other policy the influence of policies on technology choice

Other Policy: The Influence of Policies on Technology Choice

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: De Wilde, Ton / Henk, Thomas / Frances, Stewart, PUBLISHER: Intermediate Technology Publications, Foreign aid to developing countries ong>ofong>ten favours inappropriate technologies. This book reviews ong>theong> ong>policiesong> promoting appropriate technology and identifies positive programmes ong>ofong> action that could be instituted at a national level.

British Parliamentary Parties: Policy and Power

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Brand, Jack, PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, This book examines ong>theong> role ong>ofong> ong>theong> British Conservative and Labour parliamentary parties in ong>theong> development ong>ofong> government ong>policyong> since . Focusing on major ong>policyong> fields--agriculture, education, housing, defense, ong>theong> economy, and Scottish affairs--Brand argues that ong>theong> ong>influenceong> ong>ofong> back-benchers has been consistently underestimated, and that ong>theong> interdependence ong>ofong> front- and back-benchers frequently produces surprising and significant effects on ong>policyong> development.

Tobacco Control: Comparative Politics in the United States

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Studlar, Donley T., PUBLISHER: University ong>ofong> Toronto Press, "Tobacco Control"is ong>theong> first book to compare ong>theong> politics ong>ofong> tobacco control in ong>theong> United States and Canada. It describes ong>theong> course ong>ofong> tobacco control ong>policyong>, both regulation and taxation, in each country, and on several different levels ong>ofong> government. In doing so it provides a broad overview, showing how ong>policiesong> are similar or different, how ong>theong>y have changed over time, and how ong>theong> two countries have learned from each ong>oong>theong>rong>. In recent years ong>theong> two countries have paid closer attention to each ong>oong>theong>rong>'s ong>policiesong>, both through governmental and non-governmental organizations, and each has leapfrogged ong>theong> ong>policyong> initiatives ong>ofong> ong>theong> ong>oong>theong>rong>. Now ong>theong> Tobacco-Free Initiative ong>ofong> ong>theong> World Health Organization is bringing tobacco control ong>policyong> to a global level, and both countries are deeply involved. This book is a revealing exploration and comparison ong>ofong> ong>theong> development ong>ofong> North American ong>policiesong> and ong>theong> ong>influenceong> ong>theong>se ong>policiesong> are having in ong>theong> attempt to regulate a major international business in ong>theong> interests ong>ofong> public health. Academics please note that this is a title classified as having a restricted allocation ong>ofong> complimentary copies. Restricted titles remain available to adopters and to academics very likely to adopt in ong>theong> coming semester. Whenadoption possibilities are less strong and/or furong>theong>r in ong>theong> future, academics are requested to purchase ong>theong> title, with ong>theong> proviso that UTP Higher Education will happily refund ong>theong> purchase price if ong>theong> book is indeed adopted.

Modern Science and Human Values

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Lowrance, William W., PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, Engaging in spirited debate and making reference to a broad range ong>ofong> issues in ong>theong> physical and biological sciences, ong>theong> social sciences, engineering, and medicine, this perceptive study analyzes how technical progress ong>influenceong>s social thought and public ong>policyong>, and how technical people play ong>theong>ir complex roles as prong>ofong>essional practitioners, advisors, and leaders. A major contribution to ong>theong> debate over public ong>policyong> and technology, this work will generate much discussion among engineers, physicians, academic and institutional researchers, and concerned politicians. For anyone concerned about ong>theong> effects ong>ofong> technology on culture, it ong>ofong>fers a lively, readable portrait ong>ofong> ong>theong> modern scientific community and an insightful discussion ong>ofong> ong>theong> ong>influenceong> ong>ofong> technology on social philosophy and individual belief.

Adversary Politics and Land: The Conflict Over Land and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Cox, Andrew W., PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, ong>Theong> focus ong>ofong> ong>theong> book is a discussion ong>ofong> ong>theong> adversary basis ong>ofong> party politics in Britain and its inimical impact on viable land ong>policiesong> since ong>theong> Second World War. Particular emphasis is placed on ong>theong> scope for, and basis ong>ofong> ong>policyong> initiation by Conservative and Labour governments in ong>theong> face ong>ofong> ong>theong> cumulative social, economic, bureaucratic and political constraints which impinge on ong>theong> ong>policyong>-making process. Dr Cox argues that ong>theong>se constraints leave only a relatively limited room for manoeuvres by governments and that most ong>ofong> ong>theong> post-war ong>policiesong> ong>ofong> Conservative and Labour governments have been initiated in ignorance ong>ofong> ong>theong>se constraints. As a consequence, post-war ong>policiesong> have failed in implementation eiong>theong>r by generating property speculation or by hindering urban development.

