This book offers the first comprehensive English-language analysis of regional paradiplomacy in Poland and engages with the latest research on the phenomenon of paradiplomacy both globally and in Poland. As regions increasingly engage in international cooperation beyond traditional state diplomacy, this study provides essential insights into how voivodeships, the primary administrative-territorial unit in Poland, navigate global partnerships and pursue autonomous foreign policy objectives.

Drawing on extensive research across all 16 Polish regions, the author examines both the theoretical foundations and practical manifestations of regional paradiplomacy. The work reveals how voivodeships have developed sophisticated international networks, particularly with Ukraine and China, while operating within Poland's unitary state structure. Through comparative analysis, the study identifies common patterns and unique approaches in regional foreign cooperation, from institutional frameworks to strategic priorities. Particularly timely given current geopolitical tensions and the war in Ukraine, this book demonstrates how regional authorities have become crucial actors in international relations. The author provides a holistic framework applicable to other post-communist states developing similar paradiplomatic activities.

Essential reading for scholars of political science, public administration, international relations, and foreign policy, this work also serves practitioners in regional government, think tanks, and NGOs seeking to understand the evolving landscape of sub-state diplomacy in contemporary Europe.

Revolutionizing Education, Revitalized is a critical exploration into the evolution of Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) through the lens of creative resistance, emphasizing the role of art-based approaches in inquiry and activism for youth.

YPAR transforms pedagogy and fosters student-centered approaches to address social inequities in education. Coming over 15 years after the groundbreaking publication Revolutionizing Education, this new book collates the voices of prominent and emerging YPAR scholars, practitioners, and youth leaders to explore student-centered arts-based approaches across literacy, music, theater, environmental justice, and more. This volume highlights innovative strategies and creative endeavors to mobilize knowledge for educational change and liberation.

Combining conceptual notions with practical guidance, this interdisciplinary exploration of YPAR is important reading for practitioner-scholars and graduate students engaged in PAR or YPAR, as well as graduate students and practitioners in social justice education or community-based programs.

Chapters tackle controversial issues that arise from existing policies, such as the continuing challenge of achieving climate goals without generating inequities. They also analyse how the European Union's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism will affect exporting countries. Contributors assess theoretical principles and the barriers to their implementation, including the polluter-pays principle, whereby those who damage the environment are responsible for funding climate endeavours, rather than taxpayers. Looking to the future, they present a number of global case studies, with a particular focus on Brazil, to explore strategies for successful mergers between environmental policies and tax systems.

Frontiers in the Low-carbon Transition is an essential resource for scholars, students of law, politics and public policy, sustainable development and others seeking to understand how practical taxation systems can help combat climate change. Environmental law practitioners and NGO professionals will similarly benefit from its actionable suggestions.

Crime and Popular Culture: Rule Breakers analyses society's fascination with criminals and investigates the changing acceptability of rule breakers across different times and contexts through a cultural criminological lens.

Divided into two parts, this book begins by examining factual representations of rule breakers in media, tourism, and murderabilia and then focuses on fictional representations in literature, film, music, alcohol and gaming industries. It analyses the romanticisation of criminals and the intertwined effect of popular culture on the 'real world', including cases where offenders were allegedly inspired by popular culture. Familiar case studies include crime-related dark tourism sites, moral panics surrounding music and deviance and the growing popularity of immersive criminal world experiences in gaming.

Crime and Popular Culture will appeal to students, scholars and anyone with an interest in criminology, cultural studies, crime and the media and a fascination with crime and popular culture.

This book focuses on the evolving landscape of teaching and learning. It brings together an array of pedagogical materials, case studies, and stories used in teaching from around the world.

By showcasing teaching-focused innovations, this book bridges gaps between institutions and across geographical boundaries, demonstrating that what may seem commonplace in one setting can be groundbreaking in another. The perpetual quest for improving student satisfaction and enhancing their learning experience underscores the need for fresh perspectives and approaches, which this book delivers with diversity.

