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UNINA9910793246603321 |
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Lepawsky Josh <1972-> |
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Reassembling rubbish : worlding electronic waste / / Josh Lepawsky |
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Cambridge : , : The MIT Press, , 2018 |
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0-262-34638-9 |
0-262-34637-0 |
9780262535335 |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [179]-207) and index. |
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Waste/Non-Waste -- The discard test -- Charting flows of electronic waste -- Looking again in a different way -- Weighty geographies. |
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An examination of the global trade and traffic in discarded electronics that reframes the question of the "right" thing to do with e-waste. The prevailing storyline about the problem of electronic waste frames e-waste as generated by consumers in developed countries and dumped on people and places in developing countries. In Reassembling Rubbish , Josh Lepawsky offers a different view. In an innovative analysis of the global trade and traffic in discarded electronics, Lepawsky reframes the question of the "right" thing to do with e-waste, mapping the complex flows of electronic materials. He counters the assumption that e-waste is a post-consumer problem, pointing out that waste occurs at all stages of electronic materials' existence, and calls attention to the under-researched world of reuse and repair. Lepawsky explains that there are conflicting legal distinctions between electronic waste and non-waste, and examines a legal case that illustrates the consequences. He shows that patterns of trade do not support the dominant narrative of e-waste dumping but rather represent the dynamic ecologies of repair, refurbishment, and materials recovery. He asks how we know waste, how we measure it, and how we construe it, and how this affects our efforts to mitigate it. We might not put so much faith in household recycling if we counted the more massive |
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amounts of pre-consumer electronic waste as official e-waste. Lepawsky charts the "minescapes," "productionscapes", and "clickscapes" of electronics, and the uneven "discardscapes" they produce. Finally, he considers both conventional and unconventional e-waste solutions, including decriminalizing export for reuse, repair, and upgrade; enabling ethical trade in electronics reuse, repair, refurbishment, and recycling; implementing extended producer responsibility; and instituting robust forms of public oversight. |
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UNINA9910438081903321 |
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Recent developments in foresight methodologies / / Maria Giaoutzi, Bartolomeo Sapio, editors |
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New York, : Springer, 2013 |
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1-283-91136-1 |
1-4614-5215-5 |
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[1st ed. 2013.] |
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1 online resource (313 p.) |
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Complex networks and dynamic systems ; ; v. 1 |
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GiaoutziMaria |
SapioBartolomeo |
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Forecasting - Methodology |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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pt. I. Introduction -- pt. II. Theorizing about foresight methodologies -- pt. III. System content issues -- pt. IV. Foresight tools and approaches. |
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Foresight is an area within Futures Studies that focuses on critical thinking concerning long term developments, whether within the public sector or in industry and management, and is something of a sub-section of complexity and network science. This book examines developments in foresight methodologies and relates in its greater part to the work done in the context of the COSTA22 network of the EU on Foresight Methodologies. Foresight is a professional practice that |
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supports significant decisions, and as such it needs to be more assured of its claims to knowledge (methodology). Foresight is practiced across many domains and is not the preserve of specialized ‘futurists’, or indeed of foresight specialists. However, the disciplines of foresight are not well articulated or disseminated across domains, leading to re-inventions and practice that does not make best use of experience in other domains. The methodological development of foresight is an important task that aims at strengthening the pool of the tools available for application, thereby empowering the actors involved in foresight practice. Elaborating further on methodological issues, such as those presented in the present book, enables the actors involved in foresight to begin to critique current practice from this perspective and, thirdly, to begin to design foresight practice. The present trends towards methodological concerns indicates a move from ‘given’ expert-predicted futures to one in which futures are nurtured through a dialogue among “stakeholders.” The book has four parts, each elaborating on a set of aspects of foresight methodologies. After an introductory section, Part II considers theorizing about foresight methodologies. Part III covers system content issues, and Part IV presents foresight tools and approaches. |
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UNINA9910746291603321 |
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Autore |
Mansouri Fethi |
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Titolo |
The Global Politics of Forced Migration : An Australian Perspective / / by Fethi Mansouri |
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Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2023 |
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[1st ed. 2023.] |
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1 online resource (ix, 157 pages) : illustrations |
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Emigration and immigration - Social aspects |
Political sociology |
Emigration and immigration |
Human rights |
Emigration and immigration - Government policy |
Economics - Sociological aspects |
Sociology of Migration |
Political Sociology |
Human Migration |
Politics and Human Rights |
Migration Policy |
Economic Sociology |
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Note generali |
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Chapter 1: Context, contentions, and thematic scope -- Chapter 2: The globalisation of restrictive refugee policies -- Chapter 3: The transnational dimensions of forced migration -- Chapter 4: Australia’s hard-line approach to asylum seekers -- Chapter 5: Public attitudes towards Muslim asylum seekers in Australia -- Chapter 6: The states’ approach to temporary protection—Destitution, dehumanisation and disconnection -- Chapter 7: Conclusion—Rethinking asylum policies in a changing world. |
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This book focuses on the socio-political problems that emanate from |
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Western states' harsh deterrence policies in their responses to refugee crises. Using Australia’s own policy as a lens, it examines the ways in which isolated and separatist reactions not only deny protection and basic human rights for asylum seekers but also do nothing to address structurally enduring push factors. Reflecting on a range of interconnected issues in migration research and asylum policy, this book draws on multidisciplinary insights and a mixed methodology to critically examine current assumptions underlying refugee policies both in Australia and internationally. Professor Fethi Mansouri holds the UNESCO Chair in comparative research on ‘Cultural Diversity and Social Justice’ and an Alfred Deakin Research Chair in migration and intercultural studies. He is also the founding director of the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation at Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia. |
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