Who's Who in the ‘Real World’? What do Germany, the Netherlands and the United States Stand for in Relation to Welfare?

2001 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 551-555
Author(s):  
ADALBERT EVERS
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Real World ◽  
The United States ◽  
Welfare States ◽  
Welfare Regimes ◽  
Welfare Capitalism ◽  
Cambridge University ◽  
The Real ◽  
Panel Studies

Robert E. Goodin, Bruce Headey, Ruud Muffels, Henk-Jan Dirven. The Real Worlds of Welfare Capitalism, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1999, x+358 pp.The Real Worlds of Welfare Capitalism represents the fruits of ten years' interaction of an international team of colleagues from Australia and the Netherlands. What it does can be summarised as follows: it compares different welfare states each of which is deemed to represent one of the three main types of welfare regimes. This is done with reference to five external criteria taken as standards of success. As a basis for the assessment, the study uses an advanced statistical instrument – namely – panel studies. And to say right at the beginning, this is an impressive piece of work.

scholarly journals Neither a New Cold War nor a New Peloponnesian War: The Emerging Cyber-narrative Competition at the Heart of Sino-American Relations

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 252-264
Author(s):  
Nicholas Ross Smith ◽  
Ruairidh J. Brown
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Cold War ◽  
Real World ◽  
The United States ◽  
Peloponnesian War ◽  
The Real ◽  
Current State ◽  
Thucydides Trap ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Industrial Revolutions

There is much pessimism as to the current state of Sino-American relations, especially since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in January 2020. Such pessimism has led to some scholars and commentators asserting that the Sino-American relationship is on the cusp of either a new Cold War or, even more alarmingly, something akin to the Peloponnesian War (via a Thucydides Trap) whereby the United States might take pre-emptive measures against China. This article rejects such analogizing and argues that, due to important technological advancements found at the intersection of the digital and fourth industrial revolutions, most of the real competition in the relationship is now occurring in cyberspace, especially with regards to the aim of asserting narratives of truth. Two key narrative battlegrounds that have raged since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic are examined: where was the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic? and who has had the most successful response to the COVID-19 pandemic?. This article shows that Sino-American competition in cyberspace over asserting their narratives of truth (related to the COVID-19 pandemic) is fierce and unhinged. Part of what is driving this competition is the challenging domestic settings politicians and officials find themselves in both China and the United States, thus, the competing narratives being asserted by both sides are predominately for domestic audiences. However, given that cyberspace connects states with foreign publics more intimately, the international aspect of this competition is also important and could result in further damage to the already fragile Sino-American relationship. Yet, whether this competition will bleed into the real world is far from certain and, because of this, doomsaying via historical analogies should be avoided.

Prospects for Social Reporting in the United States: A Receding Horizon

1987 ◽  
Vol 8 (x) ◽  
pp. 251-261
Author(s):  
Richard C. Rockwell
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
United States ◽  
Real World ◽  
The United States ◽  
Social Reporting ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Scientific Advance ◽  
The Real ◽  
Incomplete Model ◽  
The Social

This essay sets forth the thesis that social reporting in the United States has suffered from an excess of modesty among social scientists. This modesty might be traceable to an incomplete model of scientific advance. one that has an aversion to engagement with the real world. The prospects for social reporting in the United States would be brighter if reasonable allowances were to be made for the probable scientific yield of the social reporting enterprise itself. This yield could support and improve not only social reporting but also many unrelated aspects of the social sciences.

The Fissioning of the Modern Family in Utopia- The Real- World Consequences of Political Illusions

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 98-112
Author(s):  
Bryce Christensen
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Real World ◽  
Family Life ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Real ◽  
The Family ◽  
Modern Family

Since the mid-20th century, the United States-, like many Europeancountries, -has witnessed dramatic changes in family life, resulting inremarkably low rates for marriage and fertility, remarkably high rates fordivorce, cohabitation, and out-of-wedlock births. To understand these changes the article presents, on the example of literature, ideologies, philosophical trends, and intellectual opinions, which in a particularly destructive way influenced the contemporary condition of the family.

