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Romance Lands and Conservation in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

  • Table of Contents
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: Romance and Sludge in the American West PDF
  • Chapter 2: 1862-1872 A Decade for the West and a National Park for the World PDF
  • Chapter 3: A Short lesson in conservation biology PDF
  • Chapter 4: Four New Things PDF
  • Chapter 5: Institutions - How things get done PDF
  • Chapter 6: Transitions in GYE PDF
  • Chapter 7: A new view of public lands in GYE PDF
  • Chapter 8: A Word for Private Lands PDF
  • Chapter 9: It's Not All Bad but Let's Be Careful Out There PDF
  • Chapter 10: What does the future hold? A Conclusion, of Sorts PDF

Introduction to Comparative Government and Politics - 1st edition

  • Table of Contents
  • Chapter 1 – Why Study Comparative Politics
  • Chapter 2 – How to Study Comparative Politics – Using Comparative Methods
  • Chapter 3 – States and Regimes
  • Chapter 4 – Democracies and Democratization
  • Chapter 5 – Non-democracies and Democratic Backsliding
  • Chapter 6 – Political Identity – Culture, Race, Ethnicity, and Gender
  • Chapter 7 – Political Identity – Nationalism, Religion, and Class
  • Chapter 8 – Political Economy
  • Chapter 9 – Collective Action and Social Movements
  • Chapter 10 – Comparative Public Opinion
  • Chapter 11 – Political Violence
  • Chapter 12 – Challenges and Questions in Comparative Politics

Conflict, War and Revolution: the problem of politics in international political thought

  • Table of Contents
  • Introduction: Conflict, war, revolution and the character of politics
  • Thucydides: The naturalness of war
  • Augustine: The problem of peace in a violent world
  • Machiavelli: Politics and the use of violence
  • Hobbes: Solving the problem of conflict
  • Locke: Liberalism and the externalisation of conflict
  • Rousseau: The threat of the international order
  • Clausewitz: The professionalisation of war
  • Lenin and Mao: Revolution, violence and war
  • Schmitt: The danger of the international liberal order
  • Conclusion: Realisms in international political theory

Introduction to Political Science Research Methods - 1st Edition

  • Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • About the Authors
  • History of this OER
  • Table of Tables
  • Table of Figures
  • Chapter 1- Introduction
  • Chapter 2- History and Development of the Empirical Study of Politics
  • Chapter 3- The Scientific Method
  • Chapter 4- Theories, Hypotheses, Variables, and Units
  • Chapter 5- Conceptualization, Operationalization, Measurement
  • Chapter 6- Elements of Research Design
  • Chapter 7- Qualitative Methods
  • Chapter 8- Quantitative Research Methods and Means of Analysis 
  • Chapter 9- Research Ethics
  • Chapter 10- Conclusion
  • Appendices
  • References
  • Index

Public Policy: Origins, Practice, and Analysis

  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 1: Introduction to Public Policy
  • Chapter 2: Origins and Actors
  • Chapter 3: Foundations of the Policy Process
  • Chapter 4: Problem Identification and Agenda Setting
  • Chapter 5: Policy Design and Formulation
  • Chapter 6: Policy Implementation
  • Chapter 7: Policy Analysis and Evaluation

A la defensa del disenso - 1st Edition

  • Table of Contents
  • Navegación
  • Agradecimientos
  • Introducción: el porqué de la seguridad digital
  • Parte 1: Introducción a la criptografía
  • Parte 2: Represión digital de movimientos sociales (en EUA)
  • Parte 3: Defensa de los movimientos sociales (en EUA)
  • Conclusión: elección de herramientas de seguridad digital
  • Licencia Creative Commons
  • Citas recomendadas
  • Versiones

Introduction to Political Science

  • Table of Contents
  • Preface

Unit 1. Introduction to Political Science

  • Chapter 1. What Is Politics and What is Political Science?

