Central / national / federal government policies Books
Johns Hopkins University Press Getting to Graduation
Book SynopsisThe authors emphasize the need to rethink policies governing financial aid, remediation, and institutional funding to promote degree completion.Trade ReviewGetting to Graduation is a must for educational studies collections or public policy discussion, enthusiastically recommended. Midwest Book Review A volume replete with nuanced perspectives on the opportunities and challenges higher education faces in the U.S... The book does an excellent job of covering a number of critical issues that bear on policies at the institutional, state, and federal levels. -- Joseph Kitchen Teachers College Record The book provides a useful synthesis of policy, practice and perhaps, most importantly, standards for rigorous research to assess the viability and prospective mechanisms for achieving ambitious policy goals. -- Jennifer Nicole Nailos & Victor M.H. Borden Review of Higher EducationTable of ContentsPrefaceIntroductionPart I: The ChallengesChapter 1. Increasing Higher Education Attainment in the United States: Challenges and OpportunitiesChapter 2. Graduation Rates at America's Universities: What We Know and What We Need to KnowPart II: The Performance and Potential of Sub-Baccalaureate ProgramsChapter 3. Can Community Colleges Achieve Ambitious Graduation Goals?Chapter 4. Certificate Pathways to Postsecondary Success and Good JobsChapter 5. Apprenticeships as an Alternative Route to Skills and CredentialsPart III: The Relationship between Policy and CompletionChapter 6. Financial Aid: A Blunt Instrument for Increasing Degree AttainmentChapter 7. Remediation: The Challenges of Helping Underprepared StudentsChapter 8. Equalizing Credits and Rewarding Skills: Credit Portability and Bachelor's Degree AttainmentPart IV: The Lessons from Three StatesChapter 9. The Challenge of Scaling Successful Policy Innovations: A Case Study of Three Colorado Community College System GrantsChapter 10. Efforts to Improve Productivity: The Impact of Higher Education Reform in TexasChapter 11. The Ohio Experience with Outcomes-Based FundingConclusionList of Contributors Index
£37.35
Johns Hopkins University Press Human Dimensions of Wildlife Management
Book SynopsisEdited by three leading experts in wildlife management, this book explores the interface of humans with wildlife and their sometimes complementary, often conflicting, interests. It contains well-researched chapters which address conservation, wildlife use, and the psychological and philosophical underpinnings of wildlife management.Trade ReviewAny college-level collection strong in conservation and resource management as well as wildlife issues will find this an important work. Midwest Book Review We recognize, thank and praise the outstanding unique and innovative work of the three editors... who planned this book, organized the contributors' material, and presented it skillfully in this major research effort. -- Deekay Daulat Biz India Magazine Though the focus is wildlife, this lucid and comprehensive work on 'human dimensions' would be a handy reference for any land or natural resources manager. ChoiceTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsList of ContributorsPart I: Overview of Fundamental Concepts1. Human Dimensions of Wildlife Management2. Governance of Wildlife Resources3. Stakeholders as Beneficiaries of Wildlife ManagementPart II: Social Science Considerations4. Social Psychological Considerations in Wildlife Management5. Sociological Considerations in Wildlife Management6. Economic Considerations in Wildlife ManagementPart III: The Management Process7. Wildlife Management as a Process within a System8. Decision Making in Wildlife ManagementPart IV: Human Dimensions Methods and Skills9. Planning a Human Dimensions Inquiry10. Methods of Human Dimensions Inquiry11. Stakeholder Engagement in Wildlife Management12. Communication for Effective Wildlife ManagementPart V: Human Dimensions Applications13. Human Dimensions of Abundant Wildlife Management14. Human Dimensions of Scarce Wildlife Management15. Human Dimensions of Wildlife Use ManagementPart VI: Professional Considerations for the Future16. Environmental Ethics for Wildlife Management17. Continuing Your Education in Human Dimensions18. Adaptive Value of Human Dimensions for Wildlife ManagementAppendix: Scientific NamesGlossaryBibliographyIndex
£64.18
Johns Hopkins University Press Forging Chinas Military Might
Book SynopsisCase studies look in detail at the Chinese space and missile industry.Trade ReviewForging China's Military Might belongs in any political science shelf interested in China's issues and international security and considers the nature of China's emergence as a world power. Midwest Book Review This detailed, well structured and researched overview [is] the most comprehensive and even-handed of anything currently available. -- Kerry Brown Asian Affairs Key for China analysts and those who focus specifically on China's defense industry will be to identify well in advance those early warning indicators that will allow us to determine the extent to which real change in the industry is occurring, and how to determine how much of an impact it is having on China's ability to close the defense technology gap. This book helps to advance that conversation by providing a number of ways to look at [China's] defense industry in comparative perspective, which will be of value to anyone seeking to answer these questions for some time to come. Center for International Maritime Security The contributors have done incredible research on such a comprehensive subject in a single volume. Their multi-lingual capabilities and multiple-perspective approach have distinguished this book from most previous works. Pacific AffairsTable of ContentsIntroductionChapter 1. Frameworks for Analyzing Chinese Defense and Military InnovationChapter 2. An Uncertain Transition: Regulatory Reform and Industrial Innovation in China's Defense Research, Development, and Acquisition SystemChapter 3. The General Armament Department's Science and Technology Committee: PLA- Industry Relations and Implications for Defense InnovationChapter 4. Commissars of Weapons Production: The Chinese Military Representative SystemChapter 5. The Rise of Chinese Civil- Military IntegrationChapter 6. China's Emerging Defense Innovation System: Making the Wheels TurnChapter 7. Locating China's Place in the Global Defense EconomyChapter 8. Organization as Innovation: Instilling a Quality Management System in China's Human Spaceflight ProgramChapter 9. China's Evolving Space and Missile Industry: Seeking Innovation in Long- Range Precision StrikeConclusionsList of ContributorsIndex
£40.95
Johns Hopkins University Press Noncommunicable Diseases in the Developing World
Book SynopsisThis book will be of interest to practitioners, scholars, and students in public health as well as those framing and implementing health policies in the private and public sectors.Trade ReviewExtremely well presented and straightforward to read. The chapters are structured, leading the reader through the important concepts and offering suggestions for action. It is well written and accessible to those with an interest in this field. Nursing TimesTable of ContentsList of ContributorsAckowledgmentsIntroduction. Noncommunicable Diseases in the Devleoping World: Cloing the GapChapter 1. Regulation of NCD Medicines in Low-and Middle-Income Countries: Current Challenges and Future ProspectsChapter 2. Improving Access to Medicines for Noncommunicable Diseases through Better Supply ChainsChapter 3. Learning from the HIV/AIDS Experience to Improvde NCD InterventionsChapter 4. Reconfiguring Primary Care for the Era of Chronic and Noncommunicable DiseasesChapter 5. Sectoral Cooperation for the Prevention and Control of NCDsConclusion. The Devloping World and the Challenge of Noncommunicable DiseasesIndex
£29.25
Johns Hopkins University Press Governors Grants and Elections
Book SynopsisThe inaugural book in the Johns Hopkins Studies in American Public Policy and Management series, Governors, Grants, and Elections is a significant and accessible work of public policy scholarship that sits at the nexus of multiple fields within political science.Trade ReviewIn short, this book raises as many new questions as it answers and will likely set the research agenda for the study of American federalism for years to come.—Political Science QuarterlyTable of ContentsSeries Editors' ForewordAcknowledgments1. Introduction2. A Political Theory of Fiscal Federalism in the States3. The Strategic Pursuit of Federal Grants4. The Strategic Expenditure of Federal Grants5. Grants and the Electoral ConnectionConclusionNotesReferencesIndex
£35.10
Johns Hopkins University Press Education and Empowered Citizenship in Mali
Book SynopsisFurthermore, Bleck demonstrates that increasing levels of education are associated with increases in more engaged forms of political participation, including campaigning, willingness to run for office, and contacting government officials.Trade ReviewThrough a nuanced analysis of Mali in comparative context, Bleck persuasively argues that schools can teach students the tools of political participation and allow parents to connect with the state. Foreign AffairsTable of ContentsList of AbbreviationsPrefaceAcknowledgments1. Introduction2. Research Design and Methodological Approach3. Politikini Fanga Malila / Power and Politics in Mali4. Mali's Evolving Educational Landscape5. Can Education Empower Citizens?6. Schooling and Parents' Engagement with the State7. Educational Expansion and Democratization in AfricaNotesBibliographyIndex
£31.50
Johns Hopkins University Press 150 Years of ObamaCare
Book SynopsisOffering unparalleled and complete insight into the efforts by the Obama administration, Congress, and external stakeholders, 150 Years of ObamaCare illuminates one of the most challenging legislative feats in the history of the United States.Trade Review... An informative and enticing book... Dawes combines his on-the-ground perspective with that of a longtime scholar and advocate for the reduction and elimination of health disparities. Health Affairs ... This text is invaluable for its data alone. Dawes provides an informed perspective on U.S. health care, its evolution, and how the ACA ultimately became law; but ObamaCare is also a good information source, a neutral chronicle... I enthusiastically recommend this book to anyone interested in learning more about the act and U.S. health care policy. Florida Bar 150 Years of ObamaCare will be of greatest interest to readers already familar with theTable of ContentsForeward, by David SatcherPreface1. Making the Case for Health Reform2. Past Meets Present3. Pulling Back the Curtain4. The Fight Is On5. Brushes with Death6. Breaking Down the Law7. Moving Health Equity ForwardAcknowledgmentsAppendixIndex
£22.80
Johns Hopkins University Press Dying and Living in the Neighborhood
