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The Military Balance 2013

The Military Balance 2013

The Military Balance 2013 is the annual assessment of the military capabilities and defence economics of 171 countries world-wide. New features of the 2013 edition include: reorganised and expanded analytical essays. New sections on trends in contemporary armed conflicts in Afghanistan and Syria as well as trends in defence capability areas with a focus on equipment technological or doctrinal developments. There is also an essay on trends in defence economics and procurement one on European defence industries and another on anti-access/area denial detailed analysis of regional and national defence policy and economic issues for selected states updated graphics feature on comparative defence statistics with focus on defence economics and major land sea and air capability concerns tables graphics and analysis of defence economics issues additional national capability summaries additional data on land forces: combat support and combat service support new graphics and maps on defence capability issues additional data on cyber capabilities.

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International Investment and Climate Change Energy Technologies for Developing Countries

International Investment and Climate Change Energy Technologies for Developing Countries

This study based on fieldwork and case studies of southeast Asian countries shows how privatization investment and new energy technologies can be integrated to combat climate change and provide the maximum return for investors. The author explains what incentives and regulatory structures are needed that do not damage local competitiveness. Asserting that technology transfer is fundamental to effective policies for climate change and for economic development the text examines how the benefits can be maximized. | International Investment and Climate Change Energy Technologies for Developing Countries

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Combating Long-Term Unemployment Local/ E.C. Relations

Combating Long-Term Unemployment Local/ E.C. Relations

First published in 1989 Combating Long-Term Unemployment follows on from and is a companion to Local Authorities and New Technologies. The book seeks to inform debate by analysing policy responses to the problem of long-term unemployment and by focusing on the role of local initiatives in a European context. Long-term unemployment in Europe is a complicated and multifaceted problem the policy responses to which need to be studied against various contexts. It is designed to appeal to all those interested in policies to combat long-term unemployment: local and central government officials private sector organizations whose work is relevant to locally based initiatives and interested academics. | Combating Long-Term Unemployment Local/ E. C. Relations

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Guerrillas and Combative Mothers Women and the Armed Struggle in South Africa

Guerrillas and Combative Mothers Women and the Armed Struggle in South Africa

Guerrillas and Combative Mothers is a narrative of women participating in the armed struggle against apartheid from 1961 to 1994 and their lives in a democratic South Africa. Focusing on their agency commitment beliefs and actions it describes how women got politicised and the decisions and circumstances that led them to join the armed struggle in South Africa and exile. Siphokazi Magadla discusses the forms of military training they received the combat activities and their transformation as women and soldiers. Magadla also talks about their participation in the South African National Defence Force-led demobilisation process and their contributions to the democratic transformation of the SANDF. By illuminating the different eras and arenas of their participation this book shows the broadness of the armed struggle against apartheid as a historical truth and as a matter of gender equality and justice for an inclusive and more democratic future. | Guerrillas and Combative Mothers Women and the Armed Struggle in South Africa

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Change Continuity and Complexity The Mahāvidyās in East Indian Śākta Traditions

Change Continuity and Complexity The Mahāvidyās in East Indian Śākta Traditions

The Mahāvidyās are the representative Tantric feminine pantheon consisting of ten goddesses. It is formed by divergent religious strands and elements: the mātṛ and yoginī worship the cult of Kālī and Tripurasundarī Vajrayāna Buddhism Jain Vidyādevīs Śaiva and Vaiṣṇava faith Śrīvidyā the Brahmanical strand of Puranic traditions etc. This volume is the first attempt to explore the historical process through which these traditions culminated in the Mahāvidyā cult and the goddesses with different origins and contradictory attributes were brought into a cluster with special reference to socio-political changes in the lower Gaṅgā and Brahmaputra Valley between the 9th and 15th centuries CE. Based on a close analysis of Purāṇas Tantras and inscriptional evidence and on extensive field research on archaeological remains as well as sacred sites Jae-Eun Shin discusses the two trajectories of the Mahāvidyās in eastern Śākta traditions. Each led to the systematization of Daśamahāvidyās in a specific way: one as ten manifestations of Durgā upholding dharma in the cosmic dimension and the other as ten mandalic goddesses bearing magical powers in the actual sacred site. Their attributes and characteristics have neither been static nor monolithic and the mode of worship prescribed for them has changed in a dialectical religious process between Brahmanical and Tantric traditions of the region. This is the definitive work for anyone seeking to understand goddess cults of South Asia in general and the history of eastern Śākta traditions in particular. To aid study the volume includes images diagrams and maps. Please note: Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India Pakistan Nepal Bhutan Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. | Change Continuity and Complexity The Mahāvidyās in East Indian Śākta Traditions