Featuring contributions from faculty around the world, this compendium is a valuable reading for early and seasoned academics who are passionate about creativity in teaching and pedagogical innovation.

This book offers an in-depth examination of corporate governance laws in India, focussing on listed companies. It explores the Indian legal framework, discussing key legislations governing corporate governance and presenting detailed case studies of corporate governance failures.

The book highlights critical issues and challenges within India's corporate governance framework using case studies. It features a detailed analysis of the Companies Act, 2013, SEBI regulations, such as the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, and other allied laws. This doctrinal approach offers readers a comprehensive understanding of the existing laws and policies shaping corporate governance in India.

A valuable resource for anyone seeking to understand corporate governance and its regulation in India, this book is particularly useful for students and researchers in corporate governance, strategic management, leadership, South Asian economics, business, marketing, finance, and related fields. Whether for academic study or professional reference, it serves as a practical guide to navigating the complexities of corporate governance in India.

This book examines the often-overlooked dynamics of how political actors from peripheral regions engage with central authorities to shape national policymaking. While territorial movements advocating autonomy or independence have been widely studied, this work addresses a critical gap by exploring the complex interactions between regional elites and central political actors and institutions.

By intersecting with three subfields of political science-regional studies, the sociology of elites, and ethnic studies-the chapters in this volume provide a thorough analysis of the persistence of subnational characteristics in modern states. They highlight the role of peripheral elites in negotiating with central power, the tensions faced by political actors balancing regional and central identities, and patterns of convergence and divergence among peripheral elites across diverse political regimes and regions. Drawing on case studies from California and Texas (United States), the United Kingdom, Spain, Morocco, Argentina, and China, this collective work offers both theoretical and empirical insights that enrich the center-periphery debate.

This book is an essential resource for students, scholars and practitioners in Political Science, Sociology, and Regional Studies and those interested in understanding the complex relationships between regional and central political actors. It will particularly appeal to readers exploring themes of governance, elite sociology, ethnic politics, and the territorial margins of contemporary states.

The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Territory, Politics, Governance.

This book traces the historical trajectory of the Communist Party of Cyprus (CPC) from its first public appearance through the newspaper Pyrsos in November 1923 to its informal dissolution at the 5th Congress in November 1944. Drawing on extensive primary sources - many previously inaccessible or unknown - the authors illuminate critical issues that shaped Cyprus's political landscape for over two decades.

By examining the party's political and organizational evolution across different periods, the book reveals the intricate relationship between cause and effect in Cypriot communist history. It brings to light previously underexplored events, including the party's internal conflicts, its communications with the Comintern, the preparatory groundwork for AKEL's formation, and the complex dynamics between the CPC and other political forces.

History of the Communist Party of Cyprus, 1923-1944 will appeal to anyone interested in the operations of a communist party within a British colony during the interwar period and Second World War . Additionally, it offers valuable comparative insights for readers already familiar with communist and labour movements across the British Empire, providing a unique lens through which to understand broader patterns of colonial-era leftist politics.

Video Game Law is aimed at game developers and industry professionals who want to better understand the game industry or are in need of expert legal guidance. Given the rise in international competition, the increasing complexity of video game features, and the explosive growth of the industry in general, game developers can quickly find themselves in serious trouble, becoming vulnerable to copyright infringement claims, large-scale piracy, and even cybersecurity breaches. Not every video game company has the financial resources to retain in-house legal counsel, which Video Game Law seeks to address by discussing many of the common pitfalls, legal questions, and scenarios the industry faces.

S. Gregory Boyd, Brian Pyne, and Sean F. Kane, the most prominent, sought-after, and respected video game attorneys in the country, break down the laws and legal concepts that every game developer and industry professional needs to know in order to better protect their game and grow their company.

