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C. A. W. Manning, Professor of International Relations at the LSE (1930–1962), was a key contributor to the formation of the discipline in Britain. He wrote on Jurisprudence, which was his main strength; on the League of Nations, of which he was a keen supporter; on South Africa, concerning which he gained notoriety as the defender of Apartheid; on International Relations as an independent academic discipline, which, to him, was due to the sui generis character of international society as a formally anarchical but substantively orderly social environment. He was a Rationalist in Martin Wight's sense, and early constructivist, who saw that the society of states as a social construct was subject to interpretation, reinterpretation, and reshaping.

Preconditions of the economic growth of the small, open economy are stable and strong currency, favourable business environment and financial stability. Financial and monetary stability is one of the key presumptions of economic growth. Bosnia and Herzegovina in financial system record significant level of eurozation. There are many reasons for eurozation in national economy. Bank deposits and loans are denominated in euro, national currency is fixed to euro through monetary regime currency board. The objective of the paper is to provide conceptual framework of eurozation and to analyse level of eurozation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Authors in paper will analyses economic development and changes in banking sector in condition of eurozation in period before and after financial crisis.

For poor families, the possession of assets—savings accounts, homes, and the like—has the potential not only to relieve some of the stress of living in poverty but also to make a better future seem like a real possibility. If children in families that own certain assets fare better than children in families without them, then helping poor families build those assets would be an effective strategy for two-generation programs.

Indeed, write Michal Grinstein-Weiss, Trina Williams Shanks, and Sondra Beverly, plenty of evidence shows that assets are connected to positive outcomes for poor children. For example, young people who have any college savings at all, even a very small amount, are more likely to go to college; children in households with assets score higher on standardized achievement tests; and children of homeowners experience fewer behavioral problems. But this evidence comes from longitudinal data sets and is therefore correlational.

Looking for causal relationships, the authors examine the results of experimental programs that opened various types of savings accounts for poor people and matched their contributions. Several of these trials included a control group that did not receive a savings account, making it possible to attribute any positive outcomes directly to the savings accounts rather than to their owners' personal characteristics. These programs dispelled the myth that poor people can't save; participants were generally able to accumulate savings. It's too early to tell, however, whether assets and asset-building programs have long-term effects on children's wellbeing, though one experiment found positive impacts on disadvantaged children's social-emotional development at age four. The most promising programs share several features: they are opened early in life; they are opened automatically, with no action required from the recipients; and they come with an initial deposit.

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Overall total inequality for state per capita personal income as well as total inequality for nonmetropolitan and metropolitan areas are examined for the period 1969 to 1995. In each case, the total inequality was partitioned into between‐and within‐region variations. Statistical testing shows no perceptible differences between the major categories, nonmetropolitan and metropolitan. Further, this study uses a model to test for narrowing of income gaps within these categories. It was found that for both nonmetropolitan and metropolitan, a general trend toward equality was evidenced during the early 1970s decade. In that decade, the nonmetropolitan areas'incomes approached the metropolitan areas'incomes but showed significant divergences in the 1980s, followed again by a narrowing of the gaps in the 1990s.

The following article takes a metaphoric approach to case method teaching to shed light on one of our most important practices. The article hinges on the dual comparison of case method as science and as art. The dominant, scientific view of cases is that they are neutral descriptions of real-life business problems, subject to rigorous analysis. The dormant literary perspective enables us to see cases as incomplete natural narratives, open to multiple and diverse interpretations. By taking a stereoscopic view of case method—as a scientific and literary enterprise—we hone our students' managerial, problem-solving skills and heighten their leadership potential by developing their abilities as critical and creative thinkers. This article describes The Language of Leadership, an upper-level elective course that illustrates the implications of treating case method as science and art.

Abstract: The degree of congruence among the public and between 'police' and 'public' in attitudes to law and order has been a matter of considerable debate in England and Wales. This article presents some previously unpublished survey data in the context of a general review of research on this topic, and goes on to discuss police and public views about crime causation as a reflection of ideological 'domain assumptions' about the nature of offending. It concludes that although there are broad similarities in perspective between police and public, this homogeneity begins to break down when the data are disaggregated at a local level. It also questions the revival of a purely reactive model of policing as an 'ideal type' for the inner city.

