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  • Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland  (17)
  • Cham : Springer International Publishing AG  (16)
  • Geesthacht : International Baltic Earth Secretariat
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  • London : IWA Publishing
  • Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
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  • 11
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    Sonic Design : Explorations Between Art and Science (2024)
    Cham : Springer International Publishing AG
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    Description / Table of Contents: Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Contributors -- Theoretical Perspectives -- Generic Motion Components for Sonic Design -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Sonic Features -- 3 Generative Features -- 4 Multimodality -- 5 Analytic Tools -- 6 Textures and Roles -- 7 Ontological Reflections -- 8 Musical Translation -- 9 Conclusions -- References -- Sound Design and the Theory of Self-augmented Interactions -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Strategies: Stimulus-Response or Interaction? -- 3 Components: Emergent Patterns and Expressive Gestures -- 3.1 Pattern Emergence -- 3.2 Gestural Expression -- 4 Capacities: Affordance, Entrainment and Anticipation -- 4.1 Affordance Capacity -- 4.2 Entrainment Capacity -- 4.3 Anticipation Capacity -- 5 Sound Design and the Theory of Self-augmented Interaction -- 5.1 What is Self-augmented Interaction? -- 5.2 A Model for Self-augmented Interaction -- 5.3 Foundations in Expression Theory -- 6 Biofeedback Systems -- 6.1 Sound Design in Biofeedback Systems -- 6.2 Ethical Considerations of Sound Design -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- Musical Meter as Shape: An Embodied Perspective on Metrical Trajectories and Curves -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Music and Motion -- 3 Meter-Related Motion -- 4 Toward a Theory of Meter as Shape -- 5 Metrical Shapes in Norwegian Folk Music and Dance -- 6 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Prelude to a Theory of Gestural Time, Proto-Geometry, and Music -- 1 Introduction -- 2 From Gestural Objects to Gestural Time -- 3 Husserl's Proto-Geometry -- 4 Micro-gesture and Phenomenological Variation -- 5 Experience Matters -- References -- A Grammar of Expressive Conducting Gestures -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Work -- 2.1 Sound-Related Gestures -- 2.2 Conducting Gestures -- 2.3 Motivation -- 3 Similarities Between Sign Language and Conducting Gestures -- 3.1 Phonological Components -- 4 Spatiality -- 5 Iconicity.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (347 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9783031578922
    Series Statement: Current Research in Systematic Musicology Series v.12
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  • 12
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    4th International Conference Coordinating Engineering for Sustainability and Resilience and Midterm Conference of CircularB Implementation of Circular Economy in the Built Environment (2024)
    Cham : Springer International Publishing AG
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    Description / Table of Contents: Intro -- Preface -- Organization -- Contents -- Keynote Papers -- Life-Cycle Risk, Resilience, and Sustainability of Individual and Spatially Distributed Structures -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Lessons from Recent Large Earthquakes in Japan -- 3 Toward Life-Cycle Based Design and Assessment of Bridges and Bridge Networks Under Multiple Hazards -- 3.1 Progress of Structural Performance Methodology and Associated Performance Indicators -- 3.2 Multiple Hazard Issues -- 4 Illustrative Examples -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Reliability and Durability of Built Environment Under Impact of Climate Natural Hazards -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Case Study: Large Span Steel Frame Production Unit Exposed to Extreme Drifted Snow -- 2.1 Building Description -- 2.2 Heavy Snowfall and Damage to the Building -- 2.3 Numerical Simulation of the Accidental Snow Load Effects on the Roof -- 3 Case Study: Roofing of Large Span Concrete Frame Industrial Building Exposed to Extreme Wind -- 3.1 Building Description -- 3.2 Windstorm Damage to the Building Roofing and Enclosure Walls -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Sustainable Infrastructures -- Integration of Carbon Emissions Estimates into Climate Resilience Frameworks for Transport Asset Recovery -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Integrating Environmental Impact into Resilience Frameworks -- 3 Environmental Impact Assessments -- 3.1 Environmental Impact Modelling -- 3.2 Restoration Tasks -- 4 Results and Discussion -- 4.1 Environmental Impact -- 4.2 Circularity Considerations -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Resilience Framework for Aged Bridges Subjected to Human-Induced Hazard - Case Study in Ukraine -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Resilience Framework for Combined Ageing and Human-Induced Hazards -- 3 Case Study of Post-conflict Recovery in Ukraine -- 3.1 Portfolio of Bridges -- 3.2 Vulnerability Analysis -- 3.3 Resilience Analysis.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (713 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9783031578007
