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Sustainable Finance and Society: Grand Challenges of the New Millennium (Business for Society)
by Francesco Gangi Daniele Angelo Previati Flora SfezSustainable Finance and Society explores how finance can be managed to address pressing global challenges.Part of the Routledge Business and Society series, this book investigates the evolving financial ecosystem shaped by new stakeholder capitalism. It examines how finance can be leveraged to benefit society while balancing environmental, social, and financial performance. Through a combination of theoretical insights and empirical studies, the book offers a comprehensive framework for understanding sustainable finance as a driver of societal well-being. This book provides a thorough analysis of sustainable finance, from the roles of financial markets and institutions to the rise of socially responsible investments. Key topics include sustainable investing evaluation, green finance, entrepreneurship, innovation, and the role of women in finance leadership. The book features a deep dive into the challenges and opportunities of managing finance for societal benefit, offering valuable insights for aligning financial practices with ethical, environmental, and social goals.It is essential reading for academics, researchers, and policymakers interested in finance for society. It is also relevant for finance practitioners, sustainability experts, and institutional investors looking to implement socially responsible financial practices and address the grand challenges of the 21st century.
Information Security Governance using Artificial Intelligence of Things in Smart Environments
by Mariya Ouaissa Mariyam Ouaissa Tarik Hidar Ram Chandra Sachan Akhil Mittal Sanjay PoddarThis book explores the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) with the Internet of Things (IoT) to address security challenges in smart environments. It delves into how AI enhances the governance of information security by automating processes, detecting threats, and ensuring the protection of data in interconnected IoT systems. It covers theoretical foundations, practical frameworks, and case studies, offering insights into securing smart cities, homes, industries, and healthcare systems. It also emphasizes governance models that leverage AI to manage security policies and risk in dynamic, data-driven ecosystems.This title focuses on the study and application of AI of Things in the field of information security governance. Intelligent environments, characterized by increasing connectivity of devices and systems, present unique challenges for information security. The use of AI of Things offers opportunities to enhance security in these complex environments.
How to Get the Most Out of Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy: A Client’s Guide
by Windy DrydenHow to Get the Most Out of Rational-Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT): A Client’s Guide is aimed at those who are either considering consulting or already seeing a Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT) therapist.This book is designed to help guide clients through the REBT process from before they start through to when they are looking towards an end of therapy and next steps. The goal is not to discuss specific REBT practice methods, but rather provide a comprehensive guide to topics such as: How to decide if REBT is right for you How to prepare for your REBT session Understanding the process of change in REBT Learning to apply what you learn from REBT Therapy Sessions This concise and practical guide will help you to understand REBT, how to get the most out of each session and how you can ensure that you continue to benefit from it once therapy has ended.
A Glocal Town: Social Change and Globalization (Global Connections)
by Nicholas TatsisThis book presents a novel theoretical and methodological approach to understanding the emerging “glocal” realities of (sub)urban space. Beginning with a study of a suburb of Athens, it illustrates the dynamic interaction between the local and the global, charting a range of radical social changes as this locality adapts itself to processes of globalization. Moving beyond the Athenian context, it shows how the various traditions of suburban enclaves interact with and confront the impact of external yet pervasive elements of the global(ized) world – for instance, through the adoption of events and practices observed in societies across the globe, such as Earth Day or International Holocaust Remembrance Day, or the use of the global calendar – as the polis transforms into a cosmopolis. With explorations of this kind, A Glocal Town advances a three- stage interpretative scheme that enables us to frame “glocality” more broadly, and better understand the global– local interaction wherever it occurs. As such, it will appeal to scholars of sociology, geography, and urban studies interested in globalization and its interaction with the local in (sub) urban locales.
