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University of Chester Press Corporeality: The Body and Society
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Springer-Verlag New York Inc. The Challenge of Change
Book SynopsisThis book is a compilation and update of a group of provocative papers presented at the Radcliffe College invitational conference, Perspectives on the Patterns of an Era: Family, Work, and Education.Table of ContentsI • Emerging Issues.- 1 • American Demographic Directions.- 2 • The Challenge of Sex Equality: Old Values Revisited or a New Culture?.- 3 • Do Changes in Women’s Rights Change Women’s Moral Judgments?.- 4 • Emerging Patterns of Female Leadership in Formal Organizations, or Must the Female Leader Go Formal?.- II • Families and Work.- 5 • Ground Rules for Marriage: Perspectives on the Pattern of an Era.- 6 • Psychological Orientations to the Work Role: 1957–1976.- 7 • The American Divorce Rate: What Does It Mean? What Should We Worry About?.- 8 • Family Roles in a Twenty-Year Perspective.- III • Options, Obstacles, and Opportunities.- 9 • Assessing Personal and Social Change in Two Generations.- 10 • The Past and Future of the Undergraduate Woman.- 11 • Changing Sex Roles: College Graduates of the 1960s and 1970s.- 12 • Sex Differences in the Educational and Occupational Goals of Black College Students: Continued Inquiry into the Black Matriarchy Theory.- 13 • Change and Constancy: A Hundred Years’ Tale.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Social Practices and Dynamic Non-Humans: Nature, Materials and Technologies
Book SynopsisThe robots are coming! So too is the ‘age of automation’, the march of ‘invasive’ species, more intense natural disasters, and a potential cataclysm of other unprecedented events and phenomena of which we do not yet know, and cannot predict. This book is concerned with how to account for these non-humans and their effects within theories of social practice. In particular, this provocative collection tackles contemporary debates about the roles, relations and agencies of constantly changing, disruptive, intelligent or otherwise 'dynamic' non-humans, such as weather, animals and automated devices. In doing so contributors challenge and take forward existing understandings of dynamic non-humans in theories of social practice by reconsidering their potential roles in everyday life. The book will benefit sociology, geography, science and technology studies, and human- (and animal-) computer interaction design scholars seeking to make sense of the complex entanglement of non-human phenomena and things in the performance of social practices.Table of ContentsChapter 1 Dynamic non-humans in a changing worldPART I: Nature, materiality and processesChapter 2 Thriving in the Anthropocene: understanding human-weed relations and invasive plant management using theories of practiceChapter 3 Seeing wood for the trees: placing biological processes within practices of heating and harvestingChapter 4 ‘Dynamic’ non-human animals in theories of practice: views from the subalternChapter 5 Dynamic bodies in theories of social practice: vibrant materials and more-than-human assemblagesChapter 6 Mobile drinking – bottled water practices and ontological politicsChapter 7 Immersed in thermal flows: heat as productive of and produced by social practicesPART II: Technologies, automation and performativityChapter 8 Displacement: attending to the role of things in theories of practice through design researchChapter 9 How software matters: connective tissue and self-driving carsChapter 10 Automated artefacts as co-performers of social practices: washing machines, laundering and designChapter 11 Robots and Roomba riders: non-human performers in theories of social practiceChapter 12 Automation, smart homes and symmetrical anthropology: non-humans as performers of practices?.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG The Evolution of Human Settlements: From Pleistocene Origins to Anthropocene Prospects
Book SynopsisThis book analyzes the history and development of settlements—from the earliest periods in human history to the present day—from a Darwinian evolutionary perspective. At the foundation of the evolutionary model is the argument that the human capacity for complex communication and unique problem-solving ability have led to the formation and reality of the modern city and its scaled-up megacity status. While evolutionary theory forms the platform for the book’s argument, general systems theory provides the operational framework for the organization and interpretations of each chapter. Throughout the book, the authors tackle various issues, questions, and possibilities regarding the future development and evolution of human settlements.Table of Contents
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Human Geographies Within the Pale of Settlement: Order and Disorder During the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
Book SynopsisThis study suggests how traditional language-rich narrative histories of the Pale of Settlement can benefit from drawing on the large vocabularies, questions, theories and analytical methods of human geography, economics and the social sciences for an understanding of how Jewish communities responded to multiple disruptions during the nineteenth century. Moving from the ecological level of systems of settlements and variations among individual ones down to the immediate built environment, the book explores how both physical and human space influenced responses to everyday lives and emigration to America. Table of ContentsSECTION 1: IntroductionChapter 1: Orientation, Overview and OmissionsSECTION 2: Three Geographies of the Pale of SettlementChapter 2: The Physical Geography of the PaleChapter 3: The Human Geography of the PaleChapter 4: Individual Settlements are Members of Discrete Settlement SystemsSECTION 3: Order and Disorder in Everyday LivesChapter 5: Ordered Life in Individual Shtetlach, Towns and CitiesChapter 6: Ordered Life in the Immediate Built and Social EnvironmentsChapter 7: The Changing Order in the World of WorkChapter 8: Order and Disorder in Jewish Marriages, Families and KinshipSECTION 4: Tracking Responses to DisorderChapter 9: Nineteenth-Century Disorder in the Pale and ElsewhereSECTION 5: New HistoriesChapter 10: A Research Agenda for New Historians
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Retail Crime: International Evidence and Prevention