The paper is focusing of Western Balkans state spending and its effectiveness towards SME support and it will contribute to the dilemma whether key for SME policy success is institutional capacity and vulnerability towards corruption or effective public spending towards relevant regions and sectors that are resource intensive. It will research whether there is a clear relationship among the two variables - public spending and number of newly opened businesses as well as their growth in underdeveloped countries such as the Western Balkans regions. Comparative analysis has been made on the effectiveness of 1 EUR spent within the SME policy implementation in the European union and 1 EUR spent in the Western Balkans for the same reason, drawing conclusion on the reasons as well as drawing conclusion what needs to be changed in the terms of basic factors for more successful SME development and support policy in the A) phase of market entrance and B) phase of SME growth.

Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- 1: Introduction -- References -- Part I: Setting the Scene for Museological Research -- 2: The Significance of Stories in Museum Research -- Cultural Criminology and the Importance of Meaning -- Using Museums as Sites for Criminological Research -- Approaching the Museum as a Researcher -- Conclusion -- 3: Becoming a Texas Tourist -- Eastland -- Fort Worth -- Huntsville -- Houston -- Beaumont -- Austin -- San Antonio -- Conclusion -- References -- 4: Telling Tales About a 'Tough Texas' -- Scholarly Accounts of Texan Punishment

La industria de la construcción es uno de los sectores que tiene mayores impactos en términos ambientales y se considera como una actividad en constante desarrollo, pues de ella depende la creación de infraestructuras básicas de carácter comercial, industrial, residencial o social. En la República Dominicana, el turismo es una de las actividades que genera grandes aportes económicos, por ello ha proliferado en el país la construcción de complejos hoteleros ubicados en la zona costera del país (Calderón & Vodusek, 1998; Carcuro, 2008; Ceara-Hatton, 2008). No obstante, estas instalaciones originan impactos negativos desde el inicio de su construcción. La ausencia de políticas ambientales, la incapacidad institucional de dar continuidad a los planes y programas nacionales existentes y la falta de sistemas de recolección y tratamiento de residuos, han provocado la disminución de la calidad ambiental del país. Existe la necesidad de que se establezca una normativa más específica referente al tema de residuos de la construcción e impulse el desarrollo de un sistema para el uso y disposición racional de los mismos. La solución al problema requiere un estudio en el que se evalúen los aspectos básicos del municipio (origen, generación, cuantificación y composición de los residuos del sector generador, tipo de recolección y transporte, etc.). En el presente trabajo se realizó una investigación previa sobre el sector hotelero en la Rep. Dominicana a través de la búsqueda, recopilación y sistematización de fuentes documentales relativas al tema para identificar las características básicas del mismo. Además, se analizaron, cuantificaron y compararon los materiales utilizados en 2 proyectos turísticos para pronosticar los tipos y cantidades de residuos que puede generar este tipo de construcción, con la finalidad de proponer nuevas alternativas que minimicen el impacto que éstos conllevan sobre el medioambiente. El análisis y la cuantificación fue realizada mediante el uso de la herramienta informática para la gestión de residuos de construcción Net Waste Tool, mediante la introducción de los datos, características y volúmenes de cada variable para poder determinar y cuantificar los tipos de residuos materiales generados por éstos. Cabe destacar que la herramienta informática se adaptó a las características constructivas del caso en concreto, donde el resultado sobre los residuos de las obras analizadas se encontró que, el hormigón y el acero destacan por generar un 80% y un 18% respectivamente y el 2% corresponde a la madera, a las tejas y cerámicos y a las mezclas bituminosas, porcentajes discrepantes en comparación con otros países. Por tanto, se evidencia que la información de los residuos de materiales varía según la procedencia del país o región, tecnología empleada y tipo de proyecto estudiado. Además, con respecto al tipo de gestión, el procedimiento deseable con respecto a una gestión con un procedimiento estándar, reduce aproximadamente la generación (peso y volumen) y el coste de los residuos, en términos generales, un 73% para el caso del hormigón, la madera y el acero; mientras que para las tejas, materiales cerámicos y las mezclas bituminosas se reduce un 37%. La creación de una legislación de cumplimiento obligado en el país es la clave para que se establezcan mejoras sostenibles en las obras de construcción y se tome en cuenta la adecuada supervisión que asegure la evaluación y establecimiento de procedimientos constructivos apegados a lo deseable, y no a lo que tradicionalmente se ejecuta. ; The construction industry is one of the sectors that have major impacts in environmental terms and it is considered as an activity in constant development since the development of basic commercial, industrial, residential or social infrastructure depends on it. In the Dominican Republic, Tourism is one of the main driving forces of economic growth, therefore the country has proliferated in the construction of hotel complexes located in the coastal area of the country (Calderon & Vodusek, 1998; Carcuro, 2008; Ceara-Hatton, 2008). But these facilities originate negative impacts from the beginning of its construction. The absence of environmental policy, the institutional inability to give continuity to the existing national plans and programs and the lack of collection systems and waste treatment, have caused the decline in the country's environmental quality. There is a need for more specific legislation regarding the issue of construction wastes and drive the development of a system for rational use and disposal thereof. The solution to the issue requires a study in which the basics of the municipality are assessed (origin, generation, quantification and composition of the waste generator sector, type of collection and transportation, etc.). In this paper we carried out a preliminary investigation on the hotel sector in the Dominican Republic through the research, collection and collation of documentary sources relating to the subject to identify the basic characteristics. Also two tourism projects materials were analyzed, quantified and compared to forecast the types and quantities of waste that this type of construction can generate, in order to propose new alternatives that minimize the impact on the environment these entail. The analysis and quantification was performed by using the software tool for the management of construction waste Net Waste Tool, by entering data, characteristics and volumes of each variable to determine and quantify the types of waste materials generated by these. Note that the software tool was adapted to the structural characteristics of the particular case, where the result of waste from the works analyzed showed that the concrete and steel highlights in generating 80% and 18% respectively, and the remaining 2 % corresponds to the wood, tiles and pottery and bituminous mixtures, divergent percentages in comparison with other countries. Thus, it appears that the information about material waste varies depending on the country's or region's origin, the technology used and the type of project. Furthermore, regarding the type of anagement, the desired process in contrast to a standard management procedure, approximately reduces the generation (weight and volume) and the cost of waste, overall, 73% for the case of concrete, wood and steel, while for tiles, pottery and bituminous mixtures is reduced by 37%. The establishment of legislation mandatory in the country is the key to sustainable improvements become established in the construction and take into account proper supervision to ensure the evaluation and development of construction procedures attached to what is desirable, nor which traditionally runs.

