American Conservatism: An Encyclopedia is the first comprehensive reference volume to cover what is surely the most influential political and intellectual movement of the last half century. More than a decade in the makingand more than half a million words in length?this informative and entertaining encyclopedia contains substantive entries of up to two thousand words on those persons, events, organizations, and concepts of major importance to postwar American conservatism. Its contributors include iconic patriarchs of the conservative and libertarian movements, including Russell Kirk, M. E. B... View More...
For a magazine dedicated to debunking the USA's business culture, the final years of the 20th century overflowed with bounty. It was the most spectacular outbreak of mass delirium that we are likely to see in our lifetimes, wrote the editors of The Baffler. What was for others the dawn of a New Economy was for The Baffler a cornucopia of absurdity - the costliest political and financial hustle in living memory. revolution, Baffler writers were the people of whom it was fashionable to say, they just don't get it. While New Democrats turned somersaults for Wall Street and economic commentary bec... View More...
The way the advertising industry operates has changed vastly in the last 15 years. Innovative and groundbreaking ways of thinking about branding are constantly developing, and due to the sheer volume of material published on the subject, it is almost impossible to keep up with all the latest important ideas available online, in journals, in books and at conferences. View More...
A new ethnic order has emerged in the United States. The growing number of Latinos and Asians has rendered the old black-and-white binary obsolete. And yet, political pundits and commentators on both the left and the right continue to overlook the changing face of discrimination and opportunity in today's new multiethnic, multiracial America. With Color Lines, John David Skrentny brings us a collection of essays that reexamines the role of affirmative action and civil rights in light of this important shift in American demographics. The book explores issues of public policy, equal opportunity... View More...
Most managers realize that information is among their company's most important assets. However, many don't know how to leverage their investments in information technology. Often, says Jerry N. Luftman, companies rush to acquire state-of-the-art systems without considering their long-term impact. For example, in the 1980s, retail banks invested heavily in ATMs--until ATMs ceased to be a competitive advantage and became merely another (and increasingly expensive) cost of doing business. Stemming from IBM's highly regarded Consulting Group, combining the expertise of consultants and leading acad... View More...
Barnett and Boocock present a multi-disciplinary assessment of the long-term outcomes of early care and education in the United States and abroad. Innovative new research, together with up-to-date, comprehensive reviews, provide lessons for the design of early childhood programs, policies, and research. Contributors from the fields of education, psychology, sociology, and economics address questions about the causal relationships through which early childhood programs produce their long-term effects, the characteristics of effective early childhood programs, how nations respond to the global s... View More...
Der Emissionsrechtehandel ist eine rechtliche Vereinbarung, die es Emissionsquellen (chemischen - und Fertigungsbetrieben) erlaubt, Emissionsrechte bestimmter Schad- und Giftstoffe zu kaufen oder zu verkaufen. Der Aussto dieser Stoffe, insbesondere von Stickoxiden, fl chtigen organischen Verbindungen, Schwefeldioxiden und Kohlenmonoxiden, wird von der EPA, der amerikanischen Umweltschutzbeh rde, geregelt. Dieses Buch definiert und erl utert unternehmensbezogene Fragen im Bereich des Emissionsrechtehandels und bietet Anleitungen f r die effektive Nutzung dieses kontrovers diskutierten Themas. ... View More...
As the title indicates, Essays in Honor of James A. Graaskamp: Ten Years After, is a collection of essays written to honor Graaskamp's major contributions to the field of real estate education and practice over the course of three decades. Upon his death in 1988, the industry lost a major influence for advancing the real estate discipline, both as an academic field and a professional field. The authors in this volume seek to extend Graaskamp's contributions and move the real estate discipline forward. The papers address the challenges posed by the market to return our attention to real estate ... View More...
