A multifaceted and novel examination of core problematic contexts and pathways of life and how we locate and orient ourselves in them.

What does it mean to actively or reflectively locate oneself in the life contexts in which one finds oneself? Locating One's Life explores from various angles striking exemplifications of how locating one's life can be understood as a form of reflection and as a concrete action of existential placement. It is something we do by our actions and decisions as well as by our recognition or understanding of the multiple problematic situations and their consequences that we find ourselves faced with or suffering from in our lives. These situations range from deathbed or late-life recollections of one's life course to finding ways to situate oneself in the mysterious totality of the clashing cosmic powers and overwhelming beauty of the universe into which we ultimately disappear. Such themes are linked in a sequence of accessible chapters that challenge and enable each of us to locate our own lives in light of the existential lessons they take up: accepting approaching death or old age by bringing one's life to mind in memory, practicing, Stoic fashion, how to face the present with its unavoidable or even fatal demands, the enriching dislocating nature of travel, being or staying healthy as a soulful form of existential balance, the distinctively human forms of hunger and eating, and other contexts of life, including our religious practices of self-placement in the universe as the ultimate context of all contexts.

Examining entrepreneurship within Nigeria's military ecosystem, this volume shows how this can be leveraged for economic growth.

Bringing together diverse perspectives, this book offers a comprehensive examination of the connections between entrepreneurship, the military as an institution, military family members and military-affiliated enterprises in Africa. Analysing case studies within the commercial enterprises of the three arms of the Nigerian military: the army, navy and air force, the contributors discuss how religion influences military entrepreneurial pursuits and explore the recent integration of artificial intelligence in Nigeria's defense networks.

By observing the connections between the military ecosystem and the business enterprises of the military, Ojo and the contributors highlight the multiplex of fields that are crucial for understanding the nuances of the military entrepreneurship ecosystem, including the application of military resources in commercial ventures.

This book studies the history of twentieth-century Chinese architecture, focusing on the integration of modern transformational works and ideas. It is an essential resource for understanding modern Chinese architecture. It showcases the remarkable accomplishments of classic modern Chinese architecture from 1900 to the present and introduces the world architectural community to the allure of modern Chinese architectural heritage. It is a compendium that helps Chinese and foreign urban, architectural, and cultural heritage practitioners understand and study China's twentieth-century architectural heritage. It is also teaching material that helps university teachers and students appreciate the charm of twentieth-century architectural heritage and broaden their horizons.

Beyond Ballot Boxes explores how social media has transformed electoral politics by influencing voter behavior, political communication, and democratic integrity. The book introduces Digital Democracy Disruption (D (3)) Theory to analyze how misinformation, algorithmic bias, and computational propaganda shape elections worldwide. By comparing case studies from the United States, Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan, the authors examine the impact of digital media in both developed and emerging democracies. The book also discusses regulatory challenges, misinformation countermeasures, and policy recommendations for preserving democratic resilience in the digital era. Tracing the historical evolution of media from print to digital platforms, the book highlights the role of traditional media in shaping public opinion before examining how social media has democratized access to information while simultaneously fostering misinformation and ideological divides. It explores the mechanisms of digital propaganda, distinguishing between misinformation (false but unintentional content) and disinformation (deliberate manipulation). The authors discuss the rise of deepfakes, troll farms, and bot-driven campaigns, with case studies including the Cambridge Analytica scandal and the spread of WhatsApp-driven misinformation in South Asia.

This book makes a powerful case for returning to Simone Weil to reflect on the philosophy of work today. In the age of the Anthropocene, of AI, of automation, and of the crisis of meaning, this volume argues that we must think of work as something that is much more than an economic activity done for a wage. The problem of work, this volume argues, is thoroughly political. The book examines the meaning and organization of labour and the forms of oppression and suffering it can entail, from 1930s factories to the jobs of our contemporary world. It also explores the modes of attention and emancipation that are possible at work. Placing Weil in conversation with other thinkers (e.g. Marx, Fanon, Tronti, Bataille, Graeber), contributors analyze the challenges and possibilities of transforming work into a dignified activity.

This book considers the apparent invisibility of lesbianism throughout the literary history of the Hispanic Caribbean (Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic), specifically during the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries (1970s-2010s). The book looks at the way in which certain circumstances simultaneously hide, regulate, and allow the expression of what are considered sexual "deviancies." It observes the methods through which alternative female sexualities have been previously silenced or represented only at the symbolic level and explores the reasons why lesbian characters have only recently found public and open representation within the literature of the islands. Therefore, the book aims to present a history of female characters who love women, thus instituting a lesbian literary canon in the Hispanic Caribbean.

After several decades of unprecedented growth that turned China into the world's second largest economy, today China is facing major economic challenges, exacerbated by rising tariffs imposed by its most important export market, the United States. How can we explain the extraordinary rise and sudden faltering of China's economic miracle?

