scholarly journals What Globalization for the Many?

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 59
Author(s):  
Mălina Ciocea
Keyword(s):  
Global Perspective ◽  
Recent History ◽  
Economic Policies ◽  
Historical Trends ◽  
History Of Development ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Many

Development “is a way of getting acquainted with ourselves” (Dobrescu, 2020, p. 9). Starting with The Century of the Emerging World (2013) and continuing with No Project Country (2019), Paul Dobrescu explores Romania’s recent history of development, in an attempt to understand what future is envisaged by current economic policies. As usual, the conclusions of the analysis are an elegy. Development was not a real priority during transition in Romania, but a rhetoric. “We had lived a time of development without freedom and we inaugurated a time of freedom without development” (p. 167). That is not to say that Paul Dobrescu’s newest book is a disheartening read. On the contrary, it invites meditation on the fate of countries and puts their development into a global perspective which, in rationalizing historical trends, provides a well-grounded explanation for contemporary developments, while giving hope for a more equitable future. If anything, Paul Dobrescu’s books are deeply humanistic (in a way globalization itself, his arch-theme spanning more than 20 years, is supposed to be) and serve as a reminder of the fate of the many.

Global Development

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Lorenzini
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Development Aid ◽  
Global Perspective ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Berlin Wall ◽  
History Of Development ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Cold War

In the Cold War, “development” was a catchphrase that came to signify progress, modernity, and economic growth. Development aid was closely aligned with the security concerns of the great powers, for whom infrastructure and development projects were ideological tools for conquering hearts and minds around the globe, from Europe and Africa to Asia and Latin America. This book provides a global history of development, drawing on a wealth of archival evidence to offer a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of a Cold War phenomenon that transformed the modern world. Taking readers from the aftermath of the Second World War to the tearing down of the Berlin Wall, the book shows how development projects altered local realities, transnational interactions, and even ideas about development itself. The book shines new light on the international organizations behind these projects—examining their strategies and priorities and assessing the actual results on the ground—and it also gives voice to the recipients of development aid. It shows how the Cold War shaped the global ambitions of development on both sides of the Iron Curtain, and how international organizations promoted an unrealistically harmonious vision of development that did not reflect local and international differences. The book presents a global perspective on Cold War development, demonstrating how its impacts are still being felt today.

Faulkner and History

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Intellectual ◽  
Mississippi Valley ◽  
Pulp Fiction ◽  
History Of Development ◽  
Historical Figure ◽  
Historical Figures ◽  
Artistic Vision ◽  
History Of ◽  
Literary Histories ◽  
The Many

William Faulkner remains a historian's writer. A distinguished roster of historians has referenced Faulkner in their published work. They are drawn to him as a fellow historian, a shaper of narrative reflections on the meaning of the past; as a historiographer, a theorist, and dramatist of the fraught enterprise of doing history; and as a historical figure himself, especially following his mid-century emergence as a public intellectual after winning the Nobel Prize for Literature. This volume brings together historians and literary scholars to explore the many facets of Faulkner's relationship to history: the historical contexts of his novels and stories; his explorations of the historiographic imagination; his engagement with historical figures from both the regional and national past; his influence on professional historians; his pursuit of alternate modes of temporal awareness; and the histories of print culture that shaped the production, reception, and criticism of Faulkner's work. The chapters draw on the history of development in the Mississippi Valley, the construction of Confederate memory, the history and curriculum of Harvard University, twentieth-century debates over police brutality and temperance reform, the history of modern childhood, and the literary histories of anti-slavery writing and pulp fiction to illuminate Faulkner's work. Others explore the meaning of Faulkner's fiction for such professional historians as C. Vann Woodward and Albert Bushnell Hart. In these ways and more, the book offers fresh insights into one of the most persistent and long-recognized elements of the Mississippian's artistic vision.

