Building a foundation, the big picture. Efficiency and choice, cost benefit analysis, supply and demand, summary, problems for review, internet resources, further reading. Market failure. The role o government. Environmental quality. Sustainability
A principles-level introduction that's accessible to students of all majors, International Economics uses real-life applications to cover both the macro and micro components of international economics. The text illuminates economic institutions and policies, as well as recent developments in the global economy, without requiring the use of higher-level math. In addition, the text has a flex…
This book addresses how digitalization has influenced the institutions, practitioners and audiences of diplomacy. Throughout, the author argues that terms such as ‘digitalized public diplomacy’ or ‘digital public diplomacy’ are misleading, as they suggest that Ministries of Foreign Affairs (MFAs) are either digital or non-digital, when in fact digitalization should be conceptualized as …
This edited volume provides the foremost analysis of public diplomacy's relationship with hegemony, morality and power, through an analysis of the peripheries of the international system where power dynamics are most apparent. This examination of public diplomacy's frontiers will aid scholars in acquiring greater critical understanding of the values and intentions that are at the crux of this a…
Traditionally, investments textbooks tend to fall into one of two camps. The first type has a greater focus on portfolio management and covers a significant amount of portfolio theory. The second type is more concerned with security analysis and generally contains fairly detailed coverage of fundamental analysis as a tool for equity valuation. Today, most texts try to cover all the bases by inc…
The Asset Allocation Workbook offers a range of practical information and exercises that reinforce the key concepts explored in Portfolio Management in Practice, Volume 2: Asset Allocation. Part of the reputable CFA Institute Investment Series, the workbook is designed to further students’ and professionals’ hands-on experience with a variety of learning outcomes, summary overview sections,…
The Foundations of Social Research details the major epistemological stances and theoretical perspectives that colour and shape current social research: positivism; constructionism; interpretivism; critical enquiry, feminism; and postmodernism
Leading students through research design and measurement analysis techniques most widely used in the public sector today, Professor Welch and Comer offer a practical approach to all aspects of public administration.
Written by a leading authority in the field, this comprehensive exploration of the political and policy-making roles of public bureaucracies is now available in a fully revised sixth edition, offering extensive, well documented comparative analysis of the effects of politics on bureaucracy. New to the 6th edition: more international case studies on North America, Western and Eastern European an…
When you combine the sheer scale and range of digital information now available with a journalist’s "nose for news" and her ability to tell a compelling story, a new world of possibility opens up. With The Data Journalism Handbook, you’ll explore the potential, limits, and applied uses of this new and fascinating field. This valuable handbook has attracted scores of contributors since th…