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Transnational Social Protection

Social Welfare across National Borders

by Peggy Levitt, Ken Chih-Yan Sun, Ruxandra Paul, Erica Dobbs ...

Argues that a new set of transnational social welfare arrangements has emerged that challenge traditional social welfare provision based on national citizenship and residence. The idea that social rights are something we are eligible for based on where we live or where we are citizens is out-of-date. In Transnational Social Protection, Peggy Levitt, Erica Dobbs, Ken Chih-Yan Sun, and Ruxandra ... Read more

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Argues that a new set of transnational social welfare arrangements has emerged that challenge traditional social welfare provision based on national citizenship and residence. The idea that social rights are something we are eligible for based on where we live or where we are citizens is out-of-date. In Transnational Social Protection, Peggy Levitt, Erica Dobbs, Ken Chih-Yan Sun, and Ruxandra
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Child Development in Contemporary China

Translated by Sun Yan, Wang Lianjiang ...

by Wang Xiuping ...

This book delves deep into the remarkable transformation of Chinese children, who now represent the nation’s future and hope. With “Chinese children” as the central focus and national policies and statistical data as the basis, it explores the Chinese government’s consistent attention and significant investment in children’s survival and development, as well as the evolution of the protection of ... Read more

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This book delves deep into the remarkable transformation of Chinese children, who now represent the nation’s future and hope. With “Chinese children” as the central focus and national policies and statistical data as the basis, it explores the Chinese government’s consistent attention and significant investment in children’s survival and development, as well as the evolution of the protection of
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From Empire to Nation State

Ethnic Politics in China

by Yan Sun ...

Many scholars perceive ethnic politics in China as an untouchable topic due to lack of data and contentious, even prohibitive, politics. This book fills a gap in the literature, offering a historical-political perspective on China's contemporary ethnic conflict. Yan Sun accumulates research via field trips, local reports, and policy debates to reveal rare knowledge and findings. Her long-time ... Read more

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Many scholars perceive ethnic politics in China as an untouchable topic due to lack of data and contentious, even prohibitive, politics. This book fills a gap in the literature, offering a historical-political perspective on China's contemporary ethnic conflict. Yan Sun accumulates research via field trips, local reports, and policy debates to reveal rare knowledge and findings. Her long-time
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Gen Z's Fashion Revolution

Understanding the influence of Gen Z on Fashion Brands

Edited by Eleonora Cattaneo, Yan Sun ...

Series series Business and Management (R0)
This book explores the significant changes that the fashion industry is undergoing as a result of the powerful influence of Gen Z - a demographic that demands authenticity, diversity, and sustainability from the brands they interact with. Understanding and catering to the interests of Gen Z is vital for fashion brands who want to remain competitive, build brand loyalty, and secure future success ... Read more

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This book explores the significant changes that the fashion industry is undergoing as a result of the powerful influence of Gen Z - a demographic that demands authenticity, diversity, and sustainability from the brands they interact with. Understanding and catering to the interests of Gen Z is vital for fashion brands who want to remain competitive, build brand loyalty, and secure future success
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High-Orders Motion Analysis

Computer Vision Methods

by Yan Sun ...

This book shows how different types of motion can be disambiguated into their components in a richer way than that currently possible in computer vision.Previous research of motion analysis has generally not yet considered the basic nature of higher orders of motion such as acceleration. Hence, this book introduces an approximation of the acceleration field using established optical flow ... Read more

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This book shows how different types of motion can be disambiguated into their components in a richer way than that currently possible in computer vision.Previous research of motion analysis has generally not yet considered the basic nature of higher orders of motion such as acceleration. Hence, this book introduces an approximation of the acceleration field using established optical flow
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Ion-Exchange Chromatography and Related Techniques

Edited by Pavel Nesterenko, Colin Poole, Yan Sun ...

Series series Handbooks in Separation Science
Ion-Exchange Chromatography and Related Techniques defines the current state-of-the-art in ion-exchange chromatography and related techniques and their implementation in laboratory and industrial practice. This book provides a compact source of information to facilitate the transfer of knowledge and experience acquired by separation science specialists to colleagues from diverse backgrounds who ... Read more

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Ion-Exchange Chromatography and Related Techniques defines the current state-of-the-art in ion-exchange chromatography and related techniques and their implementation in laboratory and industrial practice. This book provides a compact source of information to facilitate the transfer of knowledge and experience acquired by separation science specialists to colleagues from diverse backgrounds who
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From Crisis to Catastrophe

Care, COVID, and Pathways to Change

by Joan C. Tronto, Juliana Martínez Franzoni, Veena Siddharth, Ito Peng, Odichinma Akosionu, Janette S. Dill, J'Mag Karbeah, Laura Mauldin, Pat Armstrong, Janna Klostermann, María Nieves Rico, Laura Pautassi, Valeria Esquivel, Pilar Gonalons-Pons, Johanna S. Quinn, Zitha Mokomane, Ameeta Jaga, Ken Chih-Yan Sun, Franziska Dorn, Nancy Folbre, Leila Gautham, Martha MacDonald, Sabrina Marchetti, Merita Mesiäislehto, Orly Benjamin, Thurid Eggers, Christopher Grages, Birgit Pfau-Effinger, Cynthia J. Cranford, Cindy L. Cain, Helen Dickinson, Catherine Smith, Katherine Ravenswood, Julie Kashen ...

