Thinking Globally

Author : Mark Juergensmeyer
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780520278448

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Thinking Globally by Mark Juergensmeyer Pdf

In this accessible text, Mark Juergensmeyer, a pioneer in global studies, provides a comprehensive overview of the emerging field of global studies from regional, topical, and theoretical perspectives. Each of the twenty compact chapters in Thinking Globally features Juergensmeyer’s own lucid introduction to the key topics and offers brief excerpts from major writers in those areas. The chapters explore the history of globalization in each region of the world, from Africa and the Middle East to Asia, Europe, and the Americas, and cover key issues in today's global era, such as: • Challenges of the global economy • Fading of the nation-state • Emerging nationalisms and transnational ideologies • Hidden economies of sex trafficking and the illegal drug trade • New communications media • Environmental crises • Human rights abuses Thinking Globally is the perfect introduction to global studies for students, and an exceptional resource for anyone interested in learning more about this new area of study.

Author : Rich Rice,Kirk St.Amant
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2018-05-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781607326649

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Thinking Globally, Composing Locally by Rich Rice,Kirk St.Amant Pdf

Thinking Globally, Composing Locally explores how writing and its pedagogy should adapt to the ever-expanding environment of international online communication. Communication to a global audience presents a number of new challenges; writers seeking to connect with individuals from many different cultures must rethink their concept of audience. They must also prepare to address friction that may arise from cross-cultural rhetorical situations, variation in available technology and in access between interlocutors, and disparate legal environments. The volume offers a pedagogical framework that addresses three interconnected and overarching objectives: using online media to contact audiences from other cultures to share ideas; presenting ideas in a manner that invites audiences from other cultures to recognize, understand, and convey or act upon them; and composing ideas to connect with global audiences to engage in ongoing and meaningful exchanges via online media. Chapters explore a diverse range of pedagogical techniques, including digital notebooks designed to create a space for active dialogic and multicultural inquiry, experience mapping to identify communication disruption points in international customer service, and online forums used in global distance education. Thinking Globally, Composing Locally will prove an invaluable resource for instructors seeking to address the many exigencies of online writing situations in global environments. Contributors: Suzanne Blum Malley, Katherine Bridgman, Maury Elizabeth Brown, Kaitlin Clinnin, Cynthia Davidson, Susan Delagrange, Scott Lloyd Dewitt, Amber Engelson, Kay Halasek, Lavinia Hirsu, Daniel Hocutt, Vassiliki Kourbani, Tika Lamsal, Liz Lane, Ben Lauren, J. C. Lee, Ben McCorkle, Jen Michaels, Minh-Tam Nguyen, Beau S. Pihlaja, Ma Pilar Milagros, Cynthia L. Selfe, Heather Turner, Don Unger, Josephine Walwema

Author : Diego Olstein
Publisher : Springer
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2014-11-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781137318145

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Thinking History Globally by Diego Olstein Pdf

The book brings together many recent trends in writing history under a common framework: thinking history globally. By thinking history globally, the book explains, applies, and exemplifies the four basic strategies of analysis, the big C's: comparing, connecting, conceptualizing, and contextualizing, using twelve different branches of history.

Author : Mark Juergensmeyer
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 675 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2006-10-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780199727612

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The Oxford Handbook of Global Religions by Mark Juergensmeyer Pdf

This is a reference for understanding world religious societies in their contemporary global diversity. Comprising 60 essays, the volume focuses on communities rather than beliefs, symbols, or rites. It is organized into six sections corresponding to the major living religious traditions: the Indic cultural region, the Buddhist/Confucian, the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim regions, and the African cultural region. In each section an introductory essay discusses the social development of that religious tradition historically. The other essays cover the basic social factsthe communitys size, location, organizational and pilgrimage centers, authority figures, patterns of governance, major subgroups and schismsas well as issues regarding boundary maintenance, political involvement, role in providing cultural identity, and encounters with modernity. Communities in the diaspora and at the periphery are covered, as well as the central geographic regions of the religious traditions. Thus, for example, Islamic communities in Asia and the United States are included along with Islamic societies in the Middle East. The contributors are leading scholars of world religions, many of whom are also members of the communities they study. The essays are written to be informative and accessible to the educated public, and to be respectful of the viewpoints of the communities analyzed.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 71 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781428993822

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Global Thinking Global Logistics by Anonim Pdf

