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Fifty Key Thinkers on Globalization is an outstanding guide to often-encountered thinkers whose ideas have shaped, defined and influenced this new and rapidly growing field. The authors clearly and lucidly survey the life, work and impact of fifty of the most important theorists of globalization including: Manuel Castells Joseph Stiglitz David Held Jan Aart Scholte Each thinker's contribution to the field is evaluated and assessed, and each entry includes a helpful guide to further reading. Fully cross-referenced throughout, this remarkable reference guide is essential reading for students of politics and international relations, economics, sociology, history, anthropology and literary studies.

Saudi Arabia is a young nation with an ancient history. It is one of the most conservative traditional societies in the world grappling with the impact of modernization wrought by the influx of great oil wealth beginning only in the mid twentieth century. Saudi culture is in constant flux, and the culture gap between the West and Saudi Islamic culture is wide. Culture and Customs of Saudi Arabia is the first cultural overview of country and provides timely, authoritative insight into a major Middle Eastern power.||The Saudis are a proud people with a closed society, but circumstances have caus

This book takes the reader on a journey through some men's land and into some men's houses. Along the way we look at whether or not there is a men's movement; what men's studies might consist of; where men have belonged in society through history; the nature of men's wounds and pain; femininity and masculinity; men's (boy's) differentiation from their mothers and their search for their fathers; and a refreshing view of men and sex, fatherhood, and work. Finally, we look at men coming together in men's support groups; amending the wrongs of their past; blessing each other in word, story, ritual

This study proposes a reflection on the notion of power and empowerment in Armenian societies of the central Middle Ages, focusing specifically on roles and representations of women who were able, in one way or another, to participate in the devices organizing the life of their community. The idea is to comprehend the notion of power in a broad way, not simply as the sole fact of the domination of the dynastic aristocracy, but as a necessity produced by the very existence of Armenian society, at a given moment in his history.In support of this conceptual reflection, we seek to specifically make women's participation in these systems and the processes that drive them visible. With this idea that by shifting the center of our gaze in this way, the complexity and remarkable dynamism of medieval Armenian societies can be better seen. We want therefore to show that it would be wrong to reduce them to this history of sovereignties and its aristocratic elites.We propose to do this by starting from a global and almost serial approach to the documentation that we have gathered here from the collections of published colophons available today. This approach makes it possible to establish the chronological, social and territorial dynamics, which are then declined around portraits of emblematic princesses of the aristocracy in the sovereign sectors controlled by the aristocracy. Through the portraits of these princesses, it is a story of power in its sovereign dimension that we seek to complete. To this is added a history of power in its governmental dimension, in the sense of the conceptual categories proposed by Michel Foucault.We consider here that the period which extends between 1064 and 1375 is that of a major transformation of medieval Armenian society, which at the same time sees the domination of the dynastic aristocracy fading within it, and the literate culture in armenian blooming like never before. The less Armenia there is on our maps, the more Armenians there are in our sources.It is also this apparent paradox ...

This study proposes a reflection on the notion of power and empowerment in Armenian societies of the central Middle Ages, focusing specifically on roles and representations of women who were able, in one way or another, to participate in the devices organizing the life of their community. The idea is to comprehend the notion of power in a broad way, not simply as the sole fact of the domination of the dynastic aristocracy, but as a necessity produced by the very existence of Armenian society, at a given moment in his history.In support of this conceptual reflection, we seek to specifically make women's participation in these systems and the processes that drive them visible. With this idea that by shifting the center of our gaze in this way, the complexity and remarkable dynamism of medieval Armenian societies can be better seen. We want therefore to show that it would be wrong to reduce them to this history of sovereignties and its aristocratic elites.We propose to do this by starting from a global and almost serial approach to the documentation that we have gathered here from the collections of published colophons available today. This approach makes it possible to establish the chronological, social and territorial dynamics, which are then declined around portraits of emblematic princesses of the aristocracy in the sovereign sectors controlled by the aristocracy. Through the portraits of these princesses, it is a story of power in its sovereign dimension that we seek to complete. To this is added a history of power in its governmental dimension, in the sense of the conceptual categories proposed by Michel Foucault.We consider here that the period which extends between 1064 and 1375 is that of a major transformation of medieval Armenian society, which at the same time sees the domination of the dynastic aristocracy fading within it, and the literate culture in armenian blooming like never before. The less Armenia there is on our maps, the more Armenians there are in our sources.It is also this apparent paradox ...

This study proposes a reflection on the notion of power and empowerment in Armenian societies of the central Middle Ages, focusing specifically on roles and representations of women who were able, in one way or another, to participate in the devices organizing the life of their community. The idea is to comprehend the notion of power in a broad way, not simply as the sole fact of the domination of the dynastic aristocracy, but as a necessity produced by the very existence of Armenian society, at a given moment in his history.In support of this conceptual reflection, we seek to specifically make women's participation in these systems and the processes that drive them visible. With this idea that by shifting the center of our gaze in this way, the complexity and remarkable dynamism of medieval Armenian societies can be better seen. We want therefore to show that it would be wrong to reduce them to this history of sovereignties and its aristocratic elites.We propose to do this by starting from a global and almost serial approach to the documentation that we have gathered here from the collections of published colophons available today. This approach makes it possible to establish the chronological, social and territorial dynamics, which are then declined around portraits of emblematic princesses of the aristocracy in the sovereign sectors controlled by the aristocracy. Through the portraits of these princesses, it is a story of power in its sovereign dimension that we seek to complete. To this is added a history of power in its governmental dimension, in the sense of the conceptual categories proposed by Michel Foucault.We consider here that the period which extends between 1064 and 1375 is that of a major transformation of medieval Armenian society, which at the same time sees the domination of the dynastic aristocracy fading within it, and the literate culture in armenian blooming like never before. The less Armenia there is on our maps, the more Armenians there are in our sources.It is also this apparent paradox ...

