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This text examines the extensive network of security professionals and the wide range of practices that have spread in Azerbaijan's energy sector. It unpacks the interactions of state, supra-state, and private security organisations and argues that energy security has enabled and normalised a coercive way of exercising power.

Introduction. The American museum as social instrument -- Toward a material rhetoric of social instrumentality -- Materializing the good neighborhood -- The exhibitionary network and hemispheric citizenship -- War comes to the museum -- Witnessing war fare : the construction of home front citizenship -- Gateways to global citizenship in a postwar world -- Conclusion. Museum stories, old and new.

This book looks at issues when developing capabilities of cross-cultural management, adaptation and adjustment through cross-cultural understanding and network building from the CPEC case study. It will be a useful reference for people working in a globalised world where working with people from multiple cultural background is a norm.

This book explores the role of digital advocacy organizations, a major new addition to the international arena. It provides a detailed investigation of the power that these organizations have, the ways in which they differ from traditional NGOs, their memberships and networks, and how their campaigns are launched and distributed.

The first comprehensive study of the history of the Chinese Communist Party's science diplomacy. Based on a wide range of archival research, including material from China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Barrett provides new insights into the actors, organisations, and networks underpinning Chinese international scientific outreach in the Mao Era.

The first extensive study of Old English to utilise the insights and methodologies of sociolinguistics. A description of OE speech communities informed by the theory of social networks and communities of practice, with special attention to processes of supralocalisation and their correlation to political centralisation in Anglo-Saxon England.

Computers -- Mobile devices -- Digital life -- Home network -- Ghost addresses -- Nomad residency -- Legal infrastructure -- Vehicles -- Temporary housing -- Home purchase -- Payments, utilities, & services -- Employment -- Pets -- Beyond extreme -- Damage control -- Physical privacy & security -- My successes and failures : Jane Doe -- My successes and failures : Jim Doe -- My successes and failures : Mary Doe.

Preface -- Introduction: Opening up the Great Books -- 1. Spreading Disease, or Inoculating Us from Intolerance? -- 2. Following Pathways, Networks and Guides -- 3. Opening Doors, and Scaling Walls -- 4. Confronting Inhospitable Spaces, and Hostile Hosts -- 5. Encounters with Aliens, Monsters and Terrorists -- Conclusion: From Persecution to Wonderland -- Bibliography -- Index.

Providing an in-depth discussion of the promises and perils of specific types of theories of choice, this book shows how the selection of a specific theory of choice can make a difference for concrete legal questions, in particular in the regulation of the digital economy or in choosing between market, firm, or network.

Volunteerism is the most effective, democratic, and humane anticrime strategy currently available to address issues of street crime and overall injustice. Ordinary citizens have taken on roles involving crime control and prevention. They have successfully done this within a rule of law framework, helping to create stronger social networks.

The grassroots network of African American women : Madam C.J. Walker's hair care empire -- Vocal cords vibrating against black codes : socio-musical activism of E. Azalia Hackley -- Mutilated womb, denied motherhood : Mary Turner and Meta Warrick Fuller's sculptural protest -- Performing savagery and civility : the subversive nudity of Josephine Baker.

Section 1. Biomedical data, tools and methods -- Section 2. Supporting care delievery -- Section 3. Health and prevention -- Section 4. Precision medicine and public health -- Section 5. Human factors and citizen centered digital health -- Section 6. Ethics, legal and societal aspects -- Section 7. Swiss personalized health network -- Section 8. Posters.

1. Introduction -- 2. Fear Factor - Strategists vs. Bankers -- 3. Belt-and-Road: An Evolving Network -- 4. East Meets West: Belt and Road Initiative's Eclectic Origins -- 5. Case Study 1: The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor -- 6. Case Study 2: The 21st Century Maritime Silk Road -- 7. Conclusion: Geoeconomics or Geopolitics?.

This landmark book reveals that resistance to occupation by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy during the Second World War was not narrowly delineated by country but startlingly international. Tens of thousands of fighters, including communists, Jews and POWs, joined networks across Europe, greatly affecting the course of the long Second World War.

Introduction -- Chapter 1: Theory of Social Capital, Democracy and Democratization -- Chapter 2: The Context of Democratization in KRI: Implications for Social Capital -- Chapter 3: Political Aspects of Trust and Social Networks -- Chapter 4: Public Interest and Civic Participation (PICP) -- Chapter 5: Framing Social Capital and Transition to Democracy in KRI.