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"Pricing Carbon Emissions provides an economic critique on the utopian idea of a uniform carbon price for addressing rising carbon emissions, exposing the flaws in the economic propositions with a key focus on the EU's Emissions Trading System (ETS). After an Executive Summary of the contents, the chapters build up understanding of orthodox economics' role in protecting the neoliberal paradigm. A salient case, the ETS is successful in shielding the Business-as-Usual activities of the EU's industry, however this book argues that the system fails in creating innovation for decarbonizing production technologies. A subsequent political economy analysis by the author points to the discursive power of giant fossil fuel and electricity companies keeping up a façade of Cap-and-Trade utopia and hiding the reality of free permit donations and administrative price control, concealing financial bills mostly paid by household electricity customers. The twilights between reality and utopia in the EU's ETS are exposed, concluding an immediate end of the system is necessary for effective and just climate policy. The work argues that the proposition of shifting to a global uniform carbon tax is equally utopian. In practice, a uniform price applied on heterogeneous cases is not a source of benefits but one of ad-hoc adjustments, exceptions, and exemptions. Carbon pricing does not induce innovation, however assumed by the economic models used by IPCC for advising global climate policy. Thus, it is persuasively demonstrated by the author that these schemes are doomed to failure and room and resources need to be created for more effective and just climate politics. The book's conclusion is based on economic arguments, complementing the critique of political scientists. This book is written for a broad audience interested in climate policy eager to understand why decarbonizing progress is slow as it is. It marks a significant addition to the literature on climate politics, carbon pricing and the political economy of the environment more broadly. Aviel Verbruggen is Emeritus Professor at University of Antwerp, Belgium. His experiences and knowledge focus primarily on the subjects of politics, engineering and economics"--

1. Introduction / Peter van der Veer (Max Planck Institute, Göttingen, Germany) -- Part I. Politics of religious plurality in Europe. 2. War, migration, and the politics of religious diversity / Wayne te Brake (Purchase College, State University of New York, USA) ; 3. German refugees and refugees in Germany / Peter van der Veer (Max Planck Institute, Göttingen, Germany) -- Part II. People on the move from Vietnam. 4. Victims of atheist persecution.Transnational Catholic solidarity and refugee protection in cold war Asia / Phi Vń Nguyen (University of Saint-Boniface, Canada) ; 5. The Virgin Mary became Asian: diasporic nationalism among Vietnamese Catholic refugees in the US and Germany / Thien-Huong Ninh (Cosumnes River College, USA) ; 6. Refugees in the land of Awes: Vietnamese arrivals and departures / Janet Hoskins (University of Southern California, USA) ; 7. In search of a Vietnamese Buddhist space in Germany / Tam Ngo (Max Planck Institute, Göttingen, Germany & Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands) and Nga Mai (Max Planck Institute, Göttingen, Germany) -- Part III. People on the move in and from Africa. 8. Are we an elected people? Religion and the everyday experience of young Congolese refugees in Kampala / Alessandro Gusman (University of Turin, Italy) ; 9. The 'conquering new territory for Jesus?': The transience and local presence of African Pentecostal migrants in Morocco / Johara Berriane (Humboldt University Berlin, Germany) ; 10. Ritual space and religious practice: young West African Muslims in Berlin, Germany / Abdoulaye Sounaye (Leibniz Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin, Germany) -- Part IV. Political spaces of reception. 11. Texts, language and religion in the making of the Syriac Orthodox Communities in Europe / Heleen Murre van den Berg (Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands) ; 12. Between hope and fear: migrant 'illegality' and camp life in Assam, India / Salah Punathil (Max Planck Institute, Göttingen, Germany) ; 13. Accommodating religious diversity: micro-politics of spatial separation in German refugees accommodation centres / Alexander Kenneth-Nagel (University of Göttingen, Germany) ; 14. Conversion through destitution: religion, law and doubt in the UK asylum system / William Wheeler (University of Manchester, UK) ; 16. Afterword / Birgit Meyer (Utrecht University, The Netherlands).

