Tensions within and between religions and human rights [[electronic resource] /] / [edited] by Johannes A. van der Ven, Hans-Georg Ziebertz

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910462155103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2012
• ISBN: 1-280-12666-3; 9786613530523; 90-04-21869-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (261 p.)
• Collana: Empirical research in religion and human rights, , 1877-881X ; ; v. 2
• Altri autori (Persone): VenJ. A. van der <1940->; ZiebertzHans-Georg <1956->
• Disciplina: 201/.723
• Soggetti: Human rights - Religious aspects; Christianity and other religions - Islam; Islam - Relations - Christianity; Freedom of religion; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Proceedings of the 1st and 2nd conferences of the Empirical Research Program Religion and Human Rights, held in 2008 and 2010 at the Radboud University Nijmegen.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preliminary Material / Johannes A. van der Ven and Hans Georg Ziebertz -- Introduction / Johannes A. van der Ven and Hans Georg Ziebertz -- Universality of Human Rights and the Need for Parsimony / Jean-Pierre Wils -- Freedom of Religion and Criminal Law: A Legal Appraisal. From the Principle of Separation of Church and State to the Principle of Pluralist Democracy? / Piet Hein van Kempen -- On the Foundations of Human rights. Religious and Secular Approaches in the West and in Islam / Mathias Rohe -- Religious Liberty in Political Perspective / Johannes A. van der Ven -- The Impact of Religion on Freedom of Religion and Freedom of Speech among Young Swedes / Anders Sjöborg -- Human Rights among Muslims and Christians in Palestine and Germany / Raymond J. Webb , Hans-Georg Ziebertz , Jack Curran and Marion Reindl -- Women Rights and Religion among Christian and Islamic Students in Tanzania / Leo W.J.M. van der Tuin and Clement D. ; Fumbo -- Religious Socialisation and Values as Predictors of Human Rights Attitudes. An Empirical Study among Christian and Muslim Adolescents in Germany / Hans-Georg Ziebertz and Marion Reindl -- List of Contributors / Johannes A. van der Ven and Hans Georg Ziebertz -- Index / Johannes A. van der Ven and Hans Georg Ziebertz.
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume contains theoretical and empirical articles on tensions within and between religion and human rights. There are conflicts in the past histories of Christianity and Islam in regard to human rights, but also in contemporary history. There are also tensions in the sphere of human rights, like the relation between natural law and human rights, morality and law, liberty and equality, civil rights and socio-economic rights, and more specific ones, like the rights of humans and citizens, religious freedom and the separation of church and state, religious freedom and freedom of speech, and the state and religion on social welfare provisions. The volume aims at theoretical clarification and empirical exploration on data from 14 countries. Contributors include: Jean-Pierre Wils, Piet Hein van Kempen, Mathias Rohe, Johannes (Hans) van der Ven, Anders Sjöborg, Raymond J. Webb, Jack Curran, Marion Reindl, Leo W.J.M. van der Tuin, Clement D. Fumbo, and Hans-Georg Ziebertz.

A reconstructed text of Pericles, Prince of Tyre / / by William Shakespeare and George Wilkins ; edited by Roger Warren on the basis of a text prepared by Gary Taylor and Macd. P. Jackson

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910966680403321
• Autore: Shakespeare William <1564-1616.>
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, c2003
• ISBN: 9780191732553; 0191732559
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (ix, 306 p.) : ill., map
• Collana: The Oxford Shakespeare
• Altri autori (Persone): JacksonMacDonald P (MacDonald Pairman); TaylorGary <1953->; WarrenRoger <1943->; WilkinsGeorge <active 1607.>
• Disciplina: 822.3/3
• Soggetti: Princes - Lebanon - Tyre; Tyre (Lebanon) Drama
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- EDITORIAL PROCEDURES -- PERICLES, PRINCE OF TYRE -- THE PERSONS OF THE PLAY -- INDEX.
• Sommario/riassunto: 'Pericles' was one of the most popular plays in the Jacobean theatre, and it has regained much of that popularity in the modern theatre. In a wide-ranging introduction, Roger Warren draws on his experience of the play in rehearsal and performance to explore the reasons for this enduring popularity.