Book SynopsisEvery rising public health leader, frontline clinician, and policymaker in the country should read this book to better understand how they can contribute to a more integrated and supportive healthcare system.Trade Review... Singh's thesis merits discussion for anyone interested in curing a sick health care system. Kirkus Reviews As Singh pulls together the moving pieces-the neighborhood, the health care sector, community organizations, and government-into a vision of how to "integrate the whole," it seems feasible that anchoring our health to our neighborhood will bring the kind of well-being, humanity, and equity that we can afford, and that we deserve. Health AffairsTable of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction Part I Chapter 1: Out of Many, OneChapter 2: Heads in BedsChapter 3: Mending WallChapter 4: Contexts of Consequence Part II Chapter 5: The Value of Being ConnectedChapter 6: Blessed are the OrganizedChapter 7: Coach CultureChapter 8: The Center Cannot Hold Part III Chapter 9: From Organizations to IntegratorsChapter 10: SCALE at the Speed of RelationshipsChapter 11: Total Population HealthChapter 12: Laying the Groundwork AcknowledgementsIndex
£20.70
Johns Hopkins University Press Austerity Blues
Book SynopsisSynthesizing historical sources, social science research, and contemporary reportage, Austerity Blues will be of interest to readers concerned about rising inequality and the decline of public higher education.Trade ReviewAusterity Blues is a must read for people engaged in public higher education and an important addition to Critical University Studies.—Radical TeacherThey [Michael Fabricant and Stephen Brier.] draw on a wealth of scholarship and journalism across several disciplines and topics, uniting and analyzing phenomena often examined in detailed isolation. These include the broad structural factors shaping public higher education, the incentives that influence university-level decision making, the ways that austerity policies intensify inequality within university systems, and the role of technology in all of these processes. The resulting synthesis reveals the long history and present extent of the impoverishment of public higher education, and what it will take to “protect the public university as a democratic experiment firmly planted in the public commons.”—The Gotham Center for New York City HistoryAusterity Blues leaves readers wanting to know more about the forces that have facilitated this trend . . . Fabricant and Brier’s analysis raises important questions about the kinds of political change that will be necessary to reverse the austerity policies that they describe and what it will take to realize those changes. As such, this book establishes a powerful agenda for future research.—AcademeAusterity Blues raises many crucial questions about the purposes of public higher education, pervasive (and growing) inequality, and the consequences of divestment and austerity politics. Most importantly, it ends by asking: "What's next?" And in that question, it urges each one of us to individually and collectively think about the future and our contribution to that future.—Josipa RoskaTable of ContentsIntroduction Part I: The Political-Economic Context of Public Higher EducationChapter 1: Public Assets in an Era of Austerity Deregulation, Disinvestment, and Degradation Six Propositions for Understanding the Restructuring of Public Higher EducationEconomic Crisis and the Capitalization of Public GoodsThe Radical Restructuring of Public Higher Education Chapter 2: The State Expansion of Public Higher Education The G.I. Bill The Presidential Panel on Higher EducationPublic Higher Education in California, New York, and BeyondThe Founding and Expansion of SUNY and the Status of New York City's Municipal Colleges The California Master Plan for Higher Education Chapter 3: Students and Faculty Take Command New York State, CUNY and the Struggle for Open Admissions-The Multiversity and the Student MovementThe Fate of Open Admissions Part II: The State of AusterityChapter 4: The Making of the Neoliberal Public University Neoliberal Reform I: Corporatizing University CultureNeoliberal Reform II: The Perfect Storm of Online Technology and the Commodification of Knowledge Elite Politics and EconomicsThe Curricula of Austerity Technology as the Tool of Austerity ManagersCollege Readiness, Low Graduation Rates, and Fiscal Starvation Resetting Course: Investing in Disposable Citizens Chapter 5: The Public University as an Engine of Inequality Unequal Investments in Public Higher EducationCheapening Public Higher EducationQualitative Shifts in the Experience of Public Higher Education The Ascent of For-Profit Colleges Accountability in an Era of Austerity Cheap Part-time Labor as an Austerity FixManaging Public Universities in a Time of Inverted Priorities Chapter 6: Technology as a "Magic Bullet" in an Era of AusterityExpanding Beyond Classroom InstructionThe Emergence of Digital Technology The Rise of DigitalU The Open Educational Resources MovementThe Khan AcademyMOOCs and the Reshaping of Public Higher EducationNeoliberal Reformer: Michael Crow and the "New American University" Part III: Resistance Efforts and the Fight for Emancipatory EducationChapter 7: Fighting for the Soul of Public Higher Education Restructuring, Abandonment, and Dissolution The Struggle Over Purposes and Practices Achieving Emancipatory EducationWhat Types of Strategic Investments Are Needed?Building a Better Knowledge Production WorkforceWhere Should Public Higher Education Be Situated?Deploying Technology to Improve Teaching and LearningPolitical Choice and StruggleFault Lines in Current Struggles Grassroots Struggles and Educational Policy Reforms: Student Debt and the Choice to StrikeFree Tuition and Community CollegesIncreasing Wages and Job Protections for Part-Time Faculty Cross-Sector Campaigns and Increased Investment Sustaining and Expanding Universal Access Resisting Curricular DilutionScaling Up and Drilling Down EpilogueAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex
£23.85
Johns Hopkins University Press Integrating the US Military
Book SynopsisThe book underscores the complicated struggle that accompanied integration and sheds new light on a broad range of comparable issues that affect civilian society, including affirmative action, marriage laws, and sexual harassment.Trade ReviewIntegrating the US Military: Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation Since World War II is recommended for both military history and civil rights collections and gathers the experiences of Afro-Americans, Japanese Americans, women, and gay men and lesbians in the armed forces in modern times.—Donovan's Literary ServicesThis interesting history, well-documented with endnotes, is suitable for all students and faculty. Highly recommended.Integrating the US Military continues the rich research on military organizations and the participation of Americans.—Sage JournalsThe volume clearly illuminates the importance of the military to American social change and provides a collection that would be especially valuable in teaching.—Ronit Y. Stahl, University of Pennsylvania, Journal of American HistoryTable of ContentsIntroduction, by Beth L. Bailey1. Terror, Anger, and Patriotism: Understanding the Resistance of Black Soldiers during World War II, by Douglas W. Bristol, Jr.2. Nisei versus Nazi: Japanese American Soldiers in World War II3. Does the Sex of the Practitioner Matter? Nursing, Civil Rights, and Discrimination in the Army Nurse Corps, 1947-19554. "An Attractive Career for Women": Opportunities, Limitations, and Women's Integration in the Cold War Mililtary5. African Americans, Civil Rights, and the Armed Forces during the Vietnam War6. Reform in Ranks: The History of the Defense Race Relations Institute, 1971-20147. Men's and Women's Liberation: Challenging Military Culture after the Vietnam War8. Mobilizing Marriage and Motherhood: Military Families and Family Planning Since World War II9. The Dream That Dare Not Speak Its Name: Legacies of the Civil Rights Movement and the Fight for Gay Military ServiceConclusionContributorsIndex
£25.17
Johns Hopkins University Press Africa and Global Health Governance
Book SynopsisA timely inquiry into how domestic politics and global health governance interact in Africa. Global health campaigns, development aid programs, and disaster relief groups have been criticized for falling into colonialist patterns, running roughshod over the local structure and authority of the countries in which they work. Far from powerless, however, African states play complex roles in health policy design and implementation. In Africa and Global Health Governance, Amy S. Patterson focuses on AIDS, the 20142015 Ebola outbreak, and noncommunicable diseases to demonstrate why and how African states accept, challenge, or remain ambivalent toward global health policies, structures, and norms. Employing in-depth analysis of media reports and global health data, Patterson also relies on interviews and focus-group discussions to give voice to the various agents operating within African health care systems, including donor representatives, state officials, NGOs, community-based groups, hTrade ReviewThe highlight of the book is that it explores the issues in a positive way and does not take a critical "west knows best" approach. The solutions to the challenges presented are unique to the African continent and are explored in a way that can enable understanding and appreciation of this.—Nursing TimesTable of ContentsFigure and TablesAcknowledgmentsAcronyms and Abbreviations1. African States and Global Health Governance2. When All Factors Align3. International Confusion, Local Demands4. What Is the Problem?ConclusionAppendix AAppendix BNotesFieldwork DataWorks CitedIndex
£31.50
Johns Hopkins University Press Four Guardians
Book SynopsisExploring the profound differences between what the military services believeand how they uniquely serve the nation. When the US military confronts pressing security challenges, the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps often react differently as they advise and execute civilian defense policies. Conventional wisdom holds that these dynamics tend to reflect a competition for prestige, influence, and dollars. Such interservice rivalries, however, are only a fraction of the real story. In Four Guardians, Jeffrey W. Donnithorne argues that the services act instead as principled agents, interpreting policies in ways that reflect their unique cultures and patterns of belief. Chapter-length portraits of each service highlight the influence of operational environment (nature) and political history (nurture) in shaping each service's cultural worldview. The book also offers two important case studies of civil-military policymaking: one, the little-known story of the creation of the Rapid DTrade ReviewFour Guardians is a laudable effort that should be carefully and widely read by scholars and practitioners of civil-military relations. This ambitious project attempts not only to explore the impact that each distinct military service culture will have on civil-military relations, but also to extend and re-imagine one of the most prominent theories.—RealClear DefenseA great read for field-grade officers preparing for joint staff or any assignment that requires making predictions on other services' behavior in policy debate. Despite six years of joint experience, including five years on USA posts, I found new insights into understanding the other services. We are destined to fight together and Donnithorne's book prepares the reader for that destiny.—Strategic Studies QuarterlyTable of ContentsAcknowledgments1. Principled Agent Theory2. Thinking Like a Sailor3. The Few and the Proud4. Washington's Own5. Fighting for Air6. Getting There Fast7. Getting to YesConclusionNotesIndex
