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Research on the Economic Environmental Impact and Carbon Reduction Pathways of Power Battery Industry Development - A Case Study of Yibin City
Authors: Chen Chen
Published: June 2024

Abstract

The power battery industry in China is experiencing rapid development, with the swift expansion of capacity potentially posing challenges to environmental protection and carbon reduction. Using the development plan of the power battery industry in Yibin City as a case study, this paper employs the Material Flow Analysis and Tapio decoupling model to deeply explore the economic benefits and environmental burdens brought by the development of power battery key industry under scenarios, proposing optimized pathways to promote low-carbon industrial development. The results indicate that the industrial output value can increase from 92.1 billion CNY in the baseline year to 382.6 billion CNY in 2030, with carbon emissions rising from 0.55 million tons to 2.32 million tons. The adjustment of product structure has limited effect on carbon reduction in the power battery industry. In the short term, optimizing the energy structure has greater carbon reduction potential than improving energy efficiency, and clean energy utilization has the highest marginal carbon reduction effect. Implementing measures to optimize the energy structure and improve efficiency simultaneously can achieve weak decoupling of economic growth and carbon emissions, though strong decoupling is challenging to attain. The proportion of local renewable energy generation also impacts the low-carbon capability of the industry, suggesting that regions with abundant renewable energy should be prioritized for industrial layout. Promoting the decoupling of economic growth and environmental impact in the power battery industry can be facilitated by supporting environmental governance infrastructure, driving the green energy transition, and encouraging low-carbon technological innovation.

JEL classification numbers: F062.2
Keywords: Power battery, Scenario analysis, Material flow, Economic environmental impact, Carbon emissions.
Government Surveillance against the right to privacy in matters of Cyberspace in India
Authors: Akolkar Arghish
Published: June 2024

With the advancement in technology in the 21st century, surveillance technology has also become highly pervasive, this has increased the debates surrounding the right to privacy and government-mandated surveillance. This research paper seeks to examine the nature of the Indian surveillance state in Cyberspace which is permissible under the laws passed by the legislature and the agreements that have to be signed by the telecom and internet service providers in line with the right to privacy which has been recognized by the honourable Supreme Court, also discussing the historical developments which have led to this right. Lastly, the paper also discusses the factors that are responsible for the continuance of the surveillance legislation in matters of cyberspace.
Arab Spring and its Legacies
Authors: Alam Mujib , Ashwarya Sujata
Published: June 2024

The book “Arab Spring and its Legacies”, edited by Prof. Mujib Alam and Prof. Sujata Ashwarya is an outcome of discussions held at an online conference titled, ‘Turmoil and Instability in West Asia: Implication for India’s Look West Policy’. The conference was funded by Council of Social Science Research and hosted at Jamia Millia Islamia University in January 2021. The book is an attempt to examine the enduring impacts, the ‘legacies’, the failures, and the realities of the historic democratic upsurge in the West Asian region in the early 2010s. The dissatisfaction with decades of political repression by the authoritarian leaders, economic insecurities and social repression resulted in the widespread protests across the region. The chapters oscillates from assessing the historical past of the West Asian region to the emerging trends on the geopolitical slide. The chapters revolve around the legacies of the uprisings that left enduring imprints on the political, social and the cultural aspects of the West Asian countries.
SIMULATION OF FLAME PROPAGATION IN A COAL-METHANE-AIR MIXTURE IN A CYLINDRICAL CHANNEL TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT OF GAS VISCOSITY
Authors: Moiseeva K.M. , Krainov A.Yu. , Tleulenov R.R.
Published: June 2024

The paper presents the results of a numerical study of the patterns of flame propagation of a coal-methane-air mixture in a narrow cylindrical channel in the presence of viscous friction forces. The formulation of the problem is based on the approaches of the mechanics of two-phase reacting media. The method for solving the problem is based on an arbitrary discontinuity decay algorithm. The numerical study carried out made it possible to determine the speed of flame propagation of a coal-methane-air mixture in an axisymmetric channel. It is shown that at the initial stage, when the combustion front reaches the side walls of the channel, the flame speed increases. This effect was obtained previously for an inviscid gas. It was found that the flame front of a gas suspension with a low content of coal dust, as it moves along an open channel, tends to be flat, independent of the coordinate along the radius of the channel.
Relationship between Financial Development and Economic Growth: Evidence from 12 SADC Countries
Authors: Phiri Chilizani , Phiri Gregory
Published: June 2024

