New knowledge in a new era of globalization / edited by Piotr Pachura.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pachura, Piotr, Editor.

Contributor:

Pachura, Piotr, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Globalization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (368 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

IntechOpen 2011

Rijeka, Croatia : InTech, [2011]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

To better understand the contemporary world, the world of innovation and technology, science should try to synthesize and assimilate social science in the development of our civilization. Does the new era require new knowledge? Does the age of globalization demand new education, new human attitudes? This books tries to clarify these questions. The book New Knowledge in a New Era of Globalization consists of 16 chapters divided into three sections: Globalization and Education; Globalization and Human Being; Globalization and Space. The Authors of respective chapters represent a great diversity of disciplines and methodological approaches as well as a variety of academic culture. This book is a valuable contribution and it will certainly be appreciated by a global community of scholars.

Contents:

New knowledge in a new era of globalization

Meet the editor

Contents

Preface

Part 1: Globalization and Education

Chapter 1: The Importance of Globalization in Higher Education

Chapter 2: Globalization Creates New Challenges in Higher Education - Two New Educational Activities Addressing the Challenges

Chapter 3: Globalization and Higher Education in Taiwan

Chapter 4: Professional Skills: The Globalization Equalizer

Chapter 5: Impact of Globalization on Indian Technical Education System

Chapter 6: How to Discover a New World Without Being in Danger of Wreck

Chapter 7: Sport in Asia: Globalization, Glocalization, Asianization

Part 2: Globalization and Human Being

Chapter 8: Simularizing Tradition and Foreign: Osmotic Production of Justice in the Milieu of Hong Kong Anti-Domestic Violence Law

Chapter 9: The Impact of Globalization Determinants and the Health of the World’s Population

Chapter 10: Ups and Downs of Ethnic Identity in the Era of Globalization (Focusing on the Middle East Region)

Chapter 11: Fostering a “Monozukuri (Manufacturing)” Organization st Suitable for the 21 Century Digital Economy

Chapter 12: Globalization and Global Public Goods

Chapter 13: Building Sustainable Capacity for Disease Diagnosis in Sub-Saharan Africa: Case Studies of Cooperation in Diagnostic Pathology

Part 3: Globalization and Space

Chapter 14: Globalization in the Brazilian Amazon Region: Conflicting Answers from “Quilombo” Communities

Chapter 15: The European Model of Agricultural Policy in the Global Context

Chapter 16: Future of Heritage – A Condition for Space Integrity.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on: online resource; title from PDF information screen (InTech, viewed October 22, 2022).

ISBN:

9789535151029

9535151029