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TIC 2020
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 817

TIC 2020

Global challenges become a very challenging phenomenon for the local wisdom in every country. High commitment and optimistic perspectives from countries are needed to prepare themselves in facing all aspects of the global challenges. Aspects of global challenges for these countries include the economic, social, cultural, political, legal, educational, technological and security defense aspects. The ability of countries to face global challenges in several aspects is also a benchmark for countries to be able to compete in a global level. Local wisdom owned by these countries can also be used as a basis for strengthening the country in order to become the country’s competitiveness to partici...

Proceedings of the 3rd Borobudur International Symposium on Humanities and Social Science 2021 (BIS-HSS 2021)
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1094

Proceedings of the 3rd Borobudur International Symposium on Humanities and Social Science 2021 (BIS-HSS 2021)

  • Categories: Art

This is an open access book. Still related to the big theme of reinforcement the SDG’s at the previous conference, we try to invite academics and researchers in the world to participate in the 3rd Borobudur International Symposium 2021 (3rd BIS 2021). As we know, The COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on all 17 SDGs have demonstrated that what began as a health catastrophe swiftly transformed into a human and socioeconomic crisis. In September 2019, the UN Secretary-General urged all sectors of society to mobilize for a decade of action on three fronts: global action to ensure increased leadership, increased resources, and smarter solutions for the Sustainable Development Goals; local action...

Community Based Tourism dalam Pengembangan Pariwisata di Desa Ngargogondo
  • Language: id
  • Pages: 51

Community Based Tourism dalam Pengembangan Pariwisata di Desa Ngargogondo

Pariwisata telah menjadi salah satu sektor ekonomi strategis dalam 10 tahun terakhir karena memiliki pertumbuhan yang cepat. Tingginya minat masyarakat lokal maupun mancanegara untuk berwisata, menjadikan sektor pariwisata sebagai salah satu faktor kunci yang berkontribusi signifikan dalam mendukung pertumbuhan ekonomi. Perkembangan pariwisata di dominasi oleh upaya-upaya masyarakat setempat yang sadar akan potensi yang dimiliki oleh wilayahnya. Buku ini tidak berusaha untuk menganalisis perubahan sosial masyarakat dari sektor pariwisata, namun akan mengeksplorasi proses perkembangan pariwisata dengan pendekatan atau paradigma yang berfokus pada masyarakat yakni community based tourism, dimana pendekatan tersebut banyak digunakan oleh desa wisata di Indonesia, salah satunya Desa Ngargogondo, Jawa Tengah.

Handbook of Decision Making
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 663

Handbook of Decision Making

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2006-11-01
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  • Publisher: CRC Press

Handbook of Decision Making includes the wisdom of the long theological and philosophical traditions of human society, as well as a systematic exploration of the implications of contemporary evolutionary theories. Common patterns in decision making styles are identified as well as the common variations that different contexts may generate. The text covers the multiplicity of mainstream decision making styles such as cost-benefit analysis, and linear programming. It also explains alternative and emerging methods such as geographic information systems, Q-methodology, and narrative policy analysis. Practical applications are discussed using decision making practices in budgeting, public administration and governance, drug trafficking, and information systems.

The Phenomenological Mind
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 244

The Phenomenological Mind

"The Phenomenological Mind" is the first book to properly introduce fundamental questions about the mind from the perspective of phenomenology. Key questions and topics covered include: what is phenomenology?; naturalizing phenomenology and the empirical cognitive sciences; phenomenology and consciousness; consciousness and self-consciousness, including perception and action time and consciousness, including William James, Edmund Husserl and temporal disorders in psychopathology; intentionality; the embodied mind; action knowledge of other minds situated; and extended minds phenomenology and personal identity. Interesting and important examples are used throughout, including phantom limb syndrome, blindsight and self-disorders in schizophrenia, making "The Phenomenological Mind" an ideal introduction to key concepts in phenomenology, cognitive science and philosophy of mind

Designing Public Policies
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 257

Designing Public Policies

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2010-12-17
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  • Publisher: Routledge

This textbook provides a concise and accessible introduction to the principles and elements of policy design in contemporary governance. Howlett seeks to examine in detail the range of substantive and procedural policy instruments that together comprise the toolbox from which governments select specific tools expected to resolve policy problems. Guiding students through the study of the instruments used by governments in carrying out their tasks, adapting to, and altering, their environments, this book: Discusses several current trends in instrument use often linked to factors such as globalization and the increasingly networked nature of modern society. Considers the principles behind the s...

Microsoft Encarta Dictionary
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1024

Microsoft Encarta Dictionary

Microsoft® Encarta® Dictionary A Traditional Dictionary with an Untraditional Upgrade The Microsoft® Encarta® Dictionary uniquely combines authority and innovation with a distinct advantage. This revised edition takes reference to a new level with more usage guidance than any other paperback dictionary, more than 140,000 of the most current entries and definitions, including the latest technology terms, and more. Focus On High Technology Includes pre-eminent coverage of scientific, computer, and business terms Most Usage Guidance Quick solutions for the most common problems with spelling, grammar, punctuation, and style Commonly Misspelled Words Clearly Indicated With Correct Spelling Shown Spellchecker Clearly indicates words that sound the Same but are spelled differently Hundreds of Photgraphs and Illustrations Internet Resource Guide Included Based on the Microsoft® Encarta® College Dictionary

Institutional Reforms, Governance, and Services Delivery in the Global South
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 315

Institutional Reforms, Governance, and Services Delivery in the Global South

This edited book explores the link between institutional reforms, governance and services delivery in the Global South, mapping how and to what extent resource-poor governments deliver public services to their citizens. The book concludes that delivery of public services responsibly and efficiently remains largely unachievable because of weaker institutions and poor quality of governance in the Global South countries. Reforms to governance and institutions are generally considered fitting measures to overcome public service delivery challenges.

Bridging the Gaps
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 304

Bridging the Gaps

What is the use of research in public debates and policy-making on immigration and integration? Why are there such large gaps between migration debates and migration realities, and how can they be reduced? Bridging the Gaps: Linking Research to Public Debates and Policy Making on Migration and Integration provides a unique set of testimonies and analyses of these questions by researchers and policy experts who have been deeply involved in attempts to link social science research to public policies. Bridging the Gaps argues that we must go beyond the prevailing focus on the research-policy nexus by considering how the media, public opinion, and other dimensions of public debates can interact ...

Education Policy Implementation
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 388

Education Policy Implementation

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1991-09-03
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  • Publisher: SUNY Press

This supplemental text for educational policy, administration, and program evaluation courses provides a framework for examining the following crucial questions. To what extent have state and federal initiated policies actually been implemented during the past 25 years? and To what degree does implementation lead to effectiveness? At a time when critical understanding of the issues is essential for good decision making, this volume provides a valuable tool for teachers, students, and makers of educational policy.