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10:07, 27 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+22)‎ . . Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) ‎
10:06, 27 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+4)‎ . . Kissinger, Henry ‎ (→‎Kissinger, Henry (May 27, 1923 - ))
10:05, 27 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+4)‎ . . Buzan, Barry ‎ (→‎Buzan, Barry (April 28, 1946 - ))
10:04, 27 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+22)‎ . . Balance of Power ‎ (→‎Balance of Power)
10:02, 27 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+19)‎ . . Cultural Tourism ‎ (→‎Cultural Tourism)
10:00, 27 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+4)‎ . . Anholt, Simon ‎ (→‎Anholt, Simon)
09:59, 27 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+20)‎ . . Gienow-Hecht, Jessica ‎ (→‎Gienow-Hecht, Jessica (1964 -))
09:56, 27 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+20)‎ . . Bilateralism ‎ (→‎Bilateralism)
09:54, 27 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+21)‎ . . Melting Pot ‎
09:54, 27 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+21)‎ . . Cultural Pluralism ‎ (→‎Cultural Pluralism)
09:51, 27 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+17)‎ . . Civilian Power ‎ (→‎Civilian Power)
09:50, 27 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+25)‎ . . World-Systems Theory ‎
09:48, 27 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+44)‎ . . United Nations Development Program (UNDP) ‎
09:46, 27 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+22)‎ . . Xenophobia ‎
09:45, 27 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+22)‎ . . Globalization ‎ (→‎Globalization)
09:44, 27 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+22)‎ . . Florida, Richard ‎ (→‎Florida, Richard (1957-))
09:43, 27 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+22)‎ . . Cultural Clusters ‎
09:38, 27 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+17)‎ . . Niche Tourism ‎
09:35, 27 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+26)‎ . . Washington Consensus ‎
09:33, 27 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+21)‎ . . Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP) ‎
13:46, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+1,461)‎ . . N Hybridity ‎ (Created page with "====== Hybridity ====== A term ...")
13:46, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+3,256)‎ . . N Hutu ‎ (Created page with "====== Hutu ====== Th <f...")
13:45, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+699)‎ . . N Huntington, Samuel P. ‎ (Created page with "====== Huntington, Samuel P. (April 18, 1927- December 24, 2008) ====== American political scientist, co-founder and co-editor of the influential academic journal “Foreign ...")
13:43, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+1,081)‎ . . N Humanitarian Intervention ‎ (Created page with "====== Humanitarian Intervention ====== Humanitarian intervention involves the use of military force to intervene in a conflict situation. The intervention is not necessarily...")
13:42, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+826)‎ . . N Human Security ‎ (Created page with "====== Human Security ====== Human security is an emerging theory that challenges the traditional assumption that security should be considered in terms of a nation, assertin...")
11:58, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+634)‎ . . N Human Rights Diplomacy ‎ (Created page with "====== Human Rights Diplomacy ====== A diplomatic field encompassing policies and strategies directed toward promoting and protecting human rights. Many international organiz...")
11:58, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+515)‎ . . N Human Rights ‎ (Created page with "====== Human Rights ====== Human Rights are basic rights which apply to all humans equally. The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that: All human be...")
11:57, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+615)‎ . . N Human Development Index ‎ (Created page with "====== Human Development Index ====== The Human Development Index (HDI) is a system devised to rank countries into four categories of human \\ development, created by economi...")
11:56, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+802)‎ . . N Human Civilization ‎ (Created page with "====== Human Civilization ====== Concept which defines the collectivity of human beings in relation to the development of their environmental adaptability and to their techno...")
11:53, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+474)‎ . . N Horkheimer, Max ‎ (Created page with "====== Horkheimer, Max (February 14, 1895 - July 7, 1973) ====== German philosopher and sociologist, member of the “Frankfurt School” of social research, famous for his w...")
11:51, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+718)‎ . . N Holocaust (Dictionary) ‎ (Created page with "====== Holocaust ====== The Holocaust is the mass murder of six million Jews and millions of others by the National Socialist Party (Nazis) during 1933-1945. The victims of t...")
11:50, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+557)‎ . . N Hofstede, Geert ‎ (Created page with "====== Hofstede, Geert (October 2, 1928- ) ====== Dutch researcher in the fields of organisational culture, cultural economics and management. His international recognition a...")
11:50, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+679)‎ . . N Historical Linguistics ‎ (Created page with "====== Historical Linguistics ====== The study of how language has changed throughout history. Historical linguists attempt to discover and describe changes in language, high...")
11:49, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+734)‎ . . N High Culture ‎ (Created page with "====== High Culture ====== High Culture is the academic term given to a set of cultural products, mainly in the arts, held in the highest esteem by a culture. The term was in...")
11:48, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+346)‎ . . N Heritage Site ‎ (Created page with "====== Heritage Site ====== A heritage site can be anything that a governmental agency registers as adding historical or cultural value to an area. By receiving the status of...")
11:48, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+611)‎ . . N Hegemony ‎ (Created page with "====== Hegemony ====== A Greek term which defines dominance and imperial power. In the realm of International Relations, hegemony is exercised by a state (hegemon) which rule...")
11:47, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+655)‎ . . N Harrison, Lawrence. E ‎ (Created page with "====== Harrison, Lawrence. E ====== American academic and expert in the fields of international development and cultural studies. He is SeniorResearch Fellow at Tufts Univers...")
11:46, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+433)‎ . . N Hardin, Garrett ‎ (Created page with "====== Hardin, Garrett ====== American ecologist renowned for his theories on human overpopulation and on The Tragedy of the \\ Commons (1968), considered the theoretical bas...")
11:45, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+769)‎ . . N Habitus ‎ (Created page with "====== Habitus ====== A sociological concept that refers to the social contexts and orientations that characterize individual social groups as formed through life experiences...")
11:34, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+666)‎ . . N Habitat ‎ (Created page with "====== Habitat ====== Habitat can refer to any area of land, sea or sky which is used by a living organism or species as its main place of living. It is the natural or physic...")
11:33, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+491)‎ . . N Gross Value Added ‎ (Created page with "====== Gross Value Added ====== Gross Value Added (GVA) is a measure in economics that refers to the grand total of all revenues compiled from a country’s production of goo...")
11:32, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+615)‎ . . N Gross Domestic Product ‎ (Created page with "====== Gross Domestic Product ====== Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the official measurement of a country’s goods and services production. While it is often used as an ind...")
11:31, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+495)‎ . . N Greenwashing ‎ (Created page with "====== Greenwashing ====== A compound term referring to the attempts of companies and businesses to deceptively promote their efforts and practices as being environmentally f...")
