Words and Deeds

Financing for Development : The Gap between Words and Deeds since

The Monterrey Consensus agreed at the UN summit on Financing for Development in 2002 promised a breakthrough in terms of donor generosity, aid effectiveness and new means of financing. However, the development orientation of world leaders proved to be short-lived. This is even though our evaluation reveals progress since Monterrey in some areas, notably debt relief and private (FDI) flows. Call...

Old Dad Chiro: his thoughts, words, and deeds

OBJECTIVE This article offers the author's opinions about some of the thoughts, words, and deeds of the profession's founder, Daniel David Palmer. DISCUSSION Reviewing D.D. Palmer's writings is challenging because he was the discoverer and founder of a developing profession and therefore his thoughts and words were rapidly evolving. Statements made by Palmer without judicious consideration of...

Words or deeds? Choosing what to know about others

Social cooperation often relies on individuals’ spontaneous norm obedience when there is no punishment for violation or reward for compliance. However, people do not consistently follow pro-social norms. Previous studies have suggested that an individual’s tendency toward norm conformity is affected by empirical information (i.e. what others did or would do in a similar situation) as well as by...

By Words and Deeds: Racial Steering by Real Estate Agents in the U.S. in 2000

Words and Deeds: Presidential Discussion of Minority Health, Public Policies, and Minority Perceptions.

What are the different rhetorical approaches presidents used to address minority health inequality? More importantly, how have the efforts of presidents impacted minorities' perceptions of health? I offer a historical perspective that describes the three major periods of presidential engagement in discussions of minority health since the 1960s. I couple this historical overview with an empirica...