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    Exploring the association between military base neighborhood characteristics and soldiers' and airmen's outcomes (2013)
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    ISBN: 9780833078810 , 083307881X , 9780833078827 , 0833078828 , 9780833078513 , 0833078801 , 0833078518 , 9780833078803
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Technical report TR-1234-RC/A/AF
    Parallel Title: Print version Meadows, Sarah O. (Sarah Opal), 1978- Exploring the association between military base neighborhood characteristics and soldiers' and airmen's outcomes
    Keywords: United States Barracks and quarters ; Evaluation ; United States Barracks and quarters ; Evaluation ; United States ; United States ; Soldiers Social conditions 21st century ; Airmen Social conditions 21st century ; Military bases ; Neighborhoods Social aspects ; Quality of life Statistics ; Social indicators ; Soldiers ; Airmen ; Military bases ; Neighborhoods ; Quality of life ; Social indicators ; Residence Characteristics ; Quality of Life ; Military Personnel ; United States ; HISTORY ; Military ; General ; SCIENCE ; Environmental Science ; Military bases ; Neighborhoods ; Social aspects ; Quality of life ; Social indicators ; Soldiers ; Social conditions ; United States ; United States ; Statistics ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Current extended military engagements in foreign nations have taken their toll on U.S. service members and their families. As a result, the services have made renewed commitments to support the needs of these families of military personnel. Quality-of-life and family programs across the services continue to grow. But no service has applied neighborhood theory and methods to better understand these military issues. Installations, and the communities where they are located, vary in terms of the quality of life they provide inhabitants. Similarly, the families who live in these communities and who are assigned to these installations vary in terms of their needs. A one-size-fits-all approach to base resource allocation and the provision of services may not be the most effective in fostering health and well-being among service members and their families. Thus, the services may want to use this approach as part of their efforts to identify gaps in support to service members and families so that they can make the necessary adjustments and better compensate where communities are lacking. This report explores the applicability of neighborhood theory and social indicators research to understanding the quality of life in and around military bases. It also highlights gaps in neighborhood study methodology that need to be addressed in future research. Finally, it outlines how a more in-depth neighborhood analysis of military installations could be conducted
    Abstract: Current extended military engagements in foreign nations have taken their toll on U.S. service members and their families. As a result, the services have made renewed commitments to support the needs of these families of military personnel. Quality-of-life and family programs across the services continue to grow. But no service has applied neighborhood theory and methods to better understand these military issues. Installations, and the communities where they are located, vary in terms of the quality of life they provide inhabitants. Similarly, the families who live in these communities and who are assigned to these installations vary in terms of their needs. A one-size-fits-all approach to base resource allocation and the provision of services may not be the most effective in fostering health and well-being among service members and their families. Thus, the services may want to use this approach as part of their efforts to identify gaps in support to service members and families so that they can make the necessary adjustments and better compensate where communities are lacking. This report explores the applicability of neighborhood theory and social indicators research to understanding the quality of life in and around military bases. It also highlights gaps in neighborhood study methodology that need to be addressed in future research. Finally, it outlines how a more in-depth neighborhood analysis of military installations could be conducted
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    Reducing long-term costs while preserving a robust strategic airlift fleet : options for the current fleet and next-generation aircraft (2013)
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    ISBN: 9780833077011 , 0833081160 , 0833077015 , 9780833081162
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxx, 127 pages)
    Series Statement: RAND Corporation monograph series
    Parallel Title: Print version Mouton, Christopher A Reducing long-term costs while preserving a robust strategic airlift fleet
    Keywords: United States Planning ; United States Appropriations and expenditures ; United States ; United States ; C-17 (Jet transport) Costs ; Galaxy (Jet transport) Costs ; Airlift, Military Planning ; C-17 (Jet transport) ; Galaxy (Jet transport) ; Airlift, Military ; HISTORY ; Military ; Aviation ; Airlift, Military ; Planning ; Armed Forces ; Appropriations and expenditures ; C-17 (Jet transport) ; Costs ; Planning ; United States ; United States ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The current strategic airlift fleet will be reaching the end of its service life in the next few decades, which has raised concerns about the cost and possible budget spike that would result from the need to recapitalize that fleet. This monograph presents the results of a cost-effectiveness analysis to determine the best way to recapitalize the USAF intertheater (strategic) airlift fleet. The authors examined a broad range of aircraft alternatives, including existing and emerging technologies, and permutations of USAF plans for the current fleet with a view to meeting projected requirements while minimizing life-cycle costs and smoothing out spending peaks. The expected demand for airlift was modeled against the capabilities of each alternative aircraft to form a set of alternative fleet compositions to meet that demand. The authors then estimated the cost for each of the options to determine those that were the most cost-effective. The most cost-effective option involved a highly advanced conceptual design, which represents significant risk. The next most cost-effective options hedge this risk by starting with commercial derivatives as aircraft retire, followed later by a highly advanced aircraft
    Abstract: The current strategic airlift fleet will be reaching the end of its service life in the next few decades, which has raised concerns about the cost and possible budget spike that would result from the need to recapitalize that fleet. This monograph presents the results of a cost-effectiveness analysis to determine the best way to recapitalize the USAF intertheater (strategic) airlift fleet. The authors examined a broad range of aircraft alternatives, including existing and emerging technologies, and permutations of USAF plans for the current fleet with a view to meeting projected requirements while minimizing life-cycle costs and smoothing out spending peaks. The expected demand for airlift was modeled against the capabilities of each alternative aircraft to form a set of alternative fleet compositions to meet that demand. The authors then estimated the cost for each of the options to determine those that were the most cost-effective. The most cost-effective option involved a highly advanced conceptual design, which represents significant risk. The next most cost-effective options hedge this risk by starting with commercial derivatives as aircraft retire, followed later by a highly advanced aircraft
    Note: "Project Air Force , "Prepared for the United States Air Force , Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-127)
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    Improving the deployment of Army health care professionals : an evaluation of PROFIS (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833081124 , 0833081128 , 9780833078049 , 0833078046
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxii, 99 pages)
    Series Statement: Report TR-1227-A
    Series Statement: RAND Corporation technical report series TR1227
    DDC: 355.3/450973
    Keywords: United States Operational readiness ; United States Medical personnel ; United States Personnel management ; United States ; United States ; United States ; Military planning ; Military planning ; Persons ; Named Groups ; Disciplines and Occupations ; Military Personnel ; Military Medicine ; Occupational Groups ; Medicine ; Health Occupations ; Military planning ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Administration ; United States ; United States ; Armed Forces ; Medical personnel ; Armed Forces ; Operational readiness ; Armed Forces ; Personnel management ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The Army Medical Department's Professional Filler System was developed in 1980 to support continuous overseas contingency operations while simultaneously balancing the Army's requirement to maintain a healthy force, deploy a medical force to support military operations, and manage/meet access-to-care demands for all military health system beneficiaries. PROFIS allows health care providers to practice in a military treatment facility when not deployed, which contributes to the maintenance of their medical and technical skills. The PROFIS Deployment System, developed in 2005, is an internal management system that is used to battle roster deploying units with the correct PROFIS personnel so that the U.S. Army Medical Command can plan proactively for deployments. Recently, there have been concerns over how PROFIS affects the medical readiness and availability of providers for training with the unit preparing to deploy. This report describes the functionality of the Army's PROFIS in the current operating environment and assesses potential modifications or improvements to the system. Using a literature review, interviews, a survey, and administrative data, this research sought to identify and understand the effect of PROFIS, and deployments more broadly, on providers and other military personnel. The study also assessed modifications and alternatives to the current PROFIS that might address the identified issues
    Abstract: The Army Medical Department's Professional Filler System was developed in 1980 to support continuous overseas contingency operations while simultaneously balancing the Army's requirement to maintain a healthy force, deploy a medical force to support military operations, and manage/meet access-to-care demands for all military health system beneficiaries. PROFIS allows health care providers to practice in a military treatment facility when not deployed, which contributes to the maintenance of their medical and technical skills. The PROFIS Deployment System, developed in 2005, is an internal management system that is used to battle roster deploying units with the correct PROFIS personnel so that the U.S. Army Medical Command can plan proactively for deployments. Recently, there have been concerns over how PROFIS affects the medical readiness and availability of providers for training with the unit preparing to deploy. This report describes the functionality of the Army's PROFIS in the current operating environment and assesses potential modifications or improvements to the system. Using a literature review, interviews, a survey, and administrative data, this research sought to identify and understand the effect of PROFIS, and deployments more broadly, on providers and other military personnel. The study also assessed modifications and alternatives to the current PROFIS that might address the identified issues
    Note: "The research described in this report was sponsored by the Army Office of the Surgeon General , Includes bibliographical references (pages 97-99)
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    Outcome evaluation of U.S. Department of State support for the Global Methane Initiative (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833081131 , 0833081136 , 9780833076724 , 0833076728
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxii, 76 pages)
    Series Statement: Rand corporation technical report TR-1250-DOS
    Parallel Title: Available in another form
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    DDC: 363.738/74
    Keywords: United States Evaluation ; United States ; Methane Environmental aspects ; Greenhouse gas mitigation Government policy ; Greenhouse gas mitigation Evaluation ; Methane ; Greenhouse gas mitigation ; Greenhouse gas mitigation ; Methane ; Environmental aspects ; Civil & Environmental Engineering ; Evaluation ; Environmental Engineering ; United States ; Engineering & Applied Sciences ; Greenhouse gas mitigation ; Government policy ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Methane is a short-lived greenhouse gas that is released during the production and transport of coal, natural gas, and oil; the raising of livestock and other agricultural practices; and the decay of organic waste in municipal solid waste landfills and some wastewater treatment systems. Although it is short-lived, methane has more than 20 times the atmospheric warming effect of carbon dioxide. However, it is a primary component of natural gas, so efforts to reduce methane emissions can take advantage of technologies that capture and reuse the gas as a fuel, potentially bringing about cost-effective reductions in emissions. The Global Methane Initiative (GMI) is a voluntary international partnership that promotes methane recovery and reuse activities in developing and transition economies. Program partners and funders include national governments, private-sector firms, development banks, and nongovernmental organizations. As a founding member of the partnership, the U.S. government contributes funding and other types of support to GMI primarily through the U.S. Department of State (specifically, its Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs and its Office of Global Change) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. To help gauge the effects and value added of its support for the program, the Department of State requested an evaluation of GMI's activities and outcomes relative to its contributions in fiscal years 2006-2010. The evaluation employed a mixed-methods approach that combined quantitative and qualitative information to document program resources and activities and to illustrate program outcomes, including information from in-country site visits. The report also presents some recommendations for how data collection could be improved to answer more sophisticated questions in the future about the effectiveness of GMI and the value added by the department's contributions
    Abstract: Methane is a short-lived greenhouse gas that is released during the production and transport of coal, natural gas, and oil; the raising of livestock and other agricultural practices; and the decay of organic waste in municipal solid waste landfills and some wastewater treatment systems. Although it is short-lived, methane has more than 20 times the atmospheric warming effect of carbon dioxide. However, it is a primary component of natural gas, so efforts to reduce methane emissions can take advantage of technologies that capture and reuse the gas as a fuel, potentially bringing about cost-effective reductions in emissions. The Global Methane Initiative (GMI) is a voluntary international partnership that promotes methane recovery and reuse activities in developing and transition economies. Program partners and funders include national governments, private-sector firms, development banks, and nongovernmental organizations. As a founding member of the partnership, the U.S. government contributes funding and other types of support to GMI primarily through the U.S. Department of State (specifically, its Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs and its Office of Global Change) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. To help gauge the effects and value added of its support for the program, the Department of State requested an evaluation of GMI's activities and outcomes relative to its contributions in fiscal years 2006-2010. The evaluation employed a mixed-methods approach that combined quantitative and qualitative information to document program resources and activities and to illustrate program outcomes, including information from in-country site visits. The report also presents some recommendations for how data collection could be improved to answer more sophisticated questions in the future about the effectiveness of GMI and the value added by the department's contributions
    Note: "RAND Environment, Energy, and Economic Development Program , "This research was conducted in the Environment, Energy, and Economic Development Program (EEED) within RAND Justice, Infrastructure, and Environment (JIE)"--Preface , Includes bibliographical references (pages 75-76)
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    Maximizing throughput at soft airfields (2013)
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    ISBN: 9780833078650 , 0833083325 , 0833078658 , 9780833083326
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 15 pages)
    Series Statement: RAND Corporation research report series RR148
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    Keywords: Air bases, American ; Airlift, Military Planning ; C-17 (Jet transport) ; Air bases, American ; Airlift, Military ; C-17 (Jet transport) ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Administration ; United States ; HISTORY ; Military ; Aviation ; Air bases, American ; Airlift, Military ; Planning ; C-17 (Jet transport) ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Aircraft operations on soft fields are limited due to field rutting. Each subsequent aircraft pass, defined as one takeoff and one landing, increases field rutting until the field reaches a point where further aircraft operations are no longer permissible. The ability of aircraft to operate on soft fields is often expressed as a function of aircraft landing weight and the California Bearing Ratio (CBR) of the field, which measures the ability the soil to resist compressive loads. Because soft fields can support only a limited number of takeoffs and landings, it is important to understand how to maximize the cargo throughput at these soft fields. This document shows that there exists an optimum landing weight that allows for maximum cargo delivery. This optimum landing weight is found to be constant and independent of field CBR. One of the three objectives of this study was to inform important analytic tradeoffs. Understanding the ability of aircraft to operate from soft fields is one of these important trade-offs. This document details the mathematical calculations used to determine the optimum landing weight that allows for maximum cargo delivery
    Abstract: Aircraft operations on soft fields are limited due to field rutting. Each subsequent aircraft pass, defined as one takeoff and one landing, increases field rutting until the field reaches a point where further aircraft operations are no longer permissible. The ability of aircraft to operate on soft fields is often expressed as a function of aircraft landing weight and the California Bearing Ratio (CBR) of the field, which measures the ability the soil to resist compressive loads. Because soft fields can support only a limited number of takeoffs and landings, it is important to understand how to maximize the cargo throughput at these soft fields. This document shows that there exists an optimum landing weight that allows for maximum cargo delivery. This optimum landing weight is found to be constant and independent of field CBR. One of the three objectives of this study was to inform important analytic tradeoffs. Understanding the ability of aircraft to operate from soft fields is one of these important trade-offs. This document details the mathematical calculations used to determine the optimum landing weight that allows for maximum cargo delivery
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    Are U.S. military interventions contagious over time? : intervention timing and its implication for force planning (2013)
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    ISBN: 9780833079039 , 0833079034 , 9780833079015 , 0833079042 , 0833079018 , 0833079050 , 9780833079053 , 9780833079046
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource)
    Parallel Title: Print version Kavanagh, Jennifer, 1981- Are U.S. military interventions contagious over time?
    Keywords: Military planning ; Intervention (International law) ; Intervention (International law) Case studies ; Military planning ; Intervention (International law) ; Intervention (International law) ; COMPUTERS ; Data Modeling & Design ; HISTORY ; Military ; Other ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Intervention (International law) ; Military planning ; Military policy ; United States ; Case studies ; United States Case studies Military policy ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Current DoD force planning processes assume that U.S. military interventions are serially independent over time. This report challenges this assumption, arguing that interventions occur in temporally dependent clusters in which the likelihood of an intervention depends on interventions in the recent past. The author used data on 66 U.S. Army contingency and peacekeeping deployments of at least company size between 1949 and 2010 and found evidence of temporal dependence between military interventions even when controlling for political, economic, and other security factors. However, the results also suggested that clustering is affected by the nature of the geopolitical regime and is stronger at certain points than others, for example, after the Cold War as compared to during the Cold War. The results suggested that as few as two military interventions above average is often enough to trigger interventions in subsequent years. Because current planning processes address only the direct force demands of a given deployment and ignore the heightened risk for additional demands created by temporal dependence, these processes may project force requirements that understate the demands placed on military deployments during a period of clustered interventions. This analysis suggests that DoD should consider modifying the integrated security constructs to incorporate serial correlation of interventions, making assumptions about the nature of the current or future geopolitical regime explicit, and assessing whether the existing set of force planning frameworks reflects the spectrum of potential future geopolitical regimes
    Abstract: Current DoD force planning processes assume that U.S. military interventions are serially independent over time. This report challenges this assumption, arguing that interventions occur in temporally dependent clusters in which the likelihood of an intervention depends on interventions in the recent past. The author used data on 66 U.S. Army contingency and peacekeeping deployments of at least company size between 1949 and 2010 and found evidence of temporal dependence between military interventions even when controlling for political, economic, and other security factors. However, the results also suggested that clustering is affected by the nature of the geopolitical regime and is stronger at certain points than others, for example, after the Cold War as compared to during the Cold War. The results suggested that as few as two military interventions above average is often enough to trigger interventions in subsequent years. Because current planning processes address only the direct force demands of a given deployment and ignore the heightened risk for additional demands created by temporal dependence, these processes may project force requirements that understate the demands placed on military deployments during a period of clustered interventions. This analysis suggests that DoD should consider modifying the integrated security constructs to incorporate serial correlation of interventions, making assumptions about the nature of the current or future geopolitical regime explicit, and assessing whether the existing set of force planning frameworks reflects the spectrum of potential future geopolitical regimes
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    Japan's failed revolution : Koizumi and the politics of economic reform (2013)
    Acton, A.C.T. : ANU E Press
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    ISBN: 192502105X , 9781925021059
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Mulgan, Aurelia George Japan's failed revolution : Koizumi and the politics of economic reform
    Keywords: Japan ; Politics and government ; Economic policy ; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy ; Japan Politics and government, 1989- ; Japan Economic policy, 1989- ; Japan Politics and government 1989- ; Japan Economic policy 1989- ; Japan ; Japan ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Japan’s Failed Revolution: Koizumi and the Politics of Economic Reform asks why, despite all the high expectations, the Japanese public’s desire for economic reform, and leadership of a majority coalition in a parliamentary democracy, the reformer Prime Minister Koizumi has not achieved the economic reforms expected of him since he surprisingly attained power over a year ago. To unravel this ‘puzzle’, Aurelia George Mulgan eschews the simplicities of both cultural and rational choice explanations and systematically tests the propositions in the comparative literature on ‘failed reform’. The result is one of the best books ever written about contemporary Japanese politics. It explains how, despite British-style parliamentary institutions, Japan’s very ‘un-Westminster’ traditional policymaking process involving the ruling party and the bureaucracy’s structure and linkage has stymied and will probably continue to stymie even a sincere and active Prime Minister’s best reform intentions
    Abstract: Japan’s Failed Revolution: Koizumi and the Politics of Economic Reform asks why, despite all the high expectations, the Japanese public’s desire for economic reform, and leadership of a majority coalition in a parliamentary democracy, the reformer Prime Minister Koizumi has not achieved the economic reforms expected of him since he surprisingly attained power over a year ago. To unravel this ‘puzzle’, Aurelia George Mulgan eschews the simplicities of both cultural and rational choice explanations and systematically tests the propositions in the comparative literature on ‘failed reform’. The result is one of the best books ever written about contemporary Japanese politics. It explains how, despite British-style parliamentary institutions, Japan’s very ‘un-Westminster’ traditional policymaking process involving the ruling party and the bureaucracy’s structure and linkage has stymied and will probably continue to stymie even a sincere and active Prime Minister’s best reform intentions
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    Setting priorities in the age of austerity : British, French, and German experiences (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833080578 , 0833080555 , 0833080393 , 0833080563 , 0833080571 , 9780833080561 , 9780833080394 , 9780833080554
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 45 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Shurkin, Michael Robert Setting priorities in the age of austerity
    Keywords: Great Britain Appropriations and expenditures ; France Appropriations and expenditures ; Germany Appropriations and expenditures ; Great Britain Organization ; France Organization ; Germany Organization ; Great Britain Operational readiness ; France Operational readiness ; Germany Operational readiness ; Great Britain ; France ; Germany ; Great Britain ; France ; Germany ; Great Britain ; France ; Germany ; France ; Germany ; Great Britain ; HISTORY ; Europe ; Great Britain ; HISTORY ; Military ; Other ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Armed Forces ; Appropriations and expenditures ; Armed Forces ; Operational readiness ; Armed Forces ; Organization ; Armies ; Organization ; Expenditures, Public ; Operational readiness (Military science) ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Armies ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This study examines the British, French, and German armies' approaches to managing significant budget cuts while attempting to sustain their commitment to full spectrum operations. Specifically, it looks at the choices these armies are making with respect to how they spend dwindling resources: What force structure do they identify as optimal? How much readiness do they regard as necessary? Which capabilities are they abandoning? It was found that they are prioritizing capabilities and compromising readiness and sustainability while attempting to optimize their force structure and readiness system to reflect their perceived role in future conflicts, as informed by their assessment of risk and the lessons they have derived from the conflict in Afghanistan and the 2006 Lebanon War. Among other things, these militaries are moving toward a medium-weight force built around a new generation of medium-weight armored vehicles. The French army appears to be the last Western European force capable of conducting the full range of operations--including high-intensity conventional conflict--autonomously and for a sustained period of time. That may change soon, however, with the anticipated release of the 2013 Livre Blanc (White Book), which will define France's national security strategy and capabilities for the next five years
    Abstract: This study examines the British, French, and German armies' approaches to managing significant budget cuts while attempting to sustain their commitment to full spectrum operations. Specifically, it looks at the choices these armies are making with respect to how they spend dwindling resources: What force structure do they identify as optimal? How much readiness do they regard as necessary? Which capabilities are they abandoning? It was found that they are prioritizing capabilities and compromising readiness and sustainability while attempting to optimize their force structure and readiness system to reflect their perceived role in future conflicts, as informed by their assessment of risk and the lessons they have derived from the conflict in Afghanistan and the 2006 Lebanon War. Among other things, these militaries are moving toward a medium-weight force built around a new generation of medium-weight armored vehicles. The French army appears to be the last Western European force capable of conducting the full range of operations--including high-intensity conventional conflict--autonomously and for a sustained period of time. That may change soon, however, with the anticipated release of the 2013 Livre Blanc (White Book), which will define France's national security strategy and capabilities for the next five years
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    Building a sustainable and desirable economy-in-society-in-nature (2013)
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    ISBN: 9781921862052 , 192186205X , 9781921862045 , 1921862041
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    Keywords: Economic development Environmental aspects. ; Nature Effect of human beings on. ; Environmental policy ; Natural resources ; Environmental policy. ; Natural resources. ; Nature Effect of human beings on ; Economic development Environmental aspects ; Environmental policy ; Natural resources ; Nature ; Economic development ; Nature ; Effect of human beings on ; Environmental policy ; Business & Economics ; Economic Theory ; Natural resources ; Economic development ; Environmental aspects ; SCIENCE ; Life Sciences ; Ecology ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The world has changed dramatically. We no longer live in a world relatively empty of humans and their artifacts. We now live in the "Anthropocene" era in a full world where humans are dramatically altering our ecological life-support system. Our traditional economic concepts and models were developed in an empty world. If we are to create sustainable prosperity, if we seek "improved human well-being and social equity, while significantly reducing environmental risks and ecological scarcities," we are going to need a new vision of the economy and its relationship to the rest of the world that is better adapted to the new conditions we face. We are going to need an economics that respects planetary boundaries, that recognizes the dependence of human well-being on social relations and fairness, and that recognizes that the ultimate goal is real, sustainable human well-being, not merely growth of material consumption. This new economics recognizes that the economy is embedded in a society and culture that are themselves embedded in an ecological life-support system, and that the economy cannot grow forever on this finite planet. In this report, we discuss the need to focus more directly on the goal of sustainable human well-being rather than merely GDP growth. This includes protecting and restoring nature, achieving social and intergenerational fairness (including poverty alleviation), stabilizing population, and recognizing the significant nonmarket contributions to human well-being from natural and social capital. To do this, we need to develop better measures of progress that go well beyond GDP and begin to measure human well-being and its sustainability more directly.
    Abstract: 1. Rationale and objectives -- 2. What would a sustainable and desirable economy-in-society-in-nature look like? -- 3. A redesign of "the economy" recognizing its embeddedness in society and nature -- 4. Example policy reforms -- 5. Are these policies consistent and feasible? -- 6. Conclusions
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    Crisis stability and long-range strike : a comparative analysis of fighters, bombers, and missiles (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833078476 , 083307847X , 9780833078483 , 0833078496 , 0833078488 , 0833078453 , 9780833078452 , 9780833078490
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource)
    Parallel Title: Print version Morgan, Forrest E Crisis stability and long-range strike
    Keywords: Strategic weapons systems ; Deterrence (Strategy) ; Military planning ; Jet fighter planes ; Strategic bombers ; Intercontinental ballistic missiles ; Strategic forces ; Strategic weapons systems ; Deterrence (Strategy) ; Military planning ; Jet fighter planes ; Strategic bombers ; Intercontinental ballistic missiles ; Strategic forces ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; International Relations ; Arms Control ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Deterrence (Strategy) ; Intercontinental ballistic missiles ; Jet fighter planes ; Military planning ; Strategic bombers ; Strategic forces ; Strategic weapons systems ; Armies ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military & Naval Science ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: To effectively manage an international crisis, the United States must balance its threats with restraint. It must posture forces in ways that deter aggression without implying that an attack is imminent, while limiting its own vulnerability to surprise attack. A RAND study sought to identify which long-range strike assets-strike fighters, bombers, ballistic missiles, cruise missiles-offer capabilities most conducive to stabilizing such crises
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    Watriama and Co : further Pacific Islands portraits (2013)
    Acton, A.C.T. : ANU E Press
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    ISBN: 9781921666339 , 1921666331
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 272 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Laracy, Hugh.; Watriama and Co.
    Parallel Title: Print version Laracy, Hugh Watriama and Co
    Keywords: Watriama, William Jacob ; Watriama, William Jacob ; Pacific Islanders Biography. ; Pacific Islanders Biography ; Pacific Islanders ; Australasian and Pacific history ; Colonialism and imperialism ; History ; History: specific events and topics ; Humanities ; Regional and national history ; HISTORY ; Asia ; Southeast Asia ; Pacific Islanders ; Pacific Ocean ; Islands of the Pacific ; Biography ; History ; Islands of the Pacific History. ; Islands of the Pacific History ; Islands of the Pacific ; Electronic books
    Abstract: 1. Pierre Chanel of Futuna (1803-1841) : the making of a saint -- 2. The Sinclairs of Pigeon Bay, or 'The prehistory of the Robinsons of Ni'ihau' : an essay in historiography, or 'tales their mother told them' -- 3. Insular eminence : Cardinal Moran (1830-1911) and the Pacific Islands -- 4. Constance Frederica Gordon-Cumming (1837-1924) : traveller, author, painter -- 5. Niels Peter Sorensen (1848-1935) : the story of a criminal adventurer -- 6. John Strasburg (1856-1924) : a plain sailor -- 7. Ernest Frederick Hughes Allen (1867-1924) : South Seas trader -- 8. Beatrice Grimshaw (1870-1953) : pride and prejudice in Papua -- 9. W.J. Watriama (c. 1880-1925) : pretender and patriot, (or, 'a blackman's defence of white Australia') -- 10. Lucy Evelyn Cheesman (1881-1969) : traveller, writer, scientist -- 11. Donald Gilbert Kennedy (1898-1967) : an outsider in the colonial service -- 12. George Bogese (1904-1959) : 'just a bloody traitor?' -- 13. Hector MacQuarrie (1889-1973) : traveller, writer, friend of Vouza -- 14. Patrick O'Reilly (1900-1988) : bibliographer of the Pacific
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    Dictionary of world biography (2013)
    Acton, A.C.T. : ANU E Press
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    ISBN: 9781922144683 , 1922144681 , 9781922144492 , 1922144495
    Language: English
    Keywords: Biography Dictionaries. ; Biography Dictionaries ; Biography ; Dictionaries of biography (Who's Who) ; Encyclopaedias and reference works ; Reference works ; Reference, information and interdisciplinary subjects ; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY ; General ; Biography ; Biography - General ; History & Archaeology ; Dictionaries ; Electronic books ; Biografie ; Wörterbuch
    Abstract: "This is an extended version of experiences with the Dictionary of World Biography which appeared in my autobiography, A Thinking Reed (2006)."--Introduction.
