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The Palgrave Handbook of Globalization and Sport
Par Joseph Maguire, Katie Liston, Mark Falcous. 2021
This handbook illustrates the utility of global sport as a lens through which to disentangle the interconnected political, economic, cultural,…
and social patterns that shape our lives. Drawing on multidisciplinary perspectives, it is organized into three parts. The first part outlines theoretical and conceptual insights from global sport scholarship: from the conceptualization and development of globalization theories, transnationalism and transnational capital, through to mediasport, roving coloniality, and neoliberal doctrine. The second part illustrates the varied flows within global sport and the ways in which these flows are contested, across physical cultures/sport forms, identities, ideologies, media, and economic capital. Diverse topics and cases are covered, such as sport business and the global sport industry, financial fair play, and global mediasport. Finally, the third part explores various aspects of global sport development and governance, incorporating insights from work in the Global South. Across all of these contributions, varied approaches are taken to examine the ‘power of sport’ trope, generating a thought-provoking dialogue for the reader. Featuring an accomplished roster of contributors and wide-ranging coverage of key issues and debates, this handbook will serve as an indispensable resource for scholars and students of contemporary sports studies.Just Ordinary Robots: Automation from Love to War
Par Lamber Royakkers, Rinie Van Est. 2016
A social robot is a robot that interacts and communicates with humans or other autonomous physical agents by following social…
behaviors and rules attached to its role. We seem to accept the use of robots that perform dull, dirty, and dangerous jobs. But how far do we want to go with the automation of care for children and the elderly, or the killinUnleashing the Power of Unconditional Respect: Transforming Law Enforcement and Police Training
Par Jack Colwell, Charles Huth. 2010
Every day, police officers face challenges ranging from petty annoyances to the risk of death in the line of duty.…
Coupled with these difficulties is, in some cases, lack of community respect for the officers despite the dangers these men and women confront while protecting the public. Exploring issues of courage, integrity, leadership, and charactThe Asia-Pacific Century: Challenges and Opportunities
Par Adam B. Lowther. 2013
When Secretary of State Hillary Clinton published "America's Pacific Century" in Foreign Policy magazine in November 2011, the administration was…
clearly indicating to domestic and international audiences that the United States is beginning a pivot toward the Asia-Pacific. Clinton's article served as a spark for renewed interest in the nation's AsiUrban Horticulture
Par Tina Marie Waliczek, Jayne M. Zajicek. 2016
In the wake of urbanization and technological advances, public green spaces within cities are disappearing and people are spending more…
time with electronic devices than with nature. Urban Horticulture explores the importance of horticulture to the lives, health, and well-being of urban populations. It includes contributions from experts in researcNeurotechnology in National Security and Defense: Practical Considerations, Neuroethical Concerns is the second volume in the Advances in Neurotechnology series.…
It specifically addresses the neuroethical, legal, and social issues arising from the use of neurotechnology in national security and defense agendas and applications. Of particular concerRisk Analysis and Security Countermeasure Selection
Par Thomas L. Norman CPP/PSP/CSC. 2016
This new edition of Risk Analysis and Security Countermeasure Selection presents updated case studies and introduces existing and new methodologies…
and technologies for addressing existing and future threats. It covers risk analysis methodologies approved by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and shows how to apply them to other organizationsTrends in Policing: Interviews with Police Leaders Across the Globe, Volume Three (Interviews with Global Leaders in Policing, Courts, and Prisons)
Par Otwin Marenin, Dilip K. Das. 2011
Several years ago, the Trends in Policing series unveiled insiders accounts of how police leaders perceive the work they do.…
These volumes feature interviews with practitioners who speak candidly about their concerns and opinions. They present their evaluations of programs and philosophies that worked and those that did not, describe their conceptThe Dirty Side of the Garment Industry: Fast Fashion and Its Negative Impact on Environment and Society
Par Nikolay Anguelov. 2016
When thinking about lowering or changing consumption to lower carbon footprints, the obvious offenders come easily to mind: petroleum and…
petroleum products, paper and plastic, even food. But not clothes. Although the clothing industry is the second largest polluter after agriculture, most consumers do not think of clothes as a source of environmenPreparedness and Response for Catastrophic Disasters
Par Rick Bissell. 2013
