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The Performative State

Public Scrutiny and Environmental Governance in China

By: Iza Yue Ding

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The Performative State

Public Scrutiny and Environmental Governance in China

By: Iza Yue Ding

What does the state do when public expectations exceed its governing capacity? The Performative State shows how the state can shape public perceptions and defuse crises through the theatrical deployment of language, symbols, and gestures of good governance—performative governance. Iza Ding unpacks the black box of street-level bureaucracy in China through ethnographic participation, in-depth interviews, and public opinion surveys. She demonstrates in vivid detail how China's environmental bureaucrats deal with intense public scrutiny over pollution when they lack the authority to actually improve the physical environment. They assuage public outrage by appearing responsive, benevolent, and humble. But performative governance is hard work. Environmental bureaucrats paradoxically work themselves to exhaustion even when they cannot effectively implement environmental policies. Instead of achieving "performance legitimacy" by delivering material improvements, the state can shape public opinion through the theatrical performance of goodwill and sincere effort. The Performative State also explains when performative governance fails at impressing its audience and when governance becomes less performative and more substantive. Ding focuses on Chinese evidence but her theory travels: comparisons with Vietnam and the United States show that all states, democratic and authoritarian alike, engage in performative governance.

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Cornell University Press

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1501760394

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9781501760396

Making Meaningful Lives

Tales from an Aging Japan

By: Iza Kavedžija

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Making Meaningful Lives

Tales from an Aging Japan

By: Iza Kavedžija

What makes for a meaningful life? In the Japanese context, the concept of ikigai provides a clue. Translated as "that which makes one's life worth living," ikigai has also come to mean that which gives a person happiness. In Japan, where the demographic cohort of elderly citizens is growing, and new modes of living and relationships are revising traditional multigenerational family structures, the elderly experience of ikigai is considered a public health concern. Without a relevant model for meaningful and joyful older age, the increasing older population of Japan must create new cultural forms that center the ikigai that comes from old age. In Making Meaningful Lives, Iza Kavedžija provides a rich anthropological account of the lives and concerns of older Japanese women and men. Grounded in years of ethnographic fieldwork at two community centers in Osaka, Kavedžija offers an intimate narrative analysis of the existential concerns of her active, independent subjects. Alone and in groups, the elderly residents of these communities make sense of their lives and shifting ikigai with humor, conversation, and storytelling. They are as much providers as recipients of care, challenging common images of the elderly as frail and dependent, while illustrating a more complex argument: maintaining independence nevertheless requires cultivating multiple dependences on others. Making Meaningful Lives argues that an anthropology of the elderly is uniquely suited to examine the competing values of dependence and independence, sociality and isolation, intimacy and freedom, that people must balance throughout all of life's stages.

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University of Pennsylvania Press

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0812251369

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The Process of Wellbeing

Conviviality, Care, Creativity

By: Iza Kavedžija

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The Process of Wellbeing

Conviviality, Care, Creativity

By: Iza Kavedžija

The Process of Wellbeing develops an anthropological perspective on wellbeing as an intersubjective process that can be approached through the prism of three complementary conceptual framings: conviviality; care; and creativity. Drawing on ethnographic discussions of these themes in a range of cultural contexts around the world, it shows how anthropological research can help to enlarge and refine understandings of wellbeing, through dialogue with different perspectives and understandings of what it means to live well with others and the skills required to do so. Rather than a state or achievement, wellbeing comes into view here as an ongoing process that involves human and nonhuman others. It does not pertain to the individual alone, but plays out within the relations of care that constitute people, moving and thriving in circulation through affective environments.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108936253

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The Loony's Royalties

Stories

By: Iza Chkadua

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The Loony's Royalties

Stories

By: Iza Chkadua

The collection consists of twenty-five stories that are mostly based upon real facts that happened in Georgia in the 20th and 21st centuries and represent our customs and traditions. I think the characters and subjects of the stories will be interesting for foreign readers. Anyone interested in literature can read the book and no matter whether hes 13 or very, very old. The collection is a mixture of philosophy and mysticism. Love and hatred, treachery and devotion, consideration and indifference are the things that people are mostly inclined to think about and the author is not an exception. All the characters have something in common with the author and are prototypes of the people famous for the so-called Rose Revolution. But there can be no revolution without changes in ones mind.

