 11. G. Welty (1990), ‘A Critique of the Theory of the Praetorian State’ PART III A WORLDWIDE SOCIOLOGY OF THE MILITARY A. A Model for Comparative Research 12. C.C. Moskos, Jr. (1977), ‘From Institution to Occupation: Trends in Military Organization’ 13. M. Janowitz (1977), ‘From Institutional to Occupational: The Need for Conceptual Continuity’ 14. C.C. Moskos (1986), ‘Institutional/Occupational Trends in Armed Forces: An Update’ 15. D.R. Segal (1986), ‘Measuring the Institutional/Occupational Change Thesis’, 16. G. Caforio (1988), ‘The Military Profession: Theories of Change’ B The Military Profession 17. S.P. Huntington (1963), ‘Power, Expertise and the Military Profession’ 18. J.S. van Doorn (1965), ‘The Officer Corps: A Fusion of Profession Organization’ 19. B. Boëne (1990), ‘How “Unique” should the Military be?: A Review of Representative Literature and Outline of a Synthetic Formulation’ 20. G. Harries-Jenkins (1990), ‘The Concept of Military Professionalism’ 21. G. Caforio and M. Nuciari (1994), ‘The Officer Profession: Ideal-Type’ 22. A. Weibull (1994), ‘European Officers’ Job Satisfaction and Job Commitment’ 23. K.W. Haltiner (1994), ‘Is there a Common European Defence Identity? The Views of Officers of Eight European Countries’ 24. J. Kuhlmann (1994), ‘What do European Officers Think about Future Threats, Security and Missions of the Armed Forces?’ C Armed Forces and Society 25. Albert D. Biderman and Laure M. Sharp (1968), ‘The Convergence of Military and Civilian Occupational Structures; Evidence from Studies of Military Retired Employment’ 26. A.R. Luckham (1971), ‘A Comparative Typology of Civil-Military Relations’ 27. M. Lissak (1985), ‘Boundaries and Institutional Linkages between Elites: Some Illustrations from Civil-Military Relations in Israel’ 28. C.C. Moskos (1992), ‘Armed Forces in a Warless Society’ 29. L. Mandeville, P. Combelles and D. Rich (1996), ‘French Public Opinion and the New Missions of the Armed Forces’ 30. G. Caforio and M. Nuciari (1996), ‘Military Profession and Defence Issues in the Italian Public View’ 31. H.-Ulrich Kohr and R. Zoll (1996), ‘General Concept of Security in the Perception of German Students’ 32. B. Roshco (1996), ‘U.S. Security Policies and Americans’ Priorities: Insights from New and Old Polls’ D The New Missions of the Armed Forces 33. Christopher Dandeker (1994), ‘New Times for the Military: Some Sociological Remarks on the Changing Role and Structure of the Armed Forces of the Advanced Societies’ 34. C.C. Moskos and J. Burk (1993), ‘The Postmodern Military’ 35. J.J. Harris and D.R. Segal (1985), ‘Observations from the Sinai: The Boredom Factor’, 36. D.R. Segal, M.W. Segal and D.P. Eyre (1992), ‘The Social Construction of Peacekeeping in America’ 37. F. Battistelli (1997), 'Peacekeeping and the Postmodern Soldier' Name Index

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Book SynopsisThere have been dramatic changes in education policy throughout the world in the final quarter of the 20th Century. This important volume presents an invaluable collection of previously published and specially commissioned articles which capture these major changes in educational policy.Driven by demands for efficiency and performance, traditional liberal views of education as promoting and providing the ideals of an educated elite and empowered autonomous individuals have been supplanted. Increasingly there have been moves from localized and national policies towards international policies, and a closer integration of schools into the world. Education policy and associated management styles have overtly incorporated current market-led economic theories and in major western nations where education has been seen as a traditional welfare right, policy has moved to a commodification of education and to various forms of privatisation. Topics include Education Policy: Definition, Analysis, Criticism and Research; Economics: Markets and Development; Education Policy and the State; Race, Development and Culture; and Social Justice, Literacy and New Technologies.Education Policy will be an indispensable reference source for students, researchers and practitioners.Trade Review'. . . a major piece of work and deserves a wide audience.' -- Justin Dillon, Environmental Education Research'As the book presents a rich collection of research in the area, at one place for the convenience of researchers, the scholars would undoubtedly feel it worth having.' -- Jandhyala B.G. Tilak, Journal of Educational Planning and AdministrationTable of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements • Preface