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This important book lays bare the dangers of global warming caused by carbon dioxide emissions stemming from fossil fuel use, and proposes pathways toward mitigation. A discussion of the current main uses of fossil fuels acts as a basis for presenting viable, economically sound alternatives. The author outlines a clear, practical strategy for establishing a carbon-free future by deploying proven policy structures and technologies that are already commercially available. Dr John Lowry is an experienced professional engineer, lecturer and author who has also provided consultancy and training to many national companies and overseas organizations including the United Nations. His career has spanned over 40 years in industry and academia. He holds an honours degree from Imperial College, London University, a Master of Science degree from Surrey University and a Doctor of Philosophy degree from Queen Mary College, London University. Dr. Lowry's current research focuses on his interest in fossil fuel free energy sources and forms of transport which do not emit carbon dioxide. He believes that scientific and technical predictions indicate fossil free energy will be economic by 2025 and that electric transport will become widespread. Dr. Lowry believes that if we act now these will be well established by 2050 and this will cut carbon dioxide emissions, with its associatedglobal warming and pollution in general.

Title Page -- Dedication -- Epigraph -- Contents -- Chapter I: The Warning from Cato the Younger -- Chapter II: The Beach at Dunkirk: The Beach at Kos -- Chapter III: From the Sick Man of Europe to the World's Fifth Strongest Economy and its Top Soft Power, 1973-2016 -- Chapter IV: Towards the Edge of a Precipice -- Chapter V: World Wars I and II: The Genesis, 1915-1955 -- Chapter VI: Britain's Late and Mangled Joining, 1955-1975 -- Chapter VII: The Emergence of the Single Currency, 1979-1992 -- Chapter VIII: The Twilight Years of Thatcher, 1990-2013 -- Chapter IX: John Major's Bastards, 1990-1997 -- Chapter X: Baloney and Bananas, 1990-2015 -- Chapter XI: Blair Ducks the Advocacy, 1997-2007 -- Chapter XII: Blinkered Brussels, 1985-2015 -- Chapter XIII: Tory Implosion, 1997-2010 -- Chapter XIV: The Rise of Nationalistic Populism, 2005-2016 -- Chapter XV: Multiple Referendum Errors, 2013-2016 -- Chapter XVI: The Foaming of the Press Barons, 2015-2016 -- Chapter XVII: Campaign Follies, February-June 2016 -- Chapter XVIII: Campaign Deceits and Distortions, 2015-2016 -- Chapter XIX: Crapulent Corbyn and the Implosion of Labour, 2015-2016 -- Chapter XX: Berlin, Brussels, and Paris: Failure of Imagination, 2015-2016 -- Envoi -- Chronology -- Appendix: The Warning from Cato the Younger -- About the Author -- By the Same Author -- Copyright

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- AUTHOR -- CONTRIBUTING AUTHOR -- CHAPTER 1: CODE BLUE -- Erroneous Information -- Medical Identity Theft -- Credit Troubles -- Internet of Things -- Medical Devices -- FDA Draft Guidance -- Hippocratic Oath for Connected Medical Devices -- Cyber Independent Testing Laboratory -- Privacy by Design -- Ethical Design Manifesto -- Open Web Application Security -- Legal/Constitutional Issues -- Fingerprints Are Not Protected by the Fifth Amendment -- CHAPTER 2: PRIVACY CONCERNS -- Information…Information…Everywhere -- New Social Disorder -- Medical Records -- De-Identification -- Meaningful Use -- 21st Century Cures Bill -- Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act 2015 (CISA) -- Health Information Technologies Standards Committee -- Improving Health Information Technology Act -- Governmental Issues -- Healthcare.gov -- OPM Data Breach -- Einstein Program -- IRS -- Telemedicine -- NASA -- Medical Information Is Highly Coveted -- Ease of Obtaining Information -- Security versus Privacy -- Consumer Scores -- CHAPTER 3: HEALTHCARE ARMAGEDDON -- 2015 Year of the Hack: Medical Breaches -- Another Search Engine to the Rescue -- Hackers Are the Problem -- Patients Trust Healthcare -- The Standard Response -- EU Doesn't Trust U.S. Privacy: Agreement Made -- CHAPTER 4: VICTIMS -- Costs -- Identity Theft/Fraud -- Tax Fraud -- Healthcare Resources -- Untold Victims -- CHAPTER 5: HEALTHCARE SECURITY -- Ignorance Is Bliss: State of Healthcare Security -- Constructive Ambiguity and the HIPAA Regulations -- State Requirements -- California -- Florida -- Massachusetts -- Nevada -- Oregon -- Texas -- Privacy Culture -- Not a Security Culture -- All Stick and No Carrot -- Resource Availability -- Excuses

