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Satanism and Family Murder in Late Apartheid South Africa: Imagining the End of Whiteness
by Nicky FalkofThis book discusses two moral panics that appeared in the media in late apartheid South Africa: the Satanism scare and the so-called epidemic of white family murder. The analysis of these symptoms of social and political change reveals important truths about whiteness, gender, violence, history, nationalism and injustice in South Africa and beyond.
Saudi Arabia: Profile of an Energy Economy and Investment (Routledge Library Editions: The Economy of the Middle East)
by Ragaei el MallakhSaudi Arabia is one of the most controversial and least known of the Arab nations. A land of massive contrasts – between its densely populated cities and its vast expanses of desert; between the recent poverty of its villages and the massive wealth created by oil, which is drawing a labour force from most of the neighbouring countries; between the aggressive technocratic and industrial thrust forward and the strongly traditionalist Islamic basis of the ruling ideologies – it has progressed to world prominence in a matter of years after centuries of little or no change. The change is not so much a surge, or even a thrust, as a rush into the industrialized and wealthy world. This book analyzes the problems and achievements of Saudi development and provides the first detailed critique of the Third Development Plan. First published in 1982.
Saudi Arabia: Profile of an Energy Economy and Investment (Routledge Library Editions: The Economy of the Middle East)
by Ragaei el MallakhSaudi Arabia is one of the most controversial and least known of the Arab nations. A land of massive contrasts – between its densely populated cities and its vast expanses of desert; between the recent poverty of its villages and the massive wealth created by oil, which is drawing a labour force from most of the neighbouring countries; between the aggressive technocratic and industrial thrust forward and the strongly traditionalist Islamic basis of the ruling ideologies – it has progressed to world prominence in a matter of years after centuries of little or no change. The change is not so much a surge, or even a thrust, as a rush into the industrialized and wealthy world. This book analyzes the problems and achievements of Saudi development and provides the first detailed critique of the Third Development Plan. First published in 1982.
Saudi Arabia 2000 (RLE Saudi Arabia): A Strategy for Growth
by Jean CleronThe sharp increase in both the price of crude oil and resulting revenues to Saudi Arabia has seen the rapid growth of the kingdom’s international trade and a large accumulation of financial assets. These sudden and drastic changes have taken place, however, within a mainly traditional economy, unprepared to cope with a massive increase in government revenues. Long-term planning is therefore of the utmost importance to Saudi Arabia, and this study, first published in 1978, presents a detailed analysis of the structure of the kingdom’s economy, represented by a dynamic simulation model. The first part of the book considers, among other issues, the production of crude oil, the non-oil production, the accumulation of productive capital, the Saudi population and labour force, the mechanism of domestic inflation, and the relationship of Saudi Arabia with the rest of the world. The second part then presents simulation experiments conducted upon the model, which are commented on and analysed. A concluding chapter illustrates how such a study may be extended to cover several other countries in the Middle East.
Saudi Arabia 2000 (RLE Saudi Arabia): A Strategy for Growth
by Jean CleronThe sharp increase in both the price of crude oil and resulting revenues to Saudi Arabia has seen the rapid growth of the kingdom’s international trade and a large accumulation of financial assets. These sudden and drastic changes have taken place, however, within a mainly traditional economy, unprepared to cope with a massive increase in government revenues. Long-term planning is therefore of the utmost importance to Saudi Arabia, and this study, first published in 1978, presents a detailed analysis of the structure of the kingdom’s economy, represented by a dynamic simulation model. The first part of the book considers, among other issues, the production of crude oil, the non-oil production, the accumulation of productive capital, the Saudi population and labour force, the mechanism of domestic inflation, and the relationship of Saudi Arabia with the rest of the world. The second part then presents simulation experiments conducted upon the model, which are commented on and analysed. A concluding chapter illustrates how such a study may be extended to cover several other countries in the Middle East.
