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"An Introduction to Queer Literature Studies: Reading Queerly is the first introduction to queer theory written especially for students of literature. Tracking the emergence of queer theory out of gay and lesbian studies, this book pays unique attention to how queer scholars have read some of the most well-known works in the English language. Organized thematically, this book explores queer theoretical treatments of sexual identity, gender and sexual norms and normativity, negativity and utopianism, economics and neoliberalism, and AIDS activism and disability. Each chapter expounds upon foundational works in queer theory by scholars including Michel Foucault, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, and Lee Edelman. Each chapter also offers readings of primary texts -ranging from the highly canonical, like John Milton's Paradise Lost, to more contemporary works of popular fiction, like Stephen King's 'Salem's Lot. Along the way, An Introduction to Queer Literature Studies: Reading Queerly demonstrates how queer reading methods work alongside other methods like feminism, historicism, deconstruction, and psychoanalysis. By modelling queer readings, this book invites literature students to develop queer readings of their own. It also suggests that reading queerly is not simply a matter of reading work written by queer people. Queer reading attunes us to the queerness of even the most straightforward text"--

"What did it mean to live with fascism, communism, and totalitarianism in modern Italy? And what should we learn from the experiences of a martyred liberal democrat father and his communist son? Through the prism of a single, exceptional family, the Amendolas, R.J.B. Bosworth reveals the heart of twentieth-century Italian politics. Giovanni and Giorgio Amendola, father and son, were both highly capable and dedicated Anti-Fascists. Each failed to make it to the top of the Italian political pyramid but nevertheless played a major part in Italy's history. Both also had rich but contrasting private lives. Each married a foreign and accomplished woman: Giovanni, a woman from a distinguished German-Russian intellectual family; Giorgio, a Parisian working class girl, who, to him, embodied Revolution. This vivid and engaging biographical study explores the highs and lows of a family that was at the centre of Italian politics over several generations. Tracing the complex relationship between Anti-Fascist politics and the private lives of individuals and of the family, Politics, Murder and Love in an Italian Family offers a profound portrait of a century of Italian life"--

The "Puerto Rican problem" in postwar New York City and the study of Puerto Rican migration and incorporation in the United States -- The "Puerto Rican problem" campaign in New York City -- Dealing with the "Puerto Rican problem" in New York City -- The "Puerto Rican problem" in New York City and Puerto Rico's migration policy -- Marcantonio, the "Puerto Rican problem," and the 1949 mayoral election in New York City -- "Our fellow citizens from Puerto Rico" : the Mayor's Committee on Puerto Rican Affairs -- The demise of MCPRA and the redefinition of the "Puerto Rican problem" -- In the aftermath of the "Puerto Rican problem" in New York City.

Introduction / John Fuh-sheng Hsieh and Robert Henry Cox -- Regime type and governance : the case of Taiwan / John Fuh-sheng Hsieh -- Managing voting for democracy in Taiwan / I-chou Liu -- When democracy meets bureaucracy : studying reforms of Taiwan's civil service since democratization in the late 1980s / Don-yuan Chen, Hsiang-kai Dong and Yang-chung Chen -- The mutinous mutation of the developmental state in Taiwan revisited / Yun-peng Chu -- From developmentalism to post-industrialism : the evolution of the welfare state in Taiwan / Joseph Wong -- Environmental protection after Taiwan's democratic consolidation : is democracy working for the environment? / Dafydd Fell -- From political democratization to the claim for social justice / Wan-Ying Yang -- When democracy meets the COVID-19 pandemic : Taiwan's experience / Wei-ting Yen and Li-yin Liu -- Charting the way forward : Taiwan's civil-military relations after 2016 / Wei-chin Lee -- Taiwan's domestic politics, economic development and national security and their links to foreign policy and democratization / John Copper -- David vs. Goliath : Taiwan's policy toward China / T.Y. Wang.

Introduction -- Overview of tax incentives as subsidies in the context of international trade and competition: rationale for granting and regulating tax incentives -- Subsidy rules of the WTO and State aid law in the EU -- The internal benchmark and Chinese tax incentives -- Testing Chinese tax incentives against the ASCM and EU State aid law -- The origins of the differences in the testing results -- Recommendations for Chinese tax incentives and the future for the WTO's subsidy rules -- Summary and conclusions.

Space as a Tool for Development in Brazil: A Law and Development Perspective -- Honduras in Space So Far: A Central American Approach -- Democracy Through Connectivity: How Satellite Telecommunication Can Bridge the Digital Divide in Latin America -- Social Sustainability: A Challenge for the Supply Chain of the Mexican Space Sector -- Bolivian CanSat Contest: Promoting Space Science and Technology -- Dynamic Computational Analysis of a Cubesat Structure to Test a New Material for a Space-Radiation Protection Shield -- Lessons Learned on the Thermal Analysis of a Cubesat Using the Finite Element Method -- K'oto Project a Cubesat Design: Methodology and Development. .