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This comprehensive and authoritative Encyclopedia, featuring
entries written by academic experts in the field, explores the
diverse topics within the discipline of political sociology. By
looking at both macro- and micro-components, questions relating to
nation-states, political institutions and their development, and
the sources of social and political change such as social movements
and other forms of contentious politics, are raised and critically
analysed. The Elgar Encyclopedia of Political Sociology highlights
the key questions relating to political sociology through
demonstrating that issues relating to power and political conflict,
as well as the relationship between societies and states, are
critical for understanding contemporary political and social
contexts. The entries also shed light on the current position of
this interdisciplinary field of study, which sits at the interface
between political science and sociology, and consider its aims in
addressing those aspects that pertain to the critical interplay
between factors relating to both fields. A timely and stimulating
reference work, this Encyclopedia will be a key resource for
researchers and students in the field of political sociology,
political science and theory, social policy, social theory, and
public policy, providing both an excellent entry point for study as
well as an essential reference tool for more experienced academics.
Key Features: Discusses major approaches and theories Summarising
key topics in over 160 entries Includes entries on key historical
thinkers and concepts Presents frontier areas across the discipline
for future research work
Taking an integrated approach, this unique Handbook places the
terms 'citizenship' and 'migration' on an equal footing, examining
how they are related to each other, both conceptually and
empirically. Expert contributors explore how citizenship and
migration intersect in contemporary thinking, going beyond accounts
that often treat the terms separately or simply point out the
implications of one term for the other. Organised into five parts,
chapters address the basic theoretical perspectives on citizenship
and migration, including normative approaches, cross-national
differences in citizenship regimes, and methodological issues. The
Handbook then moves on to look at the three fundamental dimensions
of citizenship: membership, rights, and participation. The final
part discusses key contemporary challenges and future perspectives
for the study of citizenship and migration. This Handbook will be a
valuable resource for scholars and students engaged in the study of
citizenship, migration, public policy, human rights, sociology and
political science, more broadly. Its interdisciplinary perspective
and use of empirical studies will also be beneficial for
practitioners and policy makers in these fields.
Energy security is a burning issue in a world where 1.4 billion
people still have no access to electricity. This book is about
finding solutions for energy security through the international
trading system. Focusing mainly on the European Union as a case
study, this holistic and comprehensive analysis of the existing
legal and geopolitical instruments strives to identify the
shortcomings of the international and EU energy trade governance
systems, concluding with the notion of a European Energy Union and
what the EU is politically prepared to accept as part of its
unified energy security. This snapshot of multilateral, regional
and bilateral energy trade governance deals with energy transit
from the perspective of the Energy Charter Treaty as a means to
enhance EU energy security, and examines the system of law and
governance of international trade in unconventional fossil fuels.
The authors analyze concerns that arise from preferential trade
agreements and renewable energy from the EU's perspective, and
explain how the EU can diversify its energy supply to improve its
energy security. This book will be of interest to students,
scholars, lawyers, economists, policymakers, and think tanks
dealing with the links between energy security and international
trade, as well as those communities relating to other
energy-related disciplines.
The Handbook on Climate Change and Human Security is a landmark
publication which links the complexities of climate change to the
wellbeing and resilience of human populations.It is written in an
engaging and accessible way but also conveys the state of the art
on both climate change research and work into human security,
utilizing both disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches.
Organized around thematic sections, each chapter is written by an
acknowledged expert in the field, and discusses the key concepts
and evidence base for our current policy choices, and the dilemmas
of international policy in the field. The Handbook is unique in
addressing sophisticated ethical and moral questions as well as new
information and data from different geographical regions. It is a
timely volume that makes the case for acting wisely now to avert
impending crises and global environmental problems. The Handbook is
international in scope and provides an assessment that will be of
value to academics, students and policy professionals alike. NGOs
and policy institutes which need a grasp of the specificity and
range of the issues and problems will also find this book
insightful. Contributors: K. Bickerstaff, H.G. Brauch, S. Dalby, G.
Edwards, G. Feola, D. Gasper, N.P. Gleditsch, M. Grasso, C.M. Hall,
E. Hinton, C.D. Klose, M. Mason, R. Matthew, R. Nordas, M. Nuttall,
U. Oswald Spring, M.R. Redclift, E. Remling, J. Ribot, J.T.
Roberts, J. Scheffran, D. Simon, S. Srinivasan, S. Vanderheiden,
E.E. Watson, C. Webersik
This new comparative analysis shows that there are reasons to be
concerned about the future of democratic politics. Younger
generations have become disengaged from the political process. The
evidence presented in this comprehensive study shows that they are
not just less likely than older generations to engage in
institutional political activism such as voting and party
membership - they are also less likely to engage in
extra-institutional protest activism. Generations, Political
Participation and Social Change in Western Europe offers a
rigorously researched empirical analysis of political participation
trends across generations in Western Europe. It examines the way in
which the political behaviour of younger generations leads to
social change. Are younger generations completely disengaged from
politics, or do they simply choose to participate in a different
way to previous generations? The book is of key interest to
scholars, students and practitioners of political sociology,
political participation and behaviour, European Politics,
Comparative Politics and Sociology.
