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Content: Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Editor -- List of Contributors -- Chapter 1 Threading Innovation, Regulation, and the Mitigation of AI Harm: Examining Ethics in National AI Strategies -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Artificial Intelligence: The Eternal Dream -- 1.2.1 Harmful AI -- 1.3 National AI Strategies -- 1.3.1 Defining National AI Strategies -- 1.3.2 No Strategy, No AI? -- 1.4 To Regulate, Or Not To Regulate? -- 1.4.1 AI Tensions: Between Innovation and Regulation -- 1.4.2 Risk Mitigation -- 1.4.3 Design and Deployment Concerns -- 1.5 Governance Approaches -- 1.6 The Limits and Potentials of Ethics in National AI Strategies -- 1.6.1 AI Ethics Limits: Five Issues -- 1.6.2 AI Ethics Potentials: Ten Cues -- 1.7 Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2 Governance of Artificial Intelligence: Emerging International Trends and Policy Frames -- 2.1 Introduction: Why Focus on AI Policy and Governance? -- 2.2 Emerging Sciences and Technologies and Their Governance: Hype, Expectations, and Uncertainties -- 2.3 Literature Review of AI Governance: Ethics, Responsibility and Policy -- 2.4 Fast-Developing Policy For AI: International Trends and Drivers -- 2.5 Emerging AI Policy Frames: Revolution, Global Race, and Balancing Benefits, Risks, and Responsibilities -- 2.6 Conclusions: Key Insights and Future Research Questions -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Chapter 3 Multilateralism and Artificial Intelligence: What Role for the United Nations? -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 The International Governance of AI: A Fragmented Landscape -- 3.3 What the United Nations Has Been Doing, Could It Do More? -- 3.4 The High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation and the Way Ahead -- 3.5 Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Chapter 4 Governing the Use of Autonomous Weapon Systems.

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Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The global politics of artificial intelligence Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2022 9781138314573

