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Cambridge University Press Reimagining Nonprofits
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Cambridge University Press Advances in Efficient Design of Experiments in
Book SynopsisAmidst concerns about replicability but also thanks to the professionalisation of labs, the rise of pre-registration, the switch to online experiments, and enhanced computational power, experimental economics is undergoing rapid changes. They all call for efficient designs and data analysis, that is, they require that, given the constraints on participants'' time, experiments provide as rich information as possible. In this Element the authors explore some ways in which this goal may be reached.
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Cambridge University Press Propaganda in Autocracies
Book SynopsisA dictator''s power is secure, the authors begin in this muscular, impressive study, only as long as citizens believe in it. When citizens suddenly believe otherwise, a dictator''s power is anything but, as the Soviet Union''s collapse revealed. This conviction that power rests ultimately on citizens'' beliefs compels the world''s autocrats to invest in sophisticated propaganda. This study draws on the first global data set of autocratic propaganda, encompassing nearly eight million newspaper articles from fifty-nine countries in six languages. The authors document dramatic variation in propaganda across autocracies: in coverage of the regime and its opponents, in narratives about domestic and international life, in the threats of violence issued to citizens, and in the domestic events that shape it. The book explains why Russian President Vladimir uses Donald Trump as a propaganda tool and why Chinese state propaganda is more effusive than any point since the Cultural Revolution.Trade Review'Informing (and misinforming) citizens to make them believe in the unassailability of autocratic rule is one of the fundamental chores of any tyrant. Employing an astonishing wealth of data and ingenious methods, Propaganda in Autocracies reveals when, how, and with what consequences autocracies do that. This is an amazing book, soon to be seen as a classic in the literature on authoritarianism.' Carles Boix, Robert Garrett Professor of Politics and Public Affairs, Princeton University'When autocrats speak, few people like it and fewer believe what they hear. But everyone knows they'd better listen. So I wouldn't miss Propaganda in Autocracies, Erin Baggott Carter and Brett Carter's extraordinary, systematic analysis of the most extensive global collection of autocratic propaganda ever constructed. I expect researchers will be building on this work for decades.' Gary King, Weatherhead University Professor, and Director of the Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University'In this work of audacious scope, brilliant methodology, and profound insight, Erin Baggott Carter and Brett L. Carter restore the struggle to shape citizens' beliefs to a central place in the comparative politics of authoritarianism. With mountains of compelling logic and evidence, they show how autocrats who face electoral constraints must - at some risk - use propaganda more credibly to persuade rather than dominate. Propaganda in Autocracies is a work of prodigious research and lucid theorizing that is indispensable to understanding the contemporary dynamics of authoritarian rule.' Larry Diamond, Mosbacher Senior Fellow in Global Democracy, Freeman Spogli Institute of International Studies Stanford University'The literature on authoritarian rule typically considers elections, repression, and propaganda as disparate tools of staying in power. In this path-breaking work, Carter and Carter link them together and show that the degree of electoral competition and repression capacity affected how autocracies deployed propaganda. Weaving together a massive data set on propaganda, the latest methodologies in textual analysis and survey experiments, as well as deep knowledge of a number of authoritarian regimes, this book tells a compelling story of the strategic use of propaganda to convey credibility or menace as these regimes saw fit.' Victor Shih, Ho Miu Lam Chair and Associate Professor in China and Pacific Relations, School of Global Policy and Strategy, University of California, San DiegoTable of ContentsPart I. Foundations: 1. Persuasion and domination; 2. A theory of autocratic propaganda; 3. A global dataset of autocratic propaganda; Part II. The Political Origins of Propaganda Strategies: 4. The politics of pro-regime propaganda; 5. Narrating the domestic; 6. Narrating the world; 7. Threatening citizens with repression; Part III. The Propaganda Calendar: 8. The propagandist's dilemma; 9. Memory and forgetting; Part IV. Propaganda, Protest, and the Future: 10. Propaganda and protest; 11. Conclusion; List of figures; List of tables.
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Cambridge University Press Theatre in the Chocolate Factory
Book SynopsisA symbol of Britain's industrial heyday, Cadbury's offered recreational and educational schemes that included an astonishing amount of theatre. Focusing on the staff and performances central to the tale, Catherine Hindson situates theatre at the heart of understanding Cadbury's operation and the wider industrial histories it represents.Table of ContentsPart I. Factory Theatre: 1. Staging Bournville's spirit: Cadbury's industrial performances; 2. Theatre in the Bournville factory: performance at work; Part II. Theatre in the Factory Garden; 3. Marketing fresh air: outdoor performance at Bournville's factory in the garden; 4. Serious play: John Drinkwater's masques at Bournville; Part III. Theatre, Education, and Worker Wellbeing: 5. Keeping on the right lines: making theatre in Bournville's recreational societies; 6. Dramatic methods of teaching: theatre and education at Bournville.
