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Ageing in Europe : supporting policies for an inclusive society / / edited by Axel Börsch-Supan [and four others]
Ageing in Europe : supporting policies for an inclusive society / / edited by Axel Börsch-Supan [and four others]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter, , 2015
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (xii, 379 pages)
Disciplina 305.26094
Soggetto topico Aging - Europe
Aging - Social aspects - Europe
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
Soggetto non controllato Europe
ageing
demographics
inclusive society
ISBN 3-11-043704-X
3-11-044441-0
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- Contents -- Editors -- Contributors -- 1 SHARE: a European policy device for inclusive ageing societies / Börsch-Supan, Axel / Kneip, Thorsten / Litwin, Howard / Myck, Michał / Weber, Guglielmo -- Part I. Material deprivation and social exclusion - extending analysis using Wave 5 data -- 2. Material deprivation items in SHARE Wave 5 data: a contribution to a better understanding of differences in material conditions in later life / Adena, Maja / Myck, Michał / Oczkowska, Monika -- 3. Accessibility to neighbourhood services and well-being among older Europeans / Stoeckel, Kimberly J. / Litwin, Howard -- 4. Assessing the material deprivation of older Europeans / Bertoni, Marco / Cavapozzi, Danilo / Celidoni, Martina / Trevisan, Elisabetta -- 5. Development and validation of a material deprivation index / Bertoni, Marco / Cavapozzi, Danilo / Celidoni, Martina / Trevisan, Elisabetta -- 6. Measuring social deprivation and social exclusion / Myck, Michał / Najsztub, Mateusz / Oczkowska, Monika -- 7. Material and social deprivation in the macroeconomic context / Najsztub, Mateusz / Bonfatti, Andrea / Duda, Dominika -- Part II. Deprivation and social exclusion: causes and implications -- 8. Does hearing impairment lead to social exclusion? / Bertoni, Marco / Celidoni, Martina / Weber, Guglielmo / Kneip, Thorsten -- 9. Older adults living with cognitive and mobility-related limitations: social deprivation and forms of care received / Fontaine, Roméo / Pino, Maribel / Jean-Baptiste, Marine / Philibert, Aurore / Briant, Nicolas / Joël, Marie-Eve -- 10. Who can realise their retirement plans? Poor health and employment crises as factors of exclusion / Kröger, Hannes / Hoffmann, Rasmus -- 11. Social inequalities in oral health - towards targeted health policy interventions / Listl, Stefan / Jürges, Hendrik -- 12. Slipping into poverty: effects on mental and physical health / Franzese, Fabio -- 13. Social cohesiveness and neighbourhood environmental deprivation: how are they related to life satisfaction in late life? / Stoeckel, Kimberly J. / Litwin, Howard -- Part III. Inclusion and social cohesiveness -- 14. Social exclusion and support between generations / Deindl, Christian / Brandt, Martina / Litwin, Howard -- 15. Loneliness in Europe: do perceived neighbourhood characteristics matter? / Shiovitz-Ezra, Sharon -- 16. Loneliness among informal caregivers aged 50+ in Europe / Wagner, Melanie / Brandt, Martina -- 17. Social exclusion, welfare regime and unmet long-term care need: evidence from SHARE / Srakar, Andrej / Hrast, Maša Filipovič / Hlebec, Valentina / Majcen, Boris -- 18. Growing old abroad: social and material deprivation among first- and secondgeneration migrants in Europe / Hunkler, Christian / Kneip, Thorsten / Sand, Gregor / Schuth, Morten -- 19. Is there a European land of opportunity? Cross-country differences in intergenerational mobility in 14 European countries and Israel / Antonova, Liudmila / Aranda, Luis / Havari, Enkelejda / Pace, Noemi -- Part IV. Employment, social inclusion and social protection -- 20. Coping with risks during the Great Recession / Bonfatti, Andrea / Celidoni, Martina / Weber, Guglielmo / Börsch-Supan, Axel -- 21. Reverse mortgage: a tool to reduce old age poverty without sacrificing social inclusion / Moscarola, Flavia Coda / d'Addio, Anna Cristina / Fornero, Elsa / Rossi, Mariacristina -- 22. Becoming self-employed at ages 50+: true entrepreneurship or exclusion from (wage-)employment? / Mastrogiacomo, Mauro / Belloni, Michele -- 23. Does training help retaining older workers into employment? Evidence from the SHARE survey / Belloni, Michele / Brugiavini, Agar / Meschi, Elena / Pasini, Giacomo -- 24. Early retirement for the underprivileged? Using the record-linked SHARE-RV data