'Between the ever-open possibilities of the global space, and the nation-state with its still seemingly irreducible hold on territory and imagination, lies the region. In higher education there are many kinds of region. This is by far the best book on regional developments, and one of the first two or three books we must now turn to in order to understand global higher education-it provides an invaluable geo-spatial lens that complements analyses based on political economy and culture.' - Simon Marginson, ESRC/HEFCE Centre for Global Higher Education and University College London, UK This original book provides a unique analysis of the different regional and inter-regional projects, their processes and the politics of Europeanisation, globalisation and education. Collectively, the contributors engage with a range of theories on regionalising to explore new ways of thinking about regionalisms and inter-regionalisms with a focus on the higher education sector. It makes the compelling case that globally, higher education is being transformed by regionalizing and inter-regionalizing projects aimed at resolving ongoing economic, political and cultural challenges within and beyond national territorial states. The chapters range over a wide geography of regional projects and their unique politics - from Europe to Latin America, Africa, Asia, Europe, the Gulf, and the Barent region. Collectively they reveal the diverse, uneven, and variegated nature of global regionalisms in higher education. Comprehensive and theoretically informed, this unique book will appeal to academics and postgraduate students, in addition to policymakers and administrators involved in higher education. Contributors include: T. Aljafari, N. Azman, A.A. Bakar, R.Y. Chao Jr., J.-E. Charlier, S. Croche, R. Dale, Q.A. Dang, L.A. Gandin, T.D. Jules, S. Melo, P. Motter, T. Muhr, M.L. Neves de Azevedo, K. Olds, O.M. Panait, D. Perrotta, S.L. Robertson, M. Sirat, M. Sundet, A. Welch

Roger Dale Loring is a genuine baby boomer who finds his existence in the rapidly-changing world rather perplexing. In his latest book, he once again offers a collection of lighthearted essays about his dilemmas from the perspective of his current "if-they-don't-have-a-senior-discount, I'm-not-going-there" age. Realizing that the aging process evolved in a way that his adolescent mind never envisioned, Loring now finds that his views on life changes are disturbingly similar to the views of the old people of his youth, people he frequently characterized as old fogies. His essays highlight his humorous take on life that include opinions about issues such as cell phone upgrades; a man's attention span while operating a television remote; seasonal purse shopping; the differing conversation patterns of men and women; the three hardest part-time jobs in America; the crazy world of politics where preaching to the choir dominates all campaigns; and, of course, the trauma of buying toothpaste.

Drawing on findings from a large EU-funded research project that took place over three years, this book analyses educational trajectories of young people in eight European countries: Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia and the United Kingdom. Contributors explore interactions between structural and institutional contexts of educational trajectories, the individual meaning attached to education and the strategies adopted by young people to cope with its demands. The book also analyses the decision-making processes of individual students, placing them firmly within the social contexts of their families, local schools, national education systems and welfare states, as well as transnational policy contexts. In considering educational disadvantage, the book is based on primary, cross-national research with systematic analysis of the different themes addressed. As every chaptersis co-authored by two or three researchers, each based in a different country, the book goes beyond the usual country-based chapter design to provide an enriched insight into both comparative theory and research methods.

'Between the ever-open possibilities of the global space, and the nation-state with its still seemingly irreducible hold on territory and imagination, lies the region. In higher education there are many kinds of region. This is by far the best book on regional developments, and one of the first two or three books we must now turn to in order to understand global higher education-it provides an invaluable geo-spatial lens that complements analyses based on political economy and culture.' - Simon Marginson, ESRC/HEFCE Centre for Global Higher Education and University College London, UK This original book provides a unique analysis of the different regional and inter-regional projects, their processes and the politics of Europeanisation, globalisation and education. Collectively, the contributors engage with a range of theories on regionalising to explore new ways of thinking about regionalisms and inter-regionalisms with a focus on the higher education sector. It makes the compelling case that globally, higher education is being transformed by regionalizing and inter-regionalizing projects aimed at resolving ongoing economic, political and cultural challenges within and beyond national territorial states. The chapters range over a wide geography of regional projects and their unique politics - from Europe to Latin America, Africa, Asia, Europe, the Gulf, and the Barent region. Collectively they reveal the diverse, uneven, and variegated nature of global regionalisms in higher education. Comprehensive and theoretically informed, this unique book will appeal to academics and postgraduate students, in addition to policymakers and administrators involved in higher education. Contributors include: T. Aljafari, N. Azman, A.A. Bakar, R.Y. Chao Jr., J.-E. Charlier, S. Croche, R. Dale, Q.A. Dang, L.A. Gandin, T.D. Jules, S. Melo, P. Motter, T. Muhr, M.L. Neves de Azevedo, K. Olds, O.M. Panait, D. Perrotta, S.L. Robertson, M. Sirat, M. Sundet, A. Welch

With a contemporary overview of global social policy formation, the third edition of this leading textbook identifies key issues, debates and priorities for action in social policy across the Global South and North. Accessible and lively, it incorporates seven new chapters covering theory, social justice, climate, migration, gender, young people and water, energy and food. The original chapters have also been fully updated to reflect major developments in the fast-changing world of global social policy. Key features include: * overview and summary boxes to bookend each chapter; * questions for discussion and follow-up activities; * further reading and resources. Exploring what it means to locate human welfare within a global framework of social policy analysis and action, this textbook offers a perfect guide for curious students.

