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Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Author bios -- Foreword -- Introduction: the crises of 2020 and the field of conflict studies -- Part I Conflict resolution in a period of social crisis -- 1 Big peace: an agenda for peace and conflict studies after the coronavirus catastrophe -- 2 Lessons from disaster: history and the current crisis -- 3 From the frying pan to the fire: environmental crises and their implications for conflict resolution -- Part II Global political conflicts after the pandemic -- 4 Pandemics, globalization, and contentious politics -- 5 Migration and the COVID-19 pandemic -- 6 COVID-19 and nationalism -- 7 A new global covenant? Great power conflicts and conflict resolution in the post-corona era -- Part III Intergroup conflicts after the pandemic -- 8 The triple crisis: reevaluating socio-economic values in a period of social reconstruction -- 9 Racial justice in a post-COVID America: toward systemic conflict resolution and peacebuilding -- 10 The gendered frontlines: perpetuated inequalities or a reimagined future -- 11 Internal and eternal insecurity: impact of crisis on religious group identity -- Part IV Conflict resolution initiatives after the pandemic -- 12 Peace engineering in a complex pandemic world -- 13 COVID-19 amidst conflict -- 14 When elephants roar: the coming moral conflict between the United States and China -- Concluding note -- Index.

Congressional scholars have vastly underappreciated how representation in the U. S. Senate differs from the House of Representatives. In this provocative new study, Wendy J. Schiller develops a theory of dual representation--where two legislators share the same geographical constituency--to explain Senators' behavior. Noting that Senators from the same state join different committees, focus on different policy areas, and address different economic interests through bill and amendment sponsorship, the author examines the electoral and institutional forces that elicit this competitive behavior. In developing her theory, Schiller relies on a wide variety of methodologies, from statistical analysis to case studies, and makes telling comparisons with similar situations in Latin America and Asia. Partners and Rivals argues against the commonly held view that individual Senators do an inadequate job in representing their states. Instead, this book demonstrates how the competitive structure of Senate delegations creates the potential for broad and responsive representation in the Senate. When two senators from the same state are viewed as a pair, it becomes clear that their combined representational agendas include a wide range of the interests and opinions that exist among constituents in their state. This holds true whether the Senators are from the same party or not. Rich in details, Partners and Rivals is the most thorough and rigorous explanation of Senators' behavior available

This book explores the emergence of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) as an alternative political force in Uttar Pradesh. It focuses on the historical continuity of Dalit social justice movements and organizational politics from pre- to post-colonial India and its subsequent institutionalization as a political force with the rise of the BSP in the state since the 1980s. The volume discusses the new age Dalit-Bahujan politics and its ethnicization of caste groups to create a bahujan samaj.The bookanalyzes the focused political leadership of Kanshiram and Mayawati, the strong party organization, and how they evolved an empowered Dalit ideology and identity by grassroots mobilization and championing Dalit icons and history. The author also explores the party's strategies, slogans and alliances with other political parties and communities and its political manoeuvrings to retain its influence over the electorate. The book also effectively identifies the reasons for the political marginalization of the BSP in present times in the context of the phenomenal rise of the BJP in the state. The book will be of great interest to researchers and scholars of political science, sociology, Dalit and subaltern studies, exclusion studies and those working on the intersectionality of caste and class. It will also be useful for policy makers, think tanks and NGOs working in the domain of caste, marginality, social exclusion and identity politics.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Part I: The Image as Evidence -- Introduction: The "I," the Eye, and the Screen -- Notes -- Chapter 1: The History of CCTV in Great Britain and Canada -- Great Britain -- Canada -- Privacy -- Notes -- Chapter 2: Theoretical Elements of Government Surveillance -- Legitimacy -- The Mediatization of Security -- Technology and Uncertainty -- Media -- Duplication -- Distance -- Signal Space -- Referential Space -- The Mechanism -- Notes -- Chapter 3: CCTV and the Court System -- The Canadian Courts -- The British Courts -- Notes -- Chapter 4: Theoretical Elements of CCTV as a Media Format -- The Gaze -- Being Viewed -- Delay -- Autoamputation -- Inversion -- Notes -- Chapter 5: Speed Cameras, the Courts, and the Recorded Image as Positive Identification -- Testifying via CCTV -- Notes -- Chapter 6: The Certainty in Images -- Notes -- Part II: The Image as a Component of Governing -- Chapter 7: Governmentality and the CCTV Image -- Reception Leading to Government and Transmission -- Control -- Governmentality -- Notes -- Chapter 8: Visibility and Control -- Control and Society -- Monitoring -- Notes -- Chapter 9: The Performance of Governing -- Conduct -- Presence -- Visibility -- Notes -- Chapter 10: Practices and the Distancing of Government from the Population -- Fragmentation/Representation -- Practices -- Notes -- Chapter 11: Camera Surveillance as an Exercise of Power -- Multitude -- Violence -- Positioning -- Visibility/Invisibility -- Connections -- Notes -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Films & -- Television Series -- Online Videos -- Court Cases and Legal Texts -- Index -- About the Author.