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Digging for Victory Horticultural Therapy with Veterans for Post-Traumatic Growth

Digging for Victory Horticultural Therapy with Veterans for Post-Traumatic Growth

Horticultural Therapy is ideally suited to engage veterans alienated from traditional civilian healthcare routes who present with a range of complex and challenging healthcare needs. It presents on the surface as a deceptively simple and accessible activity. Carried out by trained professionals it is an evidence-based effective and cost-effective treatment. By targeting specific client-centred goals it is able to integrate improved individual physical emotional cognitive and social outcomes with broader opportunities to transition successfully into civilian society through learning a valuable skill set and a meaningful occupation. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the methods of Horticultural Therapy as applied to this unique client group. It describes the type of combat training and experiences veterans may have had and sets out the common issues and pitfalls civilian therapists often face when working with the military. Looking to the future it also identifies promising avenues in terms of how we may improve the treatment we offer to best serve the needs of these ex-service men and women who fight on our behalf. | Digging for Victory Horticultural Therapy with Veterans for Post-Traumatic Growth

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Celebrity and New Media Gatekeeping Success

Celebrity and New Media Gatekeeping Success

This book looks back to the early days of new and social media to examine the potential threat that such technologies and platforms posed to the mainstream corporate media’s gatekeeping and its ability to exploit humiliate and even violate famous women. Drawing on her own experiences working as part of this gatekeeping system Stephanie Patrick argues that in order to combat this threat the mainstream media doubled down on gendered narratives of meritocracy that legitimized certain (male) celebrities over others. Using a range of case studies spanning old media sites and new including Disney Playboy and reality television this book demonstrates that sexual exploitation and violation could be considered constitutive of female celebrity rather than a side effect. Patrick’s case studies include some of America’s most (in)famous celebrities including Miley Cyrus Lindsay Lohan Anna Nicole Smith Paris Hilton and Donald Trump urging readers to question their assumptions about these figures and their public trajectories. This nuanced exploration of patriarchal capitalism and women’s ongoing sexual exploitation by the media will be an important reference for scholars and students of digital and new media journalism celebrity studies and gender studies. | Celebrity and New Media Gatekeeping Success

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Mano Dura Policies in Latin America

Mano Dura Policies in Latin America

Leading scholars and policy analysts from around the Americas come together to untangle the factors that have fuelled the implementation of mano dura politics their rising popularity and impacts across nine widely heterogeneous countries in Latin America. Beginning with a discussion on the concept of mano dura the editors move to survey various theoretical approaches to punitivism and later review of the empirical research evaluating different drivers behind the adoption of tough on crime policies. Since hard-line initiatives often have consequences beyond the general goal of reducing violence they then analyze the impacts of these policing strategies on crime rates and different democratic institutions. Country chapters on Mexico El Salvador Honduras Guatemala Colombia Ecuador Bolivia Brazil and Argentina follow a common thematic structure to answer the following questions: What are some of the trends in gangs organized crime and violence? How have governments responded to combat crime and violence? What factors have fuelled the implementation of mano dura policies? Why are mano dura policies popular? What have the consequences of these policies been? Mano Dura Policies in Latin America is essential reading to students of Latin American studies political science public policy and criminal justice. It will also interest scholars working on drug trafficking organized crime and violence in Latin America.