The epic life story of a schoolteacher and preacher in Missouri,
guerrilla fighter in the Civil War, Congressman, freethinking
lecturer and author, and anarchist. A former Methodist preacher and
Missouri schoolteacher, John R. Kelso served as a Union Army foot
soldier, cavalry officer, guerrilla fighter, and spy. Kelso became
driven by revenge after pro-Southern neighbors stole his property,
burned down his house, and drove his family and friends from their
homes. He vowed to kill twenty-five Confederates with his own hands
and, often disguised as a rebel, proceeded to track and kill
unsuspecting victims with "wild delight." The newspapers of the day
reported on his feats of derring-do, as the Union hailed him as a
hero and Confederate sympathizers called him a monster. Teacher,
Preacher, Soldier, Spy: The Civil Wars of John R. Kelso is an
account of an extraordinary nineteenth-century American life.
During Reconstruction, Kelso served in the House of Representatives
and was one of the first to call for the impeachment of President
Andrew Johnson. Personal tragedy then drove him west, where he
became a freethinking lecturer and author, an atheist, a
spiritualist, and, before his death in 1891, an anarchist. Kelso
was also a strong-willed son, a passionate husband, and a loving
and grieving father. The Civil War remained central to his life,
challenging his notions of manhood and honor, his ideals of liberty
and equality, and his beliefs about politics, religion, morality,
and human nature. Throughout his life, too, he fought private
wars-not only against former friends and alienated family members,
rebellious students and disaffected church congregations, political
opponents and religious critics, but also against the warring
impulses in his own character. In Christopher Grasso's hands,
Kelso's life story offers a unique vantage on dimensions of
nineteenth-century American culture that are usually treated
separately: religious revivalism and political anarchism; sex,
divorce, and Civil War battles; freethinking and the Wild West. A
complex figure and passionate, contradictory, and prolific writer,
John R. Kelso here receives a full telling of his life for the
first time.
there is currently no handbook that focuses specifically on
environmental movements rather than social movements or political
theory a go-to reference point for international work in the field,
which provides critical reviews and appraisals of the current state
of the art and future development of conceptual and theoretical
approaches as well as empirical knowledge and understanding of
environmental movements and activism engages with and reflects upon
the causes and consequences of citizens' participation in
environmental movements and activities Except for chapters that
address purely theoretical issues, the chapters all make use of
empirical evidence for illustrative purposes
In the decade leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor, at a time
when Japan was expanding its influence in Asia, several Japanese
institutions set about trying to convince Americans to support
Tokyo's plans and ambitions for China. This book seeks to analyze
the original publications produced by these organizations and
explores the methods used by the Japanese to influence American
attitudes and policy. Four organizations active during the 1930s,
the South Manchuria Railway Company, the America-Japan Society, the
Foreign Affairs Association of Japan, and the Japan Pacific
Association, were particularly instrumental in targeting the US.
This book argues that they routinely used specific terminology to
appeal to Americans, such as 'New Deal,' 'Manifest Destiny,' and
'Open Door.' Furthermore, the Japanese claimed that only they could
meet the challenge of the growing communist threat, while their
development programs would bring peace and prosperity to China.
Nevertheless, American policy was not significantly altered by
Japanese propaganda efforts, as documents from the administration
of Franklin D. Roosevelt reveal that the president continued to
prepare the U.S. for war with Japan long before Pearl Harbour.
Examining original Japanese English-language propaganda sources
from the 1920s and 1930s, this book will be of huge interest to
historians of Japan, China, the US and World War II more broadly.
Drawing on case studies from around the world, contributors to this
ground-breaking book explore a major contemporary paradox: on the
one hand, young people today are at the forefront of political
campaigns promoting social rights and ethical ideas that challenge
authoritarian orders and elite privileges. On the other hand, too
many governments, some claiming to be committed to
liberal-democratic values, social inclusion and youth participation
are engaged in repressing political activities that contest the
status quo. Contributors to this book explore how, especially since
9/11, governments, state agencies and other traditional power
holders around the globe have reacted to political dissent authored
by young people. While the 'need' to enhance 'youth political
participation' is promoted, the cases in this book document how
states are using everything from surveillance, summary offences,
expulsion from universities, 'gag laws' and 'antiterrorism'
legislation, and even imprisonment to repress certain forms of
young people's political activism. These responses diminish the
public sphere and create civic spaces hostile to political
participation by any citizen. This book forms part of The
Criminalization of Political Dissent series. It documents and
interprets the many ways contemporary governments and agencies now
routinely use various techniques to repress and criminalise
political dissent.
