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This two-volume set is a collection of articles that elucidate the
theory, practice, legal innovations, and codification experience of
the Law of Personality Rights in China. The Law of Personality
Rights was enacted in China in May 2020, the first time that a Law
has been legislated as an independent part of the Civil Code of the
People's Republic of China and an unprecedented step in protecting
the personality rights of citizens. The first volume examines the
legal and theoretical basis for the Law as a standalone part of the
Civil Code as well as practical issues including institutional
arrangements, the relationship between human rights and personality
rights and the relationship with laws on tort liability, as well as
those pertaining to marriage and the family. The second volume
explains the design and innovations of the Law and proposes
suggestions to refine it through evaluation of the attributes of
personality rights and the draft laws. The volumes will be an
essential reference for scholars and students studying civil law,
continental law, Chinese law, and the legal protection of
personality rights.
This book continues the groundbreaking work begun in Intercultural
Public Relations: Theories for Managing Relationships and Conflicts
with Strategic Publics (Routledge, 2018), by applying the
theoretical framework of intercultural public relations to actual
practice. Practical public relations contexts examined by the
contributing chapter authors-both scholars and
practitioners-include corporations, government, military,
healthcare, education, and activism. The book covers real-world
situations, including the training of practitioners to become more
interculturally competent, identifying and understanding publics or
stakeholders with different cultural backgrounds and identities,
building and maintaining relationships with these
publics/stakeholders, and managing conflicts with them. Offering
practical guidance while examining both best practices and
difficult challenges, this book is useful for public relations
researchers, practitioners, and students as they explore how
intercultural public relations contributes to organizational
effectiveness and social change.
This book continues the groundbreaking work begun in Intercultural
Public Relations: Theories for Managing Relationships and Conflicts
with Strategic Publics (Routledge, 2018), by applying the
theoretical framework of intercultural public relations to actual
practice. Practical public relations contexts examined by the
contributing chapter authors-both scholars and
practitioners-include corporations, government, military,
healthcare, education, and activism. The book covers real-world
situations, including the training of practitioners to become more
interculturally competent, identifying and understanding publics or
stakeholders with different cultural backgrounds and identities,
building and maintaining relationships with these
publics/stakeholders, and managing conflicts with them. Offering
practical guidance while examining both best practices and
difficult challenges, this book is useful for public relations
researchers, practitioners, and students as they explore how
intercultural public relations contributes to organizational
effectiveness and social change.
This book brings together scholarship that contributes diverse and
new perspectives on childhood amnesia - the scarcity of memories
for very early life events. The topics of the studies reported in
the book range from memories of infants and young children for
recent and distant life events, to mother-child conversations about
memories for extended lifetime periods, and to retrospective
recollections of early childhood in adolescents and adults. The
methodological approaches are diverse and theoretical insights
rich. The findings together show that childhood amnesia is a
complex and malleable phenomenon and that the waning of childhood
amnesia and the development of autobiographical memory are shaped
by a variety of interactive social and cognitive factors. This book
will facilitate discussion and deepen an understanding of the
dynamics that influence the accessibility, content, accuracy, and
phenomenological qualities of memories from early childhood. This
book was originally published as a special issue of Memory.
This book presents cutting-edge research on memory in the age of
the Internet and social media. The empirical studies reported in
the ten chapters address the influence of the digital age on
remembering in three broad areas: offloading memory and the
associated costs, benefits, and boundary conditions;
autobiographical memory online; and false memory at a time of fake
news and misinformation. These studies employ innovative and
rigorous methodological approaches that are ecologically valid in
the online context. Their findings reveal complex and dynamic
characteristics of human memory in a digitally mediated world that
shapes our learning, our sense of self, and our beliefs and
decision making. Collectively, the chapters in this volume provide
rich theoretical insights into the workings and functions of
memory. This book ushers in a new era of research on memory in the
age of digitization. Memory Online will be a beneficial read for
students and scholars of Psychology, Cognitive Science,
Communication, and Media Studies. The chapters in this book were
originally published as a special issue of Memory.
