An Oral History of the Special Olympics in China Volume 1: Overview, Alford William P., Liao Mei, Cui Fengming

Автор: Alford William P., Liao Mei, Cui Fengming
Название: An Oral History of the Special Olympics in China Volume 1: Overview
ISBN: 9811551316 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789811551314
Издательство: Springer
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Описание: This open access book is unique in presenting the first oral history of individuals with an intellectual disability and their families in China.

Автор: Ahern Mark E., Beschel Jr Robert P.
Название: Public Financial Management Reform in the Middle East and North Africa: An Overview of Regional Experience
ISBN: 0821395297 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780821395295
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: One of the most important functions governments perform is that of mobilizing and deploying financial resources to achieve their objectives. According to the most recent World Bank data, governments throughout the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region spent approximately $407 billion dollars in 2007 in delivering their policy, regulatory and service functions. The way in which this money is spent has huge implications for their broader development trajectory. For governments to perform their spending function well, their PFM practices should meet certain well-established criteria. Government spending should be affordable, in that it takes place within a framework that ensures expenditure is consistent with monetary and fiscal policy objectives and sustainable in the long term. Governments should optimize the allocation of public resources between different sectors and expenditure categories in a way that reflects their policy priorities, including sustainable growth as well as human and social development. Such expenditure should be efficient, in that it maximizes output for a given set of inputs, and effective, in that it supports the successful realization of the government’s goals. It should also be transparent; conducted in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations; and undertaken with appropriate checks and balances to ensure financial probity. In many MENA countries, PFM reforms have been on the agenda for a decade or more. This study surveys these reforms across ten Arab countries—Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, the West Bank and Gaza and Yemen—using a combination of case studies and the Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA) framework. PEFA is a set of twenty eight (28) high level indicators measures performance against best practice in developed and developing countries. The indicators analyze performance in the six core areas of public financial management: (1) credibility of the budget; (2) comprehensiveness and transparency; (3) policy-based budgeting; (4) predictability and control in budget execution; (5) accounting, recording, and reporting; and (6) external audit. At an aggregate level, MENA’s PFM systems are roughly comparable to those of other countries at similar income levels. As a whole, the region tends to fare a bit better on accounting, recording and reporting and a bit worse on credibility of the budget. In terms of average scores for the six main categories, the tightest scores (i.e. the lowest standard deviation) were around credibility of the budget, indicating commonality among MENA countries on this dimension, whereas the largest discrepancies were found in the area of budget comprehensiveness and transparency. The PFM reforms that have been particularly successful in MENA fall into two types: efforts to improve budget transparency and classification, and the reform of revenues, particularly tax and customs. Ironically, these represent two very different reforms. The first are relatively straightforward and technocratic in nature.

Автор: Lindsay, I.
Название: Living with london`s olympics
ISBN: 1349498556 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781349498550
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Описание: The quadrennial summer Olympic Games produces the world`s biggest single-city cultural event. Drawing on ethnographic work around the London 2012 Games, this book contrasts the rhetoric and reality of mega-event delivery and shows that the notions of beneficial Olympic legacies and delivery benefits for host communities are, for most, unobtainable.

Автор: Vincenzo Costigliola
Название: Healthcare Overview
ISBN: 9400799217 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789400799219
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Описание: In healthcare, the realisation of an optimistic prognosis against pessimistic ones depends on current innovations in diagnostic and cost-effective treatment approaches being widely adopted in clinical practice.

Автор: Alford William P., Liao Mei, Cui Fengming
Название: An Oral History of the Special Olympics in China Volume 2: The Movement
ISBN: 9811551308 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789811551307
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Описание: This open access book contains the oral histories that were inspired by the work of the Special Olympics in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of its founding.

Автор: Alford William P., Liao Mei, Cui Fengming
Название: An Oral History of the Special Olympics in China Volume 3: Finding and Keeping a Job
ISBN: 9811550077 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789811550072
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Описание: This open access book brings together oral histories that record the experiences of individuals with intellectual disabilities in Shanghai as they participate in their careers. An appendix provides a compilation of employment policies related to people with intellectual disabilities, particularly with respect to Shanghai.