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the causal relationship between financial development and economic growth in 12 SADC countries for the period 2008-2020.
Materials and Methods: The study utilized panel data from 12 SADC member states for the period 2008-2020. This dataset was compiled from the World Bank database, Penn tables, and National Bureau of Statistics websites for the member states. The study employed the Autoregressive Distributed Lag Model (ARDL) to estimate the causal relationship between financial development and economic growth.
Findings: The empirical results show that there is bi-directional causality between financial development and economic growth in the SADC region. The findings also suggest that while financial development positively correlates with economic growth in the long run, the short-run effects may vary, with factors such as physical capital accumulation and government expenditure playing significant roles. Trade openness, life expectancy and population growth were also found to have implications for economic growth in the SADC region, highlighting the complex nature of development dynamics.
Implications to Theory, Practice and Policy: The presence of bidirectional causality between financial development and economic growth calls for coordinated economic and financial policies as both variables mutually influence each other's dynamics.
Engagement and Interest Through Physical Activities among Senior High School Students at Muntinlupa National High School
Authors: Padua Michael N. , Quesada Almario L. , Galgo Jr. Albino C.
Published: June 2024

Educators were challenged to implement and integrate a wide variety of physical activities that promote the development of the overall well-being of their students. The study used descriptive correlational analysis to measure, describe, and understand the possible relationship between student interest and their engagement in any form of physical activity. Using a 5-point Likert scale, 31 respondents from the Senior High School students were asked to answer the survey questionnaire made by the researchers. Results show that students were interested in engaging in physical activities is high, as they “Agree” (5.45 mean score) when they perceive that the activities presented align with their interests and create a positive environment. Additionally, students’ engagement in physical activities is influenced by their interests, as they “Strongly Agree” (4.56 mean score) with the role of interests in how committed or motivated they are to engage in physical activities. Furthermore, researchers analyzed the relationship between student level of interest and engagement using the Pearson Correlation Moment Product. The results indicated a positive “Very High Relationship” between the two variables (r value = 0.93). The results emphasized the role of the personal and social interests of students in their engagement in any form of physical activity. Recognizing this natural relation between the two variables can provide vital information to educators on creating tailored exercise programs, recognizing the multifaceted nature of engagement in physical activities, and emphasizing the identification of influencing factors for effective strategies.
The Impact of Knowledge Management Process and Approach on Innovation Performance: A Case Study of Telekom Malaysia
Authors: Bunawan Ap-Azli , Ahmad Sham Nur Ardilla Fathin
Published: June 2024

The paper aims to examine the effect of knowledge management processes (knowledge acquisition, knowledge sharing and knowledge utilization) and knowledge management approaches (codification strategy and personalization strategy) on innovation performance in Telekom Malaysia. Quantitative research has been used as a research approach for the study. Data was collected through an online questionnaire. Out of 172 questionnaires distributed, 172 were returned with a 100 percent response rate. A Partial Least Square approach of Structural Equation Model (PLS-SEM) was used to examine the research hypothesis, and a path coefficients analysis was conducted, in addition to descriptive statistics that provide a background about the respondents. The analysis showed that there is a significant and positive impact of knowledge management processes (knowledge sharing & knowledge utilization) on innovation performance in Telekom Malaysia, as well as a significant and positive effect of personalization strategy approaches on innovation performance, whereas the knowledge process (knowledge acquisition) and (codification strategy) does not. This study contributed new insights to our present understanding of the impact of knowledge management processes and approaches on innovation performance in the telecommunications industries. With the help of these contributions, Telekom Malaysia can implement the proper knowledge management and practises in order to make better decisions in many ways of innovation performance. Although there are several sorts of innovation, all of them contribute to the generation of new knowledge within the organization
Unlocking Online Teaching Potential: Investigating Teacher Readiness with Adaptability and ICT Facilities
Authors: De Guia Emmalyn F. , Solomon Jo-Ann Y.
Published: June 2024

The study focuses on the readiness of public secondary school teachers in Region XI, Philippines, to transition to online learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The research uses qualitative research design to analyze teachers’ experiences and responses. Five themes emerged: virtual didactics, ICT-based pedagogics, readiness for state-of-the-art virtual-based learning, capability-challenged IT environment, skills acquisition, and adaptability. Four themes emerged: globally and virtually relevant instruction, conform ability, and versatility outlook in ICT use, zealousness in teaching mission, and multi dimensionality in virtual didactics.
E-Commerce Adoption Among Businesses in Indonesia
Authors: MAHOMED ANUAR SHAH BALI , SHEIKH MOKHTAR SITI SALWA , BURDA AGUSTIAN , MARONRONG RIDWAN , REZA SYAHRUL
Published: June 2024

Despite the substantial engagement of Indonesian consumers in e-commerce, there remains
a noteworthy disparity in the adoption of e-commerce among businesses. By integrating the
Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and the Technology-Organisation-Environment
(TOE) framework, the aim of this research was to identify the direct and indirect influences
of selected factors on e-commerce adoption intention among businesses in Indonesia. Selfadministered questionnaires were distributed to respondents from the manufacturing and
service industries for data collection. The results of structural equation modelling analysis
revealed that TOE factors directly influence the TAM factors of perceived usefulness,
perceived ease of use, and adoption intention towards e-commerce in Indonesia.
Additionally, perceived ease of use was found to mediate the effect of the TOE factors on
businesses’ adoption intention
Muthmainnah Adaptive Capability: Conceptualization, Scale Development
and Validation
Authors: NIATI ASIH , FACHRUNNISA OLIVIA , SODIKIN MOHAMAD , TERANG JAYA YADI FAKHRUZEIN
Published: June 2024

