Persoalan kemiskinan bukan hal baru di Indonesia. Berbagai upaya telah dilakukan pemerintah untuk menanggulangi kemiskinan di Indonesia. Sebagai gambaran, di era pemerintahan SBY serangkaian kebijakan untuk menanggulangi kemiskinan dilakukan serentak di Indonesia, di antaranya Bantuan Langsung Tunai (BLT) dan Program Nasional Pemberdayaan Masyarakat (PNPM). Akan tetapi, bukannya melakukan inova…
This open access book discusses current thinking and presents the main issues and challenges associated with climate change in Africa. It introduces evidences from studies and projects which show how climate change adaptation is being - and may continue to be successfully implemented in African countries. Thanks to its scope and wide range of themes surrounding climate change, the ambition is t…
In this open-access-book the author concludes that expertise could be the key factor for global and interconnected problems. Experimental results have shown that expertise was a stronger predictor than public information regarding change in behavior and strategy adaption. Identifying non-routine problem-solving experts by efficient online assessments could lead to less volatile system performan…
Sejak tahun 2014, Pemerintah Indonesia telah menggelontorkan dana sebesar kurang lebih satu miliar rupiah bagi desa di seluruh pelosok negeri. Semangatnya adalah agar desa dapat melakukan perubahan dan pembangunan demi meningkatkan kesejahteraan warganya. Sekian tahun telah berjalan, ternyata dampak yang dihasilkan dari pengimplementasian dana desa masih belum merata. Sebagian desa telah berhas…
The Lived Ancient Religion project has radically changed perspectives on ancient religions and their supposedly personal or public character. This volume applies and further develops these methodological tools, new perspectives and new questions. The religious transformations of the Roman Imperial period appear in new light and more nuances by comparative confrontation and the integration of ma…
Modern science communication has emerged in the twentieth century as a field of study, a body of practice and a profession—and it is a practice with deep historical roots. We have seen the birth of interactive science centres, the first university actions in teaching and conducting research, and a sharp growth in employment of science communicators. This collection charts the emergence of mod…
This book examines the history of concert dance in China from 1935 to 2015, with a focus on Chinese dance and its relationship to revolutionary performance culture in PRC history. The book argues that Chinese dance, not revolutionary ballet, was the primary legacy of Maoist dance research and innovation. Showing the relationship between dance and politics, it discusses dance developments during…
Libraries are places of learning and knowledge creation. Over the last two decades, digital technology—and the changes that came with it—have accelerated this transformation to a point where evolution starts to become a revolution.The wider Open Science movement, and Open Access in particular, is one of these changes and is already having a profound impact. Under the subscription model, the…
This open access book explores the role of family, public, market and third sector welfare provision for individual and households’ decisions regarding geographical mobility. It challenges the state-centred approach in research on welfare and migration by emphasising migrants’ own reflections and experiences. It asks whether and in which ways different welfare concerns are part of migrantsâ…
" Is reduced tillage in arable fields beneficial for farmland biodiversity? Is prescribed burning in grasslands beneficial for bird conservation? Does livestock exclusion from degraded peatlands benefit peatland conservation? Is the provision of artificial shelters effective for subtidal benthic invertebrate conservation? Do wind turbine modifications reduce bat fatalities? Does adding topsoil …