Saudi Arabia (RLE Saudi Arabia): MERI Report
by Middle East Research InstituteThe MERI Reports on the Middle East quickly established themselves as the most authoritative and up-to-date information on the state of affairs in the region. This study, focusing on Saudi Arabia was fist published in 1985, provides vital analysis of the political and economic issues affecting the country. It combines a crisp and incisive survey of the politics and economy of the country, as well as providing statistical material on all the key data of the political economy. 1. Background 2. Political Analysis 3. Economic Analysis 4. Saudi Arabian Statistical Appendix
Saudi Arabia (RLE Saudi Arabia): MERI Report
by Middle East Research InstituteThe MERI Reports on the Middle East quickly established themselves as the most authoritative and up-to-date information on the state of affairs in the region. This study, focusing on Saudi Arabia was fist published in 1985, provides vital analysis of the political and economic issues affecting the country. It combines a crisp and incisive survey of the politics and economy of the country, as well as providing statistical material on all the key data of the political economy. 1. Background 2. Political Analysis 3. Economic Analysis 4. Saudi Arabian Statistical Appendix
Saving the Environment in Sub-Saharan Africa: Organizational Dynamics and Effectiveness of NGOs in Cameroon
by William T. Markham Lotsmart FonjongThis book describes how NGOs' efforts to promote sustainable development are affected by their funding, management strategies, and relationships with government, communities, and other NGOs. The authors explore implications for theory and offer suggestions for increasing NGO effectiveness.
Saving the News: Why the Constitution Calls for Government Action to Preserve Freedom of Speech (Inalienable Rights)
by Martha MinowA detailed argument of how our government has interfered in the direction of America's media landscape that traces major transformations in media since the printing press and charts a path for reform. In Saving the News, Martha Minow takes stock of the new media landscape. She focuses on the extent to which our constitutional system is to blame for the current parlous state of affairs and on our government's responsibilities for alleviating the problem. As Minow shows, the First Amendment of the US Constitution assumes the existence and durability of a private industry. Although the First Amendment does not govern the conduct of entirely private enterprises, nothing in the Constitution forecloses government action to regulate concentrated economic power, to require disclosure of who is financing communications, or to support news initiatives where there are market failures. Moreover, the federal government has contributed financial resources, laws, and regulations to develop and shape media in the United States. Thus, Minow argues that the transformation of media from printing presses to the internet was shaped by deliberate government policies that influenced the direction of private enterprise. In short, the government has crafted the direction and contours of America's media ecosystem. Building upon this basic argument, Minow outlines an array of reforms, including a new fairness doctrine, regulating digital platforms as public utilities, using antitrust authority to regulate the media, policing fraud, and more robust funding of public media. As she stresses, such reforms are not merely plausible ideas; they are the kinds of initiatives needed if the First Amendment guarantee of freedom of the press continues to hold meaning in the twenty-first century.
Scars Across Humanity: Understanding And Overcoming Violence Against Women
by Elaine StorkeyScars Across Humanity is a thoroughly documented investigation into the causes of violence against women, past and present. Global in scope, and addressing the issues as they affect women at every stage of life, this powerful book also offers a probing critique of evolutionary and social-scientific accounts of gender-based violence, and of the role that religion can play, for good or ill, in the struggle against this worldwide problem.
Scars Across Humanity: Understanding and Overcoming Violence Against Women
by Elaine StorkeyScars Across Humanity is a thoroughly documented investigation into the causes of violence against women, past and present. Global in scope, and addressing the issues as they affect women at every stage of life, this powerful book also offers a probing critique of evolutionary and social-scientific accounts of gender-based violence, and of the role that religion can play, for good or ill, in the struggle against this worldwide problem.
