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A History of Reform, Reaction, and Money in American Medicine

By: Peter A. Swenson

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Disorder

A History of Reform, Reaction, and Money in American Medicine

By: Peter A. Swenson

An incisive look into the problematic relationships among medicine, politics, and business in America and their effects on the nation’s health Meticulously tracing the dramatic conflicts both inside organized medicine and between the medical profession and the larger society over quality, equality, and economy in health care, Peter A. Swenson illuminates the history of American medical politics from the late nineteenth century to the present. This book chronicles the role of medical reformers in the progressive movement around the beginning of the twentieth century and the American Medical Association’s dramatic turn to conservatism later. Addressing topics such as public health, medical education, pharmaceutical regulation, and health-care access, Swenson paints a disturbing picture of the entanglements of medicine, politics, and profit seeking that explain why the United States remains the only economically advanced democracy without universal health care. Swenson does, however, see a potentially brighter future as a vanguard of physicians push once again for progressive reforms and the adoption of inclusive, effective, and affordable practices.

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Yale University Press

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0300262876

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Capitalists against Markets

The Making of Labor Markets and Welfare States in the United States and Sweden

By: Peter A. Swenson

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Capitalists against Markets

The Making of Labor Markets and Welfare States in the United States and Sweden

By: Peter A. Swenson

Conventional wisdom argues that welfare state builders in the US and Sweden in the 1930s took their cues from labor and labor movements. Swenson makes the startling argument that pragmatic social reformers looked for support not only from below but also from above, taking into account capitalist interests and preferences. Juxtaposing two widely recognized extremes of welfare, the US and Sweden, Swenson shows that employer interests played a role in welfare state development in both countries.

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Oxford University Press

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0198032641

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9780198032649

Fair Shares

Unions, Pay, and Politics in Sweden and West Germany

By: Peter A. Swenson

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Fair Shares

Unions, Pay, and Politics in Sweden and West Germany

By: Peter A. Swenson

Conflict between labor and capital reflects the competitive and conflict-laden relations within the working class itself, Peter Swenson maintains. Fair Shares examines the internal conflicts of organized labor regarding distribution of wages in order to explain both union leaders' market-structuring objectives in the "political economy", and their imperative to shape and fulfill workers' notions of pay fairness in the "moral economy". Swenson develops an innovative theoretical approach to labor politics through a detailed comparative analysis of union centralization and collective bargaining in Sweden and Germany since the turn of the century. To create solidarity and overcome workers' opposition to centralized control of the labor movement, Swenson argues, union leaders depend heavily on moral appeals concerning fair pair distribution and on success in fulfilling workers' expectation of fairness. Swenson interprets union politics as the attempt to overcome what he calls the "wage policy trilemma

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Cornell University Press

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1501717677

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9781501717673

Strategies for Effective Customer Education

By: Peter C. Honebein

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Strategies for Effective Customer Education

By: Peter C. Honebein

Customer education is a key element of your marketing mix before, during, and after the sale. It's a proven technique for stimulating growth, reducing costs, and enhancing customer satisfaction. If you're a marketer, trainer, or customer service professional, Strategies for Effective Customer Education is your guide for planning your company's customer education strategy.

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McGraw Hill Professional

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0844235822

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9780844235820

Political Power and Corporate Control

The New Global Politics of Corporate Governance

By: Peter A. Gourevitch,James Shinn

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Political Power and Corporate Control

The New Global Politics of Corporate Governance

By: Peter A. Gourevitch,James Shinn

Why does corporate governance--front page news with the collapse of Enron, WorldCom, and Parmalat--vary so dramatically around the world? This book explains how politics shapes corporate governance--how managers, shareholders, and workers jockey for advantage in setting the rules by which companies are run, and for whom they are run. It combines a clear theoretical model on this political interaction, with statistical evidence from thirty-nine countries of Europe, Asia, Africa, and North and South America and detailed narratives of country cases. This book differs sharply from most treatments by explaining differences in minority shareholder protections and ownership concentration among countries in terms of the interaction of economic preferences and political institutions. It explores in particular the crucial role of pension plans and financial intermediaries in shaping political preferences for different rules of corporate governance. The countries examined sort into two distinct groups: diffuse shareholding by external investors who pick a board that monitors the managers, and concentrated blockholding by insiders who monitor managers directly. Examining the political coalitions that form among or across management, owners, and workers, the authors find that certain coalitions encourage policies that promote diffuse shareholding, while other coalitions yield blockholding-oriented policies. Political institutions influence the probability of one coalition defeating another.

