Palgrave macmillan jul 2026 (398 risultati)

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This open access bookexplores the excesses, distortions and perverse effects that emerge when art and popular culture refuse reverence for nostalgic views on nature. Developing Phoebe Wagner's pioneering concept of the environmental grotesque, the book's authors argue that the problem is not ignorance of the crisis but rather poverty in our imaginative responses. Grotesque Anthropocenethus offers a needed rupture of our current ecological sensibilities,attending to the productive ambiguities of works across media, from art and literature to film and television. 212 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This open access book explores the excesses, distortions and perverse effects that emerge when art and popular culture refuse reverence for nostalgic views on nature. Developing Phoebe Wagner's pioneering concept of the environmental grotesque, the book's authors argue that the problem is not ignorance of the crisis but rather poverty in our imaginative responses. Grotesque Anthropocene thus offers a needed rupture of our current ecological sensibilities, attending to the productive ambiguities of works across media, from art and literature to film and television.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This open access book explores the excesses, distortions and perverse effects that emerge when art and popular culture refuse reverence for nostalgic views on nature. Developing Phoebe Wagner's pioneering concept of the environmental grotesque, the book's authors argue that the problem is not ignorance of the crisis but rather poverty in our imaginative responses. Grotesque Anthropocene thus offers a needed rupture of our current ecological sensibilities, attending to the productive ambiguities of works across media, from art and literature to film and television. 212 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This book is the third volume of proceedings from the 19th International Conference on Wirtschaftsinformatik held in Würzburg, Germany, in 2024.In the context of the global trend toward digitalization, it presents the results of innovative, high-quality research in the field of information systems and digital transformation. The book covers a broad range of topics, including digital responsibility, human computer interaction, digital democracy and ethics in AI, each of which has and will continue to have significant impacts on companies, individuals and societies alike.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This book explores the complexities arising at the intersection of international law, state sovereignty, and global commerce. The core focus is on how international arbitration can be employed to resolve disputes stemming from the national security screening of foreign direct investment (FDI). The flow of FDI has been integral to global economic development, yet it has increasingly attracted scrutiny from national governments. This scrutiny has intensified due to geopolitical tensions and concerns over the control of critical infrastructure and sensitive technologies. As states aim to balance the economic benefits of FDI with the need to protect national security, conflicts between state actions and international investment agreements have grown more complex. International arbitration, particularly through investor state dispute settlement (ISDS), represents a crucial forum for resolving these disputes.The book addresses the challenge of upholding international treaties while respecting the legitimate security concerns of states. It provides a detailed examination of how ISDS mechanisms can address these disputes, the legal principles involved, and the broader implications for international law and global investment governance. The study contributes to the ongoing discourse on harmonizing national security needs with the standards of protection promised under international investment law. It critically analyzes the role of arbitration in resolving conflicts arising from national security screenings, offering insights into how arbitral tribunals balance state sovereignty with investor protection. Additionally, it explores potential improvements to the arbitration process to enhance its fairness and efficiency in handling these high-stakes disputes.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - In recent decades, the evolution of digital technologies has led to the proliferation of highly distributed, dynamic, and heterogeneous information and communication systems (ICS). Among them, 5G-IoT infrastructures, with their inherently dense topologies, variable load patterns, and heightened vulnerability to cyber threats, have introduced new challenges in ensuring resource efficiency, operational continuity, and dependable performance. These systems increasingly underpin critical domains such as Industrial automation, smart energy, transportation, and healthcare where failures or delays are intolerable. Consequently, the demand for robust analytical models capable of capturing the complexity of such infrastructures has never been greater.This monograph emerged from the recognition that conventional queuing theory frameworks, while effective in classical settings, often fall short when applied to multi-channel systems with synchronisation mechanisms, heterogeneous service policies, and non-Poissonian