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The Accidental Project Manager -- Why is Project Management a Good Fit for Emergency Management -- Risk Management for Emergency Management and Public Safety -- Developing Strategies and Capabilities to Manage Major Risk Events -- Developing the Project Scope -- Developing the Schedule -- Developing the Project Budget -- Developing the Human Resources Plan -- Developing the Quality Plan -- Developing the Risk Plan -- Developing the Stakeholder and Communications Plan -- Procurement, Contract Management and Reporting -- Monitoring and Control: Tracking Project Progress -- Program Management and Project Portfolio Management -- Emergency Response as a Project -- Quality Management in Emergency Management Programs and Continuous Improvement for Responses, Projects and Programs -- Project Leadership -- Next Steps.

Introduction : how to defend the right to protest and genuine democracy? -- The growth of mass protests globally -- Origins and significance of the right to protest -- Is there a legal right to protest? -- Constitutional protection of the right to protest? -- Expanding anti-protest laws -- Crimes against the state -- Use of police powers to combat protests -- What is at stake? -- How to defend and extend democracy? -- Conclusion.

""Partnership" is a key concept in contemporary international peace operations. There is no universal model of peace operations in contemporary international society. Ad-hoc arrangements of "partnership" between the United Nations and various regional organizations are consequences of the complex circumstances of international security. The ways in which "partnerships" are organized differently in different regions reflect each region's distinctive security situation. The universal nature of "liberal peacebuilding" is thus maintained only by ad-hoc arrangements. All the UN peacekeeping operations in Africa have some "partnership" linkages with regional or sub-regional organizations ranging from the African Union (AU) and regional mechanisms to the European Union (EU). What are the conditions and characteristics that enable or lead to partnership peacekeeping in Africa? How should we understand lower levels of partnership peacekeeping in other regions? By highlighting key characteristics of partnership peacekeeping, the book explores these issues and argues that partnership is a reflection of political circumstances. The book provides an unexplored but critical perspective to understand the contemporary world for those who study International Relations, Security Studies, International Organizations, and Peace Studies"--

"This book examines the economic and social impacts of switching diplomatic relations from Taiwan to China, and vice versa and investigates how China achieves its foreign policy objective of dissuading Taiwan's diplomatic partners and other third parties from engaging with Taiwan. Highlighting critical the regions of Africa, Latin America and Caribbean and Oceania, where the diplomatic competition between Taiwan and China is fierce, the contributions to this book analyse China's promises of economic benefits, threats of economic coercion and the perils of its foreign aid to the countries in these regions in pursuit of its anti-Taiwan policy. In addition to the competition of formal diplomatic ties, it also examines how existing informal relations have influenced Taiwan's increasing interactions with Central and Eastern European countries. Finally, the book explores how Taiwan's advantage in technology sectors has successfully been translated into economic leverage for Taiwan's international diplomacy. Built upon the interdisciplinary expertise and collaborative efforts of 14 international scholars, this book will be a valuable resource to scholars and students of Taiwan studies, China studies and international relations"--

This book reviews and analyses the comprehensive socioeconomic reforms undertaken in Uzbekistan since 2016 by the government led by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev. The volume takes the reader through the different sectors of the economy and the effects of reforms on the country's citizens. The various developments are detailed, examining the gains and the gaps in terms of policy and implementation. Using the broad tools of economics and, in particular, of development economics, the authors present evidence to drive their conclusions and recommendations, and also draw on comparative cases from policy and practice to illustrate alternative approaches and results from measures in other transition countries. Implementing Uzbekistan's ambitious economic transformation into a market economy is a challenging process that takes time. This book provides the first systematic and comprehensive discussion of the government's reform areas, including the macroeconomic fundamentals, business and investment climate, the energy, transport, health, education, social protection, financial, banking and agriculture sectors, regional trade, tourism and transport connectivity, reform of state-owned enterprises, as well as public services, citizen engagement and gender equality.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is widely used in society today. The (mis)use of biased data sets in machine learning applications is well‑known, resulting in discrimination and exclusion of citizens. Another example is the use of non‑transparent algorithms that can't explain themselves to users, resulting in the AI not being trusted and therefore not being used when it might be beneficial to use it. Responsible Use of AI in Military Systems lays out what is required to develop and use AI in military systems in a responsible manner. Current developments in the emerging field of Responsible AI as applied to military systems in general (not merely weapons systems) are discussed. The book takes a broad and transdisciplinary scope by including contributions from the fields of philosophy, law, human factors, AI, systems engineering, and policy development. Divided into five sections, Section I covers various practical models and approaches to implementing military AI responsibly; Section II focuses on liability and accountability of individuals and states; Section III deals with human control in human‑AI military teams; Section IV addresses policy aspects such as multilateral security negotiations; and Section V focuses on 'autonomy' and 'meaningful human control' in weapons systems.

