1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910784625703321

Titolo

Critical citizens [[electronic resource] ] : global support for democratic government / / edited by Pippa Norris

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford [England] ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 1999

ISBN

0-19-160004-0

1-282-00702-5

9786612007026

0-19-152234-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (320 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

NorrisPippa

Disciplina

320.9049

Soggetti

Comparative government

Democracy - Public opinion

Legitimacy of governments

World politics - 1989-

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 indexes.

Nota di contenuto

""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""List of Tables""; ""List of Contributors""; ""1.Introduction: The Growth of Critical Citizens?""; ""PART I. CROSS-NATIONAL TRENDS IN CONFIDENCE IN GOVERNANCE""; ""2.Mapping Political Support in the 1990s: A Global Analysis""; ""3.Political Support in Advanced Industrial Democracies""; ""4.Five Years After the Fall: Trajectories of Support for Democracy in Post-Communist Europe""; ""PART II. TESTING THEORIES WITH CASE-STUDIES""; ""5.Down and Down We Go: Political Trust in Sweden""; ""6.The Democratic Culture of Unified Germany""

""7.Tensions Between the Democratic Ideal and Reality: South Korea""""PART III. EXPLANATIONS OF TRENDS""; ""8.Social and Political Trust in Established Democracies""; ""9.The Economic Performance of Governments""; ""10.Political Performance and Institutional Trust""; ""11.Institutional Explanations for Political Support""; ""12.Postmodernization Erodes Respect for Authority, but Increases Support for Democracy""; ""13.Conclusions: The Growth of Critical Citizens and its Consequences""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index of Names""; ""A""; ""B"";



""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""

""K""""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""; ""General Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""

Sommario/riassunto

Critical Citizens is a study on attitudes towards nation governance, political institutions and political leadership. The contributors argue that the crisis in global democracy has been greatly exaggerated in recent years.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910785910903321

Titolo

Improving food safety through a one health approach [[electronic resource] ] : workshop summary / / Eileen R. Choffnes ... [et al.], rapporteurs ; Forum on Microbial Threats, Board on Global Health, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, 2012

ISBN

0-309-25936-3

1-283-63604-2

0-309-25934-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (418 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ChoffnesEileen R

Disciplina

363.19/26

Soggetti

Foodborne diseases - United States - Prevention

Food contamination - United States - Prevention

Food - Microbiology - United States

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.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Reviewers""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Tables, Figures, and Boxes""; ""Workshop Overview""; ""Appendix A: Contributed Manuscripts""; ""Appendix B: Agenda""; ""Appendix C: Acronyms""; ""Appendix D: Glossary""; ""Appendix E: Speaker Biographies""

Sommario/riassunto

"Globalization of the food supply has created conditions favorable for



the emergence, reemergence, and spread of food-borne pathogens-compounding the challenge of anticipating, detecting, and effectively responding to food-borne threats to health. In the United States, food-borne agents affect 1 out of 6 individuals and cause approximately 48 million illnesses, 128,000 hospitalizations, and 3,000 deaths each year. This figure likely represents just the tip of the iceberg, because it fails to account for the broad array of food-borne illnesses or for their wide-ranging repercussions for consumers, government, and the food industry-both domestically and internationally. A One Health approach to food safety may hold the promise of harnessing and integrating the expertise and resources from across the spectrum of multiple health domains including the human and veterinary medical and plant pathology communities with those of the wildlife and aquatic health and ecology communities.  The IOM's Forum on Microbial Threats hosted a public workshop on December 13 and 14, 2011 that examined issues critical to the protection of the nation's food supply. The workshop explored existing knowledge and unanswered questions on the nature and extent of food-borne threats to health. Participants discussed the globalization of the U.S. food supply and the burden of illness associated with foodborne threats to health; considered the spectrum of food-borne threats as well as illustrative case studies; reviewed existing research, policies, and practices to prevent and mitigate foodborne threats; and, identified opportunities to reduce future threats to the nation's food supply through the use of a "One Health" approach to food safety. Improving Food Safety Through a One Health Approach: Workshop Summary covers the events of the workshop and explains the recommendations for future related workshops"--Publisher's description.