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The University of Chicago Press Empirical Studies of Strategic Trade Policy NBERProject Reports
Book SynopsisExplores the experience of specific industries in order to determine the effectiveness of strategic trade policy in promoting economic growth. The papers cover the US and European auto industries, the US steel industry, the commercial aircraft industry and airline deregulation in Scandinavia.Table of ContentsIntroduction by Paul R. Krugman 1. The Non-Optimality of Optimal Trade Policies: The U.S. Automobile Industry Revisited, 1979-1985 Kala Krishna, Kathleen Hogan, and Phillip Swagel Comment: Garth Saloner 2. Trade Policy Under Imperfect Competition: A Numerical Assessment Anthony J. Venables Comment: David G. Tarr 3. Strategic Trade Policy in the European Car Market Alasdair Smith Comment: James Levinsohn 4. Deregulation of Scandinavian Airlines: A Case Study of the Oslo-Stockholm Route Victor D. Norman and Siri P. Strandenes 5. Industrial Policy in the Transport Aircraft Industry Gernot Klepper Comment: Heather A. Hazard 6. Trade and Industrial Policy for a 'Declining?' Industry: The Case of the U.S. Steel Industry Richard G. Harris 7. Strategic Manpower Policy and International Trade David Ulphand and L. Alan Winters 8. Industrial Organization and Product Quality: Evidence from South Korean and Taiwanese Exports Dani Rodrik 9. Import Surveillance as a Strategic Trade Policy L. Alan Winters Comment: James E. Anderson
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University of Chicago Press Political Participation Government Regulation
Book SynopsisExploring how government works and how voters and their elected representatives make decisions, this text responds to the media's negative portrayal of the cynical political atmosphere in America, suggesting that elected officials actually do tend to vote according to their constituents' interests.
£89.30
The University of Chicago Press Fiscal Institutions Fiscal Performance NBER
Book SynopsisAn overview of the political and economic issues involved in the formation of budget deficits. The text brings together theoretical models, empirical evidence and case studies to analyze the effect of political institutions, fiscal regulations, and policy decisions on accumulating deficits.
£72.20
The University of Chicago Press The Making of Environmental Law
Book SynopsisTrade Review"In the second edition of The Making of Environmental Law, Richard J. Lazarus provides an updated account of the ways environmental law in the United States first emerged, its evolution over more than half a century, its unique inherent challenges, and its prospects. . . .the book offers a readable, informative, and detailed overview of the major developments in environmental law, with new chapters covering issues since the early 2000s. It is an essential resource on the recent history of federal environmental law in the United States." * H-Net (H-Environment) *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Part I: Making Environmental Law 1. Time, Space, and Ecological Injury 2. The Implications of Ecological Injury for Environmental Protection Law 3. The Challenges for US Lawmaking Institutions and Processes of Environmental Protection Law Part II: The Road First Taken—The Twentieth Century 4. Becoming Environmental Law 5. Building a Road: The 1970s 6. Expanding the Road: The 1980s 7. Maintaining the Road: The 1990s Part III: A Road Disrupted—The Twenty-First Century 8. The Super Wicked Problem of Climate Change 9. The George W. Bush Administration: Redrawing the Battle Lines 10. The Obama Administration: Getting to Paris 11. The Trump Administration: Swinging the Meat Ax Part IV: Looking Back and Going Forward 12. Convergence and Building Blocks within Environmental Law 13. The Next Fifty Years Notes Index
£30.40
The University of Chicago Press Do Deficits Matter
Book SynopsisAsking the question Do deficits matter?, this text answers both yes and no. Yes, because fiscal policy affects generational distribution, national saving and the level of government spending. And no, because the deficit is an inaccurate measure with little economic content.
£28.50
Palgrave Macmillan German National Identity in the TwentyFirst
Book SynopsisThis book shows that German national identity has undergone considerable changes since unification in 1990. Due to the external pressures of the post-cold war world but also due to domestic developments such as recent dynamics of collective memory, Germany has re-emerged as a confident nation which is less hesitant to assert its national interest.Trade Review'Clear, comprehensive and compelling' - The Times Literary Supplement 'For insight into modern Germany, I couldn't recommend a better book...clearly written, concise, in the know, touch, explanatory and not afriad of the big stuff...' - David Marx Book ReviewsTable of ContentsIntroduction: A Different Republic After All? German National Identity and the Nazi Past The Quest for 'Inner Unity' From Prosperity to a Democracy of Want? The New Germany in the New Europe: a Leading Power Germany's New Foreign Policy Identity German National Identity in the 21st Century Bibliography
£999.99
Columbia University Press The Generational Equity Debate
Book SynopsisThis study attempts to provide a balanced perspective on social security and health care - particularly as they concern the elderly. Essays support generational equity, generational interdependence, and opposing views from Generation X spokespeople.Table of ContentsPart I Introduction 1 Framing the Generational Equity Debate, by John B. Williamson and Diane Watts-Roy Part II The Generational Equity Frame 2 How Will America Pay for the Retirement of the Baby Boom Generation?, by Peter G. Peterson 3 Generational Equity and the Birth of a Revolutionary Class, by Lester C. Thurow 4 Generational Justice and Generational Accounting, by Jagadeesh Gokhale and Laurence J. Kotlikoff 5 Care for the Elderly: What About Our Children?, by Richard D. Lamm 6 Age-Based Rationing of Medical Care, by Daniel Callahan Part III The Generational Interdependence Frame 7 America Can Afford to Grow Old, by Alicia H. Munnell 8 Social Security and the Myth of the Entitlement "Crisis", by Jill Quadagno 9 Scapegoating the Old: Intergenerational Equity and Age-Based Health Care Rationing, by Robert H. Binstock 10 Social Security and the Politics of Generational Conflict, by Theodore Marmor, Fay Lomax Cook, and Stephen Scher 11 Why Privatizing Social Security is a Bad Idea, by Eric R. Kingson and John B. Williamson Part IV Voices from Generation X 12 Third Millennium Declaration Third Millennium 13 Agenda 2000 2030 Center
