Barbara Czarniawska
- Published in print:
- 2002
- Published Online:
- January 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199252718
- eISBN:
- 9780191719295
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199252718.001.0001
- Subject:
- Business and Management, International Business
The term ‘glocalization’ has been coined to indicate that globalization consists of two connected but opposite processes: it homogenizes ideas and practices, but also induces local adaptation and ...
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The term ‘glocalization’ has been coined to indicate that globalization consists of two connected but opposite processes: it homogenizes ideas and practices, but also induces local adaptation and multiplication of differences. City management, with its complexities and international context, offers a paradigmatic example of glocalization. This book is based on fieldwork conducted in three European capitals: Warsaw, Stockholm, and Rome. City management has been conceptualized here as an action net which includes various organizations — municipal, state, private, and voluntary — as well as citizens who organize themselves ad hoc. At the outset of each study, leading politicians and other key figures in each city were asked to list their city's major problems and projects. Comparable projects were then selected for a detailed study in the field. The results revealed a fascinating combination of global influences and local adaptations.Less
The term ‘glocalization’ has been coined to indicate that globalization consists of two connected but opposite processes: it homogenizes ideas and practices, but also induces local adaptation and multiplication of differences. City management, with its complexities and international context, offers a paradigmatic example of glocalization. This book is based on fieldwork conducted in three European capitals: Warsaw, Stockholm, and Rome. City management has been conceptualized here as an action net which includes various organizations — municipal, state, private, and voluntary — as well as citizens who organize themselves ad hoc. At the outset of each study, leading politicians and other key figures in each city were asked to list their city's major problems and projects. Comparable projects were then selected for a detailed study in the field. The results revealed a fascinating combination of global influences and local adaptations.
Samir Simaika and Nevine Henein
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- January 2018
- ISBN:
- 9789774168239
- eISBN:
- 9781617978265
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- American University in Cairo Press
- DOI:
- 10.5743/cairo/9789774168239.003.0019
- Subject:
- Archaeology, Historical Archaeology
This chapter discusses the recognition of Marcus Simaika's work both at home and abroad. Among other accolades, Simaika was made an Honorary Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, a Fellow ...
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This chapter discusses the recognition of Marcus Simaika's work both at home and abroad. Among other accolades, Simaika was made an Honorary Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, a Fellow of the British Society of Archaeologists, and a Member of the British Royal Geographic Society in 1917. In 1923, M. Georges Foucart, the Ministère de l'instruction publique et des cultes of France, presented to the library of the Coptic Museum all their publications on Coptic studies. Similar donations were made by the authorities of the British Museum. Furthermore, Simaika was invited to lecture at Cambridge University in 1924 on Coptic art and archaeology and at the University of Stockholm on Coptic art. On February 20, 1947, three years after Simaika's death, a ceremony was held at the Coptic Museum to inaugurate a new hall and to unveil the bust of Marcus Pasha Simaika.Less
This chapter discusses the recognition of Marcus Simaika's work both at home and abroad. Among other accolades, Simaika was made an Honorary Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, a Fellow of the British Society of Archaeologists, and a Member of the British Royal Geographic Society in 1917. In 1923, M. Georges Foucart, the Ministère de l'instruction publique et des cultes of France, presented to the library of the Coptic Museum all their publications on Coptic studies. Similar donations were made by the authorities of the British Museum. Furthermore, Simaika was invited to lecture at Cambridge University in 1924 on Coptic art and archaeology and at the University of Stockholm on Coptic art. On February 20, 1947, three years after Simaika's death, a ceremony was held at the Coptic Museum to inaugurate a new hall and to unveil the bust of Marcus Pasha Simaika.
Ruben Lee
- Published in print:
- 2000
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198297048
- eISBN:
- 9780191685309
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198297048.003.0003
- Subject:
- Business and Management, Finance, Accounting, and Banking, Political Economy
This chapter presents five case studies of various situations in which the governance structure of different exchanges has been at issue. A summary of the transformation (‘companization’) of the ...
