Alexander Lundberg's Books

Out of Work

The First Century of Unemployment in Massachusetts

By: Alexander Keyssar

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Out of Work

The First Century of Unemployment in Massachusetts

By: Alexander Keyssar

Out of Work chronicles the history of unemployment in the United States. It traces the evolution of the problem of joblessness from the early decades of the nineteenth-century to the Great Depression of the 1930s. Challenging the widely held notion that the United States was a labour-scarce society in which jobs were plentiful, it argues that unemployment played a major role in American history long before the crash of the stock market in 1929. Focusing on the state of Massachusetts, Professor Kevssar analyses the economic and social changes that gave birth to the prevalent concept of unemployment. Drawing on previously untapped sources - including richly detailed statistics and vivid verbatim testimony - he demonstrates that joblessness was a pervasive feature of working-class life from the 1870s to the 1920s. The book describes the ingenious, yet quite costly, strategies that unemployed workers devised to cope with the joblessness in the absence of formal governmental assistance. It also explores the many dimensions of working-class life that were profoundly affected by recurrent layoffs and the chronic uncertainty of work. Finally, it demonstrates that the fundamental contours of the Massachusetts experience were repeated, sooner or later, throughout the United States.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

492

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0521297672

ISBN 13

9780521297677

A Pattern Language

Towns, Buildings, Construction

By: Christopher Alexander

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

A Pattern Language

Towns, Buildings, Construction

By: Christopher Alexander

You can use this book to design a house for yourself with your family; you can use it to work with your neighbors to improve your town and neighborhood; you can use it to design an office, or a workshop, or a public building. And you can use it to guide you in the actual process of construction. After a ten-year silence, Christopher Alexander and his colleagues at the Center for Environmental Structure are now publishing a major statement in the form of three books which will, in their words, "lay the basis for an entirely new approach to architecture, building and planning, which will we hope replace existing ideas and practices entirely." The three books are The Timeless Way of Building, The Oregon Experiment, and this book, A Pattern Language. At the core of these books is the idea that people should design for themselves their own houses, streets, and communities. This idea may be radical (it implies a radical transformation of the architectural profession) but it comes simply from the observation that most of the wonderful places of the world were not made by architects but by the people. At the core of the books, too, is the point that in designing their environments people always rely on certain "languages," which, like the languages we speak, allow them to articulate and communicate an infinite variety of designs within a forma system which gives them coherence. This book provides a language of this kind. It will enable a person to make a design for almost any kind of building, or any part of the built environment. "Patterns," the units of this language, are answers to design problems (How high should a window sill be? How many stories should a building have? How much space in a neighborhood should be devoted to grass and trees?). More than 250 of the patterns in this pattern language are given: each consists of a problem statement, a discussion of the problem with an illustration, and a solution. As the authors say in their introduction, many of the patterns are archetypal, so deeply rooted in the nature of things that it seemly likely that they will be a part of human nature, and human action, as much in five hundred years as they are today.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

1216

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0190050357

ISBN 13

9780190050351

The Psychology of Reading

By: Keith Rayner,Alexander Pollatsek

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Psychology of Reading

By: Keith Rayner,Alexander Pollatsek

The last 20 years have witnessed a revolution in reading research. Cognitive psychologists, using high-speed computers to aid in the collection and analysis of data, have developed tools that have begun to answer questions that were previously thought unanswerable. These tools allow for a "chronometric," or moment-to-moment, analysis of the reading process. Foremost among them is the use of the record of eye movements to help reveal the underlying perceptual and cognitive processes of reading. This volume provides a coherent framework for the research accomplished on the reading process over the past 15 years. It emphasizes how readers go about extracting information from the printed page and how they comprehend the text.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

544

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1136601783

ISBN 13

9781136601781

Of Water and the Spirit

A Liturgical Study of Baptism

By: Alexander Schmemann

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Of Water and the Spirit

A Liturgical Study of Baptism

By: Alexander Schmemann

A study of the Orthodox understanding of Baptism and Chrismation.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

180

Publisher

St Vladimir's Seminary Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0913836109

ISBN 13

9780913836101

Five-Minute Healer

Easy, Natural Ways to Look and Feel Better Fast

By: Jane Alexander

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Five-Minute Healer

Easy, Natural Ways to Look and Feel Better Fast

By: Jane Alexander

For busy people who want to maximize their health and vitality without revamping their daily schedules, this beautifully illustrated guide offers quick tricks for boosting energy, feeling your best, and looking terrific. Full color photos & illustrations.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

