Youth of the Eighties, Parents of 2000, Sociological Observations

(Résumé de l'ouvrage) This book is meant to honour the Belgian religious educationalist Herman Lombaerts reflecting on his legacy. He is internationally renowned as a scholar with a strong commitment to and a conceptual analysis of the social and cultural context in which people live and learn. This series of essays is build upon a thought provoking, streamlined design on the relationship between theology and education, relying on Lombaerts' societal and cultural analysis of contemporary religious education. Three key elements are at stake: the self-agency of the learner, the hermeneutic and communitive interpretation of religious traditions in the teaching of religion, and the radical re-imagination of Christian theology relying on this new model of religious educational praxis. For Lombaerts, the search processes of religious people have their own dynamic and dignity. Practical theology should listen carefully and empathetically to this quest. But he is also convinced of the need of solid fundamental research to understand critically its ambiguities and perspectives. Scholars from Europe, the United States and Australia lead the way in this process of "conceptual stretching". Issues such as happiness of children, identity formation of youth, educational and religious insecurity of parents, multi-faith education, tradition crisis of churches, theological education of lay ministers, narrativity and modern art in religious education, etc. are examined from a practical theological point of view, with a strong commitment to the philosophical, psychological, sociological, educational and political dimensions of three issues. With this book the editors hope to commemorate Lombaerts' international radiation, by building a collegial bridge between the different theoretical approaches in the German, Dutch, French, Italian and Anglo-Saxon religious educational research.

Cost-containment in health care: The case of Spain from the eighties up to 1997

The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the evolutionof health care expenditure in Spain during the period 1980-1997, andhenceforth to comment on the cost containment measures put forwardto control its growth. The paper is divided into three separatesections. The first offers a brief description of the Spanish HealthCare System, with emphasis placed on the issue of expenditure controland health planning targets. The second part outlines a set of costcontainment measures that has accompanied the process of extendinguniversal health care coverage which occurred during the mentionedperiod and which has helped keep public expenditure under control.Finally, the third part describes some of the more recent proposalsfor reform of the Spanish Health Care Sector.

Alternatives of social policies for Latin America and the Caribbean in the Eighties

Includes bibliography

The Brazilian economy: options for the eighties

Includes bibliography

Transnational corporations and the manufacturing sector in Brazil: technological backwardness in the eighties and signs of an important restructuring in the nineties

Includes bibliography

Alternatives of social policies for Latin America and the Caribbean in the eighties

Analiza las circunstancias especiales de los paises de America Latina y el Caribe y los problemas especificos que deben afrontar para lograr un equilibrio entre el crecimiento economico y el desarrollo social, asi como los cambios de politicas y sistemas gubernamentales que se requieren para alcanzar la justicia social.

América Latina y el Caribe: financiamiento de las inversiones relacionadas con los recursos hídricos en el decenio de 1980 = Latin America and the Caribbean: financing water-related investments in the eighties

Incluye Bibliografía

World War II and the problems of the eighties : hearing before the Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, second session, September 23, 1980.

Mode of access: Internet.

Energy, natural resources, and the environment in the eighties : report of the Panel on Energy, Natural Resources, and the Environment.

Mode of access: Internet.

Government and the advancement of social justice : health, welfare, education, and civil rights in the eighties : report of the Panel on Government and the Advancement of Social Justice: Health, Welfare, Education, and Civil Rights.

Mode of access: Internet.

Energy, natural resources, and the environment in the eighties : report of the Panel on Energy, Natural Resources, and the Environment.

Mode of access: Internet.