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This chapter presents five case studies of various situations in which the governance structure of different exchanges has been at issue. A summary of the transformation (‘companization’) of the Stockholm Stock Exchange (SSE) into a for-profit firm is provided first. Next, a members' referendum that proposed to turn the Chicago Board of Trade (CBT) into a for-profit organization which was defeated is discussed. In the third part, a referendum that failed to transform the governance structure of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) is described. In the fourth part, the establishment of Stockbrokers Botswana (SBB) and the Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) is outlined. Finally, a debate at the beginning of 1996 about the governance of the London Stock Exchange (LSE) is examined.Less
This chapter presents five case studies of various situations in which the governance structure of different exchanges has been at issue. A summary of the transformation (‘companization’) of the Stockholm Stock Exchange (SSE) into a for-profit firm is provided first. Next, a members' referendum that proposed to turn the Chicago Board of Trade (CBT) into a for-profit organization which was defeated is discussed. In the third part, a referendum that failed to transform the governance structure of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) is described. In the fourth part, the establishment of Stockbrokers Botswana (SBB) and the Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) is outlined. Finally, a debate at the beginning of 1996 about the governance of the London Stock Exchange (LSE) is examined.
Daniel R. Brooks, Eric P. Hoberg, and Walter A. Boeger
- Published in print:
- 2019
- Published Online:
- January 2020
- ISBN:
- 9780226632308
- eISBN:
- 9780226632582
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226632582.001.0001
- Subject:
- Biology, Disease Ecology / Epidemiology
Emerging Infectious Diseases in humans, livestock and crops currently cost the world 1 trillion dollars a year in production losses and treatment costs, more than the GDP of all but 15 countries. ...
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Emerging Infectious Diseases in humans, livestock and crops currently cost the world 1 trillion dollars a year in production losses and treatment costs, more than the GDP of all but 15 countries. Evolutionary analysis of this crisis, based on what is called the Stockholm Paradigm, links the potential for emerging infectious disease outbreaks directly to climate change. Highly specialized pathogens evolve in localized settings in association with one or a few hosts. Climate change and ecological disruption alters geographic distributions, bringing those pathogens into contact with susceptible but previously unexposed hosts. This has been true throughout the history of life on this planet. Human activities during the past 15,000 years, including domestication and agriculture, population growth, conflict and migration, urbanization and globalization have all increased the risk. Technological humanity now faces an existential crisis in global climate change and emerging infectious disease. The time is short, the danger is great, and we are largely unprepared. But we can change that. The very evolutionary specializations that make pathogens a threat for widespread emergence also provide insights into how we can find them before they find us. The DAMA (document - assess - monitor - act) protocol links activities from neighborhood gardens to global surveillance systems that can allow us to anticipate to mitigate emerging disease. We can lower costs to society, limiting the global impact of pathogens and slowing the expanding and accelerating crisis, while buying time for traditional efforts to medicate, vaccinate and eradicate.Less
Emerging Infectious Diseases in humans, livestock and crops currently cost the world 1 trillion dollars a year in production losses and treatment costs, more than the GDP of all but 15 countries. Evolutionary analysis of this crisis, based on what is called the Stockholm Paradigm, links the potential for emerging infectious disease outbreaks directly to climate change. Highly specialized pathogens evolve in localized settings in association with one or a few hosts. Climate change and ecological disruption alters geographic distributions, bringing those pathogens into contact with susceptible but previously unexposed hosts. This has been true throughout the history of life on this planet. Human activities during the past 15,000 years, including domestication and agriculture, population growth, conflict and migration, urbanization and globalization have all increased the risk. Technological humanity now faces an existential crisis in global climate change and emerging infectious disease. The time is short, the danger is great, and we are largely unprepared. But we can change that. The very evolutionary specializations that make pathogens a threat for widespread emergence also provide insights into how we can find them before they find us. The DAMA (document - assess - monitor - act) protocol links activities from neighborhood gardens to global surveillance systems that can allow us to anticipate to mitigate emerging disease. We can lower costs to society, limiting the global impact of pathogens and slowing the expanding and accelerating crisis, while buying time for traditional efforts to medicate, vaccinate and eradicate.
Stephen Hopgood
- Published in print:
- 1998
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198292593
- eISBN:
- 9780191684920
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198292593.003.0009
- Subject:
- Political Science, International Relations and Politics
This chapter focuses on the American preparations for the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (UNCHE), held in Stockholm in June 1972. It begins with an overview of the conference's ...
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This chapter focuses on the American preparations for the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (UNCHE), held in Stockholm in June 1972. It begins with an overview of the conference's origins, and then gives an account of the domestic situation in 1968. It then details the policy formation for Stockholm and presents the story of US preparations for the conference in depth. Finally, it discusses the make-up of the US delegation to Stockholm.Less
This chapter focuses on the American preparations for the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (UNCHE), held in Stockholm in June 1972. It begins with an overview of the conference's origins, and then gives an account of the domestic situation in 1968. It then details the policy formation for Stockholm and presents the story of US preparations for the conference in depth. Finally, it discusses the make-up of the US delegation to Stockholm.
