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Part One: The Research Settings,Methodology and Theoretical Frameworks. - Introduction 1. - Chapter One: Setting the Context and Methodological Frameworks 3. - 1.1 The Problematic of Protected Areas Conservation 3. - A Point of Departure 20. - 1.2 Research Questions 25. - 1.3 Methodological Frameworks 26. - 1.4 Actor-Oriented Approach as Analytical Concept 46. - 1.5 Ethical Considerations 48. - 1.6 Structure of the Work 50. - Chapter Two: Conceptual and Theoretical Frameworks 53. - 2.1 Conceptual Frameworks 53. - 2.2 Theoretical Frameworks 56. - Chapter Three: The Study Area,the People and their Relations to the Land 95. - 3.1 The Study Area 95. - 3.2 The People and their Land 98. - 3.3 The Establishment of State Farm and Arba Minch Town: State expansion to the Periphery 134. - Part Two: Political Ecology of Nature Conservation. - Introduction 139. - Chapter Four: The Exportation of National Park Ideals to Africa 141. - Introduction 141. - 4.1 The Countryside Ideal and 'Wilderness' Conservation 143. - 4.2 Colonial Legacies and Post-colonial Dynamics in Conservation Discourses 162. - 4.3 Center-Periphery Relations ỉn Ethiopia and the Establishment of Nech Sar National Park 170. - Chapter Five: Ethnic Federalism and Contested Spaces in Ethiopia: Situating the Nech Sar National Park in the Political Discourse 191. - Introduction 191. - 5.1 The Reconfiguration of the Periphery within the New Political Order 192. - 5.2 The Lived Reality of the New Political Order (mixed results) 201. - 5.3 Ethnic Federalism and Community Voices in the Periphery 209. - 5.4 The Experience from the Nech Sar National Park 214. - 5.5 Extending the Nech Sar Case beyond Local Contexts 231. - Part Three: The Nech Sar National Park: An Arena of Contestation/Negotiation on Nature-Culture Relations. - Introduction 237. - Chapter Six: The Ethiopian State: Conservationist, 'Developmental' or Encroacher? 241. - 6.1 Situating the Conservation-Development Debate within the Identity of the Ethiopian 'St

The Internet and social media are pervasive and transformative forces in contemporary China. Nearly half of China's 1.3 billion citizens use the Internet, and tens of millions use Sina Weibo, a platform similar to Twitter or Facebook. Recently, Weixin/Wechat has become another major form of social media. While these services have allowed regular people to share information and opinions as never before, they also have changed the ways in which the Chinese authorities communicate with the people they rule. China's party-state now invests heavily in speaking to Chinese citizens through the Internet and social media, as well as controlling the speech that occurs in that space. At the same time, those authorities are wary of the Internet's ability to undermine the ruling party's power, organize dissent, or foment disorder. Nevertheless, policy debates and public discourse in China now regularly occur online, to an extent unimaginable a decade or two ago, profoundly altering the fabric of China's civil society, legal affairs, internal politics, and foreign relations.The Internet, Social Media, and a Changing China explores the changing relationship between China's cyberspace and its society, politics, legal system, and foreign relations. The chapters focus on three major policy areas—civil society, the roles of law, and the nationalist turn in Chinese foreign policy—and cover topics such as the Internet and authoritarianism, "uncivil society" online, empowerment through new media, civic engagement and digital activism, regulating speech in the age of the Internet, how the Internet affects public opinion, legal cases, and foreign policy, and how new media affects the relationship between Beijing and Chinese people abroad.Contributors: Anne S. Y. Cheung, Rogier Creemers, Jacques deLisle, Avery Goldstein, Peter Gries, Min Jiang, Dalei Jie, Ya-Wen Lei, James Reilly, Zengzhi Shi, Derek Steiger, Marina Svensson, Wang Tao, Guobin Yang

