National Spirit and Spiritual Home -- Connotation, characteristics and functions of national spirit -- Chinese national spirit: generation, development and modern transformation Approaches to the Challenges and Development Confronting the Chinese -- National Philosophy in Modern Times -- Integration of the Patriotism and the Homeland of Mankind.
Introduction to Rural Welfare in China. - Research framework and methodology -- Welfare concepts and systems -- Historical studies of the Chinese welfare system -- Traditional Chinese Rural Welfare -- Ancient families and communities -- The state and traditional thoughts -- Driven by missionary, the republic government, and intellectuals in modern times -- The Socialist Welfare System under Pla…
Prolegomena: Alternative Discourses in Social Science as "Culturally Independent" Scholarship -- The Yin-Yang Dialectic and Principles of Social Change: Culturally Independent Alternative Sociological Ideas -- Selective Modernization and Alternative Modernities: In Search of an Alternative Theory -- From The "Culture of Development" Toward "Cultured" Development: An Alternative Theoretical Appr…
1. Introduction; Hanne Warming and Kristian Fahnøe -- 2. Citizenship on the edge: homeless outreach and the city; Tom Hall -- 3. Spaces of surveillance and citizenship learning opportunities in a 24-hour care institution; Michael Christensen -- 4. The role of social work practice and policy for the lived citizenship of young people with psychological disorder; Hanne Warming -- 5. Exploring nor…
Return Migration Decision Making: Theoretical Considerations -- Chinese Migration to Japan: Then and Now -- A Conceptualization of (Locational) Decision-Making Processes -- Impact of Career, Family and Lifestyle Factors on Migrants’ Locational Decisions. .Ruth Achenbach develops a model of individual return migration decision making, which examines both the process and the decisive factors in…
Introduction - Climate Change and Cities: Perspectives, Planning, and People -- Stakeholder Methods to Climate Change and Sustainable Development -- Case Study Reviews: People, Perspective, and Planning -- The Review of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): People, Perspective and Planning -- Sustainable Urban Development in the Age of Climate Change.This book considers the impact of climate ch…
1. Pathways to Low Carbon Living -- Part 1: Energy Transition2. Energy futures for Australia -- 3. Rooftop photovoltaics: distributed renewable energy and storage (or low cost PV changes everything) -- 4. Community owned renewable energy: enabling the transition towards renewable energy? -- 5. Unlocking the benefits of vehicle electrification -- 6. Decarbonising household energy use: the smart …
SECTION 1 – INTRODUCTION -- Introduction -- Framing Urban Movements, Contesting Global Capitalism and Liberal Democracy -- SECTION 2 - CHANGING FORMS OF URBAN ACTIVISM -- Housing Activism against the Production of Ignorance: Some Lessons from the UK -- Urban Food Activism in Athens: Recovering More Autonomous Forms of Social reproduction -- From Obedience to Resistance: Understanding Equal Ri…
1.Introduction: Resources Politics and Knowing the Salween River -- 2.Salween: What’s in a Name? -- 3.Hydropower Politics and Conflict on the Salween River -- 4.From Hydropower Construction to National Park Creation: Changing Pathways of the Nu River -- 5.Rites, Rights and Water Justice in Karen State: A Case Study of Community-based Water Governance and the Hatgyi Dam -- 6.Contested Water Go…
Why Focusing on Urban Climate Change Resilience in Southeast Asia Is Relevant and Urgent -- Part 1: Understanding Vulnerability: Neighbourhoods, Cities, and Nations Beyond -- Bridging Systems and People-centred Approaches in Urban Vulnerability Research: Insights for Resilience from Dawei, Myanmar.- Water Access and Resilience to Climate-induced Droughts in the Thai Secondary City of Khon Kae…