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Insolvency Law Reforms in Asian Developing Countries: An Epitome of Legal Transplants (SpringerBriefs in Economics)
by Yuka KanekoThis book examines the outcomes of the economic law reforms in Asian developing countries, guided by the leading international development financiers such as the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank. Included is a particular focus on the recent “insolvency law” reforms in the Asian emerging economies, such as Vietnam, Laos, and Myanmar. Such legal reforms are the results of the “transplant” of the model law provided by these donor agencies, a law that was created in the post-Asian Currency Crisis in the 1990s. This book therefore examines the outcomes of three decades of donor-guided legal reforms. Appropriately, it applies not only the static approach to the legal texts but also an empirical methodology through interview surveys of the corporate and financial sectors. Following the introduction in Chapter I, Chapter II reviews the basic theories and presents the methodological framework. Chapter III then analyzes the contents of insolvency law reforms in the major target countries, namely, Vietnam, Laos, and Myanmar. Chapter IV provides a closer investigation into the design choices of Myanmar’s 2020 Insolvency Law as a typical example of the law reform involving the inter-donor conflict of law models between the Asian Development Bank and Japan’s official development assistance project. Lastly, Chapter V applies an empirical approach to the functioning of insolvency law, through international collaboration for interview surveys with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and their financiers.
Insolvent: How to Reorient Computing for Just Sustainability
by Christoph BeckerHow we can enact meaningful change in computing to meet the urgent need for sustainability and justice.The deep entanglement of information technology with our societies has raised hope for a transition to more sustainable and just communities—those that phase out fossil fuels, distribute public goods fairly, allow free access to information, and waste less. In principle, computing should be able to help. But in practice, we live in a world in which opaque algorithms steer us toward misinformation and unsustainable consumerism. Insolvent shows why computing&’s dominant frame of thinking is conceptually insufficient to address our current challenges, and why computing continues to incur societal debts it cannot pay back. Christoph Becker shows how we can reorient design perspectives in computer science to better align with the values of sustainability and justice.Becker positions the role of information technology and computing in environmental sustainability, social justice, and the intersection of the two, and explains why designing IT for just sustainability is both technically and ethically challenging . Becker goes on to argue that computing could be aided by critical friends—disciplines that draw on critical social theory, feminist thought, and systems thinking—to make better sense of its role in society. Finally, Becker demonstrates that it is possible to fuse critical perspectives with work in computer science, showing new and fruitful directions for computing professionals and researchers to pursue.
The Inspector General: Sir Jeremiah Fitzpatrick and Social Reform, 1783-1802 (Routledge Revivals)
by Oliver MacDonaghSir Jeremiah Fitzpatrick (c.1740-1810) was the first inspector general of prisons and lunacy inspector in Ireland and the first and only inspector of health to HM land forces in Great Britain. He also inspected convict vessels bound for New South Wales and the East India Company‘s troop ships, inquired into the Irish Charter Schools and attempted to alleviate the miseries of soldiers’ dependents. His further ambitions ranged from a poor law for Ireland to a reorganisation of Dublin’s police, to the regulation of noxious trades, from slave trade inspectorates to hospital management. He was therefore in many ways a precursor of the titans of early and mid-Victorian government. Originally published in 1981, much of the interest of the book lies in its revelation of late eighteenth century anticipations of mid-nineteenth century government. It also explores the differences between the two forms of administration and the reasons for the divergences and discontinuities.
The Inspiration Machine: Computational Creativity in Poetry and Jazz
by Eitan Y. WilfExplores how creative digital technologies and artificial intelligence are embedded in culture and society. In The Inspiration Machine, Eitan Y. Wilf explores the transformative potentials that digital technology opens up for creative practice through three ethnographic cases, two with jazz musicians and one with a group of poets. At times dissatisfied with the limitations of human creativity, these artists do not turn to computerized algorithms merely to execute their preconceived ideas. Rather, they approach them as creative partners, delegating to them different degrees of agentive control and artistic decision-making in the hopes of finding inspiration in their output and thereby expanding their own creative horizons. The algorithms these artists develop and use, however, remain rooted in and haunted by the specific social predicaments and human shortfalls that they were intended to overcome. Experiments in the digital thus hold an important lesson: although Wilf’s interlocutors returned from their adventures with computational creativity with modified, novel, and enriched capacities and predilections, they also gained a renewed appreciation for, and at times a desire to re-inhabit, non-digital creativity. In examining the potentials and pitfalls of seemingly autonomous digital technologies in the realm of art, Wilf shows that computational solutions to the real or imagined insufficiencies of human practice are best developed in relation to, rather than away from, the social and cultural contexts that gave rise to those insufficiencies, in the first place.
