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Author : Prince Philip (consort of Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain)
Release : 1982
Genre : Literary Collections
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis A Question of Balance by : Prince Philip (consort of Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain)
Download or read book A Question of Balance written by Prince Philip (consort of Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain). This book was released on 1982. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Nordhaus
Release : 2014-10-01
Genre : Nature
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 398/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis A Question of Balance by : William Nordhaus
Download or read book A Question of Balance written by William Nordhaus. This book was released on 2014-10-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How economic analysis can help us design economic policies to address the looming challenges of global warming As scientific and observational evidence on global warming piles up every day, questions of economic policy in this central environmental topic have taken center stage. But as author and prominent Yale economist William Nordhaus observes, the issues involved in understanding global warming and slowing its harmful effects are complex and cross disciplinary boundaries. For example, ecologists see global warming as a threat to ecosystems, utilities as a debit to their balance sheets, and farmers as a hazard to their livelihoods. In this important work, William Nordhaus integrates the entire spectrum of economic and scientific research to weigh the costs of reducing emissions against the benefits of reducing the long-run damages from global warming. The book offers one of the most extensive analyses of the economic and environmental dynamics of greenhouse-gas emissions and climate change and provides the tools to evaluate alternative approaches to slowing global warming. The author emphasizes the need to establish effective mechanisms, such as carbon taxes, to harness markets and harmonize the efforts of different countries. This book not only will shape discussion of one the world's most pressing problems but will provide the rationales and methods for achieving widespread agreement on our next best move in alleviating global warming.
Author : Brenda J. Norton
Release : 2016-01-21
Genre : Political Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 978/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis A Question of Balance by : Brenda J. Norton
Download or read book A Question of Balance written by Brenda J. Norton. This book was released on 2016-01-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Western liberal democracy has a dual foundation of limited government implementing the will of the majority and protecting individual autonomy within a sphere of fundamental rights. Under the rubric of universal human rights Western societies take for granted that they tolerate all religions and treat all persons equally. However, through globalization and immigration Western societies are increasingly finding non-Christian people in their midst. This pluralism is causing polities to rethink fundamental notions of the boundaries of religious freedom, equality, and state neutrality. Three countries whose systems are based on the Western liberal democratic philosophy and which are religiously pluralist—the United States, France, and the Netherlands—are reacting in different ways. The politics of the hijab and burqa lie at the intersection of the political and legal spheres. Consequently, the political and legal spheres have each attempted to enforce differing versions of the concepts of equality and neutrality. A cross-cultural and cross-national survey of judicial decisions and legislative action in these countries demonstrates how each is balancing individual rights and communal bonds, and adhering to or retreating from previously accepted human rights norms for women and religious practices.
Author : National Research Council
Release : 2000-01-15
Genre : Computers
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 258/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis A Question of Balance by : National Research Council
Download or read book A Question of Balance written by National Research Council. This book was released on 2000-01-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New legal approaches, such as the European Union's 1996 Directive on the Legal Protection of Databases, and other legal initiatives now being considered in the United States at the federal and state level, are threatening to compromise public access to scientific and technical data available through computerized databases. Lawmakers are struggling to strike an appropriate balance between the rights of database rights holders, who are concerned about possible commercial misappropriation of their products, and public-interest users of the data such as researchers, educators, and libraries. A Question of Balance examines this balancing act. The committee concludes that because database rights holders already enjoy significant legal, technical, and market-based protections, the need for statutory protection has not been sufficiently substantiated. Nevertheless, although the committee opposes the creation of any strong new protective measures, it recognizes that some additional limits against wholesale misappropriation of databases may be necessary. In particular, a new, properly scoped and focused U.S. statute might provide a reasonable alternative to the European Union's highly protectionistic database directive. Such legislation could then serve as a legal model for an international treaty in this area. The book recommends a number of guiding principles for such possible legislation, as well as related policy actions for the administration.
Author : Igor Cetojevic
Release : 2014-01
Genre : Alternative medicine
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 144/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Your Health; It's a Question of Balance by : Igor Cetojevic
Download or read book Your Health; It's a Question of Balance written by Igor Cetojevic. This book was released on 2014-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your Health aims to help you better understand yourself in an amusing and easy-to-understand way. Learn what the major organs do, how the magnetic energy of the earth affects us, the importance of identifying and eliminating the causes of a disease or imbalance rather than simply eliminating the symptoms and many more insights to improve and maintain your health and wellbeing.
