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Judicial Policy Making, Empirical Data and Scientific Evidence

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Can Courts Manage the Twenty-First Century?

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This book examines the uncertainties which arise when courts have to deal with complex empirical data and contested scientific evidence in public interest cases, but lack the necessary knowledge and training to do so. Expert contributors explore the strategies, methods and techniques applied by the courts to inform their decisions, reduce uncertainty and assist proportionality assessments.Moving beyond mainstream legal thinking, which evaluates whether courts should engage with policy making, the contributors investigate the ways in which courts are actively interacting with this process. Chapters explore how courts are often hesitant to collect empirical data or scientific evidence and yet sometimes rely on this kind of evidence too easily when it is brought by self-interested litigants. The contributors present solutions to make courts less dependent on the adversarial system, revealing how courts are eager to avoid a battle of the sciences. They analyse the dependence of courts on legal principles, the procedural rules which distribute the burden of proof and ways of outsourcing complex factual issues to third party experts.Judicial Policy Making, Empirical Data and Scientific Evidence is a vital resource for scholars and students of constitutional and administrative law, research methods and law and politics. It is also beneficial for practitioners dealing with cases involving empirical data and scientific evidence.

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Rob van Gestel, Jurgen de Poorter, Edward Rubin

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A History of Labour Process Thought on Technology

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From Power Looms to Platforms examines the evolution of thinking surrounding technological change in the labour process tradition. Niall Cullinane combines historical review with a contemporary appreciation of technological change in modern labour processes to evaluate key moments of theoretical development and empirical understanding. Chapters assess the key thematic areas of interest that technology presents from a labour process perspective. They explore technological determinism, labour control, the consequences for skill, the response of labour unions and the alternative technological designs that can support worker interests. By embedding the analysis in an awareness of how capitalist political economy shapes the labour process, Cullinane facilitates critique of the assumptions behind the Future of Work discourse that prevail under the so-called Fourth Industrial Revolution. Scholars of business, management, employment relations, innovation and technology will greatly benefit from this consolidation of key intellectual discussions on technological change within the labour process tradition. It is also an excellent entry point for students in providing an understanding of how technology has been interpreted in the labour process tradition.

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Handbook on Economic Growth and the Environment

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This timely Handbook explores the ways in which countries can achieve economic growth without environmental harm. It brings together case studies from around the world to examine how governments, industries and communities can reduce pollution and use resources more wisely.Chapters highlight the challenges and opportunities of balancing economic progress with protecting the planet, revealing that sustainable growth is possible with the right tools and improved cooperation. They explore topics including clean energy, carbon taxes, decarbonization, green budgeting and local policies to examine how different regions, including Alaska, East Asia and Europe, are adapting to environmental pressures. Presenting both global and regional perspectives, expert authors investigate sustainability challenges facing industries including textiles, manufacturing, energy and agriculture. The Handbook shows that, while there is no universal solution, there are practical strategies that exist to guide efforts toward a greener and more resilient future.Interdisciplinary in scope, this Handbook is an essential resource for scholars and students of environmental economics, sustainability studies and development studies. Policymakers, private sector consultants, green economy practitioners and NGOs will also benefit from its valuable insights.

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Concise Introduction to Financing Welfare States

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Our Elgar Concise Introductions are inspiring and considered. They explain the key principles in business and social science and are expertly written by some of the worlds leading scholars. The aims of the series are two-fold: to pinpoint essential concepts and to offer insights that stimulate critical thinking.This insightful Concise Introduction provides an overview of welfare state financing, discussing how different instruments influence individuals and companies behaviour, the level of state income, as well as willingness to pay taxes and duties. Bent Greve explores the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches, including potential conflicts arising from employment status, inequality, climate change and unhealthy behaviour. Key Features:Provides an accessible introduction on how to finance welfare statesExplores the national and international impact of taxes and duties in financing expendituresExamines the direct and indirect influence of welfare state financing on allocation, distribution and macroeconomic stabilisationThe Concise Introduction to Financing Welfare States is an essential resource for students and scholars of social policy, sociology, political science, economics and finance. It will also be of interest to policymakers and practitioners in the welfare sector and public finance.