This comparative volume examines the ways in which current
controversies and political, legal, and social struggles for gender
equality raise conceptual questions and challenge our thinking on
political theories of equality, citizenship and human rights.
Bringing together scholars and activists who reflect upon
challenges to gender equality, citizenship, and human rights in
their respective societies; it combines theoretical insights with
empirically grounded studies. The volume contextualises feminist
political theory in China and the Nordic countries and subsequently
puts it into a global perspective. It tackles a complex set of
tensions across a dense and shifting landscape and addresses issues
including labour, health, democracy, homosexuality, migration and
racism. By cutting across geographical and disciplinary boundaries,
this book will be of interest to students and scholars of
comparative politics, gender studies, human rights and also those
interested in Scandinavian and Asian politics.
This comparative volume examines the ways in which current
controversies and political, legal, and social struggles for gender
equality raise conceptual questions and challenge our thinking on
political theories of equality, citizenship and human rights.
Bringing together scholars and activists who reflect upon
challenges to gender equality, citizenship, and human rights in
their respective societies; it combines theoretical insights with
empirically grounded studies. The volume contextualises feminist
political theory in China and the Nordic countries and subsequently
puts it into a global perspective. It tackles a complex set of
tensions across a dense and shifting landscape and addresses issues
including labour, health, democracy, homosexuality, migration and
racism.
By cutting across geographical and disciplinary boundaries, this
book will be of interest to students and scholars of comparative
politics, gender studies, human rights and also those interested in
Scandinavian and Asian politics.
This book brings together scholarship that contributes diverse and
new perspectives on childhood amnesia - the scarcity of memories
for very early life events. The topics of the studies reported in
the book range from memories of infants and young children for
recent and distant life events, to mother-child conversations about
memories for extended lifetime periods, and to retrospective
recollections of early childhood in adolescents and adults. The
methodological approaches are diverse and theoretical insights
rich. The findings together show that childhood amnesia is a
complex and malleable phenomenon and that the waning of childhood
amnesia and the development of autobiographical memory are shaped
by a variety of interactive social and cognitive factors. This book
will facilitate discussion and deepen an understanding of the
dynamics that influence the accessibility, content, accuracy, and
phenomenological qualities of memories from early childhood. This
book was originally published as a special issue of Memory.
This book examines the field of surrounding rock control mechanisms
and support technologies in underground engineering, and proposes a
high-strength support system to address the complex conditions in
underground engineering, such as high stress, extremely soft rocks,
fault fracture zone and strong mining activity. It also
comprehensively discusses the concept and bearing mechanisms of the
supporting system, design calculation methods, field application
and key construction technologies. The book describes the design
and construction of a large-scale mechanical test system,
independently developed by the author for high- strength confined
concrete arches, which can also be used to define the mechanism of
deformation and failure of confined concrete arches. Further, the
book explores the application of the confined concrete support
system in underground engineering with complex conditions, and its
control effect on soft surrounding rock. The first international
book presenting the theory and key technologies of high-strength,
confined concrete support, it is a valuable reference resource for
design, construction and supervision staff in the field of
geotechnical engineering, as well as for teachers, students and
researchers.
This open access book provides a comprehensive overview of
education in China, covering 12 critical topics including basic
education, higher education, professional education, STEM (Science,
Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education, mental health
education, and international education and excellence initiatives.
Drawing from current research, theoretical literature, and
real-life stories, this book examines the developmental
trajectories, achievements, and best practices in the
above-mentioned topics, to reflect realities of education
transformation in China. It also incorporates a global comparison
of key indicators to explore strengths of and gaps in Chinese
education with its global counterparts. Setting its context in an
ever-changing world, this book intends to explore conceptual
support to develop “a modern education system with Chinese
features and world standardsâ€, to provide implications for
further developing quality education in all sectors, and to promote
understanding and inspire critical discussion on education
development in China and around the world. This book serves as a
valuable resource for students, scholars, and policy makers in the
field of education studies, as well as for the general public who
are interested in Chinese education.
