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Day Planner 2021 Large - 8.5" x 11" 2021 Daily Planner, Hardcover, 1 Page per Day, Jan - Dec 2021, 12 Month, Dated Planner 2021... Day Planner 2021 Large - 8.5" x 11" 2021 Daily Planner, Hardcover, 1 Page per Day, Jan - Dec 2021, 12 Month, Dated Planner 2021 Productivity, XXL Planner, Black (Large print, Hardcover, Large type / large print edition)
Pilvi Paper
R1,029 Discovery Miles 10 290 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Global Migration Governance from Below - Actors, Spaces, Discourses (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022): Stefan Rother Global Migration Governance from Below - Actors, Spaces, Discourses (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)
Stefan Rother
R805 Discovery Miles 8 050 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

After a long time of neglect, migration has entered the arena of international politics with a force. The 2018 Global Compact for safe, orderly and regular migration (GCM) is the latest and most comprehensive framework for global migration governance. Despite these dynamics, migration is still predominantly framed as a state-centric policy issue that needs to be managed in a top-down manner. This book proposes a difference approach: A truly multi-stakeholder, multi-level and rights-based governance with meaningful participation of migrant civil society. Drawing on 15 years of participant observation on all levels of migration governance, the book maps out the relevant actors, "invited" and "invented" spaces for participation as well as alternative discourses and framing strategies by migrant civil society. It thus provides a comprehensive and timely overview on global migration governance from below, starting with the first UN High Level Dialogue in 2006, evolving around the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) and leading up to the consultations for the International Migration Review Forum in 2022.

Handbook of Globalisation and Tourism (Paperback): Dallen J. Timothy Handbook of Globalisation and Tourism (Paperback)
Dallen J. Timothy
R1,325 Discovery Miles 13 250 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This comprehensive Handbook brings together conceptual contributions from leading international scholars concerning the reciprocal relations between globalisation and tourism. Contributors deconstruct the global forces, processes and challenges that face the tourism industry, analysing the effects of neoliberalism and multinational capitalism on global tourist activity, as well as the consequences of colonialism, terrorism, warfare, climate change, modern technological advances and the rapidly changing dynamics of global mobility. International in scope and empirically evocative, this Handbook outlines and dissects the social, cultural, economic and political effects of globalisation on tourism in the 21st century. This Handbook is critical to human geography and tourism studies scholars and researchers at all levels, particularly those interested in the relations between globalisation and tourism in an increasingly interconnected world. Contributors include: A. Amore, Y. Apostolopoulos, P. Arvanitis, S. Beeton, N. Cavlek, J. Connell, D.T. Duval, L. Dwyer, A. Gelbman, C.M. Hall, D.-I.D. Han, K. Hannam, J. Henry, J. Higham, Y. Jiang, H. Lemelin, J.W. Macilree, J.E. Mbaiwa, T. Mbaiwa, M. McDonald, P. Mogomotsi, M. Mostafanezhad, D.H. Olsen, M. Peters, B. Prideaux, B.W. Ritchie, C.M. Rogerson, T. Ronen, R. Sharpley, M. Sigala, G. Siphambe, S. Sonmez, J. Stephenson, W. Stovall, W. Suntikul, G. Taylor, D.J. Timothy, M.C. tom Dieck, H. Tucker, F. Vellas, S. Wearing, P. Whipp, J. Wiitala, A. Williams

Brexitland - Identity, Diversity and the Reshaping of British Politics (Hardcover): Maria Sobolewska, Robert Ford Brexitland - Identity, Diversity and the Reshaping of British Politics (Hardcover)
Maria Sobolewska, Robert Ford
R2,509 R1,878 Discovery Miles 18 780 Save R631 (25%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Long-term social and demographic changes - and the conflicts they create - continue to transform British politics. In this accessible and authoritative book Sobolewska and Ford show how deep the roots of this polarisation and volatility run, drawing out decades of educational expansion and rising ethnic diversity as key drivers in the emergence of new divides within the British electorate over immigration, identity and diversity. They argue that choices made by political parties from the New Labour era onwards have mobilised these divisions into politics, first through conflicts over immigration, then through conflicts over the European Union, culminating in the 2016 EU referendum. Providing a comprehensive and far-reaching view of a country in turmoil, Brexitland explains how and why this happened, for students, researchers, and anyone who wants to better understand the remarkable political times in which we live.

