This interlude chapter—between the analysis and assessment of the status-quo (chapters 2–5; first part of the book) and the visions and prospects for the future of interdisciplinary knowledge production (the following chapters 6–8; second part of the book)—addresses shortcomings of the instrumentalist view of interdisciplinarity and its isolated focus on recipes and organization procedu…
This Chapter examines the regulatory and voluntary anti-trafficking governance architecture in the private sector, as well as the power dynamics in MNEs' GVCs as vectors of norm transmission. It argues that, whereas the public authorities in the EU and ASEAN's Member States have an increasingly robust legal and policy framework to fight child trafficking, public authorities and multinational en…
In this chapter we consider why education systems have not yet achieved equitable access and learning for all girls, despite high-level government commitment. Taking Ethiopia as a case study, we refer to the 'domains of power' framework (Hickey & Hossain, 2019) to explore the influence of politics on progress in girls' education, focusing on the interaction between the political settlement and …
Those convicted of homicide were hanged on the public gallows before being dissected under the Murder Act in Georgian England. Yet, from 1752, whether criminals actually died on the hanging tree or in the dissection room remained a medical mystery in early modern society. Dissecting the Criminal Corpse takes issue with the historical cliche? of corpses dangling from the hangman's rope in crime …
Edinburgh was disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS in the early 1980-1990s, and women and children were affected in higher numbers there than elsewhere in the UK. Edinburgh's AIDS crisis also followed a different pattern, with new infections predominantly occurring among IV drug users and heterosexuals. Because of the high rates of HIV infection among women in Edinburgh, the city rapidly bec…
Swedish healthcare providers must comply with the Patient Act's principles of equal and accessible care and account for patients' religious backgrounds by offering culturally sensitive care. This chapter explores what characterizes patients' and their relatives' expectations in healthcare encounters perceived as religiously discriminatory in the diverse Swedish healthcare system. It analyses pe…
Children of homeowners are more likely to enter homeownership than are children whose parents rent. We investigate whether this association is dependent on parental divorce, focusing on parental assistance as a conduit of intergenerational transmission. Event history analyses of data for England and Wales from the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) show that the intergenerational transm…
Africa, Cape of Good Hope, maritime security, naval history, piracy, Suez Canal
Stalin's political takeover of the cultural theoretical pattern of Bolshevik novyy byt 'new public life' created a powerful myth of the total repression of 'bourgeois' philosophy in the early 1930s. However, since the 1920s novyy byt had also produced directives governing the formation of new theories of ideologically correct 'spiritual kul'turnost' (culturality, being civilized) on the basis o…
Filsafat psikiatri kontemporer sering kali terjebak dalam dikotomi ekstrem antara scientism (reduksionisme biologis ketat yang mereduksi gangguan mental semata-mata pada kelainan otak atau neurokimia) dan scepticism (skeptisisme yang menolak validitas ilmiah diagnosis psikiatri dan memandangnya semata-mata sebagai konstruksi sosial). Buku ini menawarkan jalan tengah yang filosofis dan metodolog…