This new comparative analysis shows that there are reasons to be
concerned about the future of democratic politics. Younger
generations have become disengaged from the political process. The
evidence presented in this comprehensive study shows that they are
not just less likely than older generations to engage in
institutional political activism such as voting and party
membership - they are also less likely to engage in
extra-institutional protest activism. Generations, Political
Participation and Social Change in Western Europe offers a
rigorously researched empirical analysis of political participation
trends across generations in Western Europe. It examines the way in
which the political behaviour of younger generations leads to
social change. Are younger generations completely disengaged from
politics, or do they simply choose to participate in a different
way to previous generations? The book is of key interest to
scholars, students and practitioners of political sociology,
political participation and behaviour, European Politics,
Comparative Politics and Sociology.
What is the relationship between economic crises and protest
behaviour? Does the experience of austerity, or economic hardship
more broadly defined, create a greater potential for protest? With
protest movements and events such as the Indignados and the Occupy
Movement receiving a great deal of attention in the media and in
the popular imaginary in recent times, this path-breaking book
offers a rigorously-researched, evidence-based set of chapters on
the relationship between austerity and protest. In so doing, it
provides a thorough overview of different theories, mechanisms,
patterns and trends which will contextualize more recent
developments, and provide a pivotal point of reference on the
relationship between these two variables. More specifically, this
book will speak to three crucial, long-standing debates in
scholarship in political sociology, social movement studies, and
related fields: The effects of economic hardship on protest and
social movements. The role of grievances and opportunities in
social movement theory. The distinction between 'old' and 'new'
movements. The chapters in this book engage with these three key
debates and challenge commonly held views of political sociologists
and social movement scholars on all three counts, thus allowing us
to advance study in the field.
• As questions abound about how we will feed an ever growing
population, sustainable insect farming and food production is
getting a serious look in regions outside of where insects are
already consumed as food. • Uniquely this book provides case
studies and business plans of both startups and companies who are
at the forefront in the development of technologies for the
production of edible insects • In addition to scientific
principles, the book with case studies and business plans will be
suitable for scientists, academia, university staff, researchers,
students, etc. as well as for farmers, companies, technical
professionals working in food industries, food entrepreneurs, and
associated businesses.
In the decade leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor, at a time
when Japan was expanding its influence in Asia, several Japanese
institutions set about trying to convince Americans to support
Tokyo's plans and ambitions for China. This book seeks to analyze
the original publications produced by these organizations and
explores the methods used by the Japanese to influence American
attitudes and policy. Four organizations active during the 1930s,
the South Manchuria Railway Company, the America-Japan Society, the
Foreign Affairs Association of Japan, and the Japan Pacific
Association, were particularly instrumental in targeting the US.
This book argues that they routinely used specific terminology to
appeal to Americans, such as 'New Deal,' 'Manifest Destiny,' and
'Open Door.' Furthermore, the Japanese claimed that only they could
meet the challenge of the growing communist threat, while their
development programs would bring peace and prosperity to China.
Nevertheless, American policy was not significantly altered by
Japanese propaganda efforts, as documents from the administration
of Franklin D. Roosevelt reveal that the president continued to
prepare the U.S. for war with Japan long before Pearl Harbour.
Examining original Japanese English-language propaganda sources
from the 1920s and 1930s, this book will be of huge interest to
historians of Japan, China, the US and World War II more broadly.
While there is a long-standing history of reflection among
Catholics about the proper orientation of Catholicism towards
American society, today the American Catholic community confronts a
fundamentally new situation. Catholics face the dual threat of an
ever more centralized and increasingly omnicompetent state and a
new cultural ethos fundamentally incompatible with--and hostile
to--Catholicism. Today, American Catholics no longer live as a
religious minority in a Protestant society whose commitment to
limited government and religious freedom affords Catholics
considerable space to live out their faith commitments, and whose
Christian character assures the existence of substantial moral
commonality. Now, Catholics are a religious minority in a
post-Christian society animated by an anthropology and public
morality incompatible with Catholic truth and committed to the
exclusion of the faith from public life. This new situation demands
a rethinking on the part of American Catholics of their place in
America and their relationship with American society. These essays
seek to assist with this challenging task by casting light on this
new situation and exploring its implications for the Church in
America.
