New Mana: Transformations of a Classic Concept in Pacific Languages and Cultures

Mana’, a term denoting spiritual power, is found in many Pacific Islands languages. In recent decades, the term has been taken up in New Age movements and online fantasy gaming. In this book, 16 contributors examine mana through ethnographic, linguistic, and historical lenses to understand its transformations in past and present. The authors consider a range of contexts including Indigenous s…

Kastom, property and ideology: Land transformations in Melanesia

The relationship between customary land tenure and ‘modern’ forms of landed property has been a major political issue in the ‘Spearhead’ states of Melanesia since the late colonial period, and is even more pressing today, as the region is subject to its own version of what is described in the international literature as a new ‘land rush’ or ‘land grab’ in developing countries. T…

S-BPM in the Production Industry : A Stakeholder Approach

This book is open access under a CC BY-NC 4.0 license. This volume presents several case studies highlighting the latest findings in Industry 4.0 projects utilizing S-BPM features. Their potential is explored in detail, while the limits of engineering a company from a communication-centred perspective are also discussed. After a general introduction and an overview of the book in chapter 1, cha…

Model-Driven Development and Operation of Multi-Cloud Applications : The Moda…

Communications Engineering, Networks; Computer Communication Networks; Software Engineering; Computational Intelligence

Innovations in Derivatives Markets : Fixed income Modeling, Valuation Adjustm…

Quantitative Finance; Banking; Statistics for Business/Economics/Mathematical Finance/Insurance; Mathematical Modelling and Industrial Mathematics; Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes; Financial Engineering

Food Price Volatility and Its Implications for Food Security and Policy

Agricultural Economics

Firm innovation and Productivity in Latin America and The Caribbean : The Eng…

development; economics

Estado, sociedade e formação profissional em saúde; contradições e desaf…

No processo de construção do SUS, a temática da formação dos trabalhadores técnicos da saúde tornou-se uma preocupação crescente, alvo de ações públicas em face da escassez e má distribuição entre os estados brasileiros, mas principalmente por causa do grande contingente de trabalhadores com precária ou nenhuma formação profissional”, informam os organizadores na apresentaç…

Building State Capability : Evidence, Analysis, Action

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Obama and Kenya: Contested Histories and the Politics of Belonging

Barack Obama’s political ascendancy has focused considerable global attention on the history of Kenya generally and the history of the Luo community particularly. From politicos populating the blogosphere and bookshelves in the U.S and Kenya, to tourists traipsing through Obama’s ancestral home, a variety of groups have mobilized new readings of Kenya’s past in service of their own ends. …