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ISBN: 9789813369382

Note: Intro -- Preface -- Fifty Years of World Internet Development -- Overview -- 1 Overall Trends in World Internet Development in 2019 -- 1.1 Steadily Progressing Digital Infrastructure Construction -- 1.2 Increasingly Diverse Patterns of Internet Technological Innovation -- 1.3 Thriving Global Digital Economy with Highlights -- 1.4 New Technologies' Profound Influence on the Development of Internet Media -- 1.5 Increasingly Prominent Global Cybersecurity Threats -- 1.6 Historic Transition Period of Global Cyberspace Governance -- 2 Evaluation and Analysis of Internet Development in Global Representative Countries in 2019 -- 2.1 Index Construction -- 2.2 Assignment of Weights -- 2.3 Analysis of Results -- 3 Internet Development in Some Typical Countries -- 3.1 The USA -- 3.2 China -- 3.3 South Korea -- 3.4 France -- 3.5 Germany -- 3.6 Israel -- 3.7 Russia -- 3.8 India -- 3.9 Brazil -- 3.10 South Africa -- 4 World Internet Development Prospects for 2020 -- 4.1 Given the Prominently Unbalanced Internet Development, It Is Imperative to Improve the Popularity of Internet -- 4.2 With Opportunities in the Rapid Development of Digital Economy, It Is Imperative to Promote Technological Innovation -- 4.3 In Face of New Challenges Confronting a Healthy Cyber-Culture, It Is Imperative to Regulate the Order in Cyberspace -- 4.4 In the Increasingly Severe Situation, It Is Imperative to Strengthen Cybersecurity Protection -- 4.5 As Supports for Cyber-Sovereignty Grow, It Is Imperative to Promote the Internet Governance System Reform -- Contents -- 1 Development of Information Infrastructure in the World -- 1.1 Outline -- 1.2 Broadband Network -- 1.2.1 The Need of High Bandwidth Accelerated the Deployment of Gigabit Fiber Optical Network -- 1.2.2 Mobile Broadband is Evolving Toward 5G. , 1.2.3 Competition on the Construction of Spatial Information Infrastructure Got Fierce -- 1.2.4 Construction of Global Submarine Optical Fiber Cable and Terrestrial Optical Cable is Keeping Advancing -- 1.2.5 Information Network is Evolving Towards Intelligence -- 1.2.6 All Countries Enhanced Support for Broadband Construction in the Rural Areas -- 1.3 Application Facilities -- 1.3.1 Both Domain Name Market and Facility Construction Are Growing -- 1.3.2 Commercial IPv6 Deployment is Carried Out Extensively -- 1.3.3 Global Data Centers Are Expanding Rapidly -- 1.3.4 Cloud Computing and Edge Computing Are Developing in a Coordinated Way -- 1.3.5 Global CDN Industry is Developing Steadily -- 1.3.6 Internet Exchange Point is Developing Fast -- 1.4 New Facilities -- 1.4.1 Deployment of IoT Facilities is Speeding Up -- 1.4.2 Construction of Industrial Internet Platform is Flourishing -- 2 Development of Network Information Technology in the World -- 2.1 Outline -- 2.2 Basic Network Information Technologies -- 2.2.1 High Performance Computing (HPC) Achieved Sustainable Innovative Development -- 2.2.2 Software Technologies Are Accelerating the Development Towards Platform -- 2.2.3 Integrated Circuit Technologies Are Developing Steadily -- 2.3 Cutting-Edge Technologies -- 2.3.1 AI Technology Is Thriving -- 2.3.2 The Implementation of Edge Computing is Accelerated -- 2.3.3 Big Data Technology Keeps Deepening and Expanding -- 2.3.4 Virtual Reality Faces New Starting Point -- 2.3.5 Innovative Achievements Are Continuously Made in Quantum Information -- 3 Development of World Digital Economy -- 3.1 Outline -- 3.2 Development Trend of Global Digital Economy -- 3.2.1 Bright Prospect -- 3.2.2 Divergence in Digital Strength -- 3.2.3 Distinctive Regional Development -- 3.3 Global Consensus on the Development of Digital Economy , 3.3.1 Enhancing Planning and Deployment -- 3.3.2 Intensifying Fight for the Power to Make International Rules -- 3.4 Stable Development of Overall Digital Industrialization -- 3.4.1 Telecommunications Industry Slowing Down Again -- 3.4.2 Ever-Growing Electronics and Information Industry -- 3.4.3 Ever-Growing Revenue in Internet Business -- 3.4.4 Rapid Rise of Public Cloud Market -- 3.4.5 5G Driving the Development of Upstream and Downstream Industries -- 3.5 Rapid Progress of Industrial Digitalization -- 3.5.1 "Smart+" Becomes a New Form of Economic Development -- 3.5.2 Industrial Internet Walking into Reality -- 3.5.3 Continued Attention on Fintech Industry -- 4 Development of World Digital Government -- 4.1 Outline -- 4.2 Significantly Stronger Support of Information Infrastructure -- 4.2.1 More Convenient and Compatible Network Access -- 4.2.2 Cloud Computing Boosting E-Government Development Efficiency -- 4.2.3 Wide Upgrading of Smart City Infrastructure -- 4.3 