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Anglo-Chinese Encounters Before the Opium War: A Tale of Two Empires Over Two Centuries studies the fascinating encounters between the two historic empires from Queen Elizabeth Is first letter to the Ming Emperor Wanli in 1583, to Lord Palmerstons letter to the Minister of China in 1840

Introduction : the framework of data institutionalisation -- EU as a global digital actor -- The EU as a digital trade actor -- The EU as a cyber actor : the evolving architecture of EU Cyber Law : beyond weak institutionalisation -- On the transatlantic divide : beyond weak institutionalisation -- East Asian convergence : EU-Japan relations and data -- East Asian reverse convergence with the EU? : closing down the gap in emerging EU-China relations -- Conclusions.

With a focus on the Norwegian context, this book draws on a wide range of historical and archival sources, together with media analyses and interviews and observation at farms, slaughterhouses and production units, to examine the dramatic changes in animal husbandry and meat production and consumption, as well as their cultural consequences

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Academic Disengagement -- 1. Engagement as a Practitioner -- 2. Engagement as an Academic -- 3. Civic Engagement Leadership -- 4. Utah Debate Commission -- 5. Service to a Major Party -- 6. Founding a New Minor Party -- 7. Community Service and Running for Office -- Conclusion: Overcoming the Barriers to Engagement -- Notes -- Index -- Back Cover.

"Abolish Criminology presents critical scholarship on Criminology and Criminal Justice ideologies and practices, alongside emerging freedom-driven discourses that encourage a vision and practice of new world formations. The book introduces readers to a detailed history and analysis of crime as a concept and its colonizing trajectories into existence and enforcement. These significant contexts buried within peculiar academic histories are often overlooked or unknown in academic and public discussions, and representations of crime and the criminal legal system. The book offers written, visual, and poetic teachings through which readers, students, and educators can engage with the often discussed but seldom understood concept of crime and its enforcement through the criminal legal system's research, theories, agencies and dominant cultures. Abolish Criminology serves the needs of undergraduate and graduate students and educators in the social sciences, arts, and humanities. It will also appeal to scholars, researchers, policy makers, activists, community organizers, social movement builders, and various reading groups comprised of the general public grappling with the increased critical public discourse on policing and criminal legal reform or abolition"--

Advances in Group Processes publishes theoretical analyses, reviews, and theory based empirical chapters on group phenomena. The series adopts a broad conception of 'group processes'. This includes work on groups ranging from the very small to the very large, and on classic and contemporary topics such as status, power, trust, justice, social influence, identity, decision-making, intergroup relations, and social networks. Previous contributors have included scholars from diverse fields including sociology, psychology, political science, economics, business, philosophy, computer science, mathematics, and organizational behavior. Volume 40 brings together papers that address theoretical and empirical issues in small groups and organizational research related to: The role of affect in shaping perceptions of the police and the predisposition to mass violence The shaping of prosocial behaviors (e.g., pro-environmental behaviors) by various social/societal factors, such as the shape and density of one's personal networks Differences in social status, its role in producing and sustaining social inequality and the unintended consequences of initiatives such as interventions designed to lessen status-based inequalities and level the playing field within the workplace. Reflecting a range of novel approaches from leading scholars in the field, this volume explores the relevance of group processes in analysing social status, iniquities and behaviors.

Taking a multidisciplinary and global approach, this edited book examines the dynamic role of plantations as productive, socio-political and ecological forms throughout imperial and post-colonial worlds spanning multiple and broad temporalities. Showcasing an expansive range of case studies across different geographies, the collection sheds light on the heterogeneity of plantations and offers insights into the afterlives, spectres and remnants of systems that have been analysed as schemes of production, extraction and authority. Focusing on the expansion of plantation systems throughout various political-economic and ecological projects, and across the modern (and post-modern) period, allows the authors to move beyond analyses that often deal with individual empires through human-centered lenses. The contributors explore resistance to the mechanisms of extraction and control that plantations and their afterlives demanded, shedding light on their excesses, contradictions, failures and deviations. Offering a comprehensive treatment of global plantations, this book provides valuable reading for researchers with an interest in the socio-political and environmental effects of colonialism and imperialism in their various guises. Chapters 1, 8 and 11 are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com

