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|Liberal Democratic Party
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Jiyū-Minshutō or Jimintō
|Sadakazu Tanigaki
|Yuriko Koike
|Councillors leader
|Hidehisa Otsuji
|Representatives leader
|Takeshi Noda
|15 November 1955
|1-11-23 Nagata-cho, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
Liberal conservatism
|Political position
|International affiliation
|Official colors
|Green and Blue
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118 / 479
|Prefectural assembly members[6]
1,271 / 2,725
|Municipal assembly members[6]
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|Politics of Japan
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The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (自由民主党 Jiyū-Minshutō ), frequently abbreviated to LDP or Jimintō (自民党), is a centre-right political party in Japan. It is one of the most consistently successful political parties in the democratic world. The LDP ruled almost continuously for nearly 54 years from its founding in 1955 until its defeat in the 2009 election.[7] Prior to 2009, the party had only been out of power for a brief 11 month period between 1993 and 1994. The LDP is not to be confused with the now-defunct Liberal Party (自由党 Jiyūtō ), which merged with the Democratic Party of Japan, the main opposition party, in November 2003.[8]
As the LDP is backed by Japanese conservatives, the policies reflect their desire to preserve their own tradition/culture including the monarchical system. While pursuing policies of free-trade/market competition, the ideology of cooperation is respected as well. However, the LDP has not espoused a well-defined, unified ideology or political philosophy, due to its long term regimes. Its members hold a variety of positions that could be broadly defined as being to the right of the opposition parties. The LDP traditionally identified itself with a number of general goals: rapid, export-based economic growth; close cooperation with the United States in foreign and defense policies; and several newer issues, such as administrative reform. Administrative reform encompassed several themes: simplification and streamlining of government bureaucracy; privatization of state owned enterprises; and adoption of measures, including tax reform, in preparation for the expected strain on the economy posed by an aging society. Other priorities in the early 1990s included the promotion of a more active and positive role for Japan in the rapidly developing Asia-Pacific region, the internationalization of Japan's economy by the liberalization and promotion of domestic demand (expected to lead to the creation a high technology information society) and the promotion of scientific research. A business-inspired commitment to free enterprise was tempered by the insistence of important small business and agricultural constituencies on some form of protectionism and subsidies.[9]
At the apex of the LDP's formal organization is the president (総裁 sōsai ), who can serve two three-year terms (The presidential term was increased from two years to three years in 2002). While the party maintained a parliamentary majority, the party president was the prime minister. The choice of party president was formally that of a party convention composed of Diet members and local LDP figures, but in most cases, they merely approved the joint decision of the most powerful party leaders. To make the system more democratic, Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda introduced a "primary" system in 1978, which opened the balloting to some 1.5 million LDP members. The process was so costly and acrimonious, however, that it was subsequently abandoned in favor of the old "smoke-filled room" method.
After the party president, the most important LDP officials are the Secretary-General (kanjicho), and the chairmen of the LDP Executive Council (somukaicho) and of the Policy Affairs Research Council or "PARC" (政務調査会 seimu chōsakai).
The LDP was the most "traditionally Japanese" of the political parties because it relied on a complex network of patron-client (oyabun-kobun) relationships on both national and local levels. Nationally, a system of factions in both the House of Representatives and the House of Councillors tied individual Diet members to powerful party leaders. Locally, Diet members had to maintain koenkai (local support groups) to keep in touch with public opinion and gain votes and financial backing. The importance and pervasiveness of personal ties between Diet members and faction leaders and between citizens and Diet members gave the party a pragmatic "you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours" character. Its success depended less on generalized mass appeal than on the so-called sanban (three "ban"): jiban (a strong, well-organized constituency), kaban (a briefcase full of money), and kanban (prestigious appointment, particularly on the cabinet level).
The LDP has 3 major factions:
Election statistics show that, while the LDP had been able to secure a majority in the twelve House of Representatives elections from May 1958 to February 1990, with only three exceptions (December 1976, October 1979, and December 1983), its share of the popular vote had declined from a high of 57.8 percent in May 1958 to a low of 41.8 percent in December 1976, when voters expressed their disgust with the party's involvement in the Lockheed scandal. The LDP vote rose again between 1979 and 1990. Although the LDP won an unprecedented 300 seats in the July 1986 balloting, its share of the popular vote remained just under 50 percent. The figure was 46.2 percent in February 1990. Following the three occasions when the LDP found itself a handful of seats shy of a majority, it was obliged to form alliances with conservative independents and the breakaway New Liberal Club. In a cabinet appointment after the October 1983 balloting, a non-LDP minister, a member of the New Liberal Club, was appointed for the first time. In the 18 July 1993, lower house elections, the LDP fell so far short of a majority that it was unable to form a government.
In the upper house, the July 1989 election represented the first time that the LDP was forced into a minority position. In previous elections, it had either secured a majority on its own or recruited non-LDP conservatives to make up the difference of a few seats.
