Marianne Githens – Dorothy McBride Stetson (Ur.): Abortion Politics - Public Policy in Cross- Cultural Perspective

Complexity, Politics and Public Policy

This paper explores the meaning and role of emerging insights from the sciences of complexity in the study of politics and public policy. Considerable attention is devoted to the relevance of Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS) to understanding important phenomena in politics and the realm of public policy. While traditional approaches to the study of these areas are not without merit, an understand...

A Cross-Cultural Perspective

CULTURAL ISSUES were included, although in a limited fashion, in the diagnostic manuals ICD-10 (World Health Organization, 1992) and DSM-IV (American Psychiatric Association, 1994). As Fabrega (1995) points out, the study of the cultural sciences as they pertain to psychiatry offers a necessary corrective to the increasing impersonality and reductionism that has come to characterize the neurobi...

Cultural Cognition and Public Policy

Foreword: Public health, public policy, politics and policing

Reducing harm from drug use lies at the intersection of public health, public policy, politics and policing. In an ideal world, evidence of public health gains achievable through new approaches or technologies should inform public policy, should help shape political agendas in support of policy change, which should translate into law and regulations - and then to their application. The goal of ...

Cross Cultural Research: EUC Perspective

3 Globalization is the key to survival in the 90’s. More and more companies are venturing overseas for new markets, manufacturing facilities or investments. Companies are globalizing through acquisitions, partnerships or joint ventures. Globalization, though lucrative, adds complexity in terms of organizational structure, management strategies and allocation of resources. Decision making become...