Edizione	[1st ed. 2021.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2021
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (271 pages)
Disciplina	370.195 370.9
Soggetto topico	International education Comparative education Education, Higher School management and organization Education - Curricula Globalization International and Comparative Education Higher Education Organization and Leadership Curriculum Studies
ISBN	9783030642907 3030642909
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	1. The Landscapes for Comparative and International Education -- 2. The Changing Face of Comparative Education -- 3. The Dimensions and Uses of Comparative Education: A Personal Retrospective -- 4. Economics, Development, and Comparative and International Education -- 5. Comparative Education and the Dialogue Among Civilizations -- 6. Expanding the Field of Comparative and International Education: The Inclusion of Gender -- 7. Can Education Contribute to Social Cohesion -- 8. Recognizing Teachers as a Key Focus for Comparative Educators -- 9. Eliminating Dysfunctional Boundaries and Mapping Educational Practice: Toward Integration, Infusion, and Inclusiveness in Comparative Education -- 10. Training "Deep Practitioners": 50-years of the Center for International Education at the University of Massachusetts Amherst -- 11. Two Tales, Contending Perspectives, and Contested Terrain -- 12. Evolving Nexus between Diplomacy and Comparative and International Education -- 13. Traversing Beyond the Contemporary to the Future.
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Pubbl/distr/stampa	Westport, Conn., : Praeger Security International, 2009
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (250 p.)
Disciplina	363.325
Altri autori (Persone)	LowtherAdam LindsayBeverly
Soggetto topico	Terrorism World politics - 21st century
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-282-42083-6 9786612420832 0-313-35323-9
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Contents; Prefacing Our Current Journey on Terrorism; Chapter 1: Introduction; PART I: UNDERSTANDING THE NATURE OF TERRORISM; Chapter 2: Terrorism: Its Goals, Targets, and Strategies; Chapter 3: Measuring the Enemy: Social Support for Islamist Terrorism; Chapter 4: Terrorism and International Law: Past, Present, and Future; PART II: THE STRATEGY AND TACTICS OF TERROR; Chapter 5: Targeting: Terrorism and Nongovernmental Organizations; Chapter 6: The Weapons of Mass Destruction Threat to the United States; Chapter 7: Purifying the Heart: Suicide . . . or Jihadi Acts? PART III: SOCIOPSYCHOLOGICAL AND EDUCATIONAL VARIABLESChapter 8: A Social Psychological Perspective on Terrorist Behavior; Chapter 9: Democracy, Terrorism, and University Engagement; PART IV: MOVING TOWARD THE FUTURE; Chapter 10: Multidisciplinary Perspectives and Policy Research on Terrorism: Creating Authentic Solutions or Lingering Intellectual Debates?; Selected Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; About the Editors and Contributors
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Edizione	[1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger Security International, , 2008
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (250 p.)
Disciplina	363.325
Altri autori (Persone)	LindsayBeverly LowtherAdam
Soggetto topico	Terrorism World politics - 21st century
ISBN	9798216024521 9786612420832 9781282420830 1282420836 9780313353239 0313353239
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Contents; Prefacing Our Current Journey on Terrorism; Chapter 1: Introduction; PART I: UNDERSTANDING THE NATURE OF TERRORISM; Chapter 2: Terrorism: Its Goals, Targets, and Strategies; Chapter 3: Measuring the Enemy: Social Support for Islamist Terrorism; Chapter 4: Terrorism and International Law: Past, Present, and Future; PART II: THE STRATEGY AND TACTICS OF TERROR; Chapter 5: Targeting: Terrorism and Nongovernmental Organizations; Chapter 6: The Weapons of Mass Destruction Threat to the United States; Chapter 7: Purifying the Heart: Suicide . . . or Jihadi Acts? PART III: SOCIOPSYCHOLOGICAL AND EDUCATIONAL VARIABLESChapter 8: A Social Psychological Perspective on Terrorist Behavior; Chapter 9: Democracy, Terrorism, and University Engagement; PART IV: MOVING TOWARD THE FUTURE; Chapter 10: Multidisciplinary Perspectives and Policy Research on Terrorism: Creating Authentic Solutions or Lingering Intellectual Debates?; Selected Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; About the Editors and Contributors
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910956037803321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	New York : , : Routledge, , 2011
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (295 p.)
Disciplina	370.71 378.016
Altri autori (Persone)	BlanchettWanda J LindsayBeverly
Collana	Routledge research in education Routledge research in education
Soggetto topico	Education, Higher Education - Study and teaching (Higher) Education and globalization Universities and colleges
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-283-84342-0 1-136-88642-7 0-203-83969-2
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Cover; Universities and Global Diversity: Preparing Educators for Tomorrow; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Foreword; Preface to the New Decade; Abbreviations; 1 Universities and GlobalDiversity: PreparingEducators for Tomorrow; Part I Geopolitical andRegional Matters inHigher Education; 2 The University in TurbulentTimes: A ComparativeStudy of the United Statesand Russia; 3 Beyond Globalization:Possibilities and Challengesin Korea and China; 4 Globalization and HigherEducation in the MiddleEast; 5 Shifting Tides in JamaicanHigher Education Part II Unique Colleges andUniversities and GlobalInfluences6 Historically BlackColleges and Universitiesin New Orleans: Domesticand Global Engagement inthe Post-Katrina Era; 7 Native American Tribal Collegesand Universities: UtilizingIndigenous Knowledges andWays of Knowing to PrepareNative Peoples to Meet theDemands of an IncreasinglyGlobalized Community; 8 Urban Support Networks:Commuter Urban PublicUniversities in Global Times; 9 Australian Universitiesand the Challenges ofInternationalization; Part III University Students andColleges and Schools ofEducation 10 An International Survey ofHigher Education Students'Perceptions of World-Mindednessand Global Citizenship11 European Union Universitiesand Teacher Preparation; 12 Engaged Research/ers,Transformative Curriculum,and Diversity Policy for TeacherEducation in the Americas: TheUnited States, Brazil, and Belize; 13 Teaching and AdministrativeDevelopment in SouthernAfrica: Illustrations fromMozambique and Angola; Part IV Global Environmentsand Diversity; 14 Universities and GlobalDiversity: Movementtoward Tomorrow; Contributors; Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910462410903321