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If the furious debate around the state of healthcare in the US has led to any consensus, it's that the system should be delivering better quality for less cost than it does. The truth is that our healthcare system is a sprawling mix of competing interests in which those of the patient are valued least. Too much discussion has devolved to simplistic scapegoating, and too few comprehensive, constructive solutions have been offered. It's time for a fresh vision. In straightforward language, Healthcare at a Turning Point: A Roadmap for Change outlines a new market-based business model that aligns industry financing mechanisms with the goals of prevention, improved quality, and reduced costs. Drawing on more than 25 years of cross-industry consulting experience, the authors: Articulate a market-based vision of the industry Examine past efforts to reduce costs, their failures and their unanticipated consequences Spotlight perverse incentives that distort the way the healthcare system operates and make it less than it could be Present concrete recommendations for change within the healthcare delivery, insurance, pharmaceutical, device and diagnostics sectors Explain the changes that employers, consumers and policy makers can make to create a more customer-responsive system that delivers more value For all the uncertainty in the current environment, there is also a rare opportunity to fundamentally redefine who wins in this market. Healthcare at a Turning Point provides guidance to executives ready for that contest as well as a roadmap for change.

Intro -- THE EUROPEAN UNION'S EMISSIONS TRADING SCHEME: CLIMATE AND AVIATION CONSIDERATIONS -- THE EUROPEAN UNION'S EMISSIONS TRADING SCHEME: CLIMATE AND AVIATION CONSIDERATIONS -- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE EU EMISSIONS TRADING SCHEME (ETS): LOOKING TO 2020 -- SUMMARY -- OVERVIEW -- RESULTS FROM PHASE 1 AND 2 -- PHASE 3 -- Auctions -- New Entrant Reserves -- EC Phase 3 Decision on Eligible Industries -- Flexibility Mechanisms and Price Volatility Control -- Expanding Coverage -- SUMMARY AND CONSIDERATIONS FOR US CAP-AND-TRADE PROPOSALS -- Emission Inventories and Target Setting -- Coverage -- Allocation Schemes -- Flexibility and Price Volatility -- End Notes -- Chapter 2: AVIATION AND THE EUROPEAN UNION'S EMISSION TRADING SCHEME -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- A Two-Decade Process to Address Aviation Emissions -- WHY ADDRESS AVIATION EMISSIONS? -- Aviation: Relatively Large Among Many Small Emission Categories -- One of the Fastest Growing Sources of Emissions -- Counteracting Influences: Demand Growth and Efficiency Gains -- Expansion of Air Transport Demand -- Past Improvements in Fuel Efficiency and Emissions per Passenger-Mile -- Further Improvements May Help Suppress Emissions -- Aviation Emissions Projected to Grow Rapidly -- EU'S LEGAL OBLIGATIONS TO REDUCE GHG EMISSIONS -- HOW THE EU'S EMISSIONS TRADING SCHEME WORKS -- AVIATION IN THE EU ETS -- Aviation Provisions in the EU ETS -- Disposition of Revenues -- Potential EU Exemptions with Equivalent Measures by Other States -- ESTIMATED IMPACTS ON US AIRLINES -- Emission Reduction Potential of Technical Improvements -- Different Assumptions about Allowance Prices -- Alleged Effects on R&D and Investment in New Equipment -- Potential for Profit Opportunities and Windfalls -- Competitive Dynamics

"A detailed look at the role of social responsibility in finance and investingThe concept of socially responsible finance and investing continues to grow, especially in the wake of one of the most devastating financial crises in history. This includes responsibility from the corporate side (corporate social responsibility) as well as the investor side (socially responsible investing) of the capital markets. Filled with in-depth insights and practical advice, Socially Responsible Finance and Investing offers an important basis of knowledge regarding both the theory and practice of this ever-evolving area of finance. As part of the Robert W. Kolb Series in Finance, this book showcases contributed chapters from professionals and academics with extensive expertise on this particular subject. It provides a comprehensive view of socially responsible foundations and their applications to finance and investing as determined by the current state of research. Discusses many important issues associated with socially responsible finance and investing, like moral hazard and the concept of "too big to fail" Contains contributed chapters from numerous thought-leaders in the field of finance Presents comprehensive coverage starting with the basics and bringing you through to cutting-edge, current theory and practice Now more than ever, we need to be mindful of the social responsibilities of all investment practices. The recent financial crisis and recession has changed the financial landscape for years to come and Socially Responsible Finance and Investing is a timely guide to help us navigate this difficult terrain"--