Introduction: Reading "sexualities" from "Africa" / Rachel Spronk and Thomas Hendriks -- Is there a distinct African sexuality? A critical response to Caldwell / Beth Maina Ahlberg -- Which bodies matter? Feminism, poststructuralism. race, and the curious theoretical odyssey of the "Hottentot Venus" / Zine Magubane -- "Bisexuality" and the politics of normal African ethnography / Marc Epprecht -- On being area-studied: a litany of complaint / Keguro Macharia -- Dangerous aphrodisiac, restless sexuality: venereal disease, biomedicine, and protectionism in colonial Lagos, Nigeria / Saheed Aderinto -- Irua Ria Atumia and anticolonial struggles among the Gĩkũyũ of Kenya: a counternarrative on "female genital mutilation" / Wairimũ Ngarũiya Njambi -- "These women, they force us to rape them": rape as narrative of social control in postapartheid South Africa / Helen Moffett -- "Transparent sexualities": sexual openness, HIV disclosure, and the governmentality of sexuality in South Africa / Marian Burchardt -- A note on "woman marriage" in Dahomey / Melville Jean Herskovits -- Sexual inversion among the Azande / Edward E. Evans-Pritchard -- "A man is a man completely and a wife is a wife completely": gender classification and performance among "ladies" and "gents" in Ermelo, Mpumalanga / Graeme Reid -- The imagined homoconference: "activistism" and the politics of indirection / Serena Owusu Dankwa -- The materiality of everyday sex: thinking beyond "prostitution" / Mark Hunter -- On remuneration for homosexual practices in Bamako / Christophe Broqua -- Belonging in ethnocentric economies: adultery, alerity, and ritual in postcolonial Kenya / George Paul Meiu -- The pleasures of the city: masculinity, sexuality, and femininity in Dakar (1997-2000) / Tshikala Kayembe Biaya -- Postcolonial histories of sexuality: the political invention of libidinal African straight / Basile Ndjio -- Homosexuality, politics, and pentecostal nationalism in Zambia / Adriaan S. van Klinken -- "He uses my body": female traditional healers, male ancestors, and transgender in South Africa / Cheryl Stobie -- The sexual potentate: on sodomy, fellatio, and other postcolonial privacies / Achille Mbembe -- Sex life among young people / Jomo Kenyatta -- Eroticism, sensuality, and women's secrets among the Baganda: a critical analysis / Sylvia Tamale -- Sex, food, and female power: discussion of data material from northern Mozambique / Signe Arnfred -- My childhood as an adult molester: a Salt River moffie / Zackie Achmat.

Introduction : cities in the Middle East : beyond "middle easternism" / Haim Yacobi and Mansour Nnasasra -- In the eyes of some Britons : Aleppo, a cosmpolitan city / Mohammad Sakhnini -- The making of Tehran : the incremental encroachment of modernity / M. Reza Shirazi and Somaiyeh Falahat -- Dotting urban spaces : Jewish survival politics in current Casablanca / André Levy -- Queer urban movements in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem : a comparative discussion / Chen Misgav and Gilly Hartal -- The home in the Middle Eastern city : a contact zone of contradictory memories and belonging in Jaffa / Tovi Fenster -- Gaza's historical cycles of prosperity and sestruction : is the present an aberration? / Yasmeen El Khoudary -- Erasing memories of Palestine in settler-colonial urban space : the case of Haifa / Yara Hawari -- Beersheba and the dynamics of a Palestinian city : Bedouin networks with Gaza, Jerusalem and Istanbul / Mansour Nasasra -- Understanding the materiality of suspicion : affective politics in MENA cities / Mark Levine and Maria Frederika Malmström -- Borders, boundaries and frontiers : on Jerusalem's present geopolitics / Haim Yacobi -- "A demarcation in the hearts" : everyday urban frontiers in Beirut / Sara Fregonese -- Tourism and urbanism in Iran : top-down and ad hoc developments in the Caspian Region / Pamela Karimi -- The politics of building in post-revolution Tehran / Azadeh Meshayekhi -- Revisiting Sanaa's urban planning and development challenges / Wafa al-Daily -- Marrakesh : a fresh perspective : moving from a form-based planning to a value-based approach / Iqbal Khaiy -- Securitisation of urban electricity supply : a political ecology perspective on the cases of Jordan and Lebanon / Eric Verdeil -- The rise of a Saharan city : urban development, tribal settlement, and political unrest in Laâyoune / Tara F. Deubel and Aomar Boum -- Rethinking "building resilience" : conflict and the Middle East city / Bruce Stanley -- Erasing Palimpsest city : boom, bust and urbicide in Turkey / Kerem Öktem -- Hebron : challenging the "urbicide" / Marion Lecoquierre -- The impact of internal displacement in the Kurdistan region of Iraq : IDPS, inter-ethnic relations and social cohesion in Duhok / Alex Munoz and Kelsey Shanks -- Can integration offer Iraqi refugees in Damascus a durable solution? / Salam Arabi Katbi -- Growth, aspiration, and consolidation in Ramallah / Kareem Rabie -- Political economy of tourism development in the Gulf : the cases of Muscat and Doha / Angeline Turner

