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Intro -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Authors -- Contents -- Preface -- List of abbreviations and terms -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Part I: Thinking about power -- Chapter 2: Power in world politics -- Power and politics -- A hard world -- Relationship and perception -- Soft power and its diffusion in a hard world -- Chapter 3: Persuasive power: Hard, soft and smart -- The power spectrum -- The soft power end of the spectrum -- Britain and soft power -- Part II: Britain's persuaders -- Chapter 4: The convenors: Bringing interests together -- Britain's natural convenors -- Convening in the current global environment -- Chapter 5: The officials: Speaking softly -- Everyone's a diplomat -- The essence of speaking softly -- A bad couple of decades -- Chapter 6: Researchers and innovators: Shaping the global stage -- The landscape of British research and innovation -- Research and innovation as soft power assets -- Chapter 7: Leaders and regulators: Setting the standards -- Setting the standard for standard-setting -- The principles of good standard-setting -- The fields of British influence -- Chapter 8: Cosmopolitans and diasporas: Reflecting global cultures -- Multiculturism and cosmopolitanism -- Diaspora communities in Britain -- Cosmopolitanism and hospitality -- Chapter 9: Educators: Pursuing truthful minds - and truth -- The formal educators -- The incidental educators -- The advocacy educators -- Hard power and education -- Chapter 10: Creatives: Opening new ideas -- The persuasive creators -- The story creators -- Chapter 11: Entertainers: Feeding a human need -- The silver screens -- The bear pits -- Chapter 12: Stars and bloggers: Embracing the anarchic -- Individualism as a national characteristic -- Part III: Soft power in practice -- Chapter 13: Britain's soft power realities.

Transparency and its connection to journalism -- Journalistic transparency in history and context -- Can you see the sunlight? Transparency at work -- Algorithmic forms of transparency and opacity -- The limits of the transparency myth -- Transparency after all.

Valuing wise futures / Joy Higgs -- Building a wise and sustainable future : moral purpose and challenged assumptions / Geoff Scott -- Linking science, spirituality, ethics and philosophy in creating wise futures / Narelle Patton -- Social movements within the Australian context for wiser futures / Anne Fitzgerald and Diane Tasker -- Practice dimensions and drivers shaping wise futures / Joy Higgs -- Restoring the balance : wisdom and the spirit of the age / John Wattis, Melanie Rogers, Stephen Curran and Gulnar Ali -- Wisdom and spirituality / Norman Habel -- Professional practice and knowledgeable action in turbulent times : rediscovering mètis / Peter Goodyear -- Living practices : moving from the past towards a wiser future / Tania De Bortoli and Diane Tasker -- Future oriented practice spaces : creating socially and environmentally responsible workplaces / Margot Cairnes and Rosemary Leonard -- Realising positive futures where there appears to be little hope / Janice Orrell and Anjali Habel-Orrell -- Yarning and wisdom / Simon Munro and Diane Tasker -- Recognising the practical wisdom of people from fefugee communities / Jeanette Lawrence, Mardi Stowe and Giovanna Citta -- Practical wisdom of shaping futures for communities at the margins of society : collaborative development and evaluation of community programs / Agnes Dodds, Ida Kaplan and Jeanette Lawrence -- Leadership in uncertain futures / David Giles -- Wisdom and the university : two rival modes and a resolution of sorts / Ronald Barnett -- Towards practice wisdom in politics : developing a leadership framework through dispute resolution values and skills / Rachael Field and Laurence Boulle -- Carving out new spaces for journalists and political leaders to make better nations / Janice Orrell and Lauren Novak -- Wise futures in ageing societies / Janice Orrell and Lilly Xiao -- Young people shaping wise futures / Skye Tasker and Philippa Collin -- The essential roles of ethics, humanity and social justice in any future worth living / Andrew Dutney.