The political crisis of 1988–89 was testimony to both the party's strength and its weakness. In the wake of a succession of issues—the pushing of a highly unpopular consumer tax through the Diet in late 1988, the Recruit insider trading scandal, which tainted virtually all top LDP leaders and forced the resignation of Prime Minister Takeshita Noboru in April (a successor did not appear until June), the resignation in July of his successor, Uno Sosuke, because of a sex scandal, and the poor showing in the upper house election—the media provided the Japanese with a detailed and embarrassing dissection of the political system. By March 1989, popular support for the Takeshita cabinet as expressed in public opinion polls had fallen to 9 percent. Uno's scandal, covered in magazine interviews of a "kiss and tell" geisha, aroused the fury of female voters.
Yet Uno's successor, the eloquent if obscure Kaifu Toshiki, was successful in repairing the party's battered image. By January 1990, talk of the waning of conservative power and a possible socialist government had given way to the realization that, like the Lockheed affair of the mid-1970s, the Recruit scandal did not signal a significant change in who ruled Japan. The February 1990 general election gave the LDP, including affiliated independents, a comfortable, if not spectacular, majority: 275 of 512 total representatives.
In October 1991, Prime Minister Kaifu Toshiki failed to attain passage of a political reform bill and was rejected by the LDP, despite his popularity with the electorate. He was replaced as prime minister by Miyazawa Kiichi, a long-time LDP stalwart. Defections from the LDP began in the spring of 1992, when Hosokawa Morihiro left the LDP to form the Japan New Party. Later, in the summer of 1993, when the Miyazawa government also failed to pass political reform legislation, thirty-nine LDP members joined the opposition in a no-confidence vote. In the ensuing lower house election, more than fifty LDP members formed the Shinseito and the Sakigake parties, denying the LDP the majority needed to form a government.
After a victory in the Japan general election, 2005, the LDP held an absolute majority in the Japanese House of Representatives and formed a coalition government with the New Komeito Party. Shinzo Abe succeeded then-Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi as the president of the party on 20 September 2006. The party suffered a major defeat in the election of 2007, however, and lost its majority in the upper house for the first time in its history. The party's support continued to decline, and in the 2009 House of Representatives elections the LDP lost its majority, winning only 118 seats, marking the only time they would be out of the majority other than a brief period in 1993.[10][11] Since that time, numerous party members have left to join other parties or form new ones, including Your Party (みんなの党 Minna no Tō )[citation needed], the Sunrise Party of Japan (たちあがれ日本 Tachiagare Nippon ),[12] and the New Renaissance Party (新党改革 Shintō Kaikaku )[citation needed]. The party had some success in the 2010 House of Councilors election, netting 13 additional seats and denying the DPJ a majority.[13][14]
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Seeking to contain damage arising out of the alleged kickbacks in the VVIP chopper deal, government on Thursday asked the Italian firm Finmeccanica to state whether any money was illegally paid to any Indian entity or individual coupled with a warning of blacklisting it.
Under attack over alleged payment of kickbacks to the tune of Rs362 crore in the Rs 3,600 crore deal, the Defence Ministry also threatened to take legal action, including cancellation of the contract and recovery of money paid for the deal if it was proved that bribes have been paid.
As charges flew thick and fast and BJP targeted the government demanding a Supreme Court-monitored probe, one of its leaders and former Defence Minister Jaswant Singh came to the rescue of former Air Chief S P Tyagi saying allegations should not be made before truth is known.
Italian prosecutors have told a court that three cousins of Tyagi have been paid bribes to the tune of Rs 72 lakh to get the requisite specifications for the tender changed through the then Air Chief Marshal. One of them cousins, Sanjeev Tyagi outright rejected the charge as "absolutely baseless".
Through the change in specifications, AgustaWestland's helicopter AW-101 became eligible to participate in the bid for 12 helicopters.
Issuing a fact-sheet of the sequence of events involved in the deal clinched in 2010, the Defence Ministry noted that the mandatory technical requirements of the chopper were changed in the tender during the Vajpayee government in 2003, with the then National Security Adviser Brajesh Mishra playing a key role.
Seeking to show determination to act in a tough manner, the Minister said the CEO of AgustaWestland has been asked to "categorically state the clear position in view of the current developments indicating specifically if any financial transaction has taken place with any Indian individual/entity which would be violative of the Integrity Pact or any other terms and conditions of the contract."
Noting that the contract with AgustaWestland carried an integrity pact that bars paying of bribes or involvement of middlemen, the Defence Ministry warned of "strict action including cancellation of contract, recovery of payment, blacklisting and penal action can be taken against the vendors."
It said the government is "determined to take all possible legal and administrative action against the guilty parties and accordingly has ordered a thorough probe by CBI."
Giving details, the fact-sheet said the first Request for Proposal was issued in March 2002 mandating requirement of 6,000 metre (18,000 feet) flying altitude for selection of the chopper.
This requirement made it clear that AgustaWestland could not participate in the deal.
However, in a meeting taken by the then NSA (Brajesh Mishra), it was noted that the President and the Prime Minister have rarely made visits to places involving flying at an altitude beyond 4500 metres (15,000 feet) and it was decided to make the mandatory requirement for operational altitude 4500 meters.
"The higher flying ceiling of 6000 meters, and a cabinet height of 1.8 meters could be made desirable operational requirements," it said.