Maturity of Digital Government System and Mechanism -- 4.3.1 Progress in Policy System of Digital Government -- 4.3.2 Growing Overall Planning and Coordination Efforts -- 4.3.3 Significantly Improved Professional Management and Coordination Capability -- 4.4 Significantly Improved Information Application in Government Services -- 4.4.1 Speeding Up Digitalization of Information Resources -- 4.4.2 Speeding Up the Construction of Data Sharing Platform -- 4.4.3 Continuous Effect Generated by Data Disclosure -- 4.5 Continuous Improvement of Public Service Capability -- 4.5.1 Mobile Internet Facilitates More Accessible Public Services -- 4.5.2 Artificial Intelligence Improves the Precision of Public Services -- 4.5.3 Big Data Improves the Precision of Public Services -- 4.6 Improvement of Environment for Digital Government -- 4.6.1 Digital Identity System Gradually Established , 4.6.2 Further Deepening Government-Enterprise Cooperation -- 5 Development of World Internet Media -- 5.1 Outline -- 5.2 Global Landscape of Internet Media Development -- 5.2.1 Social Platform -- 5.2.2 Digital News -- 5.2.3 Online Entertainment -- 5.3 Development and Application of Internet Media -- 5.3.1 5G Improving Media Production and Communication -- 5.3.2 Cloud Computing Changing Media Production Ecology -- 5.3.3 Artificial Intelligence Optimizing Media Value Chain -- 5.4 Governance and Challenges of Internet Media Content Ecosystem -- 5.4.1 New Changes in Online Dissemination of False Information -- 5.4.2 Hard to Control the Spread of Terrorist and Extremist Content Online -- 5.4.3 Drawback of Media Platform Monopoly -- Reference -- 6 Development of World Cybersecurity -- 6.1 Outline -- 6.2 Major Threats to Cybersecurity in the World Today -- 6.2.1 Spread of Ransomware Threatening the World -- 6.2.2 Mining Trojan Active Again with Widespread Threat -- 6.2.3 High Incidence of APT Attacks -- 6.2.4 Frequent Attacks on Critical Information Infrastructure -- 6.2.5 Growing Data Security Risks Raising Concerns -- 6.2.6 Emerging Security Risks of New Technologies and Applications -- 6.3 Countries Actively Building Cybersecurity Protection Capability -- 6.3.1 Optimizing Top-Level Cybersecurity Design -- 6.3.2 Gradually Improving Cybersecurity Systems and Institutions -- 6.3.3 Strengthening Security Protection of Critical Information Infrastructure -- 6.3.4 Speeding Up the Protection of Data Security and Personal Information -- 6.3.5 Accelerating Deployment of Emerging Technologies in Cybersecurity -- 6.3.6 Speeding Up Cybersecurity Talent Training -- 6.3.7 Expansion of International Cyberspace Cooperation -- 6.4 Continuous Development of Global Cybersecurity Industry -- 6.4.1 Growing Cybersecurity Industry , 6.4.2 New Technologies and Applications Empowering Industrial Development -- 6.4.3 Steady Development of Listed Cybersecurity Companies -- 6.5 Growing Militarization of Global Cyberspace -- 6.5.1 A Surge of Cyberspace Strategies Changing Traditional Warfare Rules -- 6.5.2 Large-Scale Cyber Force Intensifying Risk of War -- 6.5.3 Cyber Warfare as an Important Strategic Deterrence Between Countries -- 7 International Cyberspace Governance -- 7.1 Outline -- 7.2 International Cyberspace Governance Faces an Important Turn -- 7.2.1 Emerging Fragility and Uncertainty of International Cyberspace Rules -- 7.2.2 Various Participants Urgently Needed in International Cyberspace Governance -- 7.2.3 Slow Progress on International Cyberspace Rules -- 7.2.4 Major Challenges in the Construction of International Cyberspace Governance Order -- 7.3 Continuous Progress of International Cyberspace Governance Platform -- 7.3.1 The United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF) -- 7.3.2 The United Nations High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation -- 7.3.3 The United Nations Group of Governmental Experts (UNGGE) and Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on Information Security -- 7.3.4 World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) -- 7.3.5 International Telecommunication Union (ITU) -- 7.3.6 Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) -- 7.3.7 Internet Society (ISOC) -- 7.3.8 Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace (GCSC) -- 7.3.9 World Internet Conference -- 7.4 Traditional International Organizations Accelerating Their Participation in International Cyberspace Governance -- 7.4.1 G20 -- 7.4.2 The BRICS -- 7.4.3 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) -- 7.4.4 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) -- 7.4.5 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) -- 7.5 Cyberspace Governance in Some Typical Countries and Regions , 7.5.1 The United States