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A Modern Guide to Education, Gender and Sexuality

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This timely Modern Guide engages with new developments in the fields of gender, sexuality, and education across the Global South and North. It addresses the resurgence of conservative movements and contemporary debates surrounding gender and sexuality.Expert contributors investigate digital manifestations of misogyny and gender-based violence and forms of hatred linked to global migration, wars, and environmental injustices. Chapters focus on emerging configurations of identity and the new approaches needed to examine these, assessing key topics including defensive masculinity, menstrual inequity as a global educational challenge, and navigating class, gender and precarity in higher education. Utilising state-of-the-art theoretical and methodological frameworks, this Modern Guide subverts traditional narratives that devalue femininity and minoritised sexualities, demonstrating the need for social justice in education.Academics and students of education policy and the sociology of education, as well as social justice more broadly, will benefit from this Modern Guides crucial insights. It is also a crucial resource for policymakers and professionals cultivating equity and social justice in educational settings.

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Industrial Innovation Excellence in the 21st Century

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This book provides a cutting-edge exploration of industrial innovation in the digital age, covering theory, policy, practice, and politics. It highlights emerging paradigms, systemic disruptions, and governance challenges that define the new contours of industrial innovation, while also assessing how industrial innovation is measured and governed, and poised for future adaptation.This detailed volume traces the evolution of industrial innovation, from the rise of Industry 4.0 to the long- term trajectories of Industry 6.0. Drawing on a diverse range of case studies, leading experts in the field explore key themes such as innovation ecosystems, foresight, disruption and entrepreneurship, and cyber-security. They underscore the critical roles of accountability, governance, and inclusivity in driving industrial innovation, advocating for a reimagined approach that prioritizes human prosperity, ecological responsibility, and institutional fortitude.Industrial Innovation Excellence in the 21st Century is a valuable resource for scholars and students of knowledge management, organizational innovation, and technology and ICT. Policymakers and practitioners of innovation will also find its unique insights relevant and informative for the improvement of future policies.

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Elias G. Carayannis, Nikos R. Zotas, Pantelis C. Kostis, Aris Kaloudis, Halvor Holtskog

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In this provocative book, Bartosz Biskup advocates for a reform of the right to marry, arguing that this right should extend beyond romantic or sexual couples to include any relationship that provides care and support.Through philosophical and legal analysis of the European Convention on Human Rights, Biskup concludes that the right to marry is currently an empty status that neglects to explain why marriage deserves special protection. He adopts an ameliorative legal philosophy to illustrate how relationships should receive legal recognition based on care and vulnerability rather than sexual intimacy. Biskup's research encompasses various common situations including adult siblings sharing a home, friends who become primary caregivers and chosen families. Rather than abolishing marriage, Biskup outlines how the institution of marriage can be improved to create a more just family law system while still upholding the human right to marry.Laws of Caring provides a novel ontological framework for understanding legal kinds and institutional change through social amendment, making it a valuable resource for scholars and students of legal philosophy, family law and social ontology. It is also highly relevant to human rights practitioners in NGOs and international organizations who focus on family diversity, especially the rights of LGBTQ+ and non-conjugal families.

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This book examines the relationship between intellectual property (IP) law and the sports industry, exploring opportunities and challenges at their intersection. Justin Koo and Jason Haynes address how the legal principles of IP rights must evolve to address digitalisation, artificial intelligence, and global market integration.Key Features:Addresses the diverse IP portfolios of sporting bodiesAnalyses personality rights development in relation to athletes personal brandsCovers practical examples of contemporary issues affecting the intersection of sports and IP lawConsiders legislative responses to unfair competition, including ambush marketing by non-sponsorsInvestigates copyright protection of broadcasts to combat digital piracy as well as territorial licensing exclusivity and market integration principles in global broadcastingIntellectual Property Law and Sports is an essential resource for legal practitioners interested in the application of IP in sporting contexts, as well as sports managers and agents. It is also vital for students and scholars in IP and sports law, sports management, and entertainment law.