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Cambridge University Press Data Science in Context
Book SynopsisData science is the foundation of our modern world. It underlies applications used by billions of people every day, providing new tools, forms of entertainment, economic growth, and potential solutions to difficult, complex problems. These opportunities come with significant societal consequences, raising fundamental questions about issues such as data quality, fairness, privacy, and causation. In this book, four leading experts convey the excitement and promise of data science and examine the major challenges in gaining its benefits and mitigating its harms. They offer frameworks for critically evaluating the ingredients and the ethical considerations needed to apply data science productively, illustrated by extensive application examples. The authors'' far-ranging exploration of these complex issues will stimulate data science practitioners and students, as well as humanists, social scientists, scientists, and policy makers, to study and debate how data science can be used more effectively and more ethically to better our world.Trade Review'This book provides an important view of the contextual landscape for data science: the context of related fields of statistics, visualization, optimization, and computer science; the context of a broad range of applications, together with an analysis rubric; the context of societal impacts from dependability, to understandability, to ethical and legal questions. These are critically important factors for any practitioner of data science to understand, and for others to be aware of in evaluating the use of data science.' Daniel Huttenlocher, Massachusetts Institute of Technology'As data science becomes a crucial element in momentous decisions of war and peace, as well as commerce and innovation, it is vital that it rests on sound foundations. This book is an important step forward in that regard, illuminating the context in which data science is practiced. It is essential reading for both data scientists and decision makers.' James Arroyo, Ditchley Foundation'Data science touches every aspect of our modern lives. This book digs into the practical, legal, and ethical challenges that result. It is the only book that's comprehensive in its consideration of the thorny issues arising from the broad application and unprecedented growth of data science. If you do data science, you should read this book.' Michael D. Smith, Harvard University'This book will be essential reading for all data scientists and data teams. The self-contained text explains what students and practitioners need to know to use data science more effectively and ethically. It draws on the authors' years of experience and offers practical insights into data science that complement other books that focus on specific techniques. I'll be referencing and recommending this book for many years to come.' Ben Lorica, Gradient FlowTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. Data Science: 1. Foundations of data science; 2. Data science is transdisciplinary; 3. A framework for ethical considerations; Recap of Part I – Data Science; Part II. Applying Data Science: 4. Data science applications: six examples; 5. The analysis rubric; 6. Applying the analysis rubric; 7. A principlist approach to ethical considerations; Recap of Part II – Transitioning from Examples and Learnings to Challenges; Part III. Challenges in Applying Data Science: 8. Tractable data; 9. Building and deploying models; 10. Dependability; 11. Understandability; 12. Setting the right objectives; 13. Toleration of failures; 14. Ethical, legal, and societal challenges; Recap of Part III – Challenges in Applying Data Science; Part IV. Addressing Concerns: 15. Societal concerns; 16. Education and intelligent discourse; 17. Regulation; 18. Research and development; 19. Quality and ethical governance; Recap of Part IV – Addressing Concerns: 20. Concluding thoughts; Appendix. Summary of recommendations from Part IV; About the authors; References; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Why Populism
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Cambridge University Press The Age of Discontent
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Cambridge University Press Expert Ignorance
Book SynopsisAdopting an interdisciplinary approach, Deval Desai presents the novel concept of 'expert ignorance', a practice by which experts continually admit the limits of their knowledge. With a range of illustrative case studies, Desai demonstrates the impact of this powerful yet paradoxical form of expertise in rule of law reform and beyond.Trade Review''Disenchanted' expertise that becomes 'self-denying' rests on and professes ignorance. In this provocative, innovative, and elegant book, Desai explores 'expert ignorance' in rule of law reform performances. He argues that expert ignorance moves the rule of law in the direction of 'Governance'. Critical and political, the argument deserves engagement.' Anna Leander, Professor of International Relations and Political Science, Geneva Graduate Institute'In this pathbreaking study of the field of rule of law reform, Desai explores the productive power of 'ignorance work' as a form of expert practice, examining the ways in which it helps to produce 'provisional, fluid, and reconfigurable' forms of the rule of law. With this innovative argument, which draws on his own years of experience as a practitioner in the field, Desai firmly establishes himself as one of the most insightful analysts of reflexive expertise, not only in the field of development but also beyond. This book is at the cutting edge of new thinking in critical development studies and global economic governance.' Andrew Lang, Chair in International Law and Global Governance, University of Edinburgh'Desai applies a sophisticated theoretical perspective to critically examine the ideas and actions of law and development scholars and practitioners. This penetrating and challenging first-hand look at expert ignorance defies categorisation and stands out in imagination and insight.' Brian Tamanaha, John S. Lehmann University Professor, Washington University in St Louis'In international development, 'building the rule of law' has the paradoxical status of being perhaps its most widely