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Regional and International Powers in the Gulf Security - Alaa Al Din Arafat - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

Regional and International Powers in the Gulf Security - Alaa Al Din Arafat - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

This book discusses the threats and challenges facing the Persian Gulf and the future security in the region, providing an overview of the major regional and extra-regional actors in Gulf security. It argues that except for Iran, no regional or extra-regional actors, including the United States, China, India and Russia, have developed a strategy for Persian Gulf security, and only Turkey has expressed a willingness to provide security for the region. Importantly, the major threats to Persian Gulf security are nonconventional, rather than external, threats to Iranian hegemony or the balance of power. In conclusion, it predicts that the power struggle in the Persian Gulf in the coming decades will be between Iran and Turkey, and not between Iran and Saudi Arabia. This book is of interest to diplomats, journalists, international affairs specialists, strategists and scholars of Gulf politics and security and defence studies.

DKK 434.00
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Seasonal Knowledge and the Almanac Tradition in the Arab Gulf - Daniel Martin Varisco - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

Seasonal Knowledge and the Almanac Tradition in the Arab Gulf - Daniel Martin Varisco - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

This book is the first in English to survey indigenous knowledge of seasonal, astronomical, and agricultural information in Arab Gulf almanacs. It provides an extensive analysis of the traditional information available, based on local almanacs, Arabic texts and poetry by Gulf individuals, ethnographic interviews, and online forums. A major feature of the book is tracing the history of terms and concepts in the local seasonal knowledge of the Gulf, including an important genre about weather stars, stemming back to the ninth century CE. Also covered are pearl diving, fishing, seafaring, and pastoral activities. This book will be of interest to scholars who study the entire Arab region, since much of the lore was shared and continues through the present. It will also be of value to scholars who work on the Indian Ocean and Red Sea Trade Network, as well as the history of folk astronomy in the Arab World.

DKK 986.00
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Marine Hydrocarbon Seeps - - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

Marine Hydrocarbon Seeps - - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

This book provides an up-to-date overview of the microbiology, biogeochemistry, and ecology of marine hydrocarbon seeps, a globally occurring habitat for specialized microorganisms and invertebrates that depend on natural hydrocarbon seepage as a food and energy source. Prominent examples include the briny hydrocarbon seeps and mud volcanoes on the continental slope of the Gulf of Mexico and in the Mediterranean, the hydrothermally heated hydrocarbon seeps at Guaymas Basin (Mexico), and the oil and gas seeps off the coast of California and in the Gulf of Mexico. Featuring topical chapters by leading researchers in the area, the book describes geological settings, chemical characteristics of hydrocarbon seepage, hydrocarbon-dependent microbial populations, and ecosystem structure and trophic networks at hydrocarbon seeps. Further, it also discusses applied aspects such as bioremediation potential (oil-degrading microorganisms).

DKK 986.00
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Hydrocarbon Potential in Southeastern United States - Robert J. Brewer - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

Hydrocarbon Potential in Southeastern United States - Robert J. Brewer - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

With respect to the vital work of maintaining and increasing much needed petroleum reserves within the continental United States, the Southeast is intriguing because it has been under-explored for many years at the expense of far more promising areas such as the Gulf Coast. While critics may contend that the overall geology of the Southeastern United States is unfavorable for commercial accumulations of hydrocarbons, the occurrence of the oil seeps in Georgia and the oil and gas shows reported in wells drilled in North Carolina, suggests otherwise. This volume introduces new evidence and compiles and re-examines data which argues for increased oil and gas exploration in the region.

DKK 519.00
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Does Digital Transformation of Government Lead to Enhanced Citizens’ Trust and Confidence in Government? - Mohamed Mahmood - Bog - Springer Nature

Does Digital Transformation of Government Lead to Enhanced Citizens’ Trust and Confidence in Government? - Mohamed Mahmood - Bog - Springer Nature

This research contributes to the growing body of knowledge as well as offers significant theoretical contributions and policy implications. As far as the researcher''s knowledge, this is the first research of its type that investigates the relationship between digital enabled transformation of government and citizens'' trust & confidence in government. The proposed conceptual model also makes a novel contribution at a conceptual level, which can be used as a frame of reference by researchers as well as practitioners when planning ICT-enabled transformation projects in government. The context of the research is the Kingdom of Bahrain, the top-ranked country in ICT adoption in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region.

DKK 434.00
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Politics and Digital Literature in the Middle East - Nele Lenze - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

Politics and Digital Literature in the Middle East - Nele Lenze - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

During the 2000''s, online literature in Arabic language was popular among a larger readership. Writings on subjects dealing with politics, globalization, and social matters gained are well-received. While mapping the genre, this monograph shows literary developments in print and digital during these peak years to provide a historical context for the material. Online literary culture is linked to social, economic, and political developments within the last two decades. This book presents the differences between online and print literature as it relates to writer-readership interaction, literary quality, language and style, critical reception, and circulation. The geographic location of the analysis focuses on Gulf countries featuring a comparative study of Egypt and Lebanon.

