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It is increasingly recognised that EU development cooperation policy has failed to meet its stated aims. In this book Arts and Dickson ask the obvious and important question: if the policy doesn't work, why bother with it? The authors assess why EU development policy has become largely ineffective, citing among the external causal factors the liberalisation of trade, and the growing influence of US and international actors such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund upon EU policy. It also considers contributing factors within the EU such as the enlargement of its membership and the resulting shifts in priorities. It is this analysis of internal and external factors affecting the decline of EU development policy that makes this study both innovative and unique. It brings together an impressive range of contributors from different disciplines resulting in a thorough and intelligent assessment of the debate. This study will appeal to advanced level undergraduates and academics of European politics in general, EU integration, development studies, and International Relations.

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China has long prioritized economic growth over environmental protection. But in recent years, the country has become a global leader in the fight to save the planet by promoting clean energy, cutting air and water pollution, and developing a system of green finance. In Certifying China, Yixian Sun explores the potential and limits of transnational eco-certification in moving the world's most populous country toward sustainable consumption and production. He identifies the forces that drive companies from three sectors—seafood, palm oil, and tea—to embrace eco-certification. The success of eco-certification, he says, will depend on the extent to which it wins support of domestic actors in fast-growing emerging economies. The assumption of eco-certification is that demand along the supply chain can drive businesses to adopt good practices for social, environmental, and economic sustainability by specifying rules for production, third-party verification, and product labeling. Through case studies drawn from extensive fieldwork and mixed methods, Sun traces the processes by which certification programs originating from the Global North were introduced in China and gradually gained traction. He finds that the rise of eco-certification in the Chinese market is mainly driven by state actors, including government-sponsored industry associations, who seek benefits of transnational governance for their own development goals. The book challenges the conventional wisdom that the Chinese state has little interest in supporting transnational governance, offering novel insights into the interaction between state and non-state actors in earth system governance in emerging economies.

This groundbreaking book brings together the latest academic research on Britain's involvement in transatlantic slavery, with innovative thinking on the teaching of such challenging histories in the classroom. It provides an essential framework for transforming how slavery is conceptualised and taught in British secondary schools by addressing three specific areas of concern: limits of teacher training on historical content and pedagogical approaches; the scarcity of high-quality, appropriate, research-based resources; and the lack of published material to guide teachers on the principles, knowledge and practice for ethical classroom engagement. Drawing on insights from a long-term partnership between historians and educators, Teaching Slavery combines sophisticated historical analysis with practical pedagogical guidance. The early part of the book offers thorough historiographical examination of key themes, including race, the gendering of slavery, resistance and rethinking abolition. These are followed by detailed guidance on overcoming the challenges of teaching these histories, including exemplar enquiries to help establish a classroom where teachers and students can confidently engage in dialogue about key ideas, including the construction of race and racism. Throughout, the authors emphasise the importance of historical specificity and the need to critically engage with Britain's history of slavery and empire.

The New Senfl Edition (NSE) begins with the publication of those works which have not yet been available in a modern edition: the motets for four voices. The first volume includes the innovative motet cycle Quinque Salutationes for the private devotion of Duke Wilhelm IV of Bavaria and the well-known Ecce quam bonum for the Imperial Diet in Augsburg 1530 in addition to many hitherto unknown motets. The Critical Reports accompanying the editions offer information on every motet with regard to the texts set to music, the plainchant models, an evaluation of the sources (incl. a synoptic overview of variant readings), as well as details on the history of each composition.

