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This open access book explores the intersection of property law, relocation, and resettlement processes in the United States and among communities that grapple with migration as an adaptation strategy. As communities face the prospect of relocating because of rising seas, policy makers, disaster specialists, and community leaders are scrambling to understand what adaptation pathways are legally possible. While in its ideal application, law functions blindly and without variation, the authors find that legal contradictions come to bear on resettlement processes and place certain communities further in harm's way. This book will unearth these contradictions in order to understand why successful community-based resettlement has presented such a challenge to communities that are experiencing increasing land deterioration as a result of climate change.

"Starting in Louisiana in the early nineteenth century, this book takes the reader on a journey through the USA and the development of their civil codes. From Georgia and New York, civil codes traveled to California and Dakota Territory; in the Great Plains, they made their way to Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota by the end of the century. Unveiling the history of nineteenth-century civil codes in the USA, this book examines their origin stories, circulation, and usage by focusing on the social-historical context of their drafting and legal concepts. "Rocheton's work, published four decades after Cook's book on 'The American Codification Movement,' contains an exhaustive and insightful analysis of nineteenth-century civil codes. It thoroughly discusses their context, how they were conceived, discussed, drafted and approved, their main foreign influences and content, and their practical operation." - Aniceto Masferrer, University of Valencia "While there is a vast corpus of literature on codification and, more specifically, civil codes in the civil law tradition, it is much less known that six US states codified their private laws during the 19th century. This book tells the fascinating story. Spoiler alert: it's a family affair." - Stefan Vogenauer, Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory"--

Der Schwerpunkt liegt auf einer problemorientierten Einführung anhand gängiger theoretischer und methodischer Instrumentarien, wie sie in der Außenpolitikanalyse zur Anwendung kommen. Die Leser*innen sollen mit unterschiedlichen Herangehensweisen vertraut gemacht werden, damit sie die Zusammenhänge zwischen theoretischen Perspektiven und entsprechenden Forschungsmethoden auf der einen Seite und konkreten Gegenständen der empirischen Analyse deutscher Außenpolitik auf der anderen Seite besser verstehen und dabei sowohl die Chancen wie auch die Grenzen der jeweiligen Perspektiven erkennen lernen.

Introduction -- Towards a genealogy of populism -- Researching populism : the mainstream, old and new -- (Populist) discourse : an alternative approach -- Populist (discourse) : the toolkit -- Conclusion : the democratic promise of populism and its discontents.

Ein Plädoyer für Selbstkritik und eine Einladung zur Debatte über ein so einzigartiges wie verwirrendes Verhältnis zweier Staaten Wenn Deutsche über Israel reden, reden sie meist über sich selbst. Worum es in den hitzigen Debatten hingegen selten geht, ist die eigentliche Beziehungsgeschichte zwischen der Bundesrepublik und Israel. Reden deutsche Politiker über diese Beziehungen, so fallen Wörter wie »Wunder« oder »Versöhnung«. Wörter, hinter denen eher Wunschdenken als Realität steckt. Nach der israelischen Staatsgründung von 1948 war es ausgerechnet die Bundesrepublik, die zur wichtigsten Unterstützerin des Jüdischen Staates wurde. Reparationen, Waffenlieferungen und Finanzmittel halfen, aus dem existenziell bedrohten Land eine Regionalmacht zu machen. Kein Wunder, dass Israel die ausgestreckte deutsche Hand annahm: eine andere Wahl hatte es kaum. Von Versöhnung aber war keine Rede. Niemand machte sich darüber Illusionen, dass in Deutschland ehemalige Nationalsozialisten Karriere machten - und mit der Israelhilfe ihre blutigen Hände in Unschuld wuschen. Der Preis für die Sicherheit Israels ist die frühe Absolution Deutschlands. Daniel Marwecki wirft einen erhellenden Blick auf die deutsche Israelpolitik von der Staatsgründung bis heute. »Wer die aktuellen Debatten um das deutsch-israelische Verhältnis verstehen möchte, dem sei das Buch von Daniel Marwecki ans Herz gelegt. Quellengesättigt, bestechend argumentiert und glänzend geschrieben – mehr kann man von einer historischen Analyse nicht verlangen.« Stefanie Schüler-Springorum »Marweckis ungeschönter Blick auf die Anfänge der deutsch-israelischen Beziehung entblößt blinde Flecken unserer Erinnerungskultur.« Charlotte Wiedemann »Daniel Marweckis erstaunliches Buch zeigt, auf welch zweifelhafte Weise Deutschland sein moralisches Prestige nach der Shoah zurückgewinnen konnte.Wer sich für Deutschlands Vergangenheit interessiert und sich um seine Zukunft sorgt, sollte dieses Buch lesen.« Pankaj Mishra

