“…This book reviews recent developments in migration trends and policies of Australia; China; Hong Kong, China; Chinese Taipei; Indonesia; Japan; Korea; Malaysia; the Philippines; Singapore; Thailand and Vietnam. …”

“…The jurisdictions covered in this book include: Argentina; Australia; Brazil; Canada; England and Wales; France; Hong Kong; India; Italy; Japan; Poland; Turkey; and, USA…”
Sumario

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Improving Schools in Hong Kong: A Description of the Improvement Model and Some Reflections on Its Impact on Schools, Teachers and School Principals -- Measuring the Social and Civic Objectives of Schools1 -- Educational Leadership for Democracy and Social Justice -- School Leadership Effectiveness: The Growing Insight in the Importance of School Leadership for the Quality and Development of Schools and Their Pupils -- The Principal as Educational Leader: What Makes the Difference -- From Successful School Leadership Towards Distributed Leadership -- The Professionalization of Instructional Leadership in the United States: Competing Values and Current Tensions1 -- Values-Based Leadership: At the Heart of Sustaining School Reform and Improvement -- System-Sensitive Professional Leaders in Education -- Multiple Thinking and Creativity in School Leadership: A New Paradigm for Sustainable Development -- Realising the Potential of System Leadership1 -- Preparing School Leaders – International Approaches in Leadership Development -- Developing New School Leaders: Application of International and Local Knowledge to Practice -- Investigating the Use of Capability and Standards – Referenced Frameworks to Support the Professional Learning of Aspiring, New and Experienced School Leaders in the Public Education System in New South Wales, Australia1 -- Cloning Their Own: Aspirant Principals and the School-Based Selection Game -- The Recruitment and Selection of School Leaders – First Findings of an International Comparison…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Trends--why the future belongs to China -- Sunrise in the east: China becomes the new world superpower -- Sunset in the west: the end of U.S. economic supremacy -- Breaking the chains of the bicycle kingdom: China's dreams come true -- The coming financial flood -- Becoming a guru -- China's economic landscape -- China's booming base: manufacturing -- China's auto industry: in full gear -- China's energy industry: red hot -- China's bonanza: banking and finance -- China's communications revolution: almost free speech -- Understanding China's financial centers -- Beijing: the epicenter of a capitalist revolution -- Shenzhen: China's test city -- Shanghai: China's own Manhattan -- Taiwan: the breakaway prodigy -- Hong Kong: China's modern frontier -- Building a China stock guru portfolio -- Buying China without leaving home -- Understanding the safest way to invest in Chinese stocks -- Identifying opportunities in Chinese stocks -- Assembling your portfolio and managing risk -- Conclusion: a peek at your guru future…”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Trends--why the future belongs to China -- Sunrise in the east: China becomes the new world superpower -- Sunset in the west: the end of U.S. economic supremacy -- Breaking the chains of the bicycle kingdom: China's dreams come true -- The coming financial flood -- Becoming a guru -- China's economic landscape -- China's booming base: manufacturing -- China's auto industry: in full gear -- China's energy industry: red hot -- China's bonanza: banking and finance -- China's communications revolution: almost free speech -- Understanding China's financial centers -- Beijing: the epicenter of a capitalist revolution -- Shenzhen: China's test city -- Shanghai: China's own Manhattan -- Taiwan: the breakaway prodigy -- Hong Kong: China's modern frontier -- Building a China stock guru portfolio -- Buying China without leaving home -- Understanding the safest way to invest in Chinese stocks -- Identifying opportunities in Chinese stocks -- Assembling your portfolio and managing risk -- Conclusion: a peek at your guru future…”
Enlace del recurso