In response to change and the organizational environment, it is necessary to have
employees who are adaptive and possesses the resilience in interacting with changes. The
characteristics of millennial employees are prone to cause disharmony when responding to
change and building work relationships. This requires transcendental meaning to form a
personality that is religious and has a positive character in achieving performance. This
research aims to develop a new concept of employee adaptive ability based on Islamic
spiritual values, namely Muthmainnah Adaptive Capability that includes its dimensions
and measurements. We collect data from 117 employees who work in public institutions in
Central Java, Indonesia. We test the validity and reliability of measurements using
Exploratory Factor Analysis and Confirmatory Factor Analysis. The results of this study
improve the literature on human resource development, especially on employee
adaptability. The analysis reveal 21 indicators that define Muthmainnah Adaptive
Capability.
Streaming to Success: Amplifying Purchase Intentions Among Malaysian Consumers
Authors: AI YEOW JIAN , NG POH KIAT , NG YU JIN , TAI HEN TOONG , CHEAH CHEW SZE , LEE JIA YEE
Published: June 2024

This research project explores the factors influencing consumers' purchase intention via live streaming in Malaysia, including trustworthiness, social influence, perceived ease of use, and attractiveness. The study utilized both primary and secondary data, with questionnaires administered through Google Forms to 207 respondents in the urban areas of Malaysia. This study used Smart PLS software (version 3.0), and the findings suggest that trustworthiness, peer or social influence, and perceived ease of use have a significant relationship with purchase intention via live streaming among consumers in Malaysia, whereas attractiveness does not support this hypothesis. The findings of this study can assist new startups and entrepreneurs in gaining a better understanding of the live-streaming selling concept using the Source Credibility Theory.
“CANSEI DA LINHA MAPÔA, HOJE GOSTO DE CHAMAR ATENÇÃO, DE SER TRAVESTI”
Authors: Azevedo Pietra
Published: June 2024

Neste texto apresento algumas das reflexões tecidas em minha dissertação de mestrado, que foi escrita a partir de uma pesquisa de campo etnográfica realizada entre fevereiro e novembro de 2019 com cinco travestis de Jardim, um município potiguar marcado por contextos rurais e interioranos. Para o momento, irei discorrer sobre as visibilidades sociais das performances identitárias das minhas interlocutoras, considerando suas trajetórias de vida e seus marcadores sociais da diferença (geração, deficiência, raça e classe), em três eixos: (1) as várias vias das “famas” que elas possuíam no município, abrindo espaço para discorrer sobre passabilidade nos contextos rurais e interioranos a partir da frase “cansei da linha mapôa, hoje gosto de chamar atenção, de ser travesti”; (2) a agência das travestis frente às tentativas de “ridicularização” e “avacalhação” que sofriam, cujo objetivo era tornar seus corpos risíveis; (3) a potência do desejo público pelas travestis, em que há a “naturalização” do afeto e da atração para/por nós travestis e a valorização das “travestis de fora” e do “corpo jovem”, que propiciou debates sobre conflitos e autoestima travesti.
Educação Ambiental Climática e a Contribuição do Monitoramento Ambiental Voluntário (MAV) em Escolas e Comunidades Litorâneas do Sul do Brasil
Authors: Matarezi José
Published: June 2024

Resumo: Este artigo apresenta a experiência do “Clube Olho Vivo” de Monitoramento Ambiental Voluntário (MAV) em Escolas e Comunidades litorâneas de Santa Catarina e Paraná e indica seu potencial para a Educação Ambiental Climática e como essa prática pode contribuir para estratégias eficazes de prevenção, mitigação e adaptação no enfrentamento das mudanças climáticas. O “Clube Olho Vivo” de MAV em Escolas e Comunidades é uma abordagem metodológica de Educação Ambiental, criada pelo Laboratório de Educação Ambiental (LEA) da Univali em 1997, aplicada e desenvolvida em seis projetos de pesquisa e extensão entre 1997 a 2017.  Ao relatar essas experiências, objetiva-se difundir essa abordagem metodológica, que ainda é pouco conhecida no campo da Educação Ambiental brasileira e evidenciar seu potencial para a Educação Ambiental Climática.
Palavras-chave: Ciência Cidadã. Monitoramento Ambiental Voluntário. Mudanças climáticas. Metodologias Participativas. Zonas Costeiras e Marinhas.
Freirean Perspectives on Environmental Education amidst the Climate Emergency
Authors: Saito Carlos Hiroo , Germanos Erika
Published: June 2024

