National Self-Image as a Justification in Policy Debates: An International Comparison

Moving From National to International Environmental Policy

CLC debates Good Samaritan Policy

U n io n s a n d m a n a g e m e n t often d o n ’t ag ree a t the b a r ­ g a in in g t a b le , b u t M o n d ay night, AFL-CIO Central Labor C ou n c i l P r e s i d e n t Bob Warnock, Jr. and AM General Vice P r e s i d e n t o f H u m a n Resources Gary Wuslicb agreed th a t un ions a re e s se n t ia l for the health of both workers and th e c o r p o r a t i o n a t “U n ion Forum: The R...

Pursuing International Competitiveness in Iranian Wheat Policy

After the war with Iraq which ended in 1988, Iran implemented several agricultural support policies based on Five-Year National Development Plans. The main objective of these plans in the agriculture sector was to make the agricultural economy more market-oriented and to encourage sustainable agriculture. This paper investigates the extent to which Iran's government has been able to achieve thi...

Framing Policy Debates in the European Union

Globalization as a Driver or Bottleneck for Sustainable Development: Some Empirical, Cross-National Reflections on Basic Issues of International Health Policy and Management

Background This article looks at the long-term, structural determinants of environmental and public health performance in the world system.   Methods In multiple standard ordinary least squares (OLS) regression models, we tested the effects of 26 standard predictor variables, including the ‘four freedoms’ of goods, capital, labour and services, on the following indicators of sustainable develop...