Feminist Perspectives on Canadian Foreign Policy

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Sienstra, Deborah / Sjolander, Claire Turenne / Smith, Heaong>theong>r, PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, This books seeks to deconstruct Canadian foreign ong>policyong>. In doing so ong>theong> book asks: what makes foreign ong>policyong> 'different' from ong>oong>theong>rong> ong>policyong> spheres? How does ong>theong> study ong>ofong> foreign ong>policyong> as it is traditionally defined keep gender/women out ong>ofong> statist and institutional analyses?

The Political Economy of American Monetary Policy

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Mayer, Thomas, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, This collection ong>ofong> essays examines ong>theong> institutional framework in which monetary ong>policyong> is made. ong>Theong> essays consider two questions: How free is ong>theong> Fed to set monetary ong>policyong> and to what extent do organizational problems affect ong>theong> choice ong>ofong> that monetary ong>policyong>? Topics covered include ong>theong> Fed's response to movements on its goals, Congressional and presidential pressures on ong>theong> Fed, ong>theong> existence ong>ofong> political business cycles operating through monetary ong>policyong>, and ong>theong> extent to which monetary ong>policyong> may be explained by ong>theong> Fed's own interests. A final section examines ong>theong> claim that ong>theong> Federal Reserve follows countercyclical ong>policyong> and evaluates its performance as a lender to banks both in normal times and as a lender ong>ofong> last resort.

Disabled Policy: America's Programs for the Handicapped

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Berkowitz, Edward D., PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, Combining history and an analysis ong>ofong> ong>policyong> today, this book exposes ong>theong> contradictions in America's disability ong>policyong> and suggests means ong>ofong> remedying ong>theong>m. Based on careful archival research and interviews with ong>policyong>makers, ong>theong> book illustrates ong>theong> dilemmas that public ong>policiesong> pose for ong>theong> handicapped: ong>theong> present system forces too many people with physical impairments into retirement, despite ong>theong> availability ong>ofong> constructive alternatives.

Top Down Policy Making

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Dye, Thomas R., PUBLISHER: CQ Press, In this brief, eye-opening work, Thomas R. Dye explodes ong>theong> myth that public ong>policyong> represents ong>theong> "demands ong>ofong> people," and that ong>theong> making ong>ofong> public ong>policyong> flows upward from ong>theong> masses. In reality, Dye argues, public ong>policyong> in America, as in all nations, reflects ong>theong> values, interests, and preferences ong>ofong> ong>theong> governing elite."Top Down ong>Policyong>making" is a close examination ong>ofong> ong>theong> process by which ong>theong> nation's elite goes about making public ong>policyong>. Focusing on ong>theong> behind-ong>theong>-scenes activities ong>ofong> money foundations, ong>policyong> planning organizations, think tanks, political campaign contributors, special-interest groups, lobbyists, law firms, ong>influenceong>-peddlers, and ong>theong> national news media, Dye concludes that public ong>policyong> does not represent ong>theong> "demands ong>ofong> people."ong>Theong> reality is that public ong>policyong> is made from ong>theong> top down.

Yearbook on Space Policy : Setting New Trends

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Schrogl, Kai-Uwe / Baranes, Blandina / Venet, Christophe, PUBLISHER: Springer, ong>Theong> Yearbook on Space ong>Policyong> aims to be ong>theong> reference publication analysing space ong>policyong> developments. Each year it presents issues and trends in space ong>policyong> and ong>theong> space sector as a whole. Its scope is global and its perspective is European. ong>Theong> Yearbook also links space ong>policyong> with ong>oong>theong>rong> ong>policyong> areas. It highlights specific events and issues, and provides useful insights, data and information on space activities. ong>Theong> Yearbook on Space ong>Policyong> is edited by ong>theong> European Space ong>Policyong> Institute (ESPI) based in Vienna, Austria. It combines in-house research and contributions ong>ofong> members ong>ofong> ong>theong> European Space ong>Policyong> Research and Academic Network (ESPRAN), coordinated by ESPI. ong>Theong> Yearbook is designed for government decision-makers and agencies, industry prong>ofong>essionals, as well as ong>theong> service sectors, researchers and scientists and ong>theong> interested public.

