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Wēijī : East Asian Mothering
(2012-04-04)
This conference presentation will highlight the conference theme of exploring motherhood and mothering in a global context. Wēijī represents the Chinese symbol for “crisis” and “opportunity” whereby reversing the characters ...
Overview of Modern Higher Education Management in Mainland China (1949-2010)
(2012-04-04)
The promulgation of the "Outline of China's National Plan for Medium and Long-Term Education Reform and Development (2010-2020)" in July, 2010, opens a new page for higher education in China. To evaluate the significance ...
Community Finance and Investment Options: Local Capital Investment and Finance Options for Rural Alberta Communities
(Athabasca University, 2012)
This report is part of a project on Sustainability Options for Resource Based Rural Communities. The profound socio-economic shift occurring because of global economic restructuring has created a financing gap in many ...
Community Finance Options: Sustainability Options for Resource Based Rural Communities
(Athabasca University, 2012)
This summary report is part of a project on Sustainability Options for Resource Based Rural Communities. The profound socio-economic shift occurring because of global economic restructuring has created a financing gap in ...
Fall of the House of Euro – German capitalism and the long search for a ‘spatial fix
(2012-11-15)
From the standpoint of capitalism in Germany, the European Union and the Eurozone are but the two most recent stations on the long pilgrimage to find a spatial fix, attempts to alleviate the perennial problem of a ...
Mobilization of Workers: Labour Education and Publication in Chinese Revolution: 1919-1927
(2012-11-15)
Chinese proletariat was young and numerically weak in the 1920s. These workers nevertheless played a decisive role in the great strike wave culminating in the mid-1920s. Western scholars have provided conflicting narratives ...
Challenges to Connection- Changes in the Land and in Ways of Life in Kaska Dena Territory
(2012-11-15)
The relationship to land is crucial for the well being of Kaska people. To maintain connection to the land, skills and language are both needed. Much knowledge about the land and how to live well on the land and with other ...
Dynamic Effects of African Economic Integration: Evidence from Panel Data
(2012-11-15)
This paper uses panel data to estimate the impact of AMU, COMESA, ECCAS, ECOWAS and SADC regional economic integrations on the level and rate of growth of economic activity in Africa. The impacts of each integration scheme ...
Disabling Mothers: Creating a Different Discourse for Postpartum Depression
(2012-11-15)
Women have historically been direct targets for psychiatric “disordering”
for a variety of well documented reasons that include their biology as
well as their socially and culturally constructed gender roles. Depression ...