Documents tagged with modernization

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Theravada Buddhism and Modernization-- Anagarika Dhammapala and B.R. Ambedkar

Buddhism and Modernization in the 20th century. Revival of Buddhism.
  • khamindra published this 12 / 29 / 2009
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People or Penguins

William F. Baxter in his article “People or Penguins” mentions that, according to some scientists, the use of DDT in food production is causing damage to the penguin population. Following Baxter’s ...
  • kblitz83 published this 12 / 29 / 2009
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Urbanization and Growth:

• Why is productivity higher in cities? • Does urbanization cause growth or does growth cause urbanization? • Do countries achieve rapid growth or high incomes without urbanization? • How can polic...
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  • worldbank published this 07 / 20 / 2009
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Mottahedeh - The Mantle of the Prophet (1985) - Synopsis

Synopsis of Roy Mottahedeh, The Mantle of the Prophet: Religion and Politics in Iran (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1985). Discussed at Digging Deeper (www.ufppc.org) on June 5, 2006.
  • jensenmk published this 06 / 01 / 2009
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Huntington - The Clash of Civilizations (1996) - Synopsis

Synopsis of Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order (New York, London, Toronto, and Sydney: Simon & Schuster, 1996; paperback 2002). Discussed at Digging D...
  • jensenmk published this 05 / 31 / 2009
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Gavrov Sergey Modernization of Russia the post of imperial transit

A new book and political Gavrov, Sergey (Sergey Nazipovich) devoted to the problems of Russia's modernization and postimperskogo transit. The author tries to find answers to key questions: what pre...
  • Sergey Gavrov published this 05 / 23 / 2009
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Technology and Development: A Discourse on Urban Life and Modernization

Published in the International Journal of Technology Knowledge and Society, 2007
  • Saumil Sharma published this 05 / 23 / 2009
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Sergey Gavrov Modernization of the Russian Empire. Social and cultural aspects of modernization pro

Scientific Council of the Russian Academy of Sciences for the Study and Preservation of Cultural and Natural Heritage Sergey Gavrov Modernization of the Empire. Social and cultural aspects of...
  • Sergey Gavrov published this 05 / 19 / 2009
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Gavrov Sergey Social and Cultural Traditions and Modernization of the Russian Society

The author discusses forms of ethnic identity and specificity of archaic and pre-industrial societies, the theoretical aspects of culture and intercultural interaction, processes and prospects of R...
  • Sergey Gavrov published this 05 / 07 / 2009
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Modernization of Legacy Systems

Should IT executives continue to pour money into their legacy systems, replace, or modernize itt? Those responsible for IT systems face this question at the end of each fiscal year. Legacy systems...
  • lvoinea published this 04 / 07 / 2009
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Modernization of Legacy Systems

Maintaining, replacing and modernizing legacy systems are amongst the most difficult challenges many companies face today. Maintaining legacy systems is often not an option due to the constant tech...
  • hans3910 published this 03 / 26 / 2009
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Textiles

News and Analysis on Indian Textile sector - new textile mills, projects, yarn processing, textile exports to USA, Chinese threats, cotton yarn output, synthetic yarn production, modernization, rev...
  • naren_va5936 published this 03 / 25 / 2009
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Sustainable Leadership

Author Alain de Vulpian condenses 50 years of social anthropological research/surveys/question naires into the lives of 'ordinary people'. He shows how society has moved through three stages of ...
  • Triarchy Press published this 03 / 18 / 2009
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Public Housing Property Management Handbook and Index Vol 2 (D-Z) - David Hoicka - 2005 - ISBN 1-593

This is Volume 2 (D-Z) of 2 volumes. The Public Housing program is one of HUD's largest national affordable housing programs, serving about 1.2 million families in 14,000 public housing developm...
  • David Hoicka published this 02 / 19 / 2009
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Public Housing Property Management Handbook and Index Vol 1 (a-C) - David Hoicka - 2005 - ISBN 1-593

This is Volume 1 (A-C) of 2 Volumes. The Public Housing program is one of HUD's largest national affordable housing programs, serving about 1.2 million families in 14,000 public housing developm...
  • David Hoicka published this 02 / 19 / 2009
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Tibet from Two Perspectives

The political, economic, social, and artistic/cultural consequences of the Chinese invasion of Tibet. How China sees Tibet, how Tibet sees China. Preservation of tradition vs. modernization.
  • julialt2247 published this 01 / 26 / 2009
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Gabriel Almond. 1991. Capitalism and Democracy. PS: Political Science and Politics 24(3): 467-474.

The author discusses four viewpoints on the complex relationship between capitalism and democracy.
  • nhudson35 published this 01 / 24 / 2009
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IT and Development

This research will show how modernization through its technological by-product, Information Technology (‘IT”), can effectively serve to propel developmental efforts in Africa by playing a vital rol...
  • jamesmulli published this 11 / 08 / 2008
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The Political Modernization of Africa in the 21s

Modernization begins with colonialism and the European assumption of native African backwardness and the general inadequacy of Africans to be independent, equal and fit. This assumed inadequacy was...
  • jamesmulli published this 11 / 08 / 2008
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Cultural Change: The Perception of the Media and the Mediation of its Images

« What is becoming visible in community radios is the new sense the relations between culture and politics acquire when local or barrio social movements assume radio as a public space, a element wh...
  • mediaciones.net published this 10 / 28 / 2008
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