Based on a popular course for the FEMA Higher Education project, Preparedness and Response for Catastrophic Disasters provides important insight…
into plans to mitigate and respond to the devastation caused by large-scale catastrophic events. Hurricane Katrina provided clear evidence that these occurrences are both qualitatively and quantitatively dAviation and Airport Security: Terrorism and Safety Concerns, Second Edition
Par Kathleen Sweet. 2008
The Definitive Handbook on Terrorist Threats to Commercial Airline and Airport SecurityConsidered the definitive handbook on the terrorist threat to…
commercial airline and airport security, USAF Lieutenant Colonel Kathleen Sweet‘s seminal resource is now updated to include an analysis of modern day risks. She covers the history of aviation securitySocial Vulnerability to Disasters
Par Deborah S.K. Thomas, Brenda D. Phillips, William E. Lovekamp, Alice Fothergill. 2013
The 2010 Haiti and Chili earthquakes, the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and the 2011 Fukushima…
earthquake and tsunami in Japan are but a few examples of recent catastrophic events that continue to reveal how social structure and roles produce extensive human suffering and differential impacts on individuals and communities. These eventsLand-Use Planning for Sustainable Development (Social Environmental Sustainability)
Par Jane Silberstein M.A., Chris Maser. 2014
Thirteen years ago, the first edition of Land-Use Planning for Sustainable Development examined the question: is the environmental doomsday scenario…
inevitable? It then presented the underlying concepts of sustainable land-use planning and an array of alternatives for modifying conventional planning for and regulation of the development of land. ThUnderstanding Spectrum Liberalisation
Par Martin Sims, Toby Youell, Richard Womersley. 2016
Until the 1990s, almost all spectrum licenses were given away practically for free-even the first mobile licenses which laid the…
foundation for multi-billion dollar companies that dominate stock markets around the world. In the past fifteen years, there has been a concerted attempt to liberalise the sector and make it more open to market forces. ThThreats to Peace and International Security: Current Challenges in a New Geopolitical Situation (Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications)
Par Juan Cayón Peña, J. Martín Ramírez. 2023
This book aims to analyze from a multidisciplinary perspective the current geopolitical conflict between East and West, between two differentiated…
and apparently conflicting cosmogonic visions. The geopolitical evolution of the current panorama seems to lead to a new world in the field of international relations, a new board played on a planetary level. Once again, bloc geopolitics can be glimpsed in the immediate future, in which the most important actors such as Russia, China, the United States of America, and the European Union are called to position themselves with respect to the territorial and strategic ambitions of the opponent. International law seems to be overwhelmed by military actions and factual pressure on the ground, while the battle of ideas extends to the technological field and cyberspace. The different origins of the authors, with extensive academic, military, police forces, and business experience undoubtedly enriches the unique perspective that this work intends to address, always in the attempt to enforce international law and the channels of dialogue between nations, such as the best solution to conflicts.Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope
Par Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn. 2020
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • With stark poignancy and political dispassion Tightrope addresses the crisis in working-class America while focusing on solutions…
to mend a half century of governmental failure. This must-read book from the authors of Half the Sky &“shows how we can and must do better&” (Katie Couric)."A deft and uniquely credible exploration of rural America, and of other left-behind pockets of our country. One of the most important books I've read on the state of our disunion."—Tara Westover, author of Educated Drawing us deep into an &“other America,&” the authors tell this story, in part, through the lives of some of the people with whom Kristof grew up, in rural Yamhill, Oregon. It&’s an area that prospered for much of the twentieth century but has been devastated in the last few decades as blue-collar jobs disappeared. About a quarter of the children on Kristof&’s old school bus died in adulthood from drugs, alcohol, suicide, or reckless accidents. While these particular stories unfolded in one corner of the country, they are representative of many places the authors write about, ranging from the Dakotas and Oklahoma to New York and Virginia. With their superb, nuanced reportage, Kristof and WuDunn have given us a book that is both riveting and impossible to ignore.The European Integration, Vol. 1: History (Springer Texts in Political Science and International Relations)
Par Panagiotis Liargovas, Christos Papageorgiou. 2023
This two-volume textbook teaches about the uniqueness and the difficulty of the European unification project. It describes, as clearly as…
