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The German-Japanese War was a key, yet often neglected, episode in the opening phase of the First World War. It had profound implications for the future, particularly in respect of Japans acquisition of Germanys Micronesian islands. Japans naval perimeter was extended and threatened the United States naval strategy of projecting force westward. The campaign to relieve Germany of Tsingtau, the port and naval base in China, and its hinterland posed a grave threat to Chinese independence. The course of the Second World War in China and the Pacific cannot be explained without reference to these events. Charles Stephenson's account makes fascinating reading. The siege of Tsingtau by the Japanese, with token British participation, forms the core of his story. He draws on Japanese and German primary sources to describe the defences, the landings, the course of the siege, and eventual German surrender. His study will be absorbing reading for anyone interested in the campaigns of the First World War outside of Europe, in German colonial expansion and the rise to power of Japan

"Foreign services globally are undergoing fundamental and rapid gendered change, spurred on by shifting social and governance norms and even the adoption of an explicit feminist foreign policy in some stages. For some, this has resulted in women's rapidly increasingly representation at the frontlines of global governance. Yet, compounded by COVID-19, a rise in right-wing misogyny and extremism, and sometimes archaically slow-moving institutions, progress is marred by women's continued, entrenched under-representation in leadership and devastating experiences of challenges that have in some cases increased, not decreased, in recent years. Women remain frequently side-lined, marginalised, under-valued, and overlooked in international affairs. In short, international affairs has a gender problem, and remains one of the worst-performing sectors of the state. After studying women's leadership and gender relations across four international affairs agencies spanning diplomacy, defence, national security, policing, and intelligence, this book contributes empirical data from the last 30+ years on women's representation in a leading case context - Australia - to understand the disconnect between pockets of progress and undercurrents of resistance. Australia is a global leader in terms of representation of women and policy supports for gender equality in governance. Yet, Australia also demonstrates how deeply gendered, racialized, and heteronormative international institutions remain. Through in-depth interviews with almost 80 global leaders, including with Australia's first female prime minister, Julia Gillard, and first female foreign minister, Julie Bishop, this book delivers a much-needed Intersectional Feminist Institutionalist approach to trace the evolution of inequalities in international affairs and interrogate why women still remain under-represented in international affairs"--

Foreign services globally are undergoing fundamental and rapid gendered change, spurred on by shifting social and governance norms and even the adoption of an explicit feminist foreign policy in some stages. For some, this has resulted in women's rapidly increasingly representation at the frontlines of global governance. Yet, compounded by COVID-19, a rise in right-wing misogyny and extremism, and sometimes archaically slow-moving institutions, progress is marred by women's continued, entrenched under-representation in leadership and devastating experiences of challenges that have in some cases increased, not decreased, in recent years. Women remain frequently side-lined, marginalised, under-valued, and overlooked in international affairs. In short, international affairs has a gender problem, and remains one of the worst-performing sectors of the state. After studying women's leadership and gender relations across four international affairs agencies spanning diplomacy, defence, national security, policing, and intelligence, this book contributes empirical data from the last 30+ years on women's representation in a leading case context - Australia - to understand the disconnect between pockets of progress and undercurrents of resistance. Australia is a global leader in terms of representation of women and policy supports for gender equality in governance. Yet, Australia also demonstrates how deeply gendered, racialized, and heteronormative international institutions remain. Through in-depth interviews with almost 80 global leaders, including with Australia's first female prime minister, Julia Gillard, and first female foreign minister, Julie Bishop, this book delivers a much-needed Intersectional Feminist Institutionalist approach to trace the evolution of inequalities in international affairs and interrogate why women still remain under-represented in international affairs.

'The Face of the Nation' studies women's leadership and gender relations across some of the worst performing and most male-dominated spheres of state - international affairs. Exploring the stories from almost 80 global women leaders, as well as institutional histories and policies across diplomacy, defense, national security, policing, and intelligence, this book seeks to understand why women remain under-represented on the global stage, despite many changing social and policy norms. Using Australia as a leading case study, the book extends theories on gender and international institutions to understand the gendered, racialized, and heteronormative structures that continue to limit and impact on diverse women's leadership and participation internationally.

"There can be few statesmen whose lives and careers have received as much investigation and literary attention as Winston Churchill. Relatively little however has appeared which deals specifically or holistically with his first senior ministerial role; that of Secretary of State for the Home Office. This may be due to the fact that, of the three Great Offices of State which he was to occupy over the course of his long political life, his tenure as Home Secretary was the briefest. The Liberal Government, of which he was a senior figure, had been elected in 1906 to put in place social and political reform. Though Churchill was at the forefront of these matters, his responsibility for domestic affairs led to him facing other, major, challenges departmentally; this was a time of substantial commotion on the social front, with widespread industrial and civil strife. Even given that 'Home Secretaries never do have an easy time', his period in office was thus marked by a huge degree of political and social turbulence. The terms 'Tonypandy' and 'Peter the Painter' perhaps spring most readily to mind. Rather less known is his involvement in one of the burning issues of the time, female suffrage, and his portrayal as 'the prisoners' friend' in terms of penal reform. Aged 33 on appointment, and the youngest Home Secretary since 1830, he became empowered to wield the considerable executive authority inherent in the role of one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, and he certainly did not shrink from doing so. There were of course commensurate responsibilities, and how he shouldered them is worth examination." -- Amazon

This Open access book brings a cultural lens, and a distinctive analytical framework, to the problem of transitioning to a sustainable, low-carbon future. The world faces a seemingly impossible hurdle – to radically alter long-established social, economic and technological systems in order to live within the biophysical limits of the globe, while ensuring a just and enduring transition. The overarching premise of this book is that this cannot be achieved without widespread cultural change. 'We need a change in culture' is often used rhetorically, but what does this really mean? Stephenson starts by exploring culture's elusiveness, describing its divergent interpretations before identifying core features of culture that are common across most definitions. These characteristics form the core of the cultures framework, an extensively tested approach to studying the links between culture and sustainability outcomes. The framework makes culture an accessible concept which can be analytically applied to almost any sustainability problem. Using many examples from around the world, Stephenson illustrates how cultural stability, cultural flexibility and cultural transformation all have a part to play in the sustainability transition. She guides the reader in the use of the cultures framework for policy development and to underpin research undertaken by individuals or by multi-disciplinary teams. Clearly and engagingly written, Culture and Sustainability is essential reading for academics, students, policy makers and indeed anyone interested in a sustainable future.

