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Focusing on the developing economic challenges confronting Korea
and the US in response to the aging of their populations, this
timely book examines how public policies are evolving in light of
demographic changes, the impact of aging on governmental
expenditures, and transitions in the labor force associated with
aging. International contributors comparatively analyze government
approaches to population aging, illustrating the similar challenges
faced across nations. Chapters draw attention to those particular
issues that public policy plans must surmount, including funding
pressures on retirement plans and the effects of an aging labor
force on economic growth and productivity. They offer evidence on
the scale of these challenges in Korea and the US and empirically
evaluate how governments, employers, and individuals may respond to
these issues in the years to come. Addressing fiscal sustainability
and key social security programs, including the implications of the
2015 Korean pension reform and the economic difficulties entailed
by the future of Medicare, this book investigates the implications
of managing and sustaining welfare for an aging population. This
cutting-edge book will be ideal reading for economists focusing on
public policy and welfare programs, benefiting from the comparative
approach to fiscal accountability and sustainability. It will also
appeal to practitioners and policymakers seeking insights into the
consequences of an aging population and hoping to develop
innovative methods and approaches to welfare.
This is the first in-depth study of Sharpeville, the South African township that was the site of the infamous police massacre of March 21, 1960, the event that prompted the United Nations to declare apartheid a "crime against humanity."
Voices of Sharpeville brings to life the destruction of Sharpeville’s predecessor, Top Location, and the careful planning of its isolated and carceral design by apartheid architects. A unique set of eyewitness testimonies from Sharpeville’s inhabitants reveals how they coped with apartheid and why they rose up to protest this system, narrating this massacre for the first time in the words of the participants themselves. Previously understood only through the iconic photos of fleeing protestors and dead bodies, the timeline is reconstructed using an extensive archive of new documentary and oral sources including unused police records, personal interviews with survivors and their families, and maps and family photos. By identifying nearly all the victims, many omitted from earlier accounts, the authors upend the official narrative of the massacre.
Amid worldwide struggles against racial discrimination and efforts to give voices to protestors and victims of state violence, this book provides a deeper understanding of this pivotal event for a newly engaged international audience.
Self-care is a topic that is often challenging in education.
Educators are required to learn to teach, advise, and cope with
organizational change as well as encourage their students to take
responsibility for their actions, say no, identify burnout,
establish a network of family and friends, schedule breaks, do
things they enjoy, and take care of themselves physically. However,
teachers often do not follow these guidelines themselves. It is
important that teachers allow themselves the time and space to do
the same things that they insist their students do. Moreover, it is
important that administrators recognize and support these efforts
as well. Self-Care and Stress Management for Academic Well-Being
discusses why self-care for educators is needed in order for them
to sustain the growth of the students at their institutions. It
explores the ways in which educators devote themselves to helping
students develop their creativity and their academic voices but do
not always give themselves the same permission. Covering a range of
topics such as physical care, stress, and self-advocacy, this
reference work is ideal for researchers, academicians,
practitioners, scholars, administrators, instructors, and students.
The implications of the Queen Bee Syndrome matter greatly in higher
education as women in higher education come well prepared; however,
they may not be ready for the lack of support from female
colleagues and may have increased intentions to quit their current
jobs in response to unpleasant experiences. Due to this, further
study is required in order to improve workplace culture in higher
education. Addressing the Queen Bee Syndrome in Academia: Searching
for Sisterhood in the Professoriate discusses the Queen Bee
Syndrome and the relationships between women in higher education
settings, as well as their paths to leadership positions. Covering
key topics such as bullying, sisterhood, intimidation, and gender
bias, this premier reference source is ideal for administrators,
policymakers, scholars, researchers, academicians, practitioners,
instructors, and students.
This study was well-established as a pioneer work on archaeological
methodology, the theoretical basis of all archaeological analysis
whatever the period or era. The first edition of the book presented
and evaluated the radical changes in methodology which derived from
developments in other disciplines, such as cybernetics, computer
science and geography, during the 1950s and '60s. It argued that
archaeology was a coherent discipline with its own methods and
procedures and attempted to define the entities (attributes,
artefacts, types, assemblages, cultures and culture groups)
rigorously and consistently so that they could be applied to
archaeological data. The later edition continued the same general
theory, which is unparalleled in its scope and depth, adding notes
to help understanding of the advances in method and theory to
support the student and professional archaeologist. Review of the
original publication: "One might venture that this is the most
important archaeological work for twenty or thirty years, and it
will undoubtedly influence several future generations of
archaeologists." The Times Literary Supplement
American foreign policy since 1947 cannot be understood apart
from the U.S. security assistance program. Beginning with Truman,
every president has considered security assistance programs
important means for furthering U.S. national interests. Security
assistance has been used to support a wide variety of policies,
including the Truman Doctrine and containment, the underwriting of
the Camp David Accords, and the channeling of aid to the newly
democratic countries of Central and Eastern Europe.
American foreign policy since 1947 cannot be understood apart
from the U.S. security assistance program. Beginning with Truman,
every president has considered security assistance programs
important means for furthering U.S. national interests. Security
assistance has been used to support a wide variety of policies,
including the Truman Doctrine and containment, the underwriting of
the Camp David Accords, and the channeling of aid to the newly
democratic countries of Central and Eastern Europe.
