The Global Village Companion
The Global Village Companion

Author: David Levinson

Publisher:

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 466

ISBN-13:

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The Global Village Companion will help readers understand how new and developing influences around the world are affecting the way we live and work, as well as our political and economic situations. With more than 400 general entries that describe over 1,000 terms, The Global Village Companion covers several related topics within a single entry. In addition to individual definitions, the historical context and global significance of included phrases are also covered. Extensive cross-referencing, a detailed subject index, a bibliography, appendix, and maps help readers explore and uncover connections between related ideas.

The Global Village
The Global Village

Author: Joan F. Marques

Publisher: Joan Marques

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 217

ISBN-13: 1418483362

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Joan Marques has personified making a difference and establishing change throughout her personal and professional life. After a successful media career in South America, she reinvented herself by moving to California, and embarking on a journey of education enhancement and knowledge sharing. Dr. Marques facilitates various university courses in Business, Leadership, and Management, and writes for audiences around the globe. "The Global Village" entails a short story of a young woman who learned from a very young age on what the importance was of having a globally adaptable mindset. The book explains, through lessons this woman got from her great grandfather, and the implementation of those lessons as she grew up to become an entrepreneur, how one can achieve success by first formulating what success means to him or her, and then living up to achieve it. The main message in this book is, that globalization and its consequences such as offshoring, are unstoppable, and not necessarily the threat many perceive them to be these days. Molded in an easily readable and understandable way, this important message should not only be seen as an encouraging note to everyone who lives and works in today's fast evolving living and working environment, but even more as an internal and external guide in obtaining a changed mindset in a changing world.

Television Dramas and the Global Village
Television Dramas and the Global Village

Author: Diana I. Ríos

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2021-10-18

Total Pages: 331

ISBN-13: 1793613532

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This book discusses the role of television drama series on a global scale, analyzing these dramas across the Americas, Europe, Asia, Australia, and Africa. Contributors consider the role of television dramas as economically valuable cultural products and with their depictions of gender roles, sexualities, race, cultural values, political systems, and religious beliefs as they analyze how these programs allow us to indulge our innate desire to share human narratives in a way that binds us together and encourages audiences to persevere as a community on a global scale. Contributors also go on to explore the role of television dramas as a medium that indulges fantasies and escapism and reckons with reality as it allows audiences to experience emotions of happiness, sorrow, fear, and outrage in both realistic and fantastical scenarios.

Games in the Global Village
Games in the Global Village

Author: Anne Cooper-Chen

Publisher: Popular Press

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 9780879725990

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Q. What is the most-watched TV format in history, seen by about 100 million people weekly around the world? A. Wheel of Fortune, a game show. Without putdowns or pandering, the author looks at 260 such shows, concluding that culture has triumphed over technology. For despite our capacity to transmit the same content world-wide, McLuhan's global village has not come to pass. Technology has, however, encouraged already-existing "cultural continents" to coalesce. About one-third of the world's game shows have been licensed or adapted from another country, especially from the United States. Conversely, a single program can cross borders unchanged, such as Sabado Gigante, which appeals to Spanish speakers in 18 countries. The first truly global study of TV entertainment, this book includes interviews with producers, contestants, and licensers. With its tables, illustrations and appendices, the text provides details on content and audiences, as well as explanatory overviews.

Tending Animals in the Global Village
Tending Animals in the Global Village

Author: David M. Sherman

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2007-11-27

Total Pages: 495

ISBN-13: 0470292105

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A book like no other in the field of veterinary medicine with pertinent information every student and practitioner will find beneficial. Veterinaries have access to a great variety of texts, journals, and continuing education opportunities to keep them on top of the tremendous technological advances in clinical care and preventive medicine. Outside of the technical realm, however, there are many global trends, which exert profound effects on how the veterinary profession serves society and how veterinary professionals define their role in a rapidly changing world. This new and unrivaled book delves into these influences in impressive detail, identifying new challenges and opportunities for the veterinary profession in a global context. Unique topics covered include: The important global trends with implications for veterinary medicine. Different cultural attitudes towards the human use of animals, their impact on the human-animal relationship, and the challenges this poses for veterinarians. The role of livestock in food security, rural development, and sustainable agriculture and the opportunities for veterinarians to improve the lives of people who depend on animals around the world. The relationship of global environmental change to animal health and production. The emerging field of conservation medicine and the important role of veterinarians in protecting biodiversity and conserving wildlife. A global perspective on veterinary service delivery and the opportunities and challenges for improving animal health care worldwide. The growth of international trade, its relation to food safety and animal health, and its impact on animal agricultural and veterinary medicine. The growing risk of foreign animal disease, the national and international institutions involved in animal disease control, and the role of the private practitioner in controlling foreign animal disease. Nontraditional career paths for veterinarians interested in working internationally and how to identify and prepare for such international career opportunities.