£38.70
Johns Hopkins University Press Governing Health
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis book could prove useful for those interested in the process and contributing factors of health policy formation such as scholars and professionals in the fields of governance, medicine, and public health.—Communication Booknotes QuarterlyTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. The Policy Process Chapter 2. CongressChapter 3. The PresidencyChapter 4. Interest GroupsChapter 5. The BureaucracyChapter 6. States and Health Care ReformConclusionNotesReferencesIndex
£35.10
Johns Hopkins University Press Patient Safety Ethics
Book SynopsisDeveloping best practices and ethical systems to protect and enhance patient safety. Human errors occur all too frequently in medical practice settings. One sobering recent report claimed that medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the United States. Hoping to reverse this disturbing trend but wondering why it is that things usually go well despite errors, John D. Banja's Patient Safety Ethics lays out a model that advocates vigilance, mindfulness, compliance, and humility as core ethical principles of patient safety. Arguing that the safe provision of healthcare is one of the most fundamental moral obligations of clinicians, Banja surveys the research literature on harm-causing medical errors to explore the ethical foundations of patient safety and to reduce the severity and frequency of medical error. Drawing on contemporary scholarship on quality improvement, risk management, and medical decision making, Banja also relies on a novel source of information to illustrTable of ContentsPrefacePart I. Patient Safety and Ethical Theory: The Significance of Vigilance, Mindfulness, Compliance, and HumilityChapter 1. Ethical Foundations of Patient SafetyChapter 2. VigilanceInterview with Richard CookChapter 3. MindfulnessInterview with Pat CroskerryChapter 4. ComplianceChapter 5. HumilityInterview with June Price TangneyPart II. Some Theoretical Musings on Harm and Risk, Medical Error, and Medical Malpractice Litigation as an Ethical ExerciseChapter 6. Some Theoretical Aspects of Vigilance and Risk AcceptabilityChapter 7. Fifty Shades of ErrorInterview with Fran CharneyChapter 8. The Standard of Care and Medical Malpractice Law as Ethical AchievementInterview with Tommy MaloneChapter 9. The Present and the FutureInterview with Bob WachterReferencesIndex
£38.70
Johns Hopkins University Press The English Landed Estate in the Nineteeth
Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1963. The English Landed Estate in the Nineteeth Century: Its Administration deals principally with the administration of large landed estates during the years from 1830 to 1870. The book also throws new light on the work of the Inclosure Commissioners, who, as a department of the central government, supervised agricultural improvements made by landowners who borrowed from the government and from land companies. Author David Spring argues that the British government intervened in agriculture much more than is commonly thought. In describing the hierarchy of estate management, Spring relies, wherever possible, on hitherto unused family papers and estate documents. Especially important is his material on the Dukes of Bedford and on the domestic economy and financial position of the Russell Family. The chapter titled The Landowner, based on the seventh Duke of Bedford's correspondence with his agent, is a case study of a single estate and provides insight into the Table of ContentsPreface Introduction Chapter 1. Anatomy of Estate AdministrationChapter 2. The LandownerChapter 3. The LawyerChapter 4. The Land AgentChapter 5. The StateConclusionAppendicesBibliographyIndex
£23.85
Johns Hopkins University Press Quebec Confronts Canada
Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1967. The nationalistic sentiment of French Canada was starkly dramatized by the Montreal terrorist bombings in the spring of 1963. Admittedly the work of extremists, that eruption of violence was an offshoot of the profound social, political, economic, and cultural transformationan accelerated evolution rather than a revolutionthat Quebec has undergone since the end of World War II. This revolution tranquille is characterized by a new sense of self-confidence among French Canadians, an eagerness to reject what they regard as any hint of second-class citizenship, and a determination to take full share in all aspects of Canadian lifewithout, however, sacrificing their French culture and heritage. A threat to the Canadian Confederation is implicit in the growing reluctance of modern French-speaking Canadians to abide the tyranny of the majority, however enlightened or well-intentioned it may be. This first book-length study in English of the conflict between FrencTable of ContentsPrefaceChapter 1. La Revolution TranquilleChapter 2. Quebec NationalismChapter 3. Intellectual ClimateChapter 4. The Language QuestionChapter 5. Political Framework Chapter 6. Constitutional Problems Chapter 7. Social Autonomy Chapter 8. Economic Autonomy Chapter 9. English-Canadian Attitudes Chapter 10. OutlookSelected BibliographyIndex
£35.10
Johns Hopkins University Press Narrative Matters
Book SynopsisDrawn from the popular Narrative Matters column in the journal Health Affairs, these essays embody a vision for a health care system that centers the humanity of patients and doctors alike. Health care decision making affects patients and families first and foremost, yet their perspectives are not always factored into health policy deliberations and discussions. In this anthology, Jessica Bylander brings together the personal stories of the patients, physicians, caregivers, policy makers, and others whose writings add much-needed human context to health care decision making. Drawn from the popular Narrative Matters column in the leading health policy journal Health Affairs, this collection features essays by some of the leading minds in health care today, including Pulitzer Prizewinner Siddhartha Mukherjee, MacArthur fellow Diane Meier, former Planned Parenthood president Leana S. Wen, and former secretary of health and human services Louis W. Sullivan. The collection also presentsTable of ContentsForeword, by Abraham Verghese, MD List of Contributors Introduction Chapter 1. The Practice of Medicine The Importance of BeingAbraham VergheseRethinking the Traditional Doctor's Visit Maureen A. MavrinacIn the Safety Net: A Tale of Ticking Clocks and Tricky Diagnoses Maria MaldonadoThe Personal Toll of Practicing Medicine Elaine SchattnerChapter 2. Medical Innovation and Research Cancer, Our Genes, and the Anxiety of Risk-Based Medicine Siddhartha MukherjeeBeating a Cancer Death Sentence Jonathan FriedlaenderA Black Alzheimer's Patient Wants to Be Part of the Cure Katti GrayChapter 3. Patient-Centered Care "Nothing Is Broken": For an Injured Doctor, Quality-Focused Care Misses the Mark Charlotte YehThe Battle of the Bundle: Lessons from My Mother's Partial Hip Replacement Timothy HoffEven in an Emergency, Doctors Must Make Informed Consent an Informed Choice Cindy BrachChapter 4. The Doctor-Patient Relationship How to Win the Doctor Lottery Donna Jackson NakazawaAt the VA, Healing the Doctor-Patient Relationship Raya Elfadel KheirbekWhen Patients Mentor Doctors: The Story of One Vital Bond Aroonsiri SangarlangkarnChapter 5. Disparities and Discrimination "Go Back to California": When Providers Fail Transgender Patients Laura ArrowsmithA Simple Case of Chest Pain: Sensitizing Doctors to Patients with Disabilities Leana S. WenGrasping at the Moon: Enhancing Access to Careers in the Health Professions Louis W. Sullivan Bridging the Divide between Dental and Medical Care Gayathri SubramanianIn Rural Towns, Immigrant Doctors Fill a Critical Need Yasmin Sokkar HarkerAn Uninsured Immigrant Delays Needed Care Cheryl BettigoleChapter 6. Aging and End-of-Life Care "I Don't Want Jenny to Think I'm Abandoning Her": Views on Overtreatment Diane E. MeierThe Fall: Aligning the Best Care with Standards of Care at the End of Life Patricia GabowGetting It Right at the End of Life Dina Keller MossThe Evolving Moral Landscape of Palliative Care Myrick C. ShinallNecessary Steps: How Health Care Fails Older Patients, and How It Can Be Done Better Louise AronsonA Family Disease: Witnessing Firsthand the Toll that Dementia Takes on Caregivers Gary Epstein-LubowChapter 7. Maternity and Childbirth Watching the Clock: A Mother's Hope for a Natural Birth in a Cesarean Culture Carla KeirnsIn the "Gray Zone," a Doctor Faces Tough Decisions on Infant Resuscitation Gautham K. SureshReversing the Rise in Maternal Mortality Katy B. KozhimannilChapter 8. Opioids and Substance Abuse Down the Rabbit Hole: A Chronic Pain Sufferer Navigates the Maze of Opioid Use Janice Lynch SchusterIn Opioid Withdrawal, with No Help in Sight Travis N. RiederThe Fine Line between Doctoring and Dealing Pooja LagisettyIntoxicated, Homeless, and in Need of a Place to LandOtis WarrenIndex
£23.75
Johns Hopkins University Press Four Guardians
Book SynopsisExploring the profound differences between what the military services believeand how they uniquely serve the nation. When the US military confronts pressing security challenges, the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps often react differently as they advise and execute civilian defense policies. Conventional wisdom holds that these dynamics tend to reflect a competition for prestige, influence, and dollars. Such interservice rivalries, however, are only a fraction of the real story. In Four Guardians, Jeffrey W. Donnithorne argues that the services act instead as principled agents, interpreting policies in ways that reflect their unique cultures and patterns of belief. Chapter-length portraits of each service highlight the influence of operational environment (nature) and political history (nurture) in shaping each service's cultural worldview. The book also offers two important case studies of civil-military policymaking: one, the little-known story of the creation of the Rapid DTrade ReviewFour Guardians is a laudable effort that should be carefully and widely read by scholars and practitioners of civil-military relations. This ambitious project attempts not only to explore the impact that each distinct military service culture will have on civil-military relations, but also to extend and re-imagine one of the most prominent theories.—RealClear DefenseA great read for field-grade officers preparing for joint staff or any assignment that requires making predictions on other services' behavior in policy debate. Despite six years of joint experience, including five years on USA posts, I found new insights into understanding the other services. We are destined to fight together and Donnithorne's book prepares the reader for that destiny.—Strategic Studies QuarterlyTable of ContentsAcknowledgments1. Principled Agent Theory2. Thinking Like a Sailor3. The Few and the Proud4. Washington's Own5. Fighting for Air6. Getting There Fast7. Getting to YesConclusionNotesIndex
£23.85
Johns Hopkins University Press Whats Public about Public Higher Ed