11:31, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+455)‎ . . N Greenhouse Emissions ‎ (Created page with "====== Greenhouse Emissions ====== Greenhouse emissions are the gases that, when released into the atmosphere, contribute to the greenhouse effect by absorbing infrared radia...")
11:30, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+695)‎ . . N Greenhouse Effect ‎ (Created page with "====== Greenhouse Effect ====== The term ‘greenhouse effect’ refers to the process of thermal radiation from the surface of a planet being absorbed by greenhouse gases in...")
11:29, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+809)‎ . . N Green Strategies ‎ (Created page with "====== Green Strategies ====== Strategies and policies geared towards the protection of the environment. Given the devastating effects of climate change, due to global warmin...")
11:28, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+832)‎ . . N Green Energy ‎ (Created page with "====== Green Energy ====== Green energy, also called renewable energy, refers to energy that comes from resources which are replenished continually, for example sunlight, win...")
11:28, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+563)‎ . . N Green Economy ‎ (Created page with "====== Green Economy ====== A green economy is one whose growth in income and employment is motivated by public and private investments that reduce carbon emissions and pollu...")
11:27, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+762)‎ . . N Green ‎ (Created page with "====== Green ====== The word ‘green’ is often used to refer to nature and the environmental movement, and covers a broad range of actions, policies and initiatives as wel...")
11:26, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+942)‎ . . N Great Depression ‎ (Created page with "====== Great Depression ====== The Great Depression was a period of severe economic turmoil in the 1930s and 40s, resulting in the worst depression of the 20th century. It or...")
11:25, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+1,201)‎ . . N Gorbachev, Mikhail ‎ (Created page with "====== Gorbachev, Mikhail (March 2, 1931-) ====== Mikhail Gorbachev served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) from 1985 to 1991. He was al...")
11:24, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+571)‎ . . N Goethe-Institut (Dictionary) ‎ (Created page with "====== Goethe-Institut ====== A non-profit German cultural organization promoting German language and cultural exchange around the world. Founded in 1951 as the successor ...")
11:22, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+657)‎ . . N Glocalization ‎ (Created page with "====== Glocalization ====== A neologism combining the terms “Globalization” and “Localization”, it describes the process whereby goods and services are transported gl...")
11:20, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+674)‎ . . N Globalization ‎ (Created page with "====== Globalization ====== The process of international integration which occurs as a result of transnational and transcultural integration of human and non-human activities...")
11:19, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+511)‎ . . N Global Warming ‎ (Created page with "====== Global Warming ====== The term global warming refers to the rise in the average temperature of the Earth’s atmosphere and oceans since the late 19th century as well ...")
11:17, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+706)‎ . . N Global Village ‎ (Created page with "====== Global Village ====== Linked to Marshal McLuhan, the term ‘global village’ suggests that through the development of technology the world has become more like one v...")
11:16, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+325)‎ . . N Global Culture ‎ (Created page with "====== Global Culture ====== The phenomenon that the inhabitants of the world will eventually lose their distinctive identities and cultures, leaving behind one global cultur...")
11:15, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+470)‎ . . N Gleichschaltung ‎ (Created page with "====== Gleichschaltung ====== Stemming from Nazi terminology, Gleichschaltung refers to the totalitarian control and coordination of civil society, in which non-Nazi organiza...")
11:15, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+768)‎ . . N Glasnost ‎ (Created page with "====== Glasnost ====== Glasnost is the Russian term for ‘openness’. This term was introduced as a policy in the Soviet Union in the second half on the 1980s by Mikhail Go...")
11:14, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+1,272)‎ . . N Gienow-Hecht, Jessica ‎ (Created page with "====== Gienow-Hecht, Jessica (1964 -) ====== Jessica Gienow-Hecht is a Professor of Modern History/International History at the University of Cologne. She has also been a Hei...")
11:12, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+519)‎ . . N German Book Trade Peace Prize ‎ (Created page with "====== German Book Trade Peace Prize ====== The German Publishers and Booksellers Association, the official representative of publishing houses and bookshops in Germany, has ...")
11:10, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+421)‎ . . N German Book Trade ‎ (Created page with "====== German Book Trade ====== An Association of German Publishers and Booksellers that unites publishers, bookstores, and book traders. Through the Frankfurt Book Trading F...")
11:09, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+1,119)‎ . . N Genocide ‎ (Created page with "====== Genocide ====== The term genocide was coined by Raphael Lemkin in 1943 and is a combination of the Greek word ‘genos’ (meaning race or tribe) and the Latin word ...")
11:08, 26 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+620)‎ . . N Gastrodiplomacy ‎ (Created page with "====== Gastrodiplomacy ====== Gastrodiplomacy refers to the idea that food is a vehicle and of cultural exchange, and as such, can be used as a cultural diplomacy tool. Propo...")
14:10, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+492)‎ . . N Galtung, Johan ‎ (Created page with "====== Galtung, Johan (October 24, 1930 - ) ====== Norwegian sociologist and mathematician, and founder of the discipline of peace and conflict studies. Galtung is most famou...")
14:09, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+622)‎ . . N Fukuyama, Francis ‎ (Created page with "====== Fukuyama, Francis (1952 -) ====== American political scientist and political economist, famous for his theory and book The End of \\ History (1992). He served as a pro...")
14:09, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+343)‎ . . N Friedan, Betty ‎ (Created page with "====== Friedan, Betty (1921-2006) ====== American writer and Feminist, famous for her book, The Feminine Mystique. She was founder and first president of the National Organiz...")
14:08, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+610)‎ . . N Free Trade ‎ (Created page with "====== Free Trade ====== Free trade is a government policy whereby a state does not discriminate against imports or interfere with exporting goods by applying tariffs to impo...")
14:07, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+515)‎ . . N Frankfurt Book Fair ‎ (Created page with "====== Frankfurt Book Fair ====== One of the world’s largest and oldest book trade fairs, the Frankfurt Book Fair is considered one of the most prominent book fairs in the ...")
14:06, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+241)‎ . . N Frames ‎ (Created page with "====== Frames ====== Frames are explanations put forward to make sense of the world and events. Governments, groups and individuals employ frames for themselves as well as to...")
14:05, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+716)‎ . . N Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies ‎ (Created page with "====== Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies (FAPE) ====== A non-profit organization dedicated to spreading American cultural understanding abroad through the arts...")
14:05, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+304)‎ . . N Foreign Affairs ‎ (Created page with "====== Foreign Affairs ====== A bi-monthly American journal which provides an in-depth analysis of international relations and US Foreign policy. Foreign Affairs is published...")