to evaluate the most recent German pension reform / Börsch-Supan, Axel / Alt, Benedikt / Bucher-Koenen, Tabea -- 25. The use of PC at work and job satisfaction / Cavapozzi, Danilo / Trevisan, Elisabetta / Weber, Guglielmo -- Part V. Health and health care -- 26. Forgone visits to the doctor due to cost or lengthy waiting time among older adults in Europe / Tur-Sinai, Aviad / Litwin, Howard / Weber, Guglielmo -- 27. Health insurance coverage and access to care among European elders: crossnational differences and social gradients / Jürges, Hendrik -- 28. Pain and social exclusion among the European older people / Croda, Enrica -- 29. The educational gradient in life expectancy in Europe: preliminary evidence from SHARE / Bohacek, Radim / Crespo, Laura / Mira, Pedro / Pijoan-Mas, Josep -- 30. Unmet need for long-term care and social exclusion / Laferrère, Anne / Bosch, Karel Van den -- 31. Eligibility regulations and formal home-care utilisation among the vulnerable older people in SHARE Wave 5 / Carrino, Ludovico / Orso, Cristina Elisa -- 32. Long-term care insurance across Europe / Bucher-Koenen, Tabea / Schütz, Johanna / Spindler, Martin -- 33. Long-term care insurance and the family: does the availability of potential caregivers substitute for long-term care insurance? / Bonsang, Eric / Schoenmaeckers, Jérôme
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Ageing in Europe : supporting policies for an inclusive society / / edited by Axel Börsch-Supan [and four others]
Ageing in Europe : supporting policies for an inclusive society / / edited by Axel Börsch-Supan [and four others]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter, , 2015
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (xii, 379 pages)
Disciplina 305.26094
Soggetto topico Aging - Europe
Aging - Social aspects - Europe
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
Soggetto non controllato Europe
ageing
demographics
inclusive society
ISBN 3-11-043704-X
3-11-044441-0
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- Contents -- Editors -- Contributors -- 1 SHARE: a European policy device for inclusive ageing societies / Börsch-Supan, Axel / Kneip, Thorsten / Litwin, Howard / Myck, Michał / Weber, Guglielmo -- Part I. Material deprivation and social exclusion - extending analysis using Wave 5 data -- 2. Material deprivation items in SHARE Wave 5 data: a contribution to a better understanding of differences in material conditions in later life / Adena, Maja / Myck, Michał / Oczkowska, Monika -- 3. Accessibility to neighbourhood services and well-being among older Europeans / Stoeckel, Kimberly J. / Litwin, Howard -- 4. Assessing the material deprivation of older Europeans / Bertoni, Marco / Cavapozzi, Danilo / Celidoni, Martina / Trevisan, Elisabetta -- 5. Development and validation of a material deprivation index / Bertoni, Marco / Cavapozzi, Danilo / Celidoni, Martina / Trevisan, Elisabetta -- 6. Measuring social deprivation and social exclusion / Myck, Michał / Najsztub, Mateusz / Oczkowska, Monika -- 7. Material and social deprivation in the macroeconomic context / Najsztub, Mateusz / Bonfatti, Andrea / Duda, Dominika -- Part II. Deprivation and social exclusion: causes and implications -- 8. Does hearing impairment lead to social exclusion? / Bertoni, Marco / Celidoni, Martina / Weber, Guglielmo / Kneip, Thorsten -- 9. Older adults living with cognitive and mobility-related limitations: social deprivation and forms of care received / Fontaine, Roméo / Pino, Maribel / Jean-Baptiste, Marine / Philibert, Aurore / Briant, Nicolas / Joël, Marie-Eve -- 10. Who can realise their retirement plans? Poor health and employment crises as factors of exclusion / Kröger, Hannes / Hoffmann, Rasmus -- 11. Social inequalities in oral health - towards targeted health policy interventions / Listl, Stefan / Jürges, Hendrik -- 12. Slipping into poverty: effects on mental and physical health / Franzese, Fabio -- 13. Social cohesiveness and neighbourhood environmental deprivation: how are they related to life satisfaction in late life? / Stoeckel, Kimberly J. / Litwin, Howard -- Part III. Inclusion and social cohesiveness -- 14. Social exclusion and support between generations / Deindl, Christian / Brandt, Martina / Litwin, Howard -- 15. Loneliness in Europe: do perceived neighbourhood characteristics matter? / Shiovitz-Ezra, Sharon -- 16. Loneliness among informal caregivers aged 50+ in Europe / Wagner, Melanie / Brandt, Martina -- 