Methodological Approaches to Societies in Transformation: How to Make Sense o…

This open access book provides methodological devices and analytical frameworks for the study of societies in transformation. It explores a central paradox in the study of change: making sense of change requires long-term perspectives on societal transformations and on the different ways people experience social change, whereas the research carried out to study change is necessarily limited to …

Young Adults and Active Citizenship: Towards Social Inclusion through Adult E…

This open access book sheds light on a range of complex interdependencies between adult education, young adults in vulnerable situations and active citizenship. Adult education has been increasingly recognized as a means to engage and re-engage young adults and facilitate their life chances and social inclusion thus contributing to an active citizenship within their societal contexts. This coll…

Design of Heuristic Algorithms for Hard Optimization: With Python Codes for t…

This open access book demonstrates all the steps required to design heuristic algorithms for difficult optimization. The classic problem of the travelling salesman is used as a common thread to illustrate all the techniques discussed. This problem is ideal for introducing readers to the subject because it is very intuitive and its solutions can be graphically represented. The book features a we…

Electricity Access, Decarbonization, and Integration of Renewables: Insights …

This Open-Access-Book covers different aspects of the low-carbon energy transformation in a unique manner, with a particular focus on two regions, South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. The first part of the book provides useful insights on changes and reforms in the energy sector of Bangladesh, while the second part illustrates the low-carbon energy transformation in South Asia and the third part …

Disorder-Specific Psychodrama Therapy in Theory and Practice

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Volume 4

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978-981-99-7507-5

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UK Child Migration to Australia, 1945-1970: A Study in Policy Failure

This open access book offers an unprecedented analysis of child welfare schemes, situating them in the wider context of post-war policy debates about the care of children. Between 1945 and 1970, an estimated 3,500 children were sent from Britain to Australia, unaccompanied by their parents, through child migration schemes funded by the Australian and British Governments and delivered by churche…

Multi-Winner Voting with Approval Preferences

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1

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978-3-031-09016-5

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SpringerBriefs in Intelligent Systems

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XI, 121

Migrants, Refugees and Asylum Seekers’ Integration in European Labour Marke…

This open access book discusses how, and to what extent, the legal and institutional regimes and the socio-cultural environments of a range of European countries (the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Italy, Switzerland and the UK), in the framework of EU laws and policies, have a beneficial or negative impact on the effective capacity of these countries to integrate migrants, refugees …

Small Electric Vehicles: An International View on Light Three- and Four-Wheelers

This edited open access book gives a comprehensive overview of small and lightweight electric three- and four-wheel vehicles with an international scope. The present status of small electric vehicle (SEV) technologies, the market situation and main hindering factors for market success as well as options to attain a higher market share including new mobility concepts are highlighted. An increase…

Gongsheng Across Contexts: A Philosophy of Co-Becoming

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978-981-99-7324-8

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