Stephen Hopgood
- Published in print:
- 1998
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198292593
- eISBN:
- 9780191684920
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198292593.003.0010
- Subject:
- Political Science, International Relations and Politics
This chapter deals with the Stockholm Conference and its aftermath. The Stockholm Conference had four main goals: to agree a Declaration on the Human Environment and an Action Plan, to discuss the ...
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This chapter deals with the Stockholm Conference and its aftermath. The Stockholm Conference had four main goals: to agree a Declaration on the Human Environment and an Action Plan, to discuss the formation of an environmental fund, and to consider creating a new environmental institution. As soon as the conference began, the United States was confronted with a barrage of criticism. The catalyst for this assault was the war in Vietnam compounded by demands for a ban on the testing of nuclear weapons. The issue of nuclear testing was eventually agreed through semantic inventiveness and the conference accepted the Declaration as a whole by acclamation, subject to the various observations and qualifications of nations like the United States.Less
This chapter deals with the Stockholm Conference and its aftermath. The Stockholm Conference had four main goals: to agree a Declaration on the Human Environment and an Action Plan, to discuss the formation of an environmental fund, and to consider creating a new environmental institution. As soon as the conference began, the United States was confronted with a barrage of criticism. The catalyst for this assault was the war in Vietnam compounded by demands for a ban on the testing of nuclear weapons. The issue of nuclear testing was eventually agreed through semantic inventiveness and the conference accepted the Declaration as a whole by acclamation, subject to the various observations and qualifications of nations like the United States.
Michael Stenton
- Published in print:
- 2000
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198208433
- eISBN:
- 9780191678004
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198208433.003.0023
- Subject:
- History, European Modern History, Political History
Egil Larsen committed the first important act of sabotage in Denmark. Previously skeptical informants admitted that the RAF raid was approved by most Danes. The legal press showed why Denmark was ...
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Egil Larsen committed the first important act of sabotage in Denmark. Previously skeptical informants admitted that the RAF raid was approved by most Danes. The legal press showed why Denmark was unique — they applied the rule that if Germany was above criticism so was Britain. The election, by seeming to strengthen official collaboration, was certainly a challenge to the clandestine opposition. Turnbull produced the Stockholm version saying that the August disturbances were provoked by the Germans to justify martial law. The Freedom Council was more determined than London to push for active resistance. The SOE had bouts of unease about becoming the British support service of the Freedom Council, but PWE were content.Less
Egil Larsen committed the first important act of sabotage in Denmark. Previously skeptical informants admitted that the RAF raid was approved by most Danes. The legal press showed why Denmark was unique — they applied the rule that if Germany was above criticism so was Britain. The election, by seeming to strengthen official collaboration, was certainly a challenge to the clandestine opposition. Turnbull produced the Stockholm version saying that the August disturbances were provoked by the Germans to justify martial law. The Freedom Council was more determined than London to push for active resistance. The SOE had bouts of unease about becoming the British support service of the Freedom Council, but PWE were content.
Archibald Macleish
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- September 2017
- ISBN:
- 9781496803382
- eISBN:
- 9781496806789
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Mississippi
- DOI:
- 10.14325/mississippi/9781496803382.003.0020
- Subject:
- Literature, American, 20th Century Literature
This chapter focuses on William Faulkner's acceptance of the Nobel Prize in Stockholm and how he used that moment to speak to younger writers throughout the world, taking the writer's responsibility ...
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This chapter focuses on William Faulkner's acceptance of the Nobel Prize in Stockholm and how he used that moment to speak to younger writers throughout the world, taking the writer's responsibility as the text of his sermon. In his speech, Faulkner began with a definition of the subject—a categorical definition. According to Faulkner, there is only one thing worth writing about: “the problems of the human heart in conflict with itself.” He went on to relate that election of subject to the tragedy of the time in which he–and each of us also—lives: the tragedy of “a general and universal physical fear so long sustained by now that we can even bear it.” Faulkner spoke at Stockholm not only with eloquence, but with an authority which the men of ten years ago did not begin to possess.Less
This chapter focuses on William Faulkner's acceptance of the Nobel Prize in Stockholm and how he used that moment to speak to younger writers throughout the world, taking the writer's responsibility as the text of his sermon. In his speech, Faulkner began with a definition of the subject—a categorical definition. According to Faulkner, there is only one thing worth writing about: “the problems of the human heart in conflict with itself.” He went on to relate that election of subject to the tragedy of the time in which he–and each of us also—lives: the tragedy of “a general and universal physical fear so long sustained by now that we can even bear it.” Faulkner spoke at Stockholm not only with eloquence, but with an authority which the men of ten years ago did not begin to possess.
