Environmental Studies 2023

Environmental Studies

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The Arts

The Deep A Companion

Edited by Marko Teodorski and Simon Bacon

978-1-80079-257-9 pb

978-1-80079-259-3 epub

Oxford, 2023

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What’s in the Deep?

This companion explores the myths and legends of merfolk and sea monsters to navigate our transcultural pasts and environmental presents and explain our endless fascination with the sea . More than any other time in human history, our relationship to the oceans and the creatures of the Deep has come into focus, not just as an environment to be explored, exploited and, more recently, poisoned, but as a source of both our deepest anxieties and possible futures . In 31 original essays by experts in their respective fields, the Deep is brought to life, from representations of mythological sea creatures to present-day visions of the blue environment As our place in the world and our effects upon it become increasingly contentious, The Deep offers ways in which we might re-experience and realign ourselves to the watery world that covers the majority of the earth’s surface and become part of a shared, more ecological, future

Documentary in the Age of COVID

Edited by Dafydd Sills-Jones and Pietari Kääpä

978-1-80079-199-2 hb

978-1-80079-201-2 epub

Oxford, 2023 . XIV, 280 pp ., 13 colour ill ., 5 b/w . ill, 1 b/w table .

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This collection responds to the unusual and disturbing challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic . The volume surveys the immediate effects of the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in documentary film cultures as well as providing a space for unpacking the recent past and future of documentary in the context of the pandemic’s possible effects It is published as part of Peter Lang’s Documentary Film Cultures series and reflects the value of documentary as an enduring and influential channel of media discourse and community of practice . Media producers have been forced to both interrogate their chosen professions and innovate with limited resources Already, we are seeing new distribution and production methods emerge to highlight the importance of media-makers as essential workers, as they are uniquely equipped with the ability to represent the various dialogues undertaken to respond to the cultural, social, economic and political challenges the pandemic has foisted on global society

The Arts

Akteur «Wasser»: Betrachtungen aus den Rechts-, Geo-, Kunst-, Musik- und Literaturwissenschaften

Edited by Sonja Fielitz

978-3-631-87091-4 hb

978-3-631-87917-7 epub

Berlin, 2022 . 264 S ., 52 s/w Abb

Price: CHF 70 00 / €D 59 95 / €A 61 60 / € 56 10 / £ 46 00 / US $ 67 95

In diesem interdisziplinären Sammelband wird nicht nur eine Motivgeschichte des Themas Wasser vorgelegt Vielmehr eint die Beiträge der Ansatz, Wasser als ein mit vielfältigen kulturellen Bedeutungen aufgeladenes Phänomen und als Akteur zu verstehen . Alle Aufsätze befassen sich mit der Repräsentation der grundlegenden Eigenschaft von Wasser, nämlich dessen materieller Wandelbarkeit Diese zeigt sich in so faszinierenden Aspekten wie der musikalischen ‚Sprache‘ von Kunstbrunnen oder in der Mittlerfunktion von Wasser zwischen Mensch und Natur . Wasser kann auch zum Protagonisten in der Gartenarchitektur werden oder soziale und geographische Abgrenzung markieren Nicht zuletzt kann Wasser auch als programmatischer Trägers eines Kunstwerks fungieren

Economics and Management

Corporate Carbon Accounting and Footprinting in the Ecologically Dominant Logic With an Excursion on the Detection of Outliers in a double-logarithmic Regression Model

Bernhard Goldhammer

978-3-6317-7792-3 hb .

978-3-6317-7795-4 epub

Berlin, 2019 479 pp , 20 fig col , 52 fig b/w, 139 tables

Price: CHF 104 .00 / €D 89 95 / €A 92 .50 / € 84 .10 / £ 69 .0 / US $ 101 .95

In order to reach sustainable supply chains, the Ecologically Dominant Logic calls for improvement in measurements With regard to climate change, this is the task of corporate carbon accounting and footprinting . This book contributes to these topics by proposing a double-entry based bookkeeping approach for carbon accounting, that enables continuous reporting along the supply chain, supports both product and corporate carbon footprinting and is compliant with the established carbon accounting standards . Furthermore, for estimating missing carbon footprints, a regression-based estimation approach is proposed and tested, which needs only publicly available data as input and facilitates the estimation at a decent level of quality without knowledge about the internal processes of a company

Handbook of Energy and Environment Policy

Edited by Celil Aydin and Burak Darici

978-3-6318-0332-5 pb

978-3-6318-0420-9 epub

Berlin, 2019 . 288 pp ., 26 fig . b/w, 52 tables

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The book deals with the broad perspectives on the energy and environment topics and questions the traditional view on energy and environment policy and issues . Nowadays, energy and environmental issues can be accepted as the related subjects by the whole world The link between energy and environment is backed to the time when only nature's primary resources were used Primitive societies’ energy demand was small compared to the forces of the environment . With the emergence of industrial nations, the importance of energy and environment relation appeared again

Economics and Management

Economy-Wide Policy Modeling of the Food-Energy-Water Nexus Identifying Synergies and Tradeoffs on Food, Energy, and Water Security in Malawi

Franziska Schünemann

978-3-6317-5618-8 hb

978-3-6317-6111-3 epub

Berlin, 2018 . 224 pp ., 4 fig col ., 4 fig . b/w, 27 tables

Food, energy, and water are intrinsically connected through economic and ecological linkages and dependent on limited resources that are particularly threatened in developing countries by climate change, economic and population growth A nexus perspective that simultaneously encompasses food, energy, and water has thus become crucial to avoid inefficient resource use This volume contributes to the research on the food-energy-water nexus by first developing three integrated modeling frameworks for ex-ante policy simulation and then analyzing four policies in Malawi – biofuels production, irrigation expansion, improved cookstoves and agroforestry The analyses show that the design of policies matters and that the inclusion of smallholders generally maximizes synergies between food, energy and water security Integrated modeling frameworks are vital for analyses of policies that simultaneously affect the economic, social, and environmental spheres to quantify relevant tradeoffs

Projekt- und Investitionsentscheidungen zu Green Controlling in öffentlichen Unternehmen mit dezentralen Organisationsstrukturen

Sebastian Michalsky

978-3-6318-1322-5 hb

978-3-6318-1572-4 epub

Berlin, 2020 . 438 S ., 84 s/w Abb ., 11 Tab .

Die Idee der Integration umweltbezogener Aspekte in die Unternehmensführung ist bereits seit Jahrzenten Teil der Controlling-Forschung . Jedoch erfährt die Auseinandersetzung mit umweltbezogenen Belangen vor dem Hintergrund der Veränderungen im Organisationsumfeld auch für öffentliche Unternehmen eine neue Qualität So werden zwar zunehmend Umweltthemen in die strategischen Unternehmensziele aufgenommen, aber umweltbezogene Themen werden nach wie vor weder effektiv noch effizient realisiert . Der Autor greift diese Problematik auf und befasst sich mit der Frage, ob für ein Green Controlling in öffentlichen Unternehmen mit dezentralen Organisationsstrukturen neue und mit Anreizsystemen gekoppelte Governance-Strukturen benötigt werden und wie diese ausgestaltet werden können .

Economics and Management

The Effects of the Global Pandemic Process on the Social and Economic Structure and Public Policies in Combating the Pandemic

Murat Demir and Ali Burak AKSUNGUR

978-3-6318-5656-7 pb

978-3-6318-5976-6 epub

Berlin, 2021 . 226 pp ., 13 fig . col ., 14 fig . b/w, 34 tables .

Price: CHF 52 00 / €D 44 95 / €A 46 20 / € 42 10 / £ 35 00 / US $ 50 95

The COVID-19 affects both people’s health and socio-economic structures around the world . Measures were adopted to contain the pandemic suppressed economic activity, leading to stagnation and contraction . Such contractions impacted on employment; losing jobs and income levels turned the contractions into severe fiscal and economic crisis

The study examines the effects of the pandemic on socio-economic structures and the effectiveness of public policies . It reveals that some countries successfully managed the pandemic while others lead to deepen its negative effects Social and economic policies that were decisive in successes and failures are examined through comparative descriptive analyses within a framework in each chapter . This study is hoped to serve as a guide for policy-makers in such circumstances .

Remote and Hybrid Working: Variants, Determinants, Outcomes

Edited by Sevgin Batuk and Alev Özer Torgalöz

978-3-6318-5533-1 pb

978-3-6318-6875-1 epub

Berlin, 2021 . 418 pp ., 20 fig . b/w, 27 tables .

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With the outbreak of the current Covid-19 pandemic, work life has changed dramatically Remote working has become a monumental topic for the business world This change, in fact, induces some notable impacts for work-life and is likely to sustain for a very long time, as companies increasingly report working outside the office and tend to continue adopting this even after the pandemic

In this regard, this book is based on the idea that a comprehensive approach on remote working needs to be provided with a multi-dimensional perspective This edited book is based on chapters in the fields of remote working practices addressing current critical debates and strings together with theories and findings through novel data-driven insights In this context, the book presents the ongoing discussion on remote working by including studies mainly on work-life balance, work-family conflict, leadership, motivation, HR policies, ethics, training and other related topics The studies in this book are expected to provide answers to questions raised by problems resulting from remote working practices

Economics and Management

Shadow Impact of COVID-19 on Economies: A Greater Depression?

Edited by Meltem İnce Yenilmez and Ufuk Bingöl

978-3-6318-4966-8 pb

978-3-6318-5748-9 epub

Berlin, 2021 . 322 pp ., 26 fig . b/w, 30 tables . Price:

This book covers deep researches from different perspectives and disciplines upon Covid-19 pandemic impacts on social, legal, economic, cultural issues by successful and expert researchers in their field In this book, different and rigorous analyses of all areas influenced by Covid-19 researches were made in order to be one of the emerging reliable sources about the Covid-19 literature with various dimensions .

New Normal and New Rules in International Trade, Economics and Marketing

Edited by Fatih AYHAN, Burak Darici and Candy Lim CHIU

978-3-6318-6272-8 pb

978-3-6318-6396-1 epub

Berlin, 2021 . 424 pp ., 41 fig . b/w, 53 tables . Price:

The coronavirus epidemic, which swept the whole world at the beginning of 2020 and turned into a widespread pandemic, has caused an important economic and social crisis . Governments and policy makers have tried to keep business life afloat with financial incentives and supports, government aids to combat the epidemic The habits of doing business with remote working, flexible working, social media and internet use and online systems have been heavily used After the Great Depression, the COVID epidemic caused serious contraction on the global economy. Therefore, it is important to examine the effects of this crisis by experts With this book, the effects of the COVID crisis on different fields have been examined in detail by experts from different disciplines We hope that this book will make significant contributions to researchers and scientists .

Economics and Management

Global Risks And Crises Management In Tourism Theoretical And Practical Perspectives

Edited by Elbeyi Pelit, Hasan Hüseyin Soybali and Ali Avan

978-3-6318-5842-4 pb

978-3-6318-7200-0 epub

Berlin, 2021 . 174 pp ., 15 fig . b/w, 31 tables .

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Tourism is one of the most sensitive industries across risks and crises based on economic, social, and political developments . In recent years, the challenges such as terrorism, epidemics, and economic blockades based on political tension between countries not only cause increased risks and threats on destinations but also cause decreased touristic mobility A global pandemic, depressed economy, political uncertainties, and social problems can also interrupt the touristic movement . This book focuses on global risks and crises management in the tourism industry with a proactive approach It is aimed to create an essential source/reference about preparation to emergencies, steps to be taken to eliminate uncertainties and risks, and effective risk and crisis management practices, and to guide managers and industry practitioners .

