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"Living with water brings together sociologists, geographers, artists, writers and poets to explore the ways in which water binds, immerses and supports us. Drawing from international research on river crossings, boat dwelling, wild swimming, sea fishing, and drought impacts, and navigating urban waters, glacial lagoons, barrier reefs and disappearing tarns, the collection illuminates the ways that we live with and without water, and explores how we can think and write with water on land. Water offers a way of attending to emerging and enduring social and ecological concerns and making sense of them in lively and creative ways. By approaching Living with water from different disciplinary and methodological perspectives, and drawing on research from around the world, this collection opens up discussions that reinvigorate and renew previously landlocked debates. This book is relevant to United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 6, Clean water and sanitation." -- Amazon

Will AI make accidental nuclear war more likely? If so, how might these risks be reduced? AI and the Bomb provides a coherent, innovative, and multidisciplinary examination of the potential effects of AI technology on nuclear strategy and escalation risk. It addresses a gap in the international relations and strategic studies literature, and its findings have significant theoretical and policy ramifications for using AI technology in the nuclear enterprise. The book advances an innovative theoretical framework to consider AI technology and atomic risk, drawing on insights from political psychology, neuroscience, computer science, and strategic studies. In this multidisciplinary work, James Johnson unpacks the seminal cognitive-psychological features of the Cold War-era scholarship, and offers a novel explanation of why these matter for AI applications and strategic thinking. The study offers crucial insights for policymakers and contributes to the literature that examines the impact of military force and technological change.

The design of democratic institutions includes a variety of barriers to protect against the tyranny of the majority, including international human rights, cultural minority rights, and multiculturalism. In the twenty-first century, majorities have re-asserted themselves, sometimes reasonably, referring to social cohesion and national identity, at other times in the form of populist movements challenging core foundations of liberal democracy. This volume intervenes in this debate by examining the legitimacy of conflicting majority and minority claims. Are majorities a legal concept, holding rights and subject to limitations? How can we define a sense of nationhood that brings groups together rather than tears them apart? In this volume, world-leading experts are brought together for the first time to debate the rights of both majorities and minorities. The outcome is a fascinating exchange on one of the greatest challenges facing liberal democracies today.

"This book aims at providing an updated view of the newest trends, novel practices and latest tendencies concerning the benefits, advantages, opportunities, and challenges that building an international successful process of making positive and constructive contributions for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in terms of: (a) finding robust, sustainable, and inclusive development solutions capable to foster individuals' human rights, and generally make sure that no one is left behind in the Post-COVID-19 Era; (b) ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being globally, for all at all ages, no matter the individuals' level of income, age, race, or gender; (c) promoting sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth in the Post-COVID-19 Era, based on equitable quality education for all people, thus promoting lifelong-learning opportunities capable to help individuals develop new skills, become more independent, and offer the opportunity to develop and to progress"--

A dictator's power is secure, the authors begin in this muscular, impressive study, only as long as citizens believe in it. When citizens suddenly believe otherwise, a dictator's power is anything but, as the Soviet Union's collapse revealed. This conviction - that power rests ultimately on citizens' beliefs - compels the world's autocrats to invest in sophisticated propaganda. This study draws on the first global data set of autocratic propaganda, encompassing nearly eight million newspaper articles from fifty-nine countries in six languages. The authors document dramatic variation in propaganda across autocracies: in coverage of the regime and its opponents, in narratives about domestic and international life, in the threats of violence issued to citizens, and in the domestic events that shape it. The book explains why Russian President Vladimir uses Donald Trump as a propaganda tool and why Chinese state propaganda is more effusive than any point since the Cultural Revolution.