Arne Jarrick
- Published in print:
- 1999
- Published Online:
- June 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780853235835
- eISBN:
- 9781846312632
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5949/UPO9781846312632
- Subject:
- History, European Modern History
This is a revised and translated edition of Mot det Moderna Fornuftet, which was published in Sweden in 1992. It is a work on social and cultural history that deals with the construction of thought ...
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This is a revised and translated edition of Mot det Moderna Fornuftet, which was published in Sweden in 1992. It is a work on social and cultural history that deals with the construction of thought processes and ideas in the late eighteenth century (or ‘mentality history’). Utilising the diaries of John Hjerpe, a shopkeeper member of the lower-middle-class in Stockholm in the 1780s, the book explores a range of issues in modern cultural history. It focuses on the specific world of Hjerpe in terms of trade, social conditions, and contemporary social life in Stockholm, and then proceeds to discuss theoretical and methodological issues relating to how thought processes in the past were formed and articulated. The development of book production and marketing in Stockholm is analysed, and there is also discussion of the diary evidence of Hjerpe pertinent to issues such as Europe, religious tolerance, secularisation, and perceptions of the future.Less
This is a revised and translated edition of Mot det Moderna Fornuftet, which was published in Sweden in 1992. It is a work on social and cultural history that deals with the construction of thought processes and ideas in the late eighteenth century (or ‘mentality history’). Utilising the diaries of John Hjerpe, a shopkeeper member of the lower-middle-class in Stockholm in the 1780s, the book explores a range of issues in modern cultural history. It focuses on the specific world of Hjerpe in terms of trade, social conditions, and contemporary social life in Stockholm, and then proceeds to discuss theoretical and methodological issues relating to how thought processes in the past were formed and articulated. The development of book production and marketing in Stockholm is analysed, and there is also discussion of the diary evidence of Hjerpe pertinent to issues such as Europe, religious tolerance, secularisation, and perceptions of the future.
Reid Badger
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195337969
- eISBN:
- 9780199851553
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195337969.003.0015
- Subject:
- Music, History, American
Jim Europe believed that it was important how his musicians played the music; and his musicians did not play like the Europeans did. A peculiar word had begun to enter the general vocabulary as an ...
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Jim Europe believed that it was important how his musicians played the music; and his musicians did not play like the Europeans did. A peculiar word had begun to enter the general vocabulary as an appropriate descriptive term for that way of playing. The word was jazz—or jass, as it was first introduced through the popular 1917 recordings of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band—but its meaning was not immediately clear. It was reported that French army officials were “exceedingly fond of the 'jazz' music furnished by the colored bands”. The transport carrying the regiment's 3rd Battalion home, the S.S. Le France, arrived in New York ahead of the other two ships with the rest of the regiment, which steamed past the Statue of Liberty and into the harbor on February 12. As the Stockholm was tied up and Europe's band played the men ashore, Major Little said he could not describe the scenes of joy and excitement of the bursting of pent up emotions.Less
Jim Europe believed that it was important how his musicians played the music; and his musicians did not play like the Europeans did. A peculiar word had begun to enter the general vocabulary as an appropriate descriptive term for that way of playing. The word was jazz—or jass, as it was first introduced through the popular 1917 recordings of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band—but its meaning was not immediately clear. It was reported that French army officials were “exceedingly fond of the 'jazz' music furnished by the colored bands”. The transport carrying the regiment's 3rd Battalion home, the S.S. Le France, arrived in New York ahead of the other two ships with the rest of the regiment, which steamed past the Statue of Liberty and into the harbor on February 12. As the Stockholm was tied up and Europe's band played the men ashore, Major Little said he could not describe the scenes of joy and excitement of the bursting of pent up emotions.
Kerala J. Snyder
- Published in print:
- 2002
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195144154
- eISBN:
- 9780199849369
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195144154.003.0021
- Subject:
- Music, History, Western
The renowned Danish organ-building firm of Marcussen & Søn has had a trendsetting impact in Sweden since the mid-1930s. The magnificent instruments built in the Lund Cathedral and the Göteborg ...
