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"Globalizations from Below uses a Constructivist International Relations approach that emphasizes the centrality of normative power to analyze and compare the four globalizations 'from below'. These are: (1) the counter-hegemonic globalization represented by the 'movement of movements' of alter-globalization transnational social activists, who try to put an end to the Neoliberal nature of the Western-centered globalization 'from above;' (2) the non-hegemonic globalization enacted by 'ant traders' that are part of the transnational informal economy; (3) the partially similar Chinese-centered globalization, whose entrepreneurial migrants are strongly influenced and instrumentalized by the Chinese state; and (4) the first wave globalization 'from below' that paralleled (and outlived) the 1870-1914 globalization 'from above.' This book identifies their common features and uses them to define the concept of globalization 'from below' as a set of socio-economic or socio-political processes that involve large transnational flows of people, goods, and/or ideas characterized at least in part by informality. They are enacted by entrepreneurial or activistic individuals who either take advantage of the normative power of the hegemon at the origin of an international order and an associated globalization 'from above,' or - explicitly or implicitly - transgress, contest, and try to redefine dominant economic, legal, political, and socio-cultural norms, thus challenging the existing international order and globalization 'from above.' By constructing a unified theoretical framework, this book attempts to open a new field of interdisciplinary research that should take globalizations 'from below' out of their current scholarly marginality. This is one of the first scholarly works to collectively present more than one globalization 'from below,' and will be of great interest to students, scholars, and researchers of International Relations, International Political Economy, Development Studies, Economic History, Anthropology, Diaspora Studies, and Chinese Studies"--

This article is dedicated to lexical and stylistic aspects of translating Warhammer 40,000 - related literature. The examples of such aspects were taken from translations published on social media. This study resulted in listing main special aspects of translating articles belonging to the universe of Warhammer 40,000 as well as practical recommendations.

The article explores the historiosophical aspect of the problem of progress in the consciousness of freedom. Hegel's understanding of the perfect state is described. It is noted that, the philosophy of state and law is a system of morality, where the victory of the general over the particular is obligatory. The essence of the entire system is optimistic, no matter what disturbing contradictions they try to destroy this system. In this monarchy of the spirit, in an ideal state, as a system of freedom, the contradictions of civil society are overcome. The article also describes the experience of Marxism, in which the opposition of the genus and the individual is overcome by the purely mechanical destruction of one of the opposing sides, by the qualitative transformation of society, that is, a total social revolution, the victory over capital and the emergence of a new socialized humanity. The authors emphasize that the philosophy of politics stems not only from Hegelian philosophy, but also from theological thought. The authors conclude that history is the territory of an apocapyptic collision, as well as the eternal process of the fallen world. According to the authors, for a contemporary Russian person, the correlation with the Truth becomes not only a matter of freedom, but a choice between life and death, and, therefore, the territory of war, which takes place primarily in the heart. He perceives his involvement in the Truth not as following a civil religion, but as a mystical communion with Christ as a constant source of Truth and freedom.

Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introducing Social Media Surveillance -- 2 What Kind of Dwelling is Facebook? Scholarly Perspectives -- 3 Interpersonal Social Media Surveillance -- 4 Institutional Social Media Surveillance -- 5 Market Social Media Surveillance -- 6 Policing Social Media -- 7 What's Social About Social Media? Conclusions and Recommendations -- References -- Index.

The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania This paper presents an argument for viewing the relationship between organizations and their clients as a specific case of interorganizational relationship. Following a proposition related to interorganizational analysis suggested by Litwak and Hylton (1962), the paper argues that the organization-client relationship is characterized by interests that arepartly shared and partly conflicting. It is suggested that Litwak and Hylton's hypothesis on the need for mechanisms that preserve both cooperation and conflict between organizations can be applied to the relationship between the organization and its clients. When mechanisms for conflict maintenance are missing the equilibrium of this relationship may be altered in favor of the organization, by a process of overbureaucratization, or of the clients, by a process of debureaucratization. The discussion focuses on the second alternative with an analysis, illustrated by a case study, of the causes and consequences of debureaucratizaion.

This case study explores a social science approach to qualitative textual analysis. It introduces readers to textual analysis, discourse analysis, data collection, coding, analysis, and presentation of findings for publication. The case study of U.S. news media coverage of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in 2011 is an entry point for a conversation about textual analysis conducted within the parameters of the social sciences. It demonstrates the technique of analytic induction for analyzing texts and a corresponding interpretive practice related to poststructural discourse analysis for tethering textual analyses to broader cultural discourses.

Armed students' attacks at educational institutions for the purpose of mass murder (school shooting) are explored in the paper through the conception of transgression. Transgression is defined as overcoming the external and internal limits of human personality. School shooting is a destructive version of transgression. The authors suggest that an important social factor which leads to this destructive transgression is the loss of autonomy by the educational sphere and its subordination to the interests of economy and politics. The educational environment loses its own institutional boundaries. The evaluation of students' achievements is formed indirectly: it depends on the commercialization ratings of educational institutions; the key role is played by the money of sponsors or parents, but not students' knowledge and competences. In fact, young people are forced to take part in a competition with professional participants in the social division of labor, though not having an economic autonomy, in contrast to the latter. Thus, students lose the advantages of their age group and find themselves in a situation of artificially imposed helplessness. They feel rejection from the educational system, and aggression as its consequence. It can lead to terrible crimes. The authors believe that control of the proliferation of firearms alone, without other measures taken, is not an effective tool for blocking the destructive culture of school shooting. It is necessary to change the value system of the educational sphere. This is especially important due to the geopolitical challenges faced by our country in the recent months. The organization of the educational system should be based on the assumption that students' digital opportunities, material well-being, inherited status and prestige, appearance, health level should not play a key role in realizing the mission of education. Otherwise, the imbalance of human and economic values will contribute into transgression of the inner limits of personality and its destruction.

The essence of balanced economic development lies in ensuring sustainable growth that harmonizes environmental, social, and economic objectives. This article delves into the foundational principles that underpin balanced economic development, emphasizing the integration of sustainability into economic planning and policy-making. Through a comprehensive analysis of recent studies and methodologies, it identifies gaps in current approaches and suggests a framework for achieving economic balance. Additionally, it examines the impact of economic crises and the direct relationship between crisis phenomena and balanced economic development. The significance of this research lies in its potential to inform policy directions that foster an equitable, sustainable, and prosperous future for all stakeholders, while also addressing the resilience of economic systems in the face of crises. The proposed framework not only aims to mitigate the adverse effects of economic downturns but also to leverage these challenges as opportunities for fostering sustainable and balanced growth. Keywords: balanced economic development, sustainability economic planning, policy-making, sustainable growth, economic crises, resilience.

Music has always been central to the cultures that young people create, follow, and embrace. In the 1960s, young hippie kids sang along about peace with the likes of Bob Dylan and Joan Baez and tried to change the world. In the 1970s, many young people ended up coming home in body bags from Vietnam, and the music scene changed, embracing punk and bands like The Sex Pistols. In Sells Like Teen Spirit , Ryan Moore tells the story of how music and youth culture have changed along with the economic, political, and cultural transformations of American society in the last four decades. By attending

The assumption underlying this book is that we are facing a societal transformation, a "silent revolution" in fact, with consequences at least as far reaching as those of the Industrial Revolution. The author of this book wants to intervene in the current discussion about this revolution, a discussion which is normally colored by a resigned determinism maintaining that the transformation will come about all by itself as an automatic consequence of the development of technology. As opposed to this, the author wants to politicize the debate by insisting on the fact that this silent revolution is not inextricably tied to the automatically whirring computer discs of technological development, but is dependent on a number of political choices.