Key Features of This Updated New Edition:

• Provides a solid understanding of intellectual property (IP) concepts and laws, including copyright, trademarks, trade secrets, and other protections that apply to video games, and how each can be employed to protect a company's unique and valuable IP
• Explores cutting-edge legal issues that affect the gaming industry, including artificial intelligence (AI), gambling, virtual currency, privacy laws, collective bargaining agreements, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), tax incentives, and relevant piracy laws
• Includes an overview of industry agreements, negotiation strategy, and legal and privacy vocabulary and concepts needed to navigate and succeed in an industry that is constantly growing and evolving
• Offers illustrative examples and legal concepts from the video game industry in every chapter

Chapters investigate deep-rooted patriarchal norms, power relations, party control, social media dynamics and intersectional inequalities across local, national, party and online spaces. Country-specific case studies reflect how historical legacies, post-socialist transformations and gender quotas have shaped women's political participation. Overall, the book demonstrates that true equality requires profound cultural change, stronger democratic institutions and a long-term commitment to gender-sensitive politics.

Women's Representation in Southeast European Politics is a crucial resource for scholars and students of gender studies, feminist political theory, political science, European studies, and sociology. It will also benefit policymakers, international organizations and NGOs interested in deepening their understanding of gender equality, due to its insights into designing gender-sensitive reforms, developing advocacy strategies and improving institutional frameworks.

This insightful Research Agenda assesses the ways in which agricultural law can be reshaped to promote a more secure and sustainable food system. Contributions tackle recent challenges such as food price crises, the Ukraine War and tariff barriers on food products, as well as more chronic sources of concern for the industry, such as climate change and the effect of diet on health.

Surveying the latest research in agriculture, international experts examine the shifting boundaries of food sovereignty, ways of regulating new technologies (with focus on cultivated meat and gene-editing) and the role of the consumer. These pertinent topics are supplemented by detailed analyses of future sustainability initiatives, extending from instances of food waste mismanagement on farms to solutions for improved water infrastructure. The book ultimately illustrates that, in order to ensure a successful future for agricultural law, it is necessary for legislators to operate across traditional boundaries and embrace the complexity generated by numerous interlocking legal issues.

Scholars and students of agricultural and environmental law will benefit greatly from the foundational ideas and practical solutions supplied throughout this Research Agenda. It also provides informed, actionable insights for policymakers and specialist practitioners seeking to develop their knowledge in this field.

Consciousness is widely regarded as one of the final frontiers of the human intellectual journey. Despite efforts in psychology, neuroscience, and cognitive science, many issues remain elusive and intractable. This book identifies ten problems, five "easy" and five "hard," and navigates the challenging terrain of these issues.

The so-called easy problems are by no means straightforward; they are only relatively easy in the sense that current scientific methods can make steady progress on them. Topics covered in the first half of this book include attention, cognition, neural correlates, neural mechanisms, and perceptual perspectives. The so-called hard problems are those that cannot be readily tackled by current standard scientific methods. Those in the second half of the book include subjectivity, objectivity, reasons, persons, and freedom of the will. Each chapter deals with one topic and is coupled with one specific research question. In answering these questions, the author proposes several non-fundamental theories which are not intended to be definitive.

This book provides an intellectual roadmap for novices and experts alike and will stimulate further interdisciplinary research programmes in consciousness studies.

This book explores the nature of relational psychoanalysis in clinical practice, drawing on the author's over four decades of clinical experience as a firstgeneration relational psychoanalyst and many of his foundational papers written
over the past 25 years.

Bass's book demonstrates the depth, scope, and healing power of mutual transformation for patient and analyst within an elastic and flexible analytic frame. Patient and analyst demonstrably co-create the psychotherapeutic space, situation, structure, and experience, and together, promote mutual growth and healing. Drawing on the revolutionary work of Sandor Ferenczi, this book expands our understanding of therapy as "dialogue of unconsciousness," revealing the ways in which the bi-directional currents of unconscious communication may be creatively utilized as an essential therapeutic tool. It sheds light on the conditions and approaches best suited for actualizing a flexible, contextual, creative use of the therapist's self in therapy, establishing an ever-deepening foundation for therapeutic work.

With illuminating case studies and accessible language, this book is a must-read for psychotherapists practicing a wide range of dynamically informed approaches and for anyone interested in learning about new developments in therapy as it is practiced today.