La industria de la construcción es uno de los sectores que tiene mayores impactos en términos ambientales y se considera como una actividad en constante desarrollo, pues de ella depende la creación de infraestructuras básicas de carácter comercial, industrial, residencial o social. En la República Dominicana, el turismo es una de las actividades que genera grandes aportes económicos, por ello ha proliferado en el país la construcción de complejos hoteleros ubicados en la zona costera del país (Calderón & Vodusek, 1998; Carcuro, 2008; Ceara-Hatton, 2008). No obstante, estas instalaciones originan impactos negativos desde el inicio de su construcción. La ausencia de políticas ambientales, la incapacidad institucional de dar continuidad a los planes y programas nacionales existentes y la falta de sistemas de recolección y tratamiento de residuos, han provocado la disminución de la calidad ambiental del país. Existe la necesidad de que se establezca una normativa más específica referente al tema de residuos de la construcción e impulse el desarrollo de un sistema para el uso y disposición racional de los mismos. La solución al problema requiere un estudio en el que se evalúen los aspectos básicos del municipio (origen, generación, cuantificación y composición de los residuos del sector generador, tipo de recolección y transporte, etc.). En el presente trabajo se realizó una investigación previa sobre el sector hotelero en la Rep. Dominicana a través de la búsqueda, recopilación y sistematización de fuentes documentales relativas al tema para identificar las características básicas del mismo. Además, se analizaron, cuantificaron y compararon los materiales utilizados en 2 proyectos turísticos para pronosticar los tipos y cantidades de residuos que puede generar este tipo de construcción, con la finalidad de proponer nuevas alternativas que minimicen el impacto que éstos conllevan sobre el medioambiente. El análisis y la cuantificación fue realizada mediante el uso de la herramienta informática para la gestión de residuos de construcción Net Waste Tool, mediante la introducción de los datos, características y volúmenes de cada variable para poder determinar y cuantificar los tipos de residuos materiales generados por éstos. Cabe destacar que la herramienta informática se adaptó a las características constructivas del caso en concreto, donde el resultado sobre los residuos de las obras analizadas se encontró que, el hormigón y el acero destacan por generar un 80% y un 18% respectivamente y el 2% corresponde a la madera, a las tejas y cerámicos y a las mezclas bituminosas, porcentajes discrepantes en comparación con otros países. Por tanto, se evidencia que la información de los residuos de materiales varía según la procedencia del país o región, tecnología empleada y tipo de proyecto estudiado. Además, con respecto al tipo de gestión, el procedimiento deseable con respecto a una gestión con un procedimiento estándar, reduce aproximadamente la generación (peso y volumen) y el coste de los residuos, en términos generales, un 73% para el caso del hormigón, la madera y el acero; mientras que para las tejas, materiales cerámicos y las mezclas bituminosas se reduce un 37%. La creación de una legislación de cumplimiento obligado en el país es la clave para que se establezcan mejoras sostenibles en las obras de construcción y se tome en cuenta la adecuada supervisión que asegure la evaluación y establecimiento de procedimientos constructivos apegados a lo deseable, y no a lo que tradicionalmente se ejecuta. ; The construction industry is one of the sectors that have major impacts in environmental terms and it is considered as an activity in constant development since the development of basic commercial, industrial, residential or social infrastructure depends on it. In the Dominican Republic, Tourism is one of the main driving forces of economic growth, therefore the country has proliferated in the construction of hotel complexes located in the coastal area of the country (Calderon & Vodusek, 1998; Carcuro, 2008; Ceara-Hatton, 2008). But these facilities originate negative impacts from the beginning of its construction. The absence of environmental policy, the institutional inability to give continuity to the existing national plans and programs and the lack of collection systems and waste treatment, have caused the decline in the country's environmental quality. There is a need for more specific legislation regarding the issue of construction wastes and drive the development of a system for rational use and disposal thereof. The solution to the issue requires a study in which the basics of the municipality are assessed (origin, generation, quantification and composition of the waste generator sector, type of collection and transportation, etc.). In this paper we carried out a preliminary investigation on the hotel sector in the Dominican Republic through the research, collection and collation of documentary sources relating to the subject to identify the basic characteristics. Also two tourism projects materials were analyzed, quantified and compared to forecast the types and quantities of waste that this type of construction can generate, in order to propose new alternatives that minimize the impact on the environment these entail. The analysis and quantification was performed by using the software tool for the management of construction waste Net Waste Tool, by entering data, characteristics and volumes of each variable to determine and quantify the types of waste materials generated by these. Note that the software tool was adapted to the structural characteristics of the particular case, where the result of waste from the works analyzed showed that the concrete and steel highlights in generating 80% and 18% respectively, and the remaining 2 % corresponds to the wood, tiles and pottery and bituminous mixtures, divergent percentages in comparison with other countries. Thus, it appears that the information about material waste varies depending on the country's or region's origin, the technology used and the type of project. Furthermore, regarding the type of anagement, the desired process in contrast to a standard management procedure, approximately reduces the generation (weight and volume) and the cost of waste, overall, 73% for the case of concrete, wood and steel, while for tiles, pottery and bituminous mixtures is reduced by 37%. The establishment of legislation mandatory in the country is the key to sustainable improvements become established in the construction and take into account proper supervision to ensure the evaluation and development of construction procedures attached to what is desirable, nor which traditionally runs.

