Focusing on the two essential factors of the construction of risk, this book presents research revolving around the staging of and the coping with Internet addiction in China.
This cutting edge book considers how advances in technologies and new media have transformed our perception of education, and focuses on the impact of the privatisation of digital tools as a mean of knowledge production.
This volume includes a variety of first-hand case studies, critical analyses, action research and reflective practice in the digital humanities which ranges from digital literature, library science, online games, museum studies, information literacy to corpus linguistics in the 21st century.
This book explores the paradox of the hospitality industry: customers demand not only personal and innovative tourism products and services, but also cost-effective ones.
This book comprises a collection of well-researched essays on selected contemporary economic and finance issues in China, making a timely contribution to the intellectual intercourse regarding the implications of China's rise.
This book collects expert opinions, research, and risk assessments from within the Chinese financial policy establishment on prospects for the internationalization of the renminbi as a reserve currency around the world.
This book brings together up-to-date research from prominent international scholars in a collaborative exploration of the Japan's efforts to shape Asia's rapidly shifting regional order.
This volume seeks to fill the vacuum created by the Joint Economic Committee of Congress's decision to cease publishing comprehensive assessments of Russia's performance and potential.
This is a book on the Belt and Road Initiative, written from an unusual perspective - it is written by someone who was born in India but raised in Singapore; who has never spent a day of schooling in the greater China (Mainland, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau) but has Chinese heritage; who eventually built a long and distinguished career in the West.
This book broadens the research on the underworld of precarious and not-represented workers, through a selection of original case studies from across the globe written by leading experts.
This collection explores the expansion of Chinese outbound investments, aimed to sustain the increased need for natural resources, and how they have amplified the magnitude of a possible international crisis that the People's Republic of China may face in the near future by bringing together the views of a wide range of scholars.
Critically exploring the presuppositions of contemporary social theory, this collection argues for a trans-civilizational dialogue and a deepening of the universe of intellectual discourse in order to transform sociology into a truly planetary conversation on the human condition.
With North Atlantic post-World War II transatlantic dynamics as the subject, this volume inquires if its theoretical tenets hold in other epochs and Atlantic arenas.
This book is among the first to systematically analyze and discuss the Chinese government's"e;One Belt, One Road"e; initiative to promote infrastructure investment and economic development, bringing together a diverse range of scholars from China, Russia, and Eastern Europe.
This book considers the changing nature of intimacy in contemporary China, providing a unique case study of romantic subjectivities in young people in the world's fastest growing economy.
Este libro cubre los conocimientos, las destrezas y las habilidades que necesitarás para conseguir un trabajo y tener éxito en el creciente campo de la responsabilidad corporativa.
"Los catálogos de derechos humanos consagrados en los instrumentos internacionales, así como aquellos reconocidos en los textos internos de los Estados, se encuentran en permanente evolución.
Colombia frente a la Globalización es producto de un trabajo de varios años en que el autor ha venido investigando acerca de la situación del país frente a una serie de tratados y acuerdos de comercio en los cuales ha participado o está en negociación.
En la actual globalizacion, el espacio publico de la comunidad politica se configura en un escenario transnacional que desborda los alcances de la ciudadania localizada en un contexto nacional.
La globalizacion, como proyecto internacional del capitalismo, contiene nuevas formas de poder que ya se estan desarrollando en los Estados Unidos, Europa y Japon -imperialismo colectivo-, mientras en los paises tercermundistas hasta ahora se esta tratando de entrar en la nueva ola del lenguaje economico y politico que va a dominar los Estados nacionales y los mercados en el siglo XXI.
El hecho de que la publicidad esté en el banquillo de los acusados, el hecho de que una gran mayoría de los habitantes de las sociedades más desarrolladas del planeta se declaren hartos de publicidad, no impide el sentimiento fascinación que la publicidad sigue provocando entre esos mismos individuos.
Las distintas lecturas sobre el fenómeno de la globalización están de acuerdo en afirmar su carácter desbordado, incontrolado y acelerado, que sus efectos son cada vez más imprevisibles y que sus consecuencias dejan más para lamentar que para celebrar.
El presente libro es resultado de un seminario sobre "Identidades colectivas, conflictos y reconocimiento", realizado hace dos años por el doctorado en humanidades de la Universidad del Valle, con invitados de la academia nacional e internacional.
La globalizacion ha venido constituyendose en la historia con un despliegue de apuestas teoricas tan diversas como los horizontes desde donde pueden avistar tan complejas como la red de relaciones y tensiones que su advenimiento ha suscitado.
Vuonna 2016 Yhdysvaltain presidentinvaalien ja Britannian EU-kansanäänestyksen seurauksena syntyi laajalti jaettu tunne siitä, että politiikan tekemisen tavat ja julkisen keskustelun säännöt olivat muuttuneet pohjiaan myöten.
With its comprehensive coverage and quality this provocative book is concerned with the future of developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
This book is designed as a text for teacher education graduate programs, as well as a resource for school administrators and researchers and provides a global perspective to the current issues related to teacher dispositions, their place in teacher education programs, and impact on education reform around the world.
Dotted with lively dialogues that illustrate concrete issues, From Exclusion to Excellence: Building Restorative Relationships to Create Inclusive Schools is a practical guide to creating inclusive schools.