Book SynopsisThis edited collection provides an original and comprehensive take on retail crime and its prevention, by combining international data and multidisciplinary perspectives from criminologists, economists, geographers, police officers and other experts. Drawing on environmental criminology theory and situational crime prevention, it focusses on crime and safety in retail environments but also the interplay between individuals, products and settings such as stores, commercial streets and shopping malls, as well as the wider context of situational conditions of the supply chain in which crime occurs. Chapters offer state-of-the-art research on retail crime from a range of countries such as Australia, Brazil, Israel, Italy, Sweden, the UK and the USA. This methodological and well-researched study is devoted to both academics and practitioners from a variety of disciplines and backgrounds whose common interest is to prevent retail crime and overall retail loss. The chapters 'Crime in a Scandinavian Shopping Centre' and 'Perceived Safety in a Shopping Centre' are published open access under a CC BY 4.0 license at link.springer.com.Trade Review“The book’s wide-ranging chapters would be most useful to a professional working in the retail industry who needs insight or guidance about trends in retail theft and proven methods for identifying and deterring such activity.” (Laura Judge, Security Management, sm.asisonline.org, April 1, 2020)Table of ContentsPart 1 – An Introduction to Retail CrimeChapter 1. Retail crime; Vania Ceccato and Rachel ArmitageChapter 2. International Trends in Retail Crime and Prevention Practices; Joshua BamfieldPart 2 – Products, Settings and Offenders in RetailChapter 3. Can We Ever Know Which Objects Thieves Most Desire?; Brian Smith, Ron ClarkeChapter 4. Who Steals from Shops, and Why?; James Hunter, Laura Garius, Paul Hamilton and Azrini WahidinChapter 5. COPS and Robbers; Emmeline TaylorPart 3 – Retail Environments, Crime and Perceived SafetyChapter 6. Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) and Retail Crime; Rachel Armitage, Chris Joyce and Leanne MonchukChapter 7. Shoplifting in Small Stores; Paul CozensChapter 8. Crime in a Scandinavian Shopping Centre; Vania Ceccato, Örjan Falk, Pouriya Parsanezhad and Väino TarandiChapter 9. Perceived Safety in a Shopping Centre; Vania Ceccato, Sanda TcacencuPart 4 – Retail Crime and the Wider Context.- dChapter 10. Shopping Crime at Place; Aviv-Yafo, David Weisburd, Shai Amram and Maor Shay Chapter 11. Crime at the Intersection of Rail and Retail; Andrew NewtonChapter 12. Crime Against Trading; Marcelo Justus, Vania Ceccato, Gustavo Moreira and Tulio KahnChapter 13. Theft of Medicines from Hospitals as Organised Retail Crime; Ernesto Savona, Marco Dugato and Michele RiccardiPart 5 – Retail Crime PreventionChapter 14. The Challenges to Preventing Losses in Retailing; Martin GillChapter 15. Towards a Theory of Tagging in Retail Environments; Aiden Sidebottom, Nick TilleyPart 6 – Research and Practice.- Chapter 16. Practical challenges and new research frontiers in retail crime and its prevention; Vania Ceccato and Rachel Armitage.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Class, Ethnicity and State in the Polarized Metropolis: Putting Wacquant to Work
Book SynopsisLoïc Wacquant is one of the most influential sociological theorists of the contemporary era with his research and writings resonating widely across the social sciences. This edited collection critically responds to Wacquant’s distinct approach to understanding the contemporary urban condition in advanced capitalist societies. It comprises chapters focused on Europe and North America from leading international scholars and new emergent voices, which chart new empirical, theoretical and methodological territory. Pivoting on the relationship between class, ethnicity and the state in the (re-)making of urban marginality, the volume takes stock of Wacquant’s body of work and assesses its value as a springboard for rethinking urban inequality in polarizing times. Heeding Wacquant’s call for constant theoretical critique and development in understanding dynamic urban relations and processes, the contributions challenge, develop and refine Wacquant’s framework, while also synthesizing it with other perspectives and bringing it into dialogue with new areas of inquiry. How can Wacquant’s work aid the empirical understanding of today’s complex urban inequalities? And how can empirical investigation and theoretical synthesis aid the development of Wacquant’s framework? The diverse contributors to the collection ask these, and other, searching questions – and Wacquant responds to this critique in the final chapter. This book will be of interest to scholars engaged in understanding the drivers, contexts, and potential responses to contemporary urban marginality.Table of Contents1. Introduction: Putting Wacquant to Work; John Flint and Ryan Powell2. Class, Ethnicity and State in the Making of Urban Marginality; Loїc WacquantPart 1 –Class: Gender, Families and Surveillance3. ‘We live like prisoners in a camp’: Surveillance, Governance and Agency in a US Housing Project; Talja Blokland4. Maternal Outcasts: Governing Vulnerable Mothers in Advanced Marginality; Larissa Povey5. Exploring Family-Based Intervention Mechanisms as a Form of Statecraft; Emily BallPart 2 – Ethnicity: Invisibilization, Informality and (Dis) identifications6. Fluid Identifications in the Age of Advanced Marginality; Fabien Truong (translated by Lorenzo Posocco)7. Informality and the Neo-Ghetto: Modulating Power Through Roma Camps; Isabella Clough Marinaro8. Housing, Ethnicity and Advanced Marginality in England; Ryan Powell and David RobinsonPart 3 – State: Governing Marginality—Home, Street, Neighbourhood, City9. All Leviathan’s Children: Race, Punishment and the (Re-)Making of the City; Rueben Miller10. Social Work and Advanced Marginality; Ian Cummins11. Bringing the Third Sector Back into Ghetto Studies: Roma Segregation and Civil Society Associations in Italy12. Between Street and Shelter: Seclusion, Exclusion, and theNeutralization of PovertyResponse13. Dispossession and Dishonour in the Polarized Metropolis: Reactions and Recommendations; Loїc Wacquant
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG British Think Tanks After the 2008 Global Financial Crisis
Book SynopsisThis book examines the intellectual and institutional transformations of four British think tanks in the aftermath of the 2008 global financial crisis. In the context of a crisis of expert authority, González Hernando demonstrates how these organisations modified their mode of public engagement to be seen as authoritative as possible by an ever more mistrustful public. British Think Tanks After the 2008 Global Financial Crisis connects sociological thinking on knowledge with research on policy change and the economic debate, through careful analysis of interviews, public accounts, and the ‘products’ of think tanks themselves. González Hernando argues that demands for knowledge and advice that arose after the crisis energised the work of all four think tanks while also exposing internal tensions, affecting their sources of funding, transforming their institutional structure, and shaping how they engage with their audiences. It will appeal to students and scholars of sociology of knowledge, political sociology, policy studies, economic history, communication, political economy, organisational sociology, and British politics Table of Contents1. Thinking Under Pressure: Think Tanks and Policy Advice After 2008.- 2. How Thinking Takes Place in Think Tanks.- 3. The New Economics Foundation: Crisis as a Missed Opportunity.- 4. The Adam Smith Institute: The Free Market's Praetorian Guard.- 5. The National Institute of Economic and Social Research: The Shifting Fortunes of Expert Arbiters.- 6. Policy Exchange: The Pros and Cons of Political Centrality.- 7. Conclusions: Intervening on Shifting Sands.- Afterword: For a Comparative Sociology of Intellectual Change.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Understanding Politics and Society
