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"This book is a concise but comprehensive guide to the history, present and possible futures of carbon capture and storage policy and action in the United Kingdom. There have been multiple failed starts, promises and 'last chances' for carbon capture and storage (CCS) in Europe, North America, China and Australia, but thus far it has repeatedly collided with the political and economic realities that the technology is too expensive and complicated to gain and keep policymakers' support. However, in the UK that might be changing, with explicit government support for CCS to help decarbonise industry. Set within the broader context of global interest in CCS, this book first outlines the technologies involved in the types of capture technology, transport options and storage options in the UK. It then briefly introduces an overarching policy analysis framework (John Kingdon's Multiple Streams Approach) and uses it to give an account of the long history of CCS interest and efforts in three chapters covering the 1970s to 2002, 2003 to 2015, and 2016 to the present day. Marc Hudson focuses on the various arguments made for the introduction of CCS, and the slowly shifting coalitions of actors who make those arguments, while contrasting these with the perspectives of those opposed to CCS. This book will be of great interest to students, scholars and policymakers researching and working in the field, as well as the related areas of energy policy, energy transitions and climate change"--

"The chapters in this volume study the construction, representation and negotiation of a variety of social roles through self- and other-reference markers or the discussion of reference as a tool for identification. The chapters uncover new insights both from a historical and present-day perspective and show how positioning the self and other varies, what kind of reference choices language users make and what follows from these choices. The data come from a variety of public texts, private encounters and questionnaires, and the methodologies range from macro to micro perspectives, including combinations of qualitative close-reading and quantitative corpus methods, and synchronic and diachronic perspectives. The findings enhance our understanding and use of reference practices in the context of global, institutional, political and multicultural, as well as media texts"--

Grundlagen des Managements von Dienstleistungsprozessen -- Teil I: Die Pre-Service-Phase -- Wertgenerierung in der Lebenswelt des Kunden -- Vorbereitende Kundenaktivitäten in der Pre-Service-Phase -- Die Gestaltung des Dienstleistungsprozesses – das Service Process Design -- Die Vorbereitungsaktivitäten des Anbieters in der Pre-Service-Phase -- Teil II: Gemeinsame Aktivitäten von Kunde und Anbieter in der Service-Phase -- Service Experience Management -- Akteure der Service Co‑Creation und ihre Rollen -- Aktivitäten – die Handlungen der Akteure im Service Co‑Creation-Prozess -- Interaktion – das Kernelement der Service Co‑Creation -- Die Dienstleistungsumgebung als Raum der Service Co‑Creation -- Entwicklung des Service Experience Designs -- Teil III: Autonome Anbieteraktivitäten in der Service-Phase -- Gegenstand der autonomen Aktivitäten des Anbieters -- Die Koordinationsaufgabe – die Organisationsstruktur des Service Co‑Creation-Prozesses -- Die Motivationsaufgabe – die Steuerung der Leistung des Personals -- Teil IV: Die Post-Service-Phase -- Nachbereitende Aktivitäten des Kunden und Anbietermaßnahmen -- Ecosystem-Aktivitäten des Kunden und Anbietermaßnahmen. .

Allgemeine Ansätze zur Theorie -- Probleme des Kommunizierens (Missverständnisse, Paradoxien, Täuschungen und Fiktionen) -- Sonderformen der Kommunikation (Laien- und Wissenskommunikation) -- Grenzformen der Kommunikation (Schweigen und Geheimhaltung) -- Besondere Bedingungen der Ablenkung von Kommunikation (Emotionen, Vergessen, Inszenierung).

1 Untersuchung des Transfers und des Lernens von behutsamer Stadterneuerung in einer chinesischen Stadt -- 2 Ein Forschungsrahmen zur Erfassung der Komplexität von Politikübertragungen -- 3 Das chinesische Paradigma der Stadterneuerung in den frühen 2000er Jahren -- 4 Einführung eines neuen Paradigmas: Die Umsetzung behutsamer Stadterneuerung in Yangzhou -- 5 Auf dem Weg zur Etablierung eines neuen Stadterneuerungsparadigmas -- 6 Weder behutsam noch zerstörerisch: Ist die Stadterneuerung im Umbruch? -- 7 Schlussfolgerung.