14:03, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+854)‎ . . N Food Security ‎ (Created page with "====== Food Security ====== Food security refers to the ease of access to food amongst a population. Food security assessment is the method by which food security is measured...")
14:03, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+530)‎ . . N Food Culture ‎ (Created page with "====== Food Culture ====== Food culture refers to the matrix of processes which relate to food within a given culture, including, but not limited to, its cultivation, prepara...")
14:02, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+636)‎ . . N Florida, Richard ‎ (Created page with "====== Florida, Richard (1957-) ====== Richard Florida is an American urban studies theorist and currently a professor and head of the Martin Prosperity Institute at the Rotm...")
14:01, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+598)‎ . . N First World ‎ (Created page with "====== First World ====== The concept of the First World developed during the Cold War and refers to the countries that the United States was aligned with during this period ...")
14:01, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+2,386)‎ . . N Feminism ‎ (Created page with "====== Feminism ====== A global...")
14:00, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (-17)‎ . . Extraterritoriality ‎
14:00, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+767)‎ . . N Extraterritoriality ‎ (Created page with "====== Extraterritoriality ====== Extraterritoriality describes a state of being recognized as exempt from the jurisdiction of local law. This state is most often \\ applied ...")
13:59, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+896)‎ . . N Extinction ‎ (Created page with "====== Extinction ====== Extinction is the end of life of an organism or organism group. Although the ability to repopulate or recover a species may \\ have been long lost, t...")
13:59, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+501)‎ . . N Experience Economy ‎ (Created page with "====== Experience Economy ====== An economic and sociological concept coined by Josephine Pine II and James H. Gilmore in 1999. It refers to the idea that individuals will ex...")
13:58, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+820)‎ . . N Evidence-Based Policy ‎ (Created page with "====== Evidence-Based Policy ====== Evidence-based policy is public policy that has been informed by extensive collection and analysis of widely researched objective evidence...")
13:58, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+1,375)‎ . . N Europeanization ‎ (Created page with "====== Europeanization ====== I...")
13:57, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+751)‎ . . N European Union ‎ (Created page with "====== European Union ====== The European Union (EU) is the economic and political union of 27 member states located in Europe that operates through a series of supranational...")
13:56, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+1,832)‎ . . N European Parliament ‎ (Created page with "====== European Parliament ====== <font 12.000000pt font-family: 'MinionPro'; color: rgb(30.100000%, 30.200000%, 31.000000%)/ ;;rgb(30.100000%, 30.200000%, 31.000000%);;#ffff...")
13:56, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+689)‎ . . N European Cultural Parliament ‎ (Created page with "====== European Cultural Parliament ====== The European Cultural Parliament is a European body aimed at promoting the role of art, language and culture in discussions about t...")
13:55, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+890)‎ . . N European Commission ‎ (Created page with "====== European Commission ====== <font 12.000000pt font-family: 'MinionPro'; color: rgb(30.100000%, 30.200000%, 31.000000%)/ ;;rgb(30.100000%, 30.200000%, 31.000000%);;#ffff...")
13:54, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+685)‎ . . N European Capitals of Culture ‎ (Created page with "====== European Capitals of Culture ====== The European Capitals of Culture initiative began in 1985 with the aims of illustrating the richness and diversity of European citi...")
13:53, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+697)‎ . . N Euro-Mediterranean Partnership ‎ (Created page with "====== Euro-Mediterranean Partnership (or Barcelona Process) ====== A Union launched in 1995 by the Foreign Ministers of the 15 EU Members at the time, and was conceived as t...") (current)
13:53, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+1,839)‎ . . N Euro-Mediterranean Countries ‎ (Created page with "====== Euro-Mediterranean Countries ====== <font 12.000000pt font-family: 'MinionPro'; color: rgb(30.100000%, 30.200000%, 31.000000%)/ ;;rgb(30.100000%, 30.200000%, 31.000000...")
13:52, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+1,669)‎ . . N Euro-Mediterranean Agreement ‎ (Created page with "====== Euro-Mediterranean Agreement ====== <font 12.000000pt font-family: 'MinionPro'; color: rgb(30.100000%, 30.200000%, 31.000000%)/ ;;rgb(30.100000%, 30.200000%, 31.000000...")
13:51, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+1,210)‎ . . N Ethnocentrism ‎ (Created page with "====== Ethnocentrism ====== Th<...")
13:50, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+501)‎ . . N Erasmus Programme ‎ (Created page with "====== Erasmus Programme (European Community Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students) ====== <font 12.000000pt font-family: 'MinionPro'; color: rgb(30.100000%, ...")
13:49, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+1,244)‎ . . N Environmentally Protected Areas ‎ (Created page with "====== Environmentally Protected Areas ====== <font 12.000000pt font-family: 'MinionPro'; color: rgb(30.100000%, 30.200000%, 31.000000%)/ ;;rgb(30.100000%, 30.200000%, 31.000...")
13:48, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+721)‎ . . N Environmental Impact Assessment ‎ (Created page with "====== Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) ====== An Environmental Impact Assessment appraises the possible positive or negative impact that a project could have on the env...")
13:47, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+512)‎ . . N Environmental Degradation ‎ (Created page with "====== Environmental Degradation ====== Environmental degradation is the deterioration or misuse of the environment through the depletion of Earth’s natural resources, the ...")
13:46, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+820)‎ . . N Enlightenment ‎ (Created page with "====== Enlightenment ====== The Age of Enlightenment, or simply the Enlightenment, began in Europe among intellectuals in the 17th and 18th centuries. Its aim was to challeng...")
13:46, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+631)‎ . . N Enlai, Zhou ‎ (Created page with "====== Enlai, Zhou (March 5, 1898 – January 8, 1976) ====== Zhou Enlai was the first Premier of the People’s Republic of China, serving under Mao Zedong or Chairman Mao. ...")
13:45, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+602)‎ . . N End of History ‎ (Created page with "====== End of History ====== Theory presented by Francis Fukuyama in his book, The End of History and the Last Man (1992). In this book, Fukuyama \\ presents the new world or...")
13:43, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+759)‎ . . N Emissions ‎ (Created page with "====== Emissions ====== In an environmental context, emissions are toxins or chemicals released into the atmosphere which cause air pollution and consequently affect the heal...")
13:43, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+2,005)‎ . . N Effluent ‎ (Created page with "====== Effluent ====== Wastesdi...")
13:41, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+685)‎ . . N Ecosystem ‎ (Created page with "====== Ecosystem ====== A biological community of living organisms and their physical environment, functioning as an ‘ecological unit’. Examples of ecosystems include pon...")
