Search Results - "governance"

The presidential leadership dilemma between the Constitution and a political party /

Table of Contents: “…Bush -- Presidents, leverage, and significant public policy -- The base realignment and closing commission: difficult choices, electoral considerations, and the future of national leadership in a partisan age -- The paradoxes of presidential leadership in pursuing policy goals -- Taking credit and avoiding blame: the politics of rhetorical signing statements under unified and divided government -- President Obama and counterterrorism policy: when campaign promises meet governing imperatives -- Conclusion: the right choice at the right time.…”
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The vulnerability of cities natural disasters and social resilience / by Pelling, Mark, 1967-

Table of Contents: “…Social Vulnerability in the City -- 4. Urban Governance and Disaster -- Sect. II. The Case Studies -- 5. …”
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Identity and modality

Table of Contents: “…The limits of contingency / Gideon Rosen -- Modal infallibilism and basic truth / Scott Sturgeon -- The modal fictionalist predicament / John Divers and Jason Hagen -- On realism about chance / Philip Percival -- Structure and identity / Stewart Shapiro -- The identity problem for realist structuralism II : a reply to Shapiro / Jukka Keränen -- The governance of identity / Stewart Shapiro -- The Julius Caesar objection : more problematic than ever / Fraser MacBride -- Sortals and the binding problem / John Campbell -- Vagueness and personal identity / Keith Hossack -- Is there a bodily criterion of personal identity? …”
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Advanced renal care

Table of Contents: “…Current trends in renal care / Nicola Thomas -- The physiological basis of renal disease / Peter Bentley -- Anaemia management in nephrology / Karen Jenkins -- Advances in haemodialysis / Catherine Morgan -- Advances in peritoneal dialysis / Althea Mahon -- Advances in transplantation / Ray Trevitt -- Care of older people on dialysis / Jane Bentley -- Diabetes and renal failure / Sara Youngman and Nicola Thomas -- Infection control in renal care / Judith Hurst -- Sexual dysfunction and renal disease / Sandra Gann and Martin Stegall -- Issues in nephrology, dialysis and transplantation for minority ethnic groups / Gurch Randhawa -- Renal nutrition / Debbie Sutton -- Psychological care / Mike Kelly, Cathal Gallagher and Celia Eggeling -- Technical aspects of dialysis / Andrǐ Stragier -- Clinical governance / Anne Keogh -- Caring for staff in renal care / Cordelia Ashwanden.…”
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On the role of paradigms in finance by Ardalan, Kavous

Table of Contents: “…Paradigms -- Organization of academic finance paradigm -- Structure of academic finance paradigm -- Methodology of academic finance paradigm -- Theory and practice of academic finance paradigm -- Development of academic finance : four paradigmatic views -- Mathematical language of academic finance : four paradigmatic views -- Mathematics and academic finance : four paradigmatic views -- Corporate governance and academic finance : four paradigmatic views -- Money and academic finance : four paradigmatic views -- Markets and academic finance : four paradigmatic views -- Technology and academic finance: four paradigmatic views -- Teaching and academic finance : four paradigmatic views -- Conclusion.…”
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Re-forming capitalism institutional change in the German political economy / by Streeck, Wolfgang, 1946-

Table of Contents: “…Five sectors -- Industry-wide collective bargaining : shrinking core, expanding fringes -- Intermediary organization : declining membership, rising tensions -- Social policy : the rise and fall of welfare corporatism -- Public finance : the fiscal crisis of the postwar state -- Corporate governance : the decline of Germany Inc. -- Systemic change : five parallel trajectories -- From system to process -- Endogenous change : time, age, and the self-undermining of institutions -- Time's up : positive externalities turning negative -- Disorganization as liberalization -- Convergence, non-convergence, divergence -- "Economizing'' and the evolution of political-economic institutions -- Internationalization -- German unification -- History -- Bringing capitalism back in.…”
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Post-conflict administrations in international law international territorial administration, transitional authority and foreign occupation in theory and practice / by Brabandere, Eric de

Table of Contents: “…Early forms of international administration -- Evolving peace operations -- UN international administrations, the 'light footprint' approach and the occupation of Iraq -- The competence of the United Nations to engage in comprehensive peace-building and international territorial administration -- The legal status of territories and states under international administration -- The temporary nature of authority -- Human rights obligations of international actors -- The laws of occupation -- Civil administration -- The rule of law and judicial reconstruction -- Institution-building and democratic governance -- Exit strategies and post-conflict administration -- Internationalisation, consultation and local ownership -- International administration, the light footprint and beyond.…”
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Environmental and energy law