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    Ten journeys to Cameron's farm : an Australian tragedy (2013)
    Canberra, ACT, Australia : ANU E Press
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    ISBN: 9781925021011 , 1925021017 , 9781925021004 , 1925021009
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 670 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Hazlehurst, Cameron, 1941-; Ten journeys to Cameron's farm
    Parallel Title: Print version Hazlehurst, Cameron, 1941- Ten journeys to Cameron's farm
    Keywords: Menzies, Robert ; Menzies, Robert ; Aircraft accidents Australia ; Canberra (A.C.T.) ; World War, 1939-1945 Australia ; History. ; Aircraft accidents ; World War, 1939-1945 History ; Aircraft accidents ; World War, 1939-1945 ; Regional and national history ; HISTORY ; Australia & New Zealand ; Aircraft accidents ; Politics and government ; World War (1939-1945) ; Menzies, Robert ; Australia ; Australian Capital Territory ; Canberra ; Australasian and Pacific history ; History ; History ; Humanities ; Australia Politics and government, 1901-1945. ; Australia History, 20th century. ; Australia History 20th century ; Australia Politics and government 1901-1945 ; Australia ; Australia ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Three decades after what he called 'a dreadful air crash, almost within sight of my windows' Robert Menzies wrote 'I shall never forget that terrible hour; I felt that for me the end of the world had come ... ' Ten Journeys to Cameron's Farm tells the lives of the ten men who perished in Duncan Cameron's Canberra property on 13 August 1940: three Cabinet ministers, the Chief of the General Staff, two senior staff members, and the RAAF crew of four. The inquiries into the accident, and the aftermath for the Air Force, government, and bereaved families are examined. Controversial allegations are probed: did the pilot F/Lt Bob Hitchcock cause the crash or was the Minister for Air Jim Fairbairn at the controls? 'Cameron Hazlehurst is a story-teller, one of the all-too rare breed who can write scholarly works which speak to a wider audience. In the most substantial, original, and authoritative account of the Canberra aircraft accident of August 1940 he provides unique insights into a critical, poignant moment in Australian history. Hazlehurst's account is touched with irony and quirks, set within a framework of political, social, and military history, distinctions of class, education, and rank, and the machinations of parliamentary and service politics and of the 'official mind'. The research is meticulous and wide-ranging, the analysis is always balanced, and the writing at once skilful and compelling. This is a work of an exceptional historian.' (Ian Hancock, author of Nick Greiner: A Political Biography, John Gorton: He Did It His Way, and National and Permanent? The Federal Organisation of the Liberal Party of Australia) 'Ten Journeys to Cameron's Farm is a monumental work of historical research pegged on a single, lethal moment at the apex of government at an extraordinarily sensitive time in Australia's history. The book embodies top drawer scholarship, deep sensitivity to antipodean class structures and sensibilities, and a nuanced understanding of both democratic and bureaucratic politics.' (Christine Wallace, author of Germaine Greer Untamed Shrew and The Private Don: the man behind the legend of Don Bradman)
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    The politics of preferential development : trans-global study of affirmative action and ethnic conflict in Fiji, Malaysia and South Africa (2013)
    Acton, A.C.T. : ANU E Press
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    ISBN: 9781925021035 , 1925021033 , 9781925021028 , 1925021025
    Language: English
    Keywords: Minorities Political aspects ; Fiji. ; Minorities Political aspects ; Malaysia. ; Minorities Political aspects ; South Africa. ; Minorities Political aspects ; Minorities Political aspects ; Minorities Political aspects ; Minorities ; Minorities ; Minorities ; Asia ; Australasia, Oceania and other land areas ; Fiji ; Malaysia ; Melanesia ; Oceania ; Political science and theory ; Politics and government ; Republic of South Africa ; Society and social sciences Society and social sciences ; South East Asia ; Southern Africa ; Sub-Saharan Africa ; Ethnic relations ; Political aspects ; Minorities ; Political aspects ; Race relations ; Political aspects ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Comparative Politics ; Fiji ; Malaysia ; South Africa ; Africa ; Fiji Ethnic relations ; Political aspects. ; Fiji Race relations ; Political aspects. ; Malaysia Ethnic relations ; Political aspects. ; Malaysia Race relations ; Political aspects. ; South Africa Ethnic relations ; Political aspects. ; South Africa Race relations ; Political aspects. ; South Africa Ethnic relations ; Political aspects ; South Africa Race relations ; Political aspects ; Fiji Ethnic relations ; Political aspects ; Fiji Race relations ; Political aspects ; Malaysia Ethnic relations ; Political aspects ; Malaysia Race relations ; Political aspects ; South Africa ; South Africa ; Fiji ; Fiji ; Malaysia ; Malaysia ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The book is a critical examination of affirmative action, a form of preferential development often used to address the situation of disadvantaged groups. It uses a trans-global approach, as opposed to the comparative approach, to examine the relationship between affirmative action, ethnic conflict and the role of the state in Fiji, Malaysia and South Africa. While affirmative action has noble goals, there are often intervening political and ideological factors in the form of ethno-nationalism and elite interests, amongst others, which potentially undermine fair distribution of affirmative action resources. The book examines the affirmative action philosophies and programs of the three countries and raises pertinent questions about whether affirmative action has led to equality, social justice, harmony and political stability and explores future possibilities
    Abstract: The book is a critical examination of affirmative action, a form of preferential development often used to address the situation of disadvantaged groups. It uses a trans-global approach, as opposed to the comparative approach, to examine the relationship between affirmative action, ethnic conflict and the role of the state in Fiji, Malaysia and South Africa. While affirmative action has noble goals, there are often intervening political and ideological factors in the form of ethno-nationalism and elite interests, amongst others, which potentially undermine fair distribution of affirmative action resources. The book examines the affirmative action philosophies and programs of the three countries and raises pertinent questions about whether affirmative action has led to equality, social justice, harmony and political stability and explores future possibilities
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    Tracing the Melanesian person : emotions and relationships in Lihir (2013)
    Adelaide, South Australia : University of Adelaide Press
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    ISBN: 9781922064455 , 1922064440 , 1922064459 , 9781922064448
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 311 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Keywords: Identity (Psychology) ; Lihir (Papua New Guinean people) Social life and customs ; Self ; Human ecology ; Emotions ; Identity (Psychology) ; Lihir (Papua New Guinean people) ; Self ; Human ecology ; Emotions ; Self ; Gesellschaft ; Brauchtum ; Ethnische Identität ; Anthropogeography & Human Ecology ; Anthropology ; Social Sciences ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural ; Melanesia ; Lihir Islands ; Papua New Guinea ; Papua New Guinea ; Lihir Islands ; Emotions ; Human ecology ; Identity (Psychology) ; Manners and customs ; Lihir Islands (Papua New Guinea) Social life and customs ; Melanesia Social life and customs ; Lihir Islands (Papua New Guinea) ; Melanesia ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "This book explores what it means to be Lihirian through an analysis of everyday life in the Lihir Islands, Papua New Guinea. Atop four volcanic islands in the Pacific Ocean east of New Ireland, Lihirians are living in a world that has rapidly changed in the last century through the work of Christian missions, government administration and the development of a large gold mine (Lihir Gold Ltd). Being Lihirian in the context of these changes is challenging, yet Lihirians retain a strong sense of themselves and their islands as distinctive. This book aims to reconcile what has been termed the 'root metaphor' of Melanesian sociality as based on relational or composite personhood with the strong individualist tendencies and sense of self that are found in everyday practice in Lihir. In looking beyond the ideals of moral conduct to the practice of relations and emotion, it can be seen that the symbolism of Melanesian sociality does not encompass the practical reality of what it means to be Lihirian. Emotion is a ubiquitous part of life in Lihir. Emotions are motivations, reactions and remarks on the state of self and other; in short, emotions are integral to relations and persons in Lihir. This book considers emotions both through their performative contexts as well as the more usual lexical analyses of emotion terms and commentaries. In moving beyond lexical analyses, Hemer argues that the strong focus on the semantics of emotion in anthropology has been at the expense of the embodied practice of emotion that was apparent in Lihir."--Publisher
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    Post-traumatic stress disorder and the earnings of military reservists (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833082725 , 0833082728
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 45 pages)
    Series Statement: RAND Corporation technical report series TR1006
    Keywords: Post-traumatic stress disorder Economic aspects ; People with disabilities Employment ; Veterans Employment ; Pay equity ; Post-traumatic stress disorder ; People with disabilities ; Veterans ; Pay equity ; HEALTH & FITNESS ; Diseases ; General ; MEDICAL ; Clinical Medicine ; MEDICAL ; Diseases ; MEDICAL ; Evidence-Based Medicine ; MEDICAL ; Internal Medicine ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Labor ; Pay equity ; People with disabilities ; Employment ; Veterans ; Employment ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This report investigates the effects of having symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) on the labor market earnings of reservists in the years following deployment. Data on more than 315,000 reservists returning from deployments between 2003 and 2006, combined with longitudinal labor market earnings data, indicate that reservists who have symptoms of PTSD do earn substantially less than those who do not experience PTSD, but much of that gap in earnings was apparent prior to deployment. This suggests that characteristics of individuals reporting symptoms of PTSD that typically are not controlled for in empirical studies are responsible for much of the observed difference in earnings. Controlling for such characteristics, the study finds that reservists reporting symptoms of PTSD on average earn up to 6 percent less than they would have earned if they had not had such symptoms in the first four years following deployment. These lower earnings are attributable to higher military separation rates, a concomitant decline in military earnings, and no compensating increase in civilian labor market earnings
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    Facilitating information sharing across the international space community : lessons from behavioral science (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833076946 , 0833083244 , 0833076949 , 9780833083241
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 20 pages)
    Parallel Title: Available in another form
    Parallel Title: Available in another form
    Keywords: United States ; United States ; Communication International cooperation ; Space debris International cooperation ; Communication ; Space debris ; Engineering & Applied Sciences ; Aeronautics Engineering & Astronautics ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Aeronautics & Astronautics ; Communication ; International cooperation ; Mechanical Engineering ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: An increasing number of countries and organizations have realized the advantages of space-based assets. A handful of countries can launch their own unmanned orbital missions, while others have relied on partnerships with other countries to launch their payloads. In addition, private companies are working to provide the public and private sectors with additional spacelift capacity. Increasing space activities, however, have also increased both the number of operational satellites and the amount of space debris. The latter, in particular, has renewed interest among such entities as the U.S. military and private spaceflight companies in reducing future debris populations using political and technical means. But doing this effectively requires these diverse space organizations to share information that has traditionally been treated as proprietary or sensitive. This report examines some of the behavioral and psychological barriers that may prevent diverse entities from sharing data and processes more freely and suggests ways the U.S. Air Force might be able to overcome them to encourage the information sharing that will help the community as a whole address the growing space congestion problem
    Abstract: An increasing number of countries and organizations have realized the advantages of space-based assets. A handful of countries can launch their own unmanned orbital missions, while others have relied on partnerships with other countries to launch their payloads. In addition, private companies are working to provide the public and private sectors with additional spacelift capacity. Increasing space activities, however, have also increased both the number of operational satellites and the amount of space debris. The latter, in particular, has renewed interest among such entities as the U.S. military and private spaceflight companies in reducing future debris populations using political and technical means. But doing this effectively requires these diverse space organizations to share information that has traditionally been treated as proprietary or sensitive. This report examines some of the behavioral and psychological barriers that may prevent diverse entities from sharing data and processes more freely and suggests ways the U.S. Air Force might be able to overcome them to encourage the information sharing that will help the community as a whole address the growing space congestion problem
    Note: "RAND Project Air Force , "The project was conducted within the Force Modernization and Employment Program of RAND Project Air Force"--Preface , Includes bibliographical references (pages 17-20)
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    Understanding why a ground combat vehicle that carries nine dismounts is important to the Army (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833082855 , 083308285X
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 40 pages)
    Series Statement: RAND Corporation research report series RR184
    Keywords: United States Equipment and supplies ; United States ; Armored vehicles, Military ; Combat sustainability (Military science) ; Armored vehicles, Military ; Combat sustainability (Military science) ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Combat sustainability (Military science) ; Armed Forces ; Equipment and supplies ; Armored vehicles, Military ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The Army has examined the lessons of half a dozen significant conflicts, starting with World War II, has conducted numerous studies over the last 65 years, and has found time and again that an ability to conduct dismounted fire and maneuver is the fundamental squad-level tactic. It has also consistently determined that squads should be organized around two fire teams and should contain no fewer than nine soldiers, though a larger number has usually been preferred, to accomplish fire and maneuver doctrine, but also for reasons of squad resilience, lethality, and leader span of control. To support fully enabled mechanized infantry squads, the Army has, for the last fifty years, tried to develop and field survivable, lethal infantry fighting vehicles that are also capable of carrying a full nine to eleven man squad that can dismount to fight on foot. The Army has not been able to do this for a variety of reasons, and its current infantry fighting vehicle, the M2 Bradley, cannot carry enough soldiers to enable squad-level fire and maneuver from a single vehicle. As a result, today's mechanized infantry are more at risk when transitioning from mounted to dismounted operations, and squad-level dismounted fire and maneuver is compromised in some situations. The Ground Combat Vehicle (GCV), if developed as planned, will finally provide the infantry with an IFV that can accommodate a full squad. For this reason, the Army considers the program to be one of its most important
    Abstract: The Army has examined the lessons of half a dozen significant conflicts, starting with World War II, has conducted numerous studies over the last 65 years, and has found time and again that an ability to conduct dismounted fire and maneuver is the fundamental squad-level tactic. It has also consistently determined that squads should be organized around two fire teams and should contain no fewer than nine soldiers, though a larger number has usually been preferred, to accomplish fire and maneuver doctrine, but also for reasons of squad resilience, lethality, and leader span of control. To support fully enabled mechanized infantry squads, the Army has, for the last fifty years, tried to develop and field survivable, lethal infantry fighting vehicles that are also capable of carrying a full nine to eleven man squad that can dismount to fight on foot. The Army has not been able to do this for a variety of reasons, and its current infantry fighting vehicle, the M2 Bradley, cannot carry enough soldiers to enable squad-level fire and maneuver from a single vehicle. As a result, today's mechanized infantry are more at risk when transitioning from mounted to dismounted operations, and squad-level dismounted fire and maneuver is compromised in some situations. The Ground Combat Vehicle (GCV), if developed as planned, will finally provide the infantry with an IFV that can accommodate a full squad. For this reason, the Army considers the program to be one of its most important
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    Politics, development and security in Oceania (2013)
    Acton, A.C.T. : ANU E Press
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    ISBN: 9781922144874 , 1922144878 , 9781922144867 , 192214486X
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xix 219 pages)
    Series Statement: Studies in state and society in the Pacific no. 7
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Politics, development and security in Oceania.
    Parallel Title: Print version Politics, development and security in Oceania
    Keywords: POLITICAL SCIENCE ; World ; Australian & Oceanian ; Diplomatic relations ; International economic relations ; Australia ; Developing island countries ; France ; Oceania ; Politics and government ; Development studies ; Reference, information and interdisciplinary subjects ; Interdisciplinary studies ; Oceania Politics and government. ; Oceania Foreign economic relations. ; Oceania Foreign relations ; Australia. ; Oceania Foreign relations ; France. ; Australia Foreign relations ; Oceania. ; France Foreign relations ; Oceania. ; Developing island countries ; Developing island countries. ; Oceania Foreign relations ; Australia Foreign relations ; Oceania Foreign relations ; Oceania Foreign economic relations ; Oceania Politics and government ; France Foreign relations ; Developing island countries ; Oceania ; Australia ; Oceania ; Oceania ; Oceania ; France ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "French and Australian collaborative research in the humanities and the social sciences in the South Pacific has grown and intensified significantly over the past two decades, beginning with the international symposium Changing Identities in the Pacific at the Dawn of the Twenty-First Century held at the Australian Embassy in Paris in 1997 ... In April 2006, another French-government sponsored international symposium, AGORA (Ateliers Gouvernance et Recherche Appliquée) was held at IRD (Institut de Recherche pour le Développement), Noumea, New Caledonia, major themes being governance and economic development, again bringing together Francophone and Anglophone scholars from France and the Pacific region. This was followed in October 2009 by two conjoint Francophone/Anglophone conferences, held at the IRD Centre in Noumea, Stability, Security and Development in Oceania, preceded by AGORA-2, an international conference on Anglophone research in the humanities and the social sciences in the Francophone Pacific, sponsored by the French Government and the Government of New Caledonia. The first of these conferences was sponsored by the French Fonds Pacifique and the State, Society and Governance Program at The Australian National University. An edited selection of presentations from this symposium constitutes the present volume."--Preface.
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    Workforce planning in the intelligence community : a retrospective (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833080783 , 0833083279 , 0833080784 , 9780833083272
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 76 pages)
    Series Statement: Rand Corporation research report series RR-114-ODNI
    Keywords: United States Personnel management ; United States Personnel management ; United States ; United States ; Intelligence service Personnel management ; Intelligence service ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Security (National & International) ; Personnel management ; United States ; United States ; United States ; United States ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The U.S. intelligence community has a continuing and important role to play in providing the best intelligence and analytic insight possible to aid the nation's leaders in making decisions and taking action. Executing this role will require unprecedented collaboration and information sharing. The personnel throughout the intelligence agencies are essential to accomplishing these tasks. The intelligence community has made significant progress during the past decade in rebuilding its workforce and developing capabilities lost during the 1990s. As decisionmakers look ahead to a future most certainly defined by constrained budgets, it will be important to avoid repeating the post-Cold War drawdown experience and losing capability in a similar way because the consequences of such actions can be long lasting. This report chronicles intelligence community efforts over more than half a decade to improve community-wide workforce planning and management. It describes workforce planning tools that will help decisionmakers maintain a workforce capable of meeting the challenges that lie ahead, even as budgets decline. In addition, the community's collective efforts to take a more strategic approach to workforce planning point to a number of important considerations that serve as guideposts for the future: (1) rebuilding lost capability takes time, (2) resource flexibility is needed, (3) risk is an essential element in workforce planning, (4) systematic planning shores up requirements, and (5) the supply of military personnel is likely to decline. These lessons learned through an era of workforce rebuilding can inform resource decisions today and in the years to come
    Abstract: The U.S. intelligence community has a continuing and important role to play in providing the best intelligence and analytic insight possible to aid the nation's leaders in making decisions and taking action. Executing this role will require unprecedented collaboration and information sharing. The personnel throughout the intelligence agencies are essential to accomplishing these tasks. The intelligence community has made significant progress during the past decade in rebuilding its workforce and developing capabilities lost during the 1990s. As decisionmakers look ahead to a future most certainly defined by constrained budgets, it will be important to avoid repeating the post-Cold War drawdown experience and losing capability in a similar way because the consequences of such actions can be long lasting. This report chronicles intelligence community efforts over more than half a decade to improve community-wide workforce planning and management. It describes workforce planning tools that will help decisionmakers maintain a workforce capable of meeting the challenges that lie ahead, even as budgets decline. In addition, the community's collective efforts to take a more strategic approach to workforce planning point to a number of important considerations that serve as guideposts for the future: (1) rebuilding lost capability takes time, (2) resource flexibility is needed, (3) risk is an essential element in workforce planning, (4) systematic planning shores up requirements, and (5) the supply of military personnel is likely to decline. These lessons learned through an era of workforce rebuilding can inform resource decisions today and in the years to come
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    The sound of William Barnes's dialect poems : 1: Poems of rural life in the Dorset dialect, first collection (1844) (2013)
    Adelaide : University of Adelaide Press
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    ISBN: 9781922064493 , 1922064491 , 9781922064486 , 1922064483
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xx, 593 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Burton, T.L. (Tom L.), 1944- Sound of William Barnes's Dialect Poems. 1, Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect, first collection (1844)
    Keywords: Barnes, William ; Barnes, William ; Barnes, William ; Barnes, William ; English poetry 19th century ; English poetry ; English ; Languages & Literatures ; Barnes, William ; POETRY ; European ; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh ; English poetry ; English Literature ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "This series developed from Tom Burton's groundbreaking study, 'William Barnes's dialect poems : a pronunciation guide' (The Chaucer Studio Press, 2010), sets out to demonstrate for the first time what all of Barnes's dialect poems would have sounded like in the pronunciation of his own time and place. Every poem is accompanied by a facing-page phonemic transcript and by an audio recording freely available from the University of Adelaide Press website
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- The spelling of the 1844 collection -- A note on the text -- The milk-mâid o' the farm (a line-by-line phonemic analysis) -- 1844 Poems with phonemic transcripts -- Spring -- The Spring -- The woodlands -- Liady-Day an' ridden house -- Easter time -- Dock leaves -- The blackbird -- Woodcom' feäst -- The milk-mâid o' the farm -- The girt woak tree that's in the dell -- Vellen the tree -- Bringen oon gwâin o' Zundays -- Evemen twilight -- Evemen in the village -- Mây -- Bob the fiddler -- Hope in Spring -- The white road up athirt the hill -- The woody holler -- Jenny's ribbons -- Eclogue: the 'lotments -- Eclogue: A bit o' sly coortèn -- Summer -- Evemen, an' mâidens out at door -- The shepherd o' the farm -- Vields in the light -- Whitsuntide an' club wa'kèn -- Woodley -- The brook that runn'd by Gramfer's -- Sleep did come wi' the dew -- Sweet music in the wind -- Uncle an' Ānt -- Havèn oon's fortun a-tuold -- Jeän's weddèn dae in marnen -- Rivers don't gi'e out -- Miakèn up a miff -- Hây-miakèn -- Hây-carrèn -- Eclogue: The best man in the vield -- Wher we did kip our flagon -- Wik's end in Zummer, in the wold vo'ke's time -- The meäd a-mow'd -- The sky a-clearèn -- The evemen star o' Zummer -- The clote -- I got two viel's -- Polly be-èn upzides wi' Tom -- Be'mi'ster -- Thatchèn o' the rick -- Bees a-zwarmen -- Readèn ov a headstuone -- Zummer evemen dānce -- Eclogue: Viairies -- Fall -- Carn a-turnèn yoller -- A-halèn carn -- Harvest huome: The vust piart: the supper -- Harvest huome: Second piart: what tha done āter supper -- A zong ov harvest huome -- Poll's jack dā -- The ivy -- The welshnut tree -- Jenny out vrom huome -- Grenley water -- The viary veet that I da meet -- Marnen -- Out a-nuttèn -- Tiakèn in apples -- Miaple leaves be yoller -- The weather-beäten tree -- Shodon fiair: The vust piart -- Shodon Fiair: The rest ō't -- Martin's tide -- Guy Faux's night -- Night a-zettèn in -- Eclogue : The common a-took in -- Eclogue : Two farms in oone -- Winter -- The vrost -- A bit o' fun -- Fanny's bethdae -- What Dick an' I done -- Grammer's shoes -- Zunsheen in the Winter -- The weepèn liady -- The happy daes when I wer young -- In the stillness o' the night -- The settle an' the girt wood vire -- The carter -- Christmas invitation -- Keepèn up o' Chris'mas -- Zittèn out the wold year -- Woak wer good enough oonce -- Miary-Ann's chile -- Eclogue: Faether come huome -- Eclogue: A ghost -- Miscellaneous pieces -- A zong -- The mâid var my bride -- The huomestead -- The farmer's woldest daeter -- Uncle out o' debt an' out o' dannger -- The church an' happy Zunday -- The wold waggon -- The common a-took in -- A wold friend -- The ruose that deck'd her breast -- Nanny's cow -- The shep'erd buoy -- Hope a-left behine -- A good faether -- The beam in Grenley Church -- The vâices that be gone -- Poll -- Looks a-know'd avore -- The music o' the dead -- The pliace a tiale's a-tuold o' -- Ānt's tantrums -- The stuonen puorch -- Farmers' sons -- Jeän -- The dree woaks -- The huomestead a-vell into han' -- The d'rection Post -- Jeän o' Grenley Mill -- The bells of Alderburnham -- The girt wold house o' mossy stuone -- Eclogue: The times -- A witch -- Appendix: A summary of sections 7 and 8 of WBPG -- Glossary.
    Note: Audio recordings of each poem available from University of Adelaide Press website
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    Physical and Psychological Health Following Military Sexual Assault : Recommendations for Care, Research, and Policy (2013)
    Santa Monica : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833078285 , 0833078283 , 9780833078308 , 0833078305
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (78 pages)
    Series Statement: Occasional paper OP-382-OSD
    Keywords: United States Rules and practice ; United States ; Military offenses ; Rape victims Medical care ; Rape victims Psychology ; Soldiers Crimes against ; Military offenses ; Rape victims ; Rape victims ; Soldiers ; United States ; MEDICAL ; Research ; MEDICAL ; Mental Health ; MEDICAL ; Health Risk Assessment ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Disease & Health Issues ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Human Resources & Personnel Management ; Armed Forces ; Medical care ; Military offenses ; Rape victims ; Medical care ; Rape victims ; Psychology ; United States ; Rules ; United States Armed Forces ; Medical care ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This paper reviews data on the prevalence of sexual assault among servicemembers, predictors of disclosure, efforts to improve disclosure, victim needs and DoD efforts to provide necessary resources in the immediate aftermath of a sexual assault. The authors compared civilian and DoD guidelines for care and found them to be generally consistent. However, little is known about the fidelity with which DoD recommendations are implemented
    Abstract: This paper reviews data on the prevalence of sexual assault among servicemembers, predictors of disclosure, efforts to improve disclosure, victim needs and DoD efforts to provide necessary resources in the immediate aftermath of a sexual assault. The authors compared civilian and DoD guidelines for care and found them to be generally consistent. However, little is known about the fidelity with which DoD recommendations are implemented
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    Military Caregivers : Cornerstones of Support for Our Nation's Wounded, Ill, and Injured Veterans (2013)
    Santa Monica : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833080073 , 0833080075 , 9780833080080 , 0833080083
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (63 pages)
    Keywords: Caregivers ; Disabled veterans Services for ; Veterans' families Services for ; Caregivers ; Disabled veterans ; Veterans' families ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Essays ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Reference ; HISTORY ; Civilization ; HISTORY ; Essays ; HISTORY ; Reference ; HISTORY ; Social History ; MEDICAL ; Neurology ; Caregivers ; Disabled veterans ; Services for ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Administration ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Military caregivers are an essential part of our nation's ability to care for returning wounded warriors. Far too often, their own needs are neglected. The RAND Corporation and the Elizabeth Dole Foundation lay the groundwork to inform policy and program development relative to the needs of military caregivers that often differ from the needs of the general caregiving population
    Abstract: Military caregivers are an essential part of our nation's ability to care for returning wounded warriors. Far too often, their own needs are neglected. The RAND Corporation and the Elizabeth Dole Foundation lay the groundwork to inform policy and program development relative to the needs of military caregivers that often differ from the needs of the general caregiving population
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    Ending the U.S. War in Iraq : the final transition, operational maneuver, and disestablishment of United States Forces-Iraq (USF-I) (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833080486 , 0833080482 , 9780833080493 , 0833080504 , 0833080474 , 0833080490 , 0833082450 , 9780833082459 , 9780833080479 , 9780833080509
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: RAND Corporation research report series
    Parallel Title: Print version Brennan, Richard, 1954- Ending the U.S. War in Iraq
    Keywords: Iraq War, 2003-2011 ; Postwar reconstruction ; Disengagement (Military science) ; Iraq War, 2003-2011 ; Postwar reconstruction ; Disengagement (Military science) ; HISTORY ; Middle East ; General ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Armed Forces ; Disengagement (Military science) ; Postwar reconstruction ; Iraq War (2003-2011) ; Iraq ; United States ; United States Armed Forces ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Over the course of the U.S. engagement in Iraq, the U.S. military managed hundreds of bases and facilities and used millions of pieces of equipment. The military was not only involved with security-related activities but also assisted in political and economic functions the host nation government or other U.S. departments would normally perform. A 2010 assessment identified that responsibility for 431 activities would need to be handed off to the government of Iraq, the U.S. embassy, U.S. Central Command, or other U.S. government departments. Ending the U.S. war in Iraq would also require redeploying over 100,000 military and civilian personnel and moving or transferring ownership of over a million pieces of property, including facilities, in accordance with U.S. and Iraqi laws, national policy, and DoD requirements. This book looks at the planning and execution of this transition, using information gathered from historical documents and interviews with key players. It examines efforts to help Iraq build the capacity necessary to manage its own security absent a U.S. military presence. It also looks at the complications that arose from uncertainty over just how much of a presence the United States would continue to have beyond 2011 and how various posttransition objectives would be advanced. The authors also examine efforts to create an embassy intended to survive in a hostile environment by being entirely self-sufficient, performing missions the military previously performed. The authors draw lessons from these events that can help plan for ending future wars.--
    Abstract: Over the course of the U.S. engagement in Iraq, the U.S. military managed hundreds of bases and facilities and used millions of pieces of equipment. The military was not only involved with security-related activities but also assisted in political and economic functions the host nation government or other U.S. departments would normally perform. A 2010 assessment identified that responsibility for 431 activities would need to be handed off to the government of Iraq, the U.S. embassy, U.S. Central Command, or other U.S. government departments. Ending the U.S. war in Iraq would also require redeploying over 100,000 military and civilian personnel and moving or transferring ownership of over a million pieces of property, including facilities, in accordance with U.S. and Iraqi laws, national policy, and DoD requirements. This book looks at the planning and execution of this transition, using information gathered from historical documents and interviews with key players. It examines efforts to help Iraq build the capacity necessary to manage its own security absent a U.S. military presence. It also looks at the complications that arose from uncertainty over just how much of a presence the United States would continue to have beyond 2011 and how various posttransition objectives would be advanced. The authors also examine efforts to create an embassy intended to survive in a hostile environment by being entirely self-sufficient, performing missions the military previously performed. The authors draw lessons from these events that can help plan for ending future wars.--
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    On the dual uses of science and ethics : principles, practices, and prospects (2013)
    Acton, A.C.T. : ANU E Press
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    ISBN: 9781925021349 , 1925021343
    Language: English
    Series Statement: Practical Ethics and Public Policy
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Rappert, Brian Dual Uses of Science and Ethics : Principles, Practices, and Prospects
    Keywords: Science and civilization Moral and ethical aspects. ; Science Moral and ethical aspects. ; Science and the humanities ; Science and the humanities. ; Science and civilization Moral and ethical aspects ; Science Moral and ethical aspects ; Science and the humanities ; Science and civilization ; Science ; Philosophy ; PHILOSOPHY ; Ethics & Moral Philosophy ; Science and the humanities ; Science ; Moral and ethical aspects ; Ethics and moral philosophy ; Humanities ; Electronic books
    Abstract: 1. Ethics and dual-use research -- 2. Nanotechnology and dual-use dilemmas -- 3. What does neuroethics have to say about the problem of dual use? -- 4. Synthetic biology as a field of dual-use bioethical concern -- 5. Crops agents, phytopathology and ethical review -- 6. The super TB experiment: Evolution and resolution of an experiment with dual-use concerns -- 7. Moral development and ethical decision-making -- 8. Responsible dual use -- 9. An expected-value approach to the dual-use problem -- 10. The doctrine of double effect and the ethics of dual use -- 11. Unknowns in dual-use dilemmas -- 12. Moral responsibility, collective-action problems and the dual-use dilemma in science and technology -- 13. Biosecurity and the just-war tradition -- 14. The precautionary principle and the dual-use dilemma -- 15. Scientific control over dual-use research: Prospects for self-regulation -- 16. Contrasting dual-use issues in biology and nuclear science -- 17. Considering contextuality in dual-use discussions: Is there a problem? -- 18. Exploring the role of life scientists in combating the misuse of incapaciting chemical and toxin agents -- 19. WHO project on responsible life-sciences research for global health security: Why ethics and how to strengthen it? -- 20. Ethics as... -- Appendix A
    Abstract: 1. Ethics and dual-use research -- 2. Nanotechnology and dual-use dilemmas -- 3. What does neuroethics have to say about the problem of dual use? -- 4. Synthetic biology as a field of dual-use bioethical concern -- 5. Crops agents, phytopathology and ethical review -- 6. The super TB experiment: Evolution and resolution of an experiment with dual-use concerns -- 7. Moral development and ethical decision-making -- 8. Responsible dual use -- 9. An expected-value approach to the dual-use problem -- 10. The doctrine of double effect and the ethics of dual use -- 11. Unknowns in dual-use dilemmas -- 12. Moral responsibility, collective-action problems and the dual-use dilemma in science and technology -- 13. Biosecurity and the just-war tradition -- 14. The precautionary principle and the dual-use dilemma -- 15. Scientific control over dual-use research: Prospects for self-regulation -- 16. Contrasting dual-use issues in biology and nuclear science -- 17. Considering contextuality in dual-use discussions: Is there a problem? -- 18. Exploring the role of life scientists in combating the misuse of incapaciting chemical and toxin agents -- 19. WHO project on responsible life-sciences research for global health security: Why ethics and how to strengthen it? -- 20. Ethics as... -- Appendix A
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    Breaking Japanese diplomatic codes : David Sissons and D Special Section during the Second World War (2013)
    Acton, A.C.T. : ANU E Press
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    ISBN: 9781925021080 , 1925021084 , 9781925021073 , 1925021076
    Language: English
    Series Statement: Asian Studies Series v. 4
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Breaking Japanese diplomatic codes : David Sissons and D Special Section during the second World War
    Keywords: Sissons, D. C. S. ; Sissons, David ; Sissons, David ; Allied Forces. South West Pacific Area. ; Allied Forces ; Allied Forces ; World War, 1939-1945 Cryptography. ; World War, 1939-1945 Secret service ; Australia. ; World War, 1939-1945 Electronic intelligence ; Australia. ; World War, 1939-1945 Military intelligence ; Australia. ; World War, 1939-1945 Japan. ; Cryptography Australia ; History. ; Military intelligence Australia ; History, 20th century. ; World War, 1939-1945 Cryptography ; World War, 1939-1945 Secret service ; World War, 1939-1945 Electronic intelligence ; World War, 1939-1945 Military intelligence ; World War, 1939-1945 ; Cryptography History ; Military intelligence History 20th century ; World War, 1939-1945 ; World War, 1939-1945 ; World War, 1939-1945 ; World War, 1939-1945 ; World War, 1939-1945 ; Cryptography ; Military intelligence ; Allied Forces ; World War (1939-1945) ; Coding theory and cryptology ; History ; Humanities ; Military history ; Reference, information and interdisciplinary subjects ; Research and information: general ; Second World War ; HISTORY ; Asia ; Japan ; Cryptography ; Electronic intelligence ; Military intelligence ; Secret service ; History & Archaeology ; History - General ; Japan ; Australia ; History ; Electronic books
    Abstract: During the Second World War, Australia maintained a super-secret organisation, the Diplomatic (or 'D') Special Section, dedicated to breaking Japanese diplomatic codes. The Section has remained officially secret as successive Australian Governments have consistently refused to admit that Australia ever intercepted diplomatic communications, even in war-time. This book recounts the history of the Special Section and describes its code-breaking activities. It was a small but very select organisation, whose 'technical' members came from the worlds of Classics and Mathematics. It concentrated on lower-grade Japanese diplomatic codes and cyphers, such as J-19 (FUJI), LA and GEAM. However, towards the end of the war it also worked on some Soviet messages, evidently contributing to the effort to track down intelligence leakages from Australia to the Soviet Union. This volume has been produced primarily as a result of painstaking efforts by David Sissons, who served in the Section for a brief period in 1945. From the 1980s through to his death in 2006, Sissons devoted much of his time as an academic in the Department of International Relations at ANU to compiling as much information as possible about the history and activities of the Section through correspondence with his former colleagues and through locating a report on Japanese diplomatic codes and cyphers which had been written by members of the Section in 1946. Selections of this correspondence, along with the 1946 report, are reproduced in this volume. They comprise a unique historical record, immensely useful to scholars and practitioners concerned with the science of cryptography as well as historians of the cryptological aspects of the war in the Pacific.
