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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787422203321

Titolo

The challenge of inequality / / International Labour Office

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Geneva, Switzerland : , : International Journal of Labour Research, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

92-2-128668-1

Edizione

[6th ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (160 p.)

Collana

International Journal of Labour Research ; ; Volume 6, Issue 1

Disciplina

338.9

Soggetti

Economic development - Social aspects

Economic security

Equality - 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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface. Maria Helena André; Editorial. Alexander Gallas; The world we need - Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett; Trade unionsand economic inequality. Perspectives, policies and strategies - Edlira Xhafa; Labour markets, wage dispersion and union policies - Hansjörg Herr, Bea Ruoff and Carlos Salas; Are targeting and universalism complementary or competing paradigms in social policy? Insights from Brazil, India and South Africa - Bernhard Leubolt, Karin Fischer and Debdulal Saha

Progressive tax reform in OECD countries. Opportunities and obstacles - Sarah Godar, Christoph Paetz and Achim TrugerThe role of the public sector incombating inequality - Christoph Hermann; The impact of financial liberalization on income inequality - Trevor Evans; Inequality: the Achilles heel of free market democracy - Alexander Gallas, Christoph Scherrer and Michelle Williams

Sommario/riassunto

A consequence of the recent financial crisis and its aftermath has been increased attention to the issue of inequality both as one of the underlying causes of the crisis itself, and as a problem that now threatens social cohesion the world over. This issue of the International Journal of Labour Research examines both dimensions of the problem and seeks to provide strategic perspectives to trade unions as they go



about combating inequalities.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910404249503321

Autore

Akabayashi Akira <1958->

Titolo

Bioethics across the globe : rebirthing bioethics / / Akira Akabayashi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore, : Springer Nature, 2020

Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020

ISBN

981-15-3572-8

Edizione

[1st edition 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XVIII, 146 p. 22 illus., 12 illus. in color.)

Classificazione

MED050000

Disciplina

610.1

174.2

Soggetti

Bioethics

Medical ethics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1 A Brief History of Bioethics in Japan -- Chapter 2 Brain-death and organ transplantation: The first Japanese Path -- Chapter 3 Informed Consent, Familism, and the Nature of Autonomy -- Chapter 4 End-of-Life Care, Advance Directives, Withholding and Withdrawing Life-Sustaining Treatment, and The Goals of Medicine -- Chapter 5 The Moral Status of the Embryo: The Second Japanese Path -- Chapter 6 The Great East Japan Earthquake and the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident -- Chapter 7 Outcome egalitarianism and opportunity egalitarianism -- Chapter 8 Research Regulations, Ethics Committees, and Confronting Global Standards -- Chapter 9 Modern Medical Professionalism -- Chapter 10 What does it mean to be truly “interdisciplinary”? -- Chapter 11 Rebirthing Bioethics: Going Global.

Sommario/riassunto

This open access book addresses a variety of issues relating to bioethics, in order to initiate cross-cultural dialogue. Beginning with the history, it introduces various views on bioethics, based on specific experiences from Japan. It describes how Japan has been confronted with Western bioethics and the ethical issues new to this modern age, and how it has found its foothold as it decides where it stands on these



issues. In the last chapter, the author proposes discarding the overarching term ‘Global Bioethics’ in favor of the new term, ‘Bioethics Across the Globe (BAG)’, which carries a more universal connotation. This book serves as an excellent tool to help readers understand a different culture and to initiate deep and genuine global dialogue that incorporates local and global thinking on bioethics. Bioethics Across the Globe is a valuable resource for researchers in the field of bioethics/medical ethics interested in adopting cross-cultural approaches, as well as graduate and undergraduate students of healthcare and philosophy.