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Elgar 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.
South Africa's first non-racial local government elections took
place in 1995 and 1996, effectively bringing down the curtain on
the municipal apartheid which had devided cities and towns since
1923. This study gives a general overview of the constitutional and
legislative procedures involved in the democratisation process from
1994 and focuses on the important and controversial role played by
boundary demarcation. Detailed case studies analyse the demarcation
process in three major metropolitan areas: Cape Town, Johannesburg
and Durban. The title debates the extent to which political motives
outweighed technical considerations, and offers guidelines for
future demarcation criteria.
This collection of insights about The Book of Mormon adds to and
complements the author's legal publications about freedom of
conscience, evidence and comparative constitutional law. The book
includes insights distilled from contemporary anthropology, careful
analysis of the doctrine of resurrection taught in The Book of
Mormon, philosophical questions about the rule of law which inform
life in contemporary society, and how reflection on the pervasive
New Testament intertexuality in The Book of Mormon should increase
the knowledge of modern readers. Important reading for scholars of
religion and faith, and particularly those interested in
understanding the beliefs and practices of members of The Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints around the world.
This publication examines the family, school and society from a
sociopedagogical perspective. Some of the relevant topics that are
discussed in detail are: the family: - its dynamics, functions and
types; the vulnerability of the modern family; educational errors
and relationship disturbances. The school's responsibilities and
educational communication are discussed, as well as environmental
deprivation and compensatory education, and multicultural
education. The structural and dynamic characteristics of society
are examined, including several social evils.
Obwohl Komik und Behinderung gerade in den Kunsten immer wieder
zusammentreffen, gibt es so gut wie keine theoretisch und
methodisch fundierten Auseinandersetzungen mit dieser Thematik in
den Literatur-, Kultur- oder Sozialwissenschaften. Gerade im
Kontext von Inklusionsdiskussionen jedoch sind Fragen nach dem
Potential des Lachens und der Komik, aber auch nach deren
Ambivalenz im Zusammenhang mit Behinderung von weitreichender
Bedeutung. Der vorliegende Band unternimmt eine Bestandsaufnahme
moeglicher Theorien und Analysekonzepte anhand konkreter
Einzelanalysen. Die Autor:innen vertreten die Sozial-, Erziehungs-,
Literatur-, Kultur-, Medien-, Theater- und Filmwissenschaften.
The Believer is the weird and chilling true story of Dr. John Mack.
This eminent Harvard psychiatrist and Pulitzer Prize-winning
biographer risked his career to investigate the phenomenon of human
encounters with aliens and to give credibility to the stupefying
tales shared by people who were utterly convinced they had
happened. Nothing in Mack's four decades of psychiatry had prepared
him for the otherworldly accounts of a cross-section of humanity
including young children who reported being taken against their
wills by alien beings. Over the course of his career his interest
in alien abduction grew from curiosity to wonder, ultimately
developing into a limitless, unwavering passion. Based on exclusive
access to Mack's archives, journals, and psychiatric notes and
interviews with his family and closest associates, The Believer
reveals the life and work of a man who explored the deepest of
scientific conundrums and further leads us to the hidden dimensions
and alternate realities that captivated Mack until the end of his
life.
In the months leading up to the 2024 presidential election, news spread
about Project 2025, a nearly 1,000-page document published by the
conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation. The debates—and
anxiety—surrounding this initiative have only increased as authors of
the Project assume positions of power in the second Trump
administration.
So, what is Project 2025, exactly? Who wrote it, what does it actually
say, and what does it mean for everyday people around the world, across
the political spectrum, in the years to come?
In The Project, award-winning journalist David A. Graham offers
much-needed context and distills the essential elements of this
sprawling document. Breaking down the Project’s strategy for
transforming—and radically empowering—the executive branch, Graham then
explains what the architects behind Project 2025 would do with that
power: restoring traditional gender norms and the supremacy of the
nuclear family, decimating the civil service, performing mass
deportations, reducing corporate regulation and worker protections, and
more.
Project 2025 is the intellectual blueprint for the new administration,
Graham argues, and its tenets should not be legible only to policy
wonks. Authoritative yet highly accessible, The Project demystifies it
for those whose lives it will impact most.
Elgar 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.
Why do religions fail or die? Taking a multidisciplinary approach,
this open access book explores this important question that has
received little scholarly attention to date. International
contributors provide case studies from the United States, England,
Sweden, Japan, New Guinea, and France resulting in a work that
explores processes of attenuation, disintegration, transmutation,
death, and extinction across cultures. These include: instances
where mass suicides or homicides resulted in religious dissolution;
the fall of Mars Hills Church and its larger-than-life megachurch
pastor, accused of plagiarism and bullying in 2012; the death of
the last member of the Panacea Society in England in 2012; and the
disintegration of Knutby Filadelfia, a religious community in
Sweden with Pentecostal roots that ceased to exist in May 2018
after a pastor shot his wife. Combining case studies and
theoretical contributions, The Demise of Religion: How Religions
End, Die, or Dissipate fills a gap in literature to date and paves
the way for future research The eBook editions of this book are
available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license on
www.bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Centre
for Advanced Study at the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.
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