Cover -- About the Author -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. COLONIAL PLOUGHING FOR VIOLENCE -- PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS -- OCCUPATION OF PROTECTORATE -- INDIRECT RULE AS PLOUGHING FOR VIOLENCE: PERSONAL IMPACT ON IMPERSONAL STRUCTURE -- INDIRECT RULE IN THEORY -- INDIRECT RULE IN PRACTICE -- ASSESSMENT -- ONUS FOR PUBLIC APOLOGY -- 2. SOWING COLONIAL SEEDS OF INEQUALITY, INTOLERANCE AND DIVISION -- RELIGIOUS MAP OF PRE-COLONIAL NORTHERN NIGERIA -- NON-MUSLIM POPULATION IN THE EARLY COLONIAL ERA -- BASELESS SUPPORT FOR ISLAM -- THE ALLEGED INFERIOR NATURE OF THE AFRICAN -- SUMMARY -- BASELESS RANKING OF RELIGIONS -- THE BLYDEN FACTOR -- THE DEFENSOR FIDEI ARGUMENT -- SEEDS OF MUSLIM-TRADITIONALIST TENSION -- SEEDS OF MUSLIM-CHRISTIAN CONFLICT -- WHY THE CAT AND MOUSE? -- CONCLUSION -- 3. POST-COLONIAL FRUITAGE OF FERTILISER APPLICATION AND VIOLENCE -- REDLINE CROSSING -- UNMONITORED GROWTH -- FERTILISER APPLICATION -- NIGERIA - A CHRISTIAN-MAJORITY COUNTRY -- FRUITAGE OF MUSLIM-CHRISTIAN VIOLENCE -- SUMMARY -- 4. DIALOGUE IS NOT ENOUGH -- ERA OF SPONTANEITY -- YORUBALAND -- NUPELAND -- HAUSALAND -- ERA OF REFLECTION -- ERA OF THE SHAMBOLIC - 1986ff -- BRAINSTORMING -- WHY NOT MUSLIM-CHRISTIAN DIALOGUE? -- 5. PUBLIC APOLOGY FOR RECONCILIATION -- DEFINITION -- SOURCES -- HISTORY -- ISSUES -- FORMS OF APOLOGY -- WHY APOLOGISE? -- FINDINGS -- RELEVANCE TO NORTHERN NIGERIA -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX I. Interview with Chief Olusegun Obasanjo -- APPENDIX II. Interview with Chief Samuel Oluyemisi Falae -- APPENDIX III. Public Apologies Table Generated by the Author -- APPENDIX IV. Interview with Professor Is-haq Akintola -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back cover