Inspiration, Perspiration, and Time
by J. R. Lockwood Laura S. Hamilton Ron Zimmer Brian Gill Julie A. MarshIn 2000, Edison Schools, the nation's largest education management organization, asked RAND to analyze its achievement outcomes and design implementation. RAND evaluated Edison's strategies for promoting student achievement in its schools, how it implemented those strategies, how its management affected student achievement, and what factors explained differences in achievement trends among its schools.
Inspired Finance
by Michael LooftInspired Finance argues that much of the world's poor need access to financial services through vehicles such as microfinance rather than a continued reliance on charity. It demonstrates how modern microfinance traces its roots to various religious traditions, exploring the tension between charity and self-reliance in those traditions. Through thoughtful investigation and engaging case studies, Inspired Finance examines the impact these historical religious legacies have had on designing and developing financial services for the poor. Ultimately, Inspired Finance challenges you to consider how these religious influences can be restructured to help a rapidly growing industry target the poor in a way that truly helps them rise out of poverty, while at the same time respecting their inherent worth and dignity.
Inspired Knowledge in Islamic Thought: Al-Ghazali's Theory of Mystical Cognition and Its Avicennian Foundation (Culture and Civilization in the Middle East)
by Alexander TreigerIt has been customary to see the Muslim theologian Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (d. 1111) as a vehement critic of philosophy, who rejected it in favour of Islamic mysticism (Sufism), a view which has come under increased scrutiny in recent years. This book argues that al-Ghazali was, instead, one of the greatest popularisers of philosophy in medieval Islam. The author supplies new evidence showing that al-Ghazali was indebted to philosophy in his theory of mystical cognition and his eschatology, and that, moreover, in these two areas he accepted even those philosophical teachings which he ostensibly criticized. Through careful translation into English and detailed discussion of more than 80 key passages (with many more surveyed throughout the book), the author shows how al-Ghazali’s understanding of "mystical cognition" is patterned after the philosophyof Avicenna (d. 1037). Arguing that despite overt criticism, al-Ghazali never rejected Avicennian philosophy and that his mysticism itself is grounded in Avicenna’s teachings, the book offers a clear and systematic presentation of al-Ghazali’s "philosophical mysticism." Challenging popular assumptions about one of the greatest Muslim theologians of all time, this is an important reference for scholars and laymen interested in Islamic theology and in the relations between philosophy and mysticism.
Inspiring and Creative Ideas for Working with Children: How to Build Relationships and Enable Change
by Deborah PlummerEmploying a range of innovative and creative ideas, this book is full of tips to engage children and promote their wellbeing. Children are vulnerable to low self-esteem, stress and anxiety because they are still growing and learning. This book looks at what we can do to minimise children's vulnerability to issues such as these, help them to build emotional resilience and teach them effective strategies for dealing with life's ups and downs. The book offers a host of different approaches that adults can use with children, including image-making, storytelling and puppetry. Chapters are brought to life with the voices of parents and professionals describing how these techniques worked for them. They also include guidance on how the principles can be used by professionals in the home, in schools or in therapeutic settings.
Inspiring Motivation in Children and Youth: How to Nurture Environments for Learning (Applying Child and Adolescent Development in the Professions Series)
by David A. BerginInspiring Motivation in Children and Youth: How to Nurture Environments for Learning explores motivation and its crucial role in promoting well-being in the classroom and life beyond school. It will help all those who work with children and youth to understand and improve their motivation, and to create nurturing environments for younger people. David Bergin provides a highly accessible exploration of key research, examining the ways children’s goals, self-efficacy, self-determination, and feelings of being cared for affects their motivation as well as their desire to learn more about themselves and the world. This essential guide also addresses influences of competition, diversity, prejudice, and discrimination on motivation. The book provides a comprehensive look at the importance of instilling motivation at this critical age, highlighting the benefits through real-life examples and anecdotes. Illustrated with stories from diverse contexts, the author provides practical advice on how to use goals effectively, help children feel competent, autonomous, and like they belong. Inspiring Motivation in Children and Youth is for any student looking to excel in a psychological, educational, health, or social work setting, as well as professionals in the field, and parents. It is targeted for people who work or plan to work with children from pre-school to high school and will be useful to teachers, youth leaders, coaches, counselors, social workers, and nurses.
