Accountability in Building Projects in Piedmont under Philip of Savoy-Achaea: Administrative Experimentation and Political Consolidation

This article examines the way a group of colonies on the far reaches of British power – Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and India, dealt with the imperatives of their own security in the early twentieth century. Each of these evolved into Dominion status and then to sovereign statehood (India lastly and most thoroughly) over the first half of the twentieth century, and their sovereignties evolved amidst a number of related and often countervailing problems of self-defence and cooperative security strategy within the British Empire. The article examines how security – the abstracted political goods of military force – worked alongside race in the greater Pacific to build colonial sovereignties before the First World War. Its first section examines the internal-domestic dimension of sovereignty and its need to secure territory through the issue of imperial naval subsidies. A number of colonies paid subsidies to Britain to support the Royal Navy and thus to contribute in financial terms to their strategic defense. These subsidies provoked increasing opposition after the turn of the twentieth century, and the article exlpores why colonial actors of various types thought financial subsidies threatened their sovereignties in important ways. The second section of the article examines the external-diplomatic dimension of sovereignty by looking at the way colonial actors responded to the Anglo-Japanese Alliance. I argue that colonial actors deployed security as a logic that allowed them to pursue their own bids for sovereignty and autonomy, leverage racial discourses that shaped state-building projects, and ultimately to attempt to nudge the focus of the British Empire's grand strategy away from Europe and into Asia.

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The Cornucopia in the Minefield

Canadian-American Slavic Studies ◽

10.30965/22102396-05401011 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 54 (1-3) ◽

pp. 253-279

Author(s):

Jennifer B. Spock

Keyword(s):

Soviet Union ◽

Individual Characteristics ◽

Social Classes ◽

Material Objects ◽

Daily Lives ◽

Building Projects ◽

Holy Trinity ◽

Spiritual Path ◽

The Soviet Union ◽

Limited Scope

Abstract The study of monasticism in Russia has found new acolytes since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. With the separation of the Soviet republics, religion became, and continues to become, a vibrant subfield of Russian studies. This article examines the problems inherent in attempting to grasp the day-to-day life of monks and monasteries given their individual characteristics, social classes, roles, and the wide variety, yet often limited scope, of various texts and material objects that can be used as sources. The vast source base is an embarrassment of riches in one sense, but problematic in another as prescriptive and normative texts must be understood in context. One important element that has not been directly addressed is the cacophony of sound, the interruptions, and the distractions of the constant activity of expanding cloisters in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. How did monks maintain their spiritual path and pious duties when on service expeditions outside the monastery: when engaged in salt-production, fishing, trade, rent-collecting, or other activities outside its walls? How intrusive were building projects, which abounded in the period, or even efforts to adorn the churches? How strict was oversight, or how weak? Such questions still need answers and can only be fully understood by integrating diverse source bases. This article uses Solovki, Holy Trinity, and Kirillov monasteries to exemplify the problems that remain in understanding the daily lives of monastics and their adherents within and without the confines of the cloister.

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The Role of Women in the Nation and State Building Projects in South Sudan

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.2950875 ◽

2013 ◽

Author(s):

Christopher D. Zambakari

Keyword(s):

South Sudan ◽

State Building ◽

Building Projects ◽

Role Of Women

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Work Arrangements on Large Capital City Building Projects

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.323764 ◽

2003 ◽

Author(s):

Productivity Commission

Keyword(s):

Capital City ◽

Building Projects ◽

Work Arrangements

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After the Deluge: Regional Crises and Political Consolidation in Russia. By Daniel S. Treisman. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1999. xii, 262 pp. Appendixes. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Figures. Tables. Maps. $57.50, hard bound.

Slavic Review ◽

10.2307/2697685 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 60 (1) ◽

pp. 192-193

Author(s):

Mikhail Alexseev

Keyword(s):

University Of Michigan ◽

Political Consolidation ◽

Ann Arbor

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The Key Strategies to Implement Circular Economy in Building Projects—A Case Study of Taiwan

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13020754 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 754

Author(s):

H.-Ping Tserng ◽

Cheng-Mo Chou ◽

Yun-Tsui Chang

Keyword(s):

Case Studies ◽

Circular Economy ◽

Building Industry ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Pilot Projects ◽

Building Projects ◽

The World ◽

Project Phases ◽

Future Project

The building industry is blamed for consuming enormous natural resources and creating massive solid waste worldwide. In response to this, the concept of circular economy (CE) has gained much attention in the sector in recent years. Many pilot building projects that implemented CE concepts started to appear around the world, including Taiwan. However, compared with the pilot projects in the Netherlands, which are regarded as the pioneer ones by international society, many CE-related practices are not implemented in pilot cases in Taiwan. To assist future project stakeholders to recognize what the key CE-related practices are and how they could be implemented in their building projects in Taiwan, this study has conducted a series of case studies of Dutch and Taiwanese pilot projects and semi-structured interviews with key project stakeholders of Taiwanese pilot projects. Thirty key CE-related practices are identified via case studies, along with their related 5R principles (Rethink, Reduce, Reuse, Repair, Recycle) and project phases. Suggestion on CE-related practices, their 5R principles, project items, and phases to implement in building projects in Taiwan is also proposed while discussion on differences between two countries’ pilot projects is presented.

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Zero Carbon Building Practices in Aotearoa New Zealand

Energies ◽

10.3390/en14154455 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (15) ◽

pp. 4455

Author(s):

Thao Thi Phuong Bui ◽

Suzanne Wilkinson ◽

Niluka Domingo ◽

Casimir MacGregor

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

New Zealand ◽

Construction Industry ◽

Local Governments ◽

Early Stage ◽

Policy Implications ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Building Projects ◽

Aotearoa New Zealand ◽

Zero Carbon

In the light of climate change, the drive for zero carbon buildings is known as one response to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Within New Zealand, research on climate change mitigation and environmental impacts of buildings has received renewed attention. However, there has been no detailed investigation of zero carbon building practices. This paper undertakes an exploratory study through the use of semi-structured interviews with government representatives and construction industry experts to examine how the New Zealand construction industry plans and implements zero carbon buildings. The results show that New Zealand’s construction industry is in the early stage of transiting to a net-zero carbon built environment. Key actions to date are focused on devising a way for the industry to develop and deliver zero carbon building projects. Central and local governments play a leading role in driving zero carbon initiatives. Leading construction firms intend to maximise the carbon reduction in building projects by developing a roadmap to achieve the carbon target by 2050 and rethinking the way of designing and constructing buildings. The research results provide an insight into the initial practices and policy implications for the uptake of zero carbon buildings in Aotearoa New Zealand.

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