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Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- I. PRECEPTS OF POLICY -- 2 Occupational Safety and Health as Public Health -- 3 Occupational Safety and Health as Environmental Health -- 4 Law and Governance -- 5 History of Occupational Safety and Health Policy -- 6 Policy Advocacy Through Argument -- II. IMPLEMENTATION OF POLICY -- 7 Standards and the Occupational Safety and Health Act -- 8 Enforcement and the Occupational Safety and Health Act -- 9 Research and the Occupational Safety and Health Act -- 10 The Mine Safety and Health Act -- 11 Other Worker Protections and Exclusions -- 12 International Policy -- III. INSTRUMENTS OF POLICY -- 13 Workers' Compensation and Work as an Economic Activity -- 14 Right-to-Know and Privacy -- 15 Leadership and Ethics -- 16 Occupational Safety and Health Policy Analysis -- Appendix Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 -- Index.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Part I: Historical and Empirical Studies -- 1 Historical Perspectives of Popular Culture -- 2 The Debate Over Art and Popular Culture: A Synopsis -- Excursus A: Notes on the Theater and the Sermon -- 3 Eighteenth Century England: A Case Study -- Excursus B: The Debate on Cultural Standards in Nineteenth Century England -- 4 The Reception of Dostoevski in Pre-World War I Germany -- 5 The Biographical Fashion -- 6 The Triumph of Mass Idols -- Excursus C: Some Thoughts on the 1937 Edition of International Who's Who -- Part II: Contributions to the Philosophy of Communication -- 7 On Sociology of Literature (1932) -- 8 On Sociology of Literature (1948) -- 9 Humanistic Perspectives of David Riesman's -- 10 Popular Culture: A Humanistic and Sociological Concept

Als Gedankenanstoß für diese Arbeit dienten die wahren Begebenheiten um den Manager des US-Amerikanischen Baseball-Teams Oakland Athletics, Billy Beane, der mit einem deutlich kleineren Budget als andere Mannschaften in drei aufeinanderfolgenden Saisons die Playoffs erreichen konnte. Dies wurde ihm durch sog. Sabermetrics ('the search for objective knowledge about baseball') ermöglicht, bei dem nach bekannten Statistiken eher mittelmäßig scheinende Spieler eingekauft wurden, aber essenziell für das gute Abschneiden der Mannschaft waren. Diese Form der unkonventionellen Bewertung von Sportlern entwickelte sich daraufhin weiter und ist nun auch in anderen Sportarten wie zum Beispiel im Eishockey anzutreffen. Ziel der vorliegenden Studie ist es, auf Basis von quantitativen Daten eine ganzheitliche Methode zu entwickeln, die auch deutschen Profi-Sportvereinen im unternehmerischen Bereich die Personalauswahl erleichtern soll. Marcus Grosche studierte Sportmanagement (B.A.) und Führung in Dienstleistungsunternehmen (M.A.) an der Ostfalia Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften in Wolfenbüttel. Seit 2014 ist er dort als wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Institut für Sportmanagement tätig. Vor und während seiner Studienzeit verbrachte er mehrere Monate im Ausland. So absolvierte der Autor sein Praxissemester in Toronto, Kanada bei einer Sportmarketing und -eventagentur und verfasste in Zusammenarbeit mit einem Profi-Eishockeyklub seine Bachelorarbeit. Seit 2012 ist der Autor zudem in unterschiedlichsten Funktionen bei dem American Football Team New York Lions tätig. Zu seinen Forschungsinteressen zählen das Vereins- und Klubmanagement sowie das Internationale Sportmanagement.

The publication is the latest in the African Studies in Russia series of compilations and contains full articles and annotations of the most important ñ from the point of view of editors - works of Russian Africanists over a certain period. The authors work at the Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS). The present issue covers the years 2010 to 2013 and consists of two sections. The first section presents conceptual articles on Africa published in authoritative journals. The second section offers synopses of books by Russian authors on economics, cultural anthropology, social and political development, gender studies, and international relations of African countries. The main objective of the triennial series of compilations is to introduce new findings of Russian Africanists to interested foreign scholars who do not speak Russian