Natural and human-made disasters are increasing around the world. Hurricanes, typhoons, earthquakes, tsunamis, droughts, and resultant famine, floods, and armed conflicts are constant reminders of the frailty of our human race. Global warming may cause whole island states to be submerged as the oceans rise. In the past these acute and recurring crises have been met by the international community responding to UN and media appeals. The economic collapse of nations is now a reality; some of those most affected had been traditional, generous donors to disaster relief operations. It is unlikelyGprobably impossibleGthat they will be able to continue to contribute overseas when their own domestic needs are unmet. A recent New York Times front page report suggested that one of the few domestic issues to have bipartisan support was to cut the foreign aid budget. This book analyzes the global economic forecast and the United Nations pattern of philanthropy, provides a case study of how one nation with a tradition of giving will cope in face of a marked reduction in the worth of its currency, and then provides thoughtful chapters on new approaches to disaster preparedness and disaster response. Among the contributors are the Director of UNESCO, the UN Undersecretary General for Humanitarian Assistance, the Secretary GeneralGs Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction, and fresh entrepreneurial suggestions from, among others, Sir Richard Branson of the Virgin group of companies. All royalties from this book go to the training of humanitarian workers.

Cover -- Foreword -- Contents -- Preface -- Article 2 - Right To Life -- - Medical Negligence: Calvelli And Ciglio V. Italy [Grand Chamber] -- - Self-Defence: Giuliani And Gaggio V. Italy [Grand Chamber] -- Article 3 - Prohibition Of Torture -- - Ill-Treatment By Police During Arrest: Rehbock V. Slovenia -- - Deportation Of Foreign National - Risk Of Ill-Treatment In Country Of Origin: Saadi V. Italy [Grand Chamber] -- - Ill-Treatment By Police During Arrest: Korobov V. Ukraine -- Article 6 - Right To A Fair Trial -- - Limitation On Access To Court - Substantive Or Procedural?: Roche V. The United Kingdom -- - Limitation On Access To Court - State Immunity: Al-A Dsani V. The United Kingdom [Grand Chamber] -- - Public Hearing - Victim Status: Guisset V. France -- - Public Hearing: Garcia Hernandez V. Spain -- - Reasonable Time - Length Of Court Proceedings: Papachelas V. Greece [Grand Chamber] -- - Impartial Tribunal - Plurality Of Functions Of The French Conseil D'Etat: Sacilor Lormines V. France -- - Impartial Tribunal - Lack Of Impartiality Of Central Investigating Judge: Vera Fernández-Huidobro V. Spain -- - Criminal Charge - Prison Disciplinary Proceedings: Ezeh And Connors V. The United Kingdom [Grand Chamber] -- - Fair Trial - Absence Of Accused From Appeal Hearing: Hermi V. Italy [Grand Chamber] -- - Fair Trial - Non-Disclosure Of Material Held By The Prosecution: Jasper V. The United Kingdom [Grand Chamber -- - Fair Trial - Admissibility Of Evidence Obtained By Coercion: Jalloh V. Germany [Grand Chamber] -- - Impartial Tribunal - Contempt Of Court: Kyprianou V. Cyprus [Grand Chamber] -- Article 7 - No Punishment Without Law -- - Foreseeability Of Conviction For Acts Committed In The Former German Democratic Republic: Streletz, Kessler And Krentz V. Germany [Grand Chamber].