This book approaches the Arctic from a postcolonial perspective, taking into account its historical status as a colonised region and new, economically driven forms of colonialism. One catchphrase currently being used to describe these new colonialisms is "the scramble for the Arctic". This cross-disciplinary study, featuring contributions from an international team of experts in the field, offers a set of broadly postcolonial perspectives on the European Arctic, which is taken here as ranging from Greenland and Iceland in the North Atlantic to the upper regions of Norway and Sweden in the European High North. While the contributors acknowledge the renewed scramble for resources that characterises the region, it also argues the need to 'unscramble' the Arctic, wresting it away from its persistent status as a fixed object of western control and knowledge. Instead, the book encourages a reassertion of micro-histories of Arctic space and territory that complicate western grand narratives of technological progress, politico-economic development, and ecological 'state change'. It will be of interest to scholars of Arctic Studies across all disciplines. Graham Huggan is Chair of Commonwealth and Postcolonial Literatures at the University of Leeds, UK, where he directs the EU-funded 'Arctic Encounters' project. His work cuts across three fields: postcolonial studies, environmental humanities, and tourism studies. His most recently published book is Nature's Saviours: Celebrity Conservationists in the Television Age (2013), and he is currently working on another on the cultural politics of whale-watching. Lars Jensen is an Associate Professor at Cultural Encounters, Roskilde University, Denmark. His main research fields are postcolonial studies and cultural studies, both of which are represented in his latest book, Beyond Britain: Stuart Hall and the Postcolonializing of Anglophone Cultural Studies (2014). He is currently writing a book on postcolonial Europe

Acquire the diverse skill set required to negotiate and execute a successful sale Buying, Selling, and Valuing Financial Practices + Website shows you how to sell what you've built, or buy what someone else has built, with a win-win outcome. Buyer and seller do not hold disparate goals; selling for maximum value and optimum tax rate—and buying for minimum risk and complete write-off—are part of the same strategy that must be the ultimate goal for the good of the industry. Unfortunately, financial advisors tend to make the same two critical mistakes. Exit planning is not succession planning, and every sale or acquisition is different. This book shows you how to complete a sale or acquisition with the best possible terms for both buyer and seller, through deliberate consideration of the size, structure, and sophistication of the opportunity. The companion website provides tools, worksheets, and checklists to aid immediate implementation, and the expert insight will prove invaluable regardless of which side of the table you're on. Buying or selling the result of a lifetime's work requires years of experience to master. This book gives you the benefit of high-level expertise in the multiple disciplines that contribute to a successful sale or acquisition, to provide the perspective and skills you need to work through the deal. Learn why exit planning is different from succession planning Sell what you've built for maximum profit and minimal tax Become someone else's exit strategy for the best possible terms Avoid the common and critical mistakes in the M&A space A successful exit strategy requires the expertise of a CPA, JD, CVA, ASA, MCBA, and a CFA. You must either bring these people to the table, or acquire these skills yourself. Buying, Selling, and Valuing Financial Practices + Website gives you the essential knowledge and helpful tools you need to execute an optimal deal.

Preliminary Material /Sven Eliaeson , Lyudmila Harutyunyan and Larissa Titarenko -- Introduction: Challenges of the Disappearance of the "Second World" /Sven Eliaeson , Lyudmila Harutyunyan and Larissa Titarenko -- The Significance of Myrdal for Post-1989 Transformations: His Apocryphal Letters /Sven Eliaeson -- On some Observations by Max Weber about Long-Term Structural Features of Russian Policy /Karl-Ludwig Ay -- Pre- and Post-Revolutionary Situations. Legitimation of Authority and of Social Change in the Perspective of Classical Sociological Theory: The Cases of Russia and France /Christopher Schlembach -- Heidegger within the Boundaries of Mere Reason? "Nihilism" as a Contemporary Critical Narrative /Jon Wittrock -- To Build a Nation: Alva Myrdal and the Role of Family Politics in the Transformation of Sweden in the 1930s /Hedvig Ekerwald -- Eastern Europe as a Laboratory for Social Sciences /Nikolai Genov -- Decommunisation and Democracy: Transitional Justice in Post-communist Central-Eastern Europe /Adam Czarnota -- The Large Second World and the Necessary Shifts in Research Approaches in Macrosocial Dynamics /Nikolai S. Rozov -- Zig-Zag Post-Soviet Paths to Democracy /Larissa Titarenko -- After the Empire: The Migration in the Post-Soviet Space /Lyudmila Harutyunyan and Maria Zaslavskaya -- The Geography of Nationalism in Nagorno-Karabakh: Post-Soviet Reality as Post-Colonial Reality /Antranig Kasbarian -- Symbolic Geography: Geography as a Symbol in the Post-Soviet-Soviet South Caucasus /Hayk Demoyan -- Playing Democracy: Some Peculiarities of Political Mentality and Behavior in the Post-Soviet Countries /Arthur Atanesyan -- Globalization and Neo-liberalism: Their Opponents and Their Application to Armenia /Levon Chorbajian -- European Values and Cultural Identity in the Context of Social-psychological Transformations. Case of Armenia /Gohar Shahnazaryan -- Patterns of Contentious Activity /Henryk Domański -- (Im)Migrants' Diverse Identities and Their Impact on Host-Society Ideas and Practices of National Membership /Ewa Morawska -- The Past as Present: Foreign Relations and Russia's Politics of History /Igor Torbakov -- Varieties of Cosmopolitanism /Klaus Müller -- Index /Sven Eliaeson , Lyudmila Harutyunyan and Larissa Titarenko.

