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Principled Agents?

The Political Economy of Good Government

By: Timothy Besley

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Principled Agents?

The Political Economy of Good Government

By: Timothy Besley

What is good government? Why do some governments fail? How do you implement political accountability in practice? What incentives do you need to put in place to ensure that politicians and public servants act in the public interest and not their own? These questions and many more are addressed in Timothy Besley's intriguing Lindahl lectures. Economic analyses of government usually divide into two broad camps. One which emphasizes government as a force for public good that can regulate markets, distribute resources and generally work towards improving the lives of its citizens. The other sees government as driven by private interests, susceptible to those with the power to influence its decisions and failing to incentivize its officials to act for the greater public good. This book adopts a middle way between the two extremes, the Publius approach, which recognizes the potential for government to act for the public good but also accepts the fact that things often go wrong. It shares the view that there are certain institutional preconditions for effective government but then proceed to examine exactly what those preconditions are. Timothy Besley emphasises that it is not just about designing an appropriate institutional framework but also about understanding the way incentives work and the process by which the political class is selected.

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OUP Oxford

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0191533920

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9780191533921

Contemporary Issues in Development Economics

By: Timothy Besley

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Contemporary Issues in Development Economics

By: Timothy Besley

This IEA volume brings together a set of essays written by leading authors on themes relevant to the study of economic development. The book covers a range of topics many of which are relevant to policy issues. The contributors bring new insights from empirical research in a range of economies with chapters including discussions of the UN development agenda, fiscal policy in Latin America, poverty data in Africa and Jordan, and monetary policy in South Africa. Contemporary Issues in Development Economics is an essential read for researchers, scholars and policymakers interested in economic development in low- and middle-income countries.

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Springer

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1137529741

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Subjectivity & Truth

Foucault, Education, and the Culture of Self

By: Tina Besley,Michael A. Peters

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Subjectivity & Truth

Foucault, Education, and the Culture of Self

By: Tina Besley,Michael A. Peters

This book focuses on Foucault's later work and his (re)turn to 'the hermeneutics of the subject', exploring the implications of his thinking for education, pedagogy, and related disciplines. What and who is the subject of education and what are the forms of self-constitution? Chapters investigate Foucault's notion of 'the culture of self' in relation to questions concerning truth (parrhesia or free speech) and subjectivity, especially with reference to the literary genres of confession and biography, and the contemporary political forms of individualization (governmentality).

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Peter Lang

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0820481955

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9780820481951

Pillars of Prosperity

The Political Economics of Development Clusters

By: Timothy Besley,Torsten Persson

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Pillars of Prosperity

The Political Economics of Development Clusters

By: Timothy Besley,Torsten Persson

How nations can promote peace, prosperity, and stability through cohesive political institutions "Little else is required to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism, but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice; all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things." So wrote Adam Smith a quarter of a millennium ago. Using the tools of modern political economics and combining economic theory with a bird's-eye view of the data, this book reinterprets Smith's pillars of prosperity to explain the existence of development clusters—places that tend to combine effective state institutions, the absence of political violence, and high per-capita incomes. To achieve peace, the authors stress the avoidance of repressive government and civil conflict. Easy taxes, they argue, refers not to low taxes, but a tax system with widespread compliance that collects taxes at a reasonable cost from a broad base, like income. And a tolerable administration of justice is about legal infrastructure that can support the enforcement of contracts and property rights in line with the rule of law. The authors show that countries tend to enjoy all three pillars of prosperity when they have evolved cohesive political institutions that promote common interests, guaranteeing the provision of public goods. In line with much historical research, international conflict has also been an important force behind effective states by fostering common interests. The absence of common interests and/or cohesive political institutions can explain the existence of very different development clusters in fragile states that are plagued by poverty, violence, and weak state capacity.

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Princeton University Press

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0691152683

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9780691152684

Essentials of Managerial Finance

By: Scott Besley

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Essentials of Managerial Finance

By: Scott Besley

To accomplish your course goals, use this study guide to enhance your understanding of the text content and to be better prepared for quizzes and tests. This convenient manual helps you assimilate and master the information encountered in the text through the use of practice exercises and applications, comprehensive review tools, and additional helpful resources.