Book SynopsisThis textbook presents political sociology as a connective social science that studies political phenomena by creating fruitful connections with other perspectives. The relationship between politics and society is more complex than ever due to the emergence of new power structures, forms of conflict organization and management, and social practices of political participation. Several scholars describe this historical phase as the 'de-politicization of representative politics'. The book addresses classical themes of and approaches to political sociology, but also dedicates several chapters to contemporary developments within political sociology, including, for instance, the role of the internet and bottom-up political communication in social movements. In addition, the volume acts as a professional tool for those scholars and researchers that are beginning to study political processes from a sociological perspective.Table of ContentsChapter 1 Politics and society1.1. Modern politics and the field of political sociology1.2. Political science and political sociology1.3. Political sociology as a connective social science1.4. The research logic in political sociology Chapter 2 Chasing political sociology2.1. Alexis de Tocqueville [1805-1859]2.2. Karl Marx [1818-1883]2.3. Emile Durkheim [1858-1917]2.4. Max Weber [1864-1920]Chapter 3 Understanding political sociology3.1. The behavioural revolution3.2. Politics as a system3.3. Political development and modernisation3.4. Politics as action 3.5. Rediscovering institutions Chapter 4 Dimensions and distribution of power4.1. The ambiguity of power 4.2. The social dimensions of power4.3. Understanding social power4.4. The distribution of power4.5. Measuring powerChapter 5 Features and developments of the modern state5.1. Origins and features of the modern state5.2. The historical development of the state5.3. Modern state, administration, bureaucracy 5.4. Public policy process and neoliberalismChapter 6 International system and globalisation6.1. The international system6.2. Understanding international relations6.3. The global system6.4. Global challenges to international politics Chapter 7 The paths of political violence7.1. The state and violence7.2. Old and new wars7.3. Social revolutionsChapter 8 Democracy and political participation8.1. The democratic process8.2. Democracy and political participation 8.3. Democracy and interest groups8.4. Determinants of democracy and non-democratic regimes Chapter 9 The parabola of political parties9.1. Features and functions of political parties9.2. The Historical evolution of political parties9.3. Changes in the mass party9.4. Party developments in changing societies Chapter 10 Social movements and political change10.1. Social movements and modernity10.2. Social movements, identities, symbols, and emotions10.3. Social movements, organisations, and networks10.4. Action repertoires, communication, and cycles of protest10.5. Social movements in changing societiesChapter 11 Ideologies, political cultures and the populist wave11.1. The tricky conceptualisation of political cultures11.2. Political ideologies between persistence and crisis11.3. Political socialisation, generations, and recruitment11.4. Populism and anti-political sentiment Chapter 12 Communication and political process 12.1. The field of political communication 12.2. Political languages and rituals12.3. Media politics12.4. Political communication, citizens, and new media
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Economics and Sustainability: Social-Ecological Perspectives
Book SynopsisThis textbook provides an overview of economic perspectives on sustainability. It synthesises economic, ecological and interdisciplinary sustainability research and by applying an integrated social-ecological and economic framework, demonstrates how this research can be improved and implemented in practice. Split into three parts, the book begins by introducing a range of topics forming the basis of knowledge needed to understand the varying sustainability discourses in economics, ecology and interdisciplinary sustainability research. Chapters cover the political context of sustainability; the history of sustainability in European environmental discourses dating back to the seventeenth century; as well as various problems and forms of interdisciplinary knowledge integration and synthesis in the sustainability process. Part II reviews the core economic themes relevant to sustainable development including natural resource management, environmental economics and ecological economics. Also highlighted are often neglected issues such as conflicts, disasters and interrelated crises on the way towards sustainability. The chapters in Part III discuss the future of the sustainability process. They argue for the necessity of overhauling the relationship between science and practice; explore failures and the unforeseen difficulties of sustainability transformation; and discuss how to enable a long term sustainability process that reaches into the distant future.An innovative resource for a broad range of interdisciplinary programmes on sustainability. The book will be an invaluable reference for master and PhD students, instructors, researchers and practitioners in sustainability governance.Table of ContentsPart I: The sustainability process - context and scope.Chapter 1: The policy context of the sustainability discourse.Chapter 2: The historical context - sustainability in the modern society.Chapter 3: The knowledge context of the sustainability discourse.Part II: Economic and ecological knowledge in the sustainability process.Chapter 4: Economics outright - management of natural resources.Chapter 5: Environmental economics - orthodox perspectives.Chapter 6: Ecological economics - critical perspectives.Chapter 7: Conflicts, relapse and failure in the sustainability process - neglected problems.Part III: The future - sustainability transformation.Chapter 8: Changing relations of science and practice in the sustainability process.Chapter 9: Re-thinking temporal perspectives of the sustainability transformation.Chapter 10: Recreating sustainability – conjectures and conclusions.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Energy Use in Cities: A Roadmap for Urban Transitions
