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This book is committed to provide a holistic view of corruption in
the public construction sector, a sector that has been perceived as
the most corrupt in the world. Relying on the new findings achieved
from a series of qualitative and quantitative studies, this book
unveils the specific forms of corruption, the principal causes of
corruption, and the prevailing anti-corruption strategies that are
used by the current practice. Furthermore, this book provides two
metrics that can assess the potential of corruption and the risk of
collusion in given public construction projects, respectively. This
book will enhance industry and research communities' understandings
of corruption in the public construction sector. It is also
informative to policy-makers and can help them come up with some
more effective strategies to eliminate corruption in the public
construction sector.
This book is committed to provide a holistic view of corruption in
the public construction sector, a sector that has been perceived as
the most corrupt in the world. Relying on the new findings achieved
from a series of qualitative and quantitative studies, this book
unveils the specific forms of corruption, the principal causes of
corruption, and the prevailing anti-corruption strategies that are
used by the current practice. Furthermore, this book provides two
metrics that can assess the potential of corruption and the risk of
collusion in given public construction projects, respectively. This
book will enhance industry and research communities' understandings
of corruption in the public construction sector. It is also
informative to policy-makers and can help them come up with some
more effective strategies to eliminate corruption in the public
construction sector.
Diseases are everyday, ordinary occurrences intimately related to
people’s daily lives. However, as the metaphor of the “Sick Man
of East Asia” emerged against the backdrop of a weak modern
China, health care and the curing of diseases were turned into
grand state politics with far-reaching implications. This book,
starting with the argument for diseases being metaphors, describes
and interprets such incidents in China’s history as the
Abolishment of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the Patriotic Hygiene
Campaign and the Cooperative Medical Services. In an effort to
reveal the internal logic of disease politics in the transformation
of the state-people relationship, the book analyzes key aspects
including the politicization and inclusion of diseases in state
governance, the double disciplining of hygiene, legitimacy
construction of the state, the remaking of the nationals, and the
expansion of the “publicness” of the state. The book argues
that disease politics in modern China has developed following the
path from nationals to the people, and then to citizens, or from
crisis politics and mobilization politics to life politics. In
addition, a marked change has occurred in China’s state building:
increasingly standard, rationalized and institutionalized means
have been employed while the non-standard means, such as
large-scale mobilization and ideological coercion, had been
historically used in China.
Diseases are everyday, ordinary occurrences intimately related to
people's daily lives. However, as the metaphor of the "Sick Man of
East Asia" emerged against the backdrop of a weak modern China,
health care and the curing of diseases were turned into grand state
politics with far-reaching implications. This book, starting with
the argument for diseases being metaphors, describes and interprets
such incidents in China's history as the Abolishment of Traditional
Chinese Medicine, the Patriotic Hygiene Campaign and the
Cooperative Medical Services. In an effort to reveal the internal
logic of disease politics in the transformation of the state-people
relationship, the book analyzes key aspects including the
politicization and inclusion of diseases in state governance, the
double disciplining of hygiene, legitimacy construction of the
state, the remaking of the nationals, and the expansion of the
"publicness" of the state. The book argues that disease politics in
modern China has developed following the path from nationals to the
people, and then to citizens, or from crisis politics and
mobilization politics to life politics. In addition, a marked
change has occurred in China's state building: increasingly
standard, rationalized and institutionalized means have been
employed while the non-standard means, such as large-scale
mobilization and ideological coercion, had been historically used
in China.
Inspection and Monitoring Technologies of Transmission Lines with
Remote Sensing helps readers build a thorough understanding of new
technologies and world-class practices developed by the State Grid
Corporation of China-the organization responsible for the world's
largest power distribution network. Monitoring the operational
status of high-voltage transmission lines is critical in supply
assurance and continuity. Given the physical size, geographical,
and climate variances that transmission lines are subject to,
remote sensing and inspection is a critical technology for power
distribution organizations. This reference covers current and
developing technologies, equipment, and methods for the safe and
secure operation and maintenance of transmission lines, including
satellite remote sensing technology, infrared and ultraviolet
detection technology, helicopter inspection technology, and
condition monitoring technology.
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