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In this volume, Sir Alan Peacock, one of Britain's most noted public economists, poses the question as to whether the history of economic thought is an essential part of the training of public finance economists. He argues that the perspective gained by studying the origins of public choice analysis can offer an important stimulus to scientific progress. The first lecture analyses the increasing popularity in recent years of the modernist, anti-historical point of view. The second criticises those theories of growth in government expenditure which ignore the political process. The third lecture draws on Adam Smith and David Hume to extend the conventional economic model of bureaucracy. In the final lecture, Peacock considers the problem of controlling public sector growth and points to ways of overcoming them. The book ends with short commentaries by seven public economists

Frontmatter --Contents --Preface --Acknowledgments --Textual Play, Power, and Cultural Critique: An Orientation to Modernist Anthropology /Manganaro, Marc --Frazer and the Elegiac: The Modernist Connection /Vickery, John B. --Sir James Frazer's The Golden Bough: A Reading Lesson /Roth, Marty --Out of Context: The Persuasive Fictions of Anthropology /Strathern, Marilyn --Irony in Anthropology: The Work of Franz Boas /Krupat, Arnold --The Politics of Ethnographic Authority: Race and Writing in the Ethnography of Margaret Mead and Zora Neale Hurston /Gordon, Deborah --Ruth Benedict and the Modernist Sensibility /Handler, Richard --Anthropology and Modernism in France: From Durkheim to the Collège de sociologie /Richman, Michèle --Anthropology, Literary Theory, and the Traditions of Modernism /Loriggio, Francesco --Marxism and the "Subject" of Anthropology /Sullivan, Robert --The Historical Materialist Critique of Surrealism and Postmodernist Ethnography /Webster, Steven --Afterword /Crapanzano, Vincent --Notes on Contributors --Bibliography --Index.

The Scottish social anthropologist Sir James Frazer (1854–1941) first published The Golden Bough in 1890. A seminal two-volume work (reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection), it revolutionised the study of ancient religion through comparative analysis of mythology, rituals and superstitions around the world. Following the completion in 1915 of the revised twelve-volume third edition (also available in this series), Frazer found that he had more to say and further evidence to present. Published in 1936, Aftermath was conceived as a supplement to The Golden Bough, offering his additional findings on such topics as magic, royal and priestly taboos, sacrifice, reincarnation, and all manner of supernatural beliefs spanning cultures, continents and millennia. Sealing Frazer's profound contribution to the study of religion and folklore, this work remains an important text for scholars of anthropology and the history of ideas.

Russian historian and jurist Sir Paul Vinogradoff (1854–1925) maintained throughout his life a serious scholarly interest in the history of Great Britain, his adopted country. Elected to a professorship at Oxford in 1903, to the British Academy in 1905, and knighted for services to the realm in increasing Anglo-Russian understanding during the war (1917), Vinogradoff demonstrates in this book of 1892 both his interest in feudal England and his historiographic approach, which relied on detailed research using primary sources to examine individuals, communities, and social structures. Divided into two essays - 'The Peasantry of the Feudal Age' and 'The Manor and the Village Community' - the work used England's extensive feudal records to draw a general character of the period. Villainage will interest students of English or European mediaeval history and scholars of mediaeval legal history and of developments in nineteenth-century historiography

Sir Thomas Brassey (1836–1918), later Earl Brassey, was a politician with a particular interest in maritime affairs. He was a keen sailor, and his wife's accounts of their many voyages (also reissued in this series) were bestsellers. He subsequently became a Lord of the Admiralty and Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, and Brassey's Naval Annual was for many years the authoritative survey of worldwide navies. This five-volume survey of the state of the British Navy was published between 1882 and 1883. Brassey was much involved with questions of the modernisation and reform of the Navy, at a time when international relations were marked by a maritime arms race. The books provide much technical detail about the different types of ship and weapons available to the Navy. Volume 2 examines armour, guns and torpedoes, and the comparative strength of naval powers