Book SynopsisIn an era of big data and smart cities, this book is an innovative and creative contribution to our understanding of urban energy use. Societies have basic data needs to develop an understanding of energy flows for planning energy sustainability. However, this data is often either not utilized or not available. Using California as an example, the book provides a roadmap for using data to reduce urban greenhouse gas emissions by targeting programs and initiatives that will successfully and parsimoniously improve building performance while taking into account issues of energy affordability. This first of its kind methodology maps high-detail building energy use to understand patterns of consumption across buildings, neighborhoods, and socioeconomic divisions in megacities. The book then details the steps required to replicate this methodology elsewhere, and shows the importance of openly-accessible building energy data for transitioning cities to meet the climate planning goals of the twenty-first century. It also explains why actual data, not modeled or sampled, is critical for accurate analysis and insights. Finally, it acknowledges the complex institutional context for this work and some of the obstacles – utility reluctance, public agency oversight, funding and path dependencies. This book will be of great value to scholars across the environmental sectors, but especially to those studying sustainable urban energy as well as practitioners and policy makers in these areas. Trade Review“This book covers a remarkable breadth of topics across a compact seven chapters. ... The content covered will be of interest to a wide readership, particularly policymakers and researchers in the energy, built environment and policy domains. It is accessible enough to be read by non-specialists and would be of interest to anyone working or interested in the built environment or planning and the role of individuals and individual buildings in the wider transition to net zero.” (Dominic Humphrey, Buildings & Cities, buildingsandcities.org, December 3, 2023)Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: The Larger Context, Cities, Smart and Big Data.- Chapter 3: Building Energy Data Access and Aggregation Rules. Chapter 4: Building an Energy Atlas.- Chapter 5:User Design and Functionality.- Chapter 6: Data Analytics.- Chapter 7: Case Studies.- Chapter 8: Conclusion.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions: Results of SSPCR 2019—Open Access Contributions
Book SynopsisThis open access book offers a selection of research papers and case studies presented at the 3rd international conference “Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions”, held in December 2019 in Bolzano, Italy, and explores the concept of smart and sustainable planning, including top contributions from academics, policy makers, consultants and other professionals. Innovation processes such as co-design and co-creation help establish collaborations that engage with stakeholders in a trustworthy and transparent environment while answering the need for new value propositions. The importance of an integrated, holistic approach is widely recognized to break down silos in local government, in particular, when aimed at achieving a better integration of climate-energy planning. Despite the ongoing urbanization and polarization processes, new synergies between urban and rural areas emerge, linking development opportunities to intrinsic cultural, natural and man-made landscape values. The increasing availability of big, real-time urban data and advanced ICT facilitates frequent assessment and continuous monitoring of performances, while allowing fine-tuning as needed. This is valid not only for individual projects but also on a wider scale. In addition, and circling back to the first point, (big) urban data and ICT can be of enormous help in facilitating engagement and co-creation by raising awareness and by providing insight into the local consequences of specific plans. However, this potential is not yet fully exploited in standard processes and procedures, which can therefore lack the agility and flexibility to keep up with the pulse of the city and dynamics of society. The book provides a multi-disciplinary outlook based on experience to orient the reader in the giant galaxy of smart and sustainable planning, support the transposition of research into practice, scale up visionary approaches and design groundbreaking planning policies and tools. Table of ContentsEnergy System Models for City Climate Mitigation Plans—Challenges and Recommendations.- Deep Energy Retrofit of Residential Buildings in the Mediterranean Area: the MedZEB Approach.- A Systematic Study of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Interactions in the Main Spanish Cities.- City Assessment Tool to Measure the Impact of Public Policies on Smart and Sustainable Cities. The Case Study of the Municipality of Alcobendas (Spain) Compared with Similar European Cities.- Public Research and Development Funding for Photovoltaics in Europe—Past, Present, and Future.- Urban Density and Household-Electricity Consumption: An Analysis of the Italian Residential Building Stock.- A Possible Circular Approach for Social Perception of Climate Adaptation Action Planning in Metropolitan Cities.- A Spatial Multi-Criteria Decision Support System for Stress Recovery-Oriented Forest Management.- Diagnosis of the State of the Territory in Flanders Reporting about New Maps and Indicators Differentiating between Urban and Rural Areas within Flanders.- Co-creation Pathway for Urban Nature-based Solutions: Testing a Shared-Governance Approach in Three Cities and Nine Action Labs.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Urban Socio-Economic Segregation and Income Inequality: A Global Perspective
Book SynopsisThis open access book investigates the link between income inequality and socio-economic residential segregation in 24 large urban regions in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America. It offers a unique global overview of segregation trends based on case studies by local author teams. The book shows important global trends in segregation, and proposes a Global Segregation Thesis.Rising inequalities lead to rising levels of socio-economic segregation almost everywhere in the world. Levels of inequality and segregation are higher in cities in lower income countries, but the growth in inequality and segregation is faster in cities in high-income countries. This is causing convergence of segregation trends. Professionalisation of the workforce is leading to changing residential patterns. High-income workers are moving to city centres or to attractive coastal areas and gated communities, while poverty is increasingly suburbanising. As a result, the urban geography of inequality changes faster and is more pronounced than changes in segregation levels. Rising levels of inequality and segregation pose huge challenges for the future social sustainability of cities, as cities are no longer places of opportunities for all.Table of ContentsPart 1: Introduction.