Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Endorsements -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- 1. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- List of contributors -- Hegemony in world politics: An introduction -- PART 1: Hegemony as conceptual map -- 1. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of contributors -- 1 The Leap: the creative and liberatory potential of embodied thinking -- Part I Foundations -- 2 Transformative and responsive power: potentials of embodied thinking -- 3 Vitalising critical thinking: embodied critical thinking in a philosophical context -- 4 Sensing and thinking from within: aesthetic perception and embodied thinking -- Part II Thinking at the Edge, and Focusing -- 5 Thinking at the Edge and the production of knowledge -- 6 In search of relational imagination: an auto-ethnographic journey through training in embodied critical thinking -- 7 Refreshing and expanding the meaning of research: on the use of the TAE process in a micro-phenomenological research project -- Part III Micro-phenomenology and meditation -- 8 Micro-phenomenology as coming into contact with experience: subtilisation, surprises, and liberation -- 9 Experiencing as an ethically sensitive gesture -- 10 Multidimensional mindfulness trainings and methods of embodied thinking at universities of the 21st century -- Part IV Emancipations -- 11 Focusing on emotions in climate education: a felt sense of the climate -- 12 Embodied critical thinking and environmental embeddedness: the sensed knots of knowledge -- 13 Focusing in the school of architecture -- 14 Learning to catalyse socio-ecological change: reflective practice experiments -- 15 Disciplined thinking, sensuous wisdom -- Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Endorsements -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1 Introduction: Global Norms, Urban Africa, the Everyday, and Disruption -- Part I Heterogeneity -- 2 Questioning the Urban-Centrism of the New Urban Agenda and Its Implications for African Cities -- 3 Disrupting the Myth of Cohesion-Generating Public Space: Contrasting Narratives from Johannesburg and Berlin -- 4 The Hybridisation of Public Transport in Dar es Salaam and Nairobi: Challenging Inscriptions of Innovation Policy in Bus Rapid Transit Systems -- Part II Fluid Belongings -- 5 The Faulty Premise of “Leave No One Behind” in Lagos: A Focus on People Living with Disabilities -- 6 Living among the Dead: Disrupting Narratives on the Inclusion of the Homeless through a Case of Public Open Space in Johannesburg -- 7 Exploring the Potential of the Spatial Agency of Refugees and IDPs to Inform Alternative Approaches of “Protection”: Case Studies from Lagos and Berlin -- Part III Persistence -- 8 Unsettling the Formal–Informal Binary: The Right to Development and Self-Determination in the Harry Gwala Settlement Trajectory in Ekurhuleni, South Africa -- 9 Policy Transfer and the Misplaced Enabling Role of Government in Nigeria’s Housing Policy -- 10 The SDG Monitoring Framework Turns a Blind Eye to the Daily Realities of Lived Tenure Security in African Hybrid Land Transaction Systems: A South African Case -- Part IV Interplay -- 11 Local Government Autonomy, Electoral Systems, and Their Implications for Social Contracts in Nigeria: An Overlooked Obstacle to SDG Implementation -- 12 When Borders Do Not Matter: Contextualising Socio-Developmental Challenges in Urbanised Nigeria–Benin Border Communities -- 13 Transport Infrastructure as a Driver of Sustainable (Urban) Development in Africa? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Editor Biographies -- SECTION 1 Financial and Strategic Management in Uncertain Environments -- Chapter 1 Municipal financial management in conditions of uncertainty– selected aspects -- Chapter 2 Japanese industry analysis using Cobb–Douglas production function model -- Chapter 3 Management and image creation in selected local government units -- Chapter 4 Strategic analysis of enterprises and the Avatar model as modern management tools -- Chapter 5 The digital transformation of financial services -- Chapter 6 The digital banking evolution: An opportunity or apitfall? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Endorsements -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- 1 A Century of Indian Migration to Canada: A Choreography of Challenges and Changes -- 2 Growing Together: The Evolution of Indian Immigrants in Canada -- 3 The Canada-India Relationship: A Historical Understanding of Political Discontent and Diaspora -- 4 Indian Women in Canada -- 5 "We Know We Have to Work Like a 'Donkey' in Canada": Employment Expectations and Experiences of Young Punjabis Migrating to Canada -- 6 Indo-Canadians in Canadian Politics -- 7 The Growing Indian Diaspora in Ontario's North -- 8 Economic Assimilation of Indians in Canada -- 9 Navigating Uncharted Trajectories: Skilled Indian Women Migrating to Canada -- 10 COVID-19 Challenges, Health, and Wellness of the Little India Community