Innovation Ecosystems in the New Economic Era Digital Revolution and Ecological Transition

Edited by Laurent Adatto, Camille Aouinaït, Son Thi Kim Le and Michelle Mongo

978-2-87574-524-8 pb

978-2-87574-526-2 epub

Bruxelles, 2023 . 384 pp ., 30 fig b/w, 14 tables .

Price: CHF 63 00 / €D 54 95 / €A 56 10 / € 51 00 / £ 42 00 / US $ 61 95

Digital technologies are revolutionizing global economy, modes of production and consumption, at individual and collective levels . Nevertheless, involved socio-economic models can be often incompatible with major challenges faced by humanity, notably environmental crisis and climate change that warn about the end of a linear growth model which aimed at “produce, consume and throw away”, in order to move towards an economic development that tends to limit the waste of resources and environmental impact For that purpose, innovation should be responsible and at the service of a more sustainable development

This apparent contradiction between digital production forces and bio-climatic issues can be questioned by the emergence of innovation ecosystems . At their center, new technologies constitute drivers for solving problems of degradation of nature, food, and survival of species In this perspective, the questions addressed in this book focus on the beneficial interactions between digital technologies and environmental challenges .

Decolonizing Environmental Education for Different Contexts and Nations

Edited by Kathryn Riley, Janet McVittie and Marcelo Gules Borges

978-1-4331-9174-9 pb .

978-1-4331-9184-8 epub

New York, 2022

As Dominant Western Worldviews (DWWs) proliferate through ongoing structures of globalization, neoliberalism, extractive capitalism, and colonialism, they inevitably marginalize those deemed as ‘Other’ (Indigenous, Black, Minority Ethnic, non-Western communities and non-human ‘Others’, including animals, plants, technologies, and energies) Environmental Education (EE) is well-positioned to trouble and minimize the harmful human impacts on social and ecological systems, yet the field is susceptible to how DWWs constrain and discipline what counts as viable knowledge, with a consequence of this being the loss of situated knowledges . To understand the relationships between DWW and situated knowledges and to thread an assemblage of ontological views that exist in unique contexts and nations, authors in this book take up decolonizing methodologies that expand across theories of Indigenous Knowledges (IK), Traditional Ecological Knowledges (TEK), two-eyed seeing, hybridity, and posthumanism As EE opens to emplaced and situated socio-cultural and material stories, it opens to opportunities to attend more meaningfully to planetary social and ecological crisis narratives through contingent, contextualised, and relevant actions .

Vegans on Speciesism and Ableism Ecoability Voices for Disability and Animal Justice

Edited by Anthony J Nocella II and Amber E George

978-1-4331-9009-4 pb

978-1-4331-9011-7 epub

New York, 2022 . XX, 102 pp

This powerful intersectional social justice book examines animal, disability, and environmental oppression and justice Located in disability studies, sociology, environmental justice, food justice, and critical animal studies, this book engages the reader in an intersectional ecological manner for an inclusive interdependent global community This outstanding collection of original articles by scholars from around the world discusses the need to acknowledge the relationships among nonhuman animals, those with disabilities, and the environment . Adaptive sports from mountain biking to rock climbing is saving the lives of those with disabilities from extreme depression and suicide at the same time those with disabilities are becoming some of the most loyal advocates for defending the environment from human destruction . Those with disabilities are being welcomed into the animal rights movement and also introduced to nonhuman animals not as merely service animals, but as friends, allies, and companions

Ecoportraiture

The Art of Research When Nature Matters

Edited by Sean Blenkinsop, Mark Fettes and Laura Piersol

978-1-4331-9256-2 hb

978-1-4331-9290-6 epub

New York, 2022 . XX, 184 pp ., 18 b/w ill ., 8 tables .

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What changes in education, when it is not just humans whose teaching is sought and acknowledged? And how can educational research be accountable to the voices and agency of such more-than-human teachers, interlocutors, and kin? These have become pressing questions in an era of soaring interest in forest and nature schools, place- and land-based education . Ecoportraiture offers theoretical and practical guidance into an emerging methodology with deep roots in the anti-racist, emancipatory research tradition of portraiture initiated by Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot and Jessica Hoffman Davis . Bracketed by the editors’ wide-ranging introductory essay and a closing critical conversation, five inspiring chapters take readers deep into the thinking and action that characterize ecoportraiture research Ideal for researchers at all levels who want to explore more deeply how human learning is shaped and informed by the more-than-human, this book also invites a wider audience into the artful practice of close listening to the many voices of the natural world Ecoportraiture seeks to evoke and to guide journeys of knowing that are both profoundly ecological and profoundly personal This is an open-ended and transformative methodology: one that is less about finding answers than about asking better questions—about learning to participate more deeply, as student, teacher, parent, community member, and/or co-researcher, in the conversations of the Earth

Science Teachers’ Innovative Work Behavior Factors and Actors

Palmira Pečiuliauskienė and Lina Kaminskienė

978-3-6318-5708-3 hb .

978-3-6318-7336-6 ePub

Berlin, 2022 202 pp , 13 fig b/w, 82 tables

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The last decades have demonstrated growing calls for innovations associated with science teaching methods In the light of science education reforms, teaching methods have focused on scientific inquiry, discovery, and other constructivist approaches Research on innovations in science education raises discussion about the application of new technology, a need to infuse arts and social emotional learning content into science education, and use of innovative models to improve critical thinking skills and enhance teachers’ self-efficacy However, there is a lack of research on innovative work behavior of science teachers’ personal, cognitive, and environmental factors .

The researchers in this book address to the phenomenon of innovative work behavior and aim to reveal the associations between the science teachers’ innovative work behavior and personal, cognitive, and environmental factors

Journal: Pädagogische Rundschau

Zur Transformation ökologischer Beziehungen: Manifest für Bildungsgeschichte nach COVID-19

Karin Priem

New York, 2022 15 pp

Volume 76, Issue 5, Year 2022, 15 pages, pp . 533 - 547

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https://www ingentaconnect com/contentone/plg/pr/2022/00000076/00000005/art00004

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Die COVID-19-Pandemie weckte ein historisches Interesse dafür, wie gesundheitliche Krisen in der Vergangenheit bewältigt wurden Gleichzeitig ließ diese Krise ein starkes Bedürfnis nach historischer Dokumentation eines ungewöhnlichen Ereignisses aufkommen: Es ging um das langfristige Konservieren einer Erfahrung, die im Jahre 2020 von den meisten Menschen als Ausnahmezustand erlebt wurde Die COVID-19-Krise führte nicht nur zu plötzlichem Innehalten, sie löste auch Angst und Unbehagen aus, da die Menschen sich durch ihre Um- und Mitwelt auf radikale Weise bedroht fühlten und die gewohnte Art (westlicher) Lebensführung an ihrem (vorläufigen) Ende angekommen zu sein schien Zu Beginn der Pandemie wurde auch die Fotoagentur Magnum initiativ und begann damit, die COVID19-Krise als ein herausragendes historisches Ereignis visuell zu präsentieren und zu kommentieren Magnum-Fotografen, die daran gewöhnt waren, ständig von Krisenherd zu Krisenherd um die Welt zu reisen, waren plötzlich mit Reiserestriktionen und verschiedenen Graden der Selbstisolation konfrontiert, die ihr gewohntes Leben zum Stillstand brachten Ebenso stellte ihr (berufliches) Leben keine Ausnahme dar, auch sie waren von einer Krise globalen Ausmaßes betroffen und teilten mit dem Rest der Welt den Impuls, ihre Alltagserfahrungen mit Fotografien und Texten zu dokumentieren . Zwischen März und Mai 2020 publizierte die Fotoagentur Magnum das

Die Disziplinierung des Wassers Eine kultur- und ideengeschichtliche Analyse

David Manolo Sailer

978-3-631-85191-3 pb

978-3-631-86430-2 epub

Berlin, 2022 . 270 S ., 7 farb . Abb ., 7 s/w Abb . Band 28

Price: CHF 66 00 / €D 57 05 / €A 58 65 / € 53 30 / £ 44 00 / US $ 64 95

In der Epoche des anhebenden Anthropozän gewinnt die Wasserthematik – vom globalen Meeresspiegelanstieg bis zur Trinkwasserknappheit – ständig an Relevanz . Vor dem Hintergrund ihrer Bedeutung für den gesamten Zivilisationsprozess steht die Disziplinierung des Wassers exemplarisch für den Umgang des Menschen mit den natürlichen Ressourcen – heuristisch und historisch-analytisch Die Darstellung dieser Entwicklung bietet zugleich die Chance, Perspektiven für das Zurückgewinnen eines lebendigen Umgangs mit Wasser stadtkulturell zu erkunden, zu entdecken, zu eröffnen In Ermangelung einer Philosophie, Ideenund Kulturgeschichte des Wassers ist die vorliegende Analyse bestrebt, diese Forschungslücke zu schließen . Im Spannungsfeld zwischen globaler Achtsamkeit und regional-nachhaltiger Subsidiarität wird die Disziplinierung des Wassers zu einem kulturellen Reflexionsgut Das Buch öffnet damit den Blick für eine bedeutende Gestaltungsleistung der Kultur

Community Values and Legality under Challenge The Example of International Climate Change Law

Simon Blätgen

978-3-6318-5235-4 pb .

978-3-6318-7168-3 epub

Berlin, 2021 252 S

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Climate change requires fundamental reconsiderations of the values our political and legal systems are to protect . At the same time, international law seems weakened after years of anti-multilateralism and pushbacks against a principled, value-driven international order Against this backdrop, this book is the first to give a comprehensive and systematic analysis of values in international climate change law and the interplay between value-laden norms and legal form . It shows how an increasing focus on values in the climate change regime has facilitated a decline of legal form in comparison to the 1990s Teasing out the tensions and trade-offs between a value focus and legal form, the book advances broader insights on the role of community values in public international law .

Great Reset and The New Deal After Covid-19

Edited by Fatma ÖZKUL and Sonat Bayram

978-3-631-86795-2 pb .

978-3-631-89350-0 epub

Berlin, 2023 176 pp , 14 fig b/w, 21 tables

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The World Economic Forum prepared a manifesto-like statement and opened the issue of the great reset to the discussion The great reset lays out the main idea of rebuilding the world economy and redesigning capitalism in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic . The idea is emerging that the biggest crisis after the great depression in 1929 is currently being experienced due to Covid-19 and that Covid-19 will have very serious and long-term effects on economic growth, public debt, employment and human welfare According to the fathers of the great reset, for the world to recover after Covid-19, radical changes should be made in many areas from education to social contracts and working conditions, countries should act together, and all industries should be transformed per new conditions and ways of working .

Nachhaltiges Human Resources Management

Personalprozesse ökonomisch, sozial und ökologisch gestalten

Ulrike Emma Meißner

978-3-631-86728-0 pb

978-3-631-86778-5 epub

Berlin, 2022 . 220 S ., 14 farb . Abb ., 4 s/w Abb ., 28 Tab .

Price: CHF 59 75 / €D 51 45 / €A 52 90 / € 48 10 / £ 39 15 / US $ 58 65

Nachhaltiges Handeln gewinnt vor allem durch den Klimawandel stark an Bedeutung . Das Human Resources Management übernimmt in diesem Zusammenhang die Verantwortung, Personalprozesse so zu gestalten, dass eine Win-win-Situation für Unternehmen, Arbeitnehmende und die Umwelt generiert wird . Diese Studie stellt den Menschen in das Zentrum des betrieblichen Handelns . Auf dieser Basis werden Personalprozesse nach ökonomischen, sozialen und ökologischen Faktoren untersucht Kosten- und Nutzenanalysen zeigen den Mehrwert dieser neu ausgerichteten prozessorientierten Personalfunktionen auf und regen zu pragmatischen Veränderungen an . Als Ergebnis wird ein innovatives Konzept vorgestellt, das für die nachhaltige Gestaltung operativer Personalmanagementprozesse in der betrieblichen Praxis anwendbar ist

Midiendo la efectividad del derecho ambiental Indicadores jurídicos para el desarrollo sostenible

Michel Prieur, Christophe Bastin and Ali Mekouar

978-2-8076-1991-3 pb

978-2-8076-1993-7 epub

Bruxelles, 2021 . 274 p ., 13 il . en color, 7 tablas .