Arguing that climate injustice is one of our most pressing urban problems, this volume explores the possibilities and challenges for more just urban futures under climate change. Whether the situation be displacement within cities through carbon gentrification or the increasing securitization of elite spaces for climate protection, climate justice and urban justice are intimately connected. Contributors to the volume build theoretical tools for interrogating the root causes of climate change, as well as policy failures. They also highlight knowledge produced within communities already seeking transformative change and demonstrate meaningful learning from activist groups working to address the socionatural injustices caused by the impact of climate change. The editors' introduction situates our current climate emergency within historical processes of colonization, racial capitalism, and heteropatriarchy, while the editors' conclusion offers pathways forward through abolition, care, and reparations. Where other books focus on the project of critique, this collection advances real-world politics to help academics, practitioners, and social justice groups imagine, create, and enact more just urban futures under climate change.

"The U.S. Supreme Court is more important than ever in the lives of Americans. Its politicization, however, has hijacked its mission to provide equal justice under law. This book explains how politics, polarization and worldview - factors that affect everyone - have adversely influenced the Court and thus the nation"--

This book focuses on the development of artificial intelligence and rule of law in the world, by collecting and summarizing the information about the development of artificial intelligence and rule of law in China and the world, covering topics like AI strategy, policy, law, theoretical research and practical application, etc. It makes an in-depth analysis so as to provide an objective, fair and accurate report. The purpose is to promote the study of AI and law, promote the construction of AI and rule of law system and create an AI and rule of law environment. In particular, it aims to play an active role in promoting the establishment of legislative norms, legal systems, policy systems and ethical norms that are compatible with the innovative development of AI, promoting the implementation of a new generation of national AI development strategies, ensuring the safe, reliable, controllable, healthy and sustainable development of AI. It is hoped that this book may provide useful reference for researchers of AI and law

David R. Maines (1940-2021), one of the most important sociological scholars of the 20th and 21st centuries, constructed a vast area of research to advance the field of symbolic interactionism during his career. Highlighting the significance of Maines' works in symbolic interactionism, Festschrift in Honor of David R. Maines documents his most celebrated areas of scholarship, including social structure, narrative sociology, social interaction, dialectic perspective, temporality, and mesostructure. Including stories from individuals who knew Maines via kinship, friendship, or professional relationship, the chapters conclude with two new empirical studies to reflect Maines' interest in continually advancing the field with cutting-edge research. The collection also features a list of Maines' selected works for further reading to guide other symbolic interactionists in their research endeavors. Volume 57 of Studies in Symbolic Interaction is a source of both consolation and celebration for those who knew David R. Maines, as well as those who have just begun to discover his inspiring work.

Klappentext: Der Rechtsphilosophie K. C. F. Krauses (1781-1832) wurde bisher viel zu wenig Aufmerksamkeit geschenkt. Das muss verwundern, denn während die meisten deutschen Philosophen um 1800 Mensch über Natur, Mann über Frau, Eltern über Kinder und Deutschland über alles stellten, stritt Krause für die Emanzipation und Gleichberechtigung der Frau, die Rechte insbesondere von Menschen mit Behinderungen, einen nachhaltigen Umgang mit der Natur, gerade auch im Hinblick auf zukünftige Generationen, für Tierrechte sogar, und trat für sozialpflichtiges Eigentum und dessen subsidiär-solidarischen Gebrauch zugunsten aller Bedürftigen ein. Krause forderte ferner ein Weltbürgerrecht und entwarf im Lichte dessen eine Musterverfassung sowohl für eine europäische Völkerunion als auch einen Weltbund der Nationen, um regionale und globale Governance voranzutreiben und Kolonialunrecht auszugleichen.Der rote Faden, der diese für seine Zeit außergewöhnlich progressiven Forderungen verband, ist die Theorie der Freiheit. Für Krause markiert die Idee der Freiheit nicht nur das Ziel der praktischen Philosophie, sie gibt ihr auch die Methode vor: Krause war einer der Ersten, die sich an einer dialogisch-partizipatorischen Neuausrichtung der Philosophie versuchten, mit dem Ziel, die von rechtlichen Regelungen Betroffenen zu Beteiligten im Prozess ihrer Entstehung zu machen. Daraus resultiert eine Rechtslehre, die auch und gerade für Fragen der Gegenwart erhebliches Anregungspotential bietet.