The Schenker Project: Culture, Race, and Music Theory in Fin-de-siècle Vienna
by Nicholas CookToday we think of Heinrich Schenker, who lived in Vienna from 1884 until his death in 1935, as the most influential music theorist of the twentieth century. But he saw his theoretical writings as part of a comprehensive project for the reform of musical composition, performance, criticism, and education-and beyond that, as addressing fundamental cultural, social, and political problems of the deeply troubled age in which he lived. This book aims to explain Schenker's project through reading his key works within a series of period contexts. These include music criticism, the field in which Schenker first made his name; Viennese modernism, particularly the debate over architectural ornamentation; German cultural conservatism, which is the source of many of Schenker's most deeply entrenched values; and Schenker's own position as a Galician Jew who came to Vienna just as fully racialized anti-semitism was developing there. As well as presenting an unfamiliar perspective on the cultural and political ferment of fin-de-siècle Vienna, this book reveals how deeply Schenker's theory is permeated by the social and political. It also raises issues concerning the meaning and value of music theory, and the extent to which today's music-theoretical agenda unwittingly reflects the values and concerns of a very different world.
Schlüsselwerke der Migrationsforschung: Pionierstudien und Referenztheorien (Interkulturelle Studien)
by Julia Reuter Paul MecherilDer Band umfasst Beiträge, die einen orientierenden Überblick über klassische Schlüsselwerke der Migrationsforschung geben. Die Beiträge erläutern die ideengeschichtliche und theoretische Verortung der Schlüsseltexte, ihre Forschungsperspektive, zentrale empirische Befunde sowie ihre interdisziplinäre Rezeption und aktuellen Bezugsfelder. Der Band ist in zwei Abschnitte unterteilt. Im ersten stehen Pionierstudien der kultur- wie sozialwissenschaftlichen Migrationsforschung in der ersten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts im Vordergrund; der zweite Abschnitt behandelt Referenztheorien und -konzepte einer kritischen Migrationsforschung. Der Band ist im Wesentlichen als Einstiegslektüre für Studierende und als Lehrbuch für Dozent_innen konzipiert, die sich mit dem Thema Migration aus wissenschaftlicher Perspektive befassen.
School Choice, Ethnic Divisions, and Symbolic Boundaries
by S. LundThis book enriches empirical and theoretical understandings of how school choice and school segregation are generated by the construction and negotiation of ethnic divisions by placing emphasis on feelings of belonging and we-ness as important structuring forces that guide and restrict students' school choices.
School Security: How to Build and Strengthen a School Safety Program
by Paul TimmIt seems that every day there’s a new story about a security lapse, emergency lock-down, or violent act taking place at a school somewhere in the United States. Today it’s simply inexcusable not to have adequate security measures in place—regardless of how safe you think your community may be. In School Security, author Paul Timm, a nationally acclaimed school security expert, explains how to make your institution a safer place to learn with easy-to-follow steps. Throughout the book, Timm emphasizes a proactive rather than reactive approach to school security. Readers are introduced to basic loss prevention and safety concepts, including how to communicate safety information to students and staff, how to raise security awareness, and how to prepare for emergencies. The book discusses how to positively influence student behavior, lead staff training programs, and write sound security policies. An entire chapter is dedicated to describing what school security resources are available for follow-up reading and further training. School Security isn’t just a book for security professionals: it helps people without formal security training—namely, educators and school administrators—effectively address school risk. Serves as a comprehensive guide for building an effective security program at little or no cost. Covers fundamental crime prevention concepts, making it suitable for both school security professionals and educators with no formal security training. Addresses the risks commonly facing school administrators today, from access control to social media. Takes a holistic approach to school security rather than focusing on a particular threat or event.
Schooling for Sustainable Development in Europe: Concepts, Policies and Educational Experiences at the End of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (Schooling for Sustainable Development #6)
by Rolf Jucker Reiner MatharThis book examines the implementation of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) programs in schools across Europe. It describes and analyzes how individual countries and the region as a whole have established teaching and learning methods to help students develop the competencies needed to be part of a sustainable society.Featuring chapters written by experts throughout Europe, the book first provides a general overview of ESD in various contexts, including the state-of-the-art of ESD theory and conceptual development; political and social analysis; the various concepts of ESD competencies; and teacher training. Next, the book details how ESD has been implemented in different European countries and regions, including: Sweden, Italy, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Catalonia, Hungary, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Flanders, France, Cyprus, UK and the Netherlands.In recognition of education as a motor of change, the United Nations General Assembly declared a Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014), calling for the integration of sustainable development into all aspects of education and learning. Inside this book, readers will find details on what has been done, as well as assessments of what more could be done, across Europe. It will help readers gain valuable insights into how to help students develop the knowledge, skills and values needed to shape a sustainable future.