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Indiana University Press Media in Postapartheid South Africa Postcolonial
Book SynopsisMedia in Postapartheid South Africa examines recent political developments in South Africa, using media as a narrator of social transition from the days of the struggle against apartheid to a capitalist consumer economy.Trade Review"Sean Jacobs take a unique approach to tell a comprehensive story of postapartheid South Africa and African society. Media consolidates and enacts the victory of a particular image of what South Africa ought to be. This is an incredibly powerful story, which is much bigger than media, but to which media gives us access."—Herman Wasserman, author of Tabloid Journalism in South Africa"Sean Jacobs proposes a new agenda for the study of culture in contemporary South Africa by focusing on media infrastructures that condition, select, and edit the sorts of information that are available. Jacobs's work will be read for its revelations about the nature of citizenship and public engagement in our media saturated age."—Daniel R. Magaziner, author of The Law and the Prophets: Black Consciousness in South Africa , 1968–1977
£21.59
ABC-CLIO The Political Economy of Mexican Oil
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University of Washington Press Communist Pigs
Book SynopsisTrade Review"[A] fascinating and exhaustive study...An excellent storyteller, Fleischman has produced a very well-written book that will be useful togeneral readers and specialists alike." * Choice *"[D]escribe[s] the shifting, meaningful relationship between hogs and humans, a relationship worthy of our attention." * Ohio Valley Review *"Communist Pigs gives historians in many fields much to think about: the German Democratic Republic, the Eastern Bloc, Cold War diplomacy, late-twentieth-century capitalism, German reunification, industrial agriculture, environmentalism, and the pig. Fleischman convincingly argues that pigs' centrality to the GDR's trade with foreign nations, organization of internal priorities, and creation of challenges for the regime to grapple with makes them an effective lens for studying these histories, and succeeds in challenging ideological interpretations of the Cold War's outcome and of global capitalism's legacies." * H-Net *"[A] remarkable first book... Communist Pigs makes a major contribution to the ongoing efforts to reframe East Germany’s environmental history." * American Historical Review *"[P]acked with original insights. It represents a significant contribution to the intersecting histories of the environment, technology and science, and animals, and fills animportant gap in our knowledge about the relationship between communism, technology, and animals." * Technology and Culture *
£29.66
Yale University Press Corridors of Power
Book SynopsisA highly regarded academic and former policy analyst and consultant charts the forty-year history of neoliberalism, environmental governance, and resource rights in MadagascarTrade Review“An incisive and devastating account of the transnational politics of conservation. A must read!”—Michael Goldman, author of Imperial Nature: The World Bank and Struggles for Social Justice in the Age of Globalization -- Michael Goldman“Catherine Corson masterfully shows how a conjuncture of devoted people carrying diverse interests and operating with institutional constraints came together to focus American development aid in Madagascar on biodiversity in parks.”—Christian Kull, author of Isle of Fire: The Political Ecology of Landscape Burning in Madagascar -- Christian Kull“Corson’s remarkable multi-sited ethnography exposes the narratives and power relations of neo-liberal conservation in one of the world’s most hotly-contested landscapes. As environmental politics intensify in an era of climate change and financialisation, this is vital reading for all concerned with the intertwined futures of Africa’s forests and people.”—Melissa Leach, University of Sussex -- Melissa Leach“Truly brilliant! Catherine Corson traces the environmental story in the one of the world’s most important biodiversity hotspots, showing how international and national power struggles undermined the well-meaning efforts of conservationists and donors, distorting sustainable development objectives in the country and ignoring the realities of peasant livelihoods. Personal insights from involvements in USAID, DFID, and numerous interactions in Madagascar and on Capitol Hill enliven this gripping account. It is a fascinating and well-documented read, brim-full of challenging perspectives for anyone engaged in trying to save the planet. It is indeed an important book.”—Sir Richard Jolly, Institute of Development Studies -- Sir Richard Jolly“From the villages of rural Madagascar to the board rooms of conservation organisations in Washington DC, Corridors of Power traces the fascinating story of conservation in one of the world’s most biodiverse rich regions. Its rich ethnographic approach shows how knowledge and politics intertwine in the framing and practice of biodiversity conservation. This is a ‘must read’ book for anyone interested in conservation and development in Africa and beyond.”—Ian Scoones, author of Sustainable Livelihoods and Rural Development -- Ian Scoones“This is a highly original book, which makes a major contribution to our understandings of theoretical debates around neoliberalism, policy formation, and the roles of international actors. It provides a fascinating and in-depth analysis, and as such this book deserves to be widely read.”—Rosaleen Duffy, SOAS University London -- Rosaleen Duffy
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Yale University Press First Responders
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2020“First Responders is an invaluable review of lessons learned from the front lines of the financial crisis, and a heartening story of dedicated public servants from both parties working together towards a common goal.”—Jeremy Stein, Harvard University“First Responders contains the stories of the heroic leaders who extinguished the financial firestorm of 2008. The accounts of their experience will be invaluable in fighting future crashes, and in preventing their occurrence.”—Janet Yellen, former chair, Federal Reserve“Much has been written about the financial crisis, but this book’s compendium of first-person accounts is uniquely valuable. Keep it on your bookshelf. You’ll refer to it frequently.”—Alan S. Blinder, author of Advice and Dissent: Why America Suffers When Economics and Politics Collide“When the next crisis hits, this is the book to which everyone will turn as the playbook for how to respond.”—Mervyn King, former governor, Bank of England