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering Series v.489
    URL: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=31361015
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  • 13
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    Climate Change and Safety in High-Risk Industries (2024)
    Cham : Springer International Publishing AG
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    Description / Table of Contents: Intro -- Series Editors' Foreword -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- References -- 2 Climate Change, Global Scales and Safety -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 An Empirical Illustration -- 2.3 From Natech to Socio-Natech -- 2.4 Post Normal Accident (Post NA): Global Scales (New Causal Regime) -- 2.5 Conclusion -- References -- 3 On the Future of Industrial Safety Research -- 3.1 What Does Climate Change Mean for Industrial Safety and Safety Research? -- 3.2 What Climate Change Does to Industrial Safety -- 3.2.1 How Can Safety Be Managed Given the Path of Ever Greater Fluctuations Anticipated by Climate Scientists, and Can It Be Managed at All? -- 3.3 To Avoid Natechs, Should Hazardous Industries Shut Down or Upgrade? -- 3.4 Physical and Social Limits to Adaptation -- 3.5 Interim Conclusion -- 3.6 Away with the Illusion of Control (Again) -- 3.7 Letting Go of False Ontologies -- 3.8 Preparing for Controversy -- 3.9 If Research Shifts, Will Practice Too? -- References -- 4 The Experimental Perspective to Address Critical Infrastructure Security Issues in Times of Crisis -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Real-World Experiments, Real-World Laboratories, Collective Experimentation -- 4.2.1 Collective Experimentation -- 4.2.2 Urban Living Labs -- 4.3 Experimentation as an Analytical Lens in Risk and Safety Studies -- 4.4 Experimental Design to Maintain Safety in Transformation-A Next Step -- 4.5 Concluding Remarks -- References -- 5 Safe Transitions in Complex Systems -- 5.1 Transformation of Critical Infrastructure Systems -- 5.2 A Sociological Perspective -- 5.3 Agent-Based Modeling of Complex (Adaptive) Systems -- 5.4 ABM of Socio-technical Systems -- 5.4.1 Agents -- 5.4.2 Context -- 5.4.3 Interaction -- 5.4.4 System Dynamics -- 5.4.5 A Sociological Perspective -- 5.5 Simulation of the Governance of Complex Systems (SimCo) -- 5.6 Experiments.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (100 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9783031569951
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology Series
    URL: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=31361014
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  • 14
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    Deep-Time Images in the Age of Globalization : Rock Art in the 21st Century (2024)
    Cham : Springer International Publishing AG
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    Description / Table of Contents: Intro -- Contents -- About the Editors -- 1: Deep-Time Images and the Challenges of Globalization -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Eurocentrism: A Long-Standing Bias in Rock Art Research -- 1.3 Globalization and Rock Art Research -- 1.4 The Pitfalls of Globalization -- 1.5 Organization and Relevance of This Volume -- References Cited -- Part I: Recentering Rock Art -- 2: 'Out of Franco-Cantabria': The Globalization of Pleistocene Rock Art -- 2.1 'Ex occidente lux': Southwestern Europe as the Spiritual Reservoir of Paleolithic Societies -- 2.2 First Discoveries Beyond the 'Cynosure' -- 2.3 Europe Becomes Larger: Systematic Research in Eastern Europe and the British 'Exception' -- 2.4 Beyond Europe -- 2.5 Conclusion: Global Research for a Global Phenomenon? -- References -- 3: Some Implications of Pleistocene Figurative Rock Art in Indonesia and Australia -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Current Rock Art Dating Evidence from Indonesia -- 3.2.1 Sulawesi -- 3.2.2 Kalimantan -- 3.2.3 Figurative Animal Art in Maros-Pangkep -- 3.3 Early Figurative Animal Art in Northern Australia -- 3.3.1 Early NASI-Like Animal Art in Arnhem Land -- 3.3.2 Early NASI-Like Animal Art in the Kimberley -- 3.4 Discussion -- 3.5 Conclusion -- References -- 4: Rock Art, Modes of Existence, and Cosmopolitics: A View from the Southern Andes -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 From Rock Art to Modes of Existence and Cosmopolitics -- 4.2.1 Case 1: El Médano Rock Paintings -- 4.2.2 Case 2: Inka Models -- 4.3 Discussion -- 4.4 Concluding Remarks -- References -- 5: Regional Reponses to Global Climate Change: Exploring Anthropomorphic Depictions in Rock and Mobiliary Art Expressions from the Kimberley and Europe During the Late and Terminal Pleistocene -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Art, Regionalisation, Globalization, and Networks -- 5.3 Europe.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (308 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9783031546389