This book presents an alternative view of caste in Indian society by analysing caste structure and change in local communities in Orissa from historical and anthropological perspectives. Focusing on the agricultural society in the Khurda district of Orissa between the eighteenth century and 2019, the book links discussions on the current transformation of society and politics in India with analyses of long-term historical transformations. The author suggests that, beyond status and power, there is another value which is important in Indian society, namely ontological equality, which functions as the politico-ethical ground for asserting respect and concern for the life of others. The book argues that the value of ontological equality has played an important role in creating and affirming the diverse society which characterises India. It further contends that the movement towards vernacular democracy,which has become conspicuous since the second half of the 1990s, is a historically groundbreaking event which opens a path beyond the postcolonial predicament, supported by the affirmation of diversity by subalterns based on the value of ontological equality. This important contribution to the study of Indian society will be of interest to academics working on the social, political and economic history, sociology, anthropology and political science of South Asia, as well as to those interested in social and political theory.

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- About the Author -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Social Movement-Voter Interaction: An Emerging Field -- Social Movements and Elections -- Definition of Movement-Voter Interaction -- Outline of Chapters -- References -- Chapter 2: Social Movements as Electoral Actors -- Framing Social Movement Research -- Social Movement Communication in the Digital Age -- Online Participation and Elections -- Linguistic Instruments and Electoral Campaigning Techniques -- Research Questions and Method -- Political Discourse Analysis and Qualitative Content Analysis -- References -- Chapter 3: Movement-Voter Interaction 2015-19 General Elections -- Overview: Election Tactics and Data -- Movement-Voter Interaction: Case Studies -- Context of Action: Crises and Duties -- Equal Access and Environmental Crises -- Governmental and Voter Duties -- A Concern with Values: Fairness and Trust -- Present and Future Fairness -- Political Trust: Trusted to Tell the Truth -- (Not) Voting and Political Pressure: Claims for Action -- Voting/Not Voting -- Political Pressure -- Goals: Setting the Agenda -- Summary and Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 4: Movements, Manifestos and the Media -- Movements in the Media and Manifestos -- Austerity and the Environmental Crisis: What the Papers and Parties Say -- Duties to Vote and Protect Citizens: Pledges and the Press -- Fairness and Trust in the Broader Political Landscape -- Fairness -- Trust -- Conclusions: Agenda Setting and Political Pressure -- References -- Chapter 5: Conclusion -- Movement-Voter Interaction: General Elections 2015-19 -- Movements, Elections and Democracy -- References -- Index.

