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1. Introduction : neoliberalism and governmentality -- 2. Constructing the consumer -- 3. Diagnosing the British economy -- 4. How to govern the economy -- 5. Governing for the consumer -- 6. Misidentification and crisis -- 7. The American sub-prime homeowner consumer -- 8. Conclusion : problematizing the consumer.

Review of: Found in Translation: 'New People' in Twentieth-Century Chinese Science Fiction, Jing Jiang (2021)
Ann Arbor, MI: Association for Asian Studies, 144 pp.,
ISBN 978-0-92430-494-1, p/bk, £9.50


The Reincarnated Giant: An Anthology of Twenty-First Century Chinese Science Fiction, Mingwei Song and Theodore Huters (eds) (2018)
New York: Columbia University Press, 448 pp.,
ISBN 978-0-23118-023-8, p/bk, £22.76


Socialist Cosmopolitanism: The Chinese Literary Universe, 1945–1965, Nicolai Volland (2017)
New York: Columbia University Press, 304 pp.,
ISBN 978-0-23118-311-6, p/bk, £22.48

This essay considers two narrative texts by the nature essayist and fiction writer Wang Chia-hsiang (Wang Jiaxiang); namely, the short story 'On Lamatasinsin and Dahu Ali' (1995), and the short novel Mystery of the Little People (1996). Structured around ethnographic journeys into the Taiwanese mountainous hinterland, the texts concern the main protagonists, two earnest (Han) Taiwanese ethnographers, who narrate stories that traverse the island's histories, lands, and written remnants. The paper argues that the two stories purposefully overlap multiple historical, colonial, and environmental encounters and temporal moments as a means to fictionalise the past as inherently heterarchical. The tales thus fabulise new literary spaces in which the Taiwanese relationship to yesteryear—the peoples, the lands—can be cognised alternatively.

This article highlights the value of close co‐ operation and understanding between those inthe public, private and voluntary sectors who have the responsibility for planning and responding to major incidents. Multi‐agency response and co‐operation can be improved through joint planning and exercises which serve to validate plans, enable staff to familiarise themselves with the arrangements and assist in training. The whole plan or just part of it may be exercised according to need, and may involve participation by one or more agencies. It has to be decided who needs to be exercised and which type of exercise is appropriate, for example paper feed, table‐top, communications‐simulated or live. When staging exercise, it is important to plan, conduct and supervise them in a way which will ensure maximum benefit to all participants, enhance response safely and enable weaknesses in the plans to be revealed and corrected.

Major disasters make very newsworthy stories – not only because they are
unusual events but because of the human interest angle. No matter how
horrific the circumstances, the public seems to be fascinated by other
people′s misfortunes and the press and broadcasting media know it. The
manner of coverage and reporting often leads to criticism that the media
were intrusive and lacking in sensitivity, as in the live filming of the
Hillsborough disaster. The press and broadcasting agencies argue that
they have a right to report and comment on matters of public interest.
Moreover, they feel that matters of discretion and good taste should be
left to them. This calls for good relationships between the authorities
and the media. The aim should be to give accurate information and assist
reporters where possible, provided that the judicial process is not
compromised, operations are not hampered and there is no invasion of
privacy. In return, there are many ways in which the media can help the
authorities, for example by broadcasting messages, providing photographs
and newsreel film to assist enquiries and training personnel as
spokespersons. Such co‐operation is likely to be achieved through
sensible policies and good, workable press arrangements.

Although federal policies regarding energy-efficient product procurement (EEPP) are long-standing and well-established, federal buyers do not typically request energy-efficient products when making purchases. This is a large missed opportunity: full compliance could save the U.S. federal government roughly $500 million in energy cost annually. In 2016, the U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) began a new set of program activities to increase federal compliance with these procurement requirements. Program interventions included increased communication with contracting officers during the solicitation process; development of enhanced, targeted training; and collection and dissemination of procurement best practices across the federal sector. We have collected and analyzed ~2,500 solicitations from over 40 different federal agencies to evaluate the influence of these interventions. Compared to pre-intervention years (FY15 and FY11), annual compliance rates for FY16 and FY17 increased by about 10%. This paper provides an overview of the data collection process, analysis framework, intervention method, and results of our analysis. We discuss strategies to increase compliance rates by examining institutional factors that drive procurement behavior. By combining data collection with adjustment to program implementation, we have created an iterative process that is having a demonstrable effect in improving the impact of a long-running program.

Although federal policies regarding energy-efficient product procurement (EEPP) are long-standing and well-established, federal buyers do not typically request energy-efficient products when making purchases. This is a large missed opportunity: full compliance could save the U.S. federal government roughly $500 million in energy cost annually. In 2016, the U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) began a new set of program activities to increase federal compliance with these procurement requirements. Program interventions included increased communication with contracting officers during the solicitation process; development of enhanced, targeted training; and collection and dissemination of procurement best practices across the federal sector. We have collected and analyzed ~2,500 solicitations from over 40 different federal agencies to evaluate the influence of these interventions. Compared to pre-intervention years (FY15 and FY11), annual compliance rates for FY16 and FY17 increased by about 10%. This paper provides an overview of the data collection process, analysis framework, intervention method, and results of our analysis. We discuss strategies to increase compliance rates by examining institutional factors that drive procurement behavior. By combining data collection with adjustment to program implementation, we have created an iterative process that is having a demonstrable effect in improving the impact of a long-running program.

The federal government is an active participant in promoting sustainable design, construction and operations and in the use of USGBC's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System. This paper presents an overview of sustainable construction activities in the federal sector in 2005.

The federal government has been an active participant in the development and use of USGBC's Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design Green Building Rating System (LEED). This paper presents a review of this participation and some expectations for ongoing partnership.

Lighting consumes a great deal of electrical energy in buildings, and the U.S. federal government is the largest single energy consumer in the United States. Therefore, the way that the U.S. federal government manages its lighting energy use is of great importance. One important way that energy use is managed is through Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) energy efficiency requirements. However, there is not much literature on how these requirements are set and how to value the resulting savings. This paper documents the methodology used to develop these for the 2017 FEMP lighting update. A methodology for calculating the total benefits is presented that goes beyond site energy saved, and includes full fuel cycle energy savings, energy cost savings, emissions offset and monetized emissions costs. The results show total benefits of $33 million USD including 475 kilotons of carbon dioxide (CO2) offset under the low compliance scenario, $104 million USD including 1494 kilotons of CO2 offset under the medium compliance scenario, and $217 million USD including 3124 kilotons of CO2 offset under the high compliance scenario.