DKK 901.00
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Britain in the Islamic World - - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

Britain in the Islamic World - - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

This collection examines the role of Britain in the Islamic world. It offers insight into the social, political, diplomatic, and military issues that arose over the centuries of British involvement in the region, particularly focusing on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. British involvement can be separated into three phases: Discovery, Colonization and Decolonization, and Post-Empire. Decisions made by individual traders and high governmental officials are examined to understand how Great Britain impacted the Islamic world through these periods and, conversely, how events in the Islamic world influenced British decisions within the empire, in protection of the empire, and in the wake of the empire. The essays consider early perceptions of Islam, the role of trade, British-Ottoman relations, and colonial rule and control through religion. They explore British influence in a number of countries, including Somalia, Egypt, Palestine, Iran, Iraq, the Gulf States, India, and beyond. The final part of the book addresses the lasting impact of British imperial rule in the Islamic world.

DKK 986.00
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Britain in the Islamic World - - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

Britain in the Islamic World - - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

This collection examines the role of Britain in the Islamic world. It offers insight into the social, political, diplomatic, and military issues that arose over the centuries of British involvement in the region, particularly focusing on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. British involvement can be separated into three phases: Discovery, Colonization and Decolonization, and Post-Empire. Decisions made by individual traders and high governmental officials are examined to understand how Great Britain impacted the Islamic world through these periods and, conversely, how events in the Islamic world influenced British decisions within the empire, in protection of the empire, and in the wake of the empire. The essays consider early perceptions of Islam, the role of trade, British-Ottoman relations, and colonial rule and control through religion. They explore British influence in a number of countries, including Somalia, Egypt, Palestine, Iran, Iraq, the Gulf States, India, and beyond. The final part of the book addresses the lasting impact of British imperial rule in the Islamic world.

DKK 986.00
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Migration and Integration Challenges of Muslim Immigrants in Europe - - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

Migration and Integration Challenges of Muslim Immigrants in Europe - - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

As the impetus of globalization continues to gather pace, more and more people leave their homes pursuing dreams of a better life for themselves and their families. Muslim immigrants converging on Europe from widely divergent communities scattered throughout North Africa, the Middle East and South-East Asia, represent a great variety of local cultures and traditions. Trans-Mediterranean networks form the basis of migration routes and are key factors in the destinations of these migrants and in the overall process of immigration, be this towards Europe or other Muslim countries. South-North fluxes intertwine with South-South fluxes, among which the Gulf Arab countries stand out as a prime destination, not only for low-skilled labour. Different situations emerge, within a variegated discourse on co-existence, integration, assimilation and the preservation of identity. The adoption of this transnational dimension incorporating both destination, and points of origin, enables the investigation of migration to move beyond a purely Eurocentric approach. Thus, different national patterns are analyzed with a focus on a number of significant case-studies. By debating policies and cultural approaches the aim is to add innovative scholarship to the challenge of integration. Cross-cultural pluralism on the part of the nation states comprising the European Union is one avenue for moving the dialogue between different cultural frameworks towards a more compatible form.

DKK 986.00
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Migration and Pandemics - - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

Migration and Pandemics - - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

​Part I. Pandemic Borders, Belonging, and Exclusion 1 Spaces of Solidarity and Spaces of Exception: Migration and Membership During Pandemic Times Anna Triandafyllidou 2 (In)Essential Bordering: Canada, COVID, and Mobility Audrey Macklin 3 Territorial and Digital Borders and Migrant Vulnerability Under a Pandemic Crisis Petra Molnar 4 Vulnerability and Resilience in the Covid-19 Crisis: Race, Gender, and Belonging Eileen Boris 5 Sanctuary Cities and Covid-19: The Case of Canada Mireille Paquet, Noémie Benoit, Idil Atak, Meghan Joy, Graham Hudson, and John Shields Part II Pandemics and ''Essential'' Migrants 6 Migrant Care Labour, Covid-19, and the Long-Term Care Crisis: Achieving Solidarity for Care Providers and Recipients Lena Gahwi and Margaret Walton-Roberts 7 Pandemic Shock Absorbers: Domestic Workers'' Activism at the Intersection of Immigrants'' and Workers'' Rights Anna Rosińska and Elizabeth Pellerito 8 Essential Farmworkers and the Pandemic Crisis: Migrant Labour Conditions, and Legal and Political Responses in Italy and Spain Alessandra Corrado and Letizia Palumbo 9 The Entangled Infrastructures of International Student Migration: Lessons from Covid-19 Parvati Raghuram and Gunjan Sondhi 10 Voluntary and Forced Return Migration Under a Pandemic Crisis Zeynep Sahin Mencutek 11 Return Migration from the Gulf Region to India Amidst COVID-19 S Irudaya Rajan and H. Arokkiaraj 12 Internal Migration and the Covid-19 Pandemic in India S Irudaya Rajan and R. B. Bhagat

DKK 155.00
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Putting Systems and Complexity Sciences Into Practice - - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

