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Inhalt: S.8: Vorwort des Oberbürgermeisters Oberbürgermeister Jürgen Krogmann ; S.10: Menschen mit stoischer Toleranz Prof, Dr. Carsten Agert ; S.14: Eine Stadt mit vielen Leuchttürmen, Werner Brinker ; S. 16: Liebe auf den zweiten Blick, Prof. Dr. Gunilla Budde ; S. 20: Ein Nordlicht fern der Heimat, Jörg Butt ; S. 22: Einmaliges Gespür für Trends und Innovationen, CEWE Stiftung & Co. KGaA ; S. 24: Fortschrittliche Medizin für die Menschen in der Region Klinikum Oldenburg ; S. 26: Oldenburg passt wie die Lieblingsklamotten, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Volker Droste ; S. 28: Lebendige Stadt mit einer lebendigen Theaterszene, Christian Firmbach ; S. 30: Lokalpatriotin im Schnellverfahren, Annie Heger ; S. 34: Das schöne Gefühl nach Hause zu kommen, Michael Hempen ; S. 36: Für mich war es Liebe auf den ersten Blick, Heike Horstmann ; S. 38: Menschlich, nah - und immer in Bewegung, Landessparkasse zu Oldenburg ; S. 40: Das Zuhause für Lifestyle und Beauty, Leffers GmbH & Co. KG ; S. 42: In der Welt unterwegs, in Oldenburg zu Hause, Horst Klemmer ; S. 44: Von der Großstadt in eine großartige Stadt, Ines Klemmer ; S. 46: Oldenburgs virtuelle Elphie, Prof. Dr. Dr. Birger Kollmeier ; S. 50: Weit gekommen in Oldenburg, Anja Kramer ; S. 53: Das perfekte Team für modernen Industriebau, SHI Planungsgesellschaft für Städte-, Hoch- und Ingenieurbau mbH ; S. 54: Verantwortung für die Häfen der Küstenregion, Niedersachsen Ports GmbH & Co. KG ; S. 56: Vom Großen und Kleinen, Pavel Möller-Lück ; S. 58: Überzeugende Lebensqualität und moderne Entwicklung, Eva Müller-Meinhard und Gerhardine Müller-Meinhard Cardoso ; S.60: Die zweite Heimat gefunden, Rickey Paulding ; S. 62: Eine Stadt mit so viel Energie, Dietmar Schütz ; S. 66: Lebendige Innenstadt im ständigen Wandel, Schlosshöfe Oldenburg ; S. 68: Maschinenbau zum Sattwerden SEALPAC GmbH ; S. 70: Viele Gründe außer Grünkohl, Ruth Spelmeyer ; S.72: Auf dem Weg zur großen Stadt, eiko Wandscher ; S. 74: Oldenburg ist mehr als Kohl und Pinkel!, Lutz Stratmann ; S. 77: Vom Start-up zum App- und Cloud-Spezialisten, worldiety GmbH ; S. 78: Konzerte, Messen und rauschende Bälle, Weser-Ems-Hallen Oldenburg ; S. 80: Übersicht der PR-Bildbeiträge

Chapter 1. Growth, welfare, and the American economy. Part 1. The colonial Era: 1607-1776. Chapter 2. Founding the colonies ; Chapter 3. Colonial economic activities ; Chapter 4. The economic relations of the colonies ; Chapter 5. Economic progress and wealth ; Chapter 6. Three crises and revolt. Part 2. The revolutionary, early national, and antebellum eras: 1776-1860. Chapter 7. Hard realities of a new nation ; Chapter 8. Land and the early westward movements ; Chapter 9. Transportation and market growth ; Chapter 10. Market expansion and industry in first transition ; Chapter 11. Labor during the early industrial period ; Chapter 12. Money and banking in the developing economy ; Chapter 13. The entrenchment of slavery and regional conflict. Part 3. The reunification era: 1860-1920. Chapter 14. War, recovery, and regional divergence ; Chapter 15. Agriculture's western advance ; Chapter 16. Railroads and economic change ; Chapter 17. Industrial expansion and concentration ; Chapter 18. The emergence of America's labor conciousness ; Chapter 19. Money, prices, and finance in the postbellum era ; Chapter 20. Commerce at home and abroad. Part 4. War, depression, and war again: 1914-1946. Chapter 21. World War I, 1914-1918 ; Chapter 22. The roaring twenties ; Chapter 23. The great depression ; Chapter 24. The new deal ; Chapter 25. World War II. Part 5. The postwar era: 1946 to the present. Chapter 26. The changing role of the federal government ; Chapter 27. The changing role of federal government: Consumer safety, agriculture, the environment, and housing ; Chapter 28. Monetary policy, fiscal policy, and the business cycle after World War II ; Chapter 29. Manufacturing, productivity, and labor ; Chapter 30. Achievements of the past, challenges for the future

