Global Horizons

Author : Knut Graw,Joska Samuli Schielke
Publisher : Leuven University Press
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789058679062

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The Global Horizon by Knut Graw,Joska Samuli Schielke Pdf

Although contemporary migration in and from Africa can be understood as a continuation of earlier forms of interregional and international migration, current processes of migration seem to have taken on a new quality. This volume argues that one of the main reasons for this is the fact that local worlds are increasingly measured against a set of possibilities whose referents are global, not local. Due to this globalization of the personal and societal horizons of possibilities in Africa and elsewhere, in many contexts migration gains an almost inevitable attraction while, at the same time, actual migration becomes increasingly restricted.Based on detailed ethnographic accounts, the contributors to this volume focus on the imaginations, expectations, and motivations that propel the pursuit of migration. Decentering the focus of much of migration studies on the receiving societies, the volume foregrounds the subjective aspect of migration and explores the impact which the imagination and practice of migration have on the sociocultural conditions of the various local settings concerned.

Author : Hendrik Spruyt
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1442600926

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Global Horizons by Hendrik Spruyt Pdf

"Spruyt has written an outstanding text that leaves students informed and motivated, while at the same time providing splendidly balanced coverage of multiple issue areas and approaches." - Colin Elman, Maxwell School, Syracuse University

Author : Yun Wen,Yi-ju Wu,Grace Qi,Siao-Cing Guo,J. Michael Spector,Shobhana Chelliah,Kinshuk,Yu-Ju Lan
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021-06-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789811575792

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Expanding Global Horizons Through Technology Enhanced Language Learning by Yun Wen,Yi-ju Wu,Grace Qi,Siao-Cing Guo,J. Michael Spector,Shobhana Chelliah,Kinshuk,Yu-Ju Lan Pdf

This book uncovers the important issues in language learning and teaching in the intelligent, digital era. “Social connectivity” is a contemporary style of learning and living. By engaging in the connectivity of physical and digital worlds, how essential parts of language learning and teaching can be achieved? How can the advanced technologies, such as virtual reality and artificial intelligent, be used to solve the problems encountered by language learners? To answer the above mentioned question, plenty of inspiring studies are included in the book. It is a platform of exchange for researchers, educators, and practitioners on the theory and/or application of state-of-the-art uses of technology to enhance language learning.

Author : James Poskett
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2022-03-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780241394113

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Horizons by James Poskett Pdf

'Superb' Sunday Times 'Revolutionary' Alice Roberts 'Hugely important' Jim Al-Khalili _______________ A radical retelling of the history of science that foregrounds the scientists erased from history In this major retelling of the history of science from 1450 to the present day, James Poskett explodes the myth that science began in Europe. The blinkered Western gaze focusing on individual 'genius' - Copernicus, Newton, Darwin, Einstein - was only one part of the story. The reality was an utterly global, non-linear pattern of cross-fertilization, competition, cooperation and outright conflict. Each rupture in history carved fresh channels for global exchange. Here, for the first time, Poskett celebrates how scientists from Africa, America, Asia and the Pacific were integral to this very human story. We meet Graman Kwasi, the African botanist who discovered a new cure for malaria; Hantaro Nagaoka, the Japanese scientist who first described the structure of the atom; and Zhao Zhongyao, the Chinese physicist who discovered antimatter. _______________ 'Remarkable. Challenges almost everything we know about science in the West' Jerry Brotton, author of A History of the World in 12 Maps 'Perspective-shattering' Caroline Sanderson, The Bookseller, 'Editor's Choice' 'Horizons upends traditional accounts of the history of science' Rebecca Wragg Sykes, author of Kindred 'Poskett deftly blends the achievements of little-known figures into the wider history of science . . . brims with clarity' Chris Allnutt, Financial Times

Author : Adam K. Webb
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2013-08-21
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781135442521

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Beyond the Global Culture War by Adam K. Webb Pdf

"Beyond the Global Culture War" presents a cross-cultural critique of global liberalism and argues for a broad-based challenge that can meet it on its own scale. Adam Webb is one of our most exciting and original young scholars, and this book is certain to generate many new debates. This timely volume probes many of the key challenges we face in the new millennium. This is essential reading for all students of politics and globalization.

Author : Sugata Bose
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2009-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 0674028570

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A Hundred Horizons by Sugata Bose Pdf

"Between 1850 and 1950, the Indian Ocean teemed with people, commodities and ideas ... Sugata Bose finds in these intricate social and economic webs evidence of the interdependence of the peoples of the lands beyond the horizon, from the Middle East to East Africa to Southeast Asia"--Jacket.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 700 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Electronic
ISBN : PSU:000058147528

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Departments of Labor, and Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 698 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781422332535

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Senate Hearings Before the Committee on Appropriations by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 708 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Political Science
ISBN : LOC:00150573002

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Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2006 by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Pdf

Author : Terrence W. Tilley
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2015-03-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725235434

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New Horizons in Theology by Terrence W. Tilley Pdf

To celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the College Theology Society, these original essays explore how theology has changed over the previous fifty years, theological concerns on the horizon today, and approaches to teaching theology appropriate for the twenty-first century. Contributors: Elizabeth A. Johnson Joseph A. Komonchak Norbert Rigali J. Matthew Ashley Elizabeth T. Groppe Michael Horace Barnes Steven R. Harmon Colleen M. Mallon Anne M. Clifford Sally Kenel Randall Jay Woodard Sandra Yocum Mize Mary Ann Hinsdale Miguel H. Diaz James A. Donahue Suzanne C. Toton Ismael Muvingi

