79 The Arab Uprisings in Historical Perspective Jerzy Zdanowski* PL ISSN 02398818 HEMISPHERES Vol. 29‚ No. 1‚ 2014 The Arab Uprisings in Historical Perspective Abstract At the turn of 2011‚ turbulent events occurred in the Middle East. Initially‚ these protests were a form of civil disobedience‚ but the situation later developed in several directions. In Tunisia and Egypt‚ the authorities finally gave in to the growing protests. In Jordan‚ Algeria‚ Morocco‚ Saudi Arabia‚ Kuwait‚ the United Arab
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References: Blakeley‚ R. (2009) State Terrorism and Neoliberalism: The North in the South. New York: Routledge. Daalder‚ I.H. (2007) Beyond Pre-emption: Force and Legitimacy in a Changing World. Brookings Institution Press. HOLTON‚ R. J. & TURNER‚ B. S. (1989) Max Weber on Economy and Society. London: Routledge
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Reviews. All rights reserved GLOBALIZATION AND POLITICS Suzanne Berger Department of Political Science‚ Massachusetts Institute of Technology‚ Cambridge‚ Massachusetts 02139; e-mail: szberger@mit.edu ? Key Words internationalization‚ neoliberalism‚ trade opening‚ social dumping‚ states and markets s Abstract This chapter reviews the issues at stake in current public and scholarly debates over the impact of changes in the international economy on domestic politics and society. Over the
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Globalization and Education Globalization involves the integration of economic markets around the world and the increased movement of people‚ ideas‚ goods‚ services‚ and information across national borders. It has been marked by a rise in the power of corporations vis-?-vis nation-states. The influence of globalization is growing in education spheres as well. For example‚ the standardization of education under the No Child Left Behind Act is certainly connected to a desire for global competitiveness
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mwww.elsevier.com/locate/worlddev PII: S0305-750X(99)00160-6 World Development Vol. 28‚ No. 5‚ pp. 789±804‚ 2000 Ó 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved Printed in Great Britain 0305-750X/00/$ - see front matter The Rise and Fall of the Washington Consensus as a Paradigm for Developing Countries CHARLES GORE * United Nations Conference on Trade and Development‚ Geneva‚ Switzerland Summary. Ð The introduction of the Washington Consensus involved not simply a swing from state-led
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BUSINESS‚ GOVERNMENT & STUDIES – HANDOUT SUMMARIES On 1 August 2009 Contributors: Saurabh Verma Amartya Singh Sadanand Subray Kamat Ashis Nayak Jagadeesh R Om Prakash H Mayank Rohit Jaiswal Bhawna Jain Alok Jain Humbad Abhishek Nirmal D Dineshkumar Shikha Rawat Rangineni Srikanth Hemant Agarwal Ravi M V R Umesh Ram Sevak Sandeep S Nair A V Naga Chaitanya Chayan Mukhopadhyay Anuprakash Kapil Makhija Rajeev Kumar [pic] Contents
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Communication 101: Final Exam Wednesday December 19‚ 2012 The Origins and Evolution of News: -The News is socially constructed‚ which means that several actors have interacted to determine which meanings‚ stories and versions of reality would be presented as dominant understandings of reality. In this case‚ there is no absolute truth or knowledge. -News plays a large role in telling us what to think and does so through prioritizing of reports. -News emerges out of several areas: 1. Commercial
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Department of Politics and Public Administration Ryerson University Course: POG 316 — Social Policy Time: 9:00 am to 12:00 noon‚ Thursdays Room: EPH 201 Course Type: Professional/Professionally Related Fall 2014 Instructor: Professor John Shields‚ Ph.D. Office: Jorgenson Hall 720‚ Ryerson University Office Hours: Weds. 1:00 pm – 2 pm; Thurs. 2 pm to 3 pm (or by appointment) Telephone: 416-979-5000 ext. 6167 (work) 416-979-5289 (fax) e-mail: jshields@ryerson.ca
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When Ralph Ellison said that “the joke [is] at the center of the American identity‚” he also meant that the joker is at the center of American life. In a rapid- ly changing liberal society‚ with fluctuat- ing standards and values‚ the joker is an “American virtuoso of identity who thrives on chaos and swift change.”1 For the joker‚ identity is not a 1⁄2xed prin- ciple‚ established once and for all‚ but a fluid masquerade‚ an ironic display of masks and styles‚ gestures and titles‚ which accrue
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Contention 1 — Anthropocentrism Sovereignty belongs to the human and only the human—Nature and God are dead‚ giving the human the sole power to define and decide life. The unknowable and invisible extraterrestrial is the only remaining challenge to human sovereignty‚ existing at the limit of this metaphysic. Wendt and Duvall 2008 (Alexander Wendt‚ Professor of International Relations at the Ohio State University. Raymond Duvall‚ Professor of Political Sciences at the University of Minnesota
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