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First published in 1981, this book provides an in-depth study of how old age was experienced in contemporary Australian society at the time. It was the first major piece of original research on aging to be published in Australia and in several important senses represented a clear departure from the mainstream of Australian gerontology.

"This book provides a systematic analysis of reform measures aimed at strengthening the implementation of the 'Responsibility to Protect' (R2P) doctrine, utilising a cosmopolitan lens. In 2005, member states of the United Nations (UN) accepted a 'Responsibility to Protect' against four mass atrocity crimes: genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and ethnic cleansing. Despite this commitment, mass atrocities remain a pervasive aspect of the international landscape. In addressing R2P reform, the book utilises a 'transitional cosmopolitan' lens. The aim of this transitional cosmopolitan approach is to promote incremental progress towards solving moral problems by operating within particular contexts and practical barriers to change. Three areas for reform are explored: the UN Security Council P5's power of veto, to prevent the veto obstructing timely and decisive R2P response action; the powers of the UN General Assembly as an alternative means for responding to mass atrocity situations; and the establishment of an 'R2P Commission' to hold states accountable for their R2P commitments. These are not advocated as the definitive areas for R2P reform. However, each of the recommendations made can contribute at least some positive progress towards a more cosmopolitan application of the R2P that would help in curbing mass atrocity and improving the protection of fundamental human rights. This book will be of much interest to students of the Responsibility to Protect, genocide, humanitarian protection, and International Relations in general"--

Over the last two decades, China has emerged as one of the most powerful state actors in the post-Cold War international system. This book provides a multifaceted and spatially oriented analysis of how China's re-emergence as a global power impacts the dominance of the United States as well as domestic state and non-state actors in various world-regions, including the Asia-Pacific, Africa, South America and the Caribbean, the Middle East, Europe and the Arctic. Chapters reflect on how and under which conditions competition (and cooperation) between the United States and China vary across these regions and what such variations mean for the prospects of war and peace, universal human dignity and global cooperation.

Chapter 1. Statistics for Decision Making and Competitive Advantage -- Chapter 2. Describing Your Data -- Chapter 3, Hypothesis Tests and Confidence Intervals to Infer Population Characteristics and Differences -- Chapter 4. Simulation to Infer Future Performance Levels Given Assumptions -- Chapter 5. Simple Regression -- Chapter 6. Finance Application: Portfolio Analysis with a Market Index as a Leading Indicator in Simple Linear Regression -- Chapter 7. Indicator Variables -- Chapter 8. Presenting Statistical Analysis Results to Management -- Chapter 9. Nonlinear Regression Models -- Chapter 10. Logit Regression for Bounded Dependent Variables -- Chapter 11. Building Multiple Regression Models -- Chapter 12. Model Building and Forecasting with Multicollinear Time Series -- Chapter 13. Association Between Two Categorical Variables: Contingency Analysis with Chi Square -- Chapter 14. Conjoint Analysis and Experimental Data.

"Disinformation is one of the most significant problems of modern societies. Its mechanisms and effects, as well as possible ways to counteract it, are of interest to various institutions. The book presents reflections based on disinformation research conducted within the Central European Digital Media Observatory. The authors represent different research approaches and use different methodologies. Thanks to this, we were able to present an in-depth and multithreaded picture of disinformation, both from the perspective of its actors, structures and impact on the audience. The texts deal with the most significant crises of recent years, which contributed to the strengthening of disinformation tendencies, such as the Covid-19 pandemic or Russia's aggression in Ukraine"--

Chapter 1. Introduction: Mediterranean Migration Studies: a research agenda for the coming years -- Part I: Geo-political Mediterranean Relations -- Chapter 2. Looking at the EU-Turkey Deal: The Implications for Migrants in Greece and Turkey -- Chapter 3. Hindering democracy through migration policies? An analysis of EU external migration policies impacts on the democratization of Morocco -- Chapter 4. Migration across the Mediterranean: Shaping Italy-Libya relations over time -- Chapter 5. (Im-)Mobility Partnerships: Challenges to EU Democracy Promotion through Mobility in the Mediterranean -- Chapter 6. The migration initiatives encouraged by the Local and Regional Networks and their effects in the Euromed cooperation -- Part II: Governance, Politics and Policies -- Chapter 7. Migrants and Refugees in the Mediterranean Cities: Reception, regulation and actors. Tunisia case study -- Chapter 8. Media, Public Opinion and Migration Policies in Euro-Mediterranean Countries: The Case of France -- Chapter 9. Gendered Asylum in the Black Mediterranean: Two Nigerian Women's Experiences of Reception in Italy -- Chapter 10. Activists Escaping Lebanon: Disruption, Burnout, and Disengagement -- Chapter 11. Ecologies of exclusion and inclusion in the Mediterranean: Seeking refuge in Lebanon -- Part III: Taxonomies of Motion and Drivers -- Chapter 12. Root Causes of Irregular Migration in the Eastern Mediterranean: The Case of Afghans and Syrians -- Chapter 13. Mobilities Among Marginalized Youth in Morocco: Precariousness, Agency and Networks -- Chapter 14. The continuity of migration drivers: A historical perspective on Spanish social transformations -- Chapter 15.: Capturing Irregular Migrations through a Macro-Sociological Lens: The harga process in twelve steps from North Africa to Europe -- Part IV: History, Cities and Social Transformations -- Chapter 16. Connecting places, connecting to place: the use of ICTs for imagining, narrating and exploring the Mediterranean city -- Chapter 17. The fenced off cities of Ceuta and Melilla: Mediterranean nodes of migrant (im)mobility -- Chapter 18. Mediterranean migrations and cities with their cultural histories and imaginaries: the case of Marseille -- Chapter 19. Infrastructure development and environmental change – a case study of forced (im)mobility in Mhamid oasis (Southern Morocco) -- Part V: Economy and Labor Markets -- Chapter 20. The Political Economy of Egyptian Migration to Europe in the 2020s -- Chapter 21. The institutional channeling of transnational economic mobilization in three Moroccan regions -- Chapter 22. 'No man's land': Reflecting on and theorizing migrant labour in the Mediterranean agriculture -- Chapter 23. Transnational Migrant Entrepreneurship Policies in the Maghreb Countries: Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco -- Chapter 24. Concluding remarks: Applying Med-Thinking proviso to set a research agenda on Mediterranean migrations.

Chapter 1. Introduction: Matching legal proceedings to the problem in custody disputes -- Chapter 2. Children's health matters in custody conflicts – What do we know? -- Chapter 3. Nordic family mediation: towards a system of differentiated services? -- Chapter 4. Custody disputes from a socio-legal perspective -- Chapter 5. Children's participation and perspectives in family disputes -- Chapter 6. Mapping paths to family justice: Resolving family disputes involving children in neoliberal times -- Chapter 7. Out-of-court Custody Dispute Resolution in Sweden – A Journey without Destination -- Chapter 8. Children's health matters in custody conflicts: Best interest of the child and decisions on health matters -- Chapter 9. Challenges when family conflicts meet the law – A proactive approach -- 10. Beyond the Horizon: Matching Legal Proceedings to the Problem in Custody Disputes.