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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

Globalization is transforming the world at an accelerated pace. Integration of the world continues, widening and intensifying international linkages in economic, political and social relations. Liberalization of trade and...

Modeling Environmental Policy demonstrates the link between physical models of the environment and policy analysis in support of policy making. Each chapter addresses an environmental policy issue using a quantitative...

The aim of An Operational Approach to Policy Analysis: The Craft is to cut through the ambiguity and contradictions inherent in policy analysis by means of an operational-prescriptive approach. Its main objective is to...

"Culture wars" have turned American communities into ideological battlegrounds. When issues like gay rights, needle exchange programs, abortion clinic protests, and hate crime are at stake, the response of citizens is likely to be strong--and that of...

When Democrats lost control of Congress in 1994, the Christian Right claimed a major role in their defeat and House Speaker Newt Gingrich credited the "organized Christian vote" with the Republican victory. Ministers from many political persuasions have...

Conservative radio talk show host and columnist Lucky Rosenbloom takes a provocative look at the causal relationships between liberal racism, religion, and politics, and explores how liberals have fostered hatred toward Republicans in urban areas in...

The search for good governance has become an increasingly important element of public policy and public management and is high on the political agenda of East Asian countries. The need for robust governance structures and institutions was brought into...

The Germans were a very substantial minority in Russia, and many leading figures, including the Empress Catherine the Great, were German. Using rarely seen archival information, this book provides an account of the experiences of the Germans living in...

This book investigates why people are willing to support an institutional arrangement that realises large-scale redistribution of wealth between social groups of society. Steffen Mau introduces the concept of 'the moral economy' to show that acceptance...

This textbook offers a fresh approach to the study of comparative politics and public policy. Instead of concentrating on why countries differ, Learning From Comparative Public Policy explores how countries can learn from each other about the success and...

Part 1 examines the issue of Expenditure Tax in principle and Part 2 examines the issue of Expenditure Tax in practice, asking whether personal expenditure tax is practicable and putting forward a proposal for Surtax Reform.

This accessible work provides a 'political sociology' of welfare states in industrial societies, with both historical and contemporary perspectives. Ellison focuses on the social and political underpinnings of a number of welfare regimes and looks at the...

In the 1980s the world spent an enormous amount on preparations for war. Year by year, more and more resources went into the military sector. More and more complex weapon systems were devised. At the time, of all research scientists and engineers in the...

Originally published in 1985, the level of anxiety and suspicion between the USA and the USSR had rarely been higher. Many advocates of arms control believed that effective verification would reduce tensions and lessen the risk of war. This book analyses...

Performance management can be an uncomfortable topic within the discipline of public health. Written by leaders in public health performance management and quality improvement, this book carefully explains what public health performance management...

This book critically assesses traditional conceptual frameworks and proposes an alternative: A Complex Governance Networks (CGN) framework.

This book focusses on petroleum generation, accumulation and prospecting describing natural hydrocarbon geology along with applicable aspects of physics, chemistry, biology, environmental science, mathematics and engineering/technology.

This book introduces readers to the world of ideal types within the readings of Max Weber by giving a theoretical understanding of ideal types, as well as applying the development of ideal types to an array of social policy arenas.The 21st century...

List of Figures Preface Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations PART I: THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES' DEVELOPING ROLE IN HEALTH Introduction: The EC/EU and Health Policy Health and Safety at Work Professions and Mobility in Europe Pharmaceuticals and the...

Preface Preface by Joseph Weiler PART I: Introduction: International Relations and European Integration The Nature of the European Beast From Theories of Integration to Theories of Institutions The Ideology of Choice: A Rationalist Account of...

Notes on the Contributors - Acknowledgements - EMPLOYMENT AND FINANCE - Getting Home: An Old Workplace to Fit a New Workforce; A.R.Hochschild - Gender and Office Holding in Trade Unions; E.Lawrence - The Gendering of Marketing Activities: An Example from...

Notes on the Contributors - Introduction; P.Abbott & C.Wallace - Women's Oppression in the World and in Ourselves: a Fresh Look at Feminism and Psychoanalysis; C.New - Women and Citizenship: the Insane, the Insolvent and the Inanimate?; Y.Summers - Money...

Introduction - PART 1: MONITORING SOCIAL CONDITIONS - Growth: the African Disease - Which Social Conditions to Report? - The Real Population Problem - PART 2: A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF THE STATISTICAL DATA - Food Production and Food Security - Fire and...

Acknowledgements - Notes on the Contributors - Introduction; C.Abel & C.M.Lewis - Evolution of Aggregate Welfare and Development Indicators in Latin America and the OECD, 1950-1985; J-M.A.Bertrand - Determinants of Social Insurance/Security Costs and...

List of Tables - List of Figures - Acknowledgements - Introduction - Conceptualising the Youth Labour Market - The Impact of the Recession - Determinants of the General Demand for Labour at the Level of the Firm - Structuring the Supply of Workers -...