1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910460331503321

Titolo

Governing to win : enhancing national competitiveness through new policy and operating approaches / / edited by Charles L. Prow

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland ; ; Plymouth, England : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., , 2012

©2012

ISBN

1-4422-1663-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (151 p.)

Collana

The IBM Center for the Business of Government book series Governing to win

Disciplina

336.3/90973

Soggetti

Government spending policy - United States

Expenditures, Public - United States

Public administration - United States

Public welfare - United States

Human services - United States

Electronic books.

United States Social policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Governing To Win; TABLE OF CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Section I: The Imperative to Create Long-Term Fiscal Sustainability; Chapter One: Understanding What''s Driving the Annual Deficit; Chapter Two: Understanding the Federal Government''s Long-Term Cost Drivers; Chapter Three: Creating a Strategic Approach to Budget Decisions; Chapter Four: Governance Is the New Competitiveness Imperative; Section II: New Policy Approaches to Enhance Competitiveness; Chapter Five: Three Approaches to Fostering Economic Competitiveness

Chapter Six: Two Key Actions to Align Postsecondary Education with the Labor Market Chapter Seven: Five Initiatives to Bend the Health Care Cost Curve; Chapter Eight: Three Strategies to Increase Energy Efficiency; Section III: Moving to an ""Enterprise USA"" Approach in Government Can Enhance Competitiveness; Chapter Nine: Create a New



Value-Oriented Operating Model for Government; Chapter Ten: Use Technology to Enhance Productivity; Chapter Eleven: Rethink Government Purchasing and Supply Chains; Chapter Twelve: Strategically Use Business Analytics

Chapter Thirteen: Expand the Use of Shared Services About the Authors

Sommario/riassunto

Charles Prow has brought together an impressive lineup of businessmen and women, reporters, and experts to show how the United States can be more competitive in the global economy. This book shows not only what is wrong with the current federal spending plan, but ways to fix it. Business professionals and anyone interested in the government's response the recession will find this an important book.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910813445003321

Titolo

About the hearth : perspectives on the home, hearth and household in the circumpolar north / / edited by David G. Anderson, Robert P. Wishart and Virginie Vaté

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Berghahn, , 2013

ISBN

1-78238-787-0

0-85745-981-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (336 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AndersonDavid G

WishartRobert P

VatéVirginie

Disciplina

392.3/6091632

Soggetti

Dwellings - Arctic regions

Vernacular architecture - Arctic regions

Households - Arctic regions

Social archaeology - Arctic regions

Arctic regions Antiquities

Arctic regions Social life and customs

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

Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Building a Home for Circumpolar Architecture; Chapter 2 The Conical Lodge at the Centre of the Earth-Sky World; Chapter 3 Mobile Architecture, Improvization and Museum Practice; Chapter 4 Building Log Cabins in Teetł'it Gwich'in Country; Chapter 5 The Mobile Sámi Dwelling; Chapter 6 The Devitalization and Revitalization of Sámi Dwellings in Sweden; Chapter 7 Family Matters; Chapter 8 The Life Histories of Intergenerational Households in Northern Norway 1865-1900; Chapter 9 Hunters in Transition

Chapter 10 Building a Home for the HearthChapter 11 The Perception of the Built Environment by Permanent Residents, Seasonal In-migrants and Casual Incomers in a Village in Northwest Russia; Chapter 12 The Hearth, the Home and the Homeland; Chapter 13 The Fire is our Grandfather; Chapter 14 Home, Hearth and Household in the Circumpolar North; Notes on the Contributors; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Due to changing climates and demographics, questions of policy in the circumpolar north have focused attention on the very structures that people call home. Dwellings lie at the heart of many forms of negotiation. Based on years of in-depth research, this book presents and analyzes how the people of the circumpolar regions conceive, build, memorialize, and live in their dwellings. This book seeks to set a new standard for interdisciplinary work within the humanities and social sciences and includes anthropological work on vernacular architecture, environmental anthropology, household archaeol