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Israel's Colonial Project in Palestine: Brutal Pursuit (Routledge Studies on the Arab-Israeli Conflict)
by Elia ZureikColonialism has three foundational concerns - violence, territory, and population control - all of which rest on racialist discourse and practice. Placing the Zionist project in Israel/Palestine within the context of settler colonialism reveals strategies and goals behind the region’s rules of governance that have included violence, repressive state laws and racialized forms of surveillance. In Israel’s Colonial Project in Palestine: Brutal Pursuit, Elia Zureik revisits and reworks fundamental ideas that informed his first work on colonialism and Palestine three decades ago. Focusing on the means of control that are at the centre of Israel’s actions toward Palestine, this book applies Michel Foucault’s work on biopolitics to colonialism and to the situation in Israel/Palestine in particular. It reveals how racism plays a central role in colonialism and biopolitics, and how surveillance, in all its forms, becomes the indispensable tool of governance. It goes on to analyse territoriality in light of biopolitics, with the dispossession of indigenous people and population transfer advancing the state’s agenda and justified as in the interests of national security. The book incorporates sociological, historical and postcolonial studies into an informed and original examination of the Zionist project in Palestine, from the establishment of Israel through to the actions and decisions of the present-day Israeli government. Providing new perspectives on settler colonialism informed by Foucault’s theory, and with particular focus on the role played by state surveillance in controlling the Palestinian population, this book is a valuable resource for students and scholars interested in the Arab-Israeli Conflict and Colonialism.
Israel's Colonial Project in Palestine: Brutal Pursuit (Routledge Studies on the Arab-Israeli Conflict)
by Elia ZureikColonialism has three foundational concerns - violence, territory, and population control - all of which rest on racialist discourse and practice. Placing the Zionist project in Israel/Palestine within the context of settler colonialism reveals strategies and goals behind the region’s rules of governance that have included violence, repressive state laws and racialized forms of surveillance. In Israel’s Colonial Project in Palestine: Brutal Pursuit, Elia Zureik revisits and reworks fundamental ideas that informed his first work on colonialism and Palestine three decades ago. Focusing on the means of control that are at the centre of Israel’s actions toward Palestine, this book applies Michel Foucault’s work on biopolitics to colonialism and to the situation in Israel/Palestine in particular. It reveals how racism plays a central role in colonialism and biopolitics, and how surveillance, in all its forms, becomes the indispensable tool of governance. It goes on to analyse territoriality in light of biopolitics, with the dispossession of indigenous people and population transfer advancing the state’s agenda and justified as in the interests of national security. The book incorporates sociological, historical and postcolonial studies into an informed and original examination of the Zionist project in Palestine, from the establishment of Israel through to the actions and decisions of the present-day Israeli government. Providing new perspectives on settler colonialism informed by Foucault’s theory, and with particular focus on the role played by state surveillance in controlling the Palestinian population, this book is a valuable resource for students and scholars interested in the Arab-Israeli Conflict and Colonialism.
Moments of Leadership: How to become a Professional Leader, Manager and Coach (Management for Professionals)
by Hanspeter ZürcherThere are moments in leadership when opportunities open up: Opportunities for better teamwork, opportunities for orientation, for professional conversations, and for personal development and reflection. This book describes over 60 such opportunities, pragmatic, solution-oriented, and tested for many years. Based on concrete examples, it thus provides impulses for effective strategies and new ways of solving problems in all areas of cooperation and leadership. The book is intended to serve as a guide from which not only leaders but also managers and coaches can benefit.
The Parameters of Postmodernism
by Nicholas ZurbruggFirst published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
The Parameters of Postmodernism
by Nicholas ZurbruggFirst published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
The Palgrave Handbook of Power, Gender, and Psychology
by Eileen L. Zurbriggen Rose CapdevilaThe Palgrave Handbook of Power, Gender, and Psychology takes an intersectional feminist approach to the exploration of psychology and gender through a lens of power. The invisibility of power in psychological research and theorizing has been critiqued by scholars from many perspectives both within and outside the discipline. This volume addresses that gap. The handbook centers power in the analysis of gender, but does so specifically in relation to psychological theory, research, and praxis. Gathering the work of sixty authors from different geographies, career stages, psychological sub-disciplines, methodologies, and experiences, the handbook showcases creativity in approach, and diversity of perspective. The result is a work featuring a chorus of different voices, including diverse understandings of feminisms and power. Ultimately, the handbook presents a case for the importance of intersectionality and power for any feminist psychological endeavor.
