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How to Take Skepticism Seriously argues that philosophical skepticism--the idea that we cannot know anything definitive about the world around us--is false for straightforward reasons that we can all appreciate when we reflectively work from within our everyday practices, procedures, and commitments. No epistemological theory-building is needed. Adam Leite thus offers a resolution to a problem that has haunted philosophy since Descartes, implements and defends a neglected methodological approach, and elucidates the tradition of G. E. Moore and J. L. Austin. While engaging with prominent work in contemporary epistemology, the book offers a fundamentally different understanding of the relation between core philosophical issues and everyday life.

This edited collection explores and illustrates the nature of research for social justice. Drawing on a diverse range of social research projects, it sets out what a rights-based approach to research looks like, why this framework matters and how we can translate them into operational research.

Emerging technologies eventually disappear into the atmosphere of everyday life - they become ordinary and enmeshed in ignored infrastructures and patterns of behaviour. This is how Mundania takes form. Based on original research, this book uses the concept of mundania to better understand our relationship with technology.

Cover -- Endorsement Page -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Contributors -- Foreword -- Chapter 1 Contextualising the Dilemmas of Institutionalising Restorative Justice -- Chapter 2 Restorative Justice in Australia and New Zealand: A Faustian Bargain with the State? -- Chapter 3 Restorative Justice for Wrongful Convictions: A Quasi-institutional Approach -- Chapter 4 The 'Autonomy' Principle as a Normative 'Red Line' between Restorative Processes and Criminal Proceedings in France -- Chapter 5 Innovative and Transformative Effects of Restorative Justice: Reflections on the Recent Reform Adopted in Italy -- Chapter 6 Restorative Justice and Domestic Violence Courts in Brazil: The Double Challenge of Institutionalisation -- Chapter 7 Beyond Lawmaking: Restorative Approaches in Governance -- Chapter 8 Meeting the Challenges of Scaling Up Restorative Justice in the United States -- Chapter 9 Congruent or Contradictory?: What Isomorphism Teaches Us about the Relationship between Restorative Justice and the Mainstream Criminal Justice System -- Chapter 10 The 'Deadly Embrace' of Restorative Justice in Germany -- Chapter 11 Victim Offender Mediation in the Danish Police: The Dancing and Wrestling of Organisation Culture and Programme Purpose -- Chapter 12 Crossroads and Dilemmas -- Index.

WhatsAppening India: The Message is the Medium -- Social Messaging: The Theoretical Framework -- Hello, WhatsApp: Connecting Friends and Family -- Politics and Elections: The Virtual Battleground -- The Menace of Fake News: Beware the Forward -- Regulatory Challenges: Crime and Punishment -- WhatsApp and Disability: An enabler? -- Professionals and Messaging: Fatigue or Administrative Ease? -- Doing Business, the Social Messaging Way. -- Conclusion: The WhatsApp Way of Life.

The Coerced Conscience examines liberty of conscience, the freedom to live one's life in accordance with the dictates of conscience, especially in religion. It offers a new perspective on the politics of conscience through the eyes of some of its most influential advocates and critics in Western history, John Milton, Thomas Hobbes, Baruch Spinoza, and Pierre Bayle. By tracing how these four philosophers, revolutionaries, and heretics envisioned, defended, and condemned this crucial freedom, Amy Gais argues that liberty of conscience has a more controversial history than we often acknowledge today. Rather than defend or condemn a static, monolithic view of liberty conscience, these figures disagreed profoundly on what protecting this fundamental principle entails in practice, as well as the threat of hypocrisy and conformity to freedom. This revisionist account of liberty of conscience challenges our intuitions about what it means to be free today.

Widmer sheds light on a neglected aspect of the Western philosophical tradition. Following an era of Hegelianism, the members of the neo-Kantian "Marburg School," such as Friedrich Albert Lange, Hermann Cohen, Rudolf Stammler, Paul Natorp, and Ernst Cassirer defended socialism or left-wing ideals on Kantian principles. In doing so, Widmer breaks with two mistaken assumptions. First, Widmer demonstrates that the left-Hegelian and Marxist traditions were not the only significant philosophical sources of socialist critique in nineteenth-century Germany, as the left-Kantians identified problems of normativity that the left-Hegelians could not adequately address. Second, Widmer challenges the prevailing assumption that the political philosophies developed in the Marburg School can be comprehensively characterized as a unified school of "ethical socialism." By showing that they varied fundamentally regarding their political views and their philosophical foundations of socialism, Widmer fills a gap in the studies of neo-Kantianism that is long overdue. ; Widmer sheds light on a neglected aspect of the Western philosophical tradition. Following an era of Hegelianism, the members of the neo-Kantian "Marburg School," such as Friedrich Albert Lange, Hermann Cohen, Rudolf Stammler, Paul Natorp, and Ernst Cassirer defended socialism or left-wing ideals on Kantian principles. In doing so, Widmer breaks with two mistaken assumptions. First, Widmer demonstrates that the left-Hegelian and Marxist traditions were not the only significant philosophical sources of socialist critique in nineteenth-century Germany, as the left-Kantians identified problems of normativity that the left-Hegelians could not adequately address. Second, Widmer challenges the prevailing assumption that the political philosophies developed in the Marburg School can be comprehensively characterized as a unified school of "ethical socialism." By showing that they varied fundamentally regarding their political views and their philosophical foundations of socialism, Widmer fills a gap in the studies of neo-Kantianism that is long overdue.