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0030258731

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Essentials of Managerial Finance

By: Scott Besley,Eugene Brigham

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Essentials of Managerial Finance

By: Scott Besley,Eugene Brigham

Introduce your students to the impact and importance of managerial finance in business today with the latest edition of Besley/Brigham's leading Essentials of Managerial Finance. This edition's 18-chapter length makes it an ideal choice for covering all the topics you need in your introductory finance course, including accounting statements, security markets, interest rates, taxes, risk analysis, time value of money, and the basics of security valuation. As practical as it is thorough, ESSENTIALS OF MANAGERIAL FINANCE, 14e is organized for success with a reordered table of contents that pulls concepts students need to know to the forefront. Clear, concise, and proven pedagogy from this prestigious author team offers an exceptional blend of theoretical and applied material with actual industry examples that show how financial principles work within businesses throughout the world. You can introduce significant topics of growing importance in business today, such as multinational finance and resolving ethical dilemma, while challenging your students' critical thinking skills. An emphasis on Excel and use of financial calculators helps prepare your students to use these important tools, while strong end-of-chapter practice, self-tests, fresh chapter summaries, and intriguing chapter opening vignettes connect managerial finance principles to today's business world and ensure understanding. Thomson ONE: Business School Edition, coordinated with the text, gives students access to the same research tools financial professionals use every day. This edition's comprehensive support package is further strengthened with the innovative new CengageNOW online course management and learning system that saves you time in preparation and teaching, while offering personalized study and multimedia support to ensure student understanding. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

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Cengage Learning

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0324422709

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9780324422702

The Far-Right, Education and Violence

An Educational Philosophy and Theory Reader Volume IX

By: Michael A. Peters,Tina Besley

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The Far-Right, Education and Violence

An Educational Philosophy and Theory Reader Volume IX

By: Michael A. Peters,Tina Besley

In the last decade the far-right, associated with white nationalism, identitarian politics, and nativist ideologies, has established itself as a major political force in the West, making substantial electoral gains across Europe, the USA, and Latin America, and coalescing with the populist movements of Trump, Brexit, and Boris Johnson’s 2019 election in the UK. This political shift represents a major new political force in the West that has rolled back the liberal internationalism that developed after WWI and shaped world institutions, globalization, and neoliberalism. It has also impacted upon the democracies of the West. Its historical origins date from the rise of fascism in Italy, Germany, and Austria from the 1920s. In broad philosophical terms, the movement can be conceived as a reaction against the rationalism and individualism of liberal democratic societies, and a political revolt based on the philosophies of Nietzsche, Darwin, and Bergson that purportedly embraced irrationalism, subjectivism, and vitalism. This edited collection of essays by Michael A Peters and Tina Besley, taken from the journal Educational Philosophy and Theory, provides a philosophical discussion of the rise of the far-right and uses it as a canvas to understand the return of fascism, white supremacism, acts of terrorism, and related events, including the refugee crisis, the rise of authoritarian populism, the crisis of international education, and Trump’s ‘end of globalism’.

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Routledge

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1000200280

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Pillars of Prosperity

The Political Economics of Development Clusters

By: Timothy Besley,Torsten Persson

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Pillars of Prosperity

The Political Economics of Development Clusters

By: Timothy Besley,Torsten Persson

Little else is required to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism, but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice; all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things." So wrote Adam Smith a quarter of a millennium ago. Using the tools of modern political economics and combining economic theory with a bird's-eye view of the data, this book reinterprets Smith's pillars of prosperity to explain the existence of development clusters--places that tend to combine effective state institutions, the absence of political violence, and high per-capita incomes. To achieve peace, the authors stress the avoidance of repressive government and civil conflict. Easy taxes, they argue, refers not to low taxes, but a tax system with widespread compliance that collects taxes at a reasonable cost from a broad base, like income. And a tolerable administration of justice is about legal infrastructure that can support the enforcement of contracts and property rights in line with the rule of law. The authors show that countries tend to enjoy all three pillars of prosperity when they have evolved cohesive political institutions that promote common interests, guaranteeing the provision of public goods. In line with much historical research, international conflict has also been an important force behind effective states by fostering common interests. The absence of common interests and/or cohesive political institutions can explain the existence of very different development clusters in fragile states that are plagued by poverty, violence, and weak state capacity.