supported yet least successful policy objective. To this day, its leading practitioners openly concede that they 'don't know what they are doing' - or, indeed, what the rule of law itself even is. Desai provides an insightful, compelling, and intellectually innovative explanation of this paradox: law and development is replete with expert ignorance, requiring its champions to simultaneously own and disown, deploy and withhold, assert and deny, their expertise - with all manner of vexing consequences. Forging a world in which its most marginalised citizens begin to experience the law as a legitimate, accessible, and effective part of the solution to (rather than a source and compounder of) their problems requires all of us to join Desai in diligently wrestling with this truly unique challenge, in an ongoing quest for the correspondingly unique responses it necessarily requires.' Michael Woolcock, World Bank and Harvard University'This erudite, engaging, and elegantly crafted book trespasses disciplinary boundaries to offer rich and unexpected insights for legal and social theorists, scholars of development and international relations, and practitioners of all stripes. It demands reading by those with a critical orientation towards projects of legal change - and re-reading for Desai's eye for vivid social, political, and lived detail.' Shalini Randeria, President and Rector, Central European UniversityTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Ignorance and the practice of rule of law reform; 3. Projecting the rule of law; 4. Performing the rule of law; 5. Law and politics of rule of law performances; 6. Historicising rule of law performances; 7. The sociology of rule of law performers; 8. Conclusion
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Cambridge University Press Before the Fed
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Cambridge University Press Britain and the Political Economy of European
Book SynopsisArchive-based historical analysis of UK military aerospace collaboration. Discusses globalisation of the UK military aerospace industry and features lessons and future options.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Military Aerospace Collaboration 1960–1990 ; 2. The Emergence of European Transnational Defence Companies 1980–2010; 3. Observations from Fifty Years of European Military Aerospace Collaboration; Select Bibliography.
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Cambridge University Press The Business of Armaments
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Cambridge University Press The Business of Armaments
Book SynopsisThis is a study of Britain's most prominent armaments firms and of their relationships with the British Government and foreign states from 1855 to 1955. It reveals how the firms developed and utilized independent domestic strategies and foreign policies against the backdrop of imperial expansion and the two world wars.Table of ContentsList of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; List of acronyms; Introduction: British armament firms' independence and power; Part I: Selling at Home: 1. Armstrongs and Vickers become armaments firms: the challenges they faced and the strategies they developed; 2. Selling armaments in Britain 1860–1900: Armstrongs rises and Vickers evolves; 3. Selling Armaments in Britain 1901–1918: Vickers rises and Armstrongs responds; 4. Selling armaments in Britain 1919–1935: Inter-war struggles and Vickers-Armstrongs is born; 5. Selling armaments in Britain 1936–1955: Vickers-Armstrongs and the challenges of wartime and peacetime; Part II: Selling Abroad: 6. Foreign policies for selling armaments to South America; 7. Foreign policies for selling armaments to Asia; 8. Foreign policies for selling arms to the Ottoman Empire/Turkey; 9. Conclusions: assessing Armstrongs and Vickers' independence and power vis. the British state – a military industrial complex?; Bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Europe and the Transformation of the Irish
Book SynopsisThis Element shows how joining the European Union helped Ireland energize what had been a stagnant agricultural backwater. Ireland became a prosperous globalized hub for multinational firms exporting technologically sophisticated products and services. But there have been some severe policy errors along the way.Table of ContentsIntroduction and summary; 1. The modernization of production; 2. The changing population and its living standards; 3. Institutional change and microeconomic policy; 4. Macroeconomic volatility; Abbreviations; References.
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Cambridge University Press Toward an Inframarginal Revolution
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Cambridge University Press Following Their Leaders
Book SynopsisModels of democratic decision-making tend to assume that voters have preferences, and that candidates conform to those preferences. In reality, voters adopt the policies of those political elites - they follow their leaders. Policies are designed by the elite and the masses have little influence over them.Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Instrumental and Expressive Preferences; 3. Influences Over Preference Formation; 4. Preference Aggregation Through Voting; 5. The Formation of Political Preferences; 6. Anchor Preferences and Derivative Preferences; 7. Preferences of Elites and Masses; 8. Policies that Maximize Political Power; 9. Patriotism, Propaganda, and the Public Interest; 10. Implications for Democracy.
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Cambridge University Press The Puzzle of Clientelism
Book SynopsisThis Element presents newly-collected cross-national data on reelection rates of lower house national legislators from almost 100 democracies around the world. It suggests that clientelism evolves with economic development, assuming new forms in highly developed democracies but never entirely disappearing.Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Dimensions of clientelism; 3. Interpretations of clientelism in existing literature; 4. Is clientelism effective? New empirical evidence; 5. An interest group interpretation of the prevalence of clientelism; 6. Rethinking clientelism and development; Appendix A – data definitions; Appendix B – data sources; References.