Abstract: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warns that climate-related risks will intensify, necessitating urgent climate actions. Despite the global risk and urgency, responses to the climate emergency, even when acknowledged, often end up reinforcing social discrimination, affirming that the concept of risk is associated with social inequality. It is argued that environmental education can confront these challenges, counter climate denialism, promote awareness, and empower communities to actively engage in sustainable practices through the Freirean approach. This paper presents a theoretical framework for Freirean Environmental Education in the Climate Emergency. Paulo Freire's dialogical-problematizing approach is linked to the concept of vulnerability, ensuring that Freirean environmental education leads to transformative actions. The entire conceptual and methodological structure is described through a flowchart. Vulnerability to the climate emergency and actions to address it should be developed at the local level, allowing limit-situations and the participatory or exclusionary process can be codified for educational purposes. A Canadian and a Brazilian case study are briefly discussed in light of this educational proposal.
Key Words: Paulo Freire. Climate justice. Vulnerability. Canada. Brazil.
Indonesian Governors’ Gender, Age, Education Level, Educational Background, Tenure and Their Tendency of Conducting Fraud
Authors: Elviani Sri , Simbolon Ramadona , Khairani Lubis Farida , Elviani Rangkuti Lusi , Nasution Ismail
Published: June 2024

This study aims to determine the effect of governor characteristics on the occurrence of fraudulent activities in the Provincial Government in Indonesia. Gender, age, education level, education background and tenure are used as proxies for the demographic characteristics of governors. Data were collected from the Corruption Eradication Commission, the Supreme Audit Board and Indonesian Corruption Watch and analyzed using panel data regression. The results of this study indicate that the governors with accounting background are more likely not to be involved in fraud, while tenure has no effect on fraud. An interesting finding was obtained that education level and age have a negative effect on fraud. Fraud is higher when the governor is younger and has a lower level of education. This has implications for policy makers in Indonesia in preventing fraud by making regulations that take into account the demographic characteristics of candidates for governor in Indonesia. The results also show that the demographic characteristics of the Governor play an important role in preventing fraud.
Microsoft Azure Networking: Empowering Cloud Connectivity and Security
Authors: Praveen Borra
Published: June 2024

In the current era dominated by cloud computing, networking infrastructure serves as the backbone of digital operations. Among the top cloud service providers, Microsoft Azure offers a robust suite of networking solutions tailored to meet the evolving needs of modern businesses. This document aims to provide a comprehensive overview of Azure networking, examining its key components, deployment models, best practices, and practical applications. By exploring Azure Virtual Network, Load Balancer, VPN Gateway, ExpressRoute, Firewall, and other services in detail, the goal is to equip organizations with the necessary knowledge and insights to effectively leverage Azure networking for seamless cloud connectivity and enhanced security.
Homens que se relacionam com homens e o enfrentamento da violência na intimidade
Authors: Souza Daniel Cerdeira de , Beiras Adriano , Silva Iolete Ribeiro da
Published: June 2024

No Brasil, as redes de atenção a violência por parceiro íntimo foram organizadas historicamente para atender as necessidades de mulheres vitimadas em relações heterossexuais, de modo que recursos para o enfrentamento da violência nas relações homossexuais são escassos ou inexistentes. O objetivo do estudo foi compreender os significados do enfrentamento a violência íntima vivida por homens que se relacionam com homens. Metodologicamente, o estudo é qualitativo, onde entrevistamos oito homens que se relacionam com homens e analisamos os dados a partir da Análise Temática. A análise possibilitou a construção de quatro categorias: 1) Amigos; 2) Família; 3) Movimento LGBT; 4) Denúncia ao Estado, que discutemIncluir Coautor a inexistência de recursos para o enfrentamento da violência íntima, fazendo com que a principal fonte de apoio nesses casos sejam os informais. Concluímos que é necessária a articulação política para a construção de uma rede de atenção para o enfrentamento a violência nas relações homossexuais.
1, 2, and 3 John: An Introduction and Study Guide
Authors: Carter Warren
Published: June 2024

This insightful study engages the debates and interpretations of the brief and somewhat elusive writings known in the Christian canon as 1, 2, and 3 John.Chapter 1 identifies six unknowns about the origins of the three writings: authors, relationship to John’s Gospel, order, date and location of the writings, and their audiences. Chapters 2 and 3 delineate the debate concerning the relationship of these writings to a purported “Johannine tradition” and “Johannine community” in which a schism is claimed to have occurred. An alternative view recognizes that while there are some connections with John’s Gospel, it is more compelling to see the writings as independent rather than derivative, as internally not externally directed, as pastoral not polemical, and as schism-free.