Instagram: Visual Social Media Cultures (Digital Media and Society)
by Tama Leaver Tim Highfield Crystal AbidinInstagram is at the heart of global digital culture, having made selfies, filters and square frames an inescapable part of everyday life since it was launched in 2010.In the first book-length examination of Instagram, Tama Leaver, Tim Highfield and Crystal Abidin trace how this quintessential mobile photography app has developed as a platform and a culture. They consider aspects such as the new visual social media aesthetics, the rise of Influencers and new visual economies, and the complex politics of the platform as well as examining how Instagram's users change their use of the platform over time and respond to evolving features. The book highlights the different ways Instagram is used by subcultural groups around the world, and how museums, restaurants and public spaces are striving to be 'Insta-worthy'. Far from just capturing milestones and moments, the authors argue that Instagram has altered the ways people communicate and share, while also creating new approaches to marketing, advertising, politics and the design of spaces and venues.Rich with grounded examples from across the world, from birth pictures to selfies at funerals, Instagram is essential reading for students and scholars of media and communication.
Instagram als Marketing-Kanal: Die Positionierung ausgewählter Social-Media-Plattformen (essentials)
by Christoph Moss Manuel FaßmannManuel Fa#65533;mann und Christoph Moss f#65533;hren eine empirische Untersuchung der Charakterisierungen von Instagram, Facebook und Twitter aus der Sicht von Nutzern und Unternehmen durch. Das essential enth#65533;lt einen ausf#65533;hrlichen Vergleich der Kerneigenschaften dieser Plattformen. Die ausgew#65533;hlten Social-Media-Kan#65533;le werden anhand der analysierten Eigenschaften der Plattformen im Kommunikationsmix des Social-Media-Marketing (SMM) positioniert. Auf diese Weise vermittelt das essential die elementaren Grundlagen f#65533;r eine effektive und ad#65533;quate SMM-Strategieformulierung. Der Inhalt Moderne Markenf#65533;hrung Instagram als Marketing-Kanal: Strukturen, Funktionsweise und Relevanz Charakterisierung und Positionierung der Social-Media-Plattformen Instagram, Facebook und Twitter Die Zielgruppen Studierende und Dozierende der Sozial- und Kommunikationswissenschaften sowie der Betriebswirtschaftslehre Fach- und F#65533;hrungskr#65533;fte im Bereich Marketing und Kommunikation sowie Unternehmer und Selbstst#65533;ndige Die Autoren Manuel Fa#65533;mann, B. A. , absolviert ein PR-Volontariat und studiert Public Relations sowie Corporate Communication (M. A. ) an der Business and Information Technology School (BiTS) in Iserlohn. Prof. Dr. Christoph Moss leitet das Mediainstitut f#65533;r Marketing und Kommunikationsforschung an der BiTS-Hochschule in Iserlohn und unterrichtet dort Journalismus und Unternehmenskommunikation. Dar#65533;ber hinaus ber#65533;t er Unternehmen zu allen Fragen der Kommunikation.
Instagram as Public Pedagogy: Online Activism and the Trans Mountain Pipeline (Palgrave Studies in Education and the Environment)
by Carrie KarsgaardExploring Instagram’s public pedagogy at scale, this book uses innovative digital methods to trace and analyze how publics reinforce and resist settler colonialism as they engage with the Trans Mountain pipeline controversy online. The book traces opposition to the Trans Mountain pipeline in so-called Canada, where overlapping networks of concerned citizens, Indigenous land protectors, and environmental activists have used Instagram to document pipeline construction, policing, and land degradation; teach using infographics; and express solidarity through artwork and re-shared posts. These expressions constitute a form of “public pedagogy,” where social media takes on an educative force, influencing publics whether or not they set foot in the classroom.
Instagram-Journalismus: Ein Leitfaden für Redaktionen und freie Journalisten (essentials)
by Selina BettendorfSelina Bettendorf bietet Social-Media-Redakteuren einen einfachen und praktischen Leitfaden, wie sie professionellen Instagram-Journalismus betreiben können. Instagram ist eine Social-Media-Plattform, auf der Bilder und Videos auf einer Startseite (Feed) und in einem neuen Storyformat geteilt werden und die vor allem von jungen Menschen genutzt wird. Die Anzahl der Nutzer wächst rasant; so wird Instagram in der Zukunft des Journalismus eine ausschlaggebende Rolle spielen. Die Autorin thematisiert deshalb, wie Instagram-Beiträge im Feed möglichst viele Menschen erreichen und wie sich Medienunternehmen erfolgreich auf der Plattform präsentieren können. Außerdem erklärt sie, wie qualitativ hochwertiger Journalismus in den Instagram-Storys funktioniert und wie aus Instagram-Followern regelmäßige Besucher der Homepage oder E-Paper-Leser werden können.Die Autorin: Selina Bettendorf ist Absolventin des Masterstudiengangs Medien-Ethik-Religion an der FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg und arbeitet nun als Volontärin bei einer Berliner Tageszeitung.