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Cambridge University Press Operations Management
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Cambridge University Press Better Money
Book SynopsisThe recent rise of dollar and euro inflation rates has rekindled interest in two alternative monies: gold and Bitcoin. Written in accessible style by a respected specialist on monetary institutions, Better Money explains and evaluates gold, fiat, and Bitcoin standards without hype.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Markets and governments in the history of money; 2. How a gold standard works; 3. Common misconceptions about the gold standard; 4. How a fiat standard works; 5. How Bitcoin standard works; 6: Contrasts between gold and Bitcoin standards.
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Cambridge University Press A Political Theory of Money
Book SynopsisMoney is institutionalised social power. It is built in hierarchical layers out of the inherently variable material of politics and at various economic scales. This book outlines these variable processes theoretically and through case studies.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements; Part I. 1. Money anchored to the future; 2. The money fetish: making promises into things; 3. Bending not breaking: monetary sovereignty and the survival constraint; 4. Mystical kernel within the rational shell: the Banking School's residual Chartalism; 5. Between currency and credit: Mehrling's money view; 6. There is no such thing as fiat money; 7. Coherence: why money is not value; Part II. 8. National Money vs Shadow Banking: contradictions of a public-private credit system; 9. A world without world money; 10. Proof of institutions: cryptocurrencies as digital fiat money; 11. Europe and democratic funding; 12. Democratic sovereignty makes money; References; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Girsanov Numeraires and All That
Book SynopsisIn this Element the authors review the technique of the change of numeraire in the martingale approach to option pricing. Their intention is to present a reader friendly explanation of the technique itself, and illustrate how it is applied in various fields of quantitative finance as the basis for building option valuation models.Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Girsanov's theorem; 3. Arbitrage asset pricing in a nutshell; 4. Riskless bond numeraires and associated EMMs; 5. Change of numeraire in interest rate and FX models; 6. Incomplete markets.
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Cambridge University Press Survival of the Greenest
Book SynopsisEnvironmental sustainability is no longer a choice but a necessity to maintain a competitive edge in the global economy. This Element shows how nations adjust to -and take advantage of- the new dynamics of structural transformation induced by climate change. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
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Cambridge University Press Ancient and Premodern Economies of the North
Book SynopsisThis Element provides an overview of pre-modern and ancient economies of the Pacific Northwest region of North America. It analyzes the regions densely occupied semisedentary villages and its domestic and institutional economies, specialization, distribution, economic development, and future directions are reviewed.Table of Contents1. Introduction and Historical Background; 2. Domestic Economy; 3. Institutional Economy; 4. Specialization; 5. Distribution; 6. Economic Development; 7. Future Directions.
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Cambridge University Press The Language of Fake News
Book SynopsisIn this Element, the authors introduce and apply a framework for the linguistic analysis of fake news. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Analysing the Language of Fake News; 3. Jayson Blair and the New York Times; 4. Corpus; 5. Analysis and Results; 6. Conclusion; References.
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Cambridge University Press The State and Capitalism in China
Book SynopsisChina's contemporary political economy features an emboldened role for the state as owner and regulator, and with markets expected to act in the service of party-state goals. This Element situates China's political economy in comparative analytic perspective with attention to adaptations of its model over time.Table of Contents1. Situating China's Political Economy; 2. Classic Conceptions and Models; 3. Evolution of China's Political Economy; 4. A New Model: Party-State Capitalism; 5. Explaining the Shifting Model; 6. External Backlash Against China's Model; 7. Conclusion: China's Development Model and Crises of Global Capitalism; References.
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Cambridge University Press Economic Transformation and Income Distribution
Book SynopsisIt is arguable that the most important event in the world economy in recent decades has been the rise of China. This Element summarizes results from the national representative China Household Income Project (CHIP) for the period 1988 to 2018. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Why has China grown so fast?; 3. Rural development: from being farmer to work as wage earner or self-employed; 4. The Labour Market and Economic Reform: from Labour System to Labour Market; 5. The Labour Market and Migration: from Labour Surplus to Labour Scarcity; 6. Public revenues, expenditures and inequality; 7. The urban-rural gap and the changed distribution of income and wealth; 8. The development of Inequality of Opportunities and Poverty; 9. Inequality by gender and ethnicity; 10. The growth of China's middle class; 11. Summary and Conclusions; Appendix.
