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Chapter 1: Why researching climate change discourses in China? -- Chapter 2: Climate change politics, journalism and coverage of China -- Chapter 3: Social constructionism and environmental discourses -- Chapter 4: Mapping climate discourse networks in the coverage of China -- Chapter 5: Dynamic climate change discourses in China -- Chapter 6: Various actors of making climate change discourses -- Chapter 7: Climate change discourse networks in China in 2007, 2009 and 2015 -- Chapter 8: Communicating climate change discourses in China -- Chapter 9: Researching the coming of low carbon discourse.

1. The value of economic history of the creative economy -- 2. Understanding the dynamics of creation and regulation of the music market in seventeenth-century Naples -- 3. The transformation of orphanages in music conservatory as a production place to share knowledge, professional development and invest in human capital -- 4. The experience of the Pietà dei Turchini Conservatory (1584-1807) -- 5. The entrepreneurial adventure of music in the 19th century: the places, the protagonists, the system of production and use, and the publishing sector.

"The new edition of Post-Truth, Fake News and Democracy offers an updated overview and critical discussion of contemporary discourses around truth, misinformation, and democracy, while also mapping cutting-edge scholarship. Through in-depth analyses of news articles, commentaries, academic publications, policy briefs, and political speeches, the book engages with the underlying normative ideas that shape how fake news is being addressed across the globe. Doing so, it provides an innovative, critical contribution to contemporary debates on democracy, post-truth, and politics. New to the 2nd edition - Three new chapters: Chapter 2 provides an outline of the scholarly field of research into fake news; Chapter 5 examines how issues of fake news and (mis)information have become intertwined with contemporary crisis events; and Chapter 9 presents democratic alternatives to post-truth solutionism. - A new foreword by Professor Sarah Banet-Weiser. - Fully updated examples and studies from contemporary events, including the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States Capitol attack, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. - Extended discussions on the causes of democratic decline, currently proposed solutions to fake news, and democratic alternatives to our current predicament. Interesting, informative, and well documented, Post-Truth, Fake News and Democracy continues its commitment to understand and engage with current state and future of democracy"

Für die Steuerung politischer Strafprozesse war in der DDR außer der Staatssicherheit auch die Staatsanwaltschaft verantwortlich. Staatsanwälte sicherten die Ermittlungsergebnisse der MfS-Untersuchungsabteilungen im Zuge der Anklageerhebung formal-juristisch ab. Ihrer gesetzlichen Rolle als »Hüterin des Rechts« kam die Staatsanwaltschaft in diesen Verfahren allerdings nur mit deutlichen Abstrichen nach. Die vorliegende Untersuchung zeigt anhand neuer Fall- und Aktenanalysen, dass das Mit- und Nebeneinander beider Institutionen über die Jahre variierte und dass die gesetzliche Rolle der Staatsanwaltschaft zu einer verstärkten formalen Rechtsförmigkeit in MfS-Verfahren beigetragen hat. Insbesondere detaillierte Textvergleiche zwischen MfS-Ermittlungsberichten und Anklageschriften machen die politische Strafjustiz als äußerlich regelorientiertes, im MfS geheimpolizeilich, politisch und rechtlich vorselektiertes sowie von Staatsanwälten juristisch und rechtsideologisch nachpräpariertes machtpolitisches Sanktionsinstrument der SED-Herrschaft deutlich.

