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Inclusive Growth in Australia overturns two decades of assumptions
that social policy is wasteful and a source of dependency. It
reflects a global resurgence of the understanding that an active
and effective social policy regime is vital not only for a
flourishing society, but also for a strong economy. It explains
this new paradigm of inclusive growth and shows how it can be
implemented in Australia.Inclusive growth dismantles the idea that
social development will automatically trickle down from
untrammelled market based growth. Rather, growth must be managed so
that it is employment centred, broad based across sectors and with
a social security system promoting sustainability and equality of
opportunity. The editors argue that productivity is 'nearly
everything' when it comes to raising living standards. So while
social policies will be about goals other than the economy, they
must demonstrate their compatibility with an economic growth
strategy.With contributions from leading national and international
experts in the field including Marian Baird, Grant Belchamber,
Gerald Burke, Saul Eslake, Roy Green and Peter Whiteford, Inclusive
Growth in Australia shows that 'welfare state' spending is as much
an economic investment as a measure of social protection. Written
for policy makers, industry and NGOs as well as students, Inclusive
Growth in Australia locates Australian economic and social policy
within the most important emergent themes shaping international
debate.
In 1945 Japan had to adjust very rapidly to sudden defeat, to the
arrival of the American Occupation and to the encounter with the
English language, together with a different outlook on many aspects
of society and government. This scholarly book is based on in-depth
interviews with people, now aged, who were school students at the
time of the Occupation and who experienced first-hand this immense
cultural change. The book considers the nature of the changing
outlook, including democratization, the new role for the Japanese
Emperor and all this represented for the place of tradition in
Japanese life and the growing emphasis on individualism away from
collectivism. It discusses the changing system of education itself,
including new structures and new textbooks, and relates the
feelings of the participants as they came to terms with defeat and
the language and culture of the former enemy. Overall, the book
provides a fascinating insight into a key period of Japanese
history.
Rapid advances in 3-D scientific visualization have made a major
impact on the display of behavior. The use of 3-D has become a key
component of both academic research and commercial product
development in the field of engineering design. Computer
Visualization presents a unified collection of computer graphics
techniques for the scientific visualization of behavior. The book
combines a basic overview of the fundamentals of computer graphics
with a practitioner-oriented review of the latest 3-D graphics
display and visualization techniques. Each chapter is written by
well-known experts in the field. The first section reviews how
computer graphics visualization techniques have evolved to work
with digital numerical analysis methods. The fundamentals of
computer graphics that apply to the visualization of analysis data
are also introduced. The second section presents a detailed
discussion of the algorithms and techniques used to visualize
behavior in 3-D, as static, interactive, or animated imagery. It
discusses the mathematics of engineering data for visualization, as
well as providing the current methods used for the display of
scalar, vector, and tensor fields. It also examines the more
general issues of visualizing a continuum volume field and
animating the dimensions of time and motion in a state of behavior.
The final section focuses on production visualization capabilities,
including the practical computational aspects of visualization such
as user interfaces, database architecture, and interaction with a
model. The book concludes with an outline of successful practical
applications of visualization, and future trends in scientific
visualization.
Inclusive Growth in Australia overturns two decades of assumptions
that social policy is wasteful and a source of dependency. It
reflects a global resurgence of the understanding that an active
and effective social policy regime is vital not only for a
flourishing society, but also for a strong economy. It explains
this new paradigm of inclusive growth and shows how it can be
implemented in Australia. Inclusive growth dismantles the idea that
social development will automatically trickle down from
untrammelled market based growth. Rather, growth must be managed so
that it is employment centred, broad based across sectors and with
a social security system promoting sustainability and equality of
opportunity. The editors argue that productivity is 'nearly
everything' when it comes to raising living standards. So while
social policies will be about goals other than the economy, they
must demonstrate their compatibility with an economic growth
strategy. With contributions from leading national and
international experts in the field including Marian Baird, Grant
Belchamber, Gerald Burke, Saul Eslake, Roy Green and Peter
Whiteford, Inclusive Growth in Australia shows that 'welfare state'
spending is as much an economic investment as a measure of social
protection. Written for policy makers, industry and NGOs as well as
students, Inclusive Growth in Australia locates Australian economic
and social policy within the most important emergent themes shaping
international debate.
In 1945 Japan had to adjust very rapidly to sudden defeat, to the
arrival of the American Occupation and to the encounter with the
English language, together with a different outlook on many aspects
of society and government. This scholarly book is based on in-depth
interviews with people, now aged, who were school students at the
time of the Occupation and who experienced first-hand this immense
cultural change. The book considers the nature of the changing
outlook, including democratization, the new role for the Japanese
Emperor and all this represented for the place of tradition in
Japanese life and the growing emphasis on individualism away from
collectivism. It discusses the changing system of education itself,
including new structures and new textbooks, and relates the
feelings of the participants as they came to terms with defeat and
the language and culture of the former enemy. Overall, the book
provides a fascinating insight into a key period of Japanese
history.
