Designing a Global Curriculum

1989 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 68-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Harry Passow ◽  
Jacob H. Schiff
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Peace Education ◽  
World Society ◽  
Real Problem ◽  
Technological Revolution ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Global Curriculum ◽  
Nuclear Age ◽  
The World ◽  
Moral Dimensions

The paper pleads for a global curriculum which will nurture understanding and commitment to a world society. Teachers have neglected to educate pupils for the nuclear age, for the technological revolution; for an international understanding of inter-relationships. Important aspects of the global curriculum should include peace education; inter-cultural studies; the development of thinking and valuing capacities; world problems of hunger, poverty and injustice; ethical and moral dimensions of problems; the changing nature of knowledge, future studies; real problem-solving and communication across the world in a system of networking.

Nuclear Strategy in the Modern Era

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vipin Narang
Keyword(s):  
Deterrent Effect ◽  
Regional Power ◽  
Nuclear Forces ◽  
Regional Powers ◽  
Nuclear Strategy ◽  
Weak Institutions ◽  
Nuclear Age ◽  
International Stability ◽  
The World ◽  
Modern Era

The world is in a second nuclear age in which regional powers play an increasingly prominent role. These states have small nuclear arsenals, often face multiple active conflicts, and sometimes have weak institutions. How do these nuclear states—and potential future ones—manage their nuclear forces and influence international conflict? Examining the reasoning and deterrence consequences of regional power nuclear strategies, this book demonstrates that these strategies matter greatly to international stability and it provides new insights into conflict dynamics across important areas of the world such as the Middle East, East Asia, and South Asia. The book identifies the diversity of regional power nuclear strategies and describes in detail the posture each regional power has adopted over time. Developing a theory for the sources of regional power nuclear strategies, the book offers the first systematic explanation of why states choose the postures they do and under what conditions they might shift strategies. It then analyzes the effects of these choices on a state's ability to deter conflict. Using both quantitative and qualitative analysis, the book shows that, contrary to a bedrock article of faith in the canon of nuclear deterrence, the acquisition of nuclear weapons does not produce a uniform deterrent effect against opponents. Rather, some postures deter conflict more successfully than others. This book considers the range of nuclear choices made by regional powers and the critical challenges they pose to modern international security.

Quarantine Role in the Economic Development of the World Society

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naushad Khan ◽  
Shah Fahad ◽  
Mahnoor Naushad ◽  
Shah Faisal
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
World Society ◽  
The World

Discounting and the Paradox of the Indefinitely Postponed Splurge

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Rendall
Keyword(s):  
Real Problem ◽  
Costs And Benefits ◽  
The Real ◽  
Reductio Ad Absurdum ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
End Of The World

It is sometimes argued in support of discounting future costs and benefits that if we gave the same weight to the future as to the present, we would invest nearly all our income, but never spend it. Rather than enjoying the fruits of our investments, we would always do better to reinvest them. Undiscounted utilitarianism (UU), so the argument goes, is collectively self-defeating. This attempted reductio ad absurdum fails. Regardless of whether each generation successfully followed UU, or merely attempted to follow it, we could never get trapped in endless saving. The real problem is different: without the ability to foresee the end of the world, UU cannot tell us how much to save. Discounting is a defensible response, but only when coupled with a rule against risking catastrophe.

Does Poverty Wear a Woman's Face? Some Moral Dimensions of a Transnational Feminist Research Project

Hypatia ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 240-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alison M. Jaggar
Keyword(s):  
Feminist Research ◽  
Moral Judgments ◽  
Global Poverty ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Decent Life ◽  
Moral Argumentation ◽  
The World ◽  
Moral Dimensions

This article explains some moral dimensions of a transnational feminist research project designed to provide a better standard or metric for measuring poverty across the world. The author is an investigator on this project. Poverty metrics incorporate moral judgments about what is necessary for a decent life, so justifying metrics requires moral argumentation. The article clarifies the moral aspects of poverty valuation, indicates some moral flaws in existing global poverty metrics, and outlines some conditions for a better global metric. It then explains the methodology used in our project, providing its moral rationale and discussing some remaining moral concerns.

scholarly journals Drivers and Barriers to the Adoption of Fuel Cell Passenger Vehicles and Buses in Germany

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 833
Author(s):  
Gregory Trencher ◽  
Achmed Edianto
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Original Data ◽  
Road Transport ◽  
Market Penetration ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Cell Technology ◽  
Passenger Vehicles ◽  
Institutional Issues ◽  
The World ◽  
Privately Owned