scholarly journals Conservatives and Liberals have Similar Physiological Responses to Threats

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bert Bakker ◽  
Gijs Schumacher ◽  
Claire Gothreau ◽  
Kevin Arceneaux
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Physiological Responses ◽  
The United States ◽  
Original Study ◽  
Physiological Trait ◽  
The Real ◽  
Threatening Stimuli

About a decade ago a study documented that conservatives have stronger physiological responses to threatening stimuli than liberals. This work launched a paradigm aimed at uncovering the biological roots of ideology. Despite wide-ranging scientific and popular impact, independent laboratories have not replicated the study. We conducted a preregistered direct replication (N=202) and conceptual replications in the United States (N=352) and the Netherlands (N=81). Our analyses do not support the conclusions of the original study, nor do we find evidence for broader claims regarding the effect of disgust and the existence of a physiological trait. Rather than studying unconscious responses as the ``real'' predispositions, alignment between conscious and unconscious responses promise deeper insights in the emotional roots of ideology.

Cancer Trials Versus the Real World in the United States

2011 ◽  
Vol 254 (3) ◽  
pp. 438-443 ◽  
Author(s):  
Waddah B. Al-Refaie ◽  
Selwyn M. Vickers ◽  
Wei Zhong ◽  
Helen Parsons ◽  
David Rothenberger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Real World ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Real ◽  
Cancer Trials

Automotive test drive cycles for emission measurement and real-world emission levels-a review

2002 ◽  
Vol 216 (7) ◽  
pp. 555-564 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Samuel ◽  
L Austin ◽  
D Morrey
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Real World ◽  
Gasoline Engine ◽  
The United States ◽  
Vehicle Design ◽  
Emission Measurement ◽  
Test Drive ◽  
The Real ◽  
Mode Of Operation ◽  
The Impact

The emission levels produced by any vehicle are dependent on the mode of operation of the vehicle and technology behind the vehicle design. The test drive cycles employed to measure the emissions produced by vehicles should adequately represent the real-world driving pattern of the vehicle to provide the most realistic estimation of these levels. However, there is increasing concern about the representative drive cycles used by the various vehicle certification and regulatory authorities. This paper reviews the various drive cycles used for gasoline engine vehicles in Europe and the United States, and the impact of various factors and their influence on real-world emission levels. The proposed new drive cycles of the United States and Europe are considered. From the work reviewed, it can be concluded that the amount of pollutant levels from automotive vehicles are underestimated because of the characteristics of the existing drive cycles. While much work remains to be done with the development of new drive cycles to represent real-world driving patterns, some useful conclusions can be drawn regarding the impacts of the factors reviewed here. The impacts of the factors reviewed in this paper can be characterized to improve estimations and simulations of the real-world emission levels of the vehicle.

American and European Constitutionalism Compared: A Report from the UNIDEM Conference in Göttingen, 23-24 May, 2003

2003 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 613-627 ◽  
Author(s):  
Morag Goodwin ◽  
Peer Zumbansen
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Real World ◽  
New World ◽  
The United States ◽  
Academic World ◽  
The Real ◽  
The Difference ◽  
University Of Göttingen ◽  
The University

There is currently a considerable amount of soul-searching underway by scholars on both sides of the Atlantic. For the cosmopolitanites of the academic world, the unpleasant disagreements over policy towards Iraq between Old Europe and the New World were not only unsettling but symptomatic of a more deep-seated disagreement between (former) friends. The theme of the Unidem seminar, held at the University of Göttingen on May 23-24, 2003, can be seen as sitting nicely within a desire for an explanation for this tension. Clearly underlying the organization of the conference, choice of themes and the invitation of speakers was the organizer's desire to reach a greater understanding of the difference and similarities between constitutionalism in Europe and in the United States and the reasons for and consequences of these divergences. Thus, although the Iraqi crisis obviously took place long after the theme of the conference had been conceived (and it has to be said that Georg Nolte's conferences appear to have a habit of coming hard on the heels of related dramatic events in the real world, suggesting an almost magical foresight on his part), it should nevertheless be understood as falling within this movement.

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