Transition Game

Transition Game
Author: L. Jon Wertheim
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2006-02
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781594481871

Through the lens of Indiana basketball--once known as the cradle of Larry Bird and Gene Hackman's Hoosiers, now as the land of Ron Artest and a flashy, urban game--the story of how basketball became the hip-hop sport, and why that's not a bad thing, by the award-winning Sports Illustrated writer and Indiana native.

Strategic Transitions

Strategic Transitions
Author: Josep Maria Colomer
Publisher:
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2000
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN:

A transition agreement is a rational game, with political actors choosing moves that will avoid widespread violence and civil war. As Josep M. Colomer argues, game theory is particularly appropriate to offer a theoretical framework for the study of democratic transitions, since it assumes that collective outcomes result from strategies chosen by self-interested actors. In particular, the cooperative, efficient equilibria of two "mugging" games and the famous "prisoner's dilemma" game point out that opportunities for mutual benefit exist within different models of transition. Strategic Transitions applies game theory to an analysis of Central Europe after the fall of Communism and, in particular, to the transitions in the former Soviet Union and in Poland. The strategic approach adopted by Colomer helps to explain the development of political reforms and democratization, even in the absence of the "structural preconditions" often postulated in other studies. With its application of game theory to democratic transitions, Strategic Transitions provides fresh insight into how political actors make the choices that move nations from authoritarian to more democratic regimes.

Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation

Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation
Author: Juan J. Linz
Publisher: JHU Press
Total Pages: 501
Release: 1996-08-16
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1421404923

Since their classic volume The Breakdown of Democratic Regimes was published in 1978, Juan J. Linz and Alfred Stepan have increasingly focused on the questions of how, in the modern world, nondemocratic regimes can be eroded and democratic regimes crafted. In Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation, they break new ground in numerous areas. They reconceptualize the major types of modern nondemocratic regimes and point out for each type the available paths to democratic transition and the tasks of democratic consolidation. They argue that, although "nation-state" and "democracy" often have conflicting logics, multiple and complementary political identities are feasible under a common roof of state-guaranteed rights. They also illustrate how, without an effective state, there can be neither effective citizenship nor successful privatization. Further, they provide criteria and evidence for politicians and scholars alike to distinguish between democratic consolidation and pseudo-democratization, and they present conceptually driven survey data for the fourteen countries studied. Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation contains the first systematic comparative analysis of the process of democratic consolidation in southern Europe and the southern cone of South America, and it is the first book to ground post-Communist Europe within the literature of comparative politics and democratic theory.

Transition Time

Transition Time
Author: Jean R. Feldman
Publisher: Gryphon House, Inc.
Total Pages: 292
Release: 1995
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780876591734

What to do between the things you do with preschool children.

Transition from Communism in China

Transition from Communism in China
Author: Edwin A. Winckler
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Total Pages: 362
Release: 1999
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781555878085

Looks at China's transition in comparison to other transitions from communism, going beyond comparisons of whole countries to comparisons of institutional sectors, and compares differing theoretical approaches to regime type and regime change. Subjects include Leninist adaptability in China and Taiwan, military dimensions of regime transition, economic crisis and market transition in the 1990s, principal-agent analysis of fiscal decentralization, state birth planning, and reconstituting the arts and sciences. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Hands-On Game Development without Coding

Hands-On Game Development without Coding
Author: Lucas Bertolini
Publisher: Packt Publishing Ltd
Total Pages: 419
Release: 2018-11-30
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1789537983

Develop your own games with Unity 2D/3D Game Kit and use it for your presentations, kids education, level design, game design, proofs of concept, or even just for fun! Key FeaturesBuild your first ever video game using Unity 2D/3D Game kitLearn how to create game levels, adding props, giving behaviours to objects and working on gameplayStep by step instructions on creating your own AI enemy and interacting with itBook Description Hands-On Game Development without Coding is the first Visual Scripting book in the market. It was tailor made for a non programing audience who are wondering how a videogame is made. After reading this book you will be able to develop your own 2d and 3d videogames and use it on your presentations, to speed up your level design deliveries, test your game design ideas, work on your proofs of concept, or even doing it just for fun. The best thing about Hands-On Game Development without Coding is that you don’t need any previous knowledge to read and understand the process of creating a videogame. It is our main focus to provide you with the opportunity to create a videogame as easy and fast as possible. Once you go through the book, you will be able to create player input interaction, levels, object behaviours, enemy AI, creating your own UI and finally giving life to your game by building it. It’s Alive! What you will learnUnderstanding the Interface and kit flow. Comprehend the virtual space and its rules.Learning the behaviours and roles each component must have in order to make a videogame.Learn about videogame developmentCreating a videogame without the need of learning any programming languageCreate your own gameplay HUD to display player and Enemy informationWho this book is for This book is for anyone who is interested in becoming a game developer but do not posses any coding experience or programming skills. All you need is a computer and basic software interface knowledge.