Drawing on original fieldwork in Nigeria, Portia Roelofs argues for an innovative re-conceptualisation of good governance. Contributing to debates around technocracy, populism and the survival of democracy amidst conditions of inequality and mistrust, Roelofs offers a new account of what it means for leaders to be accountable and transparent. Centred on the rise of the 'Lagos Model' in the Yoruba south-west, this book places the voices of roadside traders and small-time market leaders alongside those of local government officials, political godfathers and technocrats. In doing so, it theorises 'socially-embedded' good governance. Roelofs demonstrates the value of fieldwork for political theory and the associated possibilities for decolonising the study of politics. Challenging the long-held assumptions of the World Bank and other international institutions that African political systems are pathologically dysfunctional, Roelofs demonstrates that politics in Nigeria has much to teach us about good governance.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- 1: Introduction: The External Dimension in Rural South Asia -- 2: The Plantation System and Village Structure in British Ceylon: Involution or Evolution? -- 3: Wage-Gathering: Socio-Economic Changes and the Case of the Food-Gatherer Naikens of South India -- 4: Economic Dislocation in Nineteenth-Century Eastern Uttar Pradesh: Some Implications of the Decline of Artisanal Industry in Colonial India -- 5: Rural Labour in the Bombay Textile Industry and the Articulation of Modes of Organization -- 6: The Role of the Broker in Rural India -- 7: Two Karnataka Villages and the Outside World: Internal Characteristics, Movement Linkages, and State of Development -- 8: 'Decentralized' Planning in a Centralized Economy: A Study of Sarvodaya Programmes in a Taluka -- 9: International Rice Research and the Problems of Rice Growing in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.

This book brings together an all-women group of scholars to provide a historically grounded and theoretically rich examination of the continuities and changes in Turkeys foreign policy since the Republic's establishment in 1923. Using different International Relations theories, clarifying the interaction between domestic politics and foreign policymaking, the book charts the evolution of Turkeys foreign policy vis-a-vis several regions and global actors and examines the major developments in Turkeys relations with these actors. Some chapters emphasize the continuities in Turkeys external relations, and others examine the significant changes and discontinuities in certain areas. Recognizing that Turkeys state interests may not always coincide with the interests of the ruling elite, the book demonstrates that the centennial birthday of Turkey represents a constitutive moment for Turkeys future and calls for a pragmatic, as opposed to a completely ideologically-based, grand strategy that should focus on progressive ideals

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Original Title -- Original Copyright -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Political culture in the two Koreas -- The presidential system in South Korea -- Parliamentary and extra-parliamentary opposition -- The North Korean political system -- 3 Economic development -- The basis of South Korean growth -- The Fifth Five- Year Plan and its successor -- The North Korean economy -- 4 The North-South balance -- The military balance -- Diplomatic competition -- The North-South dialogue -- 5 The two Koreas and the four major powers -- The US-South Korean alliance -- The Japan-Korea 'special relationship' -- South Korea's Nordpolitik -- The North Korea/China/Soviet Union triangle -- North Korea, Japan and the United States -- 6 West European interests -- Economic interests -- Political and strategic interests -- Cultural relations -- 7 Conclusion -- Towards stability -- A wider international role -- West European interests -- Appendix: North-South dialogues since 1984 -- Notes.

Preface: Welcome Spotlight on the Yellow Sea Gray Zone / Admiral Scott H. Swift, U.S. Navy (Ret.), The Swift Group; former Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet -- Introduction: Understanding Chinese and North Korean Gray Zone Operations in the Yellow Sea / Andrew S. Erickson, U.S. Naval War College and Harvard University -- Conceptualizing China's Maritime Gray Zone Operations / Peter A. Dutton, U.S. Naval War College and MIT -- Gray Zone Incidents in the Yellow Sea / Gregory B. Poling, Center for Strategic and International Studies -- China's Coast Guard: Organization, Forces, and Yellow Sea Applications / Andrew S. Erickson, U.S. Naval War College and Harvard University -- China's Maritime Militia in the Bohai Gulf and Yellow Sea / Conor M. Kennedy, U.S. Naval War College -- Casting a Wider Net: The Activities and Evolution of China's Maritime Militia in the Yellow Sea / Devin Thorne, Threat Intelligence Analyst, Recorded Future -- North Korea: Gray Zone Actions in the Yellow Sea / Terence Roehrig, U.S. Naval War College and Columbia.

