Examines how climate-induced migration, the relocation of individuals from harsh climate areas to more favorable ones, has led to concerns about national borders, sovereignty, and security, along with suggestions to combat the situation.
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This study addresses issues range from whether young educated computer users suffer from computer anxiety to uses of family internet sites, from resistance to innovation to the use and meanings of ICT in microbusinesses.
A collection of 13 essays covering 5 important aspects of legal scholarship: adjudication; European law and politics; migration; vulnerable minorities; and, legal values.
"A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable; it carries a massive impact; and, after the fact, we concoct an explanation that makes it appear less random, and more predictable, than it was. The astonishing success of Googl…
"A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable; it carries a massive impact; and, after the fact, we concoct an explanation that makes it appear less random, and more predictable, than it was. The astonishing success of Googl…
"Over the past thirty years, a new systemic conception of life has emerged at the forefront of science. New emphasis has been given to complexity, networks, and patterns of organisation leading to a novel kind of 'systemic' thinking. This volume integrates the ideas, models, and…
Postcolonial studies and beyond
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An interdisciplinary collection of essays designed to envision a wide-ranging and productive future for postcolonial studies, this text assesses the current state of the field and points toward its most promising new developments. "An interdisciplinary collection of essays desi…
An interdisciplinary collection of essays designed to envision a wide-ranging and productive future for postcolonial studies, this text assesses the current state of the field and points toward its most promising new developments.
An interdisciplinary collection of essays designed to envision a wide-ranging and productive future for postcolonial studies, this text assesses the current state of the field and points toward its most promising new developments. "An interdisciplinary collection of essays desi…
Information and computer technologies are used every day by real people with real needs. This text describes how technology can be used effectively by communities, activists, and citizens to meet society's challenges.
Against the background of the so-called 'obesity epidemic', Media and the Rhetoric of Body Perfection critically examines the discourses of physical perfection that pervade Western societies, shedding new light on the rhetorical forces behind body anxieties and extreme methods o…
Drawing on rich interview material with cosmetic surgery patients and offering fresh analyses of various texts from popular culture, including internationally-screened reality-television, entertainment programmes and documentaries, this book examines the ways in which Western me…
Switch, osez le changement
by Heath, Chip, Heath, Dan, Rozenbaum, Marc
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This text examines the past evolution towards car-based forms of transport - problems associated with it, the success of past and current efforts to deal with problems of pollution, congestion, safety and degradation of public spaces and amenities, and also new developments, vis…
Upon becoming a new mother, Eula Biss addresses a chronic condition of fear: fear of the government, the medical establishment, and what is in children's food, mattresses, medicines, and vaccines. Biss investigates the metaphors and myths surrounding the conception of immunity a…
Memory has long been a subject of fascination for poets, artists, philosophers and historians. This timely volume, edited by Siobhan Kattago, examines how past events are remembered, contested, forgotten, learned from and shared with others. Featuring contributions from key thin…
