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Family and fatherhood in "a new era for all" : populist politics and reformed colonialism -- Building homes, domesticity dreams, and the drive to modernity -- Removing "excess population" : redirecting the great migration -- Arriving in Michigan : the collapse of the dream -- The brega expands.

"African-American Males and the US Justice System of Marginalization provides an overview of the economic and social status of African-American males in America, which continues to deteriorate at an alarming rate. Weatherspoon posits that in every American institutional system, from birth to death, the journey of African-American males to achieve racial justice and equity in this country is ignored, marginalized, and exploited. The American justice system, in particular, has permitted and in some cases sanctioned the marginalization of African-American males as full citizens. Weatherspoon examines the idea that African-American males are disproportionately represented in every aspect of the criminal justice system, and that the marginalization of African-American males in America has a long and treacherous history that continues to negatively impact their economic, political, and social status"--

"British culture today is the product of a shifting combination of tradition and experimentation, national identity and regional and ethnic diversity. These distinctive tensions are expressed in a range of cultural arenas, such as art, sport, journalism, fashion, education, and race. This Companion addresses these and other major aspects of British culture, and offers a sophisticated understanding of what it means to study and think about the diverse cultural landscapes of contemporary Britain. Each contributor looks at the language through which culture is formed and expressed, the political and institutional trends that shape culture, and at the role of culture in daily life. This interesting and informative account of modern British culture embraces controversy and debate, and never loses sight of the fact that Britain and Britishness must always be understood in relation to the increasingly international context of globalisation"--

Ce que Dieu ou l'idée de Dieu est actuellement capable de déclencher provoque dans l'opinion éclairée de l'effroi. Face aux violences de l'époque qui s'en réclament, elle réagit par conjuration, affirmant soit qu'il n'y a pas de Dieu, soit que Dieu ne s'y trouve pas. Pour elle, la place de Dieu n'est pas dans la politique : le théologique et le politique n'ont en aucun cas partie liée.Ce livre prend un autre point de vue. Il cherche à fournir une parade à notre désemparement sans esquiver le problème théologico-politique contemporain, en le traduisant en termes socio-politiques. Pour cela, il ne fixe pas une fois pour toutes la place de Dieu - dans ou hors de la politique - mais suit les variations de son tracé au sein des sociétés modernes selon le sens de la justice qui les anime. Cette généalogie des nouages entre Dieu et l'idée moderne de justice a pour enjeu de retrouver une prise là où, aujourd'hui, nous vacillons le plus. Philosophe, Bruno Karsenti est directeur d'études à l'EHESS. Il est notamment l'auteur de L'Homme total, Sociologie, anthropologie et philosophie chez Marcel Mauss (PUF, 1997) ; D'une philosophie à l'autre. Les sciences sociales et la politique des modernes (Gallimard, 2013) ; et La question juive des modernes. Philosophie de l'émancipation (PUF, 2017)

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 -- Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Biomedical Waste Management among Laboratory Technologists of Selected Departments in the Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Methodology -- Study Design and Study Population -- Sampling Method -- Research Tools -- Data Analysis -- Ethical Consideration -- Results -- Demographic Data of Participant -- Knowledge on BMW Management -- Attitudes on BMW Management -- Practice on BMW -- Association between Demographic Data and Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices -- Correlations between Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Scores -- Comparison of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Scores with Selected Departments -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- Recommendation -- Limitations -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 2 -- Knowledge, Awareness and Practice of Climate Change among Communities in Kuala Lumpur -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Methodology -- Results and Discussion -- Sociodemographic Characteristics -- Knowledge, Awareness and Practice Level Relating to Climate Change -- Associations between Knowledge, Awareness and Practice Relating to Climate Change -- Association between the KAP Levels and Sociodemographic Characteristics -- Sources of Information -- Factors that Prevent Communities from Taking Action on Climate Change -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 3 -- Knowledge, Attitude and Practise of Zika Disease among Environmental and Occupational Health Students at Public Universities in Malaysia -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Methodology -- Study Participants -- Survey Questionnaire -- Statistical Analysis -- Results and Discussion -- Conclusion -- Recommendations -- Use Social Media Effectively to Disseminate Information about ZIKD -- Continue the Campaign of Health Promotion in the University.