Table of Contents: “…The regulation of chemicals and laboratory safety -- pt. 8. Governance, impact assessment, compliance and enforcement in environmental law -- pt. 9. …”
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Literature and the creative economy / by Brouillette, Sarah, 1977-

Table of Contents: “…The creative class and cultural governance -- Work as art, art as life -- The psychology of creativity -- Economy and pathology in Aravind Adiga's The white tiger and Monica Ali's In the kitchen -- Economy and authenticity in Daljit Nagra's Look we have coming to Dover! …”
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International organizations as self-directed actors : a framework for analysis /

Table of Contents: “…the emergence of the ASEAN secretariat / Bob Reinalda -- New types of organizations and global governance in the twenty-first century: the case of ICANN / James P. …”

The unintended consequences of interregionalism : effects on regional actors, societies and structures /

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AI Meets BI : Artificial Intelligence and Business Intelligence / by Lakshman, Bulusu, Abellera, Rosendo

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Spain 1833-2002 people and state / by Vincent, Mary

Table of Contents: “…The long search for legitimacy -- Setting up the state, 1833-75 -- Imagining the nation, 1875-98 -- Nationalizing the masses, 1898-1931 -- Picture essay : looking Spanish -- Fighting for Spain, 1931-43 -- Governing Spaniards, 1943-73 -- Joining Europe, 1973-2002 -- Escaping the past.…”
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Empire maker : Aleksandr Baranov and Russian colonial expansion into Alaska and Northern California / by Owens, Kenneth N., Petrov, A. I͡U. (Aleksandr I͡Urʹevich)

Table of Contents: “…A man of the north -- Siberian merchant capitalist -- Moving to America -- Taking command -- Calamities and catastrophes -- The missionary monks and the chief manager -- Government men, monks, and the Alutiiq Rebellion -- The Russian-American Company -- The Sitka Sound War -- Beyond Alaska -- Averting disasters -- Closing the Baranov era.…”
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Medical research for hire the political economy of pharmaceutical clinical trials / by Fisher, Jill A., 1976-

Table of Contents: “…Clinical trials : coming soon to a physician near you -- Governing human subjects research -- Pursuing contract research -- Coordinating clinical trials -- Monitoring the clinical trials industry -- Recruiting human subjects -- Mobilizing informed consent -- Cultivating pharmaceutical "compliance" -- Changing markets in pharmaceutical research.…”
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Kinship by design a history of adoption in the modern United States / by Herman, Ellen, 1957-

Table of Contents: “…The perils of money and sentiment (and custom, accident, impulse, intuition, common sense, faith, and bad blood) -- Making adoption governable -- Rules for realness -- Matching and the mirror of nature -- The measure of other people's children -- Adoption revolutions -- The difference difference makes -- Damaged children, therapeutic lives -- Reckoning with risk.…”
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The networked nonprofit connecting with social media to drive change / by Kanter, Beth, 1957-

Table of Contents: “…Introducing networked nonprofits -- Nonprofit challenges and trends -- Understanding social networks -- Creating a social culture -- Listening, engaging, and building relationships -- Building trust through transparency -- Making nonprofit organizations simpler -- Working with crowds -- Learning loops -- From friending to funding -- Governing through networks.…”
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Democracy's arsenal creating a twenty-first-century defense industry / by Gansler, Jacques S.

Table of Contents: “…The challenge -- The defense industry in perspective -- National security in the 21st century -- Characteristics of the industry in the early 21st century -- The workforce (industry, government, and university) -- The criticality of research and development -- Competition in defense acquisitions -- Other nations defense industry strategy -- Transforming the U.S. national security industry.…”
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Merit the history of a founding ideal from the American Revolution to the twenty-first century / by Kett, Joseph F.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : the faces of merit -- Republic of merit -- Merit and the culture of public life -- Small worlds : competition in the colleges -- Making the grade : managed competition and schooling -- The scientific measurement of merit -- The "presumption of merit" : institutionalizing merit -- Squeeze play : merit in government -- Merit in crisis -- Epilogue : merit, equality, consent.…”
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