PAIS International in Print

PAIS International in Print
Author: Catherine Korvin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 2046
Release: 2003-05
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9781877874284

This book contains bibliographic references with abstracts and subject headings to public and social policy literature and to world politics published in print and electronic formats; international focus.

Configuring the Networked Self

Configuring the Networked Self
Author: Julie E. Cohen
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 351
Release: 2012-01-24
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0300125437

The legal and technical rules governing flows of information are out of balance, argues Julie E. Cohen in this original analysis of information law and policy. Flows of cultural and technical information are overly restricted, while flows of personal information often are not restricted at all. The author investigates the institutional forces shaping the emerging information society and the contradictions between those forces and the ways that people use information and information technologies in their everyday lives. She then proposes legal principles to ensure that people have ample room for cultural and material participation as well as greater control over the boundary conditions that govern flows of information to, from, and about them.

Freedom in the World 2012

Freedom in the World 2012
Author: Freedom House
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Civil rights
ISBN: 9781442217942

A survey of the state of human freedom around the world investigates such crucial indicators as the status of civil and political liberties and provides individual country reports.

Deep-Sea Mining

Deep-Sea Mining
Author: Rahul Sharma
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 535
Release: 2017-03-28
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3319525573

This comprehensive book contains contributions from specialists who provide a complete status update along with outstanding issues encompassing different topics related to deep-sea mining. Interest in exploration and exploitation of deep-sea minerals is seeing a revival due to diminishing grades and increasing costs of processing of terrestrial minerals as well as availability of several strategic metals in seabed mineral resources; it therefore becomes imperative to take stock of various issues related to deep-sea mining. The authors are experienced scientists and engineers from around the globe developing advanced technologies for mining and metallurgical extraction as well as performing deep sea exploration for several decades. They invite readers to learn about the resource potential of different deep-sea minerals, design considerations and development of mining systems, and the potential environmental impacts of mining in international waters.