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COVID-19 and the Soccer World

COVID-19 and the Soccer World

The spread of COVID-19 and the consequent pandemic since early 2020 have brought about unprecedented changes in all spheres of global life creating a new sense of (in)security with social distancing physical isolation quarantine and lockdown becoming buzzwords to combat the disease. As in all spheres of life the first wave of the pandemic posed serious challenges to the world of soccer with diverse and intriguing responses across the globe. This book documents the early impressions and initial responses of various stakeholders of the soccer world to the challenges of COVID-19 in 2020. It reveals how the process of confrontation negotiation adjustment and overcoming against such challenges necessitated and inspired novel responses and strong improvisations from soccer bodies to players referees to spectators and journalists to sponsors. This process has revealed abrupt as well as radical changes in the organization rules spectatorship and telecast of the game thereby affecting the game’s cultural dimensions commercial prospects and political implications. The volume points out that the way soccer has adjusted to the ‘new normal’ standard of the ‘COVID Regime’ has elicited newer meanings and nuanced representations of the game. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the journal Soccer & Society. | COVID-19 and the Soccer World

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The EU Emissions Trading Scheme

The EU Emissions Trading Scheme

This special issue of the Climate Policy journal outlines the fundamentals of the new European Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) assesses the strategies for and impact of implementation and highlights the scheme's potential including positive aspects and remaining hurdles. The EU Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS) is the first international trading scheme for CO2 in the world. Its aim is to reduce the cost of compliance to existing targets under the Kyoto Protocol. From 1st January 2005 companies in high-energy sectors covered by the scheme must limit their CO2 emissions to allocated levels arranged in two periods: from 2005-2007 and 2008-2012 (to match the first Kyoto commitment period). In practice the scheme is likely to cover over 12 000 installations across the European Union corresponding to approximately 46% of the total EU CO2 emissions. The EU ETS represents a significant development in working at an international level to combat dangerous climate change. The EU Emissions Trading Scheme presents a comprehensive and insightful analysis of the EU ETS written by international experts in the field. The publication includes the latest research on emissions credits the interaction of the trading scheme with national energy policies and the debate on future expansion.

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When Cats Reigned Like Kings On the Trail of the Sacred Cats

When Cats Reigned Like Kings On the Trail of the Sacred Cats

In her fascinating exploration of feline history Georgie Anne Geyer explores the connections between the royal and sacred felines of ancient civilizations and the beloved domestic cats of today. Chasing an irresistible mystery across the globe Geyer conducts exhaustive research into the little-known puzzle of how cats came to occupy their unique position in the lives of humans. Treated with the tenacity resourcefulness and narrative instinct of a seasoned foreign correspondent the investigation yields unexpected answers and poses tantalizing new questions. It was Geyer's curiosity about her own cats that inspired her to study the history of human-feline relations and especially the exalted status of cats among the ancients as royal or sacred beings. In Egypt Geyer learned of the cat-goddess Bastet and of the cat's role in the transmigration of souls. In Myanmar she saw Leonardo DiCaprio Ricky Martin and the other incongruously named cats of the Nga Phe Kyaung monastery trained by the monks to jump through hoops. She even met a family who dutifully guards the heritage of the Japanese Bobtail cultivating the line in of all places rural Virginia. Richly illustrated with photographs of Geyer's journeys and historical cat images When Cats Reigned Like Kings describes forty-one recognized modern cat breeds plus other popular cats. Every cat lover can thus trace his or her cat to these breeds and their many relatives. The result is a remarkable book bound to delight and amaze cat fanciers and adventure seekers. | When Cats Reigned Like Kings On the Trail of the Sacred Cats