"In a changing security environment shaken by the United States' pivot to Asia, China's rise, growing economic interdependence, new institutional frameworks, and long-standing tensions, regional security dynamics within East Asia have changed profoundly. Non-Traditional Security in East Asia assesses how and why these and other developments have affected East Asian security regimes in the early 21st Century. This volume brings together experts in different areas of traditional and non-traditional security — ranging from arms and weapons proliferation to climate change and biosecurity — to analyze the recent evolution, current state and possible future of East Asian security dynamics which have been built on dynamics dating back to the Cold War. This volume's holistic exploration of East Asian security makes it a sophisticated introduction for students, researchers and policymakers who are interested in East Asian security and international relations."--

Sir Robert Harry Inglis Palgrave (1827–1919) began his career in country banking, but through assiduous self-education became a leading figure in economic circles. In 1877, he was made an editor of The Economist and formulated plans with other experts to further the general understanding of economics. The most significant result of these plans was the present work. Similar books had already been published in Europe, but a work in English was long overdue. Concerned less with abstract theory and more with practical and historical issues, Palgrave gathered a distinguished group of international contributors, and the three volumes originally appeared in 1894, 1896 and 1899. A landmark in publishing, the work made the discipline of economics accessible to educated adults for the first time. Volume 2, covering F to M, includes entries on free trade, gilds, income tax, labour, and Malthus

This book outlines for the first time in a single volume the theoretical and methodological tools for a study of human remains resulting from episodes of mass violence and genocide. Despite the highly innovative and contemporary research into both mass violence and the body, the most significant consequence of conflict - the corpse - remains absent from the scope of existing research. Why have human remains hitherto remained absent from our investigation, and how do historians, anthropologists and legal scholars, including specialists in criminology and political science, confront these difficult issues? By drawing on international case studies including genocides in Rwanda, the Khmer Rouge, Argentina, Russia and the context of post-World War II Europe, this ground-breaking edited collection opens new avenues of research. Multidisciplinary in scope, this volume will appeal to readers interested in an understanding of mass violence's aftermath.

Global Mobility of Research Scientists: The Economics of Who Goes Where and Why brings together information on how the localization and mobility of academic researchers contributes to the production of knowledge. The text answers several questions, including "what characterizes nationally and internationally mobile researchers?" and "what are the individual and social implications of increased mobility of research scientists?" Eight independent, but coordinated chapters address these and other questions, drawing on a set of newly developed databases covering 30 countries, including the US, the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, and China, among others. Combines theoretically sound and empirically fascinating results in one volume that has international and interdisciplinary appeal. Covers topics at the forefront of academic, business, and policy discussions Data used in the chapters available at a freely-accessible website.

This book features 15 country reports on the patent enforcement practice of the world's most litigated countries in Europe, Asia and the Americas. Litigation strategies for both right owners and alleged infringers are explained against the background of case law on: types of action, standing to sue, jurisdiction, obtaining evidence, provisional and final measures, trial practice, types of infringement, remedies and counterclaims, costs and issues of retrial, threats and wrongful enforcement. Special chapters cover the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Agreement provisions on enforcement, enforcement issues in the European Community, international cross-border litigation and border measures. The reports are written by patent practitioners or academic experts in the field, and the homogenous structure of the country reports allows for an easy identification of best practices and strategic considerations on the choice of jurisdiction."--Bloomsbury Publishing

"Achieving climate justice is increasingly recognized as one of the key problems associated with climate change, helping us to determine how good or bad the effects of climate change are, and whether any harms are fairly distributed. The numerous and complex issues which climate change involves underline the need for a normative framework that allows us both to assess the dangers that we face and to create a just distribution of the costs of action. This collection of original essays by leading scholars sheds new light on the key problems of climate justice, offering innovative treatments of a range of issues including international environmental institutions, geoengineering, carbon budgets, and the impact on future generations. It will be a valuable resource for researchers and upper-level students of ethics, environmental studies, and political philosophy"--Provided by publisher