1. Locating indigenous self-determination in the margins of settler sovereignty : an introduction / Lisa Ford -- 2. Vattel in revolutionary America : from the rules of war to the rule of law / Ian Hunter -- 3. Settler sovereignty and the shapeshifting crown / Paul McHugh and Lisa Ford -- 4. 'It would only be just' : a study of territoriality and trading posts along the Mackenzie River 1800-27 / Janna Promislow -- 5. Pan-nationalism as a crisis management strategy : John Ross and the Tahlequah conference of 1843 / Tim Alan Garrison -- 6. Obstacles to 'a proper exercise of jurisdiction' : sorcery and criminal justice in the settler-indigenous encounter in Australia / Heather Douglas and Mark Finnane -- 7. Vanished theocracies : Christianity, war and politics in colonial New Zealand 1830-80 / Richard Boast -- 8. When settlers went to war against Christianity / Norman Etherington -- 9. The identity of indigenous political thought / Tim Rowse -- 10. Economy, change and self-determination : a Central Australian case / Diane Austin-Broos -- 11. Land rights and development in Australia : caring for, benefiting from, governing the indigenous estate / Jon Altman -- 12. Indigenous land rights and self-government : inseparable entitlements / Kent McNeil -- 13. Three perversities of Indian law / Jacob T. Levy -- 14. Section 223 and the shape of native title : the limits of jurisdictional thinking / Shaunnagh Dorsett and Shaun McVeigh -- 15. Whakaeke i nga ngaru : riding the waves : Maori legal traditions in New Zealand public life / Carwyn Jones -- 16. Indigenous jurisdiction as a provocation of settler state political theory : the significance of human boundaries / Kirsty Gover.

Politics of Piety is a groundbreaking analysis of Islamist cultural politics through the ethnography of a thriving, grassroots women's piety movement in the mosques of Cairo, Egypt. Unlike those organized Islamist activities that seek to seize or transform the state, this is a moral reform movement whose orthodox practices are commonly viewed as inconsequential to Egypt's political landscape. Saba Mahmood's compelling exposition of these practices challenges this assumption by showing how the ethical and the political are indelibly linked within the context of such movements. Not only is this book a sensitive ethnography of a critical but largely ignored dimension of the Islamic revival, it is also an unflinching critique of the secular-liberal assumptions by which some people hold such movements to account. The book addresses three central questions: How do movements of moral reform help us rethink the normative liberal account of politics? How does the adherence of women to the patriarchal norms at the core of such movements parochialize key assumptions within feminist theory about freedom, agency, authority, and the human subject? How does a consideration of debates about embodied religious rituals among Islamists and their secular critics help us understand the conceptual relationship between bodily form and political imaginaries? Politics of Piety is essential reading for anyone interested in issues at the nexus of ethics and politics, embodiment and gender, and liberalism and postcolonialism. In a substantial new preface, Mahmood addresses the controversy sparked by the original publication of her book and the scholarly discussions that have ensued

