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The Remote Work Handbook The Definitive Guide for Operationalizing Remote Work as a Competitive Business Strategy

The Remote Work Handbook The Definitive Guide for Operationalizing Remote Work as a Competitive Business Strategy

The Remote Work Handbook: The Definitive Guide for Operationalizing Remote Work as a Competitive Business Strategy is for readers seeking to leverage the business benefits of a flexible remote workforce. It is a practical guide for building and implementing remote work at any size organization. C-suite executives operation leaders business owners or entrepreneurs who recognize the workplace is changing can use it to re-tool their operations for a strategic business advantage. Mari Anne Snow the author is a recognized remote work expert with over 20 years of experience leading remote teams and has re-written the rules of leadership to unlock the potential in remote and distributed teams. In this book she shares all her secrets. The book explores the untapped potential of remote teams and lays out the business case for adopting a new flexible workplace model to build organizational resilience and a competitive edge. It takes the reader through the step-by-step process of constructing a remote work operating model staging an implementation then institutionalizing and sustaining the change. It includes down-to-earth professional and personal stories that alert the reader to the top priorities and operational realities they will face as they craft their own implementation plan for operationalizing remote work at their company. | The Remote Work Handbook The Definitive Guide for Operationalizing Remote Work as a Competitive Business Strategy

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Deep Learning for Remote Sensing Images with Open Source Software

Deep Learning for Remote Sensing Images with Open Source Software

In today’s world deep learning source codes and a plethora of open access geospatial images are readily available and easily accessible. However most people are missing the educational tools to make use of this resource. Deep Learning for Remote Sensing Images with Open Source Software is the first practical book to introduce deep learning techniques using free open source tools for processing real world remote sensing images. The approaches detailed in this book are generic and can be adapted to suit many different applications for remote sensing image processing including landcover mapping forestry urban studies disaster mapping image restoration etc. Written with practitioners and students in mind this book helps link together the theory and practical use of existing tools and data to apply deep learning techniques on remote sensing images and data. Specific Features of this Book: The first book that explains how to apply deep learning techniques to public free available data (Spot-7 and Sentinel-2 images OpenStreetMap vector data) using open source software (QGIS Orfeo ToolBox TensorFlow) Presents approaches suited for real world images and data targeting large scale processing and GIS applications Introduces state of the art deep learning architecture families that can be applied to remote sensing world mainly for landcover mapping but also for generic approaches (e. g. image restoration) Suited for deep learning beginners and readers with some GIS knowledge. No coding knowledge is required to learn practical skills. Includes deep learning techniques through many step by step remote sensing data processing exercises.

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Unmanned Aerial Remote Sensing UAS for Environmental Applications

Unmanned Aerial Remote Sensing UAS for Environmental Applications

Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UASs) are a rapidly evolving technology with an expanding array of diverse applications. In response to the continuing evolution of this technology this book discusses UAVs and similar systems platforms and sensors as well as exploring some of their environmental applications. It explains how they can be used for mapping monitoring and modelling a wide variety of different environmental aspects and at the same time addresses some of the current constraints placed on realising the potential use of the technology such as flight duration and distance safety and the invasion of privacy. Unmanned Aerial Remote Sensing: UAS for Environmental Applications is an excellent resource for any practitioner utilising remote sensing and other geospatial technologies for environmental applications such as conservation research and planning. Students and academics in information science environment and natural resources geosciences and geography will likewise find this comprehensive book a useful and informative resource. FeaturesProvides necessary theoretical foundations for pertinent subject matter areasIntroduces the role and value of UAVs for geographical data acquisition and the ways to acquire and process the dataProvides a synthesis of ongoing research and a focus on the use of technology for small-scale image and spatial data acquisition in an environmental contextWritten by experts of the technology who bring together UAS tools and resources for environmental specialists. | Unmanned Aerial Remote Sensing UAS for Environmental Applications

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Fine Resolution Remote Sensing of Species in Terrestrial and Coastal Ecosystems

Fine Resolution Remote Sensing of Species in Terrestrial and Coastal Ecosystems

Detailed and accurate information on the spatial distribution of individual species over large spatial extents and over multiple time periods is critical for rapid response and effective management of environmental change. The twenty first century has witnessed a rapid development in both fine resolution sensors and statistical theories and techniques. These innovations hold great potential for improved accuracy of species mapping using remote sensing. Fine Resolution Remote Sensing of Species in Terrestrial and Coastal Ecosystems is a collection of eight cutting-edge studies of fine spatial resolution remote sensing including species mapping of biogenic and coral reefs seagrasses salt and freshwater marshes and grasslands. The studies illustrate the power of fine resolution imagery for species identification as well as the value of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) imagery as an ideal source of high-quality reference data at the species level. The studies also highlight the benefit of LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) data for species identification and how this varies depending on the species of interest as well as the nature of the context in which the species is found. The broad range of applications explored in the book demonstrates the major contribution of remote sensing to species-level terrestrial and coastal ecosystem studies as well as the potential for future advances. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the International Journal of Remote Sensing.