Kent Deng takes a long-term view, charting the development of China's economy from the fourteenth century to the present day. He shows the level of growth reached by China's traditional economy and compares this with the economic performance during Mao's rule from the 1950s to the 1970s, a period that fell into a growth cul-de-sac with major economic disincentives and mass poverty. This forced Mao's successor, Deng Xiaoping, to reform and open up China's economy by unleashing the economic power of the market. The new model developed by Deng Xiaoping was driven by state-led import dependency in order to catch up with the West. Exports were a means to that end. But this economic model is now facing increasing resistance from those countries on which China has relied for its growth. Since 2010, two doors have been closing on China: the door for goods heading for China (vital for China's modernization) and the door for goods coming from China (vital for paying for China's imports).

Given the headwinds China now faces, and given that many low-income countries have now modelled themselves on China and begun to supply the world market with low-priced goods, Kent Deng argues that China would need an economic miracle to bounce back to its pre-2010 growth trajectory.

This book examines the essential role of women in cartography during WWII. Starting by highlighting the process of mapping during World War II and major employers of women cartographers, Tyner and Tyner illuminate how the discipline of cartography emerged and highlight the contributions of women involved in this process. The book uncovers the impact of WWII on mapmaking.

Before the war, cartography was seen as a tool rather than a discipline in its own right. The advent of war dramatically changed the cartographic profession and, in turn, contributed to a reimagining of cartography as a discipline. New agencies such as the Army Map Service and the Office of Strategic Services, as well as established agencies such as the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the United States Geological Survey were commissioned to make maps for the war effort. Furthermore, the Army Map Service was the largest employer of women during the War. Overall, this inspiring book looks at the kinds of maps that women made and the attitudes towards women in cartography to tell the untold story of women cartographers during WWII.

Siblings are everywhere in film, but their place in cinema has largely gone unstudied. This book turns attention to the brother-sister dynamic on screen and the many ways it shapes how stories are told.

Screening Siblings in Contemporary American Film offers the first sustained analysis of how sibling relationships have shaped some of the most influential films of the twenty-first century. Exploring popular films such as Bring it On (2000), Legally Blonde (2001), Frozen (2013), Jurassic World (2015), and Black Panther (2018), Katie Barnett uncovers how contemporary cinema uses sisters and brothers to explore gender, family, grief, and identity. She shows how teen movies use siblings to construct 'safe' romances for girls while reinforcing older brother gatekeepers, how depictions of sororities both challenge and reproduce dominant ideas of femininity, and how on-screen fraternities reveal anxieties around troubled masculinity.

Barnett also explores how siblings, particularly twins, are utilized in contemporary horror to explore parental failure, grief and disturbed identity, and how representations of dysfunctional adult siblings are used to address loss and the impact of family identity on the self.

The wave of targeted gun violence in America has made it clear that organizations and communities must be prepared to deal with it, whether at workplaces, schools, hospitals, houses of worship, entertainment venues, or other open spaces. This book helps organizations develop practices and policies to identify, understand, manage, and prevent dangerous persons from committing acts of extreme violence.

Starting from past legislative policies and legal decisions involving gun control, Reducing the Risk of Targeted Gun Violence: Proactive Organization Policies and Practices to Address Emerging Threats identifies the progressive steps an individual takes toward gun violence, and explains how organizations can impede that progress. Readers will learn how to detect motivating grievances, understand progressively dangerous behaviors, set up road blocks by limiting vulnerabilities and access, and de-escalate pre-incident indicators and crisis situations. This book also provides a blueprint on how to create internal Multidisciplinary Violence Prevention teams to monitor and redirect potential threats.

This book is constructed to serve as a reference for workplace, school, government, and criminal justice professionals faced with issues relating to interpersonal violence, terrorism, and threats of criminal attacks. It is also designed for instructor use in undergraduate or graduate Criminal Justice, Criminology, Political Science, Forensic Psychology, Sociology, Homeland Security, and Risk Management courses.

This book is a compilation of the best papers presented at the 2025 edition of the Asia-Pacific Conference on Economics & Finance (APEF), which is held annually in Singapore. It presents the latest research findings in economics and finance and discusses relevant issues in today's world. The book is a useful resource for readers who want access to economics, finance and business research that focuses on the Asia-Pacific region.

The Global Financial Crisis was a shock to the shadowy world of financial regulation. Since then, the system has been fundamentally overhauled, tightening up regulations that were far too lax, and making financial institutions safer. But the system is now over-complex and the United States, in particular, is pushing back to set a new balance. Howard Davies, one of the world's leading experts on financial regulation, provides a clear and authoritative guide to this messy system, assesses what works and what doesn't, and lays out a programme of change for the next decade.

As Davies explains, regulation is never a finished product. Transformed after 2008, it has had to adapt further to tackle new issues, including cryptocurrencies, the blockchain revolution, climate change, and artificial intelligence. Davies describes how the different pieces of the new regulatory jigsaw fit together, using his years of work in finance and regulation to provide crucial insights into the motivations of lawmakers and market practitioners alike. The book concludes with a bold agenda to make the system more robust, cheaper and more effective.

As the appetite for regulation sours and geo-political crises produce sustained uncertainty, Global Financial Regulation is a clear-eyed look at the murky waters of international regulation. An incisive successor to Davies's much-praised guide from 2009, this book is essential reading for regulators, financial market practitioners, and students of the global financial system.