Download or read book Making Markets in the Welfare State written by Jane R. Gingrich and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-06-23 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past three decades, market reforms have transformed public services such as education, health, and care of the elderly. Whereas previous studies present markets as having similar and largely non-political effects, this book shows that political parties structure markets in diverse ways to achieve distinct political aims. Left-wing attempts to sustain the legitimacy of the welfare state are compared with right-wing wishes to limit the state and empower the private sector. Examining a broad range of countries, time periods, and policy areas, Jane R. Gingrich helps readers make sense of the complexity of market reforms in the industrialized world. The use of innovative multi-case studies and in-depth interviews with senior European policymakers enriches the debate and brings clarity to this multifaceted topic. Scholars and students working on the policymaking process in this central area will be interested in this new conceptualization of market reform.

Download or read book Ordnungs konomische Grundlagen nationaler und internationaler Wirtschaftspolitik written by Thomas Apolte and published by Lucius & Lucius DE. This book was released on 2004 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIE REIHE: SCHRIFTENREIHE ZU ORDNUNGSFRAGEN DER WIRTSCHAFT herausgegeben von Thomas Apolte, Martin Leschke, Albrecht F. Michler, Christian Müller, Rahel M. Schomaker und Dirk Wentzel Die Reihe diskutiert aktuelle ordnungspolitische und institutionenökonomische Fragestellungen. Durch die methodische Vielfalt richtet sie sich an Fachleute, an die Öffentlichkeit und an die Politikberatung.

Download or read book Mental Health Outcome Measures written by Graham Thornicroft and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mental Health Outcome Measures provides an authoritative review of measurement scales currently available to assess the outcomes of mental health service intervention. The excerpt of summaries by leading writers in the field assess the contributions of scale in areas including mental state examination, quality of life, patient satisfaction, needs assessments, measurement of service cost, global functioning scales, and social disability. These chapters provide a critical appraisal of how far such scales have been shown to be reliable and valid, and provide valuable insights in to their ease of use. This book will provide an invaluable reference manual for those who want to take research on mental health services, and for those who need to interpret this research for policy, planning, and clinical practice.

Download or read book Two Centuries of Solidarity written by Karel-Peter Companje and published by Amsterdam University Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Health insurance is a key component of the current social security system in European Union countries. In most countries, modern health insurance funds and health care insurers are an essential role in implementing the public health insurance system. Many of these modern health insurance funds have a fascinating and long ancestry, clear traces of which can be seen today in the organisation of national health insurance, as well as the structure of health insurance funds and insurers. In their study Two Centuries of Solidarity, the authors compare health insurance, health insurance funds and health care insurers in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands. Given the similar political, economic and social development that these countries have undergone in the past 60 years and the qualitatively high level of health care they provide, one might expect a degree of likeness in these countries' health care insurance systems. The dissimilarities are surprising, however. In fact, differences are becoming ever more apparent between the different national systems in general, and between the structure and operation of the health insurance funds and health care insurers in particular. Differences include the compulsory nature of insurance, the extent of cover, premiums, health insurance business, mutual competition, and the degree of private insurance. Many of these national singularities can be understood and explained only by considering the historical background of the current national health insurance systems, the insurers, and their evolution over de past centuries. This study adopts an institutional and political perspective towards further understanding of the development of health insurance, and of how this ultimately determined the specific nature of the health care insurers and funds, and how they currently operate in the three countries studied.

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Download or read book New Perspectives on Paternalism and Health Care written by Thomas Schramme and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-06-04 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work sets the stage regarding debates about paternalism and health care for years to come. The anthology is organized around four parts: i) The concept of paternalism and theoretical issues regarding the idea of anti-paternalism, ii) strategies for justifying different forms of paternalism, iii) paternalism in psychiatry and psychotherapy, iv) paternalism and public health, and v) paternalism and reproductive medicine. Medical paternalism was arguably one of the main drivers of debates in medical ethics and has led to a wide acknowledgement of the value of patient autonomy. However, more recent developments in health care, such as the increasing significance of public health measures and the commercialization of medical services, have led to new social circumstances and hence to the need to rethink issues regarding paternalism. This work provides an invaluable source for many scholars and practitioners, since it deals in new and original ways with one of the main and oldest issue in health care ethics.​

Download or read book Routledge International Handbook of Sex Industry Research written by Susan Dewey and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-11-21 with total page 809 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge International Handbook of Sex Industry Research unites 45 contributions from researchers, sex workers, activists, and practitioners who live and work in 28 countries throughout the world. Focusing tightly on the contemporary state of sex industry research through eight carefully selected themes, this volume sets a clear agenda for future research, activism, and policymaking. Approaching the topic from a multidisciplinary perspective on an expanding field frequently divided by political and ideological conflicts, the handbook clearly establishes the parameters of the field while also showcasing the most vibrant contemporary empirical and theoretical work. Unprecedented in its global scope, the Routledge International Handbook of Sex Industry Research will appeal to students, researchers, and policy makers interested in fields such as sociology of gender and sexuality; crime, justice, and the sex industry; sociology of work and professions; and sexual politics.

Download or read book Scripting Computer Supported Collaborative Learning written by Frank Fischer and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-04-08 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theoretically, the term "script" appears to be rather ill-defined. This book clarifies the use of the term "script" in education. It approaches the term from at least three perspectives: cognitive psychology perspective, computer science perspective, and an educational perspective. The book provides learners with scripts that support them both in communication/coordination and in higher-order learning.

