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This book is about an intensive form of peacemaking interaction, in which the disputing parties agree to take time out from the routine of their daily life in order to negotiate solutions to their conflict. The interaction has rules, structure and a time frame. This book is a social instrument for finding practical and enforceable solutions to conflicts in a limited time frame.Most people experience conflicts in their daily, professional and political life. They tend to avoid dealing with these conflicts, even when doing so causes them a great deal of suffering. This book was written to introduce a powerful mechanism for conflict resolution - Solution-Focused Negotiation.Dr. Sapir Handelman has led, directly and indirectly, dozens of face-to-face and online Solution-Focused Negotiations. Dr. Handelman, his colleagues and students have helped many people to successfully resolve their conflicts. The cases presented here reflect tensions, frictions and struggles in nearly all dimensions of social life, from family disputes to politics. The goal of this book is to share this knowledge, experience and expertise with scholars, practitioners and the general public.

This book is an applications-oriented text designed for individuals who desire a hands-on approach to analyzing the effects of fiscal and monetary policies. Significantly updated for the fourth edition, the text provides an understanding of the global economy in the wake of the COVID crisis, discussing topics such as pandemic related supply and demand-side shocks, the role of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) in financing COVID rescue plans, the effect of the US, India, Eurozone and China's post-COVID economies on emerging and transitioning economies, and the resurgence of inflation. This edition includes deeper coverage on the issue of budget deficit sustainability and on trade wars, especially in a global context, and revisits the life cycles of speculative asset price (SAP) bubbles, especially in the housing markets and in SPACs. The fourth edition contains several brand-new cases and media articles that are carefully positioned to relate explicitly to theory, and to look aheadto and preempt global macro situations and polices in the years to come. MBA students and Executive MBA students who appreciate the importance of monetary and fiscal analysis will find this text to be right on target. Financial analysts and individual investors who need to strip away economic myths and jargon and systematically examine and understand the effects of macro policies on variables such as inflation, output, employment and interest rates, will also find the book extremely useful.

Wir leben in einer Zeit nie da gewesener Herausforderungen. Zum ersten Mal seit Beginn der Zivilisation ist sogar das Überleben der Menschen auf dem Planeten Erde gefährdet. Der sich beschleunigende Klimawandel macht das Erreichen des 1,5-Grad-Ziels mit jedem Tag unwahrscheinlicher. Kipppunkte des Klimawandels werden von der Wissenschaft warnend beschrieben und trotzdem überschritten. Doch auch bei Artenschwund, weltweitem Wassermangel oder der Gefahr noch schlimmerer Pandemien gilt: Die Fakten liegen längst auf dem Tisch. Warum schafft es die Politik nicht, die wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnisse rechtzeitig in Handeln umzusetzen?Die Politik muss aufnahmefähiger für die Forschung sein, ja Schritt mit ihr halten - sonst werden wir, wie Karl Lauterbach zeigt, die Kontrolle über unsere Zukunft verlieren und scheitern. Kaum jemand könnte besser darlegen als Karl Lauterbach, Politiker und Wissenschaftler zugleich, warum eine Revolution des Zusammenspiels von Politik und Wissenschaft nötig ist; von welch unterschiedlichen Denk- und Herangehensweisen diese beiden Systeme bestimmt werden; und ob eine Verzahnung überhaupt möglich ist. Ein hochdringlicher Weckruf und ein starkes Plädoyer für eine Politik, die sich der Realität stellt.

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This book focuses on the analysis of fiscal requirements to achieve the social protection agenda of the Sustainable Development Goals. Developing countries in Asia have expanded their social protection programs. One of the key challenges is creating sustainable financing-considered the bedrock for success of the social protection agendas of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Agenda and Strategy 2030 of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Also outlined in this book are options to close the gaps in population coverage and adequacy of protection of social assistance, health care, and social insurance systems of ADB developing members over the next decade.

This is the first book focused on City Information Modelling (CIM) that puts together a collection of recent studies related to concepts and trends in CIM, application and digitization processes/methods, and frameworks and practices of CIM. This emerging topic is important to various research and practice under sectors of the built environment, civil engineering, urban planning, urban design, and urban management. CIM aligns well with smart cities, data-driven urban analytics and optimization, information-based city planning, and future development paradigms. City Information Modelling provides global case study examples in three parts. At first, the contributors offer several examples of 'Concepts and Trends', where CIM is explored further in urban management, urban sustainability, and big data studies. In the second part, the book offers various examples of application and digitization processes or methods related to urban planning and design practices. In the third part, the contributors delve into several examples of CIM frameworks and practices critical to contemporary research, planning and design paradigms, and future practices. This collection is a niche resource for various stakeholders, particularly urban scientists, urban analytics, urban practitioners, and researchers. It will also be a valuable collection for those who work with information-based models, urban optimization models, and big data analytics, particularly from policy and practice perspectives. The findings of this collection help direct future research in CIM and suggest opportunities for big-data urban research, integrated urban models, and holistic frameworks in sustainable cities, smart cities, and future cities.

