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Defying predictions that the Internet would eventually create a
world where nations disappeared in favor of a unified 'global
village, ' the new millennium has instead seen a proliferation of
nationalism on the Web. Cyberspace, a vast digital terrain built
upon interwoven congeries of data and sustained through countless
public/private communication networks, has even begun to alter the
very fabric of national identity. This is particularly true among
stateless nations, diasporic groups, and national minorities, which
have fashioned the Internet into a shield again the assimilating
efforts of their countries of residence. As a deterritorialized
medium that allows both selective consumption and inexpensive
production of news and information, the Internet has endowed a new
generation of technology-savvy elites with a level of influence
that would have been impossible to obtain a decade ago. Challenged
nations-from Assyrians to Zapotecs-have used the Web to rewrite
history, engage in political activism, and reinvigorate moribund
languages. This book explores the role of the Internet in shaping
ethnopolitics and sustaining national identity among four different
national groups: Albanians outside of Albania, Russians in the
'near abroad, ' Roma (Gypsies), and European Muslims. Accompanying
these case studies are briefer discussions of dozens of other
online national movements, as well as the ramifications of Internet
nationalism for offline domestic and global politics. The author
discusses how the Internet provides new tools for maintaining
national identity and improves older techniques of nationalist
resistance for minorities. Bringing together research and
methodologies from a range of fields, Saunders fills a gap in the
social science literature on the Internet's central role in
influencing nationalism in the twenty-first century. By creating
new spaces for political discourse, alternative avenues for
cultural production, and novel means of social organization, the
Web is remaking what it means to be part of nation. This insightful
study provides a glimpse of this exciting and sometimes disturbing
new landscap
Exploring the ways in which the GDR has been remembered since its
demise in 1989/90, this volume asks how memory of the former state
continues to shape contemporary Germany. Its contributors offer
multiple perspectives on the GDR and offer new insights into the
complex relationship between past and present.
With its focus on the popular television genre of Nordic noir, this
book examines subtle and explicit manifestations of geopolitics in
crime series from Scandinavia and Finland, as well as the impact of
such programmes on how northern Europe is viewed around the world.
Drawing on a diverse set of literature, from screen studies to
critical International Relations, Geopolitics, Northern Europe, and
Nordic Noir addresses the fraught geopolitical content of Nordic
television series, as well as how Nordic noir as a genre travels
the globe. With empirical chapters focusing on the interlinked
concepts of the body, the border, and the nation-state, this book
interrogates the various ways in which northern European states
grapple with challenges wrought by globalisation, neoliberalism,
and climate change. Reflecting the current global fascination with
all things Nordic, this text examines the light and dark sides of
the region as seen through the television screen, demonstrating
that series such as Occupied, Trapped, and The Bridge have much to
teach us about world politics. This book will be of interest to
those interested in geopolitics, national identity, and the
politics of popular culture in: Scandinavian studies, media/screen
studies, IR/political science, human/cultural geography, sociology,
anthropology, cultural studies, and communication.
With its focus on the popular television genre of Nordic noir, this
book examines subtle and explicit manifestations of geopolitics in
crime series from Scandinavia and Finland, as well as the impact of
such programmes on how northern Europe is viewed around the world.
Drawing on a diverse set of literature, from screen studies to
critical International Relations, Geopolitics, Northern Europe, and
Nordic Noir addresses the fraught geopolitical content of Nordic
television series, as well as how Nordic noir as a genre travels
the globe. With empirical chapters focusing on the interlinked
concepts of the body, the border, and the nation-state, this book
interrogates the various ways in which northern European states
grapple with challenges wrought by globalisation, neoliberalism,
and climate change. Reflecting the current global fascination with
all things Nordic, this text examines the light and dark sides of
the region as seen through the television screen, demonstrating
that series such as Occupied, Trapped, and The Bridge have much to
teach us about world politics. This book will be of interest to
those interested in geopolitics, national identity, and the
politics of popular culture in: Scandinavian studies, media/screen
studies, IR/political science, human/cultural geography, sociology,
anthropology, cultural studies, and communication.
This book brings together scholars from across a variety of
academic disciplines to assess the current state of the subfield of
popular geopolitics. It provides an archaeology of the field, maps
the flows of various frameworks of analysis into (and out of)
popular geopolitics, and charts a course forward for the
discipline. It explores the real-world implications of popular
culture, with a particular focus on the evolving interdisciplinary
nature of popular geopolitics alongside interrelated disciplines
including media, cultural, and gender studies.