Cover -- CONTENTS -- Glossary -- TUNISIA'S FRAGILE TRANSITION CONTINUES -- IMPROVING OUTLOOK, MAINLY DOWNSIDE RISKS -- POLICIES TO TURN HIGH ASPIRATIONS INTO INCLUSIVE GROWTH -- A. Maintaining Macroeconomic Stability Amid High Vulnerabilities -- B. Ensuring Adequate Social Protection as Key Part of the Social Contract -- C. Creating More Opportunity for the Private Sector -- PROGRAM ISSUES AND MODALITIES -- STAFF APPRAISAL -- BOX -- 1. The Challenge of Raising Growth to Reduce Unemployment -- FIGURES -- 1. Recent Economic Developments, 2007-17 -- 2. Real Sector Developments, 2000-23 -- 3. Fiscal Developments, 2007-23 -- 4. External Sector Developments, 2005-20 -- 5. Monetary and Financial Indicators, 2008-17 -- 6. Revised Projections Against First Review Targets and Objectives, 2016-22 -- 7. Challenges of Fiscal Consolidation in MENA Oil Importers -- TABLES -- 1. Selected Economic and Financial Indicators, 2015-23 -- 2. Balance of Payments, 2015-18 -- 3. External Financing Needs, 2015-18 -- 4. Central Government Fiscal Operations, 2015-18 (In millions of dinars) -- 5. Central Government Fiscal Operations, 2015-23 (In percent of GDP) -- 6. Monetary Survey, 2015-18 -- 7. Central Bank Survey, 2015-18 -- 8. Financial Soundness Indicators of the Banking Sector, 2010-17 -- 9. Illustrative Medium-Term Growth Scenario, 2013-23 -- 10. Schedule of Purchases Under the Extended Fund Facility, 2016-20 -- 11. Indicators of Fund Credit, 2015-23 -- ANNEXES -- I. Recommendations from the 2015 Article IV Consultation -- II. Risk Assessment Matrix -- III. Public Debt Sustainability Analysis -- IV. External Debt Sustainability Analysis -- V. External Sector Assessment -- APPENDIX -- I. Letter of Intent -- Attachment I. Memorandum of Economic and Financial Policies -- Attachment II. Technical Memorandum of Understanding -- CONTENTS -- RELATIONS WITH THE FUND.

Cover -- CONTENTS -- CONTEXT: BOOM, BUST, AND BEYOND -- A. Significant Strides Have Been Made Since the Crisis -- B. Strong, Broad-Based Growth Has Continued -- OUTLOOK AND RISKS -- FISCAL: AVOIDING THE GHOST OF FISCAL PAST -- HOUSING: IS THIS TIME DIFFERENT? -- FINANCIAL SECTOR: BANKS ON THE MEND -- PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE GROWTH -- STAFF APPRAISAL -- BOXES -- 1. Filtering the Impact of Globalization on the National Accounts -- 2. Assessing Ireland's Cyclical Position -- 3. Recent Government's Measures in the Housing Market -- FIGURES -- 1. The End of the Lost Decade -- 2. Outstanding Vulnerabilities -- 3. Recent Developments -- 4. Fiscal Developments -- 5. Credit to the Private Sector -- 6. External Sector Developments -- 7. External Risks -- 8. Different Vintages of the Authorities' Consolidation Plans -- 9. Fiscal Impulse -- 10. Corporate Income Tax -- 11. Public Debt Burden -- 12. Public Healthcare Spending and Wage Bill -- 13. VAT Revenues -- 14. Tax Expenditures -- 15. Housing Market Developments -- 16. Property Prices by Region -- 17. Property Prices Developments and Expectations -- 18. Vacant Dwellings -- 19. Commercial Real Estate -- 20. Banks' Profitability and Asset Quality -- 21. Mortgages Arrears -- 22. Investment Efficiency and the 2018-27 Investment Plans -- 23. Skill Mismatches -- 24. Female Labor Participation Rate -- 25. Gender Gaps -- TABLES -- 1. Selected Economic Indicators, 2016-23 -- 2. Statement of Operations of the General Government, 2016-23 -- 3. Summary of Balance of Payments, 2016-23 -- 4. Monetary Survey, 2013-2018 -- 5. Main Domestic Banks' Aggregated Summary Financial Statements, 2016Q4-2017Q4 -- ANNEXES -- I. Public Debt Sustainability Analysis (DSA) -- II. External Stability Assessment -- III. Risk Assessment Matrix -- IV. Taxation of Labor Income -- V. Progress Against IMF Recommendations -- CONTENTS.