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The renowned Danish organ-building firm of Marcussen & Søn has had a trendsetting impact in Sweden since the mid-1930s. The magnificent instruments built in the Lund Cathedral and the Göteborg Concernt Hall were followed by many other organs in the succeeding years. Those in Our Lady's Church in Skänninge and in Oscar's Church in Stockholm have won international acclaim, especially through Carl Weinrich's recordings of Bach, and Alf Linder's of Buxtehude, both in Skänninge, on the Westminster label. The Oscar's Church parish is one of the youngest in the city of Stockholm. It was established in 1906, in a relatively new area in the city's east end, which, in contrast to London's East End, had become dominated by a mostly affluent, conservative, and royalist upper class.Less
The renowned Danish organ-building firm of Marcussen & Søn has had a trendsetting impact in Sweden since the mid-1930s. The magnificent instruments built in the Lund Cathedral and the Göteborg Concernt Hall were followed by many other organs in the succeeding years. Those in Our Lady's Church in Skänninge and in Oscar's Church in Stockholm have won international acclaim, especially through Carl Weinrich's recordings of Bach, and Alf Linder's of Buxtehude, both in Skänninge, on the Westminster label. The Oscar's Church parish is one of the youngest in the city of Stockholm. It was established in 1906, in a relatively new area in the city's east end, which, in contrast to London's East End, had become dominated by a mostly affluent, conservative, and royalist upper class.
Arwen Donahue
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813125473
- eISBN:
- 9780813135212
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813125473.003.0011
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century
Paul was born in Álmosd, Hungary in 1935. His father was American—born in New York City—and he never accepted Hungarian citizenship. Paul's family was protected by the Swiss Embassy so they were put ...
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Paul was born in Álmosd, Hungary in 1935. His father was American—born in New York City—and he never accepted Hungarian citizenship. Paul's family was protected by the Swiss Embassy so they were put in a separate house from the rest of the ghetto. His mother died of an unknown disease and he and his siblings were sent to an orphanage. Paul was adopted by a Jewish family who lived in Stockholm. He joined the Israeli Army in 1952 and got to the U.S. in '59. He tells of some racial problems he encountered when he was in the service, and of his experiences when he was sent to Viet Nam and how people treated him when he came back to the U.S. Paul also talks of his wife and things regarding their differences in religion.Less
Paul was born in Álmosd, Hungary in 1935. His father was American—born in New York City—and he never accepted Hungarian citizenship. Paul's family was protected by the Swiss Embassy so they were put in a separate house from the rest of the ghetto. His mother died of an unknown disease and he and his siblings were sent to an orphanage. Paul was adopted by a Jewish family who lived in Stockholm. He joined the Israeli Army in 1952 and got to the U.S. in '59. He tells of some racial problems he encountered when he was in the service, and of his experiences when he was sent to Viet Nam and how people treated him when he came back to the U.S. Paul also talks of his wife and things regarding their differences in religion.
Lavanya Rajamani
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199280704
- eISBN:
- 9780191700132
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199280704.003.0003
- Subject:
- Law, Environmental and Energy Law, Public International Law
Because of conflicting political, historic, and economic circumstances, there is an apparent difference between the communities of developing countries from those of their industrial counterparts. ...
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Because of conflicting political, historic, and economic circumstances, there is an apparent difference between the communities of developing countries from those of their industrial counterparts. This is made evident through exploring the nature and framework of international environmental law, since there are significant discrepancies on to whom the responsibility of such issues is given, the measures to be taken, and the conditions of managing global environmental degradation. Despite such dissonance, there have already been several efforts for coming up with measures that would bridge the ideologies of both the developing and industrial states for establishing a common environmental agenda. However, such efforts are not without instances of normativity, ambiguities, and even uprisings. This chapter analyses, through observing the Stockholm, Rio, and Johannesburg international environmental conferences, how this dissonance has developed throughout history.Less
Because of conflicting political, historic, and economic circumstances, there is an apparent difference between the communities of developing countries from those of their industrial counterparts. This is made evident through exploring the nature and framework of international environmental law, since there are significant discrepancies on to whom the responsibility of such issues is given, the measures to be taken, and the conditions of managing global environmental degradation. Despite such dissonance, there have already been several efforts for coming up with measures that would bridge the ideologies of both the developing and industrial states for establishing a common environmental agenda. However, such efforts are not without instances of normativity, ambiguities, and even uprisings. This chapter analyses, through observing the Stockholm, Rio, and Johannesburg international environmental conferences, how this dissonance has developed throughout history.