Unit 2. Individuals

  • Chapter 2. Political Behavior is Human Behavior
  • Chapter 3. Political Ideology
  • Chapter 4. Civil Liberties
  • Chapter 5. Political Participation and Public Opinion

Unit 3. Groups

  • Chapter 6. The Fundamentals of Group Political Activity
  • Chapter 7. Civil Rights
  • Chapter 8. Interest Groups, Political Parties, and Elections

Unit 4. Institutions

  • Chapter 9. Legislation
  • Chapter 10. Executives, Cabinets, and Bureaucracies
  • Chapter 11. Courts and Law
  • Chapter 12. The Media

Unit 5. States and International Relations

  • Chapter 13. Governing Regimes
  • Chapter 14. International Relations
  • Chapter 15. International Law and International Organizations
  • Chapter 16. International Political Economy
  • Suggested Readings
  • References
  • Index

La política petrolera en el gobierno de la revolución ciudadana: El caso del Campo Sacha

  • Table of Contents
  • Antecedentes
  • Sistema de explotación del recurso natural petróleo
  • Entorno jurídico en el contexto de los recursos naturales
  • Constitución de la República del Ecuador
  • Ley de hidrocarburos
  • Sistema especial de licitaciones y reglamentos
  • Reglamento de contratación para obras, bienes y servicios específicos de Petroecuador y sus empresas filiale
  • Antecedentes de explotación en el Campo Sacha
  • El Proceso de transferencia del Campo Sacha a Operaciones Río Napo CEM
  • Contrato modificatorio al contrato No 2009073 de servicios específicos 
  • Contrato modificatorio al contrato No. 2009073 y a su modificatorio No. 2009085 de servicios específicos
  • Conclusiones
  • Recomendaciones

The Environmental Politics and Policy of Western Public Lands

  • Table of Contents
  • I. The Changing West
    • The Old West, the New West, and the Next West?
    • Western Public Land Law and the Evolving Management Landscape
    • Rangeland Policy and Management in a Changing West
  • II. Forest, Wildfire, and Water
    • Professionalism versus Politics
    • Wildland Fire Policy and Climate Change
    • The Changing Fate of Western Rivers
  • III. Wilderness and Wildlife
    • Wild Places and Irreplaceable Resources
    • National Parks
    • Introduction to Wildlife Management on Public Lands
    • Endangered Species, Wildlife Corridors, and Climate Change in the US West
  • IV. Development, Sovereignty, and Conflict in the West
    • Renewable Energy Development in the American West
    • Regulating Oil and Gas on Federal Lands under Presidents Bush, Obama, and Trump
    • Mining on Federal Land
    • Implications of Tribal Sovereignty, Federal Trust Responsibility, and Congressional Plenary Authority for Native American Lands Management
    • Western Rebellion
  • Conclusion

Political Ideologies and Worldviews: An Introduction

  • Table of Contents
  • I. Introduction: Approaching political ideologies
  • II. Dis(placement) and Indigenous Worldview : What I learned from Coyote
  • III. Liberalism: From the "free men" to the "free market"
  • IV. Conservatism: Slow change please!
  • V. Socialism. Two Centuries of Social Progress.
  • VI. Anarchism: No gods, no masters
  • VII. Nationalism: A Modern Ideology Summoning an Eternal Past
  • VIII. Multiculturalism: Public Philosophy and Public Policy
  • IX. Populism: 'The Will of the People'?
  • X. Islamism and its Relation to Islam and the West: Common Themes and Varieties
  • XI. Confucianism: A Living Ideology
  • XII. The Environment: Theory and Human Security
  • XIII. A Late Modern Typology of Democratizing Feminisms
  • XIV. Concluding remarks: Ideology in the Globalized Future

Open Judicial Politics - 2nd Edition

  • Table of Contents
  • I. Actors in the Judicial Process
  • II. Court Procedures
  • III. Decision Making
  • IV. Public Opinion
  • V. Media
  • VI. Policy Making

Attenuated Democracy: A Critical Introduction to U.S. Government and Politics

  • Table of Contents
  • Part 1: Thinking Like a Political Scientist
  • Part 2: Constitutional Foundations
  • Part 3: Congress
  • Part 4: The Presidency
  • Part 5: The Supreme Court
  • Part 6: The Federal Bureaucracy
  • Part 7: Linkage Institutions
  • Part 8: Electoral Politics and Public Opinion
  • Part 9: Individual Political Behavior
  • Part 10: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