London's ‘Big Bang’ Moment and its Architectural Conversations: The Built Environment as a Subject of Public Discourse (Routledge Research in Architecture)
by Stephen RosserThis book explores the topic of architecture as a component of public discourse, focussing on the reception of four high-profile developments in the City of London (the UK capital’s financial district) dating from the final years of the twentieth century. During this time, the City’s mode of operation, culture and built environment were all transformed as a result of the market deregulation process labelled ‘Big Bang’. It was also a period which saw the subject of architecture attracting public and media attention, becoming a prominent feature of national conversation.The book examines the extensive and often contentious discourse generated by the four case study projects. It looks at how these projects were viewed and interpreted retrospectively, when they had become part of the City’s long and rich history. Topics explored include building and urban form on the eve of the millennium; the place of new development in a setting of unique historic importance; the ‘iconic’ building and ‘celebrity’ architect; and the role of (then) Prince Charles as an architectural critic. Also referenced are many of the broader issues of the day, including the Thatcher government policies and the preoccupations concerning London’s infrastructure, public realm, inner city areas and inequalities. Furthermore, ranging across the discourse is the theme of the relationship between buildings and global finance, foreshadowing later controversies concerning London’s post-millennial towers and their impact on the capital’s skyline.The book will be of interest to researchers and students of late-twentieth-century British architecture and urban development, London’s history and UK public discourse in the 1980s, a decade of profound political, economic and social change.
Exile as an Educative Engagement: The Dizziness of Recognition (Studies in Curriculum Theory Series)
by Parmis AslanimehrThis book explores the concept of exile, experienced not as a physical displacement but as a subjective experience of disconnection from the Other. It further clarifies the notion of exilic subjectivity, whereby a hidden facet of the self—ineffable both to the Other and to the Self—causes a distance between self-comprehension and external perception. In doing so, it poses a challenge to recognition theory’s assertion that self-understanding occurs through interactions with Others. Engaging with the writings of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Charles Taylor, Axel Honneth, Søren Kierkegaard, and Rumi, the book explores the difficulties individuals encounter when transitioning their inwardly focused private identities into public spaces, such as educational institutions. It emphasizes the critical role educators can play in cultivating an atmosphere of attentive listening attuned to the unique experiences that may exile the self. Through the complex interplay of writings by thinkers such as Hegel, Kierkegaard, Rumi, Taylor, and Pinar, this work transcends traditional theories of recognition. Rather than resolving misrecognition, it embraces it as a central aspect of the human condition, examining the tension between self-perception and external acknowledgement. The text phenomenologically investigates “seeing” the Other and the risk of misrecognizing an individual’s innermost depths. These insights find resonance in academia, where even amid success, a chasm may persist, isolating students and educators from each other. As the self dwells in the uneasiness of estrangement, the discussion welcomes the ownership of silence and inwardness into the classroom. From this detached perspective, the possibility of recognizing the convergence of familiarity and strangeness before and within oneself may emerge.This book is tailored for scholars, educators, and readers interested in the intersections of philosophy, education, and lived experience. It offers readers innovative approaches to understanding exile and recognition, fostering deeper engagement with the complexities of identity, alienation, and the self.
Polymorphisms: Sexual and Gender Migrations in Contemporary Psychoanalysis (IPA Sexual and Gender Diversity Studies)
by Leticia Glocer Fiorini Jean Marc Tauszik Silvia R. AcostaPolymorphisms presents an overview of key theories, ideas and issues within psychoanalysis relating to sexual and gender diversity.The chapters consider key topics including the Oedipus-castration complex, the link between sexuality and gender, identity, and gender violence, while also addressing queer/transgender subjectivities, countertransference, and the implicit and explicit theories that shape clinical practice. Taking an intra and interdisciplinary approach, the collection considers ideas that enrich the clinical approach while highlighting contradictions and heterogeneities, and moving away from essentialisms. As a whole, the book delimits debates and questions rather than offering definitive answers, taking the perspective that psychoanalysis is a discipline in continuous interrogation of its own propositions.Polymorphisms: Sexual and Gender Migrations in Contemporary Psychoanalysis will be essential reading for psychoanalysts and psychotherapists in practice and in training. It will also be of interest to academics of psychoanalytic studies and gender studies.