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Evaluating and Interpreting Primary Documents -- Introduction -- Chronology -- Chapter 1 Early America -- 1. Navajo Sacredness for Nadleeh -- 2. Indian Sodomy in Florida (1528 and 1702 Reports) -- 3. Virginia Sodomy Law (1610) -- 4. The Execution of Richard Cornish (1624-1625) -- 5. William Plaine Executed in New England for Teaching Masturbation (1646) -- 6. African American Jan Creoli Killed and Burned in Dutch Colony (1646) -- 7. Sara Norman and Mary Hammon Accused of Lewd Behavior (1649) -- 8. New Haven Law Prohibits Lesbianism (1655) -- 9. Puritan Sermon on the Cry of Sodom (1674) -- 10. Illinois Indian Transgender (1677) -- 11. Pirates in the Caribbean (1724) -- 12. Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765) -- 13. Spanish Colonial Suppression of Sodomites in California (1775-1777) -- 14. Spanish Priests Condemn Transgendered Yuma Indians (1775) -- Further Reading -- Chapter 2 Early United States of America -- 15. U.S. Declaration of Independence (1776) -- 16. U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights (1791) -- 17. Bachelor Friendships of the Nineteenth Century (1840) -- 18. National Women's Rights Convention (1852) -- 19. Walt Whitman and the Homoerotic Poetry of Democracy (1860) -- 20. Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution (1868) -- 21. Walt Whitman's Democratic Vistas (1870) -- 22. Females Passing as Men (1894) -- Further Reading -- Chapter 3 Turn of the Twentieth Century through World War I -- 23. Anthony Comstock Seeks to Imprison Inverts (1900) -- 24. U.S. Navy Entraps Homosexuals (1919) -- 25. Society for Human Rights (1924) -- 26. The Well of Loneliness (1929) -- Further Reading -- Chapter 4 World War II to 1950 -- 27. The German Criminal Code, Paragraph 175 (1935) -- 28. Sigmund Freud on Homosexuality (1935) -- 29. Lesbian Challenge's Georgias Sodomy Law (1939)

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Contributors -- Introduction to the Fourth Edition -- Introduction to the First Edition, 1967 -- Part I: Orientation:Constructing Meaning -- 1. The Family as a Psychosocial Organization -- 2. Marriage and the Construction of Reality:An Exercise in the Microsociology of Knowledge -- 3. Marriage and the Construction of Reality:Then and Now -- Part II: Research Methods -- 4. Using Qualitative Methods to Study Families -- 5. Qualitative Study of Whole Families in a Time ofGreat Change -- 6. Family Research:A Case for Interviewing Couples -- 7. Ethical Dilemmas in Qualitative Family Research -- Part III: The Meanings of Family Boundaries -- 8. The Three Phases of Systemic Maturation -- 9. Family Boundary Ambiguity:Perceptions of Adult Stepfamily Members -- 10. Challenging Boundaries:An Adolescent in a Homosexual Family -- Part IV: Familiesd and Culture -- 11. An Anthropological Approach to Family Studies* -- 12. Family Ecologies of Ethnic Minority Children -- 13. Determinants of Family Culture:Effects on Fatherhood -- Part V: The Family as a Universe of Communication -- 14. The Appropriation of the Parental Role ThroughCommunication During the Transitionto Parenthood -- 15. The D ialectic of Marital and Parental RelationshipsW ithin the Stepfamily -- 16. Television and Family Interaction -- Part VI: Love, Work, Power, Gender, and Making a Home Life -- 17. Constructing the Family -- 18. The Work of Love -- 19. Women, Work, and Family Changing Gender Roles and Psychological Well-Being -- 20. Power in the Family -- 21. Reconstructing the Family* -- 22. Making Family under a Shiftwork Schedule: Air Force Security Guards and Their Wives -- Part VII: Patterning Separateness and Connectedness -- 23. Marital Conflict O ver Intimacy

