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The Shadow Welfare State
Author: Marie Gottschalk
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2018-09-05
Total Pages: 302
ISBN-13: 1501725009
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Why, in the recent campaigns for universal health care, did organized labor maintain its support of employer-mandated insurance? Did labor's weakened condition prevent it from endorsing national health insurance? Marie Gottschalk demonstrates here that the unions' surprising stance was a consequence of the peculiarly private nature of social policy in the United States. Her book combines a much-needed account of labor's important role in determining health care policy with a bold and incisive analysis of the American welfare state. Gottschalk stresses that, in the United States, the social welfare system is anchored in the private sector but backed by government policy. As a result, the private sector is a key political battlefield where business, labor, the state, and employees hotly contest matters such as health care. She maintains that the shadow welfare state of job-based benefits shaped the manner in which labor defined its policy interests and strategies. As evidence, Gottschalk examines the influence of the Taft-Hartley health and welfare funds, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (E.R.I.S.A.), and experience-rated health insurance, showing how they constrained labor from supporting universal health care. Labor, Gottschalk asserts, missed an important opportunity to develop a broader progressive agenda. She challenges the movement to establish a position on health care that addresses the growing ranks of Americans without insurance, the restructuring of the U.S. economy, and the political travails of the unions themselves.
The Internationalization of the Japanese Economy
Author: Chikara Higashi
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2013-03-09
Total Pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9401577501
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The internationalization of the J apanese economy, or the shift from an export-Ied to a domestic demand-Ied growth, is one of the important cu ne nt developments in the world-economy. lt involves the interaction of a variety of economic, social and cultural factors which many observers outside of Japan need to appreciate in order to understand what the process entails. Drs. Higashi and Lauter have written a book which is providing de tailed insight into the policy alternatives which the Japanese government has chosen to achieve the objectives of the internationalization process. Moreover, they have also analyzed the potential problems which sur round the implementation of the complex policies. I believe that their book is a valuable addition to both the academic and the generalliterature on Japan's efforts to change its role in the world economy and to contribute to the well-being of people everywhere. Michio Watanabe Tokyo, March 1987 Minister of International Trade and Industry December 1985-July 1986 Minister of Finance July 1980-November 1982 Xl The Internationalization Of The Japanese Economy 1 THE PATH TO ECONOMIC POWER Japan, known around the world as a smalI, resource-poOf island country, has experienced a greater than tenfold increase in its gross national product (GNP) in real terms since 1950.
Technology Transfer in the Developing Countries
Author: Manas Chatterji
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2016-07-27
Total Pages: 406
ISBN-13: 1349205583
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The objective of this book is to present the problems and possibilities of transferring technology from the developed countries to the developing countries to raise their standard of living. It develops the conceptual issues, legal ramifications, empirical testing of mathematical models and case studies of different industries in many countries. It contains articles by distinguished scholars in the field, practitioners and government officials. It is an important supplement to the hands-on approach used by many private industries and national and international organizations. The unique feature of this book is that it is multidisciplinary and that it has a balanced combination of abstract theoretical approaches and practical considerations.
Report to the Nation on Crime and Justice
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Published: 1988
Total Pages: 150
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Slides of selected tables, graphics, and maps from book.