Author : Alison Marie Behnke
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books ™
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-01-01
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781512456431

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Up for Sale by Alison Marie Behnke Pdf

"Trafficking thrives in the shadows. And it can be easy to dismiss it as something that happens to someone else, somewhere else. But that is not the case. Trafficking is a crime that involves every nation on earth, and that includes our own."—US secretary of state Hillary Rodham Clinton, 2009 Human trafficking is as old as slavery and continues to be practiced in the modern world. Victims of human traffickers include workers in restaurants and in garment factories, maids and nannies in the homes of wealthy families, child sex workers, beggars on the street, boy soldiers, even infants kidnapped for foreign adoptions. Women and children are more likely to be coerced or seized than men and boys, especially if they are poor and uneducated. Traffickers sell their victims for their bodies or for their labor and reap an enormous profit. Human trafficking is estimated to be a $30 to $45 billion industry on an annual basis, rivaling weapons and drug trafficking as one of the most profitable criminal undertakings in the world. Up for Sale takes a hard look at human trafficking, identifying perpetrators and telling the stories of victims through their own words. You'll discover why some people become vulnerable to trafficking and you'll read about what their lives are like on a daily basis. You'll also meet some of the courageous individuals and organizations working to free people from lives in bondage so that, in the words of US president Barack Obama, each person can "forge a life equal to [their] talents and worthy of [their] dreams."

Author : Richard A. Falk
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2002-09-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135959715

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Human Rights Horizons by Richard A. Falk Pdf

In Human Rights Horizons, one of the world's foremost authorities on human rights and international relations maps out the way to a more just and human global society. Borders are being erased; democracy and capitalism are spreading. The world is rapidly changing, and these changes are opening the door for the promotion of human rights to become and integral part of worldwide politics and law.In his provocative new book, Falk discusses the borderline between the promotion of human rights and the promotion of interventionist and coercive diplomacy. Can the US and the UN find an acceptable balance between unnecessary, protracted violence (Somalia) and simply letting genocide spread (Rwanda)? While looking at specific cases, Falk also sheds important new light on non-Western attitudes toward human rights, the challenge of genocidal politics, the intersection of morality and global security, and the pursuit of international justice. Thoughtful and very accessibly written, Human Rights Horizons clearly presents a path to an original new humanitarian policy for the 21st century.

Author : Richard A. Maton
Publisher : ByFaith Media
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2018-02-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781907066283

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Samuel, Son and Successor of Rees Howells by Richard A. Maton Pdf

Updated in 2020. Samuel, Son and Successor of Rees Howells: Director of the Bible College of Wales – A Biography by Richard A. Maton. The ministry of Samuel Howells and the Bible College of Wales (BCW) have touched the lives of countless numbers of people all over the world. The author invites us on a lifelong journey with Samuel, to unveil his ministry at the College, life of prayer and the support he received from numerous staff, students and visitors, as the history of BCW unfolds alongside the Vision to reach Every Creature with the Gospel. In 1950, Samuel became Director of BCW when his father Rees Howells was taken into glory and he led the work for the next fifty-two years; living a life of faith and intercession. Samuel lived through a time of tumultuous change in the world, and oversaw the work of the Bible College and Emmanuel Grammar School as it sailed through six challenging decades. This biography remains as a historical record of the life of a great man of God, Samuel Howells, the Director of BCW, its four estates, school, and its worldwide ministry.

Author : Davies, Tim,Walker, Stephen B.,Rubinstein, Mor
Publisher : African Minds
Page : 590 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781928331957

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The State of Open Data by Davies, Tim,Walker, Stephen B.,Rubinstein, Mor Pdf

It’s been ten years since open data first broke onto the global stage. Over the past decade, thousands of programmes and projects around the world have worked to open data and use it to address a myriad of social and economic challenges. Meanwhile, issues related to data rights and privacy have moved to the centre of public and political discourse. As the open data movement enters a new phase in its evolution, shifting to target real-world problems and embed open data thinking into other existing or emerging communities of practice, big questions still remain. How will open data initiatives respond to new concerns about privacy, inclusion, and artificial intelligence? And what can we learn from the last decade in order to deliver impact where it is most needed? The State of Open Data brings together over 60 authors from around the world to address these questions and to take stock of the real progress made to date across sectors and around the world, uncovering the issues that will shape the future of open data in the years to come.

Author : Dietrich Jung,Stephan Stetter
Publisher : Springer
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2018-07-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319907345

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Modern Subjectivities in World Society by Dietrich Jung,Stephan Stetter Pdf

This book brings together theories of world society with poststructuralist and postcolonial work on modern subjectivity to understand the universalising and particularising processes of globalisation. It addresses a theoretical void in global studies by attending to the co-constituted process through which modern subjectivities and global processes emerge and interact. The editors outline a key problem in global studies, which is a lack of engagement between the local/particular/individual and the ‘universalising’ processes in which they are situated. The volume deals with this concern with contributions from historical sociologists, poststructuralist and postcolonial scholars and by focusing in the Middle East, religion in global modernity and non-human subjectivities.