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Beyond Global Capitalism
This book compiles the presentations and discussions from the international symposium “Beyond Global Capitalism” that was held with the contributions of Emmanuel Todd, Ha-Joon Chang, and other scholars in Kyoto, Japan, in 2013. The book is intended make the reader aware that global capitalism, or globalism, has increased its power in recent years, bringing about a variety of harmful effects…
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- 978-4-431-55181-2
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Beyond Economic Interests : Critical Perspectives on Adult Literacy and Numer…
Over the last two decades, an increasingly economistic discourse has dominated discussions about adult literacy and numeracy. This book provides critiques of, and alternative narratives to the dominant discourse. Authors provide tools and methodologies of critique, including ways of seeing how policies in the countries of focus come to be captured almost completely by the interests of business…
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Beyond Bitcoin : The Economics of Digital Currencies
Digitization is eating the world, and currencies are not immune from this transformation. Halaburda and Sarvary separate the hype from the reality and provide the grounded explanation of digital and crypto-currencies that has been lacking until now." - Erik Brynjolfsson, Director, Initiative on the Digital Economy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA; coauthor, The Second Machine Age …
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- 978-1-137-50642-9
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From Bricks to Brains The Embodied Cognitive Science of LEGO Robots
From Bricks to Brains introduces embodied cognitive science, and illustrates its foundational ideas through the construction and observation of LEGO Mindstorms robots. Discussing the characteristics that distinguish embodied cognitive science from classical cognitive science, From Bricks to Brains places a renewed emphasis on sensing and acting, the importance of embodiment, the exploration of …
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- 9781897425787.01
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- 354 pages
Betty A. Reardon: Key Texts in Gender and Peace
This book presents a rich collection of Betty A. Reardon’s writing on gender studies, sexism and the war system, and human security from a feminist perspective. Betty A. Reardon is a pioneer of gender studies who, as a feminist, identified the structural relationship between sexism and the war system and, as a scholar, a shift from national to human security. As a pioneer in contemporary the…
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- 978-3-319-11809-3
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Betty A. Reardon: A Pioneer in Education for Peace and Human Rights
Betty A. Reardon is a world-renowned leader in the fields of peace education and human rights; her pioneering work has laid the foundation for a new cross-disciplinary integration of peace education and international human rights from a gender-conscious, global perspective. This collection of reflective inquiry and ongoing research gathers essential works on peace education and human rights (19…
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- 978-3-319-08967-6
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Human Rights-Based Approaches to Clinical Social Work
This groundbreaking Brief brings a rights-based perspective to social work as opposed to the charity- and needs-based formats traditional to the field. Core principles for effective practice are discussed in the context of global human rights advocacy, from addressing individuals' immediate issues to challenging the structures that allow continued injustices to marginalized populations. Focusin…
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- 978-3-319-08559-3
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- XXI, 134
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Dynamic approaches to global economic challenges : festschrift in honor of Ka…
This book addresses three big economic challenges from a dynamic perspective: European integration, economic growth, and global climate change. In the light of the recent crises of the European Union (EU), the first part of the book deals with challenges to the real, monetary and fiscal integration of the EU and required institutional adjustments. The second part of the book addresses fundament…
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- 9783319233246
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Human Rights of Older People: Universal and Regional Legal Perspectives
This book focuses on descriptions of the developments in legal frameworks and policies regarding the human rights of older persons. First, it covers the policies adopted and practices developed at the universal system, particularly within the sphere of the United Nations. Second, it includes a side-by-side comparison of the work of regional human rights mechanisms, which have picked up some mom…
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- 978-94-017-7184-9
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Human Rights in Language and STEM Education:Science, Technology, Engineering …
This volume explores the challenges of teaching and learning Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects in local languages and local contexts in a range of countries around the world. Many countries around the world, including African countries, have been largely excluded from the transformation that is going on in STEM pedagogy in the USA, where the emphasis is on the imp…
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