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Public Health Risk Assessment System in Ukraine: Challenges and Development Prospects
Authors: Sosnov Mykhailo , Lavrentii Dmytro , Grushko Valentyn , Oliinyk Yuliia O. , Babik Ivanna
Published: February 2025

Background: This research scrutinizes Ukraine’s population health risk assessment system, which examines methodological approaches and also identities challenges like data accessibility and environmental risks.Methods: PubMed was searched using a systematic approach for studies on health risk assessment, public health surveillance and related issues in Ukraine 2019-2024. Out of the 265 publications, only 20 of them satisfied the criteria used while nine were selected for further analysis.Results: Ukraine's population health risk assessment system indicates that different studies used a variety of methods, such as cross-sectional surveys, case studies, and legal analyses. The most evident barriers were limitations of data access, diversity in policies, and deficiencies in health data protection mechanisms. Suggestions are made to improve data gathering mechanisms, regulatory frameworks and public health interventions. Proposed policy changes seek to tighten environmental controls, expand healthcare availability and deal with disease specific guidelines and societal disapproval. Conclusion: Ukraine's health risk assessment system for population describes various research methodologies, main difficulties data availability environmental risks and suggests improving regulations and focusing health programs on for better public health consequences.
Investigating the factors influencing consumer engagement with Amazon's digital marketing channels
Authors: K Rajesh , Cathelina
Published: February 2025

Introduction: This study investigates the key factors—trust and security, rewards, accessibility, and relevance—that impact consumer engagement with Amazon’s digital marketing initiatives. By analysing these factors, the research aims to provide insights that could improve customer interaction and contribute to the optimisation of Amazon’s digital marketing strategies.Objectives: To identify the key factors that influence consumer engagement with Amazon’s digital marketing channels. To examine how trust, security, rewards, accessibility, and relevance impact customer interaction with Amazon’s digital content.Methods: A structured survey was conducted to collect data from 327 respondents in the Bengaluru region. The survey aimed to assess the consumers' perception of the various factors influencing their engagement with Amazon’s digital marketing. Factor analysis using the Varimax rotation method was employed to identify the underlying factors affecting consumer interaction. Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) was then used to test the hypothesized relationships between these factors and consumer involvement.Results: Factor analysis revealed that trust and security, rewards, accessibility, and relevance significantly influence consumer engagement, explaining 82.232% of the total variance. SEM analysis confirmed that all four proposed factors have a positive and significant impact on consumer interaction with Amazon's digital marketing efforts. Conclusion: The findings of this study provide valuable insights into the key factors that drive consumer engagement with Amazon's digital marketing initiatives. Trust and security, rewards, accessibility, and relevance were all found to significantly enhance customer interaction.
Modern challenges for state-building: interaction between civil society and the state
Authors: Gumenyuk Vitaliy , Dolianovska Inna , Miakinchenko Iryna , Obushenko Nataliya , Каmardina Yuliia
Published: February 2025

The involvement of civil society in state-building is a kind of starting point for introducing innovations and active state-building. The novelty of this study lies in its comprehensive examination of the interplay between the state and civil society within the state-building process, particularly in the context of contemporary global challenges. This study shows how technological advancements and socio-political dynamics shape and influence state-building efforts. The article aims to examine the specific interactions between civil society and the state, identify the main directions of influence of globalization, information technology, political, economic, and socio-cultural factors on state-building, and suggest practical recommendations that can enhance state-building processes.
CONSTRUÇÃO SÓCIO-HISTÓRICA DA COMUNIDADE QUILOMBOLA NOVO HORIZONTE – RINCÃO DOS CAIXÕES A PARTIR DA TEORIA DE AXEL HONNETH
Authors: Vieira Camila Kuhn , Silveira Adriana da Silva , Herter Cátia da Silva , Garges Solange Beatriz Billig
Published: February 2025

Este trabalho tem como objetivo analisar o processo de construção sócio-histórica da Comunidade Remanescente Quilombola Novo Horizonte – Rincão dos Caixões a partir da teoria do reconhecimento de Axel Honneth. O estudo caracteriza-se como qualitativo, descritivo e exploratório. Para este estudo foi realizado um recorte do projeto “Tradições e Memórias: os simbolismos que revelam a identidade, a ancestralidade e a possibilidade de desenvolvimento sustentável em Comunidade Quilombola” do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Práticas Socioculturais e Desenvolvimento Social da Universidade de Cruz Alta -UNICRUZ e apoio da Emater e das Cáritas. Os resultados foram intitulados como “A teoria do reconhecimento de Axel Honneth” e “A construção sócio-histórica da comunidade quilombola novo horizonte - Rincão dos Caixões”. O processo de luta e reconhecimento da comunidade quilombola segue em evolução e demanda conscientização em relação aos direitos dos integrantes da comunidade. Logo, a construção sócio-histórica da comunidade quilombola reforça o papel relevante que esses espaços desempenham no contexto histórico brasileiro como marco de resistência contra a opressão imposta pelo regime escravocrata e ainda têm relevância na conservação das tradições e culturas afro-brasileiras.
Peranan Ekstrak Daun Salam Terhadap Angiogenesis Pada Ulkus Traumatikus
Authors: Prehananto Herlambang , Pertami Sawitri Dwi Indah , Sari Ernita , Fadhilah Deffira Tifani Fauz
Published: February 2025