17. Social exclusion, welfare regime and unmet long-term care need: evidence from SHARE / Srakar, Andrej / Hrast, Maša Filipovič / Hlebec, Valentina / Majcen, Boris -- 18. Growing old abroad: social and material deprivation among first- and secondgeneration migrants in Europe / Hunkler, Christian / Kneip, Thorsten / Sand, Gregor / Schuth, Morten -- 19. Is there a European land of opportunity? Cross-country differences in intergenerational mobility in 14 European countries and Israel / Antonova, Liudmila / Aranda, Luis / Havari, Enkelejda / Pace, Noemi -- Part IV. Employment, social inclusion and social protection -- 20. Coping with risks during the Great Recession / Bonfatti, Andrea / Celidoni, Martina / Weber, Guglielmo / Börsch-Supan, Axel -- 21. Reverse mortgage: a tool to reduce old age poverty without sacrificing social inclusion / Moscarola, Flavia Coda / d'Addio, Anna Cristina / Fornero, Elsa / Rossi, Mariacristina -- 22. Becoming self-employed at ages 50+: true entrepreneurship or exclusion from (wage-)employment? / Mastrogiacomo, Mauro / Belloni, Michele -- 23. Does training help retaining older workers into employment? Evidence from the SHARE survey / Belloni, Michele / Brugiavini, Agar / Meschi, Elena / Pasini, Giacomo -- 24. Early retirement for the underprivileged? Using the record-linked SHARE-RV data to evaluate the most recent German pension reform / Börsch-Supan, Axel / Alt, Benedikt / Bucher-Koenen, Tabea -- 25. The use of PC at work and job satisfaction / Cavapozzi, Danilo / Trevisan, Elisabetta / Weber, Guglielmo -- Part V. Health and health care -- 26. Forgone visits to the doctor due to cost or lengthy waiting time among older adults in Europe / Tur-Sinai, Aviad / Litwin, Howard / Weber, Guglielmo -- 27. Health insurance coverage and access to care among European elders: crossnational differences and social gradients / Jürges, Hendrik -- 28. Pain and social exclusion among the European older people / Croda, Enrica -- 29. The educational gradient in life expectancy in Europe: preliminary evidence from SHARE / Bohacek, Radim / Crespo, Laura / Mira, Pedro / Pijoan-Mas, Josep -- 30. Unmet need for long-term care and social exclusion / Laferrère, Anne / Bosch, Karel Van den -- 31. Eligibility regulations and formal home-care utilisation among the vulnerable older people in SHARE Wave 5 / Carrino, Ludovico / Orso, Cristina Elisa -- 32. Long-term care insurance across Europe / Bucher-Koenen, Tabea / Schütz, Johanna / Spindler, Martin -- 33. Long-term care insurance and the family: does the availability of potential caregivers substitute for long-term care insurance? / Bonsang, Eric / Schoenmaeckers, Jérôme
Record Nr. UNISA-996308766703316
Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter, , 2015
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Becoming right : how campuses shape young conservatives / / Amy J. Binder and Kate Wood
Becoming right : how campuses shape young conservatives / / Amy J. Binder and Kate Wood
Autore Binder Amy J. <1964->
Edizione [Course Book]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Princeton : , : Princeton University Press, , [2013]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (423 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina 320.52084/20973
Collana Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology
Soggetto topico Conservatism - United States
College students - Political activity - United States
Education, Higher - Political aspects - United States
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
Soggetto non controllato American politics
College Republicans
Eastern Elite University
Higher Education Research Institute
Intercollegiate Studies Institute
Leadership Institute
Western Flagship University
Western Public system
Young America's Foundation
campaigning style
campaigning
career plans
civilized discourse
college conservatism
college life
colleges
conservatism
conservative femininity
conservative students
conservative style
conservative women
cultural capital
cultural sociology
demographics
feminism
gender
highbrow provocation
higher education
ideological orientation
institutional dynamics
liberalism
liberals
national conservative organizations
organizational culture
organizational structures
political activism
political culture
political expression
political identification
political style
politics
populist activism
provocative style
religious affiliation
social capital
social class
student conservatism
student experience
