Tabla de Contenidos: “…Conceptual and Methodological Developments -- Understanding Health Disparities: The Promise of the Stress Process Model -- Compensatory Coping with Stressors -- Neighborhood as a Social Context of the Stress Process -- Suppression Effects in Social Stress Research and Their Implications for the Stress Process Model -- Stress Processes in Social Roles and Contexts: Family and Work -- Family Structure and Women’s Lives: A Life Course Perspective -- The Stress Process Model: Some Family-Level Considerations -- Linking Early Family Adversity to Young Adult Mental Disorders -- Work, Family, and Their Intersection -- Psychosocial Concepts and Processes -- Sense of Mattering in Late Life -- It’s Tough to Cope in Rural Mali: Financial Coping Style, Mastery, Self Confidence, and Anxiety in a Bad and Worsening Socioeconomic Environment -- Stress Valuation and the Experience of Parenting Stress in Late Life -- Stress Process Applications in Child Victimization Research -- The Evolution of the Stress Process Paradigm -- The Stress Process as a Successful Paradigm…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Efficiency of Public Administration 17 -6. Regional Disparities 21 -7. The Labour Market 25 -8. The Education System 28 -9. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…FrontMatter -- Reviewers -- Contents -- Overview -- 1 Goals of the Workshop -- 2 Setting the Stage for the Coexistence of Food Insecurity and Obesity -- 3 Socioeconomic Disparities: Food Insecurity and Obesity -- 4 Sentinel Populations -- 5 Socioecological Perspectives: The Individual Level -- 6 Socioecological Perspectives: The Family and Household Level -- 7 Socioecological Perspectives: The Environmental Level -- 8 Socioecological Perspectives: The Institutional Level -- 9 Putting the Levels Together -- 10 Research Applications -- 11 Research Gaps from a Disciplinary Perspective -- 12 Research Methods and Measures -- 13 Key Elements, Priorities, and Next Steps -- Appendix A: Workshop Agenda -- Appendix B: Planning Committee Biographical Sketches -- Appendix C: Speaker Biographical Sketches -- Appendix D: Workshop Participants -- Appendix E: Acronyms -- Appendix F: Roundtable Discussions -- Appendix G: Public Comments -- Appendix H: Brief List of Recurring Workshop Discussions…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Contents -- Contributors -- 1 Balancing Science and Services: The Challenges and Rewards of Field Research -- 2 Developing Questions when the Perfect Instrument Is Not Available -- 3 Hiring, Training, and Retaining Research Staff and Interviewers -- 4 Managing the Data from Survey Development through Archiving -- 5 Data Preparation and Data Standards: The Devil Is in the Details -- 6 Cultural Sensitivity and Cultural Disparities: Ethical Dilemmas, Legal Issues, and IRB Requirements -- 7 Creating Interdisciplinary Research Teams and Using Consultants -- 8 "Indigenist" Collaborative Research Efforts in Native American Communities -- 9 The Worst of all Possible Program Evaluation Outcomes -- 10 The Influence of Research on Policy and Practice: Lessons from Studies of Asset Building and Low-Income Families -- 11 Disseminating Results and Sharing Data and Publications -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V.…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction : European liberal discourses : conceptual affinities and disparities / Michael Freeden and Javier Fernandez-Sebastian -- Habsburg liberalisms and the Enlightenment past, 1790-1848 / Franz Leander Fillafer -- Formulating and reformulating 'liberalism' : Germany in European comparison / Jorn Leonhard -- 'Friends of freedom.' : first liberalisms in spaIn and beyond / Javier Fernandez-Sebastian -- Liberalism in Portugal in the nineteenth century / Nuno Goncalo Monteiro and Rui Ramos -- The rise and fall of 'liberalism' in France / Helena Rosenblatt -- Nordic liberalisms. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…La isla de los portentos : cuento mágico de las mil y una noches : disparate cómico inverosímil, en tres actos y en verso : música de José Rogel ; decorado y trastos de Luis Muriel ; vestuario de Dalmacio Detrell. - 1868. - 110 p. -- Laura : melodrama en tres actos y en verso. - 1864. - 68 p. -- La leyenda del diablo : comedia de magia en cuatro actos y en verso ; música de Manuel Sabater. - 1872. - 114 p. -- Lo que está de dios... : juguete cómico en tres actos y en verso. - 1867. - 84 p. -- Un mancebo combustible : juguete cómico en un acto. - 1865. - 25 p. -- Un millón : juguete cómico en tres actos y en verso. - 1872. - 78 p.