Part I: Education Policy: Definition, Analysis, Criticism and Research 1. Stephen J. Ball (1994), ‘What is Policy? Texts, Trajectories and Toolboxes’ 2. John A. Codd (1988), ‘The Construction and Deconstruction of Educational Policy Documents’ 3. John Fitz, David Halpin and Sally Power (1994), ‘Implementation Research and Education Policy: Practice and Prospects’ 4. Hilary Janks (1997), ‘Critical Discourse Analysis as a Research Tool’ 5. Jenny Ozga (1990), ‘Policy Research and Policy Theory: A Comment on Fitz and Halpin’ 6. Michael Peters and James Marshall (1996), ‘Educational Policy Analysis and the Politics of Interpretation’ 7. Sandra Taylor (1997), ‘Critical Policy Analysis: Exploring Contexts, Texts and Consequences’ Part II: Economics: Markets and Development 8. Mark Blaug (1989), ‘Review of Economics of Education: Research and Studies Edited by George Psacharopoulos. Oxford: Pergamon Press. 1987. 482 pp.’ 9. Phillip Brown and Hugh Lauder (1996), ‘Education, Globalization and Economic Development’ 10. Martin Carnoy (1995), ‘Structural Adjustment and the Changing Face of Education’ 11. John E. Chubb and Terry M. Moe (1988), ‘Politics, Markets, and the Organization of Schools’ 12. Patrick Fitzsimons and Michael Peters (1994), ‘Human Capital Theory and the Industry Training Strategy in New Zealand’ 13. Howard Glennerster (1991), ‘Quasi-Markets For Education?’ 14. Simon Marginson (1997), ‘Subjects and Subjugation: The Economics of Education as Power-Knowlege’ 15. Geoff Whitty (1997), ‘Creating Quasi-Markets in Education: A Review of Recent Research on Parental Choice and School Autonomy in Three Countries’ Part III: Educational Policy and the State 16. Michael W. Apple (1993), ‘The Politics of Official Knowledge: Does a National Curriculum Make Sense?’ 17. Roger Dale (1997), ‘The State and the Governance of Education: An Analysis of the Restructuring of the State-Education Relationship’ 18. Tony Edwards and Geoff Whitty (1992), ‘Parental Choice and Educational Reform in Britain and the United States’ 19. David Hogan (1997), ‘The Social Economy of Parent Choice and the Contract State’ 20. Mark Olssen (1996), ‘In Defence of the Welfare State and Publicly Provided Education: A New Zealand Perspective’ 21. Thomas S. Popkewitz (1996), ‘Rethinking Decentralization and State/Civil Society Distinctions: The State as a Problematic of Governing’ 22. Susan L. Robertson (1996), ‘Teachers’ Work, Restructuring and Postfordism: Constructing the New ‘Professionalism’’ 23. Carlos Alberto Torres (1995), ‘State and Education Revisited: Why Educational Researchers Should Think Politically About Education’ Part IV: Race, Development and Culture 24. Jane Kenway, Chris Bigum and Lindsay Fitzclarence (1993), ‘Marketing Education in the Postmodern Age’ 25. Eve Coxon (1999), ‘The Politics of ‘Modernisation’ 26. Phillip W. Jones (1997), ‘Review Article: On World Bank Education Financing - World Bank (1995) Policies and Strategies for Education: A World Bank Review (Washington DC, World Bank)’ 27. Henry A. Giroux (1997), ‘Where Have All the Public Intellectuals Gone? Racial Politics, Pedagogy, and Disposable Youth’ 28. Peter L. McLaren (1997), ‘Unthinking Whiteness, Rethinking Democracy: Or Farewell to the Blonde Beast; Towards a Revolutionary Multiculturalism’ 29. Amy Stuart Wells and Irene Serna (1996), ‘The Politics of Culture: Understanding Local Political Resistance to Detracking in Racially Mixed Schools’ 30. John U. Ogbu (1994), ‘Racial Stratification and Education in the United States: Why Inequality Persists’ 31. Graham Hingangaroa Smith and Linda Tuhiwai Smith (1996), ‘New Mythologies in Maori Education’ Part V: Social Justice, Literacy and New Technologies 32. R.W. Connell (1994), ‘Poverty and Education’ 33. A.H. Halsey (1993), ‘Trends in Access and Equity in Higher Education: Britain in International Perspective’ 34. Bob Lingard and Barbara Garrick (1997), ‘Producing and Practising Social Justice Policy in Education: A Policy Trajectory Study from Queensland, Australia’ 35. Colin Lankshear (1998), ‘Meanings of Literacy in Contemporary Educational Reform Proposals’ 36. Allan Luke, Bob Lingard, Bill Green and Barbara Comber (1999), ‘The Abuses of Literacy: Educational Policy and the Construction of Crisis’ 37. Nicholas C. Burbules and Thomas A. Callister, Jr. (1999), ‘A Post-Technocratic Policy Perspective on New Information and Communication Technologies for Education’ 38. Gary McCulloch (1997), ‘Privatising the Past? History and Education Policy in the 1990s’ Name Index