164

Publisher

Simon and Schuster

Published Date

ISBN 10

0684869454

ISBN 13

9780684869452

Risk Analysis in Finance and Insurance

By: Alexander Melnikov

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Risk Analysis in Finance and Insurance

By: Alexander Melnikov

Risk Analysis in Finance and Insurance, Second Edition presents an accessible yet comprehensive introduction to the main concepts and methods that transform risk management into a quantitative science. Taking into account the interdisciplinary nature of risk analysis, the author discusses many important ideas from mathematics, finance, and actuaria

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

324

Publisher

CRC Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1420070533

ISBN 13

9781420070538

A Sixth Sense

The Life and Science of Henri-Georges Doll: Oilfield Pioneer and Inventor

By: Michael Oristaglio,Alexander Dorozynski

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

A Sixth Sense

The Life and Science of Henri-Georges Doll: Oilfield Pioneer and Inventor

By: Michael Oristaglio,Alexander Dorozynski

The true story of the French engineer and inventor who developed a mine detector for the US Army during WWII—and then went on to transform the oil industry. In March 1940, with Europe at war, French army lieutenant Henri-Georges Doll came to the U.S. embassy in Paris to give a deposition. Doll was an artillery commander, a graduate of France’s grandes écoles of science, engineering, and service. He had been mobilized to the front at the start of the war, then quickly recalled to Paris to work on a secret device for detecting the deadly land mines being planted by the German army on a vast new scale. But Doll’s deposition that day had nothing to do with the war. He had come to testify in a patent lawsuit pending in Houston, Texas. The case was Schlumberger Well Surveying Corporation v. Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Company: it marked one of the first great industrial battles for control of the technology of oil and gas exploration. When the German army marched into Paris three months later, Doll escaped to America, where he developed his new mine detector for the U.S. army, then settled in a small Connecticut town to become one of the most prolific inventors of the twentieth century. His sixth sense for applied science would help create the modern technology of seeing underground using electrical signals and sound waves—technology that would enable the explosive growth of oil production, and of Schlumberger, after the war. This biography tells his remarkable story.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

452

Publisher

Abrams

Published Date

ISBN 10

1683359054

ISBN 13

9781683359050

High Resolution Electronic Spectroscopy of Small Molecules

By: Geoffrey Duxbury,Alexander Alijah

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

High Resolution Electronic Spectroscopy of Small Molecules

By: Geoffrey Duxbury,Alexander Alijah

Over recent years electronic spectroscopy has developed significantly, with key applications in atmospheric chemistry, astrophysics and astrochemistry. High Resolution Electronic Spectroscopy of Small Molecules explores both theoretical and experimental approaches to understanding the electronic spectra of small molecules, and explains how this information translates to practice. Professors Geoffrey Duxbury and Alexander Alijah present the links between spectroscopy and photochemistry, and discuss theoretical treatments of the interaction between different electronic states. They provide a thorough discussion of experimental techniques, and explore practical applications. This book will be an indispensable reference for graduate students and researchers in physics and chemistry working on theoretical and practical aspects of electronic spectra, as well as atmospheric scientists, photochemists, kineticists and professional spectroscopists.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

310

Publisher

CRC Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1482245612

ISBN 13

9781482245615

Devolution and the Scottish Conservatives

Banal activism, electioneering and the politics of irrelevance

By: Alexander Smith

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Devolution and the Scottish Conservatives

Banal activism, electioneering and the politics of irrelevance

By: Alexander Smith

This highly readable book, is a unique, ethnographic study of devolution and Scottish politics as well as party political activism more generally. Available in paperback for the first time, it explores how Conservative Party activists who had opposed devolution and the movement for a Scottish Parliament during the 1990s attempted to mobilise politically following their annihilation at the 1997 General Election. It draws on fieldwork conducted in Dumfries and Galloway – a former stronghold for the Scottish Tories – to describe how senior Conservatives worked from the assumption that they had endured their own ‘crisis’ in representation. The material consequences of this crisis included losses of financial and other resources, legitimacy and local knowledge for the Scottish Conservatives. This book ethnographically describes the processes, practices and relationships that Tory Party activists sought to enact during the 2003 Scottish and local government elections. Its central argument is that, having asserted that the difficulties they faced constituted problems of knowledge, Conservative activists cast to the geographical and institutional margins of Scotland became ‘banal’ activists. Believing themselves to be lacking in the data and information necessary for successful mobilisation during Parliamentary elections, local Tory Party strategists attempted to address their knowledge ‘crisis’ by burying themselves in paperwork and petty bureaucracy.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