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Practical Handbook of Remote Sensing

Practical Handbook of Remote Sensing

The number of Earth observation satellites launched in recent years is growing exponentially along with the datasets they gather from free-to-access and commercial providers. The second edition of Practical Handbook of Remote Sensing is updated with new explanations and practical examples using the Copernicus satellite data and new versions of the open-source software. A new chapter and new applications have also been added. Thoroughly revised the handbook continues to be a practical how-to remote sensing guide for those who want to use the technology understand what is available how to access it and answer questions about our planet but do not necessarily want to become scientific experts.

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Remote Teaching and Learning in the Middle and High ELA Classroom Instructional Strategies and Best Practices

Remote Teaching and Learning in the Middle and High ELA Classroom Instructional Strategies and Best Practices

Teaching in remote distance and hybrid environments can be overwhelming and confusing and poses many challenges for novice and veteran teachers alike. This book guides teachers through the best practices of English language arts (ELA) instruction and helps them reflect on ways to apply those practices in remote learning and envision future instruction that draws from the most useful aspects of educational innovations. Understanding that remote teaching looks different in each subject Ruday and Cassidy identify methods specifically designed for middle and high school ELA classrooms. Designed for use in remote hybrid and hyflex environments with synchronous or asynchronous learning this resource gives teachers a toolbox of research-backed recommendations ideas examples and practices for teaching in unpredictable and new environments. Ruday and Cassidy address essential topics including writing grammar and reading instruction; assessment; differentiation; culturally relevant teaching; family engagement and communication; technology; professional self-care; and more. Teachers will come away with ready-to-implement strategies and insights for high-quality instruction that can be adapted to any kind of remote learning environment. | Remote Teaching and Learning in the Middle and High ELA Classroom Instructional Strategies and Best Practices

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Remote Sensing of Night-time Light

Remote Sensing of Night-time Light

Satellite images acquired at night provide a visually arresting perspective of the Earth and the human activities that light up the otherwise mostly dark Earth. These night-time light satellite images can be compiled into a geospatial time series that represent an invaluable source of information for both the natural and social sciences. Night-time light remote sensing has been shown to be particularly useful for a range of natural science and social science applications including studies relating to urban development demography sociology fishing activity light pollution and the consequences of civil war. Key sensors for these time-series include the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program’s Operational Linescan System (DMSP/OLS) and the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership Satellite’s Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite Day/Night Band (Suomi NPP/VIIRS DNB). An increasing number of alternative sources are also available including high spatial resolution and multispectral sensors. This book captures key methodological issues associated with pre-processing night-time light data documents state of the art analysis methods and explores a wide range of applications. Major sections focus on NPP/VIIRS DNB processing; inter-calibration between NPP/VIIRS and DMPS/OLS; applications associated with socio-economic activities applications in monitoring urbanization; and fishing activity monitoring. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the International Journal of Remote Sensing. | Remote Sensing of Night-time Light

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China and Great Power Responsibility for Climate Change

China and Great Power Responsibility for Climate Change

As American leadership over climate change declines China has begun to identify itself as a great power by formulating ambitious climate policies. Based on the premise that great powers have unique responsibilities this book explores how China’s rise to great power status transforms notions of great power responsibility in general and international climate politics in particular. The author looks empirically at the Chinese party-state’s conceptions of state responsibility discusses the influence of those notions on China’s role in international climate politics and considers both how China will act out its climate responsibility in the future and the broader implications of these actions. Alongside the argument that the international norm of climate responsibility is an emerging attribute of great power responsibility Kopra develops a normative framework of great power responsibility to shed new light on the transformations China’s rise will yield and the kind of great power China will prove to be. The book will be of interest to students and scholars of international relations China studies foreign policy studies international organizations international ethics and environmental politics. | China and Great Power Responsibility for Climate Change

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Advanced Applications in Remote Sensing of Agricultural Crops and Natural Vegetation