    Abstract: Annex 3. David Sissons to Ian Smith, 3 August 1990Annex 4. Ian Smith to David Sissons, 8 August 1990; Annex 5. Interview of Dr A.P. Treweek by David Sissons, 11 October 1990; Annex 6. Ronald Bond, Notes on Sissons (3 August 1990), Smith (8 August 1990) and Treweek (11 October 1990), undated but probably late 1990, undated but probably late 1990; Annex 7. David Sissons to Desmond Ball, 11 October 1993; Annex 8. Steve Mason to David Sissons, 26 June 1994; Annex 9. Steve Mason to Desmond Ball, 7 July 1995; Annex 10. Ronald Bond to Desmond Ball, 29 September 1994
    Abstract: Annex 11. David Sissons to Desmond Ball, 22 May 1996Annex 12. David Sissons to Desmond Ball, 9 September 1996; Annex 13. David Sissons to Desmond Ball, 16 October 1996; Annex 14. David Sissons to Desmond Ball, 23 March 1998; Annex 15. David Sissons to Kenneth McKay, 9 November 2004; Annex 16. Notes on the Breaking of GEAM Using the 'Winds -- Set-Up' Message ; Annex 17. David Sissons to Kenneth McKay, 28 November 2004; Annex 18. David Sissons to Kenneth McKay, 19 December 2004
    Abstract: Preliminary pages; Picture of David Sissons; Preface; Acknowledgements; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Chapter 1. David Sissons and D Special Section; Chapter 2. The Diplomatic Special Intelligence Section: Its Origins and History; Chapter 3. Japanese Diplomatic Cyphers: Cryptographic Survey Report Of Special Intelligence Section HQ Australian Military Forces Melbourne 1946; Annexes: Interviews, Correspondence and Notes; Annex 1. David Sissons to Alan Stripp, 9 November 1988; Annex 2. Notes from an Interview with with Professor Arthur Dale Trendall by Desmond Ball on 10 May 1990
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    The industrial base for carbon dioxide storage : status and prospects (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : Rand, Environment, Energy, and Economic Development Program
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    ISBN: 9780833078674 , 0833081179 , 0833078674 , 9780833081179
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 70 pages)
    Series Statement: Technical report TR-1300-NETL
    Parallel Title: Print version Ortiz, David (David Santana) Industrial base for carbon dioxide storage
    Keywords: Carbon sequestration ; Carbon dioxide mitigation ; Carbon sequestration ; Carbon dioxide mitigation ; SCIENCE ; Environmental Science ; Carbon dioxide mitigation ; Carbon sequestration ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Environmental ; General ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is the process of capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) prior to its being emitted into the atmosphere, then either using it in a commercial application or storing it in geological formations for hundreds to thousands of years. If policies aimed at large reductions of CO2 emissions from industrial sources and power plants are enacted, more CCS will be needed. RAND researchers explored the ability of the industrial base supporting the transportation and storage of CO2 to expand, assessing the industrial base for transportation and injection for CO2 for both geologic storage and enhanced oil recovery. They also identified and quantified the activities, equipment, and labor required for transporting CO2 to an injection site, using it in oil recovery, and storing it in a geologic formation. RAND developed four scenarios for future CCS development and determined that under most of them, significant expansion of geologic storage capacity is required after 2025, and that based on current activities, it appears that the industrial base supporting the development of geologic storage has the ability to meet increased needs for CO2 storage
    Abstract: Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is the process of capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) prior to its being emitted into the atmosphere, then either using it in a commercial application or storing it in geological formations for hundreds to thousands of years. If policies aimed at large reductions of CO2 emissions from industrial sources and power plants are enacted, more CCS will be needed. RAND researchers explored the ability of the industrial base supporting the transportation and storage of CO2 to expand, assessing the industrial base for transportation and injection for CO2 for both geologic storage and enhanced oil recovery. They also identified and quantified the activities, equipment, and labor required for transporting CO2 to an injection site, using it in oil recovery, and storing it in a geologic formation. RAND developed four scenarios for future CCS development and determined that under most of them, significant expansion of geologic storage capacity is required after 2025, and that based on current activities, it appears that the industrial base supporting the development of geologic storage has the ability to meet increased needs for CO2 storage
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    Spiritual fitness and resilience : a review of relevant constructs, measures, and links to well-being (2013)
    [Santa Monica, California?] : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833079312 , 0833083783 , 083307931X , 9780833083784
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 56 pages)
    Series Statement: Rand Corporation research report series RR-100-AF
    Series Statement: RAND Project AIR FORCE series on resiliency
    Keywords: United States Airmen ; Religious life ; United States Civilian employees ; Religious life ; United States ; United States ; Resilience (Personality trait) ; Families of military personnel Religious life ; Resilience (Personality trait) ; Families of military personnel ; MEDICAL ; Preventive Medicine ; Resilience (Personality trait) ; Social Sciences ; Psychology ; United States ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This report is one of a series designed to support Air Force leaders in promoting resilience among its Airmen, civilian employees, and Air Force families. It examines the relationship between spiritual fitness and resilience, using key constructs found in the scientific literature: a spiritual worldview, personal religious or spiritual practices, support from a spiritual community, and spiritual coping. The literature shows that possessing a sense of meaning and purpose in life is strongly positively related to quality of life and improved health and functioning. The authors find that diverse types of spiritual interventions are linked to improved resilience and well-being. These interventions focus mainly on the individual, but some address the military unit, the family, and the community
    Abstract: This report is one of a series designed to support Air Force leaders in promoting resilience among its Airmen, civilian employees, and Air Force families. It examines the relationship between spiritual fitness and resilience, using key constructs found in the scientific literature: a spiritual worldview, personal religious or spiritual practices, support from a spiritual community, and spiritual coping. The literature shows that possessing a sense of meaning and purpose in life is strongly positively related to quality of life and improved health and functioning. The authors find that diverse types of spiritual interventions are linked to improved resilience and well-being. These interventions focus mainly on the individual, but some address the military unit, the family, and the community
    Note: "RAND Project AIR FORCE , "Prepared for the United States Air Force , Includes bibliographical references (pages 43-56)
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    Developing and assessing options for the global SOF network (2013)
    Santa Monica : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833080899 , 0833083449 , 083308089X , 9780833083449
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (7 pages)
    Series Statement: RAND Corporation research report series RR340
    Keywords: U.S. Special Operations Command Evaluation ; U.S. Special Operations Command ; Military planning ; Special operations (Military science) ; Special forces (Military science) ; Military planning ; Special operations (Military science) ; Special forces (Military science) ; Military planning ; Military policy ; Military readiness ; Special forces (Military science) ; Special operations (Military science) ; U.S. Special Operations Command ; HISTORY ; Military ; Strategy ; United States ; Evaluation ; United States Defenses ; United States Military policy ; United States ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The January 2012 Defense Strategic Guidance calls for small-footprint, low-cost approaches where possible in ensuring U.S. security in a 21st-century world of transnational threats. In response, U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) has developed and put forth its Global SOF Network vision, which calls for a distributed overseas posture for Special Operations Forces (SOF) as part of a new approach based on creating a structure that responds more effectively to emerging threats and deters future ones. USSOCOM posits that increasing SOF forward presence and creating these networks will deepen existing partnerships as well as provide new ones. This, in turn, will provide greater insight regarding conditions on the ground, shape the environment more effectively, and better enable local SOF partners to meet security threats. Building and employing a global SOF network and strengthening partners forms the core of the Global SOF Network vision. USSOCOM asked RAND to develop options for implementing the vision by creating and then applying an analytically rigorous methodology, and to investigate whether changes to command and control arrangements or Department of Defense funding and budgeting processes might be needed for its effective execution
    Abstract: The January 2012 Defense Strategic Guidance calls for small-footprint, low-cost approaches where possible in ensuring U.S. security in a 21st-century world of transnational threats. In response, U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) has developed and put forth its Global SOF Network vision, which calls for a distributed overseas posture for Special Operations Forces (SOF) as part of a new approach based on creating a structure that responds more effectively to emerging threats and deters future ones. USSOCOM posits that increasing SOF forward presence and creating these networks will deepen existing partnerships as well as provide new ones. This, in turn, will provide greater insight regarding conditions on the ground, shape the environment more effectively, and better enable local SOF partners to meet security threats. Building and employing a global SOF network and strengthening partners forms the core of the Global SOF Network vision. USSOCOM asked RAND to develop options for implementing the vision by creating and then applying an analytically rigorous methodology, and to investigate whether changes to command and control arrangements or Department of Defense funding and budgeting processes might be needed for its effective execution
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    Workplace wellness programs study : final report (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833080738 , 0833081217 , 0833080733 , 9780833081216
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxxi, 137 pages)
    Series Statement: Research report
    Parallel Title: Print version Mattke, Soeren Workplace wellness programs study
    Keywords: Employee health promotion ; Occupational health services ; Health behavior ; Health promotion ; Industrial hygiene ; Employee health promotion ; Occupational health services ; Health behavior ; Health promotion ; Industrial hygiene ; Workplace ; Health Promotion ; Occupational Health Services ; Health Behavior ; Medicine ; Health & Biological Sciences ; Industrial Medicine ; United States ; Occupational health services ; MEDICAL ; Preventive Medicine ; Employee health promotion ; Health behavior ; Health promotion ; Industrial hygiene ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The report investigates the characteristics of workplace wellness programs, their prevalence, their impact on employee health and medical cost, facilitators of their success, and the role of incentives in such programs. The authors employ four data collection and analysis streams: a review of the scientific and trade literature, a national survey of employers, a longitudinal analysis of medical claims and wellness program data from a sample of employers, and five case studies of existing wellness programs in a diverse set of employers to gauge the effectiveness of wellness programs and employees' and employers' experiences
    Abstract: The report investigates the characteristics of workplace wellness programs, their prevalence, their impact on employee health and medical cost, facilitators of their success, and the role of incentives in such programs. The authors employ four data collection and analysis streams: a review of the scientific and trade literature, a national survey of employers, a longitudinal analysis of medical claims and wellness program data from a sample of employers, and five case studies of existing wellness programs in a diverse set of employers to gauge the effectiveness of wellness programs and employees' and employers' experiences
    Note: "RAND Health , "RR-254-DOL"--Page 4 of cover , Includes bibliographical references
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    The mix of military and civilian faculty at the United States Air Force Academy : finding a sustainable balance for enduring success (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833076939 , 0833081152 , 0833076930 , 9780833081155
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxvi, 169 pages)
    Series Statement: Rand Corporation monograph series MG-1237-AF
    Parallel Title: Print version Keller, Kirsten M Mix of military and civilian faculty at the United States Air Force Academy
    Keywords: United States Air Force Academy Faculty ; Vocational guidance ; United States Air Force Academy Faculty ; Personnel management ; United States Air Force Academy Faculty ; United States Air Force Academy Faculty ; Salaries, etc ; United States Air Force Academy ; United States Air Force Academy ; United States Air Force Academy ; United States Air Force Academy ; Military cadets Education (Higher) ; Military education ; Military cadets ; Military education ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Training ; Military education ; Universities and colleges ; Faculty ; Universities and colleges ; Faculty ; Salaries, etc ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Air Forces ; United States ; United States Air Force Academy ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The mission of the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) is "to educate, train and inspire men and women to become officers of character, motivated to lead the United States Air Force in service to our nation." To achieve this mission, USAFA provides cadets with both military training and a four-year college education similar to that offered at civilian institutions. Unlike at civilian institutions, however, USAFA academic classes are taught by a mix of active-duty military officers and civilian professors. Since civilians were formally incorporated onto the faculty at USAFA in the early 1990s, there has been continued debate over the best mix of military and civilian faculty needed to achieve the academy's mission. Furthermore, the Air Force currently faces difficulty in meeting USAFA faculty requirements for officers with advanced academic degrees, often resulting in understaffed departments. Funding for temporary faculty to fill these positions is also declining. A RAND study sought to help address these issues by examining the impact of potential changes to the current military-civilian academic faculty composition in five areas of importance to USAFA's mission and the broader U.S. Air Force: (1) cadets' officership development, (2) cadets' academic development, (3) cost, (4) staffing challenges, and (5) officer career development (i.e., how degree attainment and teaching tours at USAFA affect the career paths of active-duty military personnel at different points in their careers). Based on the study's findings, this report makes recommendations for a faculty composition that best balances these key factors and is sustainable into the future
    Abstract: The mission of the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) is "to educate, train and inspire men and women to become officers of character, motivated to lead the United States Air Force in service to our nation." To achieve this mission, USAFA provides cadets with both military training and a four-year college education similar to that offered at civilian institutions. Unlike at civilian institutions, however, USAFA academic classes are taught by a mix of active-duty military officers and civilian professors. Since civilians were formally incorporated onto the faculty at USAFA in the early 1990s, there has been continued debate over the best mix of military and civilian faculty needed to achieve the academy's mission. Furthermore, the Air Force currently faces difficulty in meeting USAFA faculty requirements for officers with advanced academic degrees, often resulting in understaffed departments. Funding for temporary faculty to fill these positions is also declining. A RAND study sought to help address these issues by examining the impact of potential changes to the current military-civilian academic faculty composition in five areas of importance to USAFA's mission and the broader U.S. Air Force: (1) cadets' officership development, (2) cadets' academic development, (3) cost, (4) staffing challenges, and (5) officer career development (i.e., how degree attainment and teaching tours at USAFA affect the career paths of active-duty military personnel at different points in their careers). Based on the study's findings, this report makes recommendations for a faculty composition that best balances these key factors and is sustainable into the future
    Note: "Project Air Force , "Prepared for the United States Air Force , Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-169)
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    Increasing flexibility and agility at the National Reconnaissance Office : lessons from modular design, occupational surprise, and commercial research and development processes (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833081025 , 0833082035 , 0833081020 , 9780833082039
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 71 pages)
    Keywords: United States ; United States ; Organizational change Management ; Corporate culture ; Strategic planning ; Organizational change ; Corporate culture ; Strategic planning ; Military Administration ; Corporate culture ; Organizational change ; Management ; Strategic planning ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Strategic Planning ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: To help the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) become more flexible and agile in an increasingly uncertain world, RAND sought answers to two key questions. First, would the NRO benefit from building modular satellites? RAND researchers developed a method for evaluating whether a system is a good candidate for modularity and applied it to systems both inside and outside the NRO. The authors found that NRO space systems do not appear to be strong candidates for modularization. Second, what lessons might be drawn from how chief executive officers, military personnel, and health care professionals (among others) respond to surprise? RAND developed a framework to categorize professionals' responses to surprise and then conducted discussions with representatives from 13 different professions, including former ambassadors, chief executive officers, military personnel, and physicians. The authors observed that all interviewees used common coping strategies. The authors also found some differences in response to surprise that depend on two factors: time available to respond and the level of chaos in the environment. The report concludes with recommendations on actions that the NRO can take to improve the flexibility of its hardware and the workforce
    Abstract: To help the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) become more flexible and agile in an increasingly uncertain world, RAND sought answers to two key questions. First, would the NRO benefit from building modular satellites? RAND researchers developed a method for evaluating whether a system is a good candidate for modularity and applied it to systems both inside and outside the NRO. The authors found that NRO space systems do not appear to be strong candidates for modularization. Second, what lessons might be drawn from how chief executive officers, military personnel, and health care professionals (among others) respond to surprise? RAND developed a framework to categorize professionals' responses to surprise and then conducted discussions with representatives from 13 different professions, including former ambassadors, chief executive officers, military personnel, and physicians. The authors observed that all interviewees used common coping strategies. The authors also found some differences in response to surprise that depend on two factors: time available to respond and the level of chaos in the environment. The report concludes with recommendations on actions that the NRO can take to improve the flexibility of its hardware and the workforce
    Note: "This research was conducted within the Intelligence Policy Center of the RAND National Defense Research Division (NSRD)"--Preface , "RAND National Defense Research Institute , Includes bibliographical references (pages 69-71)
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    China's foreign aid and government-sponsored investment activities : scale, content, destinations and implications (2013)
    Santa Monica/Cal : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833083289 , 0833083287 , 9780833081285 , 0833081284
    Language: English
    Pages: Online Ressource (XX, 69 S.)
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Keywords: Economic assistance, Chinese ; Investments, Chinese Government policy ; Investments, Chinese Government policy ; Economic assistance, Chinese ; Economic assistance, Chinese ; Investments, Chinese Government policy ; Investments, Chinese Government policy ; Economic assistance, Chinese ; Economic assistance, Chinese ; Investments, Chinese ; Investments, Chinese ; Economic assistance, Chinese ; Economic assistance, Chinese ; Investments, Chinese ; Investments, Chinese ; Economic assistance, Chinese ; Volksrepublik China Auslandshilfepolitik einzelner Staaten ; Entwicklungspolitik ; Wechselbeziehungen Außenpolitik - Entwicklungspolitik ; Auslands- und Entwicklungshilfe ; Außenwirtschaftliche Interessen ; Auslands- und Entwicklungshilfeprojekt ; Entwicklungsfinanzierung ; Direktinvestition ; Öffentliche Kreditvergabe ; Geldpolitik/Kreditpolitik ; Internationale wirtschaftliche Dominanz/Abhängigkeit ; Wirtschaftliche Rolle des Staates ; Beispielhafte Fälle ; Entwicklungsperspektive und -tendenz ; People's Republic of China Foreign aid policies of individual countries ; Development policy ; Interrelationship between foreign and development policy ; Foreign and development aid ; Foreign trade interests ; Foreign and development aid projects ; Development financing ; Foreign direct investments ; Public lending ; Monetary policy/credit policy ; International economic dominance/dependence ; Economic role of the state ; Exemplary cases ; Development perspectives and tendencies ; Afrika Lateinamerika ; Naher und Mittlerer Osten ; Südasien ; Zentralasien ; Ostasien ; Africa Latin America ; Near and Middle East ; South Asia ; Central Asia ; East Asia ; Economic assistance, Chinese ; Investments, Chinese ; Government policy ; Africa ; Asia ; Latin America ; Middle East ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Infrastructure ; Electronic books
    Note: "RAND National Defense Research Institute , Includes bibliographical references (pages 67-69) , This research was "conducted within the International Security and Defense Policy Center of the RAND National Security Research Division (NSRD)"--Preface
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    A new tool for assessing workforce management policies over time : extending the dynamic retention model (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833081964 , 0833081969 , 9780833081377 , 0833081373
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Report RR-113-OSD
    Keywords: Military Administration ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Econometrics ; Military & Naval Science ; United States ; Law, Politics & Government ; United States Armed Forces ; Personnel management ; Evaluation ; United States Armed Forces ; Personnel management ; Mathematical models ; United States ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The dynamic retention model (DRM) is a state-of-the-art modeling capability that supports decisionmaking about workforce management policy. The DRM can be applied in a wide variety of workforce contexts for a variety of compensation and personnel policies, though to date the focus has been on supporting military compensation decisions to sustain the all-volunteer force in the United States. While the DRM is an extremely powerful tool, a drawback in the use of the model to date is that it has focused on the steady state. That is, implementations of the model to date show only the retention and cost effects of alternative policies when the entire workforce is under the new policy versus when the workforce is under existing policy. The research presented in this report extends DRM to allow simulations of the effects of alternative policies both in the steady state and in the transition to the steady state. It also shows the effects of alternative implementation strategies and how different policies can affect how quickly the population and costs move toward the new steady state
    Abstract: The dynamic retention model (DRM) is a state-of-the-art modeling capability that supports decisionmaking about workforce management policy. The DRM can be applied in a wide variety of workforce contexts for a variety of compensation and personnel policies, though to date the focus has been on supporting military compensation decisions to sustain the all-volunteer force in the United States. While the DRM is an extremely powerful tool, a drawback in the use of the model to date is that it has focused on the steady state. That is, implementations of the model to date show only the retention and cost effects of alternative policies when the entire workforce is under the new policy versus when the workforce is under existing policy. The research presented in this report extends DRM to allow simulations of the effects of alternative policies both in the steady state and in the transition to the steady state. It also shows the effects of alternative implementation strategies and how different policies can affect how quickly the population and costs move toward the new steady state
    Note: "RAND National Defense Research Institute , "This research was conducted within the Forces and Resources Policy Center of the RAND National Defense Research Institute"--Preface , Includes bibliographical references (pages 71-73)
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    The governance of common property in the Pacific region (2013)
    Acton, A.C.T. : ANU E Press
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    ISBN: 9781922144751 , 1922144754 , 9781922144744 , 1922144746
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 213 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Governance of common property in the Pacific region
    Parallel Title: Print version Governance of common property in the Pacific region
    Keywords: Commons Pacific Area. ; Natural resources, Communal Pacific Area. ; Land tenure Pacific Area. ; Right of property Pacific Area. ; Land tenure ; Commons ; Natural resources, Communal ; Right of property ; Land tenure ; Commons ; Natural resources, Communal ; Right of property ; History ; History: specific events and topics ; Humanities ; National liberation and independence, post-colonialism ; LAW ; Indigenous Peoples ; Commons ; Land tenure ; Natural resources, Communal ; Right of property ; Pacific Area ; Electronic books
    Abstract: In a region where mining, forestry, fish and other primary resources are so basic to income, employment and national prosperity, an understanding of rights to
    Abstract: Preliminary pages -- Introduction -- Peter Larmour -- Changing forms of communal tenure -- R. Gerard Ward -- Resolving property issues as a precondition for growth: access to land in the Pacific islands -- Satish Chand and Ron Duncan -- It's the land, stupid! The moral economy of resource ownership in Papua New Guinea -- Chris Ballard -- Customary land tenure and common/public rights to minerals in Papua New Guinea -- Andrew A.L lakau -- Improving security of access to customary-owned land in Melanesia -- Ron Duncan and Rod Duncan -- Common property, Maori identity and the Treaty of Waitangi -- Sir Hugh Kawharu -- Common property and regional sovereignty -- Peter J. Usher -- Property, sovereignty and self-determination in Australia -Henry Reynolds -- Common property regimes in Aboriginal Australia: totemism revisited -Deborah Bird Rose -- Cooperative approaches to marine resource management in the South Pacific -- Colin Hunt -- Common property management of highly migratory fish stocks: tuna in the Pacific -- Janaline Oh -- Common property conflict and resolution: Aboriginal Australia and Papua New Guinea -- Kilyali Kalit and Elspeth Young -- Author index.
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    An assessment of the Army's Tactical Human Optimization, Rapid Rehabilitation and Reconditioning Program (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833078346 , 0833081187 , 0833078348 , 9780833081186
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xx, 83 pages)
    Series Statement: Technical report TR-1309-A
    Parallel Title: Print version Kelly, Terrence K Assessment of the Army's Tactical Human Optimization, Rapid Rehabilitation and Reconditioning Program
    Keywords: United States Physical training ; United States Physical training ; United States Medical care ; United States Rehabilitation ; United States ; United States ; United States ; United States ; United States ; United States ; MEDICAL ; Health Policy ; Armed Forces ; Medical care ; Armed Forces ; Physical training ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Armies ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Introduction -- Organization -- Personnel -- Leader Development and education -- Facilities, Materiel, and Training Assessment -- Implications for Doctrine and Policy -- Findings and recommendations -- Appendix A: USSOCOM Planning Template for Small and Large THOR3 Facilities -- Appendix B: USSOCOM Materiel requirements -- Appendix C: Cite Visits.
