Asal and Harwood explore how today's information technology is changing how we educate and are educated. Focusing on the United States, with useful insights from the classroom digital revolution in a few other key places (the United Kingdom, Australia, and India), the authors investigate the impact of today's technologies on education -- how they impact teachers and teaching, children and learning, and the intersection of teaching and learning. For example, they tell us what the educational impact of having over 60% of America online is. The authors explain exactly how new technologies are...
Asal and Harwood explore how today's information technology is changing how we educate and are educated. Focusing on the United States, with useful...
This new book shows how international crises are dangerous episodes that can be destabilizing not only to the actors directly involved but also to the entire international system.
Recognizing the primacy of crises as defining moments in international relations, scholars and policy makers alike are increasingly concerned with identifying mechanisms for crisis prevention, management and resolution.
Mediating International Crises is the first comprehensive study into one such mechanism that has been used with increasing frequency in the 20th Century: mediation by a...
This new book shows how international crises are dangerous episodes that can be destabilizing not only to the actors directly involved but also to ...
Bringing together theoretical perspectives from both comparative politics and public law, this book examines the reasons why certain countries criminalize same-sex activities while others have carved into law the requirement that sexual minority communities be protected. The authors break new ground by using cross-national yearly data over decades--focusing on sodomy laws, death penalty provisions for same-sex sexual relations, and sexual discrimination practices--to develop a Gay Rights Index comparing treatment of such groups in various parts of the world. The book includes legal and...
Bringing together theoretical perspectives from both comparative politics and public law, this book examines the reasons why certain countries crimina...
Bringing together theoretical perspectives from both comparative politics and public law, this book examines the reasons why certain countries criminalize same-sex activities while others have carved into law the requirement that sexual minority communities be protected. The authors break new ground by using cross-national yearly data over decades--focusing on sodomy laws, death penalty provisions for same-sex sexual relations, and sexual discrimination practices--to develop a Gay Rights Index comparing treatment of such groups in various parts of the world. The book includes legal and...
Bringing together theoretical perspectives from both comparative politics and public law, this book examines the reasons why certain countries crimina...