This seminal book explores the complex relationship between popular
geopolitics and nation branding among the Newly Independent States
of Eurasia, and their combined role in shaping contemporary
national image and statecraft within and beyond the region. It
provides critical perspectives on international relations,
nationalism, and national identity through the use of innovative
approaches focusing on popular culture, new media, public
diplomacy, and alternative "narrators" of the nation. By positing
popular geopolitics and nation branding as contentious forces and
complementary flows, the study explores the tensions and elisions
between national self-image and external perceptions of the nation,
and how this complex interplay has become integral to contemporary
global affairs.
This book brings together scholars from across a variety of
academic disciplines to assess the current state of the subfield of
popular geopolitics. It provides an archaeology of the field, maps
the flows of various frameworks of analysis into (and out of)
popular geopolitics, and charts a course forward for the
discipline. It explores the real-world implications of popular
culture, with a particular focus on the evolving interdisciplinary
nature of popular geopolitics alongside interrelated disciplines
including media, cultural, and gender studies.
Defying predictions that the Internet would eventually create a
world where nations disappeared in favor of a unified 'global
village,' the new millennium has instead seen a proliferation of
nationalism on the Web. Cyberspace, a vast digital terrain built
upon interwoven congeries of data and sustained through countless
public/private communication networks, has even begun to alter the
very fabric of national identity. This is particularly true among
stateless nations, diasporic groups, and national minorities, which
have fashioned the Internet into a shield again the assimilating
efforts of their countries of residence. As a deterritorialized
medium that allows both selective consumption and inexpensive
production of news and information, the Internet has endowed a new
generation of technology-savvy elites with a level of influence
that would have been impossible to obtain a decade ago. Challenged
nations-from Assyrians to Zapotecs-have used the Web to rewrite
history, engage in political activism, and reinvigorate moribund
languages. This book explores the role of the Internet in shaping
ethnopolitics and sustaining national identity among four different
national groups: Albanians outside of Albania, Russians in the
'near abroad,' Roma (Gypsies), and European Muslims. Accompanying
these case studies are briefer discussions of dozens of other
online national movements, as well as the ramifications of Internet
nationalism for offline domestic and global politics. The author
discusses how the Internet provides new tools for maintaining
national identity and improves older techniques of nationalist
resistance for minorities. Bringing together research and
methodologies from a range of fields, Saunders fills a gap in the
social science literature on the Internet's central role in
influencing nationalism in the twenty-first century. By creating
new spaces for political discourse, alternative avenues for
cultural production, and novel means of social organization, the
Web is remaking what it means to be part of nation. This insightful
study provides a glimpse of this exciting and sometimes disturbing
new landscape.
Diversity within and among living organisms is both a biological
impera tive and a biological conundrum. Phenotypic and genotypic
diversity is the critical currency ofecological interactions and
the evolution of life. Thus, it is not unexpected to find vast
phytochemical diversity among plants. However, among the most
compelling questions which arise among those interested in
ecological phytochemistry is the extent, nature, and reasons for
the diversity of chemieals in plants. The idea that natural
products (secondary metabolites) are accidents of metabolism and
have no biological function is an old one which has resurfaced
recently under a new term "redundancy. " Redundancy in the broader
sense can be viewed as duplication of effort. The co-occurrence of
several classes of phytochemieals in a given plant may be
redundancy. Is there unnecessary duplication of chemical defense
systems and ifso, why? What selective forces have produced this
result? On the other hand, why does the same compound often have
multiple functions? At a symposium of the Phytochemical Society of
North America held in August 1995, in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario,
Canada, the topic "Phytochernical Redundancy in Ecological
Interactions" was discussed. The chapters in this volume are based
on that symposium. They both stimulate thought and provide some
working hypotheses for future research. It is being increasingly
recognized that functional diversity and multiplicity of function
of natural products is the norm rather than the exception."
In his various guises, the British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen has
threatened Uzbekistan with catapults, driven a U.N.
Secretary-General to profanity, and ruined New York's Fashion Week.
