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Many of the vets I interviewed asked me why I was interested in
World War II. I never forgot when Pearl Harbor was attacked. I was
five years old and standing at the end of the kitchen counter next
to the black art deco style radio. The announcer was very loud and
excited but I didn't know what he was talking about. My mother was
at the other end of the counter standing in front of the kitchen
sink washing a dish. All of a sudden she turned off the water and
came over to stand in front of the radio. I had never seen a look
on her face like that before. She called my dad to come here. Both
of them stood in front of the radio with these shocked and
unbelieving faces I never forgot that experience. We next went to
Sunday school and church and I remember all of the adults were
talking to each other in low tones with stunned looks on their
faces.
This Handbook is testament to the value of whistleblowing for
democracy, with new research and existing knowledge probed with
fresh and urgent questions. What is the impact of global technology
on public accountability, journalism and whistleblower protection?
If indifference is what really matters, is focus on retaliation
misplaced? What stops those in authority from heeding
whistleblowers? A vital resource for anyone fighting to protect
whistleblowers anywhere to better articulate whose interests are
really at stake and what needs to be done.- Anna Myers, lawyer and
Expert Coordinator of the Whistleblowing International Network
(WIN)'The International Handbook on Whistleblowing Research offers
a thorough and thoughtful examination of current approaches to
research regarding this important topic. The editors have included
the viewpoints of highly regarded researchers from a number of
different fields, including the social sciences, business, and law.
Unlike some collections of comments by experts in diverse fields,
the editors have created a coherent and useful structure for an
analysis of the status of whistleblowing research, the appropriate
design for such research and its practical applications. The book
casts new light on many topics crucial to the success or failure of
whistleblower laws. Researchers, activists, policy makers and
anyone interested in understanding whistleblowing and improving
laws that encourage and protect it should read this indispensable
work. A 'who's who' of the field and a depository of insights and
ideas.- Robert Vaughn, American University Washington College of
Law, US Whistleblowing the disclosure of wrongdoing by
organizational insiders is vital to modern public accountability
and integrity across all organizations and societies. This
important Handbook offers original, cutting-edge analyzes of the
conceptual and practical challenges that researchers face in order
to better inform the way whistleblowing is understood and
confronted by organizations, regulatory authorities and
governments. Featuring contributions from scholars and policy
practitioners in a number of diverse fields - including sociology,
political science, psychology, information systems, media studies,
business, management, criminology, public policy and several
branches of law - the book provides a comprehensive guide to
existing research and blueprints for how new research should be
conducted in the future. It covers conceptual and definitional
fundamentals of whistleblowing and strategies for researching
whistleblowing in an organizational context, as well as law reform,
regulation, management practicalities and research ethics. It also
charts the lessons of 30 years of empirical research and maps out
new questions and projects for future decades. This Handbook, with
its unique perspective on the complex, multi-faceted and often
controversial nature of whistleblowing research, will be a vital
resource for researchers, policymakers and organizations around the
world. Contributors: B. Bjorkelo, R. Bosua, A.J. Brown, H.H. Bye,
K. Crow, T. Devine, S. Dreyfus, T. Morehead Dworkin, B. Edwards, B.
Fasterling, T. Faunce, P. Harpur, R. Lederman, D. Lewis, J. Leys,
K. Loyens, J. Maesschalck, B. Martin, D.P. Meyer, M.P. Miceli, S.
Milton, R. Moberly, F.M. Morgan Jr, J.P. Near, T. Nikolic, J.
Olsen, M.T. Rehg, P. Roberts, M. Skivenes, R. Smith, J. Spencer, M.
Spencer, S.C. Trygstad, E. Tsahuridu, T. Uys, W. Vandekerckhove, S.
Walden, C. Wheeler, J. Zuckerman
Well constructed and thoroughly competent"> - The Economist "It
is refreshingly differentThe new-comer to economics who studies
this book should find it an interesting and invigorating task" -
Economic Journal> This book introduces readers to some of the
salient features and problems of the world economy and gives some
indication of the main ways in which economists set about the task
of analyzing them. After a general account of what economies are
and how they work, the book's discussion develops with reference to
broad statistical facts in relation to the following issues: why
the world economy is as we find it; why productivity varies from
one community to another; how prices are formed; how national
economies have grown; what determines an economy's occupational
structure; how local specialization comes about; how the pattern of
international trade has grown and changed and what the main sources
of insecurity in economic life are.
Among the issues discussed in "Applied Economics" are world
population growth and the economic factors governing international
migration - issues that are as pertinent today as when the book was
originally published. The problems of defining and comparing
industrial and general efficiency in different economies are also
discussed, using comparative studies from the UK and USA. The
opportunities for analysing the pattern of world trade and the
reasons for the varying degrees of national dependence on external
trade, as well as the concentration of world export in particular
channels are also examined.
