The Bedrock Of Opinion

Author : G. Sundqvist
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-17
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789401599504

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The Bedrock of Opinion by G. Sundqvist Pdf

When did man discover nuclear waste? To answer this question, we first have to ask if nuclear waste really is something that could be called a scientific discovery, such as might deserve a Nobel Prize in physics. In early writings within nuclear energy research radioactive waste appears to be a neglected issue, a story never told. Nuclear waste first seems to appear when a public debate arose about public health risks of nuclear power in the late 1960s and early 70s. In nuclear physics, consensus was established at an early stage about the understanding of the splitting of uranium nuclei. The fission products were identified and their chains of disintegration and radioactivity soon were well established facts among the involved scientists, as was an awareness of the risks, for example the strong radioactivity of strontium and iodine, and the poisonous effects of plutonium. However, the by-products were never, either in part or in total, called or perceived as waste, just as fission by-products. How and where to dispose of the by-products were questions that were never asked by the pioneers of nuclear physics.

Author : Goran Sundqvist
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9401599513

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The Bedrock of Opinion by Goran Sundqvist Pdf

Author : Robert Y. Shapiro,Lawrence R. Jacobs
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 804 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780199673025

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The Oxford Handbook of American Public Opinion and the Media by Robert Y. Shapiro,Lawrence R. Jacobs Pdf

With engaging new contributions from the major figures in the fields of the media and public opinion The Oxford Handbook of American Public Opinion and the Media is a key point of reference for anyone working in American politics today.

Author : Sina Odugbemi
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 539 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2011-05-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780821385050

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Accountability through Public Opinion by Sina Odugbemi Pdf

“Accountability” has become a buzzword in international development. Development actors appear to delight in announcing their intention to “promote accountability”—but it is often unclear what accountability is and how it can be promoted. This book addresses some questions that are crucial to understanding accountability and for understanding why accountability is important to improve the effectiveness of development aid. We ask: What does it mean to make governments accountable to their citizens? How do you do that? How do you create genuine demand for accountability among citizens, how do you move citizens from inertia to public action? The main argument of this book is that accountability is a matter of public opinion. Governments will only be accountable if there are incentives for them to do so—and only an active and critical public will change the incentives of government officials to make them responsive to citizens’ demands. Accountability without public opinion is a technocratic, but not an effective solution. In this book, more than 30 accountability practitioners and thinkers discuss the concept and its structural conditions; the relationship between accountability, information, and the media; the role of deliberation to promote accountability; and mechanisms and tools to mobilize public opinion. A number of case studies from around the world illustrate the main argument of the book: Public opinion matters and an active and critical public is the surest means to achieve accountability that will benefit the citizens in developing countries. This book is designed for policy-makers and governance specialists working within the international development community, national governments, grassroots organizations, activists, and scholars engaged in understanding the interaction between accountability and public opinion and their role for increasing the impact of international development interventions.

Author : David O. Stewart
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 597 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2015-02-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781451688603

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Madison's Gift by David O. Stewart Pdf

Historian David O. Stewart restores James Madison to his proper place as the most significant Founding Father and framer of the new nation: “A fascinating look at how one unlikely figure managed to help guide…a precarious confederation of reluctant states to a self-governing republic that has prospered for more than two centuries” (Richmond Times-Dispatch). Short, plain, balding, neither soldier nor orator, low on charisma and high on intelligence, James Madison cared more about achieving results than taking the credit. Forming key partnerships with Washington, Jefferson, Monroe, and his wife Dolley, Madison achieved his lifelong goal of a self-governing constitutional republic. It was Madison who led the drive for the Constitutional Convention and pressed for an effective new government as his patron George Washington lent the effort legitimacy; Madison who wrote the Federalist Papers with Alexander Hamilton to secure the Constitution’s ratification; Madison who joined Thomas Jefferson to found the nation’s first political party and move the nation toward broad democratic principles; Madison, with James Monroe, who guided the new nation through its first war in 1812, and who handed the reins of government to the last of the Founders. But it was his final partnership that allowed Madison to escape his natural shyness and reach the greatest heights. Dolley was the woman he married in middle age and who presided over both him and an enlivened White House. This partnership was a love story, a unique one that sustained Madison through his political rise, his presidency, and a fruitful retirement. In Madison’s Gift, David O. Stewart’s “insights are illuminating….He weaves vivid, sometimes poignant details throughout the grand sweep of historical events. He brings early history alive in a way that offers today’s readers perspective” (Christian Science Monitor).