"This book investigates Euroscepticism from below, from both the Right and the Left, from political parties and social movements in five countries in Europe: two candidate-countries for accession to the EU - North Macedonia and Bosnia Herzegovina, and three member states: Italy, Poland and Slovenia. With a mixed methods approach, it combines interviews, focus groups and content analyses of (online and offline) organizational documents and manifestos in each of the countries, to analyse and unpack a variety of narratives on Europe and the European integration process, at both party and social movement levels. Offering a comparison of the narratives surrounding Europe and the conceptualisation of Euroscepticism, including the identification of several paths of opposition this volume will appeal to scholars of sociology and politics with interests in the European Union, political and social movements and framing theory"--

Diese Studie bietet eine empirisch fundierte Gesamtschau auf die Beschäftigung in einem der personalintensivsten und am stärksten vom Fachkräftemangel betroffenen Arbeitsfelder in Deutschland: dem sozialen Sektor. Wer das Buch liest, gewinnt ein tieferes Verständnis über Zusammenhänge und die Notwendigkeit, offen über Beschäftigung im sozialen Sektor zu debattieren. Anhand aktueller Daten zeigen die Autor:innen, dass der soziale Sektor im Wettbewerb um Arbeitskräfte schlecht dasteht. Zunehmend fehlen Arbeitskräfte und grundlegende, bislang als selbstverständlich betrachtete Leistungen der sozialen Daseinsvorsorge können immer häufiger nicht mehr erbracht werden. Die Autor:innen zeigen Wege auf, wie soziale Berufe wieder attraktiver und der Kollaps des sozialen Sektors (vielleicht) verhindert werden kann

Chapter I: Introduction: Historical Antecedents Behind Remarkable Variance in Welfare Policy Outcomes in South Africa and Mauritius -- Chapter II: SA Tale of Two Countries: Theoretical and Analytical Framework in Comparative Social Inquiry -- Chapter III: Research Design: South Africa and Mauritius in a Macro-causal Social Inquiry -- Chapter IV: State-Building and the Making of the Racially 'Exclusive' Welfare State in South Africa -- Chapter V: State-Building and the Emergence of a Social Democratic Consensus in Colonial Mauritius, 1598 to 1968 -- Chapter VI: Retaining the Social Democratic Welfare Consensus in Post-Colonial Mauritius, 1968 – present -- Chapter VII: State (Re)-Building and Welfare State Development in Post-Apartheid South Africa -- Chapter VIII: Welfare Paradigms of South Africa and Mauritius: Reflections and Prospects for Future Research.

In this book, Michael Kimmage, a historian and former State Department official who focused on the Russia-Ukraine conflict, offers a wide-angle, historically informed account of the origins of the current Russia-Ukraine war. Tracing the development of Ukraine and Russia's fractious relationship back to the end of the Cold War, Kimmage takes readers through the central events that led to Vladimir Putin seizing a large portion of Ukraine – the Crimea – in 2014 and, eight years later, initiating arguably the most intensive military conflict of the entire post-World War II era. From the halls of power in Washington, Kyiv, and Moscow to the battlefields of Ukraine, Kimmage chronicles Putin's ascendancy to the Russian presidency, delves into multiple American presidencies and their dealings with Russia and Europe, and recounts Europe's efforts to bring Ukraine closer to the European Union. He tells the story of how Ukraine went from an embattled country on the edge of Europe to a formidable military power capable of pushing back the Russian military. Just as importantly, Kimmage captures how the current war has transformed multiple centers of power – from China to the United States – and dramatically altered the path of globalization itself. He makes the case that the war in Ukraine has shifted the direction of major macro-trends in world politics, contributing to the fragmentation of international politics, higher inflation, greater food insecurity, and the general collapse of arms control. These intersecting dangers amount to a new age of global instability, born in war and in the collision between Russia and the United States that has brought the world to the brink of a new Cold War. An authoritative interpretation of possibly the most important geopolitical event of the post-Cold War era, this volume is essential reading for anyone interested in the origins of this epochal conflict and its ripple effects across the globe.

