Roger Coate's Books

Agricultural Development Policy

Concepts and Experiences

By: Roger D. Norton,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Agricultural Development Policy

Concepts and Experiences

By: Roger D. Norton,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Publisher Description

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

546

Publisher

Food & Agriculture Org.

Published Date

ISBN 10

9251048754

ISBN 13

9789251048757

The United Nations and Changing World Politics

By: David P. Forsythe,Roger A. Coate,Kelly-Kate Pease

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The United Nations and Changing World Politics

By: David P. Forsythe,Roger A. Coate,Kelly-Kate Pease

A comprehensive and contemporary examination of the United Nations, using a thematic approach to explore the UN's role in three core issues in international relations: international peace and security; human rights and humanitarian affairs; and building peace through sustainable development.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

450

Publisher

Westview Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0813348471

ISBN 13

9780813348476

The Complete Writings of Roger Williams, Volume 4

The Bloody Tenent Yet More Bloody

By: Roger Williams

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Complete Writings of Roger Williams, Volume 4

The Bloody Tenent Yet More Bloody

By: Roger Williams

Ten years after the U. S. Civil War, a group of men in Rhode Island made a conserted effort to rescue the widely scattered writings of Roger Williams. Few sets were printed though, and under the guidance of Perry Miller, The Complete Writings of Roger Williams were brought back in 1963, but still in short numbers. The present collection now makes these volumes available to readers in their original orthography. The theme of religious liberty is dominant in these volumes, running through Williams's correspondence with John Cotton and on through his famous pair of works on The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution. All of the extant shorter writings and letters of Roger Williams are included in this set, along with two significant works resulting from his engagement with Native Americans: his seminal Key into the Language of America and Christenings Make Not Christians.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

528

Publisher

Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published Date

ISBN 10

1725220482

ISBN 13

9781725220485

Anthony Burgess

A Biography

By: Roger Lewis

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Anthony Burgess

A Biography

By: Roger Lewis

Interviewer: "On what occasions do you lie?" Anthony Burgess: "When I write, when I speak, when I sleep." He was the last great modernist. Novelist, composer, librettist, essayist, semanticist, translator, critic, Anthony Burgess's versatility and erudition found expression in more than fifty books and dozens of musical compositions, from operas, choral works and song cycles to symphonies and concertos. Here now is a kaleidoscope of a book--the culmination of twenty years of writing and research--about a man who remains best known for A Clockwork Orange, the source of Stanley Kubrick's ground breaking, mind bending and prescient film. Tracking Burgess from Manchester to Malaya to Malta to Monte Carlo, Roger Lewis assesses Burgess's struggles and uncovers the web of truth and illusion about the writer's famous antic disposition. Burgess, the author argues, was just as much a literary confidence man and prankster as a consummate wordsmith. Outrageously funny, honest and touching, Anthony Burgess explores the divisions that characterize its irascible subject and his darkly comic, bleakly beautiful world of fiction.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

378

Publisher

Macmillan

Published Date

ISBN 10

1466864524

ISBN 13

9781466864528

Singing Simpkin and other Bawdy Jigs

Musical Comedy on the Shakespearean Stage: Scripts, Music and Context

By: Roger Clegg,Lucie Skeaping

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Singing Simpkin and other Bawdy Jigs

Musical Comedy on the Shakespearean Stage: Scripts, Music and Context

By: Roger Clegg,Lucie Skeaping

A popular crowd-pleaser in the late 16th and mid-17th century, the dramatic jig was a short, comic, bawdy musical-drama which included elements of dance, slapstick and disguise. With a cast of ageing cuckolds and young head-strong wives, knavish clowns, roaring soldiers and country bumpkins, jigs often followed as afterpieces at London’s playhouses, and were performed at fairs, in villages and in private houses. Troublesome to the authorities, they drew the crowds by offering a lively antidote to more sober theatrical fare. This performance edition presents for the first time nine examples of English dramatic jigs from the late sixteenth century through to the Restoration; the scripts are re-united as far as possible with their original tunes. It gives a comprehensive history, discusses sources, plots, instrumentation and dancing, and offers practical information on staging jigs today. Includes: Transcriptions of the original texts Contextual notes: plot synopses and discussion of sources, themes and audience reception Musical notation for each tune, with suggestions for underlay and chords, and notes on instrumention and style Appendix of dance instructions and reconstructions