With a contemporary overview of global social policy formation, the third edition of this leading textbook identifies key issues, debates and priorities for action in social policy across the Global South and North. Accessible and lively, it incorporates seven new chapters covering theory, social justice, climate, migration, gender, young people and water, energy and food. The original chapters have also been fully updated to reflect major developments in the fast-changing world of global social policy. Key features include: * overview and summary boxes to bookend each chapter; * questions for discussion and follow-up activities; * further reading and resources. Exploring what it means to locate human welfare within a global framework of social policy analysis and action, this textbook offers a perfect guide for curious students.

BLACK IRISH is a collection of poetry and narrative verse by actor, playwright, filmmaker and novelist Roger Floyd. Dark. Disturbing. Surreal and profound. It is the work of an often times madman. It is the verse of a wild and vibrant imagination. It is the verse of a man purged with fire, a man once broken but pieced together again through the power of words.

Drawing on findings from a large EU-funded research project that took place over three years, this book analyses educational trajectories of young people in eight European countries: Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia and the United Kingdom. Contributors explore interactions between structural and institutional contexts of educational trajectories, the individual meaning attached to education and the strategies adopted by young people to cope with its demands. The book also analyses the decision-making processes of individual students, placing them firmly within the social contexts of their families, local schools, national education systems and welfare states, as well as transnational policy contexts. In considering educational disadvantage, the book is based on primary, cross-national research with systematic analysis of the different themes addressed. As every chaptersis co-authored by two or three researchers, each based in a different country, the book goes beyond the usual country-based chapter design to provide an enriched insight into both comparative theory and research methods.

Fourth and final installment of my "seasonal" poetry collections began in 2007 with ALL SUMMER LONG, followed by ALMOST ALWAYS AUTUMN, then WINTER'S WARM KISS and, now, SPRING CHICKEN.

1 Living forever, true death. It is seen, and heard. As being, unholy, Antichrist and perditious, forever true, true death, forever. 2 That death, it is found given of me forever, with punishment from me, as being eternally forever true. And that true death, it is a beastly image of eternal living forever true damnation. 3 That damnation, it is found for being sinfully against me (God) and for being sinfully found against my (God) own personal true righteousness. And my true righteousness, it is found, in Christ Jesus, as being forever true, and forever seen. 4 And the image of death, it is called sin. And it is a fallen, sinful forever, living forever, damningly, unholy and unrighteous, true image. As it is found in one's own, imaged in sin, true desires, forever. 5 And those, sinful true desires and sinful true lusts, forever. They are eternally desired by the damned, as being forever true. 6 And the damned, they truly do desire sin. As sin being in them, as being eternally forever and always, forever true. In themselves, as death forever. 7 And those sinful true desires, as found in the damned, forever. Those sinful true desires, is found in them eternally. For they truly do desire, this present, sinful, true world, as being eternally forever seen. 8 And this seen true world, in sin forever. It is found unto me. As being eternally forever true. And is found unto me, as death, forever, 9 For it is found unto me, forever. As being truly found. As found in "Bestiality, as being eternally forever True." 10 And this earth as the beast called death forever. It is found, as true death, forever. And it is seen, as one's desired, true bestiality, 11 As it is found, as being desired sinfully forever, within one's, own, true, unrepentfulness, as being eternally forever seen, 12 And it is seen, as being seen true death, as being forever certain, and forever made. As it made, by the damned, as they are found in eternal seen sin, as seen unto me, forever, 13 And that bestiality, that bestiality. It shall damn the unrepentiful true ones, as being eternally forever seen, as seen in granted true death, forever. 14 And they, the damned, who are found unto me, forever. As found, in sin forever. They shall perish unto me, as being forever true, 15 And they shall perish, unto me, as being eternally forever seen, and, as forever more. 16 And the damned, they shall perish forever. And they do perish willfully forever true, of their sinful own true selves. 17 For they truly do not ever desire to accept Christ, as this Christ Jesus, being their seen savior, as being forever true, and, as forever seen, 18 These that do perish in sin, They are considered of me (God), as being found in the judgment. That is seen and called "The Blackness Of Darkness." 19 That darkened and most true judgment. It is found, given of me (God). As being eternally forever true, upon them. Who desire unrepentfully forever, to not ever receive Christ, 20 As this Christ Jesus, being their seen savior, forever. And Christ Jesus, he is sent by me, as being eternally forever true, as sent by me, into the earth, 21 As sent into the earth, as eternal true salvation. That is heavenly forever true. And this Christ Jesus, he is sent, as eternal true salvation, 22 That is called God forever. And that true salvation. It is forever seen, as seen and given me, as faithfully forever and ever true. 23 The blackness of darkness, it is found and given by me. As being found and given, as being eternally forever true. And it is found, 24 As being given eternally forever. As being found without my (God) most holy, forever eternal, true presents, forever, 25 That presents, it is me. As I Am found eternally forever, in Christ, the Son, forever. And Christ Jesus, he is found in me forever. As found, in most certain, forever and ever, true life, that is called God, forever. 26 Eternal seen darkness...