traffic flows features that are now typical in modern ICS architectures. To address this gap, the work explores and generalises a class of systems inspired by the divide and conquer (DC) paradigm. By formalising DC-like queuing systems, in which incoming requests are decomposed into multiple subrequests, processed in parallel, and synchronised upon completion, the study provides a coherent mathematical foundation for analysing their behaviour under both nominal and stress conditions.The first part of the monograph establishes the conceptual and mathematical core of DC-like systems, including well-known configurations such as Split-Merge (SM), Fission-Fusion (FF), Team Service Models (TSM), and Independent Server Models (ISM). These systems are studied through rigorous formulations using two-dimensional Markov chains, exact generating functions, and the evaluation of response time and synchronisation delay. In particular, special attention is given to the interdependence of queues, which is often overlooked in simpler models.The second part significantly extends this foundation by integrating Batch Markovian Arrival Processes (BMAP) and non-exponential service time distributions (Erlang, Cox, and hyper-exponential laws). This allows for a more realistic characterisation of input traffic, reflective of bursty, correlated, and priority-driven request flows typical of real-world 5G-IoT systems. A range of advanced mathematical tools is introduced, including the matrix-geometric method, order statistics, and extreme value theory, enabling the derivation of upper and lower bounds for key performance indicators.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This book highlights measurement methods for order parameters of quantum materials using electron spectroscopy. Quantum materials are a research hotspot in condensed matter physics. Their various phases and macroscopic properties are closely related to multiple order parameters in materials, including lattice, charge, spin, orbit, and topology. Modern advanced electron microscopy provides a powerful tool for characterizing the various order parameters and their correlation mechanisms of quantum materials at the atomic scale. On the basis of introducing the principles of electron microscopy, this book systematically describes how to use electron microscopy methods to measure and study the order parameters of quantum materials, and summarizes the results of order parameter measurement and synergistic research on multiferroic materials, magneto-optical materials, high-temperature superconducting materials, etc. This book is suitable for researchers and students engaged in the study of condensed matter physics, quantum science and technology, and materials science.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This book explores how culture quietly shapes our lives, influencing everything from the way we speak and lead to the way we grieve and resolve conflicts. Culture is often overlooked because it s invisible, yet it influences everything we do. This book reveals that hidden force, demonstrating how cultural codes affect behavior, emotion, and decision-making in various settings.Through real-world examples ranging from refugee camps to boardrooms, the book argues that understanding culture is no longer optional. It s essential. With a focus on application, this book equips scholars, researchers, practitioners, and leaders to engage with culture thoughtfully and effectively. Whether they are studying psychology, managing teams, or working in global contexts, readers will find the tools they need to navigate cultural complexity with clarity and respect.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Volume I of the second edition, subtitled Semi-Classical Concepts, presents x-ray science through the semi-classical framework of light and matter.The opening chapter, Introduction and Overview, remains largely unchanged from the first edition. It sets the stage for both volumes of the new edition by reviewing the revolutionary advances in x-ray science driven by synchrotron radiation sources and x-ray free-electron lasers. The following chapters are organized into two parts. Part I establishes the equivalence between wave-based and conventional quantum descriptions of light, which form the foundation of the semi-classical approach. It also discusses the generation of synchrotron and XFEL radiation, now extended to recent accelerator breakthroughs that enable the creation of diffraction- and transform-limited x-ray pulses reaching into the attosecond regime.Part II applies the semi-classical treatment to describe how x-rays interact with matter, whether through an individual atomic or collective dielectric response. Topics include x-ray absorption, dichroism, emission, scattering, and diffraction, extensively illustrated with experimental results. Special emphasis is placed on polarization-dependent, resonant responses key to the unique atomic and chemical specificity of x-rays and their ability to probe the charge and spin structure of matter. The final chapter explores real-space and diffractive imaging techniques, with a focus on solving the phase problem through holography, over-sampling, ptychography, and multi-wavelength anomalous diffraction.An appendix provides reference material, including physical symbols, SI units and values, resonant line shapes, the Dirac d-function, and a concise overview of Fourier transform methods and Parseval s theorem.