Schulklasseneffekte: Schülerinnen und Schüler zwischen komparativen und normativen Einflüssen
by Carmen ZurbriggenMit der Bedeutung der schulischen Bezugsgruppen auf die Entwicklung von Schülerinnen und Schülern widmet sich Carmen Zurbriggen einer zentralen Frage des bildungswissenschaftlichen Erkenntnisinteresses, die bei schwachen Schulleistungen im Kontext von Selektion herausragende Brisanz erhält. Die Autorin setzt am Scheitelpunkt der Kontroverse um komparative und normative Peereffekte an und durchleuchtet kritisch anhand von sich konkurrierenden theoretischen Modellen die Wirkungsweise der Schulklasse und des Lernumfeldes auf Schulleistungen, akademisches Selbstkonzept sowie Berufsaspirationen von Jugendlichen vor und nach dem Schulübergang. Mit ihren facettenreichen Befunden vermag sie die international geführte Debatte signifikant zu erweitern.
Epidemic Malaria and Hunger in Colonial Punjab: Weakened by Want (The Social History of Health and Medicine in South Asia)
by Sheila ZurbriggThis book documents the primary role of acute hunger (semi- and frank starvation) in the ‘fulminant’ malaria epidemics that repeatedly afflicted the northwest plains of British India through the first half of colonial rule. Using Punjab vital registration data and regression analysis it also tracks the marked decline in annual malaria mortality after 1908 with the control of famine, despite continuing post-monsoonal malaria transmission across the province. The study establishes a time-series of annual malaria mortality estimates for each of the 23 plains districts of colonial Punjab province between 1868 and 1947 and for the early post-Independence years (1948-60) in (East) Punjab State. It goes on to investigate the political imperatives motivating malaria policy shifts on the part of the British Raj. This work reclaims the role of hunger in Punjab malaria mortality history and, in turn, raises larger epistemic questions regarding the adequacy of modern concepts of nutrition and epidemic causation in historical and demographic analysis. Part of The Social History of Health and Medicine in South Asia series, this book will be useful to scholars and researchers of colonial history, modern history, social medicine, social anthropology and public health.
Epidemic Malaria and Hunger in Colonial Punjab: Weakened by Want (The Social History of Health and Medicine in South Asia)
by Sheila ZurbriggThis book documents the primary role of acute hunger (semi- and frank starvation) in the ‘fulminant’ malaria epidemics that repeatedly afflicted the northwest plains of British India through the first half of colonial rule. Using Punjab vital registration data and regression analysis it also tracks the marked decline in annual malaria mortality after 1908 with the control of famine, despite continuing post-monsoonal malaria transmission across the province. The study establishes a time-series of annual malaria mortality estimates for each of the 23 plains districts of colonial Punjab province between 1868 and 1947 and for the early post-Independence years (1948-60) in (East) Punjab State. It goes on to investigate the political imperatives motivating malaria policy shifts on the part of the British Raj. This work reclaims the role of hunger in Punjab malaria mortality history and, in turn, raises larger epistemic questions regarding the adequacy of modern concepts of nutrition and epidemic causation in historical and demographic analysis. Part of The Social History of Health and Medicine in South Asia series, this book will be useful to scholars and researchers of colonial history, modern history, social medicine, social anthropology and public health.
Kritik des Anti-Doping: Eine konstruktive Auseinandersetzung zu Methoden und Strategien im Kampf gegen Doping (KörperKulturen)
by Nils Zurawski Marcel ScharfDer anhaltend brisante Kampf gegen Doping im Sport wird mit vielen Mitteln geführt. Dabei haben die verschiedenen Anti-Doping-Programme und Maßnahmen eklatante Probleme und sind vielfach sogar widersprüchlich. So stellt eine Totalüberwachung der Athleten ihre bürgerlichen Rechte in Frage, viele Maßnahmen sind ineffektiv und der Kampf gegen das Doping wird oft inkonsequent geführt. Die Beiträge des Bandes nehmen daher aus verschiedenen Perspektiven eine fundierte Kritik des Anti-Doping vor und zeigen, dass der Kampf gegen das Doping einer dringenden Revision auf vielen Ebenen bedarf. Die moralische Aufladung des Themas ist dabei genauso ein Problem wie die Methoden, Strategien und - nicht selten - die Personalien selbst.
