Ali Al Shihabi. The Saudi Kingdom: Between the Jihadi Hammer and the Iranian Anvil. (Princeton: Markus Wiener Publishers, 2016). Pp. 155. $22.95 paper. ISBN 9781558766136
In: Review of Middle East studies, Band 54, Heft 2, S. 363-363
ISSN: 2329-3225
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In: Review of Middle East studies, Band 54, Heft 2, S. 363-363
ISSN: 2329-3225
In: Australian quarterly: AQ, Band 79, Heft 2, S. 27-28
ISSN: 0005-0091, 1443-3605
In: Australian quarterly: AQ, Band 80, Heft 6, S. 10-20
ISSN: 0005-0091, 1443-3605
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In: British journal of visual impairment: BJVI, Band 26, Heft 1, S. 82-98
ISSN: 1744-5809
This article analyzes a corpus of 1,600 naturally occurring brailling errors made by one expert braillist to discover patterns of error and accuracy. It was found that, for this braillist, more errors were made with more frequently-occurring characters, the right (dominant) hand was more accurate than the left and that individual fingers contributed in different ways to error patterns. For this braillist, additions and deletions of dots tended to result in more symmetrical patterns of dots within cells. As more data are gathered from a wider range of subjects, it might be possible to determine what kinds of error and accuracy patterns are idiosyncratic to particular braillists and which are generally predictable given the cognitive and motor tasks inherent in brailling.
This paper evaluates the existing policy frameworks for mitigation of diffuse water pollution from agriculture (DWPA) in England and China. With reference to a conceptual model of the process of policy transfer or international lesson drawing, and possible constraints to this, it assesses whether and how China can draw lessons to improve current policy from the supra-national and national provisions of the EU and a member state that by 2016 had comprehensively implemented EU agricultural and environmental policy. DWPA is first analysed as a public policy challenge to inform specification of a generic framework for its mitigation. The current policy frameworks for mitigation of DWPA in England and China are evaluated, and their potential for improvement is assessed. A number of barriers to lesson drawing for regulation, incentive payments schemes and advice provision are diagnosed. These barriers are potentially least in relation to advice provision and its use to promote voluntary action by farmers. Given its structure and capabilities the public agricultural extension system in China is also recognised as a key resource. A focus on three policy approaches to mitigate DWPA in China is recommended: i) targeted regulation to a 'reference level' of large intensive livestock, and ultimately other large commercial farms; ii) strategic use of incentive payment schemes to protect water resources from DWPA; and iii) re-orientation of the ethos and modalities of operation of the extension system, informed by international lesson drawing, with the aim of rebalancing farm productivity and environmental protection.
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In: Land use policy: the international journal covering all aspects of land use, Band 61, S. 208-219
ISSN: 0264-8377
This paper evaluates the existing policy frameworks for mitigation of diffuse water pollution from agriculture (DWPA) in England and China. With reference to a conceptual model of the process of policy transfer or international lesson drawing, and possible constraints to this, it assesses whether and how China can draw lessons to improve current policy from the supra-national and national provisions of the EU and a member state that by 2016 had comprehensively implemented EU agricultural and environmental policy. DWPA is first analysed as a public policy challenge to inform specification of a generic framework for its mitigation. The current policy frameworks for mitigation of DWPA in England and China are evaluated, and their potential for improvement is assessed. A number of barriers to lesson drawing for regulation, incentive payments schemes and advice provision are diagnosed. These barriers are potentially least in relation to advice provision and its use to promote voluntary action by farmers. Given its structure and capabilities the public agricultural extension system in China is also recognised as a key resource. A focus on three policy approaches to mitigate DWPA in China is recommended: i) targeted regulation to a 'reference level' of large intensive livestock, and ultimately other large commercial farms; ii) strategic use of incentive payment schemes to protect water resources from DWPA; and iii) re-orientation of the ethos and modalities of operation of the extension system, informed by international lesson drawing, with the aim of rebalancing farm productivity and environmental protection.
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