280

Publisher

Manchester University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1847797466

ISBN 13

9781847797469

Psychoneuroendocrine Dysfunction

By: Nandkumar S. Shah,Alexander G. Donald

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Psychoneuroendocrine Dysfunction

By: Nandkumar S. Shah,Alexander G. Donald

There is no area in medicine that has affected biological psychiatry more pro 15 years in en foundly than the developments that have occurred in the last docrinology and more specifically in neuroendocrinology. In the 1960s, the regulation of endocrine function was considered to rest primarily in the feed back system between the pituitary and the secretions of various target organs. In R. H. Williams' Fourth Edition of the Textbook of Endocrinology published in 1968, the chapter on neuroendocrinology did refer to the median eminence gland with a relatively brief mention of various releasing factors that were the subject of ongoing studies. Only six years later, in the Fifth Edition published in 1974, Seymour Reichlin's chapter on neuroendocrinology listed nine specific hypothalamic releasing factors of which three had already been isolated and purified and thus were referred to as hormones. Most recently in the current Sixth Edition, published in 1981, the chapter on neuroendocrinology contains a detailed description of the physiology of the various hypothalamic releasing factors and hormones, but also significant emphasis is given to the various neurotransmitters that have been shown to regulate the synthesis and release of these important hypothalamic hormones. In addition, there appeared for the first time in this classic textbook a chapter on psychoendocrinology. One may wonder why there is so much interest not only in endocrinology but more recently in psychology and psychiatry about psychoneuroendocrine It has been known for some time function. Several reasons may be suggested.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

641

Publisher

Springer Science & Business Media

Published Date

ISBN 10

1468445294

ISBN 13

9781468445299

Design Concepts for a Virtualizable Embedded MPSoC Architecture

Enabling Virtualization in Embedded Multi-Processor Systems

By: Alexander Biedermann

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Design Concepts for a Virtualizable Embedded MPSoC Architecture

Enabling Virtualization in Embedded Multi-Processor Systems

By: Alexander Biedermann

Alexander Biedermann presents a generic hardware-based virtualization approach, which may transform an array of any off-the-shelf embedded processors into a multi-processor system with high execution dynamism. Based on this approach, he highlights concepts for the design of energy aware systems, self-healing systems as well as parallelized systems. For the latter, the novel so-called Agile Processing scheme is introduced by the author, which enables a seamless transition between sequential and parallel execution schemes. The design of such virtualizable systems is further aided by introduction of a dedicated design framework, which integrates into existing, commercial workflows. As a result, this book provides comprehensive design flows for the design of embedded multi-processor systems-on-chip.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

222

Publisher

Springer

Published Date

ISBN 10

3658080477

ISBN 13

9783658080471

Statistical Methods for Stochastic Differential Equations

By: Mathieu Kessler,Alexander Lindner,Michael Sorensen

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Statistical Methods for Stochastic Differential Equations

By: Mathieu Kessler,Alexander Lindner,Michael Sorensen

The seventh volume in the SemStat series, Statistical Methods for Stochastic Differential Equations presents current research trends and recent developments in statistical methods for stochastic differential equations. Written to be accessible to both new students and seasoned researchers, each self-contained chapter starts with introductions to th

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

507

Publisher

CRC Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1439849765

ISBN 13

9781439849767

Core Principles of Meditation for Therapy

Improving the Outcomes for Psychotherapeutic Treatments

By: Annellen M. Simpkins,C. Alexander Simpkins

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Core Principles of Meditation for Therapy