Mishra suggested that the then IAF Chief and Defence Secretary may jointly review the matter to draw up realistic mandatory requirements satisfying operational, security and convenience requirements of VVIPs and also set in motion a fast track process for selection and acquisition of the replacement helicopters.
"In pursuance of the above directive, the Operational Requirements (ORs) were deliberated at length between IAF, NSA, SPG/PMO and Defence Ministry between March, 2005 to September, 2006 and the above indicated changes were incorporated," the Ministry fact-sheet stated.
In these deliberations, the stakeholders took a decision to increase the number of choppers for VVIP duties from eight to 12.
After freezing the requirements, the Defence Ministry issued the RFP on September 27, 2006 after which three vendors, namely Sikorsky, AgustaWestland, AW-101 helicopter and Russian Rosoboronexport responded to it. The Russian firm's bid was rejected as it did not deposit the earnest money and integrity pact.
After comprehensive field evaluation trials, in which the SPG was also represented, Sikorsky was declared to be non-compliant for not meeting four staff requirements.
The Ministry said during the contract negotiations, the Air Headquarters recommended inclusion of more systems on-board the chopper including Traffic Collusion Avoidance System (TCAS-II) and Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System (EGPWS) for all 12 helicopters and SPG/PMO recommended inclusion of Medevac System for 8 VVIP helicopters.
After agreeing to induct these systems on board the choppers, the Contract Negotiations Committee (CNC) recommended conclusion of the contract at a negotiated price of EURO 556.262 million (around Rs 3,600 crore).
"On completion of CNC the proposal was submitted for approval of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS), which considered the proposal in its meeting held on 18 January 2010 and approved the proposal and a contract was signed on February 8, 2010," the Ministry said.
The Defence Ministry said the contract signed with AgustaWestland includes "specific contractual provisions against bribery and the use of undue influence. Article 22 of the contract deals with penalty for use of undue influence. This clause entitles the 'Buyer' to cancel the contract with the 'Seller' and recover from him the amount of any loss arising from such cancellation."
The Ministry said any breach of the provisions of the Integrity Pact entitles the 'Buyer' to take actions against the 'Seller' which includes forfeiture of the earnest money, performance bond, cancellation of the contract without giving any compensation, to recover all the sums already paid with interest, to cancel any other contracts.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- The people of Stockton will feel financial fallout for years after a federal judge ruled Monday to let the city become the most populous in the nation to enter bankruptcy.
But the case is also being watched closely because it could answer the significant question of who gets paid first by financially strapped cities -- retirement funds or creditors.
"I don't know whether spiked pensions can be reeled back in," U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Klein said while making the ruling. "There are very complex and difficult questions of law that I can see out there on the horizon."
The potential constitutional question in the Stockton case is whether federal bankruptcy law trumps a California law that says money owed to the state pension fund must be paid.
In making his ruling, Klein disagreed with creditors who argued that Stockton failed to pursue all avenues for straightening out its financial affairs.
"It's apparent to me the city would not be able to perform its obligations to its citizens on fundamental public safety as well as other basic government services without the ability to have the muscle of the contract-impairing power of federal bankruptcy law," Klein said.
A statement released by creditors said the group "respectfully disagrees with the court's ruling." The legal team for those creditors declined to say whether it would ask Klein for permission to appeal his decision -- a requirement of bankruptcy code.
Stockton has tried to restructure some debt by slashing employment, renegotiating labor contracts, and cutting health benefits for workers. Library and recreation funding have been halved, and the scaled-down Police Department only responds to emergencies in progress. The city crime rate is among the highest in the nation.
Since cities can't liquidate assets, those that declare bankruptcy must come up with a plan for creditors to forgive some of the debt.
Holders of the biggest portion of Stockton's debt insured $165 million in bonds the city issued in 2007 to keep up with payments to the California Public Employees Retirement System as property taxes plummeted during the recession.
Stockton now owes CalPERS about $900 million to cover pension promises, far the city's largest financial obligation. Many struggling cities across California are in the same situation.
So far, Stockton has kept up with pension payments while reneging on other debts, maintaining it needs a strong pension plan to retain its pared-down workforce.
Attorneys for creditors argued that it was unfair for their clients to accept reduced payments while the pensions negotiated in flush times went untouched. They argued that employees who shared the wealth during good times should bow have to endure some of the pain with cuts to their pensions.
Legal observers expect the creditors to aggressively challenge the repayment plan presented by Stockton in the next phase of the process.
"That's where it will be precedent-setting," said Karol Denniston, a municipal restructuring expert who monitored the trial. "Does bankruptcy code apply to CalPERS or not? If bankruptcy code trumps state law, then that's huge and it has huge implications in terms of what happens next for other municipalities across California."
The state pension plan manages $255 billion in assets but was underfunded by $87 billion in 2011, the last time calculations were made. CalPERS is in the process of setting new rates to close the liability, said spokeswoman Amy Norris.
The changes could further strain at least two dozen other financially strapped cities, including San Bernardino, San Jose, Compton, Fairfield, Watsonville, Atwater.
"Just about everybody has an unfunded liability," Norris said.