Price: CHF 52 00 / €D 44 95 / €A 46 20 / € 42 00 / £ 35 00 / US $ 50 95

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Este libro presenta un nuevo método para medir la efectividad del derecho ambiental nacionale internacional Se necesitaron cuatro años de investigación y experimentación para desarrollar indicadores jurídicos con fundamento cientí fico . Los indicadores ambientales existentes solo estiman datos estadísticos, científicos o económicos

Con los indicadores jurídicos, los gobiernos, parlamentos y otros actores públicos y privados, incluidas las ONG ambientales, podrán evaluar de manera precisa y concreta, sobre una base científica, las brechas, avances y retrocesos en la implementación de las convenciones internacionales y las leyes nacionales Los indicadores jurídicos también servirán como herramientas innovadoras de toma de decisiones, en parti cular para llevar a cabo reformas legislativas informadas y no ciegas, así como para evitar regresiones en el derecho ambiental .

El método matemático utilizado permite, a través de un cuestionario que aborda todas las etapas jurídicas e institucionales de la aplicación de los textos legales, proporcionar datos que destaquen tanto las áreas de mejora como las fortalezas en la aplicación de la ley.

Este ensayo es una actualización de un primer libro publicado en 2018 por el Institut de la Francophonie pour le développement durable Es el resultado de una asociación entre el Centro Internacional de Derecho Ambiental Comparado y la Cátedra Normandía para la Paz .

Law

Measuring the Effectivity of Environmental Law Legal Indicators for Sustainable Development

Michel Prieur, Christophe Bastin and Ali Mekouar

978-2-8076-1975-3 pb

978-2-8076-1977-7 epub

Bruxelles, 2021 . 250 pp ., 13 fig . col ., 7 tables .

Price: CHF 52 00 / €D 44 95 / €A 46 20 / € 42 00 / £ 35 00 / US $ 50 95

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This book presents a new method for measuring the effectivity of national and international environmental law It took four years of research and experimentation to develop a way to construct evidence-based legal indicators . The existing environmental indicators evaluate only statistical, scientific or economic data . With legal indicators, governments, parliaments and other public and private actors, including environmental NGOs, will be able to assess accurately and concretely, on a scientific basis, what the gaps, progress and setbacks in the implementation of international conventions and national laws are . The legal indicators will also serve as innovative tools for decision-making, in particular to carry out legislative reforms in full knowledge of the facts and not blindly, as well as to avoid regressions in environmental law .

The mathematical method used makes it possible, through a questi onnaire addressing all the legal and institutional stages of the application of legal texts, to provide data highlighting both the points to be improved and the strengths of the application of the law .

This essay is an update of a first book published in 2018 by the Institut de la Francophonie pour le développement durable It is the result of a partnership between the International Centre for Comparative Environmental Law and the Normandy Chair for Peace .

Mesurer l’effectivité du droit de l’environnement

Des indicateurs juridiques au service du développement durable

Michel Prieur, Christophe Bastin and Ali Mekouar

978-2-8076-1971-5 pb

978-2-8076-1973-9 epub

Bruxelles, 2021 . 268 p ., 9 ill . en couleurs, 6 ill . n/b .

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Cet ouvrage présente une méthode inédite de mesurage de l’effectivité du droit de l’environnement tant national qu’international Il est le fruit de quatre ans de recherches et d’expérimentations afin de mettre au point la façon de construire des indicateurs juridiques . Les seuls indicateurs existants sur l’environnement ne mesurent que des données statistiques, scientifiques ou économiques

Grâce à des indicateurs juridiques, les gouvernements, les parlements, les acteurs économiques et sociaux et les ONG d’environnement pourront apprécier concrètement, sur un fondement scientifique, quelles sont les lacunes, les avancées et les régressions dans les modalités d’application des conventions internationales et des lois nationales Les indicateurs juridiques serviront d’outils d’aide à la décision, notamment pour procéder à des réformes en connaissance de cause et non plus à l’aveuglette .

La méthode mathématique utilisée permet, à partir d’un questionnaire mettant en avant toutes les étapes juridiques et institutionnelles de l’application des textes juridiques, de fournir des données soulignant les points à améliorer et les points forts de l’application du droit .

Cette mise à jour d’un premier ouvrage de 2018 publié par l’Institut de la Francophonie pour le développement durable (IFDD) a été rendue possible grâce à l’appui de la Chaire d’excellence Normandie pour la paix (CNRS, Région Normandie, Maison de la recherche en sciences humaines (MRSH) et de l’Université de Caen France) Une ligne de recherche est dédiée à cette thématique des indicateurs juridiques et la Chaire d’excellence formule le vœu d’une large diffusion de cet ouvrage accessible en open access en anglais, français et en espagnol .

Literature

inklings – Jahrbuch für Literatur und Ästhetik

Flora und Fauna in Fantastischen Welten / Flora and Fauna in Fantastic Worlds . Symposium 2019 in Bonn

Edited by Denise Burkhard, Marion Gymnich and Dieter Petzold

978-3-6318-2032-2 hb

978-3-6318-2537-2 epub

Berlin, 2020 252 pp . Volume 37

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«Inklings» nannte sich eine Gruppe von Schriftstellern und Geisteswissenschaftlern in Oxford, deren bekannteste Mitglieder J .R .R . Tolkien und C .S . Lewis waren . Die Inklings-Gesellschaft e V widmet sich seit 1983 dem Studium und der Verbreitung der Werke dieser und ihnen nahestehender Autoren sowie der Analyse des Phantastischen in Literatur, Film und Kunst allgemein . Ihre Jahrestagungen werden in Jahrbüchern dokumentiert Dieser Band enthält elf Vorträge der Tagung «Flora und Fauna in Fantastischen Welten», die 2019 in Bonn stattfand, sowie Rezensionen

“Inklings” was the name of a group of Oxford scholars and writers; its best-known members were J .R .R . Tolkien and C .S . Lewis . The German Inklings-Gesellschaft, founded in 1983, is dedicated to the discussion and dissemination of the works of these authors and of writers commonly associated with them and to the study of the fantastic in literature, film and the arts in general The proceedings of the annual Inklings conferences are published in yearbooks . This book contains eleven chapters presented as papers at the 2019 conference entitled “Flora and Fauna in Fantastic Worlds” and reviews

Deciphering Radical Ecology in Contemporary British Fiction

Julian Barnes, David Mitchell and John Fowles

Baturay Erdal

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Berlin, 2020 . 182 pp .

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This book indicates that postmodern literature might reveal much in common with radical environmental movements It also offers discussions for how an ecological postmodern literary theory can provide significant contributions to the paradigm shift in social and individual dimensions before the extant environmental crisis turns into a deeper turmoil In this context, concerning ecological images and environmental discussions they provide, A History of the World in 10 ½ Chapters by Julian Barnes, Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell and The Collector by John Fowles are analyzed through the lens of such radical ecological movements like deep ecology, social ecology and ecofeminism

Transgressive Utopianism Essays in Honor of Lucy Sargisson

Edited by Raffaella Baccolini and Lyman Tower Sargent

978-1-7899-7880-3 hb .

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Oxford, 2021 XII, 262 pp

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In 2014, when Lucy Sargisson was promoted to professor in the School of Politics and International Relations, at the University of Nottingham, she became the first and, so far, only, professor of utopian studies . This choice symbolized the centrality of utopianism to her life, thought, and educational practice . In three books, each in their own way groundbreaking, a fourth book co-authored by one of us, and in important articles, her work falls into four primary areas: political theory, feminism, environmentalism, and intentional communities, with much of her work intersecting two, three, or even all four . And in all her work, she brings the lens of utopianism to bear on the subject and, in doing so, illuminates both utopianism and the subject at hand The volume honors Sargisson’s contributions to the field of utopian studies, with contributions by Ibtisam Ahmed, Raffaella Baccolini, David M . Bell, Suryamayi Clarence-Smith, Chris Coates, Elena Colombo, Davina Cooper, Rhiannon Firth, Ruth Levitas, Sarah Lohmann, Almudena Machado-Jiménez, Dunja M Mohr, Tom Moylan, Robyn Muir, José Reis, Lyman Tower Sargent, Lucy Sargisson, Simon Spiegel, Maria Varsam, and Laura Winter .

Environment and Fiction Critical Readings

Edited by Özden Sözalan and Inci Bilgin Tekin

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Berlin, 2020 . 158 pp .

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The essays in this volume engage with questions concerning the relationships between fictional texts and environmental issues in their various articulations, and offer critical readings that display the theoretical diversity in the current reconsiderations of the place of human in relation to nature and the environment

Written by scholars working in separate yet closely related disciplines in the field of humanities, the essays present analyses of literary and cultural texts, performed with the critical tools provided by studies in ecology, ecofeminism, urban studies, posthumanism and animal studies as well as genre-specific approaches

Nature Walks

“Peripatetic Tradition in the Non-fiction Travel Writing of Robert Macfarlane”

Anna Dziok

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978-3-631-89977-9 epub

Berlin, 2023 . 282 pp .

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This book, Nature Walks: “Peripatetic Tradition in Non-fiction Travel Writing of Robert Macfarlane” examines pedestrianism in the long history of British travel writing and examines the consequences that foot mobility has for the walking self and for the meaning-making of the surrounding world This book also discovers how the books by Robert Macfarlane, a widely read British author, on the one hand, uphold some of the long-established tenets of the travel genre, and, on the other hand, demonstrate an openness to departure, renewal, and the reconfiguration of discursive practices . Nature Walks offers a profound examination of the ways by which literary language may respond to our present environmental challenges .

Cli-Fi A Companion

Edited by Axel Goodbody and Adeline Johns-Putra 978-1-7887-4072-2 pb 978-1-7887-4074-6 epub Oxford, 2019 . VIII, 236 pp ., 31 fig . col .

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What is Cli-Fi?

Climate change fiction is a new literary phenomenon that emerged at the turn of the twenty-first century in response to what may be society’s greatest challenge

Climate change is already part responsible for extreme weather events, flooding, desertification and sea level rise, leading to famine, the spread of disease, and population displacement Cli-fi novels and films are typically set in the future, telling of disaster and its effect on humans, or they depict the present, beset by dilemmas, conflicts or conspiracies, and pointing to grave consequences . At their heart are ethical and political questions: will humankind rise to the challenge of acting collectively, in the interest of the future? What sacrifices will be necessary, and is a green dictatorship our only hope for survival as a species?