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword: Into the Lion's Den Once Again -- Acknowledgements -- Illustrations -- Chapter 1 Opening Arguments -- Chapter 2 The Genesis of the Delimitation Issue -- Chapter 3 The Political Approach: A Fistful of Theories -- Chapter 4 The Political Approach: For a Few Theories More -- Chapter 5 The Spatial Approach: Arbitrary Altitudes -- Chapter 6 The Spatial Approach: Natural Phenomena -- Chapter 7 The Spatial Approach: Aerodynamic Lift -- Chapter 8 The Spatial Approach: Myths and Misconceptions -- Chapter 9 The Spatial Approach: Aerostatic Buoyancy -- Chapter 10 The Spatial Approach: Lowest Perigee -- Chapter 11 The Functional Approach: Security of the State -- Chapter 12 The Functional Approach: Its Rise and Stall -- Chapter 13 The Functional Approach: What Are Space Activities? -- Chapter 14 The Functional Approach: What Are Space Objects? -- Chapter 15 What is Outer Space? -- Chapter 16 A Temporal Approach -- Chapter 17 National Practices and Legislation -- Chapter 18 Right of Passage -- Chapter 19 Effective Control and State Interest Reconsidered -- Chapter 20 A Hybrid Approach -- Chapter 21 A Draft Space Delimitation Convention -- Chapter 22 Practical Considerations and the Convention -- Chapter 23 The Outer Limits -- Chapter 24 Summation -- Appendix 1 Altitudes of Interest with Regard to Spatial Delimitation -- Appendix 2 Space Object Perigees below 100 Kilometers -- Appendix 3 Selected Suborbital Flights -- Appendix 4 Space Vehicle Reentry Altitude and Range Profiles -- Appendix 5 Space Vehicle Ground Tracks -- Appendix 6 Draft Convention Regarding Delimitation -- Appendix 7 Proyecto de Convenio Relativo a la Delimitación -- Appendix 8 Projet de Convention Concernant la Délimitation -- Appendix 9 Проект Конвенция Относительно Разграничении -- Appendix 10 Progetto di Convenzione sulla Delimitazione -- Bibliography

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of contributors -- Introducing the language-politics nexus -- Part I Theoretical approaches to language and politics -- 1 Rhetoric as a civic art from antiquity to the beginning of modernity -- 2 From Karl Marx to Antonio Gramsci and Louis Althusser -- 3 Jürgen Habermas: between democratic deliberation and deliberative democracy -- 4 Michel Foucault: discourse, power/knowledge and the modern subject -- 5 Jacques Lacan: negotiating the psychosocial in and beyond language -- 6 The discourse theory of Ernesto Laclau -- 7 Pierre Bourdieu: ally or foe of discourse analysis? -- 8 Conceptual history: the history of basic concepts -- 9 Critical Discourse Studies: a critical approach to the study of language and communication -- Part II Methodological approaches to language and politics -- 10 Content analysis -- 11 Corpus analysis -- 12 Cognitive Linguistic Critical Discourse Studies: connecting language and image -- 13 Competition metaphors and ideology: life as a race -- 14 Legitimation and multimodality -- 15 Narrative analysis -- 16 Rhetorical analysis -- 17 Understanding political issues through argumentation analysis -- 18 Conversation analysis and the study of language and politics -- 19 Politics beyond words: ethnography of political institutions -- Part III Genres of political action -- 20 Parliamentary debates -- 21 Government communication -- 22 Press conferences -- 23 Policy-making: documents and laws -- 24 The semiotics of political commemoration -- 25 Mediatisation and political language -- 26 Performing politics: from the town hall to the inauguration -- 27 Genres of political communication in Web 2.0 -- 28 Music and sound as discourse and ideology: the case of the national anthem

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Going Along to Get Along: Conforming to Group Norms -- 2 Clashing Cognitions: When Actions Prompt Attitudes -- 3 Baptism of Fire: When Suffering Leads to Liking -- 4 Just Following Orders: A Shocking Demonstration of Obedience to Authority -- 5 "Who, Me?": The Failure of Bystanders to Intervene in Emergencies -- 6 Of Roaches and Men: Social Enhancement and Inhibition of Performance -- 7 Us and Them: Discrimination on the Basis of Trivial Social Categorization -- 8 The Sauntering Samaritan: When Context Conquers Character -- 9 Taking the Magic Out of the Markers: The Hidden Cost of Rewards -- 10 The Burglar's Situation: Actor-Observer Differences in Explaining Behavior -- 11 We're Number One!: Basking in Others' Glory -- 12 Hooded Hoodlums: The Role of Deindividuation in