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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.
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Roland Mattmuller, Bernd M Michael, Ralph Tunder
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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."
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 "
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