- Rising inequalities and a changing social geography of cities. An introduction to the global segregation book.- Residential segregation between income groups in international perspective.- Part 2: Africa.- Income inequality, socio-economic status and residential segregation in Greater Cairo: 1986-2006.- Social inequality and spatial segregation in Cape Town.- Income inequality and socio-economic segregation in the city of Johannesburg.- Part 3: Asia.- Dual land regime, income inequalities and multifaceted socio-economic and spatial segregation in Hong Kong.- Income inequality and socioeconomic segregation in Jakarta.- Socio-spatial segregation and exclusion in Mumbai.- Social polarisation and socio-economic segregation in Shanghai, China: Evidence from 2000 and 2010 censuses.- Increasing inequality and the changing spatial distribution of income in Tel-Aviv.- Changes in occupational structure and residential segregation in Tokyo.- Part 4: Australia.- The land of the ‘fair go’? Mapping income inequality and socioeconomic segregation across Melbourne neighbourhoods.- Part 5: Europe.- Making sense of segregation in a well-connected city: the case of Berlin.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Urban Morphology: An Introduction to the Study of the Physical Form of Cities
Book Synopsis'This is a textbook about cities or, more precisely, about the physical form of cities. It provides an overview of the main elements of urban form—streets, street blocks, plots and buildings—structuring our cities and the fundamental agents and processes of transformation shaping these elements. It applies this analytical framework to describe the evolution of cities over history as well as to explain the functioning of contemporary cities. After the initial focus on the 'object' (cities), the book introduces how different schools of thought have been dealing with this object since the emergence of Urban Morphology, as the science of urban form, in the turning to the twentieth century. Finally, the book identifies the main contributions of urban morphology to cities, societies and economies. This second edition of the book offers updated and more accurate knowledge on several morphological issues, presents expanded contents, and it has a more explicit didactic nature, including a set of exercises in the end of each chapter, that will help teachers and students (in architecture, geography, planning, history, sociology and urban studies) in acquiring and consolidating their urban morphological knowledge.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- The elements of urban form.- The agents and processes of urban transformation.- Cities in history.- Contemporary cities.- The study of urban form: Different approaches.- From theory to practice.- Relationships with other fields of knowledge.- Conclusions.
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Springer International Publishing AG Deforming the Reform: The Impact of Elites on Romania’s Post-accession Europeanization
Book SynopsisThis open access book presents an actor-centered study on Europeanization, based on the assumption that EU-driven reforms are highly dependent on the behavior and interests of the key domestic actors. Whether or not a state pursues a European and democratic agenda depends on domestic lawmakers. Further, political elites are pre-eminent in deciding on the nature, form and content of any law, and on the extent to which the rule of law is actually enforced. Elites can overcome structural or institutional barriers that stand in the way of achieving their goals. The empirical study on Romania presented here lends this observation a more profound meaning: it shows how, in contexts where high level corruption is the norm rather than the exception, self-serving political elites cannot be expected to genuinely commit to adopting sound anti-corruption reform. The book is an inquiry into the motivations that drive legislators to make particular decisions, but also into the structural characteristics and dynamics of the elite that invite a selfish rather than responsible and responsive behaviour.This publication was supported by funds from the Publication Fund for Open Access Monographs of the Federal State of Brandenburg, Germany.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction: The European Paradox of Expecting Corrupt Political Elites to Lead the Fight Against Corruption.- Chapter 2. Towards a Theory of De-Europeanization, an Elite-based Approach.- Chapter 3. Fragmentation: A Trait of the Romanian Political Elite.- Chapter 4. Romania’s Justice and Anti-corruption Reform: A Stubborn Divergence from European Norms in Pursuit of Personal Gains.- Chapter 5. Romania’s Nature Conservation Reform: A Surprising Convergence with European Law in Response to Societal Concerns.- Chapter 6. Conclusion: Civism Against Cynicism.
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Springer International Publishing AG Europe in the Age of Post-Truth Politics: Populism, Disinformation and the Public Sphere
Book SynopsisThis open access book is the product of three years of academic research that has been carried out in the EU-funded Jean Monnet Network on “Post-Truth Politics, Nationalism and the Delegitimation of European Integration” since 2019. Drawing on the multidisciplinary expertise of the network’s members, the book explores the impact of the phenomenon of post-truth politics on European integration and the European Union. It places particular emphasis on how post-truth politics has played out in the public sphere and asks what impact the phenomenon has had on public deliberation, but reflects also on its implications for democracy in a wider sense. This book is primarily written for audiences with an interest in politics and policy making, including academics, policy makers and civil-society actors. Thanks to its accessible style, the book should however also be an asset to wider audiences.Table of Contents1. Introduction: Europe in the Age of Post-Truth Politics (Maximilian Conrad Guðmundur Hálfdanarson)Section I. Post-Truth Politics, Democracy and the Public Sphere 2. Post-Truth, Postmodernism and the Public Sphere (Saul Newman)3. The Context of Fake News, Disinformation and Manipulation (john Erik Fossum)4. Journalism, Truth and the Restoration of Trust in Democracy: Tracing the EU 'Fake News' Strategy (Asimina Michailidou, Hans-Jörg Trenz & Elisabeth Eike)Section II. Post-Truth Populism and the Disintegration of Europe5. From Denouncing to Defunding: The Post-Truth Populist Challenge to Public-Service Media (Maximilian Conrad)6. Post-Truth Politics, Brexit and European Disintegration (Vittorio Orlando)7. "Europe is Christian, or it is not Europe": Post-Truth Politics and Religion in Matteo Salvini's Tweets (Giulia Evolvi)Section III. Mediatization and Politicization of Immigration8. Claiming Authority over 'Truths' and 'Facts': Information Risk Campaigns to Prevent Irregular Migration (Verena Katharina Brändle)9. Facts, Narratives and Migration: Tackling Disinformation at the European and UN Level of Governance (Anna Björk)10. Sheeding Light on People's Social Media Concerns Through Political Party Preference, Media Trust, and Immigration Attitudes (Sanna Malinen, Aki Koivula, Teo Keipi, Arttu Saarinen)11. In Search for Unexpected Allies? Radical Right Remediation of 'the 2015 Refugee Crisis' on Social Media (Gwenaëlle Bauvois & Niko Pyrhönen)12. Concluding Reflections on Europe in the Age of Post-Truth Politics (Guðmundur Hálfdanarson & Maximilian Conrad)