Each chapter in this volume offers a way of reading a particular literary text or film, drawing attention to themes, formal features, reception, contribution to public debate, and issues for class discussion Popular novels and films (Kim Stanley Robinson’s Science in the Capitol trilogy, Michael Crichton’s State of Fear, Ian McEwan’s Solar, and The Day after Tomorrow) are examined alongside lesser known writing (for instance J . G . Ballard’s «proto-climate change» novel The Drowned World and Antti Tuomainen’s Finnish thriller, The Healer), and films not generally thought of as being about climate change (Frozen and Take Shelter)

The book, which includes an introduction tracing the emergence and influence of cli-fi, is directed towards general readers and film enthusiasts as well as teachers and students Written in an accessible style, it fills the gap between academic studies and online blogs, offering a comprehensive look at this timely new genre

Literature

literatur für leser:innen

Einleitung: Das literarische Leben der Pflanzen: Poetiken des Botanischen

Joela Jacobs and Isabel Kranz

Volume 40, Issue 2, 6 pages, pp . 85 - 90

Free online access at: www .ingentaconnect .com/content/plg/lfl/2017/00000040/00000002/art00001

Open Access

Die Zeitschrift „literatur für leser:innen“ versammelt Beiträge, die sich auf die sprachlichen und historischen Eigentümlichkeiten literarischer Texte einlassen und die interpretierende Auseinandersetzung mit ihnen suchen . Sie möchte dazu beitragen, die Grenzen der Nationalphilologien zu überwinden und sucht daher auch komparatistisch orientierte Beiträge

Das lieterarische Leben der Pflanzen: Poetiken des Botanischen Pflanzen sind der blinde Fleck der Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaften . Damit befinden sich diese Disziplinen in guter Gesellschaft, denn laut einer Studie von James H Wandersee und Elisabeth E Schussler aus dem Jahr 2011 ist Pflanzenblindheit selbst bei angehenden BiologInnen weit verbreitet .

Media and Communication

Climate Change and the Media

Volume 2

Edited by Benedetta Brevini and Justin Lewis

978-1-4331-5133-0 hb .

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New York, 2018 X, 190 pp , 7 b/w ill , 11 tables

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It is now more than a quarter of a century since the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change published their first comprehensive report on the dangers posed by anthropogenic global warming Over the last twenty-five years the weight of evidence about the causes and consequences of climate change has become compelling . The solutions are fairly simple—we must switch to more sustainable and efficient forms of energy production And yet they remain elusive—globally we produce significantly more greenhouse gases now than we did back in 1990 The sad truth is that this inaction has made climate change inevitable—the only question that remains is whether we can prevent it spiraling out of control . How do we explain this colossal global failure? The problem is political rather than scientific: we know the risks and we know how to address them, but we lack the political will to do so . The media are pivotal in this equation: they have the power to set the public and the political agenda . Climate Change and the Media, Volume 2 gathers contributions from a range of international scholars to explore the media’s role in our understanding of the problem and our willingness to take action . Combined, these chapters explain how and why media coverage has, to date, fallen short in communicating both the science and the politics of climate change They also offer guidance about how the media might shift from being the problem to becoming part of the solution

Media and Communication

Media and Transnational Climate Justice Indigenous Activism and Climate Politics

Anna Roosvall and Matthew Tegelberg

978-1-4331-3488-3 hb . 978-1-4331-4600-8 epub

New York, 2018 XX, 214 pp , 1 b/w ill , 5 color ill , 8 tables

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Media and Transnational Climate Justice captures the intriguing nexus of globalization, crisis, justice, activism and news communication, at a time when radical measures are increasingly demanded to address one of the most pressing global issues: climate change . Anna Roosvall and Matthew Tegelberg take a unique approach to climate justice by focusing on transnational rather than international aspects, thereby contributing to the development of theories of justice for a global age, as well as in relation to media studies . The book specifically explores the roles, situations and activism of indigenous peoples who do not have full representation at UN climate summits despite being among those most exposed to injustices pertaining to climate change, as well as to injustices relating to politics and media coverage This book thus scrutinizes political and ideological dimensions of the global phenomenon of climate change through interviews and observations with indigenous activists at UN climate summits, in combination with extensive empirical research conducted on legacy and social media coverage of climate change and indigenous peoples . The authors conclude by discussing transnational solidarity and suggest a solidarian mode of communication as a response to both the global crisis of climate change and the broader issues of injustice faced by indigenous peoples regarding redistribution, recognition and political representation .

Media and Communication

Children and Media Worldwide in a Time of a Pandemic

Edited by Maya Götz and Dafna Lemish

978-1-4331-9483-2 pb .

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New York, 2022 VI, 244 pp , 11 b/w ill , 10 tables

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This edited volume focuses on the lived experiences of children during the first wave of the COVID-19 outbreak in the spring of 2020, their knowledge and emotional reactions, the adjustments they made in their everyday lives, and the strengths and skills they developed in response A central theme of inquiry is the place media held in all of these aspects: the roles they played for children’s informational, emotional, and social needs, how these have changed under the pandemic circumstances, and the media competencies children developed in utilizing and controlling the media in their lives The book is based on responses of 4,200 children ages 9-13 to an international survey administered in 42 countries as well as additional complementaries localized studies . Comparative dimensions are central to this unique collection of chapters, along geographical and cultural lines, as well as gender, age, class, health, and refugee status With 40 authors from around the world, this book highlights the potential of media to assist children and their families in times of crisis as well as their potential drawbacks . Lessons learned for future crises are outlined in the concluding chapter of this book, which will be an asset to scholars of children’s wellbeing as well as professionals of media for children, educators, and parents .

American Sport in the Shadow of a Pandemic Communicative Insights

Edited by Andrew C . Billings, Lawrence A . Wenner and Marie Hardin

978-1-4331-9191-6 pb .

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New York, 2022 XXVI, 320 pp , 7 tables

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Warren Buffett once opined that "only when the tide rolls out do you discover who’s been swimming naked ." In a similar vein, American Sport in the Shadow of a Pandemic focuses on how communication practices, structures, and principles change when a key locus—sport—has much of its cultural and political-economic power disrupted How intertwined is the economic viability of an American collegiate institution to the communicative enactment of the regular staging of collegiate sports? What proportion of a sports media contract is for the competition itself, as opposed to the documentation of fans being "fanatic" as they witness contests live and in-person? Who and what is deemed most disposable, and how do such decisions play out for athletes of different genders, races, and abilities? Questions such as these form the core foci of this volume . As many have observed, out of crisis comes opportunity. In this instance, this volume provides an opportunity for leading scholars of communication and sport to consider which principles should be rethought or reconceptualized based on the effects of the pandemic on our culture, politics, and economy.

Media and Communication

New Communication in the Post-Pandemic Era: Media, Education, and Information

Edited by Hasan Kemal Süher, Deniz Denizel and Tuna Tetik

978-3-6318-5565-2 pb

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Berlin, 2021 . 248 pp ., 9 fig . b/w, 18 tables .

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New Communication in the Post-Pandemic Era: Media, Education, and Information is a collection of contemporary post-positivist research and cultural/interpretative studies that explores new areas, redefines old concepts, and proposes rare discourses over communication theories, and portrays a new scene upon the edge of the global crisis by COVID-19 pandemic, which might lead to an ultimate paradigm shift pushing the post-industrial societies to a new complex of multilayered structural regressions Covering a broad range of multidisciplinary topics, –including consumer behavior, advertising strategies, public relations, blockchain technologies, new education channels, labor economics, disaster politics, health engagement, corporate communication, information systems, streaming services, music reception, reality television, animation, filmmaking, new personality models, and brand-new aesthetic styles– this manuscript of selected essays and articles is optimally designed for academics, researchers, educators, media professionals, entrepreneurs, executives, organizers, scientists, artists, public relations specialists, and students who intend to enhance their understanding of how the structures of ‘New Communication’ resist, accept, or repurpose the new historical conditions of the global crisis through media, education, and information

Media and Communication

Communication Studies in the Pandemic: The Turkish Panorama

Edited by Zekiye Tamer Gencer

978-3-6318-5561-4 pb

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Berlin, 2021 . 216 pp ., 32 fig . col ., 1 fig . b/w, 7 tables .

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The aim of this book is to take a look—in terms of communication—at the pandemic year, in which the normal flow of life was changed to abnormal throughout the world An analysis has been made from different perspectives on public relations, advertising, cinema, mass media, and even interpersonal communication etc We also examined the digital innovations that the Covid-19 pandemic brought to our lives and the changing behavior-attitudes associated with the pandemic . This book aims to provide a picture of what happened in Turkey in terms of communication in the general panorama It contains important information for communication academics, students, and anyone who is curious about what happened during the pandemic period in the coming years . We hope this book will contribute to the readership

Communication Studies during the Pandemic Period Interdisciplinary Approaches

Edited by Zülfiye Acar Sentürk and Yasemin Kilincarslan

978-3-6318-3872-3 pb .

978-3-6318-5459-4 epub

Berlin, 2021 246 pp , 54 fig b/w, 10 tables

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The aim of the book is to reveal the changes and developments in the field of communication with the Coronavirus process With the epidemic, many things have changed – from education to politics, from social media use to advertisements, from consumption habits to eating habits and also all daily habits . Articles discussed are effects of Covid-19 on social networks, political communication, advertisment, crisis and marketing There are not only theory but also samples from different areas in this book .

Media and Communication

Urban Communication Reader IV Cities as Communicative Change Agents

Edited by erin daina mcclellan, Yongjun Shin and Curry Chandler

978-1-4331-8157-3 hb .

978-1-4331-8159-7 epub

New York, 2021 XVI, 338 pp , 12 b/w ill , 7 tables

Today, the world is facing climate change, wealth inequality, housing crises, food shortages, mass migration, and now a global health pandemic . Cities are at the heart of both these problems and their solutions Urban communication scholars are wellpoised to examine the change initiatives that are both caused and inspired by such complex problems This volume provides a collection of urban communication research focused on how examining change through the lens of communication provides unique processual understandings of cities as dynamic sites formed through the interplay between concrete cases and conceptual ideas The first section, Change through Institutional Intervention, addresses how diverse societal institutions— including policy, regulation, planning, and voluntary arts—interplay with changes in our urban communities The second section, Change in Place and through Space, explores various ways in which spaces and places are able to transform through communicative practice, specifically focusing on how space and place provide unique frames for communicating change and influencing interaction in cities . The third section, Change through Participation and Engagement, collectively draws attention to the ways that public participation and engagement are utilized in cities in ways that enhance the communication both within and about them, focusing specifically on how this happens globally in teaching and learning environments, community planning partnerships, industrial site redevelopment projects, and approaches to food sovereignty in urban agricultural initiatives

Philosophy

Green Chemistry A Brief Historical Critique

Marcin Krasnodębski

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978-3-6318-8047-0 epub

Berlin, 2022 228 pp

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In recent decades, green chemistry dominated the imagination of sustainability scholars all over the world and was embraced by leading global universities and companies . This new concept is supposed to address the environmental crisis by making chemistry safer and less polluting

And yet, under this seemingly straightforward success story hides a tangled and ambiguous reality: alternative frameworks, shoddy greenness criteria, and power struggles .

This book retraces the history of the green chemistry concept and critically assesses its claims and dominant narratives about it It is an indispensable guide for all those interested in the challenges of sustainability, whether they have background in chemistry or not . Its underlying question is: is green chemistry really that green?

Naturkrise und Einheitsmetaphysik

Giordano Bruno und Martin Heidegger im Kontext der Kritischen Patriarchatstheorie

Mathias Behmann

978-3-6318-5198-2 hb

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Berlin, 2021 . 200 S ., 2 s/w Abb .

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Im Unterschied zum östlichen Kulturkreis wird das Trennungsdenken im Westen seit 2000 Jahren von einer wirkmächtigen Instanz kultiviert: der abendländischen Philosophiegeschichte und der aus ihr hervorgegangenen neuzeitlichen Naturwissenschaft Diese stellen den „Überbau" der mittlerweile global gewordenen Gesellschaftsordnung des „kapitalistischen Patriarchats" mit seinen technischen, ökonomischen, politischen, sozialen und kulturellen Manifestationen dar . Als Alternative zur „Utopie" eines technisch produzierten „Paradieses" auf Erden, die heute in Form einer dystopischen Naturkrise zutage tritt, drängt sich ein neues Naturverständnis und -verhältnis auf der Basis von Einheitsmetaphysik auf .