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Studies, Chinese Academy of Cyberspace World Internet Development Report 2019 Singapore : Springer Singapore Pte. Limited,c2021 ISBN 9789813369375

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Edition: 1st ed. 2020

ISBN: 9783030280383

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Content: 1. Chapter 1 Introduction -- 2. Chapter 2 A History of the Idea of Nuclear Security: 1945-2006 -- 3. Chapter 3 The 2010 Nuclear Security Summit at Washington -- 4. Chapter 4 The 2012 Nuclear Security Summit at Seoul -- 5. Chapter 5 The 2014 Nuclear Security Summit at The Hague -- 6. Chapter 6 Coming Full Circle: The 2016 Washington Summit -- 7. Chapter 7 Conclusion: The NSS as a Learning Forum

Content: This book describes the four Nuclear Security Summits held over 2010-2016 at the initiative of U.S. President Barack Obama. The author draws upon his unique vantage point as a participant in the Summits, exclusive interviews with practitioners, and access to primary documents, to write an engaging history of the NSS and of nuclear security in general. The story of the NSS is also in part the story of multilateral nuclear forums, which have sprung up regularly since the dawn of the nuclear age to address perceived nuclear dangers. The success of these Summits in addressing the threat of nuclear terrorism holds important lessons for the design and work of nuclear forums today and into the future. The author presents a new approach to assessing ‘international learning’ that has important implications for the design of multilateral forums and updates the Cold War areas of nuclear knowledge being ‘learnt’ in the light of the NSS experience and other recent developments. This work will be of interest to scholars and practitioners in security studies, nuclear history, and International Relations. Amandeep S. Gill is Visiting Professor at King's College London, UK, and Executive Director and Co-Lead of the Secretariat of the UN Secretary-General’s High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation, Geneva, Switzerland

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Content: Increasing nonresponse rates in surveys are a matter of concern internationally, as low response rates put the quality of survey data into question. The risk of biased data is high if nonrespondents differ significantly from respondents. In arguing that sample persons’ personality traits are decisive in survey participation decisions, Denise Saßenroth investigates the mechanisms causing increasing nonresponse rates. Based on a modification of the Social Isolation Hypothesis, she analyses the impact of sample persons’ personality on participation decisions with data from the German General Social Survey and the LISS Panel from the Netherlands. Contents · Survey Nonresponse · Sample Persons’ Personality and Survey Refusals · Personality Effects on Participation in the GGSS (ALLBUS) · Personality Effects on Participation in the LISS Panel Target Groups · Researchers and students in the field of the social sciences · Survey practitioners Author Dr. Denise Saßenroth is a social scientist and research associate at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin)

Note: "Research"--cover , Includes bibliographical references , Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Survey Nonresponse; 2.1 International Trends in Response Rates; 2.2 Consequences of Nonresponse on Data Quality; 2.3 Research Designs for the Assessment of Nonresponse Bias; 2.3.1 Comparison of Response Rates across Subgroups; 2.3.2 Comparison of Aggregate Level Estimates from Survey Data with Estimates from External Sources; 2.3.3 Enrichment of Survey Data by Record Data; 2.3.4 Collection of Core Information on Nonrespondents , 2.3.5 Comparison of Subgroups with Different Response Propensities2.4 The Conceptual Framework for Survey Cooperation by Groves and Couper; 2.4.1 Influences under Researchers' Control; 2.4.2 Influences out of Researchers' Control; 2.4.3 Householder-Interviewer Interaction; 2.5 Theories on Nonresponse; 2.5.1 Opportunity Cost Hypothesis; 2.5.2 Leverage-Saliency Theory; 2.5.3 Social Exchange Theory; 2.5.4 Social Isolation Hypothesis; 2.6 Summary; 3 Sample Persons' Personality and Survey Refusals; 3.1 The Big 5 Personality Traits , 3.2 The Explanatory Power of Personality Traits in the Social Sciences3.3 A Modification of the Social Isolation Hypothesis; 3.4 The Impact of Personality Traits on Loneliness; 3.5 Explanations in the Social Sciences; 3.6 The Macro-Micro-Macro Model; 3.7 The Impact of Loneliness on Survey Participation; 3.8 The Impact of Personality Traits on Survey Participation; 3.9 Summary; 4 Personality Effects on Participation in the GGSS (ALLBUS); 4.1 The German General Social Survey in 2004, 2006 and 2008; 4.2 The Willingness to Participate: Assessment by Interviewers , 4.3 The Willingness to Participate: Temporary Refusals4.4 Independent Variables; 4.4.1 Respondents' Personality Traits; 4.4.2 Respondents' Socio-Demographic Characteristics; 4.4.3 Interviewers' Characteristics; 4.5 Statistical Approach; 4.6 Descriptive and Bivariate Relationships; 4.7 Analysis of Participation Willingness Indicated by Interviewers' Assessments; 4.7.1 Model Building; 4.7.2 Results; 4.7.3 Interpretation of the Model Fit; 4.8 Analysis of Participation Willingness Indicated by Temporary Refusals; 4.8.1 Model Building; 4.8.2 Interpretation of Results; 4.9 Summary , 5 Personality Effects on Participation in the LISS Panel5.1 The Longitudinal Internet Studies for the Social Sciences Panel; 5.2 Panel Duration and Panel Drop-Outs; 5.3 Independent/Exogenous Variables; 5.3.1 Panel Members' Personality Characteristics; 5.3.2 Panel Members' Socio-Demographic Characteristics; 5.4 Statistical Approach; 5.5 Descriptive, Bivariate and Preliminary Multivariate Analysis; 5.5.1 Relationship between Participation, Personality Traits and Loneliness; 5.5.2 Stability of Personality Traits; 5.5.3 Bivariate Relationships between Indicators of Loneliness , 5.6 Survival Analysis