Advanced Applications in Remote Sensing of Agricultural Crops and Natural Vegetation

Written by leading global experts including pioneers in the field the four-volume set on Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of Vegetation Second Edition reviews existing state-of-the-art knowledge highlights advances made in different areas and provides guidance for the appropriate use of hyperspectral data in the study and management of agricultural crops and natural vegetation. Volume IV Advanced Applications in Remote Sensing of Agricultural Crops and Natural Vegetation discusses the use of hyperspectral or imaging spectroscopy data in numerous specific and advanced applications such as forest management precision farming managing invasive species and local to global land cover change detection. It emphasizes the importance of hyperspectral remote sensing tools for studying vegetation processes and functions as well as the appropriate use of hyperspectral data for vegetation management practices. The concluding chapter provides readers with useful guidance on the highlights and essence of Volume IV through the editors’ perspective. Key Features of Volume IV:Guides readers to harness the capabilities of the most recent advances in applying hyperspectral remote sensing technology to the study of terrestrial vegetation. Includes specific applications on agriculture crop management practices study of crop stress and diseases crop characteristics based on inputs (e. g. nitrogen irrigation) study of vegetation impacted by heavy metals gross and net primary productivity studies light use efficiency studies crop water use and actual evapotranspiration studies phenology monitoring land use and land cover studies global change studies plant species detection wetland and forest characterization and mapping crop productivity and crop water productivity mapping and modeling. Encompasses hyperspectral or imaging spectroscopy data in narrow wavebands used across visible red-edge near-infrared far-infrared shortwave infrared and thermal portions of the spectrum. Explains the implementation of hyperspectral remote sensing data processing mechanisms in a standard fast and efficient manner for their applications. Discusses cloud computing to overcome hyperspectral remote sensing massive big data challenges. Provides hyperspectral analysis of rocky surfaces on the earth and other planetary systems.

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Power and Inequality Critical Readings for a New Era

Power and Inequality Critical Readings for a New Era

Successfully bringing together accessible readings that cover the broad range of issues of importance to those studying politics and society this new edition of Power and Inequality provides a unique mix of theoretical and empirical pieces such as state and electoral politics that address both classic issues in political sociology and more recent developments such as globalization. With strong integration of race and gender throughout this collection offers a coherent analysis of power that reflects the contributions of a variety of critical perspectives including Marxism feminism critical race theory postmodernism and power structure theory. | Power and Inequality Critical Readings for a New Era

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Language and Power A Resource Book for Students

Language and Power A Resource Book for Students

Routledge English Language Introductions cover core areas of language study and are one-stop resources for students. Assuming no prior knowledge books in the series offer an accessible overview of the subject with activities study questions sample analyses commentaries and key readings – all in the same volume. The innovative and flexible ‘two-dimensional’ structure is built around four sections – introduction development exploration and extension – which offer self-contained stages for study. Each topic can also be read across these sections enabling the reader to build gradually on the knowledge gained. Language and Power Second Edition has been completely revised and updated and includes: a comprehensive survey of the ways in which language intersects and connects with the social cultural and political aspects of power; an introduction to the history of the field covering all the major approaches theoretical concepts and methods of analysis in this important and developing area of academic study; coverage of all the ‘traditional’ topics such as race gender and institutional power but also newer topics such as the discourse of post-truth and the power of social media; readings from works by seminal figures in the field such as Robin Lakoff Deborah Cameron and Teun van Dijk; real texts and examples throughout including advertisements from cosmetics companies; newspaper articles and headlines; websites and internet media; and spoken dialogues such as political and presidential speeches; a supporting companion website that aims to challenge students at a more advanced level and which features extra reading exercises follow-up activities and suggestions for further work. Language and Power will be essential reading for students studying English language or linguistics. | Language and Power A Resource Book for Students

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Image Analysis Classification and Change Detection in Remote Sensing With Algorithms for Python Fourth Edition

Image Analysis Classification and Change Detection in Remote Sensing With Algorithms for Python Fourth Edition