Geo-mathematical modelling: models from complexity science Sir Alan Wilson, Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, University College London Mathematical and computer models for a complexity science tool kit Geographical systems are characterised by locations, activities at locations, interactions between them and the infrastructures that carry these activities and flows. They can be described at a great variety of scales, from individuals and organisations to countries. Our understanding, often partial, of these entities, and in many cases this understanding is represented in theories and associated mathematical models. In this book, the main examples are models that represent elements of the global system covering such topics as trade, migration, security and development aid together with examples at finer scales. This provides an effective toolkit that can not only be applied to global systems, but more widely in the modelling of complex systems. All complex systems involve nonlinearities involving path dependence and the possibility of phase changes and this makes the mathematical aspects particularly interesting. It is through these mechanisms that new structures can be seen to 'emerge', and hence the current notion of 'emergent behaviour'. The range of models demonstrated include account-based models and biproportional fitting, structural dynamics, space-time statistical analysis, real-time response models, Lotka-Volterra models representing 'war', agent-based models, epidemiology and reaction-diffusion approaches, game theory, network models and finally, integrated models. Geo-mathematical modelling: -Presents mathematical models with spatial dimensions.-Provides representations of path dependence and phase changes.-Illustrates complexity science using models of trade, migration, security and development aid.-Demonstrates how generic models from the complexity science tool kit can each be applied in a variety of situations This book is for practitioners and researchers in applied mathematics, geography, economics, and interdisciplinary fields such as regional science and complexity science. It can also be used as the basis of a modelling course for postgraduate students

The far-right English Defence League (EDL) is a strange product of global and local dynamics, most prominently the 'War on Terror'. While the EDL has become well known for its high-profile Islamophobic demonstrations within local communities, the bulk of its day-to-day activity occurs online within its social networking sites, between supporters - referred to as 'keyboard warriors'. 'Keyboard warriors'' activities are confined to the virtual realm and they are unlikely to attend EDL events in physical space, such as demonstrations. This book explores the kind of Islamophobic identity that is produced by EDL supporters within the networking sites, and focuses on how this identity is constructed around insecurities that are central to the lives of this population. EDL supporters can be identified as members of the working class that have experienced significant ontological insecurity since the 1980s, as a consequence of globalisation and related deindustrialisation. Working class identity has been weakened in contrast to the post-war era when stronger roles could be located for such groups. Adrift in a post-industrial landscape, located in an ethno-religious war attached to feelings of class and national pride and now mediated by new social networking systems, the insecurities of these sections of the white working class have become attached to a construct of Islamic identity that is defined as essentially immoral and dangerous. This attribution of 'otherness', however, is not restricted merely to Muslims, but is applied to any perceived anti-EDL agent, including the government and the police, which are aggregated into a hegemonic foe that persecutes the English nation and facilitates Islamic expansionism. The central theme of the book is that new media systems have become critical to an understanding of extreme political identities and the