possible, what Robert Schuman declared in 1950, that "... Europe will not be made all at once…". Navigating the nexus of four academic fields - political science, institutional analysis, economics, and history - the book serves as a reference work for accurate, exhaustive, and well-researched information on the creation and functioning of the European Union. Supported by numerous photographs, diagrams, maps, and sources, volume 1 sets out in a concise and readable way the European historical origins, the important steps in the creation of the European Union, and the treaties and historical events that have marked its course so far. Providing a comprehensive picture of the unification process and the functioning of this sui generis edifice of a united Europe, the book will serve as an essential textbook for undergraduate and graduate students studying the subject of European integration, as well as a useful resource for a broader audience interested in the European integration process.The Institutionalisation of Evaluation in Asia-Pacific
Par Reinhard Stockmann, Wolfgang Meyer, Niklas Zierke. 2023
This book examines the progress of institutionalisation of evaluation in Asia Pacific from various perspectives. It presents prior developments and…
current states of evaluation in 11 countries, focusing on three dimensions, namely the political, social and professional systems. These detailed country reports, which have been written by selected researchers and authors of the respective countries, lead to a concluding comparison and synthesis. This is the third of four volumes of the compendium The Institutionalisation of Evaluation. The first volume on Europe was published in 2020, and the second volume on the Americas in 2022. It will be followed by another volume on Africa. The overall aim is to provide an interdisciplinary audience with cross-country learning to enable them to better understand the institutionalisation of evaluation in different nations, world regions and sectors.Healthy Ageing after COVID-19: Research and Policy Perspectives from Asia (ISSN)
Par Wang-Kin Chiu and Vincent T. S. Law. 2024
Written by researchers and experienced health professionals from Hong Kong, China, Chiu and Law identify and examine important issues of…
healthy ageing after COVID-19 from research and policy perspectives in the Asian contexts.This book opens with discussions of healthy ageing from personal, social, economic, and political perspectives. These discussions make reference to the key characteristics of a community health model. It aims to examine the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on aged care in an international perspective, citing the fifth wave of COVID-19 in Hong Kong as a case report. Comprehensive analysis on the influence of COVID-19 infection on Hong Kong and the implemented anti-pandemic policy measures, as well as recommendations of post-pandemic policies to promote healthy ageing, are provided. This monograph also reviews the worldwide impacts on aged care during and after the pandemic, as well as the experience of aged care services in Hong Kong and other Asia-Pacific regions. The responding changes in policies and strategies for healthy ageing in selected countries are also reviewed. This monograph ends with a highlight on the design and development of a community model for healthy ageing, providing insights to the achievement of sustainable healthy ageing with reference to the sustainable development goal (SDG) 3.A valuable resource to governments, politicians, academics, and practitioners, it is intended for formulating future directions of relevant research, and the design and implementation of interventions for the promotion of healthy ageing in the post-pandemic era.Urban Social Housing: Global Health and Climate Change Mitigation and Redress
Par Patrick Wakely. 2024
This book proposes operational approaches to public sector support to community-led development of urban low-income group social housing in the…
prevailing and medium-term. Within the context of mitigating and redressing the existential threats of climate change and global pathogenic transmission, building on current concerns of global heating and the lessons learnt from the 2020-22 COVID-19 pandemic, the book closely examines recent examples from a wide international range of countries and cities from the Sri Lanka experience to Arab States of the Middle East and the Andes. Topics include maintenance and management of public sector housing, poverty alleviation objectives, climate change mitigation, housing density, local land management and planning, land rights, affordable housing markets, and international governance and administration, ultimately pointing to the universal need for institutional, organisational and human skills development and the compilation and dissemination of operationally successful examples of participatory partnerships for affordable social housing. The book will be of interest to researchers, instructors, practitioners, and students of urban development, housing, environmental design, land-use planning, public administration and environmental health engineering.