And thou, O Israel, thou art, greatly in these days, greatly desired of Me (God), as being forever true, and, as forever seen. And thou, O Israel, thou shalt be, eternally forever found, by Me, forever. 2 And that shalt be found, unto me forever faithful, As being eternally forever found, in my eternal, true Son, who is my holy true Son, 3 And, who is called, Jesus Christ. And, who is seen, as being called: Christ Jesus, in me, forever true. And this Christ Jesus, he is seen, in me, forever true and forever seen. And he is seen, as Godly eternal, in me, forever true. 4 And he is seen, for I dwell in Christ Jesus, as God forever true, for I Am God forever. And the forever, it is me. As I have given of myself, into Christ Jesus, forever. 5 And, in Christ, I Am as seen. As eternal true life, forever certain, and forever true. And in Christ Jesus, I Am seen, in all that I Am, as being forever true. 6 And I, the lord, I do, love thee, O great nation (Israel), that is called by my (God) most, holy, true name. That is seen, as being eternally forever true, in me. As being seen, as Christ Jesus, eternally forever. 7 And, my (God) name, is Christ Jesus, as being eternally forever seen. And that, seen, true name, as it is seen, as being, Christ Jesus, 8 It is seen, as life in my (God) name, and I Am called, Christ Jesus. And, I (God) Am even seen, as Israel, eternally forever seen. 9 And my (God) name, it is, even seen, as called Israel, forever true, and, forever more. 10 And thou, O Israel, thou art found, in this present true earth, forever true, O little one. And this eternal dead earth, in sin forever. It is a sinful unrepentiful, true earth, forever. 11 And my righteous, holy, true judgments. They are found of me, through Christ Jesus, as being eternally forever seen. 12 And those just judgments, they are seen, as being ever lasting, to ever lastingly, "HOLY FOREVER TRUE judgments." As being found, eternal, in me, as being eternally forever seen, eternal true judgment, forever. 13 And those, are end time judgments. And they are called, life and death, forever. And, they are found, and seen. As eternal, Godly, and they are, 14 Seen as being truly given true judgments from me (God), forever. As given by me, through Jesus Christ, as being eternally forever sure, and, forever seen judgment. 15 And those judgments, they are seen and found, in being of me, as being eternally forever true. As being seen and found, in uttermost, most given, righteous and holy, true judgment, forever. 16 And it is seen, as being, judgment that is seen as being eternally forever true. As being seen and felt, as God, as being forever certain and forever true, forever. 17 And that true judgment, it is forever seen, as me as judgment, unto the damned, as being eternally forever true, and forever known. And I Am known, as God, for all true time, and, as being eternally forever seen. 18 And my seen and felt true judgment, it is called end of the days true Judgments, forever. And I Am seen, as life forever seen. And these judgments, are from me, forever true, 19 And they (judgments) are spoken and written and being written, by me, through Christ Jesus, as being eternally forever true. 20 And my just judgments, they are, even being sent, unto those nations, and peoples, and tongues, and kindred's, 21 Who are seen, as being, faithfully eternally forever true, as being found, as, unrepentfully desiring thy true destruction and thy true fall, O Israel. 22 And these, righteous, holy and true, just judgments. They are just in all eternal true righteousness, that is called God forever. And those eternal end time true judgments, 23 They are seen, before me (God), as being forever true. And they are, given of myself (God), as forever true and forever seen. And they are seen, as I Am seen, as I Am seen as being God, forever true. 24 And they (judgments) are given of me...

Roger Dale Loring is a genuine baby boomer who finds his existence in the rapidly-changing world rather perplexing. In his latest book, he once again offers a collection of lighthearted essays about his dilemmas from the perspective of his current "if-they-don't-have-a-senior-discount, I'm-not-going-there" age. Realizing that the aging process evolved in a way that his adolescent mind never envisioned, Loring now finds that his views on life changes are disturbingly similar to the views of the old people of his youth, people he frequently characterized as old fogies. His essays highlight his humorous take on life that include opinions about issues such as cell phone upgrades; a man's attention span while operating a television remote; seasonal purse shopping; the differing conversation patterns of men and women; the three hardest part-time jobs in America; the crazy world of politics where preaching to the choir dominates all campaigns; and, of course, the trauma of buying toothpaste.

A coming of age novella about Sherman Tanner, a boy who runs away from home to be with the girl he thinks he loves. On the way, he finds out that life isn't always perfect and that things seldom turn out as planned.