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Re-evaluating Irish national security policy Affordable threats


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English | 2009 | ISBN: 0719080274 | EPUB | pages: 192 | 0.4 mb
On the afternoon of September 11 2001 the Irish Prime Minister (Taoiseach), Bertie Ahern ordered the ‘heads of the security services of key government departments’ to undertake a complete re-evaluation of measures to protect the state from attack. Hence, underway within hours of the 9/11 outrage in the United States was potentially the most far-reaching review of Irish national security in decades.

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Evaluating Evidence A Positivist Approach to Reading Sources on Modern Japan


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English | 2008 | pages: 289 | ISBN: 0824825608 | PDF | 3,9 mb
Evaluating Evidence is based on the grueling lessons learned by a senior scholar during three decades of tutoring by, and collaboration with, Japanese historians. George Akita persisted in the difficult task of reading documentary sources in Japanese, most written in calligraphic style (sôsho), out of the conviction of their centrality to the historian’s craft and his commitment to a positivist methodology to research and scholarship. He argues forcefully in this volume for an inductive process in which the scholar seeks out facts on a subject and, through observation and examination of an extensive body of data, is able to discern patterns until it is possible to formulate certain propositions.

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Evaluating NATO Enlargement From Cold War Victory to the Russia-Ukraine War


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English | February 25, 2023 | ISBN: 3031233638 | 662 pages | MOBI | 2.11 Mb
Mobilizing an interdisciplinary group of scholars and practitioners, this book reviews the history and consequences of NATO’s post-Cold War enlargement into Central and Eastern Europe. It offers a nuanced discussion of the merits and drawbacks of NATO enlargement across the different actors involved and compares the results of the policy against potential alternatives that were not chosen. Particular attention is given to NATO enlargement’s influence on the course of U.S. foreign policy, democracy and security in Central and Eastern Europe, NATO’s own development as a political and military institution, and relations with China and Russia (including the 2022 Russia-Ukraine War). Written for an engaged audience, the book is designed to appeal to students, researchers, and policymakers alike while offering both policy insights and avenues for future scholarship.

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Evaluating NATO Enlargement From Cold War Victory to the Russia-Ukraine War


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English | February 25, 2023 | ISBN: 3031233638 | 662 pages | MOBI | 2.11 Mb
Mobilizing an interdisciplinary group of scholars and practitioners, this book reviews the history and consequences of NATO’s post-Cold War enlargement into Central and Eastern Europe. It offers a nuanced discussion of the merits and drawbacks of NATO enlargement across the different actors involved and compares the results of the policy against potential alternatives that were not chosen. Particular attention is given to NATO enlargement’s influence on the course of U.S. foreign policy, democracy and security in Central and Eastern Europe, NATO’s own development as a political and military institution, and relations with China and Russia (including the 2022 Russia-Ukraine War). Written for an engaged audience, the book is designed to appeal to students, researchers, and policymakers alike while offering both policy insights and avenues for future scholarship.

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Evaluating Evaluators An Evaluation of Education in Germany


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2011 | 300 Pages | ISBN: 3531177834 | PDF | 2 MB
How do evaluators of higher education go about their work? How are groups of evaluators put together? How do they reach consensus on the criteria of quality in the discipline or degree programme under examination? What problems do evaluators encounter and how do they resolve them? Susan Harris-Huemmert investigates these questions in this detailed case study of an evaluation commission that inspected education departments in the German state of Baden-Württemberg (universities and teacher-training colleges) during 2003/2004. This work takes up not only topics germane to evaluators of higher education, but also illustrates the politics and contextual issues surrounding the discipline of education in Germany during the first decade of the 21st century. The book will be of interest to education researchers, students of evaluation, peer reviewers and those working in higher education quality assurance.

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Critical Analysis of Science Textbooks Evaluating instructional effectiveness


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2013 | 312 Pages | ISBN: 9400741677 | PDF | 4 MB
The critical analysis of science textbooks is vital in improving teaching and learning at all levels in the subject, and this volume sets out a range of academic perspectives on how that analysis should be done. Each chapter focuses on an aspect of science textbook appraisal, with coverage of everything from theoretical and philosophical underpinnings, methodological issues, and conceptual frameworks for critical analysis, to practical techniques for evaluation.Contributions from many of the most distinguished scholars in the field give this collection its sure-footed contemporary relevance, reflecting the international standards of UNESCO as well as leading research organizations such as the American Association for the Advancement of Science (whose Project 2061 is an influential waypoint in developing protocols for textbook analysis). Thus the book shows how to gauge aspects of textbooks such as their treatment of controversial issues, graphical depictions, scientific historiography, vocabulary usage, accuracy, and readability. The content also covers broader social themes such as the portrayal of women and minorities."Despite newer, more active pedagogies, textbooks continue to have a strong presence in classrooms and to embody students’ socio-historical inheritance in science. Despite their ubiquitous presence, they have received relatively little on-going empirical study. It is imperative that we understand how textbooks influence science learning. This book presents a welcome and much needed analysis."Tina A. GrotzerHarvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USAThe present book provides a much needed survey of the current state of research into science textbooks, and offers a wide range of perspectives to inform the ‘science’ of writing better science textbooks. Keith S TaberUniversity of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

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Intuition Evaluating the construct and its impact on creative thinking


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English | 2003 | ISBN: 9766105219 | PDF | pages: 532 | 40.3 mb
"In this work Tony Bastick suggests several radical changes to traditional perspectives on intuition and creativity. By building a more sophisticated picture of creativity and intuition, Bastick raises critical challenges for existing theory. In addition, Bastick’s trans-disciplinary proposals contribute to addressing a variety of disciplinary paradoxes and problems that have eluded resolution by discipline-specific approaches. More specifically, it offers considerable conceptual utility for those that depend on bringing together a coherent and well-justified picture of intuition and creativity to support their professional practice. It is a valuable insight-providing book." Dr. Terence Love, Research Fellow, Curtin University, Western Australia

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