scholarly journals The transparency syndrome in global change: A sociological concept paper

2002 ◽  
Vol 69 (412-414) ◽  
pp. 152-162
Author(s):  
Burkart Holzner ◽  
Leslie Holzner
Keyword(s):  
Global Change ◽  
Research And Development ◽  
Planned Change ◽  
International Studies ◽  
International Affairs ◽  
Development Activity ◽  
University Of Pittsburgh ◽  
University Center ◽  
Assistant Director ◽  
The University

Burkart Holzner is Distinguished Service Professor of International Studies, Professor of Sociology and of Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh. For two decades he was the Director of the University Center for International Studies at the University of Pittsburgh. He wrote about knowledge systems in society, and about the roles of knowledge use in modernity. His recent work is on international studies and global change. Currently he works with Leslie Holzner on a long-term project to explain the causes and consequences of the rise of transparency in global change. Dr Holzner is a member of the World Society for Ekistics (WSE). Leslie Holzner is a sociologist who has worked for the past several years with her husband on the issue of transparency and other global phenomena. She spent 30 years at the University of Pittsburgh where she was Assistant Director of the Learning Research and Development Center. Her research and development activity has centered on planned change, and restructuring organizations, with an emphasis on educational institutions. The text that follows is a slightly edited and revised version of a paper prepared for the WSE Symposion "Defining Success of the City in the 21st Century," Berlin, 24-28 October, 2001.

scholarly journals Book Reviews

1996 ◽  
Vol 152 (3) ◽  
pp. 483-508
Author(s):  
Peter Boomgaard ◽  
John Robert Shepherd ◽  
Bernice Jong Boers ◽  
Michael Hitchcock ◽  
Dwight Y. King ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Economic Transformation ◽  
British Library ◽  
International Studies ◽  
Yale University ◽  
University Center ◽  
Malayan Emergency ◽  
The University

- Peter Boomgaard, John Robert Shepherd, Marriage and mandatory abortion among the 17th-century Siraya. Arlington: American Anthropological Association, 1995, iv + 99 pp. [American Ethnological Society Monograph Series 6.] - Bernice de Jong Boers, Michael Hitchcock, Islam and identity in Eastern Indonesia. Hull: The University of Hull Press, 1996, ix + 208 pp. - Dwight Y. King, Audrey R. Kahin, Subversion as foreign policy; The secret Eisenhower and Dulles debacle in Indonesia. New York: The New Press, 1995, 230 + 88 pp., George McT. Kahin (eds.) - Han Knapen, Harold Brookfield, In place of the forest; Environmental and socio-economic transformation in Borneo and the eastern Malay peninsula. Tokyo, New York, Paris: United Nations University Press, 1995, xiv + 310 pp. [UNU Studies on Critical Environmental Regions.], Lesley Potter, Yvonne Byron (eds.) - Niels Mulder, E. Paul Durrenberger, State power and culture in Thailand. New Haven: Yale University, Southeast Asia Studies, 1996, vii + 200 pp. [Monograph 43.] - Peter Pels, Margaret J. Wiener, Visible and invisible realms; Power, magic and colonial conquest in Bali. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, xiv + 445 pp. - Marie-Odette Scalliet, Annabel Teh Gallop, Early views of Indonesia; Drawings from the British Library. Pemandangan Indonesia di masa lampau; Seni gambar dari British Library. London: The British Library, Jakarta: Yayasan Lontar, 1995, 128 pp., 86 ill., 39 pl. - Cornelia M.I. van der Sluys, Marina Roseman, Healing sounds from the Malaysian rain forest; Temiar music and medicine. Berkeley, Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1993, xvii + 233 pp. - Cornelia M.I. van der Sluys, John D. Leary, Violence and the dream people; The Orang Asli in the Malayan emergency, 1948-1960. Athens, Ohio: Ohio University, Center for International Studies, 1995, xxiii + 238 pp. [Monographs in International Studies, Southeast Asia Series 95.] - H. Steinhauer, Darrell T. Tryon, Comparative Austronesian Dictionary; An introduction to Austronesian studies, Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, 1995, Part I, Fascicle I: xxviii pp + p.1-666; Fascicle II: xix pp + p.667-1197; Part II: xviii + 749 pp; Part III: xviii + 739 pp; Part IV: xviii + 767 pp. [Trends in Linguistics, Documentation 10 (Werner Winter and Richard A. Rhodes, eds).]

Is Canada a Religiously Neutral State?

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Van Staveren
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
International Studies ◽  
International Level ◽  
International Affairs ◽  
Legal Studies ◽  
Life Path ◽  
Areas Of Interest ◽  
The University

<div class="page" title="Page 3"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span>Karen Van Staveren is a recent graduate of the University of Waterloo- St. Jerome’s. She has just completed her undergraduate degree in Honours Legal Studies minoring in International Studies. She is looking to continue her studies in the fall at the Balsillie School of International Affairs doing her Masters in International Affairs. Her areas of interest include human rights and the intersectionality of gender and religion in policy. She hopes to go into policy development and analysis at a federal or international level. Her vast volunteer experience has and continues </span>to influence her life path as she hopes to eventually go into the realm of social justice. </p></div></div></div>

The Leadership Portfolio Program at The University of Pittsburgh: Teaching leadership to graduate students1

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 255-273
Author(s):  
Kevin Kearns
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Development ◽  
Graduate School ◽  
Leadership Skills ◽  
International Affairs ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Pedagogical Strategies ◽  
University Of Pittsburgh ◽  
Development Experience ◽  
The University ◽  
Teaching Leadership

The Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh provides an extra-curricular leadership development experience called the Leadership Portfolio Program. The Leadership Portfolio Program uses both classroom and community-based experiences to develop and refine leadership skills in graduate students who are preparing for careers in public service. This article describes the Leadership Portfolio Program and, based on student feedback, offers insights on pedagogical strategies for teaching leadership to pre-service students.

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