Legal observers of the first-ever Chapter 9 bankruptcy case questioning state pension obligations expect an appeal to decide whether the 10th Amendment that gives rights to states is more powerful than federal bankruptcy code
Even Judge Klein, who was inclined at first to approve bankruptcy without a trial, said he was going forward with the hearing that ended Monday to create an appellate record.
Now the city of nearly 300,000 people begins a months-long process of negotiations over debt repayment. Already Stockton has spent $2 million on mediation and up to $5 million on the eligibility case, said Bob Deis, Stockton's city manager.
"There's nothing to celebrate about bankruptcy," he said. "But it is a vindication of what we've been saying for nine months."
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The S-Class, S500 rolled out of the world class assembly plant in Pune just within two months from the announcement owing to the high demand for the new S-Class. Managing director, Mercedes Benz India ltd. Eberhard Kern said, "Strong demand continues for the new S-Class". The waiting period as claimed by the company is already 3 months.
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When the S-Class entered the Indian market it was priced at 1.57 Cr courtesy of the high duty that a foreign manufactured car pays. However the new S-Class assembled at the Chakan plant is 20 lakhs cheaper ( ex-showroom price for Mumbai).
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Apart from the regular upgrades in exterior features, interior luxury and safety, Mercedes has left no stone unturned to offer the best in its price by introducing the first in industry multilingual "Chauffeur Training Program". This facilitates chauffeurs of its New S-Class customers to make them aware of the features and also train them on their soft skills to give a complete luxury experience to the customers.
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Eberhard Kern, Managing Director & CEO, Mercedes-Benz India said, "The S-Class has always set newer standards that have retained its accolade as "the best automobile in the world" with each generation. It truly embodies our DNA and aspiration of 'the best or nothing' in every aspect."
Mercedes-Benz India closed a successful Year of Offensive for the year 2013 with 32% growth and remained the fastest growing luxury car brand of the country with 45% growth in H2 2013, the highest for any brand in the luxury car industry and with the new S-class they hope for another such year. This time they call it the year of excellence.


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Cocreators Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau milk quite a bit of charm out of this slight scenario. For the most part, Felix is as airy as the Blossom Dearie tune it opens with, and the lush French countryside through which Felix passesthe movie's real staris almost as sumptuously shot as Bouajila's frequently exposed anatomy. The filmmakers go off-track only when they emphasize the existential ambivalence of Felix's quest. Such aspirations are at odds with the hero's buoyantly contrived encounters with his found-family and the soggy life lessons they offer, particularly since these characters are deliberately overdrawn. Why have Felix gradually divest himself of his television-inspired sensibilities only to land him in these people's movies of the week? This shortcoming doesn't detract much from the lightweight goings-on, thanks mostly to Bouajila (whom you may remember from Edward Zwick's lamentable 1998 programmer The Siege). The gangly actor's quietly forceful performance rises miles above the melodrama while somehow keeping the movie firmly on the ground.
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Written and directed by Dominique Deruddere
Opens June 15
Dominique Deruddere's Everybody's Famous!, a weirdly compelling caper comedy from Belgium, isn't earthbound to begin with. Unemployed would-be songwriter Jean (Josse De Pauw) improvises a kidnapping to wangle a singing career for his talented but unmotivated teenage daughter, Marva (Eva Van der Gucht). A cuckolded coworker, a manipulative talent agent (Victor Löw, whose spot-on, '70s-casualty persona nearly steals the show), and the Low Countries version of Christina Aguilera figure into Jean's hugely unlikely scheme.
Despite its corniness, predictability, and offhand sexism (picture The King of Comedy as a skit on The Benny Hill Show), as well as its disproportionate notoriety (it was nominated for last year's Best Foreign Film Oscar), Everybody's Famous! is too brisk and plucky to dislike. By the umpteenth performance of the song that makes improbable stars of Jean and Marvaa grating pseudo-bolero that lingers in the mind like a bad hangoveryou may be forced to agree with an onscreen newscaster who sums up the film's events as "a high day for Flemish showbiz." Truly.
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Much like tabletop games, videogames have long had a fascination with high fantasy adventure. For more than thirty years gamers have been invited to don their warrior's sheet armour or take their green tights and pointy ears out into the woods for an adventure to fight a great evil, but what about the other side of the story? What would happen if the tale were told from a different perspective?
Of Orcs & Men takes the path less worn, offering players the opportunity to look at things from the side of the greenskins. As legend tells it, the humans went to war against the orcs and goblins and emerged victorious. Upon doing so, they decided that the only way to ensure such hostilities are never necessary again is to commit genocide, wiping all greenskins from the planet. You play as two of the few remaining of your kind, Arkail the orc warrior and Styx, a mischievous goblin. Arkail is a member of the formidable Bloodjaws military unit who, upon the tide of the war turning against the orcs, were commissioned with the task of taking out the human emperor in order to halt the bloodshed. Your unit may not have made it this far, but as a proud warrior you shall complete your mission or die trying.
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As a direct contrast, Styx is all about avoiding direct combat. Using stealth to his advantage and magical rebuffs on Arkail, Styx is best used to maintain a distance and keep the advantage squarely in your court. Throughout the videogame players will be able to change between direct control of Arkail and Styx on the fly as the pair travel together, and choosing the right character for any given situation will be paramount. Indeed, there will even be instances designed specifically for one character over another, with the story leading to moments in which the player will have to infiltrate enemy camps at one moment, and then wreak havoc the next. It's easy to guess which character will offer the advantage in each scenario.