This progressive volume furthers the inter-religious, international, and interdisciplinary understanding of the role of religion in the area of human rights. Building bridges between the often-separated spheres of academics, policymakers, and practitioners, it draws on the expertise of its authors alongside historical and contemporary examples of how religion's role in human rights manifests. At the core of the book are four case studies, dealing with Hinduism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Authors from each religion show the positive potential that their faith and its respective traditions has for the promotion of human rights, while also addressing why and how it stands in the way of fulfilling this potential. Addressed to policymakers, academics, and practitioners worldwide, this engaging and accessible volume provides pragmatic studies on how religious and secular actors can cooperate and contribute to policies that improve global human rights.

"Unlike most writing on Arab-Iran relations, which looks at specific episodes and specific countries, this book, taking a long term view, assesses the overall dynamics of the relationship, discussing in particular how far religion or politics drives the relationship. It argues that although Iran asserts that religion is a key factor underpinning a coherent approach to international relations, in fact what turns out to be the key factor is the politics of particular circumstances and Iran's specific interests. The book considers Iran's differing reactions to the Arab uprisings of 2011 onwards, showing that while Iran supported the uprisings in some countries it sided with repressive governments in other countries. The book also examines Iran's reaction to its own outbreak of popular discontent in 2009 which was controlled by what has been considered as severe repression and explores how Iran is viewed by ordinary people in different Arab countries"--

"What role did the agricultural sector play in the economic crash of 1929? Taking evidence from country cases across Europe and the Americas, this edited volume explores short-, medium- and long-term perspectives on the primary sector. The monograph brings together the voices of an international panel of contributors who examine issues such as falling prices, industrial production, unemployment and the stagnation of aggregate demand. Together, they frame the interwar period as a pivotal turning point in the decline of subsistence agriculture and the growth of agricultural subsidies, which remain a key policy tool in many economies today. This illuminating book will be of interest to advanced students and researchers in economic history, agricultural history, globalization, and economic development. Gérard Béaur, CNRS & Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, France. Francesco Chiapparino, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Dises (Dipartimento di scienze economiche e sociali), Ancona, Italy"--

Nicaragua Must Survive tells the story of the Sandinistas' innovative diplomatic campaign, which captured the imaginations of people around the globe and transformed Nicaraguan history at the tail end of the Cold War. The Sandinistas' diplomacy went far beyond elite politics, as thousands of musicians, politicians, teachers, activists, priests, feminists, and journalists flocked to the country to experience the revolution firsthand. Drawing on extensive archival research and interviews, Eline van Ommen reveals the role that Western Europe played in Nicaragua's revolutionary diplomacy. Blending grassroots organizing and formal foreign policy, pragmatic guerrillas, creative diplomats, and ambitious activists from Europe and the Americas were able to create an international environment in which the Sandinista Revolution could survive despite the odds. Nicaragua Must Survive argues that this diplomacy was remarkably effective, propelling Nicaragua into the global limelight and allowing the revolutionaries to successfully challenge the United States' role in Central America.

With a foreword by First Minister of Wales, Mark Drakeford, this book is the first to offer an in-depth look into what makes the Welsh Social Work context unique. It includes the move towards joint children, families and adult provision and the emphasis on early intervention, future generations and partnership considerations. Covering the subject knowledge required by the Welsh regulator, Social Care Wales, it provides essential reading for students and practising social workers in Wales, and rich contextual analysis for other international social work practitioners and writers. Each chapter includes: • dialogue on the distinctive 'Welsh Way' that underpins the nation's social work approach; • focus on application: responses and implications for professional practice; • the 'giving of voice' section: demonstrating the key emphasis in Welsh practice of ensuring that multiple stakeholder perspectives are actively heard; • key resources for further independent exploration of the topics