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In the vein of "e;An Inconvenient Truth,"e; a sobering assessment of our nation's energy policies and a stirring call for change.

This book states that whilst academic research has long been grounded on the idea of western or scientific epistemologies, this often does not capture the uniqueness of Indigenous contexts, and particularly as it relates to the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Morrone and Lohner assert that sound science is often misinterpreted, which leads to questionable policy decisions.

Blahous contends that Social Security is ill-equipped to withstand the effects of an aging population and will impose excessive tax burdens upon future Americans unless its course is changed.

This edited collection provides a cross-sectional review of environmental legislation and administration in the United States, with comparative chapters relating to Canada and New Zealand.

Local governments do not stand alonethey find themselves in new relationships not only with state and federal government, but often with a widening spectrum of other public and private organizations as well.

In recent years, the scale of environmental hazards has been growing, emergencies occur more often at special facilities, in particular nuclear power, the largest of which was the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine on April 26, 1986.

"e;Freedom and Justice for all"e; is a phrase that can have a hollow ring for many members of the disability community in the United States.

This richly textured social history recovers the voices and experiences of poor Egyptians--beggars, foundlings, the sick and maimed--giving them a history for the first time.

In diesem Buch wird, in Hinblick auf das, durch die verschiedenen Wetterparameter festgelegte Klima und die damit verbundene Definition einer globalen Erdtemperatur der Einfluss der anthropogenen Treibhausgasemissionen anhand von vorliegendem Datenmaterials dargelegt.

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A definitive reframing of the economic, institutional, and intellectual history of the managerial eraThe twentieth century was the managerial century in the United States.

There is only one earth and our world is undergoing dramatic changes brought on by the climate crisis and other human-induced ecological disruptions.

This pivot considers how China deals with the globalization of its energy companies in the face of global efforts to combat climate change.

Revolutionary ideas on how to use markets to achieve fairness and prosperity for allMany blame today's economic inequality, stagnation, and political instability on the free market.

The Great Chicago Fire in October 1871 destroyed 2,600 acres and left tens of thousands without housing, food, fuel, or clothing.

The exceptional experiences of South Korea and Taiwan in combining high growth and liberal democracy in a relatively short and similar timetable have brought scholarly attention to their economic and political transformations.

A user's guide to economic, political, social and cultural collapse.

Placing ethnic media within the context of democratic theory, this book suggests novel ways of thinking about media from the margins.

Each year, the United States spends $65,000 per poor family to fight poverty in a country in which the average family income is just under $50,000.

Are you a health and social care commissioner navigating the ever-changing commissioning landscape?

This study maps out the major weaknesses of each fragile situation on the latest country performance assessment exercises.

The welfare state is a trademark of the European social model.

A textbook that examines how societies reach decisions about the use and allocation of economic resourcesWhile economic research emphasizes the importance of governmental institutions for growth and progress, conventional public policy textbooks tend to focus on macroeconomic policies and on tax-and-spend decisions.

In this important book, a distinguished group of historians, political scientists, and legal experts explore three related issues: the Immigration and Naturalization Service's historic review of its citizenship evaluation, recent proposals to alter the oath of allegiance and the laws governing dual citizenship, and the changing rights and responsibilities of citizens and resident aliens in the United States.

What Kansas really tells us about red state AmericaNo state has voted Republican more consistently or widely or for longer than Kansas.

This book chronicles the intersection of chaplaincy, autopathography (illness narratives), and stigmatized illness through the observations and stories of a chaplain working at a facility for people with HIV and AIDS.

This proceedings addresses the challenges of urbanization that gravely affect the world's ecosystems.

This book investigates how actors organize in order to solve a water quality problem.

Let's talk about the very important job your nose has.

Beyond devolution and decentralisation compares the politics, policies and polity-building dynamics of devolution in Wales and decentralisation in the French region of Brittany.

Performance accountability has been the dominant trend in education policy reform since the 1970s.

How Tory Governments Fall is a landmark study of the forces that shape - and ultimately destroy - political power.

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Grounded in the Foucauldian literature on governmentality and drawing on a broad range of disciplines, this book examines the government of childhood in the West from the early modern period to the present.

When parents form families by reaching across social barriers to adopt children, where and how does race enter the adoption process?

Americans are increasingly concerned about the privacy of personal datayet we demand more and more information for public decision making.

Thatcher's Grandchildren explores sociological and political issues about childhood that have that have become increasingly significant in the twenty first century within a political landscape framed by neo-liberalism.

Understanding Risk addresses a central dilemma of risk decisionmaking in a democracy: detailed scientific and technical information is essential for making decisions, but the people who make and live with those decisions are not scientists.

During the early years of the AIDS epidemic, thousands of Americans became infected with HIV through the nation's blood supply.

Seeking Solutions: Maximizing American Talent by Advancing Women of Color in Academia is the summary of a 2013 conference convened by the Committee on Women in Science, Engineering and Medicine of the National Research Council to discuss the current status of women of color in academia and explore the challenges and successful initiatives for creating the institutional changes required to increase representation of women of color at all levels of the academic workforce.

Europe's "e;Black Death"e; contributed to the rise of nation states, mercantile economies, and even the Reformation.

Driven by community-based organizations and supported by a growing body of literature, the environmental justice movement contends that poor and minority populations are burdened with more than their share of toxic waste, pesticide runoff, and other hazardous byproducts of our modern economic life.

An estimated forty million people carry the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and five million more become newly infected annually.

The number of people infected with HIV or living with AIDS is increasing at unprecedented rates as various scientists, organizations, and institutions search for innovative solutions to combating and preventing the disease.

Successful scientists must be effective communicators within their professions.

The strengths and abilities children develop from infancy through adolescence are crucial for their physical, emotional, and cognitive growth, which in turn help them to achieve success in school and to become responsible, economically self-sufficient, and healthy adults.

An informative mix of data and discussion, this book presents conclusions and recommendations for policies that can respond to the new conditions shaping America's working families.