Which Degree 1996

Author : Yue Chim Richard Wong
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2017-02-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789888390670

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Fixing Inequality in Hong Kong by Yue Chim Richard Wong Pdf

When discussing inequality and poverty in Hong Kong, scholars and politicians often focus on the failures of government policy and push for an increase in social welfare. Richard Wong argues in Fixing Inequality in Hong Kong that universal retirement support, minimum wage, and standard hours of work are of limited effect in shrinking the inequality gap. By comparing Hong Kong with Singapore, he points out that Hong Kong needs a new and long-term strategy on human resource policy. He recommends more investment in education, focusing on early education and immigration policy reforms to attract highly educated and skilled people to join the workforce. In analyzing what causes inequality, this book ties disparate issues together into a coherent framework, such as Hong Kong’s aging population, lack of investment in human capital, and family breakdowns. Rising divorce rates among low-income households have worsened the housing shortage, driving rents and property prices upwards. Housing problems have created a bigger gap between those who own housing and have the ability to invest in their children’s human capital and those who cannot, thus adversely impacting intergenerational upward mobility. This is the third of Richard Wong’s collections of articles on society and economy in Hong Kong. Diversity and Occasional Anarchy and Hong Kong Land for Hong Kong People, published by Hong Kong University Press in 2013 and 2015 respectively, discuss growing economic and social contradictions in Hong Kong and current housing problems and their solutions.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : STANFORD:36105112086751

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Rural Conditions and Trends by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Digest of Education Statistics 1996 by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 614 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Electronic journals
ISBN : UCSD:31822036142495

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Health, United States by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Bureau of the Census
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : United States
ISBN : OSU:32435060266699

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Census Catalog and Guide by United States. Bureau of the Census Pdf

Includes subject area sections that describe all pertinent census data products available, i.e. "Business--trade and services", "Geography", "Transportation," etc.

Author : Christopher Partridge
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 780 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2014-12-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781317596769

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The Occult World by Christopher Partridge Pdf

This volume presents students and scholars with a comprehensive overview of the fascinating world of the occult. It explores the history of Western occultism, from ancient and medieval sources via the Renaissance, right up to the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and contemporary occultism. Written by a distinguished team of contributors, the essays consider key figures, beliefs and practices as well as popular culture.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 744 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Education
ISBN : STANFORD:36105133483367

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Digest of Education Statistics by Anonim Pdf

Contains information on a variety of subjects within the field of education statistics, including the number of schools and colleges, enrollments, teachers, graduates, educational attainment, finances, Federal funds for education, libraries, international education, and research and development.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Universities and colleges
ISBN : 1860170412

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Which Degree 1996 by Anonim Pdf

Author : E. Hamilton
Publisher : Springer
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781137503510

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Technology and the Politics of University Reform by E. Hamilton Pdf

Do new technologies mean the end of the university as we know it? Or can they be shaped in a way that balances innovation and tradition? This volume explores these questions through a critical history of online education.

Author : Christine Koggel
Publisher : Broadview Press
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2006-03-27
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781551117485

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Moral Issues in Global Perspective - Volume 2: Human Diversity and Equality - Second Edition by Christine Koggel Pdf

Now available in three thematic volumes, the second edition of Moral Issues in Global Perspective is a collection of the newest and best articles on current moral issues by moral and political theorists from around the globe. Each volume seeks to challenge the standard approaches to morality and moral issues shaped by Western liberal theory and to extend the inquiry beyond the context of North America. Covering a broad range of issues and arguments, this collection includes critiques of traditional liberal accounts of rights, justice, and moral values, while raising questions about the treatment of disadvantaged groups within and across societies affected by globalization. Providing new perspectives on issues such as war and terrorism, reproduction, euthanasia, censorship, and the environment, each volume of Moral Issues in Global Perspective incorporates work by race, class, feminist, and disability theorists. Human Diversity and Equality, the second of the three volumes, examines issues of equality and difference and the effects, within and across borders, of kinds of discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, gender, disability, class, and sexual orientation. Nine essays are new, four of which were written especially for this volume. Moral Issues in Global Perspective is available in three separate volumes—Moral and Political Theory, Human Diversity and Equality, and Moral Issues.

Author : Bjorn Stensaker,Lee Harvey
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2010-09-13
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781136932366

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Accountability in Higher Education by Bjorn Stensaker,Lee Harvey Pdf

The latest volume in the Routledge International Studies in Higher Education series, Accountability in Higher Education takes an in-depth look at accountability initiatives around the world. Various evaluations, reporting schemes, and indicator systems have been initiated both to inform the public about higher education performance and to help transform universities and colleges and improve their functioning. This edited collection provides a comparative analysis of the promises, perils and paradoxes of accountability, and the potential effect on power structures and higher education autonomy, trust and the legitimacy of the sector. Part I describes how accountability is perceived and understood in different regions of the world, identifies some of the most common elements in established accountability initiatives, especially related to quality assurance, and provides direction for possible future development. Part II focuses on responses to new demands for accountability at institutional, national and international levels, and provides practical guidance for handling accountability going forward, emphasizing the dynamic relationship between international development, government strategies and organizational change. This volume is a must-have resource for HE managers, administrators, policy makers, researchers, HE graduate students and those interested or involved with HE accountability practices.