Intro -- KOREAN MIGRATION TO THE WEALTHY WEST -- KOREAN MIGRATION TO THE WEALTHY WEST -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 1 BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON KOREAN MIGRATION -- ABSTRACT -- 1.1. KOREAN DIASPORA HISTORY -- 1.2. THE MARKETIZATION OF KOREAN MIGRATION -- 1.3. CONCEPTS, MECHANISMS, AND STEREOTYPES -- Hierarchy of Human Senses -- Hierarchy of Human Needs -- Push and Pull Migration -- Roots of Asian Stereotypes -- Chapter 2 CLASSIFICATIONS AND INDICATIONS OF KOREANS ABROAD -- ABSTRACT -- 2.1. DEFINITIONS OF KOREANS ABROAD -- 2.2. OVERSEAS KOREANS -- 2.3. ADOPTED KOREANS -- Chapter 3 HISTORY OF KOREAN MIGRATION -- ABSTRACT -- 3.1. KOREAN MIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES -- 3.2. KOREAN MIGRATION TO GERMANY -- 3.3. KOREAN MIGRATION TO OTHER WORLD REGIONS -- Koreans in the Western Hemisphere versus Koreans in the Eastern Hemisphere -- Korean Migration to Russia and Central Asia -- Korean Migration to East Asia -- Korean Migration to Latin America -- Korean Migration to Other Regions in the Eastern Hemisphere -- Chapter 4 SOCIAL SURVEY DATA ON KOREANS IN THE WEST -- ABSTRACT -- 4.1. NEW SOURCES OF SURVEY DATA -- 4.2. QUANTITATIVE DATA -- Korean American National Survey -- National Asian American Survey -- Worldwide Survey among Overseas Adopted Koreans -- Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute Survey -- Other Social Surveys -- 4.3. ANECDOTAL DATA -- Chapter 5 LIVING STANDARDS OF KOREANS IN THE WEST -- ABSTRACT -- 5.1. DEMOGRAPHIC AND GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION -- Sex Ratios -- Current Age -- Age of Emigration and Country of Birth -- Place of Residence -- 5.2. SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS -- Income -- Job Status -- Entrepreneurship -- Co-Ethnic Networking -- Crime -- 5.3. EDUCATION AND LANGUAGE -- Educational Attainment

"The shadow war between Israel and Iran has been raging for more than three decades, ever since the Iranian revolution of 1979 ushered in a fundamentalist regime whose sworn enemies have consistently included, first and foremost, Israel and the United States. Israel, especially, has borne the brunt of attacks from Iran's two most powerful proxies-Hamas in the Gaza Strip and Hezbollah in Lebanon. Iran's nuclear ambitions raise the stakes immeasurably. Israel vs. Iran evaluates the threat to Israel's security posed by a nuclear Iran, including competing perceptions of the threat, and analyzes Israel's military and diplomatic options.Drawing on in-depth research and invaluable access to the Israeli defense establishment, including interviews with key decision makers, Israeli military correspondent Yaakov Katz and Israeli military historian Yoaz Hendel describe behind-the-scenes Israeli strategic military deliberations and intelligence analysis since the Second Lebanon War of 2006. The authors focus on pivotal military events in this shadow war with Iran, including the Syrian reactor bombing and Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip, as well as assassinations of key Hezbollah operatives, Iranian nuclear scientists, and Syrian officials.Assassinations, computer viruses, and Western sanctions might not be enough to stop Iran, the authors argue. They outline the choice Israel faces: launch a military strike, which could lead to an all-out regional war, or tacitly accept a nuclear Iran, which would lead to a new balance of power in the Middle East. In 2012 Israel appears closer than ever to making a decision.".

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Maps -- Select Chronology -- Preface: Grasping Global History -- PART 1: TOWARDS 1945: ENDING WORLD WAR, BUILDING PEACE -- 1 Struggles for Mastery -- Mastery in Europe -- Mastery in East Asia -- Mastery in the Middle East -- 2 Policemen Meeting -- Egypt and its visitors: November 1943 -- Chinese debut: Chiang Kai-shek -- Imperial emissary? Churchill -- Going global: Roosevelt -- Tehran, November-December 1943: Stalin's stake -- 3 Outcomes and Anticipations -- Europe: beyond recovery? -- The Soviet Union: turning the world around? -- East Asia: resuming the old order? -- The USA: making 'one world'? -- Further reading -- PART 2 1945-1955: MAKING A COLD PEACE -- 4 European Alternatives -- A burnt-out case? -- 'Germany', Britain and France: creating (Western) Europeanunity -- The Soviet Union: creating a people's Europe? -- Stalin: still policing? -- Alternative conclusions -- 5 The United Nations and the United States -- The UN: organizing -- Reconstructing and developing -- Declaring human rights -- Creating security -- The USA: assuming global responsibility -- Showing exceptional leadership -- Projecting hope, feeling fear -- Truman's Doctrine: guarantees without limit? -- 6 The Middle East -- Egypt, Syria and Iraq: Nasser stirring -- Tunisia, Morocco, Libya and Algeria: standing up -- Palestine and Israel: not giving ground -- Iran: Mossadegh muzzled -- 7 South Asia -- Dismantling the British Raj -- India and Pakistan: making and unmaking -- Nehru's World: between Cambridge and Delhi -- 8 East Asia -- China: standing up -- Korea: peninsular problem - global test-case? -- South-East Asia: departures, divisions and outside 'solutions' -- Japan: hors de combat -- Third worlds and other worlds: bonding in Bandung -- Further reading -- PART 3: 1955-1965: TO THE BRINK AND BACK.

