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By Leslie P. Francis, John G. Francis. 2021
This book presents a comprehensive theory of the ethics and political philosophy of public health surveillance based on reciprocal obligations…
among surveillers, those under surveillance, and others potentially affected by surveillance practices. Public health surveillance aims to identify emerging health trends, population health trends, treatment efficacy, and methods of health promotion--all apparently laudatory goals. Nonetheless, as with anti-terrorism surveillance, public health surveillance raises complex questions about privacy, political liberty, and justice both of and in data use. Individuals and groups can be chilled in their personal lives, stigmatized or threatened, and used for the benefit of others when health information is wrongfully collected or used. Transparency and openness about data use, public involvement in decisions, and just distribution of the benefits of surveillance are core elements in the justification of surveillance practices. Understanding health surveillance practices, the concerns it raises, and how to respond to them is critical not only to ethical and trustworthy but also to publicly acceptable and ultimately sustainable surveillance practices. The book is of interest to scholars and practitioners of the ethics and politics of public health, bioethics, privacy and data technology, and health policy. These issues are ever more pressing in pandemic times, where misinformation can travel quickly and suspicions about disease spread, treatment efficacy, and vaccine safety can have devastating public health effects.By Richard Hooper. 2021
Making Meetings Work is a short book which aims to help people chair meetings better – meetings of all kinds…
from community playgroups to conferences and dinners to large corporate Boards. The book is based on the personal experience of a professional working chair over many years. The book is aimed at younger men and women who are beginning to chair their first meetings, and also at more experienced chairs who want to develop their skills.By Lisa Dicke, J Steven Ott. 2021
The Nature of the Nonprofit Sector is a collection of insightful and influential classic and recent readings on the existence,…
forms, and functions of the nonprofit sector—the sector that sits between the market and government. The readings encompass a wide variety of perspectives and disciplines and cover everything from Andrew Carnegie’s turn-of-the-century philosophy of philanthropy to the most recent writings of current scholars and practitioners. Each of the text’s ten parts opens with a framing essay by the editors that provides an overview of the central themes and issues, as well as sometimes competing points of view. The fourth edition of this comprehensive volume includes both new and classic readings, as well as two new sections on the international NGO sector and theories about intersectoral relations. The Nature of the Nonprofit Sector, Fourth Edition is therefore an impressively up-to-date reader designed to provide students of nonprofit and public management with a thorough overview of this growing field.By Nell Iris. 2019
Ashley “Buck” Buchanan moved back home to take care of his sick mother when he was 22. That was the…
first time he met Pippin, the neglected 6-year-old boy next door. Fifteen years later, Buck, a caretaker by nature, offers up his couch for Pippin, who needs a break from his mom and a quiet place to sleep.Pippin Olander is a ray of sunshine despite his emotionally lacking upbringing and works hard to make a better life for himself. Even though he’s fiercely self-sufficient, he learns to accept help from Buck, his rock and the only steady presence in his life.Their friendship deepens and grows into something more as they spend time together. But when other people try to throw a wrench in the works, when Pippin’s independence is triggered, can Buck and Pippin trust in the love they’ve found?By Norman Sartorius, Heather Stuart, Julio Arboleda-Florez. 2012
The book challenges key paradigms currently held about the prevention or reduction of stigma attached to mental illness using evidence…
and the experience the authors gathered during the many years of their work in this field. Each chapter examines one currently held paradigm and presents reasons why it should be replaced with a new perspective. The book argues for enlightened opportunism (using every opportunity to fight stigma), rather than more time consuming planning, and emphasizes that the best way to approach anti-stigma work is to select targets jointly with those who are most concerned. The most radical change of paradigms concerns the evaluation of outcome for anti-stigma activities. Previously, changes in stigmatizing attitudes were used as the best indicator of success. Paradigms Lost and its authors argue that it is now necessary to measure changes in behaviors (both from the perspective of those stigmatized and those who stigmatize) to obtain a more valid measure of a program's success. Other myths to be challenged: providing knowledge about mental illness will reduce stigma; community care will de-stigmatize mental illness and psychiatry; people with a mental illness are less discriminated against in developing countries. The book concludes by describing key elements in successful anti stigma work including the recommended duration of anti-stigma programmes, the involvement of those with mental illness in designing programmes, and the definition of programmes in accordance with local circumstances. A summary of weaknesses of currently held paradigms and corresponding lists of best practice principles to guide future anti-stigma action and research bring this insightful volume to an apt conclusion.By Francis J. Beckwith. 2010