Visual Culture Wars at the Borders of Contemporary China - Art, Design, Film, New Media and the Prospects of "Post-West"... Visual Culture Wars at the Borders of Contemporary China - Art, Design, Film, New Media and the Prospects of "Post-West" Contemporaneity (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Paul Gladston, Beccy Kennedy-Schtyk, Ming Turner
R3,971 Discovery Miles 39 710 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This edited collection brings together essays that share in a critical attention to visual culture as a means of representing, contributing to and/or intervening with discursive struggles and territorial conflicts currently taking place at and across the outward-facing and internal borders of the People's Republic of China. Elucidated by the essays collected here for the first time is a constellation of what might be described as visual culture wars comprising resistances on numerous fronts not only to the growing power and expansiveness of the Chinese state but also the residues of a once pervasively suppressive Western colonialism/imperialism. The present volume addresses visual culture related to struggles and conflicts at the borders of Hong Kong, the South China Sea and Taiwan as well within the PRC with regard the so-called "Great Firewall of China" and differences in discursive outlook between China and the West on the significances of art, technology, gender and sexuality. In doing so, it provides a vital index of twenty-first century China's diversely conflicted status as a contemporary nation-state and arguably nascent empire.

Man's Horizons - A Universal Perspective on Mankind through the Ages (Hardcover, Compact Hard Cover - June 2017 ed.): Mark... Man's Horizons - A Universal Perspective on Mankind through the Ages (Hardcover, Compact Hard Cover - June 2017 ed.)
Mark Pardini
R1,286 Discovery Miles 12 860 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Sociology of Hallyu Pop Culture - Surfing the Korean Wave (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021): Vincenzo Cicchelli, Sylvie Octobre The Sociology of Hallyu Pop Culture - Surfing the Korean Wave (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Vincenzo Cicchelli, Sylvie Octobre; Translated by Sarah-Louise Raillard
R3,580 Discovery Miles 35 800 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Combining global, media, and cultural studies, this book analyzes the success of Hallyu, or the "Korean Wave" in the West, both at a macro and micro level, as an alternative pop culture globalization. This research investigates the capitalist ecosystem (formed by producers, institutions and the state), the soft power of Hallyu, and the reception among young people, using France as a case study, and placing it within the broader framework of the 'consumption of difference.' Seen by French fans as a challenge to Western pop culture, Hallyu constitutes a material of choice for understanding the cosmopolitan apprenticeships linked to the consumption of cultural goods, and the use of these resources to build youth's biographical trajectories. The book will be relevant to researchers, as well as undergraduate and postgraduate students in sociology, cultural studies, global studies, consumption and youth studies.

Beyond 2%-NATO Partners, Institutions & Burden Management - Concepts, Risks & Models (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2023): Anessa L.... Beyond 2%-NATO Partners, Institutions & Burden Management - Concepts, Risks & Models (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2023)
Anessa L. Kimball
R3,618 Discovery Miles 36 180 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book advances North Atlantic Treaty Organization (henceforth, NATO) burden analysis through a decomposition of the political, financial, social, and defense burdens members take on for the institution. The overemphasis of committing a minimum of 2% of member state Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to defense spending, as a proxy indicator of alliance commitment does not properly reflect how commitments reduce risks should Article V be invoked through attack (i.e., 2% is a political & symbolic target adopted by Defense Ministers in 2006 at Riga). Considering defense burdens multi-dimensionally explains why some members overcontribute, as well as, why burden sharing negotiations cause friction among 30 diverse members with differing threats and risks. In creating a comprehensive institutional burden management model and focusing on risks to members, the book explores the weaknesses of major theories on the study and division of collective burdens and institutional assets. It argues that member risks and threats are essential to understanding how burdens are distributed across a set of overlapping institutions within NATO's structure providing its central goods. The importance of the USA, as a defense underwriter for some, affects negotiations despite its absence from research empirically; new data permit testing the argument (Kavanaugh 2014). This book contributes conceptual innovation and theoretical analysis to advance student, researcher, and policymaker understanding of burden management, strategic bargaining, and defense cooperation. The contribution is a generalizable risk management model of IO burden sharing using NATO as the case for scientific study due to its prominence.

