Автор: Timothy Werner Название: Public Forces and Private Politics in American Big Business ISBN: 1107606772 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107606777 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 5069.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A rigorous examination of the politics of corporate social responsibility in the United States. Through the use of case studies and interviews with `Fortune 500` company executives, this book shows how politics affect American firms` choices, even in the wake of the 2007-2009 financial crisis.
Автор: Thacker Strom Cronan Название: Big Business, the State, and Free Trade ISBN: 052178168X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521781688 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Цена: 14256.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Why has the Mexican government risked alienating its primary contituencies by pursuing trade opening and joining NAFTA? Big Business, the State, and Free Trade argues that Mexico`s trade reforms are the product of the formation of political coalitions between business and the state in different international contexts.
Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans in 2005, but in the subsequent ten years, the city has demonstrated both remarkable resilience and frustrating stagnation. In Reforming New Orleans, Peter F. Burns and Matthew O. Thomas chart the city’s recovery and assess how successfully officials at the local, state, and federal levels transformed the Big Easy in the wake of disaster. Focusing on reforms in four key sectors of urban governance—economic development, education, housing, and law enforcement—both before and after Katrina, they find lessons for cities hit by sudden shocks, such as natural disasters or large-scale financial crises.
One of their key insights is that post-disaster recovery tends to limit local control. State and federal officials, national foundations, and local actors excluded by pre-Katrina politics used their resources and authority to displace entrenched local interests and implement a public agenda focused on institutional and governmental change. Burns and Thomas also make clear reform in New Orleans was already underway before Katrina hit, but that it had focused largely on upper- and middle-class residents, a trend that accelerated after the storm. The market-centered nature of the reforms have ensured that they largely benefited city and regional elites while not significantly aiding the city’s working-class and impoverished populations. Thus reform has come at a cost and that cost, in the long term, could undermine the political gains of the post-Katrina era.
Описание: A practical, bipartisan call to action from the world's leading thinkers on the environment and sustainability
Sustainability has emerged as a global priority over the past several years. The 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change and the adoption of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals through the United Nations have highlighted the need to address critical challenges, like the buildup of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, water shortages, and air pollution. But in the United States, partisan divides, regional disputes, and deep disagreements over core principles have made it nearly impossible to chart a course toward a sustainable future.
This timely new book, edited by celebrated scholar Daniel C. Esty, offers fresh thinking and forward-looking solutions from environmental thought leaders across the political spectrum. The book's forty essays cover such subjects as ecology, environmental justice, Big Data, public health, and climate change, all with an emphasis on sustainability. This book focuses on moving toward sustainability through actionable, bipartisan approaches based on rigorous analytical research.
Автор: Charles T. Clotfelter Название: Big-Time Sports in American Universities ISBN: 1108421121 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108421126 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 17424.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Why do so many American universities operate spectator sports businesses that have virtually nothing to do with research, service, or learning? The new edition of Charles T. Clotfelter`s book continues to explore how this enterprise has become a central function in American universities, and argues for an honest accounting of its costs and benefits.
Автор: Gordon Katya Goodenough Название: Big Waves, Small Boat, Two Kids: A Family Sailing Adventure ISBN: 0878395865 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780878395866 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 2062.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: What tasks can you offer - what questions can you ask - to determine what your students know or don`t know-and move them forward in their thinking? This book focuses on the specialized pedagogical content knowledge that you need to teach number and numeration effectively in prekindergarten to grade 2.
Автор: KwangSoo Yang; Shashi Shekhar Название: Spatial Network Big Databases ISBN: 3319566563 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319566566 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 15372.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book provides a collection of concepts, algorithms, and techniques that effectively harness the power of Spatial Network Big Data. This book will be of benefit to academics, researchers, engineers with a particular interest in network database models, network query processing, and physical storage models.
Автор: Hallonsten Название: Big Science Transformed ISBN: 3319327372 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319327372 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 12577.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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This book analyses the emergence of a transformed Big Science in Europe and the United States, using both historical and sociological perspectives. It shows how technology-intensive natural sciences grew to a prominent position in Western societies during the post-World War II era, and how their development cohered with both technological and social developments. At the helm of post-war science are large-scale projects, primarily in physics, which receive substantial funds from the public purse.