Rapid advances in 3-D scientific visualization have made a major
impact on the display of behavior. The use of 3-D has become a key
component of both academic research and commercial product
development in the field of engineering design. Computer
Visualization presents a unified collection of computer graphics
techniques for the scientific visualization of behavior. The book
combines a basic overview of the fundamentals of computer graphics
with a practitioner-oriented review of the latest 3-D graphics
display and visualization techniques. Each chapter is written by
well-known experts in the field. The first section reviews how
computer graphics visualization techniques have evolved to work
with digital numerical analysis methods. The fundamentals of
computer graphics that apply to the visualization of analysis data
are also introduced. The second section presents a detailed
discussion of the algorithms and techniques used to visualize
behavior in 3-D, as static, interactive, or animated imagery. It
discusses the mathematics of engineering data for visualization, as
well as providing the current methods used for the display of
scalar, vector, and tensor fields. It also examines the more
general issues of visualizing a continuum volume field and
animating the dimensions of time and motion in a state of behavior.
The final section focuses on production visualization capabilities,
including the practical computational aspects of visualization such
as user interfaces, database architecture, and interaction with a
model. The book concludes with an outline of successful practical
applications of visualization, and future trends in scientific
visualization.
Hedge fund activism is an expression of shareholder primacy, an
idea that has come to dominate discussion of corporate governance
theory and practice worldwide over the past two decades. This book
provides a thorough examination of public and often confrontational
hedge fund activism in Japan in the period between 2001 and the
full onset of the global financial crisis in 2008. In Japan this
shareholder-centric conception of the company espoused by activist
hedge funds clashed with the alternative Japanese conception of the
company as an enduring organisation or a 'community'. By analysing
this clash, the book derives a fresh view of the practices
underpinning corporate governance in Japan and offers suggestions
regarding the validity of the shareholder primacy ideas currently
at the heart of US and UK beliefs about the purpose of the firm.
The advent of Twenty 20 always promised - or threatened - change.
In the wake of the second phenomenally popular IPL tournament, this
book gives a detailed insider's account of the development and
launch of the tournament that has already changed international
cricket forever. From the glitz and glamour of the cheerleaders and
celebrity owners to the dramatic player auctions,the excitement of
the competition and the shadow of terrorism, this chronicle of the
first IPL Twenty 20 tournament and its aftermath shows the new face
of cricket. In this frank and entertaining book, John Buchanan
offers his predictions about the evolution of the game, rising
stars to watch and new innovations for play. Filled with on-field
highlights, off-field controversies and behind-the-scene insights ,
this is an invaluable exploration of the future of cricket.
Excerpts from the book on Harbhajan ...the Australian team has
found that Harbhajan is not always what he appears to be. What
Harbhajan has done in the past is snipe or jab life a skilled boxer
would. He comes into the ring, lays a few jabs, but then retreats,
dancing away from the counter-punching. on Dada Sourav is a
fascinating character, a man of contradictions. I'm sure
psychologists would find him intriguing. I found him a gentleman to
work with, yet I finished the tournament still feeling I didn't
know him. on SRK As owner SRK never just marched into the dressing
room. He always asked could he come into the dressing room. He
would say to me: 'You are the coach, but I want to be around to
support you.'
Symbols are central to literature, religion and national identity, but they are also at the heart of our inner dream-worlds, a potent source of insight into our unconscious minds. This remarkable dictionary explores the huge variety of interpretations - sexual and spiritual, official and subversive, analytical and emotional - different cultures have given to the fundamental symbols of mankind. * Compiled by an international team of 15 experts, bringing together the insights of theologians and travel writers, philosophers and psychotherapists, classicists, astrologers and art critics * Acacias, Bats, Centaurs and Dolphins: the rich symbolism of animals, birds, fish, plants - and legendary creatures * The meanings which have become attached, all over the world, to colours, instruments, numbers, precious stones and parts of the body * Essay-length entries on seminal symbols such as the Cavern, the Cross and the Crossroads, the Serpent, the Soul and the Sphere * Central figures from the Bible, antiquity and the mythologies of East and West
This book explores how best to invest in and nurture teachers. It
examines deprofessionalisation and reprofessionalisation in the
recent developments in the understanding of teaching and learning,
including the effects of standardizing teaching, education shaped
by student satisfaction data and basic skills tests. The book
focuses on Australian context and takes on an international
perspective. It investigates fundamental issues affecting teacher
quality, morale, attrition and retention, learner and teacher
autonomy, and assessment and evaluation. It encourages teachers and
teacher educators to assert centrality to teachers and question and
challenge outside forces that suppress teacher autonomy and
associated agency and creativity. It challenges administrators and
educational jurisdictions to rethink their assumptions on their own
capacities and limitations and teachers' capabilities to shape
education in optimal ways and the impact of outcomes of the
decisions they make.
This book explores how best to invest in and nurture teachers. It
examines deprofessionalisation and reprofessionalisation in the
recent developments in the understanding of teaching and learning,
including the effects of standardizing teaching, education shaped
by student satisfaction data and basic skills tests. The book
focuses on Australian context and takes on an international
perspective. It investigates fundamental issues affecting teacher
quality, morale, attrition and retention, learner and teacher
autonomy, and assessment and evaluation. It encourages teachers and
teacher educators to assert centrality to teachers and question and
challenge outside forces that suppress teacher autonomy and
associated agency and creativity. It challenges administrators and
educational jurisdictions to rethink their assumptions on their own
capacities and limitations and teachers' capabilities to shape
education in optimal ways and the impact of outcomes of the
decisions they make.
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