Day Planner 2020-2021 Large - 8.5" x 11" 2020/2021 Daily Planner, Hardcover, 1 Page per Day, Jul 2020 - Jun 2021, 12 Month,... Day Planner 2020-2021 Large - 8.5" x 11" 2020/2021 Daily Planner, Hardcover, 1 Page per Day, Jul 2020 - Jun 2021, 12 Month, Dated Planner 2020-2021 Productivity, XXL Planner, Black (Large print, Hardcover, Large type / large print edition)
Pilvi Paper
R1,029 Discovery Miles 10 290 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Spaces of Capital/Spaces of Resistance - Mexico and the Global Political Economy (Hardcover): Chris Hesketh Spaces of Capital/Spaces of Resistance - Mexico and the Global Political Economy (Hardcover)
Chris Hesketh
R2,708 Discovery Miles 27 080 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Based on original fieldwork in Chiapas and Oaxaca, Mexico, this book offers a bridge between geography and historical sociology. Chris Hesketh examines the production of space within the global political economy. Drawing on multiple disciplines, Hesketh's discussion of state formation in Mexico takes us beyond the national level to explore the interplay between global, regional, national, and sub-national articulations of power. These are linked through the novel deployment of Antonio Gramsci's concept of passive revolution, understood as the state-led institution or expansion of capitalism that prevents the meaningful participation of the subaltern classes. Furthermore, the author brings attention to the conflicts involved in the production of space, placing particular emphasis on indigenous communities and movements and their creation of counterspaces of resistance. Hesketh argues that indigenous movements are now the leading social force of popular mobilization in Latin America. The author reveals how the wider global context of uneven and combined development frames these specific indigenous struggles, and he explores the scales at which they must now seek to articulate themselves.

Governance by Numbers - The Making of a Legal Model of Allegiance (Hardcover): Alain Supiot Governance by Numbers - The Making of a Legal Model of Allegiance (Hardcover)
Alain Supiot
R3,280 Discovery Miles 32 800 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The West's cherished dream of social harmony by numbers is today disrupting all our familiar legal frameworks - the state, democracy and law itself. Its scientistic vision shaped both Taylorism and Soviet Planning, and today, with 'globalisation', it is flourishing in the form of governance by numbers. Shunning the goal of governing by just laws, and empowered by the information and communication technologies, governance champions a new normative ideal of attaining measurable objectives. Programmes supplant legislation, and governance displaces government. However, management by objectives revives forms of law typical of economic vassalage. When a person is no longer protected by a law applying equally to all, the only solution is to pledge allegiance to someone stronger than oneself. Rule by law had already secured the principle of impersonal power, but in taking this principle to extremes, governance by numbers has paradoxically spawned a world ruled by ties of allegiance.

Globalisation Impacts - Countries, Institutions and COVID19 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022): Amitendu Palit Globalisation Impacts - Countries, Institutions and COVID19 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)
Amitendu Palit
R3,545 Discovery Miles 35 450 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The book reviews globalisation by identifying causes behind the discontent it has produced in recent years. It variously engages in economics, political economy, development and policy discourses to study experiences of countries and institutions in managing and adjusting to globalisation. Extending the analysis to latest global developments, including the remarkable advance of technology and digitalisation, and political and economic upheavals caused by COVID19, the book collects varied academic perspectives and reflects on the present as well as future. Comprising chapters written by distinguished academics and policy experts, the book is a rare collection of cross-disciplinary objective evaluations of globalisation.

