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Mainline Christians and U.S. Public Policy: A Reference Handbook
ISBN: 9781598840001 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Mainline Christian Values and U.S. Public Policy: A Reference Handbook" provides a revealing and unbiased look at the emergence of Christian denominations as a political force, primarily from the late 19th century to the present. The book examines the origins, development, current organization and activities, and future prospects of nine mainline U.S. denominations: the American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A., the Catholic Church, the Christian Church, the Episcopal Church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the Presbyterian Church, the Reformed Church in America, the United... "Mainline Christian Values and U.S. Public Policy: A Reference Handbook" provides a revealing and unbiased look at the emergence of Christian denom... |
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The Perception of Risk
ISBN: 9781853835278 / Angielski / Twarda / 511 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The concept of risk is an outgrowth of our society's great concern about coping with the dangers of modern life. The Perception of Risk brings together the work of Paul Slovic, one of the world's leading analysts of risk, risk perception and risk management, to examine the gap between expert views of risk and public perceptions. Ordered chronologically, it allows the reader to see the evolution of our understanding of such perceptions, from early studies identifying public misconceptions of risk to recent work that recognizes the importance and legitimacy of equity, trust, power and other...
The concept of risk is an outgrowth of our society's great concern about coping with the dangers of modern life. The Perception of Risk brings togethe...
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Managing the Planet: The Politics of the New Millennium
ISBN: 9781853836442 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An account and strategic overview of the major political changes underway in the face of global environmental issues. The book delineates a new era of planetary management, showing how national interests will have to adapt to recognize the imperatives of the global consequences of actions. the author argues that this is already beginning to happen in the negotiations over the ozone layer and climate change. but as pressures increase through loss of biodiversity, water scarcity and depletion of vital resources such as fish, forests and topsoil, so too will the politics of planetary management...
An account and strategic overview of the major political changes underway in the face of global environmental issues. The book delineates a new era of...
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Risk, Media and Stigma : Understanding Public Challenges to Modern Science and Technology
ISBN: 9781853837005 / Angielski / Miękka / 399 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For all the benefits of modern technology, there is often great public suspicion of, and aversion to, innovations. Amplified by the huge power of the media, public concern about health and ecological risks can grow into what is now recognized as a new and very significant social phenomenon: the stigmatization of new developments. The economic impact and social consequences can be enormous.
For all the benefits of modern technology, there is often great public suspicion of, and aversion to, innovations. Amplified by the huge power of the ...
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Environmental Policy Integration: Greening Sectoral Policies in Europe
ISBN: 9781853837098 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Integrating environmental policies into the policies of all other sectors is the core European environmental policy. But there has been no thorough investigation of the political process involved. This volume provides the first. It analyses the process of policy integration - the greening of public policy - across the relevant sectors and countries. It finds significant variation from sector to sector and from country to country, and analyses the reasons for this. (Surprisingly the UK, traditionally the 'dirty man' of Europe is far more actively engaged than environmental 'progressives' such...
Integrating environmental policies into the policies of all other sectors is the core European environmental policy. But there has been no thorough in...
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Handbook of the Convention on Biological Diversity
ISBN: 9781853837371 / Angielski / Miękka / 720 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1992, at the Earth Summit in Rio, the United Nations adopted the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) to agree international measures aimed at preserving the vital ecosystems and biological resources on which we all depend.
In 1992, at the Earth Summit in Rio, the United Nations adopted the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) to agree international measures aimed at ...
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Evidence for Hope: The Search for Sustainable Development
ISBN: 9781853838552 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since the Stockholm Environment Conference in 1972 and the Rio Summit in 1992, there has been unprecedented public concern for the future of the planet and a growing awareness that development needs to be sustainable. This text charts the growth of these ideas by beginning with a visionary piece written by Barbara Ward in the 1970s, and ends with a chapter looking ahead another 30 years into the future. Two generations of thinkers and activists have helped to shape environment and development policy and increase local level power in environmental management. In celebration of their 30th...
Since the Stockholm Environment Conference in 1972 and the Rio Summit in 1992, there has been unprecedented public concern for the future of the plane...
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Civil Society: Measurement, Evaluation, Policy
ISBN: 9781853838859 / Angielski / Miękka / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'What a welcome gift ' John Clark, Project Director, UN Secretary-General's Panel on UN-Civil Society Relations. 'This book truly breaks new ground in the field of civil society studies by introducing an innovative assessment tool which can be of use to practitioners, policy-makers and researchers alike.' Kumi Naidoo, Chief Executive Officer, CIVICUS Civil society - comprising the activities of non-state organizations, institutions and movements - has in recent years emerged as the major force for change in the realms of politics, public policy and society both globally and locally. Yet,...
'What a welcome gift ' John Clark, Project Director, UN Secretary-General's Panel on UN-Civil Society Relations. 'This book truly breaks new ground in...
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Civil Society: Measurement, Evaluation, Policy
ISBN: 9781853839238 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Civil society - comprising the activities of non-state organizations, institutions and movements - has emerged as the major force for change in the realms of politics, public policy and society both globally and locally. This book provides a framework for the definition, measurement, analysis and interpretation of civil society.
Civil society - comprising the activities of non-state organizations, institutions and movements - has emerged as the major force for change in the re...
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Understanding Environmental Policy Processes: Cases from Africa
ISBN: 9781853839757 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A critical analysis of the post-Rio consensus on environment and development which questions the role of particular forms of internationalized elite scientific expertise. It asks why certain understandings of enviromental change stick with such tenacity. In exploring this, the authors unravel the politics of knowledge surrounding policymaking, looking particularly at Ethiopia, Mali and Zimbabwe and their land and soils management. The book also looks at prospects for more inclusive, participatory forms of policymaking.
