This open access book provides the first explicit case study for an application of the method of reflective equilibrium (RE), using it to develop and defend a precautionary principle. It thereby makes an important and original contribution to questions of philosophical method and methodology. The book shows step-by-step how RE is applied, and develops a methodological framework which will be us…
This open access book explores a range of new and older systems mapping methods focused on representing causal relationships in systems. In a practical manner, it describes the methods and considers the differences between them; describes how to use them yourself; describes how to choose between and combine them; considers the role of data, evidence, and stakeholder opinion; and describes how t…
This open access book describes the theoretical underpinnings and operational aspects of delivering longer-term inpatient psychiatric care to adolescents experiencing severe, unremitting mental illness. The authorship is drawn from the multidisciplinary team that supports the Walker Adolescent Unit, located in Sydney, Australia. The book begins with an account of the planning and development of…
In the present as in the past, the dead have been deployed to promote visions of identity, as well as ostensibly wider human values. Through a series of case studies from ancient Egypt through prehistoric, historic, and present-day Europe, this book discusses what is constant and what is locally and historically specific in our ways of interacting with the remains of the dead, their objects, an…
Buku ini membawa teori dan praktik pembangunan ke dalam dialog dengan tradisi keagamaan untuk membangun visi pembangunan transdisipliner baru dengan ekologi integral sebagai intinya. Buku ini berfokus pada tradisi sosial Katolik dan konsepsinya tentang pembangunan manusia integral, di satu sisi, dan pada karya ekonom dan filsuf Amartya Sen yang mendukung pendekatan pembangunan manusia, di sisi …
Dengan menyelidiki hubungan teoritis dan empiris antara transparansi dan kepercayaan dalam konteks pengawasan, volume ini berpendapat bahwa baik transparansi maupun kepercayaan tidak menyediakan jalan yang sederhana dan jelas untuk mengurangi konsekuensi politik dan sosial negatif dari praktik pengawasan negara. Keyakinan bahwa transparansi dapat mendorong keputusan yang lebih baik, memberikan …
Criminology has until recently neglected the nature and levels of crime outside the urban realm. This is not a surprise as crime tends to concentrate in urban areas and the police directs resources where the problems are. Yet, there are many reasons why scholars, decision-makers and society as a whole should care about crime and safety in rural areas. This book highlights 20 reasons why crime a…