Volume 5(1), 2017
ORGANIZATIONAL E-LEARNING AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION
ABSTRACT. The empirical investigation described in this paper points out that in particular circumstances e-learning might generate more relevant academic results by establishing a pedagogical experience that is hard or unfeasible to generate in the classroom or via alternative media. When didactic ..
FOUCAULT ON MANAGERIAL GOVERNMENTALITY AND BIOPOLITICAL NEOLIBERALISM
ABSTRACT. The theory that I shall seek to elaborate here puts considerable emphasis on Foucault’s analytical differentiation between relations of power and states of domination, his reconceptualization of power relations with reference to clash, conflict, war and scheme, and his interpretation of th..
RUSSIA’S OIL AND GAS FOR NORTHEAST ASIAN MARKETS: MEANS AND WAYS VS REALITIES
ABSTRACT. Russia’s aspirations to enhance energy ties with Asia date back to the 1990s. The Sakhalin offshore projects implemented in cooperation with international energy companies are principal achievements of that rather liberal energy policy. In the 2000s, the Asian vector in Russia’s energy pol..
TECHNOLOGICAL UNEMPLOYMENT: EDUCATING FOR THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
ABSTRACT. This paper reviews recent concerns and discussions about technological unemployment focusing on the trope “the robots are coming” and beginning with reference to the World Summit (2015) devoted to the issue. There is consensus that robots and big data systems will disrupt labor markets, ki..
OPERATIONALIZING TRANSPARENCY: PERSPECTIVES FROM THE THIRD SECTOR IN A MIXED ECONOMY OF WELFARE
ABSTRACT. The concepts of “transparency” and “evidence of what works” are key features to the implementation and success of the open public service policy launched by the UK coalition government in 2010. This paper explores, from the perspective of the third sector, the meaning of these concepts and..