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: True or False: The Problem Here is Identifying What is True and What is Not -- Chapter 3: Proliferation: Doomsday or Politics? The Problem Here is Controlling Spread of Weapons of Mass Destruction -- Chapter 4: The Bounds of Humanity: Will Malthus Ultimately Be Proven Correct? The Problem Here is that We Don't Know How to Limit Population Growth or if New Policies are Really Necessary. Can We Leave it to Chance? -- Chapter 5: The Beginning and Hereafter: Why do We Exist? -- Chapter 6: Immortality: Where Does the Need to be Remember -- Chapter 7: Religion: The Problem Here is that in Religion, as well as Other Institutions, We See Corruption, Immorality, Ethical Lapses, and Abuses. In its Entwinement with Government: Who Makes and Enforces Laws, Sets Education Standards, and Provides Security: the People, the King, or God? -- Chapter 8: Decision Making: The Talent for Decisions. The Problem Here is that Most Decisions Turn out Badly -- Chapter 9: Dealing with Bio-terrorism: The Problem Here is that Terrorism can Adopt Biological Weapons as an Attack Mode: Harder to Detect, More Dangerous in its Outcome -- Chapter 10: Our Computer Overlords: The Problems Here are the Contest Between Work and Leisure, How Much of Each, Who has Either and the Chances for AI Becoming our Masters -- Chapter 11: What Constitutes Progress? The Problem Here is Defining What Constitutes Progress and MEans for Attaining it Since Science, Technology, Politics, and Markets do not Necessarily Follow Paths tha tLead to Solutions of Pressing Problems or Attainment of Goals -- Chapter 12: Political Chaos: The Problem Here is What Politics Has Become. Civility is Almost Gone, Debate is Almost Non-existent, yet the Sides are Firm in Their Positions and Sure They are Right -- Chapter 13: The Perfect Human: Unlocking the Mysteries of Human Genetics and Developing the Technologies to Manipulate Heredity Will Give, for Better or Worse, a New Dimension to Our Ability to Set the Fate of Our Children -- Chapter 14: Conclusions -- Appendix A Methodologies -- Appendix B Authors' Biographies -- Index

Practical Spirituality, Human Development and Creative Experiments for Alternative Futures: An Introduction and an Invitation -- Part I New Visions and Cultivation of Practical Spirituality and Human Development -- On the Holy Ground: Practical Spirituality and Practical Moral Courage -- Multidimensional Mysticism -- Practical Spirituality: The Art and Science of Conscious Living -- The New Spiritual Paradigm as Facilitator of Social Change -- Expressions of Self in Market, Society and Self: Towards Spiritual Praxis for Human Development -- Cultivating Practical Spirituality: Soil, Soul and Sarvodaya -- Practical Spirituality and Human Development: Circles of Gender Liberation and the Calling of Lokasamgraha -- Part II Creative Experiments in Practical Spirituality and Human Development -- Practical Spirituality and the Contemporary City: Awakening the Transformative Power for Sustainable Living -- Practical Spirituality: Dabbawala Case -- Practical Spirituality and Developmental Challenges among Tibetan Communities in India -- Practical Spirituality with Meher Baba and Human Development in the Modern Age -- Practical Spirituality and Religious Giving: Pluralism and New forms of American Muslim Giving -- Community and Practical Spirituality: Perspectives on L'Arche as an Arena for Contemplative Transformation -- Assertive Sprout from Wounded Psyche: Glimpses into Dalit Spirituality -- The Politics of Spirituality: Dissident Spiritual Practice of Poykayil Appachan and the Shared Legacy of Kerala Renaissance -- Transforming Life-worlds: In Praise of Kundrakudi Adigalar's Practical Spirituality -- Subud: A Practical Mystical Path for the 21st Century -- Islam, Political Culture and Practical Spirituality in Kedah, A State in Northwestern Malyasia -- Ziyaret and Practical Spirituality: Women's Shrine Visits in Anatolia -- Part III Transformation of the Material and the Spiritual and Practical Spirituality as New Movements of Awakening -- The Material and the Spiritual: The Provisionality of Matter and the Politics of Miracles in Japanese New Religions -- The Spiritual Politics of Bio-cultural Regeneration -- Human Consciousness and Its Discontents: An Ecological Reading of The Awakening of Faith in the Mahāyāna -- Ecological Holism: Arne Naess's Gestalt Ontology and Merleau-Ponty's Bodily-Flesh Phenomenology -- Light Development in an Age of Climate Change -- Spirituality as a Bridge: A Holistic Approach to Social Development and Dignity -- Practical Spirituality and Journey with Sacred Mountains