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Cambridge University Press Ambiguity in Organization Theory
Book SynopsisThis Element elaborates on the intrinsic perspectives on ambiguity as an inherent part of organizational decision-making processes and the more recent strategic perspectives on discursively constructed strategic ambiguity. It helps illuminate the path ahead of organizational scholars and offers new avenues for future research.Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Ambiguity vs other constructs; 3. Analytical approach; 4. Intrinsic perspectives: ambiguity as an inherent part of organizational decision-making; 5. Strategic perspectives: discursively constructed strategic ambiguity; 6. Trajectories in the study of ambiguity in organization theory and future perspectives; 7. Conclusion; References.
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Cambridge University Press Capital Shortage
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Cambridge University Press Modelling Scientific Communities
Book SynopsisThis Element will overview research using models to understand scientific practice. It argues that while these models are epistemically useful, the best way to employ most of them to understand and improve science is in combination with empirical methods and other sorts of theorizing.Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. The credit economy; 3. The natural selection of science; 4. Social networks and scientific knowledge; 5. Epistemic landscapes; 6. The replication crisis and methodological reform; 7. The replication crisis and methodological reform; Bibliography.
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Cambridge University Press Governing Digital China
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Cambridge University Press Digital Assets
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Cambridge University Press Chinese Global Environmentalism
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Cambridge University Press The Political Economy of Education
Book SynopsisA textbook providing academically rigorous yet clear explanations of the economics and politics driving today's educational systems and how economists analyze them. This essential text for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in economics, public policy, and education covers all major topics and is packed with international examples.Trade Review'Destined to be a milestone in economics, politics of education, and political economy studies, this powerful handbook provides a comprehensive overview of economic research on education and a profound insight into the political role that education plays in society.' Patrizio Bianchi, University of Ferrara; chairholder of the UNESCO Chair in Education, Growth and Equality'Martin Carnoy has given us a first-rate overview of the key concepts in the economics of education, with a thorough appreciation of the political and institutional contexts in which education policy decisions are implemented both in the US and around the world. What a service to graduate students and their instructors!' Helen F. Ladd, Susan B. King Professor Emerita of Public Policy and Economics at Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy'It is nearly impossible to understand education policy without paying attention to its politics. This wonderful book by a world-leading scholar reflects decades of research, teaching, and practice, and masterfully integrates the economics and politics of education. It should be essential reading for students of education.' Karthik Muralidharan, Tata Chancellor's Professor of Economics at the University of California San Diego'A huge undertaking! Martin's new book is great testament to the value of interdisciplinary work in helping us understand nuance. For those interested in better understanding the workings of educational systems around the world, or in trying to improve them, this book can help you succeed at both.' Guilherme Lichand, Stanford Graduate School of EducationTable of ContentsPreface; Part I. Introduction: 1. The political economy of education; 2. The contribution of the economics of education to education policy; 3. The state and education; Part II. Human Capital: 4. Education, labor markets, and earnings; 5. Age-earnings profiles and the returns to human capital; 6. Measuring the returns to investment in education according to the human capital model; Part III. Alternatives to Human Capital: 7. Alternative conceptions of the relation between skill acquisition and productivity; 8. Conditioned choice and discrimination; Part IV. Education, Economic Growth, and Income Distribution: 9. Education and economic growth; 10. Education and income distribution; Part V. Educational Production Functions: 11. Underlying issues in educational production functions; 12. Modeling and estimating educational production functions; 13. Cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit analysis; 14. Issues in early childhood education; 15. Issues in the production of vocational education; Part VI. Teacher Labor Markets: 16. Fundamental elements in the study of teacher labor markets; 17. The supply of and demand for teachers; 18. Teacher salaries; 19. The politics of teacher labor markets; Part VII. School System Accountability: 20. Public sector accountability; 21. Market accountability; Part VIII. Financing Education: 22. Educational spending; 23. Collecting and allocating revenue for education; 24. More spending on education, improved student achievement, and other student outcomes; Part IX. The Political Economy of Higher Education: 25. Higher educational expansion as a global phenomenon; 26. The financing of higher education; 27. Higher education as an industry; 28. Academic labor markets and student college choice strategies; References; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Imperial Borderlands
Book SynopsisWhat are the institutions which govern border spaces and how do they impact long-term economic and social development? This book focuses on the Habsburg military frontier zone which originated in the sixteenth century as an instrument for protecting the empire''s southern border against the threat of the Ottoman Empire and which lasted until the 1880s. The book outlines the conditions under which this extractive institution affected development, showing how locals were forced to work as soldiers and exposed to rigid communal property rights, an inflexible labor market, and discrimination when it came to the provision of public infrastructure. While the formal institutions set up during the military colony disappeared, their legacy can be traced in political attitudes and social norms even today with the violence and abuses exercised by the imperial government transformed into distrust in public authorities, limited political involvement, and low social capital.