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This thoroughly revised and updated third edition of Silvia Gherardis insightful book expertly addresses the innovations, problems and possibilities in practice-based research. Through a series of examples drawn from the best-known analyses using this approach, the book provides methodological guidance on how to conduct empirical research on practices, and how to interpret them from three perspectives: practices from outside, practices from inside and the social effects produced by practices.Responding to the recent de-anthropocentric re-turn of practice-based studies, Gherardi considers the search for non-rationalist and non-cognitivist approaches to the process of working and organizing. With fully updated chapters throughout, this third edition further elaborates on a posthumanist theory of practice, providing a guiding compass for understanding how humans and more-than-humans interact within working practices. Chapters highlight the sociomateriality of practicing and the role of vibrant materiality, emphasising the researchers bodily capacity of affecting and being affected while conducting fieldwork as insiders of the practices they study.This is a vital resource for any scholars of practice theories, especially those interested in posthumanist practice theory, as well as management and organizational studies. Postgraduate students and early-career researchers seeking insight into the development of practice-based studies  will also find this book indispensable.

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This authoritative Commentary analyses the Non-Performing Loans Directive, also known as the Credit Servicers Directive, which represents a notable step forward in achieving a level playing field in the debt recovery framework. It provides a critical examination of this necessary legislative reform that serves to expedite the development of secondary markets for non-performing loans. Key Features:Addresses the potential impact of the Directive across EU Member StatesExplores credit servicing activities for consumers in relation to licensing and authorising requirementsExamines the function and operation of service providers and credit servicers with respect to consumer credit agreementsEvaluates the Directives supervisory framework and asset classification, with particular attention to the role of the European Securities and Markets Authority and its convergence with national legislation This Commentary is an essential point of reference for practitioners and legal professionals in law firms with a banking and financial services regulation practice, as well as asset management companies, commercial and investment banks and international financial institutions. It is also a valuable resource for scholars and students of banking law, specifically the regulatory treatment of credit servicers and credit service providers.

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Research Handbook on Criminal Justice Employees

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Job Satisfaction, Attitudes and Behaviors

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This compelling Research Handbook presents an overview of the literature on the attitudes and behaviors of criminal justice employees in institutions around the world. Expert contributors examine how work environment variables affect employees in the justice system, provide guidance across a range of key issues, and outline a path for future research.The Handbook addresses the importance of criminal justice employees as an asset to agencies, through their varied roles including protecting public safety through policing, enforcing the law through the courts, and keeping the guilty confined or surveilled as corrections. Expert contributors highlight how past and current research has established guidance for institution administrators across the globe to respond to employee behaviors, maintain a positive work environment, retain staff, and improve safety.A valuable resource for students and academics in criminology, management, and sociology, the Research Handbook on Criminal Justice Employees is also an imperative read for criminal justice administrators.

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Shannon M. Barton, Nancy L. Hogan, Eric G. Lambert

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A Research Agenda for Just Tourism Futures

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Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. This forward-thinking Research Agenda explores what it means to place justice at the heart of tourism, treating it not as a settled goal but as a shifting and contested practice. Through contributions from leading and emerging scholars across the global north and global south, this Research Agenda brings together diverse perspectives on justice in tourism, interrogating how it operates across gender, mobility, climate, conservation, urban resistance, and political struggle. Contributions expose how dominant tourism systems, driven by neoliberal growth logics, technocratic governance, and anthropocentric ideologies, reinforce historical and structural injustices, while also highlighting how feminist, ecological, and more-than-human perspectives unsettle these narratives and open space for resistance, solidarity, and alternative futures. Rather than offering universal solutions, the book maps critical directions for research and practice, positioning tourism as a site of both (in)justice and possibility. It invites readers to reimagine tourism not only as an economic activity, but as a terrain of struggle where more equitable, regenerative, and liveable futures might be pursued. A vital resource for students and academics in tourism, environmental and climate justice, sociology, and development studies, A Research Agenda for Just Tourism Futures is also essential for policymakers, practitioners, and activists seeking to confront tourisms harms and imagine more just alternatives.

