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Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies
Hair is potent. It can be an emotional and intense matter across
gender - it will grow in places you don't like, it may desert you -
suddenly, or gradually. It is a symbol of gender, sexuality,
status, and more. Part memoir, part investigation across history,
politics, religion, and culture, Hair/Power explores the power,
control and ultimate liberation that hair can provide.
"Warning. Smoking Kills!" It also corrupts law enforcement officials and eviscerates state institutions. It devours politicians, professionals, business people and ordinary workers in the chase for big bucks and the battle for a slice of an ever-shrinking cigarette market.
Join one of South Africa's former tax sleuths, Johann van Loggerenberg, in a wild ride through the double-dealing world of tobacco's colourful characters and ruthless corporates. Meet the femme fatales, mavericks, mercenaries and grandmasters, and learn how the crime-busting unit led by van Loggerenberg at SARS and its "Project Honey Badger" became a victim of war between industry players and a high-stakes political game driven by state capture.
This is the tale of a few good men and women who dared to try to hold to account a billion-dollar international industry rife with private spy networks, tax evasion, collusion and corruption - ultimately at great cost to themselves and South Africa.
This innovative book explores the legal character of petroleum
licences, a key vehicle governing the relationship between oil
companies and their host states. Examining the issue through the
lens of legal culture, it illustrates why some jurisdictions exert
strong state control and others only minimal.Critically
investigating the nature of a petroleum licence, the book analyses
whether it is a mere administrative right, a contract or something
more akin to property rights. Chapters examine recent developments,
such as the UK's strategy of maximizing economic recovery and the
opposition to drilling for oil in Norway and Australia. Outside of
Western petroleum jurisdictions, the book also explores several
long-established jurisdictions including Russia and Mexico, as well
as emerging jurisdictions, such as China and Uganda. Taking a
contextual and system-oriented approach, it reveals the
preconditions of the petroleum licence regime and offers a critical
insight into the reasons behind alterations to the terms of the
licences. Encompassing a wide variety of legal cultures and
experiences, this thought-provoking book will prove to be a
valuable resource for academics and students of energy law,
particularly those with an interest in state regulation. It will
also provide useful insights for industry-based practitioners.
This book examines patent law and policy in biotechnology across
the full lifecycle of the patent, focusing on the patent bargain
and the public interest. It considers the central issues of how to
strike an effective balance of rights, and whether public interest
is adequately safeguarded - two issues that are particularly
important in areas of rapidly emerging technology. Expert
contributors are brought together to explore patent eligibility in
biotechnology, focusing on the fields of precision medicine,
biofabrication and non-invasive prenatal testing. Chapters also
explore the construction and coherence of exceptions to
patentability,an examination of FRAND licensing in the context of
the internet of medical things, and the possibility of using
licensing to encourage or ensure the ethical use of patented
technologies. With its carefully constructed analysis, this book
will be an excellent resource for academic researchers, and
students, in the fields of biotechnology law, pharmaceutical law
and intellectual property law. It will also be useful for legal
practitioners and policymakers, as well as charitable bodies and
non-governmental organisations.
Scratching the Surface: Adventures in Storytelling is a deeply
personal and intimate memoir told through the lens of Harvey
Ovshinsky's lifetime of adventures as an urban enthusiast. He was
only seventeen when he started The Fifth Estate, one of the
country's oldest underground newspapers. Five years later, he
became one of the country's youngest news directors in commercial
radio at WABX-FM, Detroit's notorious progressive rock station.
Both jobs placed Ovshinsky directly in the bullseye of the nation's
tumultuous counterculture of the 1960s and 70s. When he became a
documentary director, Ovshinsky's dispatches from his hometown were
awarded broadcasting's highest honors, including a national Emmy, a
Peabody, and the American Film Institute's Robert M. Bennett Award
for Excellence. But this memoir is more than a boastful trip down
memory lane. It also doubles as a survival guide and an instruction
manual that speaks not only to the nature of and need for
storytelling but also and equally important, the pivotal role the
twin powers of endurance and resilience play in the creative
process. You don't have to be a writer, an artist, or even
especially creative to take the plunge, Ovshinsky reminds his
readers. ""You just have to feel strongly about something or have
something you need to get off your chest. And then find the courage
to scratch your own surface and share your good stuff with
others."" Above all, Ovshinsky is an educator, known for his
passionate support of and commitment to mentoring the next
generation of urban storytellers. When he wasn't teaching
screenwriting and documentary production in his popular workshops
and support groups, he taught undergraduate and graduate students
at Detroit's College for Creative Studies, Wayne State University,
Madonna University, and Washtenaw Community College. ""The thing
about Harvey,"" a colleague recalls in Scratching the Surface, ""is
that he treats his students like professionals and not like newbies
at all. His approach is to, in a very supportive and
non-threatening way, combine both introductory and advanced
storytelling in one fell swoop.