Schools for Health and Sustainability: Theory, Research and Practice
by Venka Simovska Patricia Mannix McNamaraSchools are unique places. They pay a central role in the formation of young people. The importance of how young people are educated and how they are encouraged to live and learn cannot be underestimated. This book advocates for the fostering of agency not only amongst school personnel but also amongst younger generations for health and sustainability. It provides the reader with a new lens with which to discover health promoting schools and education for sustainable development. It invites the reader to look more deeply into both and to accompany the authors on a journey of discovery of the real potential for each to enhance the practice of schooling.
Schreiben in der Wikipedia: Prozesse und Produkte gemeinschaftlicher Textgenese
by Kerstin KallassKerstin Kallass untersucht erstmals systematisch die heterogenen Prozesse des gemeinschaftlichen Schreibens in der Wikipedia auf Basis einer linguistischen Text- und Schreibprozessanalyse. Hierdurch gelingt der Autorin ein Verständnis für die komplexe Form des Schreibens in kollaborativen Online-Kontexten. Am Beispiel ausgewählter Artikel betrachtet sie Aspekte wie Artikelinitiationen, individuelle und gemeinschaftliche Handlungsmuster, Planungs-, Gliederungs- und Bewertungsprozesse sowie Kontroversen, Edit Wars und Vandalismus. Dabei erscheinen vor allem Kontroversen als eine in der Schreibforschung bisher vernachlässigte Form, die nicht nur Auswirkungen auf die Schreibprozesse in der Wikipedia, sondern auch auf die gesamte Wissenskonstitution hat und somit als fundamentaler Bestandteil des gemeinschaftlichen Schreibens erscheint.
Schrumpfende Regionen - dynamische Hochschulen: Hochschulstrategien im demografischen Wandel
by Michael Fritsch Peer Pasternack Mirko TitzePolitik und andere Akteure in den (vor allem ostdeutschen) Regionen stehen vor der Aufgabe, den demografischen Wandel zu gestalten. Dabei sollen sie zugleich die Voraussetzungen für „selbsttragende Entwicklungen“ und „gleichwertige Lebensverhältnisse“ schaffen – und dies unter Bedingungen bis 2020 deutlich abgesenkter Landeshaushalte. Vor dem Hintergrund dieser Herausforderungen werden Optionen für die Regionalentwicklung aufgezeigt, die im Zusammenhang mit Hochschulen stehen.
Schülerinnen und Schüler erforschen Schule: Möglichkeiten und Grenzen
by Helene FeichterSchülerinnen und Schüler stellen die größte Personengruppe in der Schule dar. Umso mehr verwundert es, dass ihr Wissen über Schule in der Forschung bislang recht einseitig genutzt wird. Sie werden in der Regel als Objekte der Forschung angesehen, nur selten können sie Forschungsvorhaben selbst formulieren und aktiv forschend tätig werden. Ausgehend vom steigenden Interesse an diesem Bereich der Unterrichts- und Schulforschung geht Helene Feichter der Frage nach, welche Möglichkeiten und Grenzen für eine aktive Beteiligung von Schülerinnen und Schülern in der Schulforschung ausgemacht werden können. Einerseits werden diese partizipativen Forschungszugänge vorgestellt, andererseits wird das Thema auch in einen breiteren Kontext gestellt. Es erhebt sich nämlich die Frage, ob die institutionelle Verfasstheit von Schule reif ist, diesen Rollenwechsel von Schülerinnen und Schülern zu ermöglichen.