Exploring Gender in Education in Arabian Gulf Countries: Toward Inclusive and Equitable Quality Education (Routledge Research in Educational Equality and Diversity)
by Martina DicksonThis seminal volume fills a gap in current literature on education, gender, and development by giving voice to the Arab Gulf region, contrasting key issues with those felt globally in order to support a more sustainable, gender‑equitable future of education in the region.Heavily linked to Sustainable Development Goal 4 – which calls for an inclusive and equitable quality of education for all – this book presents case studies on a wide range of issues such as school attainment, academic performance, and gender disparities within higher education in the Arabian Gulf, using quantitative research, qualitative interviews, and documentary analysis to make broader connections to issues of global significance. Exploring a deeper and more holistic understanding of the external factors which affect both participation and performance within education and academic settings, this book considers the influence of home support systems as well as cultural and familial factors which can lead to large‑scale gendered differences in learning attitudes, attendance, and even testing, in the region.Ultimately supporting those in the education sector through frameworks of gender inclusion in both schools and higher educational settings, this volume will be of use to researchers, scholars, and postgraduate students involved with higher education, school leadership, management and administration, sociology of education, and gender studies in the Arab Gulf region more broadly.
The Human Relationship with Information
by Mark LenkerThe Human Relationship with Information uses a philosophical lens to explore questions about the fundamental place of information in a fulfilling human life.Drawing on the author’s experience as an instruction librarian and from research by others working in the humanities, psychology, and information science, this book suggests new directions for information ethics and information literacy. Questioning what makes an encounter with information meaningful for the people librarians and educators serve, Lenker also considers what our uncertain life expectancies and limited attention spans mean for the ways we prioritize our time with information. Considering what the characteristics of an excellent mind are, this book explores how our information consumption habits nurture or hinder the development of those qualities. Inviting readers to think about how information consumes a precious and finite resource – our attention – this book ultimately explores how best to have a rich, satisfying life with information.The Human Relationship with Information will inspire librarians and other educators to take a second look at their work and think more deeply and sincerely about how information shapes the lives of the people they serve. It will be essential reading for anyone thinking about the ways that information and libraries enrich – and sometimes complicate – people’s quality of life.
We Have Never Been Human: Or Why We Have Always Been Something Else
by Juan de Dios VázquezWe Have Never Been Human: Or Why We Have Always Been Something Else boldly reimagines what it means to be human, challenging the traditional notions that bind our identity to biology and culture. From ancient mythologies to modern technologies, this book reveals a dynamic, ever-evolving human identity shaped by external forces and technological advancements.Blending insights from philosophy, technology studies, anthropology, and cultural critique, We Have Never Been Human: Or Why We Have Been Something Else offers an interdisciplinary exploration of our constructed identities and what they portend for the future of society. It raises essential questions: How has technology reshaped our self-perception? Are humans fixed beings, or are we endlessly evolving? What ethical, social, and political challenges arise as we integrate with intelligent machines?This book is a compelling read for those intrigued by the intersection of humanity and technology, offering profound insights into the essence of what it means to be human—or perhaps, what it means to evolve beyond the human.
Rural Development in Iran, 1960-2020 (Routledge Explorations in Development Studies)
by Mostafa AzkiaThis book is an authoritative account of rural development in Iran, spanning 60 years and 2 distinct political regimes.Professor Mostafa Azkia has spent many decades demonstrating the importance of participatory rural development, not only in addressing rural problems but also in reducing urban concerns, such as unemployment and overpopulation. This book is the culmination of this work, bringing together a detailed analysis of the theories, history, and strategies of rural and state development in Iran both before and after the Islamic Revolution. Putting rural communities at the fore, the book demonstrates that there has been significant progress in reducing the rural– urban gap, both in terms of income and standards of living, resulting in a more equal path of socioeconomic development for Iran.This comprehensive assessment from Iran’s foremost rural sociologist will be an important read for researchers and professionals working on rural development and sociology in the Middle East.
Korean Culture in the Global Age: K-Pop, K-Drama, K-Film, and K-Literature (Routledge Studies in Cultural History)
by Joanne Miyang Cho Lee M. RobertsSince the late 1990s, South Korean cultural products such as pop music, TV drama, and film have shaped the country’s image around the world. This book explores these three internationally best-known media of the Korean Wave global phenomenon, along with a less commonly featured aspect, K-literature.Iconic images of South Korea today include stylish music groups like BTS and Blackpink, appealing dramas, and a range of films and digital comics (manhwa). Alongside associations with glitz and glamor are darker impressions: continuing political division, malaise over a war that never really ended. Korean Culture in the Global Age focuses on these and other facets of South Korea’s constantly changing international image to show how it has come to command worldwide attention. In recent years, readers in a growing number of languages have discovered the talent of South Korean authors through the efforts of countless translators. Showing developments in and occasional connections between themes in K-pop, K-drama, K-film, and K-literature, the book provides a more comprehensive view of contemporary South Korean culture.This volume will interest researchers and students of Korean Studies, Asian Studies, Asian American Studies, popular music, film studies, migration and diaspora studies, and world literature.
