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Explains the Institutional Analysis and Development (IAD) framework, which enables a scholar to choose the most relevant level of interaction for a particular question. This book explains and illustrates how to use the IAD in the context of both field and experimental studies.

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Covering topics such as the behavior of exchange rates, the choice of exchange-rate regime, current-account adjustment in classical and Keynesian models, the effects of capital mobility, international debt and international policy coordination, this book underscores the importance of these subjects and identifies lessons for policymakers.

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Here Roland Omnes offers a clear, up-to-date guide to the conceptual framework of quantum mechanics.

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Present an account of the distinct and important role of state constitutions in American life. This book explains how state constitutions differ from the national Constitution in treating not only matters of high principle but also such mundane subjects as ski trails and motor vehicle revenues.

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Includes essays that provide an introduction to Carl von Clausewitz and enlarge the history of war by joining it to the history of ideas and institutions and linking it with intellectual biography.

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Is the United States "the land of equal opportunity" or is the playing field tilted in favor of those whose parents are wealthy, well educated, and white If family background is important in getting ahead, why This title provides answers to these questions by leading economists, sociologists, biologists, behavioral geneticists, and philosophers.

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That intergovernmental organizations do not operate effectively has long been apparent. Why they fail to do so has puzzled observers, as has the lack of a satisfying explanation of how these institutions actually do work. Using the concept of "engaging," James P. Sewell investigates the development of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and

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Argues for the repeal of laws that regulate political spending and contributions, contending that they violate the right to free speech and diminish citizens' power. Smith demonstrates that laws which force people contributing cash or labor to register with the Federal Election Commission or state agencies fail to accomplish their objectives.

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Presents a unified theory of economic growth since the dawn of civilization. This title provides a comprehensive overview of the three phases of the development process. It analyzes the Malthusian theory and its empirical support. It examines theories of demographic transition and their empirical significance.

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Offers a historical reconstruction of the evolutionary synthesis of the 1930s and 1940s. This book argues that the evolutionary synthesis was part of a larger process of unifying the biological sciences. It suggests that the drive to unify the sciences of evolution and biology was part of a global philosophical movement toward unifying knowledge.

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This book combines the tools of political science, sociology, and labor history to offer a wide-ranging analysis of how unions have participated in politics in Britain, Germany, and the United States. Rather than focus exclusively on national union federations, Gary Marks investigates variations among individual unions both within and across these

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Based on the "Hermann Weyl Lectures" given at the Institute for Advanced Study in January 1986. This title outlines some of what is known about irreducible unitary representations of real reductive groups, providing definitions and references, and sketches of most proofs.

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A collection of essays from presenters at the Princeton Conference on Higher Education on the aspects of contemporary higher education in the US. This title offers a perspective on issues that face American universities as they enter the twenty-first century.

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Taking a look at the growing commercialization of our academic institutions, this book probes the efforts on campus to profit financially not only from athletics but increasingly, from education and research as well. It shows how such ventures are undermining core academic values and what universities can do to limit the damage.

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Founded in 1365, not long after the Great Plague ravaged Europe, the University of Vienna was revitalized in 1384 by prominent theologians displaced from Paris--among them Henry of Langenstein. Beginning with the 1384 revival, Michael Shank explores the history of the university and its ties with European intellectual life and the city of Vienna. I