Governing Military Technologies in the 21st Century: Ethics and Operations

Governing Military Technologies in the 21st Century: Ethics and Operations
Author: R. O'Meara
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 153
Release: 2014-10-23
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1137449179

Governing Military Technologies in the 21st Century is one of the first books to tackle the big five technological threats all in one place: nanotech, robotics, cyberwar, human enhancement, and, non-lethal weapons, weaving a historical, legal, and sociopolitical fabric into a discussion of their development, deployment, and, potential regulation.

Ethics and Cyber Warfare

Ethics and Cyber Warfare
Author: George R. Lucas
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2017
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0190276525

"State sponsored hacktivism" constitutes a wholly new alternative to conventional armed conflict. This book explores the ethical and legal dimensions of this "soft" mode warfare grounded in a broad revisionist approach to military ethics and "just war theory" that results in a new code of ethics for today's "cyber warriors."

Martin Heidegger on Technology, Ecology, and the Arts

Martin Heidegger on Technology, Ecology, and the Arts
Author: A. Lack
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 118
Release: 2014-11-04
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1137487453

Lack begins with a discussion of Max Weber's analysis of the disenchantment of the world and proceeds to develop Heidegger's philosophy in a way that suggests a "re-enchantment" of the world that faces the modern condition squarely, without nostalgia.

Technology of Oppression

Technology of Oppression
Author: E. Cohen
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 159
Release: 2014-10-17
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1137408219

In the aftermath of the Edward Snowden leaks, the Obama administration has been hard pressed to yield to greater transparency and openness to constructive change. This book provides a catalyst toward greater transparency, increased public awareness of the urgent need for constructive change, and the insight into what such change would require.

The Intellectual and the People in Egyptian Literature and Culture

The Intellectual and the People in Egyptian Literature and Culture
Author: Ayman A. El-Desouky
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2014-11-13
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1137392444

The Intellectual and the People in Egyptian Literature and Culture uses the notion of am?ra – the Egyptian concept of collective and connective agency – to explore the relationship between the Egyptian intellectual and 'the people' in contemporary Egyptian literature and culture.

Religious Liberties for Corporations?

Religious Liberties for Corporations?
Author: D. Gans
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2014-11-07
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1137479701

An expanded version of a series of debates between the authors, this book examines the nature of corporate rights, especially with respect to religious liberty, in the context of the controversial Hobby Lobby case from the Supreme Court's 2013-14 term.

Migration and Regional Integration in West Africa

Migration and Regional Integration in West Africa
Author: Adebusuyi Isaac Adeniran
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 213
Release: 2014-11-20
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1137479531

This book explores the processes of migration and integration within the West African sub-region and unearths subsisting promises and failures of the ECOWAS' intent of transmuting the sub-region into a single socio-economic (and political) entity.

The Formation of the BRICS and its Implication for the United States

The Formation of the BRICS and its Implication for the United States
Author: M. Schaefer
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 142
Release: 2014-11-20
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1137387947

Schaefer and Poffenbarger assess whether the BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) are attempting to balance US power and analyze the United States' responses to the creation of this IGO through a mix of theoretical and policy-focused approaches.

Interviewing Rape Victims

Interviewing Rape Victims
Author: Karen Rich
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 163
Release: 2014-11-04
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1137353236

This study presents a unique overview of the cultural, social and practical aspects of interviewing rape victims. Exploring a range of issues that affect rape cases including discourse, gender, attitudes and victim's rights, Rich reveals the complexities of sexual assault and looks to how communities can work to respond to and combat such violence.

Simulating Security Returns

Simulating Security Returns
Author: Giovanni Barone Adesi
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 183
Release: 2014-10-14
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1137465557

Practitioners in risk management are familiar with the use of the FHS (filtered historical simulation) to finding realistic simulations of security returns. This approach has become increasingly popular over the last fifteen years, as it is both flexible and reliable, and is now being accepted in the academic community. Simulating Security Returns is a useful guide for researchers, students, and practitioners. It uses the FHS approach to help simulate the returns of large portfolios of securities. While other simulation methods use the covariance matrix of security returns, which suffers the curse of dimensionality even for modest portfolios, Barone Adesi demonstrates how FHS can accurately adjust to current market conditions.