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

560

Publisher

Royal College of General Practitioners

Published Date

ISBN 10

0859899845

ISBN 13

9780859899840

The Routledge Companion to Humanitarian Action

By: Roger Mac Ginty,Jenny H Peterson

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Routledge Companion to Humanitarian Action

By: Roger Mac Ginty,Jenny H Peterson

The Companion on Humanitarian Action addresses the political, ethical, legal and practical issues which influence reactions to humanitarian crisis. It does so by exploring the daily dilemmas faced by a range of actors, including policy makers, aid workers, the private sector and the beneficiaries of aid and by challenging common perceptions regarding humanitarian crisis and the policies put in place to address these. Through such explorations, it provides practitioners and scholars with the knowledge needed to both understand and improve upon current forms of humanitarian action. The Companion will be of use to those interested a range of humanitarian programmes ranging from emergency medical assistance, military interventions, managing refugee flows and the implementation of international humanitarian law. As opposed to addressing specific programmes, it will explore five themes seen as relevant to understanding and engaging in all modes of humanitarian action. The first section explores varying interpretations of humanitarianism, including critical historical and political-economic explanations as well as more practice based explorations focused on notions needs assessments and evaluation. Following this, readers will be exposed to the latest debates on a range of humanitarian principles including neutrality and sovereignty, before exploring the key issues faced by the main actors involved in humanitarian crisis (from international NGOs to local community based organizations). The final two sections address what are seen as key dilemmas in regards to humanitarian action and emerging trends in the humanitarian system, including the increasing role of social media in responding to crises. Whilst not a ‘how to guide’, the Companion contains many practical insights for policy makers and aid workers, whilst also offering analytical insights for students of humanitarian action. Indeed, throughout the book, readers will come to the realization that understanding and improving humanitarian action simultaneously requires both active critical reflection and an acceptance of the urgency and timeliness of action that is required for humanitarian assistance to have an impact on vital human needs. Exploring a sector that is far from homogenous, both practitioners and scholars alike will find the contributions of this book offers them a deeper understanding of the motivations and mechanics of current interventions, but also insight into current changes and progress occurring in the field of humanitarian practice.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

536

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1135013926

ISBN 13

9781135013929

Improving Democracy Through Constitutional Reform

Some Swedish Lessons

By: Roger D. Congleton

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Improving Democracy Through Constitutional Reform

Some Swedish Lessons

By: Roger D. Congleton

Do constitutions matter? Are constitutions simply symbols of the political times at which they were adopted, or do they systematically affect the course of public policy? Are the policy crises of failing democracies the result of bad luck or of fundamental problems associated with the major and minor constitutional reforms adopted during their recent histories? The purpose of the present study is to address these questions using a blend of theory, history, and statistical analysis. The Swedish experience provides a nearly perfect laboratory in which to study the effects of constitutional reform. During the past 200 years, Swedish governance has shifted from a king-dominated system with an unelected four-chamber parliament to a bicameral legislature elected with wealth-weighted voting in 1866, and then to a new electoral system based on proportional representation and universal suffrage in 1920, and finally to a unicameral parliamentary system in 1970. All these radical reorganizations of Swedish governance were accomplished peacefully using formal amendment procedures established by previous constitutions. By focusing on constitutional issues rather than Sweden's political history, this book extends our understanding of constitutional reform and parliamentary democracy in general.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

258

Publisher

Springer Science & Business Media

Published Date

ISBN 10

146150421X

ISBN 13

9781461504214

DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Great Britain

By: Michael Leapman,Roger Williams

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Great Britain

By: Michael Leapman,Roger Williams

Each of Great Britain's countries that have grown out of kingdoms, principalities, shire, fiefs, boroughs, and parishes has its own special flavor. This derives from Britain's landscape, its resources and its history, all which have shaped its peoples, too. For more information about Great Britain's history, castles, gardens, restaurants, tours, national parks, stately homes and cathedrals look to Eyewitness Travel Great Britain. Annually revised and updated with beautiful new photos and illustrations this guide includes information on local customs, currency, medical services, and transportation. Consistently chosen over the competition in national consumer market research. The best keeps getting better!