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Content: Increasing nonresponse rates in surveys are a matter of concern internationally, as low response rates put the quality of survey data into question. The risk of biased data is high if nonrespondents differ significantly from respondents. In arguing that sample persons’ personality traits are decisive in survey participation decisions, Denise Saßenroth investigates the mechanisms causing increasing nonresponse rates. Based on a modification of the Social Isolation Hypothesis, she analyses the impact of sample persons’ personality on participation decisions with data from the German General Social Survey and the LISS Panel from the Netherlands. Contents · Survey Nonresponse · Sample Persons’ Personality and Survey Refusals · Personality Effects on Participation in the GGSS (ALLBUS) · Personality Effects on Participation in the LISS Panel Target Groups · Researchers and students in the field of the social sciences · Survey practitioners Author Dr. Denise Saßenroth is a social scientist and research associate at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin)

Note: "Research"--cover , Includes bibliographical references , Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Survey Nonresponse; 2.1 International Trends in Response Rates; 2.2 Consequences of Nonresponse on Data Quality; 2.3 Research Designs for the Assessment of Nonresponse Bias; 2.3.1 Comparison of Response Rates across Subgroups; 2.3.2 Comparison of Aggregate Level Estimates from Survey Data with Estimates from External Sources; 2.3.3 Enrichment of Survey Data by Record Data; 2.3.4 Collection of Core Information on Nonrespondents , 2.3.5 Comparison of Subgroups with Different Response Propensities2.4 The Conceptual Framework for Survey Cooperation by Groves and Couper; 2.4.1 Influences under Researchers' Control; 2.4.2 Influences out of Researchers' Control; 2.4.3 Householder-Interviewer Interaction; 2.5 Theories on Nonresponse; 2.5.1 Opportunity Cost Hypothesis; 2.5.2 Leverage-Saliency Theory; 2.5.3 Social Exchange Theory; 2.5.4 Social Isolation Hypothesis; 2.6 Summary; 3 Sample Persons' Personality and Survey Refusals; 3.1 The Big 5 Personality Traits , 3.2 The Explanatory Power of Personality Traits in the Social Sciences3.3 A Modification of the Social Isolation Hypothesis; 3.4 The Impact of Personality Traits on Loneliness; 3.5 Explanations in the Social Sciences; 3.6 The Macro-Micro-Macro Model; 3.7 The Impact of Loneliness on Survey Participation; 3.8 The Impact of Personality Traits on Survey Participation; 3.9 Summary; 4 Personality Effects on Participation in the GGSS (ALLBUS); 4.1 The German General Social Survey in 2004, 2006 and 2008; 4.2 The Willingness to Participate: Assessment by Interviewers , 4.3 The Willingness to Participate: Temporary Refusals4.4 Independent Variables; 4.4.1 Respondents' Personality Traits; 4.4.2 Respondents' Socio-Demographic Characteristics; 4.4.3 Interviewers' Characteristics; 4.5 Statistical Approach; 4.6 Descriptive and Bivariate Relationships; 4.7 Analysis of Participation Willingness Indicated by Interviewers' Assessments; 4.7.1 Model Building; 4.7.2 Results; 4.7.3 Interpretation of the Model Fit; 4.8 Analysis of Participation Willingness Indicated by Temporary Refusals; 4.8.1 Model Building; 4.8.2 Interpretation of Results; 4.9 Summary , 5 Personality Effects on Participation in the LISS Panel5.1 The Longitudinal Internet Studies for the Social Sciences Panel; 5.2 Panel Duration and Panel Drop-Outs; 5.3 Independent/Exogenous Variables; 5.3.1 Panel Members' Personality Characteristics; 5.3.2 Panel Members' Socio-Demographic Characteristics; 5.4 Statistical Approach; 5.5 Descriptive, Bivariate and Preliminary Multivariate Analysis; 5.5.1 Relationship between Participation, Personality Traits and Loneliness; 5.5.2 Stability of Personality Traits; 5.5.3 Bivariate Relationships between Indicators of Loneliness , 5.6 Survival Analysis