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Women in the Military

Women in the Military

The role status and treatment of women is one of the major issues confronting the military today. This volume provides a range of perspectives on the magnitude of concerns the sources of problems how issues might best be addressed and the future for women in the armed services. It is based on a special issue of the journal Gender Issues supplemented with additional contributions from leading scholars. Historical and theoretical perspectives are provided by Lorry M. Fenner and Jean Bethke Elshtain. Fenner focuses on the role of women in the military since 1940 and argues for broader inclusion of women as well as other groups that have previously been restricted from full participation. Elshtain analyzes the extraordinary ability of war to draw both women and men into civic life and observes how it calls forth and establishes a sense of particular identity for both men and women. Critical views are provided by other scholars. Laura L. Miller examines the feminist movement's insistence on full participation in combat units. Former Army chaplain Marie deYoung provides qualitative and quantitative data on military readiness and unit cohesion in mixed gender units. Leading military scholars (Mady W. Segal David R. Segal Jerald G. Bachman Peter Freedman-Doan and Patrick M. O'Malley) review national surveys comparing male and female high school seniors' responses to surveys conducted on questions about their propensity to enlist. Male-female differences are also addressed by Judith Hicks Steihm who looks at the opinions each group has about the capabilities and performance of women. She finds differences by rank on questions as to how hard female soldiers work as compared to male soldiers and whether women are ready for combat duty. Historically the military has provided minorities equal opportunity. Brenda L. Moore and Schulyler C. Webb examine whether or not this is still perceived to be the case in today's Navy. They focus on different perceptions by women and men and by African American women in particular. Finally William O'Neill examines whether the post-cold war downsized military will find women soldiers more or less important. Drawing upon social science research historical data and contemporary opinion surveys Women in the Military is a cutting-edge assessment of a major gender issue in the United States. It will be valuable to researchers in women's studies as well as those teaching courses in sociology history and military studies. Rita James Simon is University Professor in the School of Public Affairs and the Washington College of Law at American University. She is the editor of Gender Issues and author of The American Jury the Insanity Defense: A Critical Assessment of Law and Policy in the Post-Hinkley Era (with David Aaronson) Adoption Race and Identity (with Howard Alstein) In the Golden Land: A Century of Russian and Soviet Jewish Immigration Social Science Data and Supreme Court Decisions (with Rosemary Erickson) and Abortion: Statutes Policies and Public Attitudes the World Over.

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The Transnational Crime of Human Trafficking A Human Security Approach

The Transnational Crime of Human Trafficking A Human Security Approach

Human trafficking is a multi-faceted crime. It suffers from definitional and implementation problems. One facet the focus of this book is the transnational nature of much of the crime and the need for practitioners to operate across borders to combat it. Europe has taken a distinctive approach to cross border law enforcement and judicial cooperation which could be used as a model in other areas of the world. This publication examines these problems from a Council of Europe and European Union perspective including the now post-Brexit UK. The UK has adopted a distinctive approach to legislating and operationalising its trafficking in human beings (THB) legal frameworks also legislating for “slavery servitude forced and compulsory labour” resulting in distinctive results in internal UK law enforcement. It is argued here that this approach and the results should inform THB legislative and operational developments more widely. Further action in legal and operational frameworks is however clearly needed and the book advocates the adoption of a human security “freedom from fear” approach. Ultimately the interaction of different legal frameworks and different jurisdictions requires transnational practitioners to adopt a constructivist approach as was adopted for the development of the internal EU area of freedom security and justice. The book will be of interest to academics researchers and policy-makers working in the areas of transnational law migration law criminology and international relations. | The Transnational Crime of Human Trafficking A Human Security Approach

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Moral Injury and the Humanities Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Moral Injury and the Humanities Interdisciplinary Perspectives