Chapters 4-7 discuss important aspects of 1 John. Chapter 4 argues that its structure or organization is based on rhetorical and conceptual links among the writing’s small units. Chapter 5 reads 1 John as a pastoral “in-house” writing, rather than a polemical attack on opponents. Chapter 6 identifies the genre of I John as not a letter or sermon but an epideictic speech that seeks to strengthen the identity, commitments, and practices of its believing recipients. Chapter 7 outlines theological understandings that underpin the writing’s pastoral work.

Chapters 8 and 9 focus on 2 and 3 John as writings that provide two different approaches to itinerant teachers. The narrative fiction in 2 John presents the elder’s warning and skepticism about itinerant teachers whereas the author of 3 John, by contrast, advocates reception and welcome for itinerant teachers.

This work discusses aspects of the interpretation of these three New Testament writings. The opening section engages the debate concerning the relationship of these writings to a purported “Johannine tradition” and “Johannine community.” Against this approach, it argues that while there are some common connections, the three writings are best interpreted not as derivative but as largely independent. The second section addresses interpretive questions concerning I John, drawing attention to the importance of its disparate units, arguing that it employs epideictic rhetoric and functions pastorally rather than polemically to secure the identity and lifestyle of its addressees. The third section highlights the different approaches to itinerant teachers advocated by the narrative fictions in II John (skeptical) and III John (welcoming).
Shakespeare in the Theatre: Tina Packer
Authors: Goodland Katharine
Published: June 2024

This book examines the work of acclaimed director Tina Packer, founder of Shakespeare & Company, whose ground-breaking approach to performing Shakespeare has made her company among the most vibrant and enduring Shakespeare theatres in America.

Tina Packer directed her first Shakespeare play at London Academy for Music and Dramatic Art in 1971. More than 50 years later she continues to direct and teach at Shakespeare & Company, which she founded in Lenox, Massachusetts in 1978. Drawing on new interviews with the original casts and creative teams as well as Tina Packer herself, this book is the first comprehensive analysis of all of her professional Shakespeare productions in their cultural and historical context.

Over a career that spans 5 decades, Packer has directed or acted in virtually all of Shakespeare's plays, along with many other classical and contemporary works. As artistic director she guided her company through times of expansion as well as belt-tightening, driven by her conviction that the purpose of theatre is to heal and that to fulfil that purpose, acting must tell the truth. With in-depth case studies of 12 of her most significant productions, Katharine Goodland offers a clear account of Packer’s work and contribution to Shakespearean theatre in America while illuminating the embedded nature of regional Shakespeare in communities across the United States.
The Empire’s Reformations
Authors: Luebke David M.
Published: June 2024

The Empire's Reformationsprovides a concise overview of reform movements in 16th-century Germany that gave birth to the modern division of western Christianity into multiple denominations – Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Calvinist, and more. It exposes the origins of modern religious pluralism, both in battle for souls among these emerging camps and in the struggles of political leaders at every level to manage the threat that religious diversity posed to tranquillity and order in a rigidly hierarchical society. As such, it offers a prehistory of religious toleration, not as a positive value – few regarded toleration as inherently good – but as a strategy for keeping the peace.

David M. Luebke considers the reformations of religion in the context of concurrent transformations in the political and judicial structures of the Holy Roman Empire, that sprawling confederation of principalities and city-states that embraced most regions where German was spoken. This allows Luebke to view the religious reforms through the lens of imperial politics, showing how the Empire differed from the Atlantic monarchies, Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, and the Mediterranean. On a different and equally significant level, he examines how ordinary people of all backgrounds experienced the controversy over religion and responded to reforms of doctrine and observance. The inclusion of both the imperial and local perspectives moves the Reformation beyond the familiar story of theological combat and reimagines it as something that had resonance throughout the world, impacting people’s lives in the process.
An Actor’s Guide to Corporate Role Play
Authors: Lowe Syrus
Published: June 2024

This book provides actors with everything they need to start and build a side-career in corporate role play, utilizing all of the skills they already have in their portfolio.

Detailing what corporate role play is, how to do it, how to get the work and how to get re-employed, this book offers up a roadmap of the field, enabling actors to deliver top-quality role plays and evidenced-based developmental feedback time and time again.

Like the author's masterclasses, the book includes a range of the types of role play briefs an actor may encounter, each one accompanied by top tips on how to execute them successfully.
Herman Melville and Neurodiversity, or Why Hunt Difference with Harpoons?
Authors: Benedí Pilar Martínez , Savarese Ralph James
Published: June 2024

Focusing on the difference between lower-level perceptual processes in the “neural unconscious” and higher-order thought in the frontal lobes, this open access book shows how Herman Melville sought to reclaim the fluid world of the sensory, with its precategorical and radically egalitarian impulses.By studying this previously underexamined facet of Melville’s work, this book offers an essential corrective to the “pathology paradigm,” which demonizes departures from a neurological norm and feasts on pejorative categorization.

