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There have been significant efforts to implement the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) at multiple levels of governance across
all regions of the world. However, the manner in which the global
governance norms underlying the SDGs are actually being diffused is
under-researched and not well understood. This book considers the
promotion of the SDGs through the lens of norm diffusion theory,
with a focus on three SDG policy areas; health, education and
decent work. A distinctive feature of the book is that it offers
multiple original case studies of SDG norm diffusion involving
Asian and European actors. A unique feature is that the case
studies in the book identify relevant SDG norm senders and norm
receivers, and examine the relationship between them. The book also
challenges the assumption that the SDGs themselves are static and
unchanging, and reveals how SDG norms are dynamic and can be
reformulated as a result of contestation between norm senders and
norm receivers. As well as introducing a diverse and original set
of case studies, the book therefore allows readers to deepen their
understandings of the policy diffusion mechanisms by which SDGs are
diffused, and grasp the patterns of success and failure in the
implementation of these policies. Chapters 4, 5 and 7 of this book
are available for free in PDF format as Open Access from the
individual product page at www.routledge.com. It has been made
available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No
Derivatives 4.0 licence.
"Human security" is an approach that rejects the traditional
prioritization of state security, and instead identifies the
individual as the primary referent of security. It offers a way of
broadening our perspective, and recognizing that the most pressing
threats to individuals do not come from interstate war, but from
the emergencies that affect people every day, such as famine,
disease, displacement, civil conflict and environmental
degradation. Human security is about people living their lives with
dignity, being free from "fear" and "want". To date, there has been
a strong tendency to focus on insecurity caused by civil conflict,
with less attention on issues to do with environmental security.
This volume addresses the threat posed by natural disasters, which
represent an increasingly major human security threat to people
everywhere. In looking at natural disasters, this book also refines
the human security approach. It does so through developing its
previously unexplored interdisciplinary potential. This volume
explicitly seeks to bring the human security approach into
conversation with contributions from a range of disciplines:
development, disaster sociology, gender studies, international law,
international relations, philosophy, and public health.
Collectively these scholars unpack the "human" element of "natural"
disasters. In doing so, an emphasis is placed on how pre-existing
vulnerabilities can be gravely worsened, as well as the
interconnected nature of human security threats. The book presents
a variety of case studies that include the Indian Ocean tsunami,
Hurricane Katrina, the 2010 Haiti earthquake, and the 2011 "triple
disasters" in Japan.
Japan has been one of the most important international sponsors of
human security, yet the concept has hitherto not been considered
relevant to the Japanese domestic context. This book applies the
human security approach to the specific case of the earthquake,
tsunami and nuclear accident that struck Japan on 11 March 2011,
which has come to be known as Japan's 'triple disaster'. This left
more than 15,000 people dead and was the most expensive natural
disaster in recorded history. The book identifies the many
different forms of human insecurity that were produced or
exacerbated within Japan by the triple disaster. Each chapter adds
to the contemporary literature by identifying the vulnerability of
Japanese social groups and communities, and examining how they
collectively seek to prevent, respond to and recover from disaster.
Emphasis is given to analysis of the more encouraging signs of
human empowerment that have occurred. Contributors draw on a wide
range of perspectives, from disciplines such as: disaster studies,
environmental studies, gender studies, international relations,
Japanese studies, philosophy and sociology. In considering this
Japanese case study in detail, the book demonstrates to
researchers, postgraduate students, policy makers and practitioners
how the concept of human security can be practically applied at a
policy level to the domestic affairs of developed countries,
countering the tendency to regard human security as exclusively for
developing states.
The EU and Japan have one of the most important trade relationships
in the world. Fittingly, this book presents a detailed analysis of
their bilateral regulatory environment and negotiation processes.
Moreover, the two polities have also co-operated extensively in
bilateral and multilateral contexts on a range of global governance
issues. Nevertheless, the relationship is widely acknowledged to
have significant untapped potential. Deploying the concept of
civilian power, the book takes a fresh, honest and provocative look
at this important relationship, in a post-Fukushima, post-sovereign
debt crisis world. First the book analyses the place of EU-Japan
relations within the worldviews of the Japanese and European bodies
politic. Subsequently, three thematic sections evaluate their
cooperation on such issues as trade, energy security, environmental
politics, development, human rights, post-conflict reconstruction,
health and biosecurity. The eminent scholars of the EU-Japan
relationship gathered in this book offer informed, empirically rich
and policy-relevant insights into the present and future prospects
for the relationship.