"The dominant forces of American conservatism remain wedded, at all costs, to the Republican Party, but another movement, one with its roots in the pre-World War II era, has stepped forth to fill an intellectual vacuum on the right. This Old Right first rose in opposition to the New Deal, fighting both statism at home and the emergence of an American empire abroad. More recently this movement, sometimes called paleoconservatism, has provided the ideological backbone of modern populism and the opposition to globalization, with decisive effects on presidential politics. In Revolt from the Heartland, Joseph Scotchie provides an intellectual history of the Old Right, treating its main figures and defining its conflict with the traditional left-right political mainstream. As Scotchie's account makes clear, the Old Right and its descendents have articulated an arresting and powerful worldview. They include an array of learned and provocative writers, including M.E. Bradford, Russell Kirk, Richard Weaver, and Murray Rothbard, and more recently, Clyde Wilson, Thomas Fleming, Samuel Francis, and Chilton Williamson, Jr. Beginning with the movement's anti-Federalist forerunners, Scotchie traces its developments over two centuries of American history. In the realm of politics and economics, he examines the anti-imperialist stance against the Spanish-American War and the League of Nations, the split among conservatives on Cold War foreign policy, and the hostility to the socialist orientation of the New Deal. Identifying a number of social and cultural attitudes that define the Old Right, Scotchie finds the most important to be the importance of the classics, a recognition of regional cultures, the primacy of family over state, the moral case against immigration. In general, too, a Tenth Amendment approach to such recurring issues as education, abortion, and school prayer characterizes the group. As Scotchie makes clear, the Old Right and its grass-roots supporters have, and continue to be, a powerful force in modern American politics in spite of a lack of institutional support and media recognition. Revolt from the Heartland is an important study of a persisting current in American political life."--Provided by publisher.

"This volume constitutes a survey of social science efforts to explain the fascist phenomenon. Attempts to adequately interpret fascism have involved an inordinate number of social researchers and historians for an inordinate amount of time over the past half century. For all that we still find ourselves without a compelling account of the entire complex sequence. Fascism constitutes a significant concern for students of contemporary politics. To develop an intellectually defensible explanation of the nature, origins, and development of Italian Fascism and German Nazism remains a responsibility still outstanding. Interpretations of Fascism provides a review of the efforts that have been made to date to interpret and explain the phenomenon, It addresses itself specifically to those efforts undertaken to provide a social science explanation of Mussolini's Fascism. Dealing wiht the special application of social science methods to a specific problem, the book provides a special angle to examine this ubiquitous system in a comparable context. The book should be useful for college courses inb political theory, comparative politics, democracy and dictatorship, economic and political change, and modern European history. The new edition is graced by a provocative, lengthy new essay reviewing the literature from 1973 through 1996. As such, it is an up to date examination of fascism in our times. Professor Gregor is careful to emphasize that fascist movements can thrive in confines far beyond Italy and Germany. It has found fertile soil from Russia to Africa. In short, Gregor argues that this makes fascism a movement that extends through political space no less than historical time. The documentation of the book is now very rich, with a bibliographic review that can serve experts and generalists alike. Stanley G. Payne credits Gregor with -clearing away useless, obfuscatory theoretical debris-, claiming that -Gregor's book serves the study of fascist politics very well indeed-. And Giuseppe Prezzolini, introduced the Italian language edition by noting that -Interpretations of Fascism is rich in information and scientifically precise in style ... a reflection of an intelligence that operates beyond passions.-"--Provided by publisher.