National Socialist Cultural Diplomacy: Culture, Politics, and Comradeship at the German-Nordic Writers’ House, 1934–1939 (Routledge Studies in Fascism and the Far Right)
by Frederik Forrai ØrskovNational Socialist Cultural Diplomacy provides the first comprehensive account of the German-Nordic Writers’ House. From 1934 to 1939, young Scandinavian and Finnish writers spent summers at a seaside villa in Travemünde, mingling with representatives of the “new German literature,” to enjoy beach days, excursions in the Third Reich, and evening discussions on literature, politics, and comradeship. The book treats the Writers’ House as a case study of National Socialist cultural diplomacy, offering fresh insights on the ways in which semi-official cultural mediators addressed, navigated, and were constrained by a dilemma central to all cultural diplomacy, but more urgently so in the case of totalitarian regimes like the Third Reich: that in order to be perceived as legitimate, culture cannot be too obviously circumscribed by politics, while cultural autonomy comes with a lack of control that does not sit well with totalitarian regimes.Between the prevalent ideal in the Nordic cultural sphere that culture stands apart from politics, on the one hand, and the political aims of official German diplomacy, on the other, the institution showcases the constraints faced by aspiring cultural diplomats in the Third Reich and the strategies with which the Writers’ House’s organizers addressed them. With the Writers’ House as a prism, National Socialist Cultural Diplomacy also offers a case study of the fault lines that emerged in the Nordic literary sphere with the post-1933 ideologization of the German literary field, its institutions, and its lucrative book market. At stake was the role and identity of the literary intellectual, the proper relationship between culture, economics, and politics, and—for some of the visiting writers—whether to place consciousness over comradeship. This book will be of interest to researchers of Nazism, social and cultural history, and the history of the extreme right.
Understanding Early Large-Scale Collectives: A Global Perspective
by Justin JenningsThis volume brings together perspectives from different parts of the world that showcase the wide variety of practices, institutions, and ideologies that allowed for shared identities and coordinated actions across broad collectives. It shows that there are many ways that people can work together.How did the world’s first large-scale collectives come into being? For much of our discipline’s history, the answer was the state. People learned how to be part of a larger community via political, economic, and social scaffolding that tended to build from earlier ways of living in a region. This scaffolding was often wobbly and always under construction—its flexibility often a design strength rather than a flaw. This book demonstrates that violence and rulers often played pivotal roles in large-scale collectives, but so did gender complementarity, markets, ritual centers, fictive kinship, and egalitarianism. Earlier evolutionary approaches tended to obscure both the variability and malleability of earlier political forms in a desire to find ideal types hidden beneath cross-cultural noise. This volume’s authors argue that this noise was politics-in-action and that there was no state, or other kind of polity, that was above the fray and divorced from the daily practices that brought people, animals, and other things together.A better understanding of early collective action strategies provides a richer understanding of past politics and, just as importantly, demonstrates governance alternatives for our contemporary society that struggles to address climate change, pandemics, and other pressing challenges. This book will interest archaeologists and historians, as well as anyone who is curious about other ways that we can work together to solve common problems.