Evincing shades of Jonathan Swift, Monty Python, and Andy Kaufman,
Baron Cohen has consistently demonstrated a singular talent for
crafting outrageous personae, a ruthless dedication to staying in
character, and an uncanny ability to parlay controversy into
professional success. Now, in his lively and often humorous study
The Many Faces of Sacha Baron Cohen: Politics, Parody, and the
Battle over Borat, Robert A. Saunders explores the striking
cultural resonance and far-reaching political ramifications of
Baron Cohen's portrayals of Borat, Ali G, and Bruno. In Ali G, a
wannabe gangsta rapper from the leafy English suburb of Staines,
the Cambridge-educated humorist tackled the prickly questions of
race, ethnicity, and identity in 'Cool Britannia.' As Bruno, a
campy Austrian fashionista with a Nazi fetish, he tapped into a
wellspring of homophobia simmering beneath the sheen of political
correctness. Most dramatically, as the roving Kazakhstani reporter
Borat, Baron Cohen offended the world's ninth largest nation,
provoked the ire of the Anti-Defamation League, triggered dozens of
lawsuits, and became the subject of presidential summits. Part
biography and part political analysis, Saunders traces Baron
Cohen's rise from a small-time comedian-one who might have easily
been forgotten in the pre-Internet era-to a cultural lightning rod
who set tongues wagging from Vancouver to Vladivostok. Through a
probing discussion of the identity politics that mold this jester's
unique brand of humor, the author navigates the eclectic
socio-political climate that gave rise to the cable television hit
Da Ali G Show and the international blockbuster Borat: Cultural
Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of
Kazakhstan. The end result is a sublime synthesis of cultural
history and contemporary politics that affirms the undeniable power
of imagery in the global village.
This handbook explains the rationale behind supervised practice,
and addresses design, supervision, and ethical components that are
relevant to both faculty teaching supervised practice courses and
supervisors overseeing students on-site.
This seminal book explores the complex relationship between popular
geopolitics and nation branding among the Newly Independent States
of Eurasia, and their combined role in shaping contemporary
national image and statecraft within and beyond the region. It
provides critical perspectives on international relations,
nationalism, and national identity through the use of innovative
approaches focusing on popular culture, new media, public
diplomacy, and alternative "narrators" of the nation. By positing
popular geopolitics and nation branding as contentious forces and
complementary flows, the study explores the tensions and elisions
between national self-image and external perceptions of the nation,
and how this complex interplay has become integral to contemporary
global affairs.
Until now, professional literature in higher education and student affairs failed to address the issue of supervision in a comprehensive and systematic manner. By building on the staffing model developed by Roger B. Winston and Don G. Creamer, Supervising New Professionals in Student Affairs provides readers with a thorough review of the theory, processes, and skills necessary to be an effective supervisor. Six scholar-practitioners present approaches and strategies to aptly guide personnel within the context of personal and professional development and institutional goals and priorities. Special attention is given to supervisory practices with new professionals and interns in the field. This text covers all aspects of effective supervision of student affairs personnel, which is critical to meeting the needs of higher education institutions and essential to professional enrichment.
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Diversity within and among living organisms is both a biological
impera tive and a biological conundrum. Phenotypic and genotypic
diversity is the critical currency ofecological interactions and
the evolution of life. Thus, it is not unexpected to find vast
phytochemical diversity among plants. However, among the most
compelling questions which arise among those interested in
ecological phytochemistry is the extent, nature, and reasons for
the diversity of chemieals in plants. The idea that natural
products (secondary metabolites) are accidents of metabolism and
have no biological function is an old one which has resurfaced
recently under a new term "redundancy. " Redundancy in the broader
sense can be viewed as duplication of effort. The co-occurrence of
several classes of phytochemieals in a given plant may be
redundancy. Is there unnecessary duplication of chemical defense
systems and ifso, why? What selective forces have produced this
result? On the other hand, why does the same compound often have
multiple functions? At a symposium of the Phytochemical Society of
North America held in August 1995, in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario,
Canada, the topic "Phytochernical Redundancy in Ecological
Interactions" was discussed. The chapters in this volume are based
on that symposium. They both stimulate thought and provide some
working hypotheses for future research. It is being increasingly
recognized that functional diversity and multiplicity of function
of natural products is the norm rather than the exception.
Exploring the ways in which the GDR has been remembered since its
demise in 1989/90, this volume asks how memory of the former state
continues to shape contemporary Germany. Its contributors offer
multiple perspectives on the GDR and offer new insights into the
complex relationship between past and present.
The influence of compounds in the environment on the chemistry of
plants is a topic which has economic and scientific implications of
global importance. Selected presentations in this symposium covered
several topics within this immense field, inclusive of air, soil,
and aquatic sources of the compounds. As demonstrated in Chapter 4
by O'Keeffe et al. we have not restricted the discussion solely to
negative aspects of anthropogenic compounds. Nor could we begin to
cover comprehensively all major classes of environmental compounds
in the air, soil or water that may have an effect on the
phytochemistry of plants. Our intent was to focus on some of the
timely and well publicized environmental constituents such as
ozone, sulfur dioxide, acid rain, and others, to provide an
authoritative publication specifically related to environ mental
modifications of plant chemistry. The concept of this symposium
originated with the Executive Committee of the Phytochemical
Society of North America in 1983. It was brought to fruition during
July 13-17, 1986 on the campus of the University of Maryland at the
annual meeting of the PSNA through the efforts of the Symposium
Committee composed of James A. Saunders and Lynn Kosak-Channing.