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

722

Publisher

Penguin

Published Date

ISBN 10

075668322X

ISBN 13

9780756683221

European Competition Law and Economics

A Comparative Perspective

By: Roger van den Bergh,Peter D. Camesasca

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

European Competition Law and Economics

A Comparative Perspective

By: Roger van den Bergh,Peter D. Camesasca

The aim of this book is to explore the economic fundamentals of European competition law.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

617

Publisher

Intersentia nv

Published Date

ISBN 10

9050951619

ISBN 13

9789050951616

Everything for Sale? The Marketisation of UK Higher Education

By: Roger Brown,Helen Carasso

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Everything for Sale? The Marketisation of UK Higher Education

By: Roger Brown,Helen Carasso

The marketisation of higher education is a growing worldwide trend. Increasingly, market steering is replacing or supplementing government steering. Tuition fees are being introduced or increased, usually at the expense of state grants to institutions. Grants for student support are being replaced or supplemented by loans. Commercial rankings and league tables to guide student choice are proliferating with institutions devoting increasing resources to marketing, branding and customer service. The UK is a particularly good example of this, not only because it is a country where marketisation has arguably proceeded furthest, but also because of the variations that exist as Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland increasingly diverge from England. In Everything for Sale, Roger Brown argues that the competitive regime that is now applicable to our Higher Education system was the logical, and possibly inevitable, outcome of a process that began with the introduction of full cost fees for overseas students in 1980. Through chapters including: Markets and Non-Markets The Institutional Pattern of Provision The Funding of Research The Funding of Student Education Quality Assurance The Impact of Marketisation: Efficiency, diversity and equity; He shows how the evaluation and funding of research, the funding of student education, quality assurance, and the structure of the system have increasingly been organised on market or quasi-market lines. As well as helping to explain the evolution of British higher education over the past thirty years, the book contains some important messages about the consequences of introducing or extending market competition in universities’ core activities of teaching and research. This timely and comprehensive book is essential reading for all academics at University level and anyone involved in Higher Education policy.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

258

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1135094373

ISBN 13

9781135094379

X-Efficiency: Theory, Evidence and Applications

By: Roger S. Frantz

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

X-Efficiency: Theory, Evidence and Applications

By: Roger S. Frantz

My interest in X-Efficiency (XE) dates back to 1978. At the time, I was writing the dissertation for my Ph. D. at Washington State University. My dissertation was concerned with the role of attitudes in the school-to-work transition among young men. I was advised by Professor Millard Hastay (a member of my committee) to look at Leibenstein's "new" book, Beyond Economic Man. One of the things that caught my attention was his behavioral description of (selective) rationality. It seemed that Leibenstein' s behavioral description of a (selectively) rational individ ual was very similar to what psychologists such as Abraham Maslow were reporting as being the product of a particular motivational system. In other words, I was impressed with the idea that what Leibenstein was referring to as X-inefficiency was being discussed by psychologists as "the way it (often) is. " So from the beginning I always considered the concept ofX-(in)efficiency to be a valuable one for understanding human behavior. I have since come to believe that this is particularly true when considering behavior in non-market environments, i. e. , within the firm. Work on this book, however, can most realistically said to have started with work which I began in 1982 while I was a Visiting Scholar at Harvard University. Professor Leibenstein suggested that I consider how some empirical evidence which was being cited as evidence for the role of property rights might also be consistent with XE theory. (The consistency, in both directions, is considerable.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