Intro -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: MENTAL HEALTH AND RURAL AMERICA: 1994-2005 AN OVERVIEW AND ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- FOREWORD -- INTRODUCTION -- 1.RURAL AMERICA TODAY -- 2. EPIDEMIOLOGICAL OVERVIEW OF MENTAL HEALTH IN RURAL AMERICA -- 3. EPIDEMIOLOGICAL OVERVIEW OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE IN RURAL AMERICA -- 4.MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY IN RURAL AMERICA: ORGANIZATIONAL AND CLINICAL ISSUES -- 5.WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT -- 6.WHERE TO GO FROM HERE: RURAL MENTAL HEALTH IN THE 21ST CENTURY -- A USER'S GUIDE TO THE ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ANNOTATIONS -- Chapter 2: PREVALENCE OF MENTAL ILLNESS IN THE UNITED STATES: DATA SOURCES AND ESTIMATES -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- ESTIMATING PREVALENCE OF MENTAL ILLNESS -- NATIONAL COMORBIDITY SURVEY REPLICATION -- NATIONAL COMORBIDITY SURVEY REPLICATION ADOLESCENT SUPPLEMENT -- NATIONAL SURVEY ON DRUG USE AND HEALTH -- CONCLUSION -- INDEX -- MENTAL HEALTH AND RURAL AMERICA: OVERVIEW AND ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY.