As the player works their way through Of Orcs & Men each character can earn new skills and upgrade existing ones. These skills can be preset to both Arkail and Styx for quick access on the controller, but also so that either one will act accordingly when the player is in control of the other. During Electronic Theatre's time with the videogame we proposed the question of whether co-operative gameplay was ever an option and apparently Cyanide Studios did consider it, but it wouldn't work with the story delivery the team had designed. Apparently, the player will have an influence over the storyline by way of player-interaction during conversations potentially altering the path the videogame will take from that point on, however no such examples were presented to Electronic Theatre so exactly how this will pan out remains to be seen.
What Electronic Theatre did see however, was a very good looking, fairly traditional action-adventure videogame in which the player is given the freedom to explore an entirely new side of the argument. A solid combat system and some intriguing level design leads to the only one conclusion: that Of Orcs & Men is nothing short of an intriguing prospect. That Cyanide Studios are ready to admit that they initially had a great amount of trouble finding a publisher is no surprise, but with the widening videogame audience its experiences like Of Orcs & Men that we hope to see more of. If the final product can live up to it's almost overwhelming potential, hopefully Of Orcs & Men will be the first of a new wave of alternative action-adventure gaming on mainstream videogame systems.


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The International Studies Program enables students to analyze an increasingly global society using the foundations of the liberal arts. International studies majors concentrate in one of four thematic tracks — development, transnationalism, global environment or cultural studies — taking a focused set of courses from several disciplines to develop their understanding of that topic. Majors apply that knowledge to the sustained study of a particular region of the world, where they spend at least a semester abroad studying, living in, and experiencing a foreign culture.
International studies majors must have an adventurous spirit and a high level of personal motivation. They must learn foreign languages, study in distant countries and think rigorously across disciplinary boundaries. The program especially encourages students to study the problems and challenges of the less-developed world.
International studies majors select an area of geographic concentration and follow a series of courses in one of the four thematic tracks described in the curriculum section. We strongly recommend that first-year students take language courses in a language appropriate for the geographic area in which they plan to concentrate (Spanish for Latin America, Chinese for China and so forth). This suggestion is by far the most important one we can make, for success in off-campus study in the area concentration depends heavily on language skills. Second, you should look carefully at the courses listed as introductory courses in the core track courses under each of the four thematic tracks. Consider taking one or more of the courses listed there that can serve in more than one thematic track — e.g., ANTH 113, ECON 101, PSCI 260, SOCY 105 or HIST 100. Students should consult the director of the program during the year for additional advice.
All international studies majors concentrate in one of the four tracks described below. In each track, students complete courses in five categories: (1) INST 201, the required sophomore course; (2) core track courses; (3) area concentration; (4) language and (5) INST 401, the required senior seminar. All majors must also study abroad in an approved off-campus studies program in their geographic area of concentration.
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This track appeals to those drawn to the study of Asia, Africa and Latin America because of an interest in the prospects for socioeconomic development in those regions, the transition from an agricultural to an industrial and postindustrial economy, how to maintain an agricultural way of life in the face of global competition, how to address economic inequality and poverty, and how socioeconomic change impacts cultures. Many students are especially interested in the responsibilities of wealthier countries toward those that are poorer. Development is studied as an inherently interdisciplinary topic, building on the perspectives of economics and the other social sciences. Students focus on one geographic region in Asia, Africa or Latin America, with development as their major topic, but with ample study of the culture and society of at least one country, the one in which they undertake off-campus study. OCS programs that give special emphasis to development themes are especially encouraged.
This track appeals to students who are interested in how countries interact in world affairs and in the new ways in which individuals and societies interact in the age of globalization. Transnationalism studies the increasing volume of non-state relationships we witness today, ranging from increased international economic transactions through the vast growth of cross-national communication and travel to the new wave of international migration. In this track students explore ways that the social sciences — especially economics, political science and sociology — have explained international interactions, including themes such as globalization, border studies, migration, and the emergence of communities in which people hold more than one nationality. Because transnationalism is inherently cross-regional, students in this track will usually have a primary region but focus their study on its connections with other regions.
The study of issues related to the environment, ecosystems and natural resources requires an interdisciplinary and international approach. Many environmental issues are global in scope, such as climate change, while others have a more regional focus, such as the impact of life along rivers that flow across international boundaries. Second, other issues central to international studies — e.g., economic development, agricultural growth, indigenous land rights and natural resource extraction — have fundamental implications for the environment. Finally, there are environmental questions that are best studied comparatively, such as how similar ecosystems work on different continents. Students in this track combine scientific training with international studies in order to examine complex environmental issues. They are expected to take advantage of a growing number of off-campus studies programs (particularly in Africa and Latin America) that deal primarily with environmental questions within the social, historical and cultural context of a particular region. Students majoring in this track will also fulfill the requirements for the Concentration in Environmental Studies and must register for that concentration.