Healthcare Informatics Innovation Post COVID-19 Pandemic
by Narasimha Rao Vajjhala Philip EappenThis book is essential reading for those in healthcare informatics, as well as healthcare administrators, clinicians, and regulators, as they navigate the evolving landscape of healthcare post-pandemic. —Dr. Steven D. Berkshire, professor and director of the Doctor of Health Administration Program, Central Michigan UniversityThe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic brought unprecedented challenges to global healthcare systems, revealing vulnerabilities and pushing the boundaries of healthcare informatics. In response, the rapid adoption of digital tools and innovative technologies reshaped the way healthcare is delivered, managed, and analyzed. This transformation has not only revolutionized patient care but also underscored the importance of adopting new strategies to ensure data security, interoperability, and equitable access to healthcare services.Healthcare Informatics Innovation Post-COVID-19 Pandemic explores the lasting impact of these innovations on the healthcare sector. The book examines the key lessons learned from the pandemic, as well as the challenges and opportunities that have emerged in its wake. It covers a broad range of topics, including telehealth, artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), and cybersecurity, and examines the critical role each plays in transforming healthcare delivery.Highlights include: Bridging the digital divide with telehealth AI in post-pandemic healthcare Navigating post-pandemic mental health challenges with AI Genomics and personalized medicine Ethics, privacy, and security in healthcare informatics The book’s chapters were written by contributors from diverse academic and professional backgrounds.Together, they share their expertise in healthcare, information technology, and policy. Through their insights, the book provides a comprehensive overview of the current state of healthcare informatics and offers a roadmap for future advancements. This book was written to address the growing recognition that healthcare systems worldwide must be resilient, adaptable, and equipped with cutting-edge tools to navigate future public health crises. As healthcare professionals, academics, policymakers, and technologists work together, it is crucial to share knowledge and collaborate on innovative solutions that can sustain the progress made during the pandemic.
Principles of Multimedia
by Ranjan ParekhPrinciples of Multimedia introduces and explains the theoretical concepts related to the representation, storage, compression, transmission and processing of various multimedia components, including text, image, graphics, audio, video and animation, as well as their use across various applications. The book provides the necessary programming tools and analysis technique concepts to perform practical processing tasks in software labs and to solve numerical problems at the postgraduate level. For this new third edition, every chapter has been updated and the book has been carefully streamlined throughout.Chapter 1 provides an overview of multimedia technology, including the definition, major characteristics, hardware, software, standards, technologies and relevant theorems with mathematical formulations. Chapter 2 covers text, including digital text representations, text editing and processing tools, text application areas and text file formats. Chapter 3 explores digital image input and output systems, image editing and processing tools, image application areas, image color management and image file formats. Chapter 4 discusses 2D and 3D graphics algorithms, transformation matrices, splines, fractals, vectors, projection application areas and graphics file formats. Chapter 5 covers audio, including digital audio input and output systems, audio editing and processing tools, audio application areas and audio file formats. Chapter 6 looks at video, including digital video input and output systems, video editing and processing tools, video application areas and video file formats. Chapter 7 focuses on animation, covering 2D and 3D animation algorithms, interpolations, modeling, texture mapping, lights, illumination models, camera, rendering, application areas and animation file formats. Finally, Chapter 8 covers compression, including lossless and lossy compression techniques, and various algorithms related to text image audio and video compression. Every chapter includes solved numerical problems, coding examples and references for further reading.Including theoretical explanations, mathematical formulations, solved numerical problems and coding examples throughout, Principles of Multimedia is an ideal textbook for graduate and postgraduate students studying courses on image processing, speech and language processing, signal processing, video object detection and tracking, graphic design and modeling and related multimedia technologies.
Advancements in Photothermal Materials for Interfacial Solar Vaporization
by Najma Memon Saima Q. Memon Shakeela AbbasThis monograph aims to examine different types of photothermal materials, such as metallic, organic, and composites, that have been reported to generate localized heat at the air–water interface, leading to vapor production on the surface. It focusses on various factors, including photothermal efficiency, evaporation rate, and others, which influence vapor generation. By drawing useful conclusions, this book contributes to the development of cutting-edge interfacial solar vaporization systems for practical applications.Features: Presents exclusive material on interfacial solar evaporators and photothermal materials. Discusses effective photothermal material selection. Helps calculate commercial material usage expenses in the field of photothermal-based evaporation systems. Examines different types of photothermal materials, such as metallic, organic, and composites. Explores photothermal efficiency and evaporation. This book is intended for graduate students and researchers in energy, chemical engineering, and materials science.
