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Machineries of Similarity and Difference

AIDS from Its Research Infrastructures

by David Ribes ...

Series series Infrastructures
An examination of three research infrastructures over three decades as they sought to support studies of HIV/AIDS across dramatic changes to the disease, the science, and its politics.In Machineries of Similarity and Difference, David Ribes theorizes interoperability, or how to make different things work together. For the last 30 years, standardization has been the dominant social scientific motif ... Read more

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An examination of three research infrastructures over three decades as they sought to support studies of HIV/AIDS across dramatic changes to the disease, the science, and its politics.In Machineries of Similarity and Difference, David Ribes theorizes interoperability, or how to make different things work together. For the last 30 years, standardization has been the dominant social scientific motif
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digitalSTS

A Field Guide for Science & Technology Studies

by Janet Vertesi, Janet Vertesi, David Ribes, David Ribes, Laura Forlano, Alexandre Camus, Dominique Vinck, Nerea Calvillo, Daniela K. Rosner, Christina Dunbar-Hester, Xaroula (Charalampia) Kerasidou0, Luke Stark1, Stéphane Couture2, Steven J. Jackson3, Anita Say Chan4, Camilla A. Hawthorne5, Carla Ilten6, Paul-Brian McInerney7, David Nemer8, Padma Chirumamilla9, Winifred R. Poster0, Steve Sawyer1, Ingrid Erickson2, Mohammad Hossein Jarrahi3, Ranjit Singh4, Chris Hesselbein5, Jessica Price6, Michael Lynch7, Elena Parmiggiani8, Eric Monteiro9, Doris Allhutter0, Brit Ross Winthereik1, James Maguire2, Laura Watts3, Carl DiSalvo4, Guillaume Latzko-Toth5, Johan Söderberg6, Florence Millerand7, Steve Jones8, Nick Seaver9, Marisa Leavitt Cohn0, Yanni Loukissas1, Daniel Cardoso Llach2, Anders Kristian Munk3, Axel Meunier4, Tommaso Venturini5, Juan Salamanca6, Mathieu Jacomy7 ...

New perspectives on digital scholarship that speak to today's computational realitiesScholars across the humanities, social sciences, and information sciences are grappling with how best to study virtual environments, use computational tools in their research, and engage audiences with their results. Classic work in science and technology studies (STS) has played a central role in how these fields ... Read more

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New perspectives on digital scholarship that speak to today's computational realitiesScholars across the humanities, social sciences, and information sciences are grappling with how best to study virtual environments, use computational tools in their research, and engage audiences with their results. Classic work in science and technology studies (STS) has played a central role in how these fields
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Postphenomenology and Imaging

How to Read Technology

by Samantha J. Fried, Robert Rosenberger, Bas de Boer, Anette Forss, Cathrine Hasse, Stacey O. Irwin, Lisa Messeri, David Ribes, Will Sutherland0, Janet Vertesi1, Katie Warfield2, Don Ihde3, Robert P. Crease4, Jan Kyrre Berg Friis5 ...

Series series Postphenomenology and the Philosophy of Technology
How should we understand the experience of encountering and interpreting images? What are their roles in science and medicine? How do they shape everyday life? Postphenomenology and Imaging: How to Read Technology brings together scholars from multiple disciplines to investigate these questions. The contributors make use of the “postphenomenological” philosophical perspective, applying its ... Read more

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How should we understand the experience of encountering and interpreting images? What are their roles in science and medicine? How do they shape everyday life? Postphenomenology and Imaging: How to Read Technology brings together scholars from multiple disciplines to investigate these questions. The contributors make use of the “postphenomenological” philosophical perspective, applying its
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Achieving Effective Social Protection for All in Latin America and the Caribbean

From Right to Reality

by Helena Ribe, David A. Robalino, Ian Walker ...

Series series Directions in Development - Human Development
This study highlights the interaction between social protection programs and labor markets in the Latin America region. It presents new evidence on the limited coverage of existing programs and emphasizes the challenges caused by high informality for achieving universal social protection for old age income, for health, for unemployment risks and for anti poverty safety nets. It identifies ... Read more

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This study highlights the interaction between social protection programs and labor markets in the Latin America region. It presents new evidence on the limited coverage of existing programs and emphasizes the challenges caused by high informality for achieving universal social protection for old age income, for health, for unemployment risks and for anti poverty safety nets. It identifies
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From Right to Reality: Incentives, Labor Markets, and the Challenge of Universal Social Protection in Latin America and the Caribbean

by Helena Ribe, David Robalino, Ian Walker ...

This study highlights the interaction between social protection (SP) programs and labor markets in the Latin America region. It presents new evidence on the limited coverage of existing programs and emphasizes the challenges caused by high informality for achieving universal social protection for old age income, health, unemployment risks and anti-poverty safety nets. It identifies interaction ... Read more

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This study highlights the interaction between social protection (SP) programs and labor markets in the Latin America region. It presents new evidence on the limited coverage of existing programs and emphasizes the challenges caused by high informality for achieving universal social protection for old age income, health, unemployment risks and anti-poverty safety nets. It identifies interaction
... Read more

Writing Skills for Nursing and Midwifery Students

by Dena Bain Taylor ...