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Dieses Buch bietet die erste systematische Darstellung von Edmund Husserls Programm einer Wissenschaftslehre. Die Probleme und Aufgaben einer Wissenschaftstheorie stellen keineswegs ein peripheres Anliegen des husserlschen philosophischen Schaffens dar. Sie bilden stattdessen den zentralen Fokus, um den sich Husserls vielfältige Analysen ranken, und nicht zuletzt die wesentliche Quelle und Rechtfertigung seines Projekts einer Phänomenologie und phänomenologischen Philosophie. Husserls umfassendes Programm einer Wissenschaftslehre ist in der Forschung bisher nur am Rande und fragmentarisch aufgegriffen worden. Das vorliegende Buch füllt diese Lücke, indem es zum einen die Möglichkeit, Idee, Methode und Einteilung der Wissenschaftslehre bei Husserl systematisch erschließt. Zum anderen nimmt es deren historische Entwicklung in den Blick, die sich vor allem in bisher wenig erforschten Manuskripten der Göttinger Vorlesungen abzeichnet.Das Werk richtet sich an Studierende und Forschende in den Bereichen Phänomenologie und Wissenschaftsphilosophie. Zugleich leistet es einen originellen Beitrag zur aktuellen Debatte in der Husserl-Forschung über die Rolle und Funktion wissenschaftstheoretischen Denkens für die Entstehung der phänomenologischen Philosophie.This book offers the first systematic presentation of Edmund Husserl's program for a theory of science (Wissenschaftslehre). The problems and tasks of a theory of science are by no means a peripheral concern of Husserl's philosophical work. Instead, they form the central focus around which Husserl's diverse analyses revolve, and not least the essential source and justification of his project of phenomenology and phenomenological philosophy. Husserl's comprehensive program of a theory of science has so far been addressed only marginally and fragmentarily in the literature. The present book fills this gap by systematically exploring the possibility, idea, method, and division of Husserl's theory of science. On the other hand, it examines its historical development, which is particularly evident in the hitherto little-researched manuscripts of his Göttingen lectures. The work is aimed at students and researchers in the fields of phenomenology and philosophy of science. At the same time, it makes an original contribution to the current debate in Husserl research on the role and function of scientific-theoretical thinking in the emergence of phenomenological philosophy.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Dieses Buch bietet eine detaillierte Untersuchung des deutschen Neoliberalismus zwischen 1924 und 1963. Es argumentiert, dass bereits in der Zwischenkriegszeit ein neoliberales Netzwerk entstand Jahrzehnte bevor Elitennetzwerke in Großbritannien und den USA die neoliberale Revolution der Thatcher- und Reagan-Ära vorantrieben. Der Autor zeigt, wie dieses Netzwerk die gesellschaftlichen Entwicklungen der 1950er Jahre maßgeblich beeinflusste und ein Vorbild für neoliberale Projekte in anderen Ländern wurde. Dieser Erfolg beruhte weitgehend auf der gezielten und strategischen Neuordnung des semantischen Feldes: durch Aufgeben oder Wiederaufgreifen missbrauchter Begriffe, durch Infragestellen bestehender Bedeutungen oder durch Einbringung neuer Konzepte in die politische Diskussion. Das Buch untersucht die Aktionsgemeinschaft Soziale Marktwirtschaft (ASM), einen frühen neoliberalen Think Tank, der 1953 unter der Leitung von Alexander Rüstow gegründet wurde und sich zu einem einflussreichen politischen Akteur im Nachkriegsdeutschland entwickelte. Der Autor verfolgt einen dezidiert transnationalen Ansatz, indem innerdeutsche Debatten mit jenen kontrastiert und verknüpft werden, die unter neoliberalen Befürwortern in der Mont Pèlerin Society (MPS) stattfanden. Mehr als nur eine politische Fallstudie bietet dieses Buch eine historische Darstellung der begrifflichen Auseinandersetzungen um den Neoliberalismus, der beteiligten Akteure, der Arenen, in denen diese stattfanden, sowie der semantischen Mittel und Strategien, die dabei eingesetzt wurden. Damit liefert es wertvolle Einblicke für Forschende der deutschen und politischen Geschichte sowie der Politikwissenschaft im Allgemeinen.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This open access book offers an interdisciplinary examination of Green Human Resource Management (GHRM), presenting a psychologically informed framework for aligning people management with environmental, economic, and social sustainability. Bringing together insights from work and organizational psychology, corporate social responsibility (CSR), and environmental management (EM), it explains how organizations can embed sustainability into everyday work practices by leveraging employee motivation, leadership, culture, and social dynamics.Psychosocial mechanisms make GHRM effective, shaping employees pro environmental attitudes, voluntary green behaviours, and long-term commitment to organizational sustainability goals.Drawing on meta-analytic evidence from 57 studies, the book shows the strong impact of GHRM on sustainable performance and financial outcomes and addresses persistent implementation challenges, such as the generalizability gap across sectors, lack of standardized metrics, post-pandemic work transformations, and the risk of greenwashing when cultural alignment is weak.Featuring theoretical insights, empirical evidence, case studies, and a practical diagnostic toolkit, the book provides actionable guidance on green recruitment, training, performance management, and employee engagement. An essential read for scholars and practitioners in HRM, organizational psychology, sustainability, environmental management, and leaders, this book positions GHRM as a critical lever for integrating people, planet, and performance. 