"Studies of breastfeeding have proliferated over the last decade. Breastfeeding is an intimate and deep-rooted bodily practice and yet also a highly controversial sociocultural process, invoking strong reactions from advocates and opponents. Whilst breastfeeding practices and experiences vary greatly in different parts of the world, reducing infant mortality is a pressing international goal for governments and societies. Representing cross-cultural concerns of researchers, policy-makers and mothers, this important book takes a rich ethnographic survey of breastfeeding all over the world. Breastfeeding is shown to highlight various links between gender, power and resources in culture. Each chapter covers a new topic and ethnic or national group, and major topical themes of research such as the rise of milk banks, mother-to-mother sharing networks facilitated by social media, breast milk and HIV are explored"--

This paper studies the great collapse in value added trade using a structural decomposition analysis. We show that changes in vertical specialisation accounted for almost half of the great trade collapse, while the previous literature on gross trade has mainly focused on final expenditure, inventory adjustment and adverse credit supply conditions. The decline in international production sharing during the crisis may partially account for the observed decrease in global trade elasticities in recent years. Second, we find that the drop in the overall level of demand accounted for roughly a quarter of the decline in value added exports while just under one third was due to compositional changes in final demand. Finally, we demonstrate that the dichotomy between services and manufacturing sectors observed in gross exports during the great trade collapse is not apparent in value added trade data.

From the torture of detainees at Abu Ghraib to unnecessary military attacks on civilians, this book is an account of the violations of international criminal law committed during the United States invasion of Iraq. Taking stock of the entire war, it uniquely documents the overestimation of the successes and underestimation of the failings of the Surge and Awakening policies. The authors show how an initial cynical framing of the American war led to the creation of a new Shia-dominated Iraq state, which in turn provoked powerful feelings of legal cynicism among Iraqis, especially the Sunni. The predictable result was a resilient Sunni insurgency that re-emerged in the violent aftermath of the 2011 withdrawal. Examining more than a decade of evidence, this book makes a powerful case that the American war in Iraq constituted a criminal war of aggression

John D. Rockefeller soll gesagt haben, dass es besser sei, einen Tag im Monat über sein Geld nachzudenken, als einen ganzen Monat dafür zu arbeiten. Heute ist dieser Tag! Henning Fuchs erklärt, wie man sich als Film- und Medienkomponist im undurchsichtigen Dschungel der deutschen Bürokratie erfolgreich behauptet. Er fasst alle wichtigen Informationen vom Steuerrecht, über die Wahl der Krankenkasse bis hin zu Urheber- und Leistungsschutzrecht kompakt und leicht verständlich zusammen. Dabei gibt er konkrete Antworten auf Fragen wie: Welche Voraussetzungen muss ich erfüllen, um über die Künstlersozialkasse versichert zu werden? Wie melde ich mich als Komponist beim Finanzamt an? Wann ist ein musikalisches Werk schutzfähig? Welche Musikaufnahmen darf ich frei und ohne rechtliche Probleme samplen? Was habe ich als Komponist von der GVL? Wann ist eine Mitgliedschaft bei der GEMA sinnvoll und gibt es Alternativen? Was muss man beachten, wenn man Musik auf die eigene Website stellt oder eigene Musik auf fremde Websites? Komponisten erhalten einen praxiserprobten Überblick über das bestehende System. Ob als Überlebenshilfe bei Umsatzsteuer und Krankenversicherung oder Themen wie GEMA, Leistungsschutz- und Urheberrecht - der Ratgeber hilft, die richtigen Entscheidungen zu treffen. Henning Fuchs ist Komponist zahlreicher Film- und Musikproduktionen. Seine Ausbildung erhielt er an führenden internationalen Universitäten wie Sir Paul McCartney's Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, dem Royal College of Music London sowie der Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf. Er lebt und arbeitet in Berlin.

"John Rawls is widely regarded as one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century, and his work has permanently shaped the nature and terms of moral and political philosophy, deploying a robust and specialized vocabulary that reaches beyond philosophy to political science, economics, sociology, and law. This volume is a complete and accessible guide to Rawls's vocabulary, with over 200 alphabetical encyclopaedic entries written by the world's leading Rawls scholars. From "basic structure" to "burdened society," from "Sidgwick" to "strains of commitment," and from "Nash point" to "natural duties," the volume covers the entirety of Rawls's central ideas and terminology, with illuminating detail and careful cross-referencing. It will be an essential resource for students and scholars of Rawls, as well as for other readers in political philosophy, ethics, political science, sociology, international relations and law"--