The neurodiversity movement arose precisely as a response to how so-called “mental disorders” have been described, understood, and treated. Unlike standard neuroscientific or psychiatric investigation, Melville’s work doesn’t strive to explain typical functioning through the negative and, in the process, to shore up a regime of normalcy. To the contrary, it exploits the lack of congealed diagnoses in the 19th Century, much more neutrally asking the question: what can an atypical body-mind do?

Steeped in current studies about autism, Alzheimer’s, Capgras and Fregoli syndromes, Mirror-touch synesthesia, phantom limb syndrome, stuttering, and tinnitus, and fully conversant with Melville scholarship,Phenomenological Primitivesdemonstrates what the humanities can contribute to the sciences and what the sciences can contribute to the humanities.

The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded in part byGrinnell College.
Biopolitics as a System of Thought
Authors: Richards Serene
Published: June 2024

Our contemporary mode of life is characterised by what Serene Richards inBiopolitics as a System of Thoughtcalls: Smart Being.Smart Being believes in the solutions of techno-capital where living is always at stake and directed to survival. Armed with this concept, this book examines how we arrived at this mode of being and asks how it could be that, while the material conditions of our lives have increasingly worsened, our capacities for effective political action, understood as the capacity for transforming our existing social relations, appear to be diminishing.

Drawing from jurists and philosophers such as Pierre Legendre, Yan Thomas, Giorgio Agamben, Michel Foucault and Gilles Deleuze, Richards argues that biopolitics intervenes at the most minute level of our everyday lives. She argues that there are conceptual truths presupposed in the mode of biopolitics’ functioning, for instance that life can be assigned a value for the purpose of intervention, abandonment, or death, which have implications for our politics. In exciting engagements with political movements such as the post-May 1968Mouvement des travailleurs Arabes(MTA), Richards shows how demands to transform our system of social relations are undermined by institutional models that proffer to offer rights protection while simultaneously annihilating the living altogether. Through a reappraisal of law, governance and capital, Richards seeks to reconceptualise our collectivity of thought, arguing for a politics of destitution that could form the basis of a communism to come.
Freudians and Schadenfreudians
Authors: Berman Jeffrey
Published: June 2024

Sigmund Freud can be a polarizing figure, beloved by many and despised by some. Focusing on eight key writers and scholars who either passionately loved or gleefully loathed Freud, this book represents Freud’s wide legacy, the reach of his ideas, their controversies, and their ability still to provoke, inspire, confound, outrage, and compel.

The book begins by focusing on four highly prolific authors whose admiration for Freud is boundless: Lionel Trilling, Harold Bloom, Kurt R. Eissler, and Peter Gay. Berman then explores four more writers whose aim was not simply to debunk Freud and destroy his monstrous creation but to cast both into hell: D. H. Lawrence, Vladimir Nabokov, Thomas Szasz, and Frederick Crews. Each chapter discusses the author’s involvement with Freud, exploring the continuities and discontinuities of his or her writings, as well as offering snapshots of the writers, suggesting how their personal and professional lives were inextricably related.

Berman draws out some surprising commonalities between the Freudolaters and Schadenfreudians, going on to discuss the current state of psychoanalysis and the “psychoanalytic credos” by which contemporary analysts live.
Corporate Life in the Digital Music Industry
Authors: Bennett Toby
Published: June 2024

Drawing on a deep and long-term first-hand engagement with major labels in the early years of the 21st century, this book sheds new light ‘behind the scenes’, at a time of drastic and far-reaching transformation. Refreshingly, it centres not on artists and the most powerful decision-makers but on everyday experiences of work and back-office corporate employees.

Doing so reveals the internal activities and conflicts that, while hidden from public view, enable processes of change: from paperwork, data systems, managerial pressures and redundancies to graduate training schemes, departmental politics and shared playlists, providing a new route into understanding the broader cultures and infrastructures of the global recording industry. This oft-forgotten office work tells a different story of contemporary digital music , one more sensitive to the complex intersections that texture the conduct of work and organizational life.
The Press of the Young Republic, 1783-1833
Authors: Humphrey Carol Sue
Published: June 2024

The second book in a six-volume series on the history of American journalism, this book focuses on the 50 years following the end of the Revolution, during which the American press grew and expanded. Newspapers played an important political role as the press became involved in the partisanship that characterized most of this period. As political parties grew in the United States, newspapers became an essential part of the communication network for the dissemination of the ideology of the parties. In this volume, Humphrey clearly presents the changing role of the press in American society—from a vehicle through which to convert people to a particular point of view, to a provider of news and information.
Race and Crime
Authors: Russell-Brown Katheryn K. , Jones Judith , Pfeifer Heather
Published: June 2024