196 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -By highlighting the social, political and technological progress already made, this open access book presents an optimistic outlook for a transition to a climate-neutral world and successful adaptation to climate change. With a focus on economics and policy, it covers a wide range of cases where climate action is heading in the right direction. Short digestible chapters highlight, among other things, growing awareness among the general population and the willingness to act, and present technologies and policy measures that have already led to emission reductions. Particular attention is given to the economic opportunities of green technologies, the rapid spread of renewable energy and storage technologies, the decarbonization of industry, net-zero targets, climate legislation adopted in many countries, and carbon pricing. 176 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This open access book explores the potential of venture-builders, which is a groundbreaking model for creating startups from scratch. Unlike traditional accelerators or incubators, venture-builders leverage structured processes and expert guidance to mitigate risks and accelerate startups toward scalable growth.Providing a novel classification of venture-building models, the authors evaluate their effectiveness in fostering scaleups high-growth firms crucial for economic development and innovation. Drawing from a unique dataset of interviews with European venture-builders, the authors go on to reveal key design archetypes and their impact on entrepreneurial ecosystems. It connects venture-building with startup scaling, addressing critical factors like access to resources, funding, and de-risking.By linking practice with research, it offers actionable insights for policymakers, academics, and practitioners. Whether you are a manager in a venture-builder, a policymaker aiming to stimulate growth, or a researcher studying entrepreneurship, this book will illuminate how venture-builders can unlock new opportunities in high-growth entrepreneurship. 98 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This Open Access book provides detailed practical guidance on how to do a Delphi study to establish a consensus across the broad range of social, psychological, health and environmental sciences. The book informs the design of Delphi studies by drawing on wisdom-of-crowds research on the conditions under which groups make better-quality judgements. It covers the development of the Delphi method and its many variations, as well as the ways this method has been used to make judgements of facts where the evidence is imperfect, set methodological standards, make predictions, define foundational concepts, determine collective values, and improve professional practice and policy. It takes the reader through the steps in carrying out a Delphi study and the choices that have to be made at each step. It also covers the implementation of Delphi findings in practice. Case examples are included throughout drawing from a variety of disciplines. 133 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This Open Access book explores the emergence of mindfulness from Buddhist tradition and its incorporation into contemporary mental health and social care. Mindfulness is a powerful technique, but it needs to be applied mindfully. Buddhist thought has older links with psychiatry and mental health care, prior to the current embrace of mindfulness, and these have not been articulated clearly over recent decades. These links are intrinsically valuable and have added relevance in an era of mindfulness. This book seeks to bring these associations and connections back to light and contextualise recent enthusiasm for mindfulness-based interventions. This book is aimed at readers who are interested in mental health, psychiatry, Buddhism, and mindfulness. These are all growing areas of interest and inquiry. This book is distinctive owing to its focus on links between psychiatry, mental health care, and Buddhism that include, but also move beyond, mindfulness. This book is also distinctive by virtue of the fact that it is written by someone who is both a psychiatrist in clinical practice and a researcher, as well as being qualified in Buddhist Studies (MA, University of Sunderland, 2010) and Mindfulness-Based Interventions (MSc, University College Dublin, 2023), and publishes across all of these fields. 