Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

This book presents insights into the governance challenge associated with the management of the lockdown measures in relation to the welfare of citizens in selected African states. The intention of the project is to present a critical analysis of the effectiveness and the consequences of the measures adopted by the government of these African countries to contain further spread of the virus, within the context of existing governance challenges in the management of the public sector. This will expose the contradictions in the implementation of public policy and the actualization of its intendment for the promotion of good governance and the welfare of citizens. The benefit thereof is the feasibility of arousing further intellectual engagements on the need for effective management of public sector with strong infrastructural support for the good of all in Africa. Nirmala Dorasamy is an NRF rated Professor in the Department of Public Management and Economics at the Durban University of Technology (DUT), Durban, South Africa.

International relations. Foreign policy --- Afrikaans --- politiek --- North Africa --- Africa --- COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020 --- -COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020 --- -Government policy. --- Psychological aspects.

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

The book develops a novel framework for the analysis of global crises. It differentiates crises on three dimensions: permanent, recurring and ephemeral crises. This conceptualization allows us to analyze global crises not only in their immediate environment, but makes it possible to understand them in the broader context of social instability. The approach revolves around the terminology of discursive dislocation which provides fundamental insights into diverse forms of social instability. A multidimensional conceptualization of dislocation is advanced which informs the differentiation of global crises. Furthermore, a methodological toolkit is developed and tailored to the theoretical framework, which makes it possible to utilize the book both theoretically and methodologically for the analysis of manifold forms of global crises. The book also provides a comprehensive analysis of the Covid-19 pandemic in the United States under Donald Trump. Making use of the aforementioned methodology, it presents a hands-on illustration of how the multidimensional framework can be utilized for practical analyses. The analysis reveals how the construction of the Covid-19 pandemic is embedded in the historically ingrained self-portrayal of the United States, and how crisis responses are invoked to serve particular socio-political purposes in retaining an established vision of the United States. Nadine Klopf is Research Fellow and PhD candidate in the Research Group on International Political Sociology at Kiel University, Germany. Her research focuses on crisis theory, discourse theory and poststructuralism in International Relations.

International relations. Foreign policy --- internationale betrekkingen --- COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020 --- -Crises. --- Sociology of health --- anno 2010-2019 --- anno 2020-2029 --- United States of America

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

This book analyses the effect of biological risk on business and management by considering case studies from Malaysia, Lebanon, and G20 countries during the COVID-19 pandemic. Covering a wide range of topics, such as effects of virus risk on corporate sustainability, COVID-19 and CSR activities, governance practices and regulations for derivative products in emerging markets, risk management during a pandemic, and AI applications in the health sector, this book assists top management in redesigning business models and organisational management in a post-pandemic world and in becoming better equipped to tackle future biological risks or pandemic events.

Environmental protection. Environmental technology --- Business policy --- Personnel management --- Production management --- ondernemingsstrategieën --- bedrijfsbeleid --- risk management --- corporate governance --- COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020 --- -Industrial management. --- Social responsibility of business.

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Microorganisms, viruses and computer programmes encode all the information they need to reproduce and spread themselves. The mechanisms in the living world, in viruses and even in the world of technical systems are amazingly similar. The book shows how great the parallels of these replication systems are and what they are based on. The excursus also leads into the fascinating world of genetics, to the question of what constitutes life, and to software that replicates itself independently. Content: · What is life? · Basic concepts of molecular genetics · Viruses and early genetics · Algorithms and self-replicating computer programs · What is information? · Coding of information in technology and biology · Coevolution of life and technology The author Rafael Ball holds a PHD in biology, is a historian of science and a librarian. He is director of the ETH Library Zurich and lecturer in library science and management. He works on questions of information theory, scholarly communication and the effects of digitisation He is the author of numerous relevant publications, editor of information science journals and speaker at meetings and conferences.

Human biochemistry --- Biotechnology --- Computer science --- Computer. Automation --- medische biochemie --- bio-engineering --- computers --- informatica --- maatschappij --- biotechnologie --- COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020 --- -Computer viruses. --- Microorganisms --- Virus diseases --- Behavior. --- Transmission.

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

"This is an extraordinary, inclusive, multi-layered and multi-actor critical analysis of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the rights of children and young people. Its editor's genuine concern to promote a sustainable debate that effects participatory, positive change on the lives of children is reflected in the choice of authors and perspectives presented. Young people, practitioners, and academics invite readers on a journey of understanding and thinking in manners that will undoubtedly lead them to act for change, and that will encourage further academic, political, and public debates in which childhood is re-positioned and the practice of listening is made central." -Sofia Leitão, Senior Advisory Board Member at "Hope For Children" CRC Policy Center, Cyprus, and Senior Development Manager at Rinova Ltd, UK This edited volume examines how opportunities to realise children's rights and the experience of childhood itself have been changed by the pandemic. It brings together the voices of leading scholars, policy advisors, psychologists, charities engaged in empowering children, and children and young people themselves. By exposing children's own perspectives and ideas for change, the book aims to suggest ways in which children could be better supported during this crisis. Chapters connect the experiences of under-represented groups, including children with disabilities and housing-distressed children. Authors illuminate ways to see and hear children more clearly and enable children's participation during and beyond COVID-19. This book is part of a mini-series that explores the effects of COVID-19 on children's education, rights and participation. These books will expose and connect the struggles faced by particularly vulnerable children, including children with disabilities, housing-distressed children, and refugee and displaced children. They will explore how best to listen to and support children in diverse situations, in order to enable them to realise their rights more effectively. Ruby Turok-Squire is studying for the Graduate Diploma in Law at City, University of London, UK. She previously completed an LLM in International Development Law and Human Rights at the University of Warwick, UK. In 2020, she co-organised an interdisciplinary conference entitled "Rainbows in Our Windows: Childhood in the Time of Corona.".

Developmental psychology --- Sociology of the family. Sociology of sexuality --- Sociology --- Social policy --- Human rights --- Hygiene. Public health. Protection --- volksgezondheid --- mensenrechten --- sociologie --- gezinssociologie --- gezin --- sociaal beleid --- Children --- COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020 --- -Social conditions.