Moving America
Moving America

Author: United States. Dept. of Transportation

Publisher:

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 48

ISBN-13:

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"This report assesses the conditions and trends in the markets served by transportation, identifies the external factors that affect transportation, and sets out key issues for discussion and negotiation," stated Samuel K. Skinner, Secretary of Transportation. The report also highlights the nation's growth trends and current investment priorities in transportation. The report identifies the following nine areas as major concerns among transportation officials across the nation: infrastructure, safety, national security, international trade, growth in demand, equity and access, the environment, dependence on foreign oil, and budgetary constraints.

Medical Sociology on the Move
Medical Sociology on the Move

Author: William C. Cockerham

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-04-03

Total Pages: 271

ISBN-13: 9400761937

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This book provides readers with a single source reviewing and updating sociological theory in medical or health sociology. The book not only addresses the major theoretical approaches in the field today, it also identifies the future directions these theories are likely to take in explaining the social processes affecting health and disease. Many of the chapters are written by leading medical sociologists who feature the use of theory in their everyday work, including contributions from the original theorists of fundamental causes, health lifestyles, and medicalization. Theories focusing on both agency and structure are included to provide a comprehensive account of this important area in medical sociology.

Policy Implications of Greenhouse Warming
Policy Implications of Greenhouse Warming

Author: National Academy of Engineering

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1992-02-01

Total Pages: 945

ISBN-13: 0309043867

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Global warming continues to gain importance on the international agenda and calls for action are heightening. Yet, there is still controversy over what must be done and what is needed to proceed. Policy Implications of Greenhouse Warming describes the information necessary to make decisions about global warming resulting from atmospheric releases of radiatively active trace gases. The conclusions and recommendations include some unexpected results. The distinguished authoring committee provides specific advice for U.S. policy and addresses the need for an international response to potential greenhouse warming. It offers a realistic view of gaps in the scientific understanding of greenhouse warming and how much effort and expense might be required to produce definitive answers. The book presents methods for assessing options to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, offset emissions, and assist humans and unmanaged systems of plants and animals to adjust to the consequences of global warming.

The Pathology of the US Economy
The Pathology of the US Economy

Author: Michael Perelman

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-07-27

Total Pages: 267

ISBN-13: 1349243299

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This book demonstrates the calamitous consequences of the current US policies that follow a Haitian model of low wage development. The author makes his case by describing the decades-long unfolding of the current crisis in the US economy following the post-war boom. From the beginning, the boom contained the seeds of its own destruction. As the boom disintegrated, attempts to stabilize the economy made matters even worse. Efforts at profit maximization reinforced the problems. For example, attacks on both labour and government reinforced the decline. This work warns against framing policies predicated upon either Keynesian or neo-classical theory since both suffer from an unwarranted belief that a market economy can avoid crisis with appropriate economic management.

An Agenda for Economic Reform in Korea
An Agenda for Economic Reform in Korea

Author: Kenneth Judd

Publisher: Hoover Institution Press

Published: 2013-11-01

Total Pages: 548

ISBN-13: 0817997369

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An Agenda for Economic Reform in Korea looks at Korea's economic problems from the perspective of the American experience with economic reforms and sheds new light on the problems of economic reform facing nations all over the world. The authors examine such issues as corporate governance, social welfare, labor relations, and other pressing challenges—and suggest a new vision for the Korean economy.