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Private Security and Public Policing

Book by Trevor Jones, Tim Newburn; Clarendon Press, 1998

Subjects:

Community Policing--Great Britain, Police, Private--Great Britain, Police--Great Britain

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Private and public justice An important theme in discussions about private policing, concerns the degree to which it operates within the context of private justice systems, which are qualitatively different from formal legal regulations. As we...
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Private Prometheus: Private Higher Education and Development in the 21st Century

Book by Philip G. Altbach; Greenwood Press, 1999

Subjects:

Education, Higher--Cross-Cultural Studies, Private Universities And Colleges--Cross-Cultural Studies

Collections: Education, Entire Library

ISSUES AND TRENDS As private higher education moves to the center of higher...questions in a comparative framework. Financing Private Higher Education There are many models of funding private higher education. In the large majority of cases...
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Private Schools and the Public Good: Policy Alternatives for the Eighties

Book by Edward McGlynn Gaffney Jr.; University of Notre Dame Press, 1981

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Private Schools--United States--Congresses

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...Special Education have also directly benefited private schools engaged in education of the handicapped...was one of the first that consistently permitted private schools as well as private associations and research firms to participate...
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Public-Private Partnerships: Improving Urban Life

Book by Perry Davis; Academy of Political Science, 1986

Subjects:

Community Development, Urban--United States--Congresses, Public-Private Sector Cooperation--United States--Congresses, Urban Policy--United States--Congresses

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...three cities. The role of the Office of Private Sector Initiatives in promoting partnerships...phase three the role of the Office of Private Sector Initiatives has been to put into...offered legislation that might affect private-sector initiatives. Its strategy appears...
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Private Academies of Chinese Learning in Meiji Japan: The Decline and Transformation of the Kanguku Juku

Book by Margaret Mehl; NIAS, 2003

Subjects:

Education--Japan--History--19th Century, Japan--Social Life And Customs--1868-1912, Private Schools--Japan--History--19th Century

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...than several subjects. In reality many private schools, which offered a range of subjects...were included in this category. Until private schools were allowed to become universities...schools parallel to the academic pyramid. Private education was subject to control, but...

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Journal Articles on: private

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Small Firm Size and Health Insurance: a Private Enterprise Perspective

Journal article by Richard J. Cebula; Journal of Private Enterprise, Vol. 24, 2008

Subjects:

Health insurance, Mandatory insurance coverage, Private enterprise, Small business, Studies, Tax credits

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...Small Firm Size and Health Insurance: a Private Enterprise Perspective by Richard J...namely, that the greater the percentage of private sector firms that is "small," measured...literature; since roughly 89 percent of all private firms in the U.S. in 2004 had fewer...
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Teaching How Private Enterprise Works Using Professional Sports: a Brief Note on the Case of Individual Nhl Players' Salaries

Journal article by Richard J. Cebula; Journal of Private Enterprise, Vol. 24, 2009

Subjects:

Canada, Private enterprise, Productivity measurement, Professional hockey, Professional sports, Revenue, United States, Wages & salaries

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Teaching How Private Enterprise Works Using Professional Sports...Yet, efficient operation of firms in a private enterprise system requires some form of...owners seek to maximize profits within the private enterprise system of professional sports...
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The Production and Proliferation of Economists: the Austrian and Virginia Schools as Academic Enterprises

Journal article by Scott A. Beaulier, Joshua C. Hall; Journal of Private Enterprise, Vol. 24, 2009

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Austria, Economists, Free markets, Private enterprise, Schools, Studies, United States, Virginia

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...especially important for readers of the Journal of Private Enteprise and members of the Association of Private Enterprise Education (APEE) because the...without question, crucial in the promotion of private enterprise education and free market thought...
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Private School Location and Neighborhood Characteristics

Journal article by Lisa Barrow; Economic Perspectives, Vol. 25, 2001

Subjects:

Educational services industry--Statistics, Private schools--Research

Collections: Education, Entire Library

Private school location and neighborhood characteristics...enrolled in kindergarten to grade 12 were enrolled in private schools, while today roughly 11 percent of children are enrolled in private schools. The percentage enrolled in private schools...
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State Punishment and Private Prisons

Journal article by Sharon Dolovich; Duke Law Journal, Vol. 55, 2005

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Prison administration--Laws, regulations and rules, Private prisons--Laws, regulations and rules

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State Punishment and Private Prisons. by Sharon Dolovich ABSTRACT To date, the debate over private prisons has focused largely on the relative efficiency of private prisons as compared to their publicly-run counterparts, and has assumed that...