Image Analysis Classification and Change Detection in Remote Sensing: With Algorithms for Python Fourth Edition is focused on the development and implementation of statistically motivated data-driven techniques for digital image analysis of remotely sensed imagery and it features a tight interweaving of statistical and machine learning theory of algorithms with computer codes. It develops statistical methods for the analysis of optical/infrared and synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery including wavelet transformations kernel methods for nonlinear classification as well as an introduction to deep learning in the context of feed forward neural networks. New in the Fourth Edition: An in-depth treatment of a recent sequential change detection algorithm for polarimetric SAR image time series. The accompanying software consists of Python (open source) versions of all of the main image analysis algorithms. Presents easy platform-independent software installation methods (Docker containerization). Utilizes freely accessible imagery via the Google Earth Engine and provides many examples of cloud programming (Google Earth Engine API). Examines deep learning examples including TensorFlow and a sound introduction to neural networks Based on the success and the reputation of the previous editions and compared to other textbooks in the market Professor Canty’s fourth edition differs in the depth and sophistication of the material treated as well as in its consistent use of computer codes to illustrate the methods and algorithms discussed. It is self-contained and illustrated with many programming examples all of which can be conveniently run in a web browser. Each chapter concludes with exercises complementing or extending the material in the text. | Image Analysis Classification and Change Detection in Remote Sensing With Algorithms for Python Fourth Edition

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Igniting Justice and Progressive Power The Partnership for Working Families Cities

Igniting Justice and Progressive Power The Partnership for Working Families Cities

A progressive resurgence is happening across the United States. This book shows how long-lasting coalitions have built progressive power from the regional level on up. Anchored by the think and act affiliate organizations of the Partnership for Working Families (PWF) these regional power building projects are putting in place the vision policy agenda political savvy and grassroots mobilization needed for progressive governance. Through six sections the book explores how Partnership for Working Families projects are a core part of the defeat of the right-wing in states such as California; the challenge to corporate neoliberalism in traditionally liberal areas; and contests for power in such formally solid red states as Arizona Georgia and Colorado. This book considers how these PWF groups work on economic racial and environmental justice challenges equitable development and other critical issues. It addresses how at their core they bring together labor community environmental and faith-based organizations and the coalitions and campaigns that they developed have won and continue to win substantial victories for their communities. Igniting Justice and Progressive Power will be of interest to activists and concerned citizens looking to understand how lasting political change actually happens as well as all scholars and students of social work urban geography political sociology community development social movements and political science more broadly. | Igniting Justice and Progressive Power The Partnership for Working Families Cities

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Black Power Music Protest Songs Message Music and the Black Power Movement

Black Power Music Protest Songs Message Music and the Black Power Movement

Black Power Music! Protest Songs Message Music and the Black Power Movement critically explores the soundtracks of the Black Power Movement as forms of movement music. That is to say much of classic Motown soul and funk music often mirrored and served as mouthpieces for the views and values as well as the aspirations and frustrations of the Black Power Movement. Black Power Music! is also about the intense interconnections between Black popular culture and Black political culture both before and after the Black Power Movement and the ways in which the Black Power Movement in many senses symbolizes the culmination of centuries of African American politics creatively combined with and ingeniously conveyed through African American music. Consequently the term Black Power music can be seen as a code word for African American protest songs and message music between 1965 and 1975. Black Power music is a new concept that captures and conveys the fact that the majority of the messages in Black popular music between 1965 and 1975 seem to have been missed by most people who were not actively involved in or in some significant way associated with the Black Power Movement. | Black Power Music Protest Songs Message Music and the Black Power Movement

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US–China Foreign Relations Power Transition and its Implications for Europe and Asia

US–China Foreign Relations Power Transition and its Implications for Europe and Asia

This book examines the power transition between the US and China and the implications for Europe and Asia in a new era of uncertainty. The volume addresses the impact that the rise of China has on the United States Europe transatlantic relations and East Asia. China is seeking to use its enhanced power position to promote new ambitions; the United States is adjusting to a new superpower rivalry; and the power shift from the West to the East is resulting in a more peripheral role for Europe in world affairs. Featuring essays by prominent Chinese and international experts the book examines the US–China rivalry the changing international system grand strategies and geopolitics foreign policy geo-economics and institutions and military and technological developments. The chapters examine how strategic security and military considerations in this triangular relationship are gradually undermining trade and economics reversing the era of globalization and contributing to the breakdown of the US-led liberal order and institutions that will be difficult to rebuild. The volume also examines whether the adversarial antagonism in US–China relations the tension in transatlantic ties and the increasing rivalry in Europe–China relations are primarily resulting from leaders’ ambitions or structural power shifts. This book will be of much interest to students of Asian security US foreign policy European politics and International Relations in general. | US–China Foreign Relations Power Transition and its Implications for Europe and Asia

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The Power of the Supreme People's Court Reconceptualizing Judicial Power in Contemporary China

