7. The staying power of the BRICS

2016 ◽  
pp. 103-116
Author(s):  
Andrew F. Cooper
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Global System ◽  
Institutional Architecture ◽  
Dramatic Growth ◽  
Broad Overview

The BRICS group can be interpreted in several ways: as a cluster of big emerging economies with dramatic growth; as a diplomatic club of reform-minded members seeking a new and fairer deal in the world’s institutional architecture; or as a group with the disruptive potential to cause a rupture in the global system. ‘The staying power of the BRICS’ highlights the need for a broad overview given the absence of a single dominant identity. The continued existence of the BRICS suggests that both its symbolic and operational role in the diffusion of authority in the 21st-century global system should not be underestimated.

Alexander the Great, reception of

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana Spencer
Keyword(s):  
Interest Groups ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Classical Antiquity ◽  
Cultural Appropriation ◽  
Alexander The Great ◽  
Fields Of Study ◽  
Eastern Traditions ◽  
Broad Overview

What makes Alexander Great? His story has captured the imagination of authors, artists, philosophers, and politicians across more than two millennia. He has provided a point of convergence for religious and spiritual thinkers, he has been co-opted as a champion for gender and sexual openness, he represents a paradigm for would-be charismatic dictators (and their opponents), he gives us scientific imperialism and justification for conquistadorial dreaming, and he exemplifies the risks of cultural appropriation. To understand why Alexander resonates so widely across so many different fields of study, interest groups, and media, is an exercise in reception. This Alexander who has captured the imagination is triumphantly equivocal and it is in the plurality of traditions through which this complexity is expressed that his enduring “greatness” lies. The imaginary quality of Alexander is unsurprising because more profoundly than for any comparable individual from classical antiquity, his history is a product of reception from the start: every encounter with Alexander the Great is part of a conversation that depends substantially on accounts and narrative evidence from long after his death, and at the least at one remove from the historians who first and contemporaneously chronicled his life and achievements. These ancient traditions of Alexander are rooted in the contradictory and multifarious strands in which his achievements were retold and repurposed, even within his own lifetime. His rapid development as an ideological and cultural icon rather than as a purely historical character accelerated and amplified his significance far beyond that of the short-lived empire that he conquered. To trace all of these traditions and their significance, from antiquity to the 21st century, would be impossible. The aim here is to present a broad overview, focusing on Western reception but with citations and references enabling more detailed study of individual aspects and the Eastern traditions.

scholarly journals STATE, MARKET AND CIVIL SOCIETY AS ACTORS OF DEVELOPMENT: the Challenge of Sustainability in the 21st Century. Interview with Lecturer Heike Doering, PhD

Revista Foco ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 153
Author(s):  
Priscila De Nadai
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Business School ◽  
Regional Government ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Sustainability Management ◽  
Espírito Santo ◽  
The Past ◽  
Espirito Santo

In this edition, professor Priscila De Nadai interviewed Heike Doering, PhD in Sociology from Cardiff University (United Kingdom), lecturer at Cardiff Business School and researcher of the Centre for Local and Regional Government Research, also from Cardiff University. In the past few years,  she has conducted research about reginal development and sustainability management, in emerging economies. One of her research projects is being developed in Espírito Santo in partnership with researchers from our State. In this interview, profesor Heike Doering will tell us about her trajectory as a researcher, about her studies and the specific research she is currently conducting in Espírito Santo. 

A broad overview on innovative functionalized paper solutions

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 395-416 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberto Aguado ◽  
Dina Murtinho ◽  
Artur J. M. Valente
Keyword(s):  
Water Treatment ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Electronic Devices ◽  
Sol Gel ◽  
Supramolecular Interactions ◽  
Research Groups ◽  
Paper Electronics ◽  
Sol Gel Process ◽  
Broad Overview

Abstract Functionalized paper solutions have attracted the attention of many research groups in the 21st century, given the low cost, availability, flexibility and biodegradability of paper. Despite this material has been manufactured for more than two thousand years, its traditional uses hardly go beyond writing, printing, cleaning and packaging. This overview covers fascinating advances in the functionalization of paper that have taken place this century. This century, test strips for glucose and pH have evolved towards microfluidic paper analytical devices that allow for accurate quantitative determinations. In another context, paper electronics started with the first paper-based transistors and followed with more sophisticated electronic devices. Also, cheap paper-based membranes and adsorbents have been proposed for water treatment, and researchers have found innovative ways to confer antimicrobial and anti-counterfeiting properties to paper. Furthermore, numberless ways to functionalize paper are reported here. Fibers can be modified by chemical reactions, nanofibrillation or supramolecular interactions with certain reagents. The surface can be coated by diverse methods, including size press coating, sputtering, e-beam evaporation and the sol-gel process. Special inks can be printed onto paper to make hydrophobic, conductive or luminescent patterns. Brief opinions about future outlooks are given at the end.

scholarly journals The future of global financial stability

European View ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-27
Author(s):  
Mario Draghi
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Financial Stability ◽  
Current Crisis ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Global System ◽  
Quality Regulation ◽  
Current Economic Crisis ◽  
Financial Governance ◽  
Fundamental Shift ◽  
Global Financial System

The current economic crisis has revealed the shortcomings of the current global financial system, and it is clear that there must be a fundamental shift in the approaches to global financial governance. The seeds for a more comprehensive global system have been sown, as evidenced by the increasing amount of international dialogue, not only amongst the global economic giants but also amongst emerging economies. However, there is a need to develop mechanisms for high-quality regulation rather than falling into the trap of reacting to the current crisis.

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