Tana Johnson
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- October 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780198717799
- eISBN:
- 9780191787300
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198717799.003.0006
- Subject:
- Political Science, Comparative Politics
This chapter examines prominent organizations drawn from various issue areas and time periods: the World Food Program (1930s to 1960s), the United Nations Development Program (1950s to 1960s), and ...
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This chapter examines prominent organizations drawn from various issue areas and time periods: the World Food Program (1930s to 1960s), the United Nations Development Program (1950s to 1960s), and the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (1980s to 1990s). The comparative case studies support all three of the book’s predictions. International bureaucrats’ own insulation from states’ interference, as well as their alliances with personnel in fellow intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) or in non-governmental organizations, shape the extent to which they agenda-set in institutional design negotiations. This, in turn, affects the extent to which they can insulate new IGOs from state control. The book’s argument holds across diverse time periods, issue areas, and international bureaucracies. And international bureaucrats’ role and impact in the institutional design process is not only a widespread phenomenon—it is also a phenomenon that touches prominent institutions about which scholars and practitioners are most likely to care.Less
This chapter examines prominent organizations drawn from various issue areas and time periods: the World Food Program (1930s to 1960s), the United Nations Development Program (1950s to 1960s), and the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (1980s to 1990s). The comparative case studies support all three of the book’s predictions. International bureaucrats’ own insulation from states’ interference, as well as their alliances with personnel in fellow intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) or in non-governmental organizations, shape the extent to which they agenda-set in institutional design negotiations. This, in turn, affects the extent to which they can insulate new IGOs from state control. The book’s argument holds across diverse time periods, issue areas, and international bureaucracies. And international bureaucrats’ role and impact in the institutional design process is not only a widespread phenomenon—it is also a phenomenon that touches prominent institutions about which scholars and practitioners are most likely to care.
Peter Piot
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- November 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780231166263
- eISBN:
- 9780231538770
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Columbia University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7312/columbia/9780231166263.003.0004
- Subject:
- Public Health and Epidemiology, Public Health
This chapter examines the transnational dimension of the AIDS response. It begins by considering the initial reactions of international organizations to HIV and the emergence of different ...
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This chapter examines the transnational dimension of the AIDS response. It begins by considering the initial reactions of international organizations to HIV and the emergence of different perspectives on the nature of the AIDS, including AIDS as a communicable disease, as a human rights issue, as a challenge to development, and as a problem for human security. It then discusses the creation of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS; the international response to AIDS; the new millennium as a turning point in the global fight against AIDS; and the creation of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. The chapter concludes by addressing the question of why AIDS for several years was the only disease that figured prominently on the public agenda when there were so many other pressing health concerns in the world.Less
This chapter examines the transnational dimension of the AIDS response. It begins by considering the initial reactions of international organizations to HIV and the emergence of different perspectives on the nature of the AIDS, including AIDS as a communicable disease, as a human rights issue, as a challenge to development, and as a problem for human security. It then discusses the creation of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS; the international response to AIDS; the new millennium as a turning point in the global fight against AIDS; and the creation of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. The chapter concludes by addressing the question of why AIDS for several years was the only disease that figured prominently on the public agenda when there were so many other pressing health concerns in the world.
Philippe Lane and Maurice Fraser (eds)
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- June 2013
- ISBN:
- 9781846316630
- eISBN:
- 9781846316777
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5949/UPO9781846316777
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Cultural Studies
The steady increase in joint programmes and qualifications offered by UK and French universities is a cause for celebration. But language constraints, financial pressures and political uncertainty ...
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The steady increase in joint programmes and qualifications offered by UK and French universities is a cause for celebration. But language constraints, financial pressures and political uncertainty present obstacles to continued expansion. How are these to be overcome? And how can higher education institutions on either side of the Channel help each other to realise the enormous potential of Franco-British partnerships? This book takes stock of intensifying bilateral cooperation in the higher education sector, and shares experience and best practice. Initiatives and areas for collaboration are identified.Less
The steady increase in joint programmes and qualifications offered by UK and French universities is a cause for celebration. But language constraints, financial pressures and political uncertainty present obstacles to continued expansion. How are these to be overcome? And how can higher education institutions on either side of the Channel help each other to realise the enormous potential of Franco-British partnerships? This book takes stock of intensifying bilateral cooperation in the higher education sector, and shares experience and best practice. Initiatives and areas for collaboration are identified.
Peter Piot
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- November 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780231166263
- eISBN:
- 9780231538770
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Columbia University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7312/columbia/9780231166263.001.0001
- Subject:
- Public Health and Epidemiology, Public Health
This book recounts the experiences of the founding executive director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) as he fought the disease from its earliest manifestations to today. It ...