Author : Göran Sundqvist
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2002-02-28
Category : History
ISBN : 140200477X

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The Bedrock of Opinion by Göran Sundqvist Pdf

The issue of nuclear waste is about managing some of the most dangerous material ever to exist. This has to be done safely, and in a way that remains safe for many thousands of years. To realize safe disposal, satisfying bedrock conditions are needed as well as people willing to accept disposal in their own community. In most countries this kind of place has been difficult to locate. This book is the first of its kind, reporting a study which analyses in detail the highly controversial decisions on how to finally dispose of nuclear waste in Sweden, a country considered a forerunner in nuclear waste management. The siting process is traced, as are its connections both back in time and to the global community. From the perspective of science and technology studies the study contributes to the understanding of regulation of controversial technical issues in modern societies.

Author : United States. Federal Power Commission
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1774 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1951
Category : Electric Utilities
ISBN : UCAL:B2937609

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Opinions and Decisions of the Federal Power Commission by United States. Federal Power Commission Pdf

Contains all the formal opinions and accompanying orders of the Federal Power Commission ... In addition to the formal opinions, there have been included intermediate decisions which have become final and selected orders of the Commission issued during such period.

Author : Willem H. Gravett
Publisher : Ethics International Press
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781871891928

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The Janus Face of International Politics by Willem H. Gravett Pdf

This work investigates the ‘Janus face’ of international relations, refracted through the prism of the duality of Jan Christian Smuts, as it manifested in his contribution to the League of Nations and his struggle against the emerging peace treaty. A predominant characteristic of international relations is its requirement to face two different ways at the same time - its Janus face. States profess their adherence to lofty ideals for humanity alongside the pursuit of their own immediate self-interest. This phenomenon in the behaviour of states has been referred to as the distance between vision and reality, and the gap between rhetoric and reality. International relations is, and is likely to remain, suspended between these two extremes: on the one hand, the pursuit of utopian ideals for the world, and, on the other, a defence of narrow self-interest, often prompted by the dictates of the realpolitik of the moment. How, then, are the values that underlie the founding of the first cornerstone of the current international order — the League of Nations — to be understood? An under-explored case study in understanding the complex framework of international relations is that of the visionary and controversial South African, Jan Christian Smuts (1870-1950). On the one hand, Smuts was one of the principal authors of the Covenant of the League of Nations, and the person directly responsible for the recognition of human rights as a founding value of the Charter of the United Nations. On the other, the Premier of racially segregated South Africa.

Author : Seema Mohapatra,Lindsay Wiley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2022-12-31
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781108495097

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Feminist Judgments: Rewritten Health Law Opinions by Seema Mohapatra,Lindsay Wiley Pdf

"This book demonstrates how feminist analysis can transform law in a field where paternalism, individualism, gender stereotypes, and tensions over the public-private divide shape judicial decisions. Each chapter focuses on a single court decision related to health law. The decisions concern patient autonomy, informed consent, medical and nursing malpractice, the relationships among health care professionals and the institutions where they work, communications between health care providers and the patients they serve, end-of-life care, reproductive health care, biomedical research, ownership of human tissues and cells, the influence of religious directives on health care standards, health care discrimination, equitable access to long-term care in nursing homes, equitable access to community-based alternatives, private health insurance, Medicaid coverage, the Affordable Care Act, and more. Each chapter begins with a commentary from a scholar who puts the case in historical context, summarizes the original opinion, discusses what makes the rewritten opinion feminist, and describes how a feminist approach might have altered subsequent developments in health law. The feminist judgments take the form of rewritten majority opinions, concurrences, and dissents. The opinion authors are scholars who inhabit the role of a judge deciding the case. They rely exclusively on the factual record, precedents, and scientific understanding available at the time of the original decision to show how a judge with a feminist perspective could have adjudicated the matter differently"--

