Cities of Pleasure
Cities of Pleasure

Author: Alan Collins

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-09-13

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 1317998820

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This book contains a collection of cutting-edge chapters that explore various connections between urban living, sexuality and sexual desire around the world. The key themes featured address a number of topical issues including: the controversies and debates raging around the evolution, defining patterns and appropriate regulation of commercial sex zones and markets in the urban landscape how gay public spaces, districts and 'gay villages' emerged and developed in various towns and cities around the world how changing attitudes to, and the usage of urban sexual spaces, as depicted in iconic television series such as Sex and the City and Queer as Folk, reflect the reality of working women's or gay men's changing life experiences. With detailed case studies, and a strong interdisciplinary appeal, this book will be a valuable reference for postgraduates and advanced students in the fields of cultural studies as well as human, urban and social geography. This book was previously published as a special issue of the journal Urban Studies.

Security and Southeast Asia
Security and Southeast Asia

Author: Alan Collins

Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 9789812302304

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From internal oppression in Burma to interstate conflict in the South China Sea, the people of Southeast Asia face a range of threats. This book identifies and explains the security challenges -- both traditional and nontraditional -- confronting the region. Collins addresses the full spectrum of security issues, discussing the impact of ethnic tensions and competing political ideologies, the evolving role of ASEAN, and Southeast Asia's interactions with key external actors (China, Japan, and the United States). The final section of the book explores how the region's security issues are reflected in two current cases: the South China Sea dispute and the war on terrorism.

Building a People-Oriented Security Community the ASEAN way
Building a People-Oriented Security Community the ASEAN way

Author: Alan Collins

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-05-07

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 1136251278

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ASEAN has declared its intention to create a security community in Southeast Asia that is people-orientated. This book evaluates ASEAN’s progress, and in doing so examines three matters of concern. The book firstly looks at the importance of constitutive norms to the workings of security communities, by identifying ASEAN’s constitutive norms and the extent to which they act as a help of hindrance in establishing a security community. It then moves on to how ASEAN has interpreted people-orientated as empowering civil society organisations to be community stakeholders. The book discusses the uncertainty between how ASEAN envisages their role, and the role they themselves expect to have. Civil society actors are seeking to influence what sort of community evolves and their ability to interact with the state elite is evaluated to determine what interpretation of people-oriented is likely to emerge. Thirdly, in order to make progress ASEAN has sought to achieve cooperation among its member states in functional areas. The book examines this interest in functional cooperation through case studies on human rights, HIV/AIDS and disaster management. By discussing the notion of ASEAN being people-orientated, and how it engages with ‘the people’, the book provides important insights into what type of community ASEAN in building, as well as furthering our understanding on security communities more broadly.

The Security Dilemmas of Southeast Asia
The Security Dilemmas of Southeast Asia

Author: A. Collins

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2000-08-17

Total Pages: 243

ISBN-13: 033398563X

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The Security Dilemmas of Southeast Asia utilises a key security concept to examine one of the most dramatic regions of the world. Focusing on ethnic tensions, intra-ASEAN rivalries and the emergence of Chinese hegemony, the security dilemma is used to provide insights into a wide range of the region's contemporary security issues. In addition, the book expounds upon some of the new uses of the security dilemma, exploring both its applicability to ethnic tensions and a new variant, a state-induced security dilemma.

HR Interview Secrets
HR Interview Secrets

Author: Alan Collins

Publisher: Successinhr.com

Published: 2015-12-01

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 9780996096119

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Want to crush your next Human Resources interview and land the job offer you deserve? Now you can. HR Interview Secrets will give you the edge you need to confidently position yourself as a top HR candidate in the fastest time possible. Use the easy-to-follow tips, job-winning interview answers, talking points and insider secrets to capitalize on your HR experience, wow your interviewers and bring home the salary you deserve. Inside these pages you'll discover: How to conquer pre-interview fears and jitters so that you come across powerfully -- and with poise, and confidence. How to sell yourself and persuasively answer the 9 most frequently-asked HR interview questions that you absolutely must nail in order to be considered a top candidate. The 10 qualities employers most desire in the HR candidate they'll hire - including the ONE you must demonstrate to them that's more important than all the others. Surefire ways to make an extraordinarily compelling and positive first impression. How to confidently handle tough job history questions with ease - even if you've been fired, laid off, have huge gaps between jobs, have had too many HR jobs, are over- or under-qualified, or are too old or too young. How to hook interviewers so that they remember you long after the interview is over. How to deal with questions that stump you and then turn them into your advantage. What to do before your interview so that you come across as knowledgeable as a 10-year veteran of their organization. Powerful questions to ask that will WOW key decision-makers --including the ONE question that's you must ask at the end of your interview if you want the offer. Secrets and tactics for smoothly negotiating your job offer and landing a top salary. Easy-to-overlook strategies for excelling at HR phone interviews, second round interviews and video interviews. And much, much more "

The Security Dilemma and the End of the Cold War
The Security Dilemma and the End of the Cold War

Author: Alan Collins

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781853311956

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The security dilemma is rapidly emerging as one of the most important and controversial issues in international relations theory. This book asks what the security dilemma is and whether it really exists, and then tests the theory against the historical evidence of the most important geopolitical event since 1945 - the end of the Cold War. Collins suggests that Gorbachev's recognition of the existence of a security dilemma lay at the heart of the measures that he took to end the Cold War, and concludes that despite the euphoria of the early 1990s, the dilemma is re-emerging.

Unwritten HR Rules
Unwritten HR Rules

Author: Alan Collins

Publisher: Successinhr.com

Published: 2011-08-01

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9780615315584

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Are you ready to discover HR career advancement strategies your company doesn't tell you about? If so, then you're ready to read Unwritten HR Rules. This book reveals blunt, no bull, un-sugarcoated secrets for skyrocketing your career as an HR professional. If you aspire to reach an HR executive role and want to understand the realities of getting there, you must have this book in your personal library. Find out what it really takes to blast your HR career to the next level and attain the success you've always dreamed of.