Studying Foreign Policy Comparatively
Studying Foreign Policy Comparatively

Author: Laura Neack

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2018-07-16

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 1538109638

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What is foreign policy? What do we know about why states pursue certain foreign policies and not others? What factors go into the shaping of foreign policy? Studying Foreign Policy Comparatively, Fourth Edition (formerly titled The New Foreign Policy), answers these questions, and more, by exploring how scholars analyze foreign policy and by applying this knowledge to new foreign policy cases. Benefits of the fourth edition: Every chapter is devoted to a distinct level in the levels-of-analysis approach Provides easy-to-understand explanations and demonstrations of policy models and theories A mixture of current and historical cases from around the world extends students’ knowledge of foreign policy and understanding of contemporary problems New cases include the refugee crisis in Europe, rising populism and anti-immigrant coalition governments, Russian use of media, and China’s Belt and Road Initiative

Cultural Studies in Foreign Language Education
Cultural Studies in Foreign Language Education

Author: Michael Byram

Publisher: Multilingual Matters

Published: 1989-01-01

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 9781853590177

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Written by the winner of the 1987 BAAL book prize, this book deals with the acquisition of understanding of foreign cultures and peoples. It is also a study of the philosophy and purpose of language teaching in all its facets, in the context of foreign language teaching in secondary education. The book is written for language teachers and, though it draws on disciplines not usually included in their education and professional training, it does so from within the profession's own perspective. It is an attempt to raise teachers' and learners' awareness of the full educational value of foreign language learning

Foreign Studies
Foreign Studies

Author: Shusaku Endo

Publisher: Peter Owen Modern Classic

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780720612264

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In the early 1950s Shusaku Endo spent several years as an exchange student studying in Paris. For Endo the experience was deeply alienating and he came away infected with tuberculosis, his studies incomplete and convinced that there could be no cultural commerce between East and West. Foreign Studies consists of three linked narratives exploring this theme. The first part, `A Summer in Rouen,' concerns Kudo, a Japanese student invited to France in the 1950s. It is a lucent snapshot of a young man who feels adrift in a Western country. The second part, `Araki Thomas', sees Endo on familiar territory as he tells of an apostate Japanese Catholic who has visited seventeenth-century Rome. `And You, Too,' the third part, is the story of Tanaka, a Japanese scholar of French literature who visits France in the 1960s to research the life and work of the Marquis de Sade. We soon come to see that Tanaka's quest is not simply a literary one, but spiritual and cultural too.

The New Foreign Policy
The New Foreign Policy

Author: Laura Neack

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Published: 2013-08-08

Total Pages: 261

ISBN-13: 1442220082

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Integrating theory and case studies, this cogent text explores the processes and factors that shape foreign policy. In her thoroughly revised and updated edition, Laura Neack considers both old and new lessons, drawing on a rich array of real foreign policy choices and outcomes. In new cases, Neack explores decision making in the Eurozone crisis, increasing nationalism in Germany and Japan and what seems to be growing bellicosity among Canadians, Obama’s grand strategy and the responses of rising powers Brazil and India, and the Egyptian youth revolution. Following a levels-of-analysis organization, the author considers all elements that influence foreign policy, including the role of leaders, bargaining, national image, political culture, public opinion, the media, and nonstate actors.

Foreign Language Proficiency in Higher Education
Foreign Language Proficiency in Higher Education

Author: Paula Winke

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2018-12-18

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 3030010066

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This volume comprises of chapters that deal with language proficiency relating to a wide range of language program issues including curriculum, assessment, learners and instructors, and skill development. The chapters cover various aspects of a broad-based proficiency initiative, focusing on numerous aspects of foreign language learning, including how skills develop, how assessments can inform curriculum, how learners and instructors view proficiency and proficiency assessment, and how individual use of technology furthers language learning. The concluding chapter points the way forward for issues and questions that need to be addressed.

New Directions in US Foreign Policy
New Directions in US Foreign Policy

Author: Inderjeet Parmar

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2009-06-19

Total Pages: 570

ISBN-13: 113596923X

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This text is a state of the art overview of US foreign policy. The book provides a comprehensive account of the latest theoretical perspectives, the key actors and issues, and new policy directions.

University Centers of Foreign Affairs Research: a Selective Directory
University Centers of Foreign Affairs Research: a Selective Directory

Author: United States. Department of State. Office of External Research

Publisher:

Published: 1968

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13:

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Presented at the October 22, 1981 meeting of the Great Lakes Section of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, held in conjunction with the centennial of naval architecture and marine engineering at the University of Michigan.

Contemporary Research in Foreign Language Teaching and Learning
Contemporary Research in Foreign Language Teaching and Learning

Author: Dana Di Pardo Léon-Henri

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published: 2020-07-20

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 1527556875

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This volume is focused on the teaching and acquisition of language for special, professional or general purposes, as well as the needs and challenges associated with foreign language pedagogy in English for Specific Purposes (ESP) or, more generally, Language for Specific Purposes (LSP). It presents innovative methodology and technology-integrated approaches that will serve to benefit teacher development and assist language practitioners in enhancing student investment and motivation. A pragmatic tool for utilization at the local level, this collection provides an international panorama of language pedagogy that is of great use to both junior and senior researchers. It will also serve as a source of inspiration for future and seasoned language practitioners and in-service teacher educators.