…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Geographic Concentration and Regional Disparities of Research Activities; 3.4.1. Measuring Geographic Concentration and Regional Disparities; 3.4.2. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Executive summary -- Key findings -- Introduction -- 1 The Israeli system of local government finance -- Local governments in Israel -- The role and functions of local governments in the Israeli fiscal system -- Expenditure responsibilities of the local government sector in Israel -- The economic size of the local government sector in Israel -- Reductions over time in local governments' operating budgets as a percentage of GDP -- The financing of local governments' budgets -- The financing of local governments' regular budgets -- The financing of local governments' irregular (capital) budgets -- Local government revenue comparisons with OECD countries -- Shared taxes in the OECD -- The variety of own-source taxes at subnational level in the OECD -- The property tax in the OECD -- The Arnona system: functioning and disparities -- How the Arnona functions -- Differences in Arnona revenue among local governments -- Central government grants to local governments -- Grants for education and social welfare -- General balancing grant -- Equalisation Fund grant -- Distribution of grants by socio-economic cluster -- References -- Notes -- 2 Diagnosis of the major problems with the Arnona and the financing of local governments in Israel -- The property tax as a local government source of revenue -- General evaluation of the Arnona -- Revenue sufficiency -- Economic efficiency -- Equity -- Administrative costs -- Buoyancy/stability -- Transparency and simplicity -- Autonomy -- Summary evaluation -- The impact of Arnona on land-use decisions -- The adequacy of local government public services -- Local government per capita expenditures by function -- The funding of public education -- The funding of social welfare -- The role of grants in reducing local government fiscal disparities -- References…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Establishing Co-operative Relationship with More Countries and International Organizations -- Improving the Quality of Faculty Members Through Scholar Exchange Programme -- Expanding the Scale of Foreign Students Studying in China -- Extending Government Sponsorship to More Chinese Students Studying Abroad -- Establishing Joint Educational Programmes with Foreign Institutions -- Using Foreign Textbooks and Internationalization of Curriculum -- Its Bearing on China's National Development -- Notes -- Chapter 19: Enhancing Higher Education Twenty-First Century Futures: The Singapore Study -- Higher Education in Singapore -- Higher Education Policies -- Funding and Governance Reforms -- Corporatization -- Internationalization -- Achievements and Challenges -- Conclusion -- References -- Further Readings -- Chapter 20: Disparities in Education: Focussing Gender Disparities in India and Pakistan -- Socio-Economic Disparities in India -- Gender Disparity in General -- Gender Disparity in Education -- Literacy -- Situation in Pakistan -- Integration of Women into Labour Force -- Current Scenario -- Conclusion and Recommendations -- References -- Further Readings -- Chapter 21: Discursive Change and the Empowerment of Children: A Conceptual Analysis -- Deconstructing 'Secular' -- Tensions in the Language of Globalization: Hegemony and Agency -- Resistance in the Discourse, Rights and the Empowerment of Children -- Learning Conditions -- Curriculum and Agency -- Conclusion: Democracy, Globalization and Quality -- References -- Chapter 22: Redefining Legitimate Knowledge: Empowering Women Through Education -- About the Editors and Contributors -- The Editors -- The Contributors -- Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…A pattern of devolution falling short of its original aims -- B. Disparate local policies -- 1. Projects -- 2. Schemes Implements -- Conclusion -- Annex: One regional public transport development policy: The Midi-Pyrenees Region -- Notes and references -- Recent Experience in the United Kingdom by William Tyson, United Kingdom -- -Introduction -- Regional structure of the United Kingdom -- Some principles - Measures which can promote regional transport -- Transport policy in the United Kingdom -- Case Studies -- Bus and coach deregulation -- Deregulation of road freight -- Development of Inter-regional railway services -- Cost reduction using new technologies -- Pricing measures -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- SUMMARY OF DISCUSSIONS -- LIST OF PARTICIPANTS…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Territorial Trends and Disparities; Main economic trends at the territorial level; Box 1. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Boxes, Figures, and Tables""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Evidence of Disparities Among Ethnicity Groups""; ""3 Defining Categorization Needs for Race and Ethnicity Data""; ""4 Defining Language Need and Categories for Collection""; ""5 Improving Data Collection Across the Health Care System""; ""6 Implementation""; ""Appendix A: Acronyms and Abbreviations""; ""Appendix B: Legislation Cited in Report""; ""Appendix C: Workshop Agendas""; ""Appendix D: Subcommittee Member and Staff Biographies""…”

“…Il s'agit de cerner à nouveau, dans le contexte actuel de la mondialisation, les lignes de fond qui soustendent les intérêts parfois disparates des comparatistes qui rapprochent deux pays dont la relation est inégale…”

“…Escrita y representada en Toulouse en el año 1958, Don Juan Tenorio « El refugiao », parodia del conocido drama de Zorrilla, asocia la fuerza cómica de una tradición española arraigada en los lejanos Disparates de Juan del Encina y la comedia burlesca del siglo XVII, sin olvidar a Pedro Muñoz Seca y La venganza de Don Mendo, con la visión satírica y jocosa del mundillo de los exiliados antifranquistas en dicha ciudad francesa, de sus críticas, anhelos y nostalgias. …”

“…Desde prejuicios ancestrales, pasando por estudios supuestamente científicos o sencillos disparates que consiguen la audiencia de los medios pero suscitan multitud de interrogantes ¿realmente sirven para adelgazar los productos light?…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…; Making Trading Decisions Based on the Disparity between Historical and Implied Volatility; Appreciating Volatility for All It Is Worth…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Benchmark performance nationally and internationally -- Improve quality and accessibility of performance data -- Implementing joint procedures and centralising procurement across SCGs -- Build SCG professional capacity -- Enhance monitoring, including through oversight at the national level -- References -- Notes -- 2 Evaluating fiscal equalisation: Finding the right balance -- Introduction -- The central challenges of fiscal equalisation -- New insights from the 2019 Questionnaire on Fiscal Equalisation -- Equalisation modalities -- Identifying equalisation modalities -- Revenue equalisation -- Cost equalisation -- Gap-filling -- In practice, the cost and revenue equalisation modalities are often combined -- The impact of fiscal equalisation -- The effect of fiscal equalisation on revenue disparities -- The effect of equalisation on revenue disparities ranges widely -- ...And depends heavily on the equalisation modality -- Equalisation systems cannot be measured in terms of their effect on revenue disparities alone -- Examining the effects of cost equalisation -- The challenge of cost equalisation -- Equalisation systems do not always reduce revenue disparities and when they do, other transfers may counteract their effect -- ...And this may be related to the disparity enhancing effect of cost equalisation -- Cost equalisation systems are underpinned by formulas which vary greatly in complexity -- There is a need for indicators which adequately capture the effect of cost equalisation -- Mechanism design of fiscal equalisation systems -- Representative tax systems -- Imperfect equalisation -- Basing cost equalisation on structural factors -- Regression-based approaches -- Reforming equalisation systems -- Motivating reforms to equalisation -- Several common factors motivate reforms to equalisation systems -- The process of reform…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Sweat, Kathleen T. Brady -- Health disparities / Leonard E. Egede, Marvella E. Ford, Joni L. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Bassett -- Introduction: Six feet and miles apart : structural racism in the U.S. and racially disparate outcomes during the COVID-19 Pandemic / Lucas Hubbard, Gwendolyn L. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Quality improvement interventions to address health disparities / investigators, Melissa L. McPheeters [and six others] -- vol. 4. …”