Slavery to Liberation: The African American Experience - 2nd Edition

  • Table of Contents
  • Ch. 1: Introduction to the African American Experience, by Aaron Thompson
  • Ch. 2: Concepts of Beauty: Black and White Connotations, by Norman Powell
  • Ch. 3: Gumboot Dancing, Origins, Influences and Uses, by Nicola Mason 
  • Ch. 4: “The Strong Cords of Affection” Enslaved African American Families and Escape to the U.S. North and Canada, 1800 1861, by Oran Kennedy 
  • Ch. 5: Some Notes on the History of Black Sexuality in the United States, by John P. Elia 
  • Ch. 6: Race, Identity, and Choice: Black Voices on Liberia and the American Colonization Society, Thomas Keefe
  • Ch. 7: The Education of African Americans in the U.S., by Jayne Beilke 
  • Ch. 8: “It is Our Freedom that Makes Us Different”: Freedom and Identity in Post-Civil War Indian Territory and Oklahoma, by Leroy Myers
  • Ch. 9: Eco-ability: The Complex Embodiment of Blind Lemon Jefferson, by Jonathan S. Lower 
  • Ch. 10: "Fire on the Hills" : The All-Black 2nd Ranger Infantry Company, by James Sandy 
  • Ch. 11: Prophecy in the Streets: Prophetic Christianity and the Civil Rights Movement, by Richard Thomas 
  • Ch. 12: “The Whole Matter Revolves around the Self-Respect of My People”: Black Conservative Women in the Civil Rights Era, by Joshua D. Farrington
  • Ch. 13: The Origins of Africana Studies: A Brief History of a Scholar Activist Tradition, by Sekhmet Ra Em Kht Maat and Shelby Pumphre
  • Ch. 14: The Vanguard of the Revolution: A Retrospective Analysis of the Black Panther Party, by Umeme Sababu
  • Ch. 15: "Black Steel”: Intraracial Rivalry, Soft Power, and Prize Fighting in the Cold War World, by Andrew Smith
  • Ch. 16: Black Martial Artists: Modernity in Pursuit of an African Fighting System in the African Diaspora, by Latif A. Tarik
  • Ch. 17: Womanifesto: Historicizing the Literary Activism of Claudia Jones and Assata Shakur, by Kimberly F. Monroe
  • Ch. 18: Critical Issues in African American Health, by Kevin McQueeney
  • Ch. 19: Black Radicalism, Black Consciousness, Black History, Black Liberation, Black YouTube: A New Age Revolution, by Cheryl Mango 
  • Ch. 20: For the Culture: Examining the Electoral Success of African American Incumbents in the U.S. Congress, by Emmitt Y. Riley, III 
  • About the Editors and Contributors
  • Ch. 14: For the Culture: Examining the Electoral Success of African American Incumbents in the U.S. Congress, by Emmitt Y. Riley III 

State and Local Government and Politics: Prospects for Sustainability - 2nd Edition

  • Table of Contents
  • Chapter 1: Introduction and Themes
  • Chapter 2: Federalism
  • Chapter 3: The New Margins: Sustainability
  • Chapter 4: Key Actors and the Policy Process in State and Local Governments
  • Chapter 5: State Constitutions
  • Chapter 6: Legislatures
  • Chapter 7: Executives
  • Chapter 8: Courts
  • Chapter 9: State and Local Bureaucracy and Administration
  • Chapter 10: Budgeting and Sustainability
  • Chapter 11: Entitlements
  • Chapter 12: Traditional and Visible Services: Criminal Justice, Education, Transportation and Emergency Management

Community Resilience to Climate Change: Theory, Research and Practice

  • Table of Contents
  • Section I: Introduction & Key Concepts
  • Section II: Resilience in Theory
  • Section III: Identifying & Evaluating Resilience
  • Section IV: Resilience in Practice
  • Section V: Future Directions
  • Section VI: Conclusions

A Quick Guide to Quantitative Research in the Social Sciences

  • Table of Contents
  • Section 1: What will this resource do for you?
  • Section 2: Why are you thinking about numbers? A discussion of the research question and paradigms.
  • Section 3: An overview of the Research Process and Research Designs
  • Section 4: Quantitative Research Methods
  • Section 5: the data obtained from quantitative research
  • Section 6: Analysis of data
  • Section 7: Discussing your Results

Australian Politics and Policy - Senior Edition

  • Table of Contents
  • Introduction
  • Institutions
  • Federalism
  • Political sociology
  • Policy making

