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This volume analyzes the merits and limitations of both welfarist and neoliberal approaches to the provision of key social services in terms of the outcomes and sustainability of the two approaches. It proposes an alternative model of social provision, characterized by multiplicity in service delivery and financing. The strengths of this new approach are illustrated with case studies from Chile, China, Tanzania and Zimbabwe.

In 1536, Henry VIII faced uprisings first in Lincolnshire, then throughout northern England. The Pilgrimage of Grace posed the greatest threat encountered by any Tudor monarch. The risings have traditionally been assumed to be in protest to Henry's dissolution of the monasteries, but in this lively and colorful history, R. W. Hoyle uncovers the full story behind these dramatic and tragic events.

This volume consists of three major sections on fertility, disease and mortality, and marriage and family, which together with five introductory chapters combine depth of analysis with breadth of source material.

The 1990s saw a wave of regional disputes over fish stocks that straddle both national waters and the high seas. Here, leading scholars attempt to explain the nature of these disputes. They ask whether evolving regimes meet the scientific, regulatory, and compliance-related tasks of effective management, and show the significance of regime interplay in this regard.

The prominent role of monasteries in the early medieval period is explored in detail in this study of the relations between monasteries and the nobility in Lotharingia in the ninth and tenth centuries. The book focuses on three renowned monasteries during this period of monastic reform in Europe. The author challenges accepted views of the monasteries' role and explores the complex links with kings, bishops, and noble families which gave monas...

Time and Memory throws new light on fundamental aspects of human cognition and consciousness by bringing together, for the first time, psychological and philosophical approaches dealing with the connection between the capacity to represent and think about time, and the capacity to recollect the past. Fifteen specially written essays offer insights into current theories of memory processes and of the mechanisms and cognitive abilities underlyin...

Presenting a selection of thirteen essays on various topics at the foundations of philosophy--one previously unpublished and eight accompanied by substantial new postscripts--this book offers outstanding insight on truth, meaning, and propositional attitudes, semantic indeterminacy and other kinds of "factual defectiveness, " and issues concerning objectivity, especially in mathematics and in epistemology. It will reward the attention of any p...

Informed consent - as an ethical ideal and legal doctrine - has been the source of much concern to clinicians. Drawing on a diverse set of backgrounds and two decades of research in clinical settings, the authors - a lawyer, a physician, a social scientist, and a philosopher - help cliniciansunderstand and cope with their legal obligations and show how the proper handling of informed consent can improve, rather than impede, patient care. Follo...

Based on anthropological research conducted over a number of years on the Indonesian island of Flores, this is the first published account of a people called Keo. Keo society reveals a pervasive pairing of villages, clans, and other groups. The book explores this dualistic social organization in relation to marriage, reciprocity, and sacrificial ritual. In doing so, it offers important insights into issues of kinship and social inequality.

This is a detailed study of a little-known attempt to create monetary union throughout the whole of Europe in the late nineteenth century. It explores political, diplomatic, and economic aspects of the Latin Monetary Union between 1865 and 1873. Areas such as the debate between economists and the public, and the daily operations, conflicts of interest, and power struggles between national banks and governments in the age of Gladstone, Napoleon...

Many neurological conditions are caused by damage to neurons and glial cells. For most of these diseases there are at present no effective treatments to minimise the extent of neuronal and glial loss, and no effective way of replacing what has been lost. This picture is rapidly changing. This book describes the various conditions that lead to damage to the nervous system, and the ways in which they may be ameliorated. It covers the burgeoning ...

Vamos a jugar un juego. Quien no bostece durante todo el libro le gana a la mosca Tse-Tse. Advertencia: este libro puede provocar algunos fenomenos de somnolencia y amodorramiento. Un entretenido y creativo desafio al bostezo.

This book uses real-world scenarios to help intermediate to advanced users, network professionals, system engineers, IS/IT managers, system administrators, programmers, and consultants deal with day-to-day needs assessment, planning, deployment, configuration, and troubleshooting challenges associated with Windows 2000 Professional. The book answers common questions about the new OS, assists with budgeting for Windows 2000 Professional deploym...

This is a great method for any harmonica player to learn blues harmonica basics. An excellent means for expanding performance capabilities and styles, this book and CD set teaches cross harp (second position), note bending, 12-bar shuffle blues with bends, 12-bar slow blues with bends, introduction to third position (Dorian mode), Dorian mode exercises, 12-bar slow blues in third position, holding the harp with a microphone, the different micr...

This great resource is sure to create dance fever for kids everywhere. The WB Dance Series is for elementary school programs, gym classes, dance classes, camps, or after-school programs where kids can let loose. Each set in the series includes two dance tunes, with lyrics, choreography by Greg Gilpin, and a really cool CD with complete performance and separate accompaniment tracks. For ages 6 and up.

Introduction to Logic Design is intended for a first course in logic design, taken by computer science, computer engineering, and electrical engineering students (most commonly in the sophomore year). Its special strengths are a clear presentation of fundamentals with an exceptional collection of examples, solved problems, and exercises. The text integrates laboratory experiences, both hardware and computer simulation, while not making them ma...

Three of Denise Levertov's classic volumes, now available in a single edition. Here gathered for the first time in a single edition are three of Denise Levertov's finest books: The Freeing of the Dust (1975), Life in the Forest (1978), and Candles in Babylon (1982). This new compilationbeginning where Denise Levertov's Poems 1968-1972 left offtestifies not only to Levertov's technical mastery, but also to her spiritual vision, especially in re...

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