Winning while losing? : civil rights, the conservative movement, and the presidency from Nixon to Obama / / edited by Kenneth Osgood and Derrick E. White

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910807958303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Gainesville : , : University Press of Florida, , [2014]; ©2014
• ISBN: 0-8130-4697-1; 0-8130-4860-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (299 p.)
• Collana: The Alan B. Larkin series on the American presidency
• Altri autori (Persone): OsgoodKenneth Alan <1971->; WhiteDerrick E
• Disciplina: 323.1196/073
• Soggetti: African Americans - Civil rights; African Americans - Social conditions; Conservatism - United States; Presidents - United States; Racism - Political aspects - United States - History - 20th century; United States Race relations Political aspects History 20th century
• 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: Introduction. The paradox of success: civil rights and the presidency in a new era / Kenneth Osgood and Derrick E. White -- Zigs and zags: Richard Nixon and the new politics of race / John D. Skrentny -- African American civil rights and conservative mobilization in the Jimmy Carter years / Joseph Crespino and Asher Smith -- Ronald Reagan and the leadership conference on civil rights: battles won and wars lost / Mary Frances Berry -- Rebuilding institutions and redefining issues: the Reagan Justice Department and the reconstruction of rights / Richard L. Pacelle Jr -- Civil rights policymaking in the Clinton administration: in Reagan?s shadow / Robert C. Smith -- Old vinegar in a new bottle: vote denial in the 2000 presidential election and beyond / Charles L. Zelden -- George W. Bush, compassionate conservatism, and the limits of "racial realism" / Steven F. Lawson -- Civil rights and the first black president: Barack Obama and the politics of racial equality / Ronald W. ; Walters with Robert C. Smith -- Conclusion: more equal and less equal since the 1970s / Thomas Borstelmann.
• Sommario/riassunto: Explores the relationship between race and the rise of conservativism in America and the political setbacks that remained in the way of attempts to remedy oppression and discrimination.

Improving birth outcomes : meeting the challenges in the developing world / / Committee on Improving Birth Outcomes, Board on Global Health ; Judith R. Bale, Barbara J. Stoll, and Adetokunbo O. Lucas, editors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910957109503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, DC, : National Academies Press, c2003
• ISBN: 9786612083945; 9780309166829; 0309166829; 9781282083943; 1282083945; 9780309525992; 0309525993
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 372 p. : ill
• Altri autori (Persone): BaleJudith R; StollBarbara J; LucasAdetokunbo O
• Disciplina: 362.1/989201/091724
• Soggetti: Newborn infants - Developing countries - Mortality - Prevention; Newborn infants - Diseases - Developing countries - Prevention; Fetal death - Developing countries - Prevention; Fetus - Diseases - Developing countries - Prevention; Mothers - Developing countries - Mortality - Prevention; Infant health services - Developing countries; Maternal health services - Developing countries; Pregnancy - Complications - Developing countries - Prevention; Mothers - Mortality; Pregnancy Outcome; Pregnancy Complications - prevention & control; Infant Mortality; Maternal Mortality; Developing Countries
• 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 index.
• Nota di contenuto: FrontMatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- PART I Meeting the Challenge in the Developing World -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- PART II Addressing Maternal, Neonatal, and Fetal Mortality and Morbidity -- 2 Reducing Maternal Mortality and Morbidity -- 3 Reducing Neonatal Mortality and Morbidity -- 4 Reducing Fetal Mortality -- PART III Improving Health Care Systems -- 5 Improving Birth Outcomes Within Health Care Systems -- PART IV Additional Causes of Neonatal Mortality and Morbidity -- 6 The Problem of Low Birth Weight -- 7 Reducing Mortality and Morbidity from Birth Defects -- 8 Preventing Perinatal Transmission of HIV -- 9 Summing Up: The Way Forward -- APPENDIXES -- Appendix A Workshop Agenda -- Appendix B Defining Developing Countries -- Appendix C The Essential Competencies of a Skilled Birth Attendant -- Appendix D Committee Biographies -- Appendix E Dissenting Note -- Glossary -- Acronyms -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Birth outcomes have improved dramatically worldwide in the past 40 years. Yet there is still a large gap between the outcomes in developing and developed countries. This book addresses the steps needed to reduce that gap. It reviews the available statistics of low birth weight, prematurity, and birth defects; reviews current knowledge and practices of a healthy pregnancy, identifies cost-effective opportunities for improving birth outcomes and supporting families with an infant handicapped by birth problems, and recommens priority research, capacity building, and institutional and global efforts to reduce adverse birth outcomes in developing countries. The committee has based its study on data and information from several developing countries, and provides recommendations that can assist the March of Dimes, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and NIH in tailoring their international program and forging new partnerships to reduce the mortality and morbidity associated with adverse birth outcomes.