"Why the paradigm of the world-class university is an implausible dream for most institutions of higher education Universities have become major actors on the global stage. Yet, as they strive to be "world-class," institutions of higher education are shifting away from their core missions of cultivating democratic citizenship, fostering critical thinking, and safeguarding academic freedom. In the contest to raise their national and global profiles, universities are embracing a new form of utilitarianism, one that favors market power over academic values. In this book, James Mittelman explains why the world-class university is an implausible dream for most institutions and proposes viable alternatives that can help universities thrive in today's competitive global environment. Mittelman traces how the scale, reach, and impact of higher-education institutions expanded exponentially in the post-World War II era, and how the market-led educational model became widespread. Drawing on his own groundbreaking fieldwork, he offers three case studies--the United States, which exemplifies market-oriented educational globalization; Finland, representative of the strong public sphere; and Uganda, a postcolonial country with a historically public but now increasingly private university system. Mittelman shows that the "world-class" paradigm is untenable for all but a small group of wealthy, research-intensive universities, primarily in the global North. Nevertheless, institutions without substantial material resources and in far different contexts continue to aspire to world-class stature. An urgent wake-up call, Implausible Dream argues that universities are repurposing at the peril of their high principles and recommends structural reforms that are more practical than the unrealistic worldwide measures of excellence prevalent today. "--
This text provide students with a comprehensive guide to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australia. The result of extensive research and experience, it offers fresh insights into a range of topics and, most importantly, is written by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander academics. It addresses topics ranging from history and reconciliation, to literature and politics, to art, sport and health. It presents social, cultural and political perspectives on these areas in a manner that is accessible to undergraduate students from a range of backgrounds and academic disciplines. Each chapter opens with a precis of the author's journey to engage students and offer them an insight into the author's experiences. These authentic voices encourage students to think about the wider issues surrounding each chapter and their real-life implications. This text emphasises the importance of relationships between non-Indigenous and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures
An urban history of modern Britain, and how the built environment shaped the nation's politicsFoundations is a history of twentieth-century Britain told through the rise, fall, and reinvention of six different types of urban space: the industrial estate, shopping precinct, council estate, private flats, shopping mall, and suburban office park. Sam Wetherell shows how these spaces transformed Britain's politics, economy, and society, helping forge a midcentury developmental state and shaping the rise of neoliberalism after 1980.From the mid-twentieth century, spectacular new types of urban space were created in order to help remake Britain's economy and society. Government-financed industrial estates laid down infrastructure to entice footloose capitalists to move to depressed regions of the country. Shopping precincts allowed politicians to plan precisely for postwar consumer demand. Public housing modernized domestic life and attempted to create new communities out of erstwhile strangers. In the latter part of the twentieth century many of these spaces were privatized and reimagined as their developmental aims were abandoned. Industrial estates became suburban business parks. State-owned shopping precincts became private shopping malls. The council estate was securitized and enclosed. New types of urban space were imported from American suburbia, and planners and politicians became increasingly skeptical that the built environment could remake society. With the midcentury built environment becoming obsolete, British neoliberalism emerged in tense negotiation with the awkward remains of built spaces that had to be navigated and remade.Taking readers to almost every major British city as well as to places in the United States and Britain's empire, Foundations highlights how some of the major transformations of twentieth-century British history were forged in the everyday spaces where people lived, worked, and shopped
