New Directions in Trade Theory
Author: James Levinsohn
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 428
ISBN-13: 9780472105625
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDevelops ideas and offers new approaches to the topic of trade theory.
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New Directions in Identity Theory and Research
Author: Jan E. Stets
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2016-07-01
Total Pages: 713
ISBN-13: 0190457554
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOver the past four decades - and most especially in recent years as issues of identity continue to play out across the public stage - identity theory has developed into one of the most fascinating and active research programs within the spheres of sociological social psychology. Having emerged out of a landmark 2014 national conference that sought to integrate various research programs and to honor the groundbreaking work of Dr. Peter J. Burke, New Directions in Identity Theory and Research brings together the pioneers, scholars, and researchers of identity theory as they present the important theoretical, methodological, and substantive work in identity theory today. Edited by Dr. Jan E. Stets and Dr. Richard T. Serpe, this volume asserts that researchers and scholars can no longer rely on using samples, measures, concepts, and mechanisms that limit the overall advancement of identity theory and research. Instead, as Stets and Serpe contend in their introductory chapter, "Researchers constantly must try out new ideas, test the ideas with more refined measures, use samples that are representative yet racially and ethnically diverse, and employ methods (perhaps mixed methods) that capture the different dimensions of the identity process." This book is the truest testament to this idea. In New Directions in Identity Theory and Research, Stets, Serpe, and contributing authors urge readers to think outside the box by providing the road map necessary to guide future work and thought in this emerging field.
Post-theory
Author: Martin McQuillan
Publisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 248
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe first part of this work addresses the current state of critical theory, and questions the post-ness of the epistemological space after the event of theory as an institutional practice. The second part contains examples of the type of work theory has made possible, demonstrating the new directions opening up both within theory itself and in cross-disciplinary study as a result of theory. In this sense, post can be understood to be in dialogue with issues relating to postmodernism, post-Marxism and post-feminism.
Multilevel Theory, Research, and Methods in Organizations
Author: Katherine J. Klein
Publisher: Pfeiffer
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 648
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis study on multilevel analysis cuts through the confusion surrounding the development and testing of multilevel theories. It illuminates processes and effects within organisations, synthesising and updating current theory.
New Directions in Development Economics
Author: Mats Lundahl
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005-08-10
Total Pages: 420
ISBN-13: 1134808828
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume is divided into two thematic parts: economic growth (or its absence) in developing countries; and contributions to the debate on the role of the state versus the market. It outlines possible policy prescriptions of relevance both in the North and South.
New Directions in Economic Geography
Author: B. Fingleton
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Published: 2007-01-01
Total Pages: 379
ISBN-13: 184720421X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is a serious attempt to cover all of the relevant subdisciplines in the geographical economics framework. . . I would recommend the book to students of economic geography, regional economics, and related disciplines. Frans Boekema, Journal of Regional Science . . . this book is empirically and theoretically comprehensive in its scope. The nearly eighteen authors who have contributed to this book present a truly transatlantic perspective on NEG. . . this volume will be extremely useful to those dealing with rigorous modelling to examine spatial issues in economics, geography and planning. Rajiv Thakur, Regional Science Policy and Practice I recommend the book. . . The papers of a high quality, well written and organized; empirical analyses are based on the most advanced empirical techniques, and the reader enjoys their application. Roberta Capello, Growth and Change A very interesting volume indeed, recommended reading for everyone interested in theorizing space in economics or working in the empirical spatial-economic research arena. Economic Geography Research Group This important book explores original and alternative directions for economic geography following the revolution precipitated by the advent of so-called new economic geography (NEG). Whilst, to some extent, the volume could be regarded as part of the inevitable creative destruction of NEG theory, it does promote the continuing role of theoretical and empirical contributions within spatial economic analysis, in which the rationale of scientific analysis and economic logic maintain a central place. With contributions from leading experts in the field, the book presents a comprehensive analysis of the extent to which NEG theory is supported in the real world. By exploring whether NEG theory can be effectively applied to provide practical insights, the authors highlight novel approaches, emerging trends, and promising new lines of enquiry in the wake of advances made by NEG. Rigorous yet engaging, this book will be an essential tool for academics and researchers specialising in regional studies, urban and spatial economics and economic geography. It will also have widespread appeal amongst policymakers involved in planning and land use.
A General Theory of Exploitation and Class
Author: John E. Roemer
Publisher:
Published: 1982
Total Pages: 328
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this original and powerful work, John Roemer proposes a general theory of exploitation that provides a game-theoretic framework for expressing any conception of exploitation--feudal, capitalist, or socialist--in a standardized and explicit way, thus permitting a clear comparison of different ethical conceptions.
The Essence Of International Trade Theory
Author: Noritsugu Nakanishi
Publisher: World Scientific
Published: 2018-10-29
Total Pages: 289
ISBN-13: 9813274409
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis textbook aims to explain the principles in international trade theory and show how some useful trade models work. The book concentrates on two fundamental issues in international trade, that is, the 'determinants of trade patterns' and the 'welfare gains from trade' in various economic environments. Chapters 1 through 3 assume perfect competition and explore the workings of the Ricardian model, the Heckscher-Ohlin-Samuelson model, the Specific Factors model and more recent development of the Eaton-Kortum model. Chapter 4 examines various welfare criteria and their relation to the 'social utility function' and, then, proves the basic gains-from-trade proposition. Chapters 5 and 6 examine the implications of imperfect competition using a unified oligopolistic model and variations of the monopolistically competitive model. The roles of the strategic interaction among firms, the economies of scale, product differentiation, the heterogeneity of firms, and the geographic distribution of agents will be highlighted. Chapter 7 deals with some trade policy issues such as the effects of tariffs, the relation of tariffs to other policy measures, and the so-called strategic trade policies.
New Directions for Organization Theory
Author: Jeffrey Pfeffer
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 273
ISBN-13: 0195114345
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPfeffer argues that the world of organizations has changed in several important ways, including the increasing externalization of employment and the growing use of contingent workers; the changing size distribution of organizations, with a larger proportion of smaller organizations; the increasing influence of external capital markets on organizational decision-making and a concomitant decrease in managerial autonomy; and increasing salary inequality within organizations in the US compared both to the past and to other industrialized nations. These changes and their public policy implications make it especially important to understand organizations as social entities. But Pfeffer questions whether the research literature of organization studies has either addressed these changes and their causes or made much of a contribution to the discussion of public policy.
Social Acceleration
Author: Hartmut Rosa
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2013-05-14
Total Pages: 514
ISBN-13: 0231148348
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHartmut Rosa advances an account of the temporal structure of society from the perspective of critical theory. He identifies in particular three categories of change in the tempo of modern social life: technological acceleration, evident in transportation, communication, and production; the acceleration of social change, reflected in cultural knowledge, social institutions, and personal relationships; and acceleration in the pace of life, which happens despite the expectation that technological change should increase an individual's free time. According to Rosa, both the structural and cultural aspects of our institutions and practices are marked by the "shrinking of the present," a decreasing time period during which expectations based on past experience reliably match future results and events. When this phenomenon combines with technological acceleration and the increasing pace of life, time seems to flow ever faster, making our relationships to each other and the world fluid and problematic. It is as if we are standing on "slipping slopes," a steep social terrain that is itself in motion and in turn demands faster lives and technology. As Rosa deftly shows, this self-reinforcing feedback loop fundamentally determines the character of modern life.