Author : Whitney Quesenbery,Daniel Szuc
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2011-10-24
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780123785923

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Global UX by Whitney Quesenbery,Daniel Szuc Pdf

Global UX: Design and Research in a Connected World discusses how user experience (UX) practice is changing and how practitioners and teams around the world are creating great user experiences for a global context. The book is based on interviews with practitioners from many countries, working on different types of projects. It looks behind the scenes at what it takes to create a user experience that can work across borders, cultures, and languages. The book begins with a quick look at the world outside of UX. This includes the external forces of change and globalization as well as an overview of how culture affects designers and the UX of products. It considers what global UX means for an individual practitioner, a company, and teams. It then turns to the details of global UX with the process and practice of research in the field; how information is brought home and shared with colleagues; and how it is applied in design. The final chapter presents some thoughts about how to deliver value both to projects and the users of finished products. Covers practical user experience best practices for the global environment Features numerous, global, real-world examples, based on interviews with over 60 UX managers and practitioners from around the world Contains case studies and vignettes from user research and design projects for multinational companies and small start-ups

Author : Robert B. Stevenson,Michael Brody,Justin Dillon,Arjen E.J. Wals
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 577 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-02
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781136699313

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International Handbook of Research on Environmental Education by Robert B. Stevenson,Michael Brody,Justin Dillon,Arjen E.J. Wals Pdf

The environment and contested notions of sustainability are increasingly topics of public interest, political debate, and legislation across the world. Environmental education journals now publish research from a wide variety of methodological traditions that show linkages between the environment, health, development, and education. The growth in scholarship makes this an opportune time to review and synthesize the knowledge base of the environmental education (EE) field. The purpose of this 51-chapter handbook is not only to illuminate the most important concepts, findings and theories that have been developed by EE research, but also to critically examine the historical progression of the field, its current debates and controversies, what is still missing from the EE research agenda, and where that agenda might be headed. Published for the American Educational Research Association (AERA).

Author : Per Espen Stoknes
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781603585835

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What We Think About When We Try Not To Think About Global Warming by Per Espen Stoknes Pdf

"Today, about 98 percent of scientists affirm that climate change is human made, and about 2 percent still question it. Despite that overwhelming majority, though, about half the population of rich countries, like ours, choose to believe the 2 percent. And, paradoxically, this large camp of deniers grows even larger as more and more alarming proof of climate change has cropped up over the last decades. This disconnect has both climate scientists and activists scratching their heads, growing anxious, and responding, usually, by repeating more facts to 'win' the argument. But, the more climate facts pile up, the greater the resistance to them grows, and the harder it becomes to enact measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and prepare communities for the inevitable change ahead. Is humanity up to the task? It is a catch-22 that starts, says psychologist and climate expert Per Espen Stoknes, from an inadequate understanding of the way most humans think, act, and live in the world around them. With dozens of examples, he shows how to retell the story of climate change and apply communication strategies more fit for the task."--Publisher's description.

Author : Nataly Kelly
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2023-09-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781523004454

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Take Your Company Global by Nataly Kelly Pdf

If you're on the internet, you're already global. Now, get access to an innovative data-driven model for profitably expanding the international presence you already have. Companies looking to expand used to think about entering international markets, but today you're global from the moment you create a website. Nataly Kelly, Chief Growth Officer at Rebrandly (a global tech company with customers in more than 100 countries) and former VP International Ops and Strategy at HubSpot, says now the goal should be market intensification—building on the presence you already have. Kelly's MARACA model enables companies to distill the mass amounts of data available to determine if, how, and where they should expand by looking at three key areas of measurement: MA: market availability-the size of the market opportunity within a given country RA: real-time analytics-data indicating how your company is currently performing in that market CA : customer addressability-the measure of your company's ability to address the market, no matter its size The book is based on Kelly's experiences with building a global business both at HubSpot and as a consultant, but also contains numerous examples from successful global companies of various sizes, such as Airbnb, Canva, Dashlane, GoStudent, Facebook, LinkedIn, Lottie Dolls, Netflix, Revolut, Teamwork, and Zoom. Including information on building a globally minded corporate culture, this is a complete strategic guide to discovering international growth opportunities.