The Power of the Supreme People's Court Reconceptualizing Judicial Power in Contemporary China

This book explores the recent development of the Supreme People’s Court of China the world’s largest highest court. Recognizing that its approach to exercising power in an authoritarian context has presented a challenge to the understanding of judicial power in both democratic and non-democratic legal settings it captures the essence of the Court through its institutional design as well as functional practice. It argues that regardless of the deep-seated political and institutional constraints the Court has demonstrated a highly pragmatic interest in fulfilling its primary functions and prudently expanding judicial power in the context of reform-era China. This notwithstanding it also discusses how the Court’s incompetence and reluctance to challenge the bureaucratism and politicization suggests that the call for an impartial and authoritative judicial power will continue to be jeopardized while the Court operates in the shadow of Party authority and lacks meaningful checks and balances. Drawing on the experience of the Court this book reflects on some deep-rooted misunderstandings of legal development in China providing a source of inspiration for reconceptualizing the internal logic of a distinct category of judicial power. | The Power of the Supreme People's Court Reconceptualizing Judicial Power in Contemporary China

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The Second Partition of Palestine Hamas–Fatah Struggle for Power

The Second Partition of Palestine Hamas–Fatah Struggle for Power

This book examines the factors and issues responsible for the intra-Palestinian conflict that has undermined the strength and vitality of the struggle for liberation against the state of Israel. It explores how the ideological incompatibility and competition for political primacy account for the Hamas–Fatah conflict entailing the risk of partition of Palestine even before it takes shape as an independent sovereign entity. It analyzes the developments since the signing of the September 1993 Oslo Accord and discusses themes such as the background of Palestinian politics; the role of Fatah; the rise of Hamas as Fatah’s political rival; the Hamas–Fatah struggle for power; and the role played by the international community including by the US and the European Union. The study deals with the various facets of territorial and political challenges faced by the rival Palestinian actions; the failure of the reconciliation efforts by Egypt and Yemen; the stalled peace process in the West Bank and Gaza Strip; the emergence of the Islamic resistance movement and secular nationalist party; and the political and ideological shifts in Palestinian politics. Comprehensive and topical this book will be useful to scholars and researchers of West Asian studies peace and conflict studies politics and international relations foreign policy political studies area studies and strategic and defence studies. | The Second Partition of Palestine Hamas–Fatah Struggle for Power

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Simulation of Fluid Power Systems with Simcenter Amesim

Simulation of Fluid Power Systems with Simcenter Amesim

This book illustrates numerical simulation of fluid power systems by LMS Amesim Platform covering hydrostatic transmissions electro hydraulic servo valves hydraulic servomechanisms for aerospace engineering speed governors for power machines fuel injection systems and automotive servo systemsIt includes hydrostatic transmissions automotive fuel injection hydropower speed units governor aerospace servo systems along with case studies of specified companiesAids in predicting and optimizing the static and dynamic performances related to the systems under study | Simulation of Fluid Power Systems with Simcenter Amesim

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#MeToo for Women and Men Understanding Power through Sexual Harassment

#MeToo for Women and Men Understanding Power through Sexual Harassment

#MeToo for Women and Men provides an overview of sexual violence and an accessible guide to the #MeToo movement presenting a timely look at the evidence from diverse fields. Its evidence-based approach builds upon public health and health psychology principles to increase the reader’s understanding of sexual bullying and aims to help inform the building of safer communities. The book identifies patterns of sexual harassment and considers how sexual bullying can be used to express power. Intended to widen readers' knowledge of the causes and impacts surrounding sexual harassment and abuse the book encourages open discussion of these topics to enable society to move closer to combating it. Using first-person accounts alongside evidence of both individual behaviours and the ways the topic is dealt with in laws institutions cultures and organisations the book ensures that voices of survivors and their experiences are emphasised throughout. A wide audience of public professional academics and clinicians will benefit from the book’s extensive look into the impact sexual harassment has on survivors and its insight into how connections across a range of fields help us to understand but more importantly prevent perpetration and victimisation. This guide is also for non-academics wanting to understand what #MeToo means what it tells us about prevention and how to address the increasing problem of sexual harassment violence and abuse. | #MeToo for Women and Men Understanding Power through Sexual Harassment

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Planning for Protraction A Historically Informed Approach to Great-power War and Sino-US Competition

Planning for Protraction A Historically Informed Approach to Great-power War and Sino-US Competition