Principles of Political Economy - Third Edition

  • Table of Contents
  • I. Part One: An Introduction to Economic Theory
  • II. Part Two: Principles of Microeconomic Theory
  • III. Part Three: Principles of Macroeconomic Theory
  • IV. Part Four: Principles of International Economic Theory

International Relations Theory

  • Table of Contents

Part One – Established Theories

  • Realism (Sandrina Antunes & Isabel Camisão)
  • Liberalism (Jeffrey W. Meiser)
  • The English School (Yannis A. Stivachtis)
  • Constructivism (Sarina Theys)
  • Marxism (Maïa Pal)
  • Critical Theory (Marcos Farias Ferreira)
  • Poststructuralism (Aishling Mc Morrow)
  • Feminism (Sarah Smith)
  • Postcolonialism (Sheila Nair)
  • Towards A Global Ir? (Amitav Acharya)

Part Two – Expansion Pack

  • Green Theory (Hugh C. Dyer)
  • Global Justice (Alix Dietzel)
  • Queer Theory (Markus Thiel)
  • Securitisation Theory (Clara Eroukhmanoff)
  • Critical Geography (Irena Leisbet Ceridwen Connon & Archie W. Simpson)
  • Asian Perspectives (Pichamon Yeophantong)
  • Global South Perspectives (Lina Benabdallah, Victor Adetula & Carlos Murillo-Zamora)
  • Indigenous Perspectives (Jeff Corntassel & Marc Woons)
  • A Contemporary Perspective On Realism (Felix Rösch & Richard Ned Lebow
  • The ‘Isms' Are Evil. All Hail The ‘Isms'! (Alex Prichard)

Quantitative Research Methods for Political Science, Public Policy and Public Administration (With Applications in R) - 3rd Edition

  • Table of Contents

I Theory and Empirical Social Science

  • 1 Theories and Social Science
  • 2 Research Design
  • 3 Exploring and Visualizing Data
  • 4 Probability
  • 5 Inference
  • 6 Association of Variables

II Simple Regression

  • 7 The Logic of Ordinary Least Squares Estimation
  • 8 Linear Estimation and Minimizing Error
  • 9 Bi-Variate Hypothesis Testing and Model Fit
  • 10 OLS Assumptions and Simple Regression Diagnostics

III Multiple Regression

  • 11 Introduction to Multiple Regression
  • 12 The Logic of Multiple Regression
  • 13 Multiple Regression and Model Building
  • 14 Topics in Multiple Regression
  • 15 The Art of Regression Diagnostic

IV Generalized Linear Model

  • 16 Logit Regression

V Appendices

  • 17 Appendix: Basic

International Relations

  • Table of Contents

Part One - The Basics

  • 1. The Making Of The Modern World
  • 2. Diplomacy
  • 3. One World, Many Actors
  • 4. International Relations Theory
  • 5. International Law
  • 6. International Organisations
  • 7. Global Civil Society
  • 8. Global Political Economy
  • 9. Religion And Culture

Part Two - Global Issues

  • 10. Global Poverty And Wealth
  • 11. Protecting People
  • 12. Connectivity, Communications And Technology
  • 13. Voices Of The People
  • 14. Transnational Terrorism
  • 15. The Environment
  • 16. Feeding The World
  • 17. Managing Global Security Beyond ‘Pax Americana'
  • 18. Crossings And Candles

References
Note On Indexing

Immigrant and Refugee Families - 2nd Ed.

  • Table of Contents
  • Chapter 1: Immigration and Immigrant Policy: Barriers and Opportunities for Families
  • Chapter 2: From There to Here: The Journey of Refugee Families to the United States
  • Chapter 3: Human Rights
  • Chapter 4: Economic Well-Being, Supports and Barriers
  • Chapter 5: Mental Health
  • Chapter 6: Intimate Partner Violence among Immigrants and Refugees
  • Chapter 7: Substance Abuse
  • Chapter 8: Resilience in Immigrant and Refugee Families
  • Chapter 9: Embracing a New Home: Resettlement Research and the Family
  • Chapter 10: Conclusion

American Government - 3e

  • Table of Contents

Students and the System

  • Chapter 1: American Government and Civic Engagement
  • Chapter 2: The Constitution and Its Origins
  • Chapter 3: American Federalism

