This text draws on the perspectives of faculty's around the world to determine significant trends in how professors view teaching and research. At colleges and universities throughout the world, there are professors who devote most of their time to research activities, and others who prefer teaching. Using data collected by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching's international survey of the academic profession, this study found that there are international similarities in how teaching-oriented faculty view higher education differently than their research-oriented colleagues,...
This text draws on the perspectives of faculty's around the world to determine significant trends in how professors view teaching and research. At col...
Oil and Terrorism in the New Gulf examines the national security implications of U.S. energy security policies in the Middle East, and the emerging U.S. involvement in oil exploration and extraction in West Africa. Similar political, social, and economic challenges_poverty, corruption, lack of infrastructure, and weak governments_are seen in the oil-producing states of both the Middle East and Africa. Drawing comparisons between these two regions allows Forest and Sousa to formulate policy recommendations for how to handle foreign policy toward Africa in the future based on lessons learned...
Oil and Terrorism in the New Gulf examines the national security implications of U.S. energy security policies in the Middle East, and the emerging U....
In the world of terrorism, knowledge is a critical asset. Recent studies have revealed that, among international terrorists, there is a global sharing of ideas, tactics, strategies, and lessons learned. Teaching Terror examines this sharing of information in the terrorist world, shaping our understanding of, and response to, the global threat of terrorism. Chapters cover various aspects of individual and organizational learning, some using a general level of analysis and others presenting case studies of individual terrorist groups. These groups teach each other through a variety of means,...
In the world of terrorism, knowledge is a critical asset. Recent studies have revealed that, among international terrorists, there is a global sharing...
In the world of terrorism, knowledge is a critical asset. Recent studies have revealed that, among international terrorists, there is a global sharing of ideas, tactics, strategies, and lessons learned. Teaching Terror examines this sharing of information in the terrorist world, shaping our understanding of, and response to, the global threat of terrorism. Chapters cover various aspects of individual and organizational learning, some using a general level of analysis and others presenting case studies of individual terrorist groups. These groups teach each other through a variety of means,...
In the world of terrorism, knowledge is a critical asset. Recent studies have revealed that, among international terrorists, there is a global sharing...
The topic of university and college teaching in the study of higher education is the focus of this text. Providing a broad perspective, it examines preparation, assessment, and reward from cross-cultural perspectives and explores the cultural and social influences that affect these dimensions.
The topic of university and college teaching in the study of higher education is the focus of this text. Providing a broad perspective, it examines pr...
Higher education is a truly global activity, built around the intersections of international knowledge networks in which institutions, faculty and students explore, create and share knowledge. Virtually all colleges and universities stem from a common organizational model and intellectual history, and academic disciplines are defined worldwide in common terms the study of sociology in Japan or Germany is seen roughly the same as the study of sociology in Canada or the United States.
The purpose of this publication is to provide a central, authoritative reference source on...
Higher education is a truly global activity, built around the intersections of international knowledge networks in which institutions, faculty and ...
In an era where anyone can have access to the Internet or other media forms that make widespread communication easy, terrorists and insurgents can spread their messages with complete freedom, creating challenges for national security. Influence Warfare: How Terrorists and Governments Fight to Shape Perceptions in a War of Ideas focuses on the core of the ongoing struggle for strategic influence and, particularly, how states can counter the role media and the Internet play in radicalizing new agents of terrorism.
As the book makes clear, governments need to find ways to...
In an era where anyone can have access to the Internet or other media forms that make widespread communication easy, terrorists and insurgents can ...
Higher education is a truly global activity, built around the intersections of international knowledge networks in which institutions, faculty and students explore, create and share knowledge. Virtually all colleges and universities stem from a common organizational model and intellectual history, and academic disciplines are defined worldwide in common terms the study of sociology in Japan or Germany is seen roughly the same as the study of sociology in Canada or the United States.
The purpose of this publication is to provide a central, authoritative reference source on...
Higher education is a truly global activity, built around the intersections of international knowledge networks in which institutions, faculty and ...
During the last ten years an increasing number of government and media reports, scholarly books and journal articles, and other publications have focused our attention on the expanded range of interactions between international organized crime and terrorist networks. A majority of these interactions have been in the form of temporary organizational alliances surrounding a specific type of transaction or resource exchange, like document fraud or smuggling humans, drugs or weapons across a particular border. This book contains broad conceptual pieces, historical analyses, and case studies that...
During the last ten years an increasing number of government and media reports, scholarly books and journal articles, and other publications have focu...
Issues of defence politics and policy have long been at the forefront of political agendas and defining of international affairs. With a focus on examining the fundamental sources of - and defence policy responses to - the new 'post-9/11' security environment, this volume offers an up-to-date, balanced and comprehensive overview of defence politics worldwide, with chapters written by an international team of defence experts. *Part 1: International Dimensions. Chapters examine the changing conception of self-defence, security collaboration for combating terrorism, the United Nations and...
Issues of defence politics and policy have long been at the forefront of political agendas and defining of international affairs. With a focus on exam...