undergraduates
universities
young conservatives
ISBN 9781400844876 (ebook)
1283804255
1400844878
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Introduction -- Who are conservative students? -- Sponsored conservatism: the landscape of national conservative organizations -- How conservatives think about campus: the effects of college reputations, social scenes, and academics on student experience -- Provoking liberals and campaigning for republicans: two conservative styles at the Western public universities -- Civilized discourse, highbrow provocation, and a fuller embrace of campaigning: three conservative styles at Eastern elite university -- Conservative femininity -- The theory behind the findings: how studying college conservatives extends our understanding of higher education, politics, and culture.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910465625603321
Binder Amy J. <1964->  
Princeton : , : Princeton University Press, , [2013]
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Becoming right : how campuses shape young conservatives / / Amy J. Binder and Kate Wood
Becoming right : how campuses shape young conservatives / / Amy J. Binder and Kate Wood
Autore Binder Amy J. <1964->
Edizione [Course Book]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Princeton : , : Princeton University Press, , [2013]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (423 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina 320.52084/20973
Collana Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology
Soggetto topico Conservatism - United States
College students - Political activity - United States
Education, Higher - Political aspects - United States
Soggetto non controllato American politics
College Republicans
Eastern Elite University
Higher Education Research Institute
Intercollegiate Studies Institute
Leadership Institute
Western Flagship University
Western Public system
Young America's Foundation
campaigning style
campaigning
career plans
civilized discourse
college conservatism
college life
colleges
conservatism
conservative femininity
conservative students
conservative style
conservative women
cultural capital
cultural sociology
demographics
feminism
gender
highbrow provocation
higher education
ideological orientation
institutional dynamics
liberalism
liberals
national conservative organizations
organizational culture
organizational structures
political activism
political culture
political expression
political identification
political style
politics
populist activism
provocative style
religious affiliation
social capital
social class
student conservatism
student experience
undergraduates
universities
young conservatives
ISBN 1-283-80425-5
1-4008-4487-8
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Introduction -- Who are conservative students? -- Sponsored conservatism: the landscape of national conservative organizations -- How conservatives think about campus: the effects of college reputations, social scenes, and academics on student experience -- Provoking liberals and campaigning for republicans: two conservative styles at the Western public universities -- Civilized discourse, highbrow provocation, and a fuller embrace of campaigning: three conservative styles at Eastern elite university -- Conservative femininity -- The theory behind the findings: how studying college conservatives extends our understanding of higher education, politics, and culture.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910792155003321
Binder Amy J. <1964->  
Princeton : , : Princeton University Press, , [2013]
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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Becoming right : how campuses shape young conservatives / / Amy J. Binder and Kate Wood
Becoming right : how campuses shape young conservatives / / Amy J. Binder and Kate Wood
Autore Binder Amy J. <1964->
Edizione [Course Book]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Princeton : , : Princeton University Press, , [2013]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (423 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina 320.52084/20973
Collana Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology
Soggetto topico Conservatism - United States
College students - Political activity - United States
Education, Higher - Political aspects - United States
Soggetto non controllato American politics
College Republicans
Eastern Elite University