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Yale University Press The Economic Weapon
Book SynopsisThe first international history of the emergence of economic sanctions during the interwar period and the legacy of this developmentTrade Review“Valuable . . . offers many lessons for Western policy makers today.”—Paul Kennedy, Wall Street Journal“Lucidly written, scholarly and thought-provoking.”—Gideon Rachman, Financial Times“Mulder . . . looks at sanctions over the three decades after the First World War—and reaches unsettling conclusions. . . . The lessons are sobering.”—The Economist“Mulder charts how the rise of economic sanctions and blockade during the interwar years, as a tool to enforce peace, drove the autarkic policies of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan, ultimately destabilising the international system rather than fortifying it.”—Robin Harding, Financial Times“Mulder argues in his impeccably well-researched and, because of its timeliness, gripping book that ‘sanctions did not stop political and economic disintegration but accelerated it’ in the interwar period. . . . Mulder’s book provides an uncomfortable warning that while sanctions have sometimes worked, they have also been contentious, ineffective and counterproductive.”—Emma Duncan, The Times“This revelatory history of ‘economic warfare’—blockades and sanctions—reminds us that up to 400,000 people died of blockade-induced malnutrition in Central Europe in the First World War, plus 500,000 in the Ottoman Middle East. You will look at twentieth-century history with fresh eyes.”—Noel Malcolm, Daily Telegraph, “Perfect Holiday Reads”"A fortuitously timed history of the use of economic sanctions during the interwar period of the 20th century. Their mixed success cautions against hoping that the West’s sanctions against Russia can bring about an end to war in Ukraine."—The Economist, "Best Books of 2022"A Foreign Affairs Best Book of 2022“As Nicholas Mulder shows in The Economic Weapon, a much longer history lies behind the invention of modern sanctions.”—Tom Stevenson, London Review of Books“A fascinating new book. . . . Taken as a superbly researched work of history, it lights up key aspects of the twentieth century in a deeply thought-provoking way.”—Noel Malcolm, Daily Telegraph“Original and persuasive analysis. . . . For those who see economic sanctions as a relatively mild way of expressing displeasure at a country’s behavior, this book, charting how they first emerged as a potential coercive instrument during the first decades of the twentieth century, will come as something of a revelation.”—Lawrence D. Freedman, Foreign Affairs“[A] superb study of sanctions during the interwar era. . . . Mulder’s fascinating story weaves together politics, economics and law [and] provides invaluable insight into the experience of sanctions one hundred years ago.”—Max Harris, Times Literary Supplement“An excellent historical study. . . . Western countries have directed an unprecedentedly severe battery of punitive economic measures against Russia. . . . For those of us seeking better to understand this reaction and gauge its likely efficacy, there is no better place to turn than Cornell historian Nicholas Mulder’s erudite and uncannily timely book on the origins of economic sanctions."—Alexander Watson, Literary Review“Mulder’s examination of the details of economic diplomacy in the interwar era makes for fascinating reading, and at the least it will remind us that, in the case of determined dictators, something more than sanctions may be needed.”—Matthew Partridge, Money Week, “Book of the Week”“There are few books that can be said to be timely like Nicholas Mulder's The Economic Weapon . . . [it is] an important contribution to the history of economics and international relations in the interwar period.”—Roman Köster, sehepunkteWinner of the Stuart L. Bernath Book Prize for best first book by the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR)“The Economic Weapon is a superb account of the history of sanctions, and their profound impact on international politics. Although sanctions were once heralded as a force for peace, Mulder shows they often fail and sometimes make war more likely or even produce a humanitarian nightmare.&rdquot;—John Mearsheimer, author of The Great Delusion: Liberal Dreams and International Realities“This is a tour de force of historical research and argument. With great subtlety and richness, Nicholas Mulder transforms our understanding of twentieth-century global and international history.”—David Edgerton, King’s College London“Mulder reveals the history of liberalism’s ultimate weapon. An essential contribution both to scholarship and to the present-day debate on economic sanctions.”—Adam Tooze, author of Shutdown: How Covid Shook the World’s Economy"A fortuitously timed history of the use of economic sanctions during the interwar period of the 20th century. Their mixed success cautions against hoping that the West’s sanctions against Russia can bring about an end to war in Ukraine."—The Economist, "Best Books of 2022" * Economist *
£14.99
National Academies Press 21st Century Innovation Systems for Japan and the United States
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£999.99
National Academies Press Achieving HighPerformance Federal Facilities
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£999.99
ABC-CLIO Party Politics in Israel and the Occupied
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WW Norton & Co The Triumph of Injustice
Book SynopsisThe most important book on government policy that I’ve read in a long time.”—David Leonhardt, The New York TimesTrade Review"Written by Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman... it analyses how the super-rich dodge taxes, what this means and what to do about it... Theirs is a cogent, reasoned and practical argument against the “tax competition” that has sent so many corporate profits to Ireland or Bermuda and they give clear and compelling policy solutions to change the direction of society itself. It is a hope-inspiring book that should inform the manifesto of anyone keen to defend liberal democracy from the twin threats of inequality and multinational corporate power. Their recommendations would take back control, but for real, this time. The proposals put forward by Zucman and Saez deserve to be read in full, but are elegantly explained and well formulated." -- The Guardian"[T]he most important book on government policy that I’ve read in a long time." -- David Leonhardt - The New York Times"America is tired with inequality and oligarchy. Armed with eye-popping new data, Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman reveal how tax injustice is fueling the oligarchic drift. But above all, they propose bold solutions to help America reconnect with its tradition of tax justice, from the taxation of extreme wealth and giant corporations to the funding of health care for all. This is a brilliantly argued book that is an essential contribution to the global economic and political debate of the twenty-first century." -- Thomas Piketty"Saez and Zucman are leading figures in the detailed empirical analysis of inequality. In this important book, they document the perverse characteristics of the US tax system, which is now “a giant flat tax [that becomes] regressive at the top”." -- Financial Times