The Palgrave Handbook of Left-Wing Extremism, Volume 1
by José Pedro ZúqueteThis handbook provides a broad overview of left-wing extremism and its associated key issues and themes. It breaks new ground by assembling in a single volume a comparative analysis of the phenomenon that is both multidimensional and multidisciplinary. Gathering a wide range of influential scholars who have worked at length in the field of extremism studies from different perspectives, backgrounds, and geographical settings, the Palgrave Handbook of Left-Wing Extremism presents an array of thought-provoking and innovative as well as informative analyses and discussions – both historical and contemporary - about the phenomenon of left-wing extremism and of how researchers conceive of and approach it in their study. The Handbook is designed to be, for the foreseeable future, the reference work for all students, researchers, and general readers interested in achieving a comprehensive understanding of left-wing extremism in all its manifestations, subtleties, and dynamics, and bothits current and its potential directions. Chapter “Radical Left Movements in Scandinavia, 1980–2020: Straddling Militant Counterculture and Popular Movements” is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via SpringerLink.
The Palgrave Handbook of Left-Wing Extremism, Volume 2
by José Pedro ZúqueteThis handbook provides a broad overview of left-wing extremism and its associated key issues and themes. It breaks new ground by assembling a comparative analysis of the phenomenon that is both multidimensional and multidisciplinary. Gathering a wide range of influential scholars who have worked at length in the field of extremism studies from different perspectives, backgrounds, and geographical settings, the Palgrave Handbook of Left-Wing Extremism presents an array of thought-provoking and innovative as well as informative analyses and discussions – both historical and contemporary - about the phenomenon of left-wing extremism and of how researchers conceive of and approach it in their study. The Handbook is designed to be, for the foreseeable future, the reference work for all students, researchers, and general readers interested in achieving a comprehensive understanding of left-wing extremism in all its manifestations, subtleties, and dynamics, and both its current and its potential directions.
Self-Construction in a Transcultural Context: Young Chinese Immigrants Constructing Selves in the UK
by Yijia ZuoThis book explores the ways in which individuals construct and integrate self-positions in a transcultural context, by adopting a pluralist theoretical and methodological approach that includes both Western post-modern viewpoints and ancient Chinese philosophical ideas.The book starts with stories of two second-generation Chinese young people and their mothers' life experiences in the UK, which can be seen as an epitome of individuals living in the modern and complex environment of the time. Using social constructionist viewpoints, it then analyzes the overt interaction between the individual and outside environment and interprets the recessive interaction, such as the individual’s psychological response to the outside environment, which might be unknown to him or herself, using the psychodynamic approach based on object relations theory and other psychoanalytic concepts, such as defense mechanisms. The book uses Confucian philosophy to show how Chinese people think about the relation between other people and themselves and also integrates different and even opposing theories and viewpoints from Taoist philosophy.This creative book provides a theoretical and practical approach to explore the conception of “self” and the way in which individuals construct their self-positions in a complex context. Combining cutting-edge Western psycho-social viewpoints and ancient Chinese philosophy, it appeals to readers interested in “self,” psycho-social approaches, psychoanalytic viewpoints and Chinese philosophy.
Work and Family in Urban China: Women’s Changing Experience since Mao (Politics and Development of Contemporary China)
by Jiping ZuoThis book examines a three-way interaction among market, state, and family in China’s recent market reform. It depicts transformations in urban women’s experiences with both paid and non-paid domestic work. The book challenges China’s free-market approach and demonstrates its negative impacts on women’s work and family experiences by revealing labor commodification processes and work-to-family conflicts as the state abandons its commitment to public welfare. Using interview data collected from 165 women of three different cohorts in urban China during the 2000-2008 period, this study uncovers the revival of traditional gendered family roles among urban women and men as one of their strategies to resist market brutality and their struggles to balance work and family demands. The book also explores urban women’s non-market definitions of marital equality, and highlights theoretical and policy implications concerning market efficiency, marital equality, and the state’s role in protecting public good.
Inclusive Development and Poverty Reduction (International Research on Poverty Reduction)
by Changsheng Zuo Chengwei Huang Xiaojun He Xiaolin WangThis book discusses poverty reduction and inclusive development in China. The relevant research reports included here combine unique perspectives and thorough analysis, and include both comparative and empirical analyses. Although China is the first country to have achieved the UN’s Millennium Development Goals, it still faces enormous problems and challenges in terms of narrowing the income gap, reducing poverty and attaining sustainable development. This book not only provides valuable theoretical material to help readers understand inclusive development and poverty reduction in today’s China, but also offers relevant government authorities a solid theoretical and practical basis for informed decision-making.
The Evolution of China's Poverty Alleviation and Development Policy (Research Series on the Chinese Dream and China’s Development Path)
by Changsheng ZuoThis book explains in simple language the change of perspective and the transition of the systems for poverty alleviation, based on the fifteen-year development of China’s poverty alleviation policy. Written by scholars from the International Poverty Reduction Center in China, Peking University and the China Agricultural University who have been engaged in the field of poverty alleviation for many years, the contributions combine views on China's poverty reduction policy with the authors’ personal experiences. It is a valuable reference resource for researchers at the forefront of poverty alleviation and also appeals to anyone interested in poverty alleviation and China’s poverty alleviation changes.