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I: Private sector development for an inclusive society -- 1 Private sector development for an inclusive society -- 2 Political economy and private sector development: An overview of background features and recent research -- 3 Informal business practices: Exception or the norm? -- Part II: The role of policies and institutions -- 4 Industrial policy: Best practices for emerging economies -- 5 Development of industrial policy in South Korea: The case of from rags to riches with lessons for newly emerging nations -- 6 Towards inclusive industrial policy: Taking stock of a debate in flux -- 7 Inclusiveness and small businesses in emerging markets -- Part III: Skills, (Eco-) investment and innovations for private sector development -- 8 The role of innovation and R& -- amp -- D for private sector development: An evolutionary theory perspective -- 9 Vocational and skill training systems in India and Indonesia: A comparative analysis with an application to green sector skills -- 10 Entrepreneurial universities in Ethiopia, Indonesia, and the Palestinian Territories: Impacting internal and external factors -- 11 Aligning the vocational curriculum with job and business opportunities in Ghana's chocolate and cocoa drink industry -- Part IV: Triple helix: Conceptual issues and practical applicationss -- 12 Technological informality as a development strategy: Iconic ikeja computer village at risk -- 13 Triple helix as model for driving innovation in emerging economies - what it takes -- 14 The triple helix model in the heterogeneous transitional Chinese economy: A comparative analysis of Zhejiang and Yunnan provinces -- 15 How triple helix ecosystems can support climate smart agriculture innovation uptake by farmers -- 16 Triple helix model for rice value chain in Kenya -- List of figures -- List of tables.

The Global Smart City: Challenges and Opportunities in the Digital Age is a ground-breaking exploration of the transformative impact of smart cities in today's urban landscape. Through a comprehensive analysis of smart city projects, this study sheds light on the urban, economic, and competitive outcomes of integrating new technologies. Divided into two parts, this in-depth study provides fresh insights into the ongoing smart city debate. In Part 1, author Filippo Marchesani explores the internal implementation of smart city projects, analyzing digital implementation, the dimensions of smart cities, and the geographic factors influencing their adoption. Drawing on international contributions and primary research across various disciplines, such as digital technologies, architecture, economics, regional studies, and innovation, this section fills a crucial gap in the academic debate, offering a comprehensive theoretical and analytical foundation. Part 2 shifts focus to the urban, economic, and competitive outcomes of smart city initiatives, employing a multidisciplinary approach. It examines the tangible effects of these projects on the urban environment, economic landscape, and overall city attractiveness, utilizing real-world examples and data-driven methodologies. The Global Smart City: Challenges and Opportunities in the Digital Age is essential reading for policymakers, urban planners, technologists, academics, and anyone interested in the dynamic changes unfolding in our cities and society. With his unique interdisciplinary perspective and wealth of research, Marchesani offers a comprehensive exploration of smart cities, empowering readers to embrace the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.

This edited volume is first of its kind to document and critically analyse the changes took place snice China's opening-up and reform and its impact on Dongbei, China's North-East region, known for its remote and vast landscape, unique and othered culture, rich resources, mighty infrastructures and industries, geopolitical significance. Through presenting up-to-date and multidimensional case studies, the book covers three major aspects of Dongbei, which put people at the heart of our scholarly focus, namely people's mediated life through traditional and new media; people's social, cultural, and living spaces; artistic and fictional representations of people's everyday life

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Diabetes in Cross Cultural Perspective -- Chapter 3: History and Culture of Muslims in America -- Chapter 4: Research Setting and Design -- Chapter 5: Arab Americans' Cultural Beliefs of Diabetes -- Chapter 6: Diabetes and Cultural Consensus -- Chapter 7: What is Next? -- Chapter 8: Discussion and Conclusion -- Appendices.

Part I- Introduction -- Chapter 1.The Topological Turn in Geography -- Part II. Geo-Topology in Geographical Analysis -- Chapter 2. Geoinformatics and Topological Data Analysis -- Chapter 3. Geo-Topology of Landscape Boundaries -- Chapter 4. Geo-Topology of Networks of Borders -- Chapter. 5.Geo-Topology, Complexity and Resilience -- Part III. Topology in Geo-Visualization -- Chapter 6. Geo-Topological Visualization of Landscapes and Landforms -- Chapter 7. Geo-Topological Visualization of Land Use Dynamics -- Chapter 8. Geo-Topological Visualization with Knots and Braids. Part IV. Topological Models for Cyber-Geography -- Chapter 9. Topologies of Ubiquity and Placelessness -- Chapter 10. Ultrametri-City -- Part V. Psychological, Educational, Epistemological and Philosophical Perspectives on Geo-Topology -- Chapter 11. Geo-Topology and Visual Impact -- Chapter 12. Geo-Topology in Games and Education -- Chapter 13. Geo-Topology and Epistemology -- Chapter 14. Personal Geo-Topologies.