Intro -- Praise for Roots of Underdevelopment -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Historical Development in Latin America -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Literature -- 3 Book Plan -- 3.1 Chapter Summaries -- 3.2 Unifying Themes and Lessons -- 3.3 Teaching Plan -- 4 Acknowledgements -- 5 Discussion and Concluding Remarks -- References -- Latin American Economic History in the Light of the Recent Economic Cycles -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Latin America in the World Economy: Convergence and Divergence -- 2.1 Regional Pattern -- 2.2 Regional Diversity -- 3 Crises and Their Association with External Determinants -- 3.1 The Terms of Trade -- 3.2 Financial Crises -- 3.3 Major Latin American Growth Collapses and Their Links to External Shocks -- 4 Social Development -- 4.1 Human Development -- 4.2 Income Distribution and Poverty -- 5 Present Challenges from a Historical Perspective -- References -- The Making of Mexico: The Political Economy of Conquest and Independence -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Decentralized Empire, Fragmented Empire -- 3 The Conquest: Decentralized Governance -- 4 From Habsburgs to Bourbons: Two Governance Models -- 5 Independence: Imperial Fragmentation -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- Checks and Balances in the Colonial Government of Peru: Evidence from Office Prices -- 1 The Institutional Framework of the Colonial Government in Peru -- 1.1 Vertical and Horizontal "Checks" -- 1.2 The Advent of Office-Selling -- 2 Analysis -- 2.1 Data and Methodology -- 3 Corregimiento Prices and Institutional Constraints -- 3.1 Alternative Explanations -- 4 Discussion -- Appendix -- References -- The Legacy of Concertaje in Ecuador -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Historical Background -- 2.1 Concertaje -- 2.2 Labor Requirements and Coercion -- 3 Data and Identification Strategy -- 3.1 Instrumental Variable -- 3.2 Concertaje.

When international courts are given sweeping powers, why would they ever refuse to use them? The book explains how and when courts employ strategies for institutional survival and resilience: forbearance and audacity, which help them adjust their sovereignty costs to pre-empt and mitigate backlash and political pushback. By systematically analysing almost 2,300 judgements from the European Court of Human Rights from 1967-2016, Ezgi Yildiz traces how these strategies shaped the norm against torture and inhumane or degrading treatment. With expert interviews and a nuanced combination of social science and legal methods, Yildiz innovatively demonstrates what the norm entails, and when and how its contents changed over time. Exploring issues central to public international law and international relations, this interdisciplinary study makes a timely intervention in the debate on international courts, international norms, and legal change. This book is available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

"Community planning is a path towards social progress, balancing and integrating change and maintaining valued cultural traditions and lifestyles. It brings together fields of practice and theory, too often isolated from each other. It spans community organization, urban and regional planning, design, communication, housing, employment, transport, and governance. Planning is a synthesis, drawing links between personal values, human activities, physical spaces and societal governance. Members, activists, and organizers need guidance to navigate various wants, rights, activities, funds, options, and choices to work together to create stronger, healthier, and happier communities. Planning for Community examines the accelerating impacts of social, environmental, and economic change on community life and organization and explores ways in which these changes can be anticipated, planned, and managed. It reviews and evaluates the evolving nature and challenges of place and interaction faced by traditional local communities. The author devotes chapters to understanding the values, aims, and methods of community planning and to the key operations in each of the fields of housing, work, transport, health, and environment. The final chapter offers inspiration for individuals to become more involved and influential in the lives of their local and wider communities"--