An annotated bibliography of research citations on race and crime in the United States from 1950-1999.
Radiant Daughters
Authors: Richard Thelma
Published: June 2024

In her examination of women characters created by American novelists from the 1940s through the 1980s, Thelma Shinn traces the emergence of new definitions of self and society as reflected in both the fictional characters she considers and in society as a whole. She argues that the social dislocation resulting from American involvement in World War II and the repercussions from that dislocation in American society initiated a cycle of growth in women that is accurately mirrored in the fiction of the period. Selecting more than 125 works of fiction, she examines the images of women and their lives created by both men and women writers. Particular attention is paid to the female self-images that have come to us through the writing of Eudora Welty, Carson McCullers, Ann Petry, Jean Stafford, Hortense Calisher, Shirley Jackson, and Joyce Carol Oates.
Rethinking the Curriculum
Authors: Clark Mary E , Wawrytko Sandra A.
Published: June 2024

This book is founded on the consensus that most of what passes for liberal studies and general education is so out of touch with today's world that it is simply beside the point. Not only does the curriculum fail to address contemporary reality, but when it does, it does so in such a fragmented form that little useful understanding can be extracted. For example, one of the chief inadequacies brought out by the text is the failure of current disciplines to deal with the inherent messiness and complexity of real world issues such as hunger, conflict, and pollution. As a result of this, today's decision makers are unable to grasp the underlying causes of our global crises, and instead catch at the straws of technological or social fixes. Starting with the general consensus that something is seriously wrong, this book seeks to identify the issues, provide insights on what can be done and issue a few challenges as well.

The 18 contributions and editor's introduction included in this important volume are organized around five sub-themes: Assumptions about the Progress of Knowledge, A Critical Look at the Disciplines, The Value Content of Education, Alternative Visions Not Currently Taught, and Developing the New Curriculum. Within these themes the authors tackle provocative issues such as unmasking the dangerous limitations of hyperintelligence and exploring the place of the East-West dialogue in moral curriculum and value orientation. This collection encompasses some of the most dynamic thinking on the subject of curricular change and will be of interest to educators and students as well as all thinking people.
Retiring as a Career
Authors: Newman Betsy Kyte
Published: June 2024

Every year, millions of Americans retire—and many of them wonder what went wrong. What they envisioned as a graceful pirouette into the golden years often leads instead to a rude awakening. Why? We all know about financial planning for retirement, but emotional and social planning is just as important. This book deals with the issues of purpose and structure, self-esteem, emotional and social roles, resources, and the special issues of women who retire. Based on the results of a survey of successful retirees, it helps readers to learn from their experiences and benefit from their own hard-won wisdom.

In many ways, today's retirees are pioneers, charting new courses for their unprecedented long futures. This book looks at the changing faces, definitions, and models of retirement in order to help those who are looking forward to their own. It enables readers to identify and avoid some of the typical pitfalls of retirement: moving too quickly from a fast-paced schedule to a life of total leisure; giving up home, friends, and community to move to a strange location; expecting your spouse to cooperate with your own retirement plans; and doing too much—or too little.
Rommel's Desert Commanders
Authors: Mitcham   Jr. Samuel W.
Published: June 2024

Perhaps the most famous and admired soldier to fight in World War II was Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, who achieved immortality as the Desert Fox. Rommel's first field command during the war was the 7th Panzer Division—also known as the Ghost Division—which he led in France in 1940. During this campaign, the 7th Panzer suffered more casualties than any other division in the German Army, at the same time inflicting a disproportionate number of casualties upon the enemy. It took 97,486 prisoners, captured 458 tanks and armored vehicles, 277 field guns, 64 anti-tank guns and 4,000 to 5,000 trucks. It captured or destroyed hundreds of tons of other military equipment, shot down 52 aircraft, destroyed 15 more aircraft on the ground, and captured 12 additional planes. It destroyed the French 1st Armored Division and the 4th North African Division, punched through the Maginot Line extension near Sivry, and checked the largest Allied counteroffensive of the campaign at Arras. When France surrendered, the Ghost Division was within 200 miles of the Spanish border. No doubt about it—Rommel had proven himself a great military leader who was capable of greater things. His next command, in fact, would be the Afrika Korps, where the legend of the Desert Fox was born.