Improving the Outcomes for Psychotherapeutic Treatments

By: Annellen M. Simpkins,C. Alexander Simpkins

Core Principles of Meditation for Therapy: Improving the Outcome of Psychotherapeutic Treatment provides the multi-modal strategies and tools therapists need to guide their clients' adaptations of meditation into their lives. Complete with text, audio, and video content, this package introduces a variety of meditation routines and explains how, when, and why each technique should be used to reach specific goals. The availability of audio and video, as well as print, allows the therapist to customize each presentation to the client and the presenting problem. Meditation simultaneously engenders both relaxation and alertness, and regular practice can change brain function to permanently improve internal sensing. The three major meditation methods—focus (Yoga meditations and postures), open-focus (Mindfulness), and no-focus (clearing the mind Zen and Taoist flow)—are best suited to different kinds of problems. Core Principles of Meditation for Therapy explains them all, and details the most practical applications of each. This guide matches the meditation type to a therapeutic goal. Consistent with the positive psychology movement, meditative practice puts people on a positive path and offers distinctive techniques to actualize change. This package's multi-sensory approach makes it adaptable to the needs of therapists and clients, supports their initiation, practice, and mastery of meditation for improved mental health. For clinicians seeking to integrate meditation and therapy, Core Principles of Meditation for Therapy is a complete guide to both theory and practice.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

258

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons

Published Date

ISBN 10

1118829158

ISBN 13

9781118829158

Preparative Organic Photochemistry

By: Alexander Schönberg

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Preparative Organic Photochemistry

By: Alexander Schönberg

(Abridged and translated) Organic photochemistry may be divided into three parts: theory which is the province of the physical chemist; instrumentation which requires the skill of both physicist and engineer; and preparation which falls within the sphere of the organic chemist. At one time the same person could cover all three fields without too much difficulty, but this has now become virtually impossible because the disciplines involved have expanded in both breadth and depth; it is there fore timely to have a separate treatment of preparative organic photo chemistry. There appears to be no review of the main photochemical reactions which includes the advances made in recent years available to the organic chemist working in the preparative field. An exception is the excellent "Photochemical Reactions" by C. R. MASSON, V. BOEKELHEIDE and W. A. NoYES JR., published in 1956, which gives a brief review of the reactions which are important in preparative organic photochemistry. The present monograph on the other hand seeks to provide a detailed survey for the chemist; the author does not set out to discuss every photo chemical reaction in the field of organic chemistry but he does include in addition to those of current interest in the preparative field some which are likely to be of interest in the future and which result in single end-products of known composition. The photochemical synthesis of highly polymerized products falls outside the scope of the work.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

631

Publisher

Springer Science & Business Media

Published Date

ISBN 10

3642879187

ISBN 13

9783642879180

The Lyotropic State of Matter

Molecular Physics and Living Matter Physics

By: Alexander G Petrov

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Lyotropic State of Matter

Molecular Physics and Living Matter Physics

By: Alexander G Petrov

The lyotropic state of matter embraces highly concentrated solutions of soaps and detergents, as well as such biologically active substances as lipids, proteins, nucleic acids and lipopolysaccharides. Since some of the most important living lyotropic structures are biological membranes, their study is multidisciplinary, ranging from the molecular physics and physical chemistry of interfaces to living matter physics in general, and membrane biophysics in particular. Written for liquid crystal scientists who are not familiar with lyotropics and membranes, for membranologists who are not familiar with liquid crystal physics, and for experts in these fields, The Lyotropic State of Matter: Molecular Physics and Living Matter Physics presents both theory and experiment, and provides an overview of the state of the art in this exciting area of study.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

576

Publisher

CRC Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

905699638X

ISBN 13

9789056996383

Endorphins and Opiate Antagonists in Psychiatric Research

Clinical Implications

By: Nandkumar S. Shah,Alexander G. Donald

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Endorphins and Opiate Antagonists in Psychiatric Research

Clinical Implications

By: Nandkumar S. Shah,Alexander G. Donald

The discovery of new molecules that function in neuronal communication can be viewed as a progression of steps beginning with the identification of the molecular structure, moving to the understanding of the mecha nisms mediating the synaptic action, and to the appraisal of the involve ment of the new molecules in various neuronal mechanisms, and finally reaching the evaluation of this molecule's role in brain function and the consequences that are triggered by its abnormalities. Enkephalins have followed such a pattern, and the present publication expresses the salient points of the last two phases in this succession. Enkephalins were discovered in December 1975; in addition to pain threshold regulation, their participation in other brain functions was soon ascertained. Perhaps, there are multiple recognition sites for multiple molecular forms of endogenous enkephalins; similarly to other transmitter recognition sites, these are coupled with ionic and nucleotide amplifying systems; thus, when activated, they can modify membrane funtion and ionic permeability of membranes. The present publication probes the current status of our knowledge concerning the consequences related to abnormalities in enkephalin storage, release, and synthesis. However, since our basic understanding of enkephalins is incomplete, the views reported should be considered to be in a state of flux.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