Myanmar's mountain and maritime borderscapes : local practices, boundary-making, and figured worlds -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Language, Terminology and Geographical Names -- Contributors -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction by Su-Ann Oh -- Section I: Overview of Myanmar's Mountain and Maritime Borderscapes -- 2. Electoral Sovereignty in Myanmar's Borderlands by Nicholas Farrelly -- 3. The Maritime Frontier of Myanmar: Challenges in the Early 21st Century by Maung Aung Myoe -- Section II: Territorial Claims and Imagined Boundaries -- 4. Burman Territories and Borders in the Making of a Myanmar Nation State by Maxime Boutry -- 5. Ritual and the Other in Rakhine Spirit Cults by Alexandra de Mersan -- 6. Rohingya Territoriality in Myanmar and Bangladesh: Humanitarian Crisis and National Disordering by Anders Bjornberg -- Section III: Social Organization and Border Economies -- 7. The Culture and Landscape of the Humanitarian Economy among the Karen (Kayin) in the Borderland of Southeast Myanmar and Northwest Thailand by Alexander Horstmann -- 8. Navigating Learning, Employment and Economies in the Mae Sot-Myawaddy Borderland by Su-Ann Oh -- Section IV: Mobile Practices and Moving Borders -- 9 The Spatiality and Borderless-ness of Contentious Politics: Kachin Mobilities as Capability by Karin Dean -- 10. The Mule Caravans as Cross-Border Networks: Local Bands and their Stretch on the Frontier between Yunnan and Burma by Jianxiong Ma and Cunzhao Ma -- Section V: Identity Construction and the Politics of Belonging -- 11. "I Want to Stay Forever in You" by Decha Tangseefa -- 12. Life along the Naf Border: Identity Politics of the Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh by Kazi Fahmida Farzana -- 13. Home of the Housekeeper: Will Shan Migrants Return after a Decade of Migration? by Amporn Jirattikorn -- 14. Moving On: Spaces of Uncertain Freedom and Engagement in the Kayah–Mae Hong Son Borderland by Carl Grundy-Warr and Chin Wei Jun -- Section VI: Institutionalized Identity and Border Practices -- 15. The Chin State-Mizoram Border: Istitutionalized Xenophobia for State Control by Bianca Son and N. William Singh -- 16. Tăi Buddhist Practices on the China-Myanmar Border by Takahiro Kojima -- Index.

"This book is about politics and planning outside of cities, where urban political economy and planning theories do not account for the resilience of places that are no longer rural and where local communities work hard to keep from ever becoming urban. By examining exurbia as a type of place that is no longer simply rural or only tied to the economies of global resources (e.g., mining, forestry, and agriculture), we explore how changing landscapes are planned and designed not to be urban, that is, to look, function, and feel different from cities and suburbs in spite of new home development and real estate speculation. The book's authors contend that exurbia is defined by the persistence of rural economies, the conservation of rural character, and protection of natural ecological systems, all of which are critical components of the contentious local politics that seek to limit growth. Comparative political ecology is used as an organizing concept throughout the book to describe the nature of exurban areas in the U.S. and Australia, although exurbs are common to many countries. The essays each describe distinctive case studies, with each chapter using the key concepts of competing rural capitalisms and uneven environmental management to describe the politics of exurban change. This systematic analysis makes the processes of exurban change easier to see and understand. Based on these case studies, seven characteristics of exurban places are identified: rural character, access, local economic change, ideologies of nature, changes in land management, coalition-building, and land-use planning. This book will be of interest to those who study planning, conservation, and land development issues, especially in areas of high natural amenity or environmental value. There is no political ecology book quite like this--neither one solely focused on cases from the developed world (in this case the United States and Australia), nor one that specifically harnesses different case studies from multiple areas to develop a central organizing perspective of landscape change."--Back cover

