1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910783608503321

Titolo

Education and the law [[electronic resource] ] : international perspectives / / edited by Witold Tulasiewicz and Gerald Strowbridge

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1994

ISBN

1-134-87825-7

1-280-02413-5

0-203-42083-7

9786610024131

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (267 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

TulasiewiczWitold

StrowbridgeGerald

Disciplina

344/.07

342.47

Soggetti

Educational law and legislation

Educational law and legislation - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Foreword; Editors' preface; The law and education: economic development; Legislation and minority rights in higher education: American  and Kenyan case studies; Education, legislation and economic performance: the case of  Japan; Improvements in work-force qualifications in Britain and  France in the 1980's; Law and vocational education and training of 16  19 year olds:  the English experience since 1979; Legislation, university education and economic performance:  the Nigerian experience

Constraints on female participation in education in developing  countries Greek education and its legislative framework; Education laws and schooling: the case of the German  Democratic Republic; The law and education: institutions and the curriculum; The judicial control of the curriculum and court intervention in  aspects of education: cases from the international scene; The education of prisoners; Education for citizenship: school life and society; British-European comparisons; Teacher mobility and conditions of service in the European  Community



The changing roles and responsibilities of school governors Local management of schools: an English case study; Opting out and legal challenge; Name index; Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

This edited collection discusses the way legislation affects education and training and shows how the law can influence the level and degree of economic activity.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910741389803321

Autore

Petrov Victor <1987->

Titolo

Balkan cyberia : Cold War computing, Bulgarian modernization, and the information age behind the Iron Curtain / / Victor Petrov

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , [2023]

ISBN

0-262-37325-4

0-262-37326-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (417 pages)

Collana

History of computing

Disciplina

004.09

Soggetti

Electronic digital computers - History - 20th century

Computers - Bulgaria - History - 20th century

Computers - Soviet Union - History

Computer industry - Bulgaria - History - 20th century

Cold War

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Note on Transliterations and Abbreviations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Worlds of the Bulgarian Computer -- 1. The Conjuncture: The Road to the Bulgarian Electronics Industry -- 2. The Captive Market: The Rise and Apogee of an Industry -- 3. Access Denied: Spies, Technologies, and Circulation Across the Iron Curtain -- 4. Roses and Lotuses: Bulgaria's Electronic Entanglement with India -- 5. Automatic for the People: The Scientific-Technical Revolution and Society -- 6. The Socialist Cyborg: Education, Intellectuals, and Culture -- 7. Networked



and Plugged In: Computer Priests and their Pathways -- Conclusion: The Uneven Future -- Appendix A: Snapshot of Automation in 1989 -- Appendix B: Types of Machines Produced -- Index -- Series List.

Sommario/riassunto

"Original take on the history of socialist Bulgaria, examined through the prism of computers to make broader claims about political, economic, intelligence, social, and cultural life in Bulgaria, and by extension, the Soviet bloc and state socialism in general"--