Part 1: Media representation and identity -- Chapter 1. The myth of Dongbei in the news: A quantitative analysis of Northeast China's news media representations (Xianwen KUANG and Kuangjian WU, XJTLU) -- Chapter 2. A Mirror between Two Cities: Postmodern Life of My Aunt (Ming REN, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences) -- Chapter 3. Suspense, Space and Subaltern Identity in three Dongbei Writers' Crime Stories (Xuying Yu and Xi Liu) -- Chapter 4. Language, dialect and humour: Zhao Benshan, regional stereotypes and discrimination (Lan GE, Nottingham Ningbo and Zhen Troy CHEN, UAL) -- Chapter 5.The Ecological Re-conception of Time and Space: Harbin in Chi Zijian's Fictional Works (Shuo Han, XJTLU) -- Part 2: The reinstitution, economic struggle and space -- Chapter 6. Taking typo-morphological evolution as a lens: An economic and societal review of the transformation of urban areas in Dalian (Han WANG, Donghua University) -- Chapter 7. Female factory workers' use of mobile phones: Walling out of the physical space of a factory compound (Xin PEI, Nottingham Ningbo) -- Chapter 8. Sentiment, Morality and the Vulnerable Rhetoric of Saving China: "Kingly Way" Manchukuo and the Aestheticization of the Nation (Yuji Xu, CityUHK) -- Part 3: Living in Dongbei everyday life -- Chapter 9. Discourses on Minzu and ethnicity: Sibo living as outsiders and minorities in Dongbei (Lei HAO, Nottingham Ningbo) -- Chapter 10. Old country folks, sharp young lads and talented large women: Dongbei's micro-celebrities on social media platforms under the discourse of Dongbei Renaissance (Zhen Troy Chen, Kuang, Liu, Han) -- Chapter 11. Affective reflection on Dalian People's Stadium as a place in a densified memory of football and everyday life (Jiawen HAN, XJTLU).
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1. Introduction -- Part I: HISTORY -- 2. "The History of the Twentieth-Century Chinese Game Industry: The Practice of Domestic Games as Evidence" (Jian Deng, PhD, postdoc researcher, Peking University) -- 3. "From Game Addiction to Game Culture: The Panorama of Chinese Video Game Research" (Jing Sun, PhD, Director of Game Research Center at Perfect World) -- Part II: ECONOMICS, INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION, AND POLICY -- 4. "Exploring Cultural Policy and Gaming Entrepreneurship in Shanghai: An Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Perspective" (Gejun Huang, PhD, assistant prof, Soochow University) -- 5. "Online Streaming and Digital Distribution Platforms: The Introduction of Western Games to Chinese Markets" (Mateusz Felczak, PhD, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities) -- 6. "Japanese Game Company Strategies for Entering China: Comparative Case Studies from 1989 to 2019" (Akinori Nakamura, PhD, professor, Ritsumeikan University) -- Part III: PLAYER STUDIES -- 7. "Competitive, Emotional, and Social: The In-Game Purchase Mechanism and Player Motivations in Onmyoji" (Shule Cao, PhD, associate professor,Tsinghua University, and Xinyi Xu, MA student, University College of London) -- 8. "Real Emotions in Virtual Play: The Impact of Honor of Kings on Players' Attitudes toward and Cognition of Historical Figures" (Wei He, PhD, associate professor and Yue Li, MA student, Beijing Normal University) -- Part IV: CULTURE -- 9. "Fan Empowerment and the Voice of the Production Sectors: A Discourse Analysis of the Contemporary Gaming Culture in China" (Boris L. F. Pun, PhD, postdoc fellow, Chinese University of Hong Kong) -- 10. "Women's Esports in Hong Kong" (Hanna Wirman, PhD, associate professor, IT University of Copenhagen, and Rhys Jones, PhD, research associate, Hong Kong Polytechnic University) -- 11. "The Rise of Senior Gamers in the Greater China Region: A Text-Mining Analysis of Digital Game Industry Discourses" (Kenneth C. C. Yang, PhD, professor, University of Texas at El Paso, and Yowei Kang, PhD, assistant professor, National Taiwan Ocean University).
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"At present, there is no scholarly consensus on the ecclesiastical organization in the Roman province of Scythia (4th-7th centuries). This volume proposes a new interpretation of some of the historical evidence concerning the evolution of the see of Tomi: a great metropolis, first with suffragan bishoprics outside Roman Scythia and then inside it, and later an autocephalous archbishopric. Though there are also many unclear aspects regarding the evolution of monastic life in the province, this book reveals that, in contrast with the development of the monastic infrastructure in Roman Scythia, a spiritual decline began in the mid-5th century"--
The book presents the results of an empirical study on the relationship between Afrikaans language, identity and ethnicity from the perspective of sociolinguistics. More specifically, it deals with the Coloureds of Cape Town born after the end of apartheid (in 1994). As a methodological approach, several interviews were conducted in order to find out, from the point of view of the South Africans themselves, how these relationships take place and socially occur. The linguistic variety of Afrikaans known as Kaaps (spoken by the Coloureds) became one of the most important points of discussion since it reflects the identity of the group referred. Issues such as linguistic choices, ethnic and linguistic prejudice, as well as rejection of non-standard forms of speech came to the fore in the research. Amazing study about the "in-betweenness" of coloured substandard Afrikaans speakers, navigating between black native English speakers, the prestige language of post-apartheid South Africa, and white speakers of Afrikaans, the "language of apartheid". (Peter Rosenberg, Europa-Universität Viadrina)
Introduction: 'Despots masquerading as democrats' -- Chapter 1: What is Democracy? -- Chapter 2: How Democracy Backslides? -- Chapter 3: Processes and sequences of backsliding -- Chapter 4: Five cases of backsliding and the rise of autocrats -- Conclusion: What did we learn?.
