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Horizontal Intergovernmental Coordination at Local and Regional Levels

Nathalie Behnke , Bettina Petersohn

The most pressing policy challenges of our time require complex and coordinated strategies that transcend territorial borders. Issues such as climate mitigation, sustainable development and the migration crisis all require policy solutions that compel sub-national...

Iconizing of Literature, Art, Humanities, and Science

Hannes Höfer , Sophie Picard , Paula Wojcik

Why do people wear shirts with the Shakespeare quote “to be or not be?” or a portrait of philosopher Slavoj Žižek? How does popular and mass media adaptation and appropriation influence theoretical or literary concepts like ‘deconstruction’ or...

The 9th International Conference on Advances in Construction Machinery and Vehicle Engineering

Yongming Bian , Yan Peng , Halgamuge Saman , Dingxuan Zhao

This open access book presents the proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Advances in Construction Machinery and Vehicle Engineering (ICACMVE 2024), highlighting the latest advancements and innovative practices in the field. Focusing on the challenges in...

Corporate Social Responsibility in Football Associations

Mehtap Cengiz

This Open Access book examines how football’s governing bodies translate their public CSR commitments into everyday practice. Focusing on UEFA, the German Football Association (DFB) and a representative regional federation, it traces CSR from continental...

Du bist, was du siehst?

Melanie Kamann-Holt

In diesem Open-Access-Buch wird die mediale Fremddarstellung weiblicher Führungskräfte analysiert und mit der Selbstbeschreibung von Top-Managerinnen verglichen. Wie stellen Nachrichten- und Wirtschaftsmedien weibliche Führungskräfte dar? Und wie...

A Digital Europe for Citizens

Graça Enes , Tiago Morais Rocha , Inês Neves

This "open access" book presents the Proceedings of the First International Conference “A Digital Europe for Citizens”, which was organised by the Jean Monnet Module DigEUCit, “A Digital Europe for Citizens. Constitutional and Policymaking...

The Human Right to Democracy in Multilevel Systems at a Time of Democratic Backsliding: Global, Regional and European Union Perspectives

Thomas Giegerich

This open access book takes stock of the current situation of the human right to democracy in multilevel systems of government - at a time of renewed struggles with antidemocratic forces (democratic backsliding). It tries to answer three questions: (1) Is there a human...

Farming and Social Inclusion in Japan

Hiroyuki Tsunashima

This open access book is about a recent movement toward the “partnership between agriculture and social welfare” in Japan, which has been based on the idea that the shorthanded agricultural sector offers job opportunities to the people excluded from the...

Adults in Play with Children

Ann Farrell , Malin Nilsen , Niklas Pramling , Cecilia Wallerstedt

This is an Open access book.This work addresses the presence and participation of adults in play with children. Rather than discussing this issue on ideological ground, the international contributions build on empirical data and report research conducted in many...

Proceedings of the United Nations/Germany Workshop on the International Space Weather Initiative

Daniela Banys , Sharafat Gadimova , Nat Gopalswamy

This open access book presents peer reviewed articles from the United Nations/Germany Workshop on International Space Weather Initiative (ISWI 2024) held from 10 to 15 June at Neustrelitz, Germany. It highlights the current status of global space weather research,...

Intelligent Localization for Integrated Sensing and Communication

Yuan Liu , Chunpeng Wang , Xiaoqiang Zhu

Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) systems. As 6G networks advance, the need for more efficient data collection, more intelligent system adaptability, and more accurate localization results. Traditional outdoor localization methods like GPS are limited indoors...

Beyond Loneliness

Tracy De Cotta , Jane Farmer , Milovan Savic

This Open Access book reimagines social connection beyond the crisis narrative of loneliness, presenting an innovative interdisciplinary model that bridges individual experiences with community infrastructure. Drawing on research with urban fringe residents, the authors...

Transnational Diaspora Entrepreneurship

Sarah Louisa Birchley , Kazuko Yokoyama

This Open Access book is the first book to share in-depth narratives outlining the lived experiences of Japanese and Latin American Diaspora Entrepreneurs in Brazil, Mexico and Japan. It focuses in on the career paths of forty-seven entrepreneurs exploring how they...

Europe's Indo-Pacific Pivot

Gabriele Abbondanza , Gorana Grgic

This is the first book exploring Europe’s engagement with the Indo-Pacific region. Its novel comparative perspective favours a “bird’s eye view” of Europe’s unfolding Indo-Pacific pivot and nuances the many priorities and mechanisms that...

Health Systems, Health Services and Inequality in Population Health

Peter P. Groenewegen , Ilmo Keskimäki , Alastair H. Leyland

This open access book shows the scientific and policy-added value of combining health systems, health services and population health research. In doing so the authors create awareness among researchers to look beyond the boundaries of their own discipline and promote...

Quantitative History of China

Cameron Campbell , Zhiwu Chen , Debin Ma

This Open Access book marks the beginning of a new era in the study of Chinese history. Since the beginning of the computer age, quantitative techniques have been increasingly used to study specific topics like family, population, and living standards in China's past....

The Teacher Evacuees

Rose Warner

Evacuated to the countryside, she realises there are more dangers than German bombs in wartimeCanadian-born teacher Victoria McKaye takes up a new position at a London school, but soon finds herself coordinating its evacuation to a Norfolk village along with standoffish...

Wrapped Up at the Vintage Dress Shop

Annie Darling

Hedgewitch: Stonewitch

Skye Mckenna , Tomislav Tomic

Step into the magical world of Hedgewitch, where the land of Faerie lies just beyond our own . . . The fourth book in the enchanting Hedgewitch series, perfect for children age 9+ and readers of Nevermoor and Michelle Harrison.To complete the next step in her witch's...

Werelock and Scratch: Mystery Most Puzzling

K.R. Thompson

Calling all mystery fans: The Werelock and Scratch Detective Agency needs you! Can you help Werelock - the world's greatest (and only) werewolf detective - and his raven assistant, Scratch, solve the case before it's too late?'A brilliantly fun puzzle-filled mystery!' -...