In 1860, naval officer Sherard Osborn (1822–75), a veteran of both Opium Wars, published this collection of remarks and predictions on Chinese affairs in relation to British imperial interests. Osborn writes in forthright style of his time in the East and his negative experiences of Chinese diplomacy to support his view that 'the European has ever to use force rather than argument to obtain his ends in China, be they however moderate, however just'. He also sets out some advice on how to prevent British smugglers from taking advantage of the Chinese. A number of Osborn's other publications are also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection, including Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal (1852), The Discovery of the North-West Passage by HMS Investigator (1856), and The Career, Last Voyage, and Fate of Captain Sir John Franklin (1860)

Sir George Cornewall Lewis (1806–1863) was a British politician and scholar. Lewis was called to the Bar in 1833, but turned from law to politics, entering the House of Commons in 1847. He was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1850, and Home Secretary in 1859. This volume, first published in 1841, contains Lewis' discussion of the political interaction between a dependent government and its superior government. Focusing on the dependent government as a political institution rather than as a colony with economic assets, Lewis explores the distinctions between the two types of government and the ways in which a dependent government may be formed, discussing in detail the advantages and disadvantages of this arrangement to both the dependent and the superior government. This volume was the first published work on this subject, and provides a valuable example of nineteenth-century British Liberal political theory

Richard, Earl Howe (1726–99) participated in some of the Royal Navy's most significant conflicts. As captain of the Dunkirk, he fired the first shots of the Seven Years' War off the eastern coast of North America in 1755. After being forced to juggle the demands of the American Revolutionary War with the British government's reluctance to put the ships he needed at his disposal, he resigned his command of the North American Station, but later made a comeback, masterminding the battle against the French on the 'Glorious First of June' in 1794. Prolific author Sir John Barrow (1764–1848) drew on more than 400 of Howe's personal letters in preparing this substantial biography, first published in 1838. Several of Barrow's other works have also been reissued in this series, including his autobiography and accounts of the early years of polar exploration

From 1960 to 1973, opponents of Britain joining the European Economic Community (EEC) made an unsuccessful case for the "Commonwealth alternative" — a renewed program of economic, strategic, and political cooperation that would allow Britain to remain outside the Common Market. This article examines two of the leading proponents of this idea in Australian politics — the Liberal MP James Killen and Australia's High Commissioner in London from 1963 to 1972, Sir Alexander Downer — and examines how their arguments for cooperation among Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the United Kingdom relate to the historical and contemporary opposition to European integration in Britain. It further considers how the idea of a Commonwealth alternative to the EEC conflicted with the changes to immigration policy that took place in Australia and the United Kingdom during the 1960s and early 1970s.

Want to know how to write the best ARC grant application that you can? In this short video I talk to one of the experts, literally. Former ARC College of Experts Professor Ariadne Vromen. Professor Vromen is the newly appointed Sir John Bunting Chair of Public Administration at the Australian National University. Professor Vromen will shape ANZSOG's research activities as Deputy Dean (Research) and be a key member of the ANZSOG Research Committee and the Policy and Governance Department within the Crawford School of Public Policy. Professor Vromen has extensive research experience as a professor of Political Sociology, and in her role as Associate Dean Research, and prior to that the Director of Research Development at the University of Sydney. Her own research interests include: political participation, social movements, advocacy organisations, digital politics, and young people and politics.

Want to know how to write the best ARC grant application that you can? In this short video I talk to one of the experts, literally. Former ARC College of Experts Professor Ariadne Vromen. Professor Vromen is the newly appointed Sir John Bunting Chair of Public Administration at the Australian National University. Professor Vromen will shape ANZSOG's research activities as Deputy Dean (Research) and be a key member of the ANZSOG Research Committee and the Policy and Governance Department within the Crawford School of Public Policy. Professor Vromen has extensive research experience as a professor of Political Sociology, and in her role as Associate Dean Research, and prior to that the Director of Research Development at the University of Sydney. Her own research interests include: political participation, social movements, advocacy organisations, digital politics, and young people and politics.