Assistive technology can open up access to the curriculum and make learning accessible in ways that could never be achieved before. This book will guide you in identifying needs and considering critical issues as you support the introduction of assistive technology to learners and the classroom environment.

Chapters share key evidence-based theories and practices to introduce good assistive technology principles within the classroom and support informed decision-making. They consider which tools you may already have to hand, alongside more specialised solutions, offering a range of real-world examples to show how these can facilitate equitable learning. Readily available accessibility tools in everyday software can often be cost-effective solutions and building a concrete understanding of assistive technology will help to create a legacy of good practice in every setting.

This book provides valuable insights and guidance to enhance your assistive technology journey within the classroom. It will be key reading for special educational needs coordinators, teachers and senior leaders supporting learners with complex needs.

Leadership in Global Health outlines the essential leadership principles that transform promising health interventions into global movements, offering a timely and compelling blueprint for leaders seeking to drive lasting, scalable change.

Grounded in decades of lessons from global health successes and failures, and illustrated through deeply analyzed, real-world case studies, the book reveals what happens when leadership meets coordinated action. These stories- from the eradication of smallpox and the large-scale delivery of malaria bed nets to the community-based innovations of Ethiopia's Health Extension Program and the lightning-fast COVID-19 vaccine rollout-show how leadership in global health is not one-size-fits-all, but rather dynamic, responsive, and deeply human. In an era where complex health challenges range from emerging pandemics to enduring inequities, the book centers the role of leadership-strategic, adaptive, and collaborative-as the critical engine for scaling health interventions, offering readers not only compelling narratives from the field, but also practical tools and reflections which give the book a forward-looking focus.

Building to offer a roadmap for developing the next generation of global health leaders equipped to thrive in multi-sectoral, rapidly evolving environments, it will be essential reading for students, scholars, and practitioners across Global Health, Public Health, Leadership and Development Studies.

Combining legal theory with case studies, contributing authors challenge the traditional state-centred approach of international human rights law by highlighting gaps in protection. They address accountability broadly and analyse legal responsibility and monitoring alongside less formal mechanisms. Concluding that human rights accountability cannot depend solely on formal statehood, the book proposes that wherever authorities hold power over people's lives, they must be assessed against human rights standards.

Insightful and thought-provoking, this book is a vital resource for scholars, policy makers and students of human rights law, public international law, international politics and public policy. It will benefit anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the implementation of human rights in non-universally recognised states and state-like entities.

Funding Your Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences demystifies the process of writing winning research grant and fellowship proposals in the humanities, social sciences, and creative arts. Offering practical guidance, step-by-step instructions, and examples of successful proposals, Walker and Unruh outline the best practices to crack the proposal writing code. They reveal the most common critiques of proposal reviewers and offer advice on how to avoid frequent problem areas in conceptualizing and crafting research proposals. Contributions from agency and foundation program officers offer the perspective from the other side of the proposal submission portal, and emerging research funding trends, including how to navigate generative AI, are also covered. New to this edition are:

• Additional writing prompts, exercises, and tools that give readers hands-on activities to help generate parts of the proposal
• Updated guidance on how to identify appropriate grants
• Updated guidance on key tech skills (data management, timeline, etc.) for application preparation
• A sample budget and budget justification
• Additional "Perspective from program officer" boxes
• Discussion of challenges to interdisciplinary collaborations
• Discussion of how to navigate precarity in the research funding landscape

This book is essential reading for all those involved in funding applications. Graduate students, research administrators, early career faculty members, and tenured professors alike will gain new and effective strategies to write successful research proposals.

Presenting a comparative analysis of three key jurisdictions, the European Union, the United States and the United Kingdom, Finelli examines how each responds to circumvention. The author addresses the legality and effectiveness of different strategies, including the imposition of derivative designations, secondary sanctions, enhanced reporting duties and strengthened enforcement mechanisms. Ultimately, the book provides innovative and concrete recommendations for achieving a lawful response to sanctions evasion, ensuring that the pursuit of effectiveness does not erode the targeted nature of sanctions.