Cover -- Title Page -- Series Page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Author -- Chapter 1: Necessity for Effective Programming Techniques -- Author 's Thoughts -- Introduction -- Major Concerns in Our Society Today -- Financial Stress -- Regulatory Reform in Environmental Health and Protection Programs -- Environmental Justice -- Our Changing Planet -- Environmental Pollutants and Their Interactions -- Environmental Cancer -- Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious and Zoonotic Diseases -- Where We Live, Work, Play, and Are Educated -- Mobile, Growing, and Aging Population -- Mobile and Growing Population -- Aging Population -- Sustainability -- History of Sustainability in the United States -- Introduction -- Laws -- President's Council on Sustainable Development -- Recent Executive Orders Concerning Environmental Sustainability -- History of Global Sustainability -- Introduction -- United Nations -- Agenda 21 Report, June 1992 -- Global Climate Change -- Programs Which Achieve the Goal of Preventing Disease and Injury and Protecting the Environment -- The Past -- How Programs Were Started -- The Present -- Components of Successful Environmental Health, Safety, Protection, and Sustainability Programs -- Example of a Successful Program: Community Rodent Control, Philadelphia, 1959-1963 -- Statement of the Problem -- Solutions to the Problem -- Stakeholders -- The Actual Program Content -- Funding -- Evaluation and Results -- Redirection -- Summary -- Conclusion -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2: Air Quality (Outdoor [Ambient] and Indoor) -- Statement of Problem and Special Information for Outdoor Air Quality -- Constituents of Air Pollution -- Gases -- Particulate Matter -- Liquids -- Origins of Air Pollutants -- Health Effects -- Environmental Effects -- Types of Air Pollutants

City management in developing countries is a quickly growing area in current public administration literature. However, little research material can be found regarding the management of cities. Demonstrating the issues in this field, Challenges in City Management: A Case Study Approach brings the sometimes dry theories and concepts of urban planning and management to life. The author uses case studies to demonstrate "who," "what," "why," and "how," dramatically increasing readers' ability to comprehend and apply the theories. Incorporating urban management and organizational management theories with actual practice, the author presents case studies based on observations made during her extensive experience. She offers multiple examples of common contemporary city topics ranging from personnel, policy-making, housing, homelessness, transportation, and budgeting. Each study describes and analyzes a scenario, identifying the economic and political factors as well as the often conflicting players and interest groups. The book provides enhanced understanding of the complex environment city administrators work in, helping readers develop improved decision-making and problem-solving skills through the study of real issues city administrators have experienced. The case study methodology used supplies information that is immediately applicable to real-world situations, making it a resource that city administrators can use to improve their public administration and governance skills.

This book represents the first systematic qualitative analysis of a new type of collective anti-corruption initiatives. The author describes how companies can take responsibility in the fight against corruption and which six success factors play an important role in this difficult endeavor. Despite great international efforts throughout the last two decades, corruption has not significantly decreased on a global level. In light of globalization, private actors increasingly cooperate in the fight against corruption in the context of sector-specific coordinated governance initiatives. In this study, this new collective approach is examined in view of its potential to curb corruption. Contents • Introduction • Theoretical Background: Self-Interest as a Means of Preventing Corruption • Methodological Approach • Multiple-Case Study Analysis • Cross-Case Analysis and Discussion • Summary and Conclusions Target Groups • Researchers and students in the fields of politics, economics, and business ethics • Practitioners such as compliance managers and other anti-corruption specialists The Author Berta van Schoor works as a compliance manager at a major German company. She wrote her doctoral thesis at the Business Ethics Chair of the Technical University Munich. As a co-leader of the regional chapter of Baden-Wuerttemberg of Transparency International Germany, she regularly speaks on topics like corruption prevention and the role of business in combating corruption. While working on her thesis she also gave lectures in business ethics and sustainability management

This book represents the first systematic qualitative analysis of a new type of collective anti-corruption initiatives. The author describes how companies can take responsibility in the fight against corruption and which six success factors play an important role in this difficult endeavor. Despite great international efforts throughout the last two decades, corruption has not significantly decreased on a global level. In light of globalization, private actors increasingly cooperate in the fight against corruption in the context of sector-specific coordinated governance initiatives. In this study, this new collective approach is examined in view of its potential to curb corruption. Contents • Introduction • Theoretical Background: Self-Interest as a Means of Preventing Corruption • Methodological Approach • Multiple-Case Study Analysis • Cross-Case Analysis and Discussion • Summary and Conclusions Target Groups • Researchers and students in the fields of politics, economics, and business ethics • Practitioners such as compliance managers and other anti-corruption specialists The Author Berta van Schoor works as a compliance manager at a major German company. She wrote her doctoral thesis at the Business Ethics Chair of the Technical University Munich. As a co-leader of the regional chapter of Baden-Wuerttemberg of Transparency International Germany, she regularly speaks on topics like corruption prevention and the role of business in combating corruption. While working on her thesis she also gave lectures in business ethics and sustainability management.