Im vorliegenden Buch werden die zwei Grundsäulen der „Kritischen Patriarchatstheorie"–dieMatriarchaleNaturphilosophieunddiePatriarchatskritische Geschichtsphilosophie – im Rahmen einer kritischen Auseinandersetzung mit Giordano Bruno und Martin Heidegger erläutert .

Philosophy

Journal: Philosophy and theory in higher education

12 Experiments in E-Study for a Post-Pandemic World

Peter B Hyland and Tyson E Lewis

Volume 3, Issue 3, Year 2021, 12 pages, pp . 147 - 158

Open Access

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Philosophy and Theory in Higher Education is an international refereed scholarly journal committed to advancing understanding of the role(s) and purpose(s) of higher education . The journal strives to be inclusive in scope, addressing topics and issues of significance to a wide range of scholars and practitioners concerned with the relationship between higher education and society Rigorous submissions informed by diverse philosophical and theoretical orientations, including, but not limited to, critical theory, existentialism, feminism, queer theory, post-colonialism, Marxism, liberalism, poststructuralism, postmodernism, and posthumanism will be welcomed PTIHE aims to stimulate critical analyses of policy and practice in higher education, with an emphasis on inter-disciplinarity and international perspectives . The content will be primarily philosophical and theoretically-based research papers . Analytical papers that reflect on empirical projects will also be featured in the journal Short responses to previous articles as well as essay reviews of new works in the field will be considered to promote ongoing critical dialogue within the journal Proposals for special issues, with thematically linked papers, are encouraged .

12 Experiments in E-Study for a post-Pandemic World

The current coronavirus pandemic has resulted in an unprecedented acceleration of online instruction, particularly in the form of e-learning, yet there has not been a commensurate movement exploring the role of

Political Science

Affect, Ecofeminism, and Intersectional Struggles in Latin America A Tribute to Berta Cáceres

Irune Gabiola

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New York, 2020 XVI, 184 pp , 8 color ill

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Affect, Ecofeminism, and Intersectional Struggles in Latin America: A Tribute to Berta Cáceres examines the power of affect in structuring decolonizing modes of resistance performed by social movements such as COPINH (Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras) Despite a harsh legacy of colonialism, indigenous communities continue suffering from territorial displacements, dispossession, and human rights abuses due to extractivist projects that are violently destroying their land and, therefore, the environment

In particular, the Lenca communities in Honduras have been negatively affected by Western ideas of "progress" and "development" that have historically eliminated ancestral knowledges and indigenous ecological cosmologies while reinforcing Eurocentrism Nevertheless, by reflecting on and articulating strategies for resisting neoliberalism, COPINH and its cofounder Berta Cáceres’ commitment to environmental activism, ecofeminism, and intersectional struggles has contributed affectively and effectively to the production of democratic encounters in pursuit of social justice In homage to Berta, who was brutally assassinated for her activism in 2016, this book takes the reader on an affective journey departing from the violent affects experienced by the Lencas due to colonial disruption, contemporary industrialization, and criminalization, towards COPINH’s political and social intervention fueled by outrage, resistance, transnational solidarity, care, mourning, and hope In this way, subaltern actors nurture the power to—in line with Brian Massumi’s interpretation of affect—transform necropolitics into natality with the aim of creating a fairer and better world .

The volume is an ideal contribution to environmental studies, cultural studies, and Latin American studies courses focused on social movements, activism, ecofeminism, and postcolonialism .

Political Science

Time for a European federation

How Europe could remain relevant in the century of globalization, climate change and the fourth industrial revolution

Yannis Karamitsios

978-2-8757-4428-9 pb .

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Bruxelles, 2022 304 pp

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In the third decade of the 21st century, Europe is facing several serious challenges to its prosperity and freedom Those include economic, financial and productive decline compared to the rest of the world, demographic stagnation, the effects of climate change, energy dependence from other continents and exclusion from technological innovations .

This book proposes the creation of a federal European state that would replace and succeed the EU, its member states and other willing European countries This is the only way for Europe to successfully address all those challenges and stay at centre stage in world affairs, in the century of globalization, climate change and the fourth industrial revolution But addressing Europe’s existential challenges is not the only reason to move in that direction A federal Europe would also become a major, self-sufficient geopolitical power, as strong as orstronger than the USA, Russia or China . It would be a model for other regional federations around the planet

The book is not restricted to the analysis of why we need a federal European state but further suggests substantial policies for many different sectors: economy, banking, foreign affairs, defence, education, health, social security, immigration, human rights, agriculture, fourth industrial revolution, circular economy and climate – to name some of them At the end, it presents a rough budget estimation to show that such a federation would not only be desirable but also be feasible .

Political Science

Irresponsible Citizenship

The Cultural Roots of the Crisis of Authority in Times of Pandemic

Jean-François Caron

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New York, 2021 . VI, 76 pp .

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The Covid-19 pandemic has revealed the serious crisis of political authorities that liberal societies are currently experiencing . Indeed, a significant number of individuals living in these societies did not hesitate to defy the sanitary rules enacted by their government which has made it difficult for them to stop the virus from spreading What can explain such a situation? This is what this book is discussing . Whether it is the growing popularity of conspiracy theories, the distrust towards governments or cultural and religious beliefs that take precedence over the respect of governments’ directives, all these factors that have led so many individuals to act in an irresponsible way during the pandemic find their roots in the liberal tradition as it originated in the 18th century and in its more recent development which has had the effect of decentralizing the individual from his collective responsibilities in favor of an almost unlimited enjoyment of his individual freedom This health crisis has revealed the urgency for liberal societies to establish a better balance between collective interest and individual freedom through responsible citizenship capable of protecting its citizens against the adoption of draconian measures when they will be struck again by upcoming pandemics that appear to be unfortunately inevitable

Political Science

Power and Capacity in Urban Climate Governance Germany and England Compared

Peter Eckersley

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Oxford, 2018 XIV, 302 pp , 8fig col , 12 tables, 23 graphs

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This book introduces an innovative theoretical framework to identify how different systems of government shape climate policymaking arrangements at the local level It highlights how resource interdependencies and power relationships involving municipalities, higher tiers of government and other local actors shape urban governance in two case study cities: Newcastle upon Tyne, in England, and Gelsenkirchen, in Germany By applying the framework to policymaking in three sectors (climate change strategy, planning and each council’s own corporate activities), the study shows how these relationships shape policy styles, objectives and outcomes at the local level . The book also reveals how urban policymaking arrangements in both Germany and England are evolving, as municipal governments seek to increase their capacity to address challenging policy problems whilst facing resource constraints . This book was the runner-up in the 2017 Early Career Researcher Prize in German Studies, a collaboration between the Institute for German Studies at the University of Birmingham and Peter Lang

Umweltpolitik ohne Durchsetzungsvermögen?

Staatliches Handeln aus der Perspektive von Umweltengagierten

Peter-Georg Albrecht

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Bruxelles, 2022 . 154 S

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Kein Zwang bitte! Das zentrale Ergebnis der qualitativen Magdeburger Untersuchung zum Wirtschafts- und Demokratie- und Staatsverständnis von Umweltengagierten verblüfft, werden die Durchsetzungsmöglichkeiten nachhaltiger Politikziele doch aktuell intensiv diskutiert Die vorliegende komparativ-analytische und methodenkritische Interviewstudie ergänzt die Erkenntnisse vorhandener Studien über Engagementpotenziale für den Umweltschutz und umweltpolitische Einstellungen um vielfältige Details zu den Einstellungen von Umweltengagierten zu Umweltcourage und Umweltpolitik

Political Science

Climate Adaptation and Resilience: Challenges and Potential Solutions

Anticipatory Governance, Planning and Dialogue

Pascaline Gaborit

978-2-87574-643-6 pb . 978-2-87574-645-0 epub

Bruxelles, 2022 368 pp , 31 fig col , 27 fig b/w, 12 tables

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Climate change is one of the major challenges of our time . Escalating climate disasters like storms, floods, and dry spells lead to disruptions, social conflicts, and unrest This book elucidates the reality of climate adaptation related challenges and needs in vulnerable territories . It considers cities, land use, anticipatory governance, and the role of civil society, as well as early warning systems and nature-based solutions The research also highlights major obstacles such as funding, knowledge gaps, trade-offs, social justice, and multi-stakeholder cooperation . The book is unique in that it unites a variety of perspectives and examples from different regions to develop a thorough and nuanced perspective on potential climate change solutions and the barriers to behavioral change at all levels of climate-related decision making

Political Science

Changing the Paradigm of Energy Geopolitics Security, Resources and Pathways in Light of Global Challenges

Edited by João Simões, Francisco José Leandro, Eduardo Caetano de Sousa and Roopinder Oberoi

978-1-4331-9135-0 hb .

978-1-4331-9137-4 epub

New York, 2023 XXII, 510 pp , 40 b/w ill , 20 tables

Price: CHF 118 .00 / €D 102 .95 / €A 105 .40 / € 95 .80 / £ 77 .00 / US $ 114 .95

This book offers an overarching view of the underlying challenges that the energy transitions pose to interstate energy relations Geopolitics of energy currently epitomizes one of the principal sources for geopolitical vicissitudes affecting global energy landscapes The ever-changing global energy architecture, global decarbonization plans and low-carbon technology developments are having deep geopolitical consequences The extensive and rapid adjustment towards lowcarbon energy is unsettling the conventional transnational energy structures, affecting economies and altering energy interstate relations The geopolitics of the energy transitions is a field in the making, hence the existent academic literature is scarce and limited in scope Current debates on decarbonization tend to mimic the geopolitics of oil and gas when discussing the stakeholders involved in the energy transitions . Besides, energy transitions tend to be studied at the national level overlooking the interactions at regional and global scales . Most research on the geopolitics of the energy transitions to date has mainly focused on the path to achieve the transitions to low carbon energy systems, and less on the global dynamics and the impacts of those transitions to inter-state relations and energy security The fundamental question that needs dwelling is: How, and to what extent, will the multiple dimensions of the ongoing energy transitions affect existing fundamental geopolitical issues, and what new dynamics may result from the decarbonization process of the planet? The reasons to organize this publication are many, but among them stand one, which is functioning as the driving force behind this project: to contribute to a broader discussion on the ways in which energy transitions and geopolitics intersect

Science, Society & Culture

Winter sports resorts’ strategies to adapt to climate change General trends and local responses

Edited by Clémence Massart, George Emmanuelle, Philippe Bourdeau, Anne-Marie Granet-Abisset and Christophe Gauchon

978-2-8076-1311-9 pb .

978-2-8076-1313-3 epub

Bruxelles, 2020 362 pp , 20 fig col, 37 fig b/w, 15 tables

Price: CHF 134 .00 / €D 115 .95 / €A 119 .20 / € 108 .30 / £ 87 .00 / US $ 129 .95

How do global changes influence the trajectory of winter sports resorts and their future? What local responses are made in different regions of the world according to historical contexts and specific resources? Based on an interdisciplinary reading of a vast repertoire of cases located in Europe, North America, Asia and Oceania, the book brings together a panel of international reference authors who present their latest work . Their contributions put into perspective many forms of adaptation to climate, economic, social and cultural transformations . This innovative approach, which combines environmental and societal issues, will be of interest to all observers and players in the winter sports sector

Theory and practice in sustainable planning and design Planning, Design, Applications

Edited by Murat Özyavuz

978-3-6318-1792-6 pb .

