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"This book holds that the demand for insurance is best understood, not by focusing on risk preferences, but by focusing on the additional income, the states of the world that trigger the income transfer from the insurer, and the value of income (and consumption) in those states. It is unlikely that demand can be understood if the analyst limits the gain from insurance to coverage of the uninsured loss alone. It is also unlikely that the demand can be understood if the analyst limits the analysis to a movement along a static "risk averse" utility or value function, rather than acknowledging that a shift of this function, and thus in the utility or value of additional income, often coincides with the occurrence of the event that triggers the payout."

"This third edition anthology provides a contemporary survey of current international issues for study across social science disciplines. New chapters discuss the reproductive justice in the US, immigration politics and medical duty during pandemics, climate change implications for bioethics, acoustic weaponry technologies, and vaccine politics"--

"Julia Rombough explores the regulation of sound in women's residential institutions in early modern Florence. Silence was tied to ideals of feminine purity and spiritual discipline, yet enclosed women still laughed, shouted, sang, and conversed. A Veil of Silence offers a revealing history of the political and spiritual meanings of the senses"--

"The Question of Law offers an original theory of law, stated as two normative principles. Law is seen having a political foundation, with the question of law thus becoming a question of obedience - whether and in what circumstances it is appropriate to obey the law. Kim further maintains that law should serve the demands of justice"--

Mit fundierten theoretischen Überlegungen und konkreten Handlungsanleitungen. Fachpersonen wie auch Organisationen in der Sozialen Arbeit sind zunehmend gefordert, die Wirkungen von Programmen und Interventionen sichtbar zu machen. Das vorliegende Buch zeigt auf, wie Wirkungsevaluationen in der Sozialen Arbeit geplant, umgesetzt und interpretiert werden können. Ein Wirkungskompass leitet die Leserschaft durch verschiedene Formen von Wirkungsevaluationen, gibt Hinweise auf deren Angemessenheit und legt dar, welche Implikationen für den Nachweis oder die Plausibilisierung von Wirkungen damit verbunden sind. Die Publikation richtet sich an Fachpersonen aus der Sozialen Arbeit und angrenzenden Gebieten und informiert anhand von Praxisbeispielen und praktischen Anleitungen umfassend über die einzelnen Prozessschritte einer Wirkungsevaluation.

"Provides a new strategic logic of English imperial government in North American colonies, and why the crown was ultimately unable to control them. It shows how strategic dynamics in colonial institutions structured American state building. For readers in comparative state formation, imperial legacies, political economy, and American politics"--

Based in the revolutionary science of attachment theory and evidence-based emotionally focused therapy (EFT), this book offers an effective, research-based road map for helping high-conflict couples break free from the painful and destructive habits that drive them apart. Readers will find strategies for creating an emotionally safe and secure environment, as well as tips for managing triggers, de-escalating arguments, and cultivating a lasting connection.

"The Oxford Handbook of Digital Ethics is a lively and authoritative guide to ethical issues related to digital technologies, with a special emphasis on AI. Philosophers with a wide range of expertise cover thirty-seven topics: from the right to have access to internet, to trolling and online shaming, speech on social media, fake news, sex robots and dating online, persuasive technology, value alignment, algorithmic bias, predictive policing, price discrimination online, medical AI, privacy and surveillance, automating democracy, the future of work, and AI and existential risk, among others. Each chapter gives a rigorous map of the ethical terrain, engaging critically with the most notable work in the area, and pointing directions for future research"--

Aspirations towards a circular economy have become increasingly prominent around the world, yet until now, social anthropology has largely neglected the potentially deep social impacts of this concept, despite its obvious implications through every level of the economy and society. This volume covers a diverse array of international actors, including waste-pickers, traders and policymakers, and the global movement of materials like metals, plastic and textiles. Through ethnographic and qualitative case studies, it exposes many of the tensions that exist between state and corporate ideals of the circular economy, and the vernacular practices and philosophies that exist around the world. Contributors examine the frictions that emerge as these concepts and materials travel across different geographic contexts, and ask – what can an anthropological analysis contribute to a concept that is increasingly reshaping economies and restructuring global flows of virgin commodities, recyclables, and waste?

Vor fünfzig Jahren beschlossen die Vereinten Nationen eine grundlegende Veränderung der globalen Wirtschaftsordnung. Die »New International Economic Order« (NIEO) war der erste alternative Globalisierungsentwurf: ein Projekt zur Überwindung kolonialer Wirtschaftsstrukturen zwischen dem Globalen Süden und dem Globalen Norden. Damals verhinderten reiche Industriestaaten die Umsetzung dieses Reformprogramms. Die Beiträger*innen fragen angesichts globaler Armut, der Klimakatastrophe, zunehmender internationaler Konflikte und der Krise des Kapitalismus nach der heutigen Relevanz der NIEO - und zeigen die Dringlichkeit einer radikalen Transformation der Weltwirtschaft auf.

"This book presents the origins, doctrine, institutions and challenges confronting modern administrative law in Central and Eastern European countries. Administrative law was first defined by a Polish lawyer in the 19th Century but for historical reasons, there has been little scholarship on the subject in relation to countries in the region in recent times. This book fills this gap in the literature. It examines the roots and structure of administrative law in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, the Slovak Republic, and Ukraine. Each chapter examines the key concepts including: historical background, the system of administrative law, the civil service, the spectrum of administrative activity, judicial review and other types of control over public administration, and administrative liability. The impact of European Union law on the legal order of the countries is also reviewed. The book will be of interest to students, academics and researchers working in the areas of Administrative Law, Public Law, Comparative Law and Legal History"--

Was heißt Solidarität? Wer darf sie fordern? Und wer darf in wessen Namen und in Bezug auf welche Gemeinsamkeiten sprechen? Obwohl diese Fragen so komplex wie ungeklärt sind, gewinnt der emanzipatorische bis revolutionäre Aspekt der Solidaritätsidee zunehmend an Relevanz. Solidarität changiert zwischen einem Kampfbegriff und der Frage nach alternativen Lebens- und Praxisformen, die sich von gewohnten Auffassungen von Freiheit, Besitz, Ressourcen oder Existenz zu lösen versprechen. Die Beiträger*innen eröffnen die Fragen nach Zugehörigkeit und Ungleichheit neu und analysieren die Gestaltung von Gemeinschaft und Gesellschaft, die sich stets an der Heterogenität sozialer Kategorien bricht.

"As populist movements sweep the globe, this book explores right-wing strategies of altering how knowledge and expertise are produced and legitimated. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available open access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details"--