This track explores how people from various cultures and societies understand their place in the universe. To practice cultural interpretation, students must master a language, study abroad, and build an interdisciplinary expertise focused on that region. Students selecting this track will choose one of three areas of disciplinary focus: Religious and Cultural Studies explores how religious beliefs or practices shape cultural expression; Literature and Cultural Studies explores how culture becomes defined and expressed through literature, the arts and language; History and Cultural Studies explores how cultures and societies use the past to interpret and give meaning to the present. In each case, students will blend area specialization with cross-disciplinary training that includes the humanities and other fields of inquiry. The area-studies component can follow the pattern of conventional area studies — i.e., East Asia, South Asia, Middle East, Africa, eastern Europe, Central Asia and Latin America — or it can address new regions and issues that have become important in recent decades. These include immigration in Europe, the Atlantic world, African and other diasporas, the Islamic world, or indigenous cultures in contemporary or historical contexts.
This course, INST 201, explores the historical origins, causes and implications of today's globalized world.
Majors must complete at least one year of foreign language study beyond the introductory level, for any language offered at Kenyon. If you are studying abroad in a place where the local language is one not offered at Kenyon, then you must complete the Kenyon language requirement and, for the major, take the equivalent of two semesters of additional language study while abroad or through summer programs. All students are required to study a local language during their study-abroad experience.
All international studies majors must study abroad for at least a semester and are encouraged to do so for an entire year. Students are expected to study abroad in a program relevant to their thematic track, area concentration, and foreign language training, almost always in an area where the majority of the people speak a language different from the student's own primary language. Keep in mind that off-campus study at Kenyon is competitive, and writing a strong application is critical. In order to study abroad, a student must receive approval from the College and have achieved a GPA of at least 2.75.
The senior seminar, INST 401, is a comparative course that brings all international studies majors together to look at significant global problems from the various perspectives they bring based on their specializations.
The Senior Exercise provides an opportunity for majors to undertake a substantial, independent research project that combines and reflects their thematic training and regional knowledge. It usually builds on their experience and research abroad and then examines it from a broadly intellectual and comparative perspective. Seniors are encouraged to consult with any faculty members in the International Studies Program. Projects usually take the form of a research paper of about 20 to 30 pages in length. They are due in mid-February.
Additional information about the senior exercise is available through the department website.
The international studies honors program offers qualified students the opportunity to work intensively on a research project during their entire senior year under the close guidance of one or two faculty members. Students who think they might want to pursue this option should consult early with the director, preferably before going off-campus in their junior year, as the study abroad experience will usually shape or inform the honors project in a critical measure. Honors students produce a written work of an appropriate length in their thematic track (usually a minimum of 80 pages), and an outside examiner reads and assesses each student's work at the end of the spring semester.
Kenyon requires a minimum GPA of 3.50 to be eligible for honors, and honors candidates enroll in INST 497Y and INST 498Y for 0.5 units each semester. For more detailed information about honors in international studies, see the INST Honors Guidelines (PDF).
Required core courses and area concentration requirements vary by track, as follows:
Introductory (3 courses): ECON 101; ECON 102; and ANTH 113, SOCY 101, SOCY 103, SOCY 105 or SOCY 107.
Upper-level (3 courses): ECON 331, ECON 338 or ECON 339; at least one upper-level development-related course from another social science discipline, such as ANTH 357, ANTH 358, PSCI 342, PSCI 347, PSCI 366, PSCI 470, or SOCY 233; and at least one course that situates the challenges of modern development in broader social, political or historical context, such as BIOL 102, HIST 100, HIST 226, PSCI 361, RLST 380, SOCY 223 or SOCY 251.
Research methods (1 social science methods course): ANTH 464, ECON 205, HIST 387, PSCI 280, PSCI 397, SOCY 271 or SOCY 374.
Students must take at least four courses on one of the following geographic or cultural regions of the "developing" world: sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, East Asia, South Asia, eastern Europe, Central Asia or the Islamic world. At least two of the area courses must be historical in scope, including a course in the modern history of the region. At least two of the area courses must be taken at Kenyon.
Introductory (3 courses): ECON 101; PSCI 240 or PSCI 260; and SOCY 101, SOCY 103, SOCY 105 or SOCY 107.
Upper-level (3 of the following from two departments): ANTH 310D, ECON 335, ECON 338, ECON 339, HIST 322, PSCI 340, PSCI 355, PSCI 361, PSCI 460, PSCI 465, SOCY 221, SOCY 235, SOCY 237, SOCY 251, SOCY 425, SOCY 466, WGS 242.
Research methods (1 social science methods course): ANTH 464, ECON 205, HIST 387, PSCI 280, PSCI 397, SOCY 271 or SOCY 374.
Students must take at least four courses on a geographic region — such as sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East and North Africa, Latin America, Latin America and the Caribbean, East Asia, South Asia, Central Asia, eastern Europe or western Europe — or else on a more culturally defined region such as the Islamic world, the Atlantic world, or a diaspora community. Although one region usually serves as the primary focus, courses on that area should include study of connections with other regions and transnational phenomena such as migration, trade, diplomacy and cultural diffusion. At least one course must be on the modern history of the area, at least one course must situate the area in a transnational context, and no more than two of the courses can be from off-campus study. Examples of transnational area courses include ASIA 201, ENGL 282, HIST 226, HIST 242, HIST 261, HIST 322, HIST 323, HIST 345, HIST 373, HIST 454, PSCI 345, PSCI 346, PSCI 347, PSCI 446, RLST 235, RLST 447, SOCY 249, SPAN 365 and SPAN 380.