The methods and concepts presented in the bestselling first edition
revolutionized the approach to the management and control of Lean
companies. Enhanced with extensive end-of-chapter exercises and
downloadable resources with Lean accounting tools, the second
edition of this preeminent practitioner's guide is now suitable for
classroom use. Practical Lean Accounting: A Proven System for
Measuring and Managing the Lean Enterprise, Second Edition explains
exactly what it takes to transform a traditional accounting system
to one that supports and enhances a company's Lean efforts.
Defining the fundamental principles of Lean accounting, it
demonstrates how to use them to identify and eliminate wasteful
transactions. The book includes coverage of cell performance
measurement, use of the box score, operational and financial
planning, cost targeting, Lean accounting diagnostics, and value
stream mapping. Retaining the easy-to-use format that made the
first edition a bestseller, this updated edition includes: A new
section on the use of value stream performance measurements in
continuous improvement A re-written Target Costing chapter that
emphasizes a value-based approach to the management of the Lean
value system A Lean Accounting Diagnostic tool to help you assess
progress and develop a plan for implementing changes Cutting-edge
examples that illustrate implementation in accounting departments
Downloadable resources with data from the ECI Value Stream Cost
Analysis case study included in the text, Excel templates, and
end-of-chapter questions with solutions The book contains a wealth
of tools that makes it ideal for company training sessions and
advanced undergraduate and graduate-level courses. For each major
example provided, two similar problems are included-one for
instructors to guide students through and a second for students to
work through on their own. An additional set of problems and
questions for testing purposes are also available to instructors on
the authors' website. Unfortunately, during the publishing process
mistakes can be made that are not caught before the book is
printed. Productivity Press takes great care to catch any errors
prior to the printing stage.
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Drawing on the visual possibilities of electromagnetic energy,
radio waves, and natural phenomena, French conceptual artist
Laurent Grasso explores their effect on perception via immersive
videos, sculptures, paintings, and drawings that employ images or
techniques borrowed from cinema or art history. This book explores
the artist's manipulations of what we perceive to be time's
consistency, showcasing complex artworks that merge a range of
interests, including scientific speculations and fictions; natural
catastrophes; and representations of power and authority. Vibrant
photographs display his unique pieces, while astute observations
from some of the world's foremost art critics offer insight into
Grasso's approach. This thought-provoking volume arrives before
Grasso's new traveling exhibition, first at Sean Kelly Gallery in
New York and then at the Musee d'Orsay in Paris for a special
project related to an exhibition about Darwin.
Hazardous Waste Site Remediation is an outstanding textbook that
reviews specific treatment processes, as well as pertinent basic
concepts in organic geochemistry, material balance mass transfer,
thermodynamics, and kinetics. Following a quantitative approach to
source control, the text covers regulations, materials handling,
engineering principles, soil vapor extraction, chemical extraction
and soil washing, solidification and stabilization, and chemical
destruction. It also explores topics in bioremediation, thermal
processes, risk assessment, and waste minimization. A solutions
manual is available.
What is the relationship between economic crises and protest
behaviour? Does the experience of austerity, or economic hardship
more broadly defined, create a greater potential for protest? With
protest movements and events such as the Indignados and the Occupy
Movement receiving a great deal of attention in the media and in
the popular imaginary in recent times, this path-breaking book
offers a rigorously-researched, evidence-based set of chapters on
the relationship between austerity and protest. In so doing, it
provides a thorough overview of different theories, mechanisms,
patterns and trends which will contextualize more recent
developments, and provide a pivotal point of reference on the
relationship between these two variables. More specifically, this
book will speak to three crucial, long-standing debates in
scholarship in political sociology, social movement studies, and
related fields: The effects of economic hardship on protest and
social movements. The role of grievances and opportunities in
social movement theory. The distinction between 'old' and 'new'
movements. The chapters in this book engage with these three key
debates and challenge commonly held views of political sociologists
and social movement scholars on all three counts, thus allowing us
to advance study in the field.
Internationally, the mechanized excavation of tunnels has
intensified in the last two decades, as the number of tunnels being
constructed for subways and railway underpasses increases. The
subject of mechanized tunnelling in urban areas has not previously
received the attention that it deserves, despite there being
specific hazards associated with the construction of tunnels in
metropolitan areas, including poor ground conditions, water tables
higher than the level of tunnels, and subsidence leading to damage
to the existing structures on the surface. The application of
technologies for achieving the stability of the tunnel and for
minimizing surface settlement is described in this book. Accurate
characterization of the ground; rigorous assessment and management
of risk from design to maintenance; the correct choice of a tunnel
boring machine and a plan for the advancement of the tunnel;
specific excavation procedures and real-time monitoring of
excavation parameters are all discussed in this thorough work.