Reading Wayde Compton: Geohistorical (Re)Constructions of Black Vancouver (Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory)
by Fernando Pérez-GarcíaThis book is a comprehensive analysis of the literary oeuvre of Wayde Compton, examining the interplay between modes of literary production, urban commemoration, the formation of Black racial identity on the margins of the diaspora, and coalitions of solidarity with other communities in Vancouver.Stemming from an interdisciplinary perspective that blends Spatial Literary Studies, Hip hop epistemology, and the transmodern paradigm, this book presents a dynamic model of Black identity formation and belonging, resulting from the remix of Afro-diasporic and transcultural elements and the political commemoration of local Black spaces in an often-understudied node of the Black diaspora. This book also explores Compton’s contribution to recent academic debates on the interaction between the commemoration of Black spaces and the right to the city, as well as the engagement with Indigenous calls for the decolonisation of their ancestral lands. The analysis of Compton’s work allows for the deconstruction of the binaries African/Canadian, Indigenous/settler, Hogan’s Alley/Vancouver and exposes the co-constitutive character of these elements.
On Translation (China Perspectives)
by Xu JunThis book presents a fresh perspective on translation, exploring it as a complex process of cultural exchange involving both language and culture.The author examines the core aspects of translation, including its nature and procedures, key factors, text selection and approaches. It also examines the internal tensions and dynamics between authors, translators and readers, and the value system of translation criticism. The book also illustrates the role of culture in translation, discussing the cultural information embedded in language, the relationship between culture and meaning, the cultural interpretation of meaning and texts, the intersection of translation and cultural psychology, and the principles and methods of translation studies from a cultural perspective. By developing a systematic theoretical framework, the book aims to present translation as a complex facet of intercultural communication.This insightful work will appeal to scholars, students, translators and anyone interested in translation theory, translation studies and intercultural communication.
Routledge Handbook of Public Policy in the Global South (Routledge International Handbooks)
by Ishtiaq Jamil Gedion OnyangoThis important new handbook provides a comprehensive assessment of contemporary public policy and governance in the Global South. It offers incisive comparative analyses and presents policy-specific case studies from across Asia, Latin America, Middle East, and Africa. The aim is to inform future governance research, policy, and practice in these regions.This book is timely as it responds to how governments in the Global South are dealing with recent complex series of challenges and crises of the 21st Century. These range from the pressures of a global pandemic to the impacts of climate change, democratic backsliding, deteriorating public services, and the realignments in the international political economy following the rise of China. In doing so, it reflects on the political transformations, global convergences, and underlying regional, as well as national, trajectories that have taken place recently, focusing on among others: Democratic governance and institutional trust Public service delivery, motivation, and governance outcomes Policy crises, disaster management, and climate change Policy successes and failures Policy innovations, digitalisation, and policy research in the Global South Different authors bring together varied and specialised perspectives and experiences, which are important for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers wishing to understand emerging governance models, innovations, and challenges within the Global South.
Peacekeeping and the Protection of Civilians: From Moral Imperative to Effective Practice (Cass Series on Peacekeeping)
by Timothy DonaisThis book critically examines the evolution of protection practices in UN peace operations over the past two decades.Protecting civilians has become central to the work of contemporary UN peace operations, yet the ability of peacekeepers to offer meaningful levels of protection to vulnerable civilians in conflict zones remains highly circumscribed. Focusing on the implementation of protection of civilians (PoC) mandates across three high-profile UN missions – UNMISS in South Sudan, MONUSCO in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and MINUSCA in the Central African Republic – this study asks who precisely UN peacekeepers protect and how they go about protecting them. Drawing on the key distinction between coercive and non-coercive protection strategies, this book examines how peacekeepers have struggled to translate ambitious and far-reaching protection mandates into effective protection practices in some of the world’s most dangerous and difficult conflict contexts. This book will be of much interest to students of peacekeeping, civilian protection, African politics, war studies and security studies.