978-3-6318-3068-0 epub

Berlin, 2020 788 pp , 225 fig b/w, 99 tables

Price: CHF 118 00 / €D 94 95 / €A 104 50 / € 95 00 / £ 78 00 / US $ 114 95

Global warming and the resulting climate change affect the cities most With the decrease of rural areas in recent years, migration to cities has increased . With the rapid migration, an orderly structuring occurred in the cities, and as a result, the quality of the urban environment has started to decrease In order to mitigate this issue, planners and designers have started to use different approaches to make cities more sustainable and livable . This book contains new theories, approaches and practices that scientists devise for physical planning and design

Science, Society & Culture

“Theories, Techniques, Strategies” For Spatial Planners & Designers Planning, Design, Applications

Edited by Murat Özyavuz

978-3-6318-3922-5 pb

978-3-6318-5438-9 epub

Berlin, 2021 . 1104 pp ., 400 fig .

141 tables .

Global warming and the resulting climate change affect our cities the most In the recent years, migration to cities from the rural areas has increased . With this, an orderly structuring occurred in the cities, and as a result, the quality of the urban environment started to decrease For this reason, planners and designers have started to introduce different approaches to make cities more sustainable and livable . This book contains new theories, approaches and practices that scientists deal with regarding physical planning and design

Sustainability, Conservation and Ecology in Spatial Planning and Design New approaches, solutions, applications

Edited by Murat Özyavuz

978-3-631-87642-8 pb .

978-3-631-89034-9 epub

Berlin, 2022 986 pp , 326 fig b/w, 103 tables

With climate change, differences have emerged in spatial planning and designs in urban and rural areas Considering our present and future conditions, professions dealing with spatial planning and design will have great responsibilities Rethinking urban and rural areas is the most important of these tasks .

Science, Society & Culture

River-Friendly Cities

An Outline of Historical Changes in Relations between Cities and Rivers and Contemporary Water-Responsible Urbanization Strategies

Anna Januchta-Szostak

978-3-631-80151-2 hb .

978-3-631-82652-2 epub

Berlin, 2020 252 pp , 12 fig col , 82 fig b/w, 4 tables

Price: CHF 63 .80 / €D 54 .95 / €A 56 .50 / € 51 .35 / £ 41 .80 / US $ 62 .65

The history of urbanization was inseparably connected with the exploitation of the environment and the subjugation of rivers Today we experience the effects of this expansion in the form of escalating water problems The book outlines the processes of transformation of anthropogenic, natural and waterborne structures in urban environment, which were presented in three historical phases: the period of Respect, Conquest and Return River-friendly cities require integrated water management in entire catchments from the source to the recipient The key to the success of the Return strategy is the recovery of space for greenery and water, responsible spatial planning, circular economy and rainwater management as well as continuous raising of awareness of the whole society

Understanding Environmental Policy After Covid-19

Edited by Ömer UĞUR and Emre Cengiz

978-3-631-86112-7 pb .

978-3-631-86798-3 epub

Berlin, 2021 286 pp , 24 fig b/w, 17 tables

Price: CHF 61 80 / €D 53 .55 / €A 55 .05 / € 50 .05 / £ 41 .20 / US $ 60 70

Environmental and climate problems have gained a global dimension and constitute one of the important issues of world politics and economies The necessity of all states to act together on these problems, which threaten the present and future of humanity, and find the solution has revealed the “global” character of the process The interdependence created by economic development and environmental problems brought a new meaning and dimension to both national and international politics . Especially the recent pandemic has made the global nature of environmental issues more understandable In this context, it seems necessary to create a work that deals with current debates in the field, which will help identify the problems in the field and find solutions to them

Science, Society & Culture

Les nouveaux paradigmes du projet ? Transition, adaptation, résilience

Edited by Helga-Jane Scarwell and Philippe Deboudt

978-2-8076-1111-5 hb

978-2-8076-1774-2 epub

Bruxelles, 2021 . 450 p ., 10 ill . en couleurs, 17 ill . n/b, 3 tabl .

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Open Access

Transition, adaptation, résilience : ces trois notions ont été choisies pour identifier et analyser dans cet ouvrage au travers de multiples contextes géographiques, échelles de l’action, figures d’acteurs et temporalité de l’aménagement, les nouveaux paradigmes du projet . La transition constitue le premier nouveau paradigme du projet analysé dans la première partie de l’ouvrage . La transition accompagne-t-elle la généralisation d’une inflexion du projet vers la préfiguration comme nouveau mode opératoire ? Le projet n’apparaîtrait-il pas comme une opportunité à saisir pour engager les villes et les territoires sur le chemin de la transition environnementale ? L’adaptation représente le second nouveau paradigme du projet constituant le fil directeur de la seconde partie de l’ouvrage A la différence de la première partie dans laquelle les transitions ont principalement concerné le fait urbain et les villes, l’adaptation est envisagée pour des territoires plus diversifiés Quelles sont les nouvelles figures de l’action, quelles sont les méthodes qui s’imposent en parallèle du projet pour envisager l’adaptation des villes et des territoires aux enjeux environnementaux et au changement climatique ? Dans la troisième partie, la résilience représente le dernier paradigme mobilisé La notion même de projet a-t-elle encore du sens ou n’est-elle plus qu’une fiction, lorsque domine la vulnérabilité, l’inégalité, l’instabilité, l’incertitude ? Quels projets ou stratégies sont conçus et mis en œuvre dans les villes et les territoires pour assurer leur résilience ?

Science, Society & Culture

Regards croisés sur les transhumanismes

Edited by Amandine Cayol and Emilie Gaillard

978-2-87574-412-8

978-2-87574-414-2

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epub

Bruxelles, 2022 226 p , 5 ill en couleurs, 1 ill n/b, 3 tabl Price:

Omniprésent dans les médias, le terme transhumanisme nécessite un éclaircissement académique En effet, il n’existe pas un, mais des transhumanismes

La parole est ici donnée à des penseurs de diverses disciplines, plus ou moins ouverts à ce courant d’idées parfois taxé d’idéologie, voire de menace pour l’Humanité .

Ces craintes sont-elles fondées ? Quelles sont les origines de ce mouvement de pensée ? Quels en sont les différentes ramifications ? Quelles en sont les réalisations, notamment dans le domaine médical ? Un encadrement éthique et/ou juridique de ces pratiques est- elle nécessaire ? De nouveaux droits fondamentaux méritaientils d’être reconnus ?

La parole est ici donnée tant aux militants transhumanistes qu’aux penseurs critiques afin de croiser leurs regards .

Sociology

Anthropozän und Nachhaltigkeit

Denkanstöße zur Klimakrise und für ein zukunftsfähiges Handeln

Werner Mittelstaedt

978-3-6318-2521-1 hb

978-3-6318-2523-5 epub

Berlin, 2020 . 242 S ., 4 farb . Abb .

Price: CHF 35 00 / €D 29 95 / €A 30 80 / € 28 00 / £ 23 00 / US $ 33 95

Was genau ist das Anthropozän und wie ist es entstanden? Welche Kräfte wirken in ihm? Wohin führt es die globale Zivilisation? Hat das Anthropozän die Klimakrise herbeigeführt? Gibt es durch das Anthropozän praktisch keine reale Nachhaltigkeit mehr? Was kann aus den vielen Krisen im Anthropozän gelernt werden?

Diese Fragestellungen werden gut lesbar und anschaulich auf dem aktuellen Stand der Dinge behandelt . Auf dieser Basis stellt der Autor einen detaillierten Plan zur Abschwächung der Klimakrise vor, der durch einzelne Staaten verwirklicht werden könnte Außerdem präsentiert er ein Konzept zur Erzielung realer Nachhaltigkeit und begründet, warum das Anthropozän als neues Erdzeitalter ausgerufen werden sollte .

In diesem Kontext geht der Autor auch auf die Coronavirus-Pandemie ein . Das Buch schließt mit der Aufforderung, die »zweite Aufklärung« voranzutreiben Sie ist notwendig, um das noch verbleibende Zeitfenster von wenigen Dekaden zu nutzen, damit das Anthropozän zukunftsfähig wird .

Understanding Environmental Policy After Covid-19

Edited by Ömer UĞUR and Emre Cengiz

978-3-6318-6112-7 pb

978-3-6318-6798-3 epub Berlin, 2021 . 286 pp ., 24 fig b/w, 17 tables .

Environmental and climate problems have gained a global dimension and constitute one of the important issues of world politics and economies The necessity of all states to act together on these problems, which threaten the present and future of humanity, and find the solution has revealed the “global” character of the process . The interdependence created by economic development and environmental problems brought a new meaning and dimension to both national and international politics Especially the recent pandemic has made the global nature of environmental issues more understandable . In this context, it seems necessary to create a work that deals with current debates in the field, which will help identify the problems in the field and find solutions to them

Sociology

Emerging New Voices in Critical Animal Studies Vegan Studies for Total Liberation

Edited by Nathan Poirier, Anthony J . Nocella II and Annie Bernatchez

978-1-4331-9287-6 hb . 978-1-4331-9167-1 epub

New York, 2022 XX, 130 pp

Price: CHF 123 .00 / €D 107 .95 / €A 110 .00 / € 100 .00 / £ 80 .00 / US $ 119 .95

Emerging New Voices in Critical Animal Studies: Vegan Studies for Total Liberation, co-edited by Nathan Poirier, Anthony J Nocella II, and Annie Bernatchez of the Institute for Critical Animal Studies, is a brilliant radical engaging intersectional book promoting total liberation from new fresh critical animal studies voices throughout the world This captivating critical animal studies collection, influenced by historical and ongoing radical movements such as green anarchism, Black liberation, prison abolition, feminism, Queer liberation, disability rights, and decolonization, is one of the most powerful texts in the last decade within the animal liberation movement We must begin to listen to new and young scholars for social justice to evolve in order to end speciesism and all forms of oppression Read, share, reflect and act on this interdisciplinary collection of scholar-activists from sociology, anthropology, criminology, economics, philosophy, cultural studies, eco-theology, environmental studies, and education that will transform the global movement for radical social justice and propel total liberation forward

Sociology

Small Islands, Big Issues

Pacific Perspectives on the Ecosystem of Knowledge

Edited by Peter Brown and Nabila Gaertner-Mazouni

978-1-78997-772-1 hb . 978-1-78997-773-8 epub Oxford, 2023 xii, 428 pp

Price: CHF 116 .00 / €D 99 .95 / €A 101 .90 / € 92 .60 / £ 75 .00 / US $ 112 .95

This work, an initiative of the University of French Polynesia, Tahiti, showcases research collaboration between small island universities in the Pacific .

It addresses a number of «big issues» for Oceania which are also big issues for the world, concerning the biosphere and human society, sustainable development and well-being The authors seek to create an ecosystem of knowledge through a dialogue, in English and French, between the natural sciences, the social sciences and the humanities .

The work also brings into perspective academic and traditional knowledge, with a view to enhancing cultural and agricultural practices and the development of public policy.

Climate change, environmental degradation and food security are key questions for survival How can the preservation of cultural heritage, the transmission of native languages and the integration of traditional knowledge into formal education contribute to a harmonious future? How is the phenomenon of violence relevant to an understanding of history, interpersonal relations and social inclusiveness, including for women in the political sphere?

The Tongan-Fijian writer Epeli Hau’ofa described Oceania imaginatively as a «Sea of Islands» . This volume sees Pacific islands as being interconnected in ways beyond imagining, in which nowhere is remote, where the peripheral has become a decentred centre

«This work highlights the need for a holistic approach to the confounding issues confronting the region, confronting our age . In reminding us of the many vulnerabilities and vitalities of Oceanian communities and island worlds, it shows the potential for dialogue between disciplines and consilience between academic scholarship and local community understandings . The collection’s clarion call for a new ‘ecosystem of knowledge’ is utterly timely.»