Cover -- Title Page -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- 1. Don't Accept Candy From Strangers: An Analysis of Third-Party Mobile SDKs -- 2. AI and the Right to Explanation: Three Legal Bases under the GDPR -- 3. A Comparison of Data Protection Regulations for Automotive Systems -- 4. Misaligned Union Laws? A Comparative Analysis of Certification in the Cybersecurity Act and the General Data Protection Regulation -- 5. Aggregation, Synthesisation and Anonymisation: A Call for a Risk-based Assessment of Anonymisation Approaches -- 6. The Role of the EU Fundamental Right to Data Protection in an Algorithmic and Big Data World -- 7. Implementing AI in Healthcare: An Ethical and Legal Analysis Based on Case Studies -- 8. Technological Experimentation Without Adequate Safeguards? Interoperable EU Databases and Access to the Multiple Identity Detector by SIRENE Bureaux -- Closing Remarks -- Index -- Copyright Page.

While Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles led the expedition that founded colonial Singapore in 1819 and conceptualised many of the early institutions that developed the trade port, it was the depiction and commemoration of his time in the region that made him an icon of imperial mythology. This was part of a process in which admiration of his name and exploits were exalted, ultimately representing a core element in the Victorian mentality, the need to create heroes to glorify the British Empire. This article will survey and analyse how the commemoration of Raffles in the first 75 years of colonial rule, through the commissioning of statues and the attachment of his name to establishments and institutions, solidified and justified a British presence in the region and larger imperial history, which continues to echo in the modern nation-state of Singapore and its history.

Dieser Beitrag befasst sich mit zwei bislang unbekannten Privatbriefen Königs Chulalongkorn, König von Siam (seit 1939 Thailand), die er während seiner zweiten Europareise 1907 an seinen Sohn geschrieben hat. Im Mittelpunkt steht der Bericht über die Konsultationen Chulalongkorns mit zwei Ministern: mit Sir Charles Hardinge, Ständigem Staatssekretär für auswärtige Angelegenheiten und engem Berater Königs Edward VII., und mit dem deutschen Außenminister Heinrich von Tschirschky. Diese Gespräche fanden jeweils statt, als Chulalongkorn Edward VII. und Wilhelm II. einen Besuch abstattete. Die Inhalte der beiden Briefe sind in vieler Hinsicht von Bedeutung, innen- wie auch außenpolitisch. Dabei handelt es sich zunächst um die Änderungen der ungleichen Verträge seitens Siams. Beim Interview mit Hardinge kamen zwei weitere Diskussionsthemen hinzu, nämlich die Deutschlandpolitik der britischen Regierung hinsichtlich des Südbahnbaus und der Eklat beim diesmaligen Englandbesuch. Bei letzterem handelt es sich um die Absage seitens Chulalongkorns der Ordensverleihung seitens Edwards VII. Dieser Vorfall ist deshalb bemerkenswert, weil er sich bereits zehn Jahre zuvor beim ersten Englandbesuch (1897) ereignet hatte. Der Verfasser untersucht diese bisher unbekannte unglückliche Situation hinsichtlich der Quellen aus Thailand eingehend. Beleuchtet wird dabei, dass das Debakel um die Orden bezeichnend ist für die Symbolpolitik Chulalongkorns. Diese wiederum ist eine Variante der diplomatischen Strategien für die antikoloniale Selbstbehauptung Siams.

ObjectivesDespite decreasing rates of violent victimization, the fear of neighborhood crime continues to rise and is often exaggerated. This project explores the role of arrests on the fear of crime and perceived neighborhood safety. The visual nature of arrests—flashing red lights, blaring sirens, and apprehension of a suspect—provides residents with an observable proxy for crime, elevating their fear. Alternately, arrests can serve as a signal of police effectiveness and the decreasing threat of victimization.MethodsI use multilevel modeling to investigate the unique relationship between two forms of neighborhood concern and arrests.ResultsResults show that the number of arrests increases the fear of violent crime. Perceived neighborhood safety is influenced more by crime rates than arrests.ConclusionsThese results have implications for the role of police in managing the fear of crime among community residents, especially surrounding violent crime.