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Book SynopsisThe Bleek and Lloyd Collection consists of the notebooks in which William Bleek and Lucy Lloyd transcribed and translated the narratives, cultural information and personal histories told to them in the 1870’s by a number of ǀXam informants. It represents a rare and rich record of an indigenous language and culture that no longer exists. The ǀXam materials have exerted a fascination for anthropologists and poets alike. They are compromised, mysterious, and yet essential. How does one begin reading texts that are at once so compromised and so unique? Bushman Letters: Interpreting ǀXam Narrative is an unusual and important book for it examines not only the ǀXam archive but also, and in the first instance, the critical tradition that has grown up around the archive as well as the hermeneutic principles that inform that tradition. It critiques these principles and offers not so much alternative readings as alternative modes of reading. The book accomplishes two things: it shows the problems with the ways that the materials in the Bleek and Lloyd Collection have been approached by previous critics, and it suggests what their interpretations have left out in the course of its own detailed and poetic readings of a number of narratives. The book must be described as metacritical: it is criticism about the critical tradition that has grown up around the ǀXam archive and in the fields of folklore and mythology more widely. Bushman Letters addresses a curiously neglected area in the burgeoning literature on the Bleek and Lloyd collection: the texts themselves. In doing so, the book makes a substantial contribution to the study of oral narratives in general and to the theoretical discourse that informs such studies.Table of ContentsCHAPTER 1: READING NARRATIVE: Some Theoretical Considerations CHAPTER 2: TEXT OR PRESENCE? On Re-reading the |Xam and the Interpretation of their Narratives CHAPTER 3: WHOSE MYTHS ARE THE |XAM NARRATIVES? CHAPTER 4: THE QUESTION OF THE TRICKSTER: Interpreting |Kaggen CHAPTER 5: READING THE HARTEBEEST: A Critical Appraisal of Roger Hewitt’s Interpretation of the |Xam Narratives CHAPTER 6: FORAGING, TALKING AND TRICKSTERS: An Examination of the Contribution of Mathias Guenther’s Tricksters and Trancers to Reading the |Xam Narratives CHAPTER 7: HISTORY AND INTERPRETATION: Some of the Implications of Andrew Bank’s Bushmen in a Victorian World: The Remarkable Story of the Bleek-Lloyd Collection of Bushman Folklore for Reading the |Xam Narratives CHAPTER 8: HARE’S LIP AND CROWS’ NECKS: The Question of Origins and Versions in the |Xam Stories CHAPTER 9: THE STORY IN WHICH ‘THE CHILDREN ARE SENT TO THROW THE SLEEPING SUN INTO THE SKY’: Power, Identity and Difference in a |Xam Narrative CHAPTER 10: THE STORY OF ‘THE GIRL OF THE EARLY RACE WHO MADE STARS’: The Discursive Character of the |Xam Texts CHAPTER 11: RELIGION IN A |XAM NARRATIVE CHAPTER 12: ANTJIE KROG, STEPHEN WATSON AND THE METAPHYSICS OF PRESENCE

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Book SynopsisDirty Work profiles a number of occupations that society deems tainted. The volume's vivid, ethnographic reports focus on the communication that helps workers manage the moral, social, and physical "stains" that derive from engaging in such occupations. The creative ways that those who perform such dirty work learn to communicate with each other--and with outsiders--regulate the negative aspects of the work itself and emphasize the positives so that workers can maintain a sense of self-value even while performing devalued occupations.Trade ReviewFor everyone who has ever wondered "how on earth" or "why in the world" people do the dirty work of prison guards, cops, community police, long-distance truck drivers, secretaries, nurses, HIV/AIDS/addiction caregivers, forensic pathologists and their technicians, or even cultural ethnographers in the academy, this book will be a tantalizing, provocative, enlightening, and entertaining read. --H.L. "Bud" Goodall, Jr., Director and Professor at the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication, Arizona State UniversityTable of ContentsPART I: ETHNOGRAPHY OF TAINT 1 Doing Justice, Shirley K. Drew 2 Dirty Work and Discipline Behind Bars, Sarah J. Tracy & Clifton Scott 3 Riding Fire Trucks and Ambulances with America's Heroes, Clifton Scott & Sarah J. Tracy 4 Without Trucks, We'd Be Naked, Hungry & Homeless!, Melanie Mills 5 Bitching about Secretarial "Dirty Work", Patricia Sotirin 6 Nursing as Dirty Work, Melanie Mills & Amy Schejbal 7 Crack Pipes and TCells: Use of Taint Management by HIV/AIDS/Addiction Caregivers, Stephanie Poole Martinez PART II: CASE STUDIES 8 Good Cops, Dirty Crimes, Bob M. Gassaway 9 Cops, Crimes, and Community Policing, Shirley K. Drew & Mendy Hulvey 10 The Death Doctors, Bob M. Gassaway PART III : CONCLUSION 11 Ethnography as Dirty Work, Shirley K. Drew & Melanie Mills 12 Concluding Thoughts, Melanie Mills, Shirley K. Drew, & Bob M. Gassaway