Instagram-Journalismus für die Praxis: Ein Leitfaden für Journalismus und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
by Selina BettendorfDieses Buch bietet einen praktischen Leitfaden für Journalismus auf Instagram. Es gibt sowohl die Grundlagen für Instagram-Journalismus, als auch Tipps und Tricks für Profis. Deshalb spielt es keine Rolle, ob die Leserin oder der Leser mit der Plattform schon vertraut ist oder noch nicht. Instagram ist die Plattform, um junge Menschen zu erreichen. Es wird erklärt, wie durch gute Inhalte auf der Plattform aus Instagram-Followern regelmäßige Besucher*innen der Homepage oder E-Paper-Leser*innen werden können. Zusätzlich gibt es Anleitungen für die Community-Arbeit und Ideen, wie Instagram als Recherchequelle genutzt werden kann. Außerdem bietet das Buch praktische Informationen für TV- und Radiojournalist*innen und eine Einführung in Instagram für die Öffentlichkeitsarbeit.
Installation Art and the Practices of Archivalism (Routledge Advances in Art and Visual Studies)
by David Houston JonesOn the leading edge of trauma and archival studies, this timely book engages with the recent growth in visual projects that respond to the archive, focusing in particular on installation art. It traces a line of argument from practitioners who explicitly depict the archive (Samuel Beckett, Christian Boltanski, Art & Language, Walid Raad) to those whose materials and practices are archival (Mirosław Bałka, Jean-Luc Godard, Silvia Kolbowski, Boltanski, Atom Egoyan). Jones considers in particular the widespread nostalgia for ‘archival’ media such as analogue photographs and film. He analyses the innovative strategies by which such artefacts are incorporated, examining five distinct types of archival practice: the intermedial, testimonial, personal, relational and monumentalist.
The Instant World Report: Canada's Role in Shaping the Right to Communicate (Global Transformations in Media and Communication Research - A Palgrave and IAMCR Series)
by Aliaa DakrouryThis book proposal focuses on Canada's pioneering role in shaping the international understanding of the right to communicate, particularly through the Canadian Telecommission Studies of 1969. The study argues that the 1971 Instant World report, a landmark document, has been overlooked in the existing literature despite its importance in the history of conceptualizing and implementing this human right. The project aims to fill this gap by exploring the historical context of the report and analyzing its contents, shedding light on themes like privacy and indigenous communication rights. Additionally, the manuscript highlights the unique contribution of Betty Zimmerman, the only female Canadian member of the MacBride Commission in 1977, replacing Marshall McLuhan. Zimmerman's insights become pertinent not only for scholars interested in the New World Information and Communication Order but also for feminist studies, showcasing a leading female figure's role in Canadian communication and cultural policy. The research promises a novel and untold perspective on the history of the right to communicate, addressing gaps in international and Canadian communication, women’s studies, and media policy literature.
Instapoetry: Digitale Bild-Texte (Essays zur Gegenwartsästhetik)
by Niels PenkeInstapoetry zählt zu den populärsten literarischen Phänomenen der Gegenwart. In wenigen Jahren sind Millionen von kurzen bis ultra-kurzen Texten auf Instagram publiziert und geteilt worden. Im Kampf um Aufmerksamkeit mit unzähligen anderen Texten müssen die Mechanismen der Plattform und die Nutzungsroutinen der User bedient werden. Der äußere Druck auf die literarische Produktion ist immens. Das Buch erklärt die Produktionsstrategien und Rezeptionsverfahren von Instapoetry, erläutert ihre Entwicklung und verortet ihre Bedeutung – irgendwo zwischen letzter Verfallsstufe und Zukunft der Lyrik.
Instapoetry: Digital Image Texts
by Niels PenkeInstapoetry is one of the most popular literary phenomena of our time. In just a few years, millions of short to ultra-short texts have been published and shared on Instagram. In the battle for attention with countless other texts, the mechanisms of the platform and the usage routines of the users have to be served. The external pressure on literary production is immense. The book explains the production strategies and reception procedures of Instapoetry, explains its development and locates its significance - somewhere between the last stage of decay and the future of poetry.