Higher Education Research Institute
Intercollegiate Studies Institute
Leadership Institute
Western Flagship University
Western Public system
Young America's Foundation
campaigning style
campaigning
career plans
civilized discourse
college conservatism
college life
colleges
conservatism
conservative femininity
conservative students
conservative style
conservative women
cultural capital
cultural sociology
demographics
feminism
gender
highbrow provocation
higher education
ideological orientation
institutional dynamics
liberalism
liberals
national conservative organizations
organizational culture
organizational structures
political activism
political culture
political expression
political identification
political style
politics
populist activism
provocative style
religious affiliation
social capital
social class
student conservatism
student experience
undergraduates
universities
young conservatives
ISBN 1-283-80425-5
1-4008-4487-8
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Introduction -- Who are conservative students? -- Sponsored conservatism: the landscape of national conservative organizations -- How conservatives think about campus: the effects of college reputations, social scenes, and academics on student experience -- Provoking liberals and campaigning for republicans: two conservative styles at the Western public universities -- Civilized discourse, highbrow provocation, and a fuller embrace of campaigning: three conservative styles at Eastern elite university -- Conservative femininity -- The theory behind the findings: how studying college conservatives extends our understanding of higher education, politics, and culture.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910821116503321
Binder Amy J. <1964->  
Princeton : , : Princeton University Press, , [2013]
Materiale a stampa
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Catholic Activism Today : Individual Transformation and the Struggle for Social Justice / / Maureen K. Day
Catholic Activism Today : Individual Transformation and the Struggle for Social Justice / / Maureen K. Day
Autore Day Maureen K.
Pubbl/distr/stampa New York : , : New York University Press, , [2020]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (vii, 311 pages)
Disciplina 303.372
Collana Religion and Social Transformation
Soggetto topico RELIGION / Christian Life / Social Issues
Social justice - Religious aspects - Catholic Church
Church and social problems - Catholic Church
Church and social problems
Christian sociology - Catholic Church
Christian sociology
Christian sociology - United States
Church and social problems - United States
Soggetto genere / forma History
Soggetto non controllato American life
Catholic Church hierarchy
Catholic history
Catholic identity
Catholic social teaching
Catholicism
Christianity
Second Vatican Council
authority
civic engagement
civic organizations
community
compassion
core values
demographics
dialogue
dilemma of resistance
discipleship style
engagement
immersion experiences
individual-level solutions
individualist
lay-centered theology
moral authority
religion
religious meaning
small groups
social justice
solidarity
theology of pragmatic reverence
transformation
volunteer
ISBN 1-4798-2141-1
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto JustFaith ministries and the discipleship style: a sociohistorical context -- The culture of Catholic civic engagement: catholicity and core values -- From private belief to public call: transforming American Catholics -- Christ-centered discipleship: a theology of pragmatic reverence -- Transforming community: gathering and sending American Catholics -- The state, the market, and poverty: seeking justice -- Compassion: knowledge through stories -- Conclusion: JustFaith ministries and the American Catholic landscape.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910903999903321
Day Maureen K.  
New York : , : New York University Press, , [2020]
Materiale a stampa
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The China mystique [[electronic resource] ] : Pearl S. Buck, Anna May Wong, Mayling Soong, and the transformation of American Orientalism / / Karen J. Leong
The China mystique [[electronic resource] ] : Pearl S. Buck, Anna May Wong, Mayling Soong, and the transformation of American Orientalism / / Karen J. Leong
Autore Leong Karen J. <1968->
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 2005
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (263 p.)
