Technology and Sustainable Development: The Promise and Pitfalls of Techno-So…

governance;politics;Sustainable development goals;sustainability;technological change

Live, Die, Buy, Eat

ABSTRACT Live, Die, Buy, Eat. These words represent a chain of events which today is disconnected. In the past few years, controversies around meat have arisen around industrialization and globalization of meat production, often pivoting around health, environmental issues, and animal welfare. Although meat increasingly figures as a problem, most consumers’ knowledge of animal husbandry and …

The Troika of Adult Learners, Lifelong Learning, and Mathematics

Mathematics Education; Learning; Teaching

Hydrohumanities: Water Discourse and Environmental Futures

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Dynamic Sustainabilities

ABSTRACT Linking environmental sustainability with poverty reduction and social justice, and making science and technology work for the poor, have become central practical, political and moral challenges of our times. These must be met in a world of rapid, interconnected change in environments, societies and economies, and globalised, fragmented governance arrangements. Yet despite growing int…

Constructing Muslims in France - Discourse, Public Identity, and the Politics…

The standing of French Muslims is undercut by a predominant and persistent elite public discourse that frames Muslims as failed and incomplete French citizens. This situation fosters the very separations, exclusions, and hierarchies it claims to deplore as Muslims face discrimination in education, housing, and employment. In Constructing Muslims in France, Jennifer Fredette provides a deft empi…

India’s democracies: Diversity, Co-optation, Resistance

This volume is about India’s deep and complex relationship with its chosen form of government. It is an interdisciplinary book with approaches drawn from history, anthropology, sociology, political science and social geography. We believe this volume provides new perspectives on how to approach and analyse the complexity of India’s democracy. The book’s unfortunate publishing history also…

Competition and Cooperation in Social and Political Sciences

ABSTRACT The book contains essays on current issues in Social and Political Sciences, such as the issues of governance and social order; social development and community development; global challenges and inequality; civil society and social movement; IT-based community and social transformation; poverty alleviation and corporate social responsibility; and gender issues. Asia and the Pacifi c …

Chapter Facing Malaria Parasite with Mosquito Symbionts

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BioMEMS

ABSTRACT Written to cover often overlooked areas in the field of bioMEMS, this volume bridges topics related to biomolecules and complex biological entities with those directly related to the design, fabrication, and characterization of the devices. Unlike other references, this text aids with the fundamental physicochemical understanding of biological processes relevant to the performance of …