"Kendrick Lamar has established himself at the forefront of contemporary Hip-Hop culture. Artistically adventurous and socially conscious, he has been unapologetic in using his art form, rap music, to address issues affecting black lives while also exploring subjects fundamental to the human experience, such as religious belief. This book is the first to provide an interdisciplinary academic analysis of the impact of Lamar's corpus. In doing so, it highlights how Lamar's music reflects current tensions that are keenly felt when dealing with the subjects of race, religion and politics. Starting with Section 80 and ending on DAMN., this book deals with each of Lamar's four major projects in turn. A panel of academics, journalists and hip-hop practitioners show how religion, in particular black spiritualties, take a front-and-centre role in his work. They also observe that his astute and biting thoughts on race and culture may come from an African American perspective, but many find something familiar in Lamar's lyrical testimony across great chasms of social and geographical difference. This sophisticated exploration of one of popular culture's emerging icons reveals a complex and multi-faceted engagement with religion, faith, race, art and culture. As such, it will be vital reading for anyone working in Religious, African American and Hip-Hop studies, as well as scholars of Music, Media and Popular Culture"--

Doing Environmental Ethics explains how we may transform our fossil-fuel-burning economy, which continues to intensify our ecological crisis, into a circular and ecological economy. The text resists political corruption and personal greed by gleaning ethical insights from our philosophical and religious cultures and by embracing the scientific Gaia hypothesis for the Earth. Its reasoning ascribes intrinsic worth to uplifting duties and rights as well as inspiring virtues and relationships, and tests applying these values by predicting the likely consequences of acting on them. It affirms all life has value for itself, and that human life also values reasoning and feelings and being ethical. The third edition examines US and international environmental policies through 2018. It analyzes the Trump administration's repudiation of the environmental policies of the Obama administration and its new rules slashing the social costs of climate change. The text reviews a draft UN treaty that would impose human rights and environmental constraints on transnational corporations, but it also highlights outstanding examples of corporate upcycling and low-carbon innovation. Finally, the third edition explains why food security requires protecting the food sovereignty of farming communities and cooperatives, as well as public policies ensuring fair profits for farmers practicing agro-ecology

"To properly understand the nature of the digital economy we need to investigate the phenomenon of a "ubiquitous computing system" (UCS). As defined by Robin Milner, this notion implies the following characteristics: (i) it will continually make decisions hitherto made by us; (ii) it will be vast, maybe 100 times today's systems; (iii) it must continually adapt, on-line, to new requirements; and, (iv) individual UCSs will interact with one another. This book argues that neoclassical approaches to modelling economic behaviour based on optimal control by "representative-agents" are ill-suited to a world typified by concurrency, decentralized control, and interaction. To this end, it argues for the development of new, process-based approaches to analysis, modelling and simulation. The book provides the context--both philosophical and mathematical--for the construction and application of new, rigorous, and meaningful analytical tools. In terms of social theory, it adopts a Post-Cognitivist approach, the elements of which include the nature philosophy of Schelling, Marx's critique of political economy, Peircean Pragmatism, Whitehead's process philosophy, and Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology of the flesh, along with cognitive scientific notions of embodied cognition and neural Darwinism, as well as more questionable notions of artificial intelligence that are encompassed by the rubric of "perception-and-action-without-intelligence""--

Intro -- Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction: How Contestation Provides Insight into Normative Behavior -- Materialist and Norm Diffusion Frameworks -- Norm Contestation Framework -- Methodology -- Case Selection -- Analytical Approach -- The Civilian Immunity Norm -- The Non-intervention Norm -- General Findings -- Civilian Immunity Norm Case Study -- Non-intervention Norm Case Study -- Contributions to the Literature -- Overview of the Book -- Chapter Two: Norm Contestation: A Theoretical Framework -- Chapter Three: Contestation in the Civilian Immunity Norm -- Chapter Four: Contestation in the Non-intervention Norm -- Chapter Five: Conclusion: Lessons Drawn from Norm Contestation's Insights -- Works Cited -- Chapter 2: Norm Contestation: A Theoretical Framework -- Introduction -- Norms -- Logic of Consequences and the Logic of Appropriateness -- Intersubjective Agreement -- Social Norms and Legal Norms -- Norm Ambiguity -- Norms' Constitutive Effects -- Materialist Framework -- Norm Diffusion -- Critiques of Materialist and Mainstream Constructivist Explanations -- Differentiating Norm Contestation from a Materialist Framework -- Local Context and Norm Contestation -- Interpretive Power and Norm Contestation -- Different Kinds of Contestation -- Predictions of Norm Diffusion, Materialist, and Norm Contestation Frameworks -- Conclusion -- Works Cited -- Chapter 3: Contestation in the Civilian Immunity Norm -- Introduction -- Civilian Immunity Norm Prior to IHL Codification -- Civilian Immunity Norm After IHL Codification -- A Historical Overview of the Norm's Exceptions: Targetable Civilians -- Ambiguity -- Materialist Reasons for Norm Violation -- Norm Contestation, Logic of Appropriateness, Logic of Practicality, and Logic of Contestedness -- IHL Experts -- Former Belligerents -- Age -- Gender