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6613169048

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9786613169044

Blackpink

K-Pop's No.1 Girl Group

By: Adrian Besley

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Blackpink

K-Pop's No.1 Girl Group

By: Adrian Besley

If Blackpink were ever a secret, that secret is out. 2019 saw them headline Coachella, and their fandom - known as Blinks - suddenly included Ariana Grande and Harry Styles.

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Michael O'Mara Books

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1789291933

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9781789291933

EXO

K-Pop Superstars

By: Adrian Besley

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EXO

K-Pop Superstars

By: Adrian Besley

A K-pop band like no other, EXO have been dominating charts and stealing hearts since they debuted in 2012. For the first time, this unofficial biography will tell their extraordinary story.

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Michael O'Mara Books

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1789291151

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Principles of Finance

By: Scott Besley,Eugene Brigham

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Principles of Finance

By: Scott Besley,Eugene Brigham

Discover success in finance as you examine today's most relevant financial concepts in PRINCIPLES OF FINANCE, Fourth Edition, by leading authors Besley/Brigham. This reader-friendly, practical survey text combines coverage of financial markets and institutions, investments, and managerial finance with an emphasis on the financial tools you need for personal financial success. You will immediately see the relevance and value of the information you are learning. New features in each chapter clearly demonstrate how topics relate to your personal financial needs and can influence both immediate and long-term common financial decisions. Expanded coverage of spreadsheets within relevant chapters, appendices, and an end-of-book tutorial ensure you know how to maximize this critical tool for financial decisions. Find the diversity of coverage and practical financial strengths for success in today's course and your future beyond with Besley/Brigham's PRINCIPLES OF FINANCE, Fourth Edition. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

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Cengage Learning

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0324655886

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9780324655889

Foundation ActionScript for Flash 8

By: Kristian Besley,Sham Bhangal,Eric Dolecki,David Powers

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Foundation ActionScript for Flash 8

By: Kristian Besley,Sham Bhangal,Eric Dolecki,David Powers

Supports Flash 8, due later this year; will be a huge market Provides professional best practices—strong emphasis on planning, documentation, and adhering to strict and clean coding from the outset Teaches you to create dynamic, reusable rich-client web applications and services

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Apress

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1430201495

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9781430201496

Cfin

By: Scott Besley,Eugene F. Brigham

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Cfin

By: Scott Besley,Eugene F. Brigham

Using your ideal combination of printed text and online resources, learn Corporate Finance YOUR Way with CFIN6! This easy-reference, paperback textbook presents course content through visually engaging chapters as well as Chapter Review Cards that consolidate the best review material into a ready-made study tool. Add in access to assignments and documents from your instructor, and you have everything you need in one place that's always accessible!

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Cengage Learning

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1337407356

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9781337407359

Counseling Youth

Foucault, Power and the Ethics of Subjectivity

By: Tina (A.C.) Besley

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Counseling Youth

Foucault, Power and the Ethics of Subjectivity

By: Tina (A.C.) Besley

Using the work of Foucault, this study examines changing notions of the self and identity and how psychological and sociological discourses have conceptualized and constituted adolescence/youth as the primary client in school counseling. Case studies of mental hygiene films in the United States and a moral panic in New Zealand are used to examine how youth were morally constituted in the postwar period—a time when guidance counseling emerged in Western countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. The author uses Foucault’s notion of governmentality to critically examine how counseling professionalized itself as a disciplinary body. This book is targeted at practicing counselors, counseling students and counselor theoreticians. It will also find audiences with graduate students in youth studies and those interested in the work and applications of Michel Foucault. One of the best things that I can say about this book is that it had a personal impact. It nudged me into re-thinking various aspects of my work. It is a book that achieves a rare thing. It talks about counseling young people without getting so caught up in the detail of practice that it loses sight of the big picture ...I believe that school counselors who engage with this work will find that their practice is never quite the same again. They will be invited to think about things they have previously taken for granted and to listen to young people in new ways. John Winslade, Coordinator of Counselor Education, California State University San Bernardino. Co-Author of Narrative Counseling in Schools: Powerful & Brief.

