1. General Significance of Geochemical Models of Hydrothermal Systems,- 2. Concepts, Classification and Chemistry of Geothermal Systems,- 3.Theory of Chemical Modeling,- 4. Specific Features of Coupled Fluid Flow and Chemical Reaction,- 5. Fossil Hydrothermal Systems,- 6. Recent Hydrothermal Systems,- 7. Reservoir Management
As the twenty-first century begins, the world approaches a Learning- or Knowledge-based Society, thus creating a new «era» of humankind. The Learning Society does not merely herald a new «era» or «epoch,» it signals a «transformation» in a global dimension. However, never before in history have so many wars and so much violence inundated the world. However? The world approaching a new era of humankind governed by knowledge and ruled by wisdom, and at the same time drowning in wars and violence and celebrating a renaissance of religions – do these go together? They do.
Internationalization of the social sciences rests on the setup of international scientific infrastructures, networks, and research agendas. Yet it has also stimulated discussions on academic dependency and the need for the indigenization of theories and methods. This book traces phenomena that accompany the internationalization of social sciences in different parts of the world. Contributions from East Asia, India, Russia, Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, South Africa, and Latin America offer manifold perspectives on the pathways and desiderata of internationalization and make this volume an important basis for future debates.
In our globalized world economical processes get constantly more and more connected with each other. Therefore they demand an effective and optimized business communication between all involved partners. Michael Kuhn presents in his book an overview of the needs and requirements which occur during the application of communication systems in modern business management, as well as of the possible solutions. The author gives a detailed description of the communication process and communication systems, which is crucial for a better understanding of aspects of business communication in modern business. A general analysis of three modern communication systems provides a practical focus. The systems are presented briefly with their general features and criticized in the focus of the needs and requirements defined beforehand. A profound analysis of one communication system at the example of a fictive counselling company consolidates the theoretical and practical knowledge about communication systems in modern business structures. The analysis shows that today’s communication systems are able to handle various needs and requirements of modern companies. The book is directed mostly to decision-making units and managers in modern businesses.
In many ways, education mirrors society by reflecting changing and emergent goals and values as well as by contributing to both the reproduction and production of particular life forms. In the context of the formative project «Europe,» education is called upon to play an increasingly central role, one that is responsive to particular images of the European Union and to its aspirations and goals. The widespread conviction is that education and training will re-invigorate ailing economies, and that, in the context of globalization, national and regional competitiveness will only prevail if there is a qualitative continued improvement in human capital. This volume critically examines such claims, considering the ways in which learning is being constructed across Europe and the implications this has for notions of democratic citizenship and education.
Global, local, glocal – reflecting on world social science emphasizes the significance of space. In these spatial dichotomies, the global lacks a specific location, while localities seem detached from this realm. Discourses on world social science distinguish social thought based on the spaces of their origin. Space influences how social scientists perceive social reality, with Southern, Western, and Northern knowledge reflecting not just the thinker’s address but also their theoretical perspective. Social thoughts are often viewed as confined within their spatial contexts, with thinkers seen as representatives of specific spaces—political, cultural, or otherwise—implying that their ideas are mere reflections of their environments. This raises the question of whether the world social science arena, filled with these spatially bound thoughts, can foster shared understanding, or if such encounters are futile unless rooted in a common spatial context. The book examines examples of spatially constructed knowledges and the challenges they face in trying to connect and transcend their spatial confines. Ultimately, it questions whether the Western approach to contextualizing social thought is a dead-end for social inquiry globally.
Within fields supported by the European Union, the social science landscape has been transformed in two ways. First, broad and deep networks have been created; researchers previously focused on national issues now see themselves primarily as part of a European research environment, traveling, collaborating, and interacting across borders in unprece
Although educational research advocates the perspective of the learner, who or what is it advocating against? The governments of all European Union countries give learning the most prominent place on their policy agendas; the European Commission wants Europe to become a knowledge based society; companies across the European Union are no longer interested primarily in profit, but want to be learning organisations; social scientists detect the emergence of a learning society and economists advocate a learning economy. What does European educational research do, if nowadays everybody in the European Union wants nothing else but knowledgeable people?
This innovative book provides new perspectives on the globalization of knowledge and the notion of hegemonic sciences. Tying together contributions of authors from all across the world, it challenges existing theories of hegemonic sciences and sheds new light on how they have been and are being constructed. Examining more closely the notions of ´human rights´ and ´individualization´, this much-needed volume offers new and alternative ideas on how to transform the universalization of the Western model of science and can serve as an eye-opener for all those interested in non-hegemonic scientific discourse. This book is published within the Series ´Beyond the Social Sciences´.