This book brings together leading interdisciplinary scholars to broaden and deepen the conversation about moral injury. In the original chapters the contributors present new research to show how the humanities are crucial for understanding the expressions meaning and significance of moral injury. Moral injury is the disorientation we suffer when we are complicit in some moral transgression. Most existing works address moral injury from a clinical or neuroscientific perspective. The chapters in this volume show how the humanities are crucial for understanding the meaning and significance of moral injury as well as suggesting how to grapple with its lived challenges. The chapters address the conceptual sociological historical and ritualistic dimensions of moral injury across three thematic sections. Section 1 explores how tools of the humanities provide new lenses for understanding conceptual and genealogical themes about moral injury. Section 2 highlights the experiences of moral injury in combat soldiers law enforcement and noncombatants such as photojournalists. These chapters examine the power and limits to theorizing moral phenomena by appeals to lived experience. Section 3 considers how humanistic inquiry illuminates important dimensions of the aftermath of moral injury beyond the scope of clinical research. These chapters consider how ritual relationship repair and atonement might shape the ways people navigate moral injury and consider how such responses shape our understanding of what we owe to one another. Moral Injury and the Humanities: Interdisciplinary Perspectives is an essential resource for researchers and advanced students in philosophy religious studies literature journalism and the arts who are interested in moral injury. | Moral Injury and the Humanities Interdisciplinary Perspectives

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Auguste Comte and Positivism The Essential Writings

Auguste Comte and Positivism The Essential Writings

Although Auguste Comte is conventionally acknowledged as one of the founders of sociology and as a key representative of positivism few new editions of his writings have been published in the English language in this century. He has become virtually dissociated from the history of modern positivism and the most recent debates about it. Gertrud Lenzer maintains that the work of Comte is for better or for worse essential to an understanding of the modern period of positivism. This collection provides new access to the work of Comte and gives practitioners of various disciplines the possibility of reassessing concepts that were first introduced in Comte's writings. Today much of the ordinary business of academic disciplines is conducted under the assumption that the realm of science is essentially separate from the realms of politics and science. A close reading of Comte will reveal how deeply such current ideas and theories were originally embedded in a particular political context. One of his central methodological principles was that the theory of society had to be removed from the arena of political practice precisely in order to control that practice by means of these same sciences. It is in Comte's work that the reader will be able to observe how the forces of social and political reaction began to be powerfully organized to combat the critical forces in its own and later eras. Auguste Comte and Positivism will be of importance to the work of philosophers sociologists political theorists and historians. | Auguste Comte and Positivism The Essential Writings

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China's Strong Arm Protecting Citizens and Assets Abroad

China's Strong Arm Protecting Citizens and Assets Abroad

China has long adhered to a principle of �non-interference� in other states� affairs. However as more of its companies have been investing in projects overseas and millions of its nationals are travelling abroad Beijing is finding itself progressively involved in other countries � through the need to protect these interests and citizens. During the turmoil of the Arab Spring in 2011 China was compelled to evacuate more than 35 000 Chinese workers and expatriates from Libya and later it led the hunt for the killers of 13 Chinese sailors in the Golden Triangle region of the Mekong River. In 2015 Beijing sent a combat battalion to join the UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan where it has huge oil ventures. Its plans to construct a New Silk Road will mean new commercial endeavours to protect in Pakistan. The shift in Chinese foreign policy towards a more interventionist approach in protecting nationals abroad has not been the result of grand strategy but an adjustment to unfolding events. The large risk appetite of state-owned Chinese business is inexorably drawing the Chinese state into security hotspots and as China becomes a great power its people are openly calling on their government to protect compatriots caught in crises overseas including via military means. While much attention has focused on Beijing�s increasingly assertive behaviour in disputed Asian seas this book highlights another equally important area of change with potentially far-reaching consequences for international security. | China's Strong Arm Protecting Citizens and Assets Abroad

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Cyberbullying and Values Education Implications for Family and School Education