Rommel had a great deal of help in France—much more than his published papers suggest. His staff officers and company, battalion, and regimental commanders were an extremely capable collection of military leaders that included 12 future generals (two of them SS), and two colonels who briefly commanded panzer divisions but never reached general rank. They also included Colonel Erich von Unger, who would no doubt have become a general had he not been killed in action while commanding a motorized rifle brigade on the Eastern Front in 1941, as well as Karl Hanke, a Nazi gauleiter who later succeeded Heinrich Himmler as the last Reichsfuehrer-SS. No historian has ever recognized the talented cast of characters who supported the Desert Fox in 1940. No one has ever attempted to tell their stories. This book remedies that deficiency.
Samuel Johnson and the Essay
Authors: Spector Robert D.
Published: June 2024

When Samuel Johnson is discussed as an essayist, his andIdlerare generally the works that are considered. This is the first study to take account of the effect of Johnson's essayistic talents on the entirety of his writing. Setting forth the particular characteristics of the genre that are present in Johnson's contributions to the political controversies of his time, this analysis examines those qualities of Johnson's thought and methods that naturally led to his dependence on the essay form in polemical engagements throughout his career. In detail, Spector's study then goes on to explore the manner in which Johnson employed the essay not only in forms normally related to the genre, but in literary types ordinarily considered remote from it. The andIdler, along with Johnson's periodical essays in theAdventurer, are themselves looked at from a fresh point of view—the ways in which Johnson the professional writer, without regard for posterity, addressed the interests of the common reader of his century.
Segregation in Federally Subsidized Low-Income Housing in the United States
Authors: Green Rodney , James David M. , Coulibaly Modibo
Published: June 2024

Earlier studies of subsidized housing assume that segregation is a manifestation of white prejudice, and that the Fair Housing Act of 1968 would significantly remedy inequalities in housing and, in the process, narrow the socioeconomic gap between racial groups. This book argues, on the contrary, that segregation by race and income has been an integral part of federal housing policy from its inception and that white prejudice merely obscures the federal government's role in maintaining segregation.

Despite formal claims of providing decent, safe, and sanitary housing for the poor, the authors show how federal low-income housing programs have been used as instruments of urban renewal while doing little to realize their formal goals. The authors use a historical and statistical review of federally subsidized low-rent housing to demonstrate their thesis.
Shakespeare Around the Globe
Authors: Leiter Samuel
Published: June 2024

An important resource for any scholar working on the production history of Shakespeare's plays. . . . Because each entry has a complete list of sources, the book can be used as a helpful bibliography for locating reviews of productions. Choice
Silver and Gold
Authors: Reti Steven
Published: June 2024

For many observers of international politics, the classical gold standard is the premier example of successful international monetary cooperation. Curiously, most studies portray this 19th century system as a spontaneous development. Reti, after a thorough investigation of diplomatic records, argues that the gold standard grew out of several years of international negotiation. At the Conference of 1867, delegates for 20 states debated the monetary standard and agreed to adopt gold as soon as possible. In response to worldwide deflation from 1873 to 1896, the Conferences of 1878, 1881, and 1892 reconsidered the merits of gold, and the leading states reaffirmed their adherence to the gold standard. Reti uses theories of international regimes to explain the roles of hegemonic power, domestic politics, and causal beliefs on conference diplomacy. He asserts that the classical gold standard can best be understood as a coordination game in which negotiations informed nations about how to cooperate.
Soft Boundaries
Authors: Detels Claire
Published: June 2024

American education and culture are suffering from a terrible, soul-numbing imbalance, in which there is an overemphasis on basic, quantifiable skills and knowledge and a de-emphasis of more creative areas of the humanities, especially the arts and aesthetics. Detels indicates that the marginalization of the arts and aesthetics in American education has been caused by a hard-boundaried paradigm that has come to dominate American education. According to this paradigm, the arts are wrongly viewed and taught as separate, unconnected disciplines of music, visual arts, dance, and theater, while their intimate connections to each other and to aesthetic experience and life in general are completely unrepresented.

The way out of this crisis is to change paradigms, from a hard-boundaried, single-minded valuation of specialization to a more soft-boundaried curriculum that allows for specialized education in individual art forms as well as widespread interdisciplinary integration of the arts with each other and with general education at the K-12 and college levels. Without such a change, we will be unable to equip our students with the necessary skills to understand and communicate about the increasingly complex, sensually immersive artistic media and forms of the future.
Solving Word Problems for Life, Grades 6-8
Authors: Brown Melony A.
Published: June 2024

This challenging compilation of multi-step word problems is designed to strengthen basic math and problem-solving skills among 6th, 7th, and 8th graders.

Solving Word Problems for Life, Grades 6-8offers students who struggle with math a daily opportunity to improve their skills. The book offers 180 math word problems. The first 30 focus on 6th-grade math standards, the second 30 on 7th-grade standards, and the last 30 on 8th-grade standards. There is also a section of more difficult, extra-credit problems titled "Hard-Hat Thinking". All of the activities are designed to strengthen basic math skills and problem-solving ability. Six visual cues—a hammer for adding, a screwdriver for subtracting, gears for multiplying, a saw for dividing, a tape measure for measuring, and a level for averaging—remind the students which math process to follow and further reinforce their skills.

Catering to the growing need to prepare students for gateway tests, the problems here target the areas that appear on these tests most frequently. In this era of accountability, every teacher is concerned with student achievement and adequate yearly progress. This book can help.