in Canada -- 11 Diaspora Dilemmas and Deadlocks: The Indian Immigration Flux and Struggled Survival in Canada -- 12 Model Minorities and Marriage Migration: Experiences of Indian Migrant Women in Canada -- 13 A Short History of Izzat Among the Punjabi Diaspora -- 14 Migration and Integration: Changing Realities and Evolving Perceptions -- 15 Punjabi Migration to Northwestern British Columbia: Labour and the First Nations -- 16 Canadian Punjabi Diaspora -- 17 How Memory and Generation Shape South Asian Migration -- 18 Exploring the Canadian Market for Indian Health Workers -- 19 The Immigrant Policies of Canada and Racism: A Postcolonial Reading of the Indian Experience -- 20 Migration of Adult Children and Left-Behind Parent's Health and Disability: Evidence From Tamil Nadu Migration Survey 2015 -- 21 A New Path Forward: Leveraging Migration for Development -- Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- Foreword: The Conduct of Inquiry in Foreign Policy Analysis -- Acknowledgments -- PART I: Introduction -- 1 Methods of Foreign Policy Analysis Charting Ground, Engaging Traditions, and Opening Up Boundaries -- PART II: Perspectives on Foreign Policy -- 2 Ideas and Identity from Rationalism to Theories of Recognition -- 3 Ethnography -- 4 Norms and Norm Contestation -- 5 Feminism -- 6 Political Geography -- PART III: Language and Interpretive Methods -- 7 Discourse Analysis and Discourse Theories -- 8 Narrative Analysis -- 9 Frame Analysis -- 10 Visual Analysis -- 11 Emotion Discourse Analysis -- PART IV: Psychology, Roles, and Leaders -- 12 Role Theory -- 13 The Political Psychology of Threat Assessment -- 14 Measuring Perceptions Combining Low and High Inference Approaches to Data Analysis in International Political Communication -- 15 Leadership Trait Analysis -- 16 Operational Code Analysis -- 17 Groupthink, Polythink, and Con-Div Identifying Group Decision-Making Dynamics -- PART V: Quantitative and Comparative Approaches -- 18 Comparative Foreign Policy -- 19 Quantitative Content Analysis -- 20 Statistical Analysis -- 21 Experimental Methods -- 22 Game Theory -- 23 Public Opinion Surveys -- 24 Qualitative Comparative Analysis -- PART VI: Qualitative Methods and Historical Approaches -- 25 Process Tracing: An Analyticist Approach -- 26 Interviews -- 27 Historical Analysis -- 28 Oral History -- 29 Archival Research -- Part VII: New Technology, Social Media, and Networks -- 30 Big Data Analysis -- 31 Analyzing Twitter -- 32 Discourse Network Analysis -- 33 Text as Data -- 34 Conflict Event Data -- Index…”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Editors -- Contributors -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Integration of Nature-Inspired Mechanisms to Machine Learning in Real Time Sensors, Controllers, and Actuators for Industrial Automation -- Chapter 2 The Implications of Cloud Computing, IoT, and Wearable Robotics for Smart Healthcare and Agriculture Solutions -- Chapter 3 Role of Human-Robot Interaction in Building Automated Mixed Palletization Based on Industrial Applications -- Chapter 4 Emerging Soft Computing and Machine Learning Techniques Applicable in Industrial and Automated Applications -- Chapter 5 PSO-Based Nature-Inspired Mechanisms for Robots during Smart Decision-Making for Industry 4.0 -- Chapter 6 Application of AI-Based Learning in Automated Applications and Soft Computing Mechanisms Applicable in Industries -- Chapter 7 Investigating Scope and Applications for the Internet of Robotics in Industrial Automation -- Chapter 8 Role of Artificial Intelligence in Making Wearable Robotics Smarter -- Chapter 9 Role of Machine Learning Approaches in Optimization of AI-Based Industry 4.0 Healthcare Management Systems -- Chapter 10 Leveraging Financial Data to Optimize Automation: An Industry 4.0 approach -- Chapter 11 Assessing Cybersecurity Risks in the Age of Robotics and Automation: Frameworks and Strategies for Risk Management -- Chapter 12 The Role of Education in Addressing the Workforce Challenges of Automation: A Global Perspective -- Chapter 13 The Intersection of Human Resource Management and Automation: Opportunities and Challenges for HR Professionals -- Chapter 14 Data-Driven Insights for Agricultural Management: Leveraging Industry 4.0 Technologies for Improved Crop Yields and Resource Optimization -- Chapter 15 Data Analytics and ML for Optimized Performance in Industry 4.0 -- Chapter 16 Business Intelligence in Action: Way of Successful Implementation of Automated Systems -- Chapter 17 A Review of Dielectric Resonator Antennas (DRA)-Based RFID Technology for Industry 4.0 -- Chapter 18 Leveraging Blockchain for Improved Supply Chain Management and Traceability in Industry 4.0 -- Chapter 19 Securing Automated Systems with BT: Opportunities and Challenges -- Chapter 20 Transforming Healthcare with Industry 4.0: The Impact of Social Media on Mental Health -- Chapter 21 Multiband Antenna Design for Internet of Things (IoT) Applications…”

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