Questioning Credible Commitment

Questioning Credible Commitment
Author: D'Maris Coffman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 301
Release: 2013-09-12
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1107039010

An interdisciplinary examination of credible commitment to fiscal responsibility and its relevance to current macroeconomic policy making.

Questioning Credible Commitment

Questioning Credible Commitment
Author: D'Maris Coffman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 301
Release: 2013-09-12
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1107435048

Financial capitalism emerged in a recognisably modern form in late seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Great Britain. Following the seminal work of Douglass C. North and Barry R. Weingast (1989), many scholars have concluded that the 'credible commitment' that was provided by parliamentary backing of government as a result of the Glorious Revolution of 1688 provided the key institutional underpinning on which modern public finances depend. In this book, a specially commissioned group of historians and economists examine and challenge the North and Weingast thesis to show that multiple commitment mechanisms were necessary to convince public creditors that sovereign debt constituted a relatively accessible, safe and liquid investment vehicle. Questioning Credible Commitment provides academics and practitioners with a broader understanding of the origins of financial capitalism, and, with its focus on theoretical and policy frameworks, shows the significance of the debate to current macroeconomic policy making.

The International Criminal Court

The International Criminal Court
Author: Marlies Glasius
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2006-03-29
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1134315678

A universal criminal court : the emergence of an idea -- The global civil society campaign -- The victory : the independent prosecutor -- The defeat : no universal jurisdiction -- The controversy : gender and forced pregnancy -- The missed chance : banning weapons -- A global civil society achievement : why rejoice?

Unelected Power

Unelected Power
Author: Paul Tucker
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 662
Release: 2019-09-10
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0691196303

Tucker presents guiding principles for ensuring that central bankers and other unelected policymakers remain stewards of the common good.

Incredible Commitments

Incredible Commitments
Author: Anjali Kaushlesh Dayal
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2021-09-23
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1108843220

Even when they don't want peace, combatants seek out UN peacemaking for its unique tactical, material, and symbolic benefits.

The Credibility Challenge

The Credibility Challenge
Author: Inken von Borzyskowski
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Total Pages: 314
Release: 2019-06-15
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1501736566

The key to the impact of international election support is credibility; credible elections are less likely to turn violent. So argues Inken von Borzyskowski in The Credibility Challenge, in which she provides an explanation of why and when election support can increase or reduce violence. Von Borzyskowski answers four major questions: Under what circumstances can election support influence election violence? How can election support shape the incentives of domestic actors to engage in or abstain from violence? Does support help reduce violence or increase it? And, which type of support—observation or technical assistance—is better in each instance? The Credibility Challenge pulls broad quantitative evidence and qualitative observations from Guyana, Liberia, Kenya, Sierra Leone, and Bangladesh to respond to these questions. Von Borzyskowski finds that international democracy aid matters for election credibility and violence; outside observers can exacerbate postelection violence if they cast doubt on election credibility; and technical assistance helps build electoral institutions, improves election credibility, and reduces violence. Her results advance research and policy on peacebuilding and democracy promotion in new and surprising ways.

Firm Commitment

Firm Commitment
Author: Colin Mayer
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2013-02-14
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0199669937

A comprehensive account of the contribution and failings of one of the most important institutions in the world - the corporation. It gives an accessible and insightful analysis of why the problems of the corporation - financial crises, mismanagement, poverty, and pollution - are increasing and what can be done to address them.

For Common Things

For Common Things
Author: Jedediah Purdy
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2010-11-24
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0307757277

Jedediah Purdy calls For Common Things his "letter of love for the world's possibilities." Indeed, these pages--which garnered a flurry of attention among readers and in the media--constitute a passionate and persuasive testament to the value of political, social, and community reengagement. Drawing on a wide range of literary and cultural influences--from the writings of Montaigne and Thoreau to the recent popularity of empty entertainment and breathless chroniclers of the technological age--Purdy raises potent questions about our stewardship of civic values. Most important, Purdy offers us an engaging, honest, and bracing reminder of what is crucial to the healing and betterment of society, and impels us to consider all that we hold in common.

Reason of State

Reason of State
Author: Thomas Poole
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 315
Release: 2015-07-20
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1316352358

This historically embedded treatment of theoretical debates about prerogative and reason of state spans over four centuries of constitutional development. Commencing with the English Civil War and the constitutional theories of Hobbes and the Republicans, it moves through eighteenth-century arguments over jealousy of trade and commercial reason of state to early imperial concerns and the nineteenth-century debate on the legislative empire, to martial law and twentieth-century articulations of the state at the end of empire. It concludes with reflections on the contemporary post-imperial security state. The book synthesises a wealth of theoretical and empirical literature that allows a link to be made between the development of constitutional ideas and global realpolitik. It exposes the relationship between internal and external pressures and designs in the making of the modern constitutional polity and explores the relationship between law, politics and economics in a way that remains rare in constitutional scholarship.

The Teacher Credibility and Collective Efficacy Playbook, Grades K-12

The Teacher Credibility and Collective Efficacy Playbook, Grades K-12
Author: Douglas Fisher
Publisher: Corwin Press
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2020-03-18
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1071811029

Explore the powerful synergy between your credibility with students and your collective efficacy as a member of a team. What’s the connection between teacher credibility and collective efficacy in schools? Highly credible teachers can’t reach their full potential without engagement in a collective of other teachers. And collective efficacy is difficult to achieve when teachers are not credible with their students. The Teacher Credibility and Collective Efficacy Playbook illuminates the connection between teacher credibility and collective efficacy and offers actions educators can take to improve both. When you increase your credibility with students, student motivation rises. And when you have evidence of your ability to impact student learning, and partner with other teachers to achieve this, your students learn more. A one-stop resource for educators intent on improving teacher practice, this powerful guide includes: - Specific actions teachers can take to become more trustworthy, competent, dynamic, and responsive in the eyes of students, and more confident impacting learning as a member of a team - Coaching videos from the authors that outline key concepts, share thinking and experiences, and challenge teachers to take steps to build credibility and collective efficacy - Tools for teams to use to polish their collective effectiveness through better communication and problem-solving - Reflective writing prompts, pause and ponder tasks, self-assessments, and data collection tools that help teachers grow professionally Jumpstart learning and achievement in your classroom and school by increasing your credibility with students and the collective efficacy of the team of educators at your school.