Series series Carework in a Changing World
The COVID pandemic has shaken the material and social foundations of the world more than any event in recent history and has highlighted and exacerbated a longstanding crisis of care. While these challenges may be freshly visible to the public, they are not new. Over the last three decades, a growing body of care scholarship has documented the inadequacy of the social organization of care around ... Read more

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The COVID pandemic has shaken the material and social foundations of the world more than any event in recent history and has highlighted and exacerbated a longstanding crisis of care. While these challenges may be freshly visible to the public, they are not new. Over the last three decades, a growing body of care scholarship has documented the inadequacy of the social organization of care around
... Read more
Gender and Chinese Archaeology

Edited by Katheryn M. Linduff, Yan Sun ...

Series series Gender and Archaeology
The roles of women in Chinese archaeology, with only a few exceptions, have at worst been overlooked, and at best consigned to conventional Marxist theory that prescribes formulaic frameworks for understanding gender-until now. Renowned archaeologist Katheryn M. Linduff and fellow researcher Yan Sun have brought together a fascinating collection that reexamines gender in ancient Chinese cultures. ... Read more

$60.79 USD

The roles of women in Chinese archaeology, with only a few exceptions, have at worst been overlooked, and at best consigned to conventional Marxist theory that prescribes formulaic frameworks for understanding gender-until now. Renowned archaeologist Katheryn M. Linduff and fellow researcher Yan Sun have brought together a fascinating collection that reexamines gender in ancient Chinese cultures.
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Time and Migration

How Long-Term Taiwanese Migrants Negotiate Later Life

by Ken Chih-Yan Sun ...

Winner of the Richard Kalish Innovative Publication Book Award from the Gerontological Society of America, and Winner of the Outstanding Publication Book Award of the American Sociological Association's Aging and Life Course Section.Based on longitudinal ethnographic work on migration between the United States and Taiwan, Time and Migrationinterrogates how long-term immigrants negotiate their ... Read more

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Winner of the Richard Kalish Innovative Publication Book Award from the Gerontological Society of America, and Winner of the Outstanding Publication Book Award of the American Sociological Association's Aging and Life Course Section.Based on longitudinal ethnographic work on migration between the United States and Taiwan, Time and Migrationinterrogates how long-term immigrants negotiate their
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Many Worlds Under One Heaven

Material Culture, Identity, and Power in the Northern Frontiers of the Western Zhou, 1045–771 BCE

by Yan Sun ...

Series series Tang Center Series in Early China
In the mid-eleventh century BCE, the Zhou overthrew the Shang, a dynastic power that had dominated much of northern and central China. Over the next three centuries, they would extend the borders of their political control significantly beyond those of the Shang. The Zhou introduced a political ideology centered on the Mandate of Heaven to justify their victory over the Shang and their territorial ... Read more

$58.99 USD

In the mid-eleventh century BCE, the Zhou overthrew the Shang, a dynastic power that had dominated much of northern and central China. Over the next three centuries, they would extend the borders of their political control significantly beyond those of the Shang. The Zhou introduced a political ideology centered on the Mandate of Heaven to justify their victory over the Shang and their territorial
... Read more
Many Worlds Under One Heaven

Material Culture, Identity, and Power in the Northern Frontiers of the Western Zhou, 1045–771 BCE

by Yan Sun ...

Series series Tang Center Series in Early China
In the mid-eleventh century BCE, the Zhou overthrew the Shang, a dynastic power that had dominated much of northern and central China. Over the next three centuries, they would extend the borders of their political control significantly beyond those of the Shang. The Zhou introduced a political ideology centered on the Mandate of Heaven to justify their victory over the Shang and their territorial ... Read more

$46.99 USD

In the mid-eleventh century BCE, the Zhou overthrew the Shang, a dynastic power that had dominated much of northern and central China. Over the next three centuries, they would extend the borders of their political control significantly beyond those of the Shang. The Zhou introduced a political ideology centered on the Mandate of Heaven to justify their victory over the Shang and their territorial
... Read more
Learning Technologies and Systems

23rd International Conference on Web-Based Learning, ICWL 2024 and 9th International Symposium on Emerging Technologies for Education, SETE 2024 Shanghai, China, November 26–28, 2024 Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Tianyong Hao, Junjie Gavin Wu, Xiangfeng Luo, Yan Sun, Yuanyuan Mu, Shili Ge, Wenxiu Xie ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the revised selected papers of the 9th International Symposium on Emerging Technologies for Education, SETE 2024, held in Shanghai, China, during November 26–28, 2024.The 21 full papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 45 submissions.The contributions cover the latest findings in various areas, such as Artificial Intelligence in Education, Big ... Read more

$161.09 USD

This book constitutes the revised selected papers of the 9th International Symposium on Emerging Technologies for Education, SETE 2024, held in Shanghai, China, during November 26–28, 2024.The 21 full papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 45 submissions.The contributions cover the latest findings in various areas, such as Artificial Intelligence in Education, Big
... Read more

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