1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910460158203321

Titolo

Shaping the transnational sphere : experts, networks, and issues from the 1840s to the 1930s / / edited by Davide Rodogno, Bernhard Struck and Jakob Vogel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn Books, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-78238-359-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (319 p.)

Collana

Studies in Contemporary European History ; ; Volume 14

Disciplina

327.09/034

Soggetti

Transnationalism - History

Expertise - Social aspects - History

International agencies - History

International cooperation - History

Intellectual cooperation - History

Social planning - International cooperation - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

title page; Imprint; Contents; Illustrations; Tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Part I Experts; 1 Professionalism or Proselytism? Catholic 'Internationalists' in the Nineteenth Century; 2 Sanitizing the City; 3 Policy Communities and Exchanges across Borders; 4 The Rise of Coordinated Action for Children in War and Peace; Part II Networks; 5 Building a Transnational Network of Social Reform in the Nineteenth Century; 6 The Politics of Expertise; 7 The Road from Damascus; 8 From Peace Advocacy to International Relations Research; Part III Issues

9 Transnational Cooperation and Criminal Policy10 International Congresses of Education and the Circulation of Pedagogical Knowledge in Western Europe, 1876-1910; 11 From Transnational Reformist Network to International Organization; 12 Shaping Poland; Select Bibliography; Notes on Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In the second half of the nineteenth century a new kind of social and cultural actor came to the fore: the expert. During this period complex



processes of modernization, industrialization, urbanization, and nation-building gained pace, particularly in Western Europe and North America. These processes created new forms of specialized expertise that grew in demand and became indispensible in fields like sanitation, incarceration, urban planning, and education. Often the expertise needed stemmed from problems at a local or regional level, but many transcended nation-state borders. Experts helped

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910694110903321

Titolo

Examining the impact of illegal immigration on the Medicaid program and our healthcare delivery system : hearings before the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, second session, August 10 and 15, 2006

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iii, 168 p.)

Soggetti

Noncitizens - Medical care - Tennessee - Finance

Poor - Medical care - Tennessee - Finance

Noncitizens - Medical care - Georgia - Finance

Poor - Medical care - Georgia - Finance

Medicaid fraud

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia