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This book is the second of three paperback volumes taken from The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research, Fourth Edition. This volume isolates the major strategieshistorically, the research methodsthat researchers can use in conducting concrete qualitative studies. The question of methods begins with questions of design and the matters of money and funding. These questions always begin with the researcher who moves from a research question to a paradigm or perspective, and then to the empirical world. The history and uses of these strategies are explored extensively in this volume. The chapters move from forms (and problems with) mixed methods inquiry to case study, performance and narrative ethnography, to constructionist analytics to grounded theory strategies, testimonies, participatory action research, and clinical research.

There is ample evidence that engaging developing countries on climate change mitigation would have significant positive impacts on global climate efforts There is much debate however on the most effective strategy for unlocking these low cost mitigation opportunities While the Clean Development Mechanism CDM emerged as the main climate finance instrument for engaging developing countries under the Kyoto Protocol the carbon market approach it embodied would largely be replaced by a new array of climate finance instruments based on climate funds In The Political Economy of Climate Finance Effectiveness in Developing Countries Mark Purdon shows that the effectiveness of climate finance instruments to reduce emissions under either strategy has depended on the interaction between prevailing ideas about how to develop a nation s economy as well as state interests in various economic sectors Based on multiple field visits over a decade in three countries the author demonstrates that climate finance instruments have been more effectively implemented when the state treats them as vehicles for addressing priority development issues Climate finance instruments were more consistently and effectively implemented in Uganda and Moldova than Tanzania despite differences

El Diccionario de Sociología que presentamos permite al lector familiarizarse con la terminología y las perspectivas teóricas y metodológicas del pensamiento social. Su intención es suministrar a profesores, investigadores, estudiantes y personas interesadas por la sociología, definiciones y descripciones de los modelos conceptuales y metodológicos, las cuales, como ocurre en las demás ciencias sociales, se han visto sometidas a profundos cambios. Todo lo cual ha supuesto una importante ampliación y diversificación de las líneas de trabajo en la ciencia sociológica y una modernización del utillaje intelectual y técnico empleado.

Elucidates the problematic impact of influential development metanarratives on different actors as well as policy and practice on sustainability challenges This title is also available as open acces

La obra contiene un tratamiento jurídico multidisciplinar sobre los flujos migratorios, complementado con una aproximación económica, filosófica y sociológica. Este contenido se estructura en dos partes. La parte primera versa sobre los derechos del extranjero en España. Asi, el capitulo II se refiere a los derechos civiles y politicos del extranjero; en el capitulo III se trata el acceso del extranjero a la justicia, a los sistemas publicos de proteccion y a determinados servicios sociales, y, finalmente, en el capitulo IV se expone el regimen juridico de acceso a las actividades lucrativas, por cuenta propia o ajena, asi como los derechos relacionados con dichas actividades. En la parte segunda se analizan, a partir del Estatuto de la ciudadania española en el exterior, los problemas juridicos de la emigracion y la posicion de los españoles en el extranjero. Asi, el Capitulo V se dedica al estudio de los derechos politicos y sociales, en tanto que el Capitulo VI -y ultimo- aborda el regimen laboral, patrimonial y fiscal del expatriado.

Machine learning algorithms are widely presumed to herald a world in which the crippling burdens of anxiety can be left behind The digital revolution promises a brave new world where individuals communities and organizations can at last take control of the future anticipating designing and commanding the future possibly even with mathematical exactitude Yet paradoxically algorithms have unleashed widespread fears and forebodings about the impact of digital technologies Whether it s worries about unemployment distress about social media s harmful effects on teenagers or the fear of intrusive digital surveillance we live in an age of turbo charged anxiety where the prophecies of algorithms are increasingly enmeshed with fundamental disruption and anxieties about the future In this book Anthony Elliott examines how machine learning algorithms are not only transforming global institutions but also rewriting our personal lives He tells this story through a wide ranging analysis which takes in ChatGPT Amazon the Metaverse Martin Ford Netflix Uber Bernard Stiegler Squid Game Kate Crawford LaMDA Byung Chul Han autonomous drones Jean Baudrillard and the automation of warfare Questioning why people often assume that they need to adopt new technologie

From The Brothers Karamazov to Star Trek to Twin Peaks, this collection explores a variety of different imaginary worlds both historic and contemporary.Featuring contributions from an interdisciplinary and international group of scholars, each essay looks at a particular imaginary world in-depth, and world-building issues associated with that world. Together, the essays explore the relationship between the worlds and the media in which they appear as they examine imaginary worlds in literature, television, film, computer games, and theatre, with many existing across multiple media simultaneously. The book argues that the media incarnation of a world affects world structure and poses unique obstacles to the act of world-building. The worlds discussed include Nazar, Barsetshire, Skotopogonievsk, the Vorkosigan Universe, Grovers Corners, Gormenghast, Collinsport, Daventry, Dune, the Death Gate Cycle universe, Twin Peaks, and the Star Trek galaxy.

ndependent Videogames investigates the social and cultural implications of contemporary forms of independent video game development. Through a series of case studies and theoretical investigations, it evaluates the significance of such a multi-faceted phenomenon within video game and digital cultures.A diverse team of scholars highlight the specificities of independence within the industry and the culture of digital gaming through case studies and theoretical questions. The chapters focus on labor, gender, distribution models and technologies of production to map the current state of research on independent game development. The authors also identify how the boundaries of independence are becoming opaque in the contemporary game industry often at the cost of the claims of autonomy, freedom and emancipation that underlie the indie scene. The book ultimately imagines new and better narratives for a less exploitative and more inclusive videogame industry.

The concept of world and the practice of world creation have been with us since antiquity, but they are now achieving unequalled prominence. In this timely anthology of subcreation studies, an international roster of contributors come together to examine the rise and structure of worlds, the practice of world-building, and the audience's reception of imaginary worlds. Including essays written by world-builders A.K. Dewdney and Alex McDowell and offering critical analyses of popular worlds such as those of Oz, The Lord of the Rings, Star Trek, Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica, and Minecraft, Revisiting Imaginary Worlds provides readers with a broad and interdisciplinary overview of the issues and concepts involved in imaginary worlds across media platforms.

This book is a theoretical and practical deep dive into the craft of worldbuilding for video games, with an explicit focus on how different job disciplines contribute to worldbuilding. In addition to providing lenses for recognizing the various components in creating fictional and digital worlds, the author positions worldbuilding as a reciprocal and dynamic process, a process which acknowledges that worldbuilding is both created by and instrumental in the design of narrative, gameplay, art, audio, and more. Collaborative Worldbuilding for Video Games encourages mutual respect and collaboration among teams and provides game writers and narrative designers tools for effectively incorporating other job roles into their own worldbuilding practice and vice versa.Features: Provides in-depth exploration of worldbuilding via respective job disciplines Deep dives and case studies into a variety of games, both AAA and indie Includes boxed articles for deeper interrogation and exploration of key ideas Contains templates and checklists for practical tips on worldbuilding

In this book Tamar Herzog explores the emergence of a specifically Spanish concept of community in both Spain and Spanish America in the eighteenth century. Challenging the assumption that communities were the natural result of common factors such as language or religion, or that they were artificially imagined, Herzog reexamines early modern categories of belonging. She argues that the distinction between those who were Spaniards and those who were foreigners came about as local communities distinguished between immigrants who were judged to be willing to take on the rights and duties of membership in that community and those who were not. Tamar Herzog is associate professor in the department of history at the University of Chicago.