Disciplina 305.48/8951073/0922
Soggetto topico International relations
Soggetto non controllato 20th century
america
american culture
american history
american perspective
anna may wong
anthropology
asian nationalism
china
chinese americans
consumer culture
demographics
ethnographers
gender issues
globalism
globalization
historians
history of orientalism
international relations
mass culture
mayling soong
modern history
nonfiction study
orientalism
othering
pearl s buck
transnationalism
united states
women in america
ISBN 0-520-93863-1
1-59875-544-7
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- 1. Gendering American Orientalism -- 2. Pearl Sydenstricker Buck -- 3. Anna May Wong -- 4. Mayling Soong -- 5. Transforming American National Identity- The China Mystique -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index
Altri titoli varianti Pearl S. Buck, Anna May Wong, Mayling Soong, and the transformation of American Orientalism
Record Nr. UNINA-9910783311503321
Leong Karen J. <1968->  
Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 2005
Materiale a stampa
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Consumer Preferences and Acceptance of Meat Products
Consumer Preferences and Acceptance of Meat Products
Autore Garmyn Andrea
Pubbl/distr/stampa Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020
Descrizione fisica 1 electronic resource (222 p.)
Soggetto topico Research & information: general
Biology, life sciences
Food & society
Soggetto non controllato actinidin
consumer acceptance
consumer sensory testing
eating quality
grass-fed beef
Meat Standards Australia (MSA)
proteolysis
sensory testing
quality
tenderness
oxidation
colour
sensory
acceptability
beef
consumer perceptions
patties
tempeh
consumers
attitude
sheepmeat
premium
holistic product development
consumer
enhancement
fajita
muscle
phosphate
sodium bicarbonate
lamb age
sensory evaluation
flavor
meat purchase decision-making
meat buying criteria
extended postmortem aging
demographics
satisfaction
focus group
meat products
qualitative multivariate analysis
conjoint analysis
older adults
consumer sensory
pork
lamb
juiciness
demographic
yearling
longissimus
semimembranosus
cross-cultural
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910557669503321
Garmyn Andrea  
Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020
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Disease change and the role of medicine : the Navajo experience / / Stephen J. Kunitz
Disease change and the role of medicine : the Navajo experience / / Stephen J. Kunitz
Autore Kunitz Stephen J
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1983
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (238 pages)
Disciplina 362.1/08997
Collana Comparative studies of health systems and medical care
Soggetto topico Navajo Indians - Diseases
Navajo Indians - Mortality
Navajo Indians - Medical care
Navajo Indians - Medicine
Indians of North America - Diseases - Southwest, New
Indians of North America - Mortality - Southwest, New
Indians of North America - Medical care - Southwest, New
Indians of North America - Medicine - Southwest, New
Soggetto non controllato academic
american indian
career
demographics
disease
doctors
economy
fertility
health and wellness
health care
health issues
health professionals
indian reservation
indigenous people
life and death
medical experts
medical field
medical
medicinal
mortality
native american
navajo reservation
navajo
physicians
policy making
public policy
reservation life
reservation
scholarly
social science
social scientists
social studies
ISBN 1-282-35559-7
0-520-90964-X
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Mortality, Fertility and Social Organization -- 2. Economic and Demographic Change on the Navajo Reservation -- 3. Disease Patterns on the Navajo Reservation -- 4. Traditional Navajo Health Beliefs and Practices (by Jerrold E. Levy) -- 5. Health Care Utilization (with Helena Temkin-Greener) -- 6. Changing Mortality and the Role of Medicine -- Appendix I: Data and Methods -- APPENDIX II -- Notes -- References -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910777954703321
Kunitz Stephen J  
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1983
Materiale a stampa
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The future of Africa : challenges and opportunities / / Jakkie Cilliers