Cyberbullying and Values Education Implications for Family and School Education

Written by scholars from both the Western and Chinese contexts this monograph discusses the relation between cyberbullying socio-emotional-moral competencies and feasible interventions by integrating values education and provides future directions in the field of cyberpsychology. Cyberbullying has become a growing concern in the digital age as it brings devastating impacts on its victims. Educating the younger generation particularly through values education also known as character moral or social-emotional learning helps equip children and adolescents with the necessary ethical and moral attitudes and foster the necessary socio-emotional competencies for them to navigate the digital world as responsible cyber-citizens. A central focus of the book is intervention and education. Cultivating competencies and responsible use of technology in the younger generation through values education and evidence-based intervention helps combat cyberbullying. Families schools and communities can work together with suitable school programmes teacher education and parents/school collaboration to help students cope with cyberbullying and create safer online spaces for them. Technology itself is not inherently good or bad but shaped by human choices and values. Supported by empirical evidence and theoretical insights this book suggests ways to promote moral and emotional skills foster digital citizenship and encourage ethical technology design. This book provides a comprehensive understanding of cyberbullying. This timely resource will contribute to creating a safer and more positive online environment for all. It will inform researchers educators parents and the community in combating cyberbullying by enabling children and adolescents to be responsible ethical and happy netizens. | Cyberbullying and Values Education Implications for Family and School Education

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Policing Welfare Fraud The Government of Welfare Fraud and Non-Compliance

Policing Welfare Fraud The Government of Welfare Fraud and Non-Compliance

Policing Welfare Fraud charts and interrogates the suite of measures ostensibly designed to combat welfare fraud and non-compliance. In Australia which serves as the empirical focus of this book these strategies include stringent ID checks pre-emptive data surveillance technologies including the infamous and illegal ‘robodebt’ programme a dedicated fraud hotline and an ‘intelligence-led’ fraud investigation framework. Drawing on original documentary and interview data including interviews with fraud investigators this book unpacks the logics that underpin these anti-fraud initiatives with a focus on how these initiatives are imbued with logics and practices more readily associated with the criminal justice system. The central argument of the book is that the emergence of contemporary welfare compliance regimes represents a form of ‘governing through fraud’ in which the threat of welfare fraud has effectively necessitated a regime of criminalisation within the welfare state. This has been enabled by a broader process of neoliberal welfare reform which has cast suspicion over all welfare use. The overall effect of this regime is to restrict access to social security punish welfare recipients and stigmatise welfare use. Policing Welfare Fraud also highlights points of contradiction and multiplicity in the enactment of specific welfare compliance initiatives including attempts by welfare officials to moderate or reformulate these strategies ‘on the ground’. These findings demonstrate that the criminalisation of welfare is neither uniform nor inexorable and that more progressive welfare reform is possible. An accessible and compelling read this book will appeal to students and scholars of criminology sociology politics and those interested in the policing of welfare recipients. | Policing Welfare Fraud The Government of Welfare Fraud and Non-Compliance

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US Trade Policy China and the World Trade Organisation

US Trade Policy China and the World Trade Organisation

The last few years have been anni horribiles for in International Economic Law in general and in particular for the World Trade Organization since its inception in 1995 the guarantor of the world multilateral trade system. The increasing trade tensions a high level of US security tariffs on steel and aluminium the US boycott of the WTO Appellate Body the US-China trade war and the reasons underlining it only aggravated a disastrous world-wide economic situation at a time of tremendous global health and societal emergency due to the persistent devastating spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The book critically discusses the most salient past US administration’s unilateralist and protectionist practices. At the same time investigating the new Biden Administration’s trade approaches in order to assess whether the precedent trade trajectory is likely to continue or there is hope of reviving the US commitment to the rule-based multilateral trading system. The book’s goal consists in distilling from current legal events the reasoning that might help the next generations in obtaining what the world needs most. These are a conscious and voluntary return to multilateralism the search of new forms of effective global cooperation better trade policies a more equitable globalization sound legal arguments and solid economic reasons to combat rising nationalisms. If enacted these elements hopefully would contribute to defeat new risks of political conflicts and long-lasting trade wars. The book will be helpful to students and scholars in international and trade law political science and also professionals working in international and EU institutions. | US Trade Policy China and the World Trade Organisation

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Promoting Wellness and Resiliency in Correctional Officers