181

Publisher

Springer Science & Business Media

Published Date

ISBN 10

1461562651

ISBN 13

9781461562658

The Rush to Policy

Using Analytic Techniques in Public Sector Decision Making

By: Peter William House,Roger Roger Don Shull

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Rush to Policy

Using Analytic Techniques in Public Sector Decision Making

By: Peter William House,Roger Roger Don Shull

Rush to Policy explores the appropriate role of technical analysis in policy formulation. The authors ask when and how the use of sophisticated analytic techniques in decision-making benefits the nation. They argues that these techniques are too often used in situations where they may not be needed or understood by the decision maker, where they may not be to answer the questions raised but are nonetheless required by law. House and Shull provide an excellent empirical base for describing the impact of politics on policies, policy analysis, and policy analysts. They examine cost-benefit analysis, risk analysis, and decision analysis and assess their ability to substitute for the current decision-making process in the public sector. They examine the political basis of public sector decision-making, how individuals and organizations make decisions, and the ways decisions are made in the federal sector. Also, they discuss the mandate to use these methods in the policy formulation process. The book is written by two practicing federal policy analysts who, in a decade of service as policy researchers, developed sophisticated quantitative analytic and decision-making techniques. They then spent several years trying to use them in the real world. Success and failures are described in illuminating detail, providing insight not commonly found in such critiques. The authors delineate the interaction of politics and technical issues. Their book describes policy analysis as it is, not how it ought to be. Peter W. House is the director of policy research and analysis at the National Science Foundation. He is the author of ten books on multidisciplinary science and technology policy research and analyses in government, private, and university sectors, including The Art of Public Policy Analysis and with Roger D. Shull, Regulatory Reform: Politics and the Environment and Regulations and Science: Management of Research on Demand. Roger D. Shull is a senior analyst at the Division of Policy Research and Analysis, National Science Foundation.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

452

Publisher

Transaction Publishers

ISBN 10

1412831059

ISBN 13

9781412831055

Landscapes of Eternal Return

Tennyson to Hardy

By: Roger Ebbatson

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Landscapes of Eternal Return

Tennyson to Hardy

By: Roger Ebbatson

This book is about the resonance and implications of the idea of ‘eternal recurrence’, as expounded notably by Nietzsche, in relation to a range of nineteenth-century literature. It opens up the issue of repetition and cyclical time as a key feature of both poetic and prose texts in the Victorian/Edwardian period. The emphasis is upon the resonance of landscape as a vehicle of meaning, and upon the philosophical and aesthetic implications of the doctrine of ‘recurrence’ for the authors whose work is examined here, ranging from Tennyson and Hallam to Swinburne and Hardy. The book offers radically new light on a range of central nineteenth-century texts.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

240

Publisher

Springer

Published Date

ISBN 10

3319328387

ISBN 13

9783319328386

Bloody Tenent Yet More Bloody

By: Roger Williams

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Bloody Tenent Yet More Bloody

By: Roger Williams

With our American Philosophy and Religion series, Applewood reissues many primary sources published throughout American history. Through these books, scholars, interpreters, students, and non-academics alike can see the thoughts and beliefs of Americans who came before us.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

382

Publisher

Applewood Books

Published Date

ISBN 10

1429019417

ISBN 13

9781429019415

Varieties of History and Their Porous Frontiers

By: Roger C. Richardson

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Varieties of History and Their Porous Frontiers

By: Roger C. Richardson

Properly understood, social history, local history and historiography are closely interconnected and benefit from the dialectical relationships which help bind them together. The actual topics and individual chapters gathered together in this book are chronologically wide-ranging, but are demonstrably linked by methodological common denominators and common threads in their northern and southern settings. All the essays are squarely based on new research and all reach outwards, as well as inwards. All are problem solving and all display a vigorous methodology at work. Some re-visit well-known historians and subjects such as W.G. Hoskins and Joan Thirsk and the Oxford English Dictionary. Others, like the essays on John Milner and G.H. Tupling make a convincing case for resurrecting the neglected or forgotten.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

232

Publisher

Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1527571602

ISBN 13

9781527571600

The Complete Writings of Roger Williams

By: Roger Williams

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Complete Writings of Roger Williams

By: Roger Williams

Ten years after the U. S. Civil War, a group of men in Rhode Island made a conserted effort to rescue the widely scattered writings of Roger Williams. Few sets were printed though, and under the guidance of Perry Miller, 'The Complete Writings of Roger Williams' were brought back in 1963, but still in short numbers. The present collection now makes these volumes available to readers in their original orthography.The theme of religious liberty is dominant in these volumes, running through Williams's correspondence with John Cotton and on through his famous pair of works on 'The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution.' All of the extant shorter writings and letters of Roger Williams are included in this set, along with two significant works resulting from his engagement with Native Americans: his seminal 'Key into the Language of America and Christenings Make Not Christians.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

2973

Publisher

Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published Date

ISBN 10

1556352816

ISBN 13

9781556352812

Comparative Competition Law and Economics

By: Roger J. Van den Bergh

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Comparative Competition Law and Economics