    Abstract: In 2009, U.S. Special Operations Command provided U.S. Army Special Operations Command with funds to establish the Tactical Human Optimization, Rapid Rehabilitation and Reconditioning (THOR3) program, an investment reflecting "truth number 1" of special operations forces: "humans are more important than hardware." The goals of THOR3 are to increase the physical and mental capabilities of Army special forces, help these soldiers recover more rapidly from injuries sustained in combat or training, and help them stay healthy and able to contribute longer. The program differs from other Army fitness programs in several important ways, including its holistic approach to improving physical and mental performance, its focus on individual and unit needs, and its reliance on a professional staff of program coordinators, strength and conditioning coaches, physical therapists, dietitians, and cognitive enhancement specialists to deliver training and rehabilitation services that are on par with those provided to professional sports teams. U.S. Army Special Operations Command asked RAND Arroyo Center to determine whether THOR3 is effectively utilizing the resources provided and to identify opportunities for improvement in the program's planning and implementation, staffing (including hiring and retention), leader development and education, facility and equipment requirements, and ability to support participating personnel
    Note: Includes bibliographical references
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    Factors affecting physician professional satisfaction and their implications for patient care, health systems, and health policy (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corp
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    ISBN: 9780833082213 , 0833082213 , 9780833082206 , 0833083627 , 0833082205 , 9780833083623
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (150 pages)
    Series Statement: Research report
    Parallel Title: Print version Factors Affecting Physician Professional Satisfaction and Their Implications for Patient Care, Health Systems, and Health Policy
    Keywords: Physicians Attitudes ; Physicians Job satisfaction ; Medical care Quality control ; Medicine Practice ; Physicians ; Physicians ; Medical care ; Medicine ; Job Satisfaction ; Quality of Health Care ; Professional Practice ; Electronic Health Records utilization ; Physicians psychology ; Electronic books ; Physicians ; Job satisfaction ; Medicine ; Practice ; Medical Professional Practice ; Medical care ; Quality control ; MEDICAL ; Evidence-Based Medicine ; Physicians ; Attitudes ; United States ; Health & Biological Sciences ; Medicine ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: One of the American Medical Association's core strategic objectives is to advance health care delivery and payment models that enable high-quality, affordable care and restore and preserve physician satisfaction. Such changes could yield a more sustainable and effective health care system with highly motivated physicians. To that end, the AMA asked RAND Health to characterize the factors that lead to physician satisfaction. RAND sought to identify high-priority determinants of professional satisfaction that can be targeted within a variety of practice types, especially as smaller and independent practices are purchased by or become affiliated with hospitals and larger delivery systems. Researchers gathered data from 30 physician practices in six states, using a combination of surveys and semistructured interviews. This report presents the results of the subsequent analysis, addressing such areas as physicians' perceptions of the quality of care, use of electronic health records, autonomy, practice leadership, and work quantity and pace. Among other things, the researchers found that physicians who perceived themselves or their practices as providing high-quality care reported better professional satisfaction. Physicians, especially those in primary care, were frustrated when demands for greater quantity of care limited the time they could spend with each patient, detracting from the quality of care in some cases. Electronic health records were a source of both promise and frustration, with major concerns about interoperability between systems and with the amount of physician time involved in data entry
    Abstract: One of the American Medical Association's core strategic objectives is to advance health care delivery and payment models that enable high-quality, affordable care and restore and preserve physician satisfaction. Such changes could yield a more sustainable and effective health care system with highly motivated physicians. To that end, the AMA asked RAND Health to characterize the factors that lead to physician satisfaction. RAND sought to identify high-priority determinants of professional satisfaction that can be targeted within a variety of practice types, especially as smaller and independent practices are purchased by or become affiliated with hospitals and larger delivery systems. Researchers gathered data from 30 physician practices in six states, using a combination of surveys and semistructured interviews. This report presents the results of the subsequent analysis, addressing such areas as physicians' perceptions of the quality of care, use of electronic health records, autonomy, practice leadership, and work quantity and pace. Among other things, the researchers found that physicians who perceived themselves or their practices as providing high-quality care reported better professional satisfaction. Physicians, especially those in primary care, were frustrated when demands for greater quantity of care limited the time they could spend with each patient, detracting from the quality of care in some cases. Electronic health records were a source of both promise and frustration, with major concerns about interoperability between systems and with the amount of physician time involved in data entry
    Note: "RR-439-AMA , "Produced within RAND Health, a division of the RAND Corporation , Includes bibliographical references
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    A cost analysis of the U.S. Air Force overseas posture : informing strategic choices (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833080370 , 0833083333 , 0833080377 , 9780833083333
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 40 pages)
    Series Statement: Research report RR-150-AF
    Keywords: United States Appropriations and expenditures ; United States Appropriations and expenditures ; United States ; United States ; Military planning ; Strategy ; Military base closures Economic aspects ; Military bases, American Costs ; Air bases, American Costs ; Military planning ; Strategy ; Military base closures ; Military bases, American ; Air bases, American ; Military planning ; Strategy ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Air Forces ; United States ; HISTORY ; Military ; Strategy ; Armed Forces ; Appropriations and expenditures ; Expenditures, Public ; United States ; United States ; Military base closures ; Economic aspects ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This report seeks to inform the debate over the extent of U.S. military presence overseas by providing a rigorous estimate of the costs associated with maintaining U.S. Air Force installations and units overseas rather than in the United States. The authors describe the various types of expenditures required to maintain bases and military units overseas and estimate current costs using official data and econometric modeling. They provide a cost model of overseas presence for policymakers to weigh alternative posture options. Their main findings are that while it does cost more to maintain force structures and installations overseas rather than in the United States, the total cost of doing so for the Air Force's current overseas posture is small relative to the Air Force's overall budget
    Abstract: This report seeks to inform the debate over the extent of U.S. military presence overseas by providing a rigorous estimate of the costs associated with maintaining U.S. Air Force installations and units overseas rather than in the United States. The authors describe the various types of expenditures required to maintain bases and military units overseas and estimate current costs using official data and econometric modeling. They provide a cost model of overseas presence for policymakers to weigh alternative posture options. Their main findings are that while it does cost more to maintain force structures and installations overseas rather than in the United States, the total cost of doing so for the Air Force's current overseas posture is small relative to the Air Force's overall budget
    Note: "The study was conducted within the Strategy and Doctrine Program of RAND Project Air Force"--Preface , "RAND Project Air Force , Includes bibliographical references (pages 37-40)
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    Building the links between funding and quality in higher education : India's challenge (2013)
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    ISBN: 9780833081230 , 0833082019 , 0833081233 , 9780833082015
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 52 pages)
    Keywords: Education, Higher Aims and objectives ; Economic aspects ; Government policy ; Educational planning Economic aspects ; Higher education and state ; Education, Higher ; Educational planning ; Higher education and state ; India ; EDUCATION ; Higher ; Higher education and state ; Educational planning ; Economic aspects ; Electronic books
    Abstract: India has joined a worldwide trend in which nations are seeking to improve the quality of their higher education systems by giving greater autonomy and accountability to higher education institutions. In this report, the authors review India's and other countries' higher education systems and suggest seven policy actions that the Indian national government and other stakeholders can take to improve higher education by linking funding to quality
    Note: "The project was funded jointly by RAND's Center for Asia Pacific Policy (CAPP) and RAND Education"--Preface , "RAND Corporation , Includes bibliographical references (pages 49-52)
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    Pursuing livelihoods, imagining development : smallholders in Highland Lampung, Indonesia (2013)
    Acton, A.C.T. : ANU E Press
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    ISBN: 9781925021486 , 1925021483 , 1925021475 , 9781925021479
    Language: English
    Series Statement: Asia-Pacific Environment Monographs v. 9
    Keywords: Farms, Small Indonesia ; Lampung. ; Village communities Economic aspects ; Indonesia ; Lampung. ; Agriculture and state Indonesia ; Lampung. ; Agriculture Economic aspects ; Indonesia ; Lampung. ; Land use, Rural Indonesia ; Lampung. ; Land use, Rural ; Agriculture Economic aspects ; Village communities Economic aspects ; Agriculture and state ; Farms, Small ; Land use, Rural ; Agriculture ; Village communities ; Agriculture and state ; Farms, Small ; Manners and customs ; Social conditions ; Village communities ; Economic aspects ; Agriculture and state ; Agriculture ; Economic aspects ; Indonesia ; Lampung ; Farms, Small ; Land use, Rural ; Lampung (Indonesia) Social conditions. ; Lampung (Indonesia) Social life and customs. ; Lampung (Indonesia) Social life and customs ; Lampung (Indonesia) Social conditions ; Lampung (Indonesia) ; Lampung (Indonesia) ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Lumpung in the twentieth century: the making of ‘Little Java; -- 3. Creating a ‘wealthy zone’: Sumber Jaya and the way Teong highland -- 4. Local politics: bringing the state to the village -- 5. Resource control, conflict, and collaboration -- 6. Gunung Terang: social organization of a migrants’ village -- 7. Social stratification in Gunung Terang -- 8. The farming economy in Gunung Terang -- 9. Conclusion
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    Robust water-management strategies for the California water plan update 2013 : proof-of-concept analysis (2013)
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    ISBN: 9780833082831 , 0833082833
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (70 pages)
    DDC: 333.91009794
    Keywords: Water resources development ; Water resources development ; California ; Water resources development ; Electronic books
    Abstract: California faces significant challenges in ensuring that its water resources successfully meet diverse needs across the state in the coming decades. Increasing needs due to population and economic growth, increasing agricultural irrigation requirements, and growing desires to dedicate more water to the environment will strain a system nearing or exceeding capacity. These challenges are exacerbated by potential declines in available water supply due to natural variability and climatic changes. How these long-term changes will unfold and affect California⁰́'s water system is highly uncertain. Addressing the future uncertainty and diversity of needs requires a planning approach that is flexible and can support deliberations for different approaches, rather than a single prescription for how to move forward. The California Department of Water Resources' (DWR's) California Water Plan Update 2013 will describe current water management conditions, evaluate future challenges facing the California water sector, and discuss potential solutions. A technical analysis of water management response packages will also be developed. This report describes a proof-of-concept analysis using Robust Decision Making to evaluate water resource management response packages for California's Central Valley (the Sacramento River, San Joaquin River, and Tulare Lake hydrologic regions) under future uncertainty using models developed within the Water Evaluation And Planning environment. This analytic approach will be used to develop a more comprehensive analysis for the California Water Plan Update 2013. The analysis described in this report was presented to DWR's Statewide Water Analysis Network in May 2011
    Abstract: California faces significant challenges in ensuring that its water resources successfully meet diverse needs across the state in the coming decades. Increasing needs due to population and economic growth, increasing agricultural irrigation requirements, and growing desires to dedicate more water to the environment will strain a system nearing or exceeding capacity. These challenges are exacerbated by potential declines in available water supply due to natural variability and climatic changes. How these long-term changes will unfold and affect California⁰́'s water system is highly uncertain. Addressing the future uncertainty and diversity of needs requires a planning approach that is flexible and can support deliberations for different approaches, rather than a single prescription for how to move forward. The California Department of Water Resources' (DWR's) California Water Plan Update 2013 will describe current water management conditions, evaluate future challenges facing the California water sector, and discuss potential solutions. A technical analysis of water management response packages will also be developed. This report describes a proof-of-concept analysis using Robust Decision Making to evaluate water resource management response packages for California's Central Valley (the Sacramento River, San Joaquin River, and Tulare Lake hydrologic regions) under future uncertainty using models developed within the Water Evaluation And Planning environment. This analytic approach will be used to develop a more comprehensive analysis for the California Water Plan Update 2013. The analysis described in this report was presented to DWR's Statewide Water Analysis Network in May 2011
    Note: "RAND Corporation , "This research reported here was conducted in the RAND Environment, Energy, and Economic Development Program ⁰́Œ part of RAND Justice, Infrastructure, and Environment"--Preface , Includes bibliographical references , Title from title screen (viewed June 14, 2013)
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    Supporting employers in the reserve operational forces era : appendixes (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833083708 , 0833083708
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (145 pages)
    DDC: 344.7301/25763
    Keywords: United States ; United States ; Soldiers Employment ; Employee retention ; Soldiers ; Employee retention ; Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (United States) ; Employee retention ; Soldiers ; Employment ; United States ; United States National Guard ; Employment ; United States Armed Forces ; Reserves ; Employment ; United States ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), a U.S. Department of Defense office (DoD), asked the RAND Corporation to study the implications that using the Reserve Components (RCs) as an operational force can have for employers in view of employment rights protections for RC members. Specifically, ESGR wanted to know whether changes are needed to the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA), 1994 legislation designed to prevent hiring discrimination and bolster job protection for members of the armed forces, including those of the RCs; ESGR support programs; or RC activation and deployment policies, given the increased mobilization of the National Guard and Reserve and the continuing need to balance the rights, duties, and obligations of employers, RC members, and RC members⁰́₉ families. The study involved the review and analysis of existing research and data related to USERRA and the effects on employers of employee absences more generally, an analysis of the 2011 DoD National Survey of Employers, focus groups with employers conducted in 2012, interviews with RC chiefs conducted in 2011, and a legal and legislative history review of USERRA. This report describes key findings from the analysis
    Abstract: Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), a U.S. Department of Defense office (DoD), asked the RAND Corporation to study the implications that using the Reserve Components (RCs) as an operational force can have for employers in view of employment rights protections for RC members. Specifically, ESGR wanted to know whether changes are needed to the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA), 1994 legislation designed to prevent hiring discrimination and bolster job protection for members of the armed forces, including those of the RCs; ESGR support programs; or RC activation and deployment policies, given the increased mobilization of the National Guard and Reserve and the continuing need to balance the rights, duties, and obligations of employers, RC members, and RC members⁰́₉ families. The study involved the review and analysis of existing research and data related to USERRA and the effects on employers of employee absences more generally, an analysis of the 2011 DoD National Survey of Employers, focus groups with employers conducted in 2012, interviews with RC chiefs conducted in 2011, and a legal and legislative history review of USERRA. This report describes key findings from the analysis
    Note: "RAND National Security Research Division , "The research was conducted within the Forces and Resources Policy Center of the RAND National Defense Research Institute"--Page [ii] , Includes bibliographical references , Title from title screen (viewed August 23, 2013)
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    National Intelligence University's role in interagency research : recommendations from the intelligence community (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833080516 , 0833082027 , 0833080512 , 9780833082022
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxii, 53 pages)
    Series Statement: RAND Corporation research report series RR243
    Keywords: National Intelligence University (U.S.) Research ; National Intelligence University (U.S.) ; Interagency coordination ; Intelligence service ; Interagency coordination ; Intelligence service ; Government - General ; Law, Politics & Government ; Political Institutions & Public Administration - General ; United States ; EDUCATION ; Higher ; Intelligence service ; Interagency coordination ; Research ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The Center for Strategic Intelligence Research (CSIR) of the National Intelligence University (NIU) is responsible for supporting faculty and student research efforts and coordinating NIU research activities with the Intelligence Community (IC). A challenge to these coordination efforts lies in the fact that research being conducted regularly in the IC exists, for the most part, in small pockets scattered throughout a number of different IC agencies. To better identify collaborative research opportunities, topics, and processes, CSIR asked RAND to conduct a study that would capture information about these research entities, their responsibilities, and their willingness to support interagency research with NIU. The study team conducted semistructured interviews with a purposive sample of representatives of research entities in the IC. The interviews discussed interagency research and collaboration with NIU. We found that the majority of these research entities are small (less than ten full-time staff), face the competing responsibilities of short-term analytic responses and longer-term analysis and research, and are interested in research plans aligned with national priorities. The research entities are willing to support NIU, but expect NIU to take the lead in facilitating research collaboration
    Abstract: The Center for Strategic Intelligence Research (CSIR) of the National Intelligence University (NIU) is responsible for supporting faculty and student research efforts and coordinating NIU research activities with the Intelligence Community (IC). A challenge to these coordination efforts lies in the fact that research being conducted regularly in the IC exists, for the most part, in small pockets scattered throughout a number of different IC agencies. To better identify collaborative research opportunities, topics, and processes, CSIR asked RAND to conduct a study that would capture information about these research entities, their responsibilities, and their willingness to support interagency research with NIU. The study team conducted semistructured interviews with a purposive sample of representatives of research entities in the IC. The interviews discussed interagency research and collaboration with NIU. We found that the majority of these research entities are small (less than ten full-time staff), face the competing responsibilities of short-term analytic responses and longer-term analysis and research, and are interested in research plans aligned with national priorities. The research entities are willing to support NIU, but expect NIU to take the lead in facilitating research collaboration
    Note: "This research was sponsored by NIU and conducted within the Intelligence Policy Center of the RAND National Defense Research Institute"--Preface , "RAND National Security Research Division , Includes bibliographical references (pages 51-53)
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    Portfolio optimization by means of multiple tandem certainty-uncertainty searches : a technical description (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833082954 , 0833082957
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (70 pages)
    DDC: 519.3
    Keywords: Mathematical optimization ; Mathematical optimization ; Mathematical optimization ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This paper describes a new approach to a very difficult process of optimization under uncertainty. This approach is to find the optimal solution to a problem by designing a number of search algorithms or schemes in a way that allows analysts to apply to a problem that contains a significantly larger number of decision variables, uncertain parameters, and uncertain scenarios than analysts have had to contend with until now. The specific purpose of this paper is to convert a provisional patent application entitled Portfolio Optimization by Means of a Ranking and Competing Search by the author into a published volume available for public use. This approach and its associated search algorithms have a key feature⁰́₄they generate typically 10,000 uncertain scenarios according to their uncertainty distribution functions. While each of these scenarios is a point in the larger uncertainty space, the originally uncertain parameters are specified for the scenario and are, thereby, "determined" or "certain." Thus, the solvable mixed-integer linear programming model can be used "under certainty" (i.e., deterministically) to find the optimal solution for that scenario. Doing this for numerous scenarios provides a great deal of knowledge and facilitates the search for the optimal solution⁰́₄or one close to it⁰́₄for the larger problem under uncertainty. Thus, this approach allows one to avoid the impossible task of performing millions or trillions of searches to find the optimal solution for each scenario, yet enables one to gain just as much knowledge as if one were doing so
    Abstract: This paper describes a new approach to a very difficult process of optimization under uncertainty. This approach is to find the optimal solution to a problem by designing a number of search algorithms or schemes in a way that allows analysts to apply to a problem that contains a significantly larger number of decision variables, uncertain parameters, and uncertain scenarios than analysts have had to contend with until now. The specific purpose of this paper is to convert a provisional patent application entitled Portfolio Optimization by Means of a Ranking and Competing Search by the author into a published volume available for public use. This approach and its associated search algorithms have a key feature⁰́₄they generate typically 10,000 uncertain scenarios according to their uncertainty distribution functions. While each of these scenarios is a point in the larger uncertainty space, the originally uncertain parameters are specified for the scenario and are, thereby, "determined" or "certain." Thus, the solvable mixed-integer linear programming model can be used "under certainty" (i.e., deterministically) to find the optimal solution for that scenario. Doing this for numerous scenarios provides a great deal of knowledge and facilitates the search for the optimal solution⁰́₄or one close to it⁰́₄for the larger problem under uncertainty. Thus, this approach allows one to avoid the impossible task of performing millions or trillions of searches to find the optimal solution for each scenario, yet enables one to gain just as much knowledge as if one were doing so
    Note: "RAND Corporation , "March 15, 2013 , Includes bibliographical references , Title from title screen (viewed March 15, 2013)
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    An evolutionary model of industry transformation and the political sustainability of emission control policies (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833083081 , 0833083082
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (104 pages)
    DDC: 363.7387
    Keywords: Environmental policy ; Decision making Mathematical models ; Carbon dioxide mitigation ; Emissions trading ; Climatic changes ; Evolutionary economics ; Environmental policy ; Decision making ; Carbon dioxide mitigation ; Emissions trading ; Climatic changes ; Evolutionary economics ; Emissions trading ; Environmental policy ; Evolutionary economics ; Climatic changes ; Decision making ; Mathematical models ; Carbon dioxide mitigation ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Limiting the extent and effects of climate change requires the transformation of industrial, commercial, energy, and transportation systems. To achieve its goals, a near-term policy has to sustain itself for many decades. Market-based policies should prove useful in promoting such transformations. But which policies might do so most effectively? How can such policies be designed so that they endure politically over the long-term? While standard economic theory provides an excellent understanding of the efficiency-enhancing potential of markets, it sheds less insight on their transformational implications. In particular, the introduction of markets often also leads to significant changes in society⁰́₉s values, technology, and institutions, and these types of market-induced transformations are generally not well understood. This report presents a simulation framework with both game theoretic and agent-based components designed to model evolutionary changes in the firms belonging to an industry sector and how these may form changing coalitions that influence how government sets a price for carbon emissions. The model captures the complex interactions between market-formation, technological innovation, government regulatory policy and the emergent climate change. It tests a set of outcome measures under different carbon emission control policies. The model is a tool to support the design of a government⁰́₉s regulatory policy by using robust decision making to examine how measures intended to reduce emissions of climate-changing greenhouse gasses may give rise to market-induced transformations that in turn may ease or hinder the government⁰́₉s ability to maintain its policy
    Abstract: Limiting the extent and effects of climate change requires the transformation of industrial, commercial, energy, and transportation systems. To achieve its goals, a near-term policy has to sustain itself for many decades. Market-based policies should prove useful in promoting such transformations. But which policies might do so most effectively? How can such policies be designed so that they endure politically over the long-term? While standard economic theory provides an excellent understanding of the efficiency-enhancing potential of markets, it sheds less insight on their transformational implications. In particular, the introduction of markets often also leads to significant changes in society⁰́₉s values, technology, and institutions, and these types of market-induced transformations are generally not well understood. This report presents a simulation framework with both game theoretic and agent-based components designed to model evolutionary changes in the firms belonging to an industry sector and how these may form changing coalitions that influence how government sets a price for carbon emissions. The model captures the complex interactions between market-formation, technological innovation, government regulatory policy and the emergent climate change. It tests a set of outcome measures under different carbon emission control policies. The model is a tool to support the design of a government⁰́₉s regulatory policy by using robust decision making to examine how measures intended to reduce emissions of climate-changing greenhouse gasses may give rise to market-induced transformations that in turn may ease or hinder the government⁰́₉s ability to maintain its policy
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , Title from title screen (viewed September 3, 2013)
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    Management perspectives pertaining to root cause analyses of Nunn-McCurdy breaches : program manager tenure, oversight of acquisition category II programs, and framing assumptions (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833082053 , 0833083791 , 0833082051 , 9780833083791
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxx, 115 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Arena, Mark V Management perspectives pertaining to root cause analyses of Nunn-McCurdy breaches Vol. 4
    Keywords: United States Procurement ; Costs ; United States ; Defense contracts ; Defense contracts ; Law, Politics & Government ; United States ; Armed Forces ; Weapons systems ; Costs ; United States ; Armies ; Military & Naval Science ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Political Freedom ; Armed Forces ; Procurement ; Costs ; Defense contracts ; United States Armed Forces ; Equipment ; Costs ; United States Armed Forces ; Weapons systems ; Costs ; United States ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Concern with cost overruns in major defense acquisition programs led Congress to direct investigation of the root causes of overruns in programs that have breached Nunn-McCurdy thresholds. The authors calculate program manager tenure to determine whether tenures have lengthened since policy guidance was issued in 2005 and 2007. They also address the question of whether existing decentralized systems used to track the cost growth and performance of acquisition category II programs are sufficient or whether additional centralized guidance and control from the Office of the Secretary of Defense are warranted. A third question deals with the management of cost and schedule risk and whether the identification of key assumptions, which the authors call framing assumptions, could be a useful risk management tool
    Abstract: Concern with cost overruns in major defense acquisition programs led Congress to direct investigation of the root causes of overruns in programs that have breached Nunn-McCurdy thresholds. The authors calculate program manager tenure to determine whether tenures have lengthened since policy guidance was issued in 2005 and 2007. They also address the question of whether existing decentralized systems used to track the cost growth and performance of acquisition category II programs are sufficient or whether additional centralized guidance and control from the Office of the Secretary of Defense are warranted. A third question deals with the management of cost and schedule risk and whether the identification of key assumptions, which the authors call framing assumptions, could be a useful risk management tool
    Note: "RAND National Defense Research Institute , Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-115)
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    Adapting to a changing Colorado River : making future water deliveries more reliable through robust management strategies (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833081797 , 083308481X , 0833081799 , 9780833084811
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxvii, 70 pages)
    Keywords: Climatic changes ; Decision making ; Water-supply Management ; Water resources development ; Uncertainty ; Climatic changes ; Decision making ; Water-supply ; Water resources development ; Uncertainty ; Business & Economics ; Agricultural Economics ; North America ; Colorado River Watershed ; SCIENCE ; Earth Sciences ; Meteorology & Climatology ; Climatic changes ; Decision making ; Uncertainty ; Water resources development ; Water-supply ; Management ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and water management agencies representing the seven Colorado River Basin States initiated the Colorado River Basin Study in January 2010 to evaluate the resiliency of the Colorado River system over the next 50 years and compare different options for ensuring successful management of the river's resources. RAND was asked to join this Basin Study Team in January 2012 to help develop an analytic approach to identify key vulnerabilities in managing the Colorado River basin over the coming decades and to evaluate different options that could reduce this vulnerability. Using a quantitative approach for planning under uncertainty called Robust Decision Making (RDM), the RAND team assisted the Basin Study by: identifying future vulnerable conditions that could lead to imbalances that could cause the basin to be unable to meet its water delivery objectives; developing a computer-based tool to define 'portfolios' of management options reflecting different strategies for reducing basin imbalances; evaluating these portfolios across thousands of future scenarios to determine how much they could improve basin outcomes; and analyzing the results from the system simulations to identify key tradeoffs among the portfolios. This report describes RAND's contribution to the Basin Study, focusing on the methodologies used to identify vulnerabilities for Upper Basin and Lower Basin water supply reliability and compare portfolios of options. The report provides a useful resource for other planners wishing to replicate or expand on the methodologies used for other studies"--Back cover
    Abstract: "The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and water management agencies representing the seven Colorado River Basin States initiated the Colorado River Basin Study in January 2010 to evaluate the resiliency of the Colorado River system over the next 50 years and compare different options for ensuring successful management of the river's resources. RAND was asked to join this Basin Study Team in January 2012 to help develop an analytic approach to identify key vulnerabilities in managing the Colorado River basin over the coming decades and to evaluate different options that could reduce this vulnerability. Using a quantitative approach for planning under uncertainty called Robust Decision Making (RDM), the RAND team assisted the Basin Study by: identifying future vulnerable conditions that could lead to imbalances that could cause the basin to be unable to meet its water delivery objectives; developing a computer-based tool to define 'portfolios' of management options reflecting different strategies for reducing basin imbalances; evaluating these portfolios across thousands of future scenarios to determine how much they could improve basin outcomes; and analyzing the results from the system simulations to identify key tradeoffs among the portfolios. This report describes RAND's contribution to the Basin Study, focusing on the methodologies used to identify vulnerabilities for Upper Basin and Lower Basin water supply reliability and compare portfolios of options. The report provides a useful resource for other planners wishing to replicate or expand on the methodologies used for other studies"--Back cover
    Note: "RAND Environment, Energy, and Economic Development Program , "The research described in this report was prepared for the United States Bureau of Reclamation and conducted in the Environment, Energy, and Economic Development Program within RAND Justice, Infrastructure, and Environment"--Title page verso , Includes bibliographical references (pages 67-70)
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    Implications of an Air Force budget downturn on the aircraft industrial base : an exploratory analysis (2013)
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    ISBN: 9780833080233 , 0833083732 , 0833080237 , 9780833083739
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 41 pages)
    Keywords: United States Procurement ; United States Management ; United States Appropriations and expenditures ; United States ; United States ; United States ; Airplanes, Military Costs ; Airplanes, Military ; Armed Forces ; Appropriations and expenditures ; Armed Forces ; Management ; Armed Forces ; Procurement ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Air Forces ; United States ; United States ; HISTORY ; Military ; Aviation ; Airplanes, Military ; Costs ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The U.S. Air Force is facing a number of challenges as a result of the current defense budget downturn along with the uncertainty of its timing and magnitude. RAND examined the challenge of modernizing the Air Force's aircraft fleet while trying to sustain the industrial base with limited funding. Complicating this challenge is that the pattern of Air Force spending has shifted dramatically away from new aircraft procurement, and a competitor with significant technical and economic capability has emerged. There is a need for careful strategic management of investment choices--and this goes beyond just aircraft. The Air Force will first need to define its capability priorities that fit within budget constraints, then use those priorities to shape a budget strategy. RAND considered six budget strategies for aircraft procurement: from a new high-tech fleet to sustaining and modifying the existing one. Each strategy under a constrained spending future results in challenges and issues for the industrial base. The Air Force will need to help mitigate industrial base problems that result from their chosen budget strategy--but some issues may be beyond their control. There are lessons from foreign acquisitions that the Air Force can leverage to avoid pitfalls. Most importantly, shortfalls in both industry and government skill bases can cause significant problems later during execution. Finding ways to sustain key skills during a spending downturn will be important for the future and potentially produce longer-term savings
    Abstract: The U.S. Air Force is facing a number of challenges as a result of the current defense budget downturn along with the uncertainty of its timing and magnitude. RAND examined the challenge of modernizing the Air Force's aircraft fleet while trying to sustain the industrial base with limited funding. Complicating this challenge is that the pattern of Air Force spending has shifted dramatically away from new aircraft procurement, and a competitor with significant technical and economic capability has emerged. There is a need for careful strategic management of investment choices--and this goes beyond just aircraft. The Air Force will first need to define its capability priorities that fit within budget constraints, then use those priorities to shape a budget strategy. RAND considered six budget strategies for aircraft procurement: from a new high-tech fleet to sustaining and modifying the existing one. Each strategy under a constrained spending future results in challenges and issues for the industrial base. The Air Force will need to help mitigate industrial base problems that result from their chosen budget strategy--but some issues may be beyond their control. There are lessons from foreign acquisitions that the Air Force can leverage to avoid pitfalls. Most importantly, shortfalls in both industry and government skill bases can cause significant problems later during execution. Finding ways to sustain key skills during a spending downturn will be important for the future and potentially produce longer-term savings
    Note: "RAND Project Air Force , Includes bibliographical references (pages 39-41)
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    Laying the foundation for successful school leadership (2013)
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    ISBN: 9780833082176 , 0833082175
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (12 pages)
    Keywords: Educational leadership ; School principals ; School management and organization ; Educational leadership ; School principals ; School management and organization ; Educational leadership ; School principals ; United States ; EDUCATION ; Evaluation & Assessment ; School management and organization ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Principals can influence student achievement in a number of ways--monitoring instruction; evaluating teachers; hiring, developing, and retaining school staff; maintaining student discipline; managing the school budget; establishing a school culture; and engaging with the community. While principals' skills in these areas are important, skills alone are not enough to ensure that they will be effective school leaders. This is because school and district contexts--which include school and district characteristics, practices, and policies--set the stage for principals' performance and strongly influence their effectiveness. In this report, RAND researchers provide guidance to state and district decisionmakers and others who manage school systems, focusing on four areas that research has identified as particularly influential in supporting principal effectiveness: placement in the school, evaluation, autonomy, and resources. We highlight how actions in these areas can create conditions in the school and district that foster principal success
    Note: "RAND Corporation , Includes bibliographical references , Title from title screen (viewed on October 18, 2013)
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    Discovery and empire : the French in the South Seas (2013)
    Adelaide : University of Adelaide Press
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    ISBN: 9781922064523 , 1922064521 , 9781922064530
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 electronic resource (xiii, 282 pages)))
    Keywords: Imperialism History ; Imperialism ; Colonization ; Discovery and exploration, French ; French colonies ; French territories and possessions ; Imperialism ; International relations ; Australasian and Pacific history ; History ; Humanities ; Regional and national history ; France ; Oceania ; HISTORY ; Expeditions & Discoveries ; History ; France Territories and possessions ; History ; France Relations ; Oceania Relations ; Oceania Colonization ; History ; Oceania Discovery and exploration ; French ; France Colonies ; History ; France ; France ; Oceania ; Oceania ; Oceania ; France ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "Discovery and Empire is a collection of essays originating out of a symposium that was held at the State Library of South Australia on 8 July 2009. The symposium formed one of the strands of the XVIIth Biennial Conference of the Australasian Association of European Historians (6-9 July 2009), the overall theme for which was 'Europe's Expansions and Contractions'."--Publisher's website
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , This book is available as a free fully-searchable PDF from www.adelaide.edu.au/press , Introduction , Note on the Second Frank Horner Lecture , The Globe Encompassed: France and Pacific Convergences in the Age of the Enlightenment , The Abbé Paulmier's Mémoires and Early French Voyages in Search of Terra Australis , The Acquisitive Eye? French Observations in the Pacific from Bougainville to Baudin , Discovering the Savage Senses: French and British Explorers' Encounters with Aboriginal People , A Case of Peripheral Vision: Early Spanish and French Perceptions of the British Colony at Port Jackson , New Creatures Made Known: Some Animal Histories of the Baudin Expedition , Primitive race", "pure race", "brown race", "every race": Louis Freycinet's Understanding of Human Difference in Oceania , Imperial Eyes on the Pacific Prize: French Visions of a Perfect Penal Colony in the South Seas
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    U.S. Navy employment options for unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) (2013)
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    ISBN: 9780833084699 , 0833084690 , 9780833081438 , 0833081438
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxxv, 119 pages)
