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Fixed Effects Models -- When and How Much Do Fixed Effects Matter?- Random Effects Models -- Estimation of Sparse Variance-Covariance Matrix -- Models with Endogenous Regressors -- Dynamic Models and Reciprocity -- Random Coefficients Models -- Nonparametric Models with Random Effects -- Nonparametric Models with Fixed Effects -- Multi-dimensional Panels in Quantile Regression Models -- Multi-dimensional Models for Spatial Panels -- The Econometrics of Gravity Models in International Trade -- Modelling Housing Using Multi-dimensional Panel Data -- Modelling Migration -- Multi-dimensional Panels in Health Economics with an Application on Antibiotic Consumption -- Can Machine Learning Beat Gravity in Flow Prediction?

"Featuring 16 new entries, International Relations: The Key Concepts, now in its fourth edition, is the essential guide for anyone interested in international affairs. Comprehensive and up to date, it introduces the most important themes in international relations"--

With an emphasis on data, theory and policy, the third edition of this introductory-level text book tackles each issue by exploring three key questions in each chapter: What does the data tell us about what has been happening to the American economy? What are the economic theories needed to understand what has been happening?.

"In this second edition, award-winning educator Sue Ellen Christian offers students an accessible and informed guide to how they can consume and create media intentionally and critically. The textbook applies media literacy principles and critical thinking to the key issues facing young adults today, from analyzing and creating media messages to verifying information and understanding online privacy. Through discussion prompts, writing exercises, key terms, and links, readers are provided with a framework from which to critically consume and create media in their everyday lives. This new edition includes updates covering privacy aspects of AI, VR and the metaverse, and a new chapter on digital audiences, gaming, and the creative and often unpaid labor of social media and influencers. Chapters examine news literacy, online activism, digital inequality, social media and identity and global media corporations, giving readers a nuanced understanding of the key concepts at the core of media literacy. Concise, creative and curated, this book highlights the cultural, political and economic dynamics of media in contemporary society, and how consumers can mindfully navigate their daily media use. This textbook is perfect for students and educators of media literacy, journalism and education looking to build their understanding in an engaging way"--

Das Studienbuch behandelt die Entwicklung des römischen Rechts im patrizischen Adelsstaat, in der Republik, während des Prinzipats und in der Kaiserzeit. Dabei werden die einzelnen Rechtsbereiche und ihre Veränderungen im Laufe der Jahrhunderte dargestellt. Beleuchtet werden des Weiteren die maßgeblichen politischen und gesellschaftlichen Hintergründe, die für das Verständnis der Rechtsentwicklung unerlässlich sind. Vorteile des Werkes sind: Darstellung anhand von Entwicklung und Aufbau des römischen Staates; Erläuterung der Wechselwirkungen von rechtlicher und politischer Entwicklung; Ausblick auf die Rezeption des römischen Rechts im Mittelalter.

Now in its fourth edition, Bantekas and Oette's textbook on international human rights law is the key text around the globe for both undergraduate- and graduate-level courses in law and other disciplines with a human rights dimension. It covers theoretical approaches to rights as well its practice, from grassroots activism to strategic litigation. In addition to classical topics of human rights, the book includes chapters on the interface between investment/trade and human rights, terrorism, the protection of vulnerable persons (such as LGBTQIA+, persons with disabilities, older persons and others), the rights of women, international criminal and humanitarian law, the right to development and sustainable development, reparations and victims' rights, and many others. It has been widely adopted by instructors across the globe for LLM/JD and LLB courses.

Offers a radically new account that advances the modern scholarly understanding of Babylonian Jewish history and society, and of Sasanian rule. Building upon recent developments in the study of the Sasanian Empire, the book offers a more direct model of Sasanian rule, within and against which Jews invariably positioned and defined themselves.

Contemporary challenges to democracy include populism, extremism, truth denial, and authoritarianism. This book provides a compelling response to these challenges, arguing that the crisis of democracy can be overcome by a citizen-centric deliberative approach.

Rethinking Kant. Contemporary African philosophy and Kant -- Kant's epistemic, ethical and political universalism -- Cosmopolitanism in the philosophy of Appiah and Mbembe : a critical dialogue with Kant -- Critical dialogue with Kant's epistemological and ethical universalism in Wiredu's and Gyekye's work -- Rereading Kant. Philosophy as critique in the philosophical concepts of Serequeberhan and Odera Oruka -- Foucault, Kant and contemporary African philosophy -- Critique, parrhesia and philosophy in Foucault's work -- Language in Kant and Foucault's work. The language of Kant and Foucault -- History, power and art in Foucault's philosophy -- Foucault and contemporary African philosophy.