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Springer International Publishing AG International Practice Theory
Book SynopsisInternational Practice Theory is the definitive introduction to the practice turn in world politics, providing an accessible, up-to-date guide to the approaches, concepts, methodologies and methods of the subject. Situating the study of practices in contemporary theory and reviewing approaches ranging from Bourdieu’s praxeology and communities of practice to actor-network theory and pragmatic sociology, it documents how they can be used to study international practices empirically. The book features a discussion of how scholars can navigate ontological challenges such as order and change, micro and macro, bodies and objects, and power and critique. Interpreting practice theory as a methodological orientation, it also provides an essential guide for the design, execution and drafting of a praxiographic study. Table of Contents1. Introducing International Practice Theory2. Situating Practice in Social Theory and International Relations3. Approaches in International Practice Theory I4. Approaches in International Practice Theory II5. Conceptual challenges of International Practice Theory6. Doing Praxiography: Research Strategies, Methods and Techniques7. Conclusion: Completing the Practice Turn
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Springer International Publishing AG Societal Implications of Community-Oriented Policing and Technology
Book SynopsisThis Brief presents new approaches and innovative challenges to address bringing technology into community-oriented policing efforts. “Community-oriented policing” is an approach that encourages police to develop and maintain personal relationships with citizens and community organizations. By developing these partnerships, the goal is to enhance trust and legitimacy of police by the community (and vice versa), and focus on engaging the community crime prevention and detection efforts for sustainable, long-term crime reduction.The contributions to this volume emphasize the societal implications of new technologies for community-oriented policing goals, such as: -Strengthening community policing principles through strengthed community feeling and lower feeling of insecurity - Reducing the fear of crime and enhancing the perception of security in large, urban environments -Enhancing citizens feelings' of empowerment, belonging, and collective efficacy Contributions to this volume were developed out of the Next Generation Community Policing (NGCP) International Conference was co-organized by nine contributing research and development projects, funded by the Horizon 2020 SECURITY Program of the European Commission. It will be of interest to researchers in criminology and criminal justice, as well as related fields such as sociology, public health, security, IT and public policy.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Addressing Ethical Challenges of Technology for Criminal Investigations.- Community Policing in light of the European Data Protection Legal Framework.- ICTs and Community Policing: An Ethical Framework.- Social Media and Community Policing Implementation.- Encouraging Citizen Engagement with a Community Policing App.- Strategic Analysis and Service Design for Community Policing.- Reconciling Social Sciences with Multiple Practitioner Needs.- Intensive Engagement: A Systematic Approach to Deliver Effective Community Engagement.- Conclusions.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Cognition, Rationality, and Institutions
Book SynopsisInstitutions are rules that are supported by various enforcement mechanisms. Cognition refers to the process of how men perceive and process information, whereas rationality refers to how these processes are modelled. Within institutional economics there is a growing scepticism towards extending the conventional economic frame of analysis to institutions. In particular, the notion of perfect rationality is increasingly questioned. At the same time human cognition has become a major field of research in psychology. This book explores what institutional economics can learn from cognitive psychology regarding the proper modelling of rationality in order to explain institutional change.Table of ContentsPreface.- D. Kiwit, U. Mummert, M. Streit: Introduction and Overview.- Institutions and Cognition: J. Knight: Suboptimal and Social Institutions: The Relationship Between Cognition and Context.- P. de Vries: Comment.- D. Kiwit: Comment.- E. Schlicht: Patterned Variation. The Role of Psychological Dispositions in Social and Institutional Evolution.- B. Loasby: Comment.- U. Mummert: Comment.- S. Huck: Legal Design and the Evolution of Remorse.- T. Brenner: Comment.- Cognition and Rationality: B. Frey, I. Bohnet: Rent Leaving.- H. Geue: Comment.- A. Ortmann: Comment.- A. Ortmann, G. Gigerenzer: Reasoning in Economics and Psychology: Why Social Context Matters.- M. Pasche: Comment.- B. Priddat: Comment.- G. Handlbauer: Decision Making and Institutionalized Cognition.- R. Mayntz: Comment.- Rationality and Institutions: B. Chapman: Rationally Transparent Social Interactions.- T. Ulen: Comment.- J. Finch: Verstehen, Ideal Types and Situational Analysis for Institutional Economics.- L. Csontos: Comment.- H. Siegenthaler: Learning and its Rationality in a Context of Fundamental Uncertainty.- H. Hegmann: Comment.- T. Eggertsson: Comment.
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Games and Ethics: Theoretical and Empirical Approaches to Ethical Questions in Digital Game Cultures
Book SynopsisThe number of digital gamers is increasing worldwide, but public debates about digital games commonly focus on questionable game content or problematic gaming behavior. This book offers a broader ethical perspective on digital game cultures, presenting theoretical and empirical work on the ethical dimensions of the development, production and distribution of digital games, as well as issues relating to responsible gaming and the pedagogical use of digital games. Questions of the communicative-cultural change in game cultures are linked with questions of media education and media ethics. With such a comprehensive approach, the volume promotes ethical discourse on digital game cultures. Table of ContentsEthics and Digital Gaming Cultures.- Diversity in Digital Gaming Cultures.- Social Aspects in Digital Gaming Cultures.- Educational Approaches towards Digital Gaming Cultures.- Design in Digital Gaming Cultures.