Politics is concerned with citizenship and the administration of justice--how communities are formed and governed. The role of Christians in…
the political process is hotly contested, but as citizens, Francis Beckwith argues, Christians have a rich heritage of sophisticated thought, as well as a genuine responsibility, to contribute to the shaping of public policy. In particular, Beckwith addresses the contention that Christians, or indeed religious citizens of any faith, should set aside their beliefs before they enter the public square. What role should religious citizens take in a liberal democracy? What is the proper separation of church and state? What place should be made for natural rights and the moral law within a secular state? This cogent introduction to political thought surveys political science, politics and government while making the case for how statecraft may genuinely contribute to soulcraft. Politics for Christians is part of The Christian Worldview Integration Series.By Sally Warhaft. 2004
This collection shows that the mood, character and history of Australia and its people can be defined by its words.…
The collection provides a reminder that this country has a unique and distinguished tradition of public oratory. Included here are speeches by Paul Keating, Patrick White, Sir William Deane and others.By Kerry-Anne Walsh. 2013
"Don’t write crap. Can’t be that hard. And when you have written complete crap, then I think you should correct…
it." Julia Gillard. When Julia Gillard took the reins of the Australian Labor Party on 24 June 2010 she did so with the goodwill of the majority of her party and a fawning Canberra press gallery. The man she had supplanted, Kevin Rudd, led an isolated band of angry Labor voices at this surprising turn of events. The collective political and media verdict was that his time, short though it had been, was up. But when Gillard announced in February 2011 that her government would introduce a carbon pricing scheme, Rudd and his small team of malcontents were already in lock-step with key Canberra and interstate journalists in a drive to push her out of the prime ministerial chair. Never has a prime minister been so assiduously stalked. Cast as a political liar and policy charlatan, Julia Gillard was also mercilessly and relentlessly lampooned for her hair, clothes, accent, her backside, even the way she walks and talks. Rudd, on the other hand, could barely do any wrong. His antics were afforded benign, unquestioning prime-time media coverage.This is the story about one of the most extraordinary episodes in recent Australian political history. It focuses on Team Rudd and the media’s treatment of its slow-death campaign of destabilisation, with its disastrous effect on Gillard and the government’s functioning. It is about a politician who was never given a fair go; not in the media, not by Rudd, not by some in caucus.By Michael S. Gazzaniga. 2018
Drawing on teaching and learning research, the Sixth Edition provides new tools to improve students’ reading, focus, and self-assessment. Chapters…
are now divided into brief “study units,” each of which concludes with a self-test question to increase comprehension. NEW “Putting Psychology to Work” features show students how to apply psychology concepts to future careers. Our formative, adaptive learning tool, InQuizitive, and our online psychology labs, ZAPS 2.0, provide a hands-on approach to assessing students’ understanding.By Conway W. Henderson. 2010
Understanding International Law presents a comprehensive, accessible introduction to the various aspects of international law while addressing its interrelationship with…
world politics. Presents well-organized, balanced coverage of all aspects of international law Features an accompanying website with direct access to court cases and study and discussion questions. Visit the site at: www.wiley.com/go/internationallaw Includes discussion of the efficacy of international law, a topic unique among international law texts Offers discussion of other topics that most texts do not address, such as complete chapters on making the world safer, human rights, the environment, and the world economy.By John Forester. 1989
This book provides a systematic reformulation of the politics of professional practice in the arena of city planning, public policy…
making, and public administration and management. It has immediate implications for the study of administration and management and for students of administration and planning in schools of social work, education, and public health. While focusing concretely on problems of planning practice (e.g. planners' sources of influence, their difficulties of listening critically, their understandings of the politics of organizations), Planning in the Face of Power brings to bear a wide range of theoretical insights and so integrates social and political theory with the demands of actual practice. Accordingly, the book will be important to practitioners who seek to understand the pressures they face at work as well as social theorists who wish to integrate theory and practice more powerfully, but will also appeal to the general reader interested in gaining an understanding of the practice of planning in the face of the realities of social equality and power.By Don Bastian, Tom Kinney. 2016
The Student Book has 15 chapters divided into 3 types: Keys to History, Historical Eras, and Historical Themes. Key chapters…
