1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457260803321

Autore

Liu Xiaobo <1955->

Titolo

No enemies, no hatred [[electronic resource] ] : selected essays and poems / / Liu Xiaobo ; edited by Perry Link, Tienchi Martin-Liao, and Liu Xia ; with a foreword by Va\0301clav Havel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2012

ISBN

0-674-07194-8

0-674-06311-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (393 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LinkE. Perry <1944-> (Eugene Perry)

Martin-LiaoTienchi

LiuXia <1959->

Disciplina

895.1/452

Soggetti

Chinese essays - 21st century

Essays - 21st century

Chinese poetry - 21st century

Electronic books.

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 -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD / Havel, Václav -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I. POLITICS WITH CHINESE CHARACTERISTICS -- LISTEN CAREFULLY TO THE VOICES OF THE TIANANMEN MOTHERS -- TO CHANGE A REGIME BY CHANGING A SOCIETY -- THE LAND MANIFESTOS OF CHINESE FARMERS -- XIDAN DEMOCRACY WALL AND CHINA'S ENLIGHTENMENT -- THE SPIRITUAL LANDSCAPE OF THE URBAN YOUNG IN POST-TOTALITARIAN CHINA -- BELLICOSE AND THUGGISH -- STATE OWNERSHIP OF LAND IS THE AUTHORITIES' MAGIC WAND FOR FORCED EVICTION -- A DEEPER LOOK INTO WHY CHILD SLAVERY IN CHINA'S "BLACK KILNS" COULD HAPPEN -- THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE "WENG'AN INCIDENT" -- PART II. CULTURE AND SOCIETY -- EPILOGUE TO CHINESE POLITICS AND CHINA'S MODERN INTELLECTUALS -- ON LIVING WITH DIGNITY IN CHINA -- ELEGY TO LIN ZHAO, LONE VOICE OF CHINESE FREEDOM -- BA JIN -- THE EROTIC CARNIVAL IN RECENT CHINESE HISTORY -- FROM WANG SHUO'S WICKED SATIRE TO HU GE'S EGAO -- YESTERDAY'S STRAY DOG BECOMES TODAY'S GUARD DOG --



LONG LIVE THE INTERNET -- IMPRISONING PEOPLE FOR WORDS AND THE POWER OF PUBLIC OPINION -- PART III. CHINA AND THE WORLD -- BEHIND THE "CHINA MIRACLE" -- BEHIND THE RISE OF THE GREAT POWERS -- THE COMMUNIST PARTY'S "OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL SYNDROME" -- HONG KONG TEN YEARS AFTER THE HANDOVER -- SO LONG AS HAN CHINESE HAVE NO FREEDOM, TIBETANS WILL HAVE NO AUTONOMY -- OBAMA'S ELECTION, THE REPUBLICAN FACTOR, AND A PROPOSAL FOR CHINA -- PART IV. DOCUMENTS -- THE JUNE SECOND HUNGER STRIKE DECLARATION -- A LETTER TO LIAO YIWU -- USING TRUTH TO UNDERMINE A SYSTEM BUILT ON LIES -- CHARTER 08 -- MY SELF-DEFENSE -- I HAVE NO ENEMIES -- THE CRIMINAL VERDICT -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

When the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded on December 10, 2010, its recipient, Liu Xiaobo, was in Jinzhou Prison, serving an eleven-year sentence for what Beijing called "incitement to subvert state power." In Oslo, actress Liv Ullmann read a long statement the activist had prepared for his 2009 trial. It read in part: "I stand by the convictions I expressed in my 'June Second Hunger Strike Declaration' twenty years ago-I have no enemies and no hatred. None of the police who monitored, arrested, and interrogated me, none of the prosecutors who indicted me, and none of the judges who judged me are my enemies."That statement is one of the pieces in this book, which includes writings spanning two decades, providing insight into all aspects of Chinese life. These works not only chronicle a leading dissident's struggle against tyranny but enrich the record of universal longing for freedom and dignity. Liu speaks pragmatically, yet with deep-seated passion, about peasant land disputes, the Han Chinese in Tibet, child slavery, the CCP's Olympic strategy, the Internet in China, the contemporary craze for Confucius, and the Tiananmen massacre. Also presented are poems written for his wife, Liu Xia, public documents, and a foreword by Václav Havel.This collection is an aid to reflection for Western readers who might take for granted the values Liu has dedicated his life to achieving for his homeland.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910962375003321

Titolo

Value in health care : accounting for cost, quality, safety, outcomes and innovation : workshop summary / / Pierre L. Yong, LeighAnne Olsen and J. Michael McGinnis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, 2010

ISBN

9786612644795

9780309154376

0309154375

9781282644793

1282644793

9780309121835

0309121833

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (287 p.)

Collana

The learning healthcare system series

Roundtable on value & science-driven health care

Altri autori (Persone)

YongPierre L

OlsenLeighAnne

McGinnisJ. Michael

Disciplina

338.433621

Soggetti

Medical care - 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""; ""Institute of Medicine Roundtable on Value & Science-Driven Health Care Charter and Vision Statement""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 The Need to Improve Value in Health Care""; ""2 Stakeholder Perspectives on Value""; ""3 Approaches to Assessing Value Illustrative Examples""; ""4 Approaches to Improving Value Consumer Incentives""; ""5 Approaches to Improving Value Provider and Manufacturer Payments""; ""6 Approaches to Improving Value Organization and Structure of Care""

""7 Aligning the System to Promote Value�Now and in the Future""""8 Common Themes and Opportunities for Action""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A: Workshop Agenda""; ""Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Workshop Participants""; ""Appendix C: Workshop Attendee List""



Sommario/riassunto

The United States has the highest per capita spending on health care of any industrialized nation. Yet despite the unprecedented levels of spending, harmful medical errors abound, uncoordinated care continues to frustrate patients and providers, and U.S. healthcare costs continue to increase. The growing ranks of the uninsured, an aging population with a higher prevalence of chronic diseases, and many patients with multiple conditions together constitute more complicating factors in the trend to higher costs of care. A variety of strategies are beginning to be employed throughout the health system to address the central issue of value, with the goal of improving the net ration of benefits obtained per dollar spent on health care. However, despite the obvious need, no single agreed-upon measure of value or comprehensive, coordinated systemwide approach to assess and improve the value of health care exists. Without this definition and approach, the path to achieving greater value will be characterized by encumbrance rather than progress. To address the issues central to defining, measuring, and improving value in health care, the Institute of Medicine convened a workshop to assemble prominent authorities on healthcare value and leaders of patient, payer, provider, employer, manufacturer, government, health policy, economics, technology assessment, informatics, health services research, and health professions communities. The workshop, summarized in this volume, facilitated a discussion of stakeholder perspectives on measuring and improving value in health care, identifying the key barriers and outlining the opportunities for next steps"--Publisher's description.