Conclusion

2018 ◽  
pp. 161-168
Author(s):  
Ala Sirriyeh
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
The United States ◽  
Policy Discourse ◽  
Asylum Policy ◽  
Immigrants And Refugees ◽  
Immigration And Asylum ◽  
The Uk

This concluding chapter summarises the book's main themes built around the argument that a discourse of compassion has been appropriated to justify oppressive policies against migrants and refugees. These people have been met with hostility and exclusion by receiving governments, especially Australia, the UK and the United States. In analysing how people are placed within and outside of ‘circles of concern’ in contested immigration and asylum policy discourse, this book has discussed measures that emphasised the vulnerability of immigrants and refugees. It has also explored compassion as solidarity, an idea that it claims offers more promising prospects for social justice than the notion of compassion based on distance and pity, and how activists have linked compassion with outrage to address the causes of suffering and alleviate it in the long term.

A Crisis of Compassion

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Ala Sirriyeh
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cultural Scripts ◽  
Asylum Policy ◽  
Policy Debates ◽  
Contemporary Politics ◽  
The Media ◽  
Immigration And Asylum ◽  
The Uk

This book examines the role of compassion and its relationship to other emotions in asylum and immigration policy discourses in Australia, the UK and the United States. Focusing on the case of undocumented immigrants and refugees, it analyses the politics of compassion in immigration and asylum policy within the broader landscape of the rise of political cultural scripts such as ‘humanitarian reason’, ‘liberal terror’ and ‘compassionate conservativism’ in contemporary politics. This chapter presents an outline of the book's argument, first by considering the media and public hostility towards certain populations of migrants and refugees and then how compassion works as the workings of compassion as a basic social emotion. It then discusses the policy case studies that illustrate the role of a discourse of compassion within recent immigration and asylum policy debates in Australia, the UK and the United States. It also provides an overview of the chapters that follow.

scholarly journals A Comparative Survey Of Capital Investment Decision Practices In The United States And The United Kingdom

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Klammer ◽  
Neil Wilner ◽  
Jan Smolarski
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
The United States ◽  
Capital Expenditures ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Management Techniques ◽  
Comparative Survey ◽  
The Uk

Capital expenditures can be crucial to firms long-term success, especially in a complex global environment. As companies increasingly compete in the global market place, it is important to study project evaluation processes from an international perspective. Capital investments involve substantial monetary commitments and risks that affect long-term firm profitability and influence capital allocation decisions in the future. Survey research in the area of capital expenditure analysis has been extensively done in both the United States [US] and the United Kingdom [UK]. This research is the first comparative survey of practices in both countries that we are aware of. A direct comparison of the use of project evaluation, management science, and risk management techniques in the two countries is made. The survey instrument used is an adaptation of the Klammer [1970] instrument that has been used repeatedly in surveys of American firms. This is the first time that it has been applied to British firms. The use of a common instrument allows for more meaningful comparisons. The samples consisted of 127 American and 59 British firms with sales of at least $100 million and capital expenditures of at least $10 million. Preliminary results indicate a continued extensive use of discounted cash flow techniques by US firms. Techniques such as payback or urgency continue to be used, but to a lesser degree than discounting. Firms in the UK also make extensive use of discounting but do so to a lesser degree than their American counterparts. Payback is widely used in the UK. Risk management techniques are widely used in both countries, with sensitivity analysis being the most popular technique in both countries. Extensive use of technical and administrative procedures, such as detailed budgets, standardized forms and post-audits, are evidenced in both countries. The paper offers reasons that have to do with organizational structure and form, as well as market differences, to explain our results.

scholarly journals Time trends and treatment pathways in the prescribing of individual oral anticoagulants in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation: an observational study of more than three million patients from Europe and the United States

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pareen Vora ◽  
Henry Morgan Stewart ◽  
Beth Russell ◽  
Alex Asiimwe ◽  
Gunnar Brobert
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Atrial Fibrillation ◽  
Time Trends ◽  
Oral Anticoagulants ◽  
The United States ◽  
Common Data Model ◽  
Long Term Treatment ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Uk

