Author: John Gerard Ruggie
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: international, institutionalisation, relations, new, essays, world, polity, constructing
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 1998-05-06
List price: $170.00
ISBN-10: 0415099900
ISBN-13: 9780415099905

Constructing the World Polity brings together in one collection the theoretical ideas of one of the most influential International Relations theorists of our time. These essays, with a new introduction, and comprehensive connective sections, present Ruggie’s ideas and their application to critical policy questions of the post-Cold War international order. Themes covered include:* International Organization. How the ’new Institutionalism’ differs from the old.* The System of States. Explorations of political structure, social time, and territorial space in the world polity.* M

Authors:John Gerard Ruggie, James A. Caporaso, Lisa M. Marti
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Keywords: institutional, form, praxis, theory, matters, multilateralism
Number of Pages: 479
Published: 1993-04-15
List price: $39.50
ISBN-10: 0231079818
ISBN-13: 9780231079815

Confronting some of the major theoretical issues at stake in international relations, this volume attempts to clarify and explain the extensive role that multilateral co-operation can play in helping to stabilize the shape of the current international order.

Authors:John W. Head, Gerard B. McCabe,
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
Keywords: library, unlimited, management, collection, libraries, automation, managing, academic, introducing, projects
Number of Pages: 200
Published: 1996-05-30
List price: $78.00
ISBN-10: 0313296332
ISBN-13: 9780313296338

Though automation in libraries has become more common, many academic libraries still lack automation of any kind. This professional reference is a guide to the forecasting, planning, implementing, and monitoring necessary for the successful management of academic library automation projects. Chapters are written by expert contributors, who combine their personal experiences with solid background information on the theory and practice of library automation.

Authors:Gerard A. Postiglione, Regie Stites, Gerard A. Posti
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: education, reference, books, international, development, culture, national, minority, china, schooling
Number of Pages: 450
Published: 1999-06-01
List price: $155.00
ISBN-10: 0815322232
ISBN-13: 9780815322238

This volume focuses on policies and practices in the education of China’s national minorities with the purpose of assessing the goals and impact of state sponsored education for China’s non-Han people’s. The essays in the four sections of this book examine cultural challenges to state schooling, the extent of educational provision in minority areas, the perspectives of Tibetan and Uyghur minorities toward state education, along with providing case studies of four national minorities. The book makes the point that despite the authoritarian character of China’s state scho

Authors:John Kimberly, Gerard de de Pouvourville, Thomas
Publisher: Cambridge University Pre
Keywords: care, health, innovation, managerial, globalization
Number of Pages: 394
Published: 2009-01-19
List price: $44.99
ISBN-10: 0521711983
ISBN-13: 9780521711982

In 1983, the first patient classification system to be used on a national basis, the Diagnosis Relate Groups (DRGs), was adopted as part of the Prospective Payment System in the United States. This system caught the attention of health policy makers in other countries, and a number of them began to implement similar approaches. What motivated them to adopt these systems? What similarities and differences were there among their experiences in implementing these systems? What can we learn about introducing change into national health systems by comparing their experiences? The Globalization of M

Authors:Gerard Ellis, Robert Levinson, William Rich, John F.
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: conceptual, structures, cruz, lecture, artificial, intelligence, santa, notes, conference, implementation, applications, theory, third, international, iccs
Number of Pages: 362
Published: 1995-09-12
List price: $82.95
ISBN-10: 3540601619
ISBN-13: 9783540601616

This book constitutes the proceedings of the Third International Conference on Conceptual Structures, ICCS ’95, held in Santa Cruz, California in August 1995.Conceptual structures are a modern treatment of Peirce’s existential graphs, a graphic notation for classical logic with higher order extensions. Besides three invited papers, there are included 21 revised full papers selected from 58 submission. The volume reflects the state-of-the-art in this research area of growing interest. The papers are organized in sections on natural language, applications, programming in conceptual g

Authors:John H. Watson, John H. Watson III, Gerard Van der L
Publisher: Mysterious Press
Keywords: holmes, sherlock, quotable
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2000-11-01
List price: $12.95
ISBN-10: 0446677272
ISBN-13: 9780446677271

Arguably the world’s greatest consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes’ deductive reasoning was an object lesson in meticulous observation shot with cunning wit. Now, everyone from the most dedicated Baker Street Irregular to the casual admirer can benefit from the only comprehensive compendium of Sherlockian wisdom and sage advice ever assembled -- the original and definitive volume of over 600 memorable quotes from the Master of 221b Baker Street -- the one and only Mr. Sherlock Holmes.