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Philanthropic Foundations and Social Welfare: A Comparative Study of Germany, Sweden and the United Kingdom (England)
Book SynopsisThe existing welfare regime literature identifies differences in welfare state systems. Sarah Förster asks, if we can learn something on the organizational level about the embedding of philanthropic foundations in the field of social welfare in different welfare state systems. This investigation is based on comparative insights from the three country cases of Germany, Sweden and the UK (England). Guided by propositions from theoretical analysis of welfare regime literature, comparative explorative case studies based on interview data and secondary sources give insights into the field and the embedding of philanthropic social welfare foundations in the three different welfare state systems. Each type of foundation has different levels of independence from external constraints and is embedded to different degrees according to the propositions from welfare regime theory. These differences hold further implications for the investigation of foundations as a special organizational form.Table of ContentsResearch Problem and Broader Research Context.- Welfare Regimes and the Underlying Logic of Country Differences.- Plan of Inquiry.- Country Case Studies.- Regime Influence, Theoretical Propositions.
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden The Independent Variable Problem: Welfare Stateness as an Explanatory Concept
Book SynopsisThis open access publication deals with the operationalisation of the welfare state as an independent variable.To study how welfare states affect social inequality, individual behaviour, attitudes and more in different countries, an empirical operationalisation of the welfare state or specific elements of social policy is required. However, this operationalisation is fraught with some important problems. These problems essentially relate to one point: while there are a large number of contributions dealing with the measurement of differences between welfare states per se and as a dependent variable, there is a lack of feasible recommendations for a standardised operationalisation of welfare stateness as an independent variable.So far, there has been no systematic investigation of how such different approaches may affect the results and their comparability. Also missing is an in-depth conceptual discussion of which features of the welfare state are particularly relevant for explaining certain effects.This book fills both gaps. First, it exposes the pitfalls of existing approaches and shows how much empirical results can vary depending on the operationalisation chosen. Second, it proposes a framework for a standardised conceptualisation and operationalisation of social policies as independent variables that constrains operational decisions in a theoretically meaningful way.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Premises: perspectives on the welfare state.- The welfare state as an independent variable: debates, pitfalls, potentials.- Literature review: mechanisms and hypotheses.- Welfare stateness as an explanatory concept.- Welfare stateness as an explanatory variable: empirical illustration.- Towards solving the independent variable problem.- Reference.
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Loss of Control and Technology Acceptance in (Digital) Transformation: Acceptance and Design Factors of a Heuristic Model
Book SynopsisIn the context of the (digital) transformation of economy and society, the technology acceptance of the population is increasingly influenced by a perceived loss of control through new technologies. Loss of control is defined in this volume as a multi-causal, multi-modal and cyclical process of transition of control and conceptually brought together in a multi-dimensional heuristic model. The results of a first quantitative-empirical analysis for Baden-Württemberg based on this model confirm that loss of control is a central factor influencing technology acceptance, but is perceived differently by different socio-demographic groups.Table of ContentsTechnology Acceptance in Germany and Baden-Württemberg: State of the Debate.- Loss of control and technology acceptance.- Empirical framework: The #techourfuture project initiative.- Evaluation of the results.
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden “Intention is not method, belief is not evidence”: Civic Education and Prevention with Former Right-Wing Extremists in German Schools
Book SynopsisFor over 20 years, school interventions involving former right-wing extremists have been popular in Germany. In practice, they are advertised and conducted as both civic education and extremism prevention. This book uses an evidence-based and interdisciplinary approach to examine the potentials and challenges of this format. It provides a thematic embedding of German application, a comprehensive review of attributed impact assumptions and the state of related research. Furthermore, this research offers highly valuable, unique and comprehensive insights based on empirical evidence. It thus contributes to a better understanding of the format and its complexity. Overall, the findings give no clear indication that the involvement of former right-wing extremists in schools initiate civic education processes or prevent political extremism. Rather, the investigation found fundamental needs for additional research, modification, and sensitization. In this vein, this book makes a pioneer contribution to quality assurance and evaluation research in civic education and extremism prevention.Table of ContentsStructure of the book.- Synopsis.