Introductory (5 courses): ENVS 112; BIOL 106 or BIOL 115; CHEM 108 or CHEM 110; ECON 101; and one introductory course on the global social context of the environment, such as ANTH 113, PSCI 260, SOCY 101, SOCY 103, SOCY 105 or SOCY 107.
Upper-level (4 courses): ENVS 461; and three courses on the challenges of managing the environment, such as ANTH 320, ECON 336, ECON 342, ECON 347, ENVS 253, PSCI 361, PSCI 363, PSCI 480, RLST 481, SOCY 233 and SOCY 242.
Research methods (1 course, plus lab for science courses): ANTH 464, BIOL 228 and 229, BIOL 352 and 353, CHEM 231 and 233, ECON 205, ENVS 261, PSCI 280 or PSCI 397.
Students must take four courses in one of the following geographic or cultural regions: sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East and North Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, East Asia, South Asia, Central Asia, eastern Europe, western Europe or the Islamic world. To fulfill this requirement, students may double-count up to two area courses taken to fulfill the student's disciplinary focus, but at least two of the four area courses must fall outside the student's disciplinary focus. (For example, literature students must take at least two courses dealing with some other aspect of the region, such as its history or religions.) At least two of the area courses must be taken at Kenyon.
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Religious and Cultural Studies
Introductory (2 courses): RLST 101, 102 or 103; and one course on global cultural diversity, such as ANTH 113, HIST 100, CWL 220 or MUSC 206.
Upper-level (6 courses): four courses in RLST above the 100 level; and two religion-centered courses in other departments, such as HIST 328, HIST 439, HIST 444, INDS 231, PHIL 240 or SOCY 221.
Research methods: RLST 390.
Literature and Cultural Studies
Introductory (2 courses): an introductory world literature course, such as ENGL 265, CWL 220, or an MLL course between 323 and 326; and a course on non-literary cultural diversity, such as ANTH 113, HIST 100, MUSC 206, or RLST 101, 102 or 103.
Upper-level (6 courses): Four courses in MLL beyond the introductory requirement (possibly including a few courses between 323 and 326, such as FREN 324); and two relevant literature, film or art history courses from other departments.
Research methods: An upper-level course on postcolonial literature in ENGL or an upper-level course on postcolonial literature or culture in MLL. (Courses taken to satisfy this requirement cannot be used to satisfy the upper-level course requirement.)
History and Cultural Studies
Introductory (2 courses): HIST 100 or a director-approved substitute; and a non-historical course on cultural diversity, such as ANTH 113, CWL 220, an MLL course between 323 and 326, MUSC 206, or RLST 101, 102 or 103.
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From what I know the PSX and N64 gave the PC a serious run for its money before 3d acceleration took off, after that the PC was easily ahead. But systems like Dreamcast, PS2, XBox, and GC can still give the PC a run for its money with certain games even today.
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But now we're seeing consoles directly compete GRAPHICLY with PC games. Seeing a game like Tony Hawk 4 running at 1280x720 on a $200 console is fairly impressive, since high-resolution was once exclusive to PCs. The PS1 competed fairly well with PCs for the time, but once 3d accleration became availible it was quickly left in the dust. However the N64 with it's "quasi-3d acceleration" managed to keep up suprisingly well, games like Conker simply looked amazing given the platform it was developed for (not to mention anti-aliasing made the graphics much smoother, even if it did blur the screen quite a bit). Of course by the time Conker was out PC games looked far better, but given that it was running on a 5 year old platform it looked simply amazing.
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But that dosen't mean gfx will always stay the same.
You see the same on ps2 ... compare the first bunch of games with the latest you see now ...
Personaly I do not think console games will take over, They will probably hold there share of the market as always while computers hold there.
It's naive to think only hardware controls this, it's not ... it's the games.
Consoles offers a whole range of games PC's do not have, same for pc. PC has lots of games that you do not find on Consoles.
Look at all times most popular pc games, are those the state of the art games requiering the most recent hardware ? ... no ... sims and counterstrike. They are much aprechiated games alot due to there availability. Most people can play them.
I can understand why people here think PC is so superior cos they are so much faster ... this IS a hardware forum afterall. But it all comes down to the best games that are not hard to get.
Remember fastest and best hardware dosent automatically equal best platform for games.
We have seen this before ... it all comes down to games, where do you find the best games (not best looking games)
I feel sorry for those who refuse to even consider a console just cos they are a console, those of you are missiong out on a lot of cool great games.
PC will most likely be where you find the best looking games and sharpest gfx ... that dosen't mean you have the best games.
I play games on both PC and consoles, if theres a good game, then I want it. If I look back on what Ive played I think ive spent more time in front of my consoles then on my pc. In general ive found that pc exclusives to be more shallow (they look great though) while console exclusives tend to be more in depth. There will always be exceptions to this of cours.
