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Corporate Governance
Corporate Governance by de Kluyver is a primer on corporate governance. It is designed to help students understand corporate governance by looking at the subject from both a macro- and micro-perspective. Historical data and examples including the recent scandals that have torn the fabric of capitalism pave a pathway to the principal challenges facing today’s corporate boards, and how to su…
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Becoming of Two Minds about Liberalism : A Chronicle of Philosophical and Mor…
Integrating scholarly essays and personal reflections, Becoming of Two Minds chronicles a unique philosophical odyssey, a developmental journey of coming to recognize the inadequacy of liberalism in the face of some egregious social problems such as racism, while also appreciating its strengths. A Personal Prologue describing the main intellectual influences on the author locates the origins of…
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- 978-94-6300-319-3
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- XVIII, 344
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Becoming a World-Class University : The case of King Abdulaziz University
This book written by international experts in the field of educational innovation is a guide for universities to become world-class universities. It contributes to the current international intellectual debate on the future of higher education. It also tells the story of King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) and its effort to become a world-class university. The book discusses exce…
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- XVII, 190
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Global Volcanic Hazards and Risk
We are indebted to colleagues around the world in the volcanological community who have generated the contemporary understanding of volcanoes on which this book draws. We are very grateful to colleagues and reviewers, including Dave Ramsey, Victoria Avery and Christina Neal of the US Geological Survey, for their valued input and suggestions, which greatly improved this book.
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Global Maritime Transport and Ballast Water Management
Ballast water management is a complex subject with many issues and still limited knowledge, however, it is building up on new scientific researches and practical experience. The Ballast Water Management Convention is the global legal framework which still needs to be implemented. This book brings together a long-term and newest experience from practical work, scientific research, admini…
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- 978-94-017-9366-7
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- XV, 306
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Global Governance in a World of Change
One of the participants in the project recently reminded us that this volume has been a very long time in the making. Although we think the comment was intended for other purposes, we choose to take the high road and see it as a reminder that we have many people to thank for their insights, involvement, and patience.
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Global Governance and the Emergence of Global Institutions for the 21st Century
The world today is facing unprecedented challenges of governance far beyond what the United Nations (UN), established 75 years ago, was designed to face. The grave effects of global climate change are already manifesting themselves, requiring rapid, far-reaching, and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society to arrest catastrophic and probably irreversible consequences.
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Global Environment Outlook - GEO-6: Summary for Policymakers
The sixth Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6), focusing on the theme “healthy planet, healthy people”, aims to help policymakers and all of society achieve the environmental dimension of the Sustainable Development Goals, internationally agreed environmental goals and the multilateral environmental agreements.
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Global Learning in the 21st Century
this 21st century, technological and social changes have never been as rapid as before, and educative practices must evolve and innovate to keep up. What is being done by educators today to prepare future global citizens? What are the skills and competencies that will be required by our students? What changes in how we approach education might need to be made? This book presents a modern focus…
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- 978-94-6300-761-0
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Global China as Method
Is China part of the world? Based on much of the political, media, and popular discourse in the West the answer is seemingly no. Even after four decades of integration into the global socioeconomic system, discussions of China continue to be underpinned by a core assumption: that the country represents a fundamentally different 'other' that somehow exists outside the 'real' world. Either implic…
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