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Convention On Certain Conventional Weapons, Un

Global CWD Repository

The Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects as amended on 21 December 2001(CCW) is usually referred to as the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons. It is also known as the Inhumane Weapons Convention.

The purpose of the Convention is to ban or restrict the use of specific types of weapons that are considered to cause unnecessary or unjustifiable suffering to combatants or to affect civilians indiscriminately. The structure of the CCW – a chapeau Convention and annexed Protocols – was adopted …

Housing Issues In Boston: Guidelines For Options And Strategies, Joseph S. Slavet

John M. McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies Publications

Most of the recent analyses of Boston's housing problem reveal a complex and contradictory mix of positive trends and negative factors, clouded by a growing percentage of poor and near-poor resident households in the City and declining commitments by the federal government to housing, particularly for subsidies of new housing production.

That Boston's housing problem, unlike that of many other large cities, is of manageable proportions, however, is attributable mainly to the following demographic trends and forecasts that are not likely to exacerbate the problem and that many even ease some of the most serious current and future pressures of …

Boston's Housing In 1984: Issues And Opportunities, Rolf Goetze

John M. McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies Publications

Sharp cutbacks in federal aid for housing and community development now challenge Boston to become more resourceful in its housing strategies. In the neighborhoods where new solutions are needed, much has already been happening that can be adapted and expanded. Fortunately, the City's resurgence can also help achieve more results with less public resources, but a fresh approach involving community interests is essential. At the same time, local laws, procedures and programs devised to address past problems must also be critically re-evaluated to determine their appropriateness to the new realities.

Confidence in Boston's future is being uplifted, and many neighborhoods …

Issues Facing Boston: 1984, Housing, Phillip L. Clay

John M. McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies Publications

The housing problem in Boston is one issue facing the new council which offers both opportunity and complexity. In a city where 70 percent of the households are tenants, where incomes are low and housing expensive, and where major demographic and economic changes are taking place, easy answers are not available. But housing, unlike other issues, is a matter over which the city has some leverage so that progress will be noted and appreciated by an increasingly attentive electorate.

In recent years, the city has not faced the challenge of greater local discretion in housing policy (made available by the …

Future Issues Facing Boston: The Assessing Department, Janet L. Hunkel

John M. McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies Publications

Taxpayers' opinions of municipal government often focus on the property tax. Taxpayers are stingy, and they are critical as to whether their money is purchasing competent services. For citizens to have faith that government is democratic, taxes must be equitable — everyone must pay their fair share. For government to function efficiently, tax administration must be efficient in order to support city services.

The property tax is a complex, difficult tax to administer; it is vulnerable to misuse. However, there have been recent, dramatic changes to the tax laws. Municipal government in Massachusetts now has the political and legal wherewithall …

The Growth Of The Un As A Regulator Of Private Enterprise, Murray L. Weidenbaum

Murray Weidenbaum Publications

Many UN agencies have become involved in establishing codes of conduct for multinational corporations that regulate many of their day-to-day functions. Instead of focusing on this issue, the UN should stick with its fundamental responsibility of peacekeeper.

The Way Out Of The Budget Quandary, Murray L. Weidenbaum

Murray Weidenbaum Publications

A systematic examination of proposed budget cuts is long overdue. Recommendations are made to reduce government spending by examining each department. A bipartisan approach is necessary to accomplish this.

Future Issues Facing Boston: Financing Of The City's Operating And Capital Construction Program, J. Chester Johnson

John M. McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies Publications

This paper reviews the important factors affecting the current status of debt finance and debt management by the City of Boston, including the City's significant credit problems and the financing implications. While significant challenges to Boston's finance and debt management have recently been met in part through a combination of fiscal austerity measures and altered operating and financing approaches, there are important new debt financing challenges facing Boston in 1984 and beyond.

Shelter Poverty In Boston: Problem And Program, Michael E. Stone

John M. McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies Publications

This paper argues, first, that most housing problems—in Boston and throughout the nation—are ultimately the result of the squeeze between inadequate incomes, on the one hand, and the cost of profitably providing housing on the other. It is also argued that housing cost and incomes together are the most decisive determinants of the overall quality of life of families and communities. Third, it is contended that the long history of inadequate attempts to cope with the affordabiiity problem have not only failed to solve the problem, but have indeed contributed significantly to the broader and serious problems of the overall …

Yale Political Monthly 1983 November, The Politic, Inc.

The Politic

No abstract provided.

Regulatory Reform: A Report Card For The Reagan Administration, Murray L. Weidenbaum

Murray Weidenbaum Publications

Murray Weidenbaum evaluates how much regulatory reform has been accomplished in the Reagan Administration after two-and-three-quarter years.

Boston's Fiscal Future: Prognosis And Policy Options For 1984 To 1986, Joseph S. Slavet, Raymond G. Torto

John M. McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies Publications

The finances of the City of Boston have been variously affected throughout its long history by regional and national economic cycles, by legal constraints and changes in the state-local tax system and by inter-municipal resource and expenditure disparities.