This open-access book compiles seven monographs from researchers at the forefront of services computing and arti¿cial intelligence for smart cities. This is structured into three thematic parts: service composition, big data analysis, and service integration for smart cities.The first part describes service compositions for smart cities, where interaction between services and the physical world, including humans, is paramount, unlike services on the Web and clouds. The second part addresses the challenges of big data analytics in smart cities, with a focus on privacy-preserving methodologies. The third part reports human-centered service integration for applications in smart cities.

Deutschland steckt in einer Dauerkrise. Die Wirtschaft stagniert, der Lebensstandard vieler Menschen ist dramatisch gesunken und die AfD gewinnt an Zustimmung. In diesem Buch zeigt der renommierte Ökonom Tom Krebs, dass eine Fehldiagnose marktliberaler Ökonomen und die entsprechenden Fehlentscheidungen der Bundesregierung für die schlechte Lage in Deutschland verantwortlich sind. Um den Wohlstand zu retten und den Zusammenhalt zu stärken, muss sich die deutsche Politik von der marktliberalen Märchenwelt der Ökonomen befreien. Denn nur ein Ansatz, der die Sorgen der Menschen ernst nimmt und gleichzeitig eine positive Vision der Zukunft bietet, kann uns aus der Misere führen.

This open-access book aims to explore and promote indigenous participation in legal design and visual law, with a specific focus on co-creating a visual representation of the Escazu Agreement in collaboration with the Chiquitano people. This project stands out as a unique and transformative endeavor, offering distinctive features and a range of benefits to its readers and stakeholders.

This book conducts research on the evaluation and reduction mechanism of the negative effects of urban Transportation Energy Supply Network (TESN). By analyzing the current supply and demand situation of urban transportation energy supply network, the concept of negative effects of urban transportation energy supply network is defined, and specific definitions and measurement methods of negative effects are proposed. A TESN negative effect reduction mechanism was constructed from three aspects: site layout optimization, site cooperation game, and replenishment vehicle scheduling. The simulation validation of the urban transportation energy supply network was conducted using AnyLogic simulation software.

This book analyzes the competitiveness of European regions and presents forecasts for 2030 and 2100 under different climate scenarios. It examines the economic impact of climate change from a regional economic perspective and sheds light on various factors that influence regional competitiveness and development. Furthermore, the authors derive reflections on EU climate policy and policy recommendations from the empirical results, which will help both scientists and regional decision-makers to implement policy measures and develop successful adaptation processes for the regions and countries of the EU to climate change.

Kulturpolitik bedeutet Beziehungsarbeit: Wie finden Kultureinrichtungen, Kulturprojekte sowie Formen der kreativen Zusammenarbeit zu gesellschaftlicher Wirksamkeit? Welche Programmatik verbindet uns, macht Kultur zum Gegenstand von Politik oder Engagement und sichert zugleich kulturelle Autonomie? Tobias J. Knoblich skizziert Möglichkeiten, wie eine hochtransformative Gesellschaft Kulturpolitik neu ausrichten kann, welche Erzählungen diese braucht und welchen Strömungen sie ausgesetzt ist. Er setzt den Fokus dabei auf Weltbeziehungen - eine Einbettung des Menschen, die von den planetaren Grenzen der Kultur bis zur notwendigen Stärkung von Gemeinschaft die sozialen Beziehungen in der individualisierten Digitalmoderne stärken will.

Die Soziale Arbeit ist eine Handlungswissenschaft, aber ein Verständnis für den Auftrag Sozialer Arbeit kann eigentlich nur gewinnen, wer den theoretischen Unterbau kennt, auf dem sie fußt. In diesem Buch stellt Ihnen Daniela Voigt unterschiedliche theoretische Ansätze vor, Hilfe zur Selbsthilfe, Capability Approach und Empowerment. Erfahren Sie mehr über das Selbstverständnis der Sozialen Arbeit und warum Sozialarbeiter tun, was sie tun.