1. Sustainable development: concept and conundrum.a) Picturing sustainability. b) Initiatives in search ofinstitutional arrangements. 2. Sustainability and strategicchoices. a) Towards an institutional ecology of ecologicalinstitutions. b) Toward a logic of systemic choice. c) Thecommons revisited. 3. The case of global climate. a) Theuncommon...

1. Sustainable development: concept and conundrum.a) Picturing sustainability. b) Initiatives in search ofinstitutional arrangements. 2. Sustainability and strategicchoices. a) Towards an institutional ecology of ecologicalinstitutions. b) Toward a logic of systemic choice. c) Thecommons revisited. 3. The case of global climate. a) Theuncommon commons. b) Expanding systemic choices. 4.Conclusions.

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1. The Americans with Disabilities Act: Ten years later. 2. Challenges and dilemmas in implementing the Americans with Disabilities Act: Lessons from the first decade. 3. Undue hardship and reasonable accomodation: The view from the court. 4. The Americans with Disabilities Act and reasonable accomodation: The view from persons with HIV/AIDS....

1. The Americans with Disabilities Act: Ten years later. 2. Challenges and dilemmas in implementing the Americans with Disabilities Act: Lessons from the first decade. 3. Undue hardship and reasonable accomodation: The view from the court. 4. The Americans with Disabilities Act and reasonable accomodation: The view from persons with HIV/AIDS. 5. Local government implementation of the Americans with Disabilities Act: Factors affecting statutory compliance. 6. The Americans with Disabilities Act: Does it secure the fundamental right to vote?. 7. Transit access for the Americans: A proposal for the next stage of implementing the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. 8. The Americans with Disabilities Acts and medical providers: Ten years after the passage of the act. 9. The Americans with Disabilities Act as engine of social change: Models of disability and the potential of a civil rights approach.

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1. Introduction to the Symposium on Homelessness.2. Conveying Mission Through Outcome Measurement: Servicesto the Homeless in New York City. 3. The Pursuit ofCoordination: The Organizational Dimension in the Responseto Homelessness. 4. Rooflessness in London. 5. Experts inTheir Own Lives: Emphasizing Client-Centeredness in aHomeless Program....

1. Introduction to the Symposium on Homelessness.2. Conveying Mission Through Outcome Measurement: Servicesto the Homeless in New York City. 3. The Pursuit ofCoordination: The Organizational Dimension in the Responseto Homelessness. 4. Rooflessness in London. 5. Experts inTheir Own Lives: Emphasizing Client-Centeredness in aHomeless Program. 6. Toward Self-Sufficiency: Evaluating aTransitional Housing Program for Homeless Families. 7.Methodologies for Examining Homelessness and TheirApplication to a Mandated Statewide Study.

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1. The Rural Environment: Uses and Abuses. 2. RuralOpportunities: Minimalist Policy and Community-BasedExperimentation. 3. Rural Failure: The Linkage BetweenPolicy and Lobbies. 4. Rural Elected Officials,Environmental Policy, and Economic Composition. 5.Influencing Environmental Policy in Rural Communities: TheEnvironmental Opposition at Work....

1. The Rural Environment: Uses and Abuses. 2. RuralOpportunities: Minimalist Policy and Community-BasedExperimentation. 3. Rural Failure: The Linkage BetweenPolicy and Lobbies. 4. Rural Elected Officials,Environmental Policy, and Economic Composition. 5.Influencing Environmental Policy in Rural Communities: TheEnvironmental Opposition at Work. 6. The Tension BetweenPolicy Science and Politics: Addressing Cancer Incidence andEnvironnmental Contamination in Michigan. 7. Health Care inRural Texas. 8. Locating Critical Components of RegionalHuman Capital.

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1. Innovation, Learnig, and Environmental Policy:Overcoming "A Plague of Uncertainties". 2. Limiting Risks:Environmental Ethics as a Policy Primer. 3. InternationalInstitutions and Social Learning in the Management of GlobalEnvironmental Risks. 4. Scientific Uncertainty and Learningin European Union Environmental Policymaking. 5.Institutional...

1. Innovation, Learnig, and Environmental Policy:Overcoming "A Plague of Uncertainties". 2. Limiting Risks:Environmental Ethics as a Policy Primer. 3. InternationalInstitutions and Social Learning in the Management of GlobalEnvironmental Risks. 4. Scientific Uncertainty and Learningin European Union Environmental Policymaking. 5.Institutional and Policy Responses to Uncertainty inEnvironmental Policy: A Comparison of Dutch and U.S. Styles.6. Strategic Environmental Planning and Uncertainty: ACross-National Comparison of Green Plans in IndustrializedCountries. 7. Uncertainty, Risk, Trust, and Information:Public Perceptions of Environmental Issues and Willingnessto Take Action. 8. Regulating Contested Local Hazards: IsConstructive Dialogue Possible Among Participants inCommunity Risk Management?. 9. Uncertainty as EnvironmentalEducation.

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1. The Changing Face(s) of Ireland. 2.Internationalization and Patterns of Political change inIreland. 3. Ireland: Economics and the Reinventing of aNation. 4. Taxing the Poor: The Politics of Income Taxationin Ireland. 5. Religious Identity and the Future of NorthermIreland. 6. The Ulster Unionist Party and the U.S. Role inthe Northern Ireland...

1. The Changing Face(s) of Ireland. 2.Internationalization and Patterns of Political change inIreland. 3. Ireland: Economics and the Reinventing of aNation. 4. Taxing the Poor: The Politics of Income Taxationin Ireland. 5. Religious Identity and the Future of NorthermIreland. 6. The Ulster Unionist Party and the U.S. Role inthe Northern Ireland Peace Process, 1994-2000.

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1. Growth in the use of risk assessment. 2. Risk as an arcane subject. 3. The survey. a) Survey instrument. b) Representativeness of responses. c) Statistical tests reported. 4. Results. a) Self-evaluation of risk assessment knowledge. b) Legislators desire basic environmental risk information. c) Riskiness of chemicals. d) Extrapolation from...

1. Growth in the use of risk assessment. 2. Risk as an arcane subject. 3. The survey. a) Survey instrument. b) Representativeness of responses. c) Statistical tests reported. 4. Results. a) Self-evaluation of risk assessment knowledge. b) Legislators desire basic environmental risk information. c) Riskiness of chemicals. d) Extrapolation from animal studies. e) Perceptions of dose-response. f) Effects of toxic chemical exposure. g) Attitudes toward use of risk assessment. h) Risk management decisions.

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