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“erich weede1”

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  • Globalization and Armed Conflict

    by Gerald Schneider, Katherine Barbieri, Charles H. Anderton, Nathaniel Beck, John R. Carter, Han Dorussen, Erik Gartzke, Ranveig Gissinger0, NilsPetter Gleditsch1, Jack S. Levy2, Quan Li3, Edward D. Mansfield4, James D. Morrow5, John R. Oneal6, Solomon W. Polacheck7, Rafael Reuveny8, Bruce Russett9, Günther G. Schulze0, Erich Weede1, Jon C.Pevehouse2, Håvard Hegre3 ...
    Globalization and Armed Conflict addresses one of the most important and controversial issues of our time: Does global economic integration foster or suppress violent disputes within and between states? Here, cutting-edge research by leading figures in international relations shows that expanding commercial ties between states pacifies some, but not necessarily all, political relationships. The ... Read more

    $55.09 USD

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  • Affluence and Influence

    Economic Inequality and Political Power in America

    by Martin Gilens ...
    Why policymaking in the United States privileges the rich over the poorCan a country be a democracy if its government only responds to the preferences of the rich? In an ideal democracy, all citizens should have equal influence on government policy—but as this book demonstrates, America's policymakers respond almost exclusively to the preferences of the economically advantaged. Affluence and ... Read more

    $22.39 USD

  • Thinking Like a Political Scientist

    A Practical Guide to Research Methods

    by Christopher Howard ...
    Series series Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing
    "A compelling case for transforming how research methods are taught to undergraduate students of political science." — London School of Economics Review of BooksEach year, tens of thousands of students who are interested in politics go through a rite of passage: they take a course in research methods. Many find the subject to be boring or confusing, and with good reason. Most of the standard books ... Read more

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  • Happiness

    A Revolution in Economics

    by Bruno S. Frey ...
    Series series Munich Lectures in Economics
    A leading economist discusses the potential of happiness research (the quantification of well-being) to answer important questions that standard economics methods are unable to analyze.Revolutionary developments in economics are rare. The conservative bias of the field and its enshrined knowledge make it difficult to introduce new ideas not in line with received theory. Happiness research, however ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Africa

    Why Economists Get It Wrong

    by Morten Jerven ...
    Series series African Arguments
    'A valuable corrective to the fraying narrative of [African] failure.'Foreign AffairsNot so long ago, Africa was being described as the hopeless continent. Recently, though, talk has turned to Africa rising, with enthusiastic voices exclaiming the potential for economic growth across many of its countries.What, then, is the truth behind Africa's growth, or lack of it? In this provocative book, ... Read more

    $22.19 USD

  • International Differences in Well-Being

    by Ed Diener, Daniel Kahneman, John Helliwell ...
    Series series Oxford Positive Psychology Series
    This book brings together the best of current global research on the measurement and understanding of international differences in well-being ... Read more

    $69.29 USD

  • The Economics of Poverty

    History, Measurement, and Policy

    by Martin Ravallion ...
    There are fewer people living in extreme poverty in the world today than 30 years ago. While that is an achievement, continuing progress for poor people is far from assured. Inequalities in access to key resources threaten to stall growth and poverty reduction in many places. The world's poorest have made only a small absolute gain over those 30 years. Progress has been slow against relative ... Read more

    $62.09 USD

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  • International Conflict Mediation

    New Approaches and Findings

    Edited by Jacob Bercovitch, Scott Sigmund Gartner ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Security and Conflict Management
    This book examines how new empirical approaches to mediation can shed fresh light on the effectiveness of different patterns of conflict management, and offers guidelines on the process of international mediation.International conflict mediation has become one of, if not the most prominent and important conflict resolution methods of the early 21st century. This book argues that traditional ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Public Choice III

    by Dennis C. Mueller ...
    This book represents a considerable revision and expansion of Public Choice II (1989). Six new chapters have been added, and several chapters from the previous edition have been extensively revised. The discussion of empirical work in public choice has been greatly expanded. As in the previous editions, all of the major topics of public choice are covered. These include: why the state exists, ... Read more

    $65.59 USD

  • Aid from International NGOs

    Blind Spots on the AID Allocation Map

    by Dirk-Jan Koch ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Development Economics
    International NGOs are increasingly important players within the new aid architecture but their geographic choices remain uncharted territory. This book focuses on patterns of development assistance, mapping, while analysing and assessing the country choices of the largest international NGOs. Koch's approach is interdisciplinary and uses qualitative, quantitative and experimental methods to ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Happiness Around the World

    The paradox of happy peasants and miserable millionaires

    by Carol Graham ...
    For centuries the pursuit of happiness was the preserve of either the philosopher or the voluptuary and took second place to the basic need to survive on the one hand, and the pressure to conform to social conventions and morality on the other. More recently there is a burgeoning interest in the study of happiness, in the social sciences and in the media. Can we really answer the question what ... Read more

    $25.69 USD

  • Conflict, Political Accountability and Aid

    by Paul Collier ...
    Paul Collier’s contributions to development economics,and in regard to Africa in particular, have marked him out as one of the most influential commentators of recent times. His research has centred upon the causes and consequences of civil war, the effects of aid, and the problems of democracy in low-income and natural-resource-rich societies. His work has also enjoyed substantial policy impact, ... Read more

    $72.99 USD