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This timely book examines Japan's foreign policy towards Latin America and the Caribbean in response to emerging global challenges, in particular the escalating USChina rivalry.Kanako Yamaoka and Gabriel Garcia evaluate the methods by which Japan is attempting to forge partnerships and uphold the rule of law within the international order. They assess Japan's soft-balancing strategy, analyzing its use of non-military tools to counter China's growing influence. These methods include reinforcing alliances through hard-law mechanisms such as regional organizations and free trade agreements, as well as integrating Latin America and the Caribbean into Japans Free and Open Indo-Pacific vision. The authors explore both the hard and soft alliances in six key case studies from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Mexico, and Peru. They also outline the diverse responses from Latin America and the Caribbean, with many governments adopting a hedging approach to maximize the benefits from both Japan and China.This book is a crucial resource for scholars and students of international relations, political economy, and economic law, particularly those with a regional focus on Asia-Latin America relations. Providing contextual understanding of regional dynamics, it is also beneficial for business professionals with interests in trade and investment.

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Concise Introduction to Systems Thinking

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Our Elgar Concise Introductions are inspiring and considered. They explain the key principles and are expertly written by some of the worlds leading scholars. The aims of the series are two-fold: to pinpoint essential concepts and to offer insights that stimulate critical thinking.In this Concise Introduction, Kristof Van Assche, Gert Verschraegen and Monica Gruezmacher provide an accessible explanation of the complex genealogy of systems thinking. Covering both social and natural sciences, the authors present the key implications of this perspective for the understanding and transformation of systems and their context.Key Features: Unravels the complex lineage of systems thinkingPresents key concepts and authors in systems thinkingSheds a new light on both interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarityAnalyses the ambitions of systems thinking to transcend disciplinary boundaries and address Grand ChallengesTraces the evolution of general systems theory and cybernetics from the mid- 20th century to todayThe Concise Introduction to Systems Thinking is an essential read for scholars and students of policy and administration, management, environmental science, innovation and sociology, particularly those interested in understanding the complex interactions between social and ecological systems.

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Kristof Van Assche, Gert Verschraegen, Monica Gruezmacher

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Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the worlds leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive academic and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.This Advanced Introduction examines globalization and its challenges through the perspective of workers and the labour movement. Driven by workers struggles, Ronaldo Munck highlights how capitalism has gone global since 1990 and, in doing so, has become a powerful new agent for social transformation. Drawing on historical frameworks, Munck explores current debates around precarity, migration and emerging technologies, as well as the widening disparity between a doubling global working class and decreasing unionization rates.Key Features:Presents an international perspective, moving beyond Eurocentrism to focus on the lasting impact of colonialism and imperialismIntegrates multi-disciplinary insights from comparative sociology, labour geography, anthropology, labour history and industrial relationsIntroduces a new global social movement unionism, which seeks to unite the labor movement with other groups to find an alternative to neoliberal globalizationDemonstrates how working class unity must be constructed by dismantling overarching social divisions organised around gender, race and location in the world systemBreaking new ground by linking globalization with the postcolonial paradigm, the Advanced Introduction to Global Labour is an essential resource for scholars and students of labour, trade union, globalization and postcolonial studies, as well as contemporary politics.

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How to Create High-performance Student Teams

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Techniques and Strategies for Cultivating Inclusive Teams in Higher Education

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This book equips instructors in higher education with tools and techniques to foster meaningful and inclusive student engagement through teamwork. Grounded in research and refined through decades of classroom experience, Ruth Sessler Bernstein, Amy Johnson, and Regan Harwell Schaffer provide adaptable, easy-to-implement strategies that support content mastery, high performance and the development of interpersonal and cultural competence.Actionable steps guide instructors in forming strong teams, handling conflict, increasing self-awareness and helping shape students characters, worldview and professional readiness. The authors present structured interaction practices that allow all students to contribute meaningfully and grow through feedback and reflection. They emphasize the value of inclusive and intentionally structured practices that enable student teams to become spaces for growth, empathy and the development of essential leadership skills for todays diverse, dynamic and interconnected world.An essential resource for educators and instructors across a variety of disciplines, this book is also go-to reading material for students and scholars in education, teaching methods and business and management.