"Focusing on how Europe pursues strategic trade agreements with Asian partners, as well as the response of the US and China to the strategic context of EU trade policy in Asia, this empirically rich edited volume covers both the negotiations as well the design of specific chapters of preferential trade agreements. It will be important for those focusing on the structural power and systemic rivalry in international trade politics in the Asia-Pacific region." —Michelle Egan, American University "This great volume is one of the first to address directly the recent geo- politicization of EU trade policy. It is also notable for its promising merger of the International Political Economy and Foreign Policy literatures, which often exist in their own academic silos. Bringing together an impressive roster of established and rising scholars from all around the globe, A Geo-Economic Turn in Trade Policy shine a particularly important focus on the Asia-Pacific region, which is of obvious contemporary relevance. A must-read!" —Sophie Meunier, Princeton University Contemporary trade policy is increasingly framed in geo-strategic terms. But how much of that rhetoric is reflected in actual policy choices by the European Union or its trading partners? This book provides the first systematic study of the broader international context in which EU trade agreements are conceived, negotiated, and designed. Building on a refined conceptualisation of geo-economics, the book develops a cogent framework that combines insights from scholarship on the design of free trade agreements with ideas from foreign policy analysis. Empirically, the analysis focuses on the relations between the EU and the Asia-Pacific. Johan Adriaensen is Assistant Professor at Maastricht University, Netherlands. His research focuses on institutional politics and EU trade policy. He is the author of National Administrations in EU Trade Policy (2016). Evgeny Postnikov is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Melbourne, Australia. He has published on trade and sustainable development in leading journals and is author of Social Standards in EU and US Trade Agreements (2020).

Auch 30 Jahre nach 1989 bleibt es für die Soziale Arbeit geboten, den zivilgesellschaftlichen Gehalt dieses Epochenbruchs zu bewahren. Die Beiträger*innen des Bandes laden zur Auseinandersetzung mit der Revolution und dem bildungspolitischen Erbe der DDR sowie den aktuellen Maßstäben ziviler Entwicklung, Emanzipation, Wirken gegen Rassismus, Diskriminierung und Intoleranz ein. Ihre Zusammenschau von historischem Rückblick und aktuellen Aufgaben lotet neue Perspektiven für die Soziale Arbeit im Allgemeinen, die politische Bildung im Speziellen und die Zivilgesellschaftsforschung im weiteren Sinne aus

One of the most pivotal events in the electoral cycle is the transition of a newly elected political party from opposition to government. The incoming prime minister or premier must assemble a team of ministers, advisors, and staff that is competent and ready to govern, without disrupting the day-to-day functioning of their country or province.Off and Running sets the stage for successful transitions by describing the best practices from Canadian federal government transitions from 1984 to the present day. It draws on a number of sources: the author's own career in public affairs, including his significant role in the transitions of both Chrétien governments in 1993 and 1997; extensive interviews with more than forty key individuals in the last eleven federal government transitions; and the international literature on government transitions, public administration, and management.Zussman goes step-by-step through the transition process from the pre-election stage to transition planning all the way to implementation and consolidation of the new government. This book is ideally suited to those seeking an understanding of how government works during one of the most crucial points in its life cycle

Cover -- Advance Praise -- Title Page -- Copyright Information -- Dedications -- Contents -- Meeting Sweetgrass -- An Invitation to Remember -- Skywoman Falling -- Wiingaashk -- Planting Sweetgrass -- The Council of Pecans -- The Gift of Strawberries -- An Offering -- Asters and Goldenrod -- Tending Sweetgrass -- Maple Sugar Moon -- Witch Hazel -- Allegiance to Gratitude -- Picking Sweetgrass -- Epiphany in the Beans -- The Three Sisters -- Wisgaak Gokpenagen: A Black Ash Basket -- Mishkos Kenomagwen: The Teachings of Grass -- Maple Nation: A Citizenship Guide -- The Honorable Harvest -- Braiding Sweetgrass -- In the Footsteps of Nanabozho: Becoming Indigenous to Place -- Sitting in a Circle -- Burning Cascade Head -- Putting Down Roots -- Old-Growth Children -- Burning Sweetgrass -- Windigo Footprints -- People of Corn, People of Light -- Shkitagen: The People of the Seventh Fire -- Defeating Windigo -- Author's Note -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Photo Acknowledgments -- About the Creators -- Acknowledgments -- Back Cover.

"This book focuses on dual belonging within Hindu-Christian contexts. Written by experts in a variety of fields, the chapters explore the theological, philosophical, and cultural anthropological debates relating to religious pluralism, religious language and social identity while addressing the fact that both Hindu and Christian forms of self-understandings have been significantly moulded through their interactions in South Asia and across certain Euro-American horizons. The limits of the definition of dual belonging are tested via case studies, and contributors address the question of whether there is anything distinctive about dual belonging across Christianity and Hinduism specifically. A timely contribution to the emerging subject of dual religious belonging, this book will be of interest to academics in the fields of Hindu Studies and Christian theology, Hindu-Christian comparative theology, religious pluralism, interreligious relations, the sociology and anthropology of religion and comparative theology and philosophy"--