This book is about politics and planning outside of cities, where urban political economy and planning theories do not account for the resilience of places that are no longer rural and where local communities work hard to keep from ever becoming urban. By examining exurbia as a type of place that is no longer simply rural or only tied to the economies of global resources (e.g., mining, forestry, and agriculture), we explore how changing landscapes are planned and designed not to be urban, that is, to look, function, and feel different from cities and suburbs in spite of new home development and real estate speculation. The book's authors contend that exurbia is defined by the persistence of rural economies, the conservation of rural character, and protection of natural ecological systems, all of which are critical components of the contentious local politics that seek to limit growth. Comparative political ecology is used as an organizing concept throughout the book to describe the nature of exurban areas in the U.S. and Australia, although exurbs are common to many countries. The essays each describe distinctive case studies, with each chapter using the key concepts of competing rural capitalisms and uneven environmental management to describe the politics of exurban change. This systematic analysis makes the processes of exurban change easier to see and understand. Based on these case studies, seven characteristics of exurban places are identified: rural character, access, local economic change, ideologies of nature, changes in land management, coalition-building, and land-use planning. This book will be of interest to those who study planning, conservation, and land development issues, especially in areas of high natural amenity or environmental value. There is no political ecology book quite like this--neither one solely focused on cases from the developed world (in this case the United States and Australia), nor one that specifically harnesses different case studies from multiple areas to develop a central organizing perspective of landscape change.

​Igniting the Internet is one of the first books to examine in depth the development and consequences of Internet-born politics in the twenty-first century. It takes up the new wave of South Korean youth activism that originated online in 2002, when the country's dynamic cyberspace transformed a vehicular accident involving two U.S. servicemen into a national furor that compelled many Koreans to reexamine the fifty-year relationship between the two countries. Responding to the accident, which ended in the deaths of two high school students, technologically savvy youth went online to organize demonstrations that grew into nightly rallies across the nation. Internet-born, youth-driven mass protest has since become a familiar and effective repertoire for activism in South Korea, even as the rest of the world has struggled to find its feet with this emerging model of political involvement.Igniting the Internet focuses on the cultural dynamics that have allowed the Internet to bring issues rapidly to public attention and exert influence on both domestic and international politics. The author combines a robust analysis of online communities with nuanced interview data to theorize a "cultural ignition process"--the mechanisms and implications for popular politics in volatile Internet-driven activism--in South Korea and beyond. She offers a unique perspective on how local actors experience and remember the cultural dynamics of Internet-born activism and how these experiences shape the political identities of a generation who has essentially come of age in cyberspace, the so-called digital natives or millennials.South Korea's debates on the nature of youth-driven Internet protest reverberated around the world following the events in Tahrir Square in 2010 and Zuccotti Park in 2011. Igniting the Internetoffers numerous points of comparison with countries following a path of technological development and urban youth formation similar to that of South Korea with a thorough consideration of general structural changes and locally specific triggers for Internet activism. Readers interested in social movement theory and new media in social context as well as students and scholars of Korean studies will find the work both far-reaching and insightful. --

​Igniting the Internet is one of the first books to examine in depth the development and consequences of Internet-born politics in the twenty-first century. It takes up the new wave of South Korean youth activism that originated online in 2002, when the country's dynamic cyberspace transformed a vehicular accident involving two U.S. servicemen into a national furor that compelled many Koreans to reexamine the fifty-year relationship between the two countries. Responding to the accident, which ended in the deaths of two high school students, technologically savvy youth went online to organize demonstrations that grew into nightly rallies across the nation. Internet-born, youth-driven mass protest has since become a familiar and effective repertoire for activism in South Korea, even as the rest of the world has struggled to find its feet with this emerging model of political involvement.Igniting the Internet focuses on the cultural dynamics that have allowed the Internet to bring issues rapidly to public attention and exert influence on both domestic and international politics. The author combines a robust analysis of online communities with nuanced interview data to theorize a "cultural ignition process"--the mechanisms and implications for popular politics in volatile Internet-driven activism--in South Korea and beyond. She offers a unique perspective on how local actors experience and remember the cultural dynamics of Internet-born activism and how these experiences shape the political identities of a generation who has essentially come of age in cyberspace, the so-called digital natives or millennials.South Korea's debates on the nature of youth-driven Internet protest reverberated around the world following the events in Tahrir Square in 2010 and Zuccotti Park in 2011. Igniting the Internetoffers numerous points of comparison with countries following a path of technological development and urban youth formation similar to that of South Korea with a thorough consideration of general structural changes and locally specific triggers for Internet activism. Readers interested in social movement theory and new media in social context as well as students and scholars of Korean studies will find the work both far-reaching and insightful. --

