Formaldehyde in textiles–what dermatologists need to know about the relationship to contact dermatitis: A review of the US Government Accountability Office's Report to Congressional Committees

2012 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
pp. 313-314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth A. Kiracofe ◽  
Matthew J. Zirwas
2011 ◽  
Vol 73 (8) ◽  
pp. 706-731 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justin D Martin

This study examined the relationship between young Jordanians' ( N = 321) news use and their feelings toward the Jordanian and US governments. Consumption of traditional news delivery formats (such as print newspapers, radio broadcasts and interpersonal sources) was measured, as was reliance on new media formats such as blogs, text messaging and podcasting. Political socialization measures were indices of political trust and appraisals of the US government. Results suggest that young Jordanians in the sample rely mostly on TV news, newspapers and interpersonal contacts for current events information, and that TV news use and reliance on interpersonal sources were associated with negative views of the US government.


Significance Several recent strains in the relationship guaranteed a tense official dialogue and tepid reception of Xi across Washington -- the impact of China's economic slowdown on the US stock market, accusations of Chinese cyber theft of US government workers' personal data, and continued maritime tensions. Impacts China's climate change commitments will improve its international image, but will not reduce tensions on other issues. Washington will impose sanctions if it believes China is breaking the new cybercrime agreement. US politics ahead of next year's presidential election will put more strain on China-US relations. Dialogue on the South China Sea is unlikely to bear fruit while Washington's policy is undecided.


2005 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 303-322
Author(s):  
Ryamond Vernon

The article is a case study of the relationship between the American government and US multinational corporation. It argues that while the state - MNE relationships vary from country to country, the US pattern is one of a very limited transnational role for government. Main factors in this pattern are the division of powers between the various branches and agencies of the US government, and changes in administrative staff following each national election. Few cases of government effort at business guidance are found: antitrust policy, foreign aid to friend governments, ineffectual protests again nationalisation of foreign subsidiaries of US MNE, exceptional cases of purposeful intervention, and the US adherence to international guide lines to MNE conduct sponsored by OECD. The article studies in more detail the case of oil, in which the US government is supposed to have intervened in a more direct way. The article concludes that US foreign policy is too complex to be understood simply in terms of government support of US multinational abroad. Besides us industry and the American government are themselves too split to produce a single and homogeneous pattern of policy.


2021 ◽  
pp. 418-449
Author(s):  
Mark Lawrence Schrad

As temperance has largely been synonymous with anti-imperialism the world over, Chapter 15 examines it during America’s imperial era: specifically the Spanish-American War and the conquest of the Philippines. It begins by charting the relationship between Christian anarchist Leo Tolstoy and William Jennings Bryan, who became America’s most outspoken foe of both American imperialism and the exploitative liquor traffic. The anti-canteen movement arose in response to the increasing drunkenness and exploitation of American soldiers—as well as native Cuban and Filipino populations—by the liquor traffic backed by the US military. The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union and the emerging Anti-Saloon League helped secure an anti-canteen law in 1901, effectively getting the US government to restrain its own predatory excesses. The chapter concludes with Bryan’s evangelical, social gospel progressivism, highlighting the shared community protection logic of prohibitionism and anti-imperialism.


Author(s):  
Roberto Miranda

In December of 2001, due to the financial crisis, Argentina had to suspend external payments. The country started a frantic process of abandonment of default thereafter. Research about the causes, processes, and mechanisms of the crisis has been focused on economic issues. The present work instead considers international politics. The aim of the paper is to analyze the role of the United Sates in the restructuring of Argentina’s debt. We consider the reasons, conditions, and actions developed by the hegemonic power in the relationship between Argentina and its creditors. We specially emphasize the political role played by the US government, a position that the US administration had no intention to assume neither before the debacle nor after the crisis started. We conclude that, despite the fact that Argentina has overcome the most difficult part of its default, the episode made evident, once more, the strong Argentine dependence towards the United States.


Author(s):  
Roger Martin ◽  
Richard Florida ◽  
Melissa Pogue ◽  
Charlotta Mellander

Purpose – This paper aims to marry Michael Porter’s industrial cluster theory of traded and local clusters to Richard Florida’s occupational approach of creative and routine workers to gain a better understanding of the process of economic development. Design/methodology/approach – Combining these two approaches, four major industrial-occupational categories are identified. The shares of US employment in each – creative-in-traded, creative-in-local, routine-in-traded and routine-in-local – are calculated, and a correlation analysis is used to examine the relationship of each to regional economic development indicators. Findings – Economic growth and development is positively related to employment in the creative-in-traded category. While metros with a higher share of creative-in-traded employment enjoy higher wages and incomes overall, these benefits are not experienced by all worker categories. The share of creative-in-traded employment is also positively and significantly associated with higher inequality. After accounting for higher median housing costs, routine workers in both traded and local industries are found to be relatively worse off in metros with high shares of creative-in-traded employment, on average. Social implications – This work points to the imperative for the US Government and industry to upgrade routine jobs, which make up the majority of all employment, by increasing the creative content of this work. Originality/value – The research is among the first to systematically marry the industry and occupational approaches to clusters and economic development.


2020 ◽  
pp. 149-164
Author(s):  
Brian Taylor

This chapter evaluates the gains won by black military service in the Civil War. Black soldiers won formal citizenship that was undermined by pervasive white racism, which impacted the ways in which laws related to citizenship and black rights were administered and interpreted. It looks at the relationship that black service created between black veterans and the US government, as well as between African Americans who came under direct federal purview and the federal government. It explains why African Americans considering serving the US in subsequent conflicts have faced the same dilemma that black men faced during the Civil War – why fight for a country that mistreats members of your community?


Author(s):  
David Coen ◽  
Alexander Katsaitis ◽  
Matia Vannoni

This monograph charts and assesses business lobbying in Brussels, taking into consideration its nuances. Indeed, a number of disciplines, theories, and methodological approaches grapple with this subject. The EU is one of the largest trading blocs and lobbying environments in the world. It is also a unique socio-political arena, in constant flux over the last fifty years. Business has not been idle; expanding its reach outside of the national domain, since the 1970s it has developed a spectacular advocacy toolbox, particularly in Europe and the US. Government affairs offices in Brussels today hardly resemble those forty years ago in quality or quantity. The relationship, is multi-layered, multi-level, multi-actor, and cuts across a series of institutional, thematic, legal, social, and governmental networks. With this in mind, this monograph draws on two different disciplines that act as a theoretical prism: political science, and business and management studies. The former helps make sense of the demand side of the equation, the role of government in shaping business activity. The latter provides the supply side, the company’s inner workings and its strategic choice to mobilize and lobby the EU. We employ three analytic perspectives: (i) macro; (ii) meso; (iii) micro. Bringing together different perspectives to business-government affairs in the EU, we aim to provide a rounded theoretical understanding of the relationship, a rich set of conceptual tools for its examination, and a detailed empirical mapping.


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