Intro -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Basis of the Asset Management -- 1.2 Development of the Investment Management -- 1.3 Legal Framework for Infrastructure Companies -- 1.3.1 Energy Industry Act (EnWG) -- 1.3.2 Ordinance on Incentive Regulation (ARegV) -- 1.3.3 Law for the Expansion of Renewable Energies (Renewable Energy Act -- EEG) -- 1.3.4 Act on Metering Point Operation and Data Communication in Smart Energy Grids (MSbG) -- 1.3.5 IT Security Catalog (IT-SIKAT) -- 1.3.6 Clean Energy Package CEP of EC -- 1.4 Motivation for Asset Management -- 1.5 Challenges of Transmission and Distribution System Operators (TSO and DSO) -- 1.6 Activities of the Asset Management -- 1.7 Conclusion -- References -- 2 Tasks of the Asset Management -- 2.1 Development of Strategies -- 2.1.1 Overview of Maintenance Strategies -- 2.1.1.1 Definitions -- 2.1.1.2 Basis of Maintenance Strategies -- 2.1.1.3 Corrective Maintenance (CM) -- 2.1.1.4 Time-Based Maintenance (TBM) -- 2.1.1.5 Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM) -- 2.1.1.6 Priority-Based or Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) -- 2.1.1.7 Risk-Based Maintenance -- 2.1.1.8 Resultant Assessment of Maintenance Strategies -- 2.1.2 RCM Strategy -- 2.1.2.1 Definitions -- 2.1.2.2 Procedure -- 2.1.2.3 Example: Overhead Line Section -- 2.1.2.4 Assessment of a Maintenance Measure -- 2.1.2.5 Example to Investigate an Optimal Maintenance Strategy -- 2.1.3 Maintenance by Fuzzy Logic -- 2.1.3.1 Introduction to Fuzzy Logic -- 2.1.3.2 Condition Assessment Procedure with Fuzzy Logic [19] -- 2.1.3.3 Technical Rules for the Knowledge Processing -- 2.1.3.4 Result: Secondary Substation -- 2.1.3.5 Conclusion -- 2.1.3.6 Condition Assessment of Equipment with the Help of Fuzzy Logic -- 2.1.4 FMEA Method -- 2.1.4.1 Methodological Basics -- 2.1.4.2 Data Preparation.

"Through moments of social protest, policy debate, and popular mobilization, this book follows the campaign for economic democracy and the fight for full employment in the United States. Starting in the 1930s, Dennis explores its intellectual and philosophical underpinnings, the class struggle that determined the fate of legislation and the role of left-wing civil rights activists in its revival."

"On a Saturday afternoon in New York in late 1912, around the plain wooden tables of Polly's Restaurant in Greenwich Village, a group of women gathered, all of them convinced that they were going to change the world. It was the first meeting of "Heterodoxy," a secret supper club. The goals of the group were simple: They would meet to talk about their lives, their politics, and the still-not widely recognized idea that women were fundamentally equal to men. In a move of liberation, they kept no records of their meetings, leaving them free to discuss a new term borrowed from the French: feminism. Together, the women of Heterodoxy fostered not only a community, but a movement. The club became a defining agent within the Greenwich Village radical scene in the 1910s. Its members were passionate advocates of free love, equal marriage, and easier divorce; several lived openly in same-sex relationships. The friendships of Heterodoxy made their unconventional lives possible, through its reassurance that other women felt differently about the world and wanted more from it than they had been raised to expect. Wealthy hostess Mabel Dodge invited artists to mingle with socialites and socialists at her apartment near Washington Square Park. Feminist rabble-rouser Henrietta Rodman turned the Liberal Club's headquarters into a home for plays, parties, and politics. Playwright Susan Glaspell launched the groundbreaking theater collective the Provincetown Players out of the summer home of her Heterodoxy friend Mary Heaton Vorse. For these women, everything from the way they dressed to the causes they championed was self-consciously new, and the daily pursuit of a future they were trying to imagine into being was exhausting. They needed each other; as inspiration and support, as friends and lovers. Perfect for readers of The Barbizon and At The Existentialist Café, Hotbed is the never-before-told story of the bold women whose radical ideas, unruly lives, and extraordinary friendships blazed the trail for female ambition"--

This book focuses on regulatory challenges of creating and sustaining freedom of speech and freedom of information two decades after the fall of the Berlin wall, in global, comparative context. Some chapters overview, others address specific issues, or describe country case studies. Instead of trying to provide an exhaustive assessment which in one volume might not reach deeper analyzes of contextual details, this book will shed light on and help better understanding of general challenges for freedom of speech and information through varying comparative examples and highlighting important regulatory questions