1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910494639703321

Titolo

The nation, Europe, and the world : textbooks and curricula in transition / / edited by Hanna Schissler and Yasemin Nuhoğlu Soysal

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Berghahn Books, , 2005

ISBN

1-57181-549-X

1-78238-174-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (266 p.)

Disciplina

907/.1

Soggetti

History - Study and teaching

History - Textbooks

International education - Curricula

Place-based education - Curricula

Electronic books.

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.

Nota di contenuto

The Nation, Europe, and the World; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Part I. Europe Contested; Chapter 1. Projections of Identity in French and German History and Civics Textbooks; Chapter 2. Privileged Migrants in Germany, France, and the Netherlands; Chapter 3. What Counts as History and How Much Does History Count?; Chapter 4. The Decline and Rise of the Nation in German History Education; Part II. Europe Seen from the Periphery; Chapter 5. Nation and the Other in Greek and Turkish History Textbooks; Chapter 6. "Europe" in Bulgarian Conceptions of Nationhood

Chapter 7. Learning about Europe and the WorldChapter 8. Europe in Spanish Textbooks; Part III. Global Frameworks and Approaches to World History; Chapter 9. World History and General Education; Chapter 10. Cartographies of Connection; Chapter 11. World History; Notes on Contributors; Index



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910779450703321

Titolo

Aging and economic growth in the Pacific Region / / edited by Akira Kohsaka

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-135-12554-6

0-203-07644-3

1-283-89452-1

1-135-12555-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in the modern world economy ; 109

Routledge studies in the modern world economy ; ; 109

Altri autori (Persone)

KohsakaAkira

Disciplina

304.6/1091823

Soggetti

Population aging - Pacific Area

Economic development - Pacific Area

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 index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction / Akira Kohsaka -- Aging and potential economic growth in the Pacific Region / Akira Kohsaka -- Australia / Ross Guest and Tony Makin -- Japan / Takashi Oshio -- Hong Kong / Desmong K. C. Hou -- Indonesia / Miranda Goeltom and Solikin M. Juhro -- United States / Jeffrey B. Nugent and Guillaume Vandenbroucke.

Sommario/riassunto

The Pacific region is in the final stage of the demographic transition with declining fertility and expanding life expectancy, where significant changes in population size and age distribution, i.e. ""aging"" have been and will be witnessed. They are unprecedented and going to affect economic growth in various ways. This book focuses on the Pacific region, one of the most rapidly aging regions, and examines the possible risk aspects. Particularly, the book takes into account of possible adjustments both endogenous and exogenous (including policy responses) to the new reality of agin



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910959093003321

Autore

Asselain Jean Charles.

Titolo

Planning and profits in socialist economies / / Jean-Charles Asselain

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

1-136-50451-6

0-415-86646-4

1-315-01636-2

1-136-50444-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (285 p.)

Collana

Routledge library editions. Economics. Economic systems/Comparative economics ; ; I

Disciplina

335.00947

Soggetti

Central planning - Soviet Union

Profit - Soviet Union

Central planning - Europe, Eastern

Profit - Europe, Eastern

Soviet Union Economic policy

Europe, Eastern Economic policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1984.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

part I. The centralised model and the Stalinist hierarchy of priorities -- part II. Economic policies in the post-Stalinist period and the origins of the reforms -- part III. The reforms and their aftermath.

Sommario/riassunto

This study of economic reforms throughout Eastern Europe covers the history of attempts at decentralization. The book:<BR> * Describes the centralized model and compares its requirements with the realities of socialist countries<BR> * Discusses the economic policies of the post-Stalinist period<BR> * Examines the origin of the reforms which began in 1956, culminating in the Soviet economic reform of 1965 and the rehabilitation of profit.<BR> <BR> Countries covered include the former USSR, the former East Germany and Hungary.