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Additional Edition: Druckausg. Saßenroth, Denise The impact of personality on participation decisions in surveys Wiesbaden : Springer VS, 2013 3658017805

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Language: English

Subjects: Psychology

Keywords: Umfrage ; Teilnehmer ; Einstellung ; Datenerhebung ; Non-response-Problem ; Persönlichkeitstyp

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Content: In 2004, the Report of the Secretary-General's High-Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change emphasised the linkages between economic development, security and human rights, and the imperative in the twenty-first century of collective action and cooperation between States. In a world deeply divided by differences of power, wealth, culture and ideology, central questions today in international law and organisation are whether reaffirmation of the concept of collective security and a workable consensus on the means of its realisation are possible. In addressing these questions, this book considers the three key documents in the recent UN reform process: the High-Level Panel report, the Secretary-General's In Larger Freedom report and the 2005 World Summit Outcome document. The chapters examine the responsibilities, commitments, strategies and institutions necessary for collective security to function both in practice and as a normative ideal in international law and relations between state and non-state actors alike.

Note: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) , Things fall apart : the concept of collective security in international law , Reflections on the politics of institutional reform , Great Powers then and now : Security Council reform and responses to threats to peace and security , Assessing the High-Level Panel Report : rethinking the causes and consequences of threats to collective security , Collective security and the responsibility to protect , Responses to nonmilitary threats : environment, disease, and technology , On the far side of conflict : the UN Peacebuilding Commission as optical illusion , The new peacebuilding architecture : an institutional innovation of the United Nations , The World Summit process and UN sanctions reform : between rhetoric and force , The UN response to the evolving threat of global terrorism : institutional reform, rivalry, or renewal? , International justice and collective security : between pragmatism and principle , Developing security in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo : MONUC as a practical example of (failing) collective security , Indirect power : a critical look at civil society in the new Human Rights Council , Collective security : a village-eye view

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Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als United Nations reform and the new collective security Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2010 0521515432

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Keywords: Vereinte Nationen ; Reform ; Kollektive Sicherheit ; Internationale Kooperation

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Content: In 2004, the Report of the Secretary-General's High-Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change emphasised the linkages between economic development, security and human rights, and the imperative in the twenty-first century of collective action and cooperation between States. In a world deeply divided by differences of power, wealth, culture and ideology, central questions today in international law and organisation are whether reaffirmation of the concept of collective security and a workable consensus on the means of its realisation are possible. In addressing these questions, this book considers the three key documents in the recent UN reform process: the High-Level Panel report, the Secretary-General's In Larger Freedom report and the 2005 World Summit Outcome document. The chapters examine the responsibilities, commitments, strategies and institutions necessary for collective security to function both in practice and as a normative ideal in international law and relations between state and non-state actors alike

Note: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) , Things fall apart : the concept of collective security in international law / , Reflections on the politics of institutional reform / , Great Powers then and now : Security Council reform and responses to threats to peace and security / , Assessing the High-Level Panel Report : rethinking the causes and consequences of threats to collective security / , Collective security and the responsibility to protect / , Responses to nonmilitary threats : environment, disease, and technology / , On the far side of conflict : the UN Peacebuilding Commission as optical illusion / , The new peacebuilding architecture : an institutional innovation of the United Nations / , The World Summit process and UN sanctions reform : between rhetoric and force / , The UN response to the evolving threat of global terrorism : institutional reform, rivalry, or renewal? / , International justice and collective security : between pragmatism and principle / , Developing security in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo : MONUC as a practical example of (failing) collective security / , Indirect power : a critical look at civil society in the new Human Rights Council / , Collective security : a village-eye view /