Global Indonesia (Paperback): Jean Gelman Taylor Global Indonesia (Paperback)
Jean Gelman Taylor
R1,371 Discovery Miles 13 710 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In the 19th century, colonial rule brought the modern world closer to the Indonesian peoples, introducing mechanized transport, all-weather roads, postal and telegraph communications, and steamship networks that linked Indonesia's islands to each other, to Europe and the Middle East. This book looks at Indonesia's global importance, and traces the entwining of its peoples and economies with the wider world. The book discusses how products unique to Indonesia first slipped into regional trade networks and exposed scattered communities to the dynamic influence of far-off civilizations. It focuses on economic and cultural changes that resulted in the emergence of political units organized as oligarchies or monarchies, and goes on to look in detail at Indonesia's relationship with Holland's East Indies Company. The book analyses the attempts by politicians to negotiate ways of being modern but uniquely Indonesian, and considers the oscillations in Indonesia between movements for theocracy and democracy. It is a useful contribution for students and scholars of World History and Southeast Asian Studies.

Modern State Intervention in the Era of Globalisation (Hardcover, illustrated edition): Nikolaos Karagiannis, Zagros... Modern State Intervention in the Era of Globalisation (Hardcover, illustrated edition)
Nikolaos Karagiannis, Zagros Madjd-Sadjadi
R4,106 Discovery Miles 41 060 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The authors of this book argue that in order to meet the challenges of globalisation and promote their own economic welfare, governments need strong policy instruments that will enable them to take up a strategic role in selected policy arenas. They illustrate how this retooling of policymaking requires a rethinking of the form of government intervention and, especially, an emphasis on its modern developmental role. The book begins with chapters exploring theoretical issues such as: economic and political aspects of the state, the impact of government expenditure, the case for and against free trade, and neoclassical and Keynesian approaches to public finance. Succeeding chapters examine fiscal policy, development problems in the European Community, and the success of Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong. The final chapters present the Developmental State argument not only as a coherent theory but more importantly as a realistic development policy framework. This will be an important reference text for students and scholars of public sector economics, public finance, East Asian studies, development studies and governance. Policymakers will also find the in-depth discussions a valuable tool.

Handbook on the Geographies of Globalization (Paperback): Robert C. Kloosterman, Virginie Mamadouh, Pieter Terhorst Handbook on the Geographies of Globalization (Paperback)
Robert C. Kloosterman, Virginie Mamadouh, Pieter Terhorst
R1,781 Discovery Miles 17 810 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Processes of globalization have changed the world in many, often fundamental, ways. Increasingly these processes are being debated and contested. This Handbook offers a timely, rich and critical panorama of these multifaceted developments from a geographical perspective. This Handbook explores the myriad of ways in which differing cross-border flows - of people, goods, services, capital, information, pollution and cultures - have (re)shaped concrete places across the globe and how these places, in turn, shape those flows. With original contributions from worldwide leading scholars, the Handbook positions globalization in a broader historical perspective, presenting a variety of geographical examples so that readers can better understand these processes. Regional studies and economic and human geography scholars will find this an invaluable resource for exploring the key topics of the geographies of globalization. Lecturers and advanced students will also find the detailed case studies useful to help explain the fundamental concepts outlined in the book. Contributors include: P.C. Adams, A.-L. Amilhat Szary, D. Arnold, D. Bassens, S. Choo, K.R. Cox, E. Currid-Halkett, S. Dalby, E. dell'Agnese, B. Derudder, T. Fogelman, C. Gaffney, J. Gupta, M. Hesse, R. Horner, S. Huang, A. Isaksen, A.E.G. Jonas, A. Jones, J.M. Kleibert, R.C. Kloosterman, R. Koetsenruijter, T. Lam, J. Luukkonen, V. Mamadouh, V. Mazzucato, E. McDonough, B. Miller, S. Moisio, M. Muller, B. Oomen, S. Park, M.W. Rosenberg, J.W. Scott, M. Sparke, P. Terhorst, K. Terlouw, F. Toedtling, M. Trippl, M. van Meeteren, P. Vries, L. Wagner, Y.-f. Wu, H.-g. Xu, T. Yamazaki, B.S.A. Yeoh