Book SynopsisExploring the current state of relationships between public universities, government leaders, and the citizens who elect them, this book offers insight into how to repair the growing rift between higher education and its public. Higher education gets a bad rap these days. The public perception is that there is a growing rift between public universities and the elected officials who support them. In What's Public about Public Higher Ed?, Stephen M. Gavazzi and E. Gordon Gee explore the reality of that supposed divide, offering qualitative and quantitative evidence of why it's happened and what can be done about it. Critical problems, Gavazzi and Gee argue, have arisen because higher education leaders often assumed that what was good for universities was good for the public at large. For example, many public institutions have placed more emphasis on research at the expense of teaching, learning, and outreach. This university-centric viewpoint has contributed significantly to the disconTable of ContentsAcknowledgments IntroductionChapter 1. Opportunities and Threats to Higher EducationChapter 2. What Citizens Think about Their State's Public Universities: Steps toward Ground TruthingChapter 3. Public Funding for Teaching, Research, and Community EngagementChapter 4. Focusing Attention on Rural and Urban CommunitiesChapter 5. Global Footprint versus Closer to HomeChapter 6. Merit-Based Aid and Needs-Based Aid for StudentsChapter 7. National Rankings: The Scourge of Higher EducationChapter 8. Jobs and Politics and Sports, Oh My!Chapter 9. Disdain the Beaten Path: The Year 2020 as a Turning Point for the American Public UniversityAppendixes1. Study Survey2. Multivariate Tests3. Tests of Between-Subjects Effects 4. Multiple Comparisons NotesIndex
£27.45
Johns Hopkins University Press Unsettling
Book SynopsisAnalyzes how border and immigration enforcement culminated in a mass shooting in El Paso, Texas. Honorable Mention for the American Ethnological Society Senior Book PrizeOn August 3, 2019, a far-right extremist committed a deadly mass shooting at a major shopping center in El Paso, Texas, a city on the border of the United States and Mexico. In Unsettling, Gilberto Rosas situates this devastating shooting as the latest unsettling consequence of our border crisis and currents of deeply rooted white nationalism embedded in the United States. Tracing strict immigration policies and inhumane border treatment from the Clinton era through Democratic and Republican administrations alike, Rosas shows how the rhetoric around these policies helped lead to the Trump administration's brutal crackdown on migrationand the massacre in El Paso. Rosas draws on poignant stories and compelling testimonies from workers in immigrant justice organizations, federal public defenders, immigration attorneys,
£20.42
Johns Hopkins University Press Health Plans Unmasked
Book SynopsisAn insightful overview of health insurers and a guide to sustainability for provider organizations. Physicians experience ongoing frustrations in their relationships with health plans. Even as they struggle to keep up with accelerating clinical advances, they face daunting challenges from payers that are transitioning from traditional fee-for-service contracts to complex alternative payment models. In Health Plans Unmasked, Martin Lustick, MD, offers insights and guidance for those who face the herculean task of transforming their business practices to achieve financial stability while improving outcomes for their patients. By explaining both how and why insurance companies behave the way they do, Dr. Lustick helps providers avoid mistakes and take advantage of opportunities for success. He provides information on: The evolution of health care financing in the United States The nuts and bolts of health plan capabilities and the real motives of health plan administrators Tips for suTable of ContentsForewordAcknowledgmentsSection 1: The Basics1. Historical Context2. What is a Health Plan?3. Medicare4. Medicaid5. Commercial Insurance6. Brokers and ConsultantsSection 2: Reimbursement Basics7. The ABCs of Fee for Service8. What Happens to a Claim?9. Payment Errors10. Health Plan Strategic Concerns11. Analytics12. Cost Management Strategies13. Quality14. Care Management15. Health Plan CommitteesSection 3: Contracting16. Health Plan Contracting 10117. Value-Based Budgeting18. Incentive Payments19. Risk MitigationSection 4: Opportunities and Obstacles in Value-Based Care20. Price Transparency21. Subrogation22. Pharmacy Benefit Management23. On Becoming a PayviderSection 5: A Shifting Paradigm24. Closing ThoughtsGlossary of AcronymsIndex
£37.35
Johns Hopkins University Press A Government of Insiders
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Johns Hopkins University Press Built Environment and Population Health in
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Johns Hopkins University Press Pursuing Impact
Book SynopsisDrive meaningful change, align your mission and vision, and achieve your nonprofit's goals with this in-depth, six-stage strategic planning guide for nonprofits. In Pursuing Impact, scholar and former nonprofit executive director Alicia Schatteman shares her unique experience and expertise to help organizations navigate the complexities of strategic planning effectively. Going beyond the typical step-by-step manuals, Schatteman addresses the nuances that nonprofit leaders face during the planning and implementation stages and emphasizes the cyclical nature of planning while acknowledging the need for flexibility and adaptability. Tailored to small and medium-sized nonprofits, this guide recognizes the challenges they may encounter with limited capacity and resources. Schatteman's comprehensive six-stage strategic planning cycle offers practical insights and strategies to guide nonprofit leaders from readiness to implementation. Drawing on her academic background and real-world experi
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Temple University Press,U.S. Technocapitalism
Book SynopsisA radical critique of a new phase of capitalism grounded in corporate power and its exploitation of technological creativityTrade Review"In an era when technology is routinely treated as magical and liberatory, Luis Suarez-Villa has written the long overdue and necessary antidote to such flabby analysis and ludicrous self-congratulation. Technocapitalism is an outstanding book that should be read by all students, scholars and citizens who need to understand technology in the real world of capitalism and corporate power rather than the fairy tale world of the upper-middle class individuals doing their own thing in the sacred free marketplace. Our species faces extraordinarily serious issues in the coming generation, and an honest assessment of the political and economic forces around us is the necessary place to begin." —Robert W. McChesney, Gutgsell Endowed Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign"Suarez-Villa has created a highly original work, carefully crafted and well-written. This is a sweeping and grand theoretical analysis of the post post-industrial iteration of capitalism that he terms 'technocapitalism'. The synthesis of literatures is very impressive but the work goes well beyond synthesis to create new arguments and paradigms for understanding contemporary capitalism and its possible futures. The analysis is rooted in a strong humanism that embraces technological change whilst regretting the corporatist forces that shape its direction and manifestations. Technocapitalism represents an important contribution to the scholarly literature." —Joel Bakan, author/filmmaker of The Corporation, Professor of Law, University of British Columbia"Technocapitalism raises important critical perspectives about what Suarez-Villa finds to be the latest major stage of global capitalism. He gathers and analyzes several aspects of the social organization of technological change to provide a distinctive synthesis of literatures and arguments" —Rick Wolff, Professor Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a Visiting Professor at the New School University in New YorkTable of ContentsIntroductionExperimentalism Society as Laboratory Accumulation and Power Experimentalism as System ConclusionCreativity as a Commodity Creativity versus Commodification Utility and Value Reproduction and Commodification Commodification as Process ConclusionNetworks as Mediators Network Extent Hierarchies and Control Power and Inequity Change over Change ConclusionDecomposing the Corporation Networks versus the Corporation Decomposition and Power Pathology of Decomposition ConclusionExperimentalist Organizations Systematized Research Regimes Collaboration and Power Pathological Pursuits ConclusionChallenges Downfall of Public Democracy Hegemony of Corporatism Empowering Creativity Rediscovering the SocialNotes Index
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Temple University Press,U.S. Sustainable Failures
Book SynopsisExamines environmental policy from a sociological perspective, showing how our petro-dependency causes unprecedented environmental damage and threatens our democracyTrade Review"Cable looks into why we have had powerful laws that regulate specific impacts on high profile issues while topics tangentially related to our dependence on a petroleum-based economy fall into the 'don't bother me now' category of our collective attention and action... In addition to being an able researcher, Cable is a gifted storyteller... she dedicates most of her work to a broad and deep 'what's wrong with this picture' description of where we are and how we got here... This book puts the blame for our mess right where it belongs - on us as a society." Sustainability, August 2012 "Cable offers a sweeping analysis of how humans live outside their means, fostering a false duality between society and biosphere with decidedly unsustainable technological and petroleum energy dependence... Written for a broad audience, the work deftly combines a jargon-free sociological lens on human behavior with biophysical science questions of sustainability. Recommended." - Choice "Cable, an experienced and thoughtful environmental sociologist, in her latest book takes on important and difficult issues surrounding the development, implementation, and especially efficacy of environmental policy...This short and accessible book...[i]s well organized, interesting and clearly written. In addition to the broader arguments that run through the book, there are many well-chosen examples of particular environmental problems, events, and legislation that keep the book grounded and engaged with issues that are likely familiar to most undergraduates... [T]his work is nonetheless also worthy of being read by established scholars, since it presents analyses that are relevant to a variety of debates among researchers." - Contemporary Sociology, May 2014Table of ContentsPreface PART I Rationale for Sustainable Environmental Policy 1 The Shape of Sustainable Environmental Policy2 Modes of Human Subsistence, Environmental Impacts, and Environmental Policies3 The Poisoning of the Biosphere: The Petro-dependent Mode of SubsistencePART Il The United States: Prototype Petro-dependent Society 4 Petro-dependent Environmental Policies5 Violations of Ecological Principles: Resource Depletion and Pollution6 Living in the State of Denial: Conflict and the Contamination of Workplaces, Communities, and Citizens7 Broken Promises: Environmental Injustices8 Petro-dependent Obstacles to Sustainable Policies: The Corporate State and Its Institutional and Cultural ReflectionsPART III Environmental Policy in the Petro-dependent Empire9 International Environmental Policymaking10 Global Environmental Problems: Overpopulation, Peak Oil, and Climate Change11 Sustaining Unsustainability: The Transnational Corporate StatePART IV And So . . . 12 Once There Was a Planet in the Way Galaxy. . . APPENDIX Websites and Mission Statements: NGO Partners for the Global Plan of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-Based ActivitiesReferencesIndex