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Message -- Contents -- About the Author -- 1 Introduction: Intersections Between Culture, Context and Ageing -- Population Ageing and Living Arrangements in India -- Ageing, Caregiving, Culture and Intergenerational Relationships in India and Beyond -- Theory and Social Gerontology -- The Grounded Theory Approach -- The Interpretive Approach -- The Sandwich Generation -- A Multisited Study -- Methodological Rigour and Qualitative Research -- Qualitative Research and Doing Fieldwork -- Caste and Fieldwork -- Religion and Fieldwork -- Gender and Fieldwork -- Age and Fieldwork -- Educational Background and Marital Status -- Nationality and Ethnicity -- Methodology -- The Study Sites and Sample Population -- The Chapters -- References -- 2 The Family Business: Ageing and Intergenerational Relationships in Ahmedabad, India -- Contextualizing Gujarat -- Social Constructionist and Exchange Theory of Ageing -- Ageing and Family Business: No Retirement, Still Involved and Do not Feel Old Enough -- Intergenerational Relationships and Family Dynamics: Voices of the Adult Children -- Gender, Ageing and the Family -- Concluding Remarks -- Multigenerational Household, Ahmedabad Study -- Questionnaire for the Male Older Adult -- Section I: Socio-demographic Information -- Section II: Family Business Details -- Section III: Perceptions of Ageing -- Section IV: Intergenerational Ties -- Section V: Government Policies -- Multigenerational Household Questionnaire (Ahmedabad Study) -- Section I: Socio-demographic Information -- Section II: Family Business Details -- Section III: Perceptions of Ageing -- Section IV: Intergenerational Ties -- Section V: Government Policies -- Multigenerational Household Questionnaire -- Section I: Socio-demographic Information -- Section II: Family Business Details.

"Together with a group of Finnish colleagues, I have since 1999 been involved in writing and revising a series of philosophy textbooks for high-school students, published by a Finnish publishing house specializing in textbooks and non-fiction. In an introductory volume published in 2005, we included a brief discussion of "the pragmatist theory of truth" in the context of a more general exploration of the concept of truth. As textbooks usually, our books also include plenty of pictures, hopefully keeping their young readers alert. For the truth-theoretical section, we decided to use a photograph of Donald Trump, picturing him with his bestseller, How to Become Rich. In those years, Trump was not at all well known in my home country Finland, although he was already at that point a famous celebrity in the United States. I cannot remember who decided to use the picture in the book; I certainly had no idea whatsoever who this guy in the photograph was, and I had never heard of him before. The point of the photograph was obvious: by using it we asked our prospective readers whether the sentences of Trump's books are true if they make their author (or, possibly, their reader) rich and if they in that sense pragmatically "work". Getting rich would then be their concrete "cash value""--

What gives some people the right to issue commands to everyone else and force everyone else to obey them? And why should people obey the commands of those with political power? These two key questions are the heart of the issue of political authority, and, in this volume, two philosophers debate the answers. Michael Huemer argues that political authority is an illusion and that no one is entitled to rule over anyone. He discusses and rebuts the major theories supporting political authority's rightfulness: implicit social contract theory, hypothetical contract theories, democratic theories of authority, and utilitarian theories. Daniel Layman argues that democratic governments have authority because they are needed to protect our rights and because they are accountable to the people. Each author writes two replies directly addressing the arguments and ideas of the other. Key Features Covers a key foundational problem of political philosophy: the authority of government. Debate format ensures a full hearing of both sides. A Glossary includes key concepts in political philosophy related to the issue of authority. Annotated Further Reading sections point students to additional resources. Clear, concrete examples and arguments help students clearly see both sides of the argument. A Foreword by Matt Zwolinski describes a broader context for political authority and then traces the key points and turns in the authors' debate.

Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- About the Author -- List of Graphs -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: The Balkans and South Caucasus - Eurasia Minor -- Ethnic and Religious Composition -- Ethnicities and Nations -- Religions -- Economic, Political, and Social Transformations -- Difficult Economic Transition -- Employment and Unemployment -- Gender Wage Gap -- Labour Migration -- Sex Work and Trafficking -- Legal Issues of Gender and LGBTIQ Equality -- Women in Politics -- Women in Parliaments -- Counter Force: Organised Women -- References -- State of Research -- Theoretical Orientations and Hypotheses -- References -- Chapter 3: Patriarchies, Femininities and Masculinities -- Patriarchal Landscapes -- Qualitative Evidence -- Quantitative Evidence -- Being Man and Woman - Ideologies and Discourses -- Gender Discourses -- Religious Discourses on the Complementarity of Men and Women -- Gender Stereotypes in Education -- Motherhood and Chastity as Hegemonic Femininity -- Violent and Repressive - Hegemonic Masculinity and Domestic Violence -- Gays, Lesbians, and Transgenderism -- Pride Parades -- Demography and Marriage Arrangements -- On the Way to the Second Demographic Transition? -- Sexual Life -- Contraception and Abortion -- References -- Chapter 4: Producers, Agents, and Transmitters -- Media Landscapes -- Television -- Internet -- Newspapers and Magazines -- The Cinema Industry -- Advertising -- The Fashion Industry -- Religious Entrepreneurs -- References -- Chapter 5: Veiling-Chic Cultures -- The Embattled Public Space -- Veiling -- Unveiling -- Re-veiling -- Depicting Femininities in Secular Islamic Countries -- Advertising and 'Tesettür' Companies -- Television -- Film -- Magazines, Newspapers, and Textbooks -- Islamic Dress and Lifestyle -- New Muslim Femininity -- References -- Chapter 6: Porno-Chic Cultures.