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BRILL

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9004406115

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9789004406117

Delivering on the Promise of Pro-poor Growth

Insights and Lessons from Country Experiences

By: Timothy Besley,Louise Cord

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Delivering on the Promise of Pro-poor Growth

Insights and Lessons from Country Experiences

By: Timothy Besley,Louise Cord

Economic growth is the most important determinant of poverty reduction. But countries with similar rates of growth can experience different poverty reduction rates.

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World Bank Publications

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0821365169

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9780821365168

The Methodology and Philosophy of Collective Writing

An Educational Philosophy and Theory Reader Volume X

By: Michael A. Peters,Tina Besley,Marek Tesar,Liz Jackson,Petar Jandric,Sonja Arndt,Sean Sturm

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The Methodology and Philosophy of Collective Writing

An Educational Philosophy and Theory Reader Volume X

By: Michael A. Peters,Tina Besley,Marek Tesar,Liz Jackson,Petar Jandric,Sonja Arndt,Sean Sturm

This multi-authored collection covers the methodology and philosophy of collective writing. It is based on a series of articles written by the authors in Educational Philosophy and Theory, Open Review of Educational Research and Knowledge Cultures to explore the concept of collective writing. This tenth volume in the Editor's Choice series provides insights into the philosophy of academic writing and peer review, peer production, collective intelligence, knowledge socialism, openness, open science and intellectual commons. This collection represents the development of the philosophy, methodology and philosophy of collective writing developed in the last few years by members of the Editors’ Collective (EC), who also edit, review and contribute to Educational Philosophy and Theory (EPAT), as well as to PESA Agora, edited by Tina Besley, and Access, edited by Nina Hood, two PESA ‘journals’ recently developed by EC members. This book develops the philosophy, methodology and pedagogy of collective writing as a new mode of academic writing as an alternative to the normal academic article. The philosophy of collective writing draws on a new mode of academic publishing that emphasises the metaphysics of peer production and open review along with the main characteristics of openness, collaboration, co-creation and co-social innovation, peer review and collegiality that have become a praxis for the self-reflection emphasising the subjectivity of writing, sometimes called self-writing. This collection, under the EPAT series Editor’s Choice, draws on a group of members of the Editors’ Collective,who constitute a network of editors, reviewers and authors who established the organisation to further the aims of innovation in academic writing and publishing. It provides discussion and examples of the philosophy, methodology and pedagogy of collective writing. Split into three sections: Introduction, Openness and Projects, this volume offers an introduction to the philosophy and methodology of collective writing. It will be of interest to scholars in philosophy of education and those interested in the process of collective writing.

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Routledge

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100040403X

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9781000404036

Billie Eilish, The Unofficial Biography

From E-Girl to Icon

By: Adrian Besley

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Billie Eilish, The Unofficial Biography

From E-Girl to Icon

By: Adrian Besley

With number one albums in multiple countries and five Grammys under her belt, Billie Eilish has become a pop sensation. Billie was a promising young dancer until musical success came literally overnight in 2015. A song she uploaded to SoundCloud received a thousand plays in twenty-four hours. The thirteen-year-old's voice intoxicated listeners and the track went viral. Billie and her brother, Finneas, produced a series of eclectic but equally bewitching tracks, which drew fans from around the world. Follow her journey from singing in her bedroom to performing at huge arenas, and find out what makes Billie Eilish the most extraordinary teenage star in the world.

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Zest Books ™

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172842755X

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