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This volume contains papers submitted to the 12th Annual International Conference of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES), held in Sofia and Nessebar, Bulgaria, in June 2014, and papers submitted to the 2nd International Partner Conference, organized by the International Research Centre 'Scientific Cooperation,' Rostov-on-Don, Russia. The volume also includes papers submitted to the International Symposium on Comparative Sciences, organized by the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society in Sofia, in October 2013. The 12th BCES Conference theme is "Education's Role in Preparing Globally Competent Citizens." The 2nd Partner Conference theme is "Contemporary Science and Education: New Challenges -- New Decisions." The book consists of 103 papers, written by 167 authors and co-authors, and grouped into 7 parts. Parts 1-4 comprise papers submitted to the 12th BCES Conference, and Parts 5-7 comprise papers submitted to the 2nd Partner Conference. The 103 papers are divided into the following parts: (1) Comparative Education & History of Education; (2) Pre-service and In-service Teacher Training & Learning and Teaching Styles; (3) Education Policy, Reforms and School Leadership; (4) Higher Education, Lifelong Learning and Social Inclusion; (5) Educational Development Strategies in Different Countries and Regions of the World: National, Regional and Global Levels; (6) Key Directions and Characteristics of Research Organization in Contemporary World; and (7) International Scientific and Educational Cooperation for the Solution of Contemporary Global Issues: From Global Competition to World Integration.

This monograph contains seven papers presented at a 1977 symposium held to reevaluate the 1947 research work, "The People of Puerto Rico." (1) Sidney Mintz discusses the role of Puerto Rico in modern social science. (2) Eric Wolf, one of the authors of the 1947 work, comments retrospectively on some of the conceptual and methodological strengths and shortcomings of the original research. (3) William Roseberry analyzes "The People of Puerto Rico" in the context of the recent convergence of Marxism and anthropology. (4) Rafael L. Ramirez, in "Treinta anos de antropologia en Puerto Rico" (in Spanish), considers anthropology's position within the general development of social sciences since the 1940s, pointing out the discipline's influence in the island's politics. (5) Rene Velazquez examines Julian Steward's perspective on Puerto Rico and criticizes Steward's emphasis on the importance of material aspects of culture. (6) Ronald J. Duncan discusses the "culturing system" concept and asserts that cultural typologizing sacrifices ethnographic accuracy for theoretical tightness. (7) In "El pueblo de Puerto Rico: Donde esta el Pueblo?" Eduardo Seda, one of the 1947 project's researchers, discusses social science research ln Puerto Rico in relation to colonialism and imperialism. (GC)