This multi-jurisdictional and systemic analysis is a crucial resource for scholars and students of international law, EU law, criminal law, comparative law, and the emerging field of "sanctions law". Legal practitioners will also benefit from the comprehensive analysis, while policymakers will find clear and practical guidance for designing lawful and proportionate anti-circumvention strategies.

This illuminating Research Agenda provides an evidence-based roadmap for scholarship related to academic integrity, plagiarism and research ethics in the age of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) and advanced technologies. Moving beyond detection and compliance-oriented approaches, leading experts propose forward-thinking solutions for GenAI and academic probity.

Contributors adopt the award-winning 'postplagiarism' framework, demonstrating how educators can uphold and enact academic principles and promote ethical student conduct in contexts where GenAI is ubiquitous. Chapters draw on perspectives from the Global North and South to explore assessment security, academic misconduct, cheating and student success. Emphasising the necessity of adaptable ethical frameworks and improved AI literacy, the Research Agenda outlines urgent and emerging priorities which have the potential to redefine the nature of authorship and responsible research.

A Research Agenda for Artificial Intelligence and Academic Integrity is an essential resource for scholars and students of GenAI and education. Educational leaders and curriculum policymakers will similarly benefit from its grounded analysis and actionable recommendations.

Newman offers a unique account of eleven commonly used verbs of British English (eat, drink, sit, stand, lie, etc.), combining corpus-linguistic methods and the analytical tools of Langacker's Cognitive Grammar. For each verb, an original data set of 100 concordance lines representing both spoken and written registers is the basis for identifying patterns of usage and their relative frequencies.

The empirical approach leads to usage-based conclusions that are not usually found in dictionaries or grammars, e.g., patterns of cooccurrence of phrases with the verbs and the relative frequencies of the verbs in their non-literal senses. Complementing the usage-based analysis of each verb is a Cognitive Grammar account of the main semantic structures associated with the verbs, employing intellectually provocative Langacker-style diagrammatic representations. The verbs may be very "ordinary" words in the view of speakers who will feel that they know these verbs very well. Subjecting them to analysis as in this book, however, shows them to have considerable semantic complexity, even when used in their everyday literal senses, and an impressive richness in the range of their semantic extensions.

Perfect for researchers and postgraduate students in cognitive linguistics and English language study.

This volume is the second part of an English School project focusing on the position and role of the United States in international society.

With a shift in focus to the twentieth century and a specific interest in how US practice has influenced and, in turn, how it has been influenced by developments in world politics, the expert contributors consider the derivative primary institutions of international society and the historically specific shape of the practices of the foundational institutions.

This volume will appeal to students in international relations, diplomacy, and international history, as well as established researchers and academics. The book should also be of interest to a general audience versed in diplomacy, foreign policy, international history, and historical sociology.

Grounded in frontline experience and global research, this work unpacks the complexities of defining behavioural health, the challenge of crisis cycling, and the evolving roles of law enforcement and community partners. Written from the unique perspective of a seasoned police officer embedded in the world of behavioural health crisis response, this work offers an insider's examination of the evolving landscape of public safety and mental health intervention.

Drawing on lived experiences, operational insights, and contemporary best practices, the author advocates that police are one component within a broader collaborative, systems-based approach to crisis. Beginning with a foundational understanding of what forms a behavioural health crisis, the book guides readers through a range of response models - from nonpolice crisis lines and paramedic teams to police co-responder models and police call diversion programs. It critically examines the limitations of police training, the harsh realities of non-clinical outcomes such as tactical disengagement and use-of-force, and broader systemic pressures that shape crisis intervention. Each section ends with a reflective commentary, blending academic insight into frontline pragmatism. The final chapters look ahead, proposing integrated frameworks and collaborative strategies to proactively manage crisis cycling and building more responsive, humane systems.

With a focus on real-world application, informed by both practice and research, this book is an essential resource for policing professionals, behavioural health professionals, policymakers, and students seeking a grounded yet progressive approach to behavioural health crisis intervention.