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An Economic History of Europe: Knowledge, Institutions and Growth, 600 to the Present	Cambridge University Press
Автор: Karl Gunnar Persson Издательство: Cambridge University Press, 2010	PDF, 270 страниц, 8.10 МБ 8 Оценка:
This concise and accessible introduction to European economic history focusses on the interplay between the development of institutions and the generation and diffusion of knowledge-based technologies. The author challenges the view that European economic history before the Industrial Revolution was constrained by population growth outstripping available resources. He argues instead that the limiting factor was the knowledge needed for technological progress but also that Europe was unique in developing a scientific culture and institutions which were the basis for the unprecedented technological progress and economic growth of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Simple explanatory concepts are used to explain growth and stagnation as well as the convergence of income over time whilst text boxes, figures, an extensive glossary and online exercises enable students to develop a comprehensive understanding of the subject. This is the only textbook students will need to understand Europe's unique economic development and its global context.
979 admin 25 апреля 2014	Скачать книгу

Economic Principles of Law	Cambridge University Press
Автор: Cento G. Veljanovski Издательство: Cambridge University Press, 2007	PDF, 300 страниц, 9.00 МБ 8 Оценка:
Economic Principles of Law applies economics to the doctrines, rules and remedies of the common law. In plain English and using non-technical analysis, it offers an introduction and exposition of the 'economic approach' to law — one of the most exciting and vibrant fields of legal scholarship and applied economics. Beginning with a brief history of the field, it sets out the basic economic concepts useful to lawyers, and applies these to assess the core areas of the common law — property, contract, tort and crime — with particular emphasis on their doctrinal structure and remedies. This is done using leading cases drawn from the birthplace of the common law (England & Wales) and other common law jurisdictions. The book serves as a primer to the wider use of economics which has become increasingly important for law students, lawyers, legislators, regulators and those concerned with our legal system generally.
1086 admin 28 июля 2008	Скачать книгу

The Economic Psychology of Tax Behaviour	Cambridge University Press
Автор: Kirchler Erich Издательство: Cambridge University Press, 2009	PDF, 264 страницы, 7.92 МБ 0 Оценка:
Tax evasion is a complex phenomenon which is influenced not just by economic motives but by psychological factors as well. Economic-psychological research focuses on individual and social representations of taxation as well as decision-making. In this book, Erich Kirchler assembles research on tax compliance, with a focus on tax evasion, and integrates the findings into a model based on the interaction climate between tax authorities and taxpayers. The interaction climate is defined by citizens' trust in authorities and the power of authorities to control taxpayers effectively; depending on trust and power, either voluntary compliance, enforced compliance or no compliance are likely outcomes. Featuring chapters on the social representations of taxation, decision-making and self-employed income tax behaviour, this book will appeal to researchers in economic psychology, behavioural economics and public administration.
957 arnestosdu 18 июня 2011	Скачать книгу

The Economics of Europe and the European Union	Cambridge University Press
Автор: Neal Larry Издательство: Cambridge University Press, 2007	PDF, 456 страниц, 13.68 МБ 0 Оценка:
This distinctive textbook combines comprehensive coverage of the key policy areas of the European Union with analysis of individual countries, including the recent accession countries and Turkey. Part I analyzes the economic bases for the rise of the European Union from its origins in the post-World War II recovery to its historic enlargement in 2004. Part II takes up the different nation-state perspectives on the EU's economic policies by looking in turn at all European countries, whether members of the EU or not. The book is unique in providing both an EU perspective and European nation-state perspective on the major policy issues which have arisen since the end of World War II, as well as putting the economic analysis into an historical narrative which emphasizes the responses of policy-makers to external shocks such as the Cold War, the oil shocks, German reunification, and the collapse of the Soviet Union.
1651 alexandrus1 16 марта 2010	Скачать книгу

The Economics of Exchange Rates	Cambridge University Press
Автор: Sarno Lucio Издательство: Cambridge University Press, 2003	PDF, 327 страниц, 9.81 МБ 0 Оценка:
In the last few decades exchange rate economics has seen a number of developments, with substantial contributions to both the theory and empirics of exchange rate determination. Important developments in econometrics and the increasingly large availability of high-quality data have also been responsible for stimulating the large amount of empirical work on exchange rates in this period. Nonetheless, while our understanding of exchange rates has significantly improved, a number of challenges and open questions remain in the exchange rate debate, enhanced by events including the launch of the Euro and the large number of recent currency crises. This volume provides a selective coverage of the literature on exchange rates, focusing on developments from within the last fifteen years. Clear explanations of theories are offered, alongside an appraisal of the literature and suggestions for further research and analysis.
1181 serg22 26 декабря 2009	Скачать книгу