This book provides a comprehensive treatment of the program from
1947 through fiscal year 1996. After discussing the legal
foundations and components of the program, the authors provide an
historical survey from 1947 through the first Clinton
administration. They then detail the role of Congress, public
opinion, and interest groups. Separate treatment is given to
countries such as Israel, Egypt, Greece, and Turkey. The authors
also suggest ideas on how the programs can be changed to mesh with
American objectives and resources in the 21st century. This is a
major study of interest to students, scholars, researchers, and
policymakers.
The poems in this collection have to do with the passing of time -
its relentlessness, speed and events - and people facing sadness,
humor, joy, social upheavals such as wars, inequities, corruption,
goodness, apprehensions about life and death, love, hatred, dreams,
disappointments, fears, injustices, blessings, sacrifice, sloth,
industriousness, physical impairments/strengths, spirituality, God,
worry, specific battles in various wars, elation, jealousy, greed,
generosity, meanness, aging - in short, the everyday
happenings/abstractions that, totaled, simply make life what it is
for everyone, both individually and collectively. While the book
includes both free verse and traditional poetry as defined
consensually, most of the poems feature rhythm and rhyme, not the
sing-song type of thing, but serious and consistent style
presenting subjects in a manner conducive to reading them aloud and
remembering. Though this is a departure from the styles mostly in
vogue today, it features form that has withstood the testing of
time while demanding more of the creator, just as in the case of
classical music - perhaps an interesting change of pace for the
reader.
Mozart wrote some of the greatest serenades for wind ensemble. He
was not alone in writing works for wind sextet, octet, or larger
ensembles-Over 12,000 works for wind harmony by over 2,200
composers are extant. Describing this new genre, Wind Harmony,
which is far larger and more influential than ever recognized, this
sourcebook includes biographical details, discusses many of the
works, and presents country surveys. There is also a survey of the
way wind instruments developed at the critical time, and of
performance practices. Companion volumes, the ^IWind Ensemble
Catalog^R and the ^IWind Ensemble Thematic Catalog 1700-1900^R, are
cross-referenced. Mozart wrote some of the greatest serenades for
wind ensemble. He was not alone in writing works for wind sextet,
octet, or larger ensembles-over 12,000 works for wind harmony by
over 2,200 composers are extant. Describing this new genre, Wind
Harmony, which is far larger and more influential than ever
recognized, this sourcebook includes biographical details,
discusses many of the works, and presents country surveys. There is
also a survey of the way wind instruments developed at the critical
time, and of performance practices. Companion volumes, the ^IWind
Ensemble Catalog^R and the ^IWind Ensemble Thematic Catalog
1700-1900^R, are cross-referenced. The authors identify what must
be the major part of surviving wind harmony music. There is far
more material than previously recognized, and its character is far
more varied than is usually thought. In this work, the music is
placed in context: why it was written, where it was played, and how
it influenced other genres. The authors have collected new
material, corrected previous mistakes, and filled in missing
material. Public and private libraries have been scoured and
monasteries searched throughout greater Europe. The sourcebook will
be helpful for scholars and students, librarians, players, and
music sellers.
Primary source documents are valuable learning resources
preferred by many teachers because they give student the chance to
decipher and interpret the history themselves. "Africa and the
West" presents a range of hard-to-find primary source documents on
Africa from the slave trade that started in the early part of the
fifteenth century to independence and the problems of the
post-colonial period.
Unlike humans, Lucifer is ineligible for redemption and therefore
doomed to eternal hell. Playing on God's sense of fairness, Lucifer
appeals to the Archangel Michael for a chance to redeem himself by
turning a person he corrupted into a paragon of virtue. Against his
own wishes, Michael makes the deal. However, since moral perfection
is impossible for anyone, he decrees that Lucifer must attain
redemption by seeing that his subject does not break nine of the
Ten Commandments
We as individuals share the world with others we fear, hate, or
envy. We inhabit the earth with individuals we respect, love, and
admire. There are many individuals we can't quite figure out and
this makes us disregard them. Why is it that we spend the most
physical and mental energy on those individuals who fall into the
negative categories of fear, hate, or envy? In this collection of
essays, Leonard Clark explores the philosophical, psychological,
political, and cultural manifestations of these negative emotional
states. Why are we all so paranoid, irritated and agitated?
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Boxford (Hardcover)
Martha L Clark, Brenda Moore Stickney
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Fully updated, and coming up to the present day, with new material
encompassing current concerns, such as African opposition to
apartheid, international anti-apartheid activities and recent
events, such as the election of Cyril Ramaphosa as President of the
ANC, which have led to deeper consideration of the differing
ideological approaches reflected in the history, the volume gives
students, with no prior background in South African history, a full
historical grounding for the current situation in South Africa and
its position in the world. African history, particularly global
South African history encompassing as it does a site of historical
racial tension, is popular in universities around the world, and
with anniversaries approaching, such as the 25th anniversary of the
democratic transition, and the 60th anniversary of the Sharpeville
Massacre, this will only increase. Even in its fourth edition it
remains the only student-friendly text that focuses on the history
of apartheid, as one of the most defining periods in modern
history, as distinct from trying to provide a full account of the
entirety of South African history.
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