13:41, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+1,321)‎ . . N Ecology ‎ (Created page with "====== Ecology ====== Ecology i...")
13:34, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+48)‎ . . Eco-commerce ‎ (→‎Eco-commerce)
13:34, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+928)‎ . . N Eco-commerce ‎ (Created page with "====== Eco-commerce ====== Eco-...")
13:32, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+424)‎ . . N Dragomans ‎ (Created page with "====== Dragomans ====== Interpreters or guides between countries of Arabic, Turkish and Persian speaking populations who had particular importance during the Ottoman Empire. ...")
13:30, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+742)‎ . . N Doha Development Round ‎ (Created page with "====== Doha Development Round ====== The Doha Development Round commenced in 2001 and is the current trade-negotiation round of the World Trade Organization (WTO) aimed at lo...")
13:30, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+567)‎ . . N Documentation of Intangible Cultural Heritage ‎ (Created page with "====== Documentation of Intangible Cultural Heritage ====== Identifying those practices, expressions, traditions, and beliefs that communities and groups recognize as part of...")
13:27, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+438)‎ . . N Diplomacy ‎ (Created page with "====== Diplomacy ====== The practice of interaction among different actors to gain strategic advantage and pursue one’s self-interest. In the field of international relatio...")
13:26, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+780)‎ . . N Digital Diplomacy ‎ (Created page with "====== Digital Diplomacy ====== A new form of public diplomacy, also called e-diplomacy, which uses the internet and new information and communication technologies as means f...")
13:25, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+760)‎ . . N Diaspora Diplomacy ‎ (Created page with "====== Diaspora Diplomacy ====== Diaspora diplomacy is similar to the concept of citizen diplomacy. It refers to diaspora communities coming together in their respective coun...")
13:24, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+850)‎ . . N Dialogos ‎ (Created page with "====== Dialogos ====== A bi-annual Journal, published by the ICD Academy for Cultural Diplomacy, aimed at providing students, researchers and academics with high-quality inte...")
13:24, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+556)‎ . . N Deutsche Kultur International (German Culture International) ‎ (Created page with "====== Deutsche Kultur International (German Culture International) ====== A collaborative project-based organization aimed at promoting German culture in particular, but als...")
10:55, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+566)‎ . . N Deutsche Akademische Austausch Dienst (DAAD) ‎ (Created page with "====== Deutsche Akademische Austausch Dienst (DAAD) ====== German Academic Exchange Service): Founded in 1925, Deutsche Akademische Austausch Dienst is the largest institutio...")
10:54, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+892)‎ . . N DÃ©tente ‎ (Created page with "====== Détente ====== Détente, a French word meaning relaxation, used in a political context means the easing of strained relations between two disagreeing parties. It beca...")
10:53, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+555)‎ . . N Department of Culture, Media and Sports ‎ (Created page with "====== Department of Culture, Media and Sports (DCMS), UK ====== The Department of Culture, Media and Sports, previously known as the Department for National Heritage, was fo...")
10:52, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+642)‎ . . N Deforestation ‎ (Created page with "====== Deforestation ====== Deforestation is the process by which rainforests are cut, cleared or destroyed entirely to make way for less bio-diverse ecosystems such as plant...")
10:51, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+689)‎ . . N De Klerk, F.W. ‎ (Created page with "====== De Klerk, F.W. (March 19, 1936 - ) ====== Frederik Willem de Klerk was the last President while apartheid was still the official guiding principle in South Africa and ...")
10:51, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+342)‎ . . N Simone De Beauvoir ‎ (Created page with "====== de Beauvoir, Simone (1908 - 1986) ====== One of the founders of the French school of Existentialist philosophy along with Albert Camus and Jean- Paul Sartre and Femini...")
10:50, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+791)‎ . . N DCMS Model ‎ (Created page with "====== DCMS Model ====== The DCMS Model is a model used to define the creative industry as defined by the UK government’s Department of Culture, Media and Sport. The model ...")
10:44, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+552)‎ . . N David-Fox, Michael ‎ (Created page with "====== David-Fox, Michael ====== Historian of modern Russia and Soviet History, and professor at Georgetown University. His main publications focus on the interrelations betw...")
10:43, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+757)‎ . . N Darfur (Dictionary) ‎ (Created page with "====== Darfur ====== Darfur is a region in western Sudan that has been in an official state of humanitarian emergency since 2003. Although tensions had already been rising in...")
10:28, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+592)‎ . . N Dante Alighieri Society (Dictionary) ‎ (Created page with "====== Dante Alighieri Society ====== An institution focused on promoting Italian culture and language around the world. It was formed in Italy in July 1889, and was named af...")
10:25, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+587)‎ . . N Culture Industry ‎ (Created page with "====== Culture Industry ====== A concept introduced by Max Horkheimer and Theodor W. Adorno in the book Dialectic of Enlightenment (1944). It refers to the process of mass pr...")
10:25, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+400)‎ . . N Culture Gap ‎ (Created page with "====== Culture Gap ====== A concept used to describe the differences existing between cultural groups which hinder mutual understanding or relations. Differences exist in val...")
10:24, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+1,108)‎ . . N Culture Cycle ‎ (Created page with "====== Culture Cycle ====== A flexible model that lays out the five possible stages for the process of producing, disseminating, and highlighting cultural expressions, as wel...")
10:24, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+611)‎ . . N Culture as Social Reconstruction ‎ (Created page with "====== Culture as Social Reconstruction ====== The idea that cultures are predisposed to change as societies are constantly undergoing transformation. As new ideas enter soci...")
10:23, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+528)‎ . . N Culture ‎ (Created page with "====== Culture ====== E. Adamson Hoebel, a leading anthropologist of the twentieth century, described culture as an integrated and complex system of learned behavior patterns...")
10:22, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+566)‎ . . N Cultural Universalism ‎ (Created page with "====== Cultural Universalism ====== The belief that it is possible for certain values to transcend cultural and national differences. This term also claims that all cultures ...")
10:21, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+755)‎ . . N Cultural Transfer ‎ (Created page with "====== Cultural Transfer (or Transmission) ====== Refers to the export and import of cultural and literary information and ideas across different cultures and societies. Lang...")
10:21, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+617)‎ . . N Cultural Tourism ‎ (Created page with "====== Cultural Tourism ====== Cultural tourism has become immensely popular in recent years. It defines the movement of people to cities and regions with a range of historic...")
10:20, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+754)‎ . . N Cultural Studies ‎ (Created page with "====== Cultural Studies ====== Academic field of critical theory and literary criticism initially introduced by British academics in 1964 and gradually adopted by other acade...")
