Book Reviews: Beyond Economic Interests: Critical Perspectives on Adult Literacy and Numeracy in a Globalized World by Yasukawa, K., & Black, S.

2021 ◽  
pp. 074171362110489
Author(s):  
Alisa Belzer
Keyword(s):  
Adult Literacy ◽  
Economic Interests ◽  
Globalized World ◽  
Critical Perspectives

scholarly journals Beyond Economic Interests: Critical Perspectives on Adult Literacy and Numeracy in a Globalised World

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 64-67
Author(s):  
Tannis Atkinson ◽  
Nancy S Jackson
Keyword(s):  
Adult Literacy ◽  
Statistical Tools ◽  
Economic Interests ◽  
Economic Productivity ◽  
The Many ◽  
Critical Perspectives

This volume reflects the many faces of the adult literacy and numeracy (ALN) field since the introduction, more than two decades ago, of OECD surveys that define and measure ALN as a contribution to economic productivity, efficiency and growth. The book highlights the transition to statistical tools as the only legitimate form of knowledge about literacy and explores a range of alternative visions and creative practices that focus on ‘the meaning of literacy and numeracy in people's lives’ (Yasukawa and Black 2016: 21).

Book Reviews

Journeys ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-118
Author(s):  
Erve Chambers ◽  
Lauren Miller Griffith ◽  
Angus Mitchell ◽  
Frances Julia Riemer
Keyword(s):  
Boer War ◽  
Good For ◽  
Globalized World ◽  
Afro Brazilian

Naomi M. Leite, Quetzil E. Castañeda, and Kathleen M. Adams, eds., The Ethnography of Tourism: Edward Bruner and Beyond (Lanham: Lexington Books, 2019), ix + 303 pp., ISBN 978-1-4985-1633-4, $95.00 (hardcover)Sergio González Varela, Capoeira, Mobility, and Tourism: Preserving an Afro-Brazilian Tradition in a Globalized World (Lanham: Lexington Books, 2019), 184 pp., ISBN 978-1-4985-7032-9, $90 (hardcover)Sarah LeFanu, Something of Themselves: Kipling, Kingsley, Conan Doyle and the Anglo-Boer War (London: Hurst & Co, 2020), viii + 408 pp., ISBN: 978178733098, $29.95 (hardcover)Bryan S.R. Grimwood, Heather Mair, Kelle Caton, and Meghan Muldoon, Tourism and Wellness: Travel for the Good for All? (Lanham MD: Lexington Books, 2018), xxxi+ 218 pp., 978-1-4985-6329-190000, $95 (hardcover)

Civil Society Representative

2019 ◽  
Vol 113 ◽  
pp. 103-105
Author(s):  
Lauren C. Baillie
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
South Sudan ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
Nonstate Actors ◽  
Economic Interests ◽  
Globalized World ◽  
The Impact

In our increasingly globalized world, civilians feel most acutely the impact of conflicts and failures of interstate regulation. Modern conflict has been characterized by states and nonstate actors targeting civilians. One need only look to the offenses committed in Syria and South Sudan to understand the immense toll those conflicts have taken on civilian lives. In addition, failures in interstate regulation, particularly around business practices and climate change, disproportionately affect the world's most poor and vulnerable, as political and economic interests take precedence over the rights of civilians.

scholarly journals ECONOMIC INTELLIGENCE: AN INEVITABLE CHOICE

2017 ◽  
pp. 47-60
Author(s):  
LARIS GAISER
Keyword(s):  
Global Market ◽  
Economic Interests ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Post Cold War ◽  
Intelligence System ◽  
State Management ◽  
Political Alliances ◽  
National Economic ◽  
Economic Warfare ◽  
Globalized World

Povzetek Od padca berlinskega zidu se je mednarodno okolje močno spremenilo. Globaliziran trg, v katerem so politična zavezništva vedno bolj krhka, je države prisil v stalno gospodarsko vojno, v kateri pa prevladujejo le tiste, ki so v zadnjih letih oblikovale primeren sistem za izmenjavo informacij med javnim in zasebnim sektorjem. Gospodarska obveščevalna dejavnost je najbolj napredna teorija državnega upravljanja in predstavlja najprimernejši okvir za zasebno-javno sodelovanje v gospodarstvu. Namen članka je definirati pojem gospodarske obveščevalne dejavnosti ter z analizo nekaterih tujih primerov dokazati, da so lahko države konkurenčne in varne le, če sprejmejo primerno gospodarsko-obveščevalno strategijo. Znotraj takšnega scenarija - kljub temu da predvideva zaščito gospodarskih interesov v Zakonu o Slovenski Obveščevalno-Varnostni Agenciji - Slovenija nima celovite strategije za obrambo oz. razvoj lastnih gospodarski interesov preko strukturiranega sistema gospodarske obveščevalne dejavnosti. Oblikovalci politike bodo morali v prihodnosti upoštevati potrebo po reformi, ki bi zagotovila učinkovito in varno prihodnost slovenskemu gospodarstvu ter stabilnost državnega sistema. Ključne besede: gospodarska obveščevalna dejavnost, tajne službe, varnost, razvoj. Abstract In a post-Cold War environment countries live in a state of permanent economic warfare. Political alliances are more and more fragile, and while countries have compete every day on the global market in order to survive, only those with a structured system can prevail. Economic intelligence is the most advanced political and economic theory of state management, which also offers the framework for private-public cooperation. In defining economic intelligence and analyzing some examples of structured foreign systems, this article aims to show that in a globalized world countries can be competitive and safe only by adopting an economic intelligence strategy. Within such a scenario Slovenia, despite contemplating the defence of national economic interests through the Law on Slovenian Intelligence and Security Agency, has no comprehensive strategy to defend or promote its economic interests by a structured economic intelligence system. Policy makers must take into consideration reforms that could guarantee the country’s future economic efficiency and security. Key words: economic intelligence, secret services, security, development

Book Reviews

Sociologus ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-197
Author(s):  
Christoph Antweiler ◽  
Aleksandar Bošković
Keyword(s):  
Social Critique ◽  
Public Role ◽  
Globalized World

Christoph Meißelbach, Die Evolution der Kohäsion. Sozialkapital und die Natur des Menschen. Wiesbaden 2019 Petr Skalník, and Marcin Brocki (eds.), Anthropology as Social Critique: Its Public Role in the Globalized World, Krakow 2018

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