Individual Agency and Action

  • Chapter 4: Civil Liberties
  • Chapter 5: Civil Rights
  • Chapter 6: The Politics of Public Opinion
  • Chapter 7: Voting and Elections

Toward Collective Action: Mediating Institutions

  • Chapter 8: The Media
  • Chapter 9: Political Parties
  • Chapter 10: Interest Groups and Lobbying

Delivering Collective Action: Formal Institutions

  • Chapter 11: Congress
  • Chapter 12: The Presidency
  • Chapter 13: The Courts
  • Chapter 14: State and Local Government

The Outputs of Government

  • Chapter 15: The Bureaucracy
  • Chapter 16: Domestic Policy
  • Chapter 17: Foreign Policy

International Economics: Theory and Policy

  • Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1: Introductory Trade Issues: History, Institutions, and Legal Framework
  • Chapter 2: The Ricardian Theory of Comparative Advantage
  • Chapter 3: The Pure Exchange Model of Trade
  • Chapter 4: Factor Mobility and Income Redistribution
  • Chapter 5: The Heckscher-Ohlin (Factor Proportions) Model
  • Chapter 6: Economies of Scale and International Trade
  • Chapter 7: Trade Policy Effects with Perfectly Competitive Markets
  • Chapter 8: Domestic Policies and International Trade
  • Chapter 9: Trade Policies with Market Imperfections and Distortions
  • Chapter 10: Political Economy and International Trade
  • Chapter 11: Evaluating the Controversy between Free Trade and Protectionism
  • Chapter 12: Introductory Finance Issues: Current Patterns, Past History, and International Institutions
  • Chapter 13: National Income and the Balance of Payments Accounts
  • Chapter 14: The Whole Truth about Trade Imbalances
  • Chapter 15: Foreign Exchange Markets and Rates of Return
  • Chapter 16: Interest Rate Parity
  • Chapter 17: Purchasing Power Parity
  • Chapter 18: Interest Rate Determination
  • Chapter 19: National Output Determination
  • Chapter 20: The AA-DD Model
  • Chapter 21: Policy Effects with Floating Exchange Rates
  • Chapter 22: Fixed Exchange Rates
  • Chapter 23: Policy Effects with Fixed Exchange Rates
  • Chapter 24: Fixed versus Floating Exchange Rates

Social Problems: Continuity and Change

  • Table of Contents
  • Chapter 1: Understanding Social Problems
  • Chapter 2: Poverty
  • Chapter 3: Racial and Ethnic Inequality
  • Chapter 4: Gender Inequality
  • Chapter 5: Sexual Orientation and Inequality
  • Chapter 6: Aging and Ageism
  • Chapter 7: Alcohol and Other Drugs
  • Chapter 8: Crime and Criminal Justice
  • Chapter 9: Sexual Behavior
  • Chapter 10: The Changing Family
  • Chapter 11: Schools and Education
  • Chapter 12: Work and the Economy
  • Chapter 13: Health and Health Care
  • Chapter 14: Urban and Rural Problems
  • Chapter 15: Population and the Environment
  • Chapter 16: War and Terrorism
  • Table of Contents
  • Chapter 1: Introduction to Law and Legal Systems
  • Chapter 2: Corporate Social Responsibility and Business Ethics
  • Chapter 3: Courts and the Legal Process
  • Chapter 4: Constitutional Law and US Commerce
  • Chapter 5: Administrative Law
  • Chapter 6: Criminal Law
  • Chapter 7: Introduction to Tort Law
  • Chapter 8: Contracts
  • Chapter 9: Consumer Credit Transactions
  • Chapter 10: Secured Transactions and Suretyship
  • Chapter 11: Mortgages and Nonconsensual Liens
  • Chapter 12: Bankruptcy
  • Chapter 13: Intellectual Property
  • Chapter 14: The Nature and Regulation of Real Estate and the Environment
  • Chapter 15: Securities Regulation
  • Chapter 16: Antitrust Law
  • Chapter 17: Unfair Trade Practices and the Federal Trade Commission
  • Chapter 18: Employment Law
  • Chapter 19: Labor-Management Relations
  • Chapter 20: International Law