Im not dizzing PC if thats what you think ... this is how I look at the issue and how I experience the situation.
I know lots of ppl here makes statements who never even touchd a console, thats just wrong.
But all this is rather pointless, there will always be these arguments ... PC vs Consoles ... Consoles VS Consoles .... Fanboys arguing and so forth.
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Either way, pc gaming will never overtake console gaming. Console gaming will only take more of a slice into pc gaming the more they converge. Game companies make more on consoles than they do on pc easily. That is why they will make major game releases tailored more to consoles and ported over to pc. If they make it for pc, they might as well port it over to consoles to make even more money.
I swear i read something a couple of years back at least, that a bad console game will sell as much copies as a great selling computer game. Not many people can afford to spend a lot of money on thier comps, and the masses would rather chose a console.
Sorry about the long post, but gaming is gaming no matter what you play it on, and its the game that matters, not the machine.
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I enjoy gaming on both my Xbox and PC. I tend to be a cyclic player, focusing on one system then going back to the other. Right now I'm in a PC phase, but I'll be going back to my Xbox when Ninja Gaiden comes out.
Both platforms have their merits, but I don't think consoles will completely overtake PCs for gaming. The success of Counterstrike and the subsequent wave of WWII-based shooters will ensure the continued viability of the PC platform. If devs didn't believe in the PC, we wouldn't be seeing so many console games get ported. Yes, most of the ports suck but at least they are seeing the light of day on the PC. That has to count for something.
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I don't see why not. If they can put the whole Atri 2600 into one joy stick
then why can't console games overtake PC in performance and programability? Shoo many of us remember when we didn't have OS's just command prompt. I also remember splicing paper tapes so the reader can complete the program.
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We do see a change now. Only a few years back we had lots of PC/Console exclusives ... that's changing. Probably cos consoles now offers hardware more close to PC specs ... both speed, gfx and network. Lots of games are released on all platforms but its interesting though that most multiplatform games have a more "PC" feel to them if you know what I mean. I guess you need to be a true console gamer to see that *thinking about DeusEX2 just as an example*
Atleast you see more of those games then the true Console to PC port...
Konami has been rather buissy with such ports and they better try to understand the different needs and wants between console and pc ... there ports have been rather lousy to say the least (yet the games are great)
Thers one thing that will always be better on consoles ... no matter what: Beat 'em up games! *man do I love those*
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Well, I'm finding that this generation of consoles to be the worst.
Graphics aren't everything, gameplay is more important.
And this generation just aren't upto the standards of, say, the SNES+Megadrive, or the N64+PSX.
Lets take Mario Kart Double Dash, for instance. What a travesty, I mean, what were they thinking ?
No Jump ? What the heck is going on there ?
The karts themselves are dreadful, and look more like prams. The handling is a bit suspect.
I completed this game in a day, and have no intention of going back. Infact, I'm back off to Mario Kart on the SNES.
Thats just an example.
It almost seems every week, there are 45 Beat 'em ups released, all the damn same.
Then there's 300 platform games, all the same, with just different characters.
I'm often finding that the game lifespan of today's console games is not more than a few hours, 6 tops, at the most.
The worst of the games, have the depth of a test tube.
And I'm finding more crap games on console, than on PC. I mean, there really is some utter tripe out there.
If there isn't a new Tony Hawks game every month, there is a BMX game, a crap Quad game, a snow boarding game, a football game.
The lack of originality in today's console games, is appalling. Infact, the last great original modern console game, would be ICO on PS2. And that was fantastic, and maybe REZ.
Console games are getting more buggy, not all, but quite a few. It's the rush to get them out for the deadline. Starsky and Hutch, was the last PS2 game I saw which had unforgiveable bugs. At least you can patch the PC version.
I agree about the Beat 'Em ups. The good ones on the consoles are just where they should be, on a console. The PC just isn't the place. The decent platformers, Jack & Daxtor, for example, belong on console.
But games like Rainbow 6, ANY FPS, and RTS, and Stealthy games, just belong on PC. Superior control, far superior front-ends, better mod support and community.
I do like my consoles, but for quick fixes, never for long periods. Games like Starwars KOTOR, I'd rather wait for the PC version. The same for Halo, GTA Games, NFS Underground, and FF X.
Although I'm fully enjoying Xbox Project Gotham 2, and GC F-Zero GX.
I got nothing against consoles, but to think they will replace PC's, is a little naive
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NES: Count how many side scrolling shooters there were. Count how many vertical scrolling plane games there were. Look at some of the larger franchises where every game is essentially the same. Mega Man, for example.
SNES: More side scrollers. Fighting games like Street Fighter. Beat em up games like Final Fight.
N64: all 3rd person 3d games or 1st person shooters practically.
There are always lots and lots of clones. There are also some good new games or games that take old concepts and do something interesting with them.
Maybe you are just maturing and noticing that many games are the same
ol, same ol. Back with the NES I could play the same game over and over without getting tired of it. Now it takes something more interesting to keep me playing. Sometimes I have a hard time forcing myself to play through something(Zelda64 which I never finished. Conversely, I played through the SNES Zelda game over 10 times. Unreal which I eventually did finish)
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