£13.99
Taylor & Francis Ltd FISCAL POLICY AND BUSINESS CYCLES
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Monopoly and Restrictive Practices Routledge Library Editions The Economics S
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Economics and Economic Policy in Britain Routledge Library Editions The Economics
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Taylor & Francis Ltd National Income and Social Accounting Routledge Library Editions The Economics
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Key Themes in Social Policy
Book SynopsisKey Themes in Social Policy provides an accessible and authoritative introduction to the key concepts used in social policy, from autonomy to wellbeing.With over 100 ideas discussed, this is a comprehensive student guide and is designed to help readers to gain a deeper understanding of major debates and issues. Each entry: explains the origin of the word discusses its relationship to the social sciences describes its relevance to social policy and how widespread its use is outlines some of the key thinkers and research on the topic and gives suggestions for further reading. Making it easy to understand and use the most important ideas in the area, this is an essential companion for all students taking social policy courses.Trade Review‘An excellent introduction to some of the most important topics within Social Policy. The succinct explanations, which include the key readings on the topics, will be of great value to undergraduate students. An essential text for first year Social Policy students.’ – Dr Pauline Prior, Senior Lecturer in Social Policy, Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Active Welfare 2. Agency 3. Altruism 4. Assistance Payments 5. Asylum Seeker 6. Autonomy 7. Basic Income 8. Benefit 9. Beveridgian Welfare 10. Bismarckian Model 11. Black Economy 12. Body 13. Bureaucracy 14. Capabilities 15. Capitalism 16. Categorical Benefits 17. Child Allowances 18. Citizenship 19. Class 20. Claw Back 21. Collectivism 22. Commodification and De-Commodification 23. Communitarian 24. Community 25. Comparative Social Policy 26. Conditionality 27. Corporatism 28. Crisis of Welfare 29. Critical Junctures 30. Democracy 31. Dependency 32. Deserving/ Undeserving 33. Disability 34. Discretion 35. Discrimination 36. Diswelfares 37. Division of Labour 38. Earnings 39. Eligibility 40. Employment 41. Entitlement 42. Environmentalism 43. Equality 44. Ethnicity 45. Fabianism 46. Families of Nations 47. Family 48. Feminism 49. Fiscal Welfare 50. Functioning 51. Flexicurity 52. Gender 53. Globalisation 54. Global Social Policy 55. Health 56. Household 57. Human Capital 58. Human Trafficking 59. Ideology 60. Individualism 61. Individualisation 62. Keynesianism 63. Labour 64. Liberal 65. Liberty 66. Lone Parents 67. Male Breadwinner 68. Maternity 69. Marxism 70. Masculinities 71. Means Test 72. Migration 73. Mixed Economy of Welfare 74. Models of Welfare 75. Need 76. New Social Movements 77. Occupational Welfare 78. Path Dependency 79. Patriarchy 80. Poverty 81. Power 82. Power Resources 83. Public Policy 84. Quality Of Life 85. Race 86. Rationing 87. Redistribution 88. Resilience 89. Risk 90. Selectivity 91. Sexuality 92. Social Administration 93. Social Assistance 94. Social Divisions 95. Social Exclusion 96. Social Insurance 97. Social Justice 98. Social Policy 99. Social Quality 100. Sustainable Development 101. Stigma 102. Stratification 103. Theory 104. Universalism 105. Wages 106. Welfare / Well Being 107. Welfare Regimes 108. Welfare State 109. Work-Life Balance
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Elsevier Science Safe and Sustainable Arctic Shipping Management
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Elsevier Science Managing Airport Corporate Performance
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£91.79
Basic Books The Great Uturn
Book SynopsisThis devastating critique by the authors of The Deindustrialization of America documents how the economic policies of the Reagan era have damaged the American standard of living and suggests how this trend may be reversed.Table of Contents* The Great U-Turn * Zapping Labor * Restructuring and the World of High Finance * The Laissez-Faire Affair * The Crisis of the American Dream * The Illusion of Solid Growth * Swings of the Pendulum
£15.19
University of California Press Soldier Groups and Negro Soldiers
£72.00
Cambridge University Press Justice in Immigration
Book SynopsisThis book is an interdisciplinary study of the fundamental normative issues underpinning immigration policy. A distinguished group of economists, political scientists and philosophers offer a stimulating and provocative discussion of this complex topic.Trade Review"This is an excellent collection of essays on the moral dimensions of immigration policy and the significance of national boundaries." James W. Nickel, Philosophy in ReviewTable of ContentsList of contributors; 1. Immigration, welfare and justice Joseph H. Carens; 2. Citizenship, the demands of justice and the moral relevance of political borders Jules L. Coleman and Sarah K. Harding; 3. A two-country parable James M. Buchanan; 4. Immigration, identity and justice Jean Hampton; 5. Immigration, justice and culture Stephen R. Perry; 6. Fear and loathing at the border Louis Michael Seidman; 7. Immigration policy in liberal political theory Mark Tushnet; 8. The welfare economics of immigration law: a theoretical survey with an analysis of US policy Alan O. Sykes; 9. Just borders: normative economics and immigration law Gillian K. Hadfield; 10. Some caveats on the welfare economics of immigration law Susan B. Vroman; 11. The case for a liberal immigration policy Michael J. Trebilcock.
