Global Studies Encyclopedic Dictionary

Author : Alexander N. Chumakov,Ivan I Mazour,William C. Gay
Publisher : Rodopi
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401210973

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Global Studies Encyclopedic Dictionary by Alexander N. Chumakov,Ivan I Mazour,William C. Gay Pdf

This book provides brief expositions of the central concepts in the field of Global Studies. Former President of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev says, “The book is intelligent, rich in content and, I believe, necessary in our complex, turbulent, and fragile world.” 300 authors from 50 countries contributed 450 entries. The contributors include scholars, researchers, and professionals in social, natural, and technological sciences. They cover globalization problems within ecology, business, economics, politics, culture, and law. This interdisciplinary collection provides a basis for understanding the concepts and methods within global studies and for accessing lengthier and more technical research in the field. The articles treat such important topics as the biosphere, ozone depletion, land resources and pollution, world health challenges, education, global modeling, sustainable development, war, weapons of mass destruction, and terrorism. The book also promotes academic cooperation, political dialogue, and mutual understanding across diverse traditions and national identities that are needed to engage successfully the many daunting challenges of globalization.

Author : Helmut K. Anheier,Mark Juergensmeyer
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 2073 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781412994224

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Encyclopedia of Global Studies by Helmut K. Anheier,Mark Juergensmeyer Pdf

"With all entries followed by cross-references and further reading lists, this current resource is ideal for high school and college students looking for connecting ideas and additional sources on them. The work brings together the many facets of global studies into a solid reference tool and will help those developing and articulating an ideological perspective." — Library Journal The Encyclopedia of Global Studies is the reference work for the emerging field of global studies. It covers both transnational topics and intellectual approaches to the study of global themes, including the globalization of economies and technologies; the diaspora of cultures and dispersion of peoples; the transnational aspects of social and political change; the global impact of environmental, technological, and health changes; and the organizations and issues related to global civil society. Key Themes: • Global civil society • Global communications, transportation, technology • Global conflict and security • Global culture, media • Global demographic change • Global economic issues • Global environmental and energy issues • Global governance and world order • Global health and nutrition • Global historical antecedents • Global justice and legal issues • Global religions, beliefs, ideologies • Global studies • Identities in global society Readership: Students and academics in the fields of politics and international relations, international business, geography and environmental studies, sociology and cultural studies, and health.

Author : Alexander N. Chumakov,Ivan Ivanovich Mazur,William C. Gay
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1591023920

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Global Studies Dictionary by Alexander N. Chumakov,Ivan Ivanovich Mazur,William C. Gay Pdf

Introduces the interdisciplinary field of global studies, which addresses the universally significant and potentially dangerous consequences of globalisation. This collection provides a basis for understanding the concepts and methods within global studies and for accessing lengthier and more technical research in the field.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 734 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789004353855

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Global Studies Directory by Anonim Pdf

The Global Studies Directory identifies people and institutions who have been key in the field of Global Studies or made an impact on the formation of a global world.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Globalization
ISBN : OCLC:820456872

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Encyclopedia of Global Studies by Anonim Pdf

Author : Ivan Ivanovich Mazur,Aleksandr Nikolaevich Chumakov,William Gay
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Globalization
ISBN : 5050057191

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Global Studies Encyclopedia by Ivan Ivanovich Mazur,Aleksandr Nikolaevich Chumakov,William Gay Pdf

Author : Anne Kerr,Edmund Wright
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 736 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2015-05-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191044786

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A Dictionary of World History by Anne Kerr,Edmund Wright Pdf

This wide-ranging dictionary contains a wealth of information on all aspects of history, from prehistory right up to the present day. Over 4,000 clear, concise entries include biographies of key figures in world history (living and dead), separate entries for every country in the world (summarising key historical events), and in-depth entries on religious and political movements, international organizations, and major conflicts and events and their after-effects. For this new edition, existing entries have been revised and updated to reflect the very latest global events including changes in leadership, wars, political situations, and the statistical information given for each country (population counts, currency, languages, religions). New entries have been included for key figures who have recently come to prominence and world events. The book also contains twenty-five detailed maps linked to key historical events and topics. These include the African slave trade, the Black Death, and the Normandy campaign. Also included are over 200 country maps. The dictionary is enhanced by entry-level web links which are accessed via a dedicated companion website. Encyclopedic in scope, this ambitious A to Z provides an excellent overview of world history both for students and anyone with an interest in the subject.

Author : Javier Sethness Castro
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2016-06-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004308701

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Eros and Revolution by Javier Sethness Castro Pdf

In Eros and Revolution, Javier Sethness Castro presents a comprehensive intellectual and political biography of the critical theorist Herbert Marcuse (1898-1979), investigating the Hegelian-Marxist, Romantic, existentialist, social-psychological, and anti-authoritarian dimensions of his thought, as well as his contemporary relevance.

Author : Clarence Lewis Barnhart,Robert K. Barnhart
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1304 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : English language
ISBN : PSU:000021182204

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The World Book Dictionary by Clarence Lewis Barnhart,Robert K. Barnhart Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2022-06-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004516007

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Philosophical Aspects of Globalization: A Multidisciplinary Inquiry by Anonim Pdf

Philosophical Aspects of Globalization is a collection of essays by leading contemporary Russian philosophers and scholars concerned with addressing pressing questions of globalization and its impact from a philosophical point of view.