Antisocial Behavior -- 13 Familiarity Breeds Liking: The Endearing Effects of Mere Exposure -- 14 Strangers to Ourselves: The Shortcomings of Introspection -- 15 What Did You Expect?: The Behavioral Confirmation of the Physical Attractiveness Stereotype -- 16 The Calvinist's Conundrum: Unconsciously Engineering Good Omens -- 17 Believing Is Seeing: Partisan Perceptions of Media Bias -- 18 Love Thy Neighbor or Thyself?: Empathy as a Source of Altruism -- 19 When Two Become One: Expanding the Self to Include the Other -- 20 The Eye Is Quicker Than the Mind: Believing Precedes Disbelieving -- 21 Mythical Memories: Reconstructing the Past in the Present -- 22 Pitfalls of Purpose: Ironic Processes in Mood Control -- 23 Digital Diagnosis: Technical Tools for Unearthing the Unconscious -- 24 Frames of Mind: Taking Risks or Playing Safe? -- 25 The Wrath of the Rejected: Being Shut Out Makes One Lash Out -- 26 Prosocial Scuttlebutt: Sharing the Bad to Promote the Good

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Acronyms -- Introduction: Modern Political Economy and the Policy Revolution in Latin America -- PART ONE Theoretical Perspectives -- Section 1 Contending Perspectives on Market Failure and Government Failure -- 1 The Origins of Structuralism -- 2 Government Failures in Development -- 3 What Washington Means by Policy Reform -- 4 How Can States Foster Markets? -- 5 Improving the State's Institutional Capability -- Section II Explanations of Government Policy -- 6 The Method of Analysis: Modern Political Economy -- 7 Political Models of Macroeconomic Policy and Fiscal Reforms -- 8 Understanding Economic Policy Reform -- 9 What Do We Know about the Political Economy of Economic Policy Reform? -- 10 Uses and Limitations of Rational Choice -- PART TWO Applications -- Section III The Political Economy of Growth since Independence -- 11 Obstacles to Economic Growth in Nineteenth-Century Mexico -- 12 Economic Retardation in Nineteenth-Century Brazil -- 13 Factor Endowments, Institutions, and Differential Paths of Growth Among New World Economies -- 14 Latin American Manufacturing and the First World War -- 15 Latin America in the 1930s -- Section IV Foreign Trade and Industrial Policy -- 16 Import Substitution Industrialization -- 17 Was Latin America Too Rich to Prosper? -- 18 The Case for Trade Liberalization in Developing Countries -- 19 The Origins of Mexico's Free Trade Policy -- 20 The Political Economy of MERCOSUR -- Section V Foreign Capital and the Macroeconomy -- 21 Forms of External Capital and Economic Development in Latin America: 1820-1997 -- 22 External Debt and Macroeconomic Performance in Latin America and East Asia -- 23 Inflows of Capital to Developing Countries in the 1990s -- 24 Foreign Direct Investment in Developing Countries: Progress and Problems

Cover -- Title Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- I | The Israélite of the Republic -- 1 | Joseph Salvador, The People -- 2 | James Darmesteter, Preface, The Prophets of Israel -- 3 | Zadoc Kahn, Speech on the acceptance of his position as chief rabbi of France -- 4 | Bernard Lazare, Judaism's Conception of the Social and the Jewish People -- Jewish Capitalism and Democracy -- 5 | André Spire, Preface (1959) to Jewish Poems -- Prologue (1919) to Jewish Poems -- Jewish Dreams -- 6 | Sylvain Lévi, Alliance israélite universelle -- 7 | Edmond Fleg, Why I Am a Jew -- II | The Cataclysm and the Aftermath -- 8 | Simone Weil, What Is a Jew? -- 9 | Robert Gamzon, Tivliout: Harmony -- 10 | Jacob Gordin, The Galuth -- 12 | Vladimir Jankélévitch, Judaism, an "Internal Problem" -- 11 | Emmanuel Levinas, The Jewish Experience of the Prisoner -- 13 | Sarah Kofman, Smothered Words -- III | Universal and Particular: The Jew and the Political Realm -- 14 | Albert Memmi, The Jew, the Nation and History -- 15 | Richard Marienstras, The Jews of the Diaspora, or the Vocation of a Minority -- 16 | André Neher, The Jewish Dimension of Space: Zionism -- 17 | Henri Atlan, Jerusalem: The