Sustainability: A Comprehensive Foundation

  • Table of Contents
  • 1 Foreword
  • 2 Preface
  • 3 Introduction to Sustainability: Humanity and the Environment
  • 4 The Evolution of Environmental Policy in the United States
  • 5 Climate and Global Change
  • 6 Biosphere
  • 7 Physical Resources: Water, Pollution, and Minerals
  • 8 Environmental and Resource Economics
  • 9 Modern Environmental Management
  • 10 Sustainable Energy Systems
  • 11 Problem-Solving, Metrics, and Tools for Sustainability
  • 12 Sustainability: Ethics, Culture, and History
  • 13 Sustainable Infrastructure

World Regional Geography: People, Places and Globalization

  • Table of Contents
  • Chapter 1: Introduction to the World
  • Chapter 2: Europe
  • Chapter 3: Russia
  • Chapter 4: North America
  • Chapter 5: Middle America
  • Chapter 6: South America
  • Chapter 7: Subsaharan Africa
  • Chapter 8: North Africa and Southwest Asia
  • Chapter 9: South Asia
  • Chapter 10: East Asia
  • Chapter 11: Southeast Asia
  • Chapter 12: Australia and New Zealand
  • Chapter 13: The Pacific and Antarctica

Social Science Research: Principles, Methods, and Practices

  • Table of Contents

Introduction to Research

  • 1. Science and Scientific Research
  • 2. Thinking Like a Researcher
  • 3. The Research Process
  • 4. Theories in Scientific Research

Basics of Empirical Research

  • 5. Research Design
  • 6. Measurement of Constructs
  • 7. Scale Reliability and Validity
  • 8. Sampling

Data Collection

  • 9. Survery Research
  • 10. Experimental Research
  • 11. Case Research
  • 12. Interpretive Research

Data Analysis

  • 13. Qualitative Analysis
  • 14. Quantitative Analysis: Descriptive Statistics
  • 15. Quantitative Analysis: Inferential Statistics

Epilogue

  • 16. Research Ethics

American Government and Politics in the Information Age

  • Table of Contents
  • Chapter 1: Communication in the Information Age
  • Chapter 2: The Constitution and the Structure of Government Power
  • Chapter 3: Federalism
  • Chapter 4: Civil Liberties
  • Chapter 5: Civil Rights
  • Chapter 6: Political Culture and Socialization
  • Chapter 7: Public Opinion
  • Chapter 8: Participation, Voting, and Social Movements
  • Chapter 9: Interest Groups
  • Chapter 10: Political Parties
  • Chapter 11: Campaigns and Elections
  • Chapter 12: Congress
  • Chapter 13: The Presidency
  • Chapter 14: The Bureaucracy
  • Chapter 15: The Courts
  • Chapter 16: Policymaking and Domestic Policies
  • Chapter 17: Foreign and National Security Policies

Wellbeing, Freedom and Social Justice: The Capability Approach Re-Examined

1. Introduction PDF

  • 1.1 Why the capability approach?
  • 1.2 The worries of the sceptics
  • 1.3 A yardstick for the evaluation of prosperity and progress
  • 1.4 Scope and development of the capability approach
  • 1.5 A guide for the reader

2. Core Ideas and the Framework PDF

  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 A preliminary definition of the capability approach
  • 2.3 The capability approach versus capability theories
  • 2.4 The many modes of capability analysis
  • 2.5 The modular view of the capability approach
  • 2.6 The A-module: the non-optional core of all capability theories
  • 2.7 The B-modules: non-optional modules with optional content
  • 2.8 The C-modules: contingent modules
  • 2.9 The modular view of the capability account: a summary
  • 2.10 Hybrid theories
  • 2.11 The relevance and implications of the modular view
  • 2.12 A visualisation of the core conceptual elements
  • 2.13 The narrow and broad uses of the capability approach
  • 2.14 Conclusion

3. Clarifications PDF

  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Refining the notions of ‘capability' and ‘functioning'
  • 3.3 Are capabilities freedoms, and if so, which ones?
  • 3.4 Functionings or capabilities?
  • 3.5 Human diversity in the capability approach
  • 3.6 Collective capabilities
  • 3.7 Which notion of wellbeing is used in the capability approach?
  • 3.8 Happiness and the capability approach
  • 3.9 The capability approach and adaptive preferences
  • 3.10 Can the capability approach be an explanatory theory?
  • 3.11 A suitable theory for all normative questions?
  • 3.12 The role of resources in the capability approach
  • 3.13 The capability approach and theories of justice
  • 3.14 Capabilities and human rights
  • 3.15 Conclusion

