1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910785170603321

Autore

Beamer Glenn <1966->

Titolo

Creative politics : taxes and public goods in a federal system / / Glenn Beamer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor, MI : , : University of Michigan Press, , 1999

©1999

ISBN

1-282-63914-5

9786612639142

0-472-02678-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource  (x, 179 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

336.2/00973

Soggetti

Taxation - United States - States

Federal government - United States

Finance, Public - United States - States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Federalism as creative politics Federalism, public goods, and taxes Representatives' positions and collective decisions Read our lips, no new (income) taxes Tax and spend or spending taxes: economic development in the states Education financing: how many types of equity? Health care: afflicted budgets Conclusion

Sommario/riassunto

State legislators are constantly making tradeoffs between changing taxes and providing public services. Glenn Beamer uses a series of in-depth case studies in eleven states to show how legislators made decisions on taxation, economic development, education financing, and Medicaid.The author identifies six factors that influence legislators's decisions: accountability, dependability, equity, obscurability, and horizontal and vertical transferability. Within the context created by citizen demands, intergovernmental politics, policy histories, court interventions, and state constitutions, this study analyzes how legislators employ these principles to develop and enact policies.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910785232903321

Autore

Caruana Louis

Titolo

Darwin and Catholicism [[electronic resource] ] : The Past and Present Dynamics of a Cultural Encounter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Continuum International Publishing, 2009

ISBN

1-282-86801-2

9786612868016

0-567-15152-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (243 p.)

Disciplina

231.7652

Soggetti

Catholic Church -- Doctrines

Darwin, Charles,  1809-1882

Evolution (Biology) -- Religious aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Notes on Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; Part One: HISTORICAL STUDIES; Part Two: PHILOSOPHICAL THEMES; Part Three: THEOLOGICAL THEMES; Guide to Further Reading; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This coherent collection of original papers marks the 150 year anniversary since the publication of Charles Darwin's Origin of Species (1859). Although the area of evolution-related publications is vast, the area of interaction between Darwinian ideas and specifically Catholic doctrine has received limited attention. This interaction is quite distinct from the one between Darwinism and the Christian tradition in general. Interest in Darwin from the Catholic viewpoint has recently been rekindled. The major causes of this include: (1) John Paul II's 'Message to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences