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Author : Stephen Shenfield
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (95 download)
Download or read book The Struggle for Control Over Statistics written by Stephen Shenfield and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert F. Freeland
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521630344
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (33 download)
Download or read book The Struggle for Control of the Modern Corporation written by Robert F. Freeland and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the changes in General Motors' organization between 1924 and 1970.
Author : Jill Hills
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252091523
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)
Download or read book The Struggle for Control of Global Communication written by Jill Hills and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tracing the development of communication markets and the regulation of international communications from the 1840s through World War I, Jill Hills examines the political, technological, and economic forces at work during the formative century of global communication. Hills analyzes power relations within the arena of global communications from the inception of the telegraph through the successive technologies of submarine telegraph cables, ship-to-shore wireless, broadcast radio, shortwave wireless, the telephone, and movies with sound. As she shows, global communication began to overtake transportation as an economic, political, and social force after the inception of the telegraph, which shifted communications from national to international. From that point on, information was a commodity and ownership of the communications infrastructure became valuable as the means of distributing information. The struggle for control of that infrastructure occurred in part because British control of communications hindered the growing economic power of the United States. Hills outlines the technological advancements and regulations that allowed the United States to challenge British hegemony and enter the global communications market. She demonstrates that control of global communication was part of a complex web of relations between and within the government and corporations of Britain and the United States. Detailing the interplay between American federal regulation and economic power, Hills shows how these forces shaped communications technologies and illuminates the contemporary systems of power in global communications.
Author : Alexander DeConde
Publisher : UPNE
ISBN 13 : 9781555535926
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (359 download)
Download or read book Gun Violence in America written by Alexander DeConde and published by UPNE. This book was released on 2003 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-depth analysis of the folklore surrounding gun use and the state of the debate in today's political climate.
Author : Matthew Connelly
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 067426276X
Total Pages : 538 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (742 download)
Download or read book Fatal Misconception written by Matthew Connelly and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2010-03-30 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fatal Misconception is the disturbing story of our quest to remake humanity by policing national borders and breeding better people. As the population of the world doubled once, and then again, well-meaning people concluded that only population control could preserve the “quality of life.” This movement eventually spanned the globe and carried out a series of astonishing experiments, from banning Asian immigration to paying poor people to be sterilized. Supported by affluent countries, foundations, and non-governmental organizations, the population control movement experimented with ways to limit population growth. But it had to contend with the Catholic Church’s ban on contraception and nationalist leaders who warned of “race suicide.” The ensuing struggle caused untold suffering for those caught in the middle—particularly women and children. It culminated in the horrors of sterilization camps in India and the one-child policy in China. Matthew Connelly offers the first global history of a movement that changed how people regard their children and ultimately the face of humankind. It was the most ambitious social engineering project of the twentieth century, one that continues to alarm the global community. Though promoted as a way to lift people out of poverty—perhaps even to save the earth—family planning became a means to plan other people‘s families. With its transnational scope and exhaustive research into such archives as Planned Parenthood and the newly opened Vatican Secret Archives, Connelly’s withering critique uncovers the cost inflicted by a humanitarian movement gone terribly awry and urges renewed commitment to the reproductive rights of all people.
Author : Libby Schweber
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822388529
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)
Download or read book Disciplining Statistics written by Libby Schweber and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2006-11-28 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Disciplining Statistics Libby Schweber compares the science of population statistics in England and France during the nineteenth century, demonstrating radical differences in the interpretation and use of statistical knowledge. Through a comparison of vital statistics and demography, Schweber describes how the English government embraced statistics, using probabilistic interpretations of statistical data to analyze issues related to poverty and public health. The French were far less enthusiastic. Political and scientific élites in France struggled with the “reality” of statistical populations, wrestling with concerns about the accuracy of figures that aggregated heterogeneous groups such as the rich and poor and rejecting probabilistic interpretations. Tracing the introduction and promotion of vital statistics and demography, Schweber identifies the institutional conditions that account for the contrasting styles of reasoning. She shows that the different reactions to statistics stemmed from different criteria for what counted as scientific knowledge. The French wanted certain knowledge, a one-to-one correspondence between observations and numbers. The English adopted an instrumental approach, using the numbers to influence public opinion and evaluate and justify legislation. Schweber recounts numerous attempts by vital statisticians and demographers to have their work recognized as legitimate scientific pursuits. While the British scientists had greater access to government policy makers, and were able to influence policy in a way that their French counterparts were not, ultimately neither the vital statisticians nor the demographers were able to institutionalize their endeavors. By 1885, both fields had been superseded by new forms of knowledge. Disciplining Statistics highlights how the development of “scientific” knowledge was shaped by interrelated epistemological, political, and institutional considerations.
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Total Pages : 954 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Canada, Statistical Abstract and Record written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 954 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Carol Zisowitz Stearns
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226771520
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (267 download)
Download or read book Anger written by Carol Zisowitz Stearns and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1989-06-15 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this groundbreaking social history, Carol and Peter Stearns trace the two hundred-year development of anger, beginning with premodern colonial America. Drawing on diaries and popular advice literature of key periods, Anger deals with the everyday experiences of the family and workplace in its examination of our attempts to control our domestic lives and lessen social tensions by harnessing emotion. Offering an entirely new approach to the study of emotion, the authors inaugurate a new field of study termed "emotionology," which distinguishes collective emotional standards from the experience of emotion itself.
