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Building Global Education with a Local Perspective
An Introduction to Glocal Higher Education
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
"Glocal" education melds the economic advantages of globalizing higher education with the benefits of incorporating local perspectives. This book explores glocal education's rationale; social, cultural, and economic foundations; key concepts; and implementation.
by S. Tenneriello
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2013
Scenic spectacles collapse the borders of graphic and visual arts, multimedia technology, spectatorship and architecture. Drawing upon various systems of commercial, institutional and public spectacle that intersect with scenic stages of the national landscape, Tenneriello examines how spectacle is entrenched in the formation of national identity.
Emergency Contraception
The Story of a Global Reproductive Health Technology
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2012
Despite its safety and efficacy, emergency contraception (EC) continues to spark political controversy worldwide. In this edited volume, authors explore how emergency contraception has been received, interpreted, and politicized, through the in-depth examination of the journey of EC in 16 individual countries.
Tourism Management, Marketing, and Development
Volume I: The Importance of Networks and ICTs
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2014
Tourism Management, Marketing, and Development revolves around the implementation of ICT applications in the tourism sector: technology is engendering a major shift both in the performance of individuals and companies involved in the tourism sector and having an impact on the way individuals consume services and enjoy experiences in space and time.
Players in the Public Policy Process
Nonprofits as Social Capital and Agents
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2012
This book carefully develops the perspective of nonprofit organizations as social capital assets and agents of public policy within a principal-agent framework. It shows the practical as well as managerial and marketing advantages of such an approach, one that can lead to serious questions about many...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
While tracing the historical emergence of the café as a social institution and noting its multiple faces and functions in the modernity of the occident, three themes run like threads of varying texture through the chapters: the social connectivity and inclusion of cafés, café as surrogate office, and café as site of exchange for news and views.
by D. Lazere
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2013
Presenting a thoughtful justification for the left in American education, Donald Lazere argues that to teach students rhetoric and critical thinking, key components of a humanist education, educators must discuss and teach students to grapple with the conservative bias in academia, the media, and politics that is considered to be the status quo.
Leadership for Social Justice in Higher Education
The Legacy of the Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2014
This book provides a wealth of comparative information on social justice in higher education worldwide by examining how the Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program, the world's largest private fellowship program in higher education, has succeeded in fostering social justice leadership over the past ten years.
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Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2014
Debt and Development in Small Island Developing States draws on the expertise of established researchers and public officials from within the SIDS community to answer the following pressing questions related to sustainability, debt accumulation, and prospects for future growth.
by Julian M. Alston, Abigail M. Okrent
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2017
This book uses an economic framework to examine the consequences of U.S. farm and food policies for obesity, its social costs, and the implications for government policy. Drawing on evidence from economics, public health, nutrition, and medicine, the authors evaluate past and potential future roles...
Africa and the European Union
A Strategic Partnership
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2012
The adoption of the Joint Africa-EU Strategy (JAES) in 2007 was a watershed moment in Africa-EU relations, one that sought to 'reinvent' a historical relationship to meet the challenges posed by complex interdependencies, expanding globalization, and growing competition, all framed by the gradual...
The Shrinking American Middle Class
The Social and Cultural Implications of Growing Inequality
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2012
The United States lost one third of its factory jobs in the past decade as jobs were outsourced offshore, mostly to Asia. Jobs that require a college degree are next to go. China will award six times as many degrees this year as they did ten years ago and any job that can be digitized will be 'tradable'....
Market Timing and Moving Averages
An Empirical Analysis of Performance in Asset Allocation
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2015
There is a prevailing view among researchers and practitioners that abnormal risk-adjusted returns are an anomaly of financial market inefficiency. This outlook is misleading, since such returns only shed light on the imperfect models commonly used to measure and benchmark investment performance....
People’s Response to Disasters in the Philippines
Vulnerability, Capacities, and Resilience
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2015
This book provides a critical perspective on people's response to disasters in the Philippines. It draws upon an array of case studies to discuss people's vulnerability, capacities and resilience in facing a wide range of different hazards.