Instauration der Erde: Konstitutives Erzählen im Anthropozän und die kritischen Zonen der Literatur (Environmental Humanities #2)
by Simon ProbstMit dem Anthropozän wird oft das Entstehen einer planetaren Universalität und die ‚Wiederkehr der großen Erzählungen‘ verknüpft. Die Verflechtungen von Menschen und Erde werden hier zur Grundlage kultureller Selbstverständigung. Das Buch untersucht strukturelle Merkmale und Problemkonstellationen dieser erdgebundenen konstitutiven Erzählungen. Wie können sie globale Ungleichheiten berücksichtigen? Wie lassen sie die Erde und andere Spezies zu Wort kommen? Inwiefern sind diese Erzählungen selbst planetare Kräfte? Und: Wie kann das Eigenwissen der Literatur unseren Blick auf die Erde erweitern? Diese Fragen werden im Dialog von Wissenschaft und Literatur untersucht. Eingehende Lektüren verbinden kanonische Texten des Anthropozän-Diskurses (z.B. Dipesh Chakrabarty, Donna Haraway, Bruno Latour und Isabelle Stengers) mit literarischen Stimmen (Ursula K. Le Guin, Daniel Falb, Christoph Ransmayr).
Instead We Became Evil: A True Story Of Survival & Perseverance
by Sleiman Dart AdamsA powerful story of struggle, survival, and hope for the future is told by one of Denmark's most successful artists. The violent, compelling debut, co-written with journalist Dart Adams, provides a complex portrait of one man and the various ways in which every social system that was supposed to help him failed him, while also delving into the psychology of immigrant gangs and the young men who fall into them. But ultimately, it's a narrative about tenacity, survival, and optimism for the future. Sleiman was born in Lebanon during the 1982 bombardment and is a Palestinian. His family eventually moved to Denmark, but their new life there was far from perfect. Sleiman was subjected to domestic violence as well as social rejection as a Muslim immigrant. Angry and powerless, he found himself drawn to gang life.Sleiman had dropped out of school and was one of his gang's most feared and revered members as a teenager. He was involved in hundreds of crimes during his peak, but after surviving an attempted assassination, he addressed his demons and permanently abandoned the gang life. Sleiman is now narrating his story in his own words in the hopes of discouraging others from following in his footsteps.
Instinct and Revelation: Reflections on the Origins of Numinous Perception (The\world Futures General Evolution Studies #Vol. 10)
by Alondra OubreInstinct and Revelation revolves around the hypothesis that ritual behavior and imaginative awareness in early hominids may have helped to spawn the evolution of the human brain and human consciousness. Using an integral perspective comparable with systems theory, the book carefully interweaves fact and theory from physical and cultural anthropology, psychobiology and the brain sciences, psychology, and to a lesser degree, eastern philosophy. This book breaks from tradition by discussing from a primarily anthropological perspective the origin of human consciousness within a philosophical framework that embraces precepts from human evolution, evolutionary psychology, the neurosciences, biocultural anthropology, and cultural symbolic anthropology.
The Institutes of Vishnu: The Sacred Books Of The East V7
by Julius JollyThis is a subset of F. Max Mullers great collection The Sacred Books of the East which includes translations of all the most important works of the seven non-Christian religions which have exercised a profound influence on the civilizations of the continent of Asia. The works have been translated by leading authorities in their field.
Institution Wide Interpretive Planning: Journal of Museum Education 33:3 Thematic Issue (Journal of Museum Education)
by Elizabeth Maurer; Judy Koke; Marianna AdamsSponsored by the Museum Education Roundtable
Institutional Abuse: Perspectives Across the Life Course
by Nicky Stanley Jill Manthorpe Bridget PenhaleInstitutional Abuse brings together a number of different research studies and accounts of institutional abuse from leading academics and researchers. Public enquiries and court cases concerning institutional abuse in a range of settings have generated considerable media interest and have highlighted the need for preventative strategies and appropriate responses. Four areas of abuse are covered: *the abuse of children *the abuse of adults with mental health problems *the abuse of adults with learning difficulties *the abuse of older people. Each section includes a chapter which reports on users' experiences of abuse and their views as to how institutional abuse can be prevented and survivors' needs met.
Institutional and Technological Change in Japan's Economy: Past and Present (Routledge Contemporary Japan Series #Vol. 6)
by Janet Hunter Cornelia StorzInstitutional and technological change is a highly topical subject. At the theoretical level, there is much debate in the field of institutional economics about the role of technological change in endogenous growth theory. At a practical policy level, arguments rage about how Japan and the Japanese economy should plan for the future. In this book, leading economists and economic historians of Japan examine a range of key issues concerning institutional and technological change in Japan, rigorously using discipline-based tools of analysis, and drawing important conclusions as to how the process of change in these areas actually works. In applying these ideas to Japan, the writers in this volume are focusing on an issue which is currently being much debated in the country itself, and are helping our understanding of the world’s second-largest economy.