Central / national / federal government policies Books

The format the Albright's have chosen is to use Ohio politics and the future roles that grassroots Democrats need to play in order to "Take Back Ohio and Return it to the People of that State." They have chosen to act as Guides and Mentors, hitching...

The Twentieth Century American: Being A Comparative Study Of The Peoples Of The Two Great Anglo-Saxon Nations is a book written by H. Perry Robinson. The book is a comparative study of the people of the United States and the United Kingdom during the...

A collection of essays by a Nobel Prize Laureate on a wide range of problems facing the world, and the role of scientists in solving them. Kendall was one of a group of physicists who founded the Union of Concerned Scientists...

A critical yet constructive description of the rich analytical techniques and substantive applications that typify how statistical thinking has been applied at the RAND Corporation over the past two decades. Case studies of...

Few established European democracies have undergone as much change as Italy in recent years, and here is a book that explores precisely what has been achieved - from a public choice perspective. The book pays particular attention to, among others, the...

Government interference in free enterprise is growing. Should they intercede in business ethics and corporate responsibility; and if so, to what extent? The Morality of Business: A Profession for Human Wealthcare goes beyond the utilitarian case in...

List of Tables List of Figures Foreword by Michael Hough Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations The Partnership Enterprise The Local Context The Organization of Partnership Partnership and Conflict In-house Specialization Treatment Under Coercion The...

List of Tables Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction Tracking Down the Treponema, 1880-1910 From Paupers to Pass Laws: Control of VD in the Cape and Transvaal VD and the 'Poor White' Problem in the 1920s and 1930s VD, Treatment and Educational...

Foreword; N.Deakin Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction: Transparency in Public Policy; N.D.Finkelstein Transparency of Health Policy Decision; S.H.Woolf Transparency in Education Policy; N.D.Finkelstein Decision-making Processes in...

Several hundred directives on environmental policy have been produced by the European Union. What impact has the output of this "legislative factory" had? After considering how decisions on environmental policy in the EU are made and the balance of power...

List of Tables List of Figures Preface Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction: Twentieth-century Britain; A.H.Halsey DEMOGRAPHY Population and Family; D.Coleman Health; R.Fitzpatrick & T.Chandola Immigration and Ethnicity; C.Peach, A.Rogers,...

Foreword; P.Kooijmans - Preface - Preface to the Second Edition - PART 1: GENERAL - Introduction - Universality and Cultural Relativism - Policy Choices - Policy Instruments - Domestic Sources of Foreign Policy - Intergovernmental Organizations - PART 2:...

List of Tables List of Figures Glossary Acknowledgements Introduction The Southern Welfare States in the European Context The Carrot and the Stick: Employment, Unemployment and Labour Market Policies Gender Inequalities, Family and Social Welfare:...

Acknowledgements Forward; Joan Acker Studying Gendered Practices; Liisa Rantalaiho, Tuula Heiskanen, Marja Vehvil�en & P�i Korvaj�i Contextualising Gender; Liisa Rantalaiho (de)constructing Gendered Hierarchies Introduction; Merja Kinnunen, Riitta...

'The Handbook of West European Pension Politics' provides scholars, policy-makers and students with an overview of the political and policy issues involved in pension policy, as well as case studies of contemporary pension politics in 16 countries.

“The most fundamental difference between ‘developing’ and ‘developed’ societies is technology, in a broad yet specific sense”; so states the author of this important study, Liberation and Technology: Development...

Today, more than ever, the state of a country’s science and technology is a critical factor for economic competitiveness and long-term growth. This book traces the development of science and technology policies and initiatives in Singapore since...

Hydrogen in an International Context: Vulnerabilities of Hydrogen Energy in Emerging Markets describes strategies and developments for hydrogen civilization efforts realised by various stakeholders such as authorities, institutes, research, industry, and...

In the last decades, there has been a strong growth in private voluntary initiatives, such as Fairtrade labelling and company codes of conduct, aiming at improving conditions for workers and producers in developing countries. This book looks closer at...

The set of contributions in this book cover important issues of debate at the intersection of innovation studies and government policy, which have been pivotal for the modernisation and consolidation of the Austrian innovation system since the early...

This book analyzes the controversy between imperialism associated with capitalist development. The author evaluates contemporary theories concerning the essence of this relationship. On that basis, he reconstructs his own view on capitalist imperialism.

1.1 Zum Problemzusammenhang der Untersuchung Die hier vorgelegte empirische Untersuchung befaßt sich mit einem Phänomen, das zwar von eminenter wirtschafts- und sozialpoliti­ scher Bedeutung ist, über dessen empirische Struktur...

Die in diesem Buch vorgelegte Untersuchung geht auf das von der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) im Schwerpunktprogramm "Strukturwandel der industriellen Beziehungen" geförderte Projekt: "Die Bedeutung von besonderen und...