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How do middle-class Americans become aware of distant social problems and act against them? US colleges, congregations, and seminaries increasingly promote immersion travel as a way to bridge global distance, produce empathy, and increase global awareness. But does it? Drawing from a mixed methods study of a progressive, religious immersion travel organization at the US-Mexico border, Empathy Beyond US Borders provides a broad sociological context for the rise of immersion travel as a form of transnational civic engagement. Gary J. Adler, Jr follows alongside immersion travelers as they meet undocumented immigrants, walk desert trails, and witness deportations. His close observations combine with interviews and surveys to evaluate the potential of this civic action, while developing theory about culture, empathy, and progressive religion in transnational civic life. This timely book describes the moralization of travel, the organizational challenges of transnational engagement, and the difficulty of feeling transformed but not knowing how to help.

Volunteer tourism. --- Foreign study. --- International travel --- Americans --- Volunteer workers in social services. --- Americans in foreign countries --- Travel --- International study --- Study abroad --- Studying abroad --- Education --- Students, Foreign --- Tourism --- Social aspects. --- BorderLinks (Program) --- Tucson Ecumenical Council. --- Foreign countries.

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A riveting, comprehensive history of the Arab peoples and tribes that explores the role of language as a cultural touchstone This kaleidoscopic book covers almost 3,000 years of Arab history and shines a light on the footloose Arab peoples and tribes who conquered lands and disseminated their language and culture over vast distances. Tracing this process to the origins of the Arabic language, rather than the advent of Islam, Tim Mackintosh-Smith begins his narrative more than a thousand years before Muhammad and focuses on how Arabic, both spoken and written, has functioned as a vital source of shared cultural identity over the millennia. Mackintosh-Smith reveals how linguistic developments-from pre-Islamic poetry to the growth of script, Muhammad's use of writing, and the later problems of printing Arabic-have helped and hindered the progress of Arab history, and investigates how, even in today's politically fractured post-Arab Spring environment, Arabic itself is still a source of unity and disunity.

Arabic language --- Social aspects. --- History of Asia --- History of Africa --- Arab states --- Arabs --- Sociolinguistics. --- Foreign countries. --- Language.

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Vladimir Putin has tried to rationalize the 2014 annexation of Crimea as a defense of the "millions of Russian and russophone people" who live there--an irredentist logic that rests on an understanding of a unified, fixed, primordial "Russian-ness." Challenging this notion of an essential Russian identity that must be kept pure and whole, Global Russian Cultures explores the protean complexity of Russian culture as it has spread across the world through successive waves of migration. "Both within and without the Russian Federation," explains editor Kevin Platt, "Russian culture is fragmented and multiple." In revealing Russian cultures as plural, unbounded, and polycentric, this volume calls into question the exculpatory reasoning that fuels the Russian projection of power and, implicitly, similar imperial projects.

Russians --- Ethnology --- Slavs, Eastern --- Ethnic identity. --- Russia --- Civilization. --- Ausland. --- Caractère national russe. --- Ethnische Identität. --- Kultur. --- Kulturelle Identität. --- Russen. --- Russes --- Zivilisation. --- Civilisation. --- Identité collective. --- Foreign countries. --- Russia.

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“This book is essential reading for anyone interested in cross-border mergers and acquisitions. It offers exclusive insights into Japanese overseas acquisitions obtained from extensive research into over 100 actual outbound transactions. The author explores why many of these deals have failed and what works for success. Matsumoto’s innovative approach to analyzing post-acquisition management strategy not only contributes to academic achievement, but will also assist CEOs who are pursing overseas acquisitions.” — Kazumasa Iwata, Professor Emeritus, the University of Tokyo, President, Japan Center for Economic Research and Former Deputy Governor, the Bank of Japan This book reviews the past 116 Japanese outbound acquisitions in three decades and determines success and failure, with the goal of explaining what works. Dr. Matsumoto emphasizes that such acquisitions are part of a long-term strategy and should not be judged based short-term gains and losses, especially short-term changes in company stock prices. The book also highlights common pitfalls hidden within the expected benefits of these overseas acquisitions. Dr. Matsumoto provides valuable insights for executives, corporate managers working on strategy, finance and overseas development, practitioners, researchers and MBA students trying to succeed in cross border merger and acquisitions using 16 case studies and careful investigation. Shigeru Matsumoto, Professor, Graduate School of Management, Kyoto University, earned his Ph.D. from Kobe University. For his doctoral dissertation, he conducted an in-depth study of Japanese cross-border M&A. He also has an MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management, which he attended on the US Fulbright Program. He has 20 years’ of experience in investment banking and advisory at global institutions, including HSBC (The Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Corp.), Macquarie Capital, and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). He has served as an advisor on over 50 Japan-related cross-border M&A transactions in 20 countries, including the US, the UK, France, China, and Vietnam. In 2015, he won the 9th Grand Prize at the Mergers & Acquisition Forum for his recent publication on Japanese cross-border acquisitions.

Consolidation and merger of corporations. --- Corporations, Japanese --- Foreign countries. --- International business enterprises. --- Asia—Economic conditions. --- Leadership. --- International business enterprises—Cross-cultural studies. --- Asian Business. --- Business Strategy/Leadership. --- Cross-Cultural Management. --- Ability --- Command of troops --- Followership --- Business enterprises, International --- Corporations, International --- Global corporations --- International corporations --- MNEs (International business enterprises) --- Multinational corporations --- Multinational enterprises --- Transnational corporations --- Business enterprises --- Corporations --- Joint ventures