Revolusi Musim Semi Arab tahun 2011 mengirimkan gelombang kejutan ke seluruh dunia, memobilisasi komunitas diaspora untuk berorganisasi secara paksa melawan rezim otoriter. Terlepas dari peran penting yang dapat dimainkan diaspora dalam mempengaruhi urusan di negara asalnya, sedikit yang diketahui tentang kapan pelaku diaspora memobilisasi, bagaimana mereka campur tangan, atau apa yang membuat …
Elemen ini merupakan kontribusi terhadap perdebatan yang sedang berlangsung tentang apa artinya menerbitkan buku dalam bentuk manuskrip. Ini menawarkan studi kasus dari tiga sejarawan Anglo-Norman abad kedua belas: William dari Malmesbury, Henry dari Huntingdon, dan Geoffrey dari Monmouth. Ia berpendapat bahwa keberhasilan kontemporer dan pencapaian otoritas kanonik yang cepat untuk sejarah mer…
Perjanjian yang menciptakan Pengadilan Afrika dan Hak Asasi Manusia dan Masyarakat, jika dan ketika mulai berlaku, mengandung unsur-unsur inovatif yang berpotensi signifikan tidak dapat berimplikasi pada pendekatan substantif dan prosedural saat ini terhadap penyelesaian sengketa regional dan internasional. Menyatukan otoritas terkemuka dalam hukum pidana internasional, hak asasi manusia, dan k…
Taxes and Trust adalah buku pertama tentang pajak yang berfokus pada kepercayaan dan karya pertama ilmu sosial yang berkonsentrasi pada bagaimana kebijakan perpajakan benar-benar diterapkan di lapangan di Polandia, Rusia, dan Ukraina. Ini menyoroti nuansa kasus transisi Ukraina dan menjelaskan dengan tepat bagaimana dan mengapa negara 'perbatasan' itu berbeda dari tipe pemaksaan Rusia yang lebi…
This book describes the complex processes involved in styrene degradation by microbes, including highly adaptive microorganisms, the various enzymes involved in styrene biodegradation, new styrene-catabolic routes, novel regulatory mechanisms, and the genes coding for styrene metabolizing enzymes. Numerous biotechnological applications are discussed, such as the development of sustainable eco-f…
This book presents a foundation for studying the micro-behavioral economics of global warming. The author develops an empirical model, named the Geographically-scaled Micro econometric model of Adapting Portfolios (G-MAP) in response to climatic changes and risks. The G-MAP model is applied to observed decisions of agricultural and natural resource enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Am…
This book sheds new light on how microbes can be used as effective and sustainable resources to produce green energy in the form of biogas, algal diesel, ethanol, hydrogen and direct electricity. It discusses topics such as microbial energy conversion technologies, including ethanol production by microbial catalytic reaction, biomethanization, biodiesel from microalgae, microbial fuel cells, an…
This book sheds new light on how microbes can be used as effective and sustainable resources to produce green energy in the form of biogas, algal diesel, ethanol, hydrogen and direct electricity. It discusses topics such as microbial energy conversion technologies, including ethanol production by microbial catalytic reaction, biomethanization, biodiesel from microalgae, microbial fuel cells, an…
In 1990, Gerald Conaty was hired as senior curator of ethnology at the Glenbow Museum, with the particular mandate of improving the museum’s relationship with Aboriginal communities. That same year, the Glenbow had taken its first tentative steps toward repatriation by returning sacred objects to First Nations’ peoples. These efforts drew harsh criticism from members of the provincial gover…
In 2010, five magnificent Blackfoot shirts, now owned by the University of Oxford’s Pitt Rivers Museum, were brought to Alberta to be exhibited at the Glenbow Museum, in Calgary, and the Galt Museum, in Lethbridge. The shirts had not returned to Blackfoot territory since 1841, when officers of the Hudson’s Bay Company acquired them. The shirts were later transported to England, where they h…