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AS STATE GOVERNMENT SPENDING HAS INCREASED AND STATE ECONOMIC HEALTH HAS BECOME CRUCIAL, STATE POLICY DECISIONS HAVE COME TO HAVE STRONG ECONOMIC IMPACTS. RESULTS OF ANALYSIS SHOWS THAT STATE GOVERNMENT SPENDING HAS VERY DIFFERENT EMPLOYMENT IMPACTS.

From the harrowing situation of migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean in rubber dinghies to the crisis on the US-Mexico border, mass migration is one of the most urgent issues facing our societies today. At the same time, viable solutions seem ever more remote, with the increasing polarization of public attitudes and political positions. In this book, Stephen Smith focuses on 'young Africa' - 40 per cent of its population are under fifteen – anda dramatic demographic shift. Today, 510 million people live inside EU borders, and 1.25 billion people in Africa. In 2050, 450 million Europeans will face 2.5 billion Africans - five times their number. The demographics are implacable. The scramble for Europe will become as inexorable as the 'scramble for Africa' was at the end of the nineteenth century, when 275 million people lived north and only 100 million lived south of the Mediterranean. Then it was all about raw materials and national pride, now it is about young Africans seeking a better life on the Old Continent, the island of prosperity within their reach. If Africa's migratory patterns follow the historic precedents set by other less developed parts of the world, in thirty years a quarter of Europe's population will beAfro-Europeans. Addressingthe question of how Europe cancope with an influx of this magnitude, Smith argues for a path between the two extremes of today's debate. He advocatesmigratory policies of 'good neighbourhood' equidistant from guilt-ridden self-denial and nativist egoism.

cover -- Book Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Author's Note -- Acknowledgements -- PART 1 A LOOK BACK IN TIME -- 'Foxtrot One One' Fifty Years On -- Death and Mayhem in Tottenham -- PART 2 TAKING ON THE GANGS -- Operation Tayport -- The Mark Duggan Shooting -- Gangs in London -- How Armed Police Reach Out to the Community -- PART 3 THE SPECIALISTS -- Counter Terrorist Specialist Firearms Officers -- Ambush and Rapid Deployment -- Hostage Rescue -- Aircraft Intervention -- CTSFO Training Programme -- Team Sniper -- Maritime Operations -- PART 4 TACTICAL SUPPORT AND EQUIPMENT -- Support Vehicles -- Specialist Rifle Team -- Conflict Management Dogs -- Drones -- New Rifle for SC& -- O19 -- Improved Taser -- Body Worn Video -- PART 5 OPERATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS -- Jean Charles de Menezes: The Effect on Police Tactics -- Covert Motorcycles -- Explosive Method of Entry -- Fighting Through Fire and Smoke -- National Aircraft Protection Officer Programme -- PART 6 MANAGING LONDON'S ARMED ASSETS -- London's Armed Response Vehicles -- Recruitment and Selection for SCO19 -- The Firearms Reserve -- Firearms Training Contracted Out -- Firearms Bases Open Across London -- Duty of Care -- Post-Incident Procedure -- PART 7 A LESSON IN TERROR -- Terrorism in the UK: From the IRA to ISIS -- The Murder of Lee Rigby -- Active Shooters, Spree Shooters and Mass Killings -- The Atlas Network -- Operation Temperer -- Anti-Terrorist Exercise in London -- Leytonstone Tube Knife Attack -- PART 8 HEROES AND VILLAINS -- NCA Officer Wins George Medal -- Murder in Edmonton -- The Dean Joseph Shooting -- Trident Officer Wounded in Hackney -- Moped and Scooter Gangs -- Murder and Highway Robbery in Maida Vale -- PART 9 THE AGE OF FILM -- Shootout in Hendon -- The Nathaniel Brophy Shooting -- The James Fox Shooting -- When Desperate Measures Fail -- PART 10 A YEAR OF TERROR.

Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Author's Note -- Part 1: The Wind of Change - D6/D11 1966-1970 -- Part 2: Developing the Role - D11 in the 1970s -- Part 3: Bloodied - D11/PT17 in the 1980s -- Part 4: Coming of Age - PT17/SO19 in the 1990s -- Part 5: A Different Kind of Game - SO19/CO19 in the 2000s -- Part 6: On the World Stage - CO19/SCO19 in the 2010s -- Glossary -- Select Bibliography and Further Reading -- Index

Training in research methods is increasingly important for students of tourism, so this book covers everything a student needs to know. Full of practical advice, it uses real-world examples and focus boxes to help train the next generation of researchers, covering questionnaire design, sample selection, analytical tools and more.

"This collection of fourteen essays written by young communication scholars at the University of Arkansas presents unique insights into how First Amendment issues have played out in the state. Rather than exploring the particular legal issues and the constitutional principles enunciated by the courts, First Amendment Studies tells the stories of actual people expressing challenged or unpopular points of view and reveals the ways that constitutional controversies arise from the actions of local officials and individual citizens. Drawing on public documents as well as extensive interviews with participants, these essays demonstrate the dynamics of democratic dissent--on college campuses, in public schools, in churches, on the streets, in the forests and on the farms, and in legislative chambers and courtrooms. Each essay was selected for the Richard S. Arnold Prize in First Amendment Studies, an endowed fund established in 1999 to encourage University of Arkansas graduate students in communication and the liberal arts to explore and examine questions about freedom of speech and freedom of religion." -- Publlisher's website

"This collection of fourteen essays written by young communication scholars at the University of Arkansas presents unique insights into how First Amendment issues have played out in the state. Rather than exploring the particular legal issues and the constitutional principles enunciated by the courts, First Amendment Studies tells the stories of actual people expressing challenged or unpopular points of view and reveals the ways that constitutional controversies arise from the actions of local officials and individual citizens. Drawing on public documents as well as extensive interviews with participants, these essays demonstrate the dynamics of democratic dissent--on college campuses, in public schools, in churches, on the streets, in the forests and on the farms, and in legislative chambers and courtrooms. Each essay was selected for the Richard S. Arnold Prize in First Amendment Studies, an endowed fund established in 1999 to encourage University of Arkansas graduate students in communication and the liberal arts to explore and examine questions about freedom of speech and freedom of religion."--Publlisher's website

"In this Very Short Introduction, Stephen Smith shows how the field of environmental economics looks at how economic activity and policy can affect the environment in which we live. The book discusses environmental issues including pollution control, reducing environmental damage, global climate change policies, questions about how we should balance environmental and economic considerations, and what form government policies should take. In recent years, Smith reveals, many economists have argued for greater use of incentives such as pollution charges and emissions trading rather than more traditional direct regulation of polluters. Including many illustrative case studies, this book offers an illuminating introduction to an exciting field of economics."--Publisher's website