    Keywords: United States ; United States ; Remote control ; Vehicles, Remotely piloted ; Robotics Military applications ; Remote control ; Vehicles, Remotely piloted ; Robotics ; United States ; Law, Politics & Government ; United States ; Vehicles, Remotely piloted ; Naval Science - General ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Remote control ; Robotics ; Military applications ; Military & Naval Science ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This report assesses in what ways and to what degree unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) are suitable for supporting U.S. Navy missions and functions. It briefly characterizes the current and emerging USV marketplaces to provide a baseline for near-term capabilities, describes USV concepts of employment to support diverse U.S. Navy missions and functions, and evaluates these concepts of employment to identify specific missions and functions for which they are highly suitable. USVs offer several particular strengths relative to other platforms, including the ability to interact both above and below the waterline, enabling them to serve as critical nodes for cross-domain networks. They also have potentially longer endurance, larger payloads, and higher power outputs than comparably sized unmanned air or undersea vehicles. Additionally, their greater risk tolerance compared with manned systems makes them desirable platforms for overcoming adversaries' anti-access and area-denial measures. These strengths make USVs particularly suitable for missions such as characterizing the physical environment, observation and collection regarding adversaries, mine warfare, military deception/information operations/electronic warfare, defense against small boats, testing and training, search and rescue, and the support of other unmanned vehicles. However, USVs need advanced autonomy and assured communications to complete complex missions, as well as any missions in complex environments. Autonomous seakeeping and maritime traffic avoidance are USV-specific capabilities that likely need to be developed with U.S. Navy involvement. Also, optional manning and payload modularity can enhance the desirability of USV programs
    Abstract: This report assesses in what ways and to what degree unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) are suitable for supporting U.S. Navy missions and functions. It briefly characterizes the current and emerging USV marketplaces to provide a baseline for near-term capabilities, describes USV concepts of employment to support diverse U.S. Navy missions and functions, and evaluates these concepts of employment to identify specific missions and functions for which they are highly suitable. USVs offer several particular strengths relative to other platforms, including the ability to interact both above and below the waterline, enabling them to serve as critical nodes for cross-domain networks. They also have potentially longer endurance, larger payloads, and higher power outputs than comparably sized unmanned air or undersea vehicles. Additionally, their greater risk tolerance compared with manned systems makes them desirable platforms for overcoming adversaries' anti-access and area-denial measures. These strengths make USVs particularly suitable for missions such as characterizing the physical environment, observation and collection regarding adversaries, mine warfare, military deception/information operations/electronic warfare, defense against small boats, testing and training, search and rescue, and the support of other unmanned vehicles. However, USVs need advanced autonomy and assured communications to complete complex missions, as well as any missions in complex environments. Autonomous seakeeping and maritime traffic avoidance are USV-specific capabilities that likely need to be developed with U.S. Navy involvement. Also, optional manning and payload modularity can enhance the desirability of USV programs
    Note: "RAND National Defense Research Institute , "This research was ... conducted within the Acquisition and Technology Policy Center of the RAND National Defense Research Institute"--Preface , Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-119)
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    A risk assessment methodology and Excel tool for acquisition programs (2013)
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    ISBN: 9780833080608 , 0833084801 , 0833080601 , 9780833084804
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (44 pages)
    Keywords: United States Appropriations and expenditures ; United States Procurement ; Costs ; Evaluation ; Methodology ; United States ; United States ; Weapons systems Costs ; Forecasting ; Systems integration Risk assessment ; Methodology ; Weapons systems ; Systems integration ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; United States ; United States ; Expenditures, Public ; United States Armed Forces ; Weapons systems ; Costs ; Evaluation ; Methodology ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Implementing risk management principles to manage large defense acquisition programs is a priority for the U.S. defense acquisition community. To assist those decisionmakers responsible for identifying the risk associated with major weapons programs, RAND researchers developed a methodology and accompanying Excel, information-based risk tool (the ⁰́Assessor Tool⁰́₊). The Assessor Tool offers an Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD)-level approach to the evaluation and measurement of system integration risk. That is, it is meant for assessors, such as OSD personnel, who may not be especially familiar with the specific program under evaluation but still may need to make judgments about the program⁰́₉s risk. It is based on a tractable and comprehensive set of questions that can help evaluate integration risk at each point in the acquisition process. More specifically, the tool enables users to see how well integration risk is being managed by providing a standards-based valuation of integration issues that can lead to cost growth, schedule growth, and program performance. The users⁰́₉ manual for the Assessor Tool is available in a companion document, An Excel Tool to Assess Acquisition Program Risk (by Lauren A. Fleishman-Mayer, Mark V. Arena, and Michael E. McMahon, TL-113-OSD, 2013). The Assessor Tool and its methodology may also be generalizable to an entire set of information-based risk assessment applications. Overall, the methodology and tool have many strengths, including being based on well-grounded theories, allowing for reproducibility and traceability, and the extensive flexibility to be used to evaluate risk for many different types of programs. To provide a benchmarking and validation of the risk scores calculated by the tool, future work could include the tool⁰́₉s validation by tracking its output against a program⁰́₉s performance
    Abstract: Implementing risk management principles to manage large defense acquisition programs is a priority for the U.S. defense acquisition community. To assist those decisionmakers responsible for identifying the risk associated with major weapons programs, RAND researchers developed a methodology and accompanying Excel, information-based risk tool (the ⁰́Assessor Tool⁰́₊). The Assessor Tool offers an Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD)-level approach to the evaluation and measurement of system integration risk. That is, it is meant for assessors, such as OSD personnel, who may not be especially familiar with the specific program under evaluation but still may need to make judgments about the program⁰́₉s risk. It is based on a tractable and comprehensive set of questions that can help evaluate integration risk at each point in the acquisition process. More specifically, the tool enables users to see how well integration risk is being managed by providing a standards-based valuation of integration issues that can lead to cost growth, schedule growth, and program performance. The users⁰́₉ manual for the Assessor Tool is available in a companion document, An Excel Tool to Assess Acquisition Program Risk (by Lauren A. Fleishman-Mayer, Mark V. Arena, and Michael E. McMahon, TL-113-OSD, 2013). The Assessor Tool and its methodology may also be generalizable to an entire set of information-based risk assessment applications. Overall, the methodology and tool have many strengths, including being based on well-grounded theories, allowing for reproducibility and traceability, and the extensive flexibility to be used to evaluate risk for many different types of programs. To provide a benchmarking and validation of the risk scores calculated by the tool, future work could include the tool⁰́₉s validation by tracking its output against a program⁰́₉s performance
    Note: "This research was conducted within the Acquisition and Technology Policy Center of the RAND National Defense Research Institute"--Preface , "RAND National Security Research Division , Includes bibliographical references (pages 25-26) , Title from title screen (viewed on October 24, 2013)
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    Voting patterns in post-Mubarak Egypt (2013)
    [Santa Monica, CA] : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833080127 , 0833083376 , 0833080105 , 0833080121 , 9780833080103 , 9780833083371
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (15 pages)
    Series Statement: RAND Corporation research report series RR223
    Parallel Title: Print version Martini, Jeffrey Voting patterns in post-Mubarak Egypt
    Keywords: Elections History 21st century ; Islam and politics Public opinion ; Demography Political aspects ; Elections ; Islam and politics ; Demography ; Demography ; Political aspects ; Elections ; Islam and politics ; Public opinion ; Politics and government ; Government - Asia ; Government - Non-U.S ; Law, Politics & Government ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Political Process ; Elections ; Egypt ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Political Process ; General ; History ; Egypt Politics and government 21st century ; Egypt ; Electronic books
    Abstract: While much has been written on the electoral strength of Islamists in Egypt, most analysis has been done at the national level, ignoring regional divides within the country. As a means of helping U.S. policymakers and Middle East watchers better understand voting patterns in Egypt since the 2011 revolution, RAND researchers identified the areas where Islamist parties run strongest and the areas where non-Islamists are most competitive. They found that while Islamists perform well across the whole of the country, they draw their strongest electoral support in Upper Egypt, North Sinai, and sparsely populated governorates in the west, while non-Islamist parties fare best in Cairo and its immediate environs, Port Said, South Sinai, and the sparsely populated governorates abutting the Red Sea. Tracking electoral performance over time reveals a narrowing of the gap between Islamist parties and their non-Islamist rivals. Islamists thoroughly dominated the initial parliamentary elections held in late 2011 and early 2012, just as their position prevailed overwhelmingly in the March 2011 referendum on the interim constitution. However, the MB candidate eked out a victory in the June 2012 presidential contest, and the December 2012 referendum on the permanent constitution passed more narrowly than the interim charter. Egypt appears headed toward a much more competitive political environment in which Islamists will be increasingly challenged to maintain their electoral edge
    Abstract: While much has been written on the electoral strength of Islamists in Egypt, most analysis has been done at the national level, ignoring regional divides within the country. As a means of helping U.S. policymakers and Middle East watchers better understand voting patterns in Egypt since the 2011 revolution, RAND researchers identified the areas where Islamist parties run strongest and the areas where non-Islamists are most competitive. They found that while Islamists perform well across the whole of the country, they draw their strongest electoral support in Upper Egypt, North Sinai, and sparsely populated governorates in the west, while non-Islamist parties fare best in Cairo and its immediate environs, Port Said, South Sinai, and the sparsely populated governorates abutting the Red Sea. Tracking electoral performance over time reveals a narrowing of the gap between Islamist parties and their non-Islamist rivals. Islamists thoroughly dominated the initial parliamentary elections held in late 2011 and early 2012, just as their position prevailed overwhelmingly in the March 2011 referendum on the interim constitution. However, the MB candidate eked out a victory in the June 2012 presidential contest, and the December 2012 referendum on the permanent constitution passed more narrowly than the interim charter. Egypt appears headed toward a much more competitive political environment in which Islamists will be increasingly challenged to maintain their electoral edge
    Note: "RR-223-CMEPP"--Page [16] , Caption title , Includes bibliographical references (pages 13-14)
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    Out of the shadows : the health and well-being of private contractors working in conflict environments (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833082336 , 0833082353 , 0833082337 , 9780833082350
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxiii, 115 pages)
    Series Statement: Rand Corporation research report series RR-420-RC
    Parallel Title: Print version Dunigan, Molly Out of the shadows
    Keywords: Government contractors Medical care ; Government contractors Mental health ; Government contractors Health and hygiene ; Government contractors ; Government contractors ; Government contractors ; Contract Services ; Military Medicine ; Warfare ; Occupational Health ; Combat Disorders ; United States ; PSYCHOLOGY ; Psychopathology ; Depression ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Affairs & Administration ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Over the past decade, private contractors have been deployed extensively around the globe. In addition to supporting U.S. and allied forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, contractors have assisted foreign governments, nongovernmental organizations, and private businesses by providing a wide range of services, including base support and maintenance, logistical support, transportation, intelligence, communications, construction, and security. At the height of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, contractors outnumbered U.S. troops deployed to both theaters. Although these contractors are not supposed to engage in offensive combat, they may nonetheless be exposed to many of the stressors that are known to have physical and mental health implications for military personnel. RAND conducted an online survey of a sample of contractors who had deployed on contract to a theater of conflict at least once between early 2011 and early 2013. The survey collected demographic and employment information, along with details about respondents⁰́₉ deployment experience (including level of preparation for deployment, combat exposure, and living conditions), mental health (including probable posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and alcohol misuse), physical health, and access to and use of health care. The goal was to describe the contractors⁰́₉ health and well-being and to explore differences across the sample by such factors as country of citizenship, job specialty, and length and frequency of contract deployment. The findings provide a foundation for future studies of contractor populations and serve to inform policy decisions affecting contractors, including efforts to reduce barriers to mental health treatment for this population
    Abstract: Over the past decade, private contractors have been deployed extensively around the globe. In addition to supporting U.S. and allied forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, contractors have assisted foreign governments, nongovernmental organizations, and private businesses by providing a wide range of services, including base support and maintenance, logistical support, transportation, intelligence, communications, construction, and security. At the height of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, contractors outnumbered U.S. troops deployed to both theaters. Although these contractors are not supposed to engage in offensive combat, they may nonetheless be exposed to many of the stressors that are known to have physical and mental health implications for military personnel. RAND conducted an online survey of a sample of contractors who had deployed on contract to a theater of conflict at least once between early 2011 and early 2013. The survey collected demographic and employment information, along with details about respondents⁰́₉ deployment experience (including level of preparation for deployment, combat exposure, and living conditions), mental health (including probable posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and alcohol misuse), physical health, and access to and use of health care. The goal was to describe the contractors⁰́₉ health and well-being and to explore differences across the sample by such factors as country of citizenship, job specialty, and length and frequency of contract deployment. The findings provide a foundation for future studies of contractor populations and serve to inform policy decisions affecting contractors, including efforts to reduce barriers to mental health treatment for this population
    Note: "RR-420-RC"--Page 4 of cover , At head of title: Rand National Security Research Division , Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-115)
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    Penaid nonproliferation : hindering the spread of countermeasures against ballistic missile defenses (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833085405 , 0833085409 , 9780833081490 , 0833084712 , 0833081497 , 9780833084712
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 71 pages)
    Series Statement: Rand Corporation research report RR378
    Parallel Title: Print version Speier, Richard Penaid nonproliferation
    Keywords: Ballistic missile defenses ; Weapons of mass destruction ; National security ; Ballistic missile defenses ; Weapons of mass destruction ; National security ; National security ; Weapons of mass destruction ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; United States ; HISTORY ; Military ; Weapons ; Ballistic missile defenses ; Military readiness ; United States Defenses ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: An attacker's missile-borne countermeasures to ballistic missile defenses are known as penetration aids, or penaids. To support efforts to prevent the proliferation of penaid-related items, this research recommends controls on potential exports according to the structure of the international Missile Technology Control Regime
    Abstract: An attacker's missile-borne countermeasures to ballistic missile defenses are known as penetration aids, or penaids. To support efforts to prevent the proliferation of penaid-related items, this research recommends controls on potential exports according to the structure of the international Missile Technology Control Regime
    Note: "National Defense Research Institute , "RR-378-DTRA"--Page 4 of cover , "Prepared for the Naval Postgraduate School, Project on Advanced Systems and Concepts for Combating WMD , Includes bibliographical references (pages 69-71)
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    Development and pilot test of the RAND Suicide Prevention Program evaluation toolkit (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833085207 , 0833085204
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (52 pages)
    Keywords: RAND Suicide Prevention Program ; RAND Suicide Prevention Program ; Suicidal behavior Treatment ; Suicide Prevention ; Evaluation ; Suicidal behavior ; Suicide ; United States ; Suicidal behavior ; Treatment ; PSYCHOLOGY ; Suicide ; Electronic books
    Note: "RAND National Defense Research Institute
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    A methodology for determining Air Force Education Requirements Board (AFERB) advanced academic degree (AAD) requirements (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833081292 , 0833084755 , 0833081292 , 9780833084750
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 39 pages)
    Series Statement: Research report
    Parallel Title: Print version Terry, Tara L Methodology for determining Air Force Education Requirements Board (AFERB) advanced academic degree (AAD) requirements
    Keywords: United States Air Force Academy ; United States Officers ; Promotions ; United States Personnel management ; United States Officers ; Education (Higher) ; United States Air Force Academy ; United States ; United States ; United States ; Law, Politics & Government ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Human Resources & Personnel Management ; Armed Forces ; Officers ; Promotions ; Armed Forces ; Personnel management ; Air Forces ; Military & Naval Science ; United States Air Force Academy ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: United States Air Force career field managers (CFMs) annually predict the number of billet vacancies that will require an officer who holds an advanced academic degree (AAD), and submit these requirements to the Air Force Education Requirements Board to fill the projected vacancies. The process requires CFMs to predict specific vacancies three to five years before they occur, which can be difficult and produces inaccuracies that can lead to a shortfall of officers qualified to fill positions that require an AAD or to an oversupply of officers with AADs, which unnecessarily increases Air Force costs. This report examines the Air Force process for producing, allocating, and assigning officers with master's and doctorate degrees. The authors find that a relatively low percentage of officers with master's or doctorate degrees were matched to a billet that requires that degree and academic specialty in fiscal years 2000 through 2010. The authors provide a methodology for determining the required production level of officers who earn AADs, and this report serves as a user's guide for the modeling tools that illustrate the methodology
    Abstract: United States Air Force career field managers (CFMs) annually predict the number of billet vacancies that will require an officer who holds an advanced academic degree (AAD), and submit these requirements to the Air Force Education Requirements Board to fill the projected vacancies. The process requires CFMs to predict specific vacancies three to five years before they occur, which can be difficult and produces inaccuracies that can lead to a shortfall of officers qualified to fill positions that require an AAD or to an oversupply of officers with AADs, which unnecessarily increases Air Force costs. This report examines the Air Force process for producing, allocating, and assigning officers with master's and doctorate degrees. The authors find that a relatively low percentage of officers with master's or doctorate degrees were matched to a billet that requires that degree and academic specialty in fiscal years 2000 through 2010. The authors provide a methodology for determining the required production level of officers who earn AADs, and this report serves as a user's guide for the modeling tools that illustrate the methodology
    Note: "RAND Project Air Force , "Prepared for the United States Air Force , "RR-332-AF"--Back cover , "This work was ... conducted within the Manpower, Personnel, and Training Program of RAND Project Air Force"--Preface , Includes bibliographical references (page 39)
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    A sixty-year timeline of the Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing Site (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833084736 , 0833084739
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Research report
    DDC: 358.80973
    Keywords: Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing Site (U.S.) History ; Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing Site (U.S.) ; Space surveillance History ; Artificial satellites Optical observations ; Space surveillance ; Artificial satellites ; Space surveillance ; Hawaii ; Haleakala ; History ; Artificial satellites ; Optical observations ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This document contains a timeline of key events in the history of the Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing Site (AMOS). AMOS is located on the island of Maui, Hawaii, and is comprised of two physically separate facilities: the Maui Space Surveillance Complex (MSSC) located on the top of the Haleakala volcano and the Maui High Performance Computing Center (MHPCC) located in Kihei. MSSC was first imagined as an optical research observatory in the early 1950s. Since then, the site's mission, management structure, and operational partners have changed several times to accommodate the contemporary challenges and research tools. This timeline documents some of these historical changes. The events contained in this document focus primarily on the MSSC, but MHPCC has always maintained a strong collaboration with the MSSC, so several events associated with MHPCC are included. The timeline is provided in both tabular and printable wall chart formats
    Note: "Rand Project Air Force , Includes bibliographical references
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    Remembering the South African war : Britain and the memory of the Anglo-Boer War, from 1899 to present (2013)
    Liverpool, UK : Liverpool University Press
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    ISBN: 9781846319686 , 1781381038 , 1846319684 , 9781781381038
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (193 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Donaldson, Peter (Peter McIntosh) Remembering the South African war
    Keywords: South African War, 1899-1902 ; South African War, 1899-1902 ; Military history ; Boer Wars ; HISTORY ; Africa ; General ; HISTORY ; Africa ; General ; Humanities ; History ; South African War (1899-1902) ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The experience of the South African War sharpened the desire to commemorate for a number of reasons. An increasingly literate public, a burgeoning populist press, an army reinforced by waves of volunteers and, to contemporaries at least, a shockingly high death toll embedded the war firmly in the national consciousness. In addition, with the fallen buried far from home those left behind required other forms of commemoration. For these reasons, the South African War was an important moment of transition in commemorative practice and foreshadowed the rituals of remembrance that engulfed Britain in the aftermath of the Great War. This work provides the first comprehensive survey of the memorialisation process in Britain in the aftermath of the South African War. By uncovering the themes and myths that underpinned these interpretations of the war, shifting patterns in how the war was represented and conceived are revealed
    Abstract: The experience of the South African War sharpened the desire to commemorate for a number of reasons. An increasingly literate public, a burgeoning populist press, an army reinforced by waves of volunteers and, to contemporaries at least, a shockingly high death toll embedded the war firmly in the national consciousness. In addition, with the fallen buried far from home those left behind required other forms of commemoration. For these reasons, the South African War was an important moment of transition in commemorative practice and foreshadowed the rituals of remembrance that engulfed Britain in the aftermath of the Great War. This work provides the first comprehensive survey of the memorialisation process in Britain in the aftermath of the South African War. By uncovering the themes and myths that underpinned these interpretations of the war, shifting patterns in how the war was represented and conceived are revealed
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-186) and index
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    Venture capital and strategic investment for developing government mission capabilities (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833082138 , 0833086030 , 0833082132 , 9780833086037
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 81 pages)
    Parallel Title: Online version Webb, Timothy, 1936- Venture capital and strategic investment for developing government mission capabilities
    Parallel Title: Print version Webb, Timothy, 1936- Venture capital and strategic investment for developing government mission capabilities
    Keywords: Technology and state ; Venture capital Government policy ; Incentives in industry Government policy ; Technological innovations Government policy ; Technology and state ; Venture capital ; Incentives in industry ; Technological innovations ; United States ; Technological innovations ; Government policy ; Technology and state ; Venture capital ; Government policy ; Business & Economics ; Economic History ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Econometrics ; Incentives in industry ; Government policy ; Electronic books
    Abstract: A wide range of military capability improvement efforts have benefited from development and procurement methods that accommodate urgent operational needs. Changes in the threat environment suggest a need for a fresh examination of the adequacy and suitability of acquisition methods for the coming decade. This report examines one class of acquisition method, known as government venture capital (GVC), or government strategic investment (GSI). The research extracts general observations from previous cases and from a partial economic model of the GSI type of initiative. Taken together, these analyses will help government acquisition managers to judge more thoroughly the suitability of strategic investment methods for motivating future government mission-oriented innovation by private firms. The report does not explicitly compare GSIs and alternatives for their efficacy in advancing government mission objectives. If it had, it is likely that the main advantage of GSI would be improved access to information about alternative approaches available in the commercial market, resulting from the close relationships the GSI structure engenders between government and business
    Abstract: A wide range of military capability improvement efforts have benefited from development and procurement methods that accommodate urgent operational needs. Changes in the threat environment suggest a need for a fresh examination of the adequacy and suitability of acquisition methods for the coming decade. This report examines one class of acquisition method, known as government venture capital (GVC), or government strategic investment (GSI). The research extracts general observations from previous cases and from a partial economic model of the GSI type of initiative. Taken together, these analyses will help government acquisition managers to judge more thoroughly the suitability of strategic investment methods for motivating future government mission-oriented innovation by private firms. The report does not explicitly compare GSIs and alternatives for their efficacy in advancing government mission objectives. If it had, it is likely that the main advantage of GSI would be improved access to information about alternative approaches available in the commercial market, resulting from the close relationships the GSI structure engenders between government and business
    Note: "RAND National Defense Research Institute , "This research was ... conducted within the Acquisition and Technology Policy Center of the RAND National Defense Research Institute"--Preface , Includes bibliographical references (pages 79-81)
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    Edward M. Curr and the tide of history (2013)
    Canberra, A.C.T. : Australian National University E Press
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    ISBN: 9781922144713 , 1922144711 , 9781922144706 , 1922144703
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 229 pages)
    Series Statement: Aboriginal history monograph no. 26
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Keywords: Curr, Edward M ; Curr, Edward M. ; Curr, Edward M ; Authors, Australian Biography. ; Frontier and pioneer life Australia ; Victoria. ; Aboriginal Australians Land tenure. ; Yorta Yorta (Australian people) ; Frontier and pioneer life ; Authors, Australian Biography ; Aboriginal Australians Land tenure ; Native title (Australia) ; Native title (Australia) ; Yorta Yorta (Australian people) ; Frontier and pioneer life ; Authors, Australian ; Aboriginal Australians ; Australasian and Pacific history ; Ethnic studies ; History ; Humanities ; Indigenous peoples ; Regional and national history ; Social groups ; Society and culture: general ; Society and social sciences Society and social sciences ; Aboriginal Australians ; Land tenure ; Authors, Australian ; Frontier and pioneer life ; Native title (Australia) ; Victoria ; Biography ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Edward M. Curr (1820-89) was a pastoralist, horse trader, stock inspector, Aboriginal administrator, author and ethnologist
    Abstract: Preliminary; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Prologue: 'Claim sunk by pen of a swordsman'; 1. From Sheffield to Van Diemen's Land; 2. 'Troubles of a Beginner'; 3. 'A Station Formed at Tongala'; 4. Claiming the Moira; 5. Decline and Fall; 6. Rebuilding a Reputation; 7. Recollections of Squatting; 8. 'The native is a child'; 9. The Australian Race; 10. Ethnographic Rivalries; 11. 'My sable neighbours'; 12. The Tide of History; Epilogue: 'The Ghost of Edward Curr'; Bibliography; Index.
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    Maternal depression : implications for systems serving mother and child (2013)
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    ISBN: 9780833083067 , 0833083066
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 PDF file (8 pages)))
    Series Statement: RAND Corporation research report series RR-404-CCBHO
    DDC: 618.76
    Keywords: Postpartum depression ; Social service ; Postpartum depression ; Social service ; Public Sector economics ; Maternal Welfare economics ; Depression economics ; Child Welfare economics ; Social service ; Postpartum depression ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This report highlights evidence on the impact of maternal depression on the mother and child as it relates to the public-sector systems that serve them and discusses potential short- and long-term cost implications. The goal of this brief is to serve as a source of information for state and local policymakers and practitioners concerned with child and family outcomes, and to inform them of the evidence connecting maternal depression and negative outcomes for mother and child. The overview of the evidence is not meant to be exhaustive; rather, this brief highlights evidence most relevant to the impact of untreated maternal depression on both the mother and the child and the potential cost implications for systems that serve those families affected by depression. Due to the lack of clear data implicating the specific costs of maternal depression to each public-sector system, this brief focuses on the conceptual links between maternal depression and negative outcomes, as well as the hypothesized impact on each system
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , Title from PDF title page
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    Does it cost more to train residents or to replace them? : a look at the costs and benefits of operating graduate medical education programs (2013)
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    ISBN: 9780833082992 , 083308299X
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 PDF file (xix, 74 pages)))
    Series Statement: Research report
    DDC: 610.71173
    Keywords: Residents (Medicine) Training of ; Medical policy ; Medical colleges ; Residents (Medicine) ; Medical policy ; Medical colleges ; Medicare economics ; Hospitals, Teaching economics ; Internship and Residency economics ; Physicians, Primary Care economics ; Medical policy ; United States ; Medical colleges ; Residents (Medicine) ; Training of ; United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Medicare is the primary vehicle for federal support for physician residency training programs through its graduate medical education payments to teaching hospitals. One important factor influencing the decisions that a teaching hospital makes regarding graduate medical education (GME) program offerings is how the residency programs are likely to affect its financial performance. The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) is concerned that the increasing trend toward physician specialization is inconsistent with the needs of an efficient, high-quality, high-value health care delivery system for primary care physicians (MedPAC, 2010). MedPAC asked RAND to use available literature and data to summarize how the costs and benefits of operating residency training programs are likely to vary by specialty. The underlying policy question is whether Medicare support for residency training programs should be restructured to differentiate between programs that are less costly or self-sustaining and those that are more costly to the supporting institution
    Abstract: Medicare is the primary vehicle for federal support for physician residency training programs through its graduate medical education payments to teaching hospitals. One important factor influencing the decisions that a teaching hospital makes regarding graduate medical education (GME) program offerings is how the residency programs are likely to affect its financial performance. The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) is concerned that the increasing trend toward physician specialization is inconsistent with the needs of an efficient, high-quality, high-value health care delivery system for primary care physicians (MedPAC, 2010). MedPAC asked RAND to use available literature and data to summarize how the costs and benefits of operating residency training programs are likely to vary by specialty. The underlying policy question is whether Medicare support for residency training programs should be restructured to differentiate between programs that are less costly or self-sustaining and those that are more costly to the supporting institution
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    Effects of the Affordable Care Act on consumer health care spending and rsk of catastrophic health costs (2013)
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    ISBN: 9780833083654 , 0833083651
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 PDF file (xiii, 46 pages)))
    Series Statement: Research report RR-383-CMF
    Parallel Title: Print version Effects of the Affordable Care Act on consumer health care spending and risk of catastrophic health costs
    Keywords: United States ; United States ; United States ; Health care reform Economic aspects ; Health care reform ; Medicaid ; Health Expenditures trends ; Insurance, Health ; Health Care Reform ; Catastrophic Illness economics ; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (United States) ; United States ; Health care reform ; Economic aspects ; MEDICAL ; Medicaid & Medicare ; United States ; Electronic books ; Statistics
    Abstract: This study examines the likely effects of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on average annual consumer health care spending and the risk of catastrophic medical costs for the United States overall and in two large states that have decided not to expand their Medicaid programs (Texas and Florida). The ACA will have varied impacts on individuals' and families' spending on health care, depending on income level and on estimated 2016 insurance status without the ACA. The authors find that average out-of-pocket spending is expected to decrease for all groups considered in the analysis, although decreases in out-of-pocket spending will be largest for those who would otherwise be uninsured. People who would otherwise be uninsured who transition to the individual market under the ACA will have higher total health care spending on average after implementation of the ACA because they will now incur the cost of health insurance premiums. The authors also find that risk of catastrophic health care spending will decrease for individuals of all income levels for the insurance transitions considered; decreases will be greatest for those at the lowest income levels. Case studies found that in Texas and Florida, Medicaid expansion would substantially reduce out-of-pocket and total health care spending for those with incomes below 100 percent of the federal poverty level, compared with a scenario in which the ACA is implemented without Medicaid expansion. Expansion would reduce the risk of high medical spending for those covered under Medicaid who would remain uninsured without expansion
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    Montaigne and the origins of modern philosophy (2013)
    Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press
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    ISBN: 9780810129658 , 0810167336 , 0810129655 , 0810129329 , 0810167336 , 9780810129658 , 9780810129320 , 9780810167339
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource)
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    Parallel Title: Print version Hartle, Ann Montaigne and the origins of modern philosophy
    Keywords: Montaigne, Michel de ; Montaigne, Michel de Philosophy ; Montaigne, Michel de Political and social views ; Montaigne, Michel de ; Montaigne, Michel de ; Montaigne, Michel de ; Philosophy in literature ; Philosophy in literature ; Essais (Montaigne, Michel de) ; PHILOSOPHY ; General ; Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge ; Philosophy ; Philosophy in literature ; Political and social views ; French Literature ; Languages & Literatures ; Romance Literatures ; Montaigne, Michel de ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Reversing Aristotle -- Sticking to the old ways : Montaigne and sacred tradition -- The philosophical act (I) : judgment -- The philosophical act (II) : ending in experience -- Overcoming natural mastery -- The primacy of the private and the origins of a free society -- The character of the free individual -- Conclusion : the invisibility of philosophy and the light of the good
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    Netzpolitik : Freiheit und Rechtsschutz im Internet (2013)
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    ISBN: 9783848701308 , 3845245883 , 3848701308 , 3845245883 , 9783848701308 , 9783845245881
    Language: German
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (154 pages)
    Edition: 1. Auflage
    Parallel Title: Print version Bull, Hans Peter Netzpolitik
    Keywords: Data protection Law and legislation ; Privacy, Right of ; Internet Political aspects ; Internet Law and legislation ; Data protection ; Privacy, Right of ; Internet ; Internet ; Electronic books ; Internet ; Political aspects ; Privacy, Right of ; Germany ; LAW / Constitutional ; Data protection ; Law and legislation ; Internet ; Law and legislation ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Einleitung : das Unbehagen an der Technik und die Macht des Rechts --Die Ausgangslage und die Gegenstände der Diskussion --Die Vielfalt der Nutzungen --Die Problemfelder im Einzelnen : Individualrechte und Allgemeininteressen --Was kann das Recht bewirken? --Maßstäbe setzen --Die Ordnung der Werte --Wertungswidersprüche und -unsicherheiten --Die Bestimmung der Akteure, Verantwortlichen und Nutznießer --Die offenen Flanken des Rechtsschutzes : und wie sie zu schließen sind --Die Rechte des Individuums --Freiheit und Freiheiten --Die einschlägigen Grundrechte --Freiheit im Netz --Informationsfreiheit versus Geheimsphären --Grundrecht auf Internet? --Das vermeintliche Ende der Privatheit --Tatsachen und Legenden --Das Gedächtnis der Computer und die Lücken im Netz --Die Dimensionen des Persönlichkeitsschutzes --Die Extremposition : Abschirmung von der Gesellschaft --"Öffentlich" gegen "privat" --Würde, Freiheit, Selbstbestimmung --Die Geschichte des Persönlichkeitsrechts --Von "Verwaltung" zu "Verdatung" --Der Schulz der freien und unbefangenen Kommunikation --Das Grundmuster der Risikodiskussion --Möglichkeit und Wirklichkeit der Techniknutzung --Zwei Beispiele für Risiko-Phantasien --Misstrauen auf allen Ebenen --Die Beschwörung des Unrechtsstaates --Verdatet und verkauft? Die Standardbeispiele --Persönlichkeitsprofile aus Kundendaten --Schutz vor Belästigung : und vor wirklichen Nachteilen --Das Beispiel Vorratsdatenspeicherung --Kritik des Vorratsdaten-Urteils --Ein neues Szenario : die Überwachungsmaschine --Der Computer als Privatsphäre --Kriminalität und Missbrauch im Internet --Die ökonomische und technische Perspektive --Geschäftsmodelle und Risiken --Der Streit um das Urheberrecht : das Ob und das Wie --Die Gewöhnung an Unentgeltlichkeit --Der Kampf um die Rechtspositionen --Alternative Regelungsmodelle --Freiheit vom Staat und Schutz durch den Staat --Grundrechtskonflikte und Interessenabwägungen --Exkurs : "Lernen im Netz" statt "Schule vor Ort"? --Das Netz und die Netze : Neutralität, Kapazität und Sicherheit der Datentechnik --Was bedeutet Netzneutralität? --Die Störanfälligkeit des Netzes --Das Netz und die Netze --Neue Formen der Demokratie --Der weltweite Protest und die Ziele der Internet-Demokraten --Transparenz der Politik, informierte Bürger --Enthüllungsplattformen und Open Government --Voraussetzungen funktionierender Demokratie --Direkte und indirekte Volksvertretung --Demokratie braucht Zeit --Elektronische Wahlen und alltägliche "Verflüssigung" der Demokratie? --Bessere Politik durch mehr Technik : ein schöner Traum --Fazit und Konsequenzen --Freiheit oder Angst, Resignation oder Aufbruch? --Macht der Computer und Gegenmacht der Nutzer --Hacker als Agenten des Fortschritts? --Verantwortung für Datensicherheit --Regulierte Selbstregulierung als pragmatisches Konzept --Die Pläne von Parteien und Regierungen --Was also heißt Netzpolitik? --Die Verantwortung des Staates für Persönlichkeits- und Datenschutz --Das Dauerthema Sicherheitspolitik --Datenschutz ist kein Allheilmittel und kein Selbstzweck --Irrwege der Rechtsentwicklung --Trotz allem : Reformansätze --Spezialrecht für das Internet --Die EU-Datenschutz- "Grundverordnung" : eine Autobahn zur Bürokratisierung --Die Fortsetzung der nationalen Datenschutzdebatte --Die Verantwortung für Infrastruktur und Rechtsordnung der Internetwirtschaft --Kontrolle oder Vertrauen --Literaturverzeichnis.