—Alexander Mawyer, Director, Center for Pacific Islands Studies, University of Hawai‘i

«This work breaks the barriers imposed by language and distinctive intellectual traditions in presenting a wide-ranging selection of current work from the South Pacific in the humanities, social and natural sciences Of particular significance is the fact that Francophone as well as Anglophone scholars are represented . This gathering of minds, a meritorious initiative of the University of French Polynesia, is an invitation to ‘think the Pacific’ in the vein of pioneer Oceanian intellectuals like Epeli Hau’ofa and Jean-Marie Tjibaou »

—Eric Waddell, Adjunct Professor, Université Laval, and Chercheur invité, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Nouméa

Sociology

The Great Lockdown Western Societies and the Fear of Death

Jean-François Caron

978-1-4331-9535-8 hb

978-1-4331-9537-2 epub

New York, 2022 . X, 80 pp ., 8 b/w ill .

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It is being said that we should all be proud of the way we are confronting the Covid-19 pandemic . Rather than privileging profits and trade, Western societies have made the noble decision to save lives at all costs Indeed, the logic that has prevailed is that accepting any trade-off between saving lives and saving the economy is an unacceptable and monstrous idea, which is why liberal democracies worldwide have chosen to shutter businesses and force people to self-quarantine in their homes as much and for as long as possible A vast majority of citizens and political leaders deemed that acting otherwise would have been nothing else but pure moral bankruptcy.

Is it, however, possible that Western societies have gone the wrong way by embracing this inherently basic and impoverished version of life? The reason why a significant majority of us are unable to see this truth is because of our refusal to accept death and the tragic essence of human life which is the result of the various cultural parameters we have grown accustomed to over the past decades that followed WWII The Covid-19 pandemic has simply been the triggering factor that has allowed these factors to reinforce the full strength they wield on our understanding of life . Defined primarily by a fear of death, the desire to prolong life as much as possible and minimize the hurdles individuals have to face during their existence has created a beast that is, in appearance, reassuring to the fearful creatures we have become .

This beast has asepticized societies that refute the tragic nature of life and are willing to hinder individuals’ freedom and what makes our existence inherently humane However, without realizing it, this Leviathan that now takes the form of a "nanny state" has altered our nature from individuals able and encouraged to enjoy life to people whose only destiny is to simply survive for as long as possible, without any other purpose than to avoid anything that might jeopardize this objective

Literacy and Learning in Times of Crisis Emergent Teaching Through Emergencies

Edited by Sara Alvarez, Yana Kuchirko, Mark McBeth, Meghmala Tarafdar and Melissa Watson

978-1-4331-9472-6 hb .

978-1-4331-9048-3 epub

New York, 2022

Price: CHF 149 .00 / €D 129 .95 / €A 132 .90 / € 120 .80 / £ 97 .00 / US $ 144 .95

In this collection, Literacy and Learning in Times of Crisis: Emergent Teaching Through Emergencies, the contributors offer insights from theoretical, historical, and pedagogical lenses and these critical insights emerge out of their academic, scholarly, and personal experiences of teaching during crises . In some cases, authors have taught while battling COVID, and others have done so while addressing and acknowledging school-based violence While some teach the analysis of the discourse of crisis, others critique the missteps of policy-making during calamity. More so, some authors examine the finesse of micro-teaching at emotional levels; others find the means to develop macro-structures of programmatic curriculum Literacy and Learning in Times of Crisis highlights the educational decision making that educators have used to cope with the dilemmas that they and their students have faced at the turn of the millennium . Specifically, contributors to this collection offer a broad range of experiences, expertise, and engagement with pedagogy during emergencies that we currently face but also frame issues of emergencies that will inevitably challenge educators in the future .

COVID-19 Studies Concerning Health, Social and Economic Aspects

Edited by Mustafa Demirkiran and Burhanettin Uysal

978-3-6318-4112-9 pb

978-3-6318-4266-9 epub

Berlin, 2020 . 186 pp ., 33 fig b/w, 32 tables .

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All people around the world are directly or indirectly under the influence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which appeared in China in December 2019, and the COVID-19 pandemic caused by it This pandemic, which is still ongoing, has infected over 40 million people and killed around 1 million, according to the latest data from the World Health Organization . Besides significant effects on human health, the overall effect of the pandemic will be much greater than predicted, as it can also cause major social and economic problems In this context, the book contributes with 10 original scientific studies for understanding the health, social, and economic aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic .

Covid-19, the Second World War, and the Idea of Britishness

Edited by Joanne Pettitt

978-1-7899-7979-4 pb .

978-1-7899-7981-7 epub

Oxford, 2021 VIII, 346 pp , 2 fig b/w

Price: CHF 94 00 / €D 80 .95 / €A 82 90 / € 75 .40 / £ 61 .00 / US $ 91 .95

In Great Britain, discussions of the Coronavirus pandemic have frequently been intertwined with references to the Second World War Such allusions are to be found in political speeches, journalistic accounts and opinion pieces; they are also replete in the cultural sphere . Bringing together scholars from a range of disciplines, this comprehensive volume seeks to evaluate the uses (and abuses) of this rhetoric . The result is a multifaceted meditation on Britain’s response to the pandemic

Learning from Resilience Strategies in Tanzania An outlook of International Development Challenges

Edited by Pascaline Gaborit and Donath Olomi

978-2-8757-4432-6 pb

978-2-8757-4434-0 epub

Bruxelles, 2022 . 380 pp ., 15 fig . col ., 9 fig . b/w, 20 tables .

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Open Access

Tanzania has been considered a model for development, peace, and stability despite the arrival of refugees from neighboring countries and the potential tensions related to climate change Although it has accessed the rank of middleincome country, Tanzania still faces several challenges, particularly in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic . The book aims at analyzing these challenges as well as the country’s successes through a multi-disciplinary approach considering economic perspectives as well as conflict prevention, dialogue integration, climate change adaptation, forests’ protection, and social perspectives – especially relating to women and girls . The current Covid situation has shaken the whole world and raised many questions on how the different regions and countries could adapt and develop resilience strategies in an uncertain and ever-changing context Therefore, the book is not only about Tanzania but also about what we can learn from the research on Tanzania in terms of vulnerabilities and resilience strategies . This book is an outlook of International Development Challenges

This book is co-funded by the European Union in the framework of the project Pilot 4 Research and Dialogue .

Sociology

Imagining New Human-Animal Futures in Australia

Edited by Jane Mummery and Debbie Rodan

978-1-78997-314-3

hb .

978-1-78997-315-0 epub

Oxford, 2022

Price: CHF 85 00 / €D 72 95 / €A 74 70 / € 67 90 / £ 55 00 / $ 82 95

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Examining social imaginaries is important for exploring how we might live differently. This interdisciplinary book combines ethical, narrative, and media analysis to investigate emerging ideas regarding human-animal interaction and cohabitation in Australia in the twenty-first century The authors appraise the range of conventions, standards, and narratives that have driven Australians’ interactions with animals . They further trace how animal advocates, activist groups, and other influencers are calling for change, together with inspiring everyday Australians to better consider the status and wellbeing of animals in Australia In this work they draw on a wide range of sources: from activist campaigning and well-known cultural narratives to diverse forms of mainstream media production and scientific analysis . They examine the treatment of livestock animals, common understandings of companion animals, the protection of threatened species, the complexity of living alongside native animals, and the possible rewilding of Australian communities and landscapes . The book also addresses the question of what living in more-than-human, multispecies communities might mean and look like in practice In every chapter the authors endeavour to better understand how Australians live alongside animals and imagine how better models for interaction, cohabitation, and communal living with animals might be built .

Sociology

Sociologie des conseils scientifiques

Un millefeuille scientifique pour protéger la nature

Gaëlle Ronsin

978-2-8076-1335-5 pb

978-2-8076-1337-9 epub

Bruxelles, 2022 . 222 p ., 21 ill en couleurs, 10 ill . n/b, 10 tabl .

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Face aux incertitudes grandissantes, l’action publique, et particulièrement les politiques environnementales, reposent sur la mobilisation massive de scientifiques Ils sont enrôlés pour élaborer des expertises nationales mais également pour répondre à des problèmes à l’échelle locale Avec la construction des politiques environnementales depuis les années 1960, des conseils scientifiques se sont alors multipliés sur le territoire . Leur foisonnement - une spécialité française - en fait un lieu d’observation privilégié pour étudier l’évolution des rapports entre natures, sciences et sociétés Ils étaient pourtant jusqu’à présent inconnus . Cet ouvrage propose une sociologie des conseils scientifiques, en décrivant leur fonctionnement, leur organisation et leurs missions afin de les situer dans le domaine de l’expertise et de mieux appréhender leur rôle effectif dans la gouvernance de la nature Pour appréhender son aspect foncièrement territorial, l’enquête nous emmène dans les Alpes au sein de trois conseils de parc et de réserves naturelles (Ecrins, Vercors et Haute-Savoie) pour plonger au sein du monde bureaucratique et professionnel de la gestion de la nature Des problèmes extrêmement concrets lié à l’aménagement ou la concertation entre activités, la gestion d’espèces, chassées ou protégées, ou la préservation de patrimoines figurent aux ordres du jour . Les membres d’un conseil, une vingtaine, confrontent alors leurs traditions disciplinaires, leurs éthiques et représentations pour éclairer l’action et négocier des façons de protéger la biodiversité L’enquête dépeint les rôles et places ambiguës de ces avis, qui fournissent aux gestionnaires des arguments scientifiquement fondés pour accepter, refuser ou modifier des aménagements . L’implication de ces scientifiques dans l’action publique diverge ainsi à la fois de l’expertise classique et du militantisme et illustre d’autres rapports au politique, certes plus discrets, mais fondés sur des relations à des personnes et des lieux .

Selected Series

Anthropocene / Anthropocène / Anthropozän

Edited by Nathanaël Wallenhorst

https://www.peterlang.com/series/anthro

New geological period following the impact of human activities on the Earth system, the Anthropocene is at the same time a concept resulting from the Earth System Sciences and Geology, a political concept on the possible orientations of the human adventure, but also an ideological concept invested to generate social, economic and political changes

This collection integrates books (monographs or collective) from Earth System Sciences as well as from Environmental Humanities .

In this collection the works raise the question of the future and its preparation in a period marked by uncertainty. The topics covered can be particularly varied, as, for example: stratigraphy of the Anthropocene, planetary boundaries, plastics, biogeochemical cycles... but also education, health, governance and democracy, the organization of contemporary societies and ecological changes, agriculture, urbanism, the stories of the Anthropocene, science fiction, or economic models .

Volume 1

L’avenir Critique, résistance, utopie

Directed by Brigitte Cholvy,

978-2-8076-1637-0 pb

978-2-8076-1639-4 epub Bruxelles, 2022 . 280 p ., 2 tabl . Price:

David Doat, Pascal Marin, Tanguy Marie Pouliquen and Nathanaël Wallenhorst

Selected Series

EcoPolis

Edited by Xavier Arnauld de Sartre and Olivier Petit https://www.peterlang.com/series/ecopolis

Series founded by Marc Mormont .