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- About the Author -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- 1 Introduction -- The Role of Research in State-Building and SSR -- Individual Agency in Kosovo's SSR -- Theoretical Foundations and Analytical Approach -- Key Terms -- Local Researchers and Local Research -- International Practitioners and Policy-Making -- Research Contribution -- A Note on Methods -- The Research Questions -- Semi-Structured Interviews and Sampling -- Outline of Chapters -- References -- 2 The Role of Individuals in SSR -- Introduction -- Stressing Hybridity in Analysis -- Introducing a 'Hybrid Lens' -- 'Everyday' Local Agency -- 'Everyday' International Agency -- Stressing Hybridity in Kosovo -- Knowledge Formation in Kosovo's SSR -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 Researcher and Practitioner Agency -- Introduction -- Hybridity and Policy-Making -- The Role of Researchers -- The Everyday Agency of Researchers -- Researcher Contribution -- The Personalities of Practitioners -- The Complexity of Research Utilisation -- Conclusion -- References -- 4 Competing Security Knowledge: International and Local -- Introduction -- International SSR Mandate -- International Policy-Making -- The Primacy of International Knowledge -- Kosovo's Security Research Community -- Conclusion -- References -- 5 International Barriers, Instability and Obstructing Local Research -- Introduction -- International Barriers -- International Recruitment -- Agency (Un)Coordination and Practitioner Turnover -- Exaggerated Stability -- Limited Time and Impracticality -- Unawareness and Anti-intellectualism -- Negative International Perceptions of Local Research -- Perceived Bias and Political Affiliation -- Quality and Methodology Concerns -- Research Outreach and Focus -- Local Research in a Complex Context -- Post-conflict Research Capacity.

Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Adrift -- Schuman Plan -- Federal and confederal -- The federalists -- European Coal and Steel Community -- Council of Europe -- European Defence and Political Communities -- UK Treaty of Association -- 2 Engaged -- European Economic Community -- Euratom -- European Free Trade Association -- General de Gaulle -- Accession I -- Accession II -- Accession III -- 3 Moored -- European Council -- Renegotiation I -- Referendum I -- Tindemans Report -- Electing the European Parliament -- President Jenkins -- The Thatcher phenomenon -- Single European Act -- 4 Retreat -- Germany unites -- Maastricht -- Variable geometry -- Amsterdam -- Leftovers -- Charter of Fundamental Rights -- Nice -- Giscard's Convention -- Lisbon -- Financial crash -- 5 Deluge -- Bloomberg -- Renegotiation II -- New Settlement -- Referendum II -- 6 Article 50 -- Lancaster House -- Significant uncertainties -- Separation issues -- Florence -- Mansion House -- Chequers -- Salzburg -- Unmeaningful votes -- 7 Secession -- Getting it done -- Trade talks -- Trade and Cooperation Agreement -- 8 Neighbourhood -- Enlargement gets problematic -- NATO disjunction -- Association models -- European Economic Area and Switzerland -- Ukraine's association -- Western Balkans and Turkey -- 9 The State of Britain -- Brexit and the British state -- House of Commons -- House of Lords -- Federal Britain? -- Referendum challenges -- 10 The State of Europe -- Differentiation after Brexit -- Affiliate membership -- Quest for government -- The Merkel conundrum -- A democratic jolt -- Treaty change -- Democratic faculty -- 11 Détente -- Brexit buyers' remorse -- Renegotiation III -- European Security Council -- Towards entente -- Appendix: summary of recommendations -- Glossary -- About the author -- Index.