Latar Belakang: Ulkus traumatikus merupakan salah satu masalah rongga mulut yang memiliki prevalensi cukup besar dimasyarakat. Penggunaan obat herbal masih terus dikembangkan seperti penggunaan daun salam yang bertujuan untuk mempercepat proses penyembuhan. Proses penyembuhan luka yang dapat diamati yaitu jumlah angiogenesis. Tujuan: Mengetahui peranan ekstrak daun salam terhadap angiogenesis pada ulkus traumatikus. Metode: Desain penelitian eksperimental laboratoris dengan total sampel menggunakan 18 tikus jantan, yang dibagi dalam 3 kelompok: kelompok perlakuan pemberian gel ekstrak daun salam 5%, kelompok perlakuan pemberian gel ekstrak daun salam 7,5%, dan 1 kelompok kontrol. Masing-masing kelompok terdiri dari 6 sampel penelitian. Hasil: Hasil uji One Way Anova menunjukkan nilai signifikansi (sig) sebesar 0,000, yang berarti nilai tersebut lebih kecil dari 0,05. Kesimpulan: Ekstrak daun salam mempunyai peranan dalam meningkatkan jumlah angiogenesis pada ulkus traumatikus.
Success and Impact of the Learning Support Program in Tri Tunggal Jaya Village, Lampung
Authors: Utami Surti Nur
Published: February 2025

The Learning Support Program in Tri Tunggal Jaya Village is an initiative to reduce the impact of gadget addiction among children by providing beneficial educational alternatives. This program aims to enhance the academic, social, and emotional abilities of children through interactive learning and a holistic approach. During the program implementation, there was a significant decrease in children's gadget usage, from 5 hours per day to 2 hours per day. Evaluations also indicated a 15% improvement in academic grades and a 70% enhancement in English language proficiency. Moreover, the program successfully increased children's social skills by 75% and led to better emotional development, as reported by parents. The success of the Learning Support Program demonstrates its potential as an effective model in addressing gadget addiction issues in rural communities, emphasizing the importance of holistic education to support the comprehensive growth and development of children.
Bizantul si Europa medievala
Authors: Cotan Constantin Claudiu
Published: February 2025

Secolul al XI‑lea a produs schimbari in Europa Apuseana. Normanzii ai cucerit Anglia, dar s‑au asezat si in sudul Italiei si in Sicilia, unde au intrat in conflict cu arabii si in concurenta cu bizantinii. La Roma, papa incearca prin lupta pentru reformarea Biserici sa schimbe o serie de practici care nu faceau onoare clerului latin, simonia si concubinajul. Dar Roma lupta si cu marile puteri politice, mai ales cu imparatul german Henric IV in chestiunea investiturii. Pentru papa Grigore VII sacerdotiul este deasupra imperiului, deci papa este mai presus de toti regii. O lupta dura incheiata mai tarziu prin compromisuri.
Atat in Rasarit cat si in Apus se simte un duh al innoirii vietii monahale. Marile manastiri incep o adevarata reforma a innoirii, in cautarea unei vietuiri monahale autentice. In Imperiul bizantin avem diferite forme de organizare a manastirilor dupa reguli lasate de ctitori, care incearca sa traseze drumul corect al monahilor care‑si petrec viata in sfintele locasuri, cautand linistea si rugaciunea. Si latinii cauta acelasi lucru prin ordinile monahale infiintate pentru a intarii misiunea Bisericii in lume. Toate aceste se petrec nu de la sine, ci prin efortul unor oameni exceptionali, mari teologi dar si mari organizatori ai vietii bisericesti. Ei sunt cei care au imbinat cel mai bine rugaciunea cu postirea si munca cu lupta pentru o Biserica puternica.
Affairs of the Heart. Timeless Narratives from Around the World. Volume two
Authors: Serban-Oprescu Anca-Teodora , Toma Monica-Alina , Militaru Marina-Luminita
Published: February 2025

This second volume of Affairs of the Heart: Timeless Narratives From Around the World represents a continuation of the exploration begun in the first book, presenting a fascinating collection of academic insights into how passionate affection and relationships are portrayed, understood and experienced across diverse societies.
In the first chapter, Thomas Cousineau focusses on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s magnum opus, The Great Gatsby. In Cousineau’s opinion, the novelist’s using of the Gatsby-Daisy romance as a story within which to stage the emergence of the symmetrical imperative stimulates the reader’s capacity for wonder.
A transzkulturalizmus és az irodalomtudomány globális fordulata
Authors: Deja Katarzyna
Published: February 2025

