Author: Publisher: Editions Bréal
ISBN: 2749525764
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Author: Publisher: Editions Bréal
ISBN: 2749525764
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Global Studies Directory
Author: Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004353852
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 734
Book Description
Publication of the Global Studies Directory represents an unprecedented project in world practice. Based on the professional assessment by a large international team of experts, the Directory offers information on the most well-known scholars, political and public figures who have made outstanding contributions to the establishment and development of global studies or made a fundamental impact on the formation of global world. The Directory also contains comprehensive information about organizations, periodicals and special literature of direct relevance to the theory and practice of globalization and fully demonstrates the state of affairs in the field of study on a global level. This project is a continuation of many years of research which first resulted in the publication of the Global Studies Encyclopedic Dictionary, the companion publication to the Directory.
The Great Accelerator
Author: Paul VirilioPublisher: Polity
ISBN: 074565388X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 105
Book Description
On 10 September 2008, amid much fanfare, the Great Collider run by CERN in Geneva was turned on. The Collider was supposed to fire protons around a seventeen-mile loop of tunnels, causing them to crash into one another at close to the speed of light and break into even tinier particles. Nine days later the Collider broke down and had to be switched off, the accelerator temporarily silenced, the reckless search for 'God's particle' put on hold. At the same time the speeded-up markets of global finance, with screens of multi-coloured numbers designating the rapid flows of capital, are suddenly thrown into confusion when news spreads that the great Titan of Wall Street, Lehman Brothers, has filed for bankruptcy. Investors panic, share prices plunge and the accelerated markets of global finance seize up. In his latest book, Paul Virilio - the leading theorist of our obsession with technology, speed and power - rewrites 'The Book of Exodus', but the exodus he talks about is no longer conducted in a single file of people headed for some possible Promised Land. It is a closed-circuit exodus within a cramped world, where reduction in human stocks will suddenly look like the only solution to the lockdown of history.
Keramat, Sacred Relics and Forbidden Idols in Singapore
Author: William L. GibsonPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040118135
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
Keramat, holy graves and shrines, represent physical markers of Singapore’s history as a multi‐ethnic maritime trading center. They offered sanctified spaces not only for Muslims but also for the entire community in which they emerged. Maintained by self‐appointed caretakers, the stories of keramat often interweave fact with folklore that mirror the history and sensibilities of the community. While once an abundant part of the social landscape of Singapore, many keramat were destroyed during the post‐independence rush to develop. These keramat now face a second vanishing with memories of them fading as caretakers and community members age and pass away. In parallel, many modern Muslims consider keramat as a form of shirk, or polytheism, and tacitly consent to their destruction. This book concludes by critically examining the often‐tense relationship between keramat and authority, both secular and religious, from colonial to modern times. The dilemmas of grappling with puritanical norms and grassroots elaborations in varying modes of preservation are investigated using case studies from Singapore and the wider region. A vital resource for scholars, this work contributes to a people’s history of Singapore, one that both deepens and problematizes official historical accounts.
Interdisciplinary Insights on Fraud
Author: António MaiaPublisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443859265
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
This book fills an essential gap in the existing literature by analyzing fraud, and the weakening of ethical relations as parts of an overall global process, in an interdisciplinary, international and multidimensional perspective. It provides an in-depth analysis of fraud in its multiple facets, including financial fraud (most notably related to banking), fiscal/tax fraud (tax compliance and the role of government in the process), and academic fraud (exams misconduct and plagiarism). It also presents a set of methods and empirical evidence on the prevention and combating of fraud in distinct settings, such as money laundering, fraudulent investments schemes, and public procurement mismanagement, and economies, including Brazil, Canada, France, and Portugal.
Asia in Europe, Europe in Asia
Author: Srilata RaviPublisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
ISBN: 9812302085
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
The book presents a unique combination of the study of contemporary and historical practices between Asia and Europe and brings forth some of the latest thinking on the subject. Recent debates have centered primarily on contemporary aspects of the Europe-Asia partnership in terms of international relations and economic linkages. The present volume complements this political and economic interest in Europe-Asia relationship by focusing on the academic, social and cultural connections between t...
Négociation et transformations du monde
Author: Christophe DupontPublisher: Editions Publibook
ISBN: 2748338618
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Biblio International
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Development Or Domestication?
Author: Don N. McCaskillPublisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 682
Book Description
This fascinating collection offers a range of grassroots perspectives on development among indigenous peoples of Thailand, Vietnam, Burma, Laos, and Cambodia. Twenty-four essays -- including a number written by indigenous people themselves -- present both theoretical analyses and case studies spanning such topics as tourism, forest conservation, agriculture, prostitution, AIDS, and drugs. These are linked to the pivotal and much broader issues of environment, culture, religion, and government policy.
Géopolitique
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ISBN:
Category : Geopolitics
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
