“…As previous studies have focused on the coasts, historians have not yet completely explained why westerners joined the ranks of the National American, or “Know Nothing,” Party or why the nation’s bloodiest anti-immigrant riots erupted in western cities—namely Chicago, Cincinnati, Louisville, and St. …”

“…Globalisation and the science-based industrialization of many non-Western societies, with their own religious traditions and worldviews, make urgent the understanding of science and its inter-relation with worldviews, and for the development of informed and appropriate science education. …”

“…, addresses the demographic shift in favor of the elderly in aging Western democracies…”

“…Using a number of diverse paradigms in comparative education research, ranging from critical theory to globalisation, the authors, by focusing on globalisation, ideology and democracy, examine both the reasons and outcomes of education reforms, policy change and transformation and provide a more informed critique on the Western-driven models of accountability, quality and school effectiveness…”

“…It is trying to achieve in just a few decades what Western nations took more than a century to do. The arrival in the country’s cities of tens of millions of rural dwellers, at most semi-skilled, has put huge strain on the country’s system of vocational education, known as TVET. …”

“…Scientists from all over the world, from Eastern and Western Europe, the USA, Latin-America, Asia and Africa, have contributed to this volume…”

“…Solutions and cases of the “Next Economics” are based in western philosophical economic paradigms and how that is changing due to the significance of current global economic and societal concerns. …”

“…The volumes expound the contribution of the German tradition to the rise of social policy in the Western world in the 19th and 20th centuries. Germany pioneered modern social policy in the 19th century when Bismarck introduced social insurance. …”

“…Immersed in her country's tradition of policymaking, she has at the same time been influenced by foreign concepts, both Western and Asian. Drawing on first-hand research, including talks with Suu Kyi, conversations with her supporters and rivals, observations of Suu Kyi's behaviour during intergovernmental talks as well as an extensive number of sources and fieldwork in Myanmar, the author argues that Suu Kyi's case shows both the strengths and limits of hybridity. …”

“…Using archival materials never previously accessible to Western scholars, Michael David-Fox analyzes Bolshevik Party educational and research initiatives in higher learning after 1917. …”

“…Containing ballads of martial heroism, tales of tragic lovers and visions of the nature of the world this book is a rich repository of songs collected amongst the Mongghul of the Seven Valleys, on the northeast Tibetan Plateau in western China. These songs represent the apogee of Mongghul oral literature, and they provide valuable insights into the lives of Mongghul people-their hopes, dreams, and worries. …”

“…Terrorism is imprinted on Western society's consciousness. Nearly every week a terrorist attack occurs in the world. …”

“…Scholars have long held that the postwar stability of Western Europe reveals that restricted democracy, or "democratic elitism," is the only realistic way to guard against forces such as the mass mobilizations that toppled European democracies after World War I. …”

“…Interviews with analysts and activists with expertise in FRT find that the anti-FRT movement is highly uneven, with disproportionate influence in Western democracies and relatively little influence in authoritarian states and low-income countries in the developing world. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Skill research in the Ethnographic Museum -- Visual cultures of Africa: Collections, museums andexhibitions from conservation to conversation -- Stefan Eisenhofer "Fetish figures" (minkisi) from Central Africa and Catholic holy figures from Europe -- Mark Evans Émigrés and African art in England -- Njeri Gachihi, Frauke Gathof, Clara Himmelheber, Lydia Nafula, Leonie Neumann, Philemon Nyamanga, and Juma Ondeng' Visualizing the Kenyan collections in Western museums. An intercontinental -- Bea Lundt What about the "Castles" in Ghana? …”

“…The Randstad is a poly-centric urban area in western Netherlands, comprising Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Utrecht and several smaller cities. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- TITLE PAGE -- COPYRIGHT PAGE -- DEDICATION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- PREFACE -- SECTION I: KEY WORDS AND PHRASES IN ART, DESIGN AND MEDIA -- PART A: GLOSSARY -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- PART B: USEFUL EDUCATIONAL TERMS -- PART C: VERB LIST -- MAKING BEHAVIOUR -- CREATIVE BEHAVIOUR -- COMPLEX, LOGICAL AND JUDGEMENTAL BEHAVIOUR -- STUDY BEHAVIOUR -- SECTION II: ILLUSTRATED ART OBJECTS -- SECTION III: STUDY SKILLS -- PART A : DEFINING PRINCIPLES -- THE WESTERN EDUCATIONAL STYLE -- CONVERGENT AND DIVERGENT THINKING -- PART B: STUDY SKILLS IN ART, MEDIA AND DESIGN -- WHAT ARE BA HONOURS, MA AND PhD DEGREES? …”

“…Moreover, the relation between life and death is also one of increasing urgency, as through the twin phenomena of an increase in longevity unprecedented in human history and the rendering of death, dying, and the dead person all but invisible, people living in the industrialized and post-industrialized Western world of today have lost touch with the reality of death. …”