Originally published in 1977. This book provides the first concise
non-technical account of what the main kinds of regional problems
are, how they arise, and the kinds of policy which have been used
to tackle them in the UK, USA and Western Europe. The book starts
with a discussion of why "regional problems" really are situations
which call for special action, followed by a short preliminary
classification of problem regions (including those in the less
developed countries), then on to a more detailed survey of the
origins and experience of selected problem regions in the more
developed market economies. The authors focus on four broad kinds
of problem region; agricultural regions, coal mining regions, old
textile regions, and so-called "congested" regions. They conclude
with a selective survey of regional policies in these more advanced
economies, distinguishing and comparing the main trends and the
different national styles.
Originally published in 1977. This book provides the first concise
non-technical account of what the main kinds of regional problems
are, how they arise, and the kinds of policy which have been used
to tackle them in the UK, USA and Western Europe. The book starts
with a discussion of why "regional problems" really are situations
which call for special action, followed by a short preliminary
classification of problem regions (including those in the less
developed countries), then on to a more detailed survey of the
origins and experience of selected problem regions in the more
developed market economies. The authors focus on four broad kinds
of problem region; agricultural regions, coal mining regions, old
textile regions, and so-called "congested" regions. They conclude
with a selective survey of regional policies in these more advanced
economies, distinguishing and comparing the main trends and the
different national styles.
What are the right institutional settings and strategies for
ensuring honesty and accountability in public life? How do these
settings and strategies relate to one another, and how do we know
what is working and what is missing from the whole complex
tapestry? Taking Australia as a case study that is relevant to all
countries where public integrity is an issue, this book offers some
new answers to these larger questions. The collection reviews a
variety of existing efforts to understand, 'map' and evaluate the
effectiveness of integrity policies and institutions, not just in
the government sector but across all the major institutions of
modern society. It will be of interest to those in governance,
politics, law and public policy.
Among the issues discussed in Applied Economics are world
population growth and the economic factors governing international
migration: issues that are as pertinent today as when the book was
originally published. The problems of defining and comparing
industrial and general efficiency in different economies are also
discussed, using comparative studies from the UK and USA. The
opportunities for analysing the pattern of world trade and the
reasons for the varying degrees of national dependence on external
trade, as well as the concentration of world export in particular
channels are also examined.
Well constructed and thoroughly competent"> - The Economist "It
is refreshingly differentThe new-comer to economics who studies
this book should find it an interesting and invigorating task" -
Economic Journal> This book introduces readers to some of the
salient features and problems of the world economy and gives some
indication of the main ways in which economists set about the task
of analyzing them. After a general account of what economies are
and how they work, the book's discussion develops with reference to
broad statistical facts in relation to the following issues: why
the world economy is as we find it; why productivity varies from
one community to another; how prices are formed; how national
economies have grown; what determines an economy's occupational
structure; how local specialization comes about; how the pattern of
international trade has grown and changed and what the main sources
of insecurity in economic life are.
This 1985 book is a comparative study of the origins and experience
of inflation from 1950 until the 1980s in the United States, United
Kingdom, Japan, West Germany, France, and Italy, and in the world
economy as a whole. It looks at the history of inflation, and the
relationship of changes in rates of inflation and real income
growth. Further chapters look at the kinds of inflationary impulse
and their origins (particularly with regard to the money supply and
the labour market), the role of expectations, the apparent effects
of inflation on income distribution, the level of unemployment and
the rate of economic growth. The final chapter looks at the effects
on inflation of the depression of 1979-82, and draws the
conclusions together. The book thus attempts a geographically
broader study of inflationary experience than had previously been
presented.
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Interrogations (Paperback)
AJ Brown; Edited by Donelle Pardee Whiting, Larissa Bennett
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Voices (Paperback)
Donelle Pardee Whiting; Lisa Vasquez, AJ Brown
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Ball Four (Paperback)
Lisa Vasquez; AJ Brown
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Blue is a spoiled cat who lives to hunt. However the fancy feline
is strictly an indoor cat.This does not stop Blue from pursuing her
dream of freedom, but is she ready for what the outside world has
to offer? A mysterious one-eyed dog, flying rodents and an entirely
new realm await her. Let the hunt begin
Buzz thinks he is an ordinary bee - until he discovers that he
can't stop sneezing when he is around flowers. Follow Buzz and his
friends through school and his days working in the beehive. Buzz
then sets off on a lifetime adventure with his best friends Wings
and Flutter in an attempt to cure his sneezing.
Newton County, Mississippi, during the last two thirds of the
nineteenth century, is the subject of this thorough history. The
purpose of the author, as stated in the preface, is to "place
before the public the most important persons of that period . . .
to give an early appearance of the country, earliest settlers,
first public buildings, as well as private enterprises." In this
book the author covers both the antebellum years, the time during
the Civil War, and Reconstruction. Actual former soldiers and area
inhabitants were interviewed for the information. This book is a
valuable source for the Civil War buff, as it includes these
first-person interviews with then still-living soldiers and reveals
how one Mississippi county was changed by the Great War between the
States. Whether from Mississippi or not, readers will enjoy the
insight that this regional history provides.
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