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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Section I Social Science Disciplines and Education Policy Research; Section II Conducting Policy Research: Methodological Perspectives; III Politics and the Policy Process; Section IV Policy Implications of Educational Resources, Management, and Organization; Section V Teaching and Learning Policy; Section VI Actors and Institutions in the Policy Process; Section VII Educational Access and Differentiation; Author Index; Subject Index; List of Figures; List of Tables; The Editors; The Contributors; The Reviewers.

This authoritative handbook is the reference of choice for researchers and students of personality. Leading authorities describe the most important theoretical approaches in personality and review the state of the science in five broad content areas: biological bases; development; self and social processes; cognitive and motivational processes; and emotion, adjustment, and health. Within each area, chapters present innovative ideas, findings, research designs, and measurement approaches. Areas of integration and consensus are discussed, as are key questions and controversies still facing the

Each chapter in Managing Complexity focuses on analyzing real-world complex systems and transferring knowledge from the complex-systems sciences to applications in business, industry and society. The interdisciplinary contributions range from markets and production through logistics, traffic control, and critical infrastructures, up to network design, information systems, social conflicts and building consensus. They serve to raise readers' awareness concerning the often counter-intuitive behavior of complex systems and to help them integrate insights gained in complexity research into everyda

From modeling and simulation to games and entertainmentWith contributions from leaders in systems and organizational modeling, behavioral and social sciences, computing and visualization, and gaming and entertainment, Organizational Simulation both articulates the grand vision of immersive environments and shows, in detail, how to realize it. This book offers unparalleled insight into the cutting edge of the field, since it was written by those who actually researched, designed, developed, deployed, marketed, sold, and critiqued today's best organizational simulations.The coverage is divided i

Aristippus in and out of Athens / Stephen Taylor Holmes -- Aristotle's social science / Stephen G. Salkever -- Political Animals and Civic Friendship / John M. Cooper -- Ideology and philosophy in Aristotle's theory of slavery / Malcolm Schofield -- Property rights in Aristotle / Fred D. Miller, Jr. -- The wisdom of the multitude : some reflections on book 3, chapter 11 of Aristotle's Politics / Jeremy Waldron -- Citizenship in Aristotle's Politics / Dorothea Frede -- Aristotle and political liberty / Jonathan Barnes -- Aristotle and anarchism / David Keyt -- Aristotle's natural democracy / Josiah Ober.

First published in 1964These volumes analyze modern Chinese history and its inner process, from the pre-western plateau of Confucianism to the communist triumph, in the context of many themes: science, art, philosophy, religion and economic, political, and social change. Volume Two includes: · The Republic: Confucianism and Monarchism interwoven· Confucianism and Monarchy: The basic confrontation · The evolution of the Confucian Bureaucratic personality· The limits of despotic control · Monarch and people · The Taiping Relation to Confucianism· The Japanese and Chinese monarchical mystiques.

This is a new edition - with a substantial new introduction - of a book which has had a significant impact on economics, philosophy and political science. Robert Sugden shows how conventions of property, mutual aid, and voluntary supply of public goods can evolve spontaneously out of the interactions of self-interested individuals, and can become moral norms. Sugden was among the first social scientists to use evolutionary game theory. His approach remains distinctive in emphasizing psychological and cultural notions of salience.

Little discussion about 'globalization' has concerned one of the truly global forces - the management of multi-national and large domestic corporations - and the significance of modern management practices for workers in the developing world. This book examines the nature of work in the modern corporate sector in Turkey with special reference to three industries, white goods, cars and textiles. Based on extensive interviews, it questions some common assumptions in the modern western social science literature, especially in North America and Britain

Judith A. Cherni presents a critical text of interdisciplinary research and a theoretical argued case for analyzing a physical/social problem with a political economic approach. The author identifies the convergence of global economic growth trends and the localization of environmental and health risks. Backed by scientific findings, she challenges the exclusive use of the natural sciences for explanation. Drawing also on participatory knowledge of local residents, she uses an original database of a large household survey in Houston, US.

How has China approached the global economy? Webber, Wang and Zhu attempt to answer this question through analysis of the concepts of globalization, transition and regionalization. China's approach has been experimental, stressing the liberalization of trade and investment flows and the development of a market economy. By these indexes globalization in China has been gradual and uneven. Integrating Western social science and Chinese research, this book assesses the nature and effect of globalization in China and its implications

Written by some of the most distinguished authors in the field, this book elucidates the critical and complex relationships between services, production and innovation. The authors discuss the limitations of current theories to explain service productivity and innovation, and call for a conceptual re-working of the ways in which these are measured. They also highlight the important role of knowledge in the production system and in doing so make an important contribution to a key debate which has emerged in the social sciences in recent years

For the most current, comprehensive resource in this rapidly evolving field, look no further than the Revised Edition of the Handbook of Science and Technology Studies. This masterful volume is the first resource in more than 15 years to define, summarize, and synthesize this complex multidisciplinary, international field. Tightly edited with contributions by an internationally recognized team of leading scholars, this volume addresses the crucial contemporary issues-both traditional and nonconventional-social studies, political studies, and humanistic studies in this changing field. Containi

"The Politics of Positive Incentives in Arms Control poses the question of whether or not it is sensible to "buy" cooperation from critical states and examines various recent cases of nuclear nonproliferation diplomacy, including experiences with Ukraine and North Korea. In exploring the conditions under which positive incentives are effective and efficient in resolving international collaboration problems, editors Thomas Bernauer and Dieter Ruloff and four other contributors draw on a wide range of social science theories and results of empirical research.

""Robertson's book represents a powerful contribution to African social, economic, and women's history. Highly recommended."" -Choice""An important resource for anyone interested in the history of women and trade in modern Kenya...."" -International Journal of African Historical Studies""... a landmark study, meticulously executed and written.... it will have a wide impact on some of the most significant questions facing the disciplines of history, anthropology, political science, and development economics."" -Gracia ClarkHerskovitz Award-winner Claire Robertson employs a variety of approaches

The subject of this book is the ordinal and symbolic approach to data analysis that has particularly emphasized the intentional background of data which is necessary for validation, interpretation and communication. Since many observed or experimental data sets (including sequential, textual, spatial, relational) are of symbolic or ordinal nature, it has become increasingly clear that ordinal and symbolic data analysis has applications in a large number of areas including information technologies, data retrieval, social sciences, economics, medicine, biology, agronomy etc