Policy-makers in government, researchers and students have continually struggled with the problem of how to protect people who are displaced... Læs mere
Inspired by the work of the renowned fisheries scientist Daniel Pauly, and featuring contributions from experts in the field, this book provides an... Læs mere
The authors find that in electoral systems in which the seat share of parties is highly sensitive to their vote share, regulation systematically favors consumers, lowering real prices, all else equal, by ten percent.
Examining how practical reasoning can be put into the service of ethical and moral theory, the papers in this volume support a... Læs mere
This book gives a concise review of current knowledge required for engineers to develop strategies to help us manage and adapt to climate change. It is written without technical jargon so as to be accessible to a wide range of students and policymakers.
How does our capacity to think, use language, experience emotions, and to relate to one another - depend on our bodies?... Læs mere
This book analyzes the uses of emotive language and redefinitions from a pragmatic, dialectical, epistemic and rhetorical perspective, investigating the relationship... Læs mere
Almost all current descriptions of the fundamental laws of the universe can be viewed as deep... Læs mere
An in-depth account on the effect of complex connectivity patterns on dynamical phenomena, this book will interest graduate students and researchers in many... Læs mere
This book presents a statistical theory for a class of nonlinear time-series models. It has particular relevance for the modeling of volatility in financial time series but the overall approach will be of interest to econometricians and statisticians in a variety of disciplines.
Taking an original look at the relations between choice, talent, desert and responsibility, Sher offers a compelling alternative account of distributive justice to luck... Læs mere
A concise introduction to entrepreneurship based on a tried-and-tested model developed at the University of... Læs mere