Handbook of Social Intervention

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Seidman, Edward, PUBLISHER: Sage Publications (CA), A definitive resource for anyone involved in ong>theong> study or practice ong>ofong> social planning and intervention. Invited contributors review ong>theong> literature on psychological, social, educational, economic, and environmental ong>policiesong> and programmes. Issues ong>ofong> design, method, assessment, and tactics ong>ofong> social intervention are explored. ong>Theong> volume ong>theong>n deals with intervention in criminal justice, education, health, housing, and thirteen ong>oong>theong>rong> specific areas ong>ofong> ong>policyong>.

Structural Adjustment Reconsidered: Economic Policy and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Sahn, David E. / Younger, Stephen D. / Dorosh, Paul A., PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, ong>Theong> ong>ofong>ten emotional debate over ong>theong> impact ong>ofong> structural adjustment on ong>theong> poor in Africa has been confused by ong>theong> complexity ong>ofong> economic reforms and ong>theong>ir inconsistent implementation, ong>theong> diversity ong>ofong> prior conditions, and confounding effects ong>ofong> external shocks. Prong>ofong>essors Sahn, Dorosh, and Younger isolate from ong>oong>theong>rong> factors ong>theong> effect ong>ofong> specific ong>policyong> measures associated with adjustment programs. ong>Theong> authors suggest that contrary to common belief, adjustment ong>policiesong> do not harm ong>theong> poor in Africa. Reforms in fact usually benefit ong>theong> poor slightly, but alone are insufficient to reduce poverty significantly.

Disabled Policy: America's Programs for the Handicapped: A

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Berkowitz, Edward D. / Edward D., Berkowitz / Galambos, Louis, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, Combining history and an analysis ong>ofong> ong>policyong> today, this book exposes ong>theong> contradictions in America's disability ong>policyong> and suggests means ong>ofong> remedying ong>theong>m. Based on careful archival research and interviews with ong>policyong>makers, ong>theong> book illustrates ong>theong> dilemmas that public ong>policiesong> pose for ong>theong> handicapped: ong>theong> present system forces too many people with physical impairments into retirement, despite ong>theong> availability ong>ofong> construcyive alternatives.

Comparative Politics: A Policy Approach

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kryzanek, Michael J., PUBLISHER: Westview Press, "Comparative Politics: A ong>Policyong> Approach" is a unique text that integrates a comprehensive study ong>ofong> eight nations with critical ong>policyong> issues facing those nations. ong>Theong> individual chapters on ong>theong> United States, ong>theong> United Kingdom, ong>theong> Russian Federation, Japan, China, Mexico, South Africa and Iraq provide a wide-ranging examination ong>ofong> nations that are representative ong>ofong> ong>theong> diversity in decision-making frameworks and political development in ong>theong> international community. "Comparative Politics" is designed to guide ong>theong> reader through a series ong>ofong> discussions on key political milestones in ong>theong> nation's history, ong>theong> structure ong>ofong> government, ong>theong> relationship ong>ofong> citizen to state, ong>theong> role played by political parties, groups and elections, ong>theong> shape and ong>influenceong> ong>ofong> ong>theong> political elite, ong>theong> current status ong>ofong> ong>theong> political economy and ong>theong> future direction ong>ofong> ong>theong> nation in a global environment.

Perspectives on American Foreign Policy: Readings and Cases

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Jentleson, Bruce W., PUBLISHER: W. W. Norton & Company, ong>Theong> readings delve deeper into ong>theong>oretical, historical and ong>policyong> debates discussed in American Foreign ong>Policyong>: Dynamics ong>ofong> Choice, and icons in ong>theong> textbook margins link ong>theong> broader points to related articles and case studies in Perspectives.

Policies for Cleaner Technology: A New Agenda for Government

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Clayton, Tony (Prong>ofong>essor ong>ofong> Environment / Spinardi, Graham / Williams, Robin, PUBLISHER: Routledge, A ground-breaking and authoritative study on how to clean up ong>theong> industrial system as ong>theong> next stage ong>ofong> industrial development.Using extensive empirical analysis ong>ofong> many ong>ofong> ong>theong> largest industrial sectors, ong>theong> authors show how clean technology can be implemented, primarily by ong>theong> businesses ong>theong>mselves.

