This paper discusses the impact of growing joblessness and dwindling workopportunities on inner-city areas in America. The lack of low-skilled manualwork in the inner city is linked to poverty, crime, family dissolution and thesocial life of neighbourhoods. The paper discusses this impact at...

At the end of 2008, the Government set in motion a Strategic Review of Health Inequalities in England chaired by Sir Michael Marmot. It is to report in December 2009. As part of its work, it set up various Task Groups to collect evidence and suggest policy options. The Task Group on Social...

It has long been accepted that lack of social participation in wider society is oneaspect or one definition of poverty. Current concerns with the extent anddistribution of social capital as both a measure of a good society and as meansto upward mobility also emphasise the importance of social...

Die Ereignisse vom 11. September haben eine lebhafte Diskussion über die Versicherung vonTerrorrisiken ausgelöst. Im Zentrum steht dabei die Frage, ob von staatlicher Seite dafürgesorgt werden sollte, dass hinreichende Deckung für solche Risiken zur Verfügung steht. Ihrwird auch in diesem...

[...]In this article, we consider what these risks, and the publicperception of them, mean for cities in general and for thefuture of New York City in particular. We begin by examiningthe question of why cities exist at all. Only by answering thisimportant question can we think more clearly...

CII Introduction: last month’s Mumbai terrorist attacks were a reminder that the international terrorist threat remains real and varied. While the security services work to prevent further atrocities, the corporate world and the insurance industry can also help by demonstrating that business...

Camera surveillance has recently gained prominence in policy proposals on combatingterrorism. We evaluate this instrument of counterterrorism as resting on the premise of adeterrence effect. Based on comparative arguments and previous evidence on crime, weexpect camera surveillance to have a...

Two recent failures of the United States intelligence system have led to thecreation of high-level investigative commissions. The failure to prevent theterrorist attacks of 9/11 prompted the creation of the 9/11 Commission, andthe mistaken belief that Saddam Hussein had retained weapons of...

We provide, for the first time, comparative evidence of the impact of various types of extremeevents – natural disasters, terrorism, and violent conflicts – on the perceptions ofentrepreneurs concerning some key entrepreneurial issues – such as fear of failure instarting a business...

Aus aktuellem Anlaß und ausgehend vom verwaltungswissenschaftlichen Gehalt des 9/11Commission Report (2004) habe ich gegen Ende des Wintersemesters 2004/2005 bei den Studentendes Hauptstudiums das Interesse an einem Seminar sondiert, das sich mit diesemThema in die curriculare Veranstaltung...