By: Roger J. Van den Bergh

Offering a concise and critical comparison of EU competition law and US antitrust law from an economic perspective, this is the ideal textbook for international and interdisciplinary courses combining law and economic approaches.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

536

Publisher

Edward Elgar Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1786438313

ISBN 13

9781786438317

Julius Caesar's Invasion of Britain

Solving a 2,000-Year-Old Mystery

By: Roger Nolan

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Julius Caesar's Invasion of Britain

Solving a 2,000-Year-Old Mystery

By: Roger Nolan

In this landmark study, an amateur historian tackles the unanswered questions surrounding Julius Caesar’s time in Britain. Two thousand years ago, Julius Caesar came, saw, and conquered southern Britain, but exactly where he landed and the precise routes his army marched through the south of the country have never been firmly established. Numerous sites have been suggested for the Roman landings of 55 B.C. and 54 B.C., yet remarkably, the exact locations of the first major events in recorded British history remain undiscovered—until now. After years of careful analysis, Roger Nolan has painstakingly traced not only the places where the Romans landed, but he has also discovered four temporary marching camps Caesar’s army built as it drove up from the south coast in pursuit of the British tribal leader, Cassivellaunus. This advance took Caesar across the Thames to Cassivellaunus’s stronghold at Wheathampstead in present-day Hertfordshire. These marching camps are placed almost equidistant from each other and, most importantly, are in a straight line between the coast and Wheathampstead. Roger Nolan’s research has also enabled him to identify the place mentioned in Caesar’s Commentaries, where the Roman legions were ambushed by the British while foraging and where a large battle then ensued—the first known land battle in Britain. Without doubt, this groundbreaking study is certain to prompt much discussion and reappraisal of this fascinating subject.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

197

Publisher

Pen and Sword

Published Date

ISBN 10

1526747928

ISBN 13

9781526747921

Christian Divorce?

By: Roger Hurrell

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Christian Divorce?

By: Roger Hurrell

"e;What I had done was to allow our love and our marriage to die!"e; Roger Hurrell is an experienced Methodist Minister, who during the course of his ministry has experienced a marriage break-up and divorce while his children were young. This was followed by marrying again and experiencing a complicated step-family situation.This book tells his, and his family's, story and seeks to offer both theological and practical reflection on his experiences of divorce and starting again. He poses and attempts to answer the question of whether there can be something described as "e;Christian Divorce"e;.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

117

Publisher

New Generation Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

178507430X

ISBN 13

9781785074301

Inferno

The Day Victoria Burned

By: Roger Franklin

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Inferno

The Day Victoria Burned

By: Roger Franklin

In the words of Roger Franklin, fire can be "a curious, wonderful thing". On February 7, 2009, however, there was nothing wonderful about the flames that engulfed Victoria, killing 173 people and reducing several towns to dust. Franklin's book, INFERNO: THE DAY VICTORIA BURNED, is the first to explore the horrors of the day that will forever be known as Black Saturday. Not only does the author explain what happened that day - individual heroism, unimaginable tragedy, tales of towns all but wiped off the map - but also why it happened. The author examines the roles of the Victorian government, the CFA and the local councils that were so determined to protect roadside vegetation. He analyses the pros and cons of preventive burning, questions the merits of the state's controversial stay-or-go policy, and delves into the mind of an arsonist. Through it all, there is a clear message: failure was everywhere on Black Saturday. With bushfires a constant threat in Australian life, Franklin cites many important lessons that need to be learned if such a disaster is to be avoided in the future.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

286

Publisher

Slattery Media Group

Published Date

ISBN 10

1921778067

ISBN 13

9781921778063

Reshaping Teaching in Higher Education

A Guide to Linking Teaching with Research

By: Rosanna Breen,Angela Brew,Alan Jenkins,Roger Lindsay

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Reshaping Teaching in Higher Education

A Guide to Linking Teaching with Research

By: Rosanna Breen,Angela Brew,Alan Jenkins,Roger Lindsay

Linking research with teaching is one of the main topics in the educational development world. This practice based guide shows how academic research activity can be connected to academic teaching activity, to ensure that neither operates in a vacuum - and each can be enhanced by the other. Addressing issues at the individual, course and institutional level, and written for an international readership, this will be a key book for course leaders and educational developers.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