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Cambridge University Press Structuralist and Behavioral Macroeconomics
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Cambridge University Press Conquests and Rents
Book SynopsisWhy do many Muslim-majority societies exhibit dictatorship and violence? It is not due to Islam nor aspects of Muslim culture. Rather, this book argues the institutional legacy of the Muslim conquests and variation in nontax government revenues (rents) explain patterns of dictatorship and violence in many Muslim societies today.Trade Review'Why are Muslim-majority societies so often plagued by poverty, tyranny, and war? In this remarkable book, Faisal Ahmed offers a fresh answer to this age-old question. Synthesizing large and diverse bodies of scholarship and disparate data sources, he shows how historical legacies and natural endowments together determine the fate of nations. The result is one of the most important works on the political economy of the Muslim world to appear in many years.' Tarek Masoud, John F. Kennedy School of Government'Faisal Ahmed presents us with an excellent overview of how the early Muslim conquests wound up saddling territories with an institutional panoply that would produce long-term stagnation. Full of both theoretical and empirical insight, this is a book that will be of great interest to anyone keen to understand the historical trajectory of the Middle East.' David Stasavage, author of The Decline and Rise of Democracy'Conquests and Rents provides a fresh take on the question of why Muslim societies tend to be less democratic and more prone to violence. Rather than pinning the blame on Islam as a religion or a set of institutions, Ahmed highlights variation in historical development in Muslim-majority countries and the more temporally proximate effects of oil and foreign aid receipts. Based on rigorous analyses, the book makes an important intervention in ongoing debates about historical legacies and the 'resource curse.'' Melani Cammett, Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs, Harvard UniversityTable of ContentsPart I. A Political Economy Approach: 1. Political violence; 2. Analytical framework; Part II. The Institutional Legacy of Muslim Conquest: 3. The conquest equilibrium; 4. Conquest fostered autocratization; 5. The autocratic legacy of Muslim conquest; Part III. The impact of contemporary rents on dictatorship and violence: 6. Fueling authoritarian resilience; 7. Aiding political violence; 8. Democratic transitions in non-Muslim societies; Part IV. Conclusion: 9. Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press The Aztec Economy
Book SynopsisThe Aztec world was complex, hierarchical, and multifaceted, and was in a constant state of demographic growth, recoveries from natural disasters, political alignments and realignments, and aggressive military engagements. This Element provides a synthesis and updated examination of the Aztec economy (13251521 AD).Table of Contents1. Space and Time in the Aztec World; 2. Domestic Economy; 3. Institutional Economy; 4. Specialization; 5. Forms of Distribution and Commercialization; 6. Economic Development; 7. Future Directions; References.
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Cambridge University Press Power and Inequality
Book SynopsisPower is a multi-dimensional notion, involving politico-institutional, social, economic and cultural elements, leading to a multi-dimensional set of inequalities. Analysis of these elements is a prerequisite for devising policies aiming to reducing social inequalities through a strategy of reformsTrade Review'Finally! - A book on the economy that makes power the centrepiece of the analysis, recognizing its multiple faces, its relationship to accumulation and distribution, its uses and abuses in policy making and in the quotidian functioning of economies at all levels. This will change how you look at the economy - so it is essential reading for everyone, especially economics teachers and students.' Jayati Ghosh, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi'Economist, historian and political scientist, Alessandro Roncaglia here presents a panorama of power. To paint it, he reaches deep into the history of philosophy and economic thought and of Italian politics and social movements, and presents, in the end, a clear critique of neoliberalism and coherent criteria for progressive reforms.' James K. Galbraith, Professor of Government and Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr. Chair in Government/Business Relations, The University of Texas at AustinTable of Contents1. Introduction; Part I. The Colours of Power: 2. Interpretations and fields of application: the multiple faces of power; 3. The origin of inequalities: the division of labour; 4. Modern capitalist property and finance; 5. The networks; 6. The state; 7. Culture and power; 8. The spatial dimension of power; Part II. Ethical Assessments and Policy Perspectives: 9. The ethics of power between the common good and equality; 10. The strategy of structural reforms; 11. Materials for a reasonable utopia; References; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Public Service Explained
Book SynopsisThis Cambridge Element aims to advance theory by investigating the nature of participation in public service delivery. It situates itself under the theory of Public Service Logic to advocate for a strategic orientation to participation as an element of value creation in public services. It introduces the concept of participation and discusses the motives, incentives, and tools to engage citizens in public service delivery processes. Then, it frames citizens'' participation under the approach public service ecosystem to capture the dynamic relationships among citizens, other actors, processes, and structures that may contribute to determining value in public service delivery. It presents the dynamics of value creation and destruction in public service. The Element concludes with implications for research and practice. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