A cikk Wolfgang Welsch transzkulturalitás fogalmát és az irodalomtudomány globális (transzkulturális és transznacionális) fordulatát hasonlítja össze, mindkettő igen hasonló hozzáállást szorgalmaz a nemzeti és kulturális határokat átlépő kutatásokkal kapcsolatban. A transzkulturalitás és a globális fordulat a marginalizált nem nyugati kultúrák felé való nyitást, a művészet és az eszmék globális áramlásáról való gondolkodás és beszédmód megváltoztatásának szükségességét, valamint a kultúra fluid, hibrid entitásként való felfogását javasolja a kultúra homogén paradigmája helyett.
Ihlet és nemzet
Authors: Tverdota György
Published: February 2025

Nem sokkal egyetemi tanulmányainak végső félbeszakítása előtt, 1928 nyarán foghatott hozzá József Attila egy nagy tanulmány írásához, amelyben a hivatásával kapcsolatos elméleti felfogását akarta összefoglalni. A kézirat rendezetlenül és töredékesen maradt fenn a hagyatékában. A korpuszt a prózai művek 1958-as kiadása Esztétikai töredékek címmel tette közzé. A több rétegben összetorlódott kézirattöredékeket a szerkesztők megpróbálták összeilleszteni. Az eredmény egy teljesen összekuszált szöveghalmaz lett, amelyben nem lehetett eligazodni. Ráadásul teljesen téves datálással, az 1930 őszén született Irodalom és szocializmusnak 1935-ig tartó továbbfejlesztési kísérletét látták az ifjúkori, 1928–1929-ben keletkezett elméleti kísérletben. Az 1980-as évek közepén Horváth Iván közvetítésével váratlanul előkerült új hatalmas József Attila-kéziratos korpusz ismeretében végre szét lehetett választani a fogalmazvány rétegeit, s a kézirat alkalmassá vált arra, hogy a kutatás megkísérelje autentikus értelmezését. Az új kéziratanyagból kiderült a tanulmány tényleges tervezett címe: Ihlet és nemzet. Az alcím is sokat mondó. József Attila a művészet metafizikáját, egyfajta teremtésesztétikát akart megfogalmazni. A megfelelő értelmezéshez a hegeli-marxi iránytól teljes mértékben eltérő új eszmetörténeti megközelítési irányokból, Benedetto Croce és Pauler Ákos bölcselete felől kellett közeledni. Jelen tanulmány ezeknek a felismeréseknek a birtokában végzi el József Attila fiatalkori, elsősorban a Medáliák-korszak verseinek elméleti hátterét megvilágíót töredékes tanulmánynak az elemzését.
Dimensionen und Erfolgsfaktoren beim Onboarding-Prozess
Authors: Hirth Heiko
Published: February 2025

Wenn sozialwirtschaftliche Non-Profit-Organisationen (NPO) in Zeiten des Fachkräftemangels langfristig qualifizierte und motivierte Mitarbeitende an sich binden möchten, muss bereits der Einführungsprozess auf der Ebene der Organisationsentwicklung und in der Personalentwicklung systematisch verankert sein – mit der Möglichkeit der agilen Anpassung an die Bedürfnisse neuer Mitarbeitender. NPO benötigen zudem weitergehende Kenntnisse über Erfolgsfaktoren und Hemmnisse eines gelungenen Einführungsprozesses.
Reflections on Progress
Authors: Dervis Kemal
Published: February 2025

Now, more than ever, the world needs growth-oriented and socially inclusive policymaking.

Is the world giving up on the promise of ever-greater prosperity for all, on functioning democratic institutions, and on long-term peace? Is the special set of circumstances that led to the recent rapid growth in emerging markets unlikely to be present in the future? Will the second decade of the twenty first century end with secular stagnation”? Does the rise of authoritarianism, populism, and fanatic nihilismall experienced over the last few yearsthreaten to unravel what has been built painstakingly since the catastrophe of World War II?

Kemal Dervis addresses these and similar questions in this thought-provoking series of essays written for Project Syndicate from 2011 to 2015. The essays are organized in three sections: global economic interdependence, inequality and the political economy of reform, and the specific challenge of Europe.

The common theme is the need for growth-oriented and socially inclusive policymaking in an interdependent world. These kinds of policies offer the potential for another wave of unprecedented human progress aided by breathtaking new technologies. However, a huge and destabilizing disruption is possible if policymaking is not globally cooperative and is not focused on inclusion and greater equity.

These essays synthesize the experience and analysis of a scholar and policymaker with national, regional, and international experience at the highest levels. Dervis exhibits a passion for combining strongly held values with political feasibility.
Native Americans in the Movies
Authors: Hilger Michael
Published: February 2025

Since the early days of the silent era, Native Americans have been captured on film, often in unflattering ways. Over the decades, some filmmakers have tried to portray the Native American on screen with more balanced interpretations—to varying degrees of success. More recent films such as The New World, Flags of Our Fathers, and Frozen River have offered depictions of both historical and contemporary Native Americans, providing viewers with a range of representations.

In Native Americans in the Movies: Portrayals from Silent Films to the Present, Michael Hilger surveys more than a century of cinema. Drawing upon his previous work, From Savage to Nobleman, Hilger presents a thorough revision of the earlier volume. The introductory material has not only been revised with updated information and examples but also adds discussions of representative films produced since the mid-1990s. Now organized alphabetically, the entries on individual films cover all relevant works made over the past century, and each entry contains much more information than those in the earlier book. Details include

film summary

nation represented

image portrayal

production details

DVD availability

Many of the entries also contain comments from film critics to indicate how the movies were regarded at the time of their theatrical release. Supplemented by appendixes of image portrayals, representations of nations, and a list of made-for-television movies, this volumeoffers readers a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of hundreds of films in which Native American characters have appeared on the big screen. As such, Native Americans in the Movies will appeal not only to scholars of media, ethnic studies, and history but also to anyone interested in the portrayal of Native Americans in cinema.
Libraries, Human Rights, and Social Justice
Authors: Jaeger Paul T. , Taylor Natalie Greene , Gorham Ursula
Published: February 2025

Libraries, Human Rights, and Social Justice: Enabling Access and Promoting Inclusion examines the interrelationships between digital literacy, digital inclusion, and public policy, emphasizing the impacts of these policy decisions on the ability of individuals and communities to successfully participate in the information society. It is the first large-scale consideration of digital literacy and digital inclusion as policy problems and provides policy recommendations to promote digital literacy and digital inclusion.

This book is intended to help librarians better understand and articulate their roles in promoting human rights and social justice, as well as to educate policymakers, government officials, professionals in other fields, and researchers in other disciplines about the contributions of libraries to human rights and social justice. It explores the intersections of information, human rights, and social justice from a range of perspectives and addresses the differing roles of library institutions (public, school, academic, and special libraries), library professionals, professional organizations, governments, and library patrons.

Discussion focuses on the practical side of human rights and avoids most of the philosophical discussions of the term. Similarly, this book emphasizes the practical nature of social justice and the social and societal structures that foster equality.

Related issues of digital literacy and digital inclusion are considered as essential to providing information in human rights and social justice contexts. Digital literacy, the ability to use the Internet to meet information, combines with access to the Internet in order to successfully apply the skills of digital literacy is discussed under the topic of digital inclusion.

These topics are discussed through legal, policy, social, cultural, and economic lenses. Issues are examined both in terms of efforts to support equity in communities as a whole and the efforts intended to promote equity in specific disadvantaged or marginalized populations, such as the homeless, immigrants, people with disabilities, and the socioeconomically disadvantaged. Many examples of the issues discussed are drawn from the original research that the authors have conducted.

The ideas and suggestions in this book should help members of the library community understand where their roles related to human rights and social justice originate, how they fit within the broader policy context, how to improve their related services and practices, and how to advocate for better support of these roles.

The authors of this book have been involved in this research for many years and this breadth allows the book to offer comprehensive policy recommendations, solutions, and best practices for an area that is currently extremely fragmented. The writing is at a level to make it useful to undergraduate and postgraduate students, researchers, and policy makers.
Commonsense Questions about Instruction
Authors: Giordano Gerard
Published: February 2025

Parents want teachers to explain how they instruct children. They become annoyed when the teachers are silent or surly. Parents counter with explicit, common sense questions: how do teachers arouse interest, design curricula, reinforce discipline, assign grades, designate textbooks, and select technology? This book examines the parents' questions, the answers they elicited, the allies they attracted, and the improvements they initiated.
Creating Educational Access, Equity, and Opportunity for All
Authors: Surgenor Everette W.
Published: February 2025

Louis Sullivan, an American architect, was referred to as the "father of modernism" and coined the phrase "form follows function.” His phrase provides a key insight into the state of public education in America. The existing form for public education is industrial in nature and is not a match for what should be the function of an education system in an information age society—one that is characterized by technology, globalism, a new definition of work, and rapid, relentless change.