Автор: Alford William P., Liao Mei, Cui Fengming
Название: An Oral History of the Special Olympics in China Volume 2: The Movement
ISBN: 9811551278 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789811551277
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Описание: This open access book contains the oral histories that were inspired by the work of the Special Olympics in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of its founding.

Автор: Alford William P., Liao Mei, Cui Fengming
Название: An Oral History of the Special Olympics in China Volume 3: Finding and Keeping a Job
ISBN: 9811550042 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789811550041
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Описание: This open access book brings together oral histories that record the experiences of individuals with intellectual disabilities in Shanghai as they participate in their careers. An appendix provides a compilation of employment policies related to people with intellectual disabilities, particularly with respect to Shanghai.

Автор: Gina Anne Tam
Название: Dialect and Nationalism in China, 1860–1960
ISBN: 110847828X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108478281
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: Challenging the widely accepted narrative that national languages create national identity, Tam narrates the history of the Chinese nation and Chinese nationalism from the perspective of fangyan - dialects or regional languages distinct from Mandarin - and in so doing, shows how they were central to the making of modern nationalism in China.

Автор: Costigliola V.
Название: Healthcare Overview
ISBN: 9400746016 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789400746015
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Описание: In healthcare, the realisation of an optimistic prognosis against pessimistic ones depends on current innovations in diagnostic and cost-effective treatment approaches being widely adopted in clinical practice. Utilisation of advanced early and predictive diagnostics, targeted prevention and personalised medical approaches could enable the elderly subpopulation to reach the 100-year age limit in good physical and mental health, as actively contributing members of society. This task requires intelligent political regulations and creation of new guidelines to advance current healthcare systems. In this book, we will collect contributions from several geopolitical regions of Europe, Asia and USA that provide expert opinion on healthcare organisation and outlook as well as economical aspects of personalised medicine.

Автор: Boykoff
Название: Activism And The Olympics
ISBN: 0813562015 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780813562018
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: The Olympics have developed into the world's premier sporting event. They are simultaneously a competitive exhibition and a grand display of cooperation that bring together global cultures on ski slopes, shooting ranges, swimming pools and track ovals. Given their scale in the modern era, the Games are a useful window for better comprehending larger cultural, social and historical processes, argues Jules Boykoff, an academic social scientist and a former Olympic athlete.In Activism and the Olympics, Boykoff provides a critical overview of the Olympic industry and its political opponents in the modern era. After presenting a brief history of Olympic activism, he turns his attention to on-the-ground activism through the lens of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Here we see how anti-Olympic activists deploy a range of approaches to challenge the Olympic machine, from direct action and the seizure of public space to humour-based and online tactics. Drawing on primary evidence from myriad personal interviews with activists, journalists, civil libertarians and Olympics organisers, Boykoff angles in on the Games from numerous vantages and viewpoints.Although modern Olympic authorities have strived - even through the Cold War era - to appear apolitical, Boykoff notes, the Games have always been the site of hotly contested political actions and competing interests. During the last thirty years, as the Olympics became an economic juggernaut, they also generated numerous reactions from groups that have sought to challenge the event’s triumphalism and pageantry. The 21st century has seen an increased level of activism across the world, from the Occupy Movement in the United States to the Arab Spring in the Middle East. What does this spike in dissent mean for Olympic activists as they prepare for Sochi, which will host the 2014 Winter Games and Rio de Janeiro, where the 2016 Summer Olympics will take place?

Автор: Allison Lincoln
Название: Understanding International Sport Organisations
ISBN: 1138820490 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138820494
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Описание: "The governance of international sport is dominated by the SINGOs (sporting international non-governmental organisations). The IOC, FIFA, IAAF and the FIA wield global influence, but how exactly do such complex organisations operate? This important book examines the rise of the SINGOs, their structures, organisational behaviour, and their power in the context of modern sport and international politics. Written by two world-leading experts, the book sheds new light on the relationship between these SINGOs and the sports which they govern. It provides a close critical analysis of the policies and practices of the most important international sport organisations, from their historical origins to the present day. Using case studies of key events such as the Olympics and the recent FIFA scandals, it examines the central question of how best to understand the significance of these organisations today. Combining historical insight with original research, Understanding International Sport Organisations: Principles, power and possibilities is essential reading for anyone with an interest in the politics of sport, the sociology of sport, sport administration, sport business or sport management." --