Terrestrial, the Celestial -- 18 | Shmuel Trigano, Klal Israel: The Totality minus One -- IV | Identification, Disidentification -- 19 | Jacqueline Mesnil-Amar, The Lost Children of Judaism -- 20 | Léon Ashkénazi, Tradition and Modernity -- 21 | Alain Finkielkraut, From the Novelesque to Memory -- 22 | Hélène Cixous, Albums and Legends -- The Dawn of Phallocentrism -- 23 | Jacques Derrida, Avowing-the Impossible "Returns,": Repentance, and Reconciliation, a Lesson -- 24 | Stéphane Mosès, Normative Modernity and Critical Modernity -- Acknowledgments -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- Index -- Publication Credits.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Notes on contributors -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART I Foundations of trust -- 1 Reconsidering affect-based trust: A new research agenda -- 2 Reciprocal trust: A self-reinforcing dynamic process -- 3 Swift trust: state-of-the-art and future research directions -- 4 Distrust -- PART II Levels of analysis -- 5 Determinants, consequences and functions of interpersonal trust within organizations: What is the empirical evidence? -- 6 Trust in teams: A review across levels -- 7 Cooperation and coordination: The role of trust in inter-organizational relationships -- 8 Multilevel trust: Antecedents and outcomes of trust at different levels -- PART III Theories of trust -- 9 Why do people trust? Moving toward a more comprehensive consideration of the antecedents of trust -- 10 Trust and fairness -- 11 Social exchange theory: Where is trust? -- 12 Institutions and trust -- 13 Trust and contracts: Complements versus substitutes in business-to-business exchanges -- 14 The contributions of attribution theories to trust research -- PART IV Trust repair -- 15 An interactive perspective on trust repair -- 16 Organizational trust repair -- 17 Trust and distrust: Their interplay with forgiveness in organizations -- PART V Applications -- 18 'Right-touch' trust: Thoughts on trust in healthcare -- 19 The production and reproduction of trust violations: An exploration of theory and practice in universal banks prior to the global financial crisis -- 20 Trust in public professionals and their professions -- 21 Employment relations and trust -- 22 Individual trust and the internet -- 23 Trust in the entrepreneurial process -- 24 Trust in safety-critical contexts -- 25 Trust in food: Assuring quality, sustainability, price and availability -- PART VI Future directions

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction: Toward a New Enlightenment -- Part One: Ethics and the Planetary Society -- Introduction to Part One -- 1. Humanist Ethics: Eating the Forbidden Fruit -- 2. The Relevance of Science to Ethics -- 3. The Twenty-First Century and Beyond: The Need for a New Global Ethic and a Declaration of Interdependence -- Part Two: Democratic Ideas, Pluralism -- Introduction to Part Two -- 4. Humanism and the Freedom of the Individual -- 5. Democracy without Theology: Dialogue with Evangelists -- 6. Excellence and Irrelevance: Democracy and the Higher Learning -- 7. Misuses of Civil Disobedience -- 8. The Limits of Tolerance -- 9. Beyond Multiculturalism: Toward a Humanist Universalism -- 10. Will Secularism Survive? -- Part Three: Skepticism: Science and Antiscience -- Introduction to Part Three -- 11. The Scientific Attitude vs. Antiscience and Pseudoscience -- 12. Antireason -- 13. Science and the Paranormal: An Overview -- 14. Skepticism about the Paranormal: Legitimate and Illegitimate -- Part Four: Atheism, Humanism, and Religion -- Introduction to Part Four -- 15. Humanism and the Open Society: Dialogues with Marxists and Roman Catholics -- 16. Militant Atheism vs. Freedom of Conscience: Reflections on the Moscow Atheist/Humanist Dialogue -- 17. Humanism and Atheism: Exploring Similarities and Differences -- 18. The Church under Siege: Reflections on the Vatican/Humanist Dialogue -- 19. The Argument from Revelation Reexamined -- 20. Is Life Meaningful in a Universe without God? -- 21. Finding a Common Ground between Believers and Unbelievers -- 22. The Growth of Fundamentalism Worldwide: A Humanist Response -- Part Five: Paul Kurtz in Person and in Action -- Introduction to Part Five -- 23. In Defense of Eupraxophy -- 24. Promethean Love: Unbound