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1456777076

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Environmental Governance in China

State, Society, and Market

By: Jesse Turiel,Iza Ding,John Chung-En Liu

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Environmental Governance in China

State, Society, and Market

By: Jesse Turiel,Iza Ding,John Chung-En Liu

This article provides an analytical overview of major works on the topic of environmental governance in China, with a particular emphasis on studies examining policies during the reform era (post-1978).

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BRILL

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9004359923

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Discourse Constructions in English

Meaning, Form, and Hierarchies

By: Aneider Iza Erviti

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Discourse Constructions in English

Meaning, Form, and Hierarchies

By: Aneider Iza Erviti

This book emphasizes the advantages of examining discourse connectivity from a constructionist perspective and highlights the role of discourse configurations in the construction of meaning. The research contained advances the field of cognitive classification and categorization of discourse constructions. The text is a great improvement in the discourse analysis literature, since it uniquely clarifies the subtleties of meaning between different discourse markers that are frequently treated as equivalent by lexicographers. It is unique in being the first contribution to the creation of a Constructicon at the discourse level and it fills an important gap within cognitively oriented constructionist accounts that have mostly restricted their analyses to argument-structure and illocutionary constructions. This yearbook appeals to students and researchers working within corpus linguistics.

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Springer Nature

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3030716805

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Lizi's Wig

By: Iza Chkadua

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Lizi's Wig

By: Iza Chkadua

The orphan brother and sister whose parents were died very early, appeared in hard life. The elder sister who was 13 years old girl started to work at the factory. She took a role of mother for her little brother. Very soon she enters the Karate school, to protect her brother from pugnacious fellows. She plays a role of mother very well, and at the same time she is his father, sister and brother. Once the fourteen year old boy brings huge amount of money to rescue a cousin sister from illness. Lizi is furious; she tries to find out where her brother had got such amount money. The boy keeps silence, consequently she beat him. The discord is appearing between them. The boy escapes from the house and passes the border. Lizi regrets her behavior and searches little brother, but without result

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1468504908

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Engaging Researchers with Data Management: The Cookbook

By: Connie Clare,Maria Cruz,Elli Papadopoulou,James Savage,Marta Teperek,Yan Wang,Iza Witkowska,Joanne Yeomans

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Engaging Researchers with Data Management: The Cookbook

By: Connie Clare,Maria Cruz,Elli Papadopoulou,James Savage,Marta Teperek,Yan Wang,Iza Witkowska,Joanne Yeomans

Effective Research Data Management (RDM) is a key component of research integrity and reproducible research, and its importance is increasingly emphasised by funding bodies, governments, and research institutions around the world. However, many researchers are unfamiliar with RDM best practices, and research support staff are faced with the difficult task of delivering support to researchers across different disciplines and career stages. What strategies can institutions use to solve these problems? Engaging Researchers with Data Management is an invaluable collection of 24 case studies, drawn from institutions across the globe, that demonstrate clearly and practically how to engage the research community with RDM. These case studies together illustrate the variety of innovative strategies research institutions have developed to engage with their researchers about managing research data. Each study is presented concisely and clearly, highlighting the essential ingredients that led to its success and challenges encountered along the way. By interviewing key staff about their experiences and the organisational context, the authors of this book have created an essential resource for organisations looking to increase engagement with their research communities. This handbook is a collaboration by research institutions, for research institutions. It aims not only to inspire and engage, but also to help drive cultural change towards better data management. It has been written for anyone interested in RDM, or simply, good research practice.