"This book examines deliberative democracy and its practical forms and applications in local government public policy. Author Joanna Podgórska-Rykała explores the topic of democracy, leaning in particular on the origins of its representative variant. Analyzing the elite dimension of the concept of representation, she considers what historical and political events have influenced the contemporary shape of democracy and its understanding. How were democratic ideals shaped, and why are we currently experiencing a democratic recession? Why is the debate that should be integral to the functioning of collegiate bodies disappearing? Why aren't decisions based on evidence, and why don't decision-makers take into account expert opinions and stakeholder positions? Drawing on empirical research - interviews with city-level decision-makers - the author considers whether and how deliberative innovation can support the renewal of decision-making in representative institutions. Deliberative Democracy, Public Policy, and Local Government will be of enormous interest to doctoral students and researchers as well as to practitioners of local government administration, civic leaders, representatives of non-governmental organizations, and people interested in public affairs. It can also be used as an important supplement in courses on public administration, political science, international relations, law, economics, and related studies at both the undergraduate and graduate levels"--

Listen to the scientists – hören wir auf die Wissenschafter … und zwar auf alle. Mit dieser Herangehensweise an das Thema Nr. 1, den Klimawandel, macht das Buch bereits den Unterschied zu herkömmlichen Einschätzungen aus, die die Angelegenheit auf eine einzig gültige Erzählung reduzieren wollen. Denn die wissenschaftliche Debatte wird keineswegs einheitlich geführt, wie es ihre Darstellung in den Leitmedien suggeriert. Der Autor bietet einen Überblick über die verschiedenen Forschungen, die sich mit der zu erwartenden Erderwärmung und dem Anstieg des Meeresspiegels beschäftigen. Anhand von zahlreichen Statistiken wird zudem gezeigt, dass von einer Zunahme extremer Wetterereignisse keine Rede sein kann, für Panik gibt es keinen Grund.

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Role Conceptions and International Politics: Nigeria and Beyond -- Chapter 3. Philosophical and Ideological Basis of Nigeria's Foreign Policy -- Chapter 4. Hegemonic Years: From the Founding Fathers to Soldier-Diplomats -- Chapter 5. Nigeria's Roles in Africa under Military Rule, September 1985- May 1999 -- Chapter 6. Nigeria's Roles in Africa under Civilian Rule, 1999-2022 -- Chapter 7. Hegemony in Decline: Causes and Costs -- Chapter 8. Conclusion.

Chapter 1. Migration and Cities: An Introduction -- Part I: Emerging and Established Global Cities: Managing Diversity from Above and from Below -- Chapter 2. Governing Diversity Beyond City and State: Epistemic and Ethical Challenges of African Urbanisation -- Chapter 3. Urban Policy Modelling and Diversity Governance in Doha and Singapore -- Chapter 4. Urban Diversity and Spatial Justice: A Critical Overview -- Part II: Migration and Diversity Outside the Urban Core: Small and Mid-sized Cities -- Chapter 5 -- Multi-level Migration and Multiculturalism Governance Meets Migrant and Refugee Agency in Regional Australian Towns -- Chapter 6. Immigration Policy and Less-Favoured Regions and Cities: Comparing Urban Atlantic Canada and the US Rust Belt -- Chapter 7. New Zealand's Small-Town Disruptions and the Role of Immigrant Mobilities -- Chapter 8 -- Reflections on 'Welcoming' Second- and Third-tier Cities in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States -- Part III: Migration and Diversity Dynamics in the Suburbs -- Chapter 9. Suburbanisation and Migrant Entrepreneurship in the United States -- Chapter 10. Stuck in the Suburbs? Socio-Spatial Exclusion of Migrants in Shanghai -- Chapter 11. Settlement and Rental Housing Experiences Among Recent Immigrants in the Suburbs of Vancouver: Burnaby, Richmond, and Surrey -- Chapter 12. Suburban Migration: Interrogating the Intersections of Global Migration and Suburban Transformation -- Part IV: Bordering Migration in Cities -- Chapter 13. The Urbanisation of Asylum -- Chapter 14. 'Urban-itarian' Ecologies in Lebanon, Turkey and Jordan After Displacement from Syria -- Chapter 15. Sheltering Extraction: the Politics of Knowledges Transitions in the Context of Shelter Organisations in Mexico and the Netherlands -- Chapter 16. Temporality and Permanency in the Study of Border Cities and Migration.

Introduction -- Queer Museology: Building a LGBTQ+ Museum Theory -- What's in a Name? Queer British Art 1861-1967 at Tate Britain -- Politically and Personally Queer: Coming Out: Sexuality, Gender & Identity at the Walker Art Gallery -- Never Queer Enough: A Queer Utopia at the Van Abbemuseum -- 'We have to do it ourselves. No one else will do that': Queer Feminism & Activism in the Schwules Museum -- The Queer Utopic Museum and its Limits -- Conclusion.

1.Introduction: The War against Ukraine: the EU Facing New Realities (Michèle Knodt and Claudia Wiesner) -- 2. Back to the roots? The war in Ukraine and Grand Theories in International Relations (Oriol Costa and Carme Martínez Blanc) -- 3. War and Peace in European Studies: A Zeitwende? (Knud Erik Jørgensen) -- 4. Re-ordering the EU and Europe: old boundaries and new challenges (Michael Smith) -- 5. The War against Ukraine, the Changing World Order, and the Conflict between Democracy and Autocracy (Claudia Wiesner) -- 6. Hungary, the EU and Russia´s War against Ukraine: the Changing Dynamics of EU Foreign Policymaking (Partick Müller and Peter Slominski) -- 7. Secure and Sustainable? Unveiling the Impact of the Russian War on EU energy governance (Michèle Knodt, Marc Ringel and Nils Bruch) -- 8. Conditions and Contestation: Ukraine on its way to EU-membership (Andrea Gawrich and Doris Wydra) -- 9. Still Normative Power Europe? The Perception of the EU in the Ukraine amidst the Russian War of Aggression (Kateryna Zarembo) -- 10. Narratives of Ukraine on the information battlefields of global media (Natalia Chaban and Svitlana Zhabotynska).