Out of Place tells a new history of the field of law and society through the experiences and fieldwork of successful writers from populations that academia has historically marginalized. Encouraging collective and transparent self-reflection on positionality, the volume features scholars from around the world who share how their out-of-place positionalities influenced their research questions, …
The “Rhodesian crisis†of the 1960s and 1970s, and the early 1980s crisis of independent Zimbabwe, can be understood against the background of Cold War historical transformations brought on by, among other things, African decolonization in the 1960s; the failure of American power in Vietnam and the rise of Third World political power at the UN and elsewhere. In this…
What produces a happy society and a happy life? Thanks to the new science of wellbeing, we can now answer this question using state-of-the-art empirical evidence. This transforms our ability to base our decisions on the outcomes that matter most, namely the wellbeing of us all including future generations. Written by two of the world’s leading experts on the economics of wellbe…
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is one of the most significant global environmental assessment bodies ever established, providing the most authoritative and influential reports on climate change knowledge. This book examines the history and politics of the organisation and how this shapes its assessment practice and the climate knowledge it produces. Developing a new method…
A contribution to legal theories of accountability, this book offers pioneering research on the position of the individual in the EU’s Economic and Monetary Union. Its premise is that the EU’s response to the financial crisis placed undue emphasis on equality of Member States, to the detriment of political equality of citizens. As a remedy, this book reimagines…
This early morning when I am about to write the preface and acknowledgement, I came to realize that today is a very special day in Norway, â€ÂGrunnlovsdagen†means National day in Norwegian. Many people near Oslo travel to the city center and celebrate the important day with happiness, mostly importantly without using mask. In February 2022, Norway decided to lift all …
After an accident or severe illness, it may be difficult or even impossible to return to work due to a long absence from work or lasting impairments. In this case, vocational rehabilitation takes place in addition to health-related rehabilitation. There is some evidence in the literature that vocational rehabilitation contributes to increasing the profitability of companies. However, this pheno…
A number of people have given considerable time and effort in support of my research. I would like to express my sincere thanks to Professors Tadeusz Wallas, Roman Bäcker, and José Luis Orella MartÃÂnez for their unwavering support throughout preparing this book on its every stage, from the very idea through many drafts to the complete manuscript and giving me the benefit of…
This book is about the Models of Engaged Learning and Teaching (or MELT for short), which fluidly connect to 100 years of educational research and 100,000 years of human learning and sophisticated thinking. The MELT are a family of models with an ancestry that shares common features and that necessarily evolve to fit new and emerging contexts. Because of their adaptability and shared features, …
ThepresentvolumeistheresultofaworkshopheldinShanghaion17–18 October 2019, bearing the title, “Emotions between China and Greece,†sponsored by New York University, Fudan University, and New York Universityâ€â€Shanghai, and co-organized by the editor of this volume and Yang Huang, of Fudan University. The workshop was the successor to a…