The Changing Face of Inequality: Urbanization, Industrial Development, and Immigrants in Detroit, 1880-1920
by Olivier ZunzOriginally published in 1983, The Changing Face of Inequality is the first systematic social history of a major American city undergoing industrialization. Zunz examines Detroit's evolution between 1880 and 1920 and discovers the ways in which ethnic and class relations profoundly altered its urban scene. Stunning in scope, this work makes a major contribution to our understanding of twentieth-century cities.
Das Weltsystem des Erdöls: Entstehungszusammenhang - Funktionsweise - Wandlungstendenzen (Neue Bibliothek der Sozialwissenschaften)
by Lutz ZündorfDas Buch analysiert einen zentralen Sektor der Weltwirtschaft und der Globalisierung: das System des internationalen Erdölhandels. Hier lassen sich die grundlegenden Probleme der zunehmenden wirtschaftlichen und politischen Verflechtungen exemplarisch analysieren, wie z.B. die prekären Austauschbeziehungen zwischen industriellen Zentren und unterentwickelten Peripherien, die sich wandelnden Balancen und wechselseitigen Instrumentalisierungen von Staaten, Konzernen und Marktkräften und vieles mehr. Der Autor schließt dieses politisch und wissenschaftlich spannende Buch mit einem Ausblick zur Zukunft des Erdölsystems.
Zur Aktualität von Immanuel Wallerstein: Einleitung in sein Werk (Aktuelle und klassische Sozial- und KulturwissenschaftlerInnen)
by Lutz ZündorfImmanuel Wallerstein ist einer der Pioniere der Ausweitung soziologischer Theoriebildung und Forschung auf die Welt als Einheit der Analyse. Von der Annahme ausgehend, dass das moderne Weltsystem seit seiner Entstehung im 16. Jahrhundert den einzig sinnvollen Rahmen für die Analyse wirtschaftlichen, politischen und sozialen Handelns darstellt, geht der amerikanische Soziologe dem Entstehungszusammenhang, der Funktionsweise und den Wandlungstendenzen dieses polit-ökonomischen Komplexes nach. In diesem Buch wird das Werk Wallersteins unter drei Aspekten betrachtet: als offenes und umfassendes Forschungsprogramm für die Sozialwissenschaften, als historisch-soziologische Darstellung der Entfaltung des modernen Weltsystems und als stimulierendes Bezugssystem für die Analyse aktueller Problemlagen, wie dem hegemonialen Niedergang der USA, dem Aufstieg Chinas ins Zentrum der Weltwirtschaft und der gegenwärtigen Weltwirtschaftskrise.
Kommunitarismus in einer alternden Gesellschaft: Neue Lebensentwürfe Älterer in Tauschsystemen
by Ingrid ZundelKünftiges Altern in Deutschland gehört wie die Arbeitslosigkeit zu den großen gesellschaftlichen Problemfeldern. Geringe Geburtsraten und eine immer höhere Lebenserwartung verschieben die Relation zwischen Erwerbstätigen und den über 60 Jahre alten Menschen bis Mitte des Jahrhunderts auf 1:2. Die finanzielle Absicherung und damit der Lebensstandard werden kontinuierlich absinken.Erfahrungsgemäß beflügeln Notzeiten die Phantasie, und so wird man sich auf Möglichkeiten besinnen, die den Menschen finanziell bestehen können. Es bieten sich heute bereits funktionierende Tauschsysteme an, die trotz steter Zunahme aber noch weitgehend ein Nischendasein führen. Das theoretische Gebäude des „Kommunitarismus“ bildet den Rahmen für „bürgerliches Engagement“ in Tauschsystemen. Es geht um ein Mehr an Verantwortung des Individuums und um ein weniger an Staat.Die Autorin befragt ihrem Buch Menschen, die sich auf den Weg gemacht haben, neue Lebensentwürfe im höheren Lebensalter zu erproben. Sie untersucht Tauschsysteme: Seniorengenossenschaften, Zeittauschbörsen und selbstorganisierte, meist intergenerative Wohnprojekte. Der empirische Teil der Arbeit kann vor allem schon heutigen Arbeitslosen (Zeitreichen, aber Geldarmen) mit den beschriebenen Zeittauschbörsen (es gibt derzeit über 200 in Deutschland) beistehen. Es werden in allen drei Projekten auch Probleme benannt, was bislang selten in der Literatur geschieht.