Intuitive Cognition: Multifaceted Paradigms and Applications
by Ishita U. Bharadwaj Pritha Mukhopadhyay Sharmistha BanerjeeThis book is an exhaustive and evidence-based introduction to the concepts of intuitive cognition. It focuses on the foundations of intuitive and other forms of cognition, how it allows the integration of new information with existing knowledge along with their applications in diverse fields like business, teaching, marketing and education. The book examines the co-existence of intuition with deliberate information processing and defines the applicability of intuitive cognition from a multidisciplinary approach. What role does intuition play in driving effort, sensory experience, choices or in taking risks? And how can a greater understanding of intuitive cognition help with decision-making, understanding customers or patients and understanding student needs? It explores the efficacy of the unconscious and other forms of cognition, across multiple domains, such as creative art, education, organization, business and finance, neuro-marketing, artificial intelligence and spirituality.This volume will be useful for scholars and researchers of psychology, neuroscience, cognitive psychology, cognitive sciences, education, organizational behaviour, management studies, philosophy, and literature.
Tension, Dilemma and Conflict in Party-Candidate Campaign Strategies: Diverging Positions and Districts in National Elections (Routledge Research on Social and Political Elites)
by Lukas HohendorfThis book examines the campaign communication of political candidates in parliamentary democracies, set within the broader trends of globalization and political personalization.It explores how district candidates balance local voter preferences, national party demands, and personal beliefs in their campaigns. Using Germany as a case study and drawing on a wide range of data sources, the book reveals how situational factors, such as electoral rules, candidate experience, and local party organization, influence campaign strategies. It demonstrates how campaign positions in parliamentary democracies often deviate from national party stances, with implications on party unity and democratic representation. Framed by the pressing challenges of regional divergence and the rise of political personalization, the book shows why studying individual candidate behavior – rather than simply focusing on party leaders – is crucial for understanding modern democratic systems.This book will be a key resource for scholars, students, and practitioners in the fields of political parties and elites, electoral studies, political communication, and, more broadly, comparative politics.
The Routledge Companion to Gender and Childhood (Routledge Companions to Gender)
by Mary ZaborskisThe Routledge Companion to Gender and Childhood brings together scholars, practitioners, and activists to explore the diversity of children’s gender identities, expressions, and embodiments across historical, geographical, and cultural contexts.This volume investigates how historical, institutional, and cultural forces have shaped children’s relationship to gender, the pivotal role children have played in the construction of gendered categories, as well as children’s responses to these forces and constructions. The book is divided into six sections: Responding to Gendered Histories and Presents of Policing, Pathologization, and Trauma; Images of and Imaginings for Trans, Non-Binary, and Queer Youth’s Futures; Global Perspectives on Training and Assimilating Future Citizens; Gender Development in Material and Digital Cultures; Shifting and Persisting Gendered Representations in Cultural Landscapes; and Approaching Issues of Gender and Childhood from Adult Perspectives Considering the multiplicity of gendered childhoods alongside the intense preoccupation with children’s relationship to gender across a range of fields that span the globe, The Routledge Companion to Gender and Childhood will be an essential resource for students of social sciences, humanities, and STEM.
R for Health Technology Assessment (Chapman & Hall/CRC Biostatistics Series)
by Gianluca Baio Howard Thom Petros PechlivanoglouR for Health Technology Assessment discusses the use of proper statistical software, specifically R, to perform the whole pipeline of analytic modelling in health technology assessment (HTA). It has been designed with the objective of establishing the use of R as the standard tool for HTA amongst academics, industry practitioners and regulators. It covers a lot of ground, starting with the necessary background in HTA, R and statistical inference, followed by various modelling tools, ranging from missing data, survival analysis and decision trees, through to multistate models and discrete event simulation. The methods are all illustrated with many detailed worked examples and case studies using real data, and there are detailed descriptions of the code and processes.Key Features: Introductory chapters on the various topics of the book, including HTA, R and statistical inference A wide range of common analytical tools used in HTA, from modelling for individual-level data, missing data, survival analysis, decision-modelling and network meta-analysis More advanced and increasingly popular tools, such as those for population adjustment, discrete event simulation and the use of web applications as front-end for the overall statistical modelling Many detailed worked examples and case studies using real data to illustrate the methodology Fully integrated R code gives detailed guidance on implementation of the techniques Supplemented by a website with additional resources, including annotated code and data This text is primarily aimed at modellers working in the field of HTA, regulators and reviewers of reimbursement dossiers and cost-effectiveness analyses. It also complements a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programmes in HTA, health and public health economics, as well as academic researchers in the field of statistical modelling for HTA.