Changing Patterns in State Legislative Careers

Changing Patterns in State Legislative Careers
Author: Gary F. Moncrief
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Total Pages: 256
Release: 1992
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780472103447

State legislatures have changed more than perhaps any other American political institution in the last two decades, argue Gary F. Moncrief and Joel A. Thompson. This volume examines those changes and explores their impact on the individual legislator. The editors have assembled a group of leading state legislative scholars, who address changes in the composition of the legislature; entry and exit issues; campaign financing; elections; midsession vacancies; committee systems; and legislative leadership. Changing Patterns in State Legislative Careers covers a timely topic, given the recent movement in a number of states to limit legislative terms. It will be of interest to those who study legislative behavior, American political institutions, organizational change, and elections.

Competitive Global Management - Principles and Strategies

Competitive Global Management - Principles and Strategies
Author: Abbass Alkhafaji
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 436
Release: 1994-11-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781884015366

Each chapter in Competitive Global Management: Principles and Strategies lists important objectives to be learned. The latest management research explains strategies of multinational corporations. A real-life case study helps the reader comprehend the importance of the issues discussed. The book features a current literature review, drawn from recent studies and research in the major international publications, further exemplifying major points.

Trading Off Competing Allocation Principles

Trading Off Competing Allocation Principles
Author: Lars Schwettmann
Publisher: Peter Lang
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2009
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9783631587157

In this book the tenability of prominent but conflicting allocation principles is evaluated with the help of questionnaire studies. Particularly the acceptance of a compromise solution is investigated which demands maximising total welfare subject to a certain floor level of individual welfare of all people. An interdisciplinary approach is followed to motivate each survey. With the help of graphical presentations consequences of different principles are visualised. Trade-offs between competing notions are found to be much more likely than possibly expected. Heterogeneity of justice attitudes can be witnessed in all studies. However, the principles of responsibility and needs seem to be of greater importance. Additionally, the gender of a respondent is found to have a major impact.

The Structure of Political Competition in Western Europe

The Structure of Political Competition in Western Europe
Author: Zsolt Enyedi
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2013-09-13
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 131799048X

Is European party politics hovering above society? Why do voters pick one party over others? Is it a question of class? Of religion? Of attitudes about taxes or immigration or global warming? Or is it something else entirely? The Structure of Political Competition in Western Europe takes a detailed look at the ways in which Western Europe’s party systems are anchored in social and ideological structures. The book’s first section focuses on the role of social structures - particularly education, class and religion - and analyzes the complex interplay among these factors. The second section addresses the ways that the sociological structures such as class and religion interact with voters’ values. The third section examines the way that these structures and values shape the space of political competition among parties. The conclusion integrates the findings of the empirical articles, putting them into broader comparative perspective, discussing whether relatively predictable structures have been overwhelmed by media-driven spectacles, political personalities and focus on short-term economic performance. This volume will appeal to scholars and graduate students in Europe and those from North America, Asia and other regions who study European politics, political parties, cleavages and political behaviour. This book was published as a special issue of West European Politics.

The Dual-Entity of Market Competition

The Dual-Entity of Market Competition
Author: Yunxian Chen
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2021-12-28
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1000504395

The relationship between the government and the market lies at the heart of Economics as a discipline. This title approaches this issue with a new lens termed mezzoeconomics—A branch of modern economics that mainly studies regional economic entities and the allocation of regional resources after they are generated. Combining mezzoeconomic theory with practice in the light of China’s Reform and Opening-up, the author analyzes the regional governments’ participation in market competition, the dual entities (enterprises and regional governments) of market competition, and a mature market economy featuring a strong form of effective government and efficient market. Three corresponding theories are proposed—the Regional Government Competition Theory, the Dual-Entity of Market Competition Theory (DEMC), and the “Double Strong Forms” Theory. The author hopes that these theories of mezzoeconomics can build a new, effective theoretical model and serve as a guidance for regional governments to reform and innovate their governance philosophy and policies. This book will be of keen interest to students and scholars of economics and regional governance.