The Liberal Tradition in America: Gesellschaft und Ideologie -- Checks and Balances: Institutionen, Akteure und Strukturen -- Et pluribus unum? Öffentlichkeit und Teilhabe -- Policies Matter: Regieren im 21. Jahrhundert -- Empire of Liberty: Die USA in der Welt.

Introduction – Update Of Bwm Book 1st Edition -- Type Approval Tests Of Ballast Water Management Systems, What Have We Learned In >10 Years Testing -- Testing Ballast Water Management Systems – Challenge Water Conditions During More Than 100 Test Voyages -- Ballast Water Discharges And Safety Aspects Of Using Active Substances For Ballast Water Treatment -- Compliance Monitoring And Enforcement Of The Bwm Convention - The Port State Control Perspective -- Ballast Water Sampling For Compliance Monitoring And Enforcement Of The Bwm Convention - D-1 And D-2 Indicative Tests -- Ballast Water Management Options In Ports -- Ballast Tank Sediment – A Neglected Subject Which Requires Management -- Databases To Support Different Ballast Water Management Tools -- Five Years Of "Lively" Implementation Of The Bwm Convention - Global Guidance, Regional Challenges And National Issues -- Overall Conclusions On The Ballast Water Issue And Its Management Options.

This book offers the first comprehensive study of defence offsets and its economic, security, political and theoretical implications. Originating in the second half of the 19th century, defence offsets - additional economic, industrial and technological benefits to states for buying foreign weapons - have since been a key feature of the global arms trade and defence industry. And yet, offsets are an under-researched and under-theorised phenomenon. This book fills this gap in the literature by offering the first general theory of defence offsets, as well as the first systematic analysis of the offset phenomenon. By building on the insights of scholars of defence economics and drawing from the International Relations liberal paradigm, as well as reviving and adapting Robert Putnam's two-level game framework, the book proposes a liberal-rationalist theory of defence offsets. It then proves the worth of such a theory through Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) of fifty-four fighter aircraft transfers from 1992 to 2021 inclusive, and three in-depth case studies addressing offsets negotiated and agreed to as part of fighter aircraft competitions in Brazil, India, and South Korea.

This book explores non-Western approaches to foreign policy in the context of Iran in order to encourage wider consideration of non-Western scholarship in international relations. Throughout its existence IR has drawn primarily on Western thought and experience, leaving other perspectives on the periphery of discourse. As the field becomes more about contexts beyond the West, this has become a challenge for creating a truly 'global' field of study. Concepts like 'national interest,' 'rationality' and 'pragmatism' are often applied to Iran without considering what these concepts mean in the context of Iranian political identity. The aim of this book is to highlight the contemporary relevance of native Iranian and non-Western perspectives to IR analysis, returning complexity and critique to Iranian studies. To do this, the author examines four of Iran's political encounters with the West, including its resistance to sanctions policy and negotiations surrounding its nuclear program. Ultimately, the book argues that ignoring Iranian motivations of identity has routinely resulted in missed opportunities, growing tensions and failed coercive policy.

This edited volume examines the competitive dynamics of two order-building projects in the Indo-Pacific, namely China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the US-led Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP). Foci are on how far the two major powers are able to use institutional projects to (re)order the region of the Indo-Pacific to suit their policy preferences, and on how regional powers perceive and navigate between the two ordering projects. This book discusses a wide array of actors in the Indo-Pacific, covering the two major powers of China and the United States, middle powers of Australia and New Zealand, India, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, and institutional actors of ASEAN, AUKUS, the Quad and the Pacific Islands Forum. Drawing on the concept of international order, the chapters examine the actor-specific foreign policies in relation to the rivalry between the FOIP and the BRI.

An allegation is made that a war crime was committed by a soldier during a conflict. Who should investigate the allegation? How should they investigate? This book explores a topic of critical importance in legal and policy discussions surrounding the accountability of military operations in armed conflict, and problematises some presumptions that are often made about the topic. The work provides the international legal framework necessary to address these questions and establishes the precise standards of independence and impartiality as applicable to investigations in armed conflict. It questions the assumption that the standards of independence and impartiality of investigations should be measured in the same way that we measure these standards for judges, courts, and tribunals. It also explores the ways in which military institutions and culture, as well as the context of armed conflict, may impact on the effectiveness of investigations or the perception of justice by those affected. By demonstrating the precise ways in which military investigations can contribute to or hinder the effectiveness of investigations, the book clarifies States' responsibilities with regard to their accountability efforts for serious violations of international law in armed conflict.