Konfliktmanagement, Team Work Engagement und psychologische Sicherheit in Scrum-Teams: Eine quantitative Studie (BestMasters)
by Michelle ZumstegMichelle Zumsteg untersucht unterschiedliche Konfliktstile in Scrum-Teams und deren Effekt auf das arbeitsbezogene Wohlbefinden in den Teams. Die Autorin stellt sich ebenfalls der Frage, ob der Zusammenhang zwischen den Konfliktstilen und dem Team Work Engagement durch die erlebte psychologische Sicherheit in der Teamarbeit vermittelt wird. Im Rahmen einer Online-Befragung von 68 in der IT und Softwareentwicklung tätigen Scrum-Teams aus 20 Unternehmen konnte ein starker positiver Effekt des kooperativen Konfliktstils auf das Team Work Engagement ermittelt werden. Ebenfalls konnte ein negativer Zusammenhang zwischen dem kompetitiven und dem vermeidenden Konfliktstil mit Team Work Engagement festgestellt werden.
Polizeiliche pro-organisationale Devianz: Eine Typologie
by Elena Isabel Zum-BruchElena Isabel Zum-Bruch untersucht im Rahmen einer empirisch fundierten Typologie polizeilicher pro-organisationaler Devianz die Normbrüche, durch die Polizeibeamte und –beamtinnen der Organisation der Polizei nicht schaden, sondern zu ihrem Funktionieren und ihrer gesellschaftlichen Akzeptanz beitragen wollen. Diese abweichenden Verhaltensweisen stellen für die ausführenden Polizisten und Polizistinnen Lösungsmuster dar, durch die sie effektiv und effizient handeln, fair und menschlich sein, Zielvereinbarungen erreichen, Kollegen und Kolleginnen unterstützen und die Anweisungen der Führungskräfte befolgen wollen.
Advances in Quality of Life Research 2001 (Social Indicators Research Series #17)
by BrunoD. ZumboThe knowledge base in the domains of quality of life, well-being, and subjective well-being is continuing to grow at a rapid rate. In light of this growth, and the interest it reflects on the part of scholars, practitioners, and policy makers internationally, this book will play an important role in bringing scholars and students up to date on diverse topics and promoting and encouraging research in the field of quality-of-life (QOL) studies. Unlike most other similar publications quality of life studies is broadly construed to involve all of the social and health sciences. This volume has much to offer the reader. The papers reflect a diversity of disciplinary and methodological perspectives, it contains material on (a) the monitoring, assessing, and modelling of quality of life, (b) matters of policy, finance, marketing, and business, and (c) papers devoted to the determinants and correlates of well-being and quality of life.
Understanding and Investigating Response Processes in Validation Research (Social Indicators Research Series #69)
by Bruno D. Zumbo Anita M. HubleyThis volume addresses an urgent need across multiple disciplines to broaden our understanding and use of response processes evidence of test validity. It builds on the themes and findings of the volume Validity and Validation in Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences (Zumbo & Chan, 2014), with a focus on measurement validity evidence based on response processes. Approximately 1000 studies are published each year examining the validity of inferences made from tests and measures in the social, behavioural, and health sciences. The widely accepted Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing (1999, 2014) present five sources of evidence for validity: content-related, response processes, internal structure, relationships with other variables, and consequences of testing. Many studies focus on internal structure and relationships with other variables sources of evidence, which have a long history in validation research, known methodologies, and numerous exemplars in the literature. Far less is understood by test users and researchers conducting validation work about how to think about and apply new and emerging sources of validity evidence. This groundbreaking volume is the first to present conceptual models of response processes, methodological issues that arise in gathering response processes evidence, as well as applications and exemplars for providing response processes evidence in validation work.
Validity and Validation in Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences (Social Indicators Research Series #54)
by Bruno D. Zumbo Eric K.H. ChanThis book combines an overview of validity theory, trends in validation practices and a review of standards and guidelines in several international jurisdictions with research synthesis of the validity evidence in different research areas. An overview of theory is both useful and timely, in view of the increased use of tests and measures for decision-making, ranking and policy purposes in large-scale testing, assessment and social indicators and quality of life research. Research synthesis is needed to help us assemble, critically appraise and integrate the overwhelming volume of research on validity in different contexts. Rather than examining whether any given measure is “valid”, the focus is on a critical appraisal of the kinds of validity evidence reported in the published research literature. The five sources of validity evidence discussed are: content-related, response processes, internal structure, associations with other variables and consequences. The 15 syntheses included here, represent a broad sampling of psychosocial, health, medical and educational research settings, giving us an extensive evidential basis to build upon earlier studies. The book concludes with a meta-synthesis of the 15 syntheses and a discussion of the current thinking of validation practices by leading experts in the field.