This book explains how the mismatch between function and form is creating circumstances that are putting the future of public education at risk, leading to system dysfunction, deregulation, and privatization. Public education needs to be redesigned and reformatted to match the function of the age in which we now live. The current structure and function denies too many students the levels of access, equity, and opportunity that their parents once enjoyed. Achieving that outcome is important to the economic, social, and political wellbeing of America.
Inclusion
Authors: Andreasen Faith Edmonds
Published: February 2025

Inclusion: Teachers’ Perspectives and Practices delineates timely strategies that address teachers’ concerns regarding the inclusive environment. Prior research is amalgamated with author Faith Andreasen’s investigation to arm the reader with a variety of appropriate student supports with the goal of strengthening inclusionary practice. Multiple educators clarify why they prefer particular methods when addressing various situations, thus detailing how inclusive classrooms can be established and sustained. The participants herein work with various age groups in assorted settings and have diverse years of experience. Informative and compelling, the reader completes Inclusion: Teachers’ Perspectives and Practices armed with a variety of ideas and easy-to-implement applicable strategies that were gleaned from those who practice it every day.
African Personality and Spirituality
Authors: Ephirim-Donkor Anthony
Published: February 2025

There is a divine pronouncement among the Akan that all human beings are children of God (Nana Nyame), none a child of the earth (mother); meaning that human beings are spiritual in origin, descending directly from God via the Abosom (gods and goddesses). Every person then has a deity as father (Ᾱgya-bosom), recognition of which existentially enables a person to fulfil one’s career or professional blueprint (Nkrabea). Intrinsically, therefore, human beings embody the very essence of the Abosom, which manifests itself behaviorally and psychologically in a manner identical to those of the gods and goddesses.

African Personality and Spirituality: The Role of Abosom and Human Essence therefore addresses ultimate existential concerns of the Akan, revealing the essence of the primeval gods and goddesses and how they transform themselves into human beings, as well as the psychology of personality characteristic attributes, the phenomenon of spirit alightment, and other manifestations of the gods and goddesses, and the imperative of ethical existence and generativity (Ↄbra bᴐ) as basis of eternal life.
Beyond the Classroom Walls
Authors: Cranston Jerome
Published: February 2025

Written for practicing teachers and administrators, teacher candidates, and scholars who work in the fields of pre-service and in-service teacher education, Beyond the Classroom Walls: Teaching in Challenging Social Contextsprovides a richly descriptive, research-based inside-look at formal education in some challenging international socio-political and ethno-cultural settings. Based on data from three ethnographic studies conducted over a three-year period, this book illustrates the daily challenges and complexities that educators face in trying to meet the needs of their students in some the world’s more challenging contexts. In an era of increased forced migration and refugee resettlement, supporting teachers’ and school-based administrators’ global understandings of the teaching profession and what constitutes teaching is a vital first step in being able to relate with a diverse school population whose experiences of schooling are quite different from the majority of their teachers.
Black Community Uplift and the Myth of the American Dream
Authors: Martin Lori Latrice
Published: February 2025

The book uses the politics of respectability concept as an appropriate framework to show why racial disparities between black and white people in America persist. The politics of respectability originated with black Baptist women in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Sadly, the politics of respectability is under utilized and often confused with respectability politics. The book using the politics of respectability to examine three important myths: the myth of the American Dream, the myth of America as a meritocracy, and the model minority myth. Additionally, the politics of respectability is used to understand #BlackLivesMatter and recent NFL protests led by Colin Kaepernick.
Toward a Philosophy of Protest
Authors: Bohnet Clayton
Published: February 2025

Towards a Philosophy of Protest: Dissent, State Power, and the Spectacle of Everyday Life is an inquiry into the nature of protest, legislative efforts at its criminalization, and the common good. Using the method of montage, Clayton Bohnet juxtaposes definitions, etymologies, journalism on contemporary events, philosophy, sociology, mainstream and social media content to illuminate rather than obscure the contradictions in our contemporary understanding of dissent and state power. By problematizing the identification of the good of a political community with the good of the economy, Bohnet develops a political ontology of a people who find their values subordinated to a good identified with the smooth flow of traffic, the forecasts of capital, and the predictability of everyday life. A text populated more with questions than authoritative answers, this book asks readers to think through particular impasses involving protest and the possibility of egalitarian, participatory politics, such as the risks taken and courage involved in a society that places the expression of political truths above the collective benefits of the well-tempered economy and the dangers of protesting, of dissent, in an era that refers to protesters as economic terrorists.
Freedom in the World 2018
Authors:   Freedom House
Published: February 2025

Freedom in the World, the Freedom House flagship survey whose findings have been published annually since 1972, is the standard-setting comparative assessment of global political rights and civil liberties. The survey ratings and narrative reports on 195 countries and fifteen territories are used by policymakers, the media, international corporations, civic activists, and human rights defenders to monitor trends in democracy and track improvements and setbacks in freedom worldwide.

The Freedom in the World political rights and civil liberties ratings are determined through a multi-layered process of research and evaluation by a team of regional analysts and eminent scholars. The analysts used a broad range of sources of information, including foreign and domestic news reports, academic studies, nongovernmental organizations, think tanks, individual professional contacts, and visits to the region, in conducting their research. The methodology of the survey is derived in large measure from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and these standards are applied to all countries and territories, irrespective of geographical location, ethnic or religious composition, or level of economic development.
Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Korea
Authors: Hoare James E.
Published: February 2025

South Korea (Republic of Korea) is the more successful of the two Koreas in both economic and political terms. Even the Asian economic crisis of 1997–1998, which hit badly, was weathered successfully, and when the next crisis came along in 2007, South Korea coped better than many other countries. This economic strength, taken with the steady progress of democratization since 1987, indicates that when the peninsula is eventually reunified, as one day it probably will be, a new unified Korea will follow the South Korea model rather than that of North Korea.

