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Membership in international orgranizations is crucial in the internationalization strategy of higher education institutions. It can help to enlarge the network, gain expertise from other organization and contribute in enhancing the visibility of an organization. Since its establishment in 1960, RUDN University has devoted great attention to participatin in international organizations. This process has been further enhanced since 2015, when RUDN University has joined the 5-100 University Excellence Program, promoted by the Russian Ministry of education. The authors analyses the benefits for RUDN University and the development of its international dimension thanks to its participation in international associations. The membership to IHF (Institut de Haute Formation aux Politiques Communautaires) has been chosen by the author as case study to demonstrate the benefits obtained by RUDN University from the membership.

This analysis indicates that energy, and environmental friendly energy especially, has increased in importance within social science publishing and also in terms of Norwegian participation in national and international research projects. This heightened research interest reflects a stronger focus on environmentally friendly energy in general, in an international context and nationally. The requirements of deploying new energy technologies, reducing energy consumption and building effective and socially sustainable energy markets have to be addressed by politicians, but are also quite visible in international public debate. Social science studies actively contribute to such debate.

The book explores how, to what extent and with what consequences the international crisis of 2007-2008 and the recession which followed have affected European SMEs (small and medium enterprises) in both the well established market economies of the old member countries and in the post-transformation new member countries, and what can be done at the institutional and political level to uphold them

"This handbook explores prejudice, stereotyping and discrimination primarily as phenomena embedded in the social organization of societies and connected to structural factors and larger societal systems. It offers a unique critical, and cross-disciplinary approach to the study of contemporary manifestations of prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination. New socio-psychological analyses of the most pressing social problems of our age bring into view future directions of research on prejudice, stereotyping and discrimination oriented to social change and collective action, and that engage with wider systems of norms, and discourse. The editors draw on social psychology, sociology, social policy, clinical psychology, cultural studies, and feminist, antiracist and decolonizing social science to show how social psychology can successfully rekindle its intellectual dialogue with kindred social science fields to create broader foundations for the exploration of the paradoxes lodged at the heart of the social expression of prejudice in liberal democracies, that devalue and exclude people. This is essential reading for anyone interested in prejudice, discrimination and stereotypes. The handbook will be accessible to academics and researchers interested in both the quantitative and qualitative study of discrimination, inequality and social exclusion, as well as students undertaking masters or doctoral studies in social psychology, political psychology and political science"--

pt. 1. Taking stock of human rights within criminology -- pt. 2. Law, regulation and governance through a human rights lens -- pt. 3. Human rights in the promotion of peace, community safety and social justice -- pt. 4. Policing and human rights -- pt. 5. Human rights and the justice process -- pt. 6. Human rights and penality

Auf dem Hintergrund des Umbruchs in der DDR wurde auf dem internationalen Kolloquium in Jena über das Thema "Konservatismus und Fortschritt" diskutiert. Die Referate und Diskussionen zeigten, daß die Konservatismusforschung für die weitere wissenschaftliche Arbeit und Zusammenarbeit mit westlichen Kollegen die Klarlegung dessen zur Voraussetzung hat, was sich als fehlerhaft erwiesen hat und was die Forschung behinderte. Aus dieser Prämisse wurden folgende Gesichtspunkte genannt: die gescheiterte Sozialismuskonzeption, die durch den Stalinismus und seine Nichtbewältigung verursachte substantielle Aufgabe eines kosmopolitischen und humanistischen Menschen- und Gesellschaftsbildes, die einseitige Charakteristik des zeitgenössischen Konservatismus als eine Spielart des Antikommunismus und die sich auf der Grundlage der Sozialismusauffassung aufbauende Einengung des Blickes auf die soziale Basis der konservativen Denk- und Handlungsweisen. (GF)

Forward guidance is one of the policy tools that a central bank can implement if it seeks to provide additional monetary stimulus when it is operating at the effective lower bound (ELB) on interest rates. It became more widely used during and after the global financial crisis. This paper reviews the international experience, based on the six central banks that have used forward guidance when operating at the ELB, in order to assess its effectiveness and the potential risks associated with its implementation. We distinguish between three distinct types of forward guidance (qualitative, time contingent and state contingent) and discuss the channels through which forward guidance operates. Overall, we find that forward guidance can be an effective tool at the ELB when clearly communicated and perceived as credible. Though evidence from the literature is somewhat mixed - since the specific effects vary across economies, episodes and type of guidance - it has generally been found to be effective in (1) lowering expectations of the future path of policy rates, (2) improving the predictability of short-term yields over the near term and (3) changing the sensitivity of financial variables to economic news. However, as with other monetary policy tools, the benefits of forward guidance need to be weighed against the costs. Those costs are mainly associated with potential loss of credibility and increased financial stability risks. Moreover, the international experience with forward guidance under conditions of negative ELBs and interest rates is limited to date. ; Les indications prospectives font partie des instruments de politique monétaire qu'une banque centrale peut mettre en place si elle souhaite procéder à un nouvel assouplissement de la politique monétaire dans un contexte où le taux directeur se situe à sa valeur plancher. Leur utilisation s'est généralisée durant et après la crise financière mondiale. Les auteures dressent un bilan de la situation à l'échelle internationale : afin d'évaluer l'efficacité des ...

Front Matter -- Contents -- Introduction -- I The Documents Reviewed: An Analysis -- Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries -- World Development Report 1993: Investing in Health -- The Health of Adults in Developing Countries -- Human Development Reports, 1993 and 1994 -- Ninth General Programme of Work, 1996-2001 and Intensified Cooperation with Countries in Greatest Need -- The State of the World's Children, 1994 and 1995 -- Health Research: Essential Link to Equity in Development -- Global Comparative Assessments in the Health Sector -- Partnerships for Global Development: The Clearing Horizon -- Strategies for Sustainable Development -- II The Documents Considered: Reflections and Implications -- The Documents Considered: Reflections and Implications -- A Final Note.

The paper contributes to the historiography of the domestic science of
International Relations, observed through its processing of the nonalignment
in the socialist Yugoslavia period. The author has analysed the relevant
academic literature that deals with the nonalignment as a concept, a movement
and an interplay of social relations. Initially, the paper presents a short
sketch of the development of the science of International Relation within
Yugoslav social sciences, and then the development of the part of the IR
science that had nonalignment as its object. The author has shown the strong
threads of the Marxist approach to the International Relations in the
analyses of the nonaligned movement and its genesis, but also flexibility and
eclecticism in the analyses of various related topics. The author has also
displayed a wide focus of such a science on the analysis of the role of
internal factors in defining the foreign policy and of the importance given
to the historical experience and subjectivity in action, which are
characteristics of more contemporary theories like constructivism and
liberalism. In that sense, the author concludes the theoretical production of
that era should be evaluated in more detail, in light of the actual state of
play in the science of International Relations.

International audience ; Care et handicap. 2ème partie : déclinaisons historiques et perspectives internationales / Care and Disability. 2nd part: Historical Variations and International Perspectives. Éditeurs / Guest editors : Aurélie Damamme, Emmanuelle Fillion, Myriam Winance

International audience ; Care et handicap. 2ème partie : déclinaisons historiques et perspectives internationales / Care and Disability. 2nd part: Historical Variations and International Perspectives. Éditeurs / Guest editors : Aurélie Damamme, Emmanuelle Fillion, Myriam Winance