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Princeton University Press

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1400837014

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Correct Thinking Saves Marriage

Discovering the Way Forward When the "I's" Have It

By: Dr. Peter Joseph

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Correct Thinking Saves Marriage

Discovering the Way Forward When the "I's" Have It

By: Dr. Peter Joseph

Correct Thinking Saves Marriage: Discovering the Way Forward When the "I's" Have It By: Dr. Peter Joseph “….. diagnostic and prescriptive for the health of marriage—just what the doctor ordered! These questions should be built into pre-marital counselling as well as marriage retreats….” --Danny R. Bowen, PhD, Adjunct Professor, South Western Baptist Theological Seminary “….careful and erudite treatment of the subject…” --Pastor Jansen Trotman, DD, MA, CFLE, CC Gloria Trotman, PhD, MA, CFLE, CC “This book would function well in small group setting.” --Jane Thayer, PhD Professor, Andrews University Author of Strategies for Transformational Learning: How to teach for Discipleship “….a powerful resource to strengthen the institution of marriage…” --Leonard A. Johnson, DMin, CMG, JP EXECUTIVE SECRETARY Inter- American Division of Seventh-day Adventists “…. A positive difference in the lives of all who read….” --Dr. Ray Ostrander, PhD Professor of Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Andrews University “…theological soundness and practical application.” --Peter Kerr, DD, MA President Atlantic Caribbean Union of Seventh-day Adventist “….timeless biblical strategies that contribute to happy and lasting marriages….” --Howard Simon MA, CFLE District Pastor, North Caribbean Conference of Seventh- day Adventist “….must read for those already married and those who may be contemplating entering a marital relationship.” --James Daniel, PhD (Edu.) Vice President General Conference, Inter- American Division of Seventh-day Adventists

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Dorrance Publishing

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1637642466

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Disorder

A History of Reform, Reaction, and Money in American Medicine

By: Peter A. Swenson

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Disorder

A History of Reform, Reaction, and Money in American Medicine

By: Peter A. Swenson

An incisive look into the problematic relationships among medicine, politics, and business in America and their effects on the nation's health "A comprehensive, revealing and surprising account of the history of American medicine."--David Blumenthal, M.D., coauthor of The Heart of Power: Health and Politics in the Oval Office and president of the Commonwealth Fund "This book is both an important contribution to the history of the American medical profession (and its impact on society as a whole), and a reminder of the malleable, historically contingent nature of its identity and ethos."--Scott H. Podolsky, M.D., author of The Antibiotic Era Meticulously tracing the dramatic conflicts both inside organized medicine and between the medical profession and the larger society over quality, equality, and economy in health care, Peter A. Swenson illuminates the history of American medical politics from the late nineteenth century to the present. This book chronicles the role of medical reformers in the progressive movement around the beginning of the twentieth century and the American Medical Association's dramatic turn to conservatism later. Addressing topics such as public health, medical education, pharmaceutical regulation, and health-care access, Swenson paints a disturbing picture of the entanglements of medicine, politics, and profit seeking that explain why the United States remains the only economically advanced democracy without universal health care. Swenson does, however, see a potentially brighter future as a vanguard of physicians push once again for progressive reforms and the adoption of inclusive, effective, and affordable practices.

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0300257406

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Capitalists Against Markets

The Making of Labor Markets and Welfare States in the United States and Sweden

By: Peter Swenson

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The Making of Labor Markets and Welfare States in the United States and Sweden

By: Peter Swenson

Peter Swenson's study implies that contrary to popular wisdom the welfare state builders in the USA and Sweden during the 1930s were motivated by a pragmatism founded in capitalist interests and preferences.

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Disorder

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Fair Shares

Strategies for Effective Customer Education

Strategies for Effective Customer Education

Political Power and Corporate Control

Political Power and Corporate Control

Correct Thinking Saves Marriage

Correct Thinking Saves Marriage

Disorder

Disorder

Capitalists Against Markets

Capitalists Against Markets

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