Intro -- Cover -- Brief Contents -- Detailed Contents -- List of Exhibits -- Preface -- Chapter 1 - The Rise of Medical Expenditures -- Chapter 2 - How Much Should We Spend on Medical Care? -- Chapter 3 - Do More Medical Expenditures Produce Better Health? -- Chapter 4 - In Whose Interest Does the Physician Act? -- Chapter 5 - Rationing Medical Services -- Chapter 6 -How Much Health Insurance Should Everyone Have? -- Chapter 7 - Why are Those Who Most Need Health Insurance Least Able to Buy It? -- Chapter 8 - Medicare -- Chapter 9 - Medicaid -- Chapter 10 - How Does Medicare Pay Physicians? -- Chapter 11 - The Impending Shortage of Physicians -- Chapter 12 - Why is Getting into Medical School So Difficult? -- Chapter 13 - The Changing Practice of Medicine -- Chapter 14 - Physician Malpractice Reform -- Chapter 15 - Do Nonprofit Hospitals Behave Differently than For-Profit Hospitals? -- Chapter 16 - Competition Among Hospitals: Does It Raise or Lower Costs? -- Chapter 17 - The Future Role of Hospitals -- Chapter 18 - Cost Shifting -- Chapter 19 - Can Price Controls Limit Medical Expenditure Increases -- Chapter 20 - The Evolution of Managed Care -- Chapter 21 - Has Competition Been Tried - and Has It Failed - to Improve the US Healthcare System? -- Chapter 22 - Comparative Effectiveness Research -- Chapter 23 - Who Bears the Cost of Employee Health Benefits? -- Chapter 24 - Will a Shortage of Registered Nurses Reoccur? -- Chapter 25 - The High Price of Prescription Drugs -- Chapter 26 - Ensuring Safety and Efficacy of New Drugs: Too Much of a Good Thing? -- Chapter 27 - Why are Prescription Drugs Less Expensive Overseas? -- Chapter 28 - The Pharmaceutical Industry: A Public Policy Dilemma -- Chapter 29 - Should Kidneys and Other Organs Be Bought and Sold? -- Chapter 30 - Should Profits in Healthcare Be Prohibited?

Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- History -- 1. Law as History -- The Anisminic saga -- Crime at common law -- Politics and slavery -- Law's whiteout -- History and law -- 2. The History of English Law -- Final appeals -- The Law Courts -- Public law -- The Plimsoll line -- Public administration and crime -- Women as persons -- 3. Human Rights and the Whirligig of Time -- Rights in space -- A British bill of rights? -- Rights in time -- Why human rights? -- How evident is self-evident? -- Engines of change -- Lawful violations -- Relativism and absolutism -- Sources -- 4. A Glorious Revolution? -- 5. Judges and Ministers -- 6. Obscenity and the Margin of Appreciation -- Strasbourg and Europe -- 7. Does the Separation of Powers Still Work? -- Law and Rights -- 8. The Role of the Judge -- Independence and Dicey -- The separation of powers -- Impartiality and independence -- Accountability -- Judges and the media -- Judicial immunity -- 9. Anonymity and the Right to Lie -- Trolling -- Lying -- Anonymity -- Sources -- Legal controls -- Secret ballots -- 10. Dealing with Strasbourg -- 11. Speaking in Tongues -- A problem -- A solution -- 12. The Public Interest -- Relator actions -- 13. Judicial Misconduct -- 14. Recusal: When Should a Judge Not Be a Judge? -- Mr Dimes and Lord Cottenham -- General Pinochet and Lord Hoffmann -- Affinity and the reasonable observer -- Dealing with contempt -- Lay tribunals -- 15. The Right to Die -- 16. The Brexit Case -- 17. The Supreme Court -- 18. Arbitration -- 19. Detention without Trial -- 20. Originalism -- 21. Colonels in Horsehair -- 22. The British Constitution -- 23. A New Constitution? -- 24. Freedom of Expression -- 25. The Abuse of Power -- The abuse of parliamentary power -- The royal prerogative -- 26. A Compensation Culture? -- People -- 27. Rudy Narayan -- 28. John Warr