"This work provides a comprehensive examination of the police role from within a broader philosophical context. Contending that the police are in the midst of an identity crisis that exacerbates unjustified law enforcement tactics, the author examines various major conceptions of the police--those seeing them as heroes, warriors, and guardians. This book looks at the police role considering the overarching societal goal of justice and seeks to present a synthetic theory that draws upon history, society, psychology, and philosophy. Each major conception of the police role is examined in light of how it affects the pursuit of justice, and how it may be contrary to seeking justice holistically and collectively. The book sets forth a conception of the police role that is consistent with the basic values of a constitutional democracy in the liberal tradition. The author's intent is that clarifying the police role will likewise elucidate any constraints upon policing strategies, including algorithmic strategies such as predictive policing. This book is essential reading for thoughtful policing and legal scholars as well as those interested in political philosophy, political theory, psychology, and related areas. Now more than ever, the nature of the police role is a philosophical topic that is relevant not just to police officials and social scientists, but to everyone"--

This book analyzes the choices and constraints of management within the Bangladesh garment industry and how management negotiates these challenges to ensure the global garment supply chain is sustainable. Exploring the international South Asian garment industry and using middle management and the owners of Bangladeshi factories as a case study, the book assesses the limits and costs of globalization for Bangladesh, and outlines the challenges of the fast-fashion business model for the global market.It focusses on the changing dynamics of the entrepreneur class, how they manage factories and their experiences with Accord-Alliance, and the challenges of sustainability. Within these four broader themes, the author critically examines management strategies towards compliance and labour productivity, transnational governance, buyer-supplier relationships, and power dynamics. This book is the first to explore management's perceptions of workers, buyers, and government through an analysis of four factories which demonstrate the role of mid-level management, how supervisors treat production workers, workers' impact on innovation, welfare programmes as well as CSR policies, and the impact of COVID-19. Offering new perspectives on Bangladesh's garment export industry, this book will be of interest to researchers in the field of policy studies, labour studies, South and South-East Asian studies, development studies, international trade, and political science.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Author -- Part I Introduction -- 1.1 Pre-OPEC -- 1.2 OPEC Evolution -- Part II OPEC's Role in World Oil Market -- 2.1 OPEC Finds Its Way -- 2.2 Internal Rivalry -- 2.2.1 Doves versus Hawks -- 2.2.2 Saudi Arabia versus OPEC -- 2.3 External Conflicts -- 2.3.1 OPEC versus the World -- 2.3.2 OPEC versus Non-OPEC -- 2.3.3 OPEC versus the US -- 2.4 Saudi Arabia versus the US -- Part III Energy Technology and OPEC -- 3.1 Energy and Technology -- 3.2 Effects of Technology -- 3.3 The Economics of Energy Technology -- 3.4 Energy Technology Mix and Future Energy -- 3.5 The Economics of Renewable Energy -- 3.6 Economics of Unconventional Oil and Gas Technologies -- 3.7 Economics of Energy Demand Technologies -- 3.8 Economics of Energy Efficient Technologies -- Part IV Forces Shape Energy's Future -- 4.1 Changes and Challenges -- 4.1.1 Changes -- 4.1.2 Challenges -- 4.2 Forces at Work -- Part V OPEC'S Existence -- 5.1 Challenges to OPEC -- 5.2 OPEC's Strategies -- 5.3 OPEC's Future -- 5.4 Energy's Future -- 5.5 OPEC's Gloomy Future -- 5.6 A World without OPEC -- Part VI Side Issues -- 6.1 Qatar and Natural Gas -- 6.2 Oil Spill in the Gulf -- 6.3 Kuwait Oil Fires -- 6.4 Oil Price Crashes -- 6.5 OPEC and Iran-Iraq War -- 6.6 Coronavirus (COVID-19) -- Part VII Wrap-Up -- 7.1 What Is the Point of OPEC? -- 7.2 Energy's Future -- Bibliography -- Index.