10:20, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+837)‎ . . N Cultural Revolution (China) ‎ (Created page with "====== Cultural Revolution (China) ====== The Cultural Revolution in China from 1965-1968 was Chairman Mao’s attempt at reasserting his power and ideologies after the weake...")
10:19, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+1,226)‎ . . N Cultural Reproduction ‎ (Created page with "====== Cultural Reproduction ====== The transmission process of certain existing values, norms, and ideas from generation to generation. Cultural reproduction finds its meani...")
10:18, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+1,091)‎ . . N Cultural Relativism ‎ (Created page with "====== Cultural Relativism ====== Although the theory of cultural relativism was developed by German- American anthropologist, Franz Boas early in the twentieth century, the ...")
10:18, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+409)‎ . . N Cultural Policy ‎ (Created page with "====== Cultural Policy ====== Cultural policy provides guidelines for decision-making in cultural affairs to various institutions ranging from governments to local councils t...")
10:17, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+938)‎ . . N Cultural Pluralism ‎ (Created page with "====== Cultural Pluralism ====== Defines a condition where minority ethnic groups continue to retain their distinctive cultural identities and values, while coexisting peacef...")
10:17, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+460)‎ . . N Cultural Occupations ‎ (Created page with "====== Cultural Occupations ====== Professions which involve creative and artistic production, and heritage collection and preservation. According to the UNESCO and OECD defi...")
10:16, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+639)‎ . . N Cultural Materialism ‎ (Created page with "====== Cultural Materialism ====== Anthropological theory first presented by Marvin Harris in 1968, which relates cultural aspects such as religion, beliefs, and traditions t...")
10:16, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+706)‎ . . N Cultural Liberty ‎ (Created page with "====== Cultural Liberty ====== Centered on the belief that all individuals have the basic right to choose as well as express their religious and cultural identities in a plur...")
10:15, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+575)‎ . . N Cultural Invention ‎ (Created page with "====== Cultural Invention ====== Refers to any development created by people that is not physical in nature. Cultural inventions include constructs such as language, belief s...")
10:14, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+801)‎ . . N Cultural Imperialism ‎ (Created page with "====== Cultural Imperialism ====== The theory of cultural imperialism gained prominence in the 1970s, when it was used to define the dominance of Western nations over less de...")
10:14, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+577)‎ . . N Cultural Heritage ‎ (Created page with "====== Cultural Heritage ====== Term that refers to the legacy of artifacts, monuments, and intangible cultural aspects inherited from the past and transmitted from generatio...")
10:13, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+523)‎ . . N Cultural Hegemony ‎ (Created page with "====== Cultural Hegemony ====== A sociological theory formulated by prominent Marxist philosopher, Antonio Gramsci (founder of the Italian Communist Party). The theory state...")
10:12, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+731)‎ . . N Cultural Expansionism ‎ (Created page with "====== Cultural Expansion ====== Cultural expansionism is the practice of exporting a country’s culture, values and norms to other parts of the world in an effort to get ot...")
10:12, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+429)‎ . . N Cultural Domain ‎ (Created page with "====== Cultural Domain ====== A set of items that are of the same kind, or have something in common which makes them “go together”. Items may vary from countries to plant...")
10:11, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+615)‎ . . N Cultural Diplomacy under the Ottoman Empire ‎ (Created page with "====== Cultural Diplomacy under the Ottoman Empire ====== The Ottomans shared close cultural relations with European powers from the Middle Ages up until the end of the ninet...")
10:09, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+333)‎ . . N Cultural Dimensions ‎ (Created page with "====== Cultural Dimensions ====== Psychological attributes or value constructs which characterize specific cultural groups. According to Geert Hofstede, there are four main d...")
10:08, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+669)‎ . . N Cultural Democratization ‎ (Created page with "====== Cultural Democratization ====== A domestic cultural policy that explains the way in which culture is developed and defined. Cultural Democratization is often considere...")
10:06, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+634)‎ . . N Cultural Democracy ‎ (Created page with "====== Cultural Democracy ====== A populist bottom-up approach to providing society with access to culture. Cultural Democracy can be defined as a philosophy of practice that...")
10:06, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+1,540)‎ . . N Cultural Clusters ‎ (Created page with "====== Cultural Clusters ====== A group of countries which share the same culture, values and beliefs. Over the years, a lot of research has been conducted to identify “clu...")
10:05, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+1,101)‎ . . N Cultural Citizenship ‎ (Created page with "====== Cultural Citizenship ====== The notion of cultural citizenship developed in the 1980s as an approach with which to examine the socio- cultural identity, political will...")
10:04, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+606)‎ . . N Cultural Assets ‎ (Created page with "====== Cultural Assets ====== Cultural assets are the factors that contribute to the vibrancy and dynamism of a particular culture. The definition of a cultural asset is quit...")
10:03, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+575)‎ . . N Cultural Anthropology ‎ (Created page with "====== Cultural Anthropology ====== Cultural anthropology is a field within the discipline of anthropology which studies the various cultures of human beings. It analyzes ho...")
10:02, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+46)‎ . . N Confucius Institute ‎ (Horvath moved page Confucius Institute to Confucius Institute (Dictionary))
10:02, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (0)‎ . . m Confucius Institute (Dictionary) ‎ (Horvath moved page Confucius Institute to Confucius Institute (Dictionary))
10:01, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+48)‎ . . Culinary Diplomacy (Dictionary) ‎
10:01, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+742)‎ . . N Culinary Diplomacy (Dictionary) ‎ (Created page with " Culinary diplomacy is defined as “the use of food as an instrument to create a cross-cultural understanding in the hopes of improving interactions and cooperation.” Culin...")
09:52, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+682)‎ . . N Critical Race Theory (CRT) ‎ (Created page with "====== Critical Race Theory (CRT) ====== Developed in the late 70s/early 80s, the Critical Race Theory is the critical analysis of race and racism from a legal point of view....")
09:51, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+924)‎ . . N Creative Industry Mapping ‎ (Created page with "====== Creative Industry Mapping ====== Creative Industry Mapping is a tool used to give an overview of the competitive environment in the creative industry and traditional f...")
09:50, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+673)‎ . . N Creative Industries ‎ (Created page with "====== Creative Industries ====== Businesses and economic activities which base their products and production processes on the generation of knowledge, information, and creat...")
09:50, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+426)‎ . . N Creative Economy ‎ (Created page with "====== Creative Economy ====== A classification focused on the dynamic processes of innovation and knowledge creation in certain areas related to business, technology, and ma...")
09:49, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+493)‎ . . N Creative Ecology ‎ (Created page with "====== Creative Ecology ====== A new approach that aims at stimulating creativity by looking at the local environment, and promoting ecological literacy and greater awareness...")