This open access book provides a comprehensive overview of
education in China, covering 12 critical topics including basic
education, higher education, professional education, STEM (Science,
Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education, mental health
education, and international education and excellence initiatives.
Drawing from current research, theoretical literature, and
real-life stories, this book examines the developmental
trajectories, achievements, and best practices in the
above-mentioned topics, to reflect realities of education
transformation in China. It also incorporates a global comparison
of key indicators to explore strengths of and gaps in Chinese
education with its global counterparts. Setting its context in an
ever-changing world, this book intends to explore conceptual
support to develop “a modern education system with Chinese
features and world standardsâ€, to provide implications for
further developing quality education in all sectors, and to promote
understanding and inspire critical discussion on education
development in China and around the world. This book serves as a
valuable resource for students, scholars, and policy makers in the
field of education studies, as well as for the general public who
are interested in Chinese education.
This book examines the field of surrounding rock control mechanisms
and support technologies in underground engineering, and proposes a
high-strength support system to address the complex conditions in
underground engineering, such as high stress, extremely soft rocks,
fault fracture zone and strong mining activity. It also
comprehensively discusses the concept and bearing mechanisms of the
supporting system, design calculation methods, field application
and key construction technologies. The book describes the design
and construction of a large-scale mechanical test system,
independently developed by the author for high- strength confined
concrete arches, which can also be used to define the mechanism of
deformation and failure of confined concrete arches. Further, the
book explores the application of the confined concrete support
system in underground engineering with complex conditions, and its
control effect on soft surrounding rock. The first international
book presenting the theory and key technologies of high-strength,
confined concrete support, it is a valuable reference resource for
design, construction and supervision staff in the field of
geotechnical engineering, as well as for teachers, students and
researchers.
One of the widely acknowledged consequences of the economic reforms
in China over the past four decades has been widened social-gender
gap and hence increased gender inequalities. In recent years, there
is a rising concern of inequality in China and a mounting
intellectual reflection and critique of the growth-focused
development path China has followed so far. This collection can be
seen as a part of this critique, but the focus is on gender and
various forms of inequality pertaining to gender and gender
relations. The book shows how various gender inequality issues are
approached and analysed in the location of China by Chinese
gender/social science scholars and how studies of gender inequality
constitutes an astute critique of the neo-liberal capitalist
development in China. The book brings forth a distinctive gender
perspective to the Chinese intellectual and political analysis of
social inequality and a Chinese perspective to the bulks of
international scholarship on gender inequality in China.
One of the widely acknowledged consequences of the economic reforms
in China over the past four decades has been widened social-gender
gap and hence increased gender inequalities. In recent years, there
is a rising concern of inequality in China and a mounting
intellectual reflection and critique of the growth-focused
development path China has followed so far. This collection can be
seen as a part of this critique, but the focus is on gender and
various forms of inequality pertaining to gender and gender
relations. The book shows how various gender inequality issues are
approached and analysed in the location of China by Chinese
gender/social science scholars and how studies of gender inequality
constitutes an astute critique of the neo-liberal capitalist
development in China. The book brings forth a distinctive gender
perspective to the Chinese intellectual and political analysis of
social inequality and a Chinese perspective to the bulks of
international scholarship on gender inequality in China.