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Book SynopsisAs a master metaphor, the island has been a fecund source of inspiration across many domains. From More’s Utopia to Darwin’s evolutionary theory to Ungers’s archipelago, insights derived from “island thinking” are commonly extrapolated across diverse scales and fields. The appeal of the island metaphor lies in its capacity to simplify the complex and frame the apparently unbounded. Yet the concept seems to contradict current mainstream thought and practice in geographic and design fields. The globalization motifs of openness and interconnectedness, and ecology’s privilege of environmental processes and flows over forms and boundaries, both challenge the pertinence of the island as a cognitive device for territorial description and intervention.New Geographies, 8 proposes an epistemological pulse between, on the one hand, the ultimate loss of the exterior implied in planetary upscaling of territorial interpretations (toward an idea of the world as a whole) and, on the other hand, the need to rearrange new boundaries in an environment viewed through the process-oriented lens of ecology. An “atlas” of islands, New Geographies, 8 explores the new limits of islandness and gathers examples to reassert its relevance for design disciplines.

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Book SynopsisAn interdisciplinary explication of the theory of “Weltbeziehung” or “relationship to the world.” Human beings are always and essentially placed and situated in a world to which they relate, and it is this relationship that defines them. This book describes the historical and cultural variety of self-world-relations of this kind and revolves around aspects and dimensions of what Hartmut Rosa has gathered under the term “Weltbeziehung” (relationship to the world), expanding on his theory on resonance. This book starts from this innovative approach to discuss socially relevant questions and conceptions of the present, like property, progress, or markets and then contrasts them with non-Western or non-modern forms of “Weltbeziehungen” like specific conceptions of virtue or fatalistic practices. In an effort to overcome Eurocentric biases, the book also includes studies about the decolonization of research in India and the role of markets in China. In addition, comparisons across time help to further refine our understanding of “Weltbeziehungen.” Finally, the volume’s contributions discuss a number of challenges and practical problems of the contemporary world such as the migration crises, sharing practices, or knowledge production in light of this conception. Table of ContentsIntroduction Bettina Hollstein, Hartmut Rosa, Jörg RüpkeI. Conceptual PerspectivesProperty as a World Relation (Weltverhältnis). Reflections on the Structural Change of Possessive “Weltbeziehung”Hartmut RosaRelationship to the Good. On the World-opening and World-connecting Power of the VirtuesKathi Beier and Dietmar MiethThree Types of Fatalistic PracticeAndreas PettenkoferReconstructing an Impartial and Pluralistic Notion of Progress in Contexts of DiversityAchim KemmerlingII. Comparative PerspectivesHow Can Worldviews Be Compared? Pragmatist Maxims and Intellectual HonestyHermann Deuser and Markus Kleinert“Theorizing Across Traditions”: Social Science as a Polyphonic EncounterMartin Fuchs, Antje Linkenbach and Beatrice RenziThe Cultural Meaning of ‘Market’ in China and the Western Tradition: Worlds Apart?Carsten Herrmann-Pillath and Qian ZhaoTriumphant Utopia – Shabby Bourgeois World – Totalitarianism. Transmuting Visions of Real Existing Socialism in Eastern Interpretations of Walter Benjamin’s MarxismGábor GángóRelating to Other Worlds: Religious Spatiality and the Beyond of the City in Ancient Cities’ Dealing with the DeadJörg RüpkeIII. Practical PerspectivesValues of Exchange, Values of Sharing: The Ambivalence of Economic “Weltbeziehung”, Explained for the Example of CarsharingChristoph HenningThe Transformation of the Refugee Category and the Dialectics of Solidarity in EuropeNancy AlhachemLiving World Relations – Institutes for Advanced Study as Places for Resonant RelationshipsBettina Hollstein

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