Launch of Multidimensional Poverty Peer Network: Dr Wang Xiaolin
Ministers and distinguished high-level representatives from around twenty countries formally launched a new Multidimensional Poverty Peer Network in Oxford on 6 June. Dr Wang Xiaolin, China.
Boardwalk Empire
Producer Eric Schultz talks with Boardwalk Empire author, historian and attorney Nelson Johnson. The Hammonton, NJ native published his history of Atlantic City and crime boss Nucky Johnson in 2002. It became a New York Times Best Seller when HBO launched the hit television series based on Johnson's book.
Chinoiserie wallpaper J050121 MARBLE HILL HOUSE, Twickenham, Richmond, Middlesex. Hand-painted Chinoiserie wallpaper.
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Waterzijdig inrgelen van verwarmingsinstallaties
Beschrijft de praktische inregeling van huishoudelijke installaties
Eléments de probabilités
Ressource d'auto-formation sur les probabilités appliquées aux domaines des télécommunications (conception de système et exploitation de réseau).
2.3 Social work and social change The social work profession in Scotland is undergoing a period of significant change at the beginning of the twenty-first century. In a process which largely mirrors developments across the UK, new systems for the education and regulation of social workers have been introduced to improve standards in the provision of social services, to raise public confidence and protect service users. For the first time entrants to the profession are required to obtain an undergraduate degree in social work,
Sound Masks. Impersonation via Voice in Canetti (audio)
Président / Chair: James Chandler (University of Chicago)
Intervention de Justus Fetscher (Mannheim)
Back on the Road to Serfdom The threat of statism has reemerged in force. The federal government has seized on the economic crisis to radically expand its power—through bailouts, “stimulus” packages, a trillion-dollar health care plan, “jobs bills,” massive expansions of the money supply, and much more. But such interventionism did not suddenly materialize with the recent collapse. The dangerous trends of government growth, debt increases, encroachments on in
Évolution et similarité de séquences (Vidéo) Avant de chercher à quantifier ce qu'est la similarité de séquence, on peut se poser la question même de savoir pourquoi des séquences de génome sont similaires entre organismes. La réponse tient dans la théorie de l'évolution que l'on doit à Charles Darwin. Que dit Charles Darwin et que disent ...
Biodiversity and the city - Introduction (Vidéo) The cities still grow all around the world, and are environments which are very modified by humans. The urban living conditions constitute as many constraints as opportunities for the biodiversity. It is omnipresent in town, and, according to the situation or the point of view, it is beneficial or problematic ...
Cómo son las energías renovables (en español)
Como su nombre indica son aquellas que provienen de fuentes naturales en continua renovación. Existen tres grandes grupos, solar, eólica e hidráulica, a las que se añaden la geotérmica y la de la biomasa. (2:00)
The Death of Privatised Keynesianism
Professor Colin Crouch explains how a model of privatised Keynesianism has lead to financial meltdown and considers what changes are needed to resolve weaknesses in the global economy.
1.2.9 In praise of cheap offshore labour? continued Significantly, no one from the pro-market lobby is actually denying that sweatshops exist, or trying to cover up the fact that workers in such places have to endure bad working conditions. But, as the subtitle of Krugman's (1997) article suggests: ‘bad jobs at bad wages are better than no jobs at all’. Low as the wages are in the offshore T-shirt or microwave factories compared with those in more developed economies, they tend to be higher than those of other workers around them. The huma
1.4.3 Summary The process toward European unification was initiated by top political elites in France, Italy, Germany and the Benelux countries after the Second World War. New collective actors are progressively being engaged in European affairs, among them the Labour movement, regional movements and new social movements such as the environmentalism of groups like Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth. European elites, although engaged in
Scott Kennedy
Scott Kennedy, Associate Professor, East Asian Languages and Cultures; and Political Science Director, Research Centre for Chinese Politics and Business, Indiana University discusses the emergence of China as an actor in the global political economy
References Politics in 60 seconds. Passive revolution Introduction to Silla: Korea's Golden Kingdom 4.1.2 Stateless servers Web servers are what are known as stateless servers. What this means is that in their pure form they keep no memory of what has previously happened to them between requests; for example, when a request is processed by a web server for a page they have no direct knowledge about whether the page request was made by the same browser that asked for a previous page to be returned. While this was not serious when web servers were being mainly used for dispensing documentation (their or STS.038 Energy and Environment in American History: 1705-2005 (MIT)
Dr Adam Morton defines a polical concept in 60 seconds for those with a spare minute to learn something new. This videocast focuses on passive revolution as a political concept.
Warning: video does contain bloopers and out takes.
May 2010
Suitable for Undergraduate study and Community education
Dr Adam Morton, School of Politics and International Relations
Dr Adam Morton is a Senior Lecturer and Fellow of the Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice (CSSGJ) in the School of Politic
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A survey of how America has become the world's largest consumer of energy. Explores American history from the perspective of energy and its relationship to politics, diplomacy, the economy, science and technology, labor, culture, and the environment. Topics include muscle and water power in early America, coal and the Industrial Revolution, electrification, energy consumption in the home, oil and U.S. foreign policy, automobiles and suburbanization, nuclear power, OPEC and the 70's energy crisis