Modeling cost and performance for military enlistment : report of a workshop / / Bert F. Green, Jr. and Anne S. Mavor, editors ; Committee on Military Enlistment Standards, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910960084103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, DC, : National Academy Press, 1994
• ISBN: 1-280-19574-6; 9786610195749; 0-309-58653-4; 0-585-14382-X
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (172 pages)
• Altri autori (Persone): GreenBert F; MavorAnne S
• Disciplina: 355.2/23/0973
• Soggetti: Soldiers - Rating of - United States - Mathematical models; United States Armed Forces Recruiting, enlistment, etc Mathematical models Congresses
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Modeling Cost and Performance for Military Enlistment -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Opening Remarks: The Nexus Between Science and Policy -- JOB PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT AND ENLISTMENT STANDARDS -- RECRUIT QUALITY: ISSUE OF SCIENCE OR POLICY -- RECRUIT QUALITY, PERFORMANCE, AND COST -- DENOUEMENT -- APPRECIATION -- Cost/Performance Trade-off Model -- Part I: The Context of the Enlistment Standards Project -- ORIGINS OF THE JPM PROJECT -- PROVIDING COST/PERFORMANCE TRADE-OFFS IN LINKING ENLISTMENT STANDARDS TO JOB PERFORMANCE -- WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS -- REFERENCES -- MILITARY MANPOWER QUALITY: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE -- THE HISTORY OF THE QUALITY ISSUE -- Quality and the All-Volunteer Force -- The Search for Quality Standards -- QUALITY REQUIREMENTS AND TRENDS -- Quality Requirements, 1985-1989 -- Trends in Enlisted Accessions and Quality -- Quality Supply and Demand -- FUTURE TRENDS AND ACTIVE-; RESERVE ISSUES -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Part II Job Performance Measurement Issues -- SETTING PERFORMANCE GOALS FOR THE DOD LINKAGE MODEL -- THE PERFORMANCE METRIC: DESCRIPTION OF THE SCALE FOR HANDS-ON PERFORMANCE QUALIFICATION -- Task Sampling -- Task Scoring -- Combining Scores from Different Tasks -- A NORMATIVE APPROACH -- Samples -- Variables -- Analyses -- Findings -- CRITERION-REFERENCED APPROACHES -- Phase II Design -- Phase II Results -- Comparison of Task-DPG and Task-APG Results -- Additional Results from Phase III -- Summary of SYNVAL Standard-Setting Results -- CONCLUSIONS -- Summary of Findings -- Implications for Further Research -- Enhancing Performance Level Descriptions -- Linking Job Characteristics to Performance Distribution Targets -- Linking Performance Distribution Targets to Unit Effectiveness and Readiness -- REFERENCES -- PREDICTING JOB PERFORMANCE SCORES WITHOUT PERFORMANCE DATA -- VALIDITY GENERALIZATION.; SYNTHETIC VALIDITY -- MULTILEVEL REGRESSION ANALYSIS -- An Example -- The Building Blocks of the Linkage Equation: Individual- and Job-Characteristic Variables -- Derivation of the Individual-Characteristic Variables -- Derivation of the Job-Characteristic Variables -- Specification of the Linkage Equation -- Structure of the Linkage Parameters -- The Parameters for the Linkage Equation -- Variance of Predicted Performance Scores -- Deriving Job-Specific Equations -- Validation of the Primary Linkage Equation -- Method -- Results -- Shrinkage Formulae -- Comparison of Adjusted and Cross-Validity R2 Values -- Comparison of Validity Coefficients to the Literature -- Summary -- Discussion -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Part III: The Cost/Performance Trade-off Model -- THE ACCESSION QUALITY COST/PERFORMANCE TRADE-OFF MODEL -- INTRODUCTION -- DESCRIPTION OF THE MODEL -- Variables: Accessions by Recruit Category and Occupation Group -- Recruit Categories -- Occupation Groups -- Constraints: Performance Goals by Occupation -- Definition of Performance -- Measuring Performance -- Setting Performance Goals -- Constraints: Strength Goals -- Objective Function: Recruiting, Training, and Compensation Costs -- Recruiting Costs -- Training and Compensation Costs -- VALIDATION OF THE MODEL -- Model Selections Versus Actual Accession Cohorts -- Variation in Model Scenarios -- Scenario 1: Lower Performance Goals -- Scenario 2: A Higher Unemployment Rate -- Scenario 3: Increase in Training Costs -- Scenario 4: No Effect of Quality on Performances Scores -- SUMMARY -- TECHNICAL APPENDIX -- The Optimization Problem -- Objective Function -- Constraints -- Optimization Approach -- Recruiting Cost Function -- REFERENCES -- POLICY AND MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS OF THE ACCESSION QUALITY COST/PERFORMANCE TRADE-OFF MODEL -- INTRODUCTION.; CONGRESSIONAL DIALOGUE ON RECRUIT QUALITY STANDARDS -- Importance of Linkages -- Role of the Model -- Hypothetical Accession Program -- Proposed Recruiting Budget Reduction -- Cost of Performance Increase -- THE MODEL AS A PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION TOOL -- Evaluation of a Recruiting Program -- Feasibility -- Efficiency -- Robustness -- Level of Performance -- Developing the Service's Accession Programs -- Setting Recruit Quality Goals and Resources -- Adjusting for Specific Occupational Groups -- Sensitivity to Recruiting Market Conditions -- SETTING ENLISTMENT STANDARDS: ANALYSIS OF OCCUPATION-LEVEL ENLISTMENT STANDARDS -- The Empirical Linkages: Linking Occupational Enlistment Standards to High Quality -- Applying the Cost/Performance Trade-off Model to Enlistment Standards -- Effect of Current ; Enlistment Standards on Recruit Quality and Cost -- Reducing Enlistment Standards -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- Workshop Participants June 9-11, 1993 -- COMMITTEE ON MILITARY ENLISTMENT STANDARDS -- OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE -- CONTRACTORS' REPRESENTATIVES -- AIR FORCE REPRESENTATIVES -- ARMY REPRESENTATIVES -- MARINE CORPS REPRESENTATIVES -- NAVY REPRESENTATIVES -- OTHER GUESTS -- NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL STAFF.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book describes a cost/performance trade-off model useful for illustrating the effects of budget decisions on the quality of expected performance in the military enlisted force. The model links recruit quality to job performance on the one hand and personnel costs on the other. Understanding these linkages provides a clear rationale, based on performance and cost differences, for choosing applicants for military service. The book examines trends in the quality of military personnel from the beginning of the All-Volunteer Force in 1974 to the year 2000 and beyond. It discusses technical issues associated with the development of the various components of both cost and performance linkages and presents applications of the fully developed model.