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This volume deals with the pressing issue of uncertainty in
archaeological modeling. Detecting where and when uncertainty is
introduced to the modeling process is critical, as are strategies
for minimizing, reconciling, or accommodating such uncertainty.
Included chapters provide unique perspectives on uncertainty in
archaeological modeling, ranging in both theoretical and
methodological orientation. The strengths and weaknesses of various
identification and mitigation techniques are discussed, in
particular sensitivity analysis. The chapters demonstrate that for
archaeological modeling purposes, there is no quick fix for
uncertainty; indeed, each archaeological model requires intensive
consideration of uncertainty and specific applications for
calibration and validation. As very few such techniques have been
problematized in a systematic manner or published in the
archaeological literature, this volume aims to provide guidance and
direction to other modelers in the field by distilling some basic
principles for model testing derived from insight gathered in the
case studies presented. Additionally, model applications and their
attendant uncertainties are presented from distinct spatio-temporal
contexts and will appeal to a broad range of archaeological
modelers. This volume will also be of interest to non-modeling
archaeologists, as consideration of uncertainty when interpreting
the archaeological record is also a vital concern for the
development of non-formal (or implicit) models of human behavior in
the past.
This volume deals with the pressing issue of uncertainty in
archaeological modeling. Detecting where and when uncertainty is
introduced to the modeling process is critical, as are strategies
for minimizing, reconciling, or accommodating such uncertainty.
Included chapters provide unique perspectives on uncertainty in
archaeological modeling, ranging in both theoretical and
methodological orientation. The strengths and weaknesses of various
identification and mitigation techniques are discussed, in
particular sensitivity analysis. The chapters demonstrate that for
archaeological modeling purposes, there is no quick fix for
uncertainty; indeed, each archaeological model requires intensive
consideration of uncertainty and specific applications for
calibration and validation. As very few such techniques have been
problematized in a systematic manner or published in the
archaeological literature, this volume aims to provide guidance and
direction to other modelers in the field by distilling some basic
principles for model testing derived from insight gathered in the
case studies presented. Additionally, model applications and their
attendant uncertainties are presented from distinct spatio-temporal
contexts and will appeal to a broad range of archaeological
modelers. This volume will also be of interest to non-modeling
archaeologists, as consideration of uncertainty when interpreting
the archaeological record is also a vital concern for the
development of non-formal (or implicit) models of human behavior in
the past.
'Invisible social security' is a term coined by Jos Berghman in his
early work to draw attention to those aspects of social security
that easily tend to be neglected in an instrumental perspective
that conceives of social security merely as a particular set of
instruments that national welfare states deploy to guarantee basic
living standards to their citizens. Among others, Berghman
emphasised that social security should rather be conceptualised in
a situational sense, that is, as a state of being in which citizens
feel confident about themselves and about their future lives. This
book, Invisible Social Security Revisited, is a collection of
essays published at the occasion of the retirement of Jos Berghman
as Professor of Social Policy at KU Leuven - University of Leuven.
Taking the notion of 'invisible social security' as a point of
reference, nearly thirty years after it was coined, the authors
address a series of contemporary issues in social security research
and policy-making. One can read about social protection in the past
and in the future, about prevention and activation, about European
and local policies, about poverty and social exclusion, about
feelings of insecurity and failing protection of informal workers,
about social values in relation to social policies, and so on. The
wide range of issues that are thus covered goes to show that over
the years the concept of 'invisible social security' has retained
its academic appeal, as well as its significance for the conceptual
and empirical understanding of social security policies and
realities. Taken together, the essays provide the reader with
up-to-date and innovative ideas and information on important
questions regarding the social protection of citizens. This Liber
Amicorum for Jos Berghman is published at the occasion of his
retirement as Professor of Social Policy at the Centre for
Sociological Research of the KU Leuven - University of Leuven, 1
October 2014.
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