The future of Africa : challenges and opportunities / / Jakkie Cilliers
Autore Cilliers Jakkie
Pubbl/distr/stampa Springer Nature, 2021
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (XVII, 421 pages) : 57 illustrations, 55 illustrations in color
Disciplina 330.9600112
Soggetto topico Economic development - Africa
Soggetto non controllato African Politics
Development Studies
Political Economy/Economic Systems
Political Economy and Economic Systems
Africa
demographics
population
development
development in Africa
African Union
China
political economy in Africa
Open access
Politics & government
Political economy
ISBN 3-030-46590-X
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Intro -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 The Growing Gap -- The Growing Income Divergence -- South Korea and Ghana -- The Importance of Labour and Demographics -- Productivity and Economic Structure -- The Global Context -- Dealing with Africa's Diversity-Using Country Income Groups -- Previous Studies and the International Futures Forecasting Platform -- Structure of the Book -- Further Reading -- 2 Africa's Current Path -- From Brundtland to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) -- The Impact of the Structural Adjustment Programmes -- Africa's Growing Dependence on Commodities -- The Challenges of Commodities-Dependent Growth -- Rising Debt Levels -- The Third Wave of Democratisation in Africa -- Africa's Slow Pace of Urbanisation -- The Current Path Scenario -- 3 Health -- The Impact of HIV and AIDS -- Africa's Approaching Health Transition -- Urbanisation and Health Services -- Current Path: Access to Basic Infrastructure -- Modelling the Impact of Better Health and WASH Infrastructure: The Improved Health Scenario -- Impact on Disability Adjusted Life Years -- Conclusion: Planning Comprehensively and Long-Term -- Further Reading -- 4 Getting to Africa's Demographic Dividend -- What History Reveals -- The Impact of the Demographic Dividend -- Comparing Niger, Egypt, Japan and Sweden -- Africa's Slow Demographic Transition -- The Peak and Length of the Demographic Dividend -- The Potential Benefits of Reducing Fertility Rates -- The Components of the Demographic Dividend Scenario -- Scenario Impact on Global Population -- Impact of the Demographic Dividend on Africa -- Conclusion: Reducing Fertility Rates and Working Towards Africa's Demographic Dividend -- Further Reading -- 5 Wanted: A Revolution in Agriculture -- After Independence -- Agriculture Today.
Obstacles to a Revolution in Agriculture -- Achieving Food Security -- The Challenge for the Future -- Lessons from Elsewhere -- Modelling a Coordinated Push on Africa's Agricultural Sector: The African Agriculture Revolution Scenario -- The Contributions from Technology and Innovation -- Conclusion: Aiming at Food Security and Growth -- Further Reading -- 6 Boosting Education -- Recent Education Trends in Africa -- Comparing Education in Africa with Other Regions -- The Low Quality of Education in Africa -- Rates of Gender Exclusion -- Africa's Future Education Requirements -- Modelling the Impact of Improved Quality, Quantity and Nature of Education Across Gender: The Boosting Education Scenario -- From Basics to Technology -- Conclusion: Prioritising Education Outcomes -- Further Reading -- 7 Poverty, Inequality and Growth -- Globalisation and the Sense of Relative Deprivation -- The Interplay Between Inequality and Growth -- The SDGs and Measuring Extreme Poverty -- The Impact of the Additional Poverty Lines -- The Current Situation in Africa -- The Potential of Social Grants to Reduce Poverty -- The Promise of an African Welfare State? -- Modelling the Impact of Using Tax Revenues for Social Grants: The Social Grants for Africa Scenario -- Conclusion: Reducing Poverty Through Rapid and Inclusive Economic Growth -- Further Reading -- 8 Changing Productive Structures -- The Contribution of Services to Growth -- The Impact of the Diffusion of Knowledge -- Manufacturing in Africa -- Composition of African Economies -- Industrialisation and Growth in Africa -- Modelling the Impact of Industrialisation: The Made in Africa Scenario -- Costs and Benefits of a Manufacturing Pathway -- Conclusion: Promoting and Intensifying Local Production and Trade -- Further Reading -- 9 The Future of Work in Africa -- Trends in Employment.