The proceedings of the 24th Annual Conference on PO Res, held May 16-29 at the Hotel Sagamore, Lake George, NY, are presented as follows: (1) Ronald Gatty & Raymond Fink, Proceedings Editors, offer a brief summary of events. (2) Contents of Proceedings; (3) The AAPOR Reward for Exceptionally Distinguished Achievement was awarded to the Roper PO Res Center. A brief mention of previous recipients is made. (4)Abstracts of Papers, Third Annual Student Paper Competition, Chairman: William Paisley (Stanford U, Calif). lst, 2nd & 3rd prize were won as follows: David Knoke (U of Michigan, Ann Arbor), 'The Political Consequences of Economic Class Inconsistencies;' Charles K. Atkin (U of Wisconsin, Madison), 'The Influence of Pre-Election Poll Information on Political Preferences;' & Drury R. Sherrod (Stanford U, Calif), 'A Balance Theory Approach to Candidate Perception.' Honorable mention was made of: Douglas C. Hall (Stanford U, Calif), 'Political Partisanship - An Unobtrusive Field Experiment;' Kent L. Anderson (Stanford U, Calif), 'A Hierarchial Decision Model for Questionnaire Analysis and Interpretation;' & Jonathan Kelley (U of California, Berkeley), 'Dress as Nonverbal Communication.' Mention was made of: Milton Richards (Syracuse U, NY), 'The Effects of Overt Behavior of Alternative Mass Communication Persuasion Strategies - A Controlled Field Experiment;' & Matilda B. Rees, 'Linguistic Problems in Attitude Scales.' Abstracts of all these papers are presented. Then abstracts of contributions under the following headings are offered: Herbert Abelson (Response Analysis Corp), Chairman, THE POLITICAL YEAR THAT WAS: 1968: Warren J. Mitofsky (CBS News), 'Who Voted for Wallace?' Thomas E. Coffin & Sam Tuchman (Nat'l Broadcasting Corp), 'The Influence of Television Election Broadcasts in a Close Election;' Ernest Dichter (Instit for Motivational Res, Inc) & Henry Brenner (Home Testing Instit), 'Personality Characteristics of Undecided Voters;' & John P. Robinson (U of Michigan, Ann Arbor), 'Voter Reaction to Chicago 1968.' Yvan Corbeil (Centre de Recherches sur L'Opinion Publique, Paris, France), Chairman, RESPONSES TO STUDENT PRO- TEST: Joe L. Spaeth (Nat'l Opinion Res Center), 'Public Reactions to College Student Protests;' Stephen Cole (State U of New York, Stony Brook) & Hannelore Adamson (Columbia U, NY), 'The Student Demonstration at Columbia U: Determinants of Faculty Support;' Emanuel H. Demby, 'All the Lonely People;' Richard B. Wirthlin (Brigham Young U, Provo, Utah), &Vincent J. Breglio (California State Coll, Long Beach) 'Public Reaction to Student Protest: The California Case;' S. C. Dodd (U of Washington, Seattle), 'A Feedback Poll for Standardizing Change in Human Systems - A University Case,' Charles Winick (City U of New York, NY), Chairman, THE ISSUE OF OBSCENITY AND PORNOGRAPHY IN CONTEMPORARY MEDIA: Edward Sagarin (City Coll of New York, NY) 'Obscenity in the Underground Press;' David Sonenschein (U of Texas, Austin), 'Sex and Love in the Romance Magazines;' Richard Maisel (New York U, NY), Chairman: CAPAC: AN EXAMPLE OF A MULTI- STUDY: Robert S. Weiss (Harvard Med Sch, Boston), 'Studying Life Organization;' James H. Laue (Harvard Med Sch, Boston), 'Application of the Research by the U.S. Government: Issues of Public Policy and Professional Ethics;' James S. Bacharach (Trendex Inc), 'Methodology of the Study;' Richard Maisel (New York U, NY), 'The Impact of Events.' Ronald Gatty (City U of New York, NY), Chairman, IS OUR METHODOLOGY RELE- VANT TO THE TIMES: Joseph J. M. Saleh (Cantex Corp), 'Observations on the Sociology of Mass Communications;' Eric Josephson (Columbia U, NY) 'Sources and Forms of Resistance to