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Temple University Press,U.S. Sustainable Failures
Book SynopsisExamines environmental policy from a sociological perspective, showing how our petro-dependency causes unprecedented environmental damage and threatens our democracyTrade Review"Cable looks into why we have had powerful laws that regulate specific impacts on high profile issues while topics tangentially related to our dependence on a petroleum-based economy fall into the 'don't bother me now' category of our collective attention and action... In addition to being an able researcher, Cable is a gifted storyteller... she dedicates most of her work to a broad and deep 'what's wrong with this picture' description of where we are and how we got here... This book puts the blame for our mess right where it belongs - on us as a society." Sustainability, August 2012 "Cable offers a sweeping analysis of how humans live outside their means, fostering a false duality between society and biosphere with decidedly unsustainable technological and petroleum energy dependence... Written for a broad audience, the work deftly combines a jargon-free sociological lens on human behavior with biophysical science questions of sustainability. Recommended." - ChoiceTable of ContentsPreface PART I Rationale for Sustainable Environmental Policy 1 The Shape of Sustainable Environmental Policy2 Modes of Human Subsistence, Environmental Impacts, and Environmental Policies3 The Poisoning of the Biosphere: The Petro-dependent Mode of SubsistencePART Il The United States: Prototype Petro-dependent Society 4 Petro-dependent Environmental Policies5 Violations of Ecological Principles: Resource Depletion and Pollution6 Living in the State of Denial: Conflict and the Contamination of Workplaces, Communities, and Citizens7 Broken Promises: Environmental Injustices8 Petro-dependent Obstacles to Sustainable Policies: The Corporate State and Its Institutional and Cultural ReflectionsPART III Environmental Policy in the Petro-dependent Empire9 International Environmental Policymaking10 Global Environmental Problems: Overpopulation, Peak Oil, and Climate Change11 Sustaining Unsustainability: The Transnational Corporate StatePART IV And So . . . 12 Once There Was a Planet in the Way Galaxy. . . APPENDIX Websites and Mission Statements: NGO Partners for the Global Plan of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-Based ActivitiesReferencesIndex
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Temple University Press,U.S. Building Like Moses with Jacobs in Mind
Book SynopsisHow New York's mayor's urban development plans rely on a blending of Moses and JacobsTrade Review"Larson brilliantly dissects Bloomberg's tenure as Mayor of New York (particularly the first two terms), focusing on how the administration used the prevailing legacies of Moses and Jacobs to get what they wanted done... [T]his book raises a flag as to what that legacy should be, as well as to what his successor should really focus on."--A Weekly Dose of Architecture, August 12th 2013 "The book is an excellent brief about the state of affairs of planning in New York City in the past decade... there are many interesting insights in this readable monograph. Summing Up: Recommended." - ChoiceTable of ContentsAcknowledgments1 Jacobs versus Moses: A Fight for the City’s Soul2 The “Patron Saint” and the “Git’r Done Man”3 The Bloomberg Practice4 Calls for a New Moses5 Planning and the Narrative of Threat6 The Armature for Development7 Ideas That Converge8 Ideas That Travel9 Design as Civic Virtue10 Building Like Moses with Jacobs in MindNotes References Index
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Temple University Press,U.S. Imagined Liberation
Book SynopsisOn a spectrum of hostility towards migrants, South Africa ranks at the top, Germany in the middle and Canada at the bottom. South African xenophobic violence by impoverished slum dwellers is directed against fellow Africans. “Foreign” Africans are blamed for a high crime rate and most other maladies of an imagined liberation. Why would a society that liberated itself in the name of human rights turn against people who escaped human rights violations or unlivable conditions at home? What happened to the expected African solidarity? Why do former victims become victimizers? With porous borders, South Africa is incapable of upholding the blurred distinction between endangered refugees and economic migrants. Imagined Liberation asks what xenophobic societies can learn from other immigrant societies, such as Canada, that avoided the backlash against multiculturalism in Europe. Heribert Adam and Kogila Moodley stress an innovative teaching of pTable of ContentsForewordAcknowledgments List of Abbreviations and AcronymsIntroductionPart I Integrating Difference1 Comparative Xenophobia2 South African Perspectives on Xenophobia3 Youth VoicesAim and Methodology ? An Ethnography of Township Schools ? How Students View Foreigners4 Falling from Grace Shifting Views on “Mandelaland” ? Reflections on Mandela ? Patriarchy, Sexual Violence, and HIV/AIDS ? Crime and Punishment ? Corruption and Consumption? Reracialization, Affirmative Action, and Black Economic Empowerment ? Descent into Zimbabwe? ? Popular Sentiment versus a Liberal ConstitutionPart II Variations of Migration Policies: Africa, Germany, and Canada5 Settler ColonialismTwo Types of Colonialism ? Founding Myths and Intergroup Attitudes ? Metropolitan/Settler Relations6 Xenophobia in GermanyThe Case of Roma/Sinti ? Muslims as Enemies ? Capitalist versus Communist Xenophobia ? Conclusion7 Multicultural Canada as an Alternative?Canadian Identities and Cultural Traditions ? How to Select Immigrants ? Opportunistic MulticulturalismPart III Political Literacy8 Xenophobia and Political Literacy Comparing Political Education in Multiethnic Societies ? Political Literacy as Strategy to Combat Xenophobia ? Nation, Nationalism, Ethnicity, Ethnocentrism, and Critical Patriotism ? Cosmopolitan Consciousness9 Theorizing XenophobiaConclusion: Alternatives and Global TrendsAppendicesAutobiography I: Navigating “Difference”: Insiders, Outsiders, andContending Identities (Kogila Moodley) Autobiography II: Controversies: Peacemaking in Divided Societies(Heribert Adam) ReferencesIndex of Names
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Temple University Press,U.S. Imagined Liberation
Book SynopsisOn a spectrum of hostility towards migrants, South Africa ranks at the top, Germany in the middle and Canada at the bottom. South African xenophobic violence by impoverished slum dwellers is directed against fellow Africans. “Foreign” Africans are blamed for a high crime rate and most other maladies of an imagined liberation. Why would a society that liberated itself in the name of human rights turn against people who escaped human rights violations or unlivable conditions at home? What happened to the expected African solidarity? Why do former victims become victimizers? With porous borders, South Africa is incapable of upholding the blurred distinction between endangered refugees and economic migrants. Imagined Liberation asks what xenophobic societies can learn from other immigrant societies, such as Canada, that avoided the backlash against multiculturalism in Europe. Heribert Adam and Kogila Moodley stress an innovative teaching of pTable of ContentsForewordAcknowledgments List of Abbreviations and AcronymsIntroductionPart I Integrating Difference1 Comparative Xenophobia2 South African Perspectives on Xenophobia3 Youth VoicesAim and Methodology ? An Ethnography of Township Schools ? How Students View Foreigners4 Falling from Grace Shifting Views on “Mandelaland” ? Reflections on Mandela ? Patriarchy, Sexual Violence, and HIV/AIDS ? Crime and Punishment ? Corruption and Consumption? Reracialization, Affirmative Action, and Black Economic Empowerment ? Descent into Zimbabwe? ? Popular Sentiment versus a Liberal ConstitutionPart II Variations of Migration Policies: Africa, Germany, and Canada5 Settler ColonialismTwo Types of Colonialism ? Founding Myths and Intergroup Attitudes ? Metropolitan/Settler Relations6 Xenophobia in GermanyThe Case of Roma/Sinti ? Muslims as Enemies ? Capitalist versus Communist Xenophobia ? Conclusion7 Multicultural Canada as an Alternative?Canadian Identities and Cultural Traditions ? How to Select Immigrants ? Opportunistic MulticulturalismPart III Political Literacy8 Xenophobia and Political Literacy Comparing Political Education in Multiethnic Societies ? Political Literacy as Strategy to Combat Xenophobia ? Nation, Nationalism, Ethnicity, Ethnocentrism, and Critical Patriotism ? Cosmopolitan Consciousness9 Theorizing XenophobiaConclusion: Alternatives and Global TrendsAppendicesAutobiography I: Navigating “Difference”: Insiders, Outsiders, andContending Identities (Kogila Moodley) Autobiography II: Controversies: Peacemaking in Divided Societies(Heribert Adam) ReferencesIndex of Names
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Temple University Press,U.S. A Guilted Age
Book SynopsisPublic apologies have become increasingly common scenes and representative moments in what appears to be a global process of forgiveness. The apology-forgiveness dynamic is familiar to all of us, but what do these rituals of atonement mean when they are applied to political and historical events? In his timely, topical, and incisive book A Guilted Age, Ashraf Rushdy argues that the proliferation of apologies by politicians, nations, and churches for past events-such as American slavery or the Holocaust-can be understood as a historical phenomenon. In our post-World War II world, Rushdy claims that we live in a guilted age. A Guilted Age identifies the two major forms of apologies-political and historical-and Rushdy defines the dynamics and strategies of each, showing how the evolution of one led to the other. In doing so, he reveals what apology and forgiveness do to the past events they respectively apologize for and forgive-and what happens when they fail.Table of ContentsPreface: 3 Introduction: 9 Chapter One: The Guilted Age 24 Chapter Two: Political Apologies I 45 Chapter Three: Political Apologies II 68 Chapter Four: Historical Apologies I 87 Chapter Five: Historical Apologies II 106 Chapter Six: The Metaphysics of Undoing 125 Chapter Seven: The Concrete Past: Memorials 154 Conclusion: 177 Notes: 190 Index: 213
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Temple University Press,U.S. In the Weeds