09:48, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+689)‎ . . N Creative Class ‎ (Created page with "====== Creative Class ====== The concept of a creative class was developed by American social scientist Richard Florida. According to Florida, the creative class is the drivi...")
09:47, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+781)‎ . . N Counter Culture ‎ (Created page with "====== Counter Culture ====== A subculture whose values, principles, and behaviours contrast those of the so called “mainstream” culture. The term was coined and defined ...")
09:47, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+444)‎ . . N Corrupting Sea ‎ (Created page with "====== Corrupting Sea (The Corrupting Sea: A Study of Mediterranean History, 2000) ====== A co-authored book by Peregrine Horden and Nicholas Purcell, analyzing the Mediterra...")
09:46, 25 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+451)‎ . . N Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) ‎ (Created page with "====== Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) ====== A form of corporate self-regulation aimed at managing the impact that business activities have on different stakeholders, ...")
15:52, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+463)‎ . . N Copyright ‎ (Created page with "====== Copyright ====== A legal concept concerning the exclusive right given to the owner of a product for a fixed number of years, allowing them to control the distribution,...") (current)
15:51, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+530)‎ . . N Copenhagen School (International Politics) ‎ (Created page with "====== Copenhagen School (International Politics) ====== Associated with the academics Barry Buzan, Ole Waever, and Jaap de Wilde, the Copenhagen School theory emphasizes the...")
15:48, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+689)‎ . . N Consumer Culture ‎ (Created page with "====== Consumer Culture ====== In a consumer culture, the economy is purely focused on the consumption of goods. According to consumer culture theory, our social arrangements...")
15:46, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+559)‎ . . N Constructivism ‎ (Created page with "====== Constructivism ====== Constructivism is a theory within International Relations that attempts to illustrate that all concepts in International Relations are socially c...")
14:53, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+719)‎ . . N Confucius Institute (Dictionary) ‎ (Created page with "====== Confucius Institute ====== China’s main cultural organization, founded in 2004 with headquarters in Beijing. The programs of the Confucius Institute are overseen by ...")
14:52, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+703)‎ . . N Confucius ‎ (Created page with "====== Confucius (551-479 BC) ====== Confucius was a Chinese teacher and philosopher whose ideas and teachings still have widespread influence today and have spurred the crea...")
14:52, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+744)‎ . . N Complex Interdependence Theory ‎ (Created page with "====== Complex Interdependence Theory ====== The complex interdependence theory was developed by Robert Keohane and Joseph Nye. It is based on the observation that countries ...")
14:50, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+763)‎ . . N Communal Conflict ‎ (Created page with "====== Communal Conflict ====== A communal conflict is a conflict in which groups that define themselves using ethnic, national or religious criteria make a claim against the...")
14:49, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+509)‎ . . N Commons (The Commons) ‎ (Created page with "====== Commons (The Commons) ====== Traditionally, the commons have been defined as elements of the environment such as forests, the atmosphere, rivers, or grazing land that ...")
14:46, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+578)‎ . . N Common Pool Resource (CPR) ‎ (Created page with "====== Common Pool Resource (CPR) ====== A natural or human-made resource whose benefit can be enjoyed by an extended number of consumers and beneficiaries due to the size or...")
14:44, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+564)‎ . . N Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) ‎ (Created page with "====== Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) ====== A group of leading analysts and experts, who monitor the implementation of the International Covenant ...")
14:43, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+1,046)‎ . . N Colonialism ‎ (Created page with "====== Colonialism ====== The policy or practice of assuming complete control over a territory or people by an occupying force for a long period. The first use of the express...")
14:42, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+1,046)‎ . . N Collective Action ‎ (Created page with "====== Collective Action ====== The use of collective resources, knowledge, and efforts in pursuit of a goal or set of goals. In politics or economics, collective action is o...")
14:40, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+568)‎ . . N Cold War ‎ (Created page with "====== Cold War ====== The term first originated following the Second World War, to describe the geopolitical and ideological tensions between the then Soviet Union (USSR) an...")
14:40, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+845)‎ . . N Cold Peace ‎ (Created page with "====== Cold Peace ====== Cold peace denotes an interstate situation of relative peace with an undercurrent of tensions. The countries do not pursue an all- out active war but...")
14:39, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+560)‎ . . N Coase, Ronald ‎ (Created page with "====== Coase, Ronald (October 29, 1910 - ) ====== British- born, American based economist and Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago Law School. Coase studied at...")
14:38, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+709)‎ . . N Climate Change ‎ (Created page with "====== Climate Change ====== Climate change refers to significant and lasting changes in the statistical distribution of weather conditions over periods of time. Climate chan...")
14:34, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+883)‎ . . N Clash of Civilizations ‎ (Created page with "====== Clash of Civilizations ====== Theory presented by American political scientist, Samuel P. Huntington, in 1992. Huntington argued that in the post-Cold War era, conflic...")
14:33, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+936)‎ . . N Civilian Power ‎ (Created page with "====== Civilian Power ====== The notion of civilian power emerged in the 1970s to define Europe’s changing role in the international system. François Duchêne, an adviser ...")
14:31, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+591)‎ . . N Civil Society ‎ (Created page with "====== Civil Society ====== An aggregate of many elements including non-governmental organizations, advocacy groups, and the media. These institutions are usually independent...")
14:27, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+852)‎ . . N Civil Rights Movement ‎ (Created page with "====== Civil Rights Movement ====== Civil Rights Movement is the name given to a political movement for equality before the law. Many Civil Rights cases consist of non-violen...")
14:10, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+696)‎ . . N Citizen Diplomacy ‎ (Created page with "====== Citizen Diplomacy ====== The phrase “citizen diplomacy” was first coined by American documentary filmmaker, David Hoffman, in 1981. It is based on the idea that av...")
14:09, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+1,162)‎ . . N Chechnya ‎ (Created page with "====== Chechnya ====== Chechnya, formally the Chechen Republic, is a republic in south west Russia, bordering Georgia. Its capital is Grozny and it has a population of just u...")
14:07, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+642)‎ . . N Cervantes Institute ‎ (Created page with "====== Cervantes Institute (Spanish Cultural Institute) ====== A not-for-profit organization established in 1991. The Cervantes Institute’s ultimate goal is to promote the ...")
14:06, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+462)‎ . . N Center-Periphery Relations ‎ (Created page with "====== Center-Periphery Relations ====== Theory pioneered by Norwegian sociologist, Johan Galtung. The Center-Periphery model describes the structural relationship between an...")
