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The greatest challenge to international business today is how to manage business operations across cultural boundaries. This is especially true…
in the case of China, which has attracted a massive amount of foreign investment and international trade recently. This new study examines three main themes:* the partnership of management through joint ventures* the human resource aspects of management* the management of communication, co-operation and negotiationThe crucial issue of trustworthiness, the different managerial practices in China and the West, the importance of being well prepared and understanding Chinese negotiations are the major contemporary issues identified and discussed in this book.Organized Worlds: Explorations in Technology and Organization with Robert Cooper
By Robert C.H. Chia. 1998
Organized Worlds locates the study of organization within the wider area of social theory. It explores in detail the intricate…
relationships that exist between technology, representation and organization. The collection includes a chapter from the leading expert in the field, Robert Cooper, as well as an interview with him. Other contributors build upon and extend the findings of Cooper.This is a companion volume to In the Realm of Organization.Politics of Educational Innovations in Developing Countries: An Analysis of Knowledge and Power (Reference Books in International Education #No. 46)
By Nelly P. Stromquist, Michael L. Basile. 1999
In the educational arena, new ideas often compete as solutions to recurrent problems, making the concept of "innovations" a widespread…
discursive term. While expectations are substantial for each innovation, implementation of ideas has shown them to be more modest in practice. This book examines innovations in several developing countries, presenting case studies of technological, curricular, and organizational innovations selected for their magnitude in financial investment, scope, and duration. The case studies explore the social and political contexts that shaped the features of these innovations and what they accomplished over time in terms of teacher cost reduction, status mobility, access to education, and national unity. The experience of countries such as Brazil, Lesotho, the Philippines, and Namibia, and the influence of international agencies such as the World Bank are described and analyzed against theories of social and organizational change. The case studies themselves also serve as subjects for reflection on the prevailing positivist approaches to research and knowledge. The Politics of Educational Innovations should be of considerable interest to students of educational change, wither in the academic world or in the fields of government and international cooperation.Women's Bodies, Women's Worries: Health and Family Planning in a Vietnamese Rural Commune
By Tine Gammeltoft. 1998
The first fully-fledged ethnography on health-related issues to come out of contemporary Vietnam, Women's Bodies, Women's Worries is a study…
of women's lives in a rural commune in Vietnam's Red River delta. Starting as an examination of the impact of Vietnam's ambitious family planning policy on the health and lives of rural women, the study explores historical and contemporary socio-cultural forces which influence the lives of Vietnamese women. What begins as an investigation of contraceptive side effects becomes an inquiry into the daily lives of rural women, an examination of the moral ideologies by which women's lives are circumscribed, and an exploration of the ways women themselves manage and negotiate the moral demands and social relations which constitute daily lives. In addition, the book provides a sympathetic account of the everyday lives and concerns of rural women while also including theoretical considerations of the social grounding of bodily experience, the cultural meanings of health and illness, and the everyday politics of emotional expression.Students as Researchers: Creating Classrooms that Matter (Teachers' Library)
By Shirley R. Steinberg, Joe L. Kincheloe. 1998
This book focuses directly on student empowerment through meaningful research. It fills a specific gap in educational literature by making…
explicit the relationship between teaching method, classroom practice, and the production of knowledge. Drawing on the best of theoretical innovations over the last decade Students as Researchers places them in a living accessible context. With a sound basis in theory, the book is also extremely practical and accessible for students, giving scenarios and examples that can be used to reveal the workings and benefits of research.Richard Collins explores public service television's role in fostering pan-European cultural identity. Based on extensive primary research, interviews with participants…
and analysis of key European programmes, this book documents the growth of the public service satellite television network which was backed by the European Union, and its eventual alliance with Rupert Murdoch's commercial Sky network.The Taking of Hong Kong: Charles and Clara Elliot in China Waters
By Susanna Hoe, Derek Roebuck. 1999
Relations between Britain and China have, for over 150 years, been inextricably bound up with the taking of Hong Kong…
Island on 26 January 1841. The man responsible, Britain's plenipotentiary Captain Charles Elliot, was recalled by his government in disgrace and has been vilified ever since by China. This book describes the taking of Hong Kong from Elliot's point of view for the first time '- through the personal letters of himself and his wife Clara '- and shows a man of intelligence, conscience and humanitarian instincts. The book gives new insights into Sino-British relations of the period. Because these are now being re-assessed both historically and for the future, revelations about Elliot's role, intentions and analysis are significant and could make an important difference to our understanding of the dynamics of these relations. On a different level, the book explores how Charles the private man, with his wife by his side, experienced events, rather than how Elliot the public figure reported them to the British government. The work is therefore of great historiographical interest.Semantics (Language Workbooks)