Book SynopsisMore and more states are legalizing marijuana in some form. Moreover, a majority of the U.S. population is in favor of the drug for recreational use. In the Weeds looks at how our society has become more permissive in the past 150 yearseven though marijuana is still considered a Schedule I drug by the American government.Sociologists Clayton Mosher and Scott Akins take a deep dive into marijuana policy reform, looking at the incremental developments and the historical, legal, social, and political implications of these changes. They investigate the effects, medicinal applications, and possible harms of marijuana. In the Weeds also considers arguments that youth will be heavy users of legalized cannabis, and shows how weed is demonized by exaggerations of the drug's risks and claims of its lack of medicinal value. Mosher and Akins end their timely and insightful book by tracing the distinct paths to the legalization of recreational marijuana in the United States and other countries as w
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Temple University Press,U.S. In the Weeds
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Temple University Press,U.S. Somalis in the Twin Cities and Columbus
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Temple University Press,U.S. Somalis in the Twin Cities and Columbus
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Temple University Press,U.S. Criminology and Public Policy Putting Theory to
Book SynopsisIn the field of criminal justice, public policy is designed to address the problems brought on by criminal behavior and the response to that behavior. However, too often, the theories carefully developed in the academy fail to make their way into programs and policy. The editors and contributors to this second edition of Criminology and Public Policy highlight the recent development of translational criminology to address the growing movement in criminology to use the results of criminological research and theory to better inform policy and practice. The essays in Criminology and Public Policy propose an in-depth look at both theory and practice and how they are integrated across a number of key criminal justice problemsfrom racial and environmental concerns to gun control and recidivism rates as well as police use of force and mass incarceration. The end result is an essential volume that blends both theory and practice in an effort to address the critical problems in explaining, prevTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Why Theory Matters for Policy and Why Policy Matters for Theory • Kevin A. WrightPart I Theories of Offender Behavior Introduction to Part I1. Race Differences in Crime • Anthony A. Braga and Kevin M. Drakulich2. Critical Race Theory and the Limits of Liberal Legal Remedies to Address Racial Disparities in Police Violence • Amy Farrell, Patricia Warren, and Shea Cronin3. Situational Prevention of Wildlife Crimes: The Policy Challenges • Ronald V. Clarke, Justin Kurland, and Lauren Wilson4. Global Warming and Criminological Theory and Practice • Rob White5. Toward a Life-Course Theory of Victimization • Jillian J. Turanovic6. Translating Theories of Desistance to Policy • Megan Kurlychek and Megan Denver7. From Hot Spots to a Theory of Place • Cody Telep and David Weisburd8. Aligning Public Policy, Criminological Theory, and Empirical Findings on the Immigration-Crime Relationship • Glenn Trager and Charis E. Kubrin9. Mass Shootings: A New Name for a Familiar Problem • Grant Duwe Part II Theories of the Criminal Justice SystemIntroduction to Part II10. A Theory of Offender Recidivism • Daniel P. Mears and Jillian J. Turanovic11. An Integrated, Reflexive Theory of Police Misconduct • Natalie Todak and Michael D. White12. Sentencing Disparity: A Focus on Race and Ethnicity • Cassia Spohn13. Intergenerational Effects of Crime and Punishment • Kathleen Powell and Sara Wakefield14. R-e-s-p-e-c-t: Communities of Color and the Criminal Justice System • Rod K. Brunson and Michelle N. Block15. Organizational Change and Criminal Justice: Working within the Iron Cage • Danielle Rudes and Shannon Magnuson16. Gun Policy • Jennifer Carlson17. Thinking Outside the Prison Walls: The Value of the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program to Solve Old Problems • Kevin A. Wright and Cheryl Lero Jonson18. Toward a Theory of Mental Illness and Crime • Robert D. Morgan and Robert K. AxConclusion: When Theory Fails • Scott H. Decker Contributors Index
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Temple University Press,U.S. Criminology and Public Policy Putting Theory to
Book SynopsisIn the field of criminal justice, public policy is designed to address the problems brought on by criminal behavior and the response to that behavior. However, too often, the theories carefully developed in the academy fail to make their way into programs and policy. The editors and contributors to this second edition of Criminology and Public Policy highlight the recent development of translational criminology to address the growing movement in criminology to use the results of criminological research and theory to better inform policy and practice. The essays in Criminology and Public Policy propose an in-depth look at both theory and practice and how they are integrated across a number of key criminal justice problemsfrom racial and environmental concerns to gun control and recidivism rates as well as police use of force and mass incarceration. The end result is an essential volume that blends both theory and practice in an effort to address the critical problems in explaining, prevTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Why Theory Matters for Policy and Why Policy Matters for Theory • Kevin A. WrightPart I Theories of Offender Behavior Introduction to Part I1. Race Differences in Crime • Anthony A. Braga and Kevin M. Drakulich2. Critical Race Theory and the Limits of Liberal Legal Remedies to Address Racial Disparities in Police Violence • Amy Farrell, Patricia Warren, and Shea Cronin3. Situational Prevention of Wildlife Crimes: The Policy Challenges • Ronald V. Clarke, Justin Kurland, and Lauren Wilson4. Global Warming and Criminological Theory and Practice • Rob White5. Toward a Life-Course Theory of Victimization • Jillian J. Turanovic6. Translating Theories of Desistance to Policy • Megan Kurlychek and Megan Denver7. From Hot Spots to a Theory of Place • Cody Telep and David Weisburd8. Aligning Public Policy, Criminological Theory, and Empirical Findings on the Immigration-Crime Relationship • Glenn Trager and Charis E. Kubrin9. Mass Shootings: A New Name for a Familiar Problem • Grant Duwe Part II Theories of the Criminal Justice SystemIntroduction to Part II10. A Theory of Offender Recidivism • Daniel P. Mears and Jillian J. Turanovic11. An Integrated, Reflexive Theory of Police Misconduct • Natalie Todak and Michael D. White12. Sentencing Disparity: A Focus on Race and Ethnicity • Cassia Spohn13. Intergenerational Effects of Crime and Punishment • Kathleen Powell and Sara Wakefield14. R-e-s-p-e-c-t: Communities of Color and the Criminal Justice System • Rod K. Brunson and Michelle N. Block15. Organizational Change and Criminal Justice: Working within the Iron Cage • Danielle Rudes and Shannon Magnuson16. Gun Policy • Jennifer Carlson17. Thinking Outside the Prison Walls: The Value of the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program to Solve Old Problems • Kevin A. Wright and Cheryl Lero Jonson18. Toward a Theory of Mental Illness and Crime • Robert D. Morgan and Robert K. AxConclusion: When Theory Fails • Scott H. Decker Contributors Index
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Temple University Press,U.S. Undoing the Revolution
Book Synopsis Undoing the Revolution looks at the way rural underclasses ally with out-of-power elites to overthrow their governments—only to be shut out of power when the new regime assumes control. Vasabjit Banerjee first examines why peasants need to ally with dissenting elites in order to rebel. He then shows how conflict resolution and subsequent bargains to form new state institutions re-empower allied elites and re-marginalize peasants. Banerjee evaluates three different agrarian societies during distinct time periods spanning the twentieth century: revolutionary Mexico from 1910 to 1930; late-colonial India from 1920 until 1947; and White-dominated Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) from the mid-1960s to 1980. This comparative approach also allows examination of both the underclass need for elite participation and the variety of causes that elites use to incentivize peasant classes to participate, extending from religious-ethnic identity and common political targets to the peasa
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Temple University Press,U.S. Philadelphia Battlefields
Book SynopsisShould the surprisingly successful outcomes achieved by outsider candidates in Philadelphia elections be interpreted as representing fundamental changes in the local political environment, or simply as one-off victories, based largely on serendipitous circumstances that advanced individual political careers? John Kromer's insightful Philadelphia Battlefields considers key local campaigns undertaken from 1951 to 2019 that were extraordinarily successful despite the opposition of the city's political establishment.Kromer draws on election data and data-mapping tools that explain these upset elections as well as the social, economic, and demographic trends that influenced them to tell the story of why these campaign strategies were successful. He deftly analyzes urban political dynamics through case studies of newcomer Rebecca Rhynhart's landslide victory over a veteran incumbent for Philadelphia City Controller; activist Chaka Fattah's effective use of grassroots organizing skills to winTrade Review“‘All politics is local,’ Tip O’Neill famously said, and I can think of no better guide to the local politics of Philadelphia than John Kromer. In Philadelphia Battlefields,he takes us through a series of ‘disruptive campaigns’ and makes a compelling case for what they can teach us today. Kromer balances details that will appeal to political junkies with the wisdom that he has accumulated over the years as one of the city’s most distinguished public servants. And his message is clear: politics in Philadelphia will only be as effective as you and I are committed to making it.”—Steven Conn, W. E. Smith Professor of History, Miami University, and author of Metropolitan Philadelphia: Living with the Presence of the Past"Kromer’s analysis of Philadelphia’s political and electoral dynamics is impressive. There has been much written and said on the surface about successful and unsuccessful political campaigns by insurgent candidates since the 1950s, but Kromer’s linkage of mobilization strategies and activism to the electoral process is new and engaging. The rigor of his analysis of voting data, coupled with his own insights, brings a needed richness to the story. Philadelphia Battlefields should inspire citizens to be more politically aware and engaged in their local and state elections as well as at the grassroots level.”—David L. Cohen, Senior Executive Vice President, Comcast Corporation
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Temple University Press,U.S. Philadelphia Battlefields