The EU and Japan have one of the most important trade relationships
in the world. Fittingly, this book presents a detailed analysis of
their bilateral regulatory environment and negotiation processes.
Moreover, the two polities have also co-operated extensively in
bilateral and multilateral contexts on a range of global governance
issues. Nevertheless, the relationship is widely acknowledged to
have significant untapped potential. Deploying the concept of
civilian power, the book takes a fresh, honest and provocative look
at this important relationship, in a post-Fukushima, post-sovereign
debt crisis world. First the book analyses the place of EU-Japan
relations within the worldviews of the Japanese and European bodies
politic. Subsequently, three thematic sections evaluate their
cooperation on such issues as trade, energy security, environmental
politics, development, human rights, post-conflict reconstruction,
health and biosecurity. The eminent scholars of the EU-Japan
relationship gathered in this book offer informed, empirically rich
and policy-relevant insights into the present and future prospects
for the relationship.
"Human security" is an approach that rejects the traditional
prioritization of state security, and instead identifies the
individual as the primary referent of security. It offers a way of
broadening our perspective, and recognizing that the most pressing
threats to individuals do not come from interstate war, but from
the emergencies that affect people every day, such as famine,
disease, displacement, civil conflict and environmental
degradation. Human security is about people living their lives with
dignity, being free from "fear" and "want". To date, there has been
a strong tendency to focus on insecurity caused by civil conflict,
with less attention on issues to do with environmental security.
This volume addresses the threat posed by natural disasters, which
represent an increasingly major human security threat to people
everywhere. In looking at natural disasters, this book also refines
the human security approach. It does so through developing its
previously unexplored interdisciplinary potential. This volume
explicitly seeks to bring the human security approach into
conversation with contributions from a range of disciplines:
development, disaster sociology, gender studies, international law,
international relations, philosophy, and public health.
Collectively these scholars unpack the "human" element of "natural"
disasters. In doing so, an emphasis is placed on how pre-existing
vulnerabilities can be gravely worsened, as well as the
interconnected nature of human security threats. The book presents
a variety of case studies that include the Indian Ocean tsunami,
Hurricane Katrina, the 2010 Haiti earthquake, and the 2011 "triple
disasters" in Japan.
Japan has been one of the most important international sponsors of
human security, yet the concept has hitherto not been considered
relevant to the Japanese domestic context. This book applies the
human security approach to the specific case of the earthquake,
tsunami and nuclear accident that struck Japan on 11 March 2011,
which has come to be known as Japan's 'triple disaster'. This left
more than 15,000 people dead and was the most expensive natural
disaster in recorded history. The book identifies the many
different forms of human insecurity that were produced or
exacerbated within Japan by the triple disaster. Each chapter adds
to the contemporary literature by identifying the vulnerability of
Japanese social groups and communities, and examining how they
collectively seek to prevent, respond to and recover from disaster.
Emphasis is given to analysis of the more encouraging signs of
human empowerment that have occurred. Contributors draw on a wide
range of perspectives, from disciplines such as: disaster studies,
environmental studies, gender studies, international relations,
Japanese studies, philosophy and sociology. In considering this
Japanese case study in detail, the book demonstrates to
researchers, postgraduate students, policy makers and practitioners
how the concept of human security can be practically applied at a
policy level to the domestic affairs of developed countries,
countering the tendency to regard human security as exclusively for
developing states.
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Teammates (Paperback)
Peter Golenbock; Illustrated by Paul Bacon
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This is the moving story of how Jackie Robinson became the first
black player on a Major League baseball team when he joined the
Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1940s, and how on a fateful day in
Cincinnati, Pee Wee Reese took a stand and declared Jackie his
teammate. Illustrated with a blend of historic photographs and
eloquent watercolors by Paul Bacon.
An illustrated volume of all of Carl Sandburg's books for young
readers: "Rootababa Stories, Early Moon, Wind Song, Prarie-Town
Boy, "and "Abe Lincoln Grows Up." Introduction by Paula
Sandburg.
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