    Series Statement: Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology Series
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    Transformation Towards Sustainability : A Novel Interdisciplinary Framework from RWTH Aachen University (2024)
    Cham : Springer International Publishing AG
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    Description / Table of Contents: Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- Societal Transformation: Transformation Research, Transformational Research, Research Transformation: A Novel Framework from RWTH Aachen University -- 1 Introduction: An Understanding of Transformation and Transformation Processes -- 2 RWTH Aachen University: Its History and Strategy -- 2.1 History and Figures -- 2.2 Strategy of an Integrated Interdisciplinary University -- 2.3 Organizational Elements of the RWTH for Addressing Interdisciplinary and Transformation Challenges -- 2.4 Summary: RWTH Aachen University as a Transformational University? -- 3 Aachen Model of Transformation Research -- 3.1 Human-Technology Transformation -- 3.2 Transformation Research -- 3.3 Transformational Research -- 3.4 Research Transformation -- 4 Examples and Book Overview -- 5 Conclusion and Invitation -- References -- An Actor in the Transformation Triad: The Platform Approach "REVIERa" -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Conceptual Background -- 2.1 Understanding Transformation Through Multi-level Thinking -- 2.2 Shaping Transformation as an Open Process -- 3 Platform Approach of RWTH Aachen University -- 3.1 Setting Up the REVIERa Transformation Platform -- 3.2 Contribution to the Transformation Triad -- 4 The Dimensions of the Platform -- 4.1 Transformation Research ("Research") -- 4.2 Transformational Research ("Shape") -- 4.3 Research Transformation ("Enable") -- 5 Discussion and Reflection -- 6 Conclusion and Outlook -- References -- Transformation Research -- Sustainability, the Green Transition, and Greenwashing: An Overview for Research and Practice -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Firms' Sustainability Reporting -- 3 Detection and Measurement of Corporate Greenwashing -- 4 Effects of Corporate Greenwashing -- 5 Determinants and Reasons for Corporate Greenwashing -- 6 Guidelines for Avoiding Greenwashing -- 7 Conclusion.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (473 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9783031547003
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    Engaging with Human Rights : How Subnational Actors Use Human Rights Treaties in Policy Processes (2024)
    Cham : Springer International Publishing AG
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    Description / Table of Contents: Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations -- List of Tables -- 1 The Importance of Subnational Engagement with Human Rights Treaties -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 What Readers Can Expect from This Book -- 1.2.1 Why Subnational Actors and Human Rights Treaties? -- 1.2.2 Why International Human Rights Treaties with Obligations Requiring the Adoption of Policy Measures? -- 1.2.3 International Treaty Obligations at the Subnational Level in Switzerland -- 1.3 Key Terms: Subnational Political Authorities' Engagement with Human Rights Treaties -- 1.4 Why Focus on Engagement, Rather than Compliance or Implementation? -- 1.5 Organisation of the Book -- References -- 2 Designing Research for Studying How Subnational Actors Use International Human Rights Treaties -- 2.1 Restating the Research Objectives -- 2.2 Identifying the Engagement of Subnational Actors with Human Rights Treaties: An Interdisciplinary Endeavour -- 2.2.1 Studies on Domestic Human Rights Legal Implementation -- 2.2.2 New Legal Realism in Human Rights Scholarship -- 2.2.3 Intermediaries -- 2.3 Selecting the International Treaties -- 2.3.1 The Istanbul Convention -- 2.3.2 The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities -- 2.3.3 Reflections on This Treaty Selection -- 2.3.4 Why Treaties (Rather than Legal Norms)? -- 2.4 The Collected Datasets -- 2.4.1 Desk Research on Official Sources Related to the Treaties -- 2.4.2 Semi-Structured Interviews -- 2.4.3 Selection of Four Cantons for In-Depth Analysis -- 2.4.4 Analysing the Datasets from Different Perspectives -- References -- 3 Shaping the Uses of a Treaty Through Ratification and Implementation Procedures -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Theoretical Framework on Ratification and Implementation -- 3.2.1 The Ratification of Treaties -- 3.2.2 The Implementation of Treaties.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (144 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9783031535185