    Description / Table of Contents: Einleitung : das Unbehagen an der Technik und die Macht des Rechts -- Die Ausgangslage und die Gegenstände der Diskussion -- Die Vielfalt der Nutzungen -- Die Problemfelder im Einzelnen : Individualrechte und Allgemeininteressen -- Was kann das Recht bewirken? -- Maßstäbe setzen -- Die Ordnung der Werte -- Wertungswidersprüche und -unsicherheiten -- Die Bestimmung der Akteure, Verantwortlichen und Nutznießer -- Die offenen Flanken des Rechtsschutzes : und wie sie zu schließen sind -- Die Rechte des Individuums -- Freiheit und Freiheiten -- Die einschlägigen Grundrechte -- Freiheit im Netz -- Informationsfreiheit versus Geheimsphären -- Grundrecht auf Internet? -- Das vermeintliche Ende der Privatheit -- Tatsachen und Legenden -- Das Gedächtnis der Computer und die Lücken im Netz -- Die Dimensionen des Persönlichkeitsschutzes -- Die Extremposition : Abschirmung von der Gesellschaft -- "Öffentlich" gegen "privat" -- Würde, Freiheit, Selbstbestimmung -- Die Geschichte des Persönlichkeitsrechts -- Von "Verwaltung" zu "Verdatung" -- Der Schulz der freien und unbefangenen Kommunikation -- Das Grundmuster der Risikodiskussion -- Möglichkeit und Wirklichkeit der Techniknutzung -- Zwei Beispiele für Risiko-Phantasien -- Misstrauen auf allen Ebenen -- Die Beschwörung des Unrechtsstaates -- Verdatet und verkauft? Die Standardbeispiele -- Persönlichkeitsprofile aus Kundendaten -- Schutz vor Belästigung : und vor wirklichen Nachteilen -- Das Beispiel Vorratsdatenspeicherung -- Kritik des Vorratsdaten-Urteils -- Ein neues Szenario : die Überwachungsmaschine -- Der Computer als Privatsphäre -- Kriminalität und Missbrauch im Internet -- Die ökonomische und technische Perspektive -- Geschäftsmodelle und Risiken -- Der Streit um das Urheberrecht : das Ob und das Wie -- Die Gewöhnung an Unentgeltlichkeit -- Der Kampf um die Rechtspositionen -- Alternative Regelungsmodelle -- Freiheit vom Staat und Schutz durch den Staat -- Grundrechtskonflikte und Interessenabwägungen -- Exkurs : "Lernen im Netz" statt "Schule vor Ort"? -- Das Netz und die Netze : Neutralität, Kapazität und Sicherheit der Datentechnik -- Was bedeutet Netzneutralität? -- Die Störanfälligkeit des Netzes -- Das Netz und die Netze -- Neue Formen der Demokratie -- Der weltweite Protest und die Ziele der Internet-Demokraten -- Transparenz der Politik, informierte Bürger -- Enthüllungsplattformen und Open Government -- Voraussetzungen funktionierender Demokratie -- Direkte und indirekte Volksvertretung -- Demokratie braucht Zeit -- Elektronische Wahlen und alltägliche "Verflüssigung" der Demokratie? -- Bessere Politik durch mehr Technik : ein schöner Traum -- Fazit und Konsequenzen -- Freiheit oder Angst, Resignation oder Aufbruch? -- Macht der Computer und Gegenmacht der Nutzer -- Hacker als Agenten des Fortschritts? -- Verantwortung für Datensicherheit -- Regulierte Selbstregulierung als pragmatisches Konzept -- Die Pläne von Parteien und Regierungen -- Was also heißt Netzpolitik? -- Die Verantwortung des Staates für Persönlichkeits- und Datenschutz -- Das Dauerthema Sicherheitspolitik -- Datenschutz ist kein Allheilmittel und kein Selbstzweck -- Irrwege der Rechtsentwicklung -- Trotz allem : Reformansätze -- Spezialrecht für das Internet -- Die EU-Datenschutz- "Grundverordnung" : eine Autobahn zur Bürokratisierung -- Die Fortsetzung der nationalen Datenschutzdebatte -- Die Verantwortung für Infrastruktur und Rechtsordnung der Internetwirtschaft -- Kontrolle oder Vertrauen -- Literaturverzeichnis.
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    Jahrbuch der berufs- und wirtschaftspädagogischen Forschung 2013 (2013)
    Opladen : Verlag Barbara Budrich
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    ISBN: 3847404504 , 9783847404507
    Language: German , English
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    Series Statement: Schriftenreihe der Sektion Berufs- und Wirtschaftspädagogik der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Erziehungswissenschaft (DGfE)
    DDC: 370.113
    Keywords: Career education ; Economics Study and teaching ; Vocational education ; Adult education, continuous learning ; Economics ; Study and teaching ; Vocational education ; Career education ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Vocational education and training in Germany, especially the Dual System of Vocational Education and Training, is receiving great attention and appreciation in some EU countries, not least against the background of very high youth unemployment. In empirical analyses of the close interlocking of learning and work and in theoretical foundations of educational potential, vocational and business education research provides all actors in the vocational training system with findings, arguments and impulses for further development
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    Wir sind die medien : internet und politischer wandel in Iran (2013)
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    ISBN: 3839423112 , 3837623114 , 9783839423110 , 9783837623116
    Language: German
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (353 pages)
    Series Statement: Kultur und soziale Praxis
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Michaelsen, Marcus Wir sind die medien : internet und politischer wandel in Iran
    Keywords: Internet in political campaigns ; Mass media Political aspects ; Internet Political aspects ; Media studies ; Society and culture: general ; Society and social sciences Society and social sciences ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Media Studies ; Internet in political campaigns ; Internet ; Political aspects ; Mass media ; Political aspects ; Politics and government ; Iran ; Iran Politics and government 1997- ; Electronic books
    Abstract: A) Transkription persischer Begriffeb) Methodisches Vorgehen: Inhaltsanalyse; c) Irans Entwicklungsstand im regionalen Vergleich; Literatur.
    Abstract: Cover Wir sind die Medien; Inhalt; Vorbemerkung; Einleitung; I. THEORIE; 1. Politische Transformation und Demokratisierung; Politscher Systemwechsel: Ablauf und Akteure; Verspäteter Wandel? Autoritarismus in Nah- und Mittelost; Demokratisierung von unten: Die Zivilgesellschaft; 2. Medien und politische Transformation; Öffentlichkeit und Gegenöffentlichkeit: Hegemonie im Aufbau; Herausforderung durch Kommunikation:Konflikt um Zugang und Bedeutung; Medien im Transformationsprozess: Welche Rolle, welcher Einfluss?; 3. Das Internet -- Mittel der Demokratisierung?; Grenzen; Potentiale; Hypothesen.
    Abstract: Die StudentenbewegungDie Frauenbewegung; Die Zivilgesellschaft und die Wahlkrise 2009; 4. Medien in Iran; Stimme des Regimes: Radio und Fernsehen; Historisches Konfliktfeld: Die Presse; Satellitensender: Kulturelle Invasion oder Gegenkultur?; 5. Nach der Wahlkrise: Zwischenbilanz; III. INTERNET UND POLITIK IN IRAN; 1. Internet in Iran: Entwicklung und staatliche Politik; Staat und Internet; Gesetzlicher Rahmen; Zensur, Blockade, Überwachung; Ein neues Konfliktfeld; 2. Informationslandschaft im Wandel; Onlinemedien aus dem Ausland; Politische Fraktionen im Netz.
    Abstract: II. IRAN: POLITISCHE TRANSFORMATION UND MEDIEN1. Die Islamische Republik: Historische Wurzeln und politisches System; Ein Jahrhundert, zwei Revolutionen; Das Regime: Institutionalisierung und Legitimation; 2. Strategische und konfliktorientierte Akteure in Irans politischer Elite; Im Zentrum der Macht: Der Revolutionsführer; Militarisierung des Systems? Die Revolutionsgarden; Prinzipientreue und Autoritarismus: Die Konservativen; Der pragmatische Pate: Rafsanjani; Konfliktbereit im System: Die Reformer; 3. Die iranische Zivilgesellschaft; Die Intellektuellen und der Reformdiskurs.
    Abstract: Konfliktregelung über Nachrichtenseiten3. Reform online: Die Webseite Emruz; Diskursgrundlagen: Themen und Redaktionslinie; Konfliktbereite Narrative: Die Kommunalwahlen 2006; Kollektive Identität: Islam, Iran, Reform; 4. Blogs als Gegenöffentlichkeit?; Vom Blog zur Wahlurne: Eine Debatte; Meinungsführer Journalisten; Themen und Inhalte: Informationsmedium Blog?; Meinungsbildung: Wählen oder nicht wählen?; Kollektives Handeln: Blogs als Basis; 5. Irans soziale Bewegungen im Netz: Die Medien sind wir; Aktivismus: Die Frauenbewegung; Protest: Die Grüne Bewegung; Fazit; Anhang.
    Abstract: Ob "Twitter-Revolution" oder "Cyberdemokratie"--Häufig prägen Schlagworte die Debatte zum politischen Potenzial des Internets. Jenseits von Mythisierungen untersucht Marcus Michaelsen die Nutzung neuer Medien durch Opposition und Zivilgesellschaft im Iran - angefangen von den ersten Reformwebseiten über die Blogs von Journalisten und Frauenrechtlerinnen bis hin zu den sozialen Medien der Grünen Bewegung. Durch die Verknüpfung präziser Landeskenntnis mit Theorien der Politik- und Kommunikationswissenschaft entsteht eine ebenso fundierte wie anschauliche Analyse der Leistungen und Grenzen von I
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    Judging ""Priviliged"" Jews : Holocaust Ethics, Representation, and the ""Grey Zone"" (2013)
    New York : Berghahn Books
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    ISBN: 0857459929 , 0857459910 , 1299950876 , 1785336568 , 9781785336560 , 9781299950870 , 9780857459916 , 9780857459923
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (232 pages)
    Series Statement: War and Genocide
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Keywords: Levi, Primo Criticism and interpretation ; World War, 1939-1945 Collaborationists ; Moral and ethical aspects ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Influence ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Moral and ethical aspects ; Electronic books ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; World War (1939-1945) ; HISTORY ; Europe ; Western ; HISTORY ; Holocaust ; Jewish studies ; Ethics ; Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) ; Criticism, interpretation, etc ; Levi, Primo ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction -- ""Privileged"" Jews, Holocaust Representation, and the ""Limit"" of Judgment; Chapter 1 -- La ""Zona Grigia"": The Paradox of Judgment in Primo Levi's ""Gey Zone""; Chapter 2 -- The Judgment of ""Privileged"" Jews in the Work of Raul Hilberg; Chapter 3 -- Bridging History and Cinema: ""Privileged"" Jews in Claude Lanzmann's Shoah and Other Holocaust Documentaries; Chapter 4 -- Portraying ""Privileged"" Jews in Fiction Films: The Potential to Suspend Judgment?; Conclusion -- ""And What Would You Have Done?"" Negotiating the Paradoxical Bind.
    Abstract: The Nazis' persecution of the Jews during the Holocaust included the creation of prisoner hierarchies that forced victims to cooperate with their persecutors. Many in the camps and ghettos came to hold so-called "privileged" positions, and their behavior has often been judged as self-serving and harmful to fellow inmates. Such controversial figures constitute an intrinsically important, frequently misunderstood, and often taboo aspect of the Holocaust. Drawing on Primo Levi's concept of the "grey zone," this study analyzes the passing of moral judgment on "privileged" Jews as represented by
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    Climate change: international law and global governance : Volume II: Policy, diplomacy and governance in a changing environment (2013)
    Baden-Baden : Nomos
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    ISBN: 3845242779 , 3832977961 , 9783832977962 , 9783845242774
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (926 pages) , illustrations
    Edition: 1. Edition
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Climate change: international law and global governance / Volume II, Policy, diplomacy and governance in a changing environment
    Keywords: Climatic changes Law and legislation ; Climate change mitigation International cooperation ; LAW / Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice ; Climatic changes ; Law and legislation ; LAW / International ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Policy, diplomacy and governance in a changing environment.Intersections of law and cooperative global climate governance : challenges in the Anthropocene /Oliver C. Ruppel --International climate change policy : where do we stand? /Nadia von Bassewitz --Climate Change Lawfare /Siri Gloppen and Asuncion Lera St. Clair --Greening permanent sovereignty through the common concern in the climate change regime : awake custodial sovereignty! /Werner Scholtz --Power in global climate governance /Babette Never --CBDR as a principle of inspiring actions rather than justifying inaction in the global climate change regime /Achala C. Abeysinghe and Gilberto Arias --Beyond international climate negotiations : climate diplomacy from a foreign policy perspective /Dennis Tänzler and Alexander Carius --Confronting complex global challenges : comparing the climate change and Law of the Sea negotiations /Gregg B. Walker --UNEP plus X? : A critical assessment of reform : proposals and implications for the international climate regime /Dirk Hanschel --Transdisciplinarity : theory and visions on global transdisciplinary processes for adapting to climate change /Roland W. Scholz --The politics of climate change : review and future challenges /Holger Haibach and Kathrin Schneider --International climate finance : policies, structures and challenges /Cord Lüdemann and Oliver C. Ruppel --Climate change law and policy positions in the African Union and related developments in selected African Countries /Oliver C. Ruppel --Council of Europe climate law standards and perspectives /Agata Rogalska-Piechota --Renewable energy policy in the European Union : a contribution to meeting international climate protection goals? /Christian Calliess and Christian Hey --China-Africa cooperation : joint engagement in adaptation to climate change /Wanxin Li, Sven Grimm, and Harrie Esterhuyse --The BRICS Partnership : development and climate change policy from an African perspective /Oliver C. Ruppel and Katharina Ruppel-Schlichting --Sustainable and inclusive adaptation to climate change and public policy challenges in Central America /Julie G. Lennox --Mainstreaming sustainable development into national climate change responses : assessing the legal options to reinforce equity /Robert Kibugi --Agenda 21 and climate protection : the development of global and local governance for environment and development : observations from research in Namibia /Manfred O. Hinz --Ethics for climate justice and sustainability through value-based approaches : a new Tanzanian model and paradigm shift /Aidan G. Msafiri --Science, facts and fears : the debate on climate change and security /Marcel Leroy and Fana Gebresenbet --Dangerous anthropogenic climate change from the perspective of adaptation /Kristie L. Ebi and Ian Burton --Climate change, disasters and migration : current challenges to international law /Erika Pires Ramos --Enhancing adaptation options and managing human mobility in the context of climate change : role of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change /Koko Warner --Adaptation to climate change under changing urban patterns : the climatic perspective of migration /María Máñez Costa, Kathleen Schwerdtner Máñez, and Sainab Husain Paragay --Climate-change-induced movement of persons in Africa : human rights responses to aspects of human security /Oliver C. Ruppel and Sanita van Wyk --Framing the loss and damage debate : a thought starter by the loss and damage in vulnerable countries initiative /Sönke Kreft, Koko Warner, Sven Harmeling & Erin Roberts --Legal and policy responses to loss and damage associated with climate change /M. Hafijul Islam Khan --Insurance solutions in the context of climate-change-related loss and damage : needs, gaps and roles of the UNFCCC in addressing loss and damage /Koko Warner [and 13 others].
    Abstract: This two volume study systematically addresses both international climate change law and global climate change governance. It deals with international law and the multiple regulatory regimes which reflect fragmentation in the absence of a universal climate change regime. International climate change law, global climate governance, and diplomacy are interrelated and extremely complex, and each volume explores these areas from a variety of doctrinal, transdisciplinary, and thematic perspectives. *** Volume I [ISBN 978 3 8329 7797 9] assesses the most pressing impacts of climate change on various
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    Fragmentierte nation - globalisierte region? : Der baskische und katalanische nationalismus im kontext von Globalisierung und europäischer integration (2013)
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    ISBN: 3839423449 , 3837623440 , 9783839423448 , 9783837623444
    Language: German
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (539 pages)
    Series Statement: Global Studies
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Eser, Patrick, 1979- Fragmentierte nation - globalisierte region? : Der baskische und katalanische nationalismus im kontext von Globalisierung und europäischer integration
    Keywords: EU and European institutions ; International institutions ; International relations ; Politics and government ; Society and social sciences Society and social sciences ; EU & European institutions ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; International Relations ; General ; Autonomy and independence movements ; Regions & Countries - Europe ; History & Archaeology ; Spain & Portugal ; Spain ; Spain ; Catalonia ; Spain ; País Vasco ; History ; Spain History ; Autonomy and independence movements ; País Vasco (Spain) History ; Catalonia (Spain) History ; Electronic books
    Abstract: 1.2 Nationalismustheoretische Grundlagen1.2.1 Begriff und historische Bedeutung von Nationen: Anregungen aus der Nationalismusforschung; 1.2.2 Regionaler Nationalismus als Sub-Phänomen; 1.2.3 Die Begriffe Nation, Nationalismus und Nationalbewegung; 1.2.4 Zur Logik der nationalistischen Mobilisierung; 1.3 Forschungsdesign, Desiderate und methodisches Vorgehen; 1.3.1 Bewegungsforschung und Diskursanalyse; 1.3.2 Zeitdiagnostische Thesen über den minority nationalism; 1.4 Forschungsstand, Forschungslücken und Desiderate; 1.5 Hypothesen und konkrete Forschungsfragen; Bewegungen.
    Abstract: 2.1 Zeitdiagnostischer Begriff der, neoliberalen Globalisierung'2.2 Postfordismus, die Transformation von Staatlichkeit und die Reskalierung des Regierens; 2.3 Das wettbewerbsstaatliche Integrationsmodell der EU und die europäische Regionalpolitik; 2.4 Die Region als subnationale scale der Wettbewerbsstaatlichkeit; 2.5 Die Region, der regionale Staat und das region building; 3. Historische Darstellung des nationalen Konflikts; 3.1 Die schwierige Geburt des spanischen Nationalstaats; 3.2 Die Entstehung des Kapitalismus in Spanien und die frühe Industrialisierung des Baskenlands und Kataloniens.
    Abstract: 3.3 Entstehung und Etablierung der Nationalbewegungen3.4 Modernisierung der Nationalbewegungen bis zur Zweiten Republik; 3.5 Entwicklung der Nationalbewegungen im Frankismus und antifrankistischen Widerstand; 3.6 Etablierung der Demokratie und der regionalen Autonomiestatute; 4. Diskursanalyse der Nationalbewegungen; 4.1 Die Thematisierung der Einwanderung im minoritären Nationalismus; 4.1.1 Die Thematisierung der Einwanderung in, Nationen ohne Staat'; 4.1.2 Einwanderungsdiskurse in der Geschichte der baskischen und katalanischen Nationalbewegung.
    Abstract: 4.1.3 Gegenwärtiger Einwanderungsdiskurs in den Nationalbewegungen4.1.4 Das nation building der Nationalbewegungen im Angesicht der Einwanderung; 4.2 Europakonzeptionen und die Strategie der nationalen Emanzipation; 4.2.1 Die Nationalbewegungen und ihr Projekt der nationalen Emanzipation im europäischen Rahmen; 4.2.2 Geschichte der Europakonzeptionen in der baskischen und katalanischen Nationalbewegung; 4.2.3 Europakonzeptionen und -strategien im demokratischen Spanien; 4.2.4 Die baskische und katalanische Nationalbewegung zwischen Europhorie und Euroskepsis.
    Abstract: Cover Fragmentierte Nation -- globalisierte Region?; Inhalt; Vorbemerkungen; Einleitung; Problemaufriss; Forschungsperspektive -- Fragestellungen -- Untersuchungsziel; Aufbau des Buches; 1. Theoretischer Ansatz und Forschungsperspektive; 1.1 Phänomenologie des Kontextes: Globalisierung, Hybridisierung und Renationalisierung; 1.1.1 Ambivalenzen des Globalisierungsbegriffs; 1.1.2 Dichotomie von Globalem und Lokalem; 1.1.3 Migration und die Perspektive des Transnationalismus; 1.1.4 Sozialgeographische und tätigkeitstheoretische Perspektiven auf die Globalisierung.
    Abstract: Im Zeitalter der Globalisierung scheinen nationale Grenzziehungen an Bedeutung zu verlieren. Dennoch wird immer wieder die Forderung nach Eigenstaatlichkeit erhoben - so auch im spanischen Staat: in Katalonien und im Baskenland. Patrick Eser zeichnet die ideologische und programmatische Entwicklung der katalanischen und baskischen Nationalbewegungen in einer umfangreichen Darstellung nach. Wie schätzen diese Bewegungen die Globalisierung und die europäische Integration ein - als Chance oder als Bedrohung? Anhand ausgewählter Themenfelder (Europa, Einwanderung, ökonomische Globalisierung, kultu
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    Demokratie morgen : Überlegungen aus Wissenschaft und politik (2013)
    Bielefeld [Germany] : Transcript
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    ISBN: 3839423872 , 3837623874 , 9783839423875 , 9783837623871
    Language: German
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (119 pages) , color illustrations, photographs
    Series Statement: Edition Politik Band 14
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Demokratie morgen : Überlegungen aus Wissenschaft und politik
    Keywords: Democracy ; Globalization ; Digital media Political aspects ; Political structure and processes ; Political structures: democracy ; Politics and government ; Society and social sciences Society and social sciences ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Political Ideologies ; Democracy ; Economic policy ; Democracy ; Digital media ; Political aspects ; Globalization ; Germany ; Germany Economic policy ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Cover Demokratie morgen; Inhalt; Einleitung: Demokratie morgen; Was ist Demokratie?; Das Volk als Gesetzgeber; Demokratie in der europäischen Krise; Digitale Medien: Neue Wege politischer Partizipation? Das Web 2.0 und die Social Media in der Tunesischen Revolution -- Ein Bericht aus Sidi Bouzid; "Alle Gewalt geht vom Volke aus." Bemerkungen über einige praktische Erfahrungen und ihre Folgen; Autorinnen und Autoren.
    Abstract: Für die Nachkriegsgenerationen in Deutschland ist Demokratie eine Selbstverständlichkeit. Doch welche Spielräume hat besonnene demokratische Abwägung in Zeiten globalisierter Märkte, Rating-Agenturen und Expertenkommissionen? Brauchen wir neue Formen demokratischer Teilhabe und Entscheidungsfindung? Mit Hauke Brunkhorst, Horst Dreier, Burkhard Hirsch, Julian Nida-Rümelin und Volker Wulf/Marén Schorch diskutieren renommierte Autoren aus Wissenschaft und Politik Schwachstellen unserer Demokratie und weisen Wege zu ihrer Überwindung. Rezension Besprochen in: www.socialnet.de, 16.01.2014, Simon
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , In German
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    Transnational organized crime : analyses of a global challenge to democracy (2013)
    Bielefeld : Transcript-Verlag
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    ISBN: 1306995760 , 383942495X , 3837624951 , 9781306995764 , 9783837624953 , 9783839424957
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Political science volume 17
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Keywords: Democracy Congresses ; Crime and globalization Congresses ; Organized crime Congresses ; Transnational crime Congresses History ; Crime & criminology ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Criminology ; Crime and globalization ; Democracy ; Organized crime ; Transnational crime ; Crime and criminology ; Conference papers and proceedings ; History ; Social services and welfare, criminology ; Society and social sciences Society and social sciences ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Introduction -- Transnational issues of organized crime -- Regional perspectives -- Outlook.
    Abstract: Transnational organized crime interferes with the everyday lives of more and more people -- and represents a serious threat to democracy. By now, organized crime has become an inherent feature of economic globalization, and the fine line between the legal and illegal operation of business networks is blurred. Additionally, few experts could claim to have comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the laws and regulations governing the international flow of trade, and hence of the borderline towards criminal transactions. This book offers contributions from 12 countries around the world authored by 25 experts from a wide range of academic disciplines, representatives from civil society organizations and private industry, journalists, as well as activists. Recognizing the complexity of the issue, this publication provides a cross cultural and multi-disciplinary analysis of transnational organized crime including a historical approach from different regional and cultural contexts. -- Provided by publisher
    Note: International conference proceedings , Includes bibliographical references
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    Demokratie und transzendenz : die begründung politischer ordnungen (2013)
    Bielefeld [Germany] : Transcript
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    ISBN: 3839422787 , 3837622789 , 9783839422786 , 9783837622782
    Language: German
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (534 pages)
    Series Statement: Edition Politik Band 12
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Demokratie und transzendenz : die begründung politischer ordnungen
    Keywords: Democracy Congresses ; Transcendentalism Congresses ; Political science Congresses Philosophy ; Political science and theory ; Politics and government ; Society and social sciences Society and social sciences ; Political science & theory ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; History & Theory ; Democracy ; Political science ; Philosophy ; Transcendentalism ; Conference papers and proceedings ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Brauchen Demokratien eine Zivilreligion? Über die prekären Grundlagen republikanischer Ordnung Überlegungen im Anschluss an Jean-Jacques RousseauBEGRÜNDUNGSDISKURSE DES 16.-21. JAHRHUNDERTS; Zwischen Selbstermächtigung und Endlichkeitsbewusstsein Das Politische und seine Grenzen im florentinischen Republikanismus; Zwischen sakraler Legitimation und politischer Säkularisierung Die Monarchie in England und Frankreich im späten 17. Jahrhundert im Vergleich; Politische Tugenden bei Hobbes; Zur Kritik liberaler Ordnungsentwürfe Bernard de Mandeville, Adam Smith, Karl Marx und Alexis de Tocqueville.
