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Critical Consideration (critical + consideration)
Selected AbstractsHermeneutics of Translation: A Critical Consideration of the Term Dao in Two Renderings of the AnalectsJOURNAL OF CHINESE PHILOSOPHY, Issue 3 2004Marc Andre Matten [source] The Impact of AIDS on Rural Households in Africa: A Shock Like Any Other?DEVELOPMENT AND CHANGE, Issue 4 2002Carolyn Baylies In areas where HIV prevalence is high, household production can be significantly affected and the integrity of households compromised. Yet policy responses to the impact of HIV/AIDS have been muted in comparison to outcomes of other shocks, such as drought or complex political emergencies. This article looks at the reasons for the apparent under,reaction to AIDS, using data from Zambia, and examines recent calls to mitigate the effects of AIDS at household level. Critical consideration is directed at proposals relating to community safety nets, micro,finance and the mainstreaming of AIDS within larger poverty alleviation programmes. It is argued that effective initiatives must attend to the specific features of AIDS, incorporating both an assault on those inequalities which drive the epidemic and sensitivity to the staging of AIDS both across and within households. A multi,pronged approach is advocated which is addressed not just at mitigation or prevention, but also at emergency relief, rehabilitation and development. [source] Junior doctors' working hours: Perspectives on the reformsINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NURSING PRACTICE, Issue 3 2008Carol Wilkinson MSc BA(Hons) RGN Teacher's Cert Fellow Higher Education AcademyArticle first published online: 5 MAY 200 The European Working Time Directive for junior doctors came into force in Britain in August 2004. The reforms themselves have been a long time in development and implementation since the inception and debates regarding the New Deal, to the current formations under health and safety legislation. This study, undertaken within a hospital trust setting in England, provides an insight into the perspectives of doctors, nurses and human resources managers in relation to the European Working Time Directive. Critical consideration is given to the impact of the reforms upon the National Health Service and more specifically to daily working relationships at the point of implementation. The results demonstrate some ambivalence towards the reforms because of the major shift in culture for the professions per se, but also for the future of health-care delivery where there are considerable tensions. [source] Critical considerations for future action during the second commitment period: A small islands' perspectiveNATURAL RESOURCES FORUM, Issue 2 2007Leonard Nurse Abstract If the objective of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is to be achieved, Parties must commit themselves to meeting meaningful long-term targets that, based on current knowledge, would minimize the possibility of irreversible climate change. Current indications are that a global mean temperature rise in excess of 2,3 °C would enhance the risk of destabilizing the climate system as we know it, and possibly lead to catastrophic change such as a shutdown of the deep ocean circulation, and the disintegration of the West Arctic Ice Sheet. Observations have shown that for many small island developing States (SIDS), life-sustaining ecosystems such as coral reefs, already living near the limit of thermal tolerance, are highly climate-sensitive, and can suffer severe damage from exposure to sea temperatures as low as 1 °C above the seasonal maximum. Other natural systems (e.g., mangroves) are similarly susceptible to relatively low temperature increases, coupled with small increments of sea level rise. Economic and social sectors, including agriculture and human health, face similar challenges from the likely impacts of projected climate change. In light of known thresholds, this paper presents the view that SIDS should seek support for a temperature cap not exceeding 1.5,2.0 °C above the pre-industrial mean. It is argued that a less stringent post-Kyoto target would frustrate achievement of the UNFCCC objective. The view is expressed that all countries which emit significant amounts of greenhouse gases should commit to binding reduction targets in the second commitment period, but that targets for developing countries should be less stringent than those agreed for developed countries. Such an arrangement would be faithful to the principles of equity and would ensure that the right of Parties to attain developed country status would not be abrogated. [source] The Limits of Citizenship: Migration, Sex Discrimination and Same-Sex Partners in EU LawJCMS: JOURNAL OF COMMON MARKET STUDIES, Issue 5 2000R. Amy Elman This article addresses the paradoxical politics of heterosexism within European Union (EU) policy through a critical consideration of matrimony as the primary legitimating link between EU nationals and third-country spouses. It also emphasizes the discrimination experienced by same-sex couples to whom the protection and privileges of marriage are unavailable and questions efforts to extend state-sanctioned unions to same-sex partners. Indeed, it argues against the presumption that relationships (whether spousal, cohabitational, sexual or familial) provide justifiable criteria for citizenship and the privileges associated with it. The article has theoretical implications for those studies in which the themes of citizenship, immigration, family, sexuality and social exclusion are central. [source] Beyond recycling: ,commons-friendly' waste reduction at new consumption communitiesJOURNAL OF CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR, Issue 5 2007Caroline Bekin This paper broadens current knowledge on consumer waste and disposal behaviour by exploring the diverse and complementary waste-reduction strategies and behaviours adopted by environmentally conscious consumer communities in the UK. Using a critical ethnography methodology and a multi-locale approach to designing the field, six distinct ethical voluntary simplifier communities were studied. Findings suggest their alternative lifestyles and waste management choices offer society much in terms of environmental soundness, while also presenting several personal trade-offs for community members that deserve critical consideration. Practical implications for marketers and policy makers are addressed. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source] The Miscegenation/Same-Sex Marriage Analogy: What Can We Learn from Legal History?LAW & SOCIAL INQUIRY, Issue 2 2008Julie Novkov It has become commonplace among historically inclined legal scholars to look to the history of the United States' elimination of bans on mixed-race sexual relationships for guidance about the recent controversy over same-sex marriage. This article argues that, while the analogy is helpful, it is not perfect because of the particular historical circumstances of the battle over antimiscegenation laws. Because regulations against interracial marriage were at the heart of defining and perpetuating the political and institutional system of white supremacy, they served a different purpose than the bans on same-sex marriage. The analogy can be pursued, however, to promote a critical consideration of the history of marriage as a heteronormative institution, generating a broader agenda for empowering change. Such a use of history takes the experience of the struggle against the antimiscegenation regime as a cautionary tale rather than a guidepost. [source] | ||||||||||