Title I of the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act explicitly directed more federal aid for K-12 education to poorer areas for the first time in US history, with a goal of promoting regional convergence in school spending. Using newly collected data, we find some evidence that Title I narrowed the gap in per-pupil school spending between richer and poorer states in the short- to medium-run. However, the program was small relative to then-existing poverty gaps in school spending; even in the absence of crowd-out by local or state governments, the program could have reduced the gap by only 15 percent.

"A provocative cultural history of pesticides and their controversial use and depiction in the United States. Mart contends that--despite the sharp concerns raised by environmentalists and others since the appearance of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring--Americans have not only never resolved the inherent tension between costs and benefits presented by these chemicals, but have actually grown ever more attached to them with the passage of time"--

The timely book takes stock of the state of the art and future of electronic democracy, exploring the history and potential of e-democracy in global perspective. Analysing the digital divide, the role of the internet as a tool for political mobilisation, internet Voting and Voting Advice Applications, and other phenomena, this volume critically engages with the hope for more transparency and political participation through e-democracy.

As the 2016 presidential election draws near, many voters will tune in to watch a series of debates between the leading candidates for the highest office in the land. The first debate, between Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican nominee Donald Trump, took place on September 26. These two major candidates have the distinction of having, respectively, the highest disapproval ratings in the history of candidates for the office.

The German BUNDESWEHR celebrated a 20th birthday in late Fall 1975. Now, 2 decades after the "rearmament," the relationship between civilians & soldiers in Germany is largely free of conflicts & less problematic than before. Today's "citizens in plain clothes" & "citizens in uniform" in all SC's associate in a manner characterized by calmness, habituation, & freedom from prejudice. Having been able to bring this about politically & constitutionally is an historical achievement. Historically, mutual antagonism between the armed forces & organized labor prevailed--a conflict continuing until Hitler came to power. The question of Germany's "remilitarization" in the 1950's threatened to revive this old conflict. The BUNDESWEHR were set up against the wishes of labor unions who only gradually changed their attitudes. But since 1964 the Public Services, Transport & Traffic Trade Union (OTV) has been seeking to enlist soldiers--the armed members of the public services--into the union. The OTV is thus in competition with the Federal Armed Forces Assoc (DBwV), a profession-oriented association set up in 1956 to represent soldiers' interests. Until now the OTV has not been very successful in recruiting members from the armed forces. However, examination shows that an unbroken, continuing antagonism between military & labor unions can hardly be considered responsible for this situation. The reasons are of a less dramatic nature: union goals & soldiers' interests only partially coincide. This demonstrates that a homogeneous professional association is clearly more attractive than a unified labor organization in the articulation of interests for such a professionalized occupation. Modified AA.

Chapter 1. Introduction (J. Rogerson and Visser) -- Chapter 2. Tourism Overview (C. Rogerson) -- Chapter 3. History of an aspect of tourism in South Africa ( J Rogerson and C Rogerson) -- Chapter 4. New forms of tourism accommodation (Visser) -- Chaoter 5. Slum tourism (F. Frentzel) -- Chapter 6. Tourism and climate change (W. Pandy) -- Chapter 7. Tourism and conservation (W. Pandy) -- Chapter 8. Mega wine farm resorts (S. Ferreira) -- Chapter 9. Adventure tourism: the case of shark cage diving (T. McKay) -- Chapter 10. The influence of 'flow' on commercial adventure tourism experiences (J. Giddy) -- Chapter 11. Music festival tourism in South Africa (D. Harmer) -- Chapter 12. Innovation in the tourism industry (Irma Booyens)

Shaanbei history, society, and culture -- Shaanbei popular religious landscape -- Beliefs and practices : Shaanbei people's religiosity and religious habitus -- Legends and histories : Heilongdawang and the Heilongdawang temple -- Provisioning magical efficacy and divine benevolence -- Modes of social organization and folk event productions -- Red-hot sociality -- Temple boss and local elite : the story of Lao Wang -- Longwanggou and agrarian political culture -- The local state and the politics of legitimation

The conference brought together over 100 Russian and international scholars. They discussed issues of fundamental importance for understanding Russia's economic development in the imperial, Soviet and post-Soviet periods. These include features of Russian modernizations, the role of institutional, sociocultural and geopolitical factors in the choice of development strategies, the general and the special, continuity and gaps in the economic policy, the history of industry, the farming sector, transport, the financial system, regional development, living standards over time, etc. The discussion revealed fruitful complementary studies of economic processes at macro and micro levels, the need for a long-term perspective in understanding their vector in the context of the "biggest challenges".

In the history of mankind 'equality' and 'freedom' evaded women in comparison to men. Women always suffered subordinate status and were assigned a purely functional role in every society or civilisation of the world. Over the period this unequal status of women being offensive to human dignity and human rights steered to develop feminist jurisprudence. This research paper reflects the perspective of feminist jurisprudence with reference to individual freedom of women, its expansion under other various issues and State's / employer's duty to protect women's individual freedom and to empower them. This research paper exclusively deals with that feminist jurisprudence which has been developed by judicial decisions in India.