This book charts the early days of Hampton, the fourth of
Peterborough's new townships,1 from the time when, as the
'Brickpits', much of it was an area of complete desolation only
considered suitable for landfilling, until it emerged as the
largest development of its kind since Welwyn Garden City, in the
1930s. Along the way it will explain the challenges, many of them
unique to this unusual site, which were faced by the very small
team of pioneers tasked with creating a viable project in the most
unpromising circumstances. By 2018 more than 5,000 homes have been
erected at Hampton and more than 12,500 people now live there. How
it came about that a company, which had no history of property
development, should become involved in creating such a project with
all its complexities is a matter of continuing interest especially
at a time of national housing shortage. It does seem that, if we
are to have any success in addressing our housing needs, we should
learn the lessons of putting together a project on this s
Tourism as an activity is increasingly being criticised for its
exploitative and extractive industrial approaches to business. Yet,
it has the power to transform and to regenerate societies, cultures
and the environment. The desire to explore the world around us is
deeply embedded in many people's psyche, but it comes at a cost to
the environment and often to the residents of the visited
communities. Much of tourism education has been closely linked to
preparing students for future professional practice, but the
challenges and opportunities linked to its consumption require that
its future leaders must exhibit very different values and
understandings to tackle ever more complex and wicked problems from
which tourism cannot dissociate itself. This teaching guide brings
together a compilation of values-based learning experiences that
can be adapted to suit the needs and disposition of individual
instructors. It aims not only to engage students in the subject
matter but also deepen their understanding of its complexity and
interconnectivity and help them become global citizens that lead
lives of consequence. Academics and practitioners in higher
education institutions around the world in many different
disciplines will find the thought-provoking conversation starters
and activities of help in encouraging students to take a multi- or
post-disciplinary approach to explore tourism from a values
perspective. Consultants and academics engaging community
stakeholders in capacity building will value its practical,
accessible information.
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. Presenting
cutting-edge research on the future of energy geopolitics, this
visionary and provocative Research Agenda takes a hard look at the
pressing issues faced by energy researchers in the new world
(dis)order. Analyzing through three distinct lenses of
affordability, security and sustainability, this innovative book
begins by tracking the history and evolution of energy politics.
Leading experts in the field identify the sources of instability
within world energy markets, the problems of capital allocation to
finance a growing demand for smart and renewable energy, and the
benefits and costs of geo-economic shifts. A global range of case
studies discuss the future of energy geopolitics, asking pressing
questions about the deployment of clean energy technology, the
implications of hydrocarbon price climbing, and the feasibility and
possibilities of space mining. Ultimately, the book seeks to
elucidate the uncertainties, paths, and impacts of the future
developments in the energy transition and clearly define a future
research agenda for energy politics. In doing so, it attempts to
capture the complexity and constraints facing energy and its
different sources — some that are complementary, some that
compete with one another. Interdisciplinary and international in
scope, this book will prove vital to students and scholars
interested in energy security, politics and policy, alongside those
studying energy markets and finance. It will also prove useful to
policymakers and organizations in the energy sector concerned with
the future of energy.
This informal history of the Cape Times, the oldest daily newspaper
in South Africa and a much-loved Cape Town institution, is the
story of a vigorous tradition of independent journalism.
There is a dire need for a comprehensive pedagogical resource both
on diverse approaches to teaching sports economics and the use of
sports to teach broader principles of economic concepts. This book
does exactly that. The contributions from leading scholars and
teachers in both fields will help all instructors looking to raise
their teaching game. The pedagogy in this book covers a wide array
of active and engaged teaching techniques to demonstrate
interesting ways to engage students and to get them excited about
sports economics and economic concepts in general. Chapters cover
topics such as legal case studies that impact North American
leagues, discrimination and gender bias in sports economics and
best practices for supervising undergraduate student research. The
innovative approaches and methods presented are applicable to both
small and large class sizes. Practical advice for designing field
trip-, guest speaker-, and case-study-based classes, and techniques
for using data-driven exercises, film and straightforward classroom
experiments are included. This book will appeal to two primary
audiences: undergraduate economics instructors and sports
economics/management instructors. The teaching methods may be
easily adapted to most economic classes, and the breadth of
material provides instructors with assistance in creating course
syllabi, outlining teaching plans, generating student interest, and
increasing the efficacy of their pedagogy.
This timely Research Handbook examines sport-related research and
analysis pertaining to how the sport industry has been impacted by
the Covid-19 pandemic. Taking stock of the changes over the course
of the pandemic, it also provides key insights into how the sport
industry and its stakeholders might move forward in post-pandemic
times. Organized into six parts, the first half of the book
explores the areas of sport management, sport communication, and
sport marketing, while the final three parts analyze sport events,
sport stakeholders, and sport and society. Expert international
contributors delve into a wide array of topics related to the sport
industry including athletes, clubs, leagues, and brand and sport
management to illuminate how the pandemic has influenced these
aspects of sport. Offering a comprehensive analysis of how Covid-19
has affected the sport industry, this Research Handbook will be a
key resource for business and management scholars and advanced
students with a particular interest in sport, health, and
well-being. Its use of global case studies will also be beneficial
for sport managers and practitioners in this field.
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