Elements of Legislation	Cambridge University Press
Автор: Duxbury Neil Издательство: Cambridge University Press, 2012	PDF, 262 страницы, 7.86 МБ 5 Оценка:
In Elements of Legislation, Neil Duxbury examines the history of English law through the lens of legal philosophy in an effort to draw out the differences between judge-made and enacted law and to explain what courts do with the laws that legislatures enact. He presents a series of rigorously researched and carefully rehearsed arguments concerning the law-making functions of legislatures and courts, the concepts of legislative supremacy and judicial review, the nature of legislative intent and the core principles of statutory interpretation.
951 vasilii 16 февраля 2014	Скачать книгу

The Emergence of Meaning	Cambridge University Press
Автор: Crain Stephen Издательство: Cambridge University Press, 2012	PDF, 201 страниц, 6.03 МБ 7 Оценка:
Over the past forty years, scientists have developed models of human reasoning based on the principle that human languages and classical logic involve fundamentally different concepts and different methods of interpretation. In The Emergence of Meaning Stephen Crain challenges this view, arguing that a common logical nativism underpins human language and logical reasoning. The approach which Crain takes is twofold. Firstly, he uncovers the underlying meanings of logical expressions and logical principles that appear in typologically different languages — English and Mandarin Chinese — and he demonstrates that these meanings and principles directly correspond to the expressions and structures of classical logic. Secondly he reports the findings of new experimental studies which investigate how children acquire the logical concepts of these languages. A step-by-step introduction to logic and a comprehensive review of the literature on child language acquisition make this work accessible to those unfamiliar with either field.
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Empirical Modeling in Economics: Specification and Evaluation	Cambridge University Press
Автор: Clive W.J. Granger Издательство: Cambridge University Press, 1999	PDF, 112 страниц, 3.36 МБ 5 Оценка:
In these three essays, Professor Granger explains the process of constructing and evaluating an empirical model. Drawing on a wide range of cases and vignettes from economics, finance, politics and environment economics, as well as from art, literature, and the entertainment industry, Professor Granger combines rigour with intuition to provide a unique and entertaining insight into one of the most important subjects in modern economics. Chapter 1 deals with Specification. The process of specifying a model is discussed using deforestation in the Amazon region of Brazil as an illustration. Chapter 2 considers Evaluation, and argues that insufficent evaluation is undertaken by economists, and that models should be evaluated in terms of the quality of their output. In Chapter 3, the question of how to evaluate forecasts is considered at several levels of increasing depth and using a more sophisticated, technical approach than in the earlier two chapters.
404 dimon0 03 августа 2009	Скачать книгу

Energy Technology Innovation: Learning From Historical Successes and Failures	Cambridge University Press
Издательство: Cambridge University Press, 2014	PDF, 400 страниц, 12.00 МБ 8 Оценка:
Energy technology innovation improving how we produce and use energy is critical for a transition towards sustainability. This book presents a rich set of twenty historical case studies of energy technology innovation embedded within a unifying conceptual framework. It provides insights into why some innovation efforts have been more successful than others, and draws important policy conclusions. The case studies cover a wide range of energy technologies, ranging from energy supply to energy end use, from successes to failures and from industrialized, emerging and developing economies. The case studies are presented by an international group of eminent scholars under the auspices of the Global Energy Assessment (GEA), whose main volume was published in 2012 by Cambridge University Press. Energy Technology Innovation presents new data, new concepts and novel analytical and policy perspectives. It will prove to be invaluable for researchers, policy makers, economists, industrial innovators and entrepreneurs in the field of energy technology.
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English Around the World: An Introduction	Cambridge University Press
Автор: Edgar W. Schneider Издательство: Cambridge University Press, 2010	DOC, 277 страниц, 1.00 МБ 0 Оценка:
The global spread of English has had widespread linguistic, social and cultural implications, affecting the lives of millions of people around the world. This textbook provides a lively and accessible introduction to world Englishes, describing varieties used in places as broad-ranging as America, Jamaica, Australia, Africa and Asia, and setting them within their historical and social contexts. Students are guided through the material with chapter previews and summaries, maps, timelines, lists of key terms, discussion questions and exercises, and a comprehensive glossary, helping them to understand, analyse and compare different varieties of English, and apply descriptive terminology. The book is accompanied by a useful web site, containing textual and audio examples of the varieties introduced in the text, and links to related sources of interest. Providing essential knowledge and skills for those embarking on the study of world Englishes, this is set to become the leading introduction to the subject.
1004 sanyaberkut 03 августа 2012	Скачать книгу