"Offers us an excellent opportunity to reflect on and deepen our understanding of the complex ways in which today's media and communication ecology enter into contemporary conflicts. Notwithstanding the state power plays evident in the Ukrainian conflict and redolent perhaps of an earlier Cold War period, the surrounding terrain of media and communications has in fact moved on. New information technologies and evolving hybrid media (both 'old' and 'new' in dynamic interaction and increasing imbrication), argues Pantti, have reshaped both the conduct and space of modern wars. This has served to increase the range of views, voices and vantage points informing the narratives of conflict and their contending frames and counterframes; ... based on the original research of its contributors provides its own vantage point from which to better appraise the multiple and complex ways in which media and communications represented and entered into the Ukrainian conflict. Moreover, the questions that are posed and pursued have relevance not only for the Ukrainian conflict but the changing nature of war reporting globally. As Pantti astutely asks in her introduction, and invites us all to consider: What does 'information war,' 'media propaganda' or 'media diplomacy' mean in the contemporary digital media environment? How are traditional mass media and new media forms and technologies involved in information war? How does media serve as a means by which various actors manage and communicate a conflict? What kinds of knowledge and understanding do the narratives and framings of conflict provide their audiences? The different studies and research insights offered by the contributing scholars to this timely volume help provide answers to these crucial questions and by so doing open up a new and necessary vantage point on the play of communication power in the Ukrainian conflict and in respect of today's fast-changing communication environment--Preface

"For over four decades, the Cold War superpowers endeavored mightily to 'win hearts and minds' abroad through strategies that came to be called public diplomacy. While many target audiences were on the original front lines of the conflict in Europe, other larger audiences resided in areas outside Europe, regions then in the throes of decolonization. This book explores how, for all the blood and drama of intervention, crisis, and revolution during the Cold War, the vast majority of these non-Europeans experienced it as a media war for their allegiance rather than as a violent war for their lives. In these outlying regions, superpower public diplomacy encountered volatile issues of race, empire, poverty, and decolonization--all of which intersected unpredictably with the dynamics of the Cold War and anti-imperialist currents. The challenge to U.S. public diplomacy was acute. At a time when the United States' image was inseparable from Jim Crow and Washington's European-imperial alliances, the cresting of these issues put U.S. outreach on the defensive. Yet, as Jason Parker argues, the greater consequence of these Cold War campaigns was international, not U.S.-centric, in scope. The non-European world responded to this media war by joining it. A proliferation of newly independent voices launched public diplomacy campaigns of their own, offering a roundabout validation of strategic public diplomacy while articulating an alternative vision of the postwar world. By reappropriating the geopolitical and intellectual space between the Cold War superpowers, this global conversation formulated a 'Third World project' that coalesced around principals of nonalignment, post-imperial economic development, and anti-colonial racial solidarity. The global South's response to the injection of the Cold War into their social, economic, and political reality thus helped to create the 'Third World' as a transnational, imagined community on the postwar global landscape"--

Queens Consort, Cultural Transfer and European Politics examines the roles that queens consort played in dynastic politics and cultural transfer between their natal and marital courts during the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries. This collection of essays analyses the part that these queens played in European politics, showing how hard and soft power, high politics and cultural influences, cannot be strictly separated. It shows that the root of these consorts' power lay in their dynastic networks and the extent to which they cultivated them. The consorts studied in this book come from territories such as Austria, Braunschweig, Hanover, Poland, Portugal, Prussia and Saxony and travel to, among other places, Britain, Naples, Russia, Spain and Sweden. The various chapters address different types of cultural manifestation, among them collecting,portraiture, panegyric poetry, libraries, theatre and festivals, learning, genealogical literature and architecture.Afterword: Queens Consort, Cultural Transfer and European PoliticsArt Collections as Dynastic Tool: The Jagiellonian Princesses Katarzyna, Queen of Sweden, and Zofia, Duchess of Braunschweig-Wolfenbttel Dynastic Positioning and Political Newsgathering: Hedwig Eleonora of Schleswig-Gottorf, Queen of Sweden, and her Correspondence Greeting the Stuart Queens Consort: Cultural Exchange and the nuptial texts for Henrietta Maria of France and Catherine of Braganza, Queens of Britain Introduction: Politics, Culture and Queens Consort Luise Ulrike of Prussia, Queen of Sweden, and the Search for Political Space Sanctity and Suspicion: Catholicism, Conspiracy and the Representation of Henrietta Maria of France and Catherine of Braganza, Queens of BritainThe Consort in the Theatre of Power: Maria Amalia of Saxony, Queen of the Two Sicilies, Queen of Spain The volume significantly shifts the direction of scholarship by moving beyond a focus on individual historical women to consider 'queens consort' as a category, making it valuable reading for students and scholars of early modern gender and political history.