Helena Blomberg, Clary Corander, Christian Kroll, Anna Meeuwisse, Roberto Scaramuzzino, and Hans Swärd
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781847424068
- eISBN:
- 9781447303534
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781847424068.003.0003
- Subject:
- Social Work, Children and Families
This chapter captures the similarities and variations in the performance of child welfare through a comparative Nordic approach. It provides new perspectives on the discussion on whether the welfare ...
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This chapter captures the similarities and variations in the performance of child welfare through a comparative Nordic approach. It provides new perspectives on the discussion on whether the welfare model way of thinking is producing good results in the case of child welfare services in the Nordic countries. The chapter also provides general reflections on methodological issues in comparative research on personal welfare services. The research to which this chapter refers is based on case studies of municipal individually geared social work in Copenhagen, Helsinki, Oslo and Stockholm. The results from the first two parts of the study are given with the aim of highlighting some possible features of a Nordic model in child welfare. The results from the study appear to reflect clearly a family service oriented and preventive Nordic child welfare system. The analyses do point at a common model of child welfare in the selected welfare offices in the four countries.Less
This chapter captures the similarities and variations in the performance of child welfare through a comparative Nordic approach. It provides new perspectives on the discussion on whether the welfare model way of thinking is producing good results in the case of child welfare services in the Nordic countries. The chapter also provides general reflections on methodological issues in comparative research on personal welfare services. The research to which this chapter refers is based on case studies of municipal individually geared social work in Copenhagen, Helsinki, Oslo and Stockholm. The results from the first two parts of the study are given with the aim of highlighting some possible features of a Nordic model in child welfare. The results from the study appear to reflect clearly a family service oriented and preventive Nordic child welfare system. The analyses do point at a common model of child welfare in the selected welfare offices in the four countries.
Lars Öhrström
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- November 2020
- ISBN:
- 9780199661091
- eISBN:
- 9780191916885
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780199661091.003.0009
- Subject:
- Chemistry, History of Chemistry
The five others went first, one by one, and contemporary sources noted how humane the spectacle was, as the participants did not need to see each other. Thousands of ...
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The five others went first, one by one, and contemporary sources noted how humane the spectacle was, as the participants did not need to see each other. Thousands of Stockholmers had turned out to watch, on this cold day of 30 January 1744, as the last of the six, Gustaf Schedin, accountant at the Insjö copper works, mounted the scaffold. As the culmination of the show, he would be both beheaded and then cut to pieces. The summer before, Schedin had led the fourth Dalecarlian Rebellion: the last march of the free miners and farmers of Dalarna— the mine-rich county 100 miles north-west of Stockholm—to the Swedish capital, in a movement expressing raging discontent with the king, Fredrik I, and his disastrous war with Russia. This sort of thing had been successful before: the fiercely independent-minded people of Dalarna traditionally wielded a certain power, rich as they were in natural resources—the jewel in the crown being the famous Great Copper Mountain mine in Falun. Once it was the largest of its kind in the world, and yielded something like 70 per cent of the world’s copper production. The Falun mine, like many others, was once managed as a cooperative operation, and worked by free miners called mountain-men (bergsmän) with special privileges and laws of their own. But their time was at an end. In 1743 the uprising ended in a bloodbath in Stockholm, and now the six leaders were to be executed. The copper mine was also losing its privileged position. It had given the Swedish kings and queens economic strength for numerous more-or-less successful military adventures down in continental Europe, but was now in decline, and so was the military power of Sweden. This traditionally male activity—becoming angry and getting the lads together to sort things and people out—is chemically related to high levels of the large organic molecule testosterone. For a inorganic chemist inclined to find a good story, it would have been great to now present a direct link between copper and the way we make this molecule in our bodies, starting from cholesterol, claiming that this made the men from Dalarna more inclined to hasty revolutionary actions.