Mobilities, Boundaries, and Travelling Ideas - Rethinking Translocality Beyond Central Asia and the Caucasus (Hardcover): Manja... Mobilities, Boundaries, and Travelling Ideas - Rethinking Translocality Beyond Central Asia and the Caucasus (Hardcover)
Manja Stephan-Emmrich, Philipp Schroeder
R1,457 Discovery Miles 14 570 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Global Regionalisms and Higher Education - Projects, Processes, Politics (Paperback): Susan L. Robertson, Kris Olds, Roger... Global Regionalisms and Higher Education - Projects, Processes, Politics (Paperback)
Susan L. Robertson, Kris Olds, Roger Dale, Que Anh Dang
R1,285 Discovery Miles 12 850 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

'Between the ever-open possibilities of the global space, and the nation-state with its still seemingly irreducible hold on territory and imagination, lies the region. In higher education there are many kinds of region. This is by far the best book on regional developments, and one of the first two or three books we must now turn to in order to understand global higher education-it provides an invaluable geo-spatial lens that complements analyses based on political economy and culture.' - Simon Marginson, ESRC/HEFCE Centre for Global Higher Education and University College London, UK This original book provides a unique analysis of the different regional and inter-regional projects, their processes and the politics of Europeanisation, globalisation and education. Collectively, the contributors engage with a range of theories on regionalising to explore new ways of thinking about regionalisms and inter-regionalisms with a focus on the higher education sector. It makes the compelling case that globally, higher education is being transformed by regionalizing and inter-regionalizing projects aimed at resolving ongoing economic, political and cultural challenges within and beyond national territorial states. The chapters range over a wide geography of regional projects and their unique politics - from Europe to Latin America, Africa, Asia, Europe, the Gulf, and the Barent region. Collectively they reveal the diverse, uneven, and variegated nature of global regionalisms in higher education. Comprehensive and theoretically informed, this unique book will appeal to academics and postgraduate students, in addition to policymakers and administrators involved in higher education. Contributors include: T. Aljafari, N. Azman, A.A. Bakar, R.Y. Chao Jr., J.-E. Charlier, S. Croche, R. Dale, Q.A. Dang, L.A. Gandin, T.D. Jules, S. Melo, P. Motter, T. Muhr, M.L. Neves de Azevedo, K. Olds, O.M. Panait, D. Perrotta, S.L. Robertson, M. Sirat, M. Sundet, A. Welch

Socio-Cultural Development (Hardcover): Anthony White Socio-Cultural Development (Hardcover)
Anthony White
R3,500 R3,163 Discovery Miles 31 630 Save R337 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Resistance to Globalization - Political Struggle and Cultural Resilience in the Middle East, Russia and Latin America... Resistance to Globalization - Political Struggle and Cultural Resilience in the Middle East, Russia and Latin America (Paperback)
Harald Barrios, Martine Beck, Andreas Boeckh, Klaus Segbers
R661 Discovery Miles 6 610 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This volume is an important contribution to the empirical research on what globalization means in different world regions. "Resistance" here has a double meaning: - Active, intentional resistance to tendencies which are rejected on political or moral grounds by presenting alternative discourses and concepts founded in specific cultural and national traditions. - Resilience with regard to globalization pressures in the sense that traditional patterns of development and politics are resistant to change and transform the impulses originating from globalization processes in a way that their results are very different when compared across regions and are not conducive to globalization. The book points out the possibility that the local, sub-national, national, and regional patterns of politics and development will coexist with globalized structures for quite a while without yielding very much ground and in ways which may turn out to be a serious barrier to further globalization. Case studies presented focus on Venezuela (A. Boeckh), Brazil (J. Faust), the Middle East (M. Beck, S. Hegasy), Iran (H. Furtig), and Russia (A. S. Makarychev, A. Shastitko, N. Zubarevich).