The EcoPolis series is dedicated to the analysis of changes that occur simultaneously in society and the environment when the latter becomes a fundamental concern

For a long time the environment was defined as being external to society, like the world of nature and ecosystems which serves as a material foundation for social life . Thus the aim of environmental policies has been to "preserve", to "protect" or even to "manage" that which was seen as a sort of infrastructure of our societies After several decades of environmental policy, nature and the environment have become objects of government and it is seemingly within the same movement that each society models its environment and shapes itself . This dialectic will be central to the series

Collection fondée par Marc Mormont

Depuis sa création en 2002, la collection EcoPolis analyse les changements qui se produisent simultanément dans la société et dans l’environnement, quand celui-ci fait l’objet d’une préoccupation majeure . Au fil des volumes, la collection suit l’évolution des problématiques environnementales, en interrogeant la manière dont ces dernières sont devenues consubstantielles des questions économiques, sociales et politiques .

L’environnement a longtemps été défini comme extérieur à la société, comme un monde où la nature et les écosystèmes constituent le soubassement matériel de la vie sociale . Les politiques d’environnement avaient alors pour but de « préserver », « protéger », voire « gérer » ce qui était pensé comme une sorte d’infrastructure de nos sociétés Après quelques décennies de politiques d’environnement, la nature et l’environnement sont devenus des objets de l’action publique et il apparaît que c’est dans un même mouvement que chaque société modèle son environnement et se construit elle-même . Cette dialectique prend une importance accrue quand les sociétés se trouvent confrontées, du fait de la montée en puissance des changements globaux, aux transformations irréversibles de l’environnement (changement climatique, perte de biodiversité, etc .) . C’est le rapport entre la dialectique sociétés / environnement et ces transformations que la collection entend explorer

Volume 39

Les immersions de munitions dans les lacs suisses et français (1919-aujourd’hui), de l’oubli à un statu quo évolutif

Elodie Charrière

978-2-87574-782-2 pb .

978-2-87574-787-7 epub

Bruxelles, 2023 350 p

Price: CHF 62 .00 / €D 53 .95 / €A 55 00 / € 50 .00 / £ 41 .00 / US $ 60 .95

Selected Series

Volume 38

Ressources minérales et transitions Trajectoires politiques du sous-sol français au 21ème siècle

Edited by Sébastien Chailleux, Sylvain Le Berre and Yann Gunzburger

978-2-8757-4533-0 pb .

978-2-8757-4534-7 epub

Bruxelles, 2022 . 410 p ., 13 ill . en couleurs, 4 ill . n/b, 8 tabl .

Price: CHF 56 00 / €D 47 95 / €A 49 50 / € 45 00 / £ 37 00 / US $ 54 95

Volume 37

Agroecological transitions, between determinist and open-ended visions

Open Access

Claire Lamine, Danièle Magda, Marta Rivera-Ferre and Terry Marsden

978-2-8076-1852-7 pb

978-2-8076-1854-1 epub

Bruxelles, 2021 . 318 p ., 17 ill . en couleurs, 8 ill . n/b, 11 tabl .

Price: CHF 44 00 / €D 37 95 / €A 38 50 / € 35 00 / £ 29 00 / US $ 42 95

Volume 36

La prévention des déchets Innovations sociales, action publique et transition sociotechnique

Victor Bailly, Rémi Barbier and François-Joseph Daniel

978-2-8076-1836-7 pb

978-2-8076-1838-1 epub

Bruxelles, 2022 348 p , 1 ill en couleurs, 11 ill n/b

Price: CHF 63 00 / €D 54 95 / €A 56 10 / € 51 00 / £ 42 00 / US $ 61 95

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Volume 35

La société des eaux cachées du Saïss Ethnographie d’un basculement hydro-technique

Rhoda Fofack-Garcia

978-2-8076-1400-0 pb

978-2-8076-1402-4 epub

Bruxelles, 2021 . 252 p ., 46 ill . en couleurs, 16 ill . n/b, 6 tabl .

Price: CHF 60 00 / €D 52 95 / €A 53 50 / € 48 60 / £ 40 00 / US $ 58 95

Volume 34

Effort environnemental et équité

Les politiques publiques de l’eau et de la biodiversité en France

Edited by Valérie Deldrève, Jacqueline Candau and Camille Noûs

978-2-8076-1700-1 pb

978-2-8076-1702-5 epub

Bruxelles, 2021 534 p , 52 ill en couleurs, 8 ill n/b, 3 tabl

Price: CHF 78 00 / €D 66 95 / €A 69 30 / € 63 00 / £ 52 00 / US $ 75 95

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Studies in Literature, Culture, and the Environment / Studien zu Literatur, Kultur und Umwelt

Edited by Gabriele Dürbeck, Hannes Bergthaller, Robert S . Emmett, Serenella Iovino and Ulrike Plath

https://www.peterlang.com/series/slku

This interdisciplinary and international book series aims to bring together current approaches in the environmental humanities (particularly in the fields of ecocriticism, environmental history, and environmental justice), with a focus on European contexts It comprises thematic and theoretical studies which engage ecological issues, climate change, and the discourse of the Anthropocene, seeking to understand the forms of their representation across different media, cultures, and historical periods „Studies in Literature, Culture, and the Environment” aim to connect the environmental humanities to the social and natural sciences and thus to contribute to the remediation of ecological problems . The series comprises monographs and edited volumes in both German and English All publications will be peer reviewed Book proposals are welcome and may be submitted to the editors

Editorial Board:

Stefania Barca (University of Coimbra, Portugal)

Axel Goodbody (University of Bath, UK)

Isabel Hoving (Leiden University, The Netherlands)

Dolly Jørgensen (Luleå University of Technology, Sweden)

Timo Maran (University of Tartu, Estonia)

Serpil Oppermann (Cappadocia University, Ürgüp/Nevşehir, Turkey)

Dana Phillips (Towson University, Baltimore, USA)

Stephanie Posthumus (McGill University, Montreal, Canada)

Christiane Solte-Gresser (Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany)

Keijiro Suga (Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan)

Pasquale Verdicchio (University of California, San Diego, USA)

Berbeli Wanning (University of Siegen, Germany)

Sabine Wilke (University of Washington, Seattle, USA)

Hubert Zapf (University of Augsburg, Germany)

Evi Zemanek (University of Freiburg, Germany)

Volume 11

Symbiotic Posthumanist Ecologies in Western Literature, Philosophy and Art Towards Theory and Practice

Edited by Peggy Karpouzou and Nikoleta Zampaki

978-3-6318-4501-1 hb .

978-3-6318-8291-7 epub

Berlin, 2023 326 pp , 8 fig col

Price: CHF 81 00 / €D 69 95 / €A 71 90 / € 65 40 / £ 54 00 / US $ 78 95

Volume 10

Literaturen und Kulturen des Vegetabilen. Plant Studies –kulturwissenschaftliche Pflanzenforschung

Edited by Urte Stobbe, Anke Kramer and Berbeli Wanning

978-3-6318-5938-4 hb

978-3-6318-6976-5 epub

Berlin, 2022 . 414 S ., 23 farb . Abb ., 4 s/w Abb

Price: CHF 81 00 / €D 69 95 / €A 71 90 / € 65 40 / £ 54 00 / US $ 78 95

Volume 9

Die Pflanzenwelt im Fokus der Environmental Humanities / Le végétal au défi des Humanités environnementales Deutsch-französische Perspektiven / Perspectives franco-allemandes

Edited by Aurélie Choné and Philippe Hamman

978-3-6318-3534-0 hb

978-3-6318-5835-6 epub

Berlin, 2021 350 p , 1 ill en couleurs, 1 ill n/b

Price: CHF 81 .00 / € D 69 .95 / €A 71 90 / € 65 40 / £ 54 .00 / US $ 78 .95

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Kulturökologie

Edited by Sébastian Thiltges and Christiane Solte-Gresser

978-3-6318-0732-3 hb

978-3-6318-2862-5 epub

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Volume 7

Madness

Edited

by

Tina-Karen Pusse, Heike Schwarz and Rebecca Downes

978-3-6317-9339-8 hb .

978-3-6318-2165-7 epub

Edited by José Manuel Marrero Henríquez  978-3-6317-8550-8 hb

978-3-6317-8956-8 epub

Berlin, 2019 . 252 pp ., 3 fig . b/w .

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Volume 5

Repräsentationsweisen des Anthropozän in Literatur und Medien Representations of the Anthropocene in Literature and Media

Edited by Gabriele Dürbeck and Jonas Nesselhauf

978-3-6317-7269-0 hb .

978-3-6317-7727-5 epub

Berlin, 2019 242 S , 7 farb Abb , 6 s/w Abb

Volume 4

Eco«Ulysses»

Nature, Nation, Consumption

Yi-peng Lai

978-3-6317-4403-1 hb

978-3-6317-6225-7 epub

Berlin, 2018 195 pp , 11 fig b/w

Volume 3

Ökologischer Wandel in der deutschsprachigen Literatur des 20. und 21. Jahrhunderts

Neue Perspektiven und Ansätze

Edited by Gabriele Dürbeck, Christine Kanz and Ralf Zschachlitz

978-3-6316-7719-3 hb .

978-3-6317-4008-8 epub

Berlin, 2018 299 pp , 3 s/w fig Price:

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Volume 2

Characterising the Anthropocene

Ecological Degradation in Italian Twenty-First Century Literary Writing

Alessandro Macilenti

978-3-6317-3279-3 hb .

978-3-6317-3281-6 epub

Berlin, 2018 IIX, 212 pp , 1 fig col , 1 fig b/w, 2 tables, 4 graphs

Price: CHF 60 90 / €D 51 50 / €A 53 90 / € 49 04 / £ 39 90 / US $ 59 80

Volume 1

French Ecocriticism

From the Early Modern Period to the Twenty-First Century

Edited by Daniel A Finch-Race and Stephanie Posthumus

978-3-6316-7345-4 hb

978-3-6530-6606-7 epub

Frankfurt am Main, 2017 . 296 pp .

Price: CHF 76 60 / €D 63 90 / €A 66 90 /

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Edited by Susan McHugh and Patrícia Vieira

https://www.peterlang.com/series/paia

Plants and Animals: Interdisciplinary Approaches aims to publish scholarly work that addresses common challenges across the fields of plant and animal studies from interdisciplinary perspectives . The series welcomes monographs and edited collections that focus and reflect upon interactions of plants, animals, and humans in innovative ways . At a time of large-scale anthropogenic species extinction, there is a pressing need to promote scholarship that can help us envision more equitable and harmonious forms of coexistence on the planet . The series therefore encourages submissions explicitly geared to build bridges not only between plant and animal studies, but also leading-edge research on other forms of life or ways of being, including fungi, lichens, algae and other microorganisms, as well as scholarship on fantasy creatures, cryptids, semi-living beings, and even non-living forms of existence The goal is to abolish an artificially compartmentalized view of the world in order to add to the ways of knowing that are beginning to grow through the interconnections between these related fields of study Grounded in the humanities, Plants and Animals welcomes trans-disciplinary perspectives that engage with scholarship in the social sciences and in the natural sciences

Editorial Board:

Giovanni Aloi (School of the Art Institute of Chicago), Helga Braunbeck (North Carolina State University), Danielle Celermajer (University of Sydney), Monica Gagliano (Southern Cross University), Joela Jacobs (University of Arizona), Daniel Heath Justice (University of British Columbia), John Miller (University of Sheffield), Stephanie Posthumus (McGill University), Parama Roy (University of California, Davis), Karen Syse Lykke (University of Oslo), Oscar de la Torre (UNC Charlotte) .

Read the new blog post by the series editors, “Why Plants and Animals?”, to learn more about the series: https://medium com/@PeterLangSocial/a17cdd872bbe

The editors are welcoming proposals. If you are interested in publishing in the series and for further information, please contact editorial@peterlang.com