The Mountain West-Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah-has become the new swing region in American politics. All signs point to these states, especially Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico, being crucial in the 2012 election. Unfortunately, the rise of this region has been underreported in the media, and many political observers have only the most superficial understanding of the profound economic, political, and social changes that continue to reshape the Mountain West. America's New Swing Region is the remedy.Led by bestselling author and political analyst Ruy Teixeira, a talented group ofscholars assembled by the Brookings Mountain West program (housed at theUniversity of Nevada-Las Vegas) presents the facts and the narrative necessary forunderstanding what is happening in this region and why it is so important.Contents1. Introduction and Overview2. America's New Swing Region: The Political Demography and Geography ofthe Mountain West3. Metropolitan Voting Patterns in the Mountain West: The New and Old PoliticalHeartlands4. Hispanics, Race, and the Changing Political Landscape of the United StatesMountain West5. The Political Attitudes of the Millennial Generation in the Mountain West6. The Mountain West Today: A Regional Survey7. Reapportionment and Redistricting in the Mountain WestContributors include Karlyn Bowman (American Enterprise Institute), David Damore(University of Nevada-Las Vegas (UNLV), William Frey (Brookings Institution), Scott Keeter (Pew Research Center), Robert E. Lang (Brookings, UNLV, and the Lincy Institute), Tom Sanchez (Virginia Tech University), and Ruy Teixeira (Century Foundation and the Center for American Progress).

Europe's financial crisis cannot be blamed on the Euro, Harold James contends in this probing exploration of the whys, whens, whos, and what-ifs of European monetary union. The current crisis goes deeper, to a series of problems that were debated but not resolved at the time of the Euro's invention. Since the 1960s, Europeans had been looking for a way to address two conundrums simultaneously: the dollar's privileged position in the international monetary system, and Germany's persistent current account surpluses in Europe. The Euro was created under a politically independent central bank to meet the primary goal of price stability. But while the monetary side of union was clearly conceived, other prerequisites of stability were beyond the reach of technocratic central bankers. Issues such as fiscal rules and Europe-wide banking supervision and regulation were thoroughly discussed during planning in the late 1980s and 1990s, but remained in the hands of member states. That omission proved to be a cause of crisis decades later. Here is an account that helps readers understand the European monetary crisis in depth, by tracing behind-the-scenes negotiations using an array of sources unavailable until now, notably from the European Community's Committee of Central Bank Governors and the Delors Committee of 1988–89, which set out the plan for how Europe could reach its goal of monetary union. As this foundational study makes clear, it was the constant friction between politicians and technocrats that shaped the Euro. And, Euro or no Euro, this clash will continue into the future.