"Conflict over the extraction of coal and gas resources has rapidly escalated in communities throughout the world. Using an environmental justice lens, this multidisciplinary book explores cases of land use conflict through the lived experiences of communities grappling with such disputes. Drawing on theories of justice and fairness in environmental decision making, it demonstrates how such land use conflicts concerning resource use can become entrenched social problems, resistant to policy and legal intervention. The author presents three case studies from New South Wales in Australia and Pennsylvania in the US of conflict concerning coal, coal gas and shale gas development. It shows how conflict has escalated in each case, exploring access to justice in land use decision making processes from the perspective of the communities at the heart of these disputes. Weaknesses in contemporary policy and regulatory frameworks, including ineffective opportunities for public participation and a lack of community recognition in land use decision making processes, are explored. The book concludes with an examination of possible procedural and institutional reforms to improve access to environmental justice and better manage cases of land use conflict. Overall, the volume links the philosophies of environmental justice with rich case study findings, offering readers further insight into both the theory and practice of land use decision making."--Provided by publisher.

Intro -- Preface -- Nationalizing Europe Regionally - The Europeanization of Public Spheres in Regional Newspaper Reporting and the "Crisis" in Europe -- Hosting Europe, Covering Europe? Domestication in the EU-Coverage on Belgian Television News (2003-2012) -- Towards Cosmopolitan Europeans: Covering Europe for the Young Audience on Public Service Broadcasting in the Netherlands and United Kingdom -- The Role of the Euroblogosphere in a Context of the European Public Sphere -- International Broadcasting: A Tool of European Public Diplomacy? -- Social Networking Sites: An Innovative Communication on Europe? Analysis in the European Parliament, the European Commission, and the European Council -- GOVCOM 2.0: The Role of Web 2.0 in Communicating EU Presidency -- The Changing EU Presidency and the Media Agenda at Home: Coverage of the Danish 2002 and 2012 Presidency Compared -- Struggling for Visibility in Times of a Family Crisis. The Perception and News Coverage of the Polish EU Presidency 2011 in Germany and Austria -- Poland Between PR and Presidency: A Quantitative and Qualitative Content Analysis of Belgian Newspaper Reporting on the Polish Presidency of the EU Council -- "This is Poland Calling!": Representations of the Polish EU Presidency in the Greek Media -- The Romanian Press and European Issues: A Content Profile -- Polish Printed Media Coverage and Evaluation of the Polish Presidency in the EU Council Presidency -- Presidency as a Political Battleground. Media and the Polish Presidency of the European Union Council -- Contributors.

Business integrity is rarely a matter of straight-forward rules. As the nature and geography of business transactions become more complex, managers are required to make judgements and to tackle new ethical dilemmas that are often local and situational. Integrity in Business explores the complex nature of integrity and business and illustrates how organizations have avoided major setbacks to their reputations and value by encouraging integrity. It also examines those organizations that have failed or experienced serious reputational damage due to lack of preparation, lack of transparency and lack of leadership. Frank Holder analyzes how transparency and integrity depend on a state of balance in competition and knowing who you are doing business with. He explains the significance of leadership awareness which, whilst now global, is alert to the need to establish integrity in local markets. Using his research from a review of significant fraud cases, legislative mandates and governmental and nongovernmental initiatives over the past 15 years, the author provides a rigorous and sophisticated guide to understanding and adopting an holistic business integrity strategy- one which has a realistic chance of protecting your organization from the kind of catastrophic loss or reputational damage that can easily be the result of an error of judgement in a world that is increasingly connected and driven by instant and social media