Palgrave Macmillan Us: 3342 books
The Founding Fathers, Education, and "The Great Contest"
The American Philosophical Society Prize of 1797
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2013
Leading historians provide new insights into the founding generation's views on the place of public education in America. This volume explores enduring themes, such as gender, race, religion, and central vs. local control, in seven essays of the 1790s on how to implement public education in the new USA. The original essays are included as well.
The Barack Obama Presidency
A Two Year Assessment
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2011
Exploring the 'promise' and 'peril' associated with the opening two years of the presidency of Barack Obama, this book is a comparative look at the various aspects of his presidential strategy including the impact of his legislative agenda, his use of executive power, and the burgeoning disillusionment within the African American community.
The Rebirth of the Greek Labor Market
Building Toward 2020 After the Global Financial Meltdown
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2014
The Rebirth of the Greek Labor Market provides evidence of the macroeconomic evolution of the Greek economy, as well as current conditions in the labor market, to suggest potential areas of growth following the crisis. The contributors of this collection focus on three main issues that make the overall...
The Black Social Economy in the Americas
Exploring Diverse Community-Based Markets
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2017
This pioneering book explores the meaning of the term “Black social economy,” a self-help sector that remains autonomous from the state and business sectors. With the Western Hemisphere’s ignoble history of enslavement and violence towards African peoples, and the strong anti-black racism that...
The War Power in an Age of Terrorism
Debating Presidential Power
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2016
This book features a lively debate between two prominent scholars—Michael A. Genovese and David Gray Adler—on the critical issue of whether the Constitution, written in the 18th Century, remains adequate to the national security challenges of our time. The question of the scope of the president’s...
Privacy in a Cyber Age
Policy and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2015
This book lays out the foundation of a privacy doctrine suitable to the cyber age. It limits the volume, sensitivity, and secondary analysis that can be carried out. In studying these matters, the book examines the privacy issues raised by the NSA, publication of state secrets, and DNA usage.
Emerging Issues in Contemporary African Economies
Structure, Policy, and Sustainability
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2015
Onyeiwu focuses on how events of the twenty-first century are shaping key sectors of African economies and societies. He suggests that, compared to East Asia and Latin America, Africa still has a long way to go, despite recent improvements in performance.
Basic Income in Japan
Prospects for a Radical Idea in a Transforming Welfare State
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2014
Basic Income in Japan is the first collective volume in English entirely devoted to the discussion of Japan's potential for a basic income program in the context of the country's changing welfare state. Vanderborght and Yamamori bring together over a dozen contributors to provide a general overview...
Improving Access and Quality of Public Services in Latin America
To Govern and To Serve
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2016
This book presents insights from several countries in Latin America and beyond on how to organize critical sectors, such as education, roads and water, to improve quality, access and affordability. The innovative, multi-disciplinary studies in this volume discuss the outcomes of decentralization,...
by M. Cangul
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2014
Toward a Future Beyond Employment proposes that as poor nations move to the emerging stage and as emerging economies become advanced, advanced economies are transitioning to a stage of their own, to a type of post-employment economy where society works less, consumes less, but instead has more time.
Managing Human Resource Development Programs
Current Issues and Evolving Trends
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2017
Managing Human Resource Development Programs makes the critical connection between HR development and the larger system of HR management. This book offers a framework for developing HR programs that are customizable to the needs of the organization.
Zimbabwe
Picking up the Pieces
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2011
Formerly one of Africa s most promising economies, Zimbabwe has begun a process of economic reconstruction after decades of political turmoil and economic mismanagement. The advent of a national unity government in February 2009 launched a new but still tentative era of political stability. The government...
International Financial Transactions and Exchange Rates
Trade, Investment, and Parities
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2013
International transactions among nations and multinational corporations are important and growing due to the openness of economies all over the world. In this follow-up title to Exchange Rates and International Financial Economics, Kallianiotis examines the role of the exchange rate and trade policy...
by David Pion-Berlin
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
This book demonstrates through country case studies that, contrary to received wisdom, Latin American militaries can contribute productively, but under select conditions, to non-traditional missions of internal security, disaster relief, and social programs. Latin American soldiers are rarely at war,...