Premature celebrations: The persistence of inter-district funding disparities

Keep the celebrations short.

P atient safety seems irritatingly positive. Its scientific literature and conference proceedings are replete with tales of improvement and stories of success. This is partly understandable. It is difficult to move people and organisations to change when the outcome is uncertain; hospitals and funding organisations do not like to hear that projects in which they have invested have failed; ‘‘saf...

The Organization and Funding of District Courts in Oakland County

Darwin celebrations begin

A meeting in London at the beginning of the month kicked off the double celebration next year of Darwin's birth 200 hundred years ago and the first publication of the Origin of Species 50 years later. A number of events are planned which include a major television series and exhibitions in London, Cambridge and Washington. The celebration at the Linnean Society marked the original low-key start...

DNA portraits: celebrations of the technoself

The representation of self and the nature of our identities often converge through technological forms. This study investigates the promotional techniques of seven companies selling DNA portraits, the objective being to uncover how these images derived from laboratory processes are viewed as valid depictions of the self and scientific knowledge. DNA portraits are revealed as the intertwining of...

Intergenerational Persistence and Ethnic Disparities in Education

Introduction W should we make of the influence that children's family of origin exerts on their educational achievement and attainment? And, how do we assess the educational success of children from immigrant minorities relative to children of ethnic majority origin? These two questions and the nexus between them form the motivating concern of this thesis. The reproduction of social (dis)advant...