Reassessing the Nazi War Economy and the Origins of the Second World War

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 281-297
Author(s):  
Alexander Anievas
Keyword(s):  
Second World War ◽  
Economic Policies ◽  
World War ◽  
War Economy ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Many ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Second World ◽  
Core Issues

Adam Tooze’sThe Wages of Destructionhas received a fair amount of scholarly attention since its publication in 2006, particularly among historians. What has received much less attention, however, are the many theoretical insights to be gleaned from Tooze’s history of the inner-workings of the Nazi war economy in the lead-up to the Second World War. This is particularly true of the numerous theoretical subjects and themes covered by Tooze of direct relevance to Marxist theories and understandings of Nazism. From his analysis of the relationship between Nazi economic policies and Hitler’s geopolitical objectives to the relations between capital and state to the specificities of Nazism as a distinct ideological and cultural apparatus to the role of the Nazi regime in triggering the 1939 cataclysm – in all these ways, Tooze’s work speaks to a number of core issues at the heart of Marxist debates on Nazism, fascism, and the causes of the Second World War. This introduction outlines a number of these themes and more in Tooze’s work, contextualising them within extant Marxist debates on Nazism, before then going on to highlight some of the main arguments and criticisms advanced in the symposium.

scholarly journals The Ph.D. Dilemma in Canada Revisited

1978 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 49-92
Author(s):  
Max Von Zur-Muehlen
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Education ◽  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Historical Trends ◽  
Doctoral Studies ◽  
Doctoral Graduates ◽  
Canadian Universities ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Declining Demand ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Many

Growth of doctoral studies at Canadian universities in the last two decades has resulted in the more than 1,000 programs that are now offered. Not surprisingly, the output of Ph.D. graduates has increased 6 fold since the early sixties. But during the seventies, an imbalance between the rising supply of Ph.D. 's and the declining demand for them, particularly in higher education, became apparent. This paper traces historical trends in the employment of Canada's Ph.D. holders, and looks at their prospects for the future. Traditionally, about 65% of doctoral graduates have entered educational occupations. Today, because of the youthful age structure, there are few retirements or deaths, and hence, the annual replacement demand is for only about 500 Ph.D. 's. But Canadian universities now confer around 2,000 doctorates each year (including returning Canadians from abroad). Moreover, this imbalance is apt to persist. On the basis of the current enrolment of 13,000, the Ph.D. supply has been projected from 1977-78 to 1981-82 for 45 disciplines. Relating these supply estimates to the likely demand for university teachers reveals a potential surplus in almost every discipline. A cycle of shortage and surplus appears to have developed in some fields. These simulations have been derived from assumptions, which are outlined in two appendices and 26 supporting tables. In addition, this paper also examines other features of the Ph.D. situation in Canada: a history of the growth of graduate education; variations in the ratio of Ph.D. enrolment to graduates in different disciplines; support programs for doctoral students, and the immigration of university teachers. The information provides an overview of the many dimensions of the Ph.D. issue.

scholarly journals A kisiskolák és lehetőségeik

Educatio ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 409-424
Author(s):  
Helga Andl
Keyword(s):  
Primary Schools ◽  
Small Schools ◽  
Study Groups ◽  
Recent History ◽  
School Closures ◽  
Related Data ◽  
History Of ◽  
Education Statistics ◽  
The Many

Összefoglaló. A tanulmány a kisiskolák magyarországi helyzetével foglalkozik, azok komplex társadalmi beágyazottságával, a hátrányos helyzet, a méltányosság és az inklúzió kérdéskörével, oktatáspolitikai és pedagógiai kérdésekkel. Területi és oktatás-statisztikai adatokra támaszkodva bemutatjuk az alacsony létszámmal működő baranyai iskolák egyes jellemzőit, az elmúlt másfél évtizedben lezajlott történéseket. Az intézményi kört érintők között hangsúlyosan jelenik meg az iskolabezárás, melynek folyamatát két iskola közelmúltban zajló megszűnésével foglalkozó esettanulmányunkra építve mutatjuk be. Működő gyakorlatokat keresünk arra, hogy a tanulók támogatásának, az inkluzív tanítási környezet kialakításának milyen lehetőségeit rejtik a – nem egy esetben összevont tanulócsoportos – kisiskolák. Summary. This study attempts to uncover and understand the many different factors of small schools in Hungary: the role of disadvantage, how and if equity and inclusion can be realised, and the complex ways in which society perceives these institutions. For these social determinants are multifaceted, further aspects of pedagogy and education policy will be discussed too. Based on regional and education statistics related data, the paper explores the main features and the recent history of those primary schools in Baranya which operate with a low number of students. In this recent history of small schools, there is a clear emphasis on school closures, a process that we will focus on through our case study of two contemporary school closures in the area. With this analysis, our goal is to present several examples of embedded, functioning practices in small schools – many of which operate with multigraded study groups – that aim to support pupils and create an inclusive environment.