The Open Access version of this book, available at https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429352775 has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license. No city environment reflects the meaning of urban life better than a public place. A public place, whatever its nature—a park, a mall, a train platform or a street corner—is where people pass by, meet each other and at times become a victim of crime. With this book, we submit that crime and safety in public places are not issues that can be easily dealt with within the boundaries of a single discipline. The book aims to illustrate the complexity of patterns of crime and fear in public places with examples of studies on these topics contextualized in different cities and countries around the world. This is achieved by tackling five cross-cutting themes: the nature of the city’s environment as a backdrop for crime and fear; the dynamics of individuals’ daily routines and their transit safety; the safety perceptions experienced by those who are most in fear in public places; the metrics of crime and fear; and, finally, examples of current practices in promoting safety. All these original chapters contribute to our quest for safer, more inclusive, resilient, equitable and sustainable cities and human settlements aligned to the Global 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

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The distant origins of this book are found in my lecture notes that I wrote and rewrote for several years. The traces are the constant smudges that I made from time to time when I rediscovered these topics, you may not like the way of presentation, but I put in the best possible effort, it is not something new either since there are many references at the end of the book; I'll be happy if it at least works for a study group, it's impossible to avoid slipping mistakes. Some frequently asked questions that we ask ourselves, What exactly is a differential equation? Where and how did they originate, what is their use? What is done with them, how are the results of such manipulations analyzed? These questions indicate guidelines to follow, study aspects: theoretical, methodological and various fields of applications. There are historical facts that inspire; for example, obtaining the equation of the tangent line to a given curve was one of the latent problems until the end of the 17th century, on the eve of the birth of differential calculus. From then on the job consisted of solving the inverse problem, finding different methods in view of the fact that very few equations can be solved by specific rules. After a little more than two centuries, it is still not possible to establish general rules for all types of differential equations The physical world is constantly changing, it is also up to differential equations to study this change as a natural phenomenon, the laws that govern it, search for a mathematical model that governs its laws and interpret it. Differential equations in general, constitute the mathematical essence for modeling and comprise a large number of events in: physics, economics, engineering, chemistry, biology, physiology and economics, medicine, mathematics, movement of celestial bodies such as planets, moons and artificial satellites, astronomy, among others. Therefore, differential equations play a crucial role for their study. The content is thinking above all to facilitate understanding by the student, providing the basic technique to face a problem. Which is why numerous examples are included and most proofs are carefully detailed. Although abstraction is important, it makes no sense to study differential equations without reference to practical problems. I want to express my appreciation: to the Faculty of the Department of Mathematics; the director of the general office of interdisciplinary research; to the Rector of the San Luis Gonzaga National University, for crystallizing my sabbatical year and allowing a happy ending for the culmination of this book; to the physicist Mg. Carlos Tenorio, for the paintings alluding to the theme and to my dear Ica; special thanks to the Editorial Fund IDICAP PACÍFICO for the publication in digital version; there are many people who read the manuscript, their comments were valuable; thank you all.

Con motivo del vigésimo aniversario de la muerte de Rosario Castellanos, la colección Jornadas de El Colegio de México presenta al lector esta segunda edición de Un largo camino a la ironía de Nahum Megged, quien comenta: "Han pasado años; todo un círculo sagrado. Un manuscrito se perdió y había que reescribirlo; y aún así, la subjetividad combate lo que debería ser enfoque objetivo de una gran creación literaria. Me permito esta subjetividad como única manera de dialogar con el texto. Si el lector que seguirá el diálogo escucha los tonos personales, le ruego me perdone. Es imposible haberla conocido y ver en su literatura sólo un texto más."

Researchers in contemporary history have only recently turned their attention to government activities to combat ´old` terrorism and its socio-cultural implications. This compendium takes a much-needed next step by comparing the history of confrontation between democracy and terrorism and examining different anti-terrorism policies in the context of international relations.