English Corpus Linguistics	Cambridge University Press
Автор: Charles F. Meyer Издательство: Cambridge University Press, 2008	PDF, 188 страниц, 5.64 МБ 7 Оценка:
The book shows how to collect and computerize data for inclusion in a corpus; how to annotate the data; and how to conduct a linguistic analysis of it once it has been created.
681 lichers 26 декабря 2010	Скачать книгу

English Syntax	Cambridge University Press
Автор: Radford Andrew Издательство: Cambridge University Press, 2004	PDF, 398 страниц, 11.94 МБ 7 Оценка:
This textbook provides a concise, clear, and accessible introduction to current syntactic theory, drawing on the key concepts of Chomsky's Minimalist Program. Assuming little or no prior grammatical knowledge, Andrew Radford takes students through a wide range of topics in English syntax, beginning at an elementary level and progressing in stages towards more advanced material. There is an extensive glossary of technical terms, and each chapter contains a workbook section with 'helpful hints', exercises and model answers, suitable for both class discussion and self-study. This is an abridged version of Radford's major new textbook Minimalist Syntax (also published by Cambridge University Press), and will be welcomed as a short introduction to current syntactic theory.
1439 relicordinary 12 апреля 2008	Скачать книгу

The Eurocentric Conception of World Politics: Western International Theory, 1760-2010	Cambridge University Press
Автор: John M. Hobson Издательство: Cambridge University Press, 2012	PDF, 406 страниц, 12.18 МБ 0 Оценка:
John Hobson claims that throughout its history most international theory has been embedded within various forms of Eurocentrism. Rather than producing value-free and universalist theories of inter-state relations, international theory instead provides provincial analyses that celebrate and defend Western civilization as the subject of, and ideal normative referent in, world politics. Hobson also provides a sympathetic critique of Edward Said's conceptions of Eurocentrism and Orientalism, revealing how Eurocentrism takes different forms, which can be imperialist or anti-imperialist, and showing how these have played out in international theory since 1760. The book thus speaks to scholars of international relations and also to all those interested in understanding Eurocentrism in the disciplines of political science/political theory, political economy/international political economy, geography, cultural and literary studies, sociology and, not least, anthropology.
1474 oksador 23 октрября 2015	Скачать книгу

Evolutionary Linguistics	Cambridge University Press
Автор: McMahon April Издательство: Cambridge University Press, 2012	PDF, 326 страниц, 9.78 МБ 0 Оценка:
How did the biological, brain and behavioural structures underlying human language evolve? When, why and where did our ancestors become linguistic animals, and what has happened since? This book provides a clear, comprehensive but lively introduction to these interdisciplinary debates. Written in an approachable style, it cuts through the complex, sometimes contradictory and often obscure technical languages used in the different scientific disciplines involved in the study of linguistic evolution. Assuming no background knowledge in these disciplines, the book outlines the physical and neurological structures underlying language systems, and the limits of our knowledge concerning their evolution. Discussion questions and further reading lists encourage students to explore the primary literature further, and the final chapter demonstrates that while many questions still remain unanswered, there is a growing consensus as to how modern human languages have arisen as systems by the interplay of evolved structures and cultural transmission.
1183 nataly 27 октрября 2015	Скачать книгу

Agendas for Second Language Literacy	Cambridge University Press
Автор: Sandra Lee McKay Издательство: Cambridge University Press, 1993	PDF, 170 страниц, 5.10 МБ 8 Оценка:
This text examines sociopolitical, economic, familial, and educational agendas that influence attainment of second language literacy. The paperback examines the sociopolitical, economic, familial, and educational agendas that influence an immigrant's attainment of literacy in a new language. Each agenda is introduced through illuminating case studies drawn from research in North America, Australia, and the United Kingdom. Professor McKay analyzes the conflicts among different interest groups and paints a sensitive picture of how the needs of an individual may be at odds with any and all of the various literacy agendas. The book addresses teachers and teachers-in-training involved in second language education, whether their students are in special language classes, bilingual education, or enrolled in the mainstream curriculum. It also provides valuable insights to individuals responsible for developing second language literacy policies in the political, labor, and educational sectors.
611 admin 10 декабря 2009	Скачать книгу

