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From Idolatry to Advertising: Visual Art and Contemporary Culture
Visual Art and Contemporary Culture
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2016
The true measure of the practice of public service is its ability to remain faithful to the tenets of democratic society. This introductory text links the practice of public administration to the core concepts of American democracy. It covers the nuts and bolts of public administration in the context of "delivering democracy" in public service.
Private Law, Public Law, Metalaw and Public Policy in Space
A Liber Amicorum in Honor of Ernst Fasan
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2016
The law of outer space is rapidly evolving to adapt to changes in the economic drivers as well as advancements in technological capabilities. The contents of this book are a reflection of this changing environment as evidenced in the writings of the second and third generations of space lawyers. ...
by Terry L Cooper
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2014
This book shows students entering the public service as well as professionals in the field how to become ethically competent to provide the leadership needed to advance the public interest. The book doesn't just talk about ethics. The contributors describe how ethical competence should guide organizational...
An Institutional Framework for Policymaking
Planning and Population Dispersal in Israel
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2007
An Institutional Framework for Policymaking offers a new approach to the study of institutions and adds to the growing body of literature in the field of 'new institutionalism.' Dr. Matt Evans utilizes previous characterizations of institutions to analyze the framework affecting policymaking and the...
by Kamalesh Dey
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2016
Essay from the year 2015 in the subject Medicine - Public Health, University of Bedfordshire (Health and Social Sciences), course: MSc in Public Health, language: English, abstract: The paper will talk about sex selective abortion and its negative impact on public health. The paper will also critically...
Language Use in the Public Sphere
Methodological Perspectives and Empirical Applications
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
This book comprises a range of general discussions on tradition and innovation in the methodology used in discourse studies (Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis, Argumentation Theory, Rhetoric, Philosophy) and a number of empirical applications of such methodologies in the analysis of actual instances...
The Practice of International Health
A Case-Based Orientation
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2008
Virtually every school of public health teaches a global health course, yet the major textbooks provide little on the actual practice of international health. This new book comprises a series of vivid first person accounts in which physicians, epidemiologists, health workers, and public health professionals...
Religion in the Public Space
Volume III
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
Religion in the public sphere is one of the most debated issues in the field of law and religion. This volume brings together articles which address some of the more prominent recent cases relating to religion and education, religion and the workplace, family law and religious symbols. The essays...
Sleep, Health, and Society
From Aetiology to Public Health
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2018
Sleep disturbances and sleep deprivation are increasingly common in modern society. Epidemiological methods of investigation have shown that sleep deprivation is associated with a variety of chronic conditions and health outcomes. Sleep medicine is a rapidly growing field of clinical research, affecting...
Asthma, Health and Society
A Public Health Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2010
Asthma, Health, and Society
A Public Health Perspective
Edited by Andrew Harver, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte
Harry Kotses, Ohio University, Athens
Asthma, Health, and Society is a comprehensive, current resource on this complex disease—its scope,...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2016
An examination of the current Israeli government, covering public policies such as health, housing and transport. The volume covers the institutional as well as the political and the bureaucratic framework within which public policies have been made and implemented.
The Government-Industrial Complex
The True Size of the Federal Government, 1984-2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2018
In his 1961 Farewell Address, President Eisenhower famously referred to the emergence of a "military-industrial complex" so powerful that it threatened to warp America's political institutions and economy. However, the military was not the only part of a blended government workforce that was growing...
Communicating Health
Strategies for Health Promotion
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
Communication skills are essential to effective health promotion and public health practice. This textbook bridges the gap between health communication theory and health promotion and public health practice. It provides students and practitioners with the knowledge and skills they need to design,...
Religion and the Health of the Public
Shifting the Paradigm
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2012
The book proposes a critical theory of the role and place of religion in public health and argues for a programmatic reorientation of these two fields of practice and inquiry to more effectively align religious health assets - widely present in many contexts - and public health services and facilities.