Promoting Global Peace and Civic Engagement through Education (Hardcover): Kshama Pandey, Pratibha Upadhyay, Amita Jaiswal Promoting Global Peace and Civic Engagement through Education (Hardcover)
Kshama Pandey, Pratibha Upadhyay, Amita Jaiswal
R5,380 Discovery Miles 53 800 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

It is easy to see that the world finds itself too often in tumultuous situations with catastrophic results. An adequate education can instill holistic knowledge, empathy, and the skills necessary for promoting an international coalition of peaceful nations. Promoting Global Peace and Civic Engagement through Education outlines the pedagogical practices necessary to inspire the next generation of peace-bringers by addressing strategies to include topics from human rights and environmental sustainability, to social justice and disarmament in a comprehensive method. Providing perspectives on how to live in a multi-cultural, multi-racial, and multi-religious society, this book is a critical reference source for educators, students of education, government officials, and administration who hope to make a positive change.

Mapping Modern Mahayana - Chinese Buddhism and Migration in the Age of Global Modernity (Hardcover): Jens Reinke Mapping Modern Mahayana - Chinese Buddhism and Migration in the Age of Global Modernity (Hardcover)
Jens Reinke
R2,332 Discovery Miles 23 320 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book presents a multi-sited ethnographic study of the global development of the Taiwanese Buddhist order Fo Guang Shan. It explores the order's modern Buddhist social engagements by examining three globally dispersed field sites: Los Angeles in the United States of America, Bronkhorstspruit in South Africa, and Yixing in the People's Republic of China. The data collected at these field sites is embedded within the context of broader theoretical discussions on Buddhism, modernity, globalization, and the nation-state. By examining how one particular modern Buddhist religiosity that developed in a specific place moves into a global context, the book provides a fresh view of what constitutes both modern and contemporary Buddhism while also exploring the social, cultural, and religious fabrics that underlie the spatial configurations of globalization.

Differences, Similarities and Meanings - Semiotic Investigations of Contemporary Communication Phenomena (Hardcover):... Differences, Similarities and Meanings - Semiotic Investigations of Contemporary Communication Phenomena (Hardcover)
Nicolae-Sorin Dragan
R3,750 Discovery Miles 37 500 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In a world of global communication, where each one's life depends increasingly on signs, language and communication, understanding how we relate and opening ourselves to otherness, to differences in all their forms and aspects is becoming more and more relevant. Today, we often understand the differences in terms of adversity or opposition and forget the value of the similarities. Semiotic approaches can provide a critical point of view and a more general reflection that can redefine some aspects of the discussion about the nature of these semiotic categories, differences and similarities. The dichotomy differences - similarities is fundamental to understanding the meaning-making mechanisms in language (De Saussure, 1966; Deleuze, 1995), as well as in other sign systems (Ponzio, 1995; Sebeok & Danesi, 2000). Meaning always appears in the "play of differences" (Derrida, 1978) and similarities. Therefore, the phenomena of similarities and differences must be considered complementary (Marcus, 2011). This book addresses and offers new perspectives for analyzing and understanding sensitive topics in the world of global communication (humanities education, responsive understanding of otherness, digital culture and new media power).