Adopted Women and Biological Fathers offers a critical and deconstructive challenge to the dominant notions of adoptive identity. The author explores adoptive women's experiences of meeting their biological fathers and reflects on personal narratives to give an authoritative overview of both the field of adoption and the specific history of adoption reunion. This book takes as its focus the narratives of 14 adopted women, as well as the partly fictionalised story of the author and examines their experiences of birth father reunion in an attempt to dissect the ways in which we understand adoptive female subjectivity through a psychosocial lens. Opening a space for thinking about the role of the discursively neglected biological father, this book exposes the enigmatic dimensions of this figure and how telling the relational story of 'reconciliation' might be used to complicate wider categories of subjective completeness, belonging, and truth. This book attempts to subvert the culturally normative unifying system of the mother-child bond, and prompts the reader to think about what the biological father might represent and how his role in relation to adoptive female subjects may be understood. This book will be essential reading for those in critical psychology, gender studies, narrative work, sociology and psychosocial studies, as well as appealing to anyone interested in adoption issues and female subjectivity.

Nadine Poser highlights the need for digital transformation in international organizations, not only from a business perspective but from a human point of view. Information technology is on the rise and with it the demand for highly influential digital leaders. The book covers the question under which conditions leadership can overcome physical distance. The author deliberately shifts the attention from those who lead to those who follow. Contents Literature Review: Leadership Theories - From Early Stages to Modern Concepts; Distance Leadership Hypotheses: Direct Effects of Leadership Behavior on Follower Self-Leadership and Performance; Moderation and Mediation Effects of Distance on the Leader-Follower Relationship Discussion: Leadership Behavior; Self-Leadership; Relationship Quality; Direct Effects and Mediation Effects of Distance Target Groups Academics and students in disciplines of leadership, organizational behavior, applied psychology Practitioners interested in digital leadership and leaders of virtual teams The Author Nadine Poser is a senior consultant with a focus on executive leadership and change at an international strategy consulting firm in Stuttgart. Educated in the Middle East and Liechtenstein, her academic and teaching expertise includes virtual leadership, lean leadership, and action learning. Series Editors The series Advances in Information Systems and Business Engineering is edited by Prof. Dr. Ulrike Baumöl, Prof. Dr. Jan vom Brocke, and Prof. Dr. Reinhard Jung.

"This book provides the groundwork for a general theory of modern capitalism by reinterpreting Max Weber's work on the origins and institutional underpinnings of modern capitalism, and Joseph Schumpeter's thought on the mechanisms and functioning of the capitalist economy. Focusing on the lesser-known works of both figures, particularly in the case of Weber, whose writings on economics and economic history are frequently overlooked, the author contends that a combination of Schumpeter's and Weber's theoretical schemas, incorporating their many valuable insights, provides the basis of a unified, overall theory of modern capitalism that is comprehensive, coherent and persuasive. With attention to the important theoretical connections between Weber and Schumpeter and the respective contributions of both with regard to the nature and workings of capitalism, the author explores the compatibility of the two approaches, arguing that the full significance of the contributions of the two writers has not been adequately appreciated. A systematic and sympathetic comparison and synthesis of the contributions of two of the central figures in social and economic theory, which highlights the enduring relevance of their work in times of political and economic crisis, Weber, Schumpeter and Modern Capitalism will appeal to scholars across the social sciences with interests in social and economic theory, classical sociology and economic history."--Provided by publisher