This fourth edition of Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Korea contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 700 cross-referenced entries on important personalities as well as aspects of the country’s politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the Republic of Korea.
Historical Dictionary of Iraq
Authors: Dougherty Beth K.
Published: February 2025

‘Iraq, the land of Hamurabi and Harun al-Rashid, has played a long and unique role in the history of human civilization. The oldest civilization known to humankind evolved on the shores of its twin rivers, the Tigris and the Euphrates. The great cities of antiquity—Uruk, Ur, Akkad, Babylon, al-Basra, Mawsil, and Baghdad—were major centers of high culture and political power for much of the course of human history. This updated edition offers new and expanded coverage of a broad range of political, economic, security, cultural, and religious topics, including the emergence of a sustained protest movement for reform, the war against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, and the Kurdish independence referendum.

This third edition of Historical Dictionary of Iraq contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1,000 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Iraq.
Historical Dictionary of Chinese Theater
Authors: Ye Tan
Published: February 2025

There is a sense of timelessness in the Chinese theater: ever since its maturation, its format has not changed in any significant way. Chinese Theater matured into its final format in the 13th century and flourished during the Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasties. It is a unique, exclusive, and self-sufficient system, whose evolution has received little influence from the West and whose influence on Western theaters has been minimal and often misinterpreted. It is essentially a performer's theater; the actors attract the audience with splendid performances perfected through many years of rigorous training.

This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Chinese Theater contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1,500 cross-referenced entries on performers, directors, producers, designers, actors, theaters, dynasties, and emperors. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Chinese theater.
Getting Smart about Race
Authors: Andersen Margaret  L.
Published: February 2025

Racial tension in America has become a recurring topic of conversation in politics, the media, and everyday life. There are numerous explanations as to why this has become a predominant subject in today’s news and who is to blame. As Americans prepare once again to cast their Presidential ballots, it’s more important than ever to have a smart and thoughtful conversation about race. In Getting Smart About Race, expert Margaret Andersen discusses why racial healing should be an integral element of our everyday discussions surrounding race and how to move the conversation in a positive direction. Getting Smart About Race is a clear, accessible introduction to understanding racial inequality and how we can and need to make a difference.
Betty and Veronica
Authors: Hanley Tim
Published: February 2025

We think we know Betty and Veronica, but we don’t. Far more than just Archie’s girlfriends, the girls have grown beyond simple archetypes to become compelling, relevant characters for each new generation over the past eighty years.

Betty, Veronica, and the rest of the Riverdale gang appear to be frozen in time in Archie comic books. They are perpetual high schoolers, recycling the same basic plotlines over and over in their wholesome, small-town American world. However, there is much more to Betty and Veronica than the broad stereotypes and clichéd storytelling suggests.

In Betty and Veronica: The Leading Ladies of Riverdale, Tim Hanley explores the complexity behind these two iconic characters. We know Betty and Veronica as Archie's girlfriends, but that's just the beginning—they are their own women with evolving motivations and aims. From fighting over Archie to tackling women’s lib to chasing down serial killers on Riverdale, their friendship has endured and grown through decades of shifting characterizations and social change. Exploring their past offers unique insights into the ways life has progressed for young women over the past eighty years, and shows us the hidden strengths and secret depths of these pop culture icons.

Featuring full-color comic book cover art that spans nearly eight decades of publishing—along with behind-the-scenes accounts of creative decisions and historical insights into their many incarnations across various media—this bookprovides a vibrant exploration of Betty and Veronica’s many adventures throughout their long, intriguing journey in popular culture.
Retail Racism
Authors: Dunlap Michelle R.
Published: February 2025

Videos capturing everyday indignities and injury toward Black or Brown consumers have become media staples, showing the complexity, risk, and traumas many shoppers encounter in retail, restaurants, and other marketplaces. But each one quickly fades in the media spotlight. In Retail Racism, Michelle Dunlap helps readers understand the ongoing experiences of Black and Brown people as they navigate this reality. Based on 19 in-depth interviews with consumers across the country, Dunlap aims to create a larger discussion that engages readers and empowers them to interrupt, disrupt, and ameliorate the inappropriate and racialized handling of consumers in America today. In doing so, Retail Racism is about not only shopping, but also humane living in America, including surviving and making sense of inequitable experiences, what to do about them, and the larger issues and contexts that surround the marketplace for Black and Brown people. A portion of the author proceeds from book sales are automatically donated to The Florida Education Fund (FEF), a non-profit organization established in 1984 to help provide opportunities for educational advancement.
Abetting Batterers
Authors: Klein Andrew R. , Klein Jessica L.
Published: February 2025

Whatever the number, domestic violence victims remain far too many for a preventable crime. More and more victims of intimate partner violence are reaching out to police, prosecutors and judges only to be sorely disappointed, even betrayed. While laws and programs have multiplied over the last few decades to address domestic violence, the country is getting safer for almost everyone except for women who have, or have had, abusive male intimate partners. Andrew R. Klein and Jessica L. Klein look at the criminal justice response to domestic violence across America today, ranging from police to prosecutors and courtrooms across the nation.