"This book expands on APA's 2017 Multicultural Guidelines by exploring additional research and providing students and professionals with practical applications for clinical practice, teaching and training, research, and consultation. As co-developers of the guidelines, the authors provide their unique expertise in multicultural psychology, explaining how to develop cultural responsiveness and humility and become attuned to the diversity of human needs and experiences. They also describe how to create constructive dialogues about social identity and build fruitful bidirectional relationships with clients, students, and organizations, among others. This book takes an intersectional and ecological approach that considers a variety of cultural factors at multiple levels, ranging from small to large groups, to societal and cultural forces, and to historical changes. Within this layered ecological model, each of the ten guidelines is explored in depth in its own chapter, including illustrative case examples and discussion questions. The book concludes with a comprehensive review that ties the ten multicultural guidelines together and highlights key takeaways, as well as providing future considerations for how multicultural psychology will evolve"--

"The Materiality of Nothing explores the invisible, intangible and transient materials and objects of everyday life and the relationships we have with them. Drawing on over 15 years of original, empirical research, it builds on growing research on the everyday, and unites the established field of material culture and materiality with emerging sociological studies exploring notions of nothing and the unmarked. The chapters cover topics such as lost property, museum curation, plastic microfibres, thrift, music and even hair, illuminating how invisible and intangible materials conjure memories, meanings and identities, inextricably binding us to other people, places and things. In turn, the book also engages with issues of sustainability and consumption, raising questions regarding society's increasing need for material accumulation and posing some alternatives"--

"This book provides an up-to-date interdisciplinary assessment of the accountability of the executive power in different European States and at the European Union level. From a legal perspective, it wonders to what extent the forms of responsibility and accountability of executive power have evolved in terms of legal technique or framework. From a historical perspective, it looks at the evolution of responsibility paradigms. From a political science perspective, it examines responsibility and the expectations of European democracies in terms of authority and efficiency. The volume also has a quantitative aspect identifying, gathering and analysing statistical material on responsibility and accountability in current political regimes. The book will be a valuable resource for researchers, academics and policy-makers in Constitutional Law and Politics, Public Law, Comparative Law, Comparative Politics, Legal History and Government"--

South Koreans and the Australian migration market -- Koreans in the global market for migration -- The changing politics of immigration in Australia -- Connection without exit -- One community, multiple voices -- Loyalty and partial reciprocity -- Conclusions.

"This book reclaims Hegel's notion of the "end of art"-or, more precisely, of "art's past character"-not just as a piece of the history of philosophy but as a living critical and interpretive methodology. It addresses the presence of the past character of art both in Hegel and contemporary philosophy and aesthetics. The book's innovative contribution lies in unifying the Hegelian thesis with discussions of contemporary art and philosophy. The author not only offers a Hegelian exegesis but applies the idea of the past character of art to themes that are both related to Hegel's philosophy, such as the French Revolution and the modern state, Kantian aesthetics, and religion and the sacred space disclosed for art, and going beyond Hegel, such as Celan's poetry, Gramsci's criticism of Croce, human rights, and even the grunge rock band Pearl Jam. Conversely, such non-Hegelian explorations will help enlighten what may look like a specific thread of Hegel's aesthetics, but can be used to shed light on some core motives of his philosophy. The author's interpretation of art's past character reclaims the full value, attractiveness, and philosophical soundness of Hegel's thesis, while rejecting its interpretation in terms of a complete dissolution of the aesthetic element into the philosophical one. Hegel and the Present of Art's Past Character will be of interest to scholars and advanced students working on Hegel, philosophy of art and aesthetics, history of philosophy, political philosophy, and art theory"--