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The objective of the note is to inform the governments policy thinking by identifying the principal challenges that the power sector faces and outlining solutions for overcoming them. The note also discusses some broader energy sector issues related to the gas tariff structure and demand. The note will also be disseminated to increase understanding and awareness among key stakeholders and the general public on the key challenges facing the power sector and the potential solutions for overcoming them. This will help to promote improved dialogue and collaboration between the government and the other key stakeholders. The note is organized in following topics: power sector structure; synopsis of challenges and solutions; principal challenges and solutions; and annexes.

This book uncovers how power operates around the world, and how it can be resisted or transformed through empowered collective action and social leadership. The stakes have never been higher. Recent years have seen a rapid escalation of inequalities, the rise of new global powers and corporate interests, increasing impunity of human rights violations, suppression of civil society, and a re-shaping of democratic processes by post-truth, populist and nationalist politics. Rather than looking at power through the lenses of agency or structure alone, this book views power and empowerment as complex and multidimensional societal processes, defined by pervasive social norms, conditions, constraints and opportunities. Bridging theory and practice, the book explores real-world applications using a selection of frameworks, tools, case studies, examples, resources and reflections from experience to support actors to analyse their positioning and align themselves with progressive social forces. Compiled with social change practitioners, students and scholars in mind, Power, Empowerment and Social Change is the perfect volume for anyone involved in politics, international development, sociology, human rights and environmental justice who is looking for fresh insights for transforming power in favour of relatively less powerful people.

The expansion of judicial power in Italy has been supported by specific elements briefly outlined by the author. The Italian judiciary seems to be characterized by a basic contradiction: its institutional guarantees of independence are extremely effective, &, thanks to the inclusion of public prosecution, its decisions can significantly affect the political process while being inadequately protected from short-term political pressures. The only institutional channel of political influence in Italy is the Higher Council where increased tensions between the judiciary & the political system tend to be dealt with. Consequently, the political environment has compelling incentives to employ all available venues to influence such a powerful body. 16 References. E. Sanchez

The Formation of Contemporary Egypt -- Political Change -- Economic Policies and Developments -- External Relations

"Focusing on authoritarian rule, unresolved economic challenges, and external dependency, the volume explains the salient political and economic features of contemporary Egypt against the backdrop of its history since the beginning of the 19th century. Presenting a comprehensive account of developments, it challenges common assumptions about secularists, Islamists and revolutionaries as well as 'modernization', 'economic reform', and political stability. Discussing domestic politics, economic change, and external relations since 1945, the research argues that Egypt continued to draw a degree of strength from sustained state-building activities which its pre-colonial rulers could pursue in a favourable international environment and the partly related emergence of the county as a focal point of collective identity. More consolidated than many other states in the global south, Arab and non-Arab alike, independent Egypt despite changing economic strategies remained a (lower) middle-income country and despite repeated political contestation, most recently in the Arab spring, continued to suffer from autocratic rule. Such continuity reflects not only the interplay between political forces at home, dominated by the military, and inconclusive economic policies but also the external constraints under which governments and other actors in the global south have to act. Based on numerous primary and secondary sources in various languages including Arabic and years of fieldwork, the book is a key resource for scholars of all levels, journalists, policymakers, and diplomats interested in comparative politics, political economy of the Middle East and Egypt"--

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Feminist Work is Justice Work -- 1. Know your history -- 2. The sexist state -- 3. The fight for reproductive justice -- 4. Transmisogyny: who wins? -- 5. The saviour complex: Muslim women and gendered Islamophobia -- 6. Art for art's sake -- 7. Complicating consent: How to support sex workers -- 8. The answer to sexual violence is not more prisons -- 9. Feminism and food -- 10. Solidarity is a doing word -- Conclusion -- Resources

Preface --Cute as a weapon of mass seduction --Spooked in the Garden of Eden --Cute as an uncertainty principle --Mickey Mouse and the cuteness continuum --Kawaii : the new Japanese imperium --The cuteness of Kim Jong-il --Cute and the uncanny --What's wrong with cute anthropomorphism? --Cute and the monstrous : the case of Donald Trump --Cute and the new cult of the child --Survival of the cutest --Cute and kitsch : identical twins? --Exiting the cult of sincerity --"Lifetime is a child at play".