94 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This open access book takes readers inside the minds and hearts of twenty urban visionaries transforming urban and rural environments across six continents. Rather than focusing on technical solutions or policy frameworks, Cathy Oke and Jorn Verbeeck reveal the deeply personal journeys of former mayors, Indigenous leaders, CEOs, entrepreneurs, activists and academics who have used cities and towns as living laboratories for humanity's future. From Durban to Paris, Melbourne to Bangalore, these boundary spanners share intimate stories of what drives their work: childhood memories of fishing with grandparents, moments of recognition on Arctic mountains, encounters with traditional knowledge systems that challenge Western assumptions about development. Rather than celebrating lone heroes, the book reveals cities and their communities as 'kaleidoscopes of possibility' requiring ensemble casts who translate between disciplines, sectors, and communities.Each story weaves personal odyssey with professional transformation, capturing how individual experiences of displacement, discovery, and belonging shape approaches to collective challenges like climate change, inequality, and urban resilience. This is a syllabus for sustainable city leadership: accumulated wisdom that integrates multiple knowledge systems, honours ancient wisdom alongside contemporary innovation, and fosters collaborative intelligence through the stories we share. Essential reading for anyone navigating the messy, vital work of making cities thrive.Illustrations by Chris Cane. 210 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This Open Access book introduces the Second Chances Framework, a practice-informed tool designed to evaluate whether individuals who have committed ethical wrongdoing in organizational settings should be granted another opportunity. Drawing from twelve years of Executive MBA classroom discussions, the framework is built on real-world cases shared by experienced professionals across diverse sectors. It identifies five key factors precedent, reparation, trust, transparency, and fairness that guide structured reflection and ethical judgment.The chapters delve into critical questions such as: How should organizations weigh the seriousness of the original wrongdoing Can trust be rebuilt, and what role does transparency play in ethical decision-making Through detailed case studies and expert analysis, the book explores the tensions and interplay between these factors, offering a flexible yet robust approach to navigating complex ethical dilemmas. The framework is not a prescriptive formula but a tool for informed judgment, making it an essential read for those involved in organizational ethics.Aimed at scholars, practitioners, and students of organizational ethics, this book provides a structured, practical guide for navigating second chance decisions. It answers the call to embed ethics more deeply in organizational practice, ensuring decisions are grounded in ethical integrity and transparency. 111 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The COVID pandemic forced most workers to shift from the work office to the home office. As we navigate this new normal, organizations must decide on their post-pandemic workplace strategy: office-forward, remote-first, or hybrid. Meanwhile, employees have also developed their preference, whether working from home, the office, or a combination of both.This book helps leaders to align their workplace strategy with employee preferences. It helps them to understand the different types of employees they have and how to engage employees whose work preferences may or may not align with that of the organization.Through in-depth interviews with both employees and executives, the authors identify nine distinct employee personas and present findings about the personas demographics, specific behaviors, attitudes, preferences, and motivations. They then offer practical advice on how organizations can leverage these personas to support their chosen workplace strategy.Whether you are looking to identify which employee personas fit best within your company, understand the personas on your team, explore how different personas interact, or assess the costs of misalignment, this book is an essential resource on balancing organizational strategy and employee well-being. 227 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -We have an entirely messed-up relationship with power. It is something that almost everyone wants, that promises much and can help us achieve great things. Yet power isn't something we openly talk about or understand, and that s a problem. While power is an essential part of every leadership role, it is also a difficult and sometimes toxic partner that changes everyone who holds it. And often, in ways that make being a good leader much harder.Approached carefully, however, the worst of power's negative effects can be avoided and balanced by its positives. This book shows you how. It reveals what power does to people, and how it both affects them as leaders and the people they lead. And it shows how, in turn, leaders can affect the positions of power they hold, too.Incorporating the latest neuroscience, the book offers clear lessons for how to successfully manage power. For leaders, it provides practical advice on how to survive having power, avoiding its worst effects. For organisations and institutions, it is about how to ensure that the people who have power are equipped and supported to thrive with it. And for us all, as people who choose and follow leaders, it is about how we can identify those most at risk of falling to power's dark side.Ultimately, this book provides a plan for how we can have a healthier relationship with power, so that as individuals we can be better leaders, and as organisations and societies we can be