£42.74
Princeton University Press The Forces of Economic Growth A Time Series
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This original work marks a significant contribution to endogenous growth theory for several reasons. Not only does it provide a unified framework within which much of the recent literature can be compared and contrasted, but it extends some of the existing models in interesting and worthwhile ways. Further, it offers a nice balance of theoretical analysis and empirical valuation of the models treated, something still uncommon in economics. The book is a very pleasant read."—Carl Chiarella, University of Technology, Sydney, author of Keynesian Monetary Growth Dynamics in Open Economics"This well-written book is a useful and worthwhile contribution to the growth literature. Growth theorists will be introduced to sophisticated techniques of estimation, and more econometrically oriented readers will be introduced to the major controversies involved in the analysis of growth and its causes and limitations."—James B. Ramsey, New York University, author of Economic Forecasting: Models or Markets?Table of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Figures, pg. ix*Tables, pg. xi*Preface, pg. xiii*CHAPTER 1. Economic Growth in Historical Perspective, pg. 1*CHAPTER 2. Growth Models and Time Series Evidence, pg. 15*CHAPTER 3. Externalities of Investment and Economic Growth, pg. 24*CHAPTER 4. Education and Economic Growth, pg. 52*CHAPTER 5. Knowledge Accumulation and Economic Growth, pg. 81*CHAPTER 6. Endogenous Growth with Public Infrastructure, pg. 100*CHAPTER 7. Economic Growth and Income Inequality, pg. 130*CHAPTER 8. Conclusions, pg. 159*Technical Appendix, pg. 165*Data Sources, pg. 173*Bibliography, pg. 175*Index, pg. 185
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Rlpg/Galleys Mass Media Unleashed
Book SynopsisEveryone complains about mass media, but only the FCC and Congress are expressly empowered to do something about it, and that''s why America deserves better from its media policymakers. Mass Media Unleashed touches on the key issues stirring the current debate over mass media policy, such as consolidation, the steady dismantling of regulatory standards, the roles mass media must play (but increasingly fail to perform) in today''s helter-skelter world, and the vastly different ways these media are now delivered to and used by busy, on-the-go Americans. Carl Ramey, a long-time Washington communications lawyer, has observed the policymaking process up close and personal for thirty years. Warning that time is running out for taking actions that will make a real difference, Ramey shines a critical light on the massive transformation of government policy that has taken place since 1980 and has lead to vast changes in today''s electronic media: more consolidation, less public service, and everything ruled by the bottom line. Before the game is over, Washington policymakers must step to the plate and hit a home run for Americascrapping the old regulatory system and writing an entirely new policy script that, for the first time, is specifically designed to guarantee a broadcast service that is free, local, and dedicated to serving Americans as citizens, not just as consumers. This provocative read is a must for everyone concerned about mass media''s responsibilities and the policies that shape them.Trade ReviewCarl Ramey's book is an insightful and provocative work that challenges conventional policy assumptions by someone with great understanding of both the theoretical and practical challenges involved in communications policymaking. -- William E. Kennard, chair of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission under President Bill ClintonBased on his years of experience as a communications lawyer, Carl Ramey argues passionately that today's modern mass media are failing to serve the public good, and he lays much of the blame at the doorstep of deregulatory policies. To his credit, Ramey is not content, as he puts it, merely to diagnose the disease. He offers a bold policy prescription as the cure: Complete the deregulation of commercial broadcasting, and provide more government funding to the public broadcasting system. Even those, like me, who disagree with Ramey's diagnosis and cure, will agree that he has written a thoughtful and provocative book. -- Randolph J. May, president, The Free State FoundationMass Media Unleashed should be 'must reading' for policymakers, scholars, and, indeed, anyone concerned about the impact of government regulation of mass media. Carl Ramey, a thirty-three-year veteran of the Washington policy scene, has written a provocative yet eminently sound indictment of the failure of Washington policymakers to regulate media in a way that is responsive to contemporary concerns. Brilliantly written, Mass Media Unleashed is a scholarly work that is free of jargon and, most importantly, is a timely and thoughtful contribution to the ongoing debate over mass media policy. -- Erwin G. Krasnow, partner, Garvey Schubert Barer Law OfficesRamey provides an excellent history of what has gone wrong with broadcast regulation. . . . Recommended. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates, faculty, professionals, and general readers. * CHOICE, Vol. 45 No. 6 (February 2008) *Superb book. . . . Based on the long experience of a communications lawyer who knows so well how the present policy has failed, this book is a most commendable effort and a great blueprint for reform. -- . * Federal Communications Law Journal, March 2008 *If you feel media are delivering less public service and that their concerns for the bottom line are delerious to our society, you'll find thoughtful discussion here....The book is a thoughtful, academic, readable essay about the history of media policy. * Radio World, December 2008 *Mass Media Unleashed takes a frank, hard look at the state of the broadcast media today and of the policies that got us here. Given the reputation of the author, the thoroughness of his research, the clarity and persuasiveness of his analysis, and his accessible writing style, this book is certain to pose a challenge to communications policymakers that cannot be ignored. It is a must-read not only for legislators, regulators, attorneys, and serious students of communications policy, but for anyone who cares about the impact of the media on our lives and our society. -- Fred H. Cate, Indiana University School of Law, BloomingtonTable of ContentsChapter 1 PREFACE Chapter 2 1 THE RISE OF AMERICAN MASS MEDIA Chapter 3 2 GOVERNMENT REGULATION AND THE BUSINESS OF BROADCASTING Chapter 4 3 THE RISING TIDE OF DE-REGULATION Chapter 5 4 TODAY'S MEDIA MARKETPLACE Chapter 6 5 MASS MEDIA IN MODERN SOCIETY Chapter 7 6 EVALUATING MASS MEDIA PERFORMANCE IN A DE-REGULATORY ERA Chapter 8 7 THE MAKING OF MASS MEDIA POLICY Chapter 9 8 A MASS MEDIA POLICY FOR THE 21st CENTURY Chapter 10 Afterword
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Little, Brown Book Group Blowback
Book SynopsisThis provocative & important book, with a new preface by the author written after the momentous events of 11 September, is a powerful account of the consequences of American global policies. The 21st century, Chalmers Johnson tells us, will be a payback world in which the US will reap the global resentments it is now sowing.''Blowback'', a term that officials of the CIA first invented for their internal use, refers to the unintended consequences of American policies and the dangers faced by an overextended empire that insists on projecting its military power to every corner of the earth and using American capital and markets to force global economic integration on its own terms. From America''s role in Asia''s financial crisis, to its early support for Saddam Hussein and its actions in the Balkans, Johnson reveals the misguided actions of a hugely powerful nation. In the wake of the Cold War, the US has imprudently expanded the commitments it made over the previous forty years. Trade ReviewChalmers Johnson is one of the most influential, brilliant, and provocative intellectuals writing today. He weaves past, present, and future together with extraordinary skill - John Dower, the 1999 winner of the NBCC non-fiction award for WAR WITHOUT MERCY * 'Timely, provocative and absorbing’ *#NAME?
