Redefining the Citizen of the New Millennium


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Rising above expectations is one thing and moving on is another. With great achievement comes great responsibility. In a century where automation is rapidly taking place, millions of people are losing their jobs, and human effort is being replaced by computers, and the stress level has dramatically increased. It has caused many families to relocate because of the inability of the household to financially sustain itself. Sadly, human beings within the first two decades of the twenty-first century have failed to act or rather implemented theories of past centuries inadequate to the current challenges of the world. We have seen policies designed or actions taken that genuinely undermine the dignity of other human beings. The truth is that despite all the technical and technological revolutions, machines or computers will never have the human emotion. That feeling of common humanity, self-respect, and for others, love for one another is something inherent and particular to the human nature. We need to elevate our standards and uphold our core values more than ever. We must refine our thinking and actions when the sanctuary becomes a ghost, about to burn. There is a need to redefine the citizen of the millennium. This second volume aims to aid in preventing conflicts and resolving them when they arise. It is designed to help each one of us find peace with ourselves and start a conversation with the other across the aisle. It goes from the spiritual to the physical world—the freedom to speak our minds, grow from fear, and turn challenges into opportunities for growth and inclusive progress.




Rethinking Human Rights for the New Millennium


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This book invites people to think more deeply about human rights in an attempt to overcome many of the traditional arguments in the human rights literature. Belden Fields argues that human rights should be reconceptualized to combine philosophical, historical, and empirical-practical dimensions. The best way to understand human rights is not as a set of universal abstractions but rather as a set of past and ongoing social practices rooted in the claims and struggles of peoples against what they consider to be political, economic, or social domination. Fields aptly shows how a people's fight for recognition is often closely tied to rights claims and that these connections to identify can help bridge the gulf between universalistic and cultural relativistic arguments in the human rights debate.




New Millennium, New Perspectives


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Analyzes a number of pressing international challenges relating to security and governance. The authors address a variety of questions, such as the impact of globalization, and find points of commonality in problem-solving ethos and methodology.




Ethics for the New Millennium


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Don't miss His Holiness the Dalai Lama's classic book, The Art of Happiness, or his newest, The Book of Joy, named one of Oprah's Favorite Things. In a difficult, uncertain time, it takes a person of great courage, such as the Dalai Lama, to give us hope. Regardless of the violence and cynicism we see on television and read about in the news, there is an argument to be made for basic human goodness. The number of people who spend their lives engaged in violence and dishonesty is tiny compared to the vast majority who would wish others only well. According to the Dalai Lama, our survival has depended and will continue to depend on our basic goodness. Ethics for the New Millennium presents a moral system based on universal rather than religious principles. Its ultimate goal is happiness for every individual, irrespective of religious beliefs. Though he himself a practicing Buddhist, the Dalai Lama's teachings and the moral compass that guides him can lead each and every one of us—Muslim, Christian, Jew, Buddhist, or atheist—to a happier, more fulfilling life.




Redefining the French Republic


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This text investigates continuity and change in contemporary French politics, society and culture. It draws on contributions that reflect a variety of methodological approaches, ranging from theoretical speculations and modelling to the interpretation of fieldwork data.




America's Colony


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An examination of the legal relationship between U.S. and Puerto Rico.







Rethinking Australian Citizenship


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The notion of citizenship is now being taken up internationally as a way to rethink questions of social cohesion and social justice. In Europe the concept of national identity is under close scrutiny, while the pressures of globalizing markets and the power of transnational corporations everywhere raise questions about the true place and meaning of citizenship in civil society. In Australia, a traditional view of citizens belonging to a single nation made up of one people, with a special relationship to one land, has been thrown open to challenge by a range of differing perspectives. Rethinking Australian Citizenship considers the major debates. Some chapters look at contemporary theoretical debates, while others 'reinvent' Australian citizenship from a particular perspective on civil life. The result is a rich and coherent volume that shows the diverse ways in which Australian citizenship can be rethought.




Reinventing the Curriculum


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Scotland's Curriculum for Excellence offers an example of a different approach to national curriculum development. It combines what are claimed to be the best features of top-down and bottom-up approaches to curriculum development, and provides an indication of the broad qualities that school education should promote rather than a detailed description of curriculum content. Advocates of the approach argue that it provides central guidance for schools and maintains national standards whilst at the same time allowing schools and teachers the flexibility to take account of local needs when designing programmes of education. Reinventing the Curriculum uses Scotland's Curriculum for Excellence as a rich case study, analysing the strengths and weaknesses of this approach to curriculum design and development, and exploring the implications for curriculum planning and development around the world.




Rethinking Humanitarian Intervention in the 21st Century


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Examines the complex ethics and politics of humanitarian interventionSince the Cold War, humanitarian interventions have transitioned through a range of stages. These 12 essays focus on the challenges associated with interventions, conflict and attendant human rights violations, unmitigatedand systematic violence, state re-building, and issues associated with human mobility and dislocation. Each chapter is linked to the rest through three defining themes that permeate the book: the evolution of humanitarian interventions in a global era; the limits of sovereignty and the ethics ofinterventions; and the politics of post-intervention: (re)-building and humanitarian engagement.