The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is an international organization comprised of the eight countries in South Asia. This work aims examine the institutional structure, objectives and effectiveness of the SAARC in its role as South Asia’s leading regional institution.Drawing on original research it offers a fresh and accessible account of SAARC, arguing that South Asia forms a unique regional security complex that enables certain forms of regional cooperati...

This Toolkit provides a framework, guidelines, and set of practical tools to conduct an analysis and diagnostic of trade competitiveness in the services sector and to identify both the main constraints to improved competitiveness and the appropriate policy responses.

Where is the line between human and robot?After the artificial intelligence Amy goes out of control, Billy and David devise a crazy scheme to try to stop it on its own turf.Now Billy and David, from cyberspace, will be the first witnesses to the expansion of Amy's control both on and off the Net.Meanwhile, in the real world, the robots begin an escalation of rights as the boundary between human and robot becomes increasingly blurred.

Fuel trafficking has consolidated in recent years as a paramount illegal enterprise and a priority for Mexico´s diverse criminal actors. This black market has been growing at an overwhelming pace in Mexico since 2011: it is estimated that between 2013–2018, more than 100 million barrels containing different fuels were stolen from the country´s refineries, terminals and pipelines. This academic book focuses on finding explanations as to how this came to be. By examining the Mexican fuel bla...

This book shows six different realities of same-sex families. They range from full recognition of same-sex marriage to full invisibility of gay and lesbian individuals and their families. The broad spectrum of experiences presented in this book share some commonalities: in all of them legal scholars and civil society are moving legal boundaries or thinking of spaces within rigid legal systems for same-sex families to function. In all of them there have been legal claims to recognize the ex...

Elevate Your Business Strategy with “The Product Momentum Gap”Are your product, marketing, and sales teams struggling to sing the same tune? “The Product Momentum Gap” is the handbook for leaders who aspire to create a symphony of success. In its pages, you’ll uncover the transformative power of the Product VCP (Value Creation Plan), a comprehensive blueprint for aligning your teams in creating genuine value for the customer. Expect to:Reorient your teams around a val...

Reading Champion Graphic readers is a new strand in the Reading Champion programme. Each story follows the adventures of the same set of characters in exciting comic book form, perfect for encouraging reluctant readers. The books have been book banded to support children's reading in the classroom. The Ace Inventors books have all been banded at book band 9 Gold.

In this first graphic novel, the Ace Inventors get into trouble when they create a mutant pet. At first they think it will be a perfect pet -but they soon discover it has a mind of its own!Reading Champion Graphic readers is a new strand in the Reading Champion programme. Each story follows the adventures of the same set of characters in exciting comic book form, perfect for encouraging reluctant readers. The books have been book banded to support children's reading in the classroo...

Unlock the stories of Pablo Neruda’s rare nineteenth-century carved-wood ship figurehead collection in Chile, why they mattered in his tumultuous life, and how we benefit from them now.Poet Pablo Neruda’s nineteenth-century ship figurehead collection in Chile is one of the most significant in the world. Containing carved wood images of dramatically postured men and women, these figures are now better understood due to years of research, a willingness to ch...

The Routledge Research Companion to John Gower reviews the most current scholarship on the late medieval poet and opens doors purposefully to research areas of the future. It is divided into three parts. The first part, "Working theories: medieval and modern," is devoted to the main theoretical aspects that frame Gower’s work, ranging from his use of medieval law, rhetoric, theology, and religious attitudes, to approaches incorporating gender and queer studies. The second part, "T...

Ce volume collectif regroupe des articles appartenant à divers domaines de recherches (Philosophie, Études féministes et de Genre, Études littéraires, Études biographiques, Réception, Études politiques et juridiques). Les lecteurs y trouveront des analyses qui proposent des approches nouvelles sur Simone de Beauvoir et mettent en relief jusqu’à quel point la pensée, l’œuvre et la vie de l’auteure continuent d’être un référent pour nos sociétés actuelles et pour l’avenir. Cet ouvrage vient ...

This book is devoted to Multiobjective Optimization Design (MOOD) procedures for controller tuning applications, by means of Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization (EMO). It presents developments in tools, procedures and guidelines to facilitate this process, covering the three fundamental steps in the procedure: problem definition, optimization and decision-making. The book is divided into four parts. The first part, Fundamentals, focuses on the necessary theoretical background and prov...