Financial support for this meeting was provided by the
Phytochemical Society of North America, as well as by generous
contributions from E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company and the
U. S. Department of Agriculture. The Organizing Committee,
consisting of J. A. Saunders (Chair), J. M. Gillespie, L.
Kosak-Channing, E. H. Lee, J. P."
Straddling Europe and Asia, the Russian Federation is the largest
country in the world and home to a panoply of religious and ethnic
groups from the Muslim Tatars to the Buddhist Buryats. Over the
past 40 years, Russia has experienced the most dramatic
transformation of any modern state. The second edition of
Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation provides insight
into this rapidly developing country. This volume includes coverage
of pivotal movements, events, and persons in the late Soviet Union
(1985-1991) and contemporary Russia (1991-present), This second
edition of Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation contains
a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The
dictionary section has over 700 cross-referenced entries on
important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations,
religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for
students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about
Russia.
A classic book on credit risk management is updated to reflect the
current economic crisis
"Credit Risk Management In and Out of the Financial Crisi"s
dissects the 2007-2008 credit crisis and provides solutions for
professionals looking to better manage risk through modeling and
new technology. This book is a complete update to "Credit Risk
Measurement: New Approaches to Value at Risk and Other Paradigms, "
reflecting events stemming from the recent credit crisis.
Authors Anthony Saunders and Linda Allen address everything from
the implications of new regulations to how the new rules will
change everyday activity in the finance industry. They also provide
techniques for modeling-credit scoring, structural, and reduced
form models-while offering sound advice for stress testing credit
risk models and when to accept or reject loans.Breaks down the
latest credit risk measurement and modeling techniques and
simplifies many of the technical and analytical details surrounding
themConcentrates on the underlying economics to objectively
evaluate new modelsIncludes new chapters on how to prevent another
crisis from occurring
Understanding credit risk measurement is now more important than
ever. "Credit Risk Management In and Out of the Financial Crisi"s
will solidify your knowledge of this dynamic discipline.
This issue of Otolaryngologic Clinics, guest edited by Drs. James
E. Saunders, Susan R. Cordes and Mark E. Zafereo, is devoted to
Global Health in Otolaryngology. Articles in this outstanding issue
include: Surgical Care and Otolaryngology in Global Health;
Otolaryngology and the Global Burden of Disease; Health
Organization and Otolaryngology; Otolaryngology in Low-Resource
Settings: Practical and Ethical Considerations; Using Technology in
Global Otolaryngology; Educational Resources for Global Health in
Otolaryngology; Global Hearing Loss Prevention and Services;
Management of Chronic Ear Disease and Otosclerosis; An
Evidenced-Based Practical Approach to Pediatric Otolaryngology in
the Developing World; Outcome of Head Neck Squamous Cell Cancers in
Low Resource Settings: Challenges and Opportunities; Thyroid
Disease Around the World; Workforce Considerations, Training and
Diseases in Africa; Workforce Considerations, Training and Diseases
in Latin America; Workforce Considerations, Training and Diseases
in Asia/Pacific; Workforce Considerations, Training and Diseases in
the Middle East; Workforce Considerations, Training and Diseases in
Europe; and Overview of Otolaryngology-related Disorders in
Underserved Populations, Otolaryngology Training, and Workforce
Considerations in North America.
The book was inspired by seeing in the media events with youth
being bullied, increase with women wanting to change their looks to
fit a certain body image, others trying to find balance in their
lives between work, family, and life. The sacrifices that we make
and the pressure that society puts on people what is acceptable
from skin tone, hair, and ethnicity. There were emotions that I
felt, experiences that I remembered, and the writing began. Loving
Me starts from within and everyone should have the belief to love
themselves first before expecting others to love them. Loving Me
has poems that span love, relationships, self-esteem, self-image,
and empowerment. It is inspirational, reflective, and have you
saying it's my turn to start Loving Me.
The book of poetry Through the Fire is about going through life's
fire and making it through. Being in love, lust, and breaking up to
make up. Having money to being almost homeless, facing life's
challenges of death, and grieving. Being on this rollercoaster that
some call life has made me take pen to hand and let the expressions
flow.
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