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Total Pages : 678 pages
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Download or read book Stone written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 824 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Signal written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 824 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Shabtai Shavit
Publisher : University of Notre Dame Pess
ISBN 13 : 0268108358
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (681 download)
Download or read book Head of the Mossad written by Shabtai Shavit and published by University of Notre Dame Pess. This book was released on 2020-09-30 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shabtai Shavit, director of the Mossad from 1989 to 1996, is one of the most influential leaders to shape the recent history of the State of Israel. In this exciting and engaging book, Shavit combines memoir with sober reflection to reveal what happened during the seven years he led what is widely recognized today as one of the most powerful and proficient intelligence agencies in the world. Shavit provides an inside account of his intelligence and geostrategic philosophy, the operations he directed, and anecdotes about his family, colleagues, and time spent in, among other places, the United States as a graduate student and at the CIA. Shavit’s tenure occurred during many crucial junctures in the history of the Middle East, including the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War era; the first Gulf War and Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir’s navigation of the state and the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) during the conflict; the peace agreement with Jordan, in which the Mossad played a central role; and the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Shavit offers a broad sweep of the integral importance of intelligence in these historical settings and reflects on the role that intelligence can and should play in Israel's future against Islamist terrorism and Iran’s eschatological vision. Head of the Mossad is a compelling guide to the reach of and limits facing intelligence practitioners, government officials, and activists throughout Israel and the Middle East. This is an essential book for everyone who cares for Israel’s security and future, and everyone who is interested in intelligence gathering and covert action.
Author : Richard Jenkins
Publisher : Museum Tusculanum Press
ISBN 13 : 9788772899633
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (996 download)
Download or read book Managing Uncertainty written by Richard Jenkins and published by Museum Tusculanum Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The overall focus of this book is the ways humans deal with life conditions, with destiny, uncertainty and misfortune - how we try to control the risks of living through medicines, technologies and magic. When dealing with questions of health and illness rational solutions and meaningful explanations may be hard to find, and treatment efforts are often guided just as much by hope as by rational choice. Evaluating the risks of illness is just one of a number of ways in which human beings attempt to exert some sense of control over their lives. New methods of testing for ills and new developments in, for example, genetic screening and in vitro fertilisation combined with the growing demands of well-informed patients seem to have turned concern from the actual problems of specific diseases toward controlling life and the risks of living in general. The chapters of this book reflect a common effort to transgress the limits of the medical by drawing on a fundamental concern with the logic of social and cultural practice. The book represents a de-medicalization of medical anthropology and a return to some of the classic themes in anthropology but with a different approach, emphasizing subjectivity, intentionality and agency.
Author : Philip J. Gisi
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1351582879
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (515 download)
Download or read book Sustaining a Culture of Process Control and Continuous Improvement written by Philip J. Gisi and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2018-05-16 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive book presents a methodology for continuous process improvement in a structured, logical, and easily understandable framework based on industry accepted tools, techniques, and practices. It begins by explaining the conditions necessary for establishing a stable and capable process and the actions required to maintain process control, while setting the stage for sustainable efficiency improvements driven by waste elimination and process flow enhancement. This structured approach makes a clear connection between the need for a quality process to serve as the foundation for incremental efficiency improvements. This book moves beyond talking about the value contribution of tools and techniques for process control and continuous improvement by focusing on the daily work routines necessary to maintain and sustain these activities as part of a lean process and management mindset. Part 1 discusses process quality improvement with an understanding of variation and its impact on process performance. It continues by stressing the importance of standardizing a process to achieve process stability. Once process stability is reflected in a consistent and predictable output, attention is turned to ensuring the process is capable of consistently meeting customer requirements. This series of activities sets the foundation for process control and the sustainable pursuit of efficiency improvements. Part 2 focuses on efficiency improvement by eliminating waste while improving process flow using proven tools and methods. Although there is a clear relationship between waste elimination and process flow, these activities are discussed separately to allow those more interested in waste elimination to work independently from those looking to optimize value stream flow. Part 3 explores the principles, practices, systems, and behaviors required to maintain process control while creating a mindset of continuous incremental improvement. It considers the role organizational structure, discipline, and accountability play as essential components for long term operational success. This book will: Provide readers with a clear roadmap for establishing, achieving, and maintaining process control as the foundation upon which to pursue efficiency improvements. Establish direction and methods for continuous and sustainable process improvement Define the practices, systems, and behaviors required to realize desired results and develop a culture of process control and continuous improvement along the road to operational excellence.
Author : Royal Statistical Society (Great Britain)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 842 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book Journal of the Royal Statistical Society written by Royal Statistical Society (Great Britain) and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 842 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Department of Commerce
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Export Control; Quarterly Report written by United States. Department of Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ohio. Secretary of State
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 950 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Statistical Report of the Secretary of State to the Governor and General Assembly of the State of Ohio for the Period Commencing ... and Ending ... written by Ohio. Secretary of State and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 950 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Quebec Bureau of Statistics
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 700 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book Statistical Year Book written by Quebec Bureau of Statistics and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