Principles of Business Taxation

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Pointon, John / Spratley, Derek, PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, Beginning with a discussion ong>ofong> ong>theong> ong>theong>oretical choice ong>ofong> alternative tax bases, this book provides a rigorous analysis ong>ofong> ong>theong> impact UK systems ong>ofong> taxation have on business financial ong>policyong> and decision making.

The African Foreign Policy of Secretary of State Henry

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Walton, Hanes, JR. / Stevenson, Robert Louis / Rosser, James Bernard, Sr., PUBLISHER: Lexington Books, ong>Theong> African Foreign ong>Policyong> ong>ofong> Secretary ong>ofong> State Henry Kissinger outlines in clear, comprehensive terms ong>theong> details ong>ofong> Secretary ong>ofong> State Henry Kissinger's foreign ong>policyong> toward Africa and how that ong>policyong> related to ong>oong>theong>rong> aspects ong>ofong> his global viewpoint. This book presents an intellectual evaluation ong>ofong> ong>theong>se governmental sources to determine ong>theong> kinds ong>ofong> foreign ong>policyong> proposals and programs that Kissinger developed for ong>theong> various crises and problems which were under way in that vast continent.

The Ecological Theater and the Evolutionary Play

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hutchinson, G. Evelyn, PUBLISHER: Yale University Press, In ong>theong> three lectures which give ong>theong>ir title to this delightful collection ong>ofong> esays, ong>theong> author ong>ofong> "ong>Theong> Enchanted Voyage" and "ong>Theong> Itinerate Ivory Tower" turns his attention to ong>theong> ong>influenceong> ong>ofong> ong>theong> environment on ong>theong> course ong>ofong> evolution. ong>Theong> first lecture considers ong>theong> nature ong>ofong> ong>theong> terrestrial biosphere, both as a unique phenomenon on earth and as one ong>ofong> a class ong>ofong> possible spaces on ong>oong>theong>rong> bodies; ong>theong> second examines ong>theong> nature ong>ofong> ong>theong> ecological niche; and ong>theong> third discusses some ong>ofong> ong>theong> possible environmental interactions ong>ofong> a single species, emphasis being placed on ong>theong> extremely recondite nature ong>ofong> ong>theong> selective forces that act on man, as on ong>oong>theong>rong> animals. Anong>oong>theong>rong> ong>ofong> ong>theong> pieces deals with ong>theong> problem ong>ofong> ong>theong> relation ong>ofong> natural beauty to works ong>ofong> art, particularly in ong>theong> context ong>ofong> ong>theong> similarities and differences apparent when natural history museums and art galleries are compared. ong>Theong> final essay, "ong>Theong> Cream in ong>theong> Gooseberry Fool," is an account ong>ofong> ong>theong> role ong>ofong> an English country clergyman and ong>ofong> ong>theong> European magpie most in one ong>ofong> ong>theong> most significant early discoveries ong>ofong> genetics. Acquista Ora

The Rise of Neoconservatism: Intellectuals and Foreign

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ehrman, John, PUBLISHER: Yale University Press, This is ong>theong> first book to analyze ong>theong> history ong>ofong> neoconservatism and trace its ong>influenceong> on foreign ong>policyong>, using new information from interviews and archives. Ehrman focuses on key individuals-Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Jeane Kirkpatrick, Norman Podhoretz, and Elliott Abrams, showing ong>theong> development ong>ofong> ong>theong>ir ideas and ong>theong>ir place in American conservatism today

The Senate, Treaties and National Security,

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Pitsvada / Pitsvada, Bernard T., PUBLISHER: University Press ong>ofong> America, ong>Theong> end ong>ofong> ong>theong> military phase ong>ofong> ong>theong> 45-year Cold War represents a significant victory for ong>theong> U.S. and western ong>policyong>. This book examines selected aspects ong>ofong> this successful ong>policyong> to gaong>theong>r some lessons that may be applicable in ong>theong> future to ong>oong>theong>rong> ong>policyong> areas. ong>Theong> major framework within which ong>theong> various individual actions were taken in our national security interest were a series ong>ofong> treaties proposed and enacted over ong>theong> early years ong>ofong> ong>theong> Cold War, most ong>ofong> which were enacted before . This book focuses furong>theong>r on ong>theong> role ong>ofong> ong>theong> Senate in this process ong>ofong> treaty making as ong>theong> provider ong>ofong> advice and consent and as ong>theong> surrogate for ong>theong> entire legislative branch in this field.

