Chapter 1 Shopping centres as a retail format

There are almost 10,000 shopping centres in Europe, and in the United States there are over 100,000, many of which have entered the end-of-life phase due to growing e-retail. Therefore, the issue of how customers perceive the value of these facilities and customer engagement in the relationship with the shopping centre is becoming increasingly important. In this book, the authors evaluate the r…

Chapter 4 Post-Fukushima anti-nuclear movement

The chapter analyzes the cycle of the anti-nuclear movement that followed the Fukushima accident in March 2011. Employing functional typology, the chapter categorizes the movement’s organizations into seven types (direct action, research and education, policy advocacy, aid, watchdog, legal, and other) and shows that the post-Fukushima wave of protests was much broader in scope and more divers…

Chapter 4 Planetary environing The biosphere and the Earth system

Anthropocene; Environment and sustainability; Environmental humanities; Environmental media; Indigenous; Media studies

Geopolitical challenges of renewable energy adoption in MENA

As Figure 28.1 indicates, the amount and type of renewable capacity developed in the region varies significantly by country.1 In addition, while almost all MENA countries have increased their investments in developing alternative energy resources, the contribution of their renewables to the total global electricity supply does not yet exceed half of one percent (BP, 2021). Nevertheless, th…

Chapter 4 Nanomaterials

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Chapter 4 ‘Menshevising Idealism’ and Stalinisation of Philosophy

The turbulent events of Stalin’s ‘Great Break’ have often been seen as a turning point and the beginning of a Stalinist politics sensu stricto. A sharp philosophical debate occurred at this turning point. This chapter discusses how this shift occurred in Soviet Marxist philosophical circles. It analyses the concept of ‘Menshevising Idealism’, an idea coined (maybe by Stalin himself) d…

Boko Haram: Islamism, politics, security and the state in Nigeria

This book is the first attempt to understand Boko Haram in a comprehensive and consistent way. It examines the early history of the sect and its transformation into a radical armed group. It analyses the causes of the uprising against the Nigerian state and evaluates the consequences of the on-going conflict from a religious, social and political point of view. The book gives priority to author…

Chapter 4 Macro contextual factors linked to youth civic and political engage…

What exactly is civic and political participation? What factors influence young people’s participation? How can we encourage youth to participate actively in their own democracies? Youth Civic and Political Engagement takes a multidisciplinary approach to answering these key questions, incorporating research in the fields of psychology, sociology, political science and education to explore th…

Chapter 4 Introduction to Section 1 : Vulnerable communities, resilience, and…

This handbook addresses a growing list of challenges faced by regions and cities in the Pacific;Rim, drawing connections around the what, why, and how questions that are fundamental;to sustainable development policies and planning practices. These include the connection;between cities and surrounding landscapes, across different boundaries and scales; the persistence;of environmental and develo…

Chapter 4 Improving the estate

Women like Jane Ashley, Amabel Hume-Campbell, Anna Maria Agar, Sarah Dawes and Mary Cotterel were all involved in pushing through parliamentary enclosure awards, while Elizabeth Prowse introduced wide-ranging agricultural improvements after the informal enclosure of the open fields at Wicken. The contributions of these women and others like them to a bundle of related practices – including pa…