Science and Democracy: Making Knowledge and Making Power in the Biosciences and Beyond (Genetics and Society)
by Stephen Hilgartner Clark Miller Rob HagendijkIn the life sciences and beyond, new developments in science and technology and the creation of new social orders go hand in hand. In short, science and society are simultaneously and reciprocally coproduced and changed. Scientific research not only produces new knowledge and technological systems but also constitutes new forms of expertise and contributes to the emergence of new modes of living and new forms of exchange. These dynamic processes are tightly connected to significant redistributions of wealth and power, and they sometimes threaten and sometimes enhance democracy. Understanding these phenomena poses important intellectual and normative challenges: neither traditional social sciences nor prevailing modes of democratic governance have fully grappled with the deep and growing significance of knowledge-making in twenty-first century politics and markets. Building on new work in science and technology studies (STS), this book advances the systematic analysis of the coproduction of knowledge and power in contemporary societies. Using case studies in the new life sciences, supplemented with cases on informatics and other topics such as climate science, this book presents a theoretical framing of coproduction processes while also providing detailed empirical analyses and nuanced comparative work. Science and Democracy: Knowledge as Wealth and Power in the Biosciences and Beyond will be interesting for students of sociology, science & technology studies, history of science, genetics, political science, and public administration.
Science and Democracy: Making Knowledge and Making Power in the Biosciences and Beyond (Genetics and Society)
by Stephen Hilgartner Clark A. Miller Rob HagendijkIn the life sciences and beyond, new developments in science and technology and the creation of new social orders go hand in hand. In short, science and society are simultaneously and reciprocally coproduced and changed. Scientific research not only produces new knowledge and technological systems but also constitutes new forms of expertise and contributes to the emergence of new modes of living and new forms of exchange. These dynamic processes are tightly connected to significant redistributions of wealth and power, and they sometimes threaten and sometimes enhance democracy. Understanding these phenomena poses important intellectual and normative challenges: neither traditional social sciences nor prevailing modes of democratic governance have fully grappled with the deep and growing significance of knowledge-making in twenty-first century politics and markets. Building on new work in science and technology studies (STS), this book advances the systematic analysis of the coproduction of knowledge and power in contemporary societies. Using case studies in the new life sciences, supplemented with cases on informatics and other topics such as climate science, this book presents a theoretical framing of coproduction processes while also providing detailed empirical analyses and nuanced comparative work. Science and Democracy: Knowledge as Wealth and Power in the Biosciences and Beyond will be interesting for students of sociology, science & technology studies, history of science, genetics, political science, and public administration.
Science and Narratives of Nature: East and West (Science and Technology Studies)
by Sundar SarukkaiThe discourse and practice of science are deeply connected to explicit and implicit narratives of nature. However, nature has been understood in diverse ways by cultures across the world. Could these different views of nature generate the possibility of alternate views on science? Part of the innovative series Science and Technology Studies, this volume looks at different conceptualizations of nature and the manner in which they structure the practice of the sciences. The essays draw upon philosophy, history, sociology, religion, feminism, mathematics and cultural studies, and establish a dialogue between cultures through a multi-disciplinary exploration of science. With contributions from major scholars in the field, this volume will deeply interest scholars and students of science and technology studies; sociology, history and philosophy of science; as also environmental studies.
Science and Narratives of Nature: East and West (Science and Technology Studies)
by Sundar SarukkaiThe discourse and practice of science are deeply connected to explicit and implicit narratives of nature. However, nature has been understood in diverse ways by cultures across the world. Could these different views of nature generate the possibility of alternate views on science? Part of the innovative series Science and Technology Studies, this volume looks at different conceptualizations of nature and the manner in which they structure the practice of the sciences. The essays draw upon philosophy, history, sociology, religion, feminism, mathematics and cultural studies, and establish a dialogue between cultures through a multi-disciplinary exploration of science. With contributions from major scholars in the field, this volume will deeply interest scholars and students of science and technology studies; sociology, history and philosophy of science; as also environmental studies.
Science and the End of Ethics
by S. MorrisScience and the End of Ethics examines some of the most important positive and negative implications that science has for ethics. On the basis of strong scientific reasons for abandoning traditional notions of right and wrong, it endorses a new ethical approach that focuses on achieving some of the key practical goals shared by ethicists.