Immigration and Ethnic Change in Low‐Fertility Countries: A Third Demographic Transition
In: Population and development review, Band 32, Heft 3, S. 401-446
ISSN: 1728-4457
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In: Population and development review, Band 32, Heft 3, S. 401-446
ISSN: 1728-4457
In: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Band 62, Heft 3, S. 40-45
In: Bulletin of the atomic scientists, Band 62, Heft 3, S. 40-45
ISSN: 1938-3282
In: The bulletin of the atomic scientists: a magazine of science and public affairs, Band 62, Heft 3, S. 40-45
ISSN: 0096-3402, 0096-5243, 0742-3829
In: Journal of Cold War studies, Band 7, Heft 1, S. 200-202
ISSN: 1531-3298
In: Nação e defesa, Heft 112, S. 65-86
ISSN: 0870-757X
In: Vienna yearbook of population research, Band 1, Heft 2004, S. 11-24
ISSN: 1728-5305
In: Population and development review, Band 29, Heft 2, S. 305-328
ISSN: 1728-4457
Amy Chua, World on Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability Surjit S. Bhalla, Imagine There's No Country: Poverty, Inequality, and Growth in the Era of Globalization John Firor and Judith Jacobsen, The Crowded Greenhouse: Population, Climate Change, and Creating a Sustainable World Joel Perlmann and Mary C. Waters (eds.), The New Race Question: How the Census Counts Multiracial Individuals
In: Global society: journal of interdisciplinary international relations, Band 17, Heft 4, S. 339-357
ISSN: 1469-798X
In: Global dialogue: weapons and war, Band 4, Heft 4, S. 40-47
ISSN: 1450-0590
In: Policy and Society, Band 19, Heft 2, S. 81-99
ISSN: 1839-3373
Media rankings of universities have become common in many countries. Although frequently criticised by a range of commentators, media rankings are used by students in destinational decision-making, and by universities in their own marketing. By critically reading three prominent media ranking systems, several trends emerge. Asiaweek, U.S. News & World Report and Maclean's magazines each adopt an activist/investigative stance as a justification for their hierarchical rankings of higher educational institutions. Central to this position is an argument for opening up universities to public scrutiny, resulting in greater accountability to students, parents and taxpayers. However, an analysis of the data collection methodologies shows that these stakeholders are excluded from the evaluation process. Instead, all quantitative data is collected from university central administrations, and the subjective reputational surveys are completed by senior university staff and similarly empowered 'experts'. Rather than acting as intrusive tools of public accountability, the media rankings serve to reinforce existing conceptualisations of 'the university' and 'quality' as expressed by the tertiary sector's prominent players.
In: International migration review: IMR, Band 34, Heft 1, S. 280-281
ISSN: 1747-7379, 0197-9183
In: International migration review: IMR, Band 34, Heft 1, S. 280-281
ISSN: 0197-9183
In: Journal of biosocial science: JBS, Band 32, Heft 2, S. 283-286
ISSN: 1469-7599
In: International migration: quarterly review, Band 37, Heft 2, S. 485-513
ISSN: 1468-2435