Compatriots Or Competitors?
Compatriots Or Competitors?

Author: Hywel Dix

Publisher: University of Wales Press

Published: 2022-11-15

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 1786839350

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This is the first comparative study of the distinctive literatures and cultures that have developed in Wales, Scotland, England and Northern Ireland since political devolution in the late 1990s, especially surrounding Brexit. The book argues that in conceptualising their cultures as 'national', each nation is caught up in a creative tension between emulating forms of cultural production found in the others to assert common aspirations, and downplaying those connections in order to forge a sense of cultural distinctiveness. The author explores the resulting dilemmas, with chapters analysing the growth of the creative industries; the relationship between UK City of Culture and its forerunner, the European Capital of Culture; national book prizes in Britain and Europe; British variations on Nordic Noir TV; and the Brexit novel. With regard to separate cultural precursors and responses in each nation, Brexit itself is debated as a factor that has widened their differences, placing the future of the UK in question.

Compatriots Or Competitors?
Compatriots Or Competitors?

Author: Hywel Dix

Publisher: University of Wales Press

Published: 2023-02-19

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 9781786839343

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A literary study of a productive unionist and nationalist tension in contemporary British culture. As Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales gain self-governance from England, writers in these nations face new pressures to create distinctly national literatures. Compatriots or Competitors? examines the artistic tension in this work, as writers both emulate neighboring traditions and reinforce distinctions between nations. Across a range of texts from each of the United Kingdom's four nations, Hywel Dix maps the creativity productivity of this interplay between Unionism and nationalism across Great Britain.

Being an Evaluator
Being an Evaluator

Author: Donna R. Podems

Publisher: Guilford Publications

Published: 2018-10-29

Total Pages: 385

ISBN-13: 1462537855

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Demystifying the evaluation journey, this is the first evaluation mentoring book that addresses the choices, roles, and challenges that evaluators must navigate in the real world. Experienced evaluator and trainer Donna R. Podems covers both conceptual and technical aspects of practice in a friendly, conversational style. She focuses not just on how to do evaluations but how to think like an evaluator, fostering reflective, ethical, and culturally sensitive practice. Extensive case examples illustrate the process of conceptualizing and implementing an evaluation--clarifying interventions, identifying beneficiaries, gathering data, discussing results, valuing, and developing recommendations. The differences (and connections) between research, evaluation, and monitoring are explored. Handy icons identify instructive features including self-study exercises, group activities, clarifying questions, facilitation and negotiation techniques, insider tips, advice, and resources. Purchasers can access a companion website to download and print reproducible materials for some of the activities and games described in the book.

New American Destinies
New American Destinies

Author: Darrell Hamamoto

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-11-12

Total Pages: 362

ISBN-13: 1136050620

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The essays gathered here discuss theoretical and policy issues and themes such as the political and economic context of migration, job competition, labor organizing, changing ethnic and "race" relations, immigrant women in the economy and contemporary immigration politics and contribute to our understanding of the historical and contemporary dimensions of Asian and Latino migration in a changing global economy.

Success Comes in Cans
Success Comes in Cans

Author: Kriss Akabusi

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2006-10-17

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 1855394200

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In this inspirational, part-biographical book, motivational speaker, presenter and world-champion athlete Kriss Akabusi takes you through his steps to success - whatever you are aiming for, in whatever arena of life. Success Comes in Cans shows you how you can get 'FIT' for learning: learning to get the most from yourself and your future. Get the most from yourself Live life to the max Be positive and keep learning!

Unjust Borders
Unjust Borders

Author: Javier S. Hidalgo

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-11-07

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 1351383272

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States restrict immigration on a massive scale. Governments fortify their borders with walls and fences, authorize border patrols, imprison migrants in detention centers, and deport large numbers of foreigners. Unjust Borders: Individuals and the Ethics of Immigration argues that immigration restrictions are systematically unjust and examines how individual actors should respond to this injustice. Javier Hidalgo maintains that individuals can rightfully resist immigration restrictions and often have strong moral reasons to subvert these laws. This book makes the case that unauthorized migrants can permissibly evade, deceive, and use defensive force against immigration agents, that smugglers can aid migrants in crossing borders, and that citizens should disobey laws that compel them to harm immigrants. Unjust Borders is a meditation on how individuals should act in the midst of pervasive injustice.

Multinational Enterprises and Emerging Economies
Multinational Enterprises and Emerging Economies

Author: Klaus E.Meyer

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2020-03-28

Total Pages: 464

ISBN-13: 1788978927

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Guided by the overarching question “how and why does the emerging economy context matter for business?”, this collection brings together key contributions of Klaus Meyer on multinational enterprises (MNEs) competing in, and originating from, emerging economies. The book also explores how outward investment strategies contribute to building internationally competitive MNEs.

The Use of Air and Outer Space Cooperation and Competition
The Use of Air and Outer Space Cooperation and Competition

Author: Chia-Jui Cheng

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2023-12-11

Total Pages: 472

ISBN-13: 9004642013

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The Proceedings of the Conferences on Air and Space Law, organized in Asia by the Asian Institute of Air and Space Law, are establishing themselves as a major source of up-to-date and thought-provoking literature on the latest international developments. The organizers have again succeeded in attracting the most influential and provocative contributors, and their well-edited papers make a significant addition to the worldwide discussions on the vital question of the use of Air and Outer Space.