Uneven Centuries

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sevket Pamuk
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Open Economy ◽  
Economic History ◽  
Global Perspective ◽  
Economic Policies ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Great Depression ◽  
Economic Trends ◽  
History Of

The population and economy of the area within the present-day borders of Turkey has consistently been among the largest in the developing world, yet there has been no authoritative economic history of Turkey until now. This book examines the economic growth and human development of Turkey over the past two hundred years. Taking a comparative global perspective, the book investigates Turkey's economic history through four periods: the open economy during the nineteenth-century Ottoman era, the transition from empire to nation-state that spanned the two world wars and the Great Depression, the continued protectionism and import-substituting industrialization after World War II, and the neoliberal policies and the opening of the economy after 1980. Making use of indices of GDP per capita, trade, wages, health, and education, the book argues that Turkey's long-term economic trends cannot be explained only by immediate causes such as economic policies, rates of investment, productivity growth, and structural change. The book offers a deeper analysis of the essential forces underlying Turkey's development—its institutions and their evolution—to make better sense of the country's unique history and to provide important insights into the patterns of growth in developing countries during the past two centuries.

scholarly journals Reading of the Crisis of the Homeland and Exile in the two novels (Tchari) and (Sabergion) as Models

2018 ◽  
Vol 227 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Assist. Prof. Dr. Areej Kanaan
Keyword(s):  
Recent History ◽  
The Novel ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
Angle Of View ◽  
The Many

    The novel is the closest gender  to reality, although the novel is not devoid of fiction of its author , but realism is the predominant characteristic of it, especially the Iraqi novel, which has been characterized  since its existence   with   this feature, but the reality means  within  represents things by the closest  in the world of reality this is also influenced by the artist's inclinations and way  of  his understanding and angle of view we are in this research we are  with two novels approaching without a literal photographic  match with that reality which is the obvious context in this text and its baseline reference for it. We found a lot of common and converging reasons between these two novels, especially the intentional categories of their character , as well as tracking the recent history of the presence of Christians in Iraq. The coexistence of the sons  of this community before the many changes and the transformations that took place after 2003 and the fact that many of sons  of this segment were forced to leave the country either willingly or obliged to do that.

Introduction

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Nicholas Allen
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Critical Discussion ◽  
Recent History ◽  
Irish Literature ◽  
Late Nineteenth Century ◽  
History Of ◽  
Late Nineteenth ◽  
The Many ◽  
The Comparative Study

The introduction establishes the context for the book by describing the literary, critical, and historical contexts for its readings of Irish coastal literature from the late nineteenth century to the present. It describes the recent history of critical discussion of water and the sea in relation to literature globally, and connects this history to connected projects in the Irish and British archipelago, establishing how this book is interested principally in the many moments of transition between land and sea that occur in Irish literature. It proceeds by tracing the various and changing ways in which the coast, the sea, and the ocean have shaped the operations of a series of interconnected literary and visual works that radiate from the island’s shores. The collective presence of these hydro-cultures invites a different perspective on literature and history that complements the comparative study of Ireland in four nations, Atlantic, and oceanic histories.

A 200-Year History of the Study of Childhood Language Disorders of Unknown Origin: Changes in Terminology

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurence B. Leonard
Keyword(s):  
Language Impairment ◽  
Specific Language Impairment ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Language Disorder ◽  
Language Disorders ◽  
Unknown Origin ◽  
Developmental Language Disorder ◽  
The Past ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Many

Purpose The current “specific language impairment” and “developmental language disorder” discussion might lead to important changes in how we refer to children with language disorders of unknown origin. The field has seen other changes in terminology. This article reviews many of these changes. Method A literature review of previous clinical labels was conducted, and possible reasons for the changes in labels were identified. Results References to children with significant yet unexplained deficits in language ability have been part of the scientific literature since, at least, the early 1800s. Terms have changed from those with a neurological emphasis to those that do not imply a cause for the language disorder. Diagnostic criteria have become more explicit but have become, at certain points, too narrow to represent the wider range of children with language disorders of unknown origin. Conclusions The field was not well served by the many changes in terminology that have transpired in the past. A new label at this point must be accompanied by strong efforts to recruit its adoption by clinical speech-language pathologists and the general public.

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