Cover -- Contents -- Full Contents List -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Boxes -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Part I: FOUNDATIONS OF SOCIAL RESEARCH -- 1 Introduction -- Introduction -- 1 Historical overview -- 2 The state of contemporary research -- 3 Politics and the production of knowledge -- 4 Ethics in social research -- 5 Identity and power in research -- Main points -- Where to from here? -- Further reading -- Online resources -- 2 Varieties of social research -- Introduction -- 1 The bases of the methodological distinction -- 2 Quantitative methodology -- 3 Qualitative methodology -- 4 Mixed-method research - research in practice -- 5 Internet research -- 6 Critical research -- Main points -- Where to from here? -- Further reading -- 3 Feminist research -- Introduction -- 1 The nature of feminist research -- 2 Principles of feminist research -- 3 Feminist epistemology and methodology -- 4 Feminist research positions -- 5 Feminist research methods -- 6 Feminist critique of conventional research -- 7 Feminist mixed-method research -- 8 Concluding remarks -- Main points -- Where to from here? -- Further reading -- Online resources -- 4 Principles of social research -- Introduction -- 1 Measurement -- 2 Replication -- 3 Scales and indexes -- 4 Validity -- 5 Reliability -- 6 Objectivity -- 7 Representativeness -- 8 Generalizability -- Main points -- Where to from here? -- Further reading -- Part II: RESEARCH PLANNING -- 5 Research Design -- Introduction -- 1 The research process -- 2 Design and execution of research -- 3 Research design in quantitative research -- 4 Research design in qualitative research -- 5 Research design in critical research -- 6 Examples of research design -- 7 Designing your project -- Main points -- Where to from here? -- Further reading -- 6 Initiating Social Research -- Introduction.

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- I: Introduction -- 1 Becoming Acquainted with Social Policy -- II: Who Makes Social Policy and How -- 2 The Policy-Making Process -- 3 Approaches to Policy Analysis -- 4 Influencing Policy from the Outside: Are Citizens Game Changers or Sidelined? -- 5 Indigenous Wholistic Healing Social Policy: Rethinking, Reframing, and Re-presenting Policy Development for Indigenous People -- 6 Racism in Canadian Social Policy -- 7 The Quebec Model of Social Policy, Past and Present -- III: Current Social Policy Issues -- 8 Single Motherhood in the Canadian Landscape: Postcards from a Subject -- 9 Child Poverty and the Canadian Welfare State -- 10 Back to the Present: Rethinking Risk Assessment in Child Welfare -- 11 Parental Benefits Policy in Canada and Quebec: Sharing the Caring? -- 12 Mental Health Policy in Canada -- 13 Keeping Kids Safe in Custody -- 14 Canadians with Disabilities -- 15 Caring and Aging: Examining Policy Inequities -- 16 Toward Inclusion of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual People: Social Policy Changes in Relation to Sexual Orientation -- 17 Immigration and Refugee Policy in Canada: Past, Present, and Future -- 18 Housing Policy -- 19 Canadian Health Care: Reclaiming Universal Legacies -- IV: Looking to the Future -- 20 Social Service Workplaces: Reform Begins at Home -- Contributors -- Author Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Subject Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

Chicago is home to the third-largest concentration of Puerto Ricans in the United States, but scholarship on the city rarely accounts for their presence. This book is part of an effort to include Puerto Ricans in Chicago's history. Rua traces Puerto Ricans' construction of identity in a narrative that begins in 1945, when a small group of University of Puerto Rico graduates earned scholarships to attend the University of Chicago and a private employment agency recruited Puerto Rican domestics and foundry workers. They arrived from an island colony where they had held U.S. citizenship and where most thought of themselves as "white." But in Chicago, Puerto Ricans were considered "colored" and their citizenship was second class. They seemed to share few of the rights other Chicagoans took for granted. In her analysis of the following six decades--during which Chicago witnessed urban renewal, loss of neighborhoods, emergence of multiracial coalitions, waves of protest movements, and everyday commemorations of death and life--Rua explores the ways in which Puerto Ricans have negotiated their identity as Puerto Ricans, Latinos, and U.S. citizens.Through a variety of sources, including oral history interviews, ethnographic observation, archival research, and textual criticism, A Grounded Identidad attempts to redress this oversight of traditional scholarship on Chicago by presenting not only Puerto Ricans' reconstitution from colonial subjects to second-class citizens, but also by examining the implications of this political reality on the ways in which Puerto Ricans have been racially imagined and positioned in comparison to blacks, whites, and Mexicans over time