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SAGE Publications Ltd British Social Attitudes
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McClelland & Stewart A Real Emergency
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University of British Columbia Press Governing the Social in Neoliberal Times
Book SynopsisThis accessible but theoretically sophisticated volume reveals how neoliberalism as both an economic project and a broader political approach has come to govern our daily lives, our understanding of the world we live in, and even how we think about ourselves.Table of ContentsIntroduction / Deborah R. BrockPart 1: Governing Subjects, Communities, and Cultures1 Governing Lives Worth Living: The Neoliberal Biopolitics of Disability / Kelly Fritsch2 The Governmentality of Gay Rights: Queer Love in Neoliberal Times / Suzanne Lenon3 Governing Cultures, Making Multicultural Subjects / Xiaobei Chen 4 Aboriginal Community Research: Government and Neoliberal Self-Determination / Daniel Huizenga and Rosemary J. CoombePart 2: Governing Responsibility5 Calculating Normative Literacy, Constituting Human Capital / Tannis Atkinson6 “Engines of Change?” Hybrid Cars, Hybrid Rationalities, and Neoliberal Environmentalism / Nicole Van Lier7 The lululemon Manifesto: Dance, Sing, Floss, and Self-Govern / Kristin Lozanski and Christine Lavrence8 Being Reasonable: Risk, Fear, and Specialized Peace Bonds / Mark D. DoerksonPart 3: Governing (In)Security9 Governing Uncertainty: Resilience and the Biopolitics of Security / Philip J. Boyle and Marcia Oliver10 Governing through Sacrifice: Militarization, Commemoration, and Canadian Identity / Bianca Baggiarini11 Regulating Immigrants and Managing Populations: Probationary Status and Conditionality / David Moffette12 “Come Out and Be Free!”: Coming Out and the (International) Government of Sexualities / Azar MasoumiConclusionIndex
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Taylor & Francis Advancing Collaboration Theory
Book SynopsisThe term collaboration is widely used but not clearly understood or operationalized. However, collaboration is playing an increasingly important role between and across public, nonprofit, and for-profit sectors. Collaboration has become a hallmark in both intragovernmental and intergovernmental relationships. As collaboration scholarship rapidly emerges, it diverges into several directions, resulting in confusion about what collaboration is and what it can be used to accomplish. This book provides much needed insight into existing ideas and theories of collaboration, advancing a revised theoretical model and accompanying typologies that further our understanding of collaborative processes within the public sector.Organized into three parts, each chapter presents a different theoretical approach to public problems, valuing the collective insights that result from honoring many individual perspectives. Case studies in collaboration, split across three levels of government, offeTrade Review"In recent years, collaboration has emerged as a central component of public administration and nonprofit organization management in practice as well as in theory. Yet, it is way too tempting to simply assume that when two organizations are linked within or across sectors, they will work together – collaboratively and effectively for the public good. With Advancing Collaboration Theory, Morris and Miller-Stevens offer us a thoughtful and interesting re-examination of the what’s and how’s of collaboration. This is a "must read." We are indebted to them."—J. Steven Ott, University of Utah"At a time when research on collaboration in the public service has significantly grown but not yet coalesced into a clear and coherent knowledge base, Morris and Miller-Stevens’ Advancing Collaboration Theory is a welcome addition that fills a critical gap in the current study of collaboration. Deeply rooted in the scholarship, this work charts the major unanswered dilemmas in collaboration research and provides five themes that structure their understanding and exploration of collaboration in the public service. This work contains conceptual and empirical chapters that explore collaboration from multiple perspectives and in multiple settings, shining a bright light on these dilemmas and capturing perspectives on both the process of collaboration and the structures that arise from collaborative endeavors. I have little doubt this book will quickly become required reading for those interested in the study and practice of collaboration in the public service." —Jessica E. Sowa, University of Colorado Denver"In recent years, collaboration has emerged as a central component of public administration and nonprofit organization management in practice as well as in theory. Yet, it is way too tempting to simply assume that when two organizations are linked within or across sectors, they will work together – collaboratively and effectively for the public good. With Advancing Collaboration Theory, Morris and Miller-Stevens offer us a thoughtful and interesting re-examination of the what’s and how’s of collaboration. This is a "must read." We are indebted to them."—J. Steven Ott, University of Utah"At a time when research on collaboration in the public service has significantly grown but not yet coalesced into a clear and coherent knowledge base, Morris and Miller-Stevens’ Advancing Collaboration Theory is a welcome addition that fills a critical gap in the current study of collaboration. Deeply rooted in the scholarship, this work charts the major unanswered dilemmas in collaboration research and provides five themes that structure their understanding and exploration of collaboration in the public service. This work contains conceptual and empirical chapters that explore collaboration from multiple perspectives and in multiple settings, shining a bright light on these dilemmas and capturing perspectives on both the process of collaboration and the structures that arise from collaborative endeavors. I have little doubt this book will quickly become required reading for those interested in the study and practice of collaboration in the public service." —Jessica E. Sowa, University of Colorado DenverTable of ContentsPart 1: Framing and Definition 1. The State of Knowledge in Collaboration [John C. Morris and Katrina Miller-Stevens]2. The Development of Collaboration Theory: Typologies and Systems Approaches [Andrew P. Williams] 3. The Prevailing Elements of Public-Sector Collaboration [Martin Mayer and Robert Kenter] 4.Unraveling the Characteristics of Mandated Collaboration [Madeleine