Multiculturalism and Political Integration in Modern Nation State

The article produce a general theory of multiculturalism and place within an overall conceptual framework the structures and processes of multiculturalism as a central question in the political concerns of European countries since 1945. The article ranged widely over a number of topics including nationalism and devolution in West Europe, South East Europe and the countries of the former Soviet Union and deal with the settlement of immigrant minorities.L'article elabora una teoria general del multiculturalisme i situa dins un marc conceptual les estructures i processos del multiculturalisme tractat com a una qüestió central de les polítiques dels països europeus des de 1945. Partint d'aquí l'article tracta diversos temes com el nacionalisme a Europa occidental, l'Europa del sud-est i els països de l'antiga Unió Soviètica focalitzant en el tema dels immigrants.El artículo elabora una teoría general del multiculturalismo y sitúa dentro de un marco conceptual las estructuras y procesos del multiculturalismo tratado como una cuestión central de las políticas de los países europeos des de 1945. El articulo, asimismo, trata diversos temas como el nacionalismo en la Europa occidental, en la Europa del sureste y en los países de la antigua Unión Soviética centrándose en el tema de los inmigrantes

Space acceleration measurement system triaxial sensor head error budget

The objective of the Space Acceleration Measurement System (SAMS) is to measure and record the microgravity environment for a given experiment aboard the Space Shuttle. To accomplish this, SAMS uses remote triaxial sensor heads (TSH) that can be mounted directly on or near an experiment. The errors of the TSH are reduced by calibrating it before and after each flight. The associated error budget for the calibration procedure is discussed here

Educational Test Scores, Education Spending, and Productivity in Public Education: National Trends and Evidence Across States and Over Time, 1990-2015

We examine national trends in educational funding, test score outcomes, and productivity as well as variations in funding and test scores over time and across states to assess how changes in educational spending are (or are not) related to changes in educational test score outcomes for states. National trends show small increases in test scores, large increases in educational funding (until the last recession), and a continued fall in educational productivity. The cross-state, over time analysis indicates a statistically significant but very small association of state funding to test scores; so small that large changes in funding have little effect on scores. This is consistent with the continued decline in educational productivity. We also find similar results for black students, implying that the increased funding has not served to reduce racial inequality. We suggest that the continued decline in productivity of public schools adds further reason to question the ability of non-competitive, public organizations to improve educational performance and to look for alternatives that embrace or emulate private-sector, competitive organizations

Missouri population characteristics and changes

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