490

Publisher

Springer Science & Business Media

Published Date

ISBN 10

1468411195

ISBN 13

9781468411195

Vertigo and Dizziness

By: Béla Büki,Alexander A. Tarnutzer

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Vertigo and Dizziness

By: Béla Büki,Alexander A. Tarnutzer

This pocketbook helps clinicians to improve their management of patients with vertigo and dizziness by providing an overview of clinical vestibular physiology and the latest developments in bedside examinations, diagnosis, and state of the art therapy.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

161

Publisher

Oxford Neurology Library

Published Date

ISBN 10

0199680620

ISBN 13

9780199680627

The Economic Consequences of U.S. Mobilization for the Second World War

By: Alexander J. Field

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Economic Consequences of U.S. Mobilization for the Second World War

By: Alexander J. Field

A reminder that war is not always, or even generally, good for long-term growth Many believe that despite its destructive character, war ultimately boosts long-term economic growth. For the United States this view is often supported by appeal to the experience of the Second World War, understood as a triumph of both production and productivity. Alexander Field shows that between 1941 and 1945 manufacturing productivity actually declined, depressed by changes in the output mix and resource shocks from enemy action, including curtailed access to natural rubber and, on the Eastern Seaboard, petroleum. The war forced a shift away from producing goods in which the country had a great deal of experience toward those in which it had little. Learning by doing was only a partial counterbalance to the intermittent idleness and input hoarding that characterized a shortage economy and dragged down productivity. The conflict distorted human and physical capital accumulation, and once it ended, America stopped producing most of the new goods. The war temporarily shut down basic scientific research and the ongoing development of civilian goods. U.S. world economic dominance in 1948, Field shows, was due less to the experience of making war goods and more to the country's productive potential in 1941.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

468

Publisher

Yale University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0300251025

ISBN 13

9780300251029

The Bronze Horseman

Falconet's Monument to Peter the Great

By: Alexander M. Schenker

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Bronze Horseman

Falconet's Monument to Peter the Great

By: Alexander M. Schenker

This is a comprehensive treatment of the most consequential work of art ever to be executed in Russia - the equestrian monument to Peter the Great. Schenker deals with the cultural setting that prepared the ground for the monument and provides life stories of those who were involved in its creation.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

416

Publisher

Yale University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0300128940

ISBN 13

9780300128949

Comprehensive Review in Clinical Neurology

A Multiple Choice Book for the Wards and Boards

By: Esteban Cheng-Ching,Eric P. Baron,Lama Chahine,Alexander Rae-Grant

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Comprehensive Review in Clinical Neurology

A Multiple Choice Book for the Wards and Boards

By: Esteban Cheng-Ching,Eric P. Baron,Lama Chahine,Alexander Rae-Grant

Your go-to resource for effective, efficient board study! The 2nd Edition of Comprehensive Review in Clinical Neurology offers clear explanations of complex concepts in an easily understandable format – all while helping you digest large amounts of information quickly and easily. Retaining the popular format of the first edition, this updated guide features more than 1,000 comprehensive, multiple-choice questions covering every area of neurology you need to master. A combined perspective from residents and faculty, plus revisions to conform to the current exam blueprint, ensure that you’ll make the most of your study time and will face no surprises on exam day.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

1301

Publisher

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Published Date

ISBN 10

1496358805

ISBN 13

9781496358806

Public Procurement in the European Union

How Contracting Authorities Can Improve Their Procurement Performance in Tenders

By: Alexander Rhode

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Public Procurement in the European Union

How Contracting Authorities Can Improve Their Procurement Performance in Tenders

By: Alexander Rhode

Alexander Rhode investigates performance-oriented measures of Contracting Authorities in public tenders conducted within the EU. He finds that Contracting Authorities can improve their performance and attract more suppliers by publishing (as precise as possible) starting prices in the beginning of a tender. First, he reports that compared with private-sector negotiations, starting prices do not create entry barriers in public procurement. Second, he finds that increased numerical precision of starting prices is linearly correlated with better performance and a higher number of bids. In public procurement, suppliers tend to attribute increased credibility to precise starting prices which reduces their (perceived) entry risks.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