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Introduction -- Part I Precursors and Concepts -- Chapter 1. Colonial Era Foundations -- Chapter 2. Turning Points in a New Nation -- Chapter 3. Framing Practitioner Communities -- Part II, 20th Century Practitioners -- Chapter 4. Borrowing from Civil Society, 1917-1947 -- Chapter 5. Foreign Service – Building a Foundation, 1948-1970 -- Chapter 6. Foreign Service – Transforming Diplomacy, 1970-1990 -- Chapter 7. Cultural Diplomats -- Chapter 8. International Broadcasters -- Chapter 9. Soldiers -- Chapter 10. Covert Operatives and Front Groups -- Chapter 11. Democracy Builders -- Chapter 12. Presidential Aides -- Part III 21st Century US Diplomacy -- Chapter 13. Reinvention and Fragmentation -- Chapter 14. A Failure to Communicate? -- Chapter 15. Drivers of Change -- Chapter 16. What Happens Now? -- Acronyms -- Selected Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
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Part 1 cancer in pandemic times -- Chapter 1 - the cancer care challenge in the light of pandemic experience -- Chapter 2 - broken supply chains and local manufacturing innovation: responses to covid-19 and their implications for policy -- Part 2 the cancer care experience in east Africa -- Chapter 3 - the social pain of cancer in east africa: understanding need -- Chapter 4: access to cancer care: navigating the maze -- Chapter 5 - beyond 'late presentation': explaining delayed cancer diagnosis in east Africa -- Part 3 local industry and cancer care in india and east Africa -- Chapter 6 - cupboard full, cupboard empty: the industrial building blocks of covid-19 and cancer systems -- Chapter 7- manufacturing for cancer care in east africa: raising the ambition -- Chapter 8 - oncology drug production in sub-saharan africa: the challenge and opportunity, with evidence from india -- Part 4 - industrial innovation and industrial policy -- Chapter 9 - emerging business models in cancer diagnostic startups in india and lessons for african countries -- Chapter 10 - realistic ambitions: technology transfer for biologics platform technologies -- Chapter 11 - palliation economics: the industrial organization of morphine in india -- Part 5 - tackling institutional gaps: using scenarios -- Chapter 12 innovation and policy in cancer pain management: systemic interactions in Tanzania -- Chapter 13 - using scenarios to support innovation and mutual linkages -- Chapter 14- conclusion: better cancer care and greater local health security: lessons, opportunities and ways forward.
Part I. Theory- Systematic understanding of common prosperity -- 1. Background and significance of common prosperity -- 2. The basis and connotation of common prosperity -- 3. Goal and measurement of common prosperity -- Part II. Practice -Jointly promote common prosperity -- 4. Principles and policies of top-level design -- 5. Construction and promotion of common prosperity demonstration area -- 6. Influence and opportunity of common prosperity -- 7. Realizing people's all-round development.
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Einführung: Politikberatung und Lobbyismus im deutsch-polnischen Vergleich -- Legitimierung von Expertentätigkeiten in politischen Beratungs- und Lobbyprozessen -- Institutionell-rechtlicher Rahmen von Politikberatungs- und Lobbyprozessen in Deutschland und Polen im Vergleich -- Regulierung von Politikberatungs- und Lobbyprozessen in Deutschland und Polen aus Sicht der Politiker und Experten. Eine empirische Analyse -- Dimensionen der Institutionalisierung des Lobbying- und Politikberatungsmarktes in Polen und Deutschland aus der Sicht von Experten und Parlamentariern -- Berater oder Lobbyisten? Zur Rolle, Formen und Wirksamkeit von Politikberatung aus der Sicht polnischer und deutscher Experten -- Experten und Politik in Deutschland und Polen: Die Wahrnehmung der Zugangskanäle und des Formalisierungsgrades von Beratungsprozessen -- Die Grenze zwischen Politikberatung und Lobbying aus der Sicht polnischer und deutscher Experten und Parlamentarier. Eine empirische Analyse -- Beratungsfunktionen der parlamentarischen Abgeordnetenbüros im deutsch-polnischen Vergleich -- Lobbyismus und Politikberatung in der parlamentarischen Praxis in deutsch-polnischer Vergleichsperspektive -- Das Konzept der "politischen Expertenkultur" als analytisches Modell zur vergleichenden Betrachtung der politischen Beratungsprozesse -- Politikberatung und Lobbyismus im Kontext der Medien -- Die Expertendarstellung in den Nachrichtensendungen des öffentlich-rechtlichen Fernsehens im Kontext der COVID-19-Krise im deutsch-polnischen Vergleich. -- Der "Drehtür-Effekt" in der politischen Praxis in Deutschland und Polen -- Bürger(räte) in der Politikberatung in Deutschland und Polen -- "Politische Expertenkultur" in Deutschland und Polen: Forschungsergebnisse und –empfehlungen.
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Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Historically Locating Muslim women: Australia and Coloniality of Power -- Chapter 3: Decolonial Feminism: Theorising Muslim Women's Subjectivity -- Chapter 4: Understanding of Islam and Being Muslim: Negotiating Diversity and Authenticity -- Chapter 5: "The Good Girl": Negotiating Gendered Identity at the Intersections of Islam and Ethnicity -- Chapter 6: The Oppressed and Palatable Others: Intersections of Islam, Ethnicity, Race and Gender -- Chapter 7: Muslim Women's Borderlands Identities.
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