By Howard Gregory. 1999
Semantics is an accessible and practical introduction to formal semantics, the study of linguistic meaning, for students new to the…
subject. Semantics:* shows how meanings are built up and interrelated* presupposes very little prior knowledge of grammar or linguistic terminology * includes a glossary of technical terms* provides a progression of exercises with answers given at the back * backs up the activities with short, clear explanations* includes an appendix on sets and functions.Engaging China: The Management of an Emerging Power (Politics in Asia #10)
By Alastair Iain Johnston, Robert S. Ross. 1999
Engaging China is one of the first books to look at the responses of major international powers to the recent…
economic growth of China. Anyone interested in the financial fortunes of the Asia-Pacific region cannot afford to ignore the rise of China as an economic power since the 1970s. Economic growth coupled with increased military capability and spreading nationalism have gradually enhanced Chinas international profile. In an interesting mix of the empirical and theoretical, case studies from United States, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, Korea, Malaysia and Indonesia illustrate Chinas developing position in the Asia-Pacific.Indonesia and China: The Politics of a Troubled Relationship (Politics in Asia)
By Rizal Sukma. 1999
Indonesia broke off relations with China in 1967 and resumed them only in 1990. Rizal Sukma asks why. His answers…
shed light on Indonesia's foreign policy, the nature of the New Order's domestic politics, the mixed functions of diplomatic ties, the legitimacy of the new regime, and the role of President Suharto. Rizal Sukma argues that the matter of Indonesia restoring diplomatic ties with China is best understood in terms of the efforts made by the military-based New Order government to sustain its political legitimacy. The analysis in this book proves that an absence as well as a presence of diplomatic relations may advance not only the external but the domestic interests of an incumbent government. This is the first major study on Indonesia and China's diplomatic relations under the New Order government. It will be illuminating for research students and lecturers in international politics, international relations, policy making and diplomacyChinese Workers: A New History (Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia #No.2)
By Jackie Sheehan. 1998
Jackie Sheehan traces the background and development of workers clashes with the Chinese Communist Party through mass campaigns such as…
the 1956-7 Hundred Flowers movement, the Cultural Revolution, the April Fifth Movement of 1976, Democracy Wall and the 1989 Democracy Movement. The author provides the most detailed and complete picture of workers protest in China to date and locates their position within the context of Chinese political history. Chinese Workers demonstrates that the image of Chinese workers as politically conformist and reliable supporters of the Communist Party does not match the realities of industrial life in China. Recent outbreaks of protest by workers are less of a departure from the past than is generally realized.Educating New Americans: Immigrant Lives and Learning (Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education)
By Donald F. Hones, Shou C. Cha, Cher Shou Cha. 1999
Educating New Americans examines what it means to be an American through the history of a refugee from Laos. Shou…
Cha is a community liaison for an elementary school, an evangelical preacher, a community leader, a husband, and a father. His lifetime of learning, presented mainly in his own voice, is framed by various historical and sociological contexts that have shaped his life, the lives of other Hmong refugees, and the lives of other Americans, old and new. These contexts include the history of immigrant education policies in the United States, as seen through the lives of immigrant children; the historical and sociological impact of warfare as well as missionary work in the lives of the Hmong people; and the sociology of generational conflict, especially as it is felt among immigrant groups. Finally, this book suggests that immigrant parents such as Shou Cha can contribute to the process of teaching peace to children, and making peace between diverse groups in America, the land of e pluribus unum.Population Theories and their Economic Interpretation (International Library of Sociology)
By Sydney H. Coontz. 1998
The History of Early English: An activity-based approach (Learning about Language)
By Keith Johnson. 2016
The History of Early English provides an accessible and student-friendly introduction to the history of the English language from its…
beginnings until the end of the Early Modern English period Taking an activity-based approach this text ensures that students learn by engaging with the fascinating evolution of this language rather than simply reading about it The History of Early English Provides a comprehensive introduction to early middle and early modern English Introduces each language period with a text from writers such as Chaucer and Shakespeare accompanied by a series of guiding questions and commentaries that will engage readers and give them a flavour of the language of the time Features a range of activities that include discussion points questions online tasks and preparatory activities that seamlessly take the reader from one chapter to the next Is supported by a companion website featuring audio files further activities and links to online material Written by an experienced teacher and author this book is the essential course textbook for any module on the history of EnglishThis book provides the first full account of the 20-year story of universal access and service in South Africa’s ICT…