Background: Data directly comparing trends in the use of different oral anticoagulants (OACs) among patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) from different countries are limited. We addressed this using a large-scale network cohort study in the United States (US), Belgium, France, Germany and United Kingdom (UK). Methods: We used nine databases (claims or electronic health records) that had been converted into the Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership Common Data Model with analysis performed using open-source analytical tools. We identified adults with AF and a first OAC prescription, either vitamin K antagonist (VKA) or direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC) from 2010–2017. We described time-trends in use, continuation and switching. Results: In 2010, 87.5%–99.8% of patients started on a VKA. By 2017, the majority started on a DOAC: 87.0% (US), 88.3% (Belgium), 93.1% (France), 88.4% (Germany), 86.1%–86.7% (UK). In the UK, DOACs became the most common starting OAC in 2015, 2–3 years later than elsewhere. Apixaban was the most common starting OAC by 2017: 50.2%–57.8% (US), 31.4% (Belgium), 45.9% (France), 39.5% (Germany), 49.8%– 50.5% (UK), followed by rivaroxaban; 24.8%–32.5% (US), 25.7% (Belgium), 38.4% (France), 24.9% (Germany), 30.2%– 31.2% (UK). Long-term treatment was less common in the US than in Europe, especially the UK. A minority of patients switched from their index OAC, both in the short- and long-term. Conclusions: From 2010–2017, VKA use had significantly declined and DOAC use had significantly increased in the US and Europe; apixaban was the most prescribed OAC in 2017 followed by rivaroxaban.

“If competition has any virtue, we ought not to have a system that stifles it”: Competition in London Clearing Banking, 1946–1971

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-38
Author(s):  
LINDA ARCH
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Competition Policy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Industry Concentration ◽  
National Board ◽  
Restrictive Trade ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Key Aspects

Concentration in many industries has increased markedly in recent decades in the United States, although in Europe it has been stable or has even decreased. Where concentration has increased, the question arises as to how to measure the extent of competition (or the degree to which it is contestable) in a market in which there are relatively few competing firms, over the long term. This article explores competition in clearing banking in the UK from 1946 to 1971. This period is of interest in the context of industry concentration because clearing banking was relatively concentrated and, it has long been argued, uncompetitive. The article evaluates competition from four perspectives. First, it considers the competitiveness of London clearing banking from a quantitative perspective. Next, it evaluates competition through the lens of competition policy, particularly the extent to which monopoly, mergers, and restrictive trade practices existed in clearing banking. Third, the conclusions of the National Board for Prices and Incomes’ report into bank charges in 1967 are considered. Finally, it explores the extent to which the clearing banks were open to and embraced change, and were innovative, assuming that these qualities are more likely to be present when there is competition among banks. It questions key aspects of the dominant interpretation of clearing banking as uncompetitive and slow to innovate.

Victims, Villains and Saviours

2018 ◽  
pp. 77-96
Author(s):  
Ala Sirriyeh
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Border Enforcement ◽  
Immigrants And Refugees ◽  
The People ◽  
The Uk

This chapter examines how the governments of Australia, the UK and the United States have co-opted discourses of compassion for ‘deserving’ immigrants and refugees to justify the enactment of violent and punitive policies. In particular, it explores the emergence of the figure of the people smuggler as a racialised and gendered villain in contemporary border enforcement narratives and as a target for outrage driven by ‘compassion’. It first considers how violent humanitarianism has been justified through three archetype and neocolonial characters developed through the border-enforcement narrative: the ‘suffering refugee’, the villainous ‘people smuggler’ and ‘migrant queue jumper’, and the saviour government. It then discusses the ways in which a discourse of compassion for ‘genuine’ victims has been employed to direct disapproval and outrage against smugglers and migrant ‘queue jumpers’. It also describes the criminalisation of solidarity and humanitarianism as part of the war on people smugglers.

Emigrants, Immigrants, and Refugees

2019 ◽  
pp. 68-95
Author(s):  
Niambi Michele Carter
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
The United States ◽  
Racial Oppression ◽  
Immigrants And Refugees ◽  
Political Tradition ◽  
Historical View ◽  
Primary Documents ◽  
Over Time

This chapter presents a historical view of black opinion on immigration. In particular, it looks at the colonization movement of the nineteenth century and the ways in which blacks employed the concept of immigration as a way to escape racial oppression. In fact, blacks applied the term immigrant to their community and seriously considered leaving the United States, with some relocating to Canada and Liberia, for example. The goal of this chapter is to demonstrate blacks’ long-term engagement with the issue of immigration as part of their political tradition. Using primary documents, the chapter helps to demonstrate the depth and range of ways in which blacks have viewed immigration over time.