feature World Geography, Study Tools, and Biographies. The 6 Era chapters follow a chronology from Early Humans to Modern Times. Theme chapters focus on major historical concepts, like Agriculture or Trade, and are linked to a particular era. Chapters follow a consistent format: Introduction, Vocabulary, Big Idea, Important Topics, Review, and Write About It. The simplified text is heavily illustrated and intended to be read to students who are nonreaders. Students are frequently presented with important study tools like timelines, maps, and tables.By Boy Scouts of America. 2013
By Bernard Bailyn. 1974
“This book,” the author writes, “depicts the fortunes of a conservative in a time of radical upheaval and deals with…
problems of public disorder and ideological commitment.” It is at the same time a dramatic account of the origins of the American Revolution from the viewpoint, not of the winners who became the Founding Fathers, but of the losers, the Loyalists. By portraying the ordeal of the last civilian royal governor of Massachusetts, the author explains “what the human reality was against which the victors struggled” and in doing so makes the story of the Revolution fuller and more comprehensible.By William D. Kelly, Joanne Simon-Walters. 2019
This book provides you with hundreds of practice questions for the two new Society for Human Resource Management exams―the SHRM…
Certified Professional (SHRM-CP) and the SHRM Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP) exams. All questions simulate those on the actual tests in content, style, tone, format, and difficulty, and are accompanied by in-depth answer explanations for the correct AND incorrect answer choices. SHRM-CP/SHRM-SCP Certification Practice Exams is logically organized by exam domains, allowing you to focus on specific topics and tailor your study to areas of strength and weakness. Two pre-assessment tests―one for each exam―are also included to gauge your exam readiness and determine a course for self-study.By Boy Scouts of America. 2020
By Boy Scouts of America. 2019
Guide to completing the Boy Scout of America (BSA) merit badge requirements. Contents include: The Birth of Scouting; The Birth…
of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA); A Century of Scouting & Adventures; Scouting Heritage & History.By K. M. Peyton. 1962
Cupping his hand to his mouth, he shouted, "Mr. Beckett! My father has gone overboard! Look at your starboard bow!"…
"I can't see him," Aaron muttered. Matt bit his lip. "Mr. Beckett! My father's overboard!" Matt jabbed his finger desperately as Beckett looked up. Matt knew Beckett must have heard him, but Charity was sailing on. She was right on the spot now where Matt thought his father was. Beckett was looking overboard, but even Matt now could see nothing in the water. Fathom was closing fast with Charity. "He's gone," Aaron said. Matt felt a lump of desperation in his throat. Charity's sails were billowing across Fathom's bows; she had not moved a degree off course. Matt was forced to give way and as he pushed the helm down he passed within feet of Charity's skipper. Beckett said nothing. He was staring ahead, his face expressionless. As Fathom's bows cleaved the froth of Charity's wake Matt realized simultaneously two incredible truths: His father was drowned and Beckett hadn't lifted a finger to help him.By Boy Scouts of America. 2013
By Angela Carr. 2020
Centred on the everyday, and crafted without preamble or pretension, the poems in Without Ceremony are a literary pastiche—a thematic…
mosaic not unlike tracks on an album. Amidst a timeless cast of characters from Lucretius and Eva Hesse, to Joan Mitchell and St. Augustine, Carr illuminates what it means to truly know something and questions how certain knowledge becomes valued over others. Without Ceremony spotlights the gendered division of ideas and the inherent strength of language to harm and oppress, as well as elevate. Within these pages, passing encounters become rare spectacles, and the ordinary, without ambitions of grandeur or ceremony, is celebrated, making Carr's new collection a clarifying elixir for our time.Praise for Angela Carr:“Angela Carr’s words in Without Ceremony point their arrows toward a ledge where communication knows “both failure and perfection at once.” Her poetry isn’t invested in naming things (perhaps this is what is unceremonious) because things, even thingness, and their energies change so rapidly. Carr creates a field of verb-rich arriving where confessional exasperations are tried and transformed in pleasurable abstraction. She summons other women poets and artists (Hesse, Dickinson, Mitchell) not to revere them but to create a queer chorus of those who can bring us to see that what seems holy is simply ordinary.” —Stacy Szymaszek, author of A Year From Today“Angela Carr’s poems spark a startling immediacy directly to the heart of everyday encounters and how poems form “under the moment of language.” Her work gives us the rare and complex gift of how to move out of the house of regret amidst the instability of the contemporary. Here in Without Ceremony are interior conversations with the likes of Lucretius, Dickinson, Moorman, that show how readers become writers and how words feel when put on us by others, which ones we choose to wear, which to strip off. Let Without Ceremony become one of those books “that are familiar as friends,” always present to puncture through the space of the day to the intimacy we need to construct joy, a holding area for the moving moment.” —Lee Ann Brown, author of Other Archer