Surveys;' & G. Ray Funkhouser & Nathan Maccoby (Stanford U, Calif), 'The Roll of a Poll in Resolving a University Crisis.' Sidney Hollander (Sidney Hollander Associates), Chairman, DRUGS, TELEVISION, INTEGRATION: TOPICS OF THE TIMES: Hope Lunin Klapper (New York U, NY), "Did Anyone Do Anything That Would be Wrong for You to Do?': Children's Perceptions and Moral Evaluations of Television Programs;' Hugh J. Parry, Mitchell B. Balter, & Ira H. Cisin (George Washington U, Washington DC & Nat'l Instit of Mental Health, Buthesda, Md), 'Primary Levels of Underreporting Psychotropic Drug Use with and without Visual Aids.' Allen H. Baron (Columbia U, NY), Chairman, SPECIAL SESSION ON TRAINING STUDENTS FOR SURVEY METHODOLOGY: Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann (Instit for Demoscopy, Allensbach, Germany), 'Training in Survey Methodology;' Morris Axelrod (Joint Center for Ur Studies of MIT & Harvard, Cambridge, Mass), 'Training Students in Survey Research.' Herbert E. Krugman (General Electric Co), OPEN MEETING ON AAPOR/ APA EARLY INTERNSHIP PROGRAM. Paul B. Sheatsley (Nat'l Opinion Res Center), Moderator, PUBLIC OPINION RESEARCH AS A PUBLIC OPINION ISSUE: Leo Bogart (Bur of Advertising, ANPA), 'Public Priorities, Power Politics, and Polls;' Burns W. Roper (Roper Res Associates, NYC), 'Responsibilities of the Public Opinion Researcher to the Public;' & Philip Meyer (Knight Newspapers), 'The Journalist as Public Opinion Researcher.' Kurt Lang (State U of New York, Stony Brook), Chairman, PUBLIC OPINION, GOVERN- MENTAL COMMISSIONS, AND SOCIAL POLICY: Paul N. Borsky (Columbia U, NY), 'The Use of Social Surveys in Policy;' Fred Schindeler & C. Michael Lanphier (Instit for Behavioral Res), 'Participatory Democracy in Canada: Paths for Survey Research;' Robert Shellow (Office of Public Safety, Washington, DC), 'Social Scientists and Social Action from Within the Establishment.' Robert Brictson (Systems Development Corp), Chairman, A LOOK AT THE FUTURE THROUGH INTERNATIONAL EYES: Jiri Nehnevajsa (U of Pittsburgh, Pa), 'Czechoslovak Intelligentsia Looks at the Future of Czechoslovakia;' G. N. Levine (U of California, Los Angeles), 'A Case Study in Comparative and International Research: Some Perils, Problems, and Solutions;' R. C. Brictson 'Expectations of Colombian Elites Toward Education.' Laure M. Sharp (Bur of Soc Sci Res Inc), Chairman, PUBLIC OPINION AND THE CRISIS IN PUBLIC EDUCATION: Richard M. Johnson (State U of NY, Buffalo), 'Public Schools and Confrontation Politics: The Views of Urban Blacks and Whites;' Jack Schwartz (Philadelphia Board of Educ, Pa), 'A Community Views Its Schools: The Philadelphia Story;' Harland Randolp (Federal City Coll, Washington, DC) 'Public Opinion Research: A Form of Community Participation for Urban Universities.' William T. Moran (Lever Brothers), Chairman, MODELS AND THEIR USE: Eric Marder (Eric Marder Associates Inc), 'A Consumer Behavior Model;' J. T. Linthorst-Homan (Young & Rubicam, NY), 'Which End Is UP? How to Use Marketing Models.' Harold K. Kassarijian (U of California, Los Angeles), Chairman, CONSUMER BEHAVIOR UNDER CHANGING SOCIAL CONDITIONS: Thomas S. Robertson, Douglas J. Dalrymple, & Michael Y. Yosbino (Harvard U, Cambridge, Mass, Indiana U, Bloomington & UCLA, Calif), 'Ethnic Purchasing Behavior As An Aspect of Desired Assimilation;' Harry L. Davis (U of Chicago, Ill), 'A Longitudinal Analysis of Family Decision Making; George S. Day (Stanford U, Calif), 'Attitude Change and the Influence of Brand Advertising;' Joel B. Cohen (U of Illinois, Urbana), 'Product Choice and Consumer Response: Post-Decision Processes.' Norman Perlstein & Charles H. Stember (Brotherhood-in-Action, & Rutgers U, New Brunswick, NJ), Co-Chairmen, BLACK VS. WHITE: BLACKS AND WHITES? Albert E. Gollin (Bur of Soc Sci Res Inc), 'Poor People's Campaign and the March on Washington: Mobilization for Collective Protest;' Landon G. Haynes (Miami Herald, Fla), 'Changes in Negro Attitudes Following the Assassinations of Martin Luthur King and Robert F. Kennedy;' Ann F. Brunswick (Columbia U, NY), 'What Generation Gap? A Comparison of Some Generational Differences Among Blacks and Whites.' The 'Annual Advisory AAPOR Business Meeting' concluded the Conference. M. Maxfield.