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Ruth S. Bernstein, Amy Johnson, Regan H. Schaffer

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This interdisciplinary book adopts a multi-level approach to understanding creative cities. David Emanuel Andersson draws on concepts of cultural individualism, generators of diversity and openness to experience to inform policy recommendations.Andersson utilises a micro-meso-macro framework to examine creative cities, providing illustrative case studies from fields including geography, economics, political science and urban planning. At the micro level, he explores personality traits and environmental stimuli; at the meso level, neighbourhood attributes; and at the macro level, cultural values and institutions. Chapters also consider spatial design across each level of the framework and are informed by the contributions of Jane Jacobs and Jan Gehl. Ultimately, the author underscores the importance of smaller, intimate spaces and fragmented, decentralized planning in the cultivation of adaptability, creativity and bottom-up entrepreneurship.Understanding Creative Cities will be greatly beneficial to scholars and students of human geography, urban design, urban planning, urban studies and the social sciences, including economics, politics and sociology. It is also a vital resource for city and municipal policymakers and urban planners interested in cultivating creative cities.

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Industrial Innovation Excellence in the 21st Century

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This book provides a cutting-edge exploration of industrial innovation in the digital age, covering theory, policy, practice, and politics. It highlights emerging paradigms, systemic disruptions, and governance challenges that define the new contours of industrial innovation, while also assessing how industrial innovation is measured and governed, and poised for future adaptation.This detailed volume traces the evolution of industrial innovation, from the rise of Industry 4.0 to the long- term trajectories of Industry 6.0. Drawing on a diverse range of case studies, leading experts in the field explore key themes such as innovation ecosystems, foresight, disruption and entrepreneurship, and cyber-security. They underscore the critical roles of accountability, governance, and inclusivity in driving industrial innovation, advocating for a reimagined approach that prioritizes human prosperity, ecological responsibility, and institutional fortitude.Industrial Innovation Excellence in the 21st Century is a valuable resource for scholars and students of knowledge management, organizational innovation, and technology and ICT. Policymakers and practitioners of innovation will also find its unique insights relevant and informative for the improvement of future policies.

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Elias G. Carayannis, Nikos R. Zotas, Pantelis C. Kostis, Aris Kaloudis, Halvor Holtskog

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Strategies to Become a Transformative Hospitality Leader

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Responding to the hospitality industry's growing sustainability fatigue, this book conceptualises a mindset shift towards regenerative hospitality. Addressing the need for a new local yet systemic approach with a focus on people and place, author Alessandro Inversini proposes transformative hospitality strategies to support innovative hospitality leaders with their responsibility initiatives.Inversini defines the main components of regenerative hospitality, with an in-depth discussion of regenerative economics and its impact on business and leadership. Chapters offer practical strategies and tools to foster regeneration adoption and use case study encounters with individuals involved in regenerative hospitality as best practice examples.A vital resource for students and academics in sustainability, hospitality, business and management and tourism, professionals in the hospitality industry, particularly graduates from hotel, restaurant and catering schools will find this a useful guide to future practices.

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This thoroughly revised and updated third edition of Silvia Gherardis insightful book expertly addresses the innovations, problems and possibilities in practice-based research. Through a series of examples drawn from the best-known analyses using this approach, the book provides methodological guidance on how to conduct empirical research on practices, and how to interpret them from three perspectives: practices from outside, practices from inside and the social effects produced by practices.Responding to the recent de-anthropocentric re-turn of practice-based studies, Gherardi considers the search for non-rationalist and non-cognitivist approaches to the process of working and organizing. With fully updated chapters throughout, this third edition further elaborates on a posthumanist theory of practice, providing a guiding compass for understanding how humans and more-than-humans interact within working practices. Chapters highlight the sociomateriality of practicing and the role of vibrant materiality, emphasising the researchers bodily capacity of affecting and being affected while conducting fieldwork as insiders of the practices they study.This is a vital resource for any scholars of practice theories, especially those interested in posthumanist practice theory, as well as management and organizational studies. Postgraduate students and early-career researchers seeking insight into the development of practice-based studies  will also find this book indispensable.