285

Publisher

Springer Nature

Published Date

ISBN 10

3658280735

ISBN 13

9783658280734

Social Democracy in Power

The Capacity to Reform

By: Wolfgang Merkel,Alexander Petring,Christian Henkes,Christoph Egle

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Social Democracy in Power

The Capacity to Reform

By: Wolfgang Merkel,Alexander Petring,Christian Henkes,Christoph Egle

Globalization, European integration, and social change have devaluated traditional social democratic policy instruments. This book compares and explores how social democratic governments have had to adapt and whether they have successfully managed to uphold old social democratic goals and values in the light of these challenges. This volume examines the policy measures of social democratic parties in government in a comparative framework. The authors focus on traditional social democratic goals and tools, in particular, fiscal, employment, and social policy, in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Denmark. They identify three policy patterns in social democratic governments: traditional, modernized, and liberalized social democracy and provide a comparative account of the explanatory power of the national context for policy adopted by social democratic parties. Finally, the extent to which social democratic parties have been able to use the European Union as a political space for social democratic governance and policy-making is examined. Social Democracy in Power will be of interest to students and scholars of politics, comparative politics, European studies and public policy.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

407

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1134071787

ISBN 13

9781134071784

Control Mechanisms for Ecological-Economic Systems

By: Vladimir N. Burkov,Dmitry A. Novikov,Alexander V. Shchepkin

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Control Mechanisms for Ecological-Economic Systems

By: Vladimir N. Burkov,Dmitry A. Novikov,Alexander V. Shchepkin

This monograph presents and analyzes the optimization, game-theoretic and simulation models of control mechanisms for ecological-economic systems. It is devoted to integrated assessment mechanisms for total risks and losses, penalty mechanisms, risk payment mechanisms, financing and costs compensation mechanisms for risk level reduction, sales mechanisms for risk level quotas, audit mechanisms, mechanisms for expected losses reduction, economic motivation mechanisms, optimization mechanisms for regional environmental (risk level reduction) programs, and mechanisms for authorities' interests coordination. The book is aiming at undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as at experts in mathematical modeling and control of ecological economic, socioeconomic and organizational systems.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

188

Publisher

Springer

Published Date

ISBN 10

3319109154

ISBN 13

9783319109152

Subduction

Insights from Physical Modeling

By: Alexander I. Shemenda

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Subduction

Insights from Physical Modeling

By: Alexander I. Shemenda

This book is devoted to the quantitative physical modeling of subduction and subduction-related processes. It presents a coherent description of the modeling method (including similarity criteria, and a novel applied experimental technique), results from model experiments, theoretical analysis of results on the basis of continuum mechanics, and their geodynamic interpretation. Subduction is modeled in general as well as applied to particular regions using both 2-D and 3-D approaches, with both slab-push and slab-pull driving forces. The modeling covers all stages from subduction initiation to `death', different regimes of subduction producing back arc extension and compression, blocking of subduction and jumps of subduction zone, arc-continent collision and continental subduction. This work is for geologists and geophysicists interested in geodynamics of the convergent plate boundaries and in mechanics of the lithosphere.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

225

Publisher

Springer Science & Business Media

Published Date

ISBN 10

9401109524

ISBN 13

9789401109529

Calcium Stable Isotope Geochemistry

By: Nikolaus Gussone,Anne-Désirée Schmitt,Alexander Heuser,Frank Wombacher,Martin Dietzel,Edward Tipper,Martin Schiller

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Calcium Stable Isotope Geochemistry

By: Nikolaus Gussone,Anne-Désirée Schmitt,Alexander Heuser,Frank Wombacher,Martin Dietzel,Edward Tipper,Martin Schiller

This book provides an overview of the fundamentals and reference values for Ca stable isotope research, as well as current analytical methodologies including detailed instructions for sample preparation and isotope analysis. As such, it introduces readers to the different fields of application, including low-temperature mineral precipitation and biomineralisation, Earth surface processes and global cycling, high-temperature processes and cosmochemistry, and lastly human studies and biomedical applications. The current state of the art in these major areas is discussed, and open questions and possible future directions are identified. In terms of its depth and coverage, the current work extends and complements the previous reviews of Ca stable isotope geochemistry, addressing the needs of graduate students and advanced researchers who want to familiarize themselves with Ca stable isotope research.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