Putting Systems and Complexity Sciences Into Practice - - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

This idea-packed resource takes systems and complexity sciences out of blue-sky territory and into the concrete world of contemporary healthcare practice. Beginning with a new reframing of health and illness, its chapters redesign traditional disease-centered models of care into modern, health-centered-and patient-centered-health service systems. The approaches shown here combine innovation and common sense to recognize and attend to patients'' needs across areas including health education and training, information accessibility, health service organization and delivery, and disease in individual context. The variety of solutions applied to this wide spectrum of issues shows the suitability of systems, complexity, and adaptive thinking to the ongoing objectives of making health services more responsive, effective, and equitable. Highlights of the coverage: - Healthy smoker: an oxymoron? Maybe, but it is more complicated than that - Transforming monitoring and improving care with variability-derived clinical decision support - Linking Gulf War illness to genome instability, somatic evolution, and complex adaptive systems - Complexity of knowledge in primary care: understanding the discipline''s requisite knowledge: a bibliometric study - New ways of knowing and researching: integrating complexity into a translational health sciences program - Understanding the emergency department ecosystem using agent-based modelling Putting Systems and Complexity Sciences into Practice is an inspiring idea book that sill interest health policymakers, health financiers, organizational leaders, healthcare administrators, clinicians, researchers, students, and interested lay readers.

DKK 434.00
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Scenarios and Responses to Future Deep Oil Spills - - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

Scenarios and Responses to Future Deep Oil Spills - - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

It has often been said that generals prepare for the next war by re-fighting the last. The Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill was unlike any previous - an underwater well blowout 1,500 meters deep. Much has been learned in the wake of DWH and these lessons should in turn be applied to both similar oil spill scenarios and those arising from "frontier" explorations by the marine oil industry. The next deep oil well blowout may be at 3,000 meters or even deeper. This volume summarizes regional (Gulf of Mexico) and global megatrends in marine oil exploration and production. Research in a number of key areas including the behavior of oil and gas under extreme pressure, impacts on biological resources of the deep sea, and the fate of oil and gas released in spills is synthesized. A number of deep oil spills are simulated with detailed computer models, and the likely effects of the spills and potential mitigation measures used to combat them are compared. Recommended changes in policies governing marine oil exploration and development are proposed, as well as additional research to close critical and emerging knowledge gaps. This volume synthesizes state-of-the-art research in deep oil spill behavior and response. It is thus relevant for government and industry oil spill responders, policy formulators and implementers, and academics and students desiring an in-depth and balanced overview of key issues and uncertainties surrounding the quest for deep oil and potential impacts on the environment.

DKK 731.00
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Financial Regulation and Liberation - Mohamed A. Ramady - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

Financial Regulation and Liberation - Mohamed A. Ramady - Bog - Springer Nature Switzerland AG - Plusbog.dk

The book examines in depth, the centrality of the Saudi fixed currency regime to the US dollar, SAMA''s monetary tools, macro prudential policies and its supervision of the Saudi commercial banking sector and new sectors such as insurance, the emerging Fin Tech industry as well as a closer examination of SAMA''s investment policies as custodian of the local currency. Saudi Arabia has long been associated with its central role in the global energy market, with its decisions on production volumes affecting the global financial markets. However, the Kingdom has also emerged as a significant global financial player due to its large holdings of international currency, its dominance of the regional Gulf and Arab world capital markets, and the aspirations of its Sovereign Wealth Fund, the Public Investment Fund. The G20 Presidency in 2020 has also placed Saudi Arabia on the global stage for the country to showcase progress in many and opening up its financial market to foreign investors. But the path to financial regulation and liberation to unleash Saudi Arabia''s potential has not come overnight, but through incremental steps and learning by doing. The results speak for themselves as this book examines:• The Saudi Capital Market and the evolution of its main Tadawul and parallel NOMU stock markets following the inclusion of Tadawul in the FTSE Russell, MSCI and S&P EM Indexes• The centrality of the Saudi fixed peg exchange regime as well as a closer examination of SAMA''s investment policies as custodian of the local currency• SAMA''s rebranding in 2020 as a Central Bank, its monetary and macro prudential policies and the re entry of foreign banks to the Saudi market, reversing previous Saudization of foreign bank branches in Saudi Arabia.  The Author offers an analysis of the key challenges facing Saudi Arabia in an age of financial globalization, FinTech and digitization. The challenges faced by the Saudi regulators in the COVID 19 era are examined, along with the country''s financial sector objectives as part of the Vision 2030 program, SME financing now a central plank in the country''s Vision 2030 program, the role of FDI in economic growth, the reasons behind Saudi Arabia languishing behind other countries in attracting FDI given the size of its economy and rising domestic and foreign debt levels. It has been an incredible journey for a young country, and by all indications, the journey for expanded global partnership continues as Saudi Arabia also puts into practice its version of the circular carbon economy, its commitment to climate change, and being at the forefront of a new global digital economy.

DKK 519.00
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