Chapter 1 – Introduction -- Chapter 2 – Culture's divergence -- Chapter 3 – Culture's convergence -- Chapter 4 – The cultures framework -- Chapter 5 – Cultural stability -- Chapter 6 – Cultural change -- Chapter 7 – Using the cultures framework for policy analysis -- Chapter 8 – Using the cultures framework for research -- Chapter 9 – Conclusion.

Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Table of Cases -- Table of Legislation -- PART I: EXECUTIVE POWER IN AUSTRALIA -- 1. Introduction -- I. The Scope of this Book -- II. Overview and Structure of the Book -- 2. The Executive Power of the Commonwealth -- I. Section 61 of the Australian Constitution -- II. Sources of Commonwealth Executive Power -- III. A Framework of Analysis: The 'Breadth' and 'Depth' of Commonwealth Executive Power -- IV. Conclusion -- PART II: THE SCOPE OF THE NATIONHOOD POWER -- 3. The Development of the Nationhood Power in the Australian Case Law -- I. The Nationhood Power, Appropriations and Spending in the Australian Assistance Plan Case -- II. The Development of the Nationhood Power in Davis v Commonwealth -- III. The Nationhood Power and Commonwealth Spending -- IV. Limitations on the Nationhood Power -- V. Conclusion -- 4. The Nationhood Power and the Use of the Armed Forces During Emergencies -- I. The Constitutional Framework -- II. The Statutory Framework: Part IIIAAA of the Defence Act 1903 (Cth) -- III. Use of the ADF During Civil Emergencies in Australia -- IV. Scope of Commonwealth Executive Power to Use the ADF During Emergencies -- V. Conclusion -- 5. The Nationhood Power and Border Protection -- I. The Tampa Case -- II. The Tampa Case: Expanding the 'Depth' of the Executive Power? -- III. The Relationship between Commonwealth Executive Power and the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) -- IV. Conclusion -- PART III: LIMITATIONS ON THE NATIONHOOD POWER -- 6. Federalism as a Limit on the Nationhood Power -- I. Substantive Conception of Federalism Underpinning the Nationhood Power Cases -- II. Competition with State Executive Competence -- III. Availability of Other Constitutional Mechanisms and the Relevance of State Consent -- IV. Conclusion -- 7. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

Pentecostal theology is burgeoning in the academy, and a vast body of literature continues to grow. With precision and ease, Stephenson carefully leads readers through an array of theological topics, texts, and figures. Combining original analysis and constructive contributions, he classifies diverse and complex ideas in pentecostal biblical studies, systematic theology, and theological ethics. Whether they are beginning students seeking an accessible initiation into an area that newly piques their interests or established scholars who need a sophisticated crash course in a yet unexplored field of inquiry, readers will find Stephenson's accounts to be a reliable guide through this daunting topic

Intro -- Cultural Rights in International Law and Discourse: Contemporary Challenges and Interdisciplinary Perspectives -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 1 Introduction: Cultural Rights-A Radical Hope? -- 1.1 Clarifications of Scope and Approach -- 1.1.1 The Distinction between Minority Rights and Cultural Rights -- 1.1.2 The Relationship between Cultural Rights and Other Freedoms -- 1.1.3 The Distinction between Cultural Rights and the Protection of Culture -- 1.1.4 Culture, Anthropology and Human Rights -- 1.1.5 On Defining Culture -- 2 Culture and Anthropology -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Sameness and Difference -- 2.2.1 Culture, Behaviour and Thought -- 2.3 Forms of Abstraction and Forms of Explanation -- 2.3.1 Culture as Functional -- 2.4 Culture and the Study of Meanings -- 2.4.1 Interpreting Culture -- 2.4.2 Culture and Social Processes -- 2.5 Meanings and Practice: Contemporary Perspectives -- 2.5.1 Practice and the Habitus -- 2.5.2 The Habitus and the Reproduction of Power -- 2.5.3 Heritage, Power and Practice -- 2.6 Discourse and Identity: The Narrativisation of the Self -- 2.6.1 Identity and Resistance: Gender -- 2.7 Conclusions -- 3 Cultural Rights in the Work of the Treaty Bodies -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 The UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies -- 3.2.1 The Working Methods of the UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies -- 3.2.2 The Significance of the Work of the Treaty Bodies -- 3.3 Cultural Rights in the Work of the Treaty Bodies -- 3.3.1 Cultural Rights and the CESCR -- 3.3.2 General Principles Governing Article 15 of the ICESCR -- 3.3.3 Definitions of Culture and Derived Obligations under Article 15 of the ICESCR -- 3.3.4 Culture as High and Popular Culture -- 3.3.5 Culture as a Way of Life -- 3.3.6 Cultural Identity -- 3.3.7 Cultural Diversity -- 3.3.8 The Survival of Culture.