Approaching the Nuclear Tipping Point - Cooperative Security in an Era of Global Change (Paperback): James E. Goodby Approaching the Nuclear Tipping Point - Cooperative Security in an Era of Global Change (Paperback)
James E. Goodby
R923 Discovery Miles 9 230 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Globalization and technology have created new challenges to national governments. As a result, they now must share power with other entities, such as regional and global organizations or large private economic units. In addition, citizens in most parts of the world have been empowered by the ability to acquire and disseminate information instantly. However this has not led to the type of international cooperation essential to deal with existential threats. Whether governments can find ways to cooperate in the face of looming threats to the survival of human society and our environment has become one of the defining issues of our age. A struggle between renewed nationalism and the rise of a truly global society is underway, but neither global nor regional institutions have acquired the skills and authority needed to meet existential threats, such as nuclear proliferation. Arms control efforts may have reduced the excesses of the Cold War, but concepts and methodologies for dealing with the nuclear menace have not kept up with global change. In addition, governments have shown surprisingly little interest in finding new ways to manage or eliminate global and regional competition in acquiring more or better nuclear weapons systems. This book explains why nuclear weapons still present existential dangers to humanity and why engagement by the United States with all states possessing nuclear weapons remains necessary to forestall a global catastrophe. The terms of engagement, however, will have to be different than during the Cold War. Technology is developing rapidly, greatly empowering individuals, groups, and nations. This can and should be a positive development, improving health, welfare, and quality of life for all, but it can also be used for enormous destruction. This book reaches beyond the military issues of arms control to analyze the impact on international security of changes in the international system and defines a unique cooperative security agenda.

Comparative and International Education - Leading Perspectives from the Field (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021): Beverly Lindsay Comparative and International Education - Leading Perspectives from the Field (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Beverly Lindsay
R4,319 Discovery Miles 43 190 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Featuring a foreword penned by Ambassador (Ret) and Professor Emeritus Horace G. Dawson, this volume articulates the significance of comparative and international education and affairs as experienced by elected Fellows of the Comparative and International Education Society-including some as Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the International Academy of Education. Based upon their decades of multiple research modalities and senior administrative engagements with universities, USAID, National Science Foundation, World Bank, Fulbright, and other agencies, the Fellows explicate critical historical phenomena and postulate how future directions of the field may evolve. The volume expounds the salience of cross cutting and interdisciplinary themes by analyzing how the social sciences, humanities, and international affairs have affected the evolving nature of the field. Pedagogical epistemologies, public and educational policies, and paradigms emerge from applied research as new motifs are presented in view of geopolitical and global affairs that will affect education in coming decades.

Globalizing Minds (Hardcover): Daphne P. Hobson, Iveta Silova Globalizing Minds (Hardcover)
Daphne P. Hobson, Iveta Silova
R3,217 Discovery Miles 32 170 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Globalization has a profound effect on the mission and goals of education worldwide. One of its most visible manifestations is the worldwide endorsement of the idea of "education for global citizenship," which has been enthusiastically supported by national governments, politicians, and policy-makers across different nations. Increasingly, the educational institutions feel under pressure to respond to globalization forces by preparing students to engage competitively and successfully with this new realm, lest their nations be left in the dust. What is the role of international schools in implementing the idea of "education for global citizenship"? How do these schools create a culturally unbiased global curriculum when the adopted models have been developed by Western societies and at the very least are replete with (Western) cultural values, traditions, and biases? This collection of essays attempts to grapple with these complex issues, while highlighting that culture and politics closely intertwine with schooling and curriculum as parents, administrators, teachers, and students of different backgrounds and interests negotiate definitions of self and each other to construct knowledge in particular contexts. The goal is to examine the complexity of factors that drive the global demand for "education for global citizenship" and de-construct the contested nature of "global citizenship" by examining how the phenomenon is understood, interpreted, and modified in different cultural settings. The authors provide not only a thick description of their cases, but also a critical assessment of various attempts to initiate and implement educational reforms aimed at the development of globally-minded citizens in various national settings.

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