Author : Louis-Georges Tin
Publisher : arsenal pulp press
Page : 625 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2008-11-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781551523149

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The Dictionary of Homophobia by Louis-Georges Tin Pdf

"Tin's Dictionary of Homophobia is so sweeping in its scope that one can dip into it again and again and learn something, or confront an idea in which even the most well-read queer will find fresh intellectual nourishment and historical illumination."—Gay City News Based on the work of seventy researchers in fifteen countries, The Dictionary of Homophobia is a mammoth, encyclopedic book that documents the history of homosexuality, and various cultural responses to it, in all regions of the world: a masterful, engaged, and wholly relevant study that traces the political and social emancipation of a culture. The book is the first English translation of Dictionnaire de L’Homophobie, published in France in 2003 to worldwide acclaim; its editor, Louis-Georges Tin, launched the first International Day Against Homophobia in 2005, now celebrated in more than fifty countries around the world. The Dictionary of Homophobia includes over 175 essays on various aspects of gay rights and homophobia as experienced in all regions in Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and the South Pacific, from the earliest epochs to present day. Subjects include religious and ideological forces such as the Bible, Communism, Judaism, Hinduism, and Islam; historical subjects, events, and personalities such as AIDS, Stonewall, J. Edgar Hoover, Matthew Shepard, Oscar Wilde, Pat Buchanan, Joseph McCarthy, Pope John Paul II, and Anita Bryant; and other topics such as coming out, adoption, deportation, ex-gays, lesbiphobia, and bi-phobia. In a world where gay marriage remains a hot-button political issue, and where adults and even teens are still being executed by authorities for the “crime” of homosexuality, The Dictionary of Homophobia is a both a revealing and necessary history lesson for us all.

Author : S. A. Hamed Hosseini,James Goodman,Sara C. Motta,Barry K. Gills
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 583 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2020-06-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780429893391

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The Routledge Handbook of Transformative Global Studies by S. A. Hamed Hosseini,James Goodman,Sara C. Motta,Barry K. Gills Pdf

The Routledge Handbook of Transformative Global Studies provides diverse and cutting-edge perspectives on this fast-changing field. For 30 years the world has been caught in a long ‘global interregnum,’ plunging from one crisis to the next and witnessing the emergence of new, vibrant, multiple, and sometimes contradictory forms of popular resistance and politics. This global ‘interregnum’ – or a period of uncertainty where the old hegemony is fading and the new ones have not yet been fully realized – necessitates critical self-reflection, brave intellectual speculation and (un)learning of perceived wisdoms, and greater transdisciplinary collaboration across theories, localities, and subjects. This Handbook takes up this challenge by developing fresh perspectives on globalization, development, neoliberalism, capitalism, and their progressive alternatives, addressing issues of democracy, power, inequality, insecurity, precarity, wellbeing, education, displacement, social movements, violence and war, and climate change. Throughout, it emphasizes the dynamics for system change, including bringing post-capitalist, feminist, (de)colonial, and other critical perspectives to support transformative global praxis. This volume brings together a mixture of fresh and established scholars from across disciplines and from a range of both Northern and Southern contexts. Researchers and students from around the world and across the fields of politics, sociology, international development, international relations, geography, economics, area studies, and philosophy will find this an invaluable and fresh guide to global studies in the 21st century.

Author : Mikhail Sergeev,Alexander N. Chumakov,Mary Theis
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-23
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004432543

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Russian Philosophy in the Twenty-First Century by Mikhail Sergeev,Alexander N. Chumakov,Mary Theis Pdf

Russian Philosophy in the Twenty-First Century: An Anthology presents a variety of contemporary philosophic problems found in the works of prominent Russian thinkers, ranging from social and political matters and pressing cultural issues to insights into modern science and mounting global challenges.

Author : Larry A. Nichols,George Mather,Alvin J. Schmidt
Publisher : Zondervan Academic
Page : 827 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2010-02-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780310866060

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Encyclopedic Dictionary of Cults, Sects, and World Religions by Larry A. Nichols,George Mather,Alvin J. Schmidt Pdf

Up-to-date, well-documented, comprehensive coverage of cults, sects, and world religions, from the historical to the contemporary INCLUDES • Well-known groups and world religions, such as Jehovah’s Witnesses, Mormons, Islam, and Baha’i • Groups with a significant North American influence, including Santeria, Rastafarians, Haitian Voodo, white supremacy groups, Wicca, and Satanism REVISED, UPDATED, AND EXPANDED TO INCLUDE NEW ENTRIES AND NEW INFORMATION • Updated information on Islam and its global impact • New entries: the Branch Davidians, Native American religions, Heaven’s Gate, Aum Supreme Truth, the Boston Movement, the Masonic Lodge, and many others • Developments in the world of cults and the occult Encyclopedic Dictionary of Cults, Sects, and World Religions is arguably the most significant reference book on the subject to be published. Formerly titled Dictionary of Cults, Sects, Religions, and the Occult, it provides reliable information on the history and beliefs of nearly every form of religion active today. This extensively revised edition includes new topics, updated information, and a brand-new format for a clearer, more organized approach. The authors evaluate the beliefs and practices of each group from the perspective of the Bible and the historic creeds of the Christian church. You’ll also find group histories, numerous illustrations, charts, current statistics, websites, bibliographies, and other useful information.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN : UOM:39015051610437

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The World Book Encyclopedia by Anonim Pdf

An encyclopedia designed especially to meet the needs of elementary, junior high, and senior high school students.