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Double 9 Books LLP The Crowd
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Palgrave MacMillan UK Shyness and Society The Illusion of Competence
Book SynopsisUsing Symbolic Interactionist theories and descriptions of the everyday life of self-defined 'shy' people, the book explores the social processes of becoming a 'shy person' and performing the shy self in public places. The question of interactional competence is discussed in relation to issues of identity, embodiment, performativity and deviance.Trade ReviewShortlisted for the 2008 BSA Philip Abrams Memorial Prize. For more information about the prize, see http://www.britsoc.co.uk/publications/PAM.htm 'This book is a 'should read' for anyone sociologically interested in the public performance of emotions, the self, and identity.' - Michael Atkinson, American Journal of SociologyTable of ContentsIntroduction: Entering the Secret World of the Shy Shyness in Cultural and Historical Perspective Dramaturgical Dilemmas of the Shy Self Outsiders and Enclosures Poise, Performance and Self-Presentation Rules, Reactions and Resistance Concluding Remarks Bibliography Index
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University of KwaZulu-Natal Press Real and imagined readers: Censorship, publishing and reading under apartheid
Book SynopsisReal and Imagined Readers looks at an important period in South African literary history, marked by apartheid censorship and the extensive banning of intellectual and creative voices. Returning to the archive, this book offers a reader-centric view of the successive censorship laws, and the consequences of publication control on the world of books. Books and print culture created intersectional spaces of solidarity where ideas and knowledge were contested, mediated and translated into the socio-political domain. By focusing on these marginalised readers, Matteau Matsha sheds light on the reading cultures and practices that developed in the shadow of apartheid censorship, creating alternative literary spaces. Real readers engaged in an elusive dialogue with the censors’ imagined readers, and definitions of literature and readerships emerged from this unusual connection, leading to the formation of literary conventions that inform reading politics to this day. By understanding reading as a complex and dynamic activity, this book stresses the importance of appreciating books in relation to the social context in which they are written and, most importantly, read.Trade Review“This is a fascinating account of the dynamics in the publishing industry of that time. It is a salutary reminder of what has gone before and what should not be lost in the muddle of the turmoil in the political sphere today.” — Christine Stilwell, emeritus professor, UKZN and former acting director of the Centre for African Literary Studies in Pietermaritzburg
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University of KwaZulu-Natal Press Zulu Names, Polygyny and Gender Politics In Traditional Societies
Book SynopsisZulu Names, Polygyny and Gender Politics in Traditional Societies provides illuminating insight into Zulu polygynous families. It examines how Zulu anthroponyms used in respect of the living-dead reflect social behaviour patterns within homesteads. Names become social outlets for sentiments of hostility and ill-feelings caused by quarrels between co-wives and in-laws. Zungu considers the challenge of plural marriages and the use of witchcraft to fight for the husband's love and affection. Names are also used to reflect and ward off evil spirits, which may cause illness and death. Despite the influence of globalisation and modernity, anthroponyms reflect mystical arts and occultism (whether real or imagined) in traditional societies, and they are effective oral strategies between family members and/or community members.
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Springer Failing Beautifully in Science
Book Synopsis1. Introduction.- 2. Basic Theoretical Considerations on the Book.- 3. Irony as a Mode of Communication and its Operationalization as Satire in the Form of a Caricature Practice.- 4. University Life in Caricatures—An Ironic Look at Small and Big Failures.- 5. Conclusion: Failure as a Normal Case—Turning to the Productive Aspects of University and Academic-biographical Breakpoints.
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Springer-Verlag New York Inc. Handbook of Quantitative Criminology
Book SynopsisQuantitative criminology has certainly come a long way since I was ?rst introduced to a largely qualitative criminology some 40 years ago, when I was recruited to lead a task force on science and technology for the President''s Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice. At that time, criminology was a very limited activity, depending almost exclusively on the Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) initiated by the FBI in 1929 for measurement of crime based on victim reports to the police and on police arrests. A ty- cal mode of analysis was simple bivariate correlation. Marvin Wolfgang and colleagues were makingan importantadvancebytrackinglongitudinaldata onarrestsin Philadelphia,an in- vation that was widely appreciated. And the ?eld was very small: I remember attending my ?rst meeting of the American Society of Criminology in about 1968 in an anteroom at New York UniverTable of ContentsIntroduction I. Topics in Research Design 1). Experiments - trials 2). Experiments - block/randomized and subgroup 3). Propensity scores 4). Regression discontinuity designs 5) Quantitative and Qualitative Data 6) Statistical power II) Methods for Overcoming Data Limitations 7) Data reliability and data comparisons 8) Missing data III) Innovative Descriptive Methods 10) Geographic mapping of crime 11) Visualizing data 12) Trajectories 13) Growth curve models IV) Estimation Techniques for Theory and Policy 14) Estimating Costs of Crime 15) Estimating treatment effects 16) Meta-analysis V) Topics in Multiple Regression 17) Instrumental variables 18) Multilevel modeling 19) Logic and related extensions 20) Count models VI) New Directions in Statistical Analysis 21) Geographic statistical analysis of crime 22) Data mining 23) Time series 24) Network analysis Conclusion
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Women in the New Asia: From Pain to Power
Book SynopsisThis remarkable book charts the effects of the economic boom on women across Asia. Yori Matsui, one of Japan's leading journalists, demonstrates how Asian women are confronting rapid economic developmentwhich is accompanied by widespread infringement of human rights. Analysing the lives of women in Japan, Thailand, the Philippines, Taiwan, China, Nepal, and Korea, the author explores * the impact of globalization - including the feminization of migration and an increase in the trafficking of women * sexual violence - from the 'comfort women' to child prostitution * development projects - the cause of mass deforestation and displacement of communities However she also describes women's credit co-ops, democratization movements and unionization of women workers. She meets women who have organised ant-logging blockades, literacy classes and campaighns against trafficking. She finds women across Asia resisiting the dictatorship od development, the feminization of poverty and patriarchal values. Throughout the continent she finds the seeds of hope for a new Asia.Table of Contents Introduction Part I: Economic Development and Violence Against Women 1. Trafficking in Women 2. AIDS Attacks Women 3. The Feminization of International Migration 4. Japanese-Filipino Children and Japanese Society 5. Women Break the Silence on Domestic Violence Part II: Women Fight the Development Invasion 6. The Philippines Development Plan: Forced Eviction of People and Communities 7. Thai Village Women Protest Eucalyptus Plantations and Shrimp Cultivation 8. Indigenous People Fight Deforestation and Dam Construction in Sarawak 9. Taiwan and Thailand: The Other Side of the Travel Boom Part III: From Resistance to Alternatives in Action 10. An Alternative Negros: The Phillipines 11. Women's Linkage: Hong Kong and China 12. Weaving the Village Future: Thailand 13. The Wind of Change in a Mountain Village: Nepal 14. Turning Pain into Power: Korea Conclusion: Women Envision a New Asia for the Twenty-first Century Index
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