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Cambridge University Press Late Soviet Britain
Book SynopsisAbby Innes argues that the Soviet revolution and British neoliberalism failed for many of the same theoretical and practical reasons. She shows how Britain championed radical economic liberalisation only to weaken and ultimately break its own governing institutions.Trade Review'Abby Innes is one of the most original and provocative analysts of politics in Britain. Her inventive, erudite explorations of both right and left and the many pathologies that make them mimic each other explain so many of the problems which beset the country today.' Rory Stewart, Director of Give Directly, former UK Secretary of State for International Development and co-presenter of the podcast The Rest is Politics'Innes has written a creative, original and deeply insightful account of the modern British state. In comparing the utopianism of neo-liberal thinking and policymaking to that of the Soviet system, she shows how the attempt to translate closed theoretical models into practice leads to weakened forms of governance. This book is critical reading for those trying to understand both contemporary Britain and the nature of modern statecraft.' Jane Gingrich, Professor of Social Policy at the Department of Social Policy and Intervention (DSPI), University of Oxford'The neoclassical project of withdrawing the state from the market ironically rested upon the same fallacy as Soviet planning: that a self-regulating material utopia was possible. The result in both cases was stifling bureaucratic overreach, economic stagnation and system crisis, as the utopia could never be realised. That which is opposite is really the same. Innes offers us more than an analogy of decline. She gives us a forensic dissection of the same pathology in two quite different bodies. A bold and important book.' Mark Blyth, Professor of International Economics at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, Brown University, Rhode Island'Political dogmatism kills, no matter what its ideological shape and pedigree. Abby Innes has given the most meticulous articulation of an insight that, through Václav Havel's writing, nourished the insurrections against the totalitarian regimes in Eastern Europe. Thanks to her merciless dissection of the totalitarian logic of neo-liberalism and her scrupulous account of the damage it has inflicted on Britain, we should be better equipped to find a way out. In Late Soviet Britain, Abby Innes has recast the Enlightenment project by cleansing it of its modernist hubris. Emancipation without utopia requires politics without dogma, and this book charts a new road ahead.' Albena Azmanova, Author of The Scandal of Reason and the multiple-award-winning Capitalism on EdgeTable of ContentsIntroduction: the Gods that failed; Part I. The Materialist Utopias: 1. Rationality and closed-system reasoning; 2. General equilibrium and the balanced plan; 3. On bureaucracy; 4. On 'organised forgetting' in the governing science; Part II. Britain's Neoliberal Revolution: 5. The new public management, or Enterprise planning in capitalist form; 6. Quasi-markets in welfare, or The non-withering state; 7. Tax competition, or The return of regulatory bargaining; 8. Efficient markets and climate change, or Soviet cybernetics 2.0; Part III. The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal 'Movement Regime': 9. Neoliberalism: the Brezhnev years; 10. A politics for the end of time.
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Cambridge University Press Economic Analysis of Property Rights
Book SynopsisThis book is the first to lay out the detailed relationship between economic property rights, transaction costs, and information costs. It uses these concepts to develop a theory of economic property rights to explain why life is organized the way it is. Applications range from marriage and dueling to homesteading and ownership of wildlife.Trade Review'This new Third Edition of Economic Analysis of Property Rights carries one of the greatest classics of economics into the twenty-first century. Starting with unusually rigorous definitions of transaction costs, property rights, and resources, Barzel and Allen lay out a fruitful framework for analyzing institutions and employ it to generate a stunning array of insights into a wide variety of real-world situations. This book is essential reading for economists, legal scholars, policymakers, and anyone else who wants a fresh take on the way institutions work.' Henry E. Smith, Harvard Law School'As is fitting for a Third Edition of Economic Analysis of Property Rights by Yoram Barzel and Douglas W. Allen, there is a lot to learn in this new volume. The authors have been leaders in the New Institutional Economics. They examine property rights, transaction costs, information costs, organizations, and institutions. They describe how these arrangements coordinate and direct economic behavior and impact human welfare. Global economic performance depends more upon property rights and related structures of production than upon demographic, intellectual, and natural resource endowments. The topics addressed in this new edition are critical for understanding why.' Gary D. Libecap, University of California, Santa Barbara, and National Bureau of Economic ResearchTable of ContentsPart I. Conceptual Issues: 1. The Neoclassical Problem; 2. Economic Property Rights; 3 : Transaction Costs; 4. Information Costs; 5. The Theory of Economic Property Rights; Part II. Contracts, Organizations, and Institutions: 6. Exchange, Contracts, and Contract Choice; 7. Divided Ownership and Organization; 8. Institutions; Part III. Establishing Property Rights: 9. Capture in the Public Domain; 10. Forming Property Rights; 11. Benefits of the Public Domain; Part IV. Non Price Allocation and Other Issues: 12. Non-wage Labor Markets; 13. Property Rights in Non-Market Allocations; 14. Additional Property Rights Applications; 15. The Property Rights Model; Bibliography; Index.