sector. From 1994 the country’s first democratic government set out to redress the deep digital divide afflicting the overwhelming majority of its citizens, already poor and disenfranchised, but likewise marginalised in access to telephone infrastructure and services. By this time, an incipient global policy regime was driving reforms in the telecomms sector, and also developing good practice models for universal service. Policy diffusion thus led South Africa to adopt, adapt and implement a slew of these interventions. In particular, roll-out obligations were imposed on licensees, and a universal service fund was established. But an agency with a universal service mandate was also created; and licences in under-serviced areas were awarded. The book goes on to identify and analyse the policy success and failure of each of these interventions, and suggests some lessons to be learned.The Problem of Affective Nihilism in Nietzsche: Thinking Differently, Feeling Differently
By Kaitlyn Creasy. 2020
Nietzsche is perhaps best known for his diagnosis of the problem of nihilism. Though his elaborations on this diagnosis often…
include descriptions of certain beliefs characteristic of the nihilist (such as beliefs in the meaninglessness or worthlessness of existence), he just as frequently specifies a variety of affective symptoms experienced by the nihilist that weaken their will and diminish their agency. This affective dimension to nihilism, however, remains drastically underexplored. In this book, Kaitlyn Creasy offers a comprehensive account of affective nihilism that draws on Nietzsche’s drive psychology, especially his reflections on affects and their transformative potential. After exploring Nietzsche’s account of affectivity (illuminating especially the transpersonal nature of affect in Nietzsche’s thought) and the phenomenon of affective nihilism, Creasy argues that affective nihilism might be overcome by employing a variety of Nietzschean strategies: experimentation, self-narration, and self-genealogy.Excellence Through Equity
By Pedro Noguera, Alan M. Blankstein. 2015
Courageous, inspiring examples of educational equity in action! This illuminating book builds the case that equity is the most powerful…
means we have to lift all children to higher achievement and to benefit society at large. Readers will find: Examples of high-leverage practices used by award-winning schools and districts System-level examples of excellence through equity including whole state and district-wide Examples of classroom level practice that lead to success for students from underserved populations as well as for their more privileged peers A powerful concluding chapter that focuses on what we can learn from other nations that have pursued the goals of educational equityAgainst the Machine: Being Human in the Age of the Electronic Mob
By Lee Siegel. 2008
The new situation doesn't represent the lack of community suddenly produced by the Internet. That is the hackneyed complaint made,…
again and again, by people who don't seem to have thought through the unlovely aspects of community- its smug provincialism and punitive conventionalism, its stasis and xenophobia- which was in any case jeopardized and transformed by the advent of modernity two hundred years ago. The simple fact is that sometimes you don't want the quiet conformities induced by community; sometimes you simply want to be alone, yet together with other people at the same time. The old-fashioned cafe provided a way to both share and abandon solitude, a fluid, intermediary experience that humans are always trying to create and perfect. The Internet could have been its fulfillment. But sitting absorbed in your screen world is a whole other story. You are socially and psychologically cut off from your fellow caffeine addicts, but mentally beset by e-mails, commercial pop-ups, and a million temptations that may enchant in the moment- aimed as they are at your specific and immediate interests and desires -but in retrospect are time-wasting ephemera.CALL Research Perspectives (ESL & Applied Linguistics Professional Series)
By Joy L. Egbert, Gina Mikel Petrie. 2005
CALL Research Perspectives creates a foundation for the study and practice of computer-assisted language learning and provides an overview of…
ways to conceptualize and to conduct research in CALL. Its core assumptions are that all approaches to research have a place, and that researchers, teachers, and students all have a role to play in the study of computer-enhanced language learning.This is not a how-to-do-research text. Written by top researchers in the field, it offers an open-ended view of what educators need to know and be able to do to answer questions that they have. It is intended to be easy to read, to provide resources for readers to explore the ideas further, and to be non-prescriptive in presenting suggestions for CALL research. The text explores problems with current CALL research and suggests ways that teachers and other researchers can avoid such problems; presents both commonly known and less explored theories that provide a foundation for CALL and language research; and addresses other issues and ideas that affect research outcomes.An outstanding feature of CALL Research Perspectives is that it complements not only other CALL texts but also research texts of all kinds. The issues found in each chapter parallel the issues in other research texts, making this text useful for addressing the needs of teachers and researchers at different levels and in different contexts. In addition, the consistent format throughout makes it accessible to readers with a variety of backgrounds. Each chapter includes an introduction, a review of relevant literature, a set of examples and/or suggestions for conducting research in CALL, and conclusions. The consistent format is intended for ease of use, but the content of chapters varies according to the author. This is intentional; it is a strength of the book that readers can hear the voices of the authors and listen to their understandings of the perspectives presented. It is the editors' hope that they will be inspired to seek out other voices as well.