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Content: Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Introduction -- PART 1 WHERE TO BEGIN?... WHERE HAVE WE BEEN?... WHERE ARE WE GOING?... -- 1 Making Sense of It All -- What Is Advanced Television? -- What Is High Definition Television? -- What Are Multi-Channel Systems? -- Advanced Television Systems - A Generic Overview -- The Players -- Coming Attractions -- 2 The Special Panel Meeting and Its Aftermath -- The Exit of NHK as a Proponent -- Digital! -- From Competition to Cooperation? -- 3 ATV System Recommended - What's Next? -- Next Steps -FCC -- Next Steps - Industry -- Decisions, Decisions, Decisions -- Industry Efforts -- PART 2 INTO THE WOODS -- 4 Seeing the Forest, Not Just the Trees -- Map of the Forest -- Users and Applications -- Sources -- Video Source Coding -- Audio Source Coding -- Channel Coding -- 5 Of Profiles, Levels, and Forests -- Profiles and Levels -- Scalability -- Channel Coding -- Modulation Methods -- Transmission/Storage -- 4:2:2 Profile Update -- 6 The Roots of Storage and Transmission -- Storage - Digital Videotape -- Storage - Digital Videodisk -- Storage - Servers -- Storage - Editing Systems -- RF Transmission/Wired Transmission -- 7 The Varieties of Transmission -- Wired Transmission -- Wired RF Transmission -- Wired Baseband Transmission -- Wireless Transmission -- Trail's End -- PART 3 DIGITAL VIDEO COMPRESSION -- 8 Compression Means Removing Redundancy -- Fundamentals of Compression -- The Need for Commonality -- Removing Redundancy -- Motion Estimation/Motion Compensation -- 9 Motion Estimation, Motion Compensation, Motion Vectors -- Interoperability, Scalability, Extensibility -- Motion Estimation/Motion Compensation, continued -- Motion Vectors -- MPEG -- 10 Discrete Cosine Transform -- Interoperability, Scalability, Extensibility

Content: Image Compression, continued -- Transforms -- Discrete Cosine Transform -- 11 Crunching the DCT -- Developing the Residue -- The Discrete Cosine Transform -- Crunching the DCT -- Zig-Zag Scanning -- Variable Length Coding -- 12 The Buffer and the Human Visual System -- The "Look" of Program Continuity -- Centralized Encoding and Pass-Through -- Cuts Only -- Encoding at the End -- Closing the Loop -- The Buffer and Feedback -- Hiding Behind the Human Visual System -- PART 4 THERE'S AUDIO IN ADVANCED TELEVISION, TOO -- 13 MPEG Audio Coding -- First, A Little History... -- Human Auditory System -- MPEG Audio -- MPEG-1 -- MPEG-2 -- Dolby AC-3 -- 14 Dolby AC-3 Audio Coding -- A Comparison -- AC-3 Encoding -- Advantages and Disadvantages -- Masking Model -- AC-3 Details -- Encoding of the Spectral Envelope -- Additional Techniques -- Choosing a System -- PART 5 THE SYSTEMS LAYER -- 15 Multicasting - Transmitting Multiple Programs per Channel -- Multicasting Defined -- Data Capacities and Requirements -- Multiplexing Strategies -- Fixed Multiplexing -- Statistical Multiplexing -- Multiplexing Issues -- 16 Bits, Bytes, Packets, Headers, & Descriptors -- Bits, Bytes, and Packets -- Packets, Headers, Descriptors Defined -- Packets, Packets, Packets -- MPEG-2 Packet Structure -- 17 Header Details, PIDs, Adaptation Fields, & Tables -- MPEG-2 Systems Layer -- Transport Streams and Headers -- Program Identification - PID -- Program Association & Map Tables -- Multiplexing and Demultiplexing -- Adaptation Fields -- Splicing -- Complications -- 18 Making Packetized Television Work -- Variable Data Rates -- Assembling Segments -- Inserting Segments -- Production Standards -- Enhanced Delivery -- ATM Systems -- Universal Header -- Raster-Based Signals -- PART 6 TRANSMISSION PLANNING -- 19 Modulation and Channel Coding Methods -- Channel Coding Technology