"European Union Law is a core element of every law degree in England and Wales. Unlocking EU Law will ensure you grasp the main concepts with ease. Containing accessible explanations in clear and precise terms that are easy to understand, it provides an excellent foundation for learning and revising EU Law. The information is clearly presented in a logical structure and the following features support learning, helping you to advance with confidence: - Clear learning outcomes at the beginning of each chapter set out the skills and knowledge you will need to get to grips with the subject; - Key Facts boxes throughout each chapter allow you to progressively build and consolidate your understanding; - End-of-chapter summaries provide a useful check-list for each topic; - Cases and judgments are highlighted to help you find them and add them to your notes quickly; - Frequent activities and self-test questions and sample essay questions are included so you can put your knowledge into practice; - A brand new 'critiquing the law' feature is designed to foster essential critical thinking skills. This 6th edition has been fully updated to include discussion of all key changes and developments in the law, including new legal provisions in relation to Covid-19, major case developments and changes to legal treaties"--

This book analyses recent developments concerning the application of the international legal doctrines of recognition and self-determination in relation to the Western Sahara Question. It investigates the emergent shift in favour of Morocco's sovereignty claim to Western Sahara as apparent from the positions adopted by an increasing number of third States in the United Nations and the recent spate of third States establishing consulates in Western Sahara, with Morocco's encouragement. It reflects on what the functioning of the doctrines of recognition and self-determination in this situation reveals about contemporary international law in practice more generally.

"This book addresses the gap in the existing literature on the governance of transdisciplinary research partnerships in transformational sustainability research by exploring the governance of knowledge co-production on socio-ecological system dynamics. Multiple social and ecological crises raise new cross-sectoral research questions that call for an evolution in contemporary science in the direction of society-wide knowledge co-production on sustainability transformations of interdependent social and ecological systems. This book proposes a new approach to this, based on enabling capacities for collaboration among scientific researchers and societal actors with diverse values, perspectives and research interests. By drawing upon the thriving literature on the conditions for community and multi-stakeholder-driven collective action, the analysis sheds new light on the governance arrangements for organizing so-called transdisciplinary research partnerships for sustainability. The book identifies robust combinations of conditions that lead to effective collaborative research with societal actors and digs deeper into capacity building for partnership research through fostering social learning on sustainability values among research partners and organizing training and knowledge exchange at institutions of higher education. The book proposes solutions for addressing collective action challenges in transdisciplinary partnerships in an accessible and broadly interdisciplinary manner to a large audience of sustainability scholars and practitioners. It will be of interest to students and researchers in the fields of sustainable development, social ecological transition, and science policy, whilst also being a useful resource for engineers, QSE managers and policy makers"--

Die neue Darstellung der Geschichte Europas zwischen 1890 und 1918 in der Reihe Oldenbourg Grundriss der Geschichte. Zuverlässig und gut lesbar zeichnet der Band die Dynamik der inneren Entwicklung der europäischen Staaten an der Schwelle zu Massenpolitisierung und Demokratisierung ebenso nach wie die Dynamiken des internationalen Systems oder die Folgen der europäischen Expansion im "Zeitalter des Imperialismus". Eine konzise Darstellung des Ersten Weltkriegs, in dem viele der vorangegangenen Entwicklungen kulminierten, schließt den Band ab, der mit dem Abgang Bismarcks als deutscher Reichskanzler im Jahr 1890 beginnt. Auf dem aktuellen Stand der Forschung entsteht so das vielgestaltige Porträt einer Epoche, in der sich Europa endgültig auf den Weg in die Moderne machte - mit allen positiven wie negativen Konsequenzen

Foreword/Acknowledgment -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction: Retrogressions under Xi Jinping in light of the institutional reforms of his liberal forebears -- The rise of Xi Jinping, his work style, and members of the Xi Faction -- Xi's ideological agenda: to push forward Xi Jinping thought on Socialism with Chinese characteristics for a New Era -- Xi Jinping's surveillance-state apparatus and its impact on society -- Xi's economic agenda: boosting party control over business while avoiding decoupling from the global marketplace -- Xi's foreign policy agenda: China to become rule-setter of the world -- Conclusion: The 20th Party Congress and beyond: Xi Jinping becomes leader for life but China faces unprecedented challenges.