03317nam 2200649Ia 450 991046199550332120200520144314.01-283-57925-197866138917090-8157-2413-6(CKB)2670000000241541(EBL)1013434(OCoLC)830170539(SSID)ssj0000711852(PQKBManifestationID)11955976(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000711852(PQKBWorkID)10694033(PQKB)10285569(MiAaPQ)EBC1013434(OCoLC)811407693(MdBmJHUP)muse19422(Au-PeEL)EBL1013434(CaPaEBR)ebr10597660(CaONFJC)MIL389170(EXLCZ)99267000000024154120120716d2012 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrState and local pensions[electronic resource] what now? /Alicia H. MunnellWashington, D.C. Brookings Institution Pressc20121 online resource (266 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8157-2412-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front Cover; Inside Flap; Title Page; Copyright Information; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; State and Local Pensions: From the 1970's to Today; The Discount Rate and Other Accounting and Funding Issues; Why Are Some Plans in Trouble and Others Not?; Are Public Plans Budget Busters?; Are Public Employees Overpaid or Underpaid?; Do Defined Contribution Plans Have a Role in the Public Sector?; Making State and Local Pensions Better; References; Index; Back CoverIn the wake of the financial crisis and Great Recession, the health of state and local pension plans has emerged as a front burner policy issue. Elected officials, academic experts, and the media alike have pointed to funding shortfalls with alarm, expressing concern that pension promises are unsustainable or will squeeze out other pressing government priorities. A few local governments have even filed for bankruptcy, with pensions cited as a major cause. Alicia H. Munnell draws on both her practical experience and her research to provide abroad perspective on the challenge of state a...Local officials and employeesPensionsLaw and legislationUnited StatesLocal officials and employeesPensionsUnited StatesState governmentsOfficials and employeesPensionsLaw and legislationUnited StatesState governmentsOfficials and employeesPensionsUnited StatesElectronic books.Local officials and employeesPensionsLaw and legislationLocal officials and employeesPensionsState governmentsOfficials and employeesPensionsLaw and legislationState governmentsOfficials and employeesPensions331.25/291352130973Munnell Alicia Haydock122985MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461995503321State and local pensions1909260UNINA03031nam 22005895 450 991025335410332120240702095647.09781349915095134991509210.1057/978-1-349-91509-5(CKB)3710000000731499(EBL)4716783(DE-He213)978-1-349-91509-5(MiAaPQ)EBC4716783(Perlego)3510578(EXLCZ)99371000000073149920160609d2016 u| 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierEnvironment, Race, and Nationhood in Australia Revisiting the Empty North /by Russell McGregor1st ed. 2016.New York :Palgrave Macmillan US :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2016.1 online resource (268 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9781349905737 1349905739 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preface -- Chapter 1: Anxieties Aroused -- Chapter 2: Whiteness versus the Tropics -- Chapter 3: Acquiring a White Elephant -- Chapter 4: A Dog in the Manger -- Chapter 5: Colouring the Empty Spaces -- Chapter 6: Redeeming the Desolation -- Chapter 7: Downgrading the North -- Chapter 8: Vulnerabilities Laid Bare -- Chapter 9: Modest Projections, Massive Projects -- Chapter 10: The Divisive North -- Chapter 11: Whither the White North? -- Chapter 12: Emptiness Attenuated -- Epilogue, or Are We There Yet?.This new study offers a timely and compelling account of why past generations of Australians have seen the north of the country as an empty land, and how those perceptions of Australia's tropical regions impact current policy and shape the self-image of the nation. It considers the origins of these concerns - from fears of invasion and moral qualms about leaving resources lying idle, from apprehensions about white nationhood coming under international censure and misgivings about the natural attributes of the north - and elucidates Australians' changing appreciations of the natural environments of the north, their shifting attitudes toward race and their unsettled conceptions of Asia.Environmental policyPolitical sociologyAustralasiaHistoryEnvironmental PolicyPolitical SociologyAustralian HistoryEnvironmental policy.Political sociology.Australasia.History.Environmental Policy.Political Sociology.Australian History.333.70994McGregor Russellauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1058488BOOK9910253354103321Environment, Race, and Nationhood in Australia2500253UNINA