As Sino-US relations have deteriorated concerns have grown in Washington over its ability to defeat China in a major conflict. A conflict between such peer competitors would likely become a protracted war of attrition drawing on all dimensions of national power but this reality has yet to receive a sufficient degree of analytical attention. In this Adelphi book Iskander Rehman provides a historically informed and empirically grounded study of protracted great-power war its core drivers and characteristics and an examination of the elements that have most often determined a competitor’s long-term strategic performance. Final victory in a protracted conflict this book argues rests on a combination of three core factors: a state’s military effectiveness and adaptability its socio-economic power and resiliency and the soundness of its alliance management and grand strategy. A detailed analysis of the contemporary Sino-US rivalry assesses how both parties might fare in the event of a protracted war while highlighting some of its key differentiating aspects – most notably its nuclear and cyber dimensions. | Planning for Protraction A Historically Informed Approach to Great-power War and Sino-US Competition

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Crowdsourcing for Filmmakers Indie Film and the Power of the Crowd

Crowdsourcing for Filmmakers Indie Film and the Power of the Crowd

Whether you’re a producer screenwriter filmmaker or other creative you probably have a project that needs constant exposure or a product to promote. But how do you rise above the noise? In Crowdsourcing for Filmmakers: Indie Film and the Power of the Crowd Richard Botto explains how to put crowdsourcing to use for your creative project using social media networking branding crowdfunding and an understanding of your audience to build effective crowdsourcing campaigns sourcing everything from film equipment to shooting locations. Botto covers all aspects of crowdsourcing: how to create the message of your brand project or initiative; how to mold shape and adjust it based on mass response; how to broadcast a message to a targeted group and engage those with similar likes beliefs or interests; and finally how to cultivate those relationships to the point where the message is no longer put forth solely by you but carried and broadcasted by those who have responded to it. Using a wealth of case studies and practical know-how based on his years of experience in the industry and as founder of Stage 32—the largest crowdsourced platform for film creatives—Richard Botto presents a comprehensive and hands-on guide to crowdsourcing creatively and expertly putting your audience to work on your behalf. | Crowdsourcing for Filmmakers Indie Film and the Power of the Crowd

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Competing Discourses on Japan’s Nuclear Power Pronuclear versus Antinuclear Activism

Competing Discourses on Japan’s Nuclear Power Pronuclear versus Antinuclear Activism

This book examines the discursive formation of nuclear power in Japan to provide insights into the ways this technology has been both promoted and resisted constituting and being constituted by Japan’s sociocultural landscape. Each chapter pays close attention to a particular discursive site including newspaper editorials public relations campaigns local site fights urban antinuclear activism and post-Fukushima pronuclear and antinuclear articulations. The book also raises the question of democracy and sustainability through the examination of nuclear power discourses. It demonstrates the power of discourse in shaping nuclear power by creating knowledge influencing decisions relationships identity and community. Readers will gain a range of insights from the book: prominent articulations on nuclear power discourse state and corporate strategies for enticing consent for controversial facilities and technologies the power of the media in framing public knowledge the role of social movements and activisms in civic society the power of community and nuclear power as a problematic in representative democracy and sustainability. This book will appeal to students and scholars interested in social discourse social movements Japanese society cultural studies environmental communication media analysis energy and sustainability and democracy among others. | Competing Discourses on Japan’s Nuclear Power Pronuclear versus Antinuclear Activism

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Economics and Power A Marxist Critique

Economics and Power A Marxist Critique

In the economic debate power is defined and studied mainly as an interpersonal relation occurring out of perfect competition. This is a consequence of the combination of methodological individualism and the assumption of competition as a natural and everlasting coordinating mechanism operating without any sort of coercion. This methodology however is not adequate to analyze the forms of social coercion that characterize capitalism. Economics and Power criticizes the main theories of power developed in economic literature analyzing ultraliberal contractualism to radical political economics and ultimately suggesting a Marxist conception of power and coercion in capitalism. Palermo’s ontological argument is rooted in the philosophy of ‘critical realism’. This unique volume presents his main finding as being that the essential coercive mechanism of capitalism is competition. Capitalist power is not caused by a lack of competition but by the central role it plays in this mode of production. Following this the chapters reconstruct a Marxian conception of power where it is analyzed as a social relation and argues that perfect competition does in fact exist under the disguise of capitalist power. This book criticizes the construct of power and the underlying ideas surrounding perfect competition. This book is of interest to those who study political economy as well as economic theory and philosophy. | Economics and Power A Marxist Critique

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