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The five others went first, one by one, and contemporary sources noted how humane the spectacle was, as the participants did not need to see each other. Thousands of Stockholmers had turned out to watch, on this cold day of 30 January 1744, as the last of the six, Gustaf Schedin, accountant at the Insjö copper works, mounted the scaffold. As the culmination of the show, he would be both beheaded and then cut to pieces. The summer before, Schedin had led the fourth Dalecarlian Rebellion: the last march of the free miners and farmers of Dalarna— the mine-rich county 100 miles north-west of Stockholm—to the Swedish capital, in a movement expressing raging discontent with the king, Fredrik I, and his disastrous war with Russia. This sort of thing had been successful before: the fiercely independent-minded people of Dalarna traditionally wielded a certain power, rich as they were in natural resources—the jewel in the crown being the famous Great Copper Mountain mine in Falun. Once it was the largest of its kind in the world, and yielded something like 70 per cent of the world’s copper production. The Falun mine, like many others, was once managed as a cooperative operation, and worked by free miners called mountain-men (bergsmän) with special privileges and laws of their own. But their time was at an end. In 1743 the uprising ended in a bloodbath in Stockholm, and now the six leaders were to be executed. The copper mine was also losing its privileged position. It had given the Swedish kings and queens economic strength for numerous more-or-less successful military adventures down in continental Europe, but was now in decline, and so was the military power of Sweden. This traditionally male activity—becoming angry and getting the lads together to sort things and people out—is chemically related to high levels of the large organic molecule testosterone. For a inorganic chemist inclined to find a good story, it would have been great to now present a direct link between copper and the way we make this molecule in our bodies, starting from cholesterol, claiming that this made the men from Dalarna more inclined to hasty revolutionary actions.
Paul Jenkins
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- March 2014
- ISBN:
- 9781604733600
- eISBN:
- 9781604733617
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University Press of Mississippi
- DOI:
- 10.14325/mississippi/9781604733600.001.0001
- Subject:
- Music, Popular
In the 1940s and ’50s, Richard Dyer-Bennet (1913–1991) was among the best-known and most respected folk singers in America. This book tells the story of Dyer-Bennet, often referred to as the ...
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In the 1940s and ’50s, Richard Dyer-Bennet (1913–1991) was among the best-known and most respected folk singers in America. This book tells the story of Dyer-Bennet, often referred to as the “Twentieth-Century Minstrel.” Dyer-Bennet’s approach to singing sounded almost foreign to many American listeners. The folk artist followed a musical tradition in danger of dying out. The Swede Sven Scholander was the last European proponent of minstrelsy and served as Dyer-Bennet’s inspiration after the young singer traveled to Stockholm to meet him one year before Scholander’s death. Dyer-Bennet’s achievements were many. Nine years after his meeting with Scholander, he became the first solo performer of his kind to appear in Carnegie Hall. The book argues that Dyer-Bennet helped pave the way for the folk boom of the mid-1950s and early 1960s, finding his influence in the work of Joan Baez, Judy Collins, and many others. It also posits strong evidence that he would certainly be much better known today had his career not been interrupted midstream by the anticommunist, Red-scare blacklist and its ban on his performances.Less
In the 1940s and ’50s, Richard Dyer-Bennet (1913–1991) was among the best-known and most respected folk singers in America. This book tells the story of Dyer-Bennet, often referred to as the “Twentieth-Century Minstrel.” Dyer-Bennet’s approach to singing sounded almost foreign to many American listeners. The folk artist followed a musical tradition in danger of dying out. The Swede Sven Scholander was the last European proponent of minstrelsy and served as Dyer-Bennet’s inspiration after the young singer traveled to Stockholm to meet him one year before Scholander’s death. Dyer-Bennet’s achievements were many. Nine years after his meeting with Scholander, he became the first solo performer of his kind to appear in Carnegie Hall. The book argues that Dyer-Bennet helped pave the way for the folk boom of the mid-1950s and early 1960s, finding his influence in the work of Joan Baez, Judy Collins, and many others. It also posits strong evidence that he would certainly be much better known today had his career not been interrupted midstream by the anticommunist, Red-scare blacklist and its ban on his performances.
Ken Geiser
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- January 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780262012522
- eISBN:
- 9780262327015
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- The MIT Press
- DOI:
- 10.7551/mitpress/9780262012522.003.0004
- Subject:
- Environmental Science, Environmental Studies
While U.S. federal chemical policy development largely ceased after 1980, major developments occurred in other countries and internationally. In 2006 the European Union significantly overhauled the ...