better led. 182 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware 116 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The continued popularity of Western, mainly American cultural exports internationally has given rise to 'The West and the Rest' paradigm as a defining feature of cultural globalization. This volume explains 'The West and the Rest' paradigm and follows its legacy with analysis of the development of the concepts of cultural globalization, cultural convergence, and their continued proliferation in authoritarian dictatorships, despite strong government censorship. It explains this trajectory in the context of technological innovations that have fueled the evolution of cross-border cultural messaging. This messaging continues to proliferate via largely illicit citizen-managed markets that keep developing ways to evade the censorship of central governments in the remnants of the Communist world. Its popularity with ordinary citizen keeps growing because of showing higher standards of living and well-being. Citizens embrace it as an escapist mechanism and this embrace is analyzed as an outcome of soft power. The dynamic is discussed on two fronts in this volume. One is with a focus on the technological innovations since the end of the Cold War that have increased the breadth, scope, and source of cross-cultural messaging. The other is with a focus on the evolution of the economic structure of the former Communist world. Wealth and digitization are congruent and therefore, a parallel lesion discussion is offered on the change of economic realities of the last decades of Communism and today. The change is the significant growth of wealth in the former Communist world. Authoritarian governments are deploying it in their own soft power ways to promote their domestic and international clout and defy Western cultural and diplomatic pressures, including economic sanctions. This resilience is discussed with a focus on how Russia is withstanding the unprecedented economic sanctions imposed on it for its war on Ukraine. It does so with the help of its ideological allies, including North Korea and China, eager to support Russia in its defiance of Western values. The soft power of these autocratic power players is examined further in the context of the interplay between soft and sharp power. This interplay redefines formal and informal socio-cultural diplomacy. The book concludes with a detailed analysis of the change through a digital cosmopolitanism lens with a focus on user-generated technopolitical content. 117 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This Palgrave Pivot book is the first to examine the long-term impacts of humanitarian scholarships on refugee-background university graduates in Australia. While these programs emerged only in the early 2010s and expanded from 2015, this is the first systematic analysis of their potential and limitations.The book shows that humanitarian scholarships are vital in opening access to higher education and fostering belonging, but they often fall short of enabling lasting social and professional integration. Many graduates continue to face limited professional networks, ongoing mental health challenges, and reduced support after university. As young people who will help shape Australia s diverse and skilled workforce, their experiences reveal both what sustained opportunity can achieve and what is at stake when support ends too early.Aimed at policymakers, government agencies, university leaders, scholars, and postgraduate students in migration, education, and social equity, the book will also interest NGOs, philanthropic foundations, and international organisations focused on education and displacement. By shifting attention from access to long-term outcomes, it fills an important gap in the literature. 120 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book seeks to serve as a short primer to students and individuals seeking to understand criminal organizations in Latin America. This work examines who are the major criminal actors in numerous countries across the region, including Mexico, Colombia, Honduras, El Salvador, Brazil and Argentina. It explores transnational organized crime groups like the Sinaloa Cartel, which operates in numerous countries and is involved in a plethora of illicit activities. It also explores more regional cartels as well as gangs and other criminal actors. Each chapter highlights the leadership of the various organizations, and how these criminal groups evolved over time. It utilizes Department of Justice documents, scholarly works, and accounts from journalists to provide intricate details about a litany of key players in the criminal underworld. 86 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book is the first sustained analysis of popular politics in Scotland during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Despite the long-running historiography on popular protests in both England and continental Europe, there has been little discussion of this phenomenon in Scotland, in part because historians specialising in Scotland have paid little attention to the phenomenon of popular revolt, save an occasional comment in wider studies. There were no large-scale popular uprisings in Scotland, like the Peasants Revolt in England, the Jacquerie in France, or the Ciompi in Florence, but that does not mean that the wider populace was not politically engaged. Indeed, many of the key sources for late medieval Scotland, including The Bruce, Scotichronicon, The Dethe of the Kynge of Scotis and the records of the Scottish parliament, all contain hints of popular political engagement. It is only when these sources are read with a focus on the lower echelons of society that a clearer picture of a populace with political ideals they sought to uphold emerges. 