Big Science Transformed shows how these projects, popularly called 'Big Science', have become symbols of progress. It analyses changes to the political and sociological frameworks surrounding publicly-funding science, and their impact on a number of new accelerator and reactor-based facilities that have come to prominence in materials science and the life sciences. Interdisciplinary in scope, this book will be of great interest to historians, sociologists and philosophers of science.
Автор: Madrick Jeff, Bakija Jon, Kenworthy Lane Название: How Big Should Our Government Be? ISBN: 0520291824 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780520291829 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 3326.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The size of government is arguably the most controversial discussion in United States politics, and this issue won`t fade from prominence any time soon. There must surely be a tipping point beyond which more government taxing and spending harms the economy, but where is that point? This book answers this question.
In one lifetime, GDP, or Gross Domestic Product, has ballooned from a narrow economic tool into a global article of faith. It is our universal yardstick of progress. As "The Little Big Number" demonstrates, this spells trouble. While economies and cultures measure their performance by it, GDP ignores central facts such as quality, costs, or purpose. It only measures output: more cars, more accidents; more lawyers, more trials; more extraction, more pollution all count as success. Sustainability and quality of life are overlooked. Losses don t count. GDP promotes a form of stupid growth and ignores real development.
How and why did we get to this point? Dirk Philipsen uncovers a submerged history dating back to the 1600s, climaxing with the Great Depression and World War II, when the first version of GDP arrived at the forefront of politics. Transcending ideologies and national differences, GDP was subsequently transformed from a narrow metric to the purpose of economic activity. Today, increasing GDP is the highest goal of politics. In accessible and compelling prose, Philipsen shows how it affects all of us.
But the world can no longer afford GDP rule. A finite planet cannot sustain blind and indefinite expansion. If we consider future generations equal to our own, replacing the GDP regime is the ethical imperative of our times. More is not better. As Philipsen demonstrates, the history of GDP reveals unique opportunities to fashion smarter goals and measures. "The Little Big Number" explores a possible roadmap for a future that advances quality of life rather than indiscriminate growth. "
Автор: Ornston, Darius, Jr. Название: When small states make big leaps ISBN: 0801450926 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780801450921 Издательство: Wiley EDC Рейтинг: Цена: 6349.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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At the close of the twentieth century, Denmark, Finland, and Ireland emerged as unlikely centers for high-tech competition. In When Small States Make Big Leaps, Darius Ornston reveals how these historically low-tech countries managed to assume leading positions in new industries such as biotechnology, software, and telecommunications equipment. In each case, countries used institutions that are commonly perceived to delay restructuring to accelerate the redistribution of resources to emerging enterprises and industries.
Ornston draws on interviews with hundreds of politicians, policymakers, and industry representatives to identify two different patterns of institutional innovation and economic restructuring. Irish policymakers worked with industry and labor representatives to contain costs and expand market competition. Denmark and Finland adopted a different strategy, converting an established tradition of private-public and industry-labor cooperation to invest in high-quality inputs such as human capital and research. Both strategies facilitated movement into new high-tech industries but with distinctive political and economic consequences. In explaining how previously slow-moving states entered dynamic new industries, Ornston identifies a broader range of strategies by which countries can respond to disruptive challenges such as economic internationalization, rapid technological innovation, and the shift to services.
Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans in 2005, but in the subsequent ten years, the city has demonstrated both remarkable resilience and frustrating stagnation. In Reforming New Orleans, Peter F. Burns and Matthew O. Thomas chart the city’s recovery and assess how successfully officials at the local, state, and federal levels transformed the Big Easy in the wake of disaster. Focusing on reforms in four key sectors of urban governance—economic development, education, housing, and law enforcement—both before and after Katrina, they find lessons for cities hit by sudden shocks, such as natural disasters or large-scale financial crises.
One of their key insights is that post-disaster recovery tends to limit local control. State and federal officials, national foundations, and local actors excluded by pre-Katrina politics used their resources and authority to displace entrenched local interests and implement a public agenda focused on institutional and governmental change. Burns and Thomas also make clear reform in New Orleans was already underway before Katrina hit, but that it had focused largely on upper- and middle-class residents, a trend that accelerated after the storm. The market-centered nature of the reforms have ensured that they largely benefited city and regional elites while not significantly aiding the city’s working-class and impoverished populations. Thus reform has come at a cost and that cost, in the long term, could undermine the political gains of the post-Katrina era.
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