Introduction / by Charles Gati -- Part One. From the Ivy League... -- Zbig, Henry, and the new U.S. foreign policy elite / Justin Vaisse -- The fall of totalitarianism and the rise of Zbigniew Brzezinski / David C. Engerman -- Anticipating the grand failure / Mark Kramer -- Part Two. To the National Security Council -- Setting the stage for the current era / David Rothkopf -- Beijing's friend, Moscow's foe / Warren I. Cohen and Nancy Bernkopf Tucker -- The caricature and the man / Robert A. Pastor -- Dealing with the Middle East / William B. Quandt -- Working hard, having fun at the NSC / Robert Hunter -- The evening report / James Thomson -- Part Three. The policy advocate -- Brzezinski, the Pope, and the "plot" to free Poland / Patrick Vaughan -- Witnessing the grand failure in Moscow, 1989 / Marin Strmecki -- Brzezinski and Iraq : the makings of a dove / James Mann -- Solving the Arab-Israeli Conflict / David Ignatius -- The strategic thinker / Adam Garfinkle -- Part Four. Portraits -- The professor / Stephen F. Szabo -- An appreciation / Francis Fukuyama -- A self-assessment / In conversation with Charles Gati -- Chronology of major events in Zbigniew Brzezinski's life -- List of contributors
Dubois, Gilbert: The EU and the Mediterranean: where are we today? - S. 11-32. Jonge, Hans de: The Council of Europe's role in the Mediterranean. - S. 33-41. Parshin, Lev A.: Russia: to turn the Mediterranean into a zone of stability and cooperation. - S. 42-45. Busygina, Irina M.: Regional policy of the EU in the Mediterranean region: current situation and new challenges. - S. 46-48. Rachmaninov, Juri N.: On the model of global and comprehensive security for the Mediterranean in the 21 century. - S. 49-53. Perrakis, Stelios: The Euromediterranean partnership, evolution and perspectives. A Hellenic point of view. - S. 54-60. Kouzmin, Valery I.: To implement the concept of "Greater Mediterranean". - S. 61-64. Gaiduk, Victor P.: Civilization in the Mediterranean realm: Russia midway from mare nostrum to orbis terrarum. - S. 65-68. Barsegov, Yuri G.: The international law issues of the Mediterranean. (1. Issues of use of the sea; 2. ethno-political conflicts; 3. problems of ecology and water resources). - S. 69-77. Kefi, Mohamed Mouldi: The Mediterranean policy of Tunisia. (1. Tunisia and the Maghreb; 2. Tunisia and Europe). - S. 78-81. Astal, Kamal al-: What is the common interest the Palestinian state shares with EC and Russia in the Mediterranean and Black Sea region? - S. 82-87. Landa, Robert G.: The Mediterranean region: common history and culture. - S. 88-96. Yaskova, Alla A.: The Balkan aspect of the EU Mediterranean policy. - S. 97-100. Mashlykin, Vladimir G.: Problems of European Information Space. - S. 101-106. Gautron, Jean-Claude: La politique mediterraneenne de l'Union Europeenne: le processus de Barcelone. - S. 109-125. Shemiatenkov, Vladimir G.: Holistic nature of the Barcelona process. - S. 126-128. Yturriaga, Jose A. de: Origins and development of the Barcelona Convention on marine pollution in the Mediterranean. - S. 129-139. Bystrova, Anna K.: Ecological security of the Black Sea region: correlation with Barcelona process. - S. 140-143. Butorina, Olga V.: Mediterranean countries and the European Monetary Union. - S. 144-150. Landabaso, Andres: The Mediterranean region: 40 years after. - S. 151-153. Kargalova, Marina V.: Social problems in the context of the Barcelona process. - S. 154-158. Peskova, Ludmila V.: Culture in Euro-Mediterranean cooperation. - S. 159-164. Potemkina, Olga Yu.: From the Barcelona Declaration to the Amsterdam Treaty: changing of the EU immigration policy. - S. 165-174. Alibony, Roberto: The European Union and Mediterranean security. - S. 177-186. Nordam, Jette: NATO's Mediterranean dialogue. - S. 187-192. Alexandrova-Arbatova, Nadia K.: Russia and NATO in South Eastern Europe. - S. 193-200. Parkhalina, Tatijana G.: The Mediterranean: new dimensions of security. - S. 201-205. Benediktov, Kirill S.: Russia and security in the Balkans. - S. 206-209. Kovalsky, Nicolai A.: Certain Russia's contemporary concerns. - S. 213-218. Hovakimian, Ashot: Armenia in the context of regional cooperation of South-Eastern Europe and Mediterranean. - S. 219-224. Moshes, Arkady L.: Russia and the Black Sea states of the CIS in the new military-political situation. - S. 225-229. Malaha, Vasily N.: The EU programmes in the Black Sea area. (1. PHARE Programme; 2. Tacis Programme). - S. 230-236. Kutovoy, Evgeny G.: Russia and the Black Sea Economic Cooperation: current activities, problems and prospects. - S. 237-244. Babesko, Vladimir A.; Grizai, Valery V.: The Krasnodar Territory: problems of steady development. - S. 245-250
"China's land borders, shared with fourteen other nations, are the world's longest. Like all borders, they are not just lines on a map but also spaces whose histories and futures are defined by their frontier status. An ambitious appraisal of China's borderlands, Shifting Sands takes in the full scope and importance of these regions, illustrating their transformation from imperial backwaters to hotbeds of resource exploitation and human development in the age of neoliberal globalization. Xiaoxuan Lu brings to bear an original combination of archival research, fieldwork, cartography, and landscape analysis, broadening our understanding of the political economy and cultural change of China's borderlands in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries."
Human rights in a neoliberal world -- Global dynamics: rights promoters and rights resistors -- Private water, public good privatization and state capacity in Chile -- Water for life - implementing the human right to water and sanitation in Bolivia
