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[...] the United States was in the midst of its involvement in Nicaragua and El Salvador, and Barker decided to invite speakers to talk about US foreign policy, encouraging her colleagues and friends to attend. The AAAS also offers year-long public policy internships in congress, at the state department, the National Science Foundation, and the Environmental Protection Agency, to name a few. Almost finished with his AAAS science policy fellowship, Engel says he is now thinking about running for local office in 2010, in Baltimore County, Md., one of his goals being to keep the biotech industry from leaving his state.
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...(6) Given the importance of policy to the law, it is rather odd that the study of pub... classes (commercial, corporations, environmental, and tax to name just a few) do not use public cho... who learn about these institutions for careers in law, business, or government. As a result, Publ...
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This qualitative study, based on a series of 30 in-depth interviews and 109 economic surveys conducted with active heroin users residing in and around Detroit, Michigan, describes reported patterns of heroin use and income generation activities. In spite of lack of access to regular, legal employment, we found that many participants displayed a dedication to regular daily routine and a sense of risk management or control. These findings are discussed relative to past research on heroin addiction as well as recent research on the changing nature of employment. We argue that this sample fits somewhere in between the controlled or working addict, and the "junkie" or "righteous dope fiend" of urban lore. We draw a connection between these stable patterns of addiction and income generation a...
... to particular sets of economic and environmental factors. Finally, we suggest how policy and practi... interfered with their "legitimate" work careers. Another 41 -year-old African American man, who ha...
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... Page 30153 . national energy and environmental policy, individuals in need of updated training re... the Recovery Act to prepare workers for careers in the energy efficiency and renewable energy indu...
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The movement began in the early 1990s in Baltimore, where a community-labor coalition called BUILD mobilized a successful grass-roots campaign to pass the nation's first "living wage" law in 1994, requiring companies with municipal contracts and subsidies to pay employees decently. [...] more than 100 cities have followed suit. A coalition of unions, community organizations, immigrantrights groups, churches, tenant activists, and environmental organizations-led by the Figueroa Corridor Coalition for Economic Justice and the Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE)-were ready when the developers pursued a second phase that included a 250,000-square-foot expansion of the convention center, two hotels, a 7,000-seat theater, restaurants, nightclubs, retail shops, and two apartment b...
...These included a "first source" hiring policy with preference to people whose home or job was di... unanimously approved the Construction Careers Policy, a plan designed by LAANE, the UCLA Labor C...
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...The roles of environmental supports and barriers in the choice of science and...; and E-type, F(1, 469) = 4.60, p < .05, careers as their career future. For career self-efficacy, ... and therefore have less influence on policy-making and advancement opportunities. Cook, Heppne...
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.... Background and Rationale . Policy statements (National Environmental Education and T... diploma in EPH to advance their careers in Nigeria. . Finally, the residency training prog...
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... goals of economic development and environmental protection. . Through most of this period, the evo... adopt last minute changes in land use policy that might make those projects uneconomic. From th... and finished countless political careers." (footnote omitted)); see also FRANK J. POPPER, T...
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... sits on the San Diego County Juvenile Policy Group Healthcare Committee and is a member of the ...Candice Benn . RECON Environmental Inc. . Candice Benn has two passions that have con... and principal investigator of the Health Careers Opportunity Program--San Diego Regional Consortium...
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... device to inform budget discussions among policy and departmental officials" Enhanced in 2006 with ... need to create interest in public-sector careers. In general, young people have limited exposure to... learning, and green space where environmental lessons take place. . The city has also realized t...