210

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1135724725

ISBN 13

9781135724726

Naval Power and British Culture, 1760–1850

Public Trust and Government Ideology

By: Roger Morriss

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Naval Power and British Culture, 1760–1850

Public Trust and Government Ideology

By: Roger Morriss

Recent work on the growth of British naval power during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries has emphasised developments in the political, constitutional and financial infrastructure of the British state. Naval Power and British Culture, 1760-1850 takes these considerations one step further, and examines the relationship of administrative culture within government bureaucracy to contemporary perceptions of efficiency in the period 1760-1850. By administrative culture is meant the ideas, attitudes, structures, practices and mores of public employees. Inevitably these changed over time and this shift is examined as the naval departments passed through times of crisis and peace. Focusing on the transition in the culture of government employees in the naval establishments in London - in the Navy and Victualling Offices - as well as the victualling yard towns along the Thames and Medway, Naval Power and British Culture, 1760-1850 concerns itself with attitudes at all levels of the organisation. Yet it is concerned above all with those whose views and conduct are seldom reported, the clerks, artificers, secretaries and commissioners; those employees of government who lived in local communities and took their work experience back home with them. As such, this book illuminates not only the employees of government, but also the society which surrounded and impinged upon naval establishments, and the reciprocal nature of their attitudes and influences.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

284

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1351915584

ISBN 13

9781351915588

The Tithe Surveys of England and Wales

By: Roger J. P. Kain,Hugh C. Prince

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Tithe Surveys of England and Wales

By: Roger J. P. Kain,Hugh C. Prince

This book describes the nature of tithe payments, the Tithe Commutation Act of 1836 and the survey of over 11,000 parishes.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

350

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0521024315

ISBN 13

9780521024310

Perfecting Parliament

Constitutional Reform, Liberalism, and the Rise of Western Democracy

By: Roger D. Congleton

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Perfecting Parliament

Constitutional Reform, Liberalism, and the Rise of Western Democracy

By: Roger D. Congleton

This book explains why contemporary liberal democracies are based on historical templates rather than revolutionary reforms; why the transition in Europe occurred during a relatively short period in the nineteenth century; why politically and economically powerful men and women voluntarily supported such reforms; how interests, ideas, and pre-existing institutions affected the reforms adopted; and why the countries that liberalized their political systems also produced the Industrial Revolution. The analysis is organized in three parts. The first part develops new rational choice models of (1) governance, (2) the balance of authority between parliaments and kings, (3) constitutional exchange, and (4) suffrage reform. The second part provides historical overviews and detailed constitutional histories of six important countries. The third part provides additional evidence in support of the theory, summarizes the results, contrasts the approach taken in this book with that of other scholars, and discusses methodological issues.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

669

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1139494759

ISBN 13

9781139494755

Spot Pricing of Electricity

By: Fred C. Schweppe,Michael C. Caramanis,Richard D. Tabors,Roger E. Bohn

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Spot Pricing of Electricity

By: Fred C. Schweppe,Michael C. Caramanis,Richard D. Tabors,Roger E. Bohn

There is a need for fundamental changes in the ways society views electric energy. Electric energy must be treated as a commodity which can be bought, sold, and traded, taking into account its time-and space-varying values and costs. This book presents a complete framework for the establishment of such an energy marketplace. The framework is based on the use of spot prices. In general terms: o An hourly spot price (in dollars per kilowatt hour) reflects the operating and capital costs of generating, transmitting and distributing electric energy. It varies each hour and from place to place. o The spot price based energy marketplace involves a variety of utility-customer transactions (ranging from hourly varying prices to long-term, multiple-year contracts), all of which are based in a consistent manner on hourly spot prices. These transactions may include customers selling to, as well as buying from, the utility. The basic theory and practical implementation issues associated with a spot price based energy marketplace have been developed and discussed through a number of different reports, theses, and papers. Each addresses only a part of the total picture, and often with a somewhat different notation and terminology (which has evolved in parallel with our growing experience). This book was xvii xviii Preface written to serve as a single, integrated sourcebook on the theory and imple mentation of a spot price based energy marketplace.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

362

Publisher

Springer Science & Business Media

Published Date

ISBN 10

1461316839

ISBN 13

9781461316831

Book's by Roger Coate

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email