Ambassador to the Global Village
Ambassador to the Global Village

Author: Alfred B. Johnson

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 165

ISBN-13: 1479744549

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In his memoirs, the author discusses Interfaith Relationship, Racial Diversity, Immigration Issues and African Culture and Spirituality. The author shares his involvement with the Jamaica Baptist Missionary Society and pastoral challenges in the inner-city of Newark, New Jersey, USA as he served as "Christ's Ambassador to the Global Village". Alfred B. Johnson author, lecturer and missionary pastor was ordained by the Baptist church in Jamaica, WI. He gained his undergraduate degree from London University, England, a Master's in New Testament Studies from Union Seminary, New York and a Doctor of Ministry from Drew University, New Jersey. Additionally, he earned a Diploma in French from the Alliance Francaise in Belgium. Prior to his retirement in 2010, Rev. Johnson served for 21 years as pastor of Clinton Avenue Presbyterian Church, in Newark, New Jersey and was the fi rst Jamaican to be elected as moderator of a regional presbytery in the over two-hundred-year history of the Presbyterian Church, USA.

Educating the Global Village
Educating the Global Village

Author: Louise Boyle Swiniarski

Publisher: Prentice Hall

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13:

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The second edition of this internationally focused book is based on the authors' theme of "unity in diversity," and encompasses twelve research-based principles that serve as a framework for bringing both global "and" multicultural education to preschool and school-age children. Around these principles, the authors build a broad-based set of teaching strategies that are inclusive of children with a wide range of learning styles, and that can be effectively used in such diverse venues as childcare and community centers, schools...even home-schooling situations. A three-part organization examines the continuing need for global education, the inclusion of diverse learners, and the implementation of a global education curriculum. For practicing and future teachers seeking the necessary theories and techniques to face the challenge of addressing global concerns, issues, and needs in the twenty-first century classroom.

Applying Anthropology in the Global Village
Applying Anthropology in the Global Village

Author: Christina Wasson

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-06-16

Total Pages: 303

ISBN-13: 1315434636

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The realities of the globalized world have revolutionized traditional concepts of culture, community, and identity—so how do applied social scientists use complicated, fluid new ideas such as translocality and ethnoscape to solve pressing human problems? In this book, leading scholar/practitioners survey the development of different subfields over at least two decades, then offer concrete case studies to show how they have incorporated and refined new concepts and methods. After an introduction synthesizing anthropological practice, key theoretical concepts, and ethnographic methods, chapters examine the arenas of public health, community development, finance, technology, transportation, gender, environment, immigration, aging, and child welfare. An innovative guide to joining dynamic theoretical concepts with on-the-ground problem solving, this book will be of interest to practitioners from a wide range of disciplines who work on social change, as well as an excellent addition to graduate and undergraduate courses.

Networks In The Global Village
Networks In The Global Village

Author: Barry Wellman

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-10-08

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 0429978340

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Networks in the Global Village examines how people live through personal communities: their networks of friends, neighbors, relatives, and coworkers. It is the first book to compare the communities of people around the world. Major social differences between and within the First, Second, and Third Worlds affect the opportunities and insecurities w

The Local Museum in the Global Village
The Local Museum in the Global Village

Author: Insa Müller

Publisher: transcript Verlag

Published: 2020-10-31

Total Pages: 261

ISBN-13: 3839451914

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In remote areas of Europe, local history museums struggle to connect with the rapidly changing and increasingly diverse communities around them. Insa Müller asks how these museums can recast themselves to strengthen the links to their communities. Combining theoretical deliberations, empirical investigations of the case of two Norwegian islands and a museum experiment, she offers starting points for rethinking the local history museum, while at the same time providing suggestions for locally adapted museum practice.