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Magazine Articles on: private

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The Private Company Financial Reporting Committee

Magazine article by Kennard S. Brackney, R. David Mautz Jr.; The CPA Journal, Vol. 78, July 2008

Subjects:

Closely held corporations, Committees, Financial reporting, GAAP, Private Company Financial Reporting Committee, United States

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The Private Company Financial Reporting Committee by Kennard S. Brackney , R. David Mautz Jr The Private Company Financial Reporting Committee...proposed and existing standards from a private company perspective. The formation of...
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Private Equity in China: Risk for Reward

Magazine article by Richard Daniel Ewing; The China Business Review, Vol. 31, July 2004

Subjects:

Capital formation, China, Emerging markets, Foreign investment, Investment policy, Private sector, Small business, Statistical data, Venture capital

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Private Equity in China: Risk for Reward by Richard Daniel Ewing Private equity managers today see opportunities in vast sectors...labs that are percolating with innovations. Global private equity firms are rapidly opening offices in China...
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Private College under Siege

Magazine article by Gary Wolfram; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 127, January 1999

Subjects:

Education policy--Influence, Higher education and state--Influence, Higher education--Influence, Private universities and colleges--Finance, State aid to higher education--Evaluation, Universities and colleges--Finance

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Private College under Siege. by Gary Wolfram State...operated schools have altered the structure of private education and threatened its long-term...education, there exist more than 2,000 private colleges and universities with more than...
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Private Matters

Magazine article by Jeff Heilman; Chief Executive, July 2006

Subjects:

Chief executive officers, Finance, Investments, Partnering, Private equity, United States

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Private Matters by Jeff Heilman Follow the headlines...Wall Street Journal and you might think private equity barbarians such as Blackstone Group...inductees into the LBO Hall of Fame. About 250 private equity firms control $800 billion-plus...
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Private Equity and the Credit Crunch

Magazine article by Adam Leaver; Soundings, Spring 2009

Subjects:

Agency theory, Behavior, Business schools, Management decisions, Private equity, Tax havens, Venture capital companies

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Private Equity and the Credit Crunch by Adam Leaver...of the financial market, most notably private equity. While the marketisation of risk...theory to the trading desks of banks, private equity was heralded as a purer form of...

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Newspaper Articles on: private

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Private Equity Market May Be Bouncing Back; Advisers Cautiously Optimistic That Deals Will Flow Again in 2010 after Upbeat Start to the Year

Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), February 25, 2010

Subjects:

Private equity

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Private Equity Market May Be Bouncing Back; Advisers...to the Year. LIFE is returning to the private equity market - thats the view of the regions...recent high-profile deals. The market for private equity deals has been badly hit by the...
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Private Equity Is Alive and Kicking; No One Will Deny That the Private Equity Market Has Been Hit Badly by the Credit Crunch and Economic Downturn, but There Is Every Reason to Believe That Mid-Market Providers Will Recover and Prosper, According to Paul Harper at the Birmingham Office of Barclays Private Equity

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), November 19, 2009

Subjects:

Investment companies--Industry forecasts, Private equity

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Private Equity Is Alive and Kicking; No One Will Deny That the Private Equity Market Has Been Hit Badly by the Credit Crunch...to Paul Harper at the Birmingham Office of Barclays Private Equity. Byline: Paul Harper Mark Twain is famously...
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Private Equity Industry Feels the Pinch as Prices Fall; PRIVATE EQUITY

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), October 30, 2007

Subjects:

Private equity, Sodium chlorate

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Private Equity Industry Feels the Pinch as Prices Fall; PRIVATE EQUITY. Byline: By John Duckers Business Editor Private equity deals are getting cheaper. Multiples have fallen 15 per cent since June this year according to new research from Midlands...
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Private Equity Has a Role in the Recovery; MONDAY VIEW

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), June 13, 2011

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Private equity

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Private Equity Has a Role in the Recovery; MONDAY VIEW. Byline: Jon Moulton PRIVATE equity is back in the limelight again and this...of its previous owners, which included the US private equity firm Blackstone. The management, no doubt...
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Private Equity Is a Big Deal

Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), February 14, 2007

Subjects:

Commercial real estate, Equity Office--Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Leveraged buyouts, Private equity, Real estate industry--Mergers, acquisitions and divestments

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Private Equity Is a Big Deal. Byline: By Andrew Miller Private equity has moved up the food chain in recent weeks. Huge private equity deals, involving some of the biggest companies around, have made the headlines in both the US and UK ( so...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: private

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Eminent Domain

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...of a government to force the owner of private property sell it if it is needed for a...which in the Fifth Amendment requires that private property not be taken for public use without...compensation. The process of acquiring private property by eminent domain is known as...
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Mass Transit

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...in labor, materials, and energy over private transit systems. Since far fewer operators...per unit of weight and volume than do private vehicles. They also offer fuel savings...1930; this system was taken over by a private company, dismantled, and replaced with...
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School Vouchers

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...tuition that can be used at public or private schools. The idea behind school vouchers...is also assumed that competition from private schools will pressure public schools into...ruled that the program provided "true private choice." Meanwhile, in Florida a program...
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Communism

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...and harmony without the institution of private property. Plato, in his Republic, outlined...Christian communities. These opponents of private property held that property holding was...against economic inequality and the power of private property. For his class consciousness...
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School

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...schools, reading and writing schools, private academies, Latin grammar schools, and...school system is paralleled in many areas by private and parochial schools . Preparatory schools are private schools operated primarily to prepare students...

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