Author : Dilafruz Williams,Jonathan Brown
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781136583506

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Learning Gardens and Sustainability Education by Dilafruz Williams,Jonathan Brown Pdf

Offering a fresh approach to bringing life to schools and schools to life, this book goes beyond touting the benefits of learning gardens to survey them as a whole-systems design solution with potential to address myriad interrelated social, ecological, and educational issues. The theoretical and conceptual framework presented creatively places soil at the center of the discourse on sustainability education and learning garden design and pedagogy. Seven elements and attributes of living soil and learning gardens are presented as a guide for sustainability education: cultivating a sense of place; fostering curiosity and wonder; discovering rhythm and scale; valuing biocultural diversity; embracing practical experience ; nurturing interconnectedness. The living soil of learning gardens forms the basis of a new metaphoric language serving to contest dominant mechanistic metaphors presently influencing educational discourse. Student voices and examples from urban schools provide practical understanding of how bringing life to schools can indeed bring schools to life.

Author : William F. Pinar
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1085 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2003-04-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135669843

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International Handbook of Curriculum Research by William F. Pinar Pdf

The International Handbook of Curriculum Research is the first collection of reports on scholarly developments and school curriculum initiatives worldwide. Thirty-four essays on 28 nations, framed by four introductory chapters, provide a panoromic

Author : Susan Bloch,Philip Whiteley
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9789814346122

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The Global You by Susan Bloch,Philip Whiteley Pdf

Millions of people are now global business workers of some kind. Even though they might not use the term as such, they are buying, selling, managing and operating all over the world, but often have little preparation for the job. This book provides ten practical ways to enable the Global You to think, behave and operate in the appropriate global way.

Author : Kevin R Cox,Murray Low,Jennifer Robinson
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 641 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2007-12-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781446206836

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The SAGE Handbook of Political Geography by Kevin R Cox,Murray Low,Jennifer Robinson Pdf

"A thorough and absorbing tour of the sub-discipline... An essential acquisition for any scholar or teacher interested in geographical perspectives on political process." - Sallie Marston, University of Arizona "This unique book is a true encyclopedia of political geography." - Vladimir Kolossov, Institute of Geography of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Vice President of the IGU The SAGE Handbook of Political Geography provides a highly contextualised and systematic overview of the latest thinking and research in the field. Edited by key scholars, with international contributions from acknowledged authorities on the relevant research, the Handbook is divided into six sections: Scope and Development of Political Geography: the geography of knowledge, conceptualisations of power and scale. Geographies of the State: state theory, territory and central local relations, legal geographies, borders. Participation and representation: citizenship, electoral geography, media public space and social movements. Political Geographies of Difference: class, nationalism, gender, sexuality and culture. Geography Policy and Governance: regulation, welfare, urban space, and planning. Global Political Geographies: imperialism, post-colonialism, globalization, environmental politics, IR, war and migration. The SAGE Handbook of Political Geography is essential reading for upper level students and scholars with an interest in politics and space.

Author : Lorraine Eden,Evan H. Potter
Publisher : Springer
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1993-10-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781349229734

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Multinationals in the Global Political Economy by Lorraine Eden,Evan H. Potter Pdf

Multinationals in the Global Political Economy looks at the new diplomacy between the multinational firm and the nation-state, focusing on the interdependencies, conflictual and co-operative, between the two primary actors in the global economy. An international group of scholars (the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and Sweden) from a variety of disciplines (international relations, political science, public policy, economics and business studies) discuss the theory and practice of MNE-state relations in the 1990s.

Author : Robin Cohen,Paul Kennedy
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 487 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781479800766

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Global Sociology, Third Edition by Robin Cohen,Paul Kennedy Pdf

The third edition explores global issues at the heart of sociological discussion, with an updated focus on globalism, social media, migration, and more The first, pioneering editions of Global Sociology put global issues at the heart of sociological discussion. Much has changed in the world since then; recessions, revolutions, social media, and new migration networks have developed as causes and symptoms of an increasingly global society. This new edition is fully updated to explore just how these global issues can help us to understand sociology in our world today. Making clear connections between everyday experiences and global processes at each step, the third edition carefully guides readers through essential and cutting-edge topics in the discipline, from family and feminism to environment and economy. Features such as biography boxes on key thinkers in the field, a thorough glossary, and review questions introduce and reinforce the book’s core ideas. With clear writing and infectious enthusiasm for its topic, Global Sociology remains the authority on global issues in sociology for students at a variety of skill levels.