This book presents 3D3C platforms - three-dimensional systems for community, creation and commerce. It discusses tools including bots in social networks, team creativity, privacy, and virtual currencies & micropayments as well as their applications in areas like healthcare, energy, collaboration, and art. More than 20 authors from 10 countries share their experiences, research fi ndings and perspectives, off ering a comprehensive resource on the emerging fi eld of 3D3C worlds. The book is designed for both the novice and the expert as a way to unleash the emerging opportunities in 3D3C worlds. This Handbook maps with breadth and insight the exciting frontier of building virtual worlds with digital technologies. David Perkins, Research Professor, Harvard Graduate School of Education This book is from one of the most adventurous and energetic persons I have ever met. Yesha takes us into new undiscovered spaces and provides insight into phenomena of social interaction and immersive experiences that transform our lives. Cees de Bont, Dean of School of Design & Chair Professor of Design, School of Design of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University When you read 3D3C Platforms you realize what a domain like ours -- 3D printing -- can and should do for the world. Clearly we are just starting. Inspiring. David Reis, CEO, Stratasys Ltd This book provides a stunning overview regarding how virtual worlds are reshaping possibilities for identity and community. Th e range of topics addressed by the authors-- from privacy and taxation to fashion and health care--provide a powerful roadmap for addressing the emerging potential of these online environments. Tom Boellstorff, Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Irvine Handbook on 3D3C Platforms amassed a unique collection of multidisciplinary academic thinking. A primer on innovations that will touch every aspect of the human community in the 21st century. Eli Talmor, Professor, London Business School.

Recent years have seen a surge of interest in Japanese feminism and gender history. This new volume brings to light Japan's feminist public sphere, a discursive space in which academic, journalistic, and political voices have long met and sparred over issues that remain controversial to the present day: prostitution, pornography, reproductive rights, the balance between motherhood and paid work, relationships between individual, family, and state. Japanese Feminist Debates: A Century of Contention on Sex, Love, and Labor contributes to this discussion in a number of unique ways. The book is organized around intellectually and politically charged debates, including important recent developments in state feminism and the conservative backlash against it, spearheaded by the current prime minister, Abe Shinzō. Focusing on essential questions that have yet to be resolved, Ayako Kano traces the emergence and development of these controversies in relation to social, cultural, intellectual, and political history. Her focus on the " rondan"--The Japanese intellectual public sphere--allows her to show how disputes taking place therein interacted with both popular culture and policy making. Kano argues that these feminist debates explain an important paradox: why Japan is such a highly developed modern nation yet ranks dismally low in gender equality. Part of the answer lies in the contested definitions of gender equality and women's liberation, and this book traces these contentions over the course of modern Japanese history. It also situates these debates in relation to modern Japanese social policy and comparative discussions about welfare regimes. By covering an entire century, Japanese Feminist Debates is able to trace the origins and development of feminist consciousness from the late nineteenth century to the present day. Based on over a decade of research, this wide-ranging, lively, up-to-date book will both spark discussion among specialists grappling with long-enduring subjects of intellectual debate and animate undergraduate and graduate classrooms on modern Japanese women's history and gender studies

"Acquire the diverse skill set required to negotiate and execute a successful sale Buying, Selling, and Valuing Financial Practices + Website shows you how to sell what you've built, or buy what someone else has built, with a win-win outcome. Buyer and seller do not hold disparate goals; selling for maximum value and optimum tax rate & mdash;and buying for minimum risk and complete write-off & mdash;are part of the same strategy that must be the ultimate goal for the good of the industry. Unfortunately, financial advisors tend to make the same two critical mistakes. Exit planning is not succession planning, and every sale or acquisition is different. This book shows you how to complete a sale or acquisition with the best possible terms for both buyer and seller, through deliberate consideration of the size, structure, and sophistication of the opportunity. The companion website provides tools, worksheets, and checklists to aid immediate implementation, and the expert insight will prove invaluable regardless of which side of the table you're on. Buying or selling the result of a lifetime's work requires years of experience to master. This book gives you the benefit of high-level expertise in the multiple disciplines that contribute to a successful sale or acquisition, to provide the perspective and skills you need to work through the deal. Learn why exit planning is different from succession planning Sell what you've built for maximum profit and minimal tax Become someone else's exit strategy for the best possible terms Avoid the common and critical mistakes in the M & A space A successful exit strategy requires the expertise of a CPA, JD, CVA, ASA, MCBA, and a CFA. You must either bring these people to the table, or acquire these skills yourself. Buying, Selling, and Valuing Financial Practices + Website gives you the essential knowledge and helpful tools you need to execute an optimal deal"--