269

Publisher

Springer

Published Date

ISBN 10

3540689532

ISBN 13

9783540689539

Beyond Choice

Reproductive Freedom In The 21st Century

By: Alexander Sanger

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Beyond Choice

Reproductive Freedom In The 21st Century

By: Alexander Sanger

Thirty years after Roe v. Wade, the argument between "pro-choicers" and "pro-lifers" has reached stalemate. Pro-choice arguments haven't persuaded a comfortable majority that legal abortion is vital to our society, nor addressed our moral qualms. Younger people are less and less supportive of reproductive rights. Since 1996, state legislatures have enacted nearly 300 pieces of anti-choice legislation. With Roe in jeopardy, International Planned Parenthood Council Chair Alexander Sanger asks a simple but heretical question: How many more pieces of anti-choice legislation will it take to get the pro-choice movement to rethink its approach to the issue? In Beyond Choice Sanger explores the history of the reproductive rights movement to discover how it got stuck in its thinking, and then provides a convincing new argument for the moral rightness of its cause. He shows why it is vital to the health and survival of the human race that couples be able to have children, or not, when they choose; why reproductive rights are just as important to men as to women; and why, in an era of new reproductive technologies, completely unfettered choice is not morally defensible. Beyond Choice is inspiring and important reading for women's rights advocates, opinion leaders, medical ethicists, and anyone concerned to preserve our freedom to reproduce, or not, without government intervention.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

354

Publisher

PublicAffairs

Published Date

ISBN 10

1586486136

ISBN 13

9781586486136

Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders

Diagnosis, Medical Management, and Rehabilitation

By: Alexander Rae-Grant, MD,Alexander Rae-Grant,Robert Fox, MD,Francois Bethoux, MD

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders

Diagnosis, Medical Management, and Rehabilitation

By: Alexander Rae-Grant, MD,Alexander Rae-Grant,Robert Fox, MD,Francois Bethoux, MD

Special populations, societal and family issues, and related disorders that are often mistaken for MS are also covered. Dedicated chapters on neuromyelitis optica and acute disseminated encephalomyelitis incorporate newer diagnostic criteria. Because comorbidities often make the management of MS-related disability more complex, the book addresses these comorbidities as part of a comprehensive management plan. To enhance the clinical utility, critical-to-know information and management pearls are boxed for quick reference and most chapters include lists of "Key Points" for clinicians, and for patients and families. Illustrations, tables, graphs, assessment scales, and up-to-date MRI imaging inform the text throughout. The treatment chapters include specific recommendations where available and highlight areas of controversy.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

344

Publisher

Demos Medical Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1936287757

ISBN 13

9781936287758

A Colossal Wreck

A Road Trip Through Political Scandal, Corruption and American Culture

By: Alexander Cockburn

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

A Colossal Wreck

A Road Trip Through Political Scandal, Corruption and American Culture

By: Alexander Cockburn

Alexander Cockburn was without question one of the most influential journalists of his generation, whose writing stems from the best tradition of Mark Twain, H.L. Menchken and Tom Paine. Colossal Wreck, his final work, finished shortly before his death in July 2012, exemplifies the prodigious literary brio that made Cockburn’s name. Whether ruthlessly exposing Beltway hypocrisy, pricking the pomposity of those in power, or tirelessly defending the rights of the oppressed, Cockburn never pulled his punches and always landed a blow where it mattered. In this panoramic work, covering nearly two decades of American culture and politics, he explores subjects as varied as the sex life of Bill Clinton and the best way to cook wild turkey. He stands up for the rights of prisoners on death row and exposes the chicanery of the media and the duplicity of the political elite. As he pursues a serpentine path through the nation, he charts the fortunes of friends, famous relatives, and sworn enemies alike to hilarious effect. This is a thrilling trip through the reefs and shoals of politics and everyday life. Combining a passion for the places, the food and the people he encountered on dozens of cross-country journeys, Cockburn reports back over seventeen years of tumultuous change among what he affectionately called the “thousand landscapes” of the United States.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

609

Publisher

Verso Books

Published Date

ISBN 10

1781681198

ISBN 13

9781781681190

Collaborative Research in Organizations

Foundations for Learning, Change, and Theoretical Development

By: Niclas Adler,Alexander Styhre

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Collaborative Research in Organizations

Foundations for Learning, Change, and Theoretical Development

By: Niclas Adler,Alexander Styhre

Collaborative Research in Organizations' leverages and sustains the role of management research while increasing the theoretical development of complex organizational and management issues.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

