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Mergers in Higher Education
This book addresses the critical knowledge gaps of mergers involving higher education institutions. It is based on a comparative research project (spring 2013-spring 2015) investigating the phenomena of mergers involving higher education institutions across the Nordic countries – Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark. The study involved close to 30 scholars from the region, and aimed at sheddin…
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- 1
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- 978-3-319-21917-2
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- XII, 236
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- Higher Education Dynamics
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Methods and Modalities of Effective School Inspections
This book provides an overview and discussion of the evidence base of effective school inspections; reflecting on issues of validity and reliability of school inspections in relation to school effectiveness research, unintended consequences and emergent roles and responsibilities of Inspectorates of Education. Chapters include findings from systematic literature reviews and primary research whi…
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- 978-3-319-31001-5
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- IX, 179
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- Accountability and Educational Improvement
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Utopia and Modernity in China : Contradictions in Transition
The contradictions of modernisation run through the whole of modern Chinese history. The abundance of manufactured goods being sold in the west attests to China’s industrial revolution, but this capitalist vision of 'utopia' sits uneasily with traditional Chinese values. It is also in conflict with the socialism that has been the bedrock of Chinese society since the foundation of the People…
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- 9781786808349
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Feminist Solutions for Ending War
‘War is a man’s game,’ or so goes the saying. Whether this is true or not, patriarchal capitalism is certainly one of the driving forces behind war in the modern era. So can we end war with feminism? This book argues that this is possible, and is in fact already happening. Each chapter provides a solution to war using innovative examples of how feminist and queer theory and practice infor…
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- 9780745342900
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Solidarity in Europe: Citizens' Responses in Times of Crisis
solidarity in Europe; transnational solidarity; political sociology; citizen responses to crisis; asylum policies; refugee crisis; attitudes towards European Union
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- 9783319733340
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- 360 LAH s
Multiculturalism and Conflict Reconciliation in the Asia-Pacific
Politics, International Relations, Sociology, Asian Studies, Asian Politics and Law, Development, Migration, Ethnicity and Identity, General
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- 9781137464620
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- 302.2 SHI m
A Study of Crisis
As the twentieth century draws to a close, it is time to look back on an epoch of widespread turmoil, including two world wars, the end of the colonial era in world history, and a large number of international crises and conflicts. This book is designed to shed light on the causes and consequences of military-security crises since the end of World War I, in every region, across diverse economic…
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- 9780472903122
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- 337 WIL s
The Japanese Automotive Industry: Model and Challenge for the Future?
As the University of Michigan Center for Japanese Studies reflected on the deteriorating position of the domestic auto industry in the fall of 1980, and the strong competitive threat being posed by the Japanese automakers, we were struck by the extraordinary low quality of the public discussion of these critical issues. The national importance of the issues seemed only matched by the superficia…
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- 9780472902033
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- 300 JAP j
Industry at the Crossroads
International communication as a field of inquiry is, in fact, not very “internationalized.” Rather, it has been taken as a conceptual extension or empirical application of U.S. communication, and much of the world outside the West has been socialized to adopt truncated versions of Pax Americana’s notion of international communication. At stake is the “subject position” of academic an…
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- 9780472902040
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- 330 IND i
Economic Sanctions in International Law and Practice
Providing perspectives from a range of experts, including international lawyers, political scientists, and practitioners, this book assesses current theory and practice of economic sanctions, discussing current legal and political challenges faced by the international community.It examines both the implementation of sanctions by major powers – the United States, the European Union, and Japan …
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- 0429628013
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