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Beyond Theory And Practice: A Postmodern Perspective, Cecile Brennan

Cecile Brennan

Provides insights into chaos theory and postmodernism as they apply to the work of therapists to resolve the conflict between theory and practice. Tempering of theoretical orientation by postmodern perspective; Encouragement of therapist to have a theoretical orientation

Youth In Australia - Policy, Administration And Politics, Terry Irving, David Maunders, Geoff Sherington

Terry Irving

This book describes and analyses the development of youth policy in Australia since the end of World War II. Three eras are distinguished in terms of how society constructed youth as a problem: as juvenile delinquency (to 1960); as a generation gap (to the mid-1970s); and most recently as a wasted resource (1975-1990). In each period chapters cover: the social and demographic context and images of young people; policy development; bureaucratic structures; and the politics of youth and youth policy.

A Rising Hegemon And Raw Materials Access: Japan In The Post-World War Ii Era, Stephen Bunker, Paul Ciccantell

Paul Ciccantell

This paper examines Japan's economic ascent after World War II, focusing on the strategies of Japanese firms and the Japanese state to gain access to the raw materials essential to Japan's economic development.

Relative Import Propensities Of Less Developed Countries: Manufactures In Industrialized Countries, James Lutz

James M Lutz

No abstract provided.

Leasing The Ivory Tower, Lawrence Soley

Lawrence Soley

No abstract provided.

Feature Checking And Spanish Se., Joyce Bruhn De Garavito, J. Bonneau, A. Libert

Joyce Bruhn de Garavito

No abstract provided.

Job Growth And The Quality Of Jobs In The U.S. Economy, Susan Houseman

Susan N. Houseman

No abstract provided.

Africa's Fate Under The New World Order. Paper/Presentation, Andrew Ewoh, Lawrence Bosompem

Andrew I.E. Ewoh

No abstract provided.

Strategic Canvassing By Political Parties, 1952-90, Peter Wielhouwer

Peter W. Wielhouwer

No abstract provided.

The Tradeoff Between Oligopsony Power And Cost Efficiency In Horizontal Consolidation: An Example From Beef Packing, John Schroeter, Azzeddine Azzam

Azzeddine Azzam

In this paper, the authors model the trade-off between regional oligopsony power and cost efficiency resulting from consolidation in a food processing industry. The model can be used to calculate the cost reductions necessary to offset the anticompetitive effects of market power and to compare them to actual cost savings achieved through plant scale or multiplant operating economies. For an application, the authors choose the beef packing industry. For this case, they find that the estimated cost savings necessary to neutralize the anticompetitive effects of consolidation in beef packing are about half the actual cost savings from scale economies.

‘In A Perilous Hour‘: The Public Address Of John F. Kennedy, Steven Goldzwig, George Dionisopoulos

Steven Goldzwig

No abstract provided.

Ethnography Of Speaking, Kristine Fitch, G. Philipsen

Kristine Muñoz

No abstract provided.

Evolution, Ethics, And The Complexity Revolution, David Depew, Bruce Weber

David J Depew

No abstract provided.

Social Justice And Political Change: Public Opinion In Capitalist And Post-Communist States, David Mason, James Kluegel, Bernd Wegener

David S. Mason

Did Africans Live Longer In The Antebellum United States, Tukufu Zuberi, Carlos Grushka

Tukufu Zuberi

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Using census data, we call for greater attention to the historical assumptions accepted in past research. Conclusions about the mortality of the enslaved in the United States is in large part a reflection of the historical assumptions made. This article argues that the accepted view of the mortality of enslaved Africans in the United States rests on fragile estimates; these estimates are not robust to flaws in the data.

Assessing Entrepreneurship: Business Development Concerns And Perceptions Of Risk Inentrepreneurs In The U.S. And Italy, R. Tindale

R. Scott Tindale

When Comparisons Arise, Daniel Gilbert, R. Geisler, Kathryn Morris

Kathryn A. Morris

Le Choix Du Nom D'Enfant En Poitou X1e-X11e Sieèles: L'Importance Des Noms Famillaux, George Beech, E Krawutschke

George T. Beech

Communication In Decision-Making Teams, J Urban, C Bowers, Susan Daicoff, B Morgan

Susan Daicoff

No abstract provided.

The Road To Mass Democracy: Original Intent And The Seventeenth Amendment, Christopher Hoebeke

Christopher H Hoebeke

No abstract provided.

Labor Adjustment Under Different Institutional Structures: A Case Study Of Germany And The United States, Katharine Abraham, Susan Houseman

Susan N. Houseman

No abstract provided.

Feature Checking And English Particles., Joyce Bruhn De Garavito, J. Bonneau,, A. Libert

Joyce Bruhn de Garavito

No abstract provided.

Department Of East-West Psychology Program Manual, Robin G. Gayle

Robin G. Gayle

The Marriage Of Tragedy And Comedy In Euripides' Ion, Katerina Zacharia

Katerina Zacharia

No abstract provided.

Stirring Trouble And Making Theory, Jill G. Morawski

Jill G. Morawski

No abstract provided.

Seizure Threshold In Electroconvulsive Therapy: I. Initial Seizure Threshold, C. Edward Coffey, Joseph Lucke, Richard D. Weiner, Andrew D. Krystal, Michael Aque

Richard R Weiner

We measured initial seizure threshold by means of a structured stimulus dosage titration procedure in a clinical sample of 111 depressed patients undergoing brief-pulse, constantcurrent electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Initial seizure threshold was approximately 60 millicoumbs (mc) (10 Joules) on average, but varied widely (6-fold) across patients. Initial seizure threshold was predicted by four variables: electrode placement (higher with bilateral), gender (higher in men), age (higher with increasing age), and dynamic impedance (inverse relationship). Use of neuroleptic medication was associated with a lower seizure threshold. EEG seizure duration was inversely related to initial seizure threshold, but no other relations with seizure …

About Outing: Public Discourse, Private Lives, Katheleen R. Guzman

Katheleen R. Guzman

No abstract provided.

Cross-Language Synonyms In The Lexicons Of Bilingual Infants: One Language Or Two?, Barbara Zurer Pearson, Sylvia C. Fernandez, D.Kimbrough Oller

Barbara Zurer Pearson

This study tests the widely-cited claim from Volterra & Taeschner (1978), which is reinforced by Clark's Principle of Contrast (1987), that young simultaneous bilingual children reject cross-language synonyms in their earliest lexicons. The rejection of translation equivalents is taken by Volterra & Taeschner as support for the idea that the bilingual child possesses a single-language system which includes elements from both languages. We examine first the accuracy of the empirical claim and then its adequacy as support for the argument that bilingual children do not have independent lexical systems in each language. The vocabularies of 27 developing bilinguals were recorded …

Critical Citizenship And Civil Society In Contemporary China, Alfred L. Chan, Paul W. Nesbitt-Larking

Paul W Nesbitt-Larking

No abstract provided.

It Pays To Be Green: The Managerial Incentive Structure And Environmentally Sound Strategies, Giulio M. Gallarotti

Giulio M Gallarotti

The traditional view in management circles about the relationship between the environment and business can best be summed up as pollution pays, pollution prevention doesn't. Notwithstanding the recent proliferation of literature on the benefits of green management, many managers continue to see environmentally sound strategies as detrimental to the principal goals of profitability, maintaining markets, controlling costs and efficient production. Such conclusions about the environmental drag on business are based on mistaken assumptions about the incentives businesses encounter. Stricter government regulation of the environment in developed nations changed the equation. There are also many opportunities for managers to profit from …