14:05, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+580)‎ . . N Carrying Capacity (Tourism Sites) ‎ (Created page with "====== Carrying Capacity (Tourism Sites) ====== “Tourism Carrying Capacity” is defined by the World Tourism Organisation as “the maximum number of people that may visit...")
14:03, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+675)‎ . . N Carrying Capacity ‎ (Created page with "====== Carrying Capacity ====== Carrying capacity is a term gaining prominence in the movement toward environmental sustainability. It relates to an understanding that the Ea...")
14:02, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+431)‎ . . N Carbon Footprint ‎ (Created page with "====== Carbon Footprint ====== The concept of the Carbon Footprint was developed as part of the ecological footprint discussion commenced by Rees and Wackernagel in the 1990s...")
14:01, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+685)‎ . . N Capital - Social ‎ (Created page with "====== Capital - Social ====== Although the notion of social capital was created by Pierre Bourdieu, the theory was largely promoted through the works of the American politic...")
14:00, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+519)‎ . . N Capital - Intangible ‎ (Created page with "====== Capital - Intangible ====== The definition of intangible capital has continued to evolve over the years. In economics, the term is used to describe the intangible asse...")
13:58, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+369)‎ . . N Capital - Culture ‎ (Created page with "====== Capital - Culture ====== The concept of cultural capital was articulated by Pierre Bourdieu in the 1970s. Cultural capital refers to non-financial tangible and non-tan...")
13:57, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+636)‎ . . N Capacity Building ‎ (Created page with "====== Capacity Building ====== The strengthening of skills, competencies and abilities of a country, which includes improving its institutional, resource, human, scientific,...")
13:56, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+691)‎ . . N Cap and Trade ‎ (Created page with "====== Cap and Trade ====== A market-based approach aimed at constraining the aggregate emissions of pollutant by creating a number of tradable emissions allowances. These al...")
13:44, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+455)‎ . . N Canada Council (The Canada Council for the Arts) ‎ (Created page with "====== Canada Council (The Canada Council for the Arts) ====== A Crown Corporation created in 1957, whose main priority is to promote the study, enjoyment, and production of ...")
13:43, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+724)‎ . . N Buzan, Barry ‎ (Created page with "====== Buzan, Barry (April 28, 1946 - ) ====== Barry Buzan is associated with the Copenhagen School of Security Studies, which emphasizes the social aspects of security. He h...")
13:43, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+527)‎ . . N Bureaucracy ‎ (Created page with "====== Bureaucracy ====== The term bureaucracy comes from the French word bureau, meaning desk or office, and refers to an unelected group within an office or institution tha...") (current)
13:42, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+887)‎ . . N British Council ‎ (Created page with "====== British Council ====== Founded in 1943, the British Council focuses on bringing British language and culture abroad. The institute is involved in four main activities:...")
13:41, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+644)‎ . . N BRICS ‎ (Created page with "====== BRICS ====== The term ‘BRICS’ refers to the developing or newly industrialised countries of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Particular emphasis is o...")
13:39, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+596)‎ . . N Brezhnev, Leonid ‎ (Created page with "====== Brezhnev, Leonid (December 19, 1906 - November 10, 1982) ====== The General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, presiding ov...")
13:38, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+815)‎ . . N Braudel, Fernand ‎ (Created page with "====== Braudel, Fernand (August 24, 1902 - November 27, 1985) ====== French historian and a leader of the Annales School, which is regarded as the most influential institutio...")
13:35, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+515)‎ . . N Brandt, Willi ‎ (Created page with "====== Brandt, Willi (December 18, 1913 - October 8, 1992) ====== German statesman and politician, leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany from 1964 to 1987 and Chan...")
13:35, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+699)‎ . . N Brandt Report ‎ (Created page with "====== Brandt Report ====== The Brandt Report was written in 1980 by the Independent Commission chaired by former German Chancellor Willy Brandt to provide a deeper understan...")
13:33, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+676)‎ . . N Bourdieu, Pierre ‎ (Created page with "====== Bourdieu, Pierre (August 1, 1930 - January 23, 2002) ====== A prominent twentieth century French sociologist and anthropologist, who developed the terminologies of soc...")
13:33, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+595)‎ . . N Blue Plan (or Plan Bleu) ‎ (Created page with "====== Blue Plan (or Plan Bleu) ====== An environmental regional cooperative framework within the United Nations Environmental Programme’s (UNEP’s) Mediterranean Action P...")
13:32, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+660)‎ . . N Black Power ‎ (Created page with "====== Black Power ====== Black Power is a political slogan derived from the name given to various analogous ideologies aimed at attaining self- determination for people of A...")
13:30, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+819)‎ . . N Black Arts Movement (BAM) ‎ (Created page with "====== Black Arts Movement (BAM) ====== The Black Arts Movement (BAM) was the artistic branch of the Black Power movement, and was started in Harlem by writer and activist Am...")
13:28, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+430)‎ . . N Biotic ‎ (Created page with "====== Biotic ====== The term biotic describes systems consisting of living organisms, or something that is associated with or comes from a living organism. As well as organi...") (current)
13:27, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+654)‎ . . N Biodiversity ‎ (Created page with "====== Biodiversity ====== Biodiversity describes the variation of life forms within a given species, ecosystem, or planet. The biodiversity of Earth tends to be highest near...")
13:26, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+788)‎ . . N Bilateralism ‎ (Created page with "====== Bilateralism ====== Bilateralism is comprised of relations between two sovereign states, and normally refers to political, economic, or cultural ties. Other forms of r...")
11:59, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+843)‎ . . N Berger, Peter ‎ (Created page with "====== Berger, Peter (March 17, 1929 - ) ====== Peter Ludwig Berger is an Austrian-born American sociologist. His best known book, co- authored with Thomas Luckmann, The Soci...")
11:58, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+670)‎ . . N Beijing Consensus ‎ (Created page with "====== Beijing Consensus ====== An economic development framework that represents an alternative to the Washington Consensus (see Washington Consensus). The Beijing Consensus...")
11:56, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+668)‎ . . N Barenboim, Daniel ‎ (Created page with "====== Barenboim, Daniel (November 15, 1942 - ) ====== Israeli-Argentine born pianist and conductor. Throughout his career he has served as the music director of several majo...")
11:54, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+669)‎ . . N Baltic Cooperation ‎ (Created page with "====== Baltic Cooperation ====== The governments of the three Baltic states, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, have in recent decades established formal systems of cooperation t...")
11:20, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+1,000)‎ . . N Balance of Power ‎ (Created page with "====== Balance of Power ====== In international relations and diplomacy studies, balance of power defines the equilibrium of power that prevents one nation or party from domi...")