409

Publisher

SAGE

Published Date

ISBN 10

0761928634

ISBN 13

9780761928638

Theoretical Logic in Sociology

By: Jeffrey C. Alexander

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Theoretical Logic in Sociology

By: Jeffrey C. Alexander

This four volume work, originally published in the 1980s and out of print for some years, represents a major attempt to redirect the course of contemporary sociological thought. Jeffrey Alexander analyses the most general and fundamental elements of sociological thinking about action and order and their ramifications for empirical study. He insists that sociological thought need not choose between voluntary action and social constraint. The four volumes can be read independently of one another as each presents a distinctive theoretical argument in its own right. The first volume is directed at contemporary problems and controversies, not only in ‘theory’ but in the philosophy and sociology of science. The last three volumes make interpretations, confronting the individual theorists, and the secondary literature, on their own terms.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

1669

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1317807057

ISBN 13

9781317807056

Caves and Karst Across Time

By: Yongli Gao,E. Calvin Alexander Jr.

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Caves and Karst Across Time

By: Yongli Gao,E. Calvin Alexander Jr.

Knowledge and understanding of cave and karst systems have evolved dramatically since the creation of the Geological Society of America in 1888. This book, which came out of a session during GSA's 2013 Annual Meeting, highlights the changes in the study and application of cave and karst systems since GSA's origin, while looking ahead to future advancements"--

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

318

Publisher

Geological Society of America

Published Date

ISBN 10

081372516X

ISBN 13

9780813725161

Modern Reconstruction of Classical Thought: Talcott Parsons

By: Jeffrey Alexander

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Modern Reconstruction of Classical Thought: Talcott Parsons

By: Jeffrey Alexander

In this volume the author maintains that sociology must learn to combine the insights of both Durkheim and Marx and that it can only do so on the presuppositional ground that Weber set forth. Alexander maintains that the idealist and materialist traditions must be transformed into analytic dimensions of multidimensional and synthetic theory. This volume focusses on the writing of Talcott Parsons, the only modern thinker who can be considered a true peer of the classical founders, and examines his own profoundly ambivalent attempt to carry out this analytic transformation.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

559

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1317808614

ISBN 13

9781317808619

Telegraph Processes and Option Pricing

By: Nikita Ratanov,Alexander D. Kolesnik

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Telegraph Processes and Option Pricing

By: Nikita Ratanov,Alexander D. Kolesnik

This book provides an extensive, systematic overview of the modern theory of telegraph processes and their multidimensional counterparts, together with numerous fruitful applications in financial modelling. Focusing on stochastic processes of bounded variation instead of classical diffusion, or more generally, Lévy processes, has two obvious benefits. First, the mathematical technique is much simpler, which helps to concentrate on the key problems of stochastic analysis and applications, including financial market modelling. Second, this approach overcomes some shortcomings of the (parabolic) nature of classical diffusions that contradict physical intuition, such as infinite propagation velocity and infinite total variation of paths. In this second edition, some sections of the previous text are included without any changes, while most others have been expanded and significantly revised. These are supplemented by predominantly new results concerning piecewise linear processes with arbitrary sequences of velocities, jump amplitudes, and switching intensities. The chapter on functionals of the telegraph process has been significantly expanded by adding sections on exponential functionals, telegraph meanders and running extrema, the times of the first passages of telegraph processes with alternating random jumps, and distribution of the Euclidean distance between two independent telegraph processes. A new chapter on the multidimensional counterparts of the telegraph processes is also included. The book is intended for graduate students in mathematics, probability, statistics and quantitative finance, and for researchers working at academic institutions, in industry and engineering. It can also be used by university lecturers and professionals in various applied areas.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

451

Publisher

Springer Nature

Published Date

ISBN 10

3662658275

ISBN 13

9783662658277

Midwifery Practice

Core Topics 3: Postnatal

By: Jo Alexander,Valerie Levy,Carolyn Roth

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Midwifery Practice

Core Topics 3: Postnatal

By: Jo Alexander,Valerie Levy,Carolyn Roth

The latest volume in this series revisits topics particularly pertinent to the postnatal period. It makes a timely contribution to the literature in the context of recent developments in the organisation of midwifery care, the emphasis on woman-centred care and empowerment, and the reclaiming by midwives of the normal birth and puerperium.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

160

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

134915038X

ISBN 13

9781349150380

Book's by Alexander Lundberg

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email