Intercultural Public Relations: Theories for Managing Relationships
and Conflicts with Strategic Publics develops a coherent framework
to unify the theories of public relations and intercultural
communication, and, within the framework, examines empirical
studies of intercultural interactions. This book follows an
intercultural approach, which considers how individuals and
entities with dissimilar cultural identities interact and negotiate
to solve problems and reach mutually satisfying outcomes. This work
provides a theory-driven, empirically supported framework that will
inform and guide the research and practices of intercultural public
relations. Furthermore, it provides numerous levels of analysis and
incorporates the use and challenges of social media. The book
examines theories and issues in three integrated processes:
Identification of publics Relationship management Conflict
resolution These areas represent the most critical functions that
public relations contributes to organizational effectiveness:
scanning the environment, identifying strategic publics, and
building long-term, quality relationships with these publics to
reduce costs, gain support, and empower the publics themselves. In
doing so, the book adopts simultaneously public-centered and
organization-centered perspectives. This unique work will serve as
an essential reference for students, practitioners, and scholars in
today's global public relations environment.
Intercultural Public Relations: Theories for Managing Relationships
and Conflicts with Strategic Publics develops a coherent framework
to unify the theories of public relations and intercultural
communication, and, within the framework, examines empirical
studies of intercultural interactions. This book follows an
intercultural approach, which considers how individuals and
entities with dissimilar cultural identities interact and negotiate
to solve problems and reach mutually satisfying outcomes. This work
provides a theory-driven, empirically supported framework that will
inform and guide the research and practices of intercultural public
relations. Furthermore, it provides numerous levels of analysis and
incorporates the use and challenges of social media. The book
examines theories and issues in three integrated processes:
Identification of publics Relationship management Conflict
resolution These areas represent the most critical functions that
public relations contributes to organizational effectiveness:
scanning the environment, identifying strategic publics, and
building long-term, quality relationships with these publics to
reduce costs, gain support, and empower the publics themselves. In
doing so, the book adopts simultaneously public-centered and
organization-centered perspectives. This unique work will serve as
an essential reference for students, practitioners, and scholars in
today's global public relations environment.
Memory, Subjectivity and Independent Chinese Cinema provides a
historically informed examination of independent moving image works
made between 1990 and 2010 in China. Showcasing an evolving
personal mode of narrating memory, documenting reality, and
inscribing subjectivity in over sixteen selected works that range
from narrative film and documentary to experimental video and
digital media (even including a multimedia avant-garde play), this
book presents a provocative portrait of the independent filmmakers
as a peculiarly pained yet active group of historical subjects of
the transitional, post-socialist era. Through a connected
investigation of cultural and cinematic concepts including
historical consciousness, personal memory, narrative, performance,
subjectivity, spatiality, and the body, Wang weaves a critical
narrative of the formation of a unique post-socialist cultural
consciousness that enables independent cinema and media to become a
highly significant and effective conduit for historical thinking in
contemporary China.
Covering directors such as Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, Jia Zhangke,
Jiang Wen, Lou Ye, Meng Jinghui, Wang Bing, Wang Guangli, Duan
Jinchuan, Cui Zi'en, Shi Tou, and Tang Danhong, this book is
essential reading for all students and scholars in Chinese film.
This volume brings together an impressive array of internationally
recognized scholars from around the world to examine the many
facets of gender politics in Asia. Its central concern is how women
in various gendered contexts in Asia position themselves in the
(re)production of gender relations, and how they manoeuver in order
to preserve or alter these. It covers fields as varied as the use
of dress as a political weapon, the practice of healing as an
indirect challenge to the dominant gender and political orders, and
religious ordination as a struggle for equity in Buddhism.
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Symposium C, 'Thin-Film Compound Semiconductor Photovoltaics' and
Symposium FF, 'Compound Semiconductors for Generating, Emitting,
and Manipulating Energy - II' were held on April 1-5 at the 2013
MRS Spring Meeting in San Francisco, California. This combined
symposia Proceedings represents the latest technical advancements
and information on compound semiconductors for generating,
emitting, and manipulating energy from universities, national
laboratories and industries. It provides insight into emerging
trends in these exciting technologies.
The MRS Symposium Proceeding series is an internationally
recognised reference suitable for researchers and practitioners.
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