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This book recounts the experiences of the founding executive director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) as he fought the disease from its earliest manifestations to today. It shows how the AIDS pandemic was not only catastrophic to the health of millions worldwide but that it also fractured international relations and public health policies in nations across the globe. It shows that, as the author struggled to get ahead of the disease, he found that science does little good when it operates independently of politics and economics. He also found that politics is worthless if it rejects scientific evidence and respect for human rights. The book describes how the HIV/AIDs epidemic altered global attitudes toward sexuality, changed the character of the doctor-patient relationship, altered the influence of civil society in international relations and broke traditional partisan divides. It illustrates how AIDS thrust health into national and international politics. It argues that the global reaction to AIDS over the past decade is the positive result of this development, and that this shows what can be achieved when science, politics, and policy converge on the ground. Because the achievements that have been made are fragile, the book warns against complacency and the consequences of reduced investments. It refuses to accept a world in which high levels of HIV infection are the norm. Instead, it explains how to continue to reduce the incidence of the disease through both prevention and treatment, until a vaccine is discovered.Less
This book recounts the experiences of the founding executive director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) as he fought the disease from its earliest manifestations to today. It shows how the AIDS pandemic was not only catastrophic to the health of millions worldwide but that it also fractured international relations and public health policies in nations across the globe. It shows that, as the author struggled to get ahead of the disease, he found that science does little good when it operates independently of politics and economics. He also found that politics is worthless if it rejects scientific evidence and respect for human rights. The book describes how the HIV/AIDs epidemic altered global attitudes toward sexuality, changed the character of the doctor-patient relationship, altered the influence of civil society in international relations and broke traditional partisan divides. It illustrates how AIDS thrust health into national and international politics. It argues that the global reaction to AIDS over the past decade is the positive result of this development, and that this shows what can be achieved when science, politics, and policy converge on the ground. Because the achievements that have been made are fragile, the book warns against complacency and the consequences of reduced investments. It refuses to accept a world in which high levels of HIV infection are the norm. Instead, it explains how to continue to reduce the incidence of the disease through both prevention and treatment, until a vaccine is discovered.
Myra Strober and John Donahoe
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- January 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780262034388
- eISBN:
- 9780262332095
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- The MIT Press
- DOI:
- 10.7551/mitpress/9780262034388.003.0011
- Subject:
- Economics and Finance, Public and Welfare
I return to teaching at the GSB and begin a job as director of the joint MA degree in degree in education and business. I change the title of my business school class from Women and Work to Work and ...
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I return to teaching at the GSB and begin a job as director of the joint MA degree in degree in education and business. I change the title of my business school class from Women and Work to Work and Family and every
year the percentage of men in the class increases; in 2012, 40
percent of the students are men.
I publish two articles applying feminist economics to education and a
book analyzing the merits and pitfalls of interdsiciplinarity. The
book is titled Interdisciplinary Conversations: ChallengingHabits of Thought.
Jay’s two sons marry and we have five more grandchildren. The Clayman Institute celebrates its 35th anniversary and Jay and I celebrate our 20th wedding anniversary. But I also mourn the deaths of close friends, my favorite aunt, and, most of all, my sister, Alice Amsden. MIT holds a memorial for Alice. The passing of so many transforms me with a renewed understanding of the preciousness of life. I decide to retire from full-time teaching, take stock of the changes I have helped to bring about, and explain how much more there is to be done before women and men participate as equals in the work world and in their families.
I highlight the joy I have in becoming a grandmother, celebrating my 65th birthday and just a few weeks later finally having the Bat Mitzvah I missed when I was 13. In my Bat Mitzvah sermon, I talk about the relationship between Judaism’s teachings and those of feminist economics.Less
I return to teaching at the GSB and begin a job as director of the joint MA degree in degree in education and business. I change the title of my business school class from Women and Work to Work and Family and every
year the percentage of men in the class increases; in 2012, 40
percent of the students are men.
I publish two articles applying feminist economics to education and a
book analyzing the merits and pitfalls of interdsiciplinarity. The
book is titled Interdisciplinary Conversations: ChallengingHabits of Thought.
Jay’s two sons marry and we have five more grandchildren. The Clayman Institute celebrates its 35th anniversary and Jay and I celebrate our 20th wedding anniversary. But I also mourn the deaths of close friends, my favorite aunt, and, most of all, my sister, Alice Amsden. MIT holds a memorial for Alice. The passing of so many transforms me with a renewed understanding of the preciousness of life. I decide to retire from full-time teaching, take stock of the changes I have helped to bring about, and explain how much more there is to be done before women and men participate as equals in the work world and in their families.
I highlight the joy I have in becoming a grandmother, celebrating my 65th birthday and just a few weeks later finally having the Bat Mitzvah I missed when I was 13. In my Bat Mitzvah sermon, I talk about the relationship between Judaism’s teachings and those of feminist economics.
Nathan Michael Corzine
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- April 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780252039799
- eISBN:
- 9780252097898
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Illinois Press
- DOI:
- 10.5406/illinois/9780252039799.003.0001
- Subject:
- Sociology, Sport and Leisure
This book charts the history of drug and alcohol use in Major League Baseball (MLB). It aims to recover the story of baseball and drugs from the tyranny of baseball mythology by analyzing the ...
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This book charts the history of drug and alcohol use in Major League Baseball (MLB). It aims to recover the story of baseball and drugs from the tyranny of baseball mythology by analyzing the perceived problem of drug use, with particular emphasis on illegal recreational and performance-enhancing drugs, in MLB. It examines how the drug testing movement, for two decades the persona non grata of professional baseball, surged to the forefront of Major League thought following the congressional hearings of 2005, culminating in the 2006 establishment of the Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program between the league and the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA). The new testing protocols were buoyed by the findings of the Mitchell Report, which explicitly warned against retroactive punishment—the league could not slash and burn its way to integrity by torching past transgressions—and instead focused on the need for diligence in the future.Less
This book charts the history of drug and alcohol use in Major League Baseball (MLB). It aims to recover the story of baseball and drugs from the tyranny of baseball mythology by analyzing the perceived problem of drug use, with particular emphasis on illegal recreational and performance-enhancing drugs, in MLB. It examines how the drug testing movement, for two decades the persona non grata of professional baseball, surged to the forefront of Major League thought following the congressional hearings of 2005, culminating in the 2006 establishment of the Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program between the league and the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA). The new testing protocols were buoyed by the findings of the Mitchell Report, which explicitly warned against retroactive punishment—the league could not slash and burn its way to integrity by torching past transgressions—and instead focused on the need for diligence in the future.