Abetting Batterers reveals the troubling pattern of inattention and incompetence that compromises the safety of women and encourages their male abusers to continue their abuse and violence. Although criminal justice system agencies vary among cities, towns and counties within the same state they all too often relegate domestic violence to the backburners of the system, dismissing victims and ignoring even the most serious and chronic abusers. The variation reveals the real problem in preventing intimate partner violence lies in these agencies’ commitment and will, rather than their ability to do the job.

The authors unveil what is working in regard to protecting victims of domestic violence and holding their abusers accountable, and they suggest strategies for ensuring that what is being done right can be replicated and become the law and practice across the nation. The wide variation in how intimate partner violence is handled by similar jurisdictions demonstrates the real problem in preventing it lies in these agencies’ commitment, rather than ability to do the job. This book proves to be invaluable in understanding what is and is not being done in the reality of domestic violence in America.
Women in Ming China
Authors: Hinsch Bret
Published: February 2025

This groundbreaking work provides an original and deeply knowledgeable overview of Chinese women and gender relations during the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644). Bret Hinsch explores in detail the central aspects of female life in this era, including family and marriage, motherhood, political power, work, inheritance, education, religious roles, and virtues. He considers not only the lived world of women, but also delves into their emotional life and the ideals they pursued. Drawing on a wide range of Western and Chinese primary and secondary sources—including standard histories, poetry, prose literature, and epitaphs—Hinsch makes an important period of Chinese women’s history accessible to Western readers.
Sartre on Contingency
Authors: More Mabogo Percy
Published: February 2025

The problem of antiblack racism has a long history in the world, with as long a history of thinkers writing and theorizing against it. Few philosophers have opposed institutionalized racialism as vehemently as Jean-Paul Sartre, both in his intellectual work and in his political action.

This book argues that not only does a relationship exists between Sartre’s existentialist philosophy and antiracism but also, more profoundly, that it is precisely his existential ontology that informs his anti-racist social and political commitments. He sought to examine the complexity of our existence as conscious bodies and thus provides the ontological basis for understanding the situation of a black person in an antiblack world.

This book is about how Sartre’s philosophy – especially his early writings – can be applied to address the problem of racism against black people. It argues that among the many concepts in Sartre’s work that are useful in understanding the problem of racism against black people, the philosophical notion of contingency is one of the most significant. Contingency in Sartre is the view that whatever exists, need not exist, and that therefore it can be changed; that the fact that one is born white or black without their choice, has no moral weight at all in treating others as though they are responsible for what they are. In this book Mabogo More contends that through Sartre’s philosophical notion of contingency, he provides us with the ammunition to understand and deal with racism broadly, and antiblack racism in particular.
Systemic Violence of the Law
Authors: Prieto-Rios Enrique
Published: February 2025

This book argues that International Investment Law system – IIL - was the result of a colonial project within a capitalist system that has been influenced by the developmentalism discourse and the neoliberal ideology, becoming an instrument that facilitated forms of systemic violence against Third World countries. In order to develop this argument, Enrique Prieto-Rios uses post-war critical thought, chiefly Fanon as interpreted by Lewis R Gordon, the works pursued by academics, part of the Caribbean Philosophical Association, the Institute for Global Law and Policy, the international law from below (southern perspectives), and critical economic thought— particularly the notable economic contributions of Ha-Joon Chang and Latin-American philosopher Enrique Dussel.
Young and Free
Authors: Faulkner Joanne
Published: February 2025

Tracing the complex yet intimate relationship between a present-day national obsession with childhood and a colonial past with which Australia as a nation has not adequately come to terms, Young and Free draws on philosophy, literature, film and testimony. The result is a demonstration of how anxiety about childhood has become a screen for more fundamental and intractable issues that vex Australian social and political life. Joanne Faulkner argues that by interpreting these anxieties in their relation to settler-colonial Australia’s unresolved conflict with Aboriginal people, new ways of conceiving of Australian community may be opened.

The book engages with philosophical and literary characterizations of childhood, from Locke and Rousseau, to Freud, Bergson, Benjamin Agamben, Lacan, Rancière and Halbwachs. The author’s psychoanalytic approach is supplemented by an engagement with contemporary political philosophy that informs Faulkner’s critique of the concepts of the subject, sovereignty and knowledge, resulting in a speculative postcolonial model of the subject.

