School of Politics and International Relations Modern Political Thought II POL206 2012-13 Module Convenor: Dr Madeleine Davis Email: m.j.davis@qmul.ac.uk Office hours: Semester 1 Thursday 2-3pm‚ Friday 11-12am‚ Semester 2 Thursday 23pm‚ Friday 1-2pm. Office location: Arts One‚ Room 2.28b Timetable: Lectures: Thursdays at 10 am Seminars: Thursdays (see QM+ and School notice board for details) 1 1. Welcome from the convenor This module handbook provides you with essential information.
Premium Political philosophy Karl Marx Marxism
Discourse: based on ideas of Michel Foucault‚ discourse theory refers to the idea that the terms in which we speak‚ write and think about the world are a reflection of wider relations of power‚ and since they are also linked to practise‚ are themselves important in maintaining that power structure In the Order of Things (1970) Foucault focuses on fields of knowledge‚ such as economics‚ or natural history and the conventions according to which they were classified and represented in particular
Premium Michel Foucault
The history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day. Over this period‚ English poets have written some of the most enduring poems in Western culture‚ and the language and its poetry have spread around the globe. Consequently‚ the term English poetry is unavoidably ambiguous. It can mean poetry written in England‚ or poetry written in the English language. The earliest surviving poetry was likely transmitted orally and then written down in versions that do
Premium Poetry 2nd millennium
1. 0 Introduction This literature review examines and discusses the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and financial performance of firms in emerging markets through analysis made in relation to developing countries especially Malaysia‚ Indonesia‚ Turkey‚ Dubai‚ China and Brazil. Most of the studies examining the financial performance case for CSR show a positive association between CSR practices and financial performance (63 percent) whilst 15 percent present
Premium Corporate social responsibility
CHANDIGARH GROUP OF COLLEGE SUMMER TRAINING REPORT ON CONSUMER PERCEPTION TOWARDS VERKA MILK IN CITY GURDASPUR AND GURDASPUR [pic] SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF REQUIREMENT OF DEGREE IN MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION SESSION: 2011 –12 STUDENT: Pankaj Salaria Roll No. 1172839 MBA – IIIrd Sem. TRAINING PLACE: Milk Plant Gurdaspur TRAINING DATE: 7/05/2012 TO 22/06/2012 SUBMITTED TO: Lect. ACKNOWLEDGMENT In a dynamic & complex & marketing
Premium Milk Marketing
Arthur Barclay Business College Stella Maris Polytechnic St. Joseph Campus‚ Capitol Hill‚ Monrovia‚ Liberia Course Title: English 201: Sophomore English I Topic: HIV/AIDS PANDEMIC: “Its Social Ramifications and Impacts on the Liberian Society” Thesis: Perhaps the most life-threatening‚ incurable but preventive disease to the human race is the HIV/AIDS Pandemic‚ and the awareness and understanding of its social ramifications and impacts on the Liberian society is paramount. Prepared
Premium AIDS HIV Antiretroviral drug
THE DRIVERS OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: A CRITICAL REVIEW Matthew Haigh‚ University of Amsterdam Marc T. Jones‚ Ashridge Business School Abstract The paper criticises the dominant discourse of corporate social responsibility (CSR) by examining six sets of factors conventionally considered as promoting outcomes consistent with core principles of social responsibility: intra-organizational factors‚ competitive dynamics‚ institutional investors‚ end-consumers‚ government regulators and non-governmental
Premium Corporate social responsibility
The Power of Activism: ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF NGOS ON GLOBAL BUSINESS Debora L. Spar Lane T. La Mure n 1995‚ a group of Burmese and American graduate students at the University of Wisconsin at Madison created the Free Burma Coalition (FBC)‚ a non-governmental organization (NGO) comprising a diverse mix of high school‚ university‚ environmental‚ human rights‚ religious‚ labor‚ and grassroots organizations. Reacting to the Burmese military government’s atrocious human rights record and disdain
Premium Human rights
econstor Brau‚ James C.; Woller‚ Gary M. www.econstor.eu Der Open-Access-Publikationsserver der ZBW – Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft The Open Access Publication Server of the ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics Article Microfinance: A comprehensive review of the existing literature Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance‚ JEF Provided in cooperation with: Academy of Entrepreneurial Finance (AEF)‚ Montrose‚ CA Suggested citation: Brau‚ James C.; Woller‚ Gary M. (2004)
Premium Poverty Microfinance
Innovative Marketing‚ Volume 6‚ Issue 1‚ 2010 Robin L. Snipes (USA)‚ Sharon L. Oswald (USA) Charitable giving to not-for-profit organizations: factors affecting donations to non-profit organizations Abstract In today ’s era of evaporating operating profits‚ numerous organizations‚ including hospitals‚ universities and not-forprofit entities‚ are increasingly focusing on charitable giving as a funding source. In this paper‚ we examine the organizational and consumer demographic characteristics
Premium Charitable organization Regression analysis Non-profit organization