127 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book explores the morality of creating peace in a violent world. It includes spiritual and ethical dimensions to show that peace is not only the responsibility of politicians, but that it is everyone's responsibility not to generate violence and hatred. Peace is shown to be human work; it is the responsibility of the whole community to maintain and create it. Therefore, peace is not only a political achievement, but also has an ethical and spiritual significance and requires the moral development of the individual in order to secure the recognition and respect of others.This book will be essential reading for all philosophers of politics, morality and ethics, and is also ideal for those who are researching aspects of spiritual philosophy. 124 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book offers an answer to the question, 'Why are Presidential debates so bad ' The answer could be that the Commission on Presidential Debates ruined them, or it could be that we don't really know how to watch or judge a debate. This book offers both an explanation of how we historically ended up with these terrible debates and how to make lemonade out of them. The book provides a method to watching this madness without going or getting mad yourself, and what perhaps we can say to others about these debates. It concludes with speculation beyond 2024 now that the Commission on Presidential Debates appears to be irrelevant. What types of debate can we expect, and what should we demand 120 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book focuses on how startups navigate complex B2B markets by adopting agile marketing strategies. Emphasising agility and adaptability, which are crucial factors for early-stage businesses, the book uses a multiple case study approach to investigate how startups develop their marketing strategy tailored to B2B dynamics, touching on emerging technologies, and the importance of positioning their brands in highly competitive markets.Starting from a solid theoretical background, including recent academic literature on B2B startups, the book maps the marketing trends, such as digitalization and sustainability, which are impacting the marketing strategies of new ventures. After this scenario analysis, an empirical analysis involving innovative startups operating in B2B markets is presented. Adopting a new perspective on how startups can leverage agility to compete with established actors, such as large traditional firms, the author offers new theoretical insights and managerial implications emphasizing speed, flexibility, and data-driven decision making. 120 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book offers an interesting synthesis of Social Movements Studies and International Relations (IR) focusing on emotions. The holistic scope and the different conceptualizations of emotions in environmental movements will bring a new perspective that expands the existing approaches of Social Movements Studies and IR. Although the existing literature on emotions in social movements offers rich insights, the detailed analytical framework of emotions in environmental movements is overlooked. In particular, the realm of emotions and their intricate interaction with environmental activism remains overlooked in the context of Green Politics. By building on significant studies in emotions in IR, this book aims to transcend the boundaries of state-centric discussions to create a platform for the manifestation of social movements. 182 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The book examines the unique dynamics surrounding wrongful convictions, particularly in Australia. Transcending the established understanding of wrongful conviction that emerged from the US innocence movement, the book provides a holistic insight into errors in the Australian justice and legal systems that lead to acknowledged and legally unacknowledged errors. Built upon the experiences of the country s innocence projects, the book moves beyond the established causal factors recognized in the international experience of wrongful conviction to highlight structural and systemic elements that contribute to miscarriages of justice around the world. By offering a global perspective on the struggles of the wrongfully convicted, the book provides a nuanced discussion of why the innocent are convicted of crimes they did not commit and why overturning these errors is increasingly complex and difficult, and more so outside of America. It also presentsthe risk of wrongful conviction from the perspective of innocence project practitioners who work with cases that can progress through appeal structures and those that unfortunately do not meet the requirements despite evidence of their client s innocence. Overall, the book expandsdiscussions of what factors contribute to wrongful conviction to support more advocacy, research, and policy reform across legal and justice systems. 174 pp. Englisch.…