Search results

Bureaucratic nightmare, technocratic regime and the dream of good transnational governance / Christian Joerges -- EU committees : the evolution of unforeseen institutional actors in European product regulation / Ellen Vos -- Comitology and the European Commission / Guiseppe Ciavarini Azzi -- Implementing powers and comitology / Jean-Paul Jacqu(c)♭ -- Institutional aspects of comitology : scenes from the cutting room floor / Kieran St. Clair Bradley -- The BSE crisis and the European Parliament / Graham R. Chambers -- Towards a regulation of transnational governance? Citizen's rights and the reform of comitology procedures / Renaud Dehousse -- Shared governance and enforcement of European law : from comitology to a multi-level agency structure? / John A.E. Vervaele -- Towards a legal concept of the network in European standard-setting / Karl-Heinz Ladeur -- The European regulation of biotechnology by polycratic governance / Christine Landfried -- Bargaining, arguing and functional differentiation of decision-making : the role of committees in European environmental process regulation / Thomas Gehring -- The comitology challenge to analytical integration theory / J(c)ơrgen Neyer --Regulatory oversight in Europe : the case of comitology / Michelle Egan [and] Dieter Wolf -- Comitology as a research subject : a new legitimacy mix? / Wolfgang Wessels -- The European polity, deadlock and development / Adrienne H(c)♭ritier -- The constitutionalisation of European administrative law : legal oversight of a stateless internal market / Michelle Everson -- "Good governance" through comitology? / Christian Joerges -- Epilogue : "comitology" as revolution--infranationalism, constitutionalism and democracy / J.H.H. Weiler

"With an unrelenting barrage of record-breaking temperatures dominating the headlines, an enigma arises--despite the flames licking at our feet, most people fail to fully grasp the gravity of environmental overheating. What acquired habits and mechanisms grant us the capacity to turn a blind eye with an air of detachment? Heat: A History shows how scientific methods of accounting for heat and modern forms of acclimatization have desensitized us to climate change. Ubiquitous air conditioning, shifts in urban planning, and changes in mobility all served as temporary remedies for escaping the heat in hotspots such as the twentieth-century Middle East. However, all these measures have ultimately fuelled not only greenhouse gas emissions but also a collective myopia regarding the impact of rising temperatures. Identifying the scientific abstractions and economic and cultural forces that have numbed our responses this book charts a way forward out of short-term thinking and towards meaningful action"--

Cover -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction: Rethinking capitalism, work and the body Steffan Blayney, Joey Hornsby and Savannah Whaley -- 2 The Productive Body revisited François Guéry Translated by Philip Barnard -- 3 Do we still not know what a body can do? Spinoza, Arendt and The Productive Body Dan Taylor -- 4 Corporeal and abstract: Is there a 'left biopolitics' of bodies? Marina Vishmidt -- 5 Empty promises: The financialization of labour Phil Jones -- 6 The dialectical body: Bringing science back into socialism Graham Jones -- 7 Neither appropriated nor expropriated: Notes towards an autonomist cripistemology of the productive body Arianna Introna -- 8 The Quantified Self, the ideology of health and fat Dawn Woolley -- 9 The artefact of losing: The (bio)poetics of miscarriage Helen Charman and Christopher Law -- 10 (Re)productive data-bodies: Privacy, inequality and anti-abortion politics in the age of tech-capitalism Grace Tillyard -- 11 Algorithmic capitalism, digital machinofacture and the productive body Stephen Shapiro and Philip Barnard -- Further reading -- Index.

"Why would the chairman of an international management consulting firm write a book about joy? Because it's an overlooked and desperately needed tool for engaging an anxious, disconnected, hybrid workforce. When people feel safe and inspired at work, they can accomplish so much more--but most leaders don't realize this is possible. Author Alex Liu explains how to create more joy for your people at work, both in person and in video meetings, with a step-by-step action plan for approaching joy at work using the three key drivers that determine employee happiness--people, praise, and purpose. Let's build more joy!"--

In 'Music and Citizenship', Martin Stokes challenges the conventional understanding of citizenship in terms of nationalism and national identity though case studies of music from across Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Europe. In this way, this volume reorients key questions about citizenship towards musical ecology, sustainability, democracy, and inclusivity.

"This ground-breaking book expertly brings together the many effective dementia interventions to reduce the symptoms of this debilitating condition and also, for the first time, a cost-benefit analysis of those interventions to establish whether the benefits outweigh the costs. Focussing on new interventions such as years of education, medicare eligibility, hearing aids and vision correction, Robert Brent also takes an innovative look at the need to reduce elder abuse and initiate an international convention for human rights. Cost-Benefit Analysis and Dementia takes an insightful look at dementia by using a behavioural definition and explaining how the symptoms can affect daily life activities, rather than just using the medical definition. It examines the causality of dementia interventions to establish their effectiveness, dealing with the risk factors and expanding the current list of interventions. Furthermore, it provides an in-depth three step procedure for evaluating the monetary benefits of those interventions to establish whether these are found to be socially worthwhile. Written in a comprehensive, yet accessible style, this book will be an excellent resource for economists interested in the cost-benefit analysis of dementia care. Healthcare professionals and policymakers as well as non-professionals will find the different interventions discussed to reduce symptoms of dementia illuminating and informative"--

Intro -- Introduction -- Author's note -- Part 1 -- Digital revolution and vicious circles -- Chapter 1 -- Patriarchy 4.0 -- Chapter 2 -- Algorithmic injustices -- Chapter 3 -- The bodies behind the screen -- Part 2 -- Technology, patriarchy and capitalism -- Chapter 4 -- The cyber rape market -- Chapter 5 -- The labour behind the clicks -- Chapter 6 -- The women's pandemic -- Chapter 7 -- The politics of the digital revolution -- Part 3 -- What is to be done? -- Chapter 8 -- Stealing the master's tools -- Chapter 9 -- Ten ways to reform and resist -- Conclusions -- In defence of (feminist) utopias -- References -- Acknowledgements -- And lessons learned along the way -- About the author.

Is esprit de corps the secret engine of history?Unveils the hidden and conflicting ideologies at stake behind the concept of esprit de corps and its contemporary uses Focuses on the discursive uses of esprit de corps in various transnational contexts and in the long term, from 1700 to present times Combines intellectual history, cultural history, philosophy, history of ideas, discourse analysis, political theory and labour history Offers a fresh look into the modern dialectics of individualism and collectivism, structure and agency, laissez-faire and corporatismDeepens our understanding of the history of corporate capitalism and its military influences, as well as to understand the current revival of occidental nationalismEsprit de corps has played a significant role in the cultural and political history of the last 300 years. Through several historical case studies, Luis de Miranda shows how this phrase acts as a combat concept with a clear societal impact. He also reveals how interconnected, yet distinct, French, English and American modern intellectual and political thought is. In the end, this is a cautionary analysis of past and current ideologies of ultra-unified human ensembles, a recurrent historical and theoretical fabulation the author calls 'ensemblance'

This book interrogates how identities are politicized, transformed, and mobilized throughout the African continent to demonstrate alternatives for nation building. It examines ways of transforming identity and provides concrete options where institutions and technology mobilize for education and empowerment around issues of African identities.

This is a practical quick-reference resource for US health care providers working with marginalized women throughout the cancer continuum. The authors present research and best practices for working with low income women of colour empathetically and without judgement which is accessible for practitioners and support networks.