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James Bond (Sean Connery) pits his wits against the power-crazed
criminal mastermind Goldfinger (Gert Frobe) in the third of the
long-running spy series. Mr Finger has secured most of the gold in
the world and now plans to render the rest useless. Henchman Oddjob
(Harold Sakata) helps him realise his plans, thanks to his
unusually lethal bowler hat, whilst Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman)
is the glamorous pilot who Goldfinger hopes will execute the raid
on Fort Knox that will make him the richest man in the world. Can
Bond save the day again or has he finally met his match in the man
with the Midas touch? Includes the famous customized Aston Martin
DB5, complete with machine guns, smoke screen and ejector seat.
Toe Lucy Montgomery middae in die laatstrale van die son by haar
venster gesit en skryf het aan haar storie oor die enigmatiese
Anne, sou sy nooit as te nimmer kon droom dat die verhaal, meer as
honderd jaar later, steeds die harte van mense oor die aardbol heen
sou steel nie. Anne of Green Gables is reeds in meer as 36 tale
vertaal. Daar is al vollengte films, radiodramas, televisieflieks
en -reekse, strokiesprente, musiekblyspele en teaterproduksies
daarvan geskep ... alles geinspireer deur Montgomery se wonderskone
verhaal oor die eksentrieke klein weeskind met die rooi hare,
flinke brein, vinnige humeur, sagte hart en verbysterende
woordeskat. Sy sou nooit kon voorsien dat Prince Edward Island,
Kanada, waar sy lewe in haar karakters geblaas het, in die geheue
van kinders en (oumas) grootouers / volwassenes van talle tonge en
tale sou woon nie. Daar is trouens jaarliks produksies van Anne of
Green Gables in Europa en Japan. Lucy Montgomery het heelparty
opvolgverhale geskryf en meer as 67 jaar na haar dood is The
Blythes are Quoted gepubliseer. In 2008 is 'n voorspel, Before
Green Gables, deur Budge Wilson geskryf om die 100ste jaar van die
boekreeks te gedenk. Die oorspronklike boek word vandag nog aan
studente oor die wereld heen voorgeskryf.
The universal quest for peace, safety, and security aptly captured
in The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, approved by all
United Nations Member States in 2015, serves as a collective
outline for peace and prosperity for all citizens globally. Equally
entrenched in the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals is Goal 16,
which promotes Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions. Yet the
pursuit of Goal 16 is inadvertently hampered by social, economic,
and political power struggles in the era of neoliberal
globalisation. These struggles are experienced on a global scale
but evidentially concentrated in Africa. This book, mainly based on
empirical data, provides fascinating insights into the situation in
Africa. The insights related to intra-national conflicts, civil
strife, and peacekeeping initiatives, as well as explanations for
gender-based violence, xenophobia, food security, cyber security,
student insecurities, and hostel violence. The insights captured in
individual chapters are primarily from early career academics,
supported by more seasoned peers and colleagues. The trajectory in
the culmination of this publication lasted almost painstakingly
fruitful 24 months. The data and analyses presented in each chapter
are nuanced but embrace the golden thread of Peace and Security in
Africa. The fascination with the book is further enriched by the
individual lenses through which each narrative is captured. The
vastness of topics introduces fresh insights and perspectives to
the orthodox understanding of Peace and Security.
The EU is at a crossroads. Should it choose the path towards
protectionism or the path towards free trade? This book
convincingly argues that lobbying regulation will be a decisive
first step towards fulfilling the European dream of free trade, in
accordance with the original purpose of the Treaty of Rome. Without
the regulation of lobbyists to try and prevent undue political
persuasion, there is a greater risk of abuse in the form of
corruption, subsidies and trade barriers, which will come at the
expense of consumers, tax payers and competitiveness. This
interdisciplinary approach - both theoretical and methodological -
offers a wealth of knowledge concerning the effect of lobbying on
political decision-making and will appeal to academics across the
social sciences, practitioners and policy-makers.
Discover how the United States can beat China, Russia, Iran, and
ISIS in the coming information-technology wars from the New York
Times bestselling author and veteran Washington Times columnist
Bill Gertz.America is at war, but most of its citizens don't
realize it. Covert information warfare is being waged by world
powers, rogue states--such as Russia, China, Iran, and North
Korea--and even terrorist groups like ISIS. This conflict has been
designed to defeat and ultimately destroy the United States. This
new type of warfare is part of the Information Age that has come to
dominate our lives. In iWar, Bill Gertz describes how technology
has completely revolutionized modern warfare, how the Obama
administration failed to meet this challenge, and what we can and
must do to catch up and triumph over this timely and important
struggle.