Report to the Nation on Crime and Justice
Author: United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Published: 1993-05
Total Pages: 146
ISBN-13: 9781568068541
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In Their Time
Author: Anthony J. Mayo
Publisher: Harvard Business Press
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 478
ISBN-13: 1591393450
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →From little known heroes to legends like Sam Walton and Bill Gates, this absorbing book weaves history, economics, and personality to reveal the secrets behind the success of the last century’s greatest American business leaders. The authors show that a key to success was “contextual intelligence”: the ability to “read” and understand the context of the times and seize the unique opportunities within them. Leadership titles sell well for us, and this book should get strong review attention Powerful Resource: canon of the 20th century’s greatest business leaders in one volume Absorbing read: the stories include both well known and unfamiliar leaders New Leadership Theory: many leadership profiles focus on personality traits; the authors’ theory of “contextual intelligence” represents a fresh perspective Well-researched: based on a Harvard Business School Leadership Initiative Study of 1,000 great CEOs and Founders of American companies from 1900-1999 Many of the leaders profiled hail from non-US countries
Minority Marketing: Issues and Prospects
Author: Robert L. King
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2015-05-08
Total Pages: 161
ISBN-13: 3319173928
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This volume includes the full proceedings from the 1987 Minority Marketing Congress held in Greensboro, North Carolina under the theme Minority Marketing: Issues and Prospects. It provides a variety of quality research in the field of minority marketing in order to assimilate and enhance knowledge of marketing practices for minority enterprises. It includes papers on various topics in minority marketing including advertising, promotion and consumer behaviour. Founded in 1971, the Academy of Marketing Science is an international organization dedicated to promoting timely explorations of phenomena related to the science of marketing in theory, research, and practice. Among its services to members and the community at large, the Academy offers conferences, congresses and symposia that attract delegates from around the world. Presentations from these events are published in this Proceedings series, which offers a comprehensive archive of volumes reflecting the evolution of the field. Volumes deliver cutting-edge research and insights, complimenting the Academy’s flagship journals, the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science (JAMS) and AMS Review. Volumes are edited by leading scholars and practitioners across a wide range of subject areas in marketing science.
World Economic Issues at the United Nations
Author: Mahfuzur Rahman
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-12-06
Total Pages: 307
ISBN-13: 1461515475
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →What were all those diplomats and bureaucrats from all over the world doing at the United Nations over the past half century when they were not debating how to prevent countries from tearing at each other or how to feed and shelter victims of natural or man-made disasters around the globe? A lot in fact, at least in terms of time spent and the sweep of issues debated. A major category of them were discussing a whole range of economic ques tions since the inception of the organization, while a slightly different category, with some members only changing hats, were talking about social Issues. Apart from operational activities, such as technical assistance to devel oping countries, and except for the well-publicized attempts at activism at as those on the environment or the status of international conferences such women, little is known outside the United Nations about the work of the or ganization in economic and social fields. Which is a pity. After all, the organization has often been given the dubious distinction of being the big gest talk show on earth. It is certainly pertinent to ask what it has been talking about over the last fifty-odd years.
The Social Divide
Author: Margaret Weir
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Published: 1998-02-01
Total Pages: 571
ISBN-13: 0815722966
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A Brookings Institution Press and Russell Sage Foundation publication The extraordinary swings in the scope and content of the policy agenda during the first Clinton administration revealed a fundamental partisan divide over the social role of the federal government. This book argues that the recent conflicts over social policy represent key elements in strategies that parties designed in an attempt to consolidate their hold over the federal government. Long frustrated by divided government, each party exceeded its electoral mandate in hopes of enacting major policy reforms aimed to shift politics in their direction for the foreseeable future. The book traces the overreaching and limited legislative success that characterized the first Clinton administration's approach to three distinctive features of politics and policymaking: the polarization of political elites; the predominance of advertising campaigns and intense interest group politics as political parties have ceased to mobilize ordinary people; and the unprecedented role that budgetary concerns now play in social policymaking. Although neither party managed to enact its major transforming agenda, Congress did pass new policies--most notably welfare reform--that together with a host of other changes in the states and the private sector altered the landscape for social policy. The poor have been the biggest losers as Democrats and Republicans have fought to win the middle class over to their vision of the future. The authors first analyze the institutions and tools of policymaking, including Congress, the political use of public opinion polling, and the politics of the deficit. They then consider policies designed to win over the middle class, including health care policy, employer-provided social benefits, wages and jobs, and crime policy. Last, they address policies targeted at the disadvantaged, including welfare, affirmative action, and urban policy. In addition to the editor, the contributors include John Ferejohn, Lawrence R. Jacobs, Robert Y. Sha