American Criminal Justice Policy: An Evaluation Approach to Increasing Accountability and Effectiveness	Cambridge University Press
Автор: Daniel P. Mears Издательство: Cambridge University Press, 2010	PDF, 334 страницы, 10.02 МБ 0 Оценка:
American Criminal Justice Policy examines many of the most prominent criminal justice policies on the American landscape and finds that they fall well short of achieving the accountability and effectiveness that policymakers have advocated and that the public expects. The policies include mass incarceration, sex offender laws, supermax prisons, faith-based prisoner reentry programs, transfer of juveniles to adult court, domestic violence mandatory arrest laws, drug courts, gun laws, community policing, private prisons, and others. Optimistically, Daniel P. Mears argues that this situation can be changed through systematic incorporation of evaluation research into policy development, monitoring, and assessment. To this end, the book provides a clear and accessible discussion of five types of evaluation — needs, theory, implementation or process, outcome and impact, and cost-efficiency. It identifies how these can be used both to hold the criminal justice system accountable and to increase the effectiveness of crime control and crime prevention efforts.
1211 assorti 09 февраля 2012	Скачать книгу

An Introduction to European Law	Cambridge University Press
Автор: Schutze Robert Издательство: Cambridge University Press, 2012	PDF, 341 страниц, 10.23 МБ 7 Оценка:
Thought-provoking and accessible in approach, this book offers a classic introduction to European law. Taking a clear structural framework, it guides the student through the subject's core elements from its creation and enforcement to the workings of the internal market. A flowing writing style combines with the use of illustrations and diagrams throughout the text to ensure the student understands even the most complex of concepts. This succinct and enlightening overview is required reading for all students of European law.
1238 sml33 12 мая 2015	Скачать книгу

Analog Optical Links: Theory and Practice	Cambridge University Press
Автор: Charles H. Cox Издательство: Cambridge University Press, 2008	DjVu, 304 страницы, 12.16 МБ 0 Оценка:
Analog Optical Links presents the basis for the design of analog links. Following an introductory chapter, there is a chapter devoted to the development of the small signal models for common electro-optical components used in both direct and external modulation. However this is not a device book, so the theory of their operation is discussed only insofar as it is helpful in understanding the small signal models that result. These device models are then combined to form a complete link. With these analytical tools in place, a chapter is devoted to examining in detail each of the four primary link parameters; gain, bandwidth, noise figure and dynamic range. Of particular interest is the inter-relation between device and link parameters. A final chapter explores some of the trade offs among the primary link parameters.
1101 stalker1965 16 февраля 2010	Скачать книгу

Anglo-Irish Literature 1200-1582	Cambridge University Press
Автор: St John D. Seymour Издательство: Cambridge University Press, 2011	PDF, 182 страницы, 5.46 МБ 5 Оценка:
Originally published in 1929, this volume was intended to draw attention to the relatively neglected area of early Anglo-Irish literature. Covering the period between the Anglo-Norman settlement of Ireland and the printing of Richard Stanihurst's translation of Virgil, the text illustrates the richness of this literature through abundant quotation from a variety of sources, both religious and secular. The style is accessible and in keeping with Seymour's aim of making the ordinary reader aware of a literary tradition they might otherwise remain ignorant of. This is an important book that will be of value to anyone with an interest in early Irish literature, and the history of literary criticism.
660 john_d80 19 февраля 2013	Скачать книгу

Appropriate Methodology and Social Context	Cambridge University Press
Автор: Holliday Adrian Издательство: Cambridge University Press, 1994	PDF, 248 страниц, 7.44 МБ 7 Оценка:
The methodology of English language education has been developed mainly in the English-speaking countries of 'the west' and does not always fit the needs of the rest of the world. Appropriate Methodology and Social Context investigates this state of affairs by looking at the wider social context of what happens between teachers and students. It uses an ethnographic framework to explore the complex and diverse cultures of classrooms, of student groups and teacher communities in different countries and educational environments. It goes on to argue that these factors have to be acknowledged in the design and implementation of appropriate methodologies. Although a major concern is with classroom teaching, the methodologies for curriculum and project management and design are also addressed.
892 ducho 15 октрября 2009	Скачать книгу

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