This book approaches the Arctic from a postcolonial perspective, taking into account its historical status as a colonised region and new, economically driven forms of colonialism. One catchphrase currently being used to describe these new colonialisms is "the scramble for the Arctic". This cross-disciplinary study, featuring contributions from an international team of experts in the field, offers a set of broadly postcolonial perspectives on the European Arctic, which is taken here as ranging from Greenland and Iceland in the North Atlantic to the upper regions of Norway and Sweden in the European High North. While the contributors acknowledge the renewed scramble for resources that characterises the region, it also argues the need to 'unscramble' the Arctic, wresting it away from its persistent status as a fixed object of western control and knowledge. Instead, the book encourages a reassertion of micro-histories of Arctic space and territory that complicate western grand narratives of technological progress, politico-economic development, and ecological 'state change'. It will be of interest to scholars of Arctic Studies across all disciplines. Graham Huggan is Chair of Commonwealth and Postcolonial Literatures at the University of Leeds, UK, where he directs the EU-funded 'Arctic Encounters' project. His work cuts across three fields: postcolonial studies, environmental humanities, and tourism studies. His most recently published book is Nature's Saviours: Celebrity Conservationists in the Television Age (2013), and he is currently working on another on the cultural politics of whale-watching. Lars Jensen is an Associate Professor at Cultural Encounters, Roskilde University, Denmark. His main research fields are postcolonial studies and cultural studies, both of which are represented in his latest book, Beyond Britain: Stuart Hall and the Postcolonializing of Anglophone Cultural Studies (2014). He is currently writing a book on postcolonial Europe

Preface : grassroots uprising to graduate degrees in women's spirituality / Vicki Noble -- Introduction : on my path / Miriam Robbins Dexter -- Part I. Scholars. Our quest for spiritual authenticity / Charlene Spretnak -- The life and work of a feminist goddess theologian / Carol P. Christ -- Resurgence / Max Dashú -- My spirituality holds the meaning of life for me / Elinor W. Gadon -- Women's spirituality and higher education / Mara Lynn Keller -- Women's spirituality : from domination to partnership / Riane Eisler -- Dakinis dancing through space and time, into our bodies and minds / Miranda Shaw -- Adventures she has brought my way / Starr Goode -- Cultivating sacred ground / Joan Marler -- The journey of a matriarchal scholar in a patriarchal world / Heide Goettner-Abendroth, translated from German by Karen Smith -- Part II. Indigenous mind and mother earth. Still crazy after all these tears / Luisah Teish -- Ancient wisdom, sustaining harmony / Brooke Medicine Eagle -- Earth healing, earth action / Starhawk -- Spirit'reality, in the spirit of We'Moon / Musawa -- Green witch, high priestess of the Goddess / Susun S. Weed -- Transformation from midwife to priestess / Jane Hardwicke Collings -- Conceiving and nurturing a poiesis of Her / Glenys Livingstone -- Part III. Ritual and ceremony. LA story / Z Budapest -- Serving the Mother / Hallie Austen Iglehart -- On weaving a web around the world / Mama Donna Henes, urban shaman -- The life of a priestess / Kathy Jones -- When we re-discovered the power of women's mysteries / Ruth Barrett -- The Tantric dance of feminine power in the fourth wave of feminism / Vajra Ma -- Part IV. Artists and activists. A romance of poets / Judy Grahn -- Love of the Goddess / Karen Vogel -- Early artistic work inspired by my activism in the 1970s / Cristina Biaggi -- A beginning but no ending / Donna Read -- My muses : Glinda the Good, Merlin Stone, and Marija Gimbutas / Mary Mackey -- My journey to the Goddess / Lydia Ruyle -- Krissy Keefer, the genius behind Wallflower Order, Dance Brigade, and Dance Mission / Vicki Noble -- Part V. Philosopher and humanitarian. Promises kept / Genevieve Vaughan