Food and Wine Festivals and Events Around the World is a pioneering text that recognises the importance of this rapidly growing aspect of the tourism industry. Food and wine festivals and events play a significant role in rural and urban development and regeneration and the impacts of these events can be far ranging at a social, political, economic and environmental level. This innovative book recognises the development of food and wine festivals as a part of regional and national tourism strategies and uses international case studies to illustrate practice and contextualise theory. Bringing together an international contributor team of experts, this is the first book to study this profitable and expanding area of the tourism industry and provides a unique resource for those studying in the fields of tourism, event management and culinary arts. . Food Events and Festivals provides UK and international case studies to illustrate and examine strategies for the success of this aspect of the tourism industry. . Wine and Drink Festivals considers this topic with particular reference to the role of the tourist, examining the concept around the world. . Farmer's Markets is a fairly new and increasingly popular industry tool, which is explored in more depth in the final section of this book

Commonly treated as a mere byproduct of incessant tribal warfare, it is generally held that slavery was not a significant phenomenon in temperate Europe before the Roman era. If slaving and enslavement can be shown to have been a significant transformative phenomena in Iron Age Europe, how would this affect the interpretation of (old and new) archaeological evidence, and how would this change ideas about broader socio-cultural developments that have long been considered known by those who have looked at these things through the lens of 'acculturation' or 'complexification'? Comparative research shows how slavery is a multifaceted phenomenon with complex interrelated material, behavioral, and ideological dimensions. This exploratory study of the dynamics of Iron Age slaving and enslaving in Northwest Europe contributes to a complex but neglected topic

The authors present the issue of problematic alcohol drinking in the population of university students in the Polish context based on large scale (N=4503) survey research. The study starts with the description of methodology utilized in the study that was the basis of the publication (sampling, research questions and tools, methodology of data gathering) as well as the description of early adulthood developmental period and then moves to the background description of the social situation of Polish students. The results of the study are presented and interpreted with subsequent order: scale of alcohol consumption and alcohol-related problems; healthbehaviours and health-status; stress and depressive disorders; selfesteem; online activity; social engagement; and identity problem solving.

For years the forests within many communities in Nigeria were protected by taboos. These taboos were instituted to preserve strategic forests because of their economic value. This indigenous practice prescribed the wholesome and sustainable use of the forest resources. However as time progressed the taboos and the use of the forest in regulating health and social order became untenable with the onset of industrial scale deforestation which commenced in 1940. While researchers have documented economic gains and pains of deforestation there have been few studies on effects of deforestation on indigenous beliefs and practices that protects the forest thereby maintaining health and social order. Thus this work examined deforestation its disintegrative impact on indigenous beliefs and practices that once sustained health and social order in Sapele Delta State Nigeria. Ecological theory provided the framework for explanations of variables. From five major communities that make up Sapele local government area total of 369 participants were randomly selected Sapele 91 Elume 85 Amukpe 71 Ozum-Okokporo 61 and Ugborhen 61. The questionnaire collected data on the use of forest in regulating health and social continuity. Five focus group discussions comprising eight participants each 10 key informants among household headstraditionalists and 15 in-depth interviews with chiefsforest custodians were conducted. Quantitative data were analysed using probit regression model at 0.05 level of significance. Qualitative data were content analysed. The mean age of respondents was 521.0 years. More than half 55.0 were male. While 67.0 were Christians 15.0 were traditionalists and 13.0 were Muslims. Majority 90.0 endorsed forest and related beliefs as important for maintaining health and social order. The forest remains a significant determinant of beliefs x2.27 practices x12 and wellness x3.2. Indigenous health practices carried out in the forest included the performance of ritual cleansing oath taking invocation of cosmic forces ...