    Abstract: Cover Demokratie und Transzendenz; Inhalt; Vorwort; Demokratie und Transzendenz Politische Ordnungen zwischen Autonomiebehauptung und Unverfügbarkeitspraktiken; KONZEPTIONELLE UND SYSTEMATISCHE PERSPEKTIVEN; Das religiös-kulturelle Dispositiv der modernen Politik; Macht und Autorität Das Problem der (Un)Verfügbarkeit; Abschied von der normativen Transzendenz Rortys Moderne; Basiskonsens und Willensnation Die Kontingenz des Unverfügbaren und das Modell der Schweiz.
    Abstract: Demokratische Verfassungsordnungen sind fragil und voraussetzungsreich. Worauf beruht ihre Gründung und ihr Bestand? Welche Ressourcen werden für ihre Konstituierung und Stabilisierung in Anspruch genommen? Der Band gibt eine neue Antwort auf diese alten Fragen: Obwohl demokratische Ordnungen in ihrer eigenen Wahrnehmung auf Autonomie und Selbstgesetzgebung beruhen, greifen sie zu ihrer Rechtfertigung auf Geltungsressourcen zurück, über die sie nicht oder nur bedingt verfügen. Sie leben demnach von Transzendenz, wie an ausgewählten Diskursen und Praktiken der Ordnungsbegründung vom 15. Jahrhun
    Abstract: Der Volksstaat als Selbstverständlichkeit Friedrich Naumann und die Begründung der Weimarer RepublikRechtsgeltung Dekonstruktion und Konstruktion in den Umbrüchen nach 1933 und 1945; Die Willensnation Schweiz im Spannungsfeld konkurrierender Transzendenzbezüge; Ordnungsbegründung als politisch-kultureller Deutungskampf Der Verfassungsdiskurs im demokratischen Polen nach 1989; Von der Gründung zur Begründung? Über die Rolle der Imagination im globalen Konstitutionalismus; Autorenverzeichnis.
    Abstract: Naturerzählungen und republikanische Geltungsbedingungen bei RousseauDie Tugend, der Markt, das Fest und der Krieg Über die problematische Wiederkehr vormoderner Gemeinsinnserwartungen in der Postmoderne; DEMOKRATISCHE ORDNUNGEN IN GRÜNDUNGS-, KRISEN- UND UMBRUCHSZEITEN; Das Sakrale im Zeitalter seiner politischen Reproduktion Die Französische Revolution zwischen Verfassungsfest und Missionierungskrieg; Verfassung, Vertrag und Monarchie Der Prozess der Verfassunggebung in Württemberg (1815-1819).
    Note: "Die Beiträge gehen zu einem grossen Teil aus Arbeiten des Teilprojektes "Demokratische Ordnung zwischen Transzendenz und Gemeinsinn" des im Juli 2009 eingerichteten Dresdner Sonderforschungsbereiches 804 "Transzendenz und Gemeinsinn" und einer im März 2012 durchgeführten Tagung "Die Transzendenz politischer Gründungsmomente" hervor. Sie werden ergänzt um Studien aus zwei weiteren Teilprojekten, einem schweizerischen und einem italienischen, und von Autoren, die dem SFB durch Tagungen, Vorträge und steten Austausch vielfältig verbunden sind." , In German
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    On history : introduction to world history (1831), opening address at the faculty of letters, 9 January 1834, preface to history of France (1869) (2013)
    Cambridge, England : Open Book Publishers
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    ISBN: 190925472X , 1909254711 , 1909254703 , 1909254738 , 1909254746 , 9781909254701 , 9781909254718 , 9781909254732 , 9781909254725 , 9781909254749 , 9781909254718 , 9781909254701 , 9781909254732 , 9781909254749
    ISSN: 2054-2178
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (177 pages) , illustrations, photograph
    Series Statement: Open Book classics [1]
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als On history : introduction to world history (1831), opening address at the faculty of letters, 9 January 1834, preface to history of France (1869)
    Keywords: World history Historiography ; History ; History: theory and methods ; Humanities ; Regional and national history ; HISTORY ; Europe ; France ; HISTORY ; Study & Teaching ; World history ; Historiography ; European history ; France ; General and world history ; History ; Historiography ; France History ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Foreword by Lionel Gossman -- 2. Chronology of Jules Michelet -- 3. Michelet, Introduction to World History (1831) Translated by Flora Kimmich Notes and Clarifications -- 4. Michelet, Opening Address at the Faculty of Letters, 9 January 1834 Translated by Lionel Gossman -- 5. Michelet, Preface to History of France (1869), with Introduction by Edward K. Kaplan Translated by Edward K. Kaplan -- 6. Select Bibliography of Critical Writing on Michelet.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , Translated from the French
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    Storytelling in northern Zambia : theory, method, practice and other necessary fictions (2013)
    Cambridge, England : Open Book Publishers
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    ISBN: 1909254614 , 1909254592 , 1909254622 , 1909254630 , 1909254606 , 9781909254596 , 9781909254633 , 9781909254619 , 9781909254602 , 9781909254626
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 274 pages) , illustrations, photograph
    Series Statement: World Oral Literature Series Volume 3
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Cancel, Robert Storytelling in northern Zambia
    Keywords: Storytelling ; Oral tradition ; African languages ; Anthropology ; Folklore, myths and legends ; Popular beliefs and controversial knowledge ; Social and cultural anthropology, ethnography Mod Social and cultural anthropology, ethnography ; Society and culture: general ; Society and social sciences Society and social sciences ; Sociology and anthropology ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural ; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES ; Composition & Creative Writing ; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES ; Rhetoric ; REFERENCE ; Writing Skills ; Oral tradition ; Storytelling ; Zambia ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "Storytelling plays an important part in the vibrant cultural life of Zambia in in man other communities across Africa. This innovative book provides a collection and analysis of oral narrative traditions as practiced by five Bemba-speaking ethnic groups in Zambia. The integration of newly digitalized audio and video recordings into the texst enables the reader to encounter the storytellers themselves and hear their narratives."--Publisher's description
    Abstract: Audio-Video Resources --Foreword /Mark Turin --Writing Oral Narrative: The Role and Description of Self in Recording Living Traditions --The Tabwa Context: Mature Shifting of Frames and Adolescent Assertion --Chiefs, Tricksters and Christians: Bemba Tales and Lessons --Bisa Storytelling: The Politics of Hunting, Beer-Drinks, and Elvis --Telling Tales While Keeping Secrets: Two Lunda Storytelling Sessions --Stories on Demand: A Performance Session Among the Bwile --Conclusion: Lessons from Frozen Moments.
    Note: "World Oral Literature Project"--Cover , Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-270) and index
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    Yeats's mask : a special issue (2013)
    Cambridge, England : Open Book Publishers in association with the Institute of English Studies School of Advanced Study, University of London
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    ISBN: 1783740191 , 1783740205 , 1783740213 , 1783740175 , 1783740183 , 9781783740215 , 9781783740185 , 9781783740178 , 9781783740208 , 9781783740215 , 9781783740208 , 9781783740192
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (498 pages) , illustrations, photograph
    Series Statement: Yeats Annual v. 19
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Yeats's mask : a special issue
    Keywords: Yeats, W. B ; Yeats, W. B ; LITERARY CRITICISM ; European ; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh ; POETRY ; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh ; English ; Languages & Literatures ; English Literature ; Electronic books
    Abstract: ""€?My Dear Miss Brachvogel ... � A Ms Version of a Yeats Quatrain""""The Land Of Heart�s Desire: Some Hitherto Unrecorded Printings � �Work In Progress�""; ""Wheels and Butterflies: Title, Structure, Cover Design""; ""REVIEWS""; ""W. B. Yeats and Lady Gregory, Where there is Nothing and The Unicorn from the Stars: Manuscript Materials, ed. by Wim van Mierlo (Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 2012), pp. xliii + 686.""
    Abstract: ""W. B. Yeats and George Yeats, The Letters, ed. Ann Saddlemyer (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011), pp. xxii + 599. Neil Mann, Matthew Gibson and Claire Nally (eds.), W.B. Yeats�s �A Vision�: Explications and Contexts (Clemson, SC: Clemson University """"Sean Pryor, W.B. Yeats, Ezra Pound and the Poetry of Paradise (Farnham: Ashgate, 2011), pp. xiii + 226.""; ""Writings on Literature and Art: G.W. Russell � A.E. Edited and with an Introduction by Peter Kuch (Gerrards Cross: Colin Smythe, 2011)""
    Abstract: ""Playing with Voices and with Doubles in Two of Yeats�s Plays: The Words upon the Window-pane and A Full Moon in March""""The Mask of Derision in Yeats�s Prologue to A Vision (1937)""; ""A Vision and Yeats�s Late Masks""; ""The Mask of A Vision""; ""�I beg your pardon?�: W.B. Yeats, Audibility and Sound Transmission""; ""Mask and Robe: Yeats�s Oxford Book of Modern Verse (1936) and New Poems (1938)""; ""The Poem on the Mountain: A Chinese Reading of Yeats�s �Lapis Lazuli� ""; ""The Manuscript of �Leo Africanus�""; ""SHORTER NOTES""
    Abstract: ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Editorial Board""; ""Notes on the Contributors""; ""Editors� Introduction""; ""Acknowledgements and Editorial Information""; ""YEATS�S MASK""; ""The Mask before The Mask""; ""The King�s Threshold, Calvary, The Death of Cuchulain: Yeats�s Passion Plays""; ""To �make others see my dream as I had seen it�: Yeats�s aesthetics in Cathleen ni Houlihan ""; ""�Oxford Poets�: Yeats, T.S. Eliot and William Force Stead""
    Abstract: ""The King�s Threshold: Manuscript Materials, edited by Declan Kiely, Yeats in Manuscript Series (Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 2005), pp. lxi + 620. """"W. B. Yeats, At The Hawk�s Well and The Cat and the Moon: Manuscript Materials, ed. by Andrew Parkin (Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 2010), lxiv + 267 pp.""; ""Karen E. Brown, The Yeats Circle, Verbal and Visual Relations in Ireland, 1880�1939 (Farnham: Ashgate, 2011), pp. xiv + 189.""
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    Tacitus, annals, 15.20-23, 33-45 : Latin text, study aids with vocabulary, and commentary (2013)
    Cambridge, England : Open Book Publishers
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    ISBN: 1783740027 , 1783740035 , 1783740043 , 1783740019 , 1783740000 , 9781783740048 , 9781783740017 , 9781783740000 , 9781783740031 , 9781783740048 , 9781783740031 , 9781783740024
    Language: English , Latin
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (280 pages) , illustrations (some color), maps, photograph
    Series Statement: Classics Textbooks v. 3
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Tacitus, annals, 15.20-23, 33-45 : Latin text, study aids with vocabulary, and commentary
    Keywords: Tacitus, Cornelius Study and teaching ; Annales (Tacitus, Cornelius) ; Ancient history: to c 500 CE ; Classical history ; classical civilisation ; Designed ; suitable for A and AS Level ; Designed ; suitable for UK curricula and examinations ; History ; History: earliest times to present day ; Humanities ; Language ; linguistics ; Translation and interpretation ; FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY ; Ancient Languages ; HISTORY ; Ancient ; Rome ; Study skills ; Languages & Literatures ; Regions & Countries - Europe ; History & Archaeology ; Greek & Latin Languages & Literatures ; Italy ; Textbooks ; Textbooks ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "The emperor Nero is etched into the Western imagination as one of ancient Rome's most infamous villains, and Tacitus' Annals have played a central role in shaping the mainstream historiographical understanding of this flamboyant autocrat. This section of the text plunges us straight into the moral cesspool that Rome had apparently become in the later years of Nero's reign ... This course book offers a portion of the original Latin text, study aids with vocabulary, and a commentary."--Publisher
    Abstract: 1.Preface and acknowledgements --2.Introduction ;2.1Tacitus: life and career ;2.2Tacitus' times: the political system of the principate ;2.3Tacitus' oeuvre: opera minora and maiora --3.Latin text with study questions and vocabulary aid --4.Commentary.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , In English with portions in Latin
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    Jahrbuch für direkte Demokratie 2012 (2013)
    [Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar] : Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft
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    ISBN: 3845248424 , 3848705915 , 9783848705917 , 9783845248424
    Language: German
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (333 pages)
    Series Statement: Jahrbuch für direkte Demokratie
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Feld, Lars P Jahrbuch für direkte Demokratie 2012
    Keywords: Referendum Periodicals ; Referendum ; LAW / International ; Germany ; Periodicals ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Direkte Demokratie in den US-Gliedstaaten in den Jahren 2010 und 2011 Ein Überblick b) Deutschland ; Die Reform der direkten Demokratie in Berlin 2006 (Teil II) ; 4. Rechtsprechung ; Ausgewählte Entscheidungen zur direkten Demokratie ; 5. Rezensionsabhandlungen ; 6. Neue Literatur ; Die Herausgeber ; Über die Autorinnen und Autoren ; Sachverzeichnis.
    Abstract: Der nunmehr vierte Band des Jahrbuchs dokumentiert die aktuelle Entwicklung in Deutschland und den klassischen Referenzländern der direkten Demokratie (Schweiz und Vereinigte Staaten), nimmt aber auch die langjährige Praxis in Italien in den Blick. Das Jahrbuch enthält Rezensionen, eine nochmals erweiterte Bibliographie und dokumentiert die einschlägige Rechtsprechung
    Abstract: Vorwort ; 1. Abhandlungen ; "Die ersten werden die letzten sein" und "Die Frau soll in der Versammlung schweigen". Direkte Demokratie und Frauenstimmrecht ; Direkte Demokratie in den Ländern -- Kontingenter Prozeß oder List der Vernunft? ; Zur Erklärung und Prognose des Abstimmungsverhaltens bei Bürgerentscheiden: Das Beispiel einer Kommune in der fränkischen Provinz ; Dian Schefold zur (direkten) Demokratie ; 2. Dokumentation ; 3. Landesberichte ; a) Internationale Ebene ; Direkte Demokratie in der Schweiz -- Landesbericht 2012.
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    Foundations for moral relativism (2013)
    [Cambridge, United Kingdom] : Open Book Publishers
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    ISBN: 1909254460 , 1909254444 , 1909254479 , 1909254487 , 1909254452 , 1909254444 , 9781909254480 , 9781909254442 , 9781909254459 , 9781909254473 , 9781909254442 , 9781909254466
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 108 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Velleman, James David Foundations for moral relativism
    Keywords: Ethical relativism ; Ethical relativism ; PHILOSOPHY ; Ethics & Moral Philosophy ; Electronic books
    Abstract: I.Introduction --II.Virtual selves --III.Doables --IV.Foundations for moral relativism --V.Sociality and solitude --VI.Life absurd? Don't be ridiculous.
    Abstract: In Foundations for Moral Relativism a distinguished moral philosopher tames a bugbear of current debate about cultural difference. J. David Velleman shows that different communities can indeed be subject to incompatible moralities, because their local mores are rationally binding. At the same time, he explains why the mores of different communities, even when incompatible, are still variations on the same moral themes. The book thus maps out a universe of many moral worlds without, as Velleman puts it, "moral black holes"--Publisher
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 99-104) and index
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    Die Sprache der Judenfeindschaft im 21. Jahrhundert (2013)
    Berlin : Walter de Gruyter
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    ISBN: 3110277727 , 3110277735 , 3110277689 , 9783110277722 , 9783110277685 , 9783110277739
    Language: German
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Additional Information: Rezensiert in Kühne, Thomas Die Sprache der Judenfeindschaft im 21. Jahrhundert, Monika Schwarz-Friesel and Jehuda Reinharz (Berlin & Boston: Walter de Gruyter, 2013). xi + 444 pp., hardcover 112.00 2015
    Series Statement: Europaisch-judische Studien. Beitrage Band 7
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Keywords: Stereotypes (Social psychology) History 21st century ; Social perception History 21st century ; Jews Public opinion ; Public opinion ; German language Social aspects ; German language Terms and phrases ; Antisemitism in language History 21st century ; BMBF-Statusseminar ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Ethnic Studies ; General ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies ; HISTORY / Europe / Germany ; Antisemitism in language ; Ethnic relations ; German language ; German language ; Social aspects ; Jews ; Public opinion ; Public opinion ; Social perception ; Stereotypes (Social psychology) ; Antisemitismus ; Stereotyp ; Sprachanalyse ; Sprachgebrauch ; Sprache ; Germany ; History ; Terms and phrases ; Germany Ethnic relations ; Electronic books
    Abstract: 3.3 Zur Rekonstruktion von antisemitischen Konzeptualisierungen: Sprachliche Äußerungen als Spuren kultureller, kognitiver und emotionaler Prozesse3.4 Konzeptueller und verbaler Antisemitismus; 4 Judenfeindliche Stereotype und ihre historische Verankerung; 4.1 Zur Genese des Ressentiments: Warum die Juden?; 4.2 Erhalt und Resistenz judenfeindlicher Stereotype in der Moderne; 4.3 Antisemitismus als Staatsdoktrin: Die Endlösung als letzte Konsequenz des Judenhasses; 4.4 Judenfeindschaft nach 1945: Marginalisierung des Zivilisationsbruchs und Empathieverweigerung
    Abstract: This study considers the question of how specific ideas about Jews are constructed and activated. At which point can a statement be regarded as anti-Semitic? The two authors examine the various verbal manifestations of current anti-Semitism and the mental images on which these are based, applying both a historical perspective and the perspective of linguistic and cognitive science. Keywords: Anti Semitism; Anti Zionism; Cognitive Science; Linguistic Analysis; Central Council
    Abstract: Vorwort; 1 Einführung: Zum Anliegen des Buches; 2 Das Kernkorpus: Briefe an den Zentralrat der Juden in Deutschland und die Israelische Botschaft in Berlin, 2002 bis 2012; 2.1 Zur Relevanz von Korpusanalysen und der Notwendigkeit einer Methodenerweiterung in der Antisemitismusforschung; 2.2 Spezifika des Korpus; 3 Judenfeindschaft und Sprache: Verbale Macht- und Gewaltausübung; 3.1 Sprache als geistiges System und kommunikatives Handlungsinstrument; 3.2 Macht der Sprache als Gewalt durch Sprache
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    Was ist wahre Freiheit? : Diatribe IV 1 (2013)
    Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck
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    ISBN: 3161564332 , 3161523660 , 9783161523663 , 9783161564338
    Language: German , Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 178 pages)
    Additional Information: Rezensiert in Lang, Manfred, 1964 - [Rezension von: Epictetus, 50-130, Was ist wahre Freiheit? : Diatribe IV 1] 2015
    Additional Information: Rezensiert in Pinjuh, J.-M. [Rezension von: Epictetus, 50-130, Was ist wahre Freiheit? : Diatribe IV 1] 2017
    Series Statement: SAPERE Band 22
    Series Statement: SAPERE
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Epictetus, 50 - 130 Was ist wahre Freiheit?
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    Keywords: Epictetus ; Epictetus ; Liberty Philosophy ; History ; Liberty Early works to 1800 Philosophy ; Liberty ; Philosophy ; Early works ; History ; Freiheit ; Stoa ; Übersetzung ; Deutsch ; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy ; Discourses (Epictetus) ; Electronic books ; Quelle ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Freiheit ; Stoa ; Epictetus 50-130 Dissertationes 4,1
    Abstract: A. Einführung:Einführung in die Schrift /Thomas Schmeller --Epiktet : Leben und Werk --Warum Epiktet? : Beispiele aus der Wirkungsgeschichte --Walt Whitman --James Stockdale --Irvin D. Yalom --Leben und Wirken --Lehre --Überlieferung --Der Bestand --Arrian --Form und Gattung --Pragmatik --Einführung zu Diss. IV 1 --Aufbau und Gedankengang --Stil --Zum Text /Manuel Baumbach --B. Text, Übersetzung und Anmerkungen:Diss. IV 1 /Text von Manuel Baumbach ; Übersetzung von Thomas Schmeller ; Anmerkungen von Manuel Baumbach --C. Essays:Ein ehemaliger Sklave spricht über Sklaverei und Freilassung : zum sozialgeschichtlichen Hintergrund von Epiktets Diatribe über die Freiheit /Eva Ebel --Epiktets Theorie der Freiheit im Verhältnis zur klassischen stoischen Lehre (Diss. IV 1) /Maximilian Forschner --Lebenskunst als Gottesdienst : Epiktets Theologie und ihr Verhältnis zum Neuen Testament /Samuel Vollenweider --D. Anhang:Literaturverzeichnis --Indices /Serena Pirrotta --Die Autoren dieses Bandes.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Text of Epictetus's Discourse in the original Greek with German translation on facing pages; introduction, critical essays, and annotations in German
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    Employing land-based anti-ship missiles in the western Pacific (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 083307833X , 0833078313 , 0833078321 , 0833077929 , 9780833078339 , 9780833078322 , 9780833077929 , 9780833078315
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Kelly, Terrence K Employing land-based anti-ship missiles in the western Pacific
    Keywords: Antiship missiles ; Antiship missiles ; Military relations ; Strategic aspects of individual places ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Air Forces ; Pacific Area ; United States ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Infrastructure ; Pacific Area Strategic aspects ; United States Military relations ; Pacific Area Military relations ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Land-based anti-ship missiles in the Western Pacific -- Appendix A: selected anti-ship missiles capable of being launched from ground-based platforms -- Appendix B: Geospatial analysis of ASM capabilities in strategic Asian waterways.
    Abstract: Land-based anti-ship missiles (ASMs) feature prominently in the capabilities of many island nations in the Western Pacific, but the United States currently lacks such systems. This report illustrates the potential strategic advantages of the United States working with partners to build a coalition ASM capability, particularly in the event of a conflict with China, and includes an assessment of logistical challenges and positioning approaches
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    URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7249/j.ctt5hhs77
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    Educating mind, body and spirit : the legacy of Quintin Hogg and the Polytechnic, 1864-1992 (2013)
    Cambridge : Granta Editions
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    ISBN: 9781857571172
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online Ressource (296 Seiten) , Illustrationen, Diagramme
    Series Statement: History of the University of Westminster part 3
    DDC: 378.42132
    Keywords: Hogg, Quintin ; Hogg, Quintin ; University of Westminster ; University of Westminster ; Hogg, Quintin ; Electronic books ; University of Westminster
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-265) and index
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    Lernen in Bewegung(en) : politische Partizipation und Bildung in Bürgerinitiativen (2013)
    Bielefeld [Germany] : [Transcript] | New York : JSTOR
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    ISBN: 9783839422670 , 3839422671 , 3837622673 , 9783837622676
    Language: German
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (299 Seiten) , Illustrations
    Series Statement: Edition Politik Band 11
    DDC: 306.20943
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    Keywords: Bürgerinitiative ; Politische Bildung ; Politische Beteiligung ; Political participation ; Political science Study and teaching ; Civil society ; Demonstrations and protest movements ; Political activism ; Politics and government ; Society and social sciences Society and social sciences ; Demonstrations & protest movements ; POLITICAL SCIENCE Civics & Citizenship ; Civil society ; Political participation ; Political science Study and teaching ; Deutschland ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Prominente Beispiele des "Aufbegehrens" gegenüber politischen Entscheidungen, wie etwa jüngst "Stuttgart 21", haben die Frage politischer Partizipation verstärkt in die öffentliche Diskussion gerückt. Seitens der Politiker wird eine stärkere Beteiligung der Bevölkerung meist mit der Begründung mangelnder politischer Kompetenz abgelehnt. Jana Trumann geht dieser Unterstellung nach, indem sie politische Lern-Handlungspraxen am Beispiel von Bürgerinitiativen aufgreift und aus subjektwissenschaftlicher Perspektive lerntheoretisch analysiert. Das Buch stellt einen vielschichtigen politischen Lern-H.
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    A noncontributory pension program for older persons in Yucatan, Mexico : implementing and designing the evaluation of the program in Valladolid (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833086389 , 0833086383
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (52 pages)
    Keywords: Old age pensions ; Old age pensions Evaluation ; Old age pensions ; Old age pensions ; MEDICAL ; Geriatrics ; Old age pensions ; Mexico ; Valladolid (Yucatán) ; Electronic books
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 31-33)
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    Das Recht auf Anhörung eines bestimmten Arztes (§ 109 SGG) : dogmatische Einordnung und sozialgerichtliche Praxis eines umstrittenen Prozessinstruments (2013)
    Baden-Baden : Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft
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    ISBN: 9783848701773 , 3845245581 , 3848701774 , 3845245581 , 9783848701773 , 9783845245584
    Language: German
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (322 pages)
    Edition: 1. Auflage
    Series Statement: Studien aus dem Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Sozialrecht Band 58
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Schweigler, Daniela Recht auf Anhörung eines bestimmten Arztes ([Paragraph] 109 SGG)
    RVK:
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    Keywords: Evidence, Expert Law and legislation ; Social security courts ; Medical jurisprudence ; Evidence, Expert ; Social security courts ; Medical jurisprudence ; Electronic books ; Germany ; Medical jurisprudence ; Social security courts ; LAW / Labor & Employment ; Deutschland ; Sozialgerichtsverfahren ; Medizinischer Sachverständiger ; Anhörung ; Arztwahl
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-284) , Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral) -- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 2012
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    Soziale Arbeit in der Migrationsgesellschaft (2013)
    Opladen : Verlag Barbara Budrich
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    ISBN: 3847403370 , 3938094680 , 9783938094686 , 9783847403371
    Language: German
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (167 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: Schriften der Katholischen Hochschule Nordrhein-Westfalen Bd. 17
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Soziale Arbeit in der Migrationsgesellschaft
    Keywords: Cultural relations Congresses ; Social work with immigrants Congresses ; Immigrants Congresses Services for ; Immigrants Congresses Services for ; Social work with immigrants Congresses ; Social work with immigrants ; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work ; Germany ; Conference papers and proceedings ; Cultural relations ; Immigrants ; Services for ; Sociology & anthropology ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Soziale Arbeit in der Migrationsgesellschaft : einleitende Gedanken /Martin Spetsmann-Kunkel --Anfragen an die Praxis der Sozialen Arbeit in einer von Mobilität und Vielfalt geprägten Postmoderne : Soziale Arbeit in der Migrationsgesellschaft /Wolf-D. Bukow --Interkulturelle Soziale Arbeit : Integration, Anerkennung und Partizipation als Leitideen einer differenzsensiblen Sozialen Arbeit in der Migrationsgesellschaft /Josef Freise --Interkulturelles Lernen und Forschen in transkulturellen Dialoggruppen /Cornelia Muth --Demokratiepädagogik und Diversity Education : pädagogische Konzepte und ihre Bedeutung für die Soziale Arbeit /Schahrzad Farrokhzad --Kritische Soziale Arbeit in Diskriminierungs- und Herrschaftsverhältnissen : eine Skizze /Claus Melter --Soziale Arbeit in mobiler Gesellschaft : Institutionelle Bedingungen, professionelle Expertise und das eigene Verschränkt-Sein in Alltagsrassismus und kulturalisierenden Deutungsprozessen /Claudia Roller --Interkulturelle Öffnung als Team : von Stolpersteinen und Meilensteinen /Norbert Teutenberg --Die Migrationssozialarbeit der Caritas /Thomas Kley --Soziale Arbeit und Migration : Auslassungen, Anregungen und Ausblicke /Norbert Frieters-Reermann.
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    Memory before modernity : practices of memory in early modern Europe (2013)
    Leiden : Brill
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    ISBN: 1306318807 , 9004261257 , 9781306318808 , 9789004261259 , 9789004261242 , 9004261249
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource)
    Additional Information: Rezensiert in Ditcham, Brian G. H. [Rezension von: Kuijpers, Erika, Memory before Modernity: Practices of Memory in Early Modern Europe] 2014
    Series Statement: Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions volume 176
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Memory before modernity : practices of memory in early modern Europe
    Keywords: Politics and culture History ; Memory Social aspects 16th century ; History ; Memory Social aspects 17th century ; History ; Loss (Psychology) Social aspects ; History ; Social conflict History ; HISTORY ; Europe ; Western ; HISTORY ; Renaissance ; Europe ; Civilization ; Memory ; Social aspects ; Europa ; Politics and culture ; Social conditions ; History ; Military history ; Social conflict ; Erinnerung ; Kollektives Gedächtnis ; Europe Social conditions ; Europe Civilization ; Europe History 1492-1648 ; Europe History, Military 1492-1648 ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Introduction: On the early modernity of modern memory / Judith Pollmann and Erika Kuijpers -- PART I. Memory politics and memory wars -- The usable past in the Lemberg Armenian community's struggle for equal rights, 1578-1654 / Alexandr Osipian -- A contested past : memory wars during the Twelve Years Truce (1609-21) / Jasper van der Steen -- "You will see who they are that revile, and lessen your glorious deliverance" : the "memory war" about the "glorious revolution" / Ulrich Niggemann -- Civic and confessional memory in conflict : Augsburg in the sixteenth century / Sean F. Dunwoody -- Tales of a peasant revolt : taboos and memories of 1514 in Hungary / Gabriella Erdelyi -- Shaping the memory of the French wars of religion : the first centuries / Philip Benedict -- Part II. Mediality -- Celebrating a Trojan horse : memories of the Dutch revolt in Breda, 1590-1650 / Marianne Eekhout -- "The odious demon from across the sea" : Oliver Cromwell, memory and the dislocations of Ireland / Sarah Covington -- Material memories of the guildsmen : crafting identities in early modern London / Jasmine Kilburn-Toppin -- Between storytelling and patriotic scripture : the memory brokers of the Dutch Revolt / Erika Kuijpers -- Lost in time and space? : glocal memoryscapes in the early modern world / Dagmar Freist -- The spaces of memory and their transmediations : on the lives of exotic images and their material evocations / Benjamin Schmidt -- PART III. Personal memory -- Disturbing memories : narrating experiences and emotions of distressing events in the French wars of religion / Susan Broomhall -- Remembering fear : the fear of violence and the violence of fear in seventeenth-century war memories / Andreas Bahr -- Permeable memories : family history and the diaspora of southern Netherlandish exiles in the seventeenth century / Johannes Muller -- Women, memory and family history in seventeenth-century England / Katharine Hodgkin -- The experience of rupture and the history of memory / Brecht Deseure and Judith Pollmann.