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Apogeo de un género, por Tomás Eloy Martínez -- LARGA DISTANCIA -- Hong Kong: el espíritu del capital -- Don Miguel o el honor de la deshonra -- Bolivia: los ejercitos de la coca -- Saderman: memorias del ojo -- Moscú: la ruleta rusa -- Fouché o el arte de la permanencia -- Haití: la isla de la fantasía -- De Madrid al cielo -- Malcolm Lowry: ni el volcán -- Da Costa o la fuga de los dioses -- Lima: perfume del final -- La patria 1: cadáveres exquisitos -- La patria 2: dos, tres, muchos Guevara -- La patria 3: San Ernesto de La Higuera -- Alcibíades o el orgullo de la patria -- La China rosa -- Caparrós o la derrota esperanzada -- Mato Grosso: el mismo río -- Créditos…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Derivative Work and Hong Kong's Umbrella Movement: Three Perspectives / 3. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Preface -- Something Is going on / John Aubrey Douglass -- Neo-nationalism and universities in historical perspective / John Aubrey Douglass -- Neo-nationalism and universities : a conceptual model / John Aubrey Douglass -- The mystery of Brexit : tumult and fatigue in British higher education / Brendan O'Malley -- Trumpian nationalism and American universities / John Aubrey Douglass -- Turbulent times : intellectual and institutional challenges for universities in Germany, Hungary and Poland / Wilhelm Krull and Thomas Brunotte -- Neo-nationalism and universities in Europe / Marijk van der Wende -- Turkish academics in the era of Erdoğan / Brendan O'Malley -- Nationalism revived : China's universities under president XiKarin Fischer -- Balancing nationalism and globalism : higher education in Singapore and Hong Kong / Bryan E. Penprase and John Aubrey Douglass -- The role of universities in Putin's Russia : reinforcing the state / Igor Chirikov and Igor Fedyukin -- Bolsonaro's Brazilian neo-nationalism and universities / Elizabeth Balbachevsky and Jose Augusto Guilhon Albuquerque…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…. / Evaluation of the Historical Recent Past: Humour as a Possible Collective Coping Strategy / The Medicalization of Emotions: Happiness and the Role of General Practice / Nervios: Lessons from Cuba’s Oriente / The Role of Negative Self-concept in Depression, Stress, and Anxiety of Married Women / Hong Kong’s Female Sex Workers: Stress and Anxietyrelated Consequences of the Intersection of Poverty, Gender, Dangerous Work / We Aim To Pee: Unmasking the Secret Phobia and Reducing Performance Anxiety / Asylum Seekers in Australia: Turning Repression and Stress into long-term Anxiety and Depression / The Hospital Clown: A Cross Boundary Character / Clown Language, Performance and Children’s Hospitals / LaughterBoss – The Court Jester in Aged Care / “Nothing seems funny anymore”: Studying Burnout in Clown-Doctors / Expressing Sensibilities: Healing Functions of Humour in Palliative Care / Collective Bibliography -- Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Schamp. 6: Zurich and Geneva: The End of the Golden Age, Tobias Straumann. 7: Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Beijing: China's Contenders for Global Financial Centre Leadership, David R. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Christine Boyer -- Los Angeles, cluster city / Kazys Varnelis -- Amsterdam, beyond inside and out / Stephen Read -- Local navigation in Douala / AbdouMaliq Simone -- Hong Kong, the experienced city / Gary Chang -- Belgrade, evolution in an urban jungle / STEALTH Group -- Milan : urban footnotes / Stefano Boeri -- Millennium tour / NEXT Architects…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…COUNTRY NOTES AND SOURCES; PART II - STATISTICAL DATA; COUNTRY-SPECIFIC NET CALORIFIC VALUES; GRAPHS AND ENERGY BALANCE SHEETS 2011-2012; World; OECD Total; Non-OECD Total; Africa; Non-OECD Americas; Asia (excluding China); China (P.R. of China and Hong Kong, China); Non-OECD Europe and Eurasia; Middle East; Albania; Algeria; Angola; Argentina…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…GEOGRAPHICAL COVERAGE -- PART II - STATISTICAL TABLES BY COUNTRY AND REGION -- WORLD AND REGIONAL TOTALS -- World -- OECD Total -- OECD Americas -- OECD Asia Oceania -- OECD Europe -- IEA -- Non-OECD Total -- Africa -- Non-OECD Americas -- Asia -- China (People's Republic of China and Hong Kong, China) -- Non-OECD Europe and Eurasia -- Middle East -- OECD COUNTRIES -- Australia -- Austria -- Belgium -- Canada -- Chile -- Czech Republic -- Denmark -- Estonia -- Finland -- France -- Germany -- Greece -- Hungary -- Iceland -- Ireland -- Israel -- Italy -- Japan -- Korea -- Luxembourg -- Mexico -- Netherlands -- New Zealand -- Norway -- Poland -- Portugal -- Slovak Republic -- Slovenia -- Spain -- Sweden -- Switzerland -- Turkey -- United Kingdom -- United States -- NON-OECD COUNTRIES -- Albania -- Algeria -- Angola -- Argentina -- Armenia -- Azerbaijan -- Bahrain -- Bangladesh -- Belarus -- Benin -- Bolivia -- Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Botswana -- Brazil -- Brunei Darussalam -- Bulgaria -- Cambodia -- Cameroon -- People's Republic of China -- Colombia -- Congo -- Costa Rica -- Côte d'Ivoire -- Croatia -- Cuba -- Curaçao -- Cyprus -- Democratic People's Republic of Korea -- Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Dominican Republic -- Ecuador -- Egypt -- El Salvador -- Eritrea -- Ethiopia -- Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia -- Gabon -- Georgia -- Ghana -- Gibraltar -- Guatemala -- Haiti -- Honduras -- Hong Kong, China -- India -- Indonesia -- Islamic Republic of Iran -- Iraq -- Jamaica -- Jordan -- Kazakhstan -- Kenya -- Kosovo -- Kuwait -- Kyrgyzstan -- Latvia -- Lebanon -- Libya -- Lithuania -- Malaysia -- Malta -- Mauritius -- Moldova -- Mongolia -- Montenegro -- Morocco…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Population Changes in Rural CommunitiesCuenca: Regional Centre; 7 Ecuador: Capital and the Accumulators; Introduction; Accumulation's Other Face: The Ruling Class; The Church, Surplus and Accumulation; The State and Regional Development; 8 Conservation-Persistence in the Two-Circuit System of Hong Kong: A Case Study of Hawkers; Introduction; The Context; Hawkers in the Hong Kong-Kowloon Metropolitan Area: A Case Study 1969-71; Hawkers' Participation in Petty Commodity Retailing; Conclusion: Conservation-Preservation in the Two-Circuit System…”