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UNINA9910452251303321 |
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Clarkson Stephen |
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Dependent America? : how Canada and Mexico construct US power / / Stephen Clarkson and Matto Mildenberger |
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Toronto, [Ontario] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2011 |
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1 online resource (376 p.) |
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National security - United States |
Hegemony - United States |
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United States Relations Canada |
Canada Relations United States |
United States Relations Mexico |
Mexico Relations United States |
United States Economic conditions |
United States Foreign relations |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: Is America 'Dependent'? -- Part One: Growing the United States' Economy -- Part Two: Reinforcing the United States' Security -- Part Three: Constructing and Constraining the United States' Global Power -- Conclusion to the Book: How the United States Needs Canada and Mexico -- Epilogue to the Trilogy: The Disunited States of North America -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
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Following the acclaimed Uncle Sam and Us and the influential Does North America Exist? Stephen Clarkson - the preeminent analyst of North America's political economy - and Matto Mildenberger turn continental scholarship on its head by showing how Canada and Mexico contribute to the United States' wealth, security, and global power.This provocative work documents how Canada and Mexico offer the United |
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States open markets for its investments and exports, massive flows of skilled and unskilled labour, and vast resource inputs- all of which boost its size and competitiveness - more than does any other US partner. They are also Uncle Sam's most important allies in supporting its anti-terrorist and anti-narcotics security. Clarkson and Mildenberger explain the paradox of these two countries' simultaneous importance and powerlessness by showing how the US government has systematically neutralized their potential influence.Detailing the dynamics of North America's power relations, Dependent America? is a fitting conclusion to Clarkson's celebrated trilogy on the contradictory qualities of its regionalism - asymmetrical economic integration, thickened borders, and emasculated governance. |
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UNINA9910591030203321 |
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Innovative Technologies and Learning : 5th International Conference, ICITL 2022, Virtual Event, August 29–31, 2022, Proceedings / / edited by Yueh-Min Huang, Shu-Chen Cheng, João Barroso, Frode Eika Sandnes |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022 |
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[1st ed. 2022.] |
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1 online resource (532 pages) |
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Lecture Notes in Computer Science, , 1611-3349 ; ; 13449 |
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Education - Data processing |
Computer engineering |
Computer networks |
Application software |
Artificial intelligence |
Computers and Education |
Computer Engineering and Networks |
Computer and Information Systems Applications |
Artificial Intelligence |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Developing a Game-Based Speech Recognition System to Facilitate Oral Training Performance for Hearing Loss Children -- Combining deep learning and computer vision techniques for automatic analysis of the learning process in STEM education Computer-assisted instruction -- Automatic Topic-based Lecture Video Segmentation -- Exploring the Relationship Between Learning Achievement and Discussion Records in Remote Maker Activities -- A Semi-Systematic Literature Review of Holoportation in Education: The Potential of Immersive Technology -- Interactive learning environments -- Designing STEM Learning Activity Based on Virtual Reality -- Using Immersive Virtual Reality to Explore the Learning Performance and Cognitive Load of Students in STEAM Electronic Circuits Learning -- The Application of Mind Map and Cooperative Learning Teaching Method on the Machining Technology Course -- A Pilot Study on Maker Spirit-PBL Innovation and Entrepreneurship Course Design and Effect Evaluation -- Collaborative learning -- Learning management systems -- Distance learning E-learning -- Computing education -- Computational thinking -- Computer engineering education -- Information technology education -- Information science education -- Computational science and engineering education -- Student assessment -- K-12 education -- Informal education -- Computer supported cooperative work -- Intelligent agents. |
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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Innovative Technologies and Learning, ICITL 2022, held in Porto, Portugal, in August 2022. The 53 full papers presented together with 3 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 123 submissions. ICITL focuses on artificial intelligence in education, VR/AR/MR/XR in education, design and framework of learning systems, pedagogies to innovative technologies and learning, application and design of innovative learning. |
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