Download or read book Health at a Glance Europe 2016 State of Health in the EU Cycle written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2016-11-23 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fourth edition of Health at a Glance: Europe presents key indicators of health and health systems in the 28 EU countries, 5 candidate countries to the EU and 3 EFTA countries.

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Download or read book The SAGE Handbook of Mental Health and Illness written by David Pilgrim and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2011 with total page 569 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title integrates the conceptual, empirical and evidence-based threads of mental health as an area of study, research and practice. It approaches mental health from two perspectives - firstly as a positive state of well-being and secondly as psychological difference or abnormality in its social context.

Download or read book Kranken und Unfallversicherungen written by Volker Dicke and published by VVW GmbH. This book was released on 2015-07-22 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Der Band der Fachwirt-Literatur für den Handlungsbereich „Produktmanagement für Versicherungs- und Finanzprodukte“ behandelt den Themenbereich „Kranken- und Unfallversicherungen“. Die 2. Auflage wurde neu überarbeitet und auf das Bedingungswerk Proximus 3 angepasst. Im Bereich Produktmanagement soll die Fähigkeit nachgewiesen werden, den Prozess der Produktentwicklung im Gesamtzusammenhang darlegen, Anstöße für die Produktentwicklung geben, Auswirkungen von Produktentwicklungen für den Unternehmenserfolg aufzeigen und in Produktentwicklungsprojekten mitwirken zu können. Dabei sind die rechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen zu berücksichtigen und die vertraglichen Bestimmungen zu beurteilen. Diese Kompetenzen werden für die verschiedenen Tarife der privaten Kranken-, Pflege- und Unfallversicherung in fünf Stufen vermittelt. Dabei werden zugleich die Systemunterschiede zwischen gesetzlicher und privater Kranken- und Unfallversicherung sowie zwischen sozialer und privater Pflegeversicherung erläutert: 1. Ergebnisse von Marketingmaßnahmen im Prozess der Produktentwicklung 2. Kriterien der Produktgestaltung unter Berücksichtigung von rechtlichen und kalkulatorischen Rahmenbedingungen 3. Regeln der Annahmepolitik im Hinblick auf betriebswirtschaftliche und vertriebliche Auswirkungen 4. Auswirkungen der Entwicklung neuer Produkte auf betriebliche Leistungs- und Kernprozesse 5. Prozess der Markteinführung neuer Produkte, Mechanismen der Steuerung und des Controllings bei der Einführung neuer Produkte. Das Werk ist als Lehrbuch für die Fachwirt-Fortbildung konzipiert, ist darüber hinaus aber auch geeignet als Nachschlagewerk für Mitarbeiter in Versicherungsunternehmen, bei Maklern und in Agenturen, die sich in die Materie der Kranken- und Unfallversicherung einarbeiten wollen.

Download or read book Ideational Leadership in German Welfare State Reform written by Sabina Stiller and published by Amsterdam University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of this study argues that key politicians and their policy ideas, through "ideational leadership," have played an important role in the passing of structural reforms in the change-resistant German welfare state.

Download or read book Harness the Power of Big Data The IBM Big Data Platform written by Paul Zikopoulos and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2012-11-08 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boost your Big Data IQ! Gain insight into how to govern and consume IBM’s unique in-motion and at-rest Big Data analytic capabilities Big Data represents a new era of computing—an inflection point of opportunity where data in any format may be explored and utilized for breakthrough insights—whether that data is in-place, in-motion, or at-rest. IBM is uniquely positioned to help clients navigate this transformation. This book reveals how IBM is infusing open source Big Data technologies with IBM innovation that manifest in a platform capable of "changing the game." The four defining characteristics of Big Data—volume, variety, velocity, and veracity—are discussed. You’ll understand how IBM is fully committed to Hadoop and integrating it into the enterprise. Hear about how organizations are taking inventories of their existing Big Data assets, with search capabilities that help organizations discover what they could already know, and extend their reach into new data territories for unprecedented model accuracy and discovery. In this book you will also learn not just about the technologies that make up the IBM Big Data platform, but when to leverage its purpose-built engines for analytics on data in-motion and data at-rest. And you’ll gain an understanding of how and when to govern Big Data, and how IBM’s industry-leading InfoSphere integration and governance portfolio helps you understand, govern, and effectively utilize Big Data. Industry use cases are also included in this practical guide.

Download or read book Politik nach Drehbuch written by Lars Rademacher and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2005 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Case for Industrial Policy written by Howard Pack and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2006 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What are the underlying rationales for industrial policy? Does empirical evidence support the use of industrial policy for correcting market failures that plague the process of industrialization? To address these questions, the authors provide a critical survey of the analytical literature on industrial policy. They also review some recent industry successes and argue that only a limited role was played by public interventions. Moreover, the recent ascendance of international industrial networks, which dominate the sectors in which less developed countries have in the past had considerable success, implies a further limitation on the potential role of industrial policies as traditionally understood. Overall, there appears to be little empirical support for an activist government policy even though market failures exist that can, in principle, justify the use of industrial policy.

Download or read book Bringing the Jobless into Work written by Werner Eichhorst and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-09-09 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides an up-to-date overview of activation strategies in unemployment benefit systems and social assistance in selected European countries and the United States. A particular focus lies on the development of activation schemes, governance and implementation as well as on the outcomes of activation in terms of labor market and social integration. The volume is the first to address these issues both from a socio-economic and a legal perspective.