W. McNamara] Part 2: Advancing Theory 5. Applying Cooperative Biological Theory to Nonprofit Collaboration [Nathan J. Grasse and Kevin D. Ward] 6. Collaborative Management and Leadership: A Skill Set for the Entrepreneur [Madeleine W. McNamara] 7. Conflict in Collaborations: To Resolve or Transform? [Stephanie Joannou Menefee] 8. A New Model of Collaborative Federalism From a Governance Perspective [Katrina Miller-Stevens, Tiffany Henley, and Luisa Diaz-Kope] 9. A Life-Cycle Model of Collaboration [Christopher Williams, Connie Merriman, and John C. Morris] Part 3: Collaboration in Action 10. Nonprofit Collaborative Advocacy: An Exploratory Study of State Nonprofit Associations [Jason S. Machado, Katrina Miller-Stevens, and Stephanie Joannou Menefee] 11. Collaborating for Accountability: Implications for the Judiciary [Amy M. McDowell] 12. Collective Action, Social Capital, and Collaboration [Christine Reed and Deniz Leuenberger] 13. Exploring Interagency Collaboration in the National Security Domain: A Distinct Form of Collaboration? [Brian Martinez] 14. Conclusion: Future Trends in Collaboration Research [Katrina Miller-Stevens and John C. Morris]
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Brookings Institution Behavioral Science Policy Volume 4 Number 1
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Beyond NIMBY
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University of Minnesota Press Gay Rights at the Ballot Box
Book SynopsisFrom Boulder in 1974 to Maine Question 1 in 2009, the first comprehensive history of the LGBT movement’s fight against anti-gay ballot measuresTrade Review"Amy L. Stone crafts a compelling, deeply textured portrayal of the more than 200 anti-gay ballot campaigns in the U.S. since 1974. Through interviews with movement leaders and other sources, Stone deftly analyzes the tension between winning campaigns and building a sustainable movement, between national, urban activists and local, rural communities, as well as debates over tactics and messaging. Gay Rights at the Ballot Box is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the central, disturbing role anti-gay politics has played in contemporary U.S. politics." —Sean Cahill, Ph.D., Fenway Institute and New York UniversityTable of ContentsContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Winning (but Mostly Losing) at the Ballot Box1. From Anita Bryant to California Proposition 8: The Religious Right’s Attack on LGBT Rights2. An Uphill Battle in the 70s and 80s: Building LGBT Movement Infrastructure3. Fighting the Right in the 90s: Developing Sophisticated Campaigns4. A Winning Streak: Teaching Campaign Tactics, Building Statewide Organizations, and Spreading Victories 5. Losing at Same-Sex Marriage: Rethinking Ballot Measure Tactics6. Smears, Tears, and Queers: Race and Transgender Inclusion in CampaignsConclusion: The Future of Gay Rights at the Ballot BoxNotesIndex
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Faces of Environmental Racism
Book SynopsisRacial minorities in the United States are disproportionately exposed to toxic wastes and other environmental hazards, and cleanup efforts in their communities are slower and less thorough than efforts elsewhere. Internationally, wealthy countries of the North increasingly ship hazardous wastes to poorer countries of the South, resulting in such tragedies as the disaster at Bhopal. Through case studies that highlight the type of information that is seldom reported in the news, Faces of Environmental Racism exposes the type and magnitude of environmental racism, both domestic and international. The essays explore the justice of current environmental practices, asking such questions as whether cost-benefit analysis is an appropriate analytic technique and whether there are alternate routes to sustainable development in the South.Trade ReviewA compelling collection . . . [on] a global issue that demands our immediate attention. -- Angela Y. Davis, University of California, Santa Cruz; author of Blues Legend and Black FeminismThis wide-ranging collection of essays . . . is vivid and rigorous. -- Bernard Boxill, University of North Carolina, Chapel HillWestra and Wenz have provided an invaluable and long overdue anthology in which all essays . . . provide insights not available elsewhere. Faces is accessible, yet challenging, and should be required reading in environmental ethics and policy courses, and would be a valuable supplement in social, political, and ethnic studies courses as well. . . . [and] provides a compelling cultural mirror of environmental injustice from which we cannot turn away. -- Shari Collins-Chobanian, University of Arizona, West * Environmental Ethics *Within the context of civil rights, the book clearly illustrates the role of environmental health and justice. * CHOICE *Table of ContentsPart 1 Part I. Foundations Chapter 2 Decision Making Chapter 3 Environmental Justice: A National Priority Chapter 4 Living for the City: Urban United States and Environmental Justice Chapter 5 Just Garbage Part 6 Part II. Racism in North America Chapter 7 Africville: Environmental Racism Chapter 8 Evanston Community and Environmental Racism: A Case Study in Social Philosophy Chapter 9 The Faces of Environmental Racism: Titusville, Alabama, and BFI Chapter 10 Consent, Equity, and Environmental Justice: A Louisiana Case Study Part 11 Part III. Racism in Africa Chapter 12 The Political Economy of the African Environment Chapter 13 Somalia: Environmental Degradation and Environmental Racism Chapter 14 South Africa: Environmental Sustainability Needs Empowerment of Women
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Cambridge University Press Symbolic Policy
Book SynopsisSymbols are everywhere in politics. Yet, they tended to be overlooked in the study of public policy. This book shows how they play an important role in the policy process, in shaping citizens'' representations thanks to their ability to combine meanings and to stimulate emotional reactions. We use crisis management as a lens through which we analyse this symbolic dimension, and we focus on two case studies (governmental responses to the Covid-19 crisis in Europe in 2020 and to terrorist attacks in France in 2015). We show how the symbolic enables leaders to claim legitimacy for themselves and their decisions, and foster feelings of reassurance, solidarity and belonging. All politicians use the symbolic, whether consciously or otherwise, but what they choose to do varies and is affected by timing, the existence of national repertoires of symbolic actions and the personas of leaders.