As policymakers and automotive stakeholders around the world seek to accelerate the electrification of road transport with hydrogen, this study focuses on the experiences of Germany, a world leader in fuel cell technology. Specifically, it identifies and compares the drivers and barriers influencing the production and market penetration of privately-owned fuel cell electric passenger vehicles (FCEVs) and fuel cell electric buses (FCEBs) in public transit fleets. Using original data collected via a survey and 17 interviews, we elicited the opinions of experts to examine opportunities and obstacles in Germany from four perspectives: (i) the supply of vehicles (ii) refuelling infrastructure, (iii) demand for vehicles, and (iv) cross-cutting institutional issues. Findings indicate that despite multiple drivers, there are significant challenges hampering the growth of the hydrogen mobility market. Several are more pronounced in the passenger FCEV market. These include the supply and cost of production, the lack of German automakers producing FCEVs, the profitability and availability of refuelling stations, and low demand for vehicles. In light of these findings, we extract implications for international policymakers and future studies. This study provides a timely update on efforts to spur the deployment of hydrogen mobility in Germany and addresses the underrepresentation of studies examining both buses and passenger vehicles in tandem.

EDITORIAL: Meaning constellations in the world society

2012 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 411-422 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jürgen Schriewer
Keyword(s):  
World Society ◽  
The World

Self-descriptions of the World Society in non-western contexts and the implications for the general theoretical approach. An Analysis of the Edicts of Ancient India Emperor Ashoka

2010 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Iris Clemens
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Approach ◽  
World Society ◽  
Niklas Luhmann ◽  
Ancient India ◽  
The World

ZusammenfassungWie Rudolf Stichweh im Anschluss an Niklas Luhmann ausgeführt hat, sind Selbstbeschreibungen ein basaler Bestandteil aller sozialen Systeme und insbesondere für die Analyse der emergierenden Weltgesellschaft grundlegend. Die Diskussion hat bislang jedoch zumeist nur westliche Quellen berücksichtigt. Ausgehend von den Säulenedikten des indischen Königs Ashoka wird der Frage nachgegangen, ob frühe Formen einer Selbstbeschreibung der Weltgesellschaft auch in nichteuropäischen Kontexten gefunden werden können. Mit der Analyse dieser 2200 Jahre alten Edikte kann die These gestützt werden, dass bestimmte Formen solcher Selbstbeschreibungen der Weltgesellschaft auch für den indischen Kontext nachgewiesen werden können. Der Blick kann so global geweitet werden, und es wird in Zweifel gezogen, dass es sich um rein europäische semantische Erfindungen handelt. Zudem kann durch die Einbeziehung anderer als menschlicher Adressaten in der vorgefundenen Semantik der Fokus von einer im Westen vorherrschenden anthropologischen auf eine ›biozentrische‹ Perspektive verschoben werden.

scholarly journals Russia in world society: A comparative perspective on international references in parliamentary debates

2018 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
pp. 228-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatiana Tiaynen-Qadir ◽  
Ali Qadir ◽  
Pertti Alasuutari
Keyword(s):  
International Community ◽  
World Society ◽  
National Politics ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Parliamentary Debates ◽  
World Polity ◽  
World Society Theory ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
A Site

This article explores how international references in parliaments build a synchronized world polity, even in countries that are often portrayed as being at odds with the rest of the world. The article asks whether and how Russian parliamentarians refer to the international community, and how such references compare with parliamentary debates in other countries. The “mesophenomenological” argument developed here connects World Society Theory, which demonstrates global isomorphism, with national studies of Russia, which argue for important national particularities. The empirical analysis draws on a stratified random sample of debates on draft laws in the Russian Duma from 1994 to 2013, comparable to similar samples from six other countries. The results show that: (1) Russian parliamentarians refer to the international community in the same level and the same forms as in other countries; (2) Russian policy-makers rely on the same imageries of the social world to convince their audiences as do other parliamentarians; and (3) this similarity in form remains consistent throughout the period, despite radical changes in national politics. These findings attest to the Russian Duma as a site of world culture, and to the mesophenomenological view that the world polity is highly synchronized through discourses of cross-national comparisons.

scholarly journals WSES SM (World Society of Emergency Surgery Summer Meeting) highlights: emergency surgery around the world (Brazil, Finland, USA)

2009 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renato Poggetti ◽  
Ari Leppanemi ◽  
Paula Ferrada ◽  
Juan Puyana ◽  
Andrew B Peitzman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Surgery ◽  
World Society ◽  
The World
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