European Economic Integration: Limits and Prospects

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Jovanovic, Miroslav N. / Jovanovic, M., PUBLISHER: Routledge, In this major new text, Miroslav N.Jovanovic presents an analysis ong>ofong> all ong>theong> major aspects ong>ofong> economic integration in ong>theong> European Union. Beginning with an overview ong>ofong> ong>theong> origins ong>ofong> European integration, he moves on to discuss in detail all ong>theong> main ong>policyong> areas. ong>Theong>se include: *monetary ong>policyong> *competition ong>policyong> *industrial ong>policyong> *fiscal ong>policyong> *trade ong>policyong> *ong>theong> Common Agricultural ong>Policyong> *foreign direct investment *regional ong>policyong>. ong>Theong> volume also includes a discussion ong>ofong> less well-known ong>policyong> areas, such as social ong>policyong>, environmental ong>policyong> and transport ong>policyong>. Containing an excellent blend ong>ofong> ong>theong>ory and practice and presenting a highly complex issue in an accessible and non-technical way, this text will be an invaluable resource for students ong>ofong> international economics, international business and European studies.

Redeeming Modernity: Contradictions in Media Criticism

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Jensen, Joli, PUBLISHER: Sage Publications (CA), This book examines ong>theong> explicit and implicit logic operating in claims ong>ofong> media ong>influenceong>. Beginning with a close analysis ong>ofong> arguments by four critical voices - Dwight Macdonald, Daniel Boorstin, Stuart Ewen and Neil Postman - on ong>theong> nature ong>ofong> media ong>influenceong>, ong>theong> author demonstrates how ong>theong>y mobilize three dominant metaphors - media as information, media as art, and media as education. She ong>theong>n examines ong>theong> historical and intellectual roots ong>ofong> ong>theong>se concepts in American social and cultural thought and explores media as a new technology as a means for more positive expectations ong>ofong> media ong>influenceong>. ong>Theong> book closes with a section considering how debates on postmodernism redirect but do not resolve ong>theong> basic contradictions in social and cultu

The Path of Economic Growth

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Lowe, Adolph, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, ong>Theong> writings on ong>theong> ong>theong>ory ong>ofong> economic growth share almost without exception two characteristics - ong>theong>y deal exclusively with steady growth or equilibrium dynamics, and ong>theong>y try to predict ong>theong> actual course ong>ofong> long-term development on ong>theong> basis ong>ofong> greatly oversimplified behaviour assumptions. This book, first published in , studies ong>theong> many variants ong>ofong> a disequilibrium path, which growth processes pursue under ong>theong> impact ong>ofong> major growth stimuli - changes in labour supply, in natural resources, and in technology. ong>Theong> study gives direction to public ong>policiesong>, sharply distinguishing between ong>theong> requirements ong>ofong> market economies and ong>ofong> planned systems.

Economic Policy in an Interdependent World

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Copper, Richard N. / Cooper, Richard N., PUBLISHER: MIT Press (MA), ong>Theong>se eleven essays written over ong>theong> past fifteen years continue and develop Richard Cooper's central ong>theong>me ong>ofong> interdependence, reflecting his experience in government in ong>theong> Council ong>ofong> Economic Advisers and as Undersecretary ong>ofong> State for Economic Affairs. ong>Theong>y focus in particular on ong>theong> opportunities and constraints for national economic ong>policyong> in an environment where goods, services, capital, and even labor are increasingly mobile. ong>Theong> first four chapters are informal, discursive treatments ong>ofong> economic and foreign ong>policiesong> in ong>theong> face ong>ofong> growing interdependence among nations. ong>Theong> remaining chapters cover such specialist topics as optimal regional integration, ong>theong> integration ong>ofong> world capital markets, ong>theong> impact ong>ofong> greater interdependence on ong>theong> effectiveness ong>ofong> domestic economic ong>policyong>, ong>theong> comparison ong>ofong> monetary and fiscal ong>policyong> under fixed and flexible exchange rates, currency evaluation in developing countries, and ong>theong> appropriate size and composition ong>ofong> a developing country's external debt. A concluding chapter surveys ong>theong> preceding essays in terms ong>ofong> coordinating macroeconomic ong>policyong>making in an interdependent world economy. Richard N. Cooper is Maurits C. Boas Prong>ofong>essor ong>ofong> International Economy at Harvard University.

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