“…Why did the European Union experience a stark variation in the levels of conflict between the late 1970s, when budgetary disputes dominated European politics, and the 1990s, when political actors were able to settle upon budgetary agreements without major conflicts? …”

“…An exercise in social engineering, these infrastructures were intended to guide market actors toward behavior that would produce optimal market results and facilitate grid management. …”

“…You'll also explore fundamental concepts of a zero trust network, including trust engine, policy engine, and context aware agents; discover how this model embeds security within the system's operation, rather than layering it on top; use existing technology to establish trust among the actors in a network; migrate from a perimeter-based network to a zero trust network in production; examine case studies that provide insights into various organizations' zero trust journeys; and learn about the various zero trust architectures, standards, and frameworks."…”

“…The key characteristics of good software requirements Understanding the requirements analysis process and artifacts Building user requirements problem domains, actors, use cases, activity diagrams, and storyboarding Building the requirements architecture entities and events, class diagrams, state transition diagrams, and sequence diagrams Building the specifications software requirements, interface requirements, and verification Using the requirements architecture you've built Whether you're an analyst, architect, developer, tester, manager, or software customer, this book will help you define requirements that precisely reflect your needs—and can be transformed into working software faster and more cost-effectively than ever before…”

“…This issue brings together different socioeducational actors with their concerns for and commitments to higher education, in order to achieve the aim of providing people with the competencies necessary to adapt to a changing and competitive world, in which the individual needs to engage in lifelong learning and where education must align with sustainable development goals, such as democracy, justice and equality. …”

“…While retaining Graham’s relentless focus on price and quality, he shows how to integrate three crucial additional forms of value into your stock assessments: the value of political access in a government-infused investment world, the value of reputation in a world of colliding markets, actors and biases, and the value of capabilities in a multi-local world. …”

“…On the other hand, in aggressive forms, humor can halt verbal interactions, modify the usual rules of conversation, communicate critiques, or contribute to the creation of subversive environments.Not All Claps and Cheers: Humor in Business and Society Relationships is an original research anthology that considers different angles from which to address the use of humor by individuals, groups and business actors in their interactions within, around, and across organizationsthat is, at the interfaces of business and society. …”

“…Smith’s long list of famous and infamous subjects includes pro basketball players Dwayne Wade and Shaquille O’Neal; billionaires Bill Gates, Richard Branson, and Donald Trump; tennis stars Serena and Venus Williams; actors Anne Hathaway, Antonio Banderas, Christopher Walken, Taye Diggs, Jane Krakowski, and William H. …”

“…By uncovering the invisible albeit concrete emotive, symbolic, and perceptual causal mechanisms underpinning ethnoreligious otherings and the resulting violent protracted conflicts, the book aims to help address the incongruence between how the actual actors operating within these contexts think and act and the existing theories and models of how they are expected to behave. …”

“…Against an international background, the image of a humanistic knowledge system emerges with deep roots and wide branches in Swedish society. It is about these actors and arenas of knowledge that this book is about…”

“…Other border crossers and go-betweens acted as missionaries, traders, political refugees, beachcombers, pirates, anthropologists, actors in zoos, runaway slaves, and itinerant doctors. …”

“…It's also given rise to a new set of security challenges caused by bad actors who seek to exploit vulnerabilities in a digital infrastructure. …”

“…The already advanced legal containment of CO2 emissions caused by aviation is the focus of this study. The central actors - the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) as an international organization and the EU as a supranational organization, as well as the UNFCCC regime as a framework - create a plural regulatory environment. …”

“…This radical change should involve all of the actors involved in the economic system: institutions, industries, consumers, and scientific research. …”

“…El libro tiene por objeto de estudio las relaciones entre las Fuerzas Armadas y los procesos de configuración histórica de las fronteras y territorios de los Estados nacionales en América del Sur en las perspectivas y experiencias de actores sociales de la Argentina y el Brasil en el siglo XX. …”

“…While recognizing that changes are co-produced by differently positioned actors from within and outside the drylands, this volume presents the dryland's point of view. …”

“…The book covers numerous aspects of current Hybrid Warfare discourses including a discussion of the perspectives of key western actors such as NATO, the US and the EU; an analysis of Russia and China's Hybrid Warfare capabilities; and the growing threat of cyberwarfare. …”

“…Tracing how the sea's retreat and partial return have been apprehended by diverse local actors in the former port of Aral'sk and surrounding fishing villages, as well as by scientists, bureaucrats and international development workers, William Wheeler draws out the multiple meanings environmental change acquires within different contexts. …”

“…Where the standard story sees neoliberalism as right-wing, this book points to some left-wing origins, too; where the standard story emphasises the agency of think-tanks and politicians, this book shows that other actors from the business world were also highly significant. …”

“…Using social movement, critical race and post-colonial theories, the author examines the ways in which both institutional and non-institutional actors, including immigrant activists, become involved and compete in the local arena over immigration and integration issues, and assesses the mechanisms by which both conventional and non-conventional forms of participation are made possible, or obstructed. …”