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Cambridge University Press We the King
Book SynopsisWe, the King reveals how ordinary subjects aided and abetted law-making in the Spanish Empire, demonstrating how its policies, racial categories, and society were created from the bottom up. An important study for scholars of Colonial Latin America, this work reassesses our understandings of kingship, empire, race, and colonialism.Trade Review'Meticulously researched and beautifully written, We, the King unveils the labyrinthine petitioning process involved in enacting thousands of legislative decrees and reveals how diligent vassals shaped colonial policies and categories of difference. It dismantles the standard view of the Spanish colonial state as the architect of legal rule that was all-seeing and all-pervasive. This outstanding work should be required reading for all colonial Latin Americanists.' Nancy E. van Deusen, author of Global Indos: The Indigenous Struggle for Justice in Sixteenth-Century Spain'Adrian Masters has produced an ambitious study of early modern bureaucracy, law-making, and subaltern agency. Deeply researched and carefully written, We, the King is an indispensable resource for scholars of the Iberian empire.' Michelle McKinley, author of Fractional Freedoms: Slavery, Intimacy and Legal Mobilization in Colonial Lima, 1600–1700'In this tour de force analysis of lawmaking in the early modern Spanish empire, Adrian Masters reveals that not only were the king's New World vassals co-creators of royal law, but most provocatively, that it was their petitions to the crown that helped codify the human differences that would inform the caste system.' S. Elizabeth Penry, author of The People Are King: The Making of an Indigenous Andean Politics'Adrian Masters masterfully unpacks the powerful legal fiction of the King of Spain and Emperor of the Indies, demonstrating that the world's first global empire was a contingent and collective enterprise made by paper-peddling brokers and subalterns. A must read for anyone interested in the early modern history of empires and governance.' Mark Thurner, author of History's Peru: The Poetics of Colonial and Postcolonial HistoriographyTable of ContentsList of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgments; Prelude: A Peruvian pestizo at the Spanish Court; Introduction: the collective making of an empire; 1. Paper ceremonies for a global empire: Gobierno petitions and the collective work of Voluntad; 2. The co-creation of the Imperial Logistics Network; 3. Distant kings, powerful women, prudent ministers: the gendered creation of the Council of the Indies; 4. Lawmaking in a portable council: Gobierno decision-making technologies before 1561; 5. 'Bring the Papers:' Royal decision-making and the power of archives in Madrid, 1561–1598; 6. Creating the royal decree: format, phraseology, and petitioners' transformation of Indies law; 7. Pedro Rengifo's epilogue: subjects of chance; Conclusions; Index.
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LEGARE STREET PR The New FreeMasons Monitor
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LEGARE STREET PR The Natural History of a Highland Parish Ardclach
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Legare Street Press The Mediaeval Legend of Judas Iscariot
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Legare Street Press Rambles by Rivers
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Legare Street Press Fallen Leaves
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CRC Press Place and Identity
Book SynopsisThe UK is experiencing a housing crisis unlike any other. Homelessness is on the increase and more people are at the mercy of landlords due to unaffordable housing. Place and Identity: Home as Performance highlights that the meaning of home is not just found within the bricks and mortar; it is constructed from the network of place, space and identity and the negotiation of conflict between those â it is not a fixed space but a link with land, ancestry and culture. This book fuses philosophy and the study of home based on many years of extensive research. Richardson looks at how the notion of home, or perhaps the lack of it, can affect identity and in turn the British housing market. This book argues that the concept of âhomeâ and physical housing are intrinsically linked and that until government and wider society understand the importance of home in relation to housing, the crisis is only likely to get worse.This book will be essential reading for postgraduatTable of ContentsForeword 1 Performing home: an introduction 2 Feeling at home: intersections of place and identity 3 Protecting home: negotiating conflict 4 Home screen: a public or private performance? 5 Precarious home: the challenge of homelessness 6 Home and away: beyond bricks and mortar 7 Home is in the heart: authentic self and identity 8 Going home: conclusions References Index
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Routledge Innovation Automation and a Sustainable Economy
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Routledge Rethinking Sustainable Development
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