Promoting Wellness and Resiliency in Correctional Officers

Correctional officers face considerable stress risk and danger that lead to poor physical and mental health outcomes. In fact their life expectancy is 15 years shorter than the national average. Public perception and media portrayals of correctional officers tend to reinforce stereotypes of brutish improper and uncontrolled behavior. Yet the reality is that correctional officers are operating a default public and mental health system for a sizeable portion of our society a responsibility that exposes them to considerable risk. These negative effects have been compounded by an international staffing crisis that has made our jails and prisons far less safe for working officers. To address this situation this book features an examination of a combined 11 313 correctional officers and 42 of their family members in the United States Canada and Europe. It explores proactive strategies that can reduce rates of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in correctional officers which currently surpasses those found in returning military veterans who experienced combat. It then delves into the dynamics of correctional officer suicide featuring the perspectives of their families. This book highlights innovative approaches that can build on existing strengths including the role of international exchange programs. It presents universal themes that impact the safety wellbeing and resiliency of correctional officers along with positive outcomes related to evidence-based programs that maximize health in the correctional workplace. This book will be of interest to researchers and advanced students of criminology mental health public policy social work and sociology. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the journal Criminal Justice Studies. | Promoting Wellness and Resiliency in Correctional Officers

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Capacity-Building and the Water-Energy-Food Nexus Rethinking Integration in the Asia-Pacific

Capacity-Building and the Water-Energy-Food Nexus Rethinking Integration in the Asia-Pacific

Critically analysing methodologies and objectives of capacity building and the practical linkages required to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals this book looks at whether nexus thinking offers a systematic approach to combat global environmental problems and facilitate enhanced sustainable development. Building effective and sustainable mechanisms to tackle environmental problems requires in-depth understanding of relationships between natural resources going beyond conventional policy and siloed decision making. The water energy food nexus has been promoted as a conceptual framework and management tool to facilitate integrated planning and practical linkages to support sustainable development. The author opens this book with an overview of capacity building and reviews the significance of the water energy food nexus bringing in links to the 2030 Agenda. Climate change is highlighted as a key consideration in any conversation about natural resource use and case studies from Japan India and China are utilised to show that whist long-term sustainable development practices are being implemented the environmental challenges across the region raise concerns about institutional capacity economic sustainability and future of the region. Finally through the lens of capacity building the book suggests that whilst the water energy food nexus may provide a new approach to sustainable development it will not be enough to achieve long-term sustainability or extend to the lives of those most affected. The book will be interest to scholars and students within the water energy and agriculture sectors sustainability governance and sustainable development. It will also be a valuable resource to those working in governmental organisations and NGOs involved in capacity building and development. | Capacity-Building and the Water-Energy-Food Nexus Rethinking Integration in the Asia-Pacific

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Military Rules Regulations and the Code of War Francis Lieber and the Certification of Conflict

Military Rules Regulations and the Code of War Francis Lieber and the Certification of Conflict

Military commanders from ancient time had set down rules and regulations to discipline their troops. From the Pharaohs on commanders directed the strategy tactics and camp discipline of the often unruly hosts of soldiers under their command. They had one aim: to create an efficient fighting force. Military officers camp-followers and cooks were all expected to perform their services according to mandate and in light of the best interests of the armed force and the fighting soldiery. Modern commanders have exemplified the same passion for military discipline to produce an effective combat machine. Military analyses derived from Roman law contained enough historical examples to fill an encyclopedia. Yet although addressed to the problems of their day they generally remained the private counsel of scholars and had little impact on political and military decisions. While theorists of international law were developing a body of rules to govern warfare practitioners of conflict were largely moved by the motives of military necessity. Under the dual auspices of military necessity and national self-interest the code of the military commander was simple: maintain a disciplined fighting force in order to achieve military victory. To remedy this gap between theory and practice a practical guide was needed which would briefly describe for commanders in the field the rights and obligations of belligerents as custom and theory had developed them. Then political and military policy could be expected to conform to the theoretical law of nations. This was the synthesis that the Lieber code proposed. Originally published in as Lieber's Law and the Code of War this paperback edition bears a new title that more precisely identifies the subjects covered. | Military Rules Regulations and the Code of War Francis Lieber and the Certification of Conflict

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