Content: Channel Coding Methods -- Implications for Transmitter Plants -- 20 Practical Implications of Digital Transmission -- Avoiding NTSC Interference -- Noise-Like Signals -- Low Power Transmission -- Cliff Effect -- Leveraging NTSC Characteristics -- Avoiding the Carriers -- Skiing the Nyquist Slope -- Peak Power vs. Average Power -- Practical Transmission Considerations -- 21 The True Meaning of "Low Power" -- C/N and Interference Limitations -- C/N and Power -- UHF Scenario -- The Meaning of "Low Power" -- Real Power Requirements -- Some Additional Examples -- 22 And the Winner Is ... VSB... (Maybe) -- COFDM Still in the Running? -- VSB Overview -- Data Structure -- Forward Error Correction -- Pilot Carrier & VSB Formation -- Receiver Techniques -- Interference Rejection Filter -- Channel Equalizer -- Carrier Offset -- Cable Operation -- VSB Revisited -- 23 The Proposed Channel Pairing Plan -- Allocation, Allotment, and Assignment -- FCC Plans -- Broadcaster Approach -- Channel Pairing Process -- Propagation Model -- Future Changes -- PART 7 DISTRIBUTED TRANSMISSION -- 24 Distributed Transmission of Digital Signals -- Distributed Transmission Defined -- Advantages of Distributed Transmission -- Disadvantages of Distributed Transmission -- Distributed Transmission Models -- 25 The Devil's in the Details -- Adaptive Equalizers (and Ghost Cancellers) -- Distributed Transmission System Design -- PART 8 CODED ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING -- 26 COFDM- Dark Horse Candidate fo r Digital Transmission -- First, A Little History... -- Classic Digital Modulation Techniques -- Effects of Multipath -- Enter OFDM -- Orthogonality -- Ignoring ISI -- The C Word -- 27 Coding in COFDM & Experts Group Report -- Reflections -- Intra-Symbol Interference -- Coding -- Constructive Interference -- Higher Modulation Levels -- Carrier Recovery & Level Measurement

Content: Pilot or Training Signals -- No Panacea -- Visit to European Developers -- New Alternative -- 28 Task Force Reports on COFDM -- 29 Swan Song for COFDM in U.S.? -- COFDM Technology -- COFDM Advantages -- COFDM Disadvantages -- COFDM Proposal for North America -- COFDM Review -- Modulation Motivations -- PART 9 STANDARD DEFINITION TELEVISION -- 30 The Meaning of SDTV, plus Audio Issues -- SDTV Defined -- ATV SDTV Standards -- SDTV Issues -- Arguments -- MP@ML Debate -- Aspect Ratio and Resolution -- Audio Matters -- 31 Extracting SDTV Images from HDTV Streams -- SDTV Defined, Reprise -- Of Chickens and Eggs -- Decoder and Converter Costs -- Decoder Performance Requirements -- All-Format ATV Decoders -- Results to Date -- Future Enhancements -- PART 10 WIDESCREEN 525 -- 32 Widescreen 525 as an Interim Step -- Widescreen 525 Defined -- The Widescreen Raster -- Digital Implementation -- Choosing the Rate -- Implementing Widescreen 525 -- 33 The Practical Side of Widescreen 525 -- Implementing Widescreen 525 -- Sampling Rate -- Cameras -- Recorders -- Distribution and Routing Equipment -- Switchers and Digital Effects -- Graphics Equipment -- PART 11 OTHER MATTERS -- 34 Data Broadcasting - WavePhore -- NDBC Effort -- FCC NPRM -- WavePhore Technology -- WavePhore System -- WavePhore Trade-Offs -- WavePhore Testing -- WavePhore Improvements -- Digideck -- OnTV -- 35 Data Broadcasting - Digideck -- Digideck Technology -- DQPSK Modulation -- Subcarrier Insertion -- Adaptive Equalization -- Digideck Trade-Offs -- Digideck Testing -- Digideck Improvements -- OnTV -- Broadcast Internet -- Synergy -- 36 Jitter Characteristics and Measurements -- Jitter Defined -- Types of Jitter -- Jitter Measurements -- Equipment Considerations -- System Considerations -- Mitigating Jitter -- Credits -- Index

Additional Edition: 9780240802503

Additional Edition: Print version Merrill Weiss, S Issues in Advanced Television Technology Oxford : Taylor and Francis,c1996 9780240802503

Language: English

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