This book builds upon our knowledge of the far-reaching economic, political and social effects of the Euro crisis on the European Union by providing a unique study of European identities. In particular, it considers the impact on the construction of European identities in political and media discourse in Germany, Ireland and Poland--three countries with profoundly different experiences of the crisis and never before compared in a single study. Offering an original insight into the dynamics of identity change at moments of upheaval, the author argues that political and media actors in the early stages of the crisis drew on long-standing identities in order to make sense of the crisis in the public sphere. European identity discourses are thus resilient to change but become central to legitimising and contesting bailouts and further economic integration. As such, the author challenges the commonly held view that identities change dramatically at times of crisis but argues that this very resilience helps to understand the EU's current divisions. The study of identity during the Euro crisis sheds important light on the prospects for European solidarity as well as on the future of the single currency as an identity-building project. The book will be of particular interest to students and scholars in the fields of EU politics, comparative European politics, and identity politics.

Matthias Schu examines three main topics in his research: The intention of store-based retail and wholesale companies to open up an own online channel, factors determining the foreign market selection behavior of online retailers as well as factors affecting the speed in the internationalization process of online retailers. New insights for retail research and management are presented and contribute to existing knowledge; the study is valuable for academic researchers and for practitioners who are interested in a thorough analysis of online retailing from a strategic and theoretical perspective. Contents Foreign Market Selection, Resource and Path Dependency of Internationalization Decisions of Online Retailers Internationalization Speed of Online Retailers Imitability of Online Shops, Strategies and Concepts Establishment of Online Shops by SME Retailers and Wholesalers as an Additional Sales Channel Target Groups Researchers, lecturers and students in the disciplines of Online Retailing, E-Commerce, Retailing, Channel Management, Strategy, and Marketing Managers and E-Commerce strategy responsibles in Retail, Online Retail and Strategy Companies, SME Founders, and Consultants About the Author Dr. Matthias Schu currently works as Senior Strategy Consultant at a consulting company. Besides consulting and advisoring in the field of Strategy, Innovation and Management, he also works as author, advisor and speaker in the fields of Retailing, E-Commerce and Internationalization Strategies.

"Over the past decade, Laos' exposure to global capitalism has resulted in extensive economic and social transformations. This book pursues the theoretical aim of shedding light on the old question raised by Max Weber about the relation between capitalism, ethos and society. The empirical study consists of a description of the social structures, their embodiment in the habitus and world-views in Laos against the background of a critical revision of Pierre Bourdieu's sociology. To achieve these aims, the author develops a qualitative methodology as neither Weber nor Bourdieu explained how to empirically study habitus and ethos. The empirical material for the book was gathered over a period of more than five years and comprises several hundred life-course interviews in all sections of Lao society as well as a representative quantitative survey. The author argues that precapitalist social structures persist and continue to shape the social fabric of contemporary Laos. At the same time, they are transformed by global and local capitalism. The book shows how the hierarchies contained in each structure shape the habitus of the Lao population and how these in turn influence the development of a capitalist and a religious ethos. The argument makes use of Pierre Bourdieu's sociology and adapts it to the setting of Laos by introducing new as well as indigenous concepts"--

This Brief explores police misconduct, through the lens of a 5-year study of civil liability cases against the New York Police Department in Kings County (Brooklyn), New York. The confluence of police misconduct and civil liability is an issue of growing concern for many communities throughout the United States. One measure of the severity of these concerns is the increase in the number of lawsuits alleging police misconduct and the civil liability resulting from these lawsuits. Using Brooklyn, New York as a case study, the author of this Brief uses lawsuits that resulted in a settlement or jury award, over a five-year period, as its measure of police misconduct. Police misconduct has many tangible and intangible consequences for a community, such as violations of the law, police brutality, social consequences, and long-term public trust of the police. On a very practical level, as the author demonstrates, the up-front financial costs of prevention, training, and support to curb police misconduct are less expensive than the costs of civil liability payments for lawsuits. This perspective creates a strong argument for policymakers for enhancing police training and police misconduct prevention programs. This work will be of interest to researchers in police studies, as well sociology and public policy. .--