A critical analysis of the post-Rio consensus on environment and development which questions the role of particular forms of internationalized elite s...
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Understanding Environmental Policy Processes: Cases from Africa
ISBN: 9781853839801 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A critical analysis of the post-Rio consensus on environment and development which questions the role of particular forms of internationalized elite scientific expertise. It asks why certain understandings of environmental change stick with such tenacity. In exploring this, the authors unravel the politics of knowledge surrounding policymaking, looking particularly at Ethiopia, Mali and Zimbabwe and their land and soils management. The book also looks at prospects for more inclusive, participatory forms of policymaking.
A critical analysis of the post-Rio consensus on environment and development which questions the role of particular forms of internationalized elite s...
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Ending the War on Drugs: A Solution for America
ISBN: 9781882593248 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A conservative Republican examines how and why America is losing the war against illegal drugs-and presents a case for carefully controlled legalization.
A conservative Republican examines how and why America is losing the war against illegal drugs-and presents a case for carefully controlled legalizati...
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Public Policies for Environmental Protection
ISBN: 9781891853036 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The first edition of this text contributed to the incorporation of economic analysis in the study of environmental policy. Fully revised to account for changes in the institutional, legal and regulatory framework of environmental policy, this edition has updated chapters on federal regulation, air and water pollution policy and hazardous and toxic substances. It includes coverage of the Safe Drinking Water Act and new chapters on market-based environmental policies, global climate change and solid waste.
The first edition of this text contributed to the incorporation of economic analysis in the study of environmental policy. Fully revised to account fo...
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Regulating from the Inside: Can Environmental Management Systems Achieve Policy Goals?
ISBN: 9781891853418 / Angielski / Miękka / 274 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Environmental Management Systems (EMSs) offer an approach to regulatory policy that lies somewhere between free market and traditional command and control methods. Worldwide, hundreds of thousands of private firms have adopted or are considering adopting these internally-managed systems for improving environmental performance. In the US, the Environmental Protection Agency has established a special recognition for firms that, among other things, adopt EMSs. And, already, numerous state agencies have proposed or adopted so-called green tier systems under which firms with EMSs can be exempted...
Environmental Management Systems (EMSs) offer an approach to regulatory policy that lies somewhere between free market and traditional command and con...
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Risk, Uncertainty and Government
ISBN: 9781904385004 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Pat O'Malley, commentator on risk and government, provides his overview of the historical and contemporary neo-liberal interplay of risk and uncertainty, including an account of the changing role of contract, tort and insurance.
Pat O'Malley, commentator on risk and government, provides his overview of the historical and contemporary neo-liberal interplay of risk and uncertain...
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A Creative Tension: The Foreign Policy Roles of the President and Congress
ISBN: 9781930365124 / Angielski / Miękka / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A Creative Tension is a fresh look at the foreign policy roles of Congress and the president by one of the most astute congressional practitioners of foreign policy of recent decades, former U.S. representative and chairman of the House International Relations Committee Lee H. Hamilton. With an insider's perspective based on thirty-four years in Congress, Hamilton elucidates current domestic and international pressures influencing U.S. foreign policy, strengths and weaknesses in the foreign policy process, and ways to improve the performance of the president and Congress. A... A Creative Tension is a fresh look at the foreign policy roles of Congress and the president by one of the most astute congressional practi... |
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Zoned Out: Regulation, Markets, and Choices in Transportation and Metropolitan Land Use
ISBN: 9781933115146 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Researchers have responded to urban sprawl, congestion, and pollution by assessing alternatives such as smart growth, new urbanism, and transit-oriented development. Underlying this has been the presumption that, for these options to be given serious consideration as part of policy reform, science has to prove that they will reduce auto use and increase transit, walking, and other physical activity. Zoned Out forcefully argues that the debate about transportation and land-use planning in the United States has been distorted by a myth - the myth that urban sprawl is the result of a free...
Researchers have responded to urban sprawl, congestion, and pollution by assessing alternatives such as smart growth, new urbanism, and transit-orient...
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Zoned Out: Regulation, Markets, and Choices in Transportation and Metropolitan Land Use
ISBN: 9781933115153 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Researchers have responded to urban sprawl, congestion, and pollution by assessing alternatives such as smart growth, new urbanism, and transit-oriented development. Underlying this has been the presumption that, for these options to be given serious consideration as part of policy reform, science has to prove that they will reduce auto use and increase transit, walking, and other physical activity. Zoned Out forcefully argues that the debate about transportation and land-use planning in the United States has been distorted by a myth - the myth that urban sprawl is the result of a free...
Researchers have responded to urban sprawl, congestion, and pollution by assessing alternatives such as smart growth, new urbanism, and transit-orient...
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Censorship in Romania
ISBN: 9789639116092 / Angielski / Twarda / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Through a series of interviews with prominent Romanian literary figures and a selection of their writings, the author asks how, under Communism, did Romanian writers cope with constant ideological shifts aand, in turn, respond to the censorship that so often accompanied such changes.
Through a series of interviews with prominent Romanian literary figures and a selection of their writings, the author asks how, under Communism, did R...
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Learning and the Reform of Chinese Foreign Policy
ISBN: 9789810241674 / Angielski / Miękka / 40 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Prepared by the East Asian Institute, NUS, which promotes research on East Asian developments particularly the political, economic and social development of contemporary China (including Hong Kong and Taiwan), this series of research reports is intended for policy makers and readers who want to keep abreast of the latest developments in China.
This volume looks at China's foreign policy from the perspective of learning theory, a relatively new approach to foreign policy analysis based on social psychology. Prepared by the East Asian Institute, NUS, which promotes research on East Asian developments particularly the political, economic and social developm...
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