Book SynopsisShould the surprisingly successful outcomes achieved by outsider candidates in Philadelphia elections be interpreted as representing fundamental changes in the local political environment, or simply as one-off victories, based largely on serendipitous circumstances that advanced individual political careers? John Kromer's insightful Philadelphia Battlefields considers key local campaigns undertaken from 1951 to 2019 that were extraordinarily successful despite the opposition of the city's political establishment.Kromer draws on election data and data-mapping tools that explain these upset elections as well as the social, economic, and demographic trends that influenced them to tell the story of why these campaign strategies were successful. He deftly analyzes urban political dynamics through case studies of newcomer Rebecca Rhynhart's landslide victory over a veteran incumbent for Philadelphia City Controller; activist Chaka Fattah's effective use of grassroots organizing skills to winTrade Review“‘All politics is local,’ Tip O’Neill famously said, and I can think of no better guide to the local politics of Philadelphia than John Kromer. In Philadelphia Battlefields,he takes us through a series of ‘disruptive campaigns’ and makes a compelling case for what they can teach us today. Kromer balances details that will appeal to political junkies with the wisdom that he has accumulated over the years as one of the city’s most distinguished public servants. And his message is clear: politics in Philadelphia will only be as effective as you and I are committed to making it.”—Steven Conn, W. E. Smith Professor of History, Miami University, and author of Metropolitan Philadelphia: Living with the Presence of the Past"Kromer’s analysis of Philadelphia’s political and electoral dynamics is impressive. There has been much written and said on the surface about successful and unsuccessful political campaigns by insurgent candidates since the 1950s, but Kromer’s linkage of mobilization strategies and activism to the electoral process is new and engaging. The rigor of his analysis of voting data, coupled with his own insights, brings a needed richness to the story. Philadelphia Battlefields should inspire citizens to be more politically aware and engaged in their local and state elections as well as at the grassroots level.”—David L. Cohen, Senior Executive Vice President, Comcast Corporation
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Temple University Press,U.S. Reforming Philadelphia 16822022
Book SynopsisReforming Philadelphia examines the cyclical efforts of insurgents to change the city’s government over nearly 350 years. Political scientist Richardson Dilworth tracks reformers as they create a new purpose for the city or reshape the government to reflect emerging ideas. Some wish to thwart the “corrupt machine,” while others seek to gain control of the government via elections. These actors formed coalitions and organizations that disrupted the status quo in the hope of transforming the city (and perhaps also enriching themselves).Dilworth addresses Philadelphia’s early development through the present day, including momentous changes from its new city charter in 1885 and the Republican machine that emerged around the same time to its transformation to a Democratic stronghold in the 1950s, when the city also experienced a racial transition. Focusing primarily on the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, Dilworth evaluates the terms of Mayors FTrade Review“In this elegant book, Richardson Dilworth combines a historian’s attention to detail with a political scientist’s concern for how and why it matters. Reforming Philadelphia, 1682–2022 offers not only a compelling account of one city’s rich political history but also a convincing argument about the enduring power of institutions in urban politics.” —Thomas J. Sugrue, Professor of History and Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University, and author of The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit“Reforming Philadelphia, 1682–2022 is an essential book for anyone wanting to learn more about Philadelphia politics while also developing a deep understanding of its history. Richardson Dilworth provides useful ways of thinking about Philadelphia politics that probably haven’t occurred to many politicians. As a reform mayor myself, I now have a better appreciation of how I fit into Philadelphia’s political past and future.”—Michael A. Nutter, Ninety-Eighth Mayor of Philadelphia"[A] clear, concise, and accessible introduction to the evolution of Philadelphia’s municipal politics over the course of its 340-year history.... [Dilworth] offers valuable insights into the structural conditions that led to significant changes in Philadelphia city government. His contributions to our understanding of the city’s political culture as well as the broader understanding of urban politics in the United States should receive a wide readership among political scientists, historians, and all others interested in Philadelphia and urban political development."—Journal of Urban Affairs"Reforming Philadelphia examines the efforts of reformers to change the city’s government over nearly 350 years. Dilworth, whose grandfather served as a 'reform' mayor of Philadelphia from 1956 to 1962, tracks efforts to revamp the city’s government to reflect reform ideas of the day.... Dilworth's book explains the city's evolution and offers a framework for evaluating other cities. Summing Up: Recommended."—Choice
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Temple University Press,U.S. Reforming Philadelphia 16822022
Book SynopsisReforming Philadelphia examines the cyclical efforts of insurgents to change the city’s government over nearly 350 years. Political scientist Richardson Dilworth tracks reformers as they create a new purpose for the city or reshape the government to reflect emerging ideas. Some wish to thwart the “corrupt machine,” while others seek to gain control of the government via elections. These actors formed coalitions and organizations that disrupted the status quo in the hope of transforming the city (and perhaps also enriching themselves).Dilworth addresses Philadelphia’s early development through the present day, including momentous changes from its new city charter in 1885 and the Republican machine that emerged around the same time to its transformation to a Democratic stronghold in the 1950s, when the city also experienced a racial transition. Focusing primarily on the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, Dilworth evaluates the terms of Mayors FTrade Review“In this elegant book, Richardson Dilworth combines a historian’s attention to detail with a political scientist’s concern for how and why it matters. Reforming Philadelphia, 1682–2022 offers not only a compelling account of one city’s rich political history but also a convincing argument about the enduring power of institutions in urban politics.” —Thomas J. Sugrue, Professor of History and Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University, and author of The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit“Reforming Philadelphia, 1682–2022 is an essential book for anyone wanting to learn more about Philadelphia politics while also developing a deep understanding of its history. Richardson Dilworth provides useful ways of thinking about Philadelphia politics that probably haven’t occurred to many politicians. As a reform mayor myself, I now have a better appreciation of how I fit into Philadelphia’s political past and future.”—Michael A. Nutter, Ninety-Eighth Mayor of Philadelphia"[A] clear, concise, and accessible introduction to the evolution of Philadelphia’s municipal politics over the course of its 340-year history.... [Dilworth] offers valuable insights into the structural conditions that led to significant changes in Philadelphia city government. His contributions to our understanding of the city’s political culture as well as the broader understanding of urban politics in the United States should receive a wide readership among political scientists, historians, and all others interested in Philadelphia and urban political development."—Journal of Urban Affairs"Reforming Philadelphia examines the efforts of reformers to change the city’s government over nearly 350 years. Dilworth, whose grandfather served as a 'reform' mayor of Philadelphia from 1956 to 1962, tracks efforts to revamp the city’s government to reflect reform ideas of the day.... Dilworth's book explains the city's evolution and offers a framework for evaluating other cities. Summing Up: Recommended."—Choice
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Temple University Press,U.S. The Fantasy Economy
Book SynopsisWage stagnation, growing inequality, and even poverty itself have resulted from decades of neoliberal decision making, not the education system, writes Neil Kraus in his urgent call to action, The Fantasy Economy. Kraus claims the idea that both the education system and labor force are chronically deficient was aggressively and incorrectly promoted starting in the Reagan era, when corporate interests and education reformers emphasized education as the exclusive mechanism providing the citizenry with economic opportunity. However, as this critical book reveals, that is a misleading articulation of the economy and education system rooted in the economic self-interests of corporations and the wealthy. The Fantasy Economy challenges the basic assumptions of the education reform movement of the last few decades. Kraus insists that education cannot control the labor market and unreliable corporate narratives fuel this misinformation. Moreover, misguided public policies, such as accountabilTrade Review“A milestone recasting of a longstanding debate—education reform—that has for too long perpetuated false narratives about working classes and elite reproduction. The Fantasy Economy reclaims the emancipatory power of education. It is not to be missed.”—Clara E. Mattei, Associate Professor of Economics at the New School, and author of The Capital Order: How Economists Invented Austerity and Paved the Way to Fascism“Deep-pocketed interests tell us that our economy suffers from educational gaps, not imbalances of power. The rest of us should read Neil Kraus’s revelatory book and call this ubiquitous idea what it is: a fantasy that makes Americans more unequal and insecure.”—Jacob S. Hacker, Stanley Resor Professor of Political Science, Yale University, and author of The Great Risk Shift: The New Economic Insecurity and the Decline of the American Dream
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Temple University Press,U.S. The Fantasy Economy