The EU is at a crossroads. Should it choose the path towards
protectionism or the path towards free trade? This book
convincingly argues that lobbying regulation will be a decisive
first step towards fulfilling the European dream of free trade, in
accordance with the original purpose of the Treaty of Rome. Without
the regulation of lobbyists to try and prevent undue political
persuasion, there is a greater risk of abuse in the form of
corruption, subsidies and trade barriers, which will come at the
expense of consumers, tax payers and competitiveness. This
interdisciplinary approach - both theoretical and methodological -
offers a wealth of knowledge concerning the effect of lobbying on
political decision-making and will appeal to academics across the
social sciences, practitioners and policy-makers.
This book is a powerful and incisive contribution to the debates on
social capital, trust and the welfare state. The reader will find
an informed, insightful explanation of how the Scandinavian welfare
state has been largely able to escape its inherent social dilemma:
how generous social provisions have not been accompanied by
widespread free-riding. The answer lies, according to the authors,
in social capital and trust. The authors not only offer a
compelling argument about the inner workings of how the
Scandinavian welfare state functions, but also an original
theoretical approach - Bourdieuconomics - to the study of the forms
of capital in general and of social capital in particular. This is
social science research at its best.' - Francisco Herreros, Spanish
National Research CouncilDenmark exemplifies the puzzle of
socio-economic success in Scandinavia. Populations are thriving
despite the world s highest levels of tax, generous social benefits
and scarce natural resources. It would appear to be a land of
paradise for free-riders and those who want 'money for nothing'.
However, the national personality is characterized both by
cooperation in everyday life and the numerous 'hard-riders' who
make extraordinary contributions. Applying Bourdieuconomics, the
authors focus on contemporary case studies to explain how social
capital and trust are used to counteract free-riding and enable the
flight of the Scandinavian welfare state 'bumblebee'. Insightful
and interdisciplinary, the authors' approach offers qualitative
case studies which explore trust, social capital and wealth in the
Scandinavian welfare state. Key to the topic is the authors'
discussion of free-riders versus 'hard-riders' as well as civic
engagement in the welfare state. The application of
Bourdieuconomics, a new theoretical approach, to a range of
examples using economics, sociology, anthropology and history, will
make this highly cross-disciplinary book accessible to a broad
group of readers. This unique work will be of great value to
researchers, students, policy makers and all of those who are
interested in the fundamental question of how economies work,
specifically how people build, exchange and convert tangible as
well as intangible forms of capital.
Is social capital the 'missing link' in economics? In this vital
new book, the authors argue that the 'forgotten' production factor
of social capital is as crucial in economic decision-making as the
other more traditional factors of production such as physical,
financial and human capital. They attempt to bridge the gap between
theory and reality by examining the main factors that determine
entrepreneurship, co-operative movements and the creation and
destruction of social capital. To address the question of how
social capital is created and destroyed, the authors develop an
interdisciplinary approach combining political science, economics,
anthropology, sociology and history. They show how bridging social
capital enforces personal contact and acts as a lubricator for
human co-operation, whereas bonding social capital enforces
distance between people, increasing mistrust and, consequently,
transaction costs. They demonstrate how entrepreneurship can
facilitate voluntary collective action and create inclusive forms
of social capital. Crucial in this respect is that entrepreneurs
are motivated not only by economic incentives but also by social
motives. Applying historical and contemporary case studies, they
identify the serious human and economic consequences that result
when social capital is disregarded. The authors believe that the
implications of such a discovery demand a re-evaluation of
traditional economic theory. This book will contribute
substantially to academic and popular debates on social capital and
will be an invaluable source of reference for all social
scientists. It will particularly appeal to students and scholars of
public policy, economics, sociology, political science,
anthropology and history.
This book offers a generic explanation of the political economy of
the EU, demonstrating in a clear and comprehensive way how the
present institutional set-up makes it vulnerable to lobbyism,
corruption and the destruction of social capital. Gert Tinggaard
Svendsen contends that this 'EU disease' may be avoided by
strengthening the power of the EU Parliament at the expense of the
EU Commission. The book also discusses issues surrounding policy
design, international negotiations on climate change and renewable
energy sources. Using an interdisciplinary framework, the author
examines how the current institutional set-up of the EU will
determine future economic performance and will adversely affect
policy outcomes. He looks at whether fundamental EU policies, such
as the CAP, are consistent with economic growth or whether these
policies will instead distort markets, leading to economic decline.
