Author: California State University. Office of International ProgramsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Educational exchanges
Languages : en
Pages :
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International Programs of the California State University
Author: California State University. Office of International ProgramsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Educational exchanges
Languages : en
Pages :
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Study Abroad Programs
Author: Pam MartinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
An overview of student and faculty study-abroad programs with particular focus on programs in Mexico administered by California's public higher-education institutions.
Many Mexicos
Author: Lesley Byrd SimpsonPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520342968
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 407
Book Description
Perhaps no country's history is as fascinating and perplexing as that of Mexico. "Mother Mexico," land of paradox, of contradiction and extreme--these are the strands that Lesley Byrd Simpson weaves into a unified fabric in presenting the country's history. First published in 1941, Many Mexicos was awarded the Commonwealth Club Gold Medal for Literature. Travelers, students, and all who delight in the adventure of narrative history have since treasured the volume for its clarity and readability. Now, completely revised, the Silver Anniversary Edition reflects the vast published output of these past twenty-five years on the history of Mexico. Some chapters have been enlarged, others corrected. A map of Mexico showing political subdivisions is now included, and, in general, new material has been added to document the author's controversial statement (and there are many). Bloody conquests and revolutions; men, good or evil; art, religion, and institutions brought from Spain or made in Mexico; topography and climate; the conflict of cultures and races; and finally, the emergence of Mexico into today's bewildering world--this in broad outline is the absorbing story Mr. Simpson so warmly presents.
The International Programs of American Universities
Author: Michigan State University. Institute of Research on Overseas ProgramsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Educational exchanges
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Distant Neighbors
Author: Alan RidingPublisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0679724419
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
A study of Mexico - political, social, cultural, economic - by a journalist who was for the past 6 years the NYT bureau chief in Mexico City. With portraits of Mexico's top leaders, about a nation whose stability is vital to our national well-being.
The Politics of Institutional Failure in Madagascar's Third Republic
Author: Richard R. MarcusPublisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 0739181610
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
Madagascar’s constitution of August 19, 1992 brought hope to a population exhausted by economic failures associated with a failed experiment in scientific socialism and years of mismanagement. The repetition of transparent elections and the promulgation of “good governance” in the years that followed appeared to serve as an indicator of institutional strengthening and, by extension, progress. Unfortunately, a broader institutional analysis points toward a series of shocks to the political system by way of legal, but highly detrimental, juridical and constitutional shifts to the system. These shocks were meant to serve particularized political networks with long clientalistic roots and were made possible by the narrow vision of institutionalism that did not take careful stock of those networks or the leaders at the top of them. Little effort was made to look beyond a legislature brought in by careful elections but producing legislation serving individuals, the ways in which inchoate political parties distort institutional outcomes and the potential for institutionalization, the weakness of civil society to offer opportunities for popular engagement, or the use of donor-funded decentralization programs to build ministries that served as powerful and rapid proxies for leadership centralization. By the time the celebrated president, Marc Ravalomanana, was overthrown in March 2009 it became clear that there were few opportunities to seed political opposition and such limited space between individual leaders and primary institutions of public management that critical state functions immediately began to unravel. In this book the author considers the institutions of the Third Republic, how they formed, and why they looked like models for democratic change before turning to consider how the institutions themselves have been manipulated in plain sight by leaders looking to champion their own networks. He concludes that the rise of the Fourth Republic in 2010 did little to address these underlying concerns and argues that a new agenda is in order to consider not just the way in which institutions form, but the way in which networks of power, and leaders at the top of those networks, grow and change malleable institutions in young democracies with few avenues of accountability.
Japanese Woman
Author: Sumiko IwaoPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439106134
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
Westerners and Japanese men have a vivid mental image of Japanese women as dependent, deferential, and devoted to their families--anything but ambitious. In fact, the author shows, Japanese women hold equal and sometimes even more powerful positions than men in many spheres.
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations for 2015: Justification of budget estimates: Department of the Treasury international programs; Broadcasting Board of Governors; Millennium Challenge Corporation; Inter-America Foundation; Export-Import Bank; Overseas Private Investment Corporation; U.S. African Development Foundation; U.S. Institute of Peace; Peace Corps; Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe; U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom; Congressional-Executive Commission on China
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related ProgramsPublisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 828
Book Description
FICAP-1 Proceedings
Author: Justine HitchcockPublisher: Universal-Publishers
ISBN: 161233704X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 117
Book Description
Education for a Global Century
Author: Publisher: Transaction Publishers
ISBN: 9781412822299
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
This handbook describes international programs for undergraduates, provides a short section on selected consortia, and suggests ideas for widening international education. The programs selected for this volume met certain criteria. In addition to being effective, the programs do not place a large strain on institutional budgets and can be easily adapted by others. The volume is arranged into four chapters. Chapter I, the largest section, describes over 60 two-year and four-year college and university programs. Chapter II describes six consortia programs. Each description includes a brief introduction to the institution and an overview of the international aspects of the curriculum as well as information about how the international aspects are organized, the educational impact, and the resource persons who can be contacted for further information. Chapter III presents worthwhile, imaginative ideas that are used at other institutions. Chapter IV consists of a thematic index that lists each program or approach under general program theme or pedagogic approach categories, such as foreign languages, study abroad, and integrated curriculum. (Author/SR)