This book offers a critical and forward-looking analysis of the evolution of the industrial revolutions from Industry 1.0 to Industry 8.0, exploring the relationship between technology, ethics, society, and human consciousness. The work begins with the recognition of a global crisis marked by environmental degradation, social inequality, and the excessive use of technology, highlighting the limitations of traditional industrial models focused solely on efficiency and economic growth. Industry 5.0 is presented as the return of the human being to the center of the productive system, promoting human–machine collaboration, conscious leadership, and dignity in the workplace. Industry 6.0 expands this vision by integrating technological justice, social responsibility, and the role of the state and academia in the ethical regulation of innovation, directing technology toward the reduction of social gaps and collective well-being. Industry 7.0 redefines the purpose of industry by orienting it toward planetary regeneration, a true circular economy, and the protection of natural systems, recognizing water, air, and soil as fundamental assets for life. At this stage, engineering assumes an active responsibility in environmental restoration and the prevention of ecological damage. Industry 8.0 represents the highest level of civilizational maturity outlined in the book, where science acknowledges its limits, technology is subordinate to ethics and human conscience, and knowledge is used to serve the common good. Artificial intelligence and advanced systems gain legitimacy only when they respect human dignity and intergenerational responsibility. The book highlights the strategic role of engineering education through the EENTITLE project and iPEER certification as pillars for training professionals who are conscientious, ethical, and committed to industrial transformation. The work concludes with a vision of legacy, where the integration of science, values, and faith is presented as the foundation for humane, just, and sustainable industrial development, serving present and future generations.

School development is increasingly being viewed as a holistic concept in which pedagogical concepts, learning spaces, methods, and the use of digital technologies come together and complement each other. This volume places a focus on the current state of scholarly research, supplemented with examples from various innovative schools.

Museums, Identity and Family Practices locates museum participation and meaning making in the realm of everyday family practices, which are central to understanding the role museums play in family social life. Drawing on a substantial amount of data from a wide range of sources, Moussouri discusses the importance of understanding how family practices are enacted across settings and how the arena of the museum can facilitate certain family practices and impede others. Developing and theorising key concepts, the book elucidates the key research themes, including everyday family practice; meaning making; and the structural characteristics of museums as arenas for the family visit activity. The analysis is rooted in a dialectical theoretical framework specifically developed to bridge the macrolevel (social order or the arena of the museum) and microlevel (family practices). Museums, Identity and Family Practices offers a novel and holistic approach to studying contemporary families and, as such, is key reading for scholars and students of museum and heritage studies, family studies, visitor studies, cultural studies, education, sociology and anthropology. Museum and heritage professionals working with families in different communities around the world will also find this book relevant to their practice. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

The Special Issue Machining—Recent Advances, Applications and Challenges is intended as a humble collection of some of the hottest topics in machining. The manufacturing industry is a varying and challenging environment where new advances emerge from one day to another. In recent years, new manufacturing procedures have retained increasing attention from the industrial and scientific community. However, machining still remains the key operation to achieve high productivity and precision for high-added value parts. Continuous research is performed, and new ideas are constantly considered. This Special Issue summarizes selected high-quality papers which were submitted, peer-reviewed, and recommended by experts. It covers some (but not only) of the following topics: High performance operations for difficult-to-cut alloys, wrought and cast materials, light alloys, ceramics, etc.; Cutting tools, grades, substrates and coatings. Wear damage; Advanced cooling in machining: Minimum quantity of lubricant, dry or cryogenics; Modelling, focused on the reduction of risks, the process outcome, and to maintain surface integrity; Vibration problems in machines: Active and passive/predictive methods, sources, diagnosis and avoidance; Influence of machining in new concepts of machine–tool, and machine static and dynamic behaviors; Machinability of new composites, brittle and emerging materials; Assisted machining processes by high-pressure, laser, US, and others; Introduction of new analytics and decision making into machining programming. We wish to thank the reviewers and staff from Materials for their comments, advice, suggestions and invaluable support during the development of this Special Issue.

This book gathers works derived from research carried out by some of the members of the Red de Investigaciones en Subjetividad y Lazo Social (Subjectivity and Social Bond Research Network). It consists of six academic writings, five of Colombian origin and one of Mexican origin, which converge in their interest to give rise to conversation and encourage reflection on the categories of subjectivity and social bond, and how they can be thought from the psychoanalytic discipline. In fact, the book itself is one of the ways forged to articulate the work of the network, to sustain the meetings, to advance in the discussions and to maintain the thread of the discussion, weaving increasingly fruitful links among us, which we hope can also be externalized so that the questions about the complexity of subjectivity and the social bond continue to circulate not only among the members of the network, but also in the different places where it can be received.