As more and more organizations migrate their applications to the
cloud, cloud native computing has become the dominant way to
approach software development and execution. In the meantime,
security threats are growing more sophisticated and widespread
every day. Protecting your applications from these threats requires
the ability to defend them at runtime, when they're most vulnerable
to attacks. This practical guide introduces you to Falco, the open
source standard for continuous risk and threat detection across
Kubernetes, containers, and the cloud. Falco creator Loris
Degioanni and core maintainer Leonardo Grasso bring you up to speed
on cloud native threat detection basics and show you how to get
Falco up and running. You'll then dive into advanced topics such as
deploying Falco in production and writing your own security rules.
You'll learn how to: Leverage runtime security in cloud native
environments Detect configuration changes and unexpected behavior
in the cloud Protect containers, Kubernetes, and cloud applications
using Falco Run, deploy, and customize Falco using advanced
concepts Deploy, configure, and maintain Falco in a production
environment Improve your organization's ability to pass compliance
audits Implement threat detection for containers, Kubernetes, and
cloud apps
The Handbook on Climate Change and Human Security is a landmark
publication which links the complexities of climate change to the
wellbeing and resilience of human populations.It is written in an
engaging and accessible way but also conveys the state of the art
on both climate change research and work into human security,
utilizing both disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches.
Organized around thematic sections, each chapter is written by an
acknowledged expert in the field, and discusses the key concepts
and evidence base for our current policy choices, and the dilemmas
of international policy in the field. The Handbook is unique in
addressing sophisticated ethical and moral questions as well as new
information and data from different geographical regions. It is a
timely volume that makes the case for acting wisely now to avert
impending crises and global environmental problems. The Handbook is
international in scope and provides an assessment that will be of
value to academics, students and policy professionals alike. NGOs
and policy institutes which need a grasp of the specificity and
range of the issues and problems will also find this book
insightful. Contributors: K. Bickerstaff, H.G. Brauch, S. Dalby, G.
Edwards, G. Feola, D. Gasper, N.P. Gleditsch, M. Grasso, C.M. Hall,
E. Hinton, C.D. Klose, M. Mason, R. Matthew, R. Nordas, M. Nuttall,
U. Oswald Spring, M.R. Redclift, E. Remling, J. Ribot, J.T.
Roberts, J. Scheffran, D. Simon, S. Srinivasan, S. Vanderheiden,
E.E. Watson, C. Webersik
Tourism in the Mediterranean Sea: An Italian Perspective is the
product of a collaborative group of experts in the field of
tourism. Academics, whose research focuses on regional tourism
system governance, alongside several experts from the tourism
sector, contributed to the volume with distinct issues related to
the tourism industry. The growth of the Mediterranean Seas tourism
system relates to the issue of tourist destination, brand
protection, and public communication. The purpose of this book is
to define a method of governance to improve regional and
territorial tourism policies and to redesign tourist supply of the
tourist destination with the goal of social and economic growth of
the Mediterranean area. Tourism is rebuilding a vision associated
with paths, visits to villages, heritage, tradition, and typical
food and wine. Moreover, travellers will also tend to choose the
tourist destinations that offer health guarantees. This book, with
an innovative and cross-disciplinary approach, is well suited to
public decision-makers, university students, and sector experts to
build a model of tourism that is able to understand the new
opportunities that come from national and international markets in
the Mediterranean area.
Drawing on case studies from around the world, contributors to this
ground-breaking book explore a major contemporary paradox: on the
one hand, young people today are at the forefront of political
campaigns promoting social rights and ethical ideas that challenge
authoritarian orders and elite privileges. On the other hand, too
many governments, some claiming to be committed to
liberal-democratic values, social inclusion and youth participation
are engaged in repressing political activities that contest the
status quo. Contributors to this book explore how, especially since
9/11, governments, state agencies and other traditional power
holders around the globe have reacted to political dissent authored
by young people. While the 'need' to enhance 'youth political
participation' is promoted, the cases in this book document how
states are using everything from surveillance, summary offences,
expulsion from universities, 'gag laws' and 'antiterrorism'
legislation, and even imprisonment to repress certain forms of
young people's political activism. These responses diminish the
public sphere and create civic spaces hostile to political
participation by any citizen. This book forms part of The
Criminalization of Political Dissent series. It documents and
interprets the many ways contemporary governments and agencies now
routinely use various techniques to repress and criminalise
political dissent.
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