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This book contributes to efforts in furthering the democratization and development processes in the Philippines by examining the decentralization efforts in Metro Manila.

Put Y'all Back in Chains outlines how the policies of President Joe Biden harm Black communities and limit opportunities for their success.

This volume analyzes e-learning in European higher education, focusing on the technological, ecological, and social challenges of digital transformation.

This book offers comprehensive review and analysis of official corruption in post-Mao China, arguing that this complex political and social malaise is the consequence of a variety of contributing factors, which include political, social, traditional/cultural, or structural, institutional, governance or policy failures.

This book offers comprehensive review and analysis of official corruption in post-Mao China, arguing that this complex political and social malaise is the consequence of a variety of contributing factors, which include political, social, traditional/cultural, or structural, institutional, governance or policy failures.

This book focuses specifically on policy mixes and wind power diffusion in four Nordic countries - Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden.

This book focuses specifically on policy mixes and wind power diffusion in four Nordic countries - Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden.

This book examines the transformative power of the innovation processes set in motion by the European Green Deal and their impact on the EU Single Market.

This contributed volume addresses the global scale of urbanization and its impacts on biodiversity.

This book assesses the extent to which good governance may contribute to enhancing economic performance and social welfare in developing countries, globally.

This book assesses the extent to which good governance may contribute to enhancing economic performance and social welfare in developing countries, globally.

This book provides the first comprehensive introduction to, and enquiry into, the rules of Western Australia's (WA) system of government.

This book provides the first comprehensive introduction to, and enquiry into, the rules of Western Australia's (WA) system of government.

This book describes how modern industry affected people in Japan and their communities by polluting their living environment with toxic emissions.

This book addresses the opportunity to cultivate a multipurpose, drought resistant and nonfood bioenergy crop, Jatropha curcas L.

This book presents an overview of political economic change in Vietnam during a period of significant social and economic change and an era of international turbulence.

This book will cover the basic principles and salient features of EIA.

This textbook is a comprehensive resource designed for university master's students on power systems, with a focus on engineering-related aspects.

This book delves into the complex dynamics of legitimizing power in fragile states.

The book focuses on environmental monitoring, pollution discharge control and management, environmental pollution governance, ecological remediation technology, and environmental sustainability.

This book examines the role and nature of the judiciary in Papua New Guinea (PNG), the first comprehensive study since the country's independence in 1975.

This book examines retrospective pledge voting; the phenomenon of whether and under which conditions citizens are likely to withdraw their support for political parties that have failed to turn their pre-election pledges into tangible policies once they have joined government.

This brief serves as a comprehensive and practical guide to energy system optimization utilizing the Pyomo optimization package in Python.

The rapid pace of economic development and urbanization in Asia have led to several major problems such as greenhouse gas emissions, mass consumption, and depletion of natural resources.

This is the most comprehensive book discussing the impact of renewable energy transition by engaging local narratives, and combining this with the domestication of technology theory.

This edited volume bridges the gap between theoretical underpinnings of South Asian public administration and practices on the ground to understand the future path of public administration in the region.

The volume explores the intricate relationship between urbanization, population dynamics, and the environment in the western Himalayas from a historical perspective.

This is an accessible introduction to the theory and practice of strategic management in the public sector.

This book, with a focus on the establishment of urban public security risk prevention and control system, carries out a comprehensive review and a comparative study of its development.

This volume sheds light on the world of organizational politics, political leadership, and the pivotal roles played by employees and political leaders in managing diverse groups.

At the outset of World War II, California agriculture seemed to be on the cusp of change.

This book examines how emerging environmental challenges are situated within existing International Relations (IR) theoretical understandings of ‘security’.

This book provides an account of the transformation of Chinese stakeholders' engagement in Internet governance, from normative contestation to integration, and from isolation to an industrial leadership role.

This book argues that law has a vital role in shaping the electricity system to enable a more active role for consumers in liberalizsed electricity industries.

This book offers a comprehensive exploration of climate justice intertwined with energy transitions, specifically focusing on the unique challenges and opportunities in developing countries.

Net Zero is not enough.

This book is a comparative study of judge-managed court systems across Australia, Europe and North America.

This book reports on the investigation of the public's perception of Radio Frequency Electromagnetic Field (RF-EMF) radiation effects on health and well-being, in Malaysia.

This book combines, for the first time, the operations management and operations research concepts in lean and agile supply chain management (SCM) for achieving decreased uncertainty, increased productivity, and sustainability through the use of quality engineering techniques (QETs).

This book provides a framework of protest handling which redirects our attention away from the strength of protesters and towards the constraints of state power, drawing on detailed case studies randomly collected in 7 provinces in China over the last decade.

This book provides a step-by-step guide to implementing lean at SMEs using an approach that has been tested and fine-tuned at over a hundred organizations across India, South East Asia and the Middle East.

This book argues that law has a vital role in shaping the electricity system to enable a more active role for consumers in liberalizsed electricity industries.

This book states that the political systems of China, Vietnam, Cuba and other socialist countries are showing distinct maturity and ability to deal effectively with challenges - the most recent being the COVID-19 pandemic.

This book extends a previously published model of social evolution by using macroeconomic measures to indicate both the current state of the society, and its evolutionary trajectory.

This book features a comprehensive analysis of the development of shale gas resources in China, with a focus on the potential environmental impacts that may result.

This book presents an overview of political economic change in Vietnam during a period of significant social and economic change and an era of international turbulence.

This book provides a step-by-step guide to implementing lean at SMEs using an approach that has been tested and fine-tuned at over a hundred organizations across India, South East Asia and the Middle East.

This book provides a framework of protest handling which redirects our attention away from the strength of protesters and towards the constraints of state power, drawing on detailed case studies randomly collected in 7 provinces in China over the last decade.

This book assesses the changes that the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) could produce by boosting the competitiveness of firms in India and Korea.

Through this book, readers will gain a comprehensive overview of transdisciplinary knowledge co-production in local contexts as an issue-driven and solution-oriented process, and will come to understand its relationship to societal transformation processes toward sustainability.