Author : Randall W. Davis,Anthony M. Pagano
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2021-07-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030667962

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Ethology and Behavioral Ecology of Sea Otters and Polar Bears by Randall W. Davis,Anthony M. Pagano Pdf

Sea otters and polar bears are carnivorous marine mammals that still resemble their terrestrial ancestors. Compared with Cetacea (whales and dolphins), Sirenia (dugongs and manatees), and Pinnipedia (seals, sea lions, and walrus), they are less adapted for an aquatic life and the most recently evolved among marine mammals. Sea otters are amphibious but seldom come ashore, and polar bears primarily occur on sea ice or along the shore. When at sea, both species spend most of their time swimming at the surface or making short, shallow dives when foraging or pursuing prey. Indeed, polar bears rarely pursue seals in water. Nevertheless, polar bears are powerful swimmers and will stalk seals from the water. As with many other large carnivores, they are solitary hunters. Although sea otters are gregarious and form aggregations at sea called rafts, they are primarily asocial. Except during mating, the principal interaction among sea otters occurs between a female and offspring during the six-month dependency period. In large carnivores (e.g., wolves and lions) that feed on ungulates, sociality and cooperation are favored because of the need to capture large prey and defend carcasses. Polar bears, which are the largest terrestrial carnivore, are solitary hunters of seals and are neither gregarious nor social. Males and females briefly associate during courtship and mating. During this time, males aggressively compete for females. At other times, males generally avoid each other except for aggregations of males that form while summering on land, and females with cubs avoid males, which are known for infanticide. As with sea otters, the interaction of polar bears outside of mating occurs between a female and her offspring during the 2-3 year dependency period. This interaction is critically important when altricial cubs are born in the winter den. This book provides new insight into the ethology and behavioral ecology of sea otters and polar bears. Each chapter reviews the discoveries of previous studies and integrates recent research using new techniques and technology. The authors also address historic and current anthropogenic challenges for their survival as climate change alters entire marine ecosystems.

Author : Taras Kuzio
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2007-12-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783838258157

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Theoretical and Comparative Perspectives on Nationalism by Taras Kuzio Pdf

This volume brings together 15 articles divided into four sections on the role of nationalism in transitions to democracy, the application of theory to country case studies, and the role played by history and myths in the forging of national identities and nationalisms. The book develops new theories and frameworks through engaging with leading scholars of nationalism: Hans Kohn's propositions are discussed in relation to the applicability of the term 'civic' (with no ethno-cultural connotations) to liberal democracies, Rogers Brubaker over the usefulness of dividing European states into 'civic' and 'nationalizing' states when the former have historically been 'nationalizers', Will Kymlicka on the applicability of multiculturalism to post-communist states, and Paul Robert Magocsi on the lack of data to support claims of revivals by national minorities in Ukraine. The book also engages with 'transitology' over the usefulness of comparative studies of transitions in regions that underwent only political reforms, and those that had 'quadruple transitions', implying simultaneous democratic and market reforms, as well as state and nation building. A comparative study of Serbian and Russian diasporas focuses on why ethnic Serbs and Russians living outside Serbia and Russia reacted differently to the disintegration of Yugoslavia and the USSR. The book dissects the writing of Russian and Soviet history that continues to utilize imperial frameworks of history, analyzes the re-writing of Ukrainian history within post-colonial theories, and discusses the forging of Ukraine's identity within theories of 'Others' as central to the shaping of identities. The collection of articles proposes a new framework for the study of Ukrainian nationalism as a broader research phenomenon by placing nationalism in Ukraine within a theoretical and comparative perspective.

Author : Patricia Layzell Ward,Darlene E. Weingand
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-08-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783111636214

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Human development by Patricia Layzell Ward,Darlene E. Weingand Pdf

The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) is the leading international body representing the interests of library and information services and their users. It is the global voice of the information profession. The series IFLA Publications deals with many of the means through which libraries, information centres, and information professionals worldwide can formulate their goals, exert their influence as a group, protect their interests, and find solutions to global problems.

Author : R. Hackney,D. Dunn
Publisher : Springer
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2000-05-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780333977675

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Business Information Technology Management by R. Hackney,D. Dunn Pdf

Organisations are information intensive systems, operating in dynamic and competitive markets, structured around complex physical and political infrastructures. This book characterises the critical nature of these environments through strategies for business information technology management (BITM).