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While U.S. federal chemical policy development largely ceased after 1980, major developments occurred in other countries and internationally. In 2006 the European Union significantly overhauled the chemical policies of its twenty-six member counties. This new regulation required registration and full chemical information dossiers on all 143,000 chemicals manufactured and used in Europe and government authorization of those chemicals of very high concern. Since then, several Asian countries have passed new laws to harmonize with the new European standards. Meanwhile, several new treaties have been negotiated by the United Nations to manage chemicals in global chemical markets.Less
While U.S. federal chemical policy development largely ceased after 1980, major developments occurred in other countries and internationally. In 2006 the European Union significantly overhauled the chemical policies of its twenty-six member counties. This new regulation required registration and full chemical information dossiers on all 143,000 chemicals manufactured and used in Europe and government authorization of those chemicals of very high concern. Since then, several Asian countries have passed new laws to harmonize with the new European standards. Meanwhile, several new treaties have been negotiated by the United Nations to manage chemicals in global chemical markets.
Frank Uekötter
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- September 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780262027328
- eISBN:
- 9780262322409
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- The MIT Press
- DOI:
- 10.7551/mitpress/9780262027328.003.0003
- Subject:
- Environmental Science, Environmental Studies
After World War Two, demands for environmental improvement grew in frequency and vigor. While environmentalists later took much pride in challenging unrestrained consumerism, the greening of Germany ...
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After World War Two, demands for environmental improvement grew in frequency and vigor. While environmentalists later took much pride in challenging unrestrained consumerism, the greening of Germany started as a complementary trend. Life was getting more comfortable during the economic boom of the 1950s and 1960s, and that made people more assertive against pollution and the destruction of nature. Key elements of Germany's environmental polity such as its penchant for cooperative approaches go back to decisions of the 1950s. Discussions gained momentum in the 1970s, with significant support coming from the boom of environmental sentiments all over the West. Civic groups multiplied while politicians struggled to stay abreast. Since the mid-1970s, nuclear power became a defining issue that inspired harsh and often violent protests.Less
After World War Two, demands for environmental improvement grew in frequency and vigor. While environmentalists later took much pride in challenging unrestrained consumerism, the greening of Germany started as a complementary trend. Life was getting more comfortable during the economic boom of the 1950s and 1960s, and that made people more assertive against pollution and the destruction of nature. Key elements of Germany's environmental polity such as its penchant for cooperative approaches go back to decisions of the 1950s. Discussions gained momentum in the 1970s, with significant support coming from the boom of environmental sentiments all over the West. Civic groups multiplied while politicians struggled to stay abreast. Since the mid-1970s, nuclear power became a defining issue that inspired harsh and often violent protests.
Daniel R. Brooks, Eric P. Hob Erg, and Walter A. Boeger
- Published in print:
- 2019
- Published Online:
- January 2020
- ISBN:
- 9780226632308
- eISBN:
- 9780226632582
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226632582.003.0004
- Subject:
- Biology, Disease Ecology / Epidemiology
For the past century, scientists have tried to explain pathogens by first focusing on their hosts; however, as the evolutionary nature of pathogens becomes clearer, scientists now must seek to ...
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For the past century, scientists have tried to explain pathogens by first focusing on their hosts; however, as the evolutionary nature of pathogens becomes clearer, scientists now must seek to understand the nature of the pathogen. The Stockholm Paradigm thus attempts to understand this pathogen-host relationship by first understanding the pathogen.Less
For the past century, scientists have tried to explain pathogens by first focusing on their hosts; however, as the evolutionary nature of pathogens becomes clearer, scientists now must seek to understand the nature of the pathogen. The Stockholm Paradigm thus attempts to understand this pathogen-host relationship by first understanding the pathogen.
Daniel R. Brooks, Eric P. Hob Erg, and Walter A. Boeger
- Published in print:
- 2019
- Published Online:
- January 2020
- ISBN:
- 9780226632308
- eISBN:
- 9780226632582
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226632582.003.0007
- Subject:
- Biology, Disease Ecology / Epidemiology
Humanity now exists at the height of its technological achievements yet also at the height of environmental shifts associated with disease emergence. This threatens our ability to survive as a ...
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Humanity now exists at the height of its technological achievements yet also at the height of environmental shifts associated with disease emergence. This threatens our ability to survive as a technological species with the potential to achieve better lives for future generations; understanding the relationship between pathogen evolution and evolution of the biosphere as a whole is one way to help in that effort.Less
Humanity now exists at the height of its technological achievements yet also at the height of environmental shifts associated with disease emergence. This threatens our ability to survive as a technological species with the potential to achieve better lives for future generations; understanding the relationship between pathogen evolution and evolution of the biosphere as a whole is one way to help in that effort.