Cover artist credit: Lyndsay Bird Mpetyane

Artwork title: Ahakeye (Bush Plum)
Social Institutions and the Politics of Recognition
Authors: Burns Tony
Published: February 2025

The first of three volumes, this definitive study explores the politics of social institutions, from the time of the ancient Greeks to the Reformation in the sixteenth century.

Tony Burns focuses on those civil-society institutions occupying the intermediate social space which exists between the family or household, on the one hand, and what Hegel refers to as ‘the strictly political state’, on the other. Arguing that the internal affairs of social institutions are a legitimate concern for students of politics, he focuses on the notion of authority, together with that of an individual’s station and its duties. Burns discusses the work of such key thinkers as Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, Seneca, Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, St. Paul, St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas, Marsilius of Padua, Nicholas of Cusa, Jean Bodin, Charles Loyseau, John Calvin, Martin Luther and Gerrard Winstanley. He considers what they have said about the relationship that exists between superiors in positions of authority and their subordinates within hierarchical social institutions.
Justice in a Non-Ideal World
Authors: Sayegh Alexandre Gajevic
Published: February 2025

The realisation of justice in the real world requires political theory and political action. This book offers a road map for these two notions to connect. It explains how action-guiding principles are formulated by seeking cross-disciplinary input. Also, it casts light on the concepts that occupy the space between political theory and real-world politics, which are often used as reasons to obstruct the progression of social justice, e.g. feasibility, fact-sensitivity, compliance and path-dependence. This book argues for a re-appropriation of these concepts in the name of justice. Many examples will be provided. In particular, the book focuses on the case of climate change. It offers two case studies on the realisation of climate justice.
Remaking Red Classics in Post-Mao China
Authors: Gong Qian
Published: February 2025

In the 1990s, China’s economic reform campaign reached a new high. Amid the eager adoption of capitalism, however, the spectre of revolution re-emerged. Red Classics, a historic-revolutionary themed genre created in the high socialist era were widely taken up again in television drama adaptations. They have since remained a permanent feature of TV repertoire well into the 2010s. Remaking Red Classics in Post-Mao China looks at the how the revolutionary experience is represented and consumed in the reform era. It examines the adaptation of Red Classics as a result of the dynamic interplay between television stations, media censorship and social sentiment of the populace. How the story of revolution was reinvented to appeal and entertain a new generation provides important clues to the understanding of transformation of class, gender, locality and faith in contemporary China.
Urban Arabesques
Authors: Kochhar-Lindgren Gray
Published: February 2025

Urban Arabesques examines philosophy as an event of the city and the city as an event of philosophy and how the intertwining of the two generates an urban imaginary. This critique-in-motion of creative figures and conceptual personae from (non) philosophy illuminates the emergence of sense in the city, shows how “transcendental empiricism” operates within it, and how the everyday life of the streets—the ordinariness of experience as well as the screen/projector of urban surfaces—uncovers new pathways for politics, experience, and relationalities.

Using Hong Kong as the primary site of thinking yet recognizing that thinking incessantly moves beyond any particular location, the book opens up cities within the city. Traversing Hong Kong reveals how the corners, the money, the trees and the water are involved in philosophy. Combining the linguistic approach found in Heidegger and Derrida, with the more materialist analysis of Serres and Deleuze, the objective of this book is to retheorize the urban and its imaginary—its virtuality, irreality, phantasmicity—with an emphasis on signs, images and rhythms, resonating through philosophy, and beyond.
The Arab Spring Between Transformation and Capture
Authors: Pârvan Oana
Published: February 2025

The Tunisian revolution raises important questions regarding the articulation of resistance and political subjectivity in the context of global governmentality. By drawing from political theory, philosophy, ethnography and readings of local street art, this book restores the radical significance of the political event as an instance of possible collective action.

Using the 2011 Tunisian revolution as a starting point for a broader discussion, this book analyses the processes of Orientalisation of non-Western examples of collective action and critiquing the narrative frame of the ‘Arab Spring’. By focusing on the aspect of autonomous mobilities and transformations, occurred within a beyond the Tunisian space, Oana Pârvan is able answer key questions including, how moments of political rupture (such as revolutions) are interpreted by the wider public and how mobility across the Mediterranean rearticulates the distribution and recomposition of political theory categories such as class. She narrates how the Tunisian revolution can be inscribed into a long history of dispossession (colonial, regional, neoliberal) and resistance; and the culture and practices of the Tunisian revolutionaries have spread in the country and abroad (seen as a way to think beyond the methodological framework of the nation-state).

This work builds on research fieldwork and the analysis of Tunisian street art (mostly of the Ahl Al Kahf collective), drawing from migration-centred ethnographic work in order to suggest a reconstruction of the event. By applying theoretical reflections inspired by continental philosophy, media theory and autonomy of migration theory, this work develops an event-based theoretical reflection able to contribute towards rethinking contemporary Orientalism, self-representation and political subjectivity.