    Series Statement: Palgrave Socio-Legal Studies
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    Justice and Recovery for Victimised Children : Institutional Tensions in Nordic and European Barnahus Models (2024)
    Cham : Springer International Publishing AG
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    Description / Table of Contents: Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Editors and Contributors -- About the Editors -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Tables -- 1 Diffusion and Translation of the Barnahus Model Through the Lens of Institutional Tensions -- Introduction -- The Continuous Phase of Nordic Diffusion: Similar Contexts, Different Setups -- Scope, Tempo, and the Role of the State -- Sector Affiliation -- Steering, Regulation, and Coordinating Mechanisms -- Documentation and Evaluation -- The Cross-fertilisation of Ideas -- Early European Diffusion: Different Contexts, Varied Setups -- Steering and Regulation -- The Role of the State -- Sector Affiliation -- Multiple Adaptations Across Europe -- Theoretical Framework: Institutional Tensions and Logics -- Outline of the Book -- Legal Tensions -- Organisational Tensions -- Professional and Ethical Tensions -- Balancing Institutional Tensions -- References -- Part I Legal Tensions -- 2 Criminal Law and Children's Access to Barnahus Services -- Introduction -- Background and Research Questions -- Barnahus: A Realisation of Children's Rights According to the CRC? -- Access to Barnahus: The Case of Sweden -- Access to Barnahus and the Relation to Criminal Law -- Child Victims of Corporal Punishment -- Child Witnesses of Violence in the Home -- Psychological Abuse (Ongoing Governmental Investigation [DS 2022:18]) -- Summary -- The Risk When Defining the Target Group in Relation to Criminal Law -- Final words -- References -- 3 Exploring Justice Tensions in the Barnahus Model -- Introduction -- Theoretical Analysis of Justice for Children Through Barnahus -- Ecological Systems Theory -- Systems Theory -- Analysis of Justice-related Tensions -- Systems Level: Tensions Between Victim and Defendant Needs -- Systems Level: Tensions Between Justice and Welfare -- Child Level: Tensions Between Child Protection and Participation.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (294 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9783031532337
    Series Statement: Palgrave Studies in Victims and Victimology Series
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    Vietnamese Language, Education and Change in and Outside Vietnam (2024)
    Singapore : Springer
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    Description / Table of Contents: Intro -- Praise for Vietnamese Language, Education and Change In and Outside Vietnam -- Contents -- 1 Foregrounding Vietnamese Language, Education, and Change in and Outside Vietnam -- Setting the Scene -- The Conceptual Edge and Significance -- References -- Part I Vietnamese Language Education and Language Issues in Diverse Contexts -- 2 Literacy Education in Vietnamese Schooling System -- Introduction -- Literacy Education in Vietnam: A Brief History -- The Revolutionary State and Its Literacy Education Campaign (1945-1989) -- The Đổi Mới Spirit and Reformation Processes of Literacy Education in Contemporary Vietnam -- Central Control Model of Literacy Education in Contemporary Vietnam -- Achievements and Shortages -- Emerging Changes and Challenges for the Literacy Education in Vietnam -- Reformation to Be Continued: The General Education Curriculum and Its New Phase of Literacy Education -- Critical Changes in Teaching Methods -- Methods of Teaching Reading -- Methods of Teaching Writing -- Methods of Teaching Speaking and Listening -- Critical Changes in Assessment and Evaluation -- Concluding Discussion: Toward Global Standards and Inter-connected Settings -- References -- 3 Institutional Transformation for Internationalization: The Making of National Language Program in Higher Education in Contemporary Vietnam -- Introduction -- An Overview of the Education Programs Vietnamese for Foreigners -- Before 1945-The Spread of Religion by the West and the Domination of French in Vietnam -- The Period of the Two Governments, North and South Vietnam: 1945-1975 -- From Period of Reunification to Doi Moi: 1976-1990, the Period of Country Reconstruction After War -- The Context of Doi Moi and Governmental Policies Toward HEI's Vietnamese Language Education -- Institutional Transformation and Internationalization of National Language Program at HE.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (299 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9789819990931