School Change and the MicroSociety® Program

School Change and the MicroSociety® Program
Author: Cary Cherniss
Publisher: Corwin Press
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2005-06-28
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1483363953

Be an agent of positive, enduring change with these specific strategies gleaned from the MicroSociety® program and apply them to your school improvement efforts.

Principles of Economics - by Dr. Anupam Agarwal, Anju Agarwal (SBPD Publications)

Principles of Economics - by Dr. Anupam Agarwal, Anju Agarwal (SBPD Publications)
Author: Dr. Anupam Agarwal
Publisher: SBPD Publications
Total Pages: 424
Release: 2021-07-03
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9351671097

An excellent book for commerce students appearing in competitive, professional and other examinations. 1.The Definitions of Economics, 2. Scope of Economics and its Nature, 3 .Methods of Economic Study, 4. Some Important Economic Postulates, 5. Micro and Macro Economics, 6 .Economics Statics and Dynamics, 7. Economic Laws & their Nature, 8. Economic Systems and their Features, 9. Demand & Supply—Basic Framework, 10. Utility and Marginal Utility Analysis, 11. Indifference Curve & Consumer's Equilibrium, 12 .Income Effect, Substitution Effect & Price Effect, 13. Consumer's Surplus, 14. Elasticity of Demand and its Measurement, 15. Production and Factors of Production, 16. Production Function, 17. Law of Returns, 18. ISO-Product Curves and its Characteristics, 19.Production Decision—Optimum Cost Combination, 20. Returns to Scale, 21. Cost : Concepts and Various Concepts, 22. Market : Concepts and Types, 23 .Concept of Revenue, 24. Equilibrium of Firm : Concept and Conditions, 25. Perfect Competition, 26. Monopoly and Price Discrimination, 27. Monopolistic Competition, 28. Concept of National Income, 29. Theories of Distribution, 30. Rent, 31. Wages, 32. Interest, 33. Profits.

Advertising: Principles and Practice

Advertising: Principles and Practice
Author: Sandra Moriarty
Publisher: Pearson Australia
Total Pages: 577
Release: 2014-08-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1486009050

The 3rd edition of Advertising: Principles and Practice is the only practical, applied guide to the real world of advertising in Australasia using award-winning examples of how and why great advertising is achieved. It features new coverage of advertising’s role within the integrated marketing communications (IMC). Moriarty explores the ever-changing media landscape and encourages readers to think about the ways in which advertising operates as part of a broader communication strategy. How do you define great advertising? How do you encourage creativity in advertising? How can interactive and digital media add value to advertising? These questions, and many more are comprehensively answered inside this Australian adaptation of the US text, Advertising & IMC: Principles and Practice by Moriarty, Mitchell and Wells.

School Leadership, Citizenship Education and Politics in China

School Leadership, Citizenship Education and Politics in China
Author: Shuqin Xu
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 207
Release: 2016-08-23
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9811016437

This book examines and theorizes the dynamics and complexities of leadership in citizenship education in junior secondary schools in Shanghai, China. Specifically, it examines from a macro- and micro-political theoretical perspective the interactions between principals and school party secretaries (SPSs), and how they respond to the demands of macro- and micro-political actors. This qualitative empirical research found four major school leadership/citizenship education scenarios in which principals and SPSs addressed the interests of different macro- and micro-political actors. Moreover, principals and SPSs enjoyed a complicated working relationship at the micro-political (school) level in which they collaborated to fulfill their responsibilities and respond to school macro- and micro-political actors, while competing for power over leadership in citizenship education. Principals’ and SPSs’ leadership in citizenship education was shaped by inter-related factors, including diverse influences in a multi-leveled world, the integration of politics and education, the demands of macro- and micro-political actors, and personal factors. To interpret these findings, this study proposes a theoretical framework for understanding leadership in citizenship education in China as a political exercise. This theoretical framework is useful for understanding the complexity of school and citizenship education leadership, the micro-political relationship between Chinese principals and SPSs, and their dynamic and complex interactions with macro- and micro-political actors.