Focusing in detail on international climate negotiations and wind
energy, the author explores the way in which the design of a policy
proposal can be affected by the interactions between interest
groups and the institutions and bureaucrats of the EU. The case of
greenhouse gas emissions trading is a unique example because it
allows the author to actually measure lobbyism as the difference
between the proposed design and the final EU directive. The
interdisciplinary approach of the book and the original treatment
of a very pertinent subject will appeal to academics, economists,
political scientists and decision-makers. It will also interest and
inform a wide readership in the social sciences, particularly those
with an interest in the institutional structure of the EU.
Winner - AERA 2011 Outstanding Book Award Jacques Rancire:
Education, Truth, Emancipation demonstrates the importance of
Rancires work for educational theory, and in turn, it shows just
how central Rancires educational thought is to his work in
political theory and aesthetics. Charles Bingham and Gert Biesta
illustrate brilliantly how philosophy can benefit from Rancires
particular way of thinking about education, and go on to offer
their own provocative account of the relationship between
education, truth, and emancipation. Including a new essay by
Rancire himself, this book is a must-read for scholars of social
theory and all who profess to educate.
Life Configurations focuses on the analysis and reflection on the
various forms in which human beings imagine, design, conjecture,
and plan their ? becoming, that is to say their lives. Case studies
written by an interdisciplinary circle of well-known academics
explore how the capacity of designing life, the concept of free
will, and the methods to calculate the future have been changed and
adopted in different societies and in different ages."
This book presents a study of cooperatives as a two-layer
entrepreneurial model, and analyzes cooperative enterprises. Above
all, it explores how inducements (from the firm) and contributions
(from its members, in their respective roles) are aligned, and
seeks to answer the question of what this means for managing each
cooperative as a firm as well as a group. The book is divided into
three parts, the first of which begins with an analysis of specific
aspects of cooperative enterprises, with a focus on the added value
of cooperation, the weighing of interests, and a behavioral
perspective on the imminent communities and their goals. In a
structured approach, the book examines the various facets of
relationships in cooperatives on a transactional, financial and
control level. Further, a case study on the Dutch cooperative
Rabobank illustrates what happens when members fail. In turn, part
two concentrates on integrating the lessons learned with the
existing economic literature on cooperatives, so as to contribute
to a theory of cooperative management. Finally, the book links the
theoretical approach to practice: in the third part, it reports on
the outcomes of using a computerized simulation game to show
members of cooperatives how to manage their business and the
cooperative business at the same time, enabling them to understand
and actively practice two-level entrepreneurship.
This fascinating collection investigates the inherent spatiality of
human existence. The contributors discuss ancient Mediterranean
texts and societies from a decidedly spatial perspective, debating
over such issues as narratological space, critical spatiality,
sociological theories on space, space and identity, space and body.
The volume consists of three parts and commences with three studies
focusing on theoretical approaches towards spatial analysis and
application of the theory to specific Old and New Testament texts.
The essays in the second part examine the sacred space and the
formation of identity, with particular attention to Jerusalem and
the temple seen as sacred space and the lived experience of authors
describing this space in various ways. The third part discusses the
spatial theory and its application to a variety of texts ranging
from the Epic of Gilgamesh to the New Testament.
This book discusses a significant area of mathematics education
research in the last two decades and presents the types of semiotic
theories that are employed in mathematics education. Following on
the summary of significant issues presented in the Topical Survey,
Semiotics in Mathematics Education, this book not only introduces
readers to semiotics as the science of signs, but it also
elaborates on issues that were highlighted in the Topical Survey.
In addition to an introduction and a closing chapter, it presents
17 chapters based on presentations from Topic Study Group 54 at the
ICME-13 (13th International Congress on Mathematical Education).
The chapters are divided into four major sections, each of which
has a distinct focus. After a brief introduction, each section
starts with a chapter or chapters of a theoretical nature, followed
by others that highlight the significance and usefulness of the
relevant theory in empirical research.
This is the first comprehensive International Handbook on the
History of Mathematics Education, covering a wide spectrum of
epochs and civilizations, countries and cultures. Until now, much
of the research into the rich and varied history of mathematics
education has remained inaccessible to the vast majority of
scholars, not least because it has been written in the language,
and for readers, of an individual country. And yet a historical
overview, however brief, has become an indispensable element of
nearly every dissertation and scholarly article. This handbook
provides, for the first time, a comprehensive and systematic aid
for researchers around the world in finding the information they
need about historical developments in mathematics education, not
only in their own countries, but globally as well. Although written
primarily for mathematics educators, this handbook will also be of
interest to researchers of the history of education in general, as
well as specialists in cultural and even social history.
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