Author: Angus Maddison
Publisher: oecd publishing
Keywords: development, studies, centre, revised, updated, second, economic, chinese, performance
Number of Pages: 196
Published: 2007-10-18
List price: $50.00
ISBN-10: 9264037624
ISBN-13: 9789264037625
The study provides a major reassessment of the scale and scope of Chinas resurgence over the past half century, employing quantitative measurement techniques which are standard practice in OECD countries. It uses a comparative approach to explain why Chinas role in the world economy has changed so dramatically in the last thousand years. It concludes that China is likely to resume its natural role as the worlds largest economy by the year 2015, thus regaining the position it had held until 1890. A dynamic link (StatLink) is provided for each table and graph, which directs the user to a web pag
Author: centre for educational research and innovation
Publisher: oecd publishing
Keywords: centre, educational, research, innovation, skills, foundation, learning, assessment, adults, improving, teaching
Number of Pages: 220
Published: 2008-02-13
List price: $29.00
ISBN-10: 9264039902
ISBN-13: 9789264039902
Many adults in OECD countries have low language, literacy and numeracy (LLN) skills. The consequences of these low foundation skills span the economic, health and social well-being of individuals, families and communities. Investment in this sector of adult education is therefore crucial. This study looks specifically inside the programmes for adult LLN learners, with a focus on formative assessment. Drawing upon evidence gathered in country reports, exemplary case studies and international literature reviews, it examines the impact and implementation of different teaching, learning and asse
Authors:Johannes P. Jutting, Johannes P. Jutting, Denis Drec
Publisher: oecd publishing
Keywords: development, studies, centre, hinder, norms, informal, institutions, social
Number of Pages: 174
Published: 2007-10-23
List price: $45.00
ISBN-10: 9264039066
ISBN-13: 9789264039063
Informal institutions family and kinship structures, traditions, and social norms not only matter for development, but they are often decisive factors in shaping policy outcomes in environments of weak states and poor governance structures. Based on concrete examples in the areas of gender equality, governance and private sector development, this book advocates a pragmatic way of dealing with informal institutions. Neither the romantic preservationist nor the bulldozing moderniser approach promises an adequate solution. Incorporating informal institutions in development strategies whether by t
Author: Shulamith Behr; Marian Malet (Editors)
Publisher: Rodopi
Keywords: exile, german, austrian, studies, centre, yearbook, britain, amp, politics, cultural, research, identity, arts
Number of Pages: 377
Published: 2005-06-21
List price: $114.00
ISBN-10: 9042017864
ISBN-13: 9789042017863
This volume focuses on the contribution of refugees from Nazism to the Arts in Britain. The essays examine the much neglected theme of art in internment and address the spheres of photography, political satire, sculpture, architecture, artists’ organisations, institutional models, dealership and conservation. These are considered under the broad headings ‘Art as Politics’, ‘Between the Public and the Domestic’ and ‘Creating Frameworks’. Such categories assist in posing questions regarding the politics of identity and gender, as well as providing an opportunity to explore the comp
Author: Lynda Garland
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Keywords: studies, king, college, london, hellenic, centre, women, varieties, experience, byzantine
Number of Pages: 226
Published: 2006-09-30
List price: $99.95
ISBN-10: 075465737X
ISBN-13: 9780754657378
This volume brings together a group of international scholars, who explore many unusual aspects of the world of Byzantine women in the period 800-1200. The specific aim of this collection is to investigate the participation of women - non-imperial women in particular - in supposedly ’masculine’ fields of operation. This new research across a range of disciplines attempts to provide an analysis of the activities of and attitudes towards Byzantine women in this period. Using evidence from sources as diverse as tax registers, monastic foundation documents, twelfth-century novels, hist
Author: Anthony Grenville
Publisher: Editions Rodopi B.V.
Keywords: german, austrian, exile, studies, centre, research, yearbook, amp, third, britain, refugees, reich
Number of Pages: 227
Published: 2003-02-20
List price: $67.50
ISBN-10: 9042011041
ISBN-13: 9789042011045
Authors:Centre of Excellence, Centre of Excellence, Defence
Publisher: IOS Press
Keywords: series, human, societal, dynamics, science, security, nato, terrorists, battlefield, volume, media
Number of Pages: 169
Published: 2007-03-15
List price: $183.00
ISBN-10: 1586037307
ISBN-13: 9781586037307
As the title suggests, the book commences on the premise that in contemporary conflict, - ’war amongst the people’ - the objective is public opinion. Conventional warfare between clearly identifiable armies is no more: now armies are sent to neutralize insurgents, armed militias and terrorists amongst a civilian population, preferably with the latter’s consent. A state’s actors in combating terrorism - the military, the police or the security services - may achieve tactical successes against the terrorists, but strategic success cannot be achieved unless the government