Author : Nigel Poole QC
Publisher : Bath Publishing Limited
Page : 443 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-31
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781739099251

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Clinical Negligence Made Clear by Nigel Poole QC Pdf

Clinical Negligence claims currently cost the NHS over £2 billion every year. Litigation is time-consuming, expensive and stressful for all involved. For those whose lives have been changed dramatically as a result of negligent medical treatment, bringing a claim may be the only means of obtaining redress for the harm done to them. But the process of litigation can be a bewildering and sometimes hostile experience. For many healthcare professionals the fear of litigation is a real concern and there is deep anxiety that litigation contributes to an unhealthy, even dangerous culture of blame. Clinical Negligence Made Clear: A Guide for Patients and Professionals is an attempt by one the country’s leading clinical negligence practitioners to help all those who might be affected by such cases to understand what is involved and thereby to reduce the cost and emotional impact of clinical negligence litigation. In concise, accessible language Nigel Poole QC charts how clinical negligence has evolved, its place within the justice system and how compensation is assessed explains ten core legal principles of clinical negligence such as the doctor’s duty of care and the standards expected of healthcare professionals sets out how a claim proceeds and what happens before and during a trial focuses on specific common areas of clinical negligence claims such as wrongful birth, delays in cancer treatment and cosmetic surgery looks to the future and asks whether the current system is sustainable The aim is to provide an intelligent but accessible guide for patients, doctors, nurses, therapists, expert witnesses, and healthcare managers so that those caught up in legal proceedings have a realistic view of the impact they will have and a clearer understanding of when a dispute might be best resolved early. No doubt it will also provide a lively introduction to the subject for students, trainees and lawyers looking to move into clinical negligence work.

Author : Gregory Conti
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2019-04-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108428736

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Parliament the Mirror of the Nation by Gregory Conti Pdf

The notion of 'representative democracy' seems unquestionably familiar today, but how did the Victorians understand democracy, parliamentary representation, and diversity?

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : United States
ISBN : UCR:31210024768929

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Department of Energy Authorizations for Fiscal Year 1985 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment Pdf

Author : Joseph & Edna Josephson Institute for the Advancement of Ethics
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Civil service ethics
ISBN : CORNELL:31924066753629

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Joseph & Edna Josephson Institute of Ethics Survey of Employee Opinions, Values and Behavior by Joseph & Edna Josephson Institute for the Advancement of Ethics Pdf

Author : South Australia. Parliament
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1252 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : South Australia
ISBN : STANFORD:36105015443703

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Proceedings of the Parliament of South Australia by South Australia. Parliament Pdf

Author : Frank Rosillo
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781118331491

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Determination of Value by Frank Rosillo Pdf

How to develop and support a credible opinion of value based on a foundational framework This book provides knowledge and guidance to valuation practitioners on achieving a new level of professionalism and credibility, as well as to those stakeholders in the valuation process in need of assessing the credibility of an appraiser's work product for decision-making purposes. It introduces a well defined framework of key credibility concepts and procedures at each step of the appraisal process, including reasonableness tests, valuation methodologies, financial analysis, economic and industry analysis, engagement planning, and informed judgment. Provides needed guidance to valuation practitioners to enhance their valuation practice and improve the credibility of the appraiser's work product Offers guidance to stakeholders in the valuation process in need of assessing the credibility of an appraiser's work product for decision-making purposes Get foundational framework appraisal advice with the proven guidance found in Determination of Value.