In more recent years, however, a series of tremors converged to propel Boston's seemingly chronic fiscal problem to the crisis stage. As inflation climbed to unprecedented double-digit levels, an overwhelming majority of the state's populace supported specific limits on property taxes, the primary source of municipal revenue. As a result, Boston was forced to reduce property tax levies by $144 million during …

Confessions Of A One-Armed Economist, Murray L. Weidenbaum

Murray Weidenbaum Publications

This report is an effort to answer questions involving many of the key economic issues facing the American people.

Is The U.N. Becoming A Global Nanny? The Case Of Consumer Protection Guidelines, Murray L. Weidenbaum

Murray Weidenbaum Publications

This publication takes the position that the United Nations should not assume the role of a global nanny, intervening in matters which are essentially the jurisdiction of individual nations.

Yale Political Monthly 1983 May, The Politic, Inc.

The Politic

No abstract provided.

The Next Step In Regulatory Reform, Murray L. Weidenbaum

Murray Weidenbaum Publications

Now that a fairly effective system for reviewing pending government rulemaking has been established in the Reagan Administration, it is time for the next step of reviewing and revising the substantive laws that govern the regulatory process.

The Un May Become A Global Nanny, Murray L. Weidenbaum

Murray Weidenbaum Publications

The author's testimony before a Senator Foreign Relations committee takes the position that the United Nations should not assume the role of a global nanny. The UN goes beyond its role of international peacekeeper with its guidelines for product safety and consumer protection.

Industrial Policy Rears Its Ugly Head, Murray L. Weidenbaum

Murray Weidenbaum Publications

This paper discusses whether a new industrial policy is needed. Murray Weidenbaum points out that many government policies already in place have resulted in negative impacts on business.

Policy Traditions In American State Politics, Robert L. Savage

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

An examination of the states across a wide range of policy innovations during three historical periods reveals policy traditions having distinctive geographic limits roughly conforming to major regions commonly recognized in American politics. Only two of these traditions, the "Southern Parochial" and the "Northeastern Bureaucratic," persist across time and even these have been weakened. This provides some evidence that while multilinear evolution along regional lines will continue to contribute to differences in policy values among the American states in the foreseeable future, sociocultural integration is the stronger dynamic in American political development, especially since about 1930.

An Economist In Government: Views Of A Presidential Adviser, Murray L. Weidenbaum

Murray Weidenbaum Publications

This article is a reflection on Murray Weidenbaum’s time as Chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers in 1981-82. Weidenbaum discusses first developing and then later selling President Reagan's Economic Recovery Program and gives insight into the day-to-day routine of a CEA chairman.

The Next Step In Regulatory Reform: Updating The Statutes, 1983 Report On Regulatory Budgets, Murray L. Weidenbaum, Ronald J. Penoyer

Murray Weidenbaum Publications

Regulatory reform is needed to reduce excessive costs, which in turn will help business as well as the consumer.

Housing Issues In Boston: Guidelines For New Policy And Program Perspectives, Joseph S. Slavet, Boston Urban Observatory, University Of Massachusetts Boston

Boston Urban Observatory Publications

Urban stagnation and turbulence, the roller-coaster trends In the national and local economy and the vicissitudes of national, state and local public policies have left their mark on Boston's residential neighborhoods and housing markets.

Boston's response to the new opportunities of public policy during the sixties and seventies was to take full advantage of urban renewal, assis ted-housing production and housing rehabilitation. Large-scale activities reshaped the occupancy patterns and market strengths of residential neighborhoods. By mid-1975, however, except for continuing growth in the City's subsidized housing stock, Boston's housing future looked bleak. There was pervasive evidence of a growing housing …

Congressional Black Caucus, Hr 2957, Foreign Affairs, South Africa, The Mickey Leland Papers & Collection Addendum. (Texas Southern University, 2015)

Series 4: House Committees, Washington, 1978 - 1989

No abstract provided.

Yale Political Monthly 1983 February, The Politic, Inc.

The Politic

No abstract provided.

Energy Development And Government Policy, Murray L. Weidenbaum

Murray Weidenbaum Publications

The relationship between government policy and energy needs, especially the taxation and regulation of gasoline, is examined.

Regulation And The Public Interest, Murray L. Weidenbaum

Murray Weidenbaum Publications

The increase in government regulation during the 1960s and 1970s is examined, as well as showing the importance of understanding the benefit/cost ratio of regulation.

Special Water Districts: Challenge For The Future: Proceedings Of The Workshop On Special Water Districts Held At The University Of Colorado, September 12-13, 1983, James N. Corbridge Jr.

Books, Reports, and Studies

This digital resource contains only an abstract, cover image and table of contents information from the published book.

Print copy of book is available in the University of Colorado's Wise Law Library: http://128.138.161.92/record=b126949

Contents: An overview of the Special Water District Workshop / James N. Corbridge, Jr. -- Special water districts : the historical background / John D. Leshy -- Discretion versus accountability : the case of special water districts / Tim De Young -- Political provision of water : an economic/public choice perspective / Dwight R. Lee -- Water system entities in California : social and environmental effects / …

Toward A More Open Trade Policy, Murray L. Weidenbaum, Michael C. Munger, Ronald J. Penoyer

Murray Weidenbaum Publications

Progress in achieving a healthier and more open trade system can only come from the recognition of the policy shortcomings of all sides. This study includes 8 proposals for breaking trade deadlock, with the U.S. taking the lead in a new approach to achieving freer world markets.