This insightful volume considers how to locate America in the sporting world: in the traditions and rituals of a national pastime or in the baseball academies run by American professional teams in the Dominican Republic? With the athletes that carry a flag in Olympic ceremonies or among the executives in the boardrooms of Nike? The contributors argue that 'America' is located in these familiar sites and practices but also and increasingly in these novel contexts, where the bodies, strategies, and aspirations of others are becoming subject to American ludic, agonistic, and moral orders. Collectively, their contention is that American sports as a category needs to be reconsidered, to take into account the extensive networks of expertise, finance, and performance moving out from American athletic institutions as well as the ever increasing influx of talent coming from abroad that sustains American collegiate and professional athletics. As America strives to balance cosmopolitan objectives with resurgent nationalism, it is critical to consider 'American sports' from within and without. This book will be of great interest to scholars of culture, politics, and sport. This book was previously published as a special issue of The International Journal of the History of Sport.

As one of Africa's few democracies, Senegal has long been thought of as a leader of moral, political, and economic development on the continent. We tend to assume that any such nation has achieved favorable international standing due to its own merits. In Forensics of Capital, Michael Ralph upends this kind of conventional thinking, showing how Senegal's diplomatic standing was strategically forged in the colonial and postcolonial eras at key periods of its history and is today entirely contingent on the consensus of wealthy and influential nations and international lending agencies. Ralph examines Senegal's crucial and pragmatic decisions related to its development and how they garnered international favor, decisions such as its opposition to Soviet involvement in African liberation - despite itself being a socialist state - or its support for the US-led war on terror - despite its population being predominately Muslim. He shows how such actions have given Senegal an inflated political and economic position and status as a highly creditworthy nation even as its domestic economy has faltered. Exploring these and many other aspects of Senegal's political economy and its interface with the international community, Ralph demonstrates that the international reputation of any nation-not just Senegal-is based on deep structural biases.

Belinda Martin is an incoming freshman at Sunderland University in New Orleans who dreams of following in her Uncle Dan's footsteps of law enforcement. She grew up on his fantastic, intriguing stories of life in the FBI, and she emulates a similar future for herself. However, being at Sunderland presents unexpected troubles. Sunderland is struggling to survive a series of crises of its own making, not the least of which is a secret campus organization known only as "O." Belinda, ignorant of the threats surrounding her, makes friends and begins her education but soon becomes the target of a malevolent enigma that could alter the future of her school.

As one of Africa's few democracies, Senegal has long been thought of as a leader of moral, political, and economic development on the continent. We tend to assume that any such nation has achieved favorable international standing due to its own merits. In Forensics of Capital, Michael Ralph upends this kind of conventional thinking, showing how Senegal's diplomatic standing was strategically forged in the colonial and postcolonial eras at key periods of its history and is today entirely contingent on the consensus of wealthy and influential nations and international lending agencies. Ralph examines Senegal's crucial and pragmatic decisions related to its development and how they garnered international favor, decisions such as its opposition to Soviet involvement in African liberation - despite itself being a socialist state - or its support for the US-led war on terror - despite its population being predominately Muslim. He shows how such actions have given Senegal an inflated political and economic position and status as a highly creditworthy nation even as its domestic economy has faltered. Exploring these and many other aspects of Senegal's political economy and its interface with the international community, Ralph demonstrates that the international reputation of any nation-not just Senegal-is based on deep structural biases.

Like driving a car, both the rearview mirror and the windshield are important. The purpose of this book is for a minister to take a backward look over the years of his own service in order to help young preachers avoid some of the potential pitfalls encountered along the way. It is his prayer that the information included in the book will be helpful to maturing Christians of all ages and backgrounds. "To God be the glory "

Ingredient Branding birgt viele Potenziale. Das haben in der Vergangenheit Zulieferer wie Intel(r) und Gore-Tex(r) eindrucksvoll unter Beweis gestellt. Doch wo liegen die Erfolgsdeterminanten solcher Ingredient Branding-Strategien? Experteninterviews, eine Fulle von vierfarbigem Bildmaterial und die neuesten wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnisse von Marketingforschern werden auf rund 500 Seiten durch Erfahrungen von Unternehmens- und Agenturprofis abgerundet. Ein spannendes Lern- und Lesebuch fur Praktiker, Wissenschaftler und Interessierte."