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Intro -- Asian Atmospheric Pollution: Sources, Characteristics and Impacts -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Contributors -- About the editor -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Sources of atmospheric pollution in India -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Brick kilns -- 3. Coal-based thermal power plants -- 4. IOC fire of October 29, 2009 -- 5. Forest fires in the Himalayan region -- 6. Air pollution associated with civil aviation -- 7. Crop residue burning -- 8. Dust as source for air pollution -- 9. Diwali festival -- 10. Pollution associated with cyclones -- 11. COVID-19 and air quality -- 12. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2: Air pollution: Facts, causes, and impacts -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Sources of air pollution -- 3. Impacts of air pollution -- 3.1. Impacts on ecosystem -- 3.2. Health impacts -- 4. Discussion and conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Atmospheric chemistry in Asia: Need of integrated approach -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Air pollution in Asia -- 2.1. South Asia -- 2.2. West Asia -- 2.3. Central Asia -- 2.4. Southeast Asia -- 2.5. East Asia -- 3. Global issues of atmospheric chemistry -- 3.1. Global warming -- 3.2. Climate change -- 3.3. Extreme events -- 3.4. Rising sea level -- 3.5. Ozone depletion -- 3.6. Ecosystem impacts -- 3.7. Urban Heat Island -- 4. Atmospheric chemistry issues in Asia -- 4.1. Acid deposition -- 4.2. Atmospheric dust -- 4.3. Biomass burning -- 4.4. Reactive nitrogen and changing N-cycle -- 4.5. Carbonaceous aerosols -- 4.6. Tropospheric ozone -- 4.7. Brown cloud and haze -- 4.8. Long-range transport/transboundary pollution -- 4.9. Waste burning -- 4.10. Smog -- 4.11. Megacities pollution -- 4.12. Hydroxyl radical and atmospheric chemistry -- 4.13. Bioaerosols -- 4.14. Global dimming and surface cooling -- 5. Conclusion -- References.

"Cultural anxiety and anger are often linked in the media to economic pressures. From headlines about the global rise in populism to the effects of trade and migration, the connections between cultural contexts and political conditions have never been clearer. This book maps those connections, exploring culture's influence as implicit and explicit, utilitarian and symbolic, and constant and changing. Contributors offer multiple historical, disciplinary, and methodological lenses to provide a comprehensive understanding of the ways cultural interests are imbricated in political economy. Addressing a range of flashpoints, including environmental responsibility, cosmopolitanism and parochialism, higher education, American exceptionalism, the religious right, and soft power, Culture and Political Economy provides useful ways to deepen our understanding of political economic change and global politics more broadly"--

Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- List of Acronyms -- 1. Introduction: The Subtext of North-South Relations -- Part I: Understanding History -- 2. Who Is Served by Paternalism? -- 3. GATT and the Developing World before the Uruguay Round -- Part II: The Uruguay Round and After -- 4. Unequal Partners in Merchandise Trade -- 5. An Uneven Playing Field in Agricultural Negotiations -- 6. Big Disparities in Services and Intellectual Property -- 7. Conclusion: The End of Sweet Talk -- Appendix A: Node Classification Descriptions for the U.S. Tone/Sentiment toward Trading Partners