    Abstract: This volume examines the practice of memory in early modern Europe, showing that this was already a multimedia affair with many political uses, and affecting people at all levels of society; many pre-modern memory practices persist until today
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    Darwin, Tennyson and their readers : explorations in Victorian literature and science (2013)
    New York : Anthem Press
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    ISBN: 0857280821 , 0857280767 , 9780857280763 , 9780857280824
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Darwin, Tennyson and their readers
    Keywords: Darwin, Charles ; Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson ; Huxley, Aldous ; Wilde, Oscar ; Literature and science History 19th century ; English literature History and criticism 19th century ; Huxley, Aldous ; Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson ; Wilde, Oscar ; LITERARY CRITICISM ; European ; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh ; LITERARY CRITICISM ; Poetry ; English literature ; Literature and science ; Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 ; Great Britain ; Criticism, interpretation, etc ; History ; Darwin, Charles ; Electronic books
    Abstract: 'Darwin, Tennyson and Their Readers: Explorations in Victorian Literature and Science' is an edited collection of essays from leading authorities in the field of Victorian literature and science, including Gillian Beer and George Levine. Darwin, Tennyson, Huxley, Ruskin, Richard Owen, Meredith, Wilde and other major writers are discussed, as established scholars in this area explore the interaction between Victorian literary and scientific figures which helped build the intellectual climate of twenty-first century debates
    Abstract: Introduction -- Valerie Purton; Chapter 1: Tennyson's 'Locksley Hall': Progress and Destitution -Roger Ebbatson; Chapter 2: 'Tennyson's Drift': Evolution in 'The Princess' -- Rebecca Stott; Chapter 3: History, Materiality and Type in Tennyson's 'In Memoriam' -- Matthew Rowlinson; Chapter 4: Darwin, Tennyson and the Writing of 'The Holy Grail' -- Valerie Purton; Chapter 5: 'An Undue Simplification': Tennyson's Evolutionary Afterlife -- Michiel Nys; Chapter 6: 'Like a Megatherium Smoking a Cigar': Darwin's Beagle Fossils in Nineteenth-Century Popular Culture -- Gowan Dawson; Chapter 7: 'No Such Thing as a Flower ... No Such Thing as a Man': John Ruskin's Response to Darwin -- Clive Wilmer; Chapter 8: Darwin and the Art of Paradox -- George Levine; Chapter 9: Systems and Extravagance: Darwin, Meredith, Tennyson -- Gillian Beer; Chapter 10: T.H. Huxley, Science and Cultural Agency -- Jeff Wallace; Notes on Contributors.
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    Sign language research, uses and practices (2013)
    Berlin : De Gruyter Mouton/Ishara Press
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    ISBN: 1614511470 , 1614511993 , 9781614511991 , 9781614511472
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Sign Languages and Deaf Communities [SLDC] v. 1
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Keywords: Sign language ; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES ; Sign Language ; Sign language ; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Sign language research, uses and practices: A Belgian perspective; Sign language and spoken language development in young children: Measuring vocabulary by means of the CDI; The influence of social discourses concerning deafness on the interaction between hearing mothers and deaf infants: A comparative case study; The interpreter's stance in intersubjective discourse; "You get that vibe": A pragmatic analysis of clarification and communicative accommodation in legal video remote interpreting; (Deaf) Interpreters on television: Challenging power and responsibility.
    Abstract: Sign linguistics cannot be separated from deaf community practices, especially with regard to education and interpretation. This book brings together work on sign language interpreting, the use of spoken and sign language with CI children and early language development in children exposed to both a spoken and sign language. In addition, it includes papers addressing aspects of sign language structure and methodological issues in sign language research. This book has relevance for those teaching and learning sign languages, for professional and student interpreters and for teachers of the deaf
    Abstract: Sign language representation: New approaches to the study of Italian Sign Language (LIS)Epistemological issues in the semiological model for the annotation of sign languages; A corpus-based approach to manual simultaneity; Expression of time in French Belgian Sign Language (LSFB); Impersonal reference in Catalan Sign Language (LSC); Morphosyntactic variation in American Sign Language: Genre effects on the usage of SELF; Methodological issues in studying sign language variation; Contributors; Index of sign languages; Subject index.
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    Stateless citizenship : the Palestinian-Arab citizens of Israel (2013)
    Leiden : Brill | Berlin : Knowledge Unlatched
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    ISBN: 9789004254077
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 255 Seiten) , Illustrationen
    Series Statement: Studies in critical social sciences 54
    Series Statement: Studies in critical social sciences
    DDC: 324.6089/9274
    Keywords: Electronic books ; Israel ; Palästinenser ; Bürgerrecht
    Abstract: In Stateless Citizenship, Shourideh C. Molavi examines the mechanisms of exclusion of Palestinian citizens in the Zionist incorporation regime, and centres our analytical gaze on the paradox that it is through the provision of Israeli citizenship that Palestinians are deemed stateless
    Abstract: Introduction -- Liberal citizenship : ambiguities and inconsistencies -- The Israeli incorporation regime -- Israeli hostipitality -- Liberal pretence of a Jewish state -- From citizenship to stateless citizenship -- The anatomy of stateless citizenship -- Conclusion -- Appendix I : selections from The democratic constitution by Adalah : Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel (20 March 2007) -- Appendix II : selections from The Haifa declaration by Mada al-Carmel : The Arab Center for Applied Social Research (15 May 2007) -- References -- Index
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    Reading the Irish woman : studies in cultural encounter and exchange, 1714-1960 (2013)
    Liverpool : Liverpool University Press | New York : JSTOR
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    ISBN: 9781846319969 , 184631996X , 9781781388198 , 1781388199 , 9781846318924 , 1846318920
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 270 Seiten)
    Series Statement: Reappraisals in Irish history ; [2]
    DDC: 305.409415
    Keywords: Women History ; British & Irish history ; SOCIAL SCIENCE Discrimination & Race Relations ; SOCIAL SCIENCE Minority Studies ; HISTORY ; Women ; History ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The first analysis of the Enlightenment and Irish women and the most comprehensive study to date of Irish women and American emigration. Irish women negotiated, selected and at times defied the representations of womanhood presented to them in official and commercially sponsored media.
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    Fire mountains of the islands : a history of volcanic eruptions and disaster management in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands (2013)
    Acton, A.C.T. : ANU E Press
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    ISBN: 9781922144232 , 1922144231 , 9781922144225 , 1922144223
    Language: English
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Johnson, R.W. (R. Wally).; Fire mountains of the islands.
    Parallel Title: Print version Johnson, R.W. (R. Wally) Fire mountains of the islands
    Keywords: Volcanic eruptions Papua New Guinea. ; Volcanic eruptions Solomon Islands. ; Emergency management Papua New Guinea. ; Emergency management Solomon Islands. ; Emergency management ; Emergency management ; Volcanic eruptions ; Volcanic eruptions ; Emergency management ; Emergency management ; Volcanic eruptions ; Volcanic eruptions ; Lifestyle, sport and leisure ; Natural history Mod Natural history ; The Earth: natural history general ; SCIENCE ; Earth Sciences ; Seismology & Volcanism ; Emergency management ; Volcanic eruptions ; Papua New Guinea ; Solomon Islands ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: 1878 Eruption at RabaulPowell's Voyage and a Possible Eruption 'Pulse'; Volcanological Events Elsewhere; 4. Volcanic Events of the German Era: 1884-1914; Colonial Partitioning; Ritter Island Disaster; Hahl and Sapper; Time Cluster of Eruptions; 5. Australian Colonists and the Volcanoes of Mainland New Guinea:1849-1938; First Impressions; British New Guinea and Victory Volcano; Evan R. Stanley in Papua; Australians in the Territory of New Guinea after 1920; Australians in the Territory of Papua before 1938; 6. Calderas, Ignimbrites and the1937 Eruption at Rabaul: 1914-1940
    Abstract: 9. Tony Taylor and an Eruption Time Cluster: 1951-1966Eruptions of 1951-1957; Experiments in Prediction; Long Island Evacuation of 1953-1954; Bam Tragedy of 1954-1955; Evacuation of Manam and the 1956-1966 Eruptions; Tuluman 1953-1957 and the Obsidian Minersof Lou; 10. Plate Tectonics and False Alarms:1960-1972; Advances in Science and Technology; Gas Emissions from Two Highlands Volcanoes; Volcanic-Disaster Preparations at WauTownship in 1967; Evacuation from Dawson Strait in 1969; Origin of the Dawson Strait Earthquakes and a Note on Volcanic False Alarms
    Abstract: Burning islands and Dampier's voyage: 1700 -- Volcano sightings by European navigators: 1528-1870 -- European intruders and the 1878 Rabaul eruption: 1870-1883 -- Volcanic events of the German era: 1884-1914 -- Australian colonists and the volcanoes of mainland New Guinea: 1849-1938 -- Calderas, ignimbrites and the 1937 eruption at Rabaul: 1914-1940 -- Eruptions during the Pacific War and postwar recovery: 1941-1950 -- Disaster at Lamington: 1951-1952 -- Tony Taylor and an eruption time cluster: 1951-1966 -- Plate tectonics and false alarms: 1960-1972 -- Cooke-Ravian and a volcanic resurgence: 1971-1979 -- Eruption alert at Rabaul caldera: 1971-1994 -- Eruptions at Rabaul: 1994-1999 -- Eruptions of the early twenty-first century: 1998-2008 -- Reassessing volcanic risk in the North-eastern Gazelle Peninsula: 2000-2012 -- Historical analysis and volcanic disaster-risk reduction
    Abstract: Garrison Life and VolcanoesAustralian Expedition along the Bismarck Volcanic Arc; Calderas and Ignimbrites; Eruption at Rabaul in 1937; Subsequent Investigations at Rabaul; 7. Eruptions during the Pacific Warand Postwar Recovery: 1941-1950; Fisher and Renewed Activity from Tavurvur; Kizawa and the Sulphur Creek Observatory; Eruptions at Goropu Volcano, Papua; Hiroshima, Surges and Postwar Recovery; Changing the Volcanological Leadership; 8. Disaster at Lamington: 1951-1952; Higaturu and the Orokaiva; Build-up to Catastrophe; Relief and Recovery; Seeking Explanation and Meaning; Aftermath
    Abstract: Preliminary pages; Foreword; Acknowledgements and Sources; Volcano Names and Totals; 1. Burning Islands and Dampier's Voyage: 1700; Track of the Roebuck; Near Oceania, Melanesia and Melanesians; Early Ideas about Volcanic Activity; Preview; 2. Volcano Sightings by European Navigators: 1528-1870; Saavedra, Retes and Mendaña; Schouten, Le Maire and Tasman; Carteret, Hunter, D'Entrecasteaux and ParkerWilson; European and Melanesian Viewpoints; 3. European Intruders and the 1878 Rabaul Eruption: 1870-1883; Blanche Bay and the Tolai; Miklouho-Maclay; Traders, Missionaries and a GentlemanExplorer
    Abstract: Tectonic Earthquakes and the End of theTaylor Era11. Cooke-Ravian and a Volcanic Resurgence: 1971-1979; New Eruption Time Cluster; Ulawun and the Threat of Cone Collapse; Long Island Disaster and Tibito Tephra; Yomba and Cook: Two 'Mystery' Volcanoes; Fatal Eruption on Karkar in 1979; 12. Eruption Alert at Rabaul Caldera:1971-1994; Crisis Build-up and Stage-2 Alert; Scientific Responses to the Caldera Unrest; Worldwide Volcanic Crises and Developments in Risk Awareness; Costs, Benefits and Crisis Decline: 1985-1994; Volcanic Alert on Simbo Island; 13. Eruptions at Rabaul: 1994-1999
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    Overcoming obstacles to peace : local factors in nation-building (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833078612 , 0833078615 , 9780833078629 , 0833078631 , 0833078623 , 0833078607 , 9780833078605 , 9780833078636
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xliii, 304 pages)
    Series Statement: Rand Corporation monograph series
    Parallel Title: Print version Dobbins, James, 1942- Overcoming obstacles to peace
    Keywords: Nation-building Case studies ; Peace-building ; Democratization ; Nation-building ; Nation-building ; Peace-building ; Democratization ; Nation-building ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Peace ; HISTORY ; Asia ; Southeast Asia ; Democratization ; Nation-building ; Peace-building ; Befriedung ; Demokratisierung ; Friedenskonsolidierung ; Nationenbildung ; Case studies ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "This volume analyzes the impediments that local conditions pose to successful outcomes of nation-building interventions in conflict-affected areas. Previous RAND studies of nation-building focused on external interveners' activities. This volume shifts the focus to internal circumstances, first identifying the conditions that gave rise to conflicts or threatened to perpetuate them, and then determining how external and local actors were able to modify or work around them to promote enduring peace. It examines in depth six varied societies: Cambodia, El Salvador, Bosnia and Herzegovina, East Timor, Sierra Leone, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It then analyzes a larger set of 20 major post-Cold War nation-building interventions. The authors assess the risk of renewed conflict at the onset of the interventions and subsequent progress along five dimensions: security, democratization, government effectiveness, economic growth, and human development. They find that transformation of many of the specific conditions that gave rise to or fueled conflict often is not feasible in the time frame of nation-building operations but that such transformation has not proven essential to achieving the primary goal of nation-building -- establishing peace. Most interventions in the past 25 years have led to enduring peace, as well as some degree of improvement in the other dimensions assessed. The findings suggest the importance of setting realistic expectations -- neither expecting nation-building operations to quickly lift countries out of poverty and create liberal democracies, nor being swayed by a negative stereotype of nation-building that does not recognize its signal achievements in the great majority of cases."--Page 4 of cover
    Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- Figures -- Tables -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Which Local Factors Pose Challenges to Nation-Building? -- Factors That Raise the Risk of Conflict Renewal -- Civil War Onset -- Civil War Recurrence -- How Great Is the Risk of Recurrence? -- Structure of the Case Studies -- Tailoring Nation-Building to Local Factors -- Chapter 3. Cambodia -- Local Factors Before the Peace -- Geographical and Geopolitical -- Cultural and Social -- Economic -- Political -- Institutional -- Nation-Building Efforts -- Geographical and Geopolitical -- Cultural and Social -- Economic -- Political -- Institutional -- Outcomes -- Local Attitudes -- Geographical and Geopolitical -- Cultural and Social -- Economic -- Political -- Institutional -- Conclusions -- What Local Factors Posed the Greatest Challenges? -- Were Local Factors Modified or Circumvented to Promote Enduring Peace? -- Chapter 4. El Salvador -- Local Factors Before the Peace -- Geographical and Geopolitical -- Cultural and Social -- Economic -- Political -- Institutional -- Nation-Building Efforts -- Geographical and Geopolitical -- Cultural and Social -- Economic -- Political -- Institutional -- Outcomes -- Local Attitudes -- Geographical and Geopolitical -- Cultural and Social -- Economic -- Political -- Institutional -- Conclusions -- What Local Factors Posed the Greatest Challenges? -- Were Local Factors Modified or Circumvented to Promote Enduring Peace? -- Chapter 5. Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Local Factors Before the Peace -- Geographical and Geopolitical -- Cultural and Social -- Economic -- Political -- Institutional -- Nation-Building Efforts -- Geographical and Geopolitical -- Cultural and Social -- Economic -- Political -- Institutional -- Outcomes -- Local Attitudes -- Geographical and Geopolitical -- Cultural and Social -- Economic -- Political -- Institutional -- Conclusions -- What Local Factors Posed the Greatest Challenges? -- Were Local Factors Modified or Circumvented to Promote Enduring Peace? -- Chapter 6. East Timor -- Local Factors Before the Peace -- Geographical and Geopolitical -- Cultural and Social -- Economic -- Political -- Institutional -- Nation-Building Efforts -- Geographical and Geopolitical -- Cultural and Social -- Economic -- Political -- Institutional -- Outcomes -- Local Attitudes -- Geographical and Geopolitical -- Cultural and Social -- Economic -- Political -- Institutional -- Conclusions -- What Local Factors Posed the Greatest Challenges? -- Were Local Factors Modified or Circumvented to Promote Enduring Peace? -- Chapter 7. Local Factors Before the Peace -- Geographical and Geopolitical -- Cultural and Social -- Economic -- Political -- Institutional -- Nation-Building Efforts -- Geographical and Geopolitical -- Cultural and Social -- Economic -- Political -- Institutional -- Outcomes -- Local Attitudes -- Geographical and Geopolitical -- Cultural and Social -- Economic -- Political -- Institutional -- Conclusions -- What Local Factors Posed the Greatest Challenges? -- Were Local Factors Modified or Circumvented to Promote Enduring Peace? -- Chapter 8. Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Local Factors Before the Peace -- Geographical and Geopolitical -- Cultural and Social -- Economic -- Political -- Institutional -- Nation-Building Efforts -- Geographical and Geopolitical -- Cultural and Social -- Economic -- Political -- Institutional -- Outcomes -- Local Attitudes -- Geographical and Geopolitical -- Cultural and Social -- Economic -- Political -- Institutional -- Conclusions -- What Local Factors Posed the Greatest Challenges? -- Were Local Factors Modified or Circumvented to Promote Enduring Peace? -- Chapter 9. Estimating the Challenges and Comparing with Outcomes -- Sustaining Peace -- Promoting Democracy -- Improving Governance -- Achieving Economic Growth -- Advancing Human Development -- Summing Up -- Chapter 10. Conclusions -- The Transformational Limits of Nation-Building -- Factors Crucial to Establishing Enduring Peace -- Geopolitics -- Patronage Networks -- The Impact of Geopolitics and Patronage Networks in 20 Cases -- Dissimilar Societies, Similar Instruments -- Establishing Realistic Expectations -- Appendixes. A. Performance Indicators and Nation-Building Inputs for 20 Major Post-Cold War Nation-Building Interventions -- B. Economic Growth Statistics for Nation-Building Interventions in Comparative Perspective -- References.
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    Conquering the Highlands : a history of the afforestation of the Scottish uplands (2013)
    Acton, A.C.T. : ANU E Press
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    ISBN: 9781922144799 , 1922144797
    Language: English
    Keywords: Afforestation Scotland. ; Afforestation Environmental aspects ; Scotland. ; Forests and forestry Scotland. ; Sustainable forestry Scotland. ; Afforestation Environmental aspects ; Sustainable forestry ; Forests and forestry ; Afforestation ; Afforestation ; Sustainable forestry ; Forests and forestry ; Afforestation ; SCIENCE ; Life Sciences ; Ecology ; Afforestation ; Afforestation ; Environmental aspects ; Forests and forestry ; Sustainable forestry ; Earth & Environmental Sciences ; Forestry ; Agriculture and farming ; Scotland ; Forestry and silviculture: practice and techniques ; History ; Technology, engineering, agriculture ; Scotland History. ; Scotland History ; Scotland ; Electronic books
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    Promoting online voices for countering violent extremism (2013)
    [Santa Monica, California?] : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833078698 , 0833078690 , 9780833078544 , 0833078712 , 0833078542 , 9780833078711
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (15 pages)
    Series Statement: Research report RR-130-OSD
    Parallel Title: Print version Helmus, Todd C Promoting online voices for countering violent extremism
    Keywords: Internet Social aspects ; Online social networks Political aspects ; Terrorism Prevention ; Internet and activism ; Radicalism Prevention ; Internet ; Online social networks ; Terrorism ; Internet and activism ; Radicalism ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; General ; RELIGION ; Fundamentalism ; Online social networks ; Political aspects ; Internet and activism ; Internet ; Social aspects ; Terrorism ; Prevention ; Social Welfare & Social Work ; Social Sciences ; Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Infrastructure ; Electronic books
    Abstract: American Muslims have played an important role in helping to counter violent extremism (CVE) and support for al-Qa'ida, and are increasingly using the Internet and social media to these ends. Discussions with a number of Muslim leaders active in social media suggest that it is possible to expand such efforts even further, and doing so is a major objective of the August 2011 White House strategy to counter violent extremism. RAND researchers reviewed literature and interviewed American Muslims experienced in social media to understand and explain key challenges facing Muslim activists against extremism, and to identify ways in which the public and private sector can help empower CVE voices online. Their recommendations include reducing the national security focus of CVE where possible: addressing sources of mistrust within the Muslim community, focusing engagement and education on those influential in social media, and enhancing both government and private-sector funding and engagement
    Abstract: American Muslims have played an important role in helping to counter violent extremism (CVE) and support for al-Qa'ida, and are increasingly using the Internet and social media to these ends. Discussions with a number of Muslim leaders active in social media suggest that it is possible to expand such efforts even further, and doing so is a major objective of the August 2011 White House strategy to counter violent extremism. RAND researchers reviewed literature and interviewed American Muslims experienced in social media to understand and explain key challenges facing Muslim activists against extremism, and to identify ways in which the public and private sector can help empower CVE voices online. Their recommendations include reducing the national security focus of CVE where possible: addressing sources of mistrust within the Muslim community, focusing engagement and education on those influential in social media, and enhancing both government and private-sector funding and engagement
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 11-15)
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    Predicting suicide attacks : integrating spatial, temporal, and social features of terrorist attack targets (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833078018 , 0833078011 , 9780833078025 , 0833078038 , 083307802X , 0833078003 , 9780833078001 , 9780833078032
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxv, 85 pages)
    Series Statement: Rand Corporation monograph series MG-1246-NRL
    Parallel Title: Print version Perry, Walt L Predicting suicide attacks
    Keywords: Terrorists Suicidal behavior ; Terrorism ; Suicide bombings ; Terrorists ; Terrorism ; Suicide bombings ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Security (National & International) ; Suicide bombings ; Terrorism ; Terrorists ; Suicidal behavior ; Israel ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Political Freedom & Security ; Terrorism ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) set out to develop ways to predict what determines the targets of suicide attacks. While the ultimate goal is to create a list of areas at risk for the U.S. environment, the first phase of development employed a data set from Israel. Initially, NRL focused on spatial attributes, creating its own risk index, but realized that this focus on the where ignored the broader social context, the why. The lab asked RAND to test, as a proof of principle, the ability of sociocultural, political, economic, and demographic factors to enhance the predictive ability of NRL's methodology. Again using Israel as a sample, RAND created a database that coded for these factors, then conducted both quantitative and qualitative analyses with an eye to determining what puts a given area at greater risk. The quantitative analysis established that these factors are related to the odds of attack within specific neighborhoods and that the relationships held even when controlling for geospatial factors, so they seem to confer risk for reasons beyond their association with geospatial features of neighborhoods. The specifics of the research are limited to the preferences of Palestinian suicide bombers in Israel; however, the methods used to assess target preferences in Israel could be transferred to the United States or other countries. Any results, if proven to be robust, could be used to develop recommendations for heightened public awareness in certain areas."--Page 4 of cover
    Abstract: "The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) set out to develop ways to predict what determines the targets of suicide attacks. While the ultimate goal is to create a list of areas at risk for the U.S. environment, the first phase of development employed a data set from Israel. Initially, NRL focused on spatial attributes, creating its own risk index, but realized that this focus on the where ignored the broader social context, the why. The lab asked RAND to test, as a proof of principle, the ability of sociocultural, political, economic, and demographic factors to enhance the predictive ability of NRL's methodology. Again using Israel as a sample, RAND created a database that coded for these factors, then conducted both quantitative and qualitative analyses with an eye to determining what puts a given area at greater risk. The quantitative analysis established that these factors are related to the odds of attack within specific neighborhoods and that the relationships held even when controlling for geospatial factors, so they seem to confer risk for reasons beyond their association with geospatial features of neighborhoods. The specifics of the research are limited to the preferences of Palestinian suicide bombers in Israel; however, the methods used to assess target preferences in Israel could be transferred to the United States or other countries. Any results, if proven to be robust, could be used to develop recommendations for heightened public awareness in certain areas."--Page 4 of cover
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 83-85)
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    Providing for the casualties of war : the American experience through World War II (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833078193 , 0833078194 , 9780833078209 , 0833078216 , 0833078356 , 0833078208 , 0833078364 , 9780833078360 , 9780833078353 , 9780833078216
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 286 pages)
    Series Statement: Rand Corporation monograph series MG-1164-OSD
    Parallel Title: Print version Rostker, Bernard Providing for the casualties of war
    Keywords: Battle casualties Medical care ; History ; Veterans Medical care ; History ; Medicine, Military History ; War casualties Medical care ; History ; Battle casualties ; Veterans ; Medicine, Military ; War casualties ; Delivery of Health Care ; Disciplines and Occupations ; Disease ; Health Occupations ; Health ; Medicine ; Military Medicine ; Military Personnel ; Named Groups ; Occupational Groups ; Persons ; Population Characteristics ; Veterans Health ; Wounds and Injuries ; Veterans ; Medical care ; HISTORY ; Military ; Biological & Chemical Warfare ; HISTORY ; Military ; Veterans ; Medicine, Military ; History ; Electronic books
    Abstract: War has always been a dangerous business, bringing injury, wounds, and death, and -- until recently -- often disease. What has changed over time, most dramatically in the last 150 or so years, is the care these casualties receive and who provides it. Medical services have become highly organized and are state sponsored. Diseases are now prevented through vaccination and good sanitation. Sedation now ameliorates pain, and antibiotics combat infection. Wounds that once meant amputation or death no longer do so. Transfers from the field to more-capable hospitals are now as swift as aircraft can make them. The mental consequences of war are now seen as genuine illnesses and treated accordingly, rather than punished to the extreme. Likewise, treatment of those disabled by war and of veterans generally has changed markedly -- along with who supplies these and other benefits. This book looks at the history of how humanity has cared for its war casualties, from ancient times through the aftermath of World War II. For each historical period, the author examines the care the sick and wounded received in the field and in hospitals, the care given to the disabled veteran and his dependents, and who provided that care and how. He shows how the lessons of history have informed the American experience over time. Finally, the author sums up this history thematically, focusing on changes in the nature and treatment of injuries, organization of services on and off the battlefield, the role of the state in providing care, and the invisible wounds of war
    Abstract: War has always been a dangerous business, bringing injury, wounds, and death, and -- until recently -- often disease. What has changed over time, most dramatically in the last 150 or so years, is the care these casualties receive and who provides it. Medical services have become highly organized and are state sponsored. Diseases are now prevented through vaccination and good sanitation. Sedation now ameliorates pain, and antibiotics combat infection. Wounds that once meant amputation or death no longer do so. Transfers from the field to more-capable hospitals are now as swift as aircraft can make them. The mental consequences of war are now seen as genuine illnesses and treated accordingly, rather than punished to the extreme. Likewise, treatment of those disabled by war and of veterans generally has changed markedly -- along with who supplies these and other benefits. This book looks at the history of how humanity has cared for its war casualties, from ancient times through the aftermath of World War II. For each historical period, the author examines the care the sick and wounded received in the field and in hospitals, the care given to the disabled veteran and his dependents, and who provided that care and how. He shows how the lessons of history have informed the American experience over time. Finally, the author sums up this history thematically, focusing on changes in the nature and treatment of injuries, organization of services on and off the battlefield, the role of the state in providing care, and the invisible wounds of war
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    Sea power and American interests in the western Pacific (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833078919 , 0833078917 , 9780833078902 , 0833078933 , 0833078909 , 0833078925 , 9780833078926 , 9780833078933
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 193 pages)
    Parallel Title: Print version Gompert, David C Sea power and American interests in the western Pacific
    Keywords: Naval strategy ; Sea-power ; Geopolitics ; Sea-power ; Sea-power ; Naval strategy ; Sea-power ; Geopolitics ; Sea-power ; Sea-power ; Sea-power ; Strategic aspects of individual places ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Naval Science - General ; China ; Pacific Area ; United States ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Marine & Naval ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Geopolitics ; Naval strategy ; International relations ; China Strategic aspects ; United States Relations ; China Relations ; China ; United States ; China ; Electronic books
    Abstract: China sees American sea power in East Asian waters as threatening to itself, its regional aspirations, and possibly its global access. So it is mounting a challenge with anti-ship missiles, submarines, and a growing fleet of its own. However, the United States will not relinquish its sea power, which it sees as needed to maintain its influence and stability, despite China's growing might, in this vital region. History shows that rivalries between established and rising sea powers tend to end badly, to wit: Britain versus Germany before World War I and the United States versus Japan before World War II. In this case, technology that enables the targeting of surface ships, especially aircraft carriers, favors the challenger, China. The United States can exploit technology more boldly than it has previously to make its sea power less vulnerable by relying more on submarines, drones, and smaller, elusive, widely distributed strike platforms. Yet, such a U.S. strategy could take decades and even then be vulnerable to Chinese cyber-war. Therefore, in parallel with making its sea power more survivable, the United States should propose an alternative to confrontation at sea: East Asian multilateral maritime-security cooperation, with China invited to join. While China might be wary that such a regional arrangement would be designed to contain and constrain it, the alternative of exclusion and isolation could induce China to join
    Abstract: China sees American sea power in East Asian waters as threatening to itself, its regional aspirations, and possibly its global access. So it is mounting a challenge with anti-ship missiles, submarines, and a growing fleet of its own. However, the United States will not relinquish its sea power, which it sees as needed to maintain its influence and stability, despite China's growing might, in this vital region. History shows that rivalries between established and rising sea powers tend to end badly, to wit: Britain versus Germany before World War I and the United States versus Japan before World War II. In this case, technology that enables the targeting of surface ships, especially aircraft carriers, favors the challenger, China. The United States can exploit technology more boldly than it has previously to make its sea power less vulnerable by relying more on submarines, drones, and smaller, elusive, widely distributed strike platforms. Yet, such a U.S. strategy could take decades and even then be vulnerable to Chinese cyber-war. Therefore, in parallel with making its sea power more survivable, the United States should propose an alternative to confrontation at sea: East Asian multilateral maritime-security cooperation, with China invited to join. While China might be wary that such a regional arrangement would be designed to contain and constrain it, the alternative of exclusion and isolation could induce China to join
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