Speech-Language Pathology in the Peace Corps: Necessity and Sustainability

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-18
Author(s):  
Melissa A. Pierce
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Special Education ◽  
Peace Corps ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Communication Disorders ◽  
The United States ◽  
Speech Language Pathology ◽  
Speech Language Pathologists ◽  
Language Pathology

In countries other than the United States, the study and practice of speech-language pathology is little known or nonexistent. Recognition of professionals in the field is minimal. Speech-language pathologists in countries where speech-language pathology is a widely recognized and respected profession often seek to share their expertise in places where little support is available for individuals with communication disorders. The Peace Corps offers a unique, long-term volunteer opportunity to people with a variety of backgrounds, including speech-language pathologists. Though Peace Corps programs do not specifically focus on speech-language pathology, many are easily adapted to the profession because they support populations of people with disabilities. This article describes how the needs of local children with communication disorders are readily addressed by a Special Education Peace Corps volunteer.

‘To see oursels as ithers see us’: Reflections on Scottish Independence from the United States

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 381-388 ◽  
Author(s):  
Euan Hague ◽  
Alan Mackie
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Us ◽  
Scottish Independence ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Scottish Diaspora

The United States media have given rather little attention to the question of the Scottish referendum despite important economic, political and military links between the US and the UK/Scotland. For some in the US a ‘no’ vote would be greeted with relief given these ties: for others, a ‘yes’ vote would be acclaimed as an underdog escaping England's imperium, a narrative clearly echoing America's own founding story. This article explores commentary in the US press and media as well as reporting evidence from on-going interviews with the Scottish diaspora in the US. It concludes that there is as complex a picture of the 2014 referendum in the United States as there is in Scotland.

Science, Politics, and the Pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 119 (820) ◽  
pp. 303-309
Author(s):  
J. Nicholas Ziegler
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Biomedical Research ◽  
Scale Up ◽  
Political Leadership ◽  
The United States ◽  
Scientific Advice ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Effective Policy ◽  
Scientific Expertise ◽  
The Uk

Comparing the virus responses in Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States shows that in order for scientific expertise to result in effective policy, rational political leadership is required. Each of these three countries is known for advanced biomedical research, yet their experiences in the COVID-19 pandemic diverged widely. Germany’s political leadership carefully followed scientific advice and organized public–private partnerships to scale up testing, resulting in relatively low infection levels. The UK and US political responses were far more erratic and less informed by scientific advice—and proved much less effective.

Mafias on the Move

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Federico Varese
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New York ◽  
Organized Crime ◽  
The United States ◽  
The West ◽  
Market Expansion ◽  
The North ◽  
Economic Transformations ◽  
At Will

Organized crime is spreading like a global virus as mobs take advantage of open borders to establish local franchises at will. That at least is the fear, inspired by stories of Russian mobsters in New York, Chinese triads in London, and Italian mafias throughout the West. As this book explains, the truth is more complicated. The author has spent years researching mafia groups in Italy, Russia, the United States, and China, and argues that mafiosi often find themselves abroad against their will, rather than through a strategic plan to colonize new territories. Once there, they do not always succeed in establishing themselves. The book spells out the conditions that lead to their long-term success, namely sudden market expansion that is neither exploited by local rivals nor blocked by authorities. Ultimately the inability of the state to govern economic transformations gives mafias their opportunity. In a series of matched comparisons, the book charts the attempts of the Calabrese 'Ndrangheta to move to the north of Italy, and shows how the Sicilian mafia expanded to early twentieth-century New York, but failed around the same time to find a niche in Argentina. The book explains why the Russian mafia failed to penetrate Rome but succeeded in Hungary. A pioneering chapter on China examines the challenges that triads from Taiwan and Hong Kong find in branching out to the mainland. This book is both a compelling read and a sober assessment of the risks posed by globalization and immigration for the spread of mafias.

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