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Represents an attempt of philosophical analysis of the inversional relations in society. The author describes inversions of elements in the social hierarchy and postulates opposition of the order and inversion. While the order is the arranged social and economic hierarchy, the inversion on the contrary means functional revolution of subordinated elements or subjects. It is argued that the accumulation and development of inversional socioeconomic relationships lead to social turmoil. In this regard, a study of inversional relations obtains both social and wider philosophical meanings.

In this article the author focuses on the rapidly evolving economic relations beween Taiwan and mainland China. After outlining the historical evolution of the general environment across the Taiwan Strait, he examines the patterns and trends of trade and investment across it. (DÜI-Sen)

In this collection of CUDES 2017, wide spectrum of topics that occupy primary place in the current debates of International Relations and Law were addressed by the papers presented at the Current Debates in Social Sciences Conference which was held in İstanbul, December 14-16, 2017. The purpose of this Conference was to provide a forum for scholars, researchers and students to foster discussion and expand understanding on the current themes of Social Sciences. In parallel to changing and multiplying dynamics of world politics, papers reflect diversity of issues in International Relations and Law agenda ranging from the impact of Syrian refugee crisis to the regulation of bio-printing technology.

The article reveals the modern power trends in international relations. Based on the results of the analysis, the tendencies of the use of "hard", "soft", "smart", and "diffuse" power in the international arena are highlighted. The conceptual content and features of the use of power in each of the indicated tendencies are revealed.

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- SERIES EDITOR'S PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I PROGRESS AND THE COMMONWEALTH OF LIFE -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1 DUTIES BEYOND BORDERS -- CHAPTER 2 DUTIES BEYOND THE PRESENT AND BEYOND PERSONS -- PART II FIDUCIARY INSTITUTIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 3 STEWARDSHIP ECONOMICS -- CHAPTER 4 GOVERNMENT AS TRUSTEE -- CHAPTER 5 CIVIL SOCIETY AND COMMONWEALTH OF THE LIFE -- PART III TRANSPARENT SOVEREIGNTY -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 6 GLOBAL ETHICS AND FIDUCIARY STATES -- CHAPTER 7 THE NATION AND THE WORLD -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- APPENDIX: INDICES OF GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL DISRUPTIONS DUE TO HUMAN ACTIVITIES -- INDEX

In this article, I describe Karl Deutsch's personal and political background and career and offer an assessment of him as a scholar, teacher, and mentor.

Shoddy rags and relief blankets : perceptions of textile recycling in north India / Lucy Norris -- Death, the phoenix, and Pandora : transforming things and values in Bangladesh / Mike Crang ... (et al.) -- One cycle to bind them all? : geographies of nuclearity in the uranium fuel cycle / Romain Garcier -- The shadow of the global network : e-waste flows to China / Xin Tong and Jici Wang -- Devaluing the dirty work : gendered trash work in participatory Dakar / Rosalind Fredericks -- Stitching curtains, grinding plastic : social and material transformation in Buenos Aires / Karen Ann Faulk -- Trash ties : urban politics, economic crisis and Rio de Janerio's garbage dump / Kathleen M. Millar -- Sympathy and its boundaries : necropolitics, labour and waste on the Hooghly river / Laura Bear -- 'No junk for Jesus' : redemptive economies and value conversions in Lutheran medical aid / Britt Halvorson -- Evident excess : material deposits and narcotics surveillance in the USA / Joshua Reno -- Remont : work in progress / Catherine Alexander.