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Open Book Publishers

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1783748001

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9781783748006

Agent-Based Modeling for Archaeology

Simulating the Complexity of Societies

By: Iza Romanowska,Colin D. Wren,Stefani A. Crabtree

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Agent-Based Modeling for Archaeology

Simulating the Complexity of Societies

By: Iza Romanowska,Colin D. Wren,Stefani A. Crabtree

To fully understand not only the past, but also the trajectories, of human societies, we need a more dynamic view of human social systems. Agent-based modeling (ABM), which can create fine-scale models of behavior over time and space, may reveal important, general patterns of human activity. Agent-Based Modeling for Archaeology is the first ABM textbook designed for researchers studying the human past. Appropriate for scholars from archaeology, the digital humanities, and other social sciences, this book offers novices and more experienced ABM researchers a modular approach to learning ABM and using it effectively. Readers will find the necessary background, discussion of modeling techniques and traps, references, and algorithms to use ABM in their own work. They will also find engaging examples of how other scholars have applied ABM, ranging from the study of the intercontinental migration pathways of early hominins, to the weather–crop–population cycles of the American Southwest, to the trade networks of Ancient Rome. This textbook provides the foundations needed to simulate the complexity of past human societies, offering researchers a richer understanding of the past—and likely future—of our species.

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SFI Press

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1947864386

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9781947864382

The Politics of Islamic Law

Local Elites, Colonial Authority, and the Making of the Muslim State

By: Iza R. Hussin

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The Politics of Islamic Law

Local Elites, Colonial Authority, and the Making of the Muslim State

By: Iza R. Hussin

In The Politics of Islamic Law, Iza Hussin compares India, Malaya, and Egypt during the British colonial period in order to trace the making and transformation of the contemporary category of ‘Islamic law.’ She demonstrates that not only is Islamic law not the shari’ah, its present institutional forms, substantive content, symbolic vocabulary, and relationship to state and society—in short, its politics—are built upon foundations laid during the colonial encounter. Drawing on extensive archival work in English, Arabic, and Malay—from court records to colonial and local papers to private letters and visual material—Hussin offers a view of politics in the colonial period as an iterative series of negotiations between local and colonial powers in multiple locations. She shows how this resulted in a paradox, centralizing Islamic law at the same time that it limited its reach to family and ritual matters, and produced a transformation in the Muslim state, providing the frame within which Islam is articulated today, setting the agenda for ongoing legislation and policy, and defining the limits of change. Combining a genealogy of law with a political analysis of its institutional dynamics, this book offers an up-close look at the ways in which global transformations are realized at the local level.

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University of Chicago Press

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022632348X

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9780226323480

Antologi Bunuhan

By: LYNN DAYANA, SYAIDA ILMUNA, LAILA KAMILIA, IZA ARIPIN

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Antologi Bunuhan

By: LYNN DAYANA, SYAIDA ILMUNA, LAILA KAMILIA, IZA ARIPIN

Novel antologi bertemakan aksi ini telah ditulis oleh 4 orang penulis hebat terdiri daripada Lynn Dayana - Sakura Samseng Jalanan Syaida Ilmuna - Tren Laila Kamilia - Cinta Top Secret Versi 1.0 Izza Aripin - Jejak Hantu

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Alaf 21

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9678606534

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9789678606530

Greenbacks and Scams by Iza Poor

By: Iza Poor

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Greenbacks and Scams by Iza Poor

By: Iza Poor

Greenbacks and Scams by Iza Poor is an illustrated journey about the dreams of a retiree, a banker, a charity, and a smooth and slick investor who promises all their dreams will come true. It is an adventurous story of a New York socialite who lost all her money in a New York minute. What??? No money!!! IzaIza Poor???

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1477253327

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Glencairn

Vol. II

By: Iza Duffus Hardy

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Glencairn

Vol. II

By: Iza Duffus Hardy

Reprint of the original, first published in 1877.

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3385565839

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9783385565838

WITHOUT DOGMA A NOVEL OF MODER

By: Henryk 1846-1916 Sienkiewicz,Iza Young

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WITHOUT DOGMA A NOVEL OF MODER

By: Henryk 1846-1916 Sienkiewicz,Iza Young

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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Wentworth Press

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1371037329

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9781371037321

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

By: Iza Trapani

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Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

By: Iza Trapani

In this expanded version of the favorite nursery rhyme, Iza Trapani takes the earliest readers on a journey across the night sky. With playful verse and bright illustrations Iza Trapani introduces us to our irresistible young heroine as she wishes upon a mischievous, twinkling star. Granting her wish, the little star takes her on a dazzling and daring trip among swirling planets and beaming stars for one magical night. This new spin on the much-loved classic is a wonderful gift for even the littlest stargazers. Over 1 million copies in print!

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1607345455

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