4. Critiques and Debates PDF

  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Is everything that's called a capability genuinely a capability?
  • 4.3 Should we commit to a specific list of capabilities?
  • 4.4 Why not use the notion of needs?
  • 4.5 Does the capability approach only address the government?
  • 4.6 Is the capability approach too individualistic?
  • 4.7 What about power and political economy?
  • 4.8 Is the capability approach a liberal theory?
  • 4.9 Why ‘human development' is not the same idea
  • 4.10 Can the capability approach change welfare economics?
  • 4.11 Taking stock

5. Which Future for the Capability Approach? PDF

Sustaining the Commons

  • Table of Contents

I THEORETICAL BACKGROUND

  • 1 Why Study the Commons?
  • 2 Defining Institutions
  • 3 Action Arenas and Action Situations
  • 4 Social Dilemmas

II CASE STUDIES

  • 5 Water Governance
  • 6 Harvesting From the Commons
  • 7 Design Principles to Sustain the Commons

III HUMAN BEHAVIOR

  • 8 Social Dilemmas in the Laboratory
  • 9 Self-governance in the Laboratory

IV RULES OF THE GAMES

  • 10 Classifying Rules
  • 11 Rules, Norms and Shared Strategies

V A SYSTEMS PERSPECTIVE

  • 12 Feedbacks and Stability
  • 13 Coupled Infrastructure Systems
  • 14 Think Globally, Act Locally?
  • 15 Challenges Ahead

First Amendment: Cases, Controversies, and Contexts - Second Edition

  • Table of Contents
  • Chapter One: Introduction To The First Amendment

Part I: The Speech Clauses

  • Chapter Two: Protections For Political Speech
  • Chapter Three: Of Conduct, Content, And Categories
  • Chapter Four: The Special (Or Not) Status Of The Press
  • Chapter Five: Government As Employer And Educator
  • Chapter Six: Unconstitutional Conditions And Compelled Speech
  • Chapter Seven: Forums And Time, Place, Manner Restrictions
  • Chapter Eight: The Political Process
  • Chapter Nine: Commercial Speech
  • Chapter Ten: Sexual Speech

Part II: The Religion Clauses

  • Chapter Eleven: Defining Religion
  • Chapter Twelve: The Establishment Clause And Education
  • Chapter Thirteen: The Establishment Clause In The Public Square
  • Chapter Fourteen: Freedom Of Religious Exercise

America: The User’s Manual - Third Edition

  • Table of Contents
  • Introduction
  • Politics
  • The Constitution
  • Federalism
  • Civil Liberties
  • Civil Rights
  • Public Opinion
  • Interest Groups
  • Parties
  • Elections
  • Congress
  • The Presidency
  • The Bureaucracy
  • The Courts
  • Media
  • Appendix A: Declaration of Independence
  • Appendix B: U.S. Constitution
  • Glossary
  • Index
  • Photo Credits
  • About the Author

Polimetrics: A Stata Companion to Introduction to Political Science Research Methods - 1st Edition

  • Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • List of Figures
  • Acknowledgements
  • Chapter 1 - Overview
  • Chapter 2 - Stata Software Tour and Getting Started
  • Chapter 3 - Datasets: Cross-section, Time Series, and Panel
  • Chapter 4 - Data Management
  • Chapter 5 - Descriptive Statistics
  • Chapter 6 - Model Selection
  • Chapter 7 - Linear Models
  • Chapter 8 - Binary Outcome Models
  • Chapter 9 - Ordinal Outcome Models
  • Chapter 10 - Categorical Outcome Models 
  • Chapter 11 - Count Outcome Models
  • Chapter 12 - Panel Data Linear Models
  • Chapter 13 - Panel Data Binary Outcome Models
  • Chapter 14 - Panel Data Ordinal Outcome Models
  • Chapter 15 - Panel Data Categorical Outcome Models
  • Chapter 16 - Panel Data Count Outcome Models
  • Chapter 17 - Survival Modes
  • Chapter 18 - Share
  • Chapter 19 - Reflection
  • References