£999.99
Cambridge University Press The People of Print
Book SynopsisThis collection profiles understudied figures in the book and print trades of the seventeenth century. With an equal balance between women and men, it intervenes in the history of the trades, emphasising the broad range of material, cultural, and ideological work these people undertook.Table of ContentsPreface; 1. Introduction by Rachel Stenner and Kaley Kramer; 2. John Spilman: Paper-Making as Literary Print History by Georgina E. M. Wilson; 3. Richard Adams and his Network of Credit by Joe Saunders; 4. Michael Sparke and Dissent in the English Book Trade, c.1586–1653 by William Clayton; 5. Neighbourhood Networks: Mapping Thomas Cotes' London by Jennifer Young; 6. Anne Griffin: Printer and Publisher at Eliot's Court Press by Alan B. Farmer; 7. Ruth Raworth: Constructing Milton and Moseley by Benjamin Woodring; 8. York's First Female Printer: Alice Broad, 1661–1680 by Kaley Kramer; 9. John Harris: From Stage Business to Page Business by Michael Durrant; 10. Widow Dover or Mrs Darby, one of 'ye craftyest & most obstinate of yetrade' by Verônica Calsoni Lima; 11. Elinor James and Print Petitioning, c.1645–1719 by Rosalind Johnson; List of Abbreviations.
£15.51
Cambridge University Press Explaining Technology
Book SynopsisThis Element develops an innovative combinatorial model of technological change and tests it with 2,000 years of data from global GDP data and US patents, thus generating the observed historical pattern of technological change. This Element models the Industrial Revolution as a combinatorial explosion.Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Competing explanations of technology; 3. The theory of combinatorial evolution; 4. Our model; 5. Our Tri-data result; 6. Niche theory; 7. Homo tinkerus; 8. Entrepreneurship and innovation; 9. CODA; Appendix; References.
£17.00
Cambridge University Press Real News about the News
Book SynopsisUnravels the real effects of the mainstream and alternative news media on British politics. Covering TV, radio, newspaper and the internet, Kenneth Newton collates evidence to show that, contrary to popular belief, the main effects are positive and inform and mobilise citizens rather than influencing their voting choice.Table of Contents1. Massive and minimal media effects; 2. The news landscape; 3. News diets; 4. Avoiding, rejecting, ignoring and accepting; 5. Digital pessimism; 6. Newspapers, voting and agenda-setting; 7. Media malaise and the mean world effect; 8. Personal experience as a reality check; 9. Pluralism and democracy; 10. Practical lessons.
£24.69
Cambridge University Press Brazil
Book SynopsisThis book is the first modern survey of the economic and social history of Brazil from early man to today. A fantastic overview for students and scholars interested in the economic and social landscape of Brazil.Trade Review'This book is essential reading for any social scientist working on Brazil; an up to date, data-based history emphasizing demography and economy from earliest times to the present that does not avoid discussion of the social and political implications of that nation's history and its emergence as a global power.' Stuart B. Schwartz, Yale UniversityTable of ContentsPreface; 1. The setting – climate and soils of Brazil; 2. The peopling of Brazil to 1700; 3. The colonial economy and society; 4. The nineteenth-century economy; 5. The nineteenth-century society; 6: Industrialization and urbanization; 7. Liberalization and globalization; Bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Medieval Textiles across Eurasia c. 3001400
Book SynopsisConsiders the textiles made, traded, and exchanged across Eurasia from late antiquity to the late Middle Ages with special attention to the socio-political and cultural aspects of this universal medium. It presents a wide range of textiles used in both domestic and religious settings, as dress and furnishings, and for elite and ordinary owners.Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Materials and Techniques; 3. Industry; 4. Trade; 5. Dress; 6. Furnishing Textiles; 7. Imported Textiles in European Church Treasuries; 8. Aesthetics; Appendix: Selection of Online Databases of Textile Holdings and Research.
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Cambridge University Press Constructing Economic Nationalisms in Brazil and India
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£18.00
Cambridge University Press Time Series for Economics and Finance
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Cambridge University Press Causal Factor Investing
Book SynopsisVirtually all journal articles in the factor investing literature make associational claims, instead of causal claims. This Element analyzes the current state of causal confusion and proposes solutions with the potential to transform factor investing into a truly scientific discipline. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Association vs. Causation; 3. The Three Steps of Scientific Discovery; 4. Causal Inference; 5. Causality in Econometrics; 6. Causality in Factor Investing; 7. Monte Carlo Experiments; 8. Conclusions; Appendix.
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