Nursing and midwifery students are required to communicate in writing in a variety of forms, for a variety of potential audiences including their colleagues, allied health professionals, administrators and, most importantly, their patients and the public.Dena Bain Taylor is an experienced teacher of writing and critical skills across the range of allied health professions, and understands the ... Read more

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Nursing and midwifery students are required to communicate in writing in a variety of forms, for a variety of potential audiences including their colleagues, allied health professionals, administrators and, most importantly, their patients and the public.Dena Bain Taylor is an experienced teacher of writing and critical skills across the range of allied health professions, and understands the
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The Welfare State Revisited

Edited by José Antonio Ocampo, Joseph E. Stiglitz ...

Series series Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia: Challenges in Development and Globalization
The welfare state has been under attack for decades, but now more than ever there is a need for strong social protection systems—the best tools we have to combat inequality, support social justice, and even improve economic performance. In this book, José Antonio Ocampo and Joseph E. Stiglitz bring together distinguished contributors to examine the global variations of social programs and make the ... Read more

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The welfare state has been under attack for decades, but now more than ever there is a need for strong social protection systems—the best tools we have to combat inequality, support social justice, and even improve economic performance. In this book, José Antonio Ocampo and Joseph E. Stiglitz bring together distinguished contributors to examine the global variations of social programs and make the
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The Gold Standard

The Challenge Of Evidence-Based Medicine

by Stefan Timmermans, Marc Berg ...

Few things make people react more strongly to the changes going on in health care than the word standardization. Critics shudder at the mindless sameness of standards, while supporters dream of a world in which standardized "best practices" open up a world of efficient health care delivery. The Gold Standard takes up this debate to investigate the real meaning of standardization and how it affects ... Read more

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Few things make people react more strongly to the changes going on in health care than the word standardization. Critics shudder at the mindless sameness of standards, while supporters dream of a world in which standardized "best practices" open up a world of efficient health care delivery. The Gold Standard takes up this debate to investigate the real meaning of standardization and how it affects
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Saving for Development

How Latin America and the Caribbean Can Save More and Better

by Inter-American Development Bank ...

Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
Why should people - and economies - save? This book on the savings problem in Latin America and the Caribbean suggests that, while saving to survive the bad times is important, saving to thrive in the good times is what really counts. People must save to invest in health and education, live productive and fulfilling lives, and make the most of their retirement years. Firms must save to grow their ... Read more

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Why should people - and economies - save? This book on the savings problem in Latin America and the Caribbean suggests that, while saving to survive the bad times is important, saving to thrive in the good times is what really counts. People must save to invest in health and education, live productive and fulfilling lives, and make the most of their retirement years. Firms must save to grow their
... Read more
Emerging Capital Markets And Globalization: The Latin American Experience

by De la Torre Augusto; Schmukler Sergio ...

Back in the early 1990s, economists and policy makers had high expectations about the prospects for domestic capital market development in emerging economies, particularly in Latin America. Unfortunately, they are now faced with disheartening results. Stock and bond markets remain illiquid and segmented. Debt is concentrated at the short end of the maturity spectrum and denominated in foreign ... Read more

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Back in the early 1990s, economists and policy makers had high expectations about the prospects for domestic capital market development in emerging economies, particularly in Latin America. Unfortunately, they are now faced with disheartening results. Stock and bond markets remain illiquid and segmented. Debt is concentrated at the short end of the maturity spectrum and denominated in foreign
... Read more
Trans Medicine

The Emergence and Practice of Treating Gender

by Stef M. Shuster ...

**Finalist, PROSE Award in Clinical Medicine**A rich examination of the history of trans medicine and current day practiceSurfacing in the mid-twentieth century, yet shrouded in social stigma, transgender medicine is now a rapidly growing medical field. In Trans Medicine, stef shuster makes an important intervention in how we understand the development of this field and how it is being used to ... Read more

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**Finalist, PROSE Award in Clinical Medicine**A rich examination of the history of trans medicine and current day practiceSurfacing in the mid-twentieth century, yet shrouded in social stigma, transgender medicine is now a rapidly growing medical field. In Trans Medicine, stef shuster makes an important intervention in how we understand the development of this field and how it is being used to
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Social Insecurity

401(k)s and the Retirement Crisis

by James W. Russell ...

**How 401(k)s have gutted retirement security, from charging exorbitant hidden fees to failing to replace the income of traditional pensionsNamed one of PW's Top 10 for Business & Economics**A retirement crisis is looming. In 2008, as the 401(k) fallout rippled across the country, horrified holders watched 25 percent of their funds evaporate overnight. Average 401(k) balances for those approaching ... Read more

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**How 401(k)s have gutted retirement security, from charging exorbitant hidden fees to failing to replace the income of traditional pensionsNamed one of PW's Top 10 for Business & Economics**A retirement crisis is looming. In 2008, as the 401(k) fallout rippled across the country, horrified holders watched 25 percent of their funds evaporate overnight. Average 401(k) balances for those approaching
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