11:19, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+967)‎ . . N Austerity ‎ (Created page with "====== Austerity ====== Austerity measures are policies used by governments to reduce deficit in times of economic hardship. These policies are usually either tax increases o...")
11:18, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+48)‎ . . Assimilation ‎ (→‎Assimilation)
11:18, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+650)‎ . . N Assimilation ‎ (Created page with "====== Assimilation ====== In sociological and cultural studies, assimilation describes the process whereby a subordinate group or culture forsakes its own customs, values an...")
11:17, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+708)‎ . . N Arts ‎ (Created page with "====== Arts ====== In the context of Cultural Diplomacy, art can be a medium through which intercultural relations can be shaped. Art can provide a way by which cultural heri...")
11:16, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+733)‎ . . N Arndt, Richard ‎ (Created page with "====== Arndt, Richard ====== A renowned American cultural diplomat, currently residing in Washington D.C. Arndt took up cultural diplomacy in 1961, and worked for the US Info...")
11:15, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+125)‎ . . N Arendt, Johanna "Hannah" ‎ (Created page with "====== Arendt, Johanna "Hannah" (October 14, 1906 - December 4, 1975) ====== Category:The Cultural Diplomacy Dictionary")
11:13, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+877)‎ . . N Arab Spring ‎ (Created page with "====== Arab Spring ====== The spontaneous revolutionary uprisings across the Arab World, propagated by a number of different factors including authoritarianism, political cor...")
11:12, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+513)‎ . . N Aquifers ‎ (Created page with "====== Aquifers ====== Aquifers are underground layers of water-bearing permeable rock or unconsolidated materials holding groundwater that can be extracted using a water wel...")
11:11, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+904)‎ . . N Apartheid ‎ (Created page with "====== Apartheid ====== Apartheid is an Afrikaans word meaning ‘the state of being apart’. The term is mainly used in reference to the apartheid in South Africa, where ra...")
11:10, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+680)‎ . . N Anti-Semitism ‎ (Created page with "====== Anti-Semitism ====== The term anti-Semitism, originating from German journalist Wilhelm Marr in 1879, describes a prejudice against and/or a hatred of Jews. Anti-Semit...")
11:09, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+583)‎ . . N Anthropology ‎ (Created page with "====== Anthropology ====== The multidisciplinary study of the nature of man, focusing on the comparison of cross-cultural differences and human behavior. Anthropologists pla...")
11:08, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+785)‎ . . N Annan, Kofi ‎ (Created page with "====== Annan, Kofi (April 8, 1938 - ) ====== Diplomat from Ghana and the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations (1st of January 1997-31st December 2006). While in th...")
11:07, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+800)‎ . . N Annales School (The Annales School) ‎ (Created page with "====== Annales School (The Annales School) ====== A group of French historians gravitating around the journal Annales d’histoire économique et sociale and associated with ...")
11:06, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+744)‎ . . N Anholt, Simon ‎ (Created page with "====== Anholt, Simon ====== British independent policy counselor involved in advising governments on how to apply and develop strategies for improving the economy, political ...")
11:05, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+647)‎ . . N Anderson, Benedict ‎ (Created page with "====== Anderson, Benedict (August 26, 1936 - ) ====== Professor Emeritus of International Studies, at Cornell University, and head of its Indonesian program. Professor Anders...")
11:03, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+1,043)‎ . . N Anarchism ‎ (Created page with "====== Anarchism ====== A political and social philosophy that sees the state as undesirable, oppressive, and unnecessary. Anarchism is centered on the belief that no man has...")
11:01, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+674)‎ . . N Amerika Haus (America House) ‎ (Created page with "====== Amerika Haus (America House) ====== An institution developed immediately after the end of the Second World War, with the fundamental objective of strengthening the Ger...")
11:00, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+779)‎ . . N Americans for the Arts ‎ (Created page with "====== Americans for the Arts ====== A not-for-profit organization focused on cultivating, promoting and sustaining the arts in the United States. The Americans for the Arts ...")
10:57, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+609)‎ . . N Alternative Dispute Resolution ‎ (Created page with "====== Alternative Dispute Resolution ====== Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) is the act of settling a matter between two parties without the involvement of a third legal...") (current)
10:55, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+379)‎ . . N Alterity ‎ (Created page with "====== Alterity ====== A philosophical term meaning “otherness”. In anthropological and sociological studies, alterity has come to be used to describe the inevitable proc...")
10:54, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+493)‎ . . N Alliance Francaise (French Alliance) ‎ (Created page with "====== Alliance Francaise (French Alliance) ====== Established in 1883, with headquarters in Paris, Alliance Francaise is an international organization aimed at promoting the...")
10:54, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+793)‎ . . N All-Under-Heaven ‎ (Created page with "====== All-Under-Heaven ====== All-Under-Heaven is a Chinese Confucian term that originated approximately three thousand years ago but is still largely unknown in the Western...")
10:44, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+662)‎ . . N Airport Tax ‎ (Created page with "====== Airport Tax ====== A duty levied on passengers for passing through an airport and is included in the air ticket fare. The amount of tax depends on a number of factors ...")
10:34, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+868)‎ . . N Air Pollution ‎ (Created page with "====== Air Pollution ====== <font 15px line-height: 18.99333381652832px; white-space: pre-wrap;/Calibri, sans-serif;;rgb(0, 0, 0) font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size:...") (current)
10:33, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+1,029)‎ . . N Affirmative Action ‎ (Created page with "====== Affirmative Action ====== <font 15px line-height: 18.99333381652832px; white-space: pre-wrap;/Calibri, sans-serif;;rgb(0, 0, 0) font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-...")
10:31, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+756)‎ . . N Adorno, Theodor ‎ (Created page with "====== Adorno, Theodor (September 11, 1903 - August 6, 1969) ====== German philosopher, sociologist and musicologist, leading member of the “Frankfurt School” of social ...")
10:29, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+790)‎ . . N Adenauer, Konrad ‎ (Created page with "====== Adenauer, Konrad (January 5, 1876 - April 19, 1967) ====== <font 15px line-height: 18.99333381652832px; white-space: pre-wrap;/Calibri, sans-serif;;rgb(0, 0, 0) font-f...")
10:27, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+48)‎ . . Acoustic Barrier ‎ (→‎Acoustic Barrier) (current)
10:26, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+583)‎ . . N Acoustic Barrier ‎ (Created page with "====== Acoustic Barrier ====== <font 15px line-height: 18.99333381652832px; white-space: pre-wrap;/Calibri, sans-serif;;rgb(0, 0, 0) font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-si...")

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