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"This book offers a thorough examination of digital work by women comedians in the US, exploring their use of digital media to perform jokes, engage with fans, remake their reputations, and become political activists. This book argues that despite its many adverse effects, digital work is changing comedy, empowering women to create new comic forms and negotiate the contentious political climate incited by former President Donald. J. Trump. Chapters are focused on video-podcasting, TikTok, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and the streaming platform Netflix - each containing informative case studies on significant women comedians who use them, including Sarah Silverman, Amy Schumer, Leslie Jones, Mindy Kaling, Colleen Ballinger, Lilly Singh, Ms. Pat, Whitney Cummings, Issa Rae, and others. To understand their strategies, this book examines the popularity of their digital content, their career-outcomes in television and film, as well as the ups and downs of their critical reputations in magazines, newspapers, the trade press, and with their participatory audiences online. This insightful and timely work will appeal to scholars researching and teaching in the areas of media studies, digital communication, gender studies and performance"--

"Expert-led, interdisciplinary and international in scope, this insightful book aims to increase the representation and leadership potential of women working in academia, examining the intersection of multiple inequalities with a specific focus on gender, age and, ethnicity and disability. A carefully crafted response to educational inequalities, the volume posits an invitation for dialogue around what it means to have success in higher education. This book is ideal reading for any minority working in higher education interested in promotion processes, equality and diversity in the workplace and mentoring. It will also be of interest to providers of academic leadership courses, organisations and institutions promoting gender equality in Higher Education and supporting women's careers and improving the representation, progression and success of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) staff and students within higher education"--

"This book provides a description of the state of the art on environmental disclosure, illustrating the key theoretical issues, the regulatory frameworks, the main standards developed and reporting the results of an empirical analysis on the environmental disclosure released by listed firms. Luigi Lepore and Sabrina Pisano begin by analysing the origin and evolution of environmental disclosure. They go on to provide a description of the main theoretical frameworks used by scholars, explaining the conceptual basis of each theory and describing how the specific theory has been used to explain the company's decision to release environmental disclosure. The second part of the book highlights the role and evolution of the European regulatory frameworks, emphasizing the transition from voluntary to mandatory disclosure. The book ends by providing a picture of the evolution of sustainability reporting practices in European Union nations over the past two decades. This book investigates the critical issues and new directions in environmental disclosure, which are currently under examination by regulators and standard setters. It will therefore be of great interest to academics and students working in the areas of business and sustainability"--

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1 Cultural Images: Real and Imagined Experiences -- 2 Urban Space and Collective Consciousness -- 3 The Arts and Traces of the Ideal City -- 4 Democratization of Art and Culture -- 5 Visual Media Effects -- 6 Urban Resilience: Toward Postcolonial Aesthetics -- 7 Sociopolitical Facts, Art, and Technology -- 8 Technicization and Aestheticization of Social and Urban Structures -- 9 The Urban Image in Motion and Connection -- 10 The Arts' Function: Social Inclusion and Sustainability -- 11 Designing for Sustainability -- 12 Aesthetic, Social, and Urban Solutions for a New World View -- Index.

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 The problem of propaganda -- Chapter 3 Tourism as a propaganda system -- Chapter 4 The cultural roots of Red Tourism -- Chapter 5 The social space of Red Tourism: The Yan'an case -- Chapter 6 The commodification of propaganda -- Index.

"The world's infrastructure depends on the successful implementation of megaprojects. These massive projects are developed to reduce poverty, improve quality of life and the environment, and solve human problems for billions of people around the world. Preparing for the megaprojects of the future is a huge undertaking for all governments, private sector organizations, multilaterals, and non-profits. The global market for foreign direct investment is expanding creating an urgent need for skills and competencies in the development and leadership of these megaprojects. Infrastructure development has become a subject of major interest to governments and private industry in every corner of the world. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) forecasts that infrastructure investments will be in the trillions of dollars by 2030. Global Megaprojects: Lessons, Case Studies, and Expert Advice on International Megaproject Management provides valuable guidance and insights from experienced megaproject experts, as well as over 20 case studies on practical solutions to the pressing issues faced by project stakeholders around the world. With the rise of megaprojects worldwide, it is essential for megaproject managers and those studying to enter the industry to understand the characteristics of successful megaprojects and how to overcome the complex challenges of these projects. Written by industry expert Virginia Greiman, this book incorporates theory and practice, focusing on perspectives from diverse regions, cultures, and industries"--