Ch. 1 : Causes of disasters. Climate change may increase natural disasters worldwide / World Health Organization -- Famine in Africa is the result of a natural disaster / Alhagie Jobe -- Famine in Africa is caused by humans, not nature / Thomas Keneally -- In the United States, the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill was the result of industrial mistakes / National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling -- A British analyst examines the causes of the 9/11 disaster in the United States / Peter Bergen -- ch. 2 : Disasters, social issues, and politics. Poverty magnifies the impact of a disaster / Dan Brook -- Natural disasters and women / Lorena Aguilar -- Women survivors of the Bhopal disaster in India claim their rights / Jashodhara Dasgupta -- Natural disasters can cause political instability and conflict / Elizabeth Ferris -- Politics negatively affected Cyclone Nargis disaster relief in Myanmar / Donald M. Seekins -- Haiti's earthquake disaster is exacerbated by politics and poverty / Andrew Apter -- ch. 3 : Disaster preparedness. Better global preparedness for natural disasters would save lives / Bill McGuire, as told to Robin McKie -- Counting the cost of calamities / The Economist -- Early warning is insufficient preparation for famines in Africa / Jeeyon Janet Kim and Debarati Guhr-Sapir -- Without effective prevention, natural hazards become human-made disasters / The World Bank -- Lack of preparation for floods in Brazil leads to many deaths / Natalia Viana -- Japan was unprepared for the 2011 earthquake and tsunami / Jun Hongo -- In the United States, transportation planners were not prepared for Hurricane Katrina / Todd Litman -- ch. 4 : Disaster response and aftermath. Disease often follows natural disasters / CBC News -- The aftermath of the Japanese tsunami triggers a potential United States environmental disaster / Becky Bohrer -- Britain proposes a new way of responding to disasters / Rachel Sylvester and Alice Thomson -- The World Bank responds effectively to the Haiti earthquake / Independent Evaluation Group -- The International Monetary Fund's response endangers Haiti's recovery / Bretton Woods Project -- Rwanda cuts disaster risk at the site of a potential explosion / Xan Rice -- China effectively responds to disasters but must improve risk reduction / Zhang Qingfeng and Melissa Howell Alipalo

"Change is inevitable, we are told. A job is lost, a couple falls in love, children leave home, an addict joins Narcotics Anonymous, two nations go to war, a family member's health deteriorates, a baby is born, a universal health care bill is voted into law. Life comprises events over which we have considerable, partial, or little or no control. The distance between the event and our daily lives suggests a quirky spatial politics. Our lives move forward depending upon how events play out in concert with our reactions to them. Drawing on nearly three decades of geographic projects that involve ethnographies and interviews with, and stories about, young people in North and South American, Europe and Asia and using the innovative technique of ethnopoetry, Aitken examines key life-changing events to look at the interconnections between space, politics, change and emotions. Analysing the intricate spatial complexities of these events, he explores the emotions that undergird the ways change takes place, and the perplexing spatial politics that almost always accompany transformations. Aitken positions young people as effective agents of change without romanticizing their political involvement as fantasy and unrealistic dreaming. Going further, he suggests that it is the emotional palpability of youth engagement and activism that makes it so potent and productive. Pulling on the spatial theories of de Certeau, Deleuze, Massey, Agamben, Ranciere, Zizek and Grosz amongst others, Aitken argues that spaces are transformative to the degree that they open the political and he highlights the complexly interwoven political, economic, social and cultural practices that simultaneously embed and embolden people in places. If we think of spaces as events and events encourage change, then spaces and people become other through complex relations. Taking poetry to be an emotive construction of language, Aitken re-visualizes, contorts and arranges people's words and gestures to express the importance of emotions as they affect the way we sense the past, present and future, and help us negotiate events"--Provided by publisher