Automation and the Threat to Work -- The Impact of Digitisation in Ghana -- The Promise of Greater Economic Formalisation in Ghana -- Conclusion: Thinking Differently About the Future -- Further Reading -- 10 Technological Innovation and the Power of Leapfrogging -- The Shale and Tight Oil Revolution in the USA -- The Potential of Renewable Energy in Africa -- The Challenge of Energy Storage (Power-to-X) -- Mobile Phones and Access to the Internet-A Big Leap for Africa -- M-Pesa and Innovation in Mobile Banking -- Mobile Phones and Social Change -- Formalising the Informal Sector -- Modelling the Impact of Improved Electricity Access, ICT and Digitisation: The Leapfrogging Scenario -- Conclusion: Harnessing Technology for the Future -- Further Reading -- 11 Trade and Growth -- From GATT to the Decline of Multilateralism -- The Impact of Preferential Access: Everything But Arms and AGOA -- Africa's Shifting Trade Relations with the Rest of the World -- Intra-African Trade and Efforts at Advancing Regional Integration -- The Need for Connecting Infrastructure-And the Challenge of Non-Tariff Barriers -- Perspectives on the Promise of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) -- The Potential Impact of AfCFTA? -- Modelling the Impact of Regional Economic Integration: The Africa Free Trade Area Scenario -- Conclusion: Advancing Africa's Trade -- Further Reading -- 12 Prospects for Greater Peace -- Trends in Conflict -- Africa's Leadership in Conflict Prevention and Management -- Changing Characteristics of Organised Violence -- More Riots -- Structural Drivers of Violence -- Regime Capacity, Type and Regime Dissonance -- Youth and Unemployment -- Poor Governance and High Levels of Inequality -- Modelling the Prospects for Greater Peace: The Silencing the Guns Scenario -- Conclusion: Focusing on Conflict Prevention -- Further Reading.
13 Good Governance, Democracy and Development -- The State of Democracy in Africa -- Is Democracy Making a Difference to Development Prospects in Africa? -- The Realities of Neopatrimonialism in Africa -- The Role of Leadership in Development -- Modelling the Impact of More Democracy: The Fourth Wave of Democracy Scenario -- Conclusion: Promoting Democracy, State Capacity and Human Development -- Further Reading -- 14 Aid, Remittances and Foreign Direct Investment -- The Shifting Global Aid Landscape -- Leveraging Foreign Direct Investment for Africa -- China's Growing Footprint in Africa -- Remittance Flows to Africa -- Modelling Increased FDI, Aid and Remittances: The External Support Scenario -- The Impact of the Combined External Support Scenario -- Conclusion: Unlocking Foreign Assistance -- Further Reading -- 15 Climate Change -- Africa as a Climate Change Taker -- The Global Energy Transition -- Carbon Emissions and Energy in Africa -- The Impact of Climate Change -- Comparing Carbon Emissions in Different Scenarios -- Responding to Climate Change -- Development as a Coping and Planning Mechanism -- Conclusion: Finding an Environmentally Sustainable Pathway -- Further Reading -- 16 Closing the Gap -- Prospects in the Close the Gap Scenario -- GDP Per Capita in the Close the Gap Scenario -- Size of Economies in the Close the Gap Scenario -- Extreme Poverty in the Close the Gap Scenario -- Carbon Emissions in the Close the Gap Scenario -- Structural Change of Economies in the Close the Gap Scenario -- Comparing the Impact of Individual Scenarios Over Time -- Scenario Comparison Using Income Per Person as Key Indicator -- Scenario Comparison Using Progress with the Human Development Index, Inequality and Extreme Poverty -- What Is Possible? A Comparison with China -- A Passion for Knowledge and Development -- In Conclusion -- Further Reading.
Altri titoli varianti Future of Africa
Record Nr. UNINA-9910473454203321
Cilliers Jakkie  
Springer Nature, 2021
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