1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990009556960403321

Titolo

Tra IV e V secolo : studi sulla cultura latina tardoantica / a cura di Isabella Gualandri

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milano : Cisalpino, 2002

ISBN

88-323-4612-5

Descrizione fisica

XII, 331 p. ; 24 cm

Collana

Quaderni di Acme ; 50

Disciplina

880.0901

Locazione

FLFBC

Collocazione

P2B-270- GUALANDRI I.-2002

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996211812603316

Autore

Weyland Kurt Gerhard

Titolo

Bounded rationality and policy diffusion [[electronic resource] ] : social sector reform in Latin America / / Kurt Weyland

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, NJ, : Princeton University Press, c2006

ISBN

1-282-08676-6

9786612086762

1-4008-2806-6

Edizione

[Course Book]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (312 p.)

Classificazione

88.62

Disciplina

RE/361.61098

Soggetti

Decision making - Latin America

Policy sciences

Latin America Social policy Case studies

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 (p. [239]-281) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1. The Puzzle of Policy Diffusion -- Chapter 2. Toward a New Theory of Policy Diffusion -- Chapter 3. External Pressures and International Norms in Pension Reform -- Chapter 4. Cognitive Heuristics in the Diffusion of Pension Reform -- Chapter 5. External Pressures and International Norms in Health Reform -- Chapter 6. Cognitive Heuristics in the Diffusion of Health Reform -- Chapter 7. Bounded Rationality in the Era of Globalization -- References and Interviews -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Why do very different countries often emulate the same policy model? Two years after Ronald Reagan's income-tax simplification of 1986, Brazil adopted a similar reform even though it threatened to exacerbate income disparity and jeopardize state revenues. And Chile's pension privatization of the early 1980's has spread throughout Latin America and beyond even though many poor countries that have privatized their social security systems, including Bolivia and El Salvador, lack some of the preconditions necessary to do so successfully. In a major step beyond conventional rational-choice accounts of policy decision-making, this book demonstrates that bounded--not full--rationality drives the spread of innovations across countries. When seeking solutions to domestic problems, decision-makers often consider foreign models, sometimes promoted by development institutions like the World Bank. But, as Kurt Weyland argues, policymakers apply inferential shortcuts at the risk of distortions and biases. Through an in-depth analysis of pension and health reform in Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Peru, Weyland demonstrates that decision-makers are captivated by neat, bold, cognitively available models. And rather than thoroughly assessing the costs and benefits of external models, they draw excessively firm conclusions from limited data and over extrapolate from spurts of success or failure. Indications of initial success can thus trigger an upsurge of policy diffusion.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910782526103321

Autore

Reed Lynn Raphael

Titolo

Creating gender-fair schools and classrooms [[electronic resource] ] : engendering social justice, 5-13 / / Lynn Raphael Reed and Tina Rae

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Paul Chapman, 2007

ISBN

1-282-56021-2

9786612560217

1-84860-560-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (114 p.) : ill

Collana

Lucky Duck Books

Altri autori (Persone)

RaeTina

Disciplina

370.115

Soggetti

Social justice - Study and teaching (Elementary) - Great Britain

Social ethics - Study and teaching (Elementary) - Great Britain

Sex discrimination against women - Prevention

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A Lucky Duck book".

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; CD-Rom Worksheets

Sommario/riassunto

Gender issues related to role models, image & expectations have an effect upon the behaviour & achievement of both boys & girls. For teachers of students aged 5-13, this text provides a programme to promote gender equality & inclusivity in schools, a rationale for the programme based on social justice & a practical set of classroom activities to implement the programme.