    Series Statement: Global Vietnam: Across Time, Space and Community Series
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    The Semantics of Development in Asia : Exploring 'Untranslatable' Ideas Through Japan (2024)
    Singapore : Springer
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    Description / Table of Contents: Intro -- Acknowledgment -- Contents -- Editors and Contributors -- Development: Which Ideas Now? -- 1 Sources of Development Ideas -- 2 How Did We Leave Behind Our Own Development Ideas? -- 3 Why Japan Matters -- 4 Overview of the Book -- Notes -- References -- Doboku: Changes in the Social Evaluation of Infrastructure Development in Japan -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Emergence of Doboku -- 3 The Lack of a Philosophy of "Doboku" -- 4 Negative Images of "Doboku" -- 5 Attempts to Establish a Philosophy of "Doboku" -- 6 Conclusion: "Doboku" Redeemed -- References -- Kaizen: Why is It so Difficult to Understand? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 What is Kaizen?-Continuous Operational Improvements Through a Bottom-Up, Hands-On, Participatory Approach -- 3 Why Has Kaizen Become a Vital Development Policy in Recent Years? -- 4 The Difficulty of Translating Kaizen -- 4.1 Can Kaizen Be Implemented Outside Japan? -- 4.2 Why Did These Differences in Content Arise? -- 4.3 The Distinctiveness of Japan's System of Business Management -- 4.4 The Context-Specific Nature of Kaizen -- 4.5 Criticisms of Kaizen -- 5 Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Genba-Shugi: Understanding Through a Hands-On Approach -- 1 What Gave Rise to Genba-Shugi? -- 2 The Discovery of "Japanese-Style" Engineers and Companies in Manufacturing -- 3 The Emphasis on Japanese Uniqueness -- 4 JICA's Pursuit of Autonomy -- 5 Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Asianism: Continuity and Divergence in Japan's Foreign and International Cooperation Policy -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Alliance-Style Asianism and Japan-China Cooperation -- 3 Leadership-Style Asianism and the Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere -- 4 Reparations and the Commencement of Japanese ODA -- 5 The Bandung Conference and South-South Cooperation -- 6 The Fukuda Doctrine and Assistance for ASEAN.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (250 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9789819712151
    Series Statement: The University of Tokyo Studies on Asia Series
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    Sector-Based Action Against Corruption : A Guide for Organisations and Professionals (2024)
    Cham : Springer International Publishing AG
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    Description / Table of Contents: Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Praise for Sector-Based Action Against Corruption -- Contents -- About the Authors -- List of Figures -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- The Reform Concept: Move Molehills Not Mountains -- The Reform Approach: SFRA -- Important Caveat -- How This Book Came About -- The Structure of the Book -- References -- Chapter 2: Corruption Basics -- Definition -- Delving Below Generalities -- The Unit of Analysis -- Identifying Core Issues: The Merits of Peer Voting -- References -- Chapter 3: Corruption Is a Management Issue -- Relevant Management Systems -- Training and Education -- Monitoring and Compliance -- Information and Communication Systems -- Specialist Expertise Group In-house -- Leadership -- Declarations of Commitment -- When Talking About Corruption, Language Matters -- Like All Risk Factors, Context Matters -- Is This Really My Responsibility? -- References -- Chapter 4: Work Within Your Sector -- Why Sectors Are a Good Locus for Reform -- What Is a Sector? -- International Sector Resources -- Construction Sector -- Health Sector -- Shipping Sector -- References -- Chapter 5: Focus -- Disaggregate the Specific Corruption Issues -- Sector Typologies -- Make Your Own Typology? -- Analysis and Context -- Analysis Methodologies -- Political Economy Analysis (PEA) -- Building Shared Understanding -- References -- Chapter 6: Remediation: Broad Framing -- Single Issue -- Broad Front -- Narrow Front -- Radical Change -- Low-Profile -- Multi-Party Collaboration -- Bundling -- Signature-Issue -- Keeping-Up-Hope -- References -- Chapter 7: Remediation: Detailed Improvement Measures -- Functional Improvement Measures -- Improve the Administrative Processes Closest to Service Delivery -- Improve Financial Management -- Improve Financial Management Processes -- Improve Management Information Systems (MIS).
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    Pages: 1 online resource (197 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    ISBN: 9783031593369
    Series Statement: Political Corruption and Governance Series
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