Book SynopsisWage stagnation, growing inequality, and even poverty itself have resulted from decades of neoliberal decision making, not the education system, writes Neil Kraus in his urgent call to action, The Fantasy Economy. Kraus claims the idea that both the education system and labor force are chronically deficient was aggressively and incorrectly promoted starting in the Reagan era, when corporate interests and education reformers emphasized education as the exclusive mechanism providing the citizenry with economic opportunity. However, as this critical book reveals, that is a misleading articulation of the economy and education system rooted in the economic self-interests of corporations and the wealthy.The Fantasy Economy challenges the basic assumptions of the education reform movement of the last few decades. Kraus insists that education cannot control the labor market and unreliable corporate narratives fuel this misinformation. Moreover, misguided public policiTrade Review“A milestone recasting of a longstanding debate—education reform—that has for too long perpetuated false narratives about working classes and elite reproduction. The Fantasy Economy reclaims the emancipatory power of education. It is not to be missed.”—Clara E. Mattei, Associate Professor of Economics at the New School, and author of The Capital Order: How Economists Invented Austerity and Paved the Way to Fascism“Deep-pocketed interests tell us that our economy suffers from educational gaps, not imbalances of power. The rest of us should read Neil Kraus’s revelatory book and call this ubiquitous idea what it is: a fantasy that makes Americans more unequal and insecure.”—Jacob S. Hacker, Stanley Resor Professor of Political Science, Yale University, and author of The Great Risk Shift: The New Economic Insecurity and the Decline of the American Dream
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University of Toronto Press Workplace Learning
Book SynopsisThis innovative book is concerned with the power relations, complexities, and contradictions in the paid workplace. Workplace learning is not value-free or politically neutral, and cannot be studied independently of the political economy of work.Table of ContentsForeword, by D'Arcy Martin Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Management Strategies and Workplace Learning Chapter 3: Groups, Teams and Workplace Learning Chapter 4: Organizational Learning and Learning Organizations Chapter 5: Unions and Workplace Learning Chapter 6: Adult Education, Learning and Work Chapter 7: Toward the Future of Workplace Learnin Glossary Bibliography Index
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University of Toronto Press Environmental Policy in North America
Book SynopsisThis comprehensive analysis of key issues in North American environmental policy provides an overview of how the US, Mexico, and Canada differ in their environmental management approaches and capacity levels, and how these differences play into cross-border cooperation on environmental problems.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements A Note on Sources of Data Introduction: Maps of the Continent Part I 1. Environmental Management Approaches and Capacities 2. Transboundary Environmental Governance in North America: Bridging Differences? Part II 3. Case Study: Biodiversity and Protected Areas 4. Case Study: The "Smog" Problem 5. Case Study: Greenhouse Gas Reduction 6. Case Study: Genetically Modified Crops 7. Conclusions: The Future of Transboundary Environmental Management in North America References Index
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University of Toronto Press Case Studies in Canadian Health Policy and Management Second Edition
Book SynopsisCovering a wide range of issues, the 22 cases included in Case Studies in Canadian Health Policy and Management constitute an exceptional resource for bringing real-life policy questions into the classroom. Based on actual events, the cases have been developed with input from mid-career professionals with strong field experience and extensively tested in Raisa B. Deber’s graduate case study seminar at the University of Toronto. Each case features both a substantive health policy issue and a selection of key concepts and methods appropriate to examining public policy, public health, and health care management issues.In each case, the authors provide a summary of the case and the related policy issues, a description of events, suggested questions for discussion, supporting information, and both works cited and further reading. Suitable for graduate and undergraduate classrooms in programs in a variety of fields, Case Studies in Canadian Health Policy and ManTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1 - Concepts for the Policy Analyst Raisa Deber Chapter 2 - Danger at the Gates? Screening for Tuberculosis in Immigrants and Refugees Michael Gardam, Marisa Creatore, and Raisa Deber Chapter 3 - Making Canadians Healthier: Where Do We Start? Nurlan Algashov, Patricia Baranek, Cheri Biscope, Kathryn Clarke, Mark Dobrow, Asmita Gillani, Irene Koo, Catherine L. Mah, Brandy McKenna, Michele Parent, Miriam Alton Scharf, Shahzad Siddiqui, Louise Signal, Rachel Wortzman, and Raisa Deber Chapter 4 - Trimming the Fat: Dealing with Obesity Katerina Gapanenko, Catherine L. Mah, Shaheena Mukhi, David Rudoler, and Raisa Deber Chapter 5 - Trouble on Tap Brenda Gamble, Nancy Kraetschmer, Kenneth Cheak Kwan Lam, Catherine L. Mah, Caroline Rafferty, and Raisa Deber Chapter 6 - The Bite of Blood Safety: Screening Blood For West Nile Virus Helen Looker, David Reeleder, and Raisa Deber Chapter 7 - Looking for Trouble: Developing and Implementing a National Network for Infectious Disease Surveillance in Canada Christopher W. McDougall, David Kirsch, Brian Schwartz, and Raisa Deber Chapter 8 - Filling in the Gaps: The Decision to Utilize Agency Nursing in Tarman Hospital Karen Arthurs, Andrea Baumann, Doreen Day, Sarah Dimmock, Leah Levesque, Eleanor Ross, Vera Ingrid Tarman, and Raisa Deber Chapter 9 - Midwifery: Special Delivery Karen Born, Carole-Anne Chiasson, Shawna Gutfreund, Lisa Jackson, Esther Levy, Judy Litwack-Goldman, Elizabeth McCarthy, Wendy Sutton, Betty Wu-Lawrence, and Raisa Deber Chapter 10 - The Demanding Supply: Licensing International Doctors and Nurses in Ontario Mohamad Alameddine, Charles Battershill, Andrea Baumann, Maureen Boon, Karen Born, Andrea Cortinois, Rinku Dhaliwal, Adam M. Dukelow, David Hoff, Carolina Jimenez, Nibal Lubbad, Maria Mathews, Glen Randall, Melissa Rausch, and Raisa Deber. Chapter 11 - Primary Health Care in Ontario: Inching Towards Reform Monica Aggarwal, Munaza Chaudhry, Stephanie Gan, Nada Victoria Ghandour, William Kou, Leslie MacMillan, Catherine L. Mah, Meghan McMahon, Lucinda Montizambert, Allie Peckham, David Rudoler, Rena Singer-Gordon, Debra Zelisko, and Raisa Deber Chapter 12 - At Any Price? Paying for New Cancer Drugs Laurie Bourne, Rachna Chaudhary, David Ford, Olivia Hagemeyer, Christopher J. Longo, Elaine Meertens, and Raisa Deber Chapter 13 - What to Do With the Queue? Reducing Wait Times for Cancer Care John Blake, Daniel Bolland, Ian Dawe, Brenda Gamble, Gunita Mitera, Natalie (Wajs) Rashkovan, Somayeh Sadat, Kenneth Van Wyk, and Raisa Deber Chapter 14 - Down the Tubes: Should In Vitro Fertilization Be Insured in Ontario? Talar Boyajian, Susan Bronskill, Sheryl Farrar, Erin Gilbart, Seija K. Kromm, Lise Labrecque, Mina Mawani, Wendy Medved, Phyllis Tanaka, Dan Tassie, Judy Verbeeten, and Raisa Deber Chapter 15 - Prescription for Conflict Bev Lever, Laura Esmail, Linda Gail Young, and Raisa Deber Chapter 16 - Ask Your Doctor: Direct to Consumer Advertising of Prescription Medicines Chris Bonnett, Christopher J. Longo, Yeesha Poon, and Raisa Deber Chapter 17 - Rehabilitating Auto Insurance Paul Holyoke, Marie Balitbit, Lee Tasker, and Raisa Deber Chapter 18 - Everybody Out of the Pool: Financing Health Expenditures through Medical Savings Accounts Kenneth Cheak Kwan Lam, Mark Rovere, and Raisa Deber Chapter 19 - Long Term Care Reform in Ontario: "The Long Delivery" Patricia Baranek, Jane-Anne Campbell, Kerry Kuluski, Christopher Longo, Frances Morton-Chang, Karen Spalding, Carolyn Steele Gray, Fern Teplitsky, Romy Joseph Thomas, Jillian Watkins, Anne Wojtak, and Raisa Deber Chapter 20 - Depending on How You Cut It: Resource Allocation by a Community Care Access Centre Jane-Anne Campbell, Heather Chappell, Joanne Greco, Jeff Hohenkerk, Joshua Kline, Shannon L. Sibbald, Karen Spalding, Fern Teplitsky, Anne Wojtak, and Raisa Deber Chapter 21 - Shoot and Tell: Mandatory Gunshot Wound Reporting by Physicians Carrie-Lynn Haines, Julie Holmes, Paul Miller, Sharon Vanin, and Raisa Deber Chapter 22 - Dying to Die: Euthanasia and (Physician-) Assisted Suicide Christopher A. Klinger, Joe Slack, and Raisa Deber Chapter 23 - Screen Tests Yvonne Bombard, Marion Byce, Celine Cressman, Rea Devakos, Daniel Farris, Daune Macgregor, Zahava R.S. Rosenberg-Yunger, Natasha Sharpe, and Raisa Deber About the Contributors
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University of Toronto Press Foreign Ownership of Canadian Industry
Book SynopsisForeign ownership is an ongoing national policy issue for Canadians, and a matter of utmost concern in the public mind. Recently, the issue has been hotly debated in sectors as diverse as telecommunications, mining, technology, retail, steel, and aerospace.Foreign Ownership of Canadian Industry, A.E. Safarian''s classic investigation into the behaviour of branch-plant firms in Canada, has proven an enduring and important analysis of this national policy problem and is now back in print. This third edition of Foreign Ownership of Canadian Industry features a new preface contextualizing Safarian''s influential work against contemporary economic issues and policies. As the question of foreign takeovers becomes increasingly critical not only in Canada but in other countries as well, Safarian emphasizes the continuity of concerns over who owns a country''s industries.Table of ContentsChapter 1 - Introduction Direct investment in the Canadian economy The controversy about the international firm Chapter 2 - The Statistical Background to the study The nature of the interviews and questionnaire Comparisons of respondent firms with all direct investment companies Cross-classifications of the variables Chapter 3 - The Managers and Their Powers The senior executives The board of directors The management or executive committee Other methods of maintaining contact with the affiliate The delegation of powers The degree of decentralization of responsibility The degree of supervision Chapter 4 - The Exports of Subsidiary Companies The evidence on private international trade restriction The export pattern of direct investment companies The nature of the export sales organization The effect of affiliation on exports External pressures on foreign-owned firms Chapter 5 - The Imports of Subsidiary Companies The import pattern of direct investment companies Policy and organization with regard to purchasing The effect of affiliation on purchases Chapter 6 - The Transfer of Knowledge The performance of research by the respondent companies The nature of the Canadian research programs Access to the parent's knowledge Chapter 7 - Comparative Costs of Production Unit production costs compared with affiliates Broader issues regarding efficiency Chapter 8 - The Pattern of Ownership and Finance The ownership of voting stock Sources of funds Payment of dividends The United States guidelines program Chapter 9 - Nationality of Ownership and Performance of the Firm Degrees of foreign ownership and performance The nature of the resident-owned firms in this study Senior personnel Marketing and purchasing Research and development Ownership and finance Further tests of difference regarding performance Chapter 10 - Concluding Comments Appendices A - Additional tables by country of control B - Questionnaires and letters to non-resident owned and resident-owned companies Bibliography Index
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