Vernon Art And Science Inc : 41 books
The Solitary Voice of Dissent
Using Foucault and Giddens to Understand an Existential Moment
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2016
This book urges respect for solitary dissent rather than censure. It equips a wide audience to understand what previously seemed unimaginable, much less comprehensible. It shows the reader how to reach beyond those first conclusions and into the heart of the matter. The lone voice explains...
by Enrico Attila Bruni, Laura Lucia Parolin, Cornelius Schubert
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2016
The concept of design has been defined in a multitude of ways and used in a variety of academic fields, ranging from the classics of organizational and system design to studies on corporate culture, aesthetics and consumption. However, in mainstream organization and management studies, the concept...
by José Luis Torres Chacon
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2016
This book offers an introductory step-by-step course in Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium (DSGE) modelling. Modern macroeconomic analysis is increasingly concerned with the construction, calibration and/or estimation and simulation of DSGE models. The book is intended for graduate students as...
by R.U.S. Prasad
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2016
The book critically examines and assesses the literary evidence available through Vedic and allied literature portraying the nature of Vedic polity, the functionalities of its various institutions, and the various social and religious practices. The book is not a narrative but critically examines...
by Sadia Gill
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
This book investigates the potential purpose of recurrent communication images in the poetry of Derek Walcott. The recipient of the Nobel Prize for literature in 1992, Walcott is one of the most important postcolonial poets of the 20th century. His poetry delves into the dynamics of Caribbean marginalization...
Network Society
How Social Relations rebuild Space(s)
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2016
The present volume attempts to critically evaluate claims that modern society may be read and understood as a network. Accepting that this perspective holds some potential, the question becomes how to best capitalize on it. To analyze society as a network means to respond not only to the “actual...
Generational Poverty
An Economic Look at the Culture of the Poor
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2016
Are the impoverished victims of circumstance or are they contributing to their situations through their own actions and principles? This perplexing question does not have a simple answer. "Generational Poverty: An Economic Look at the Culture of the Poor" examines both sides of the coin. Written...
The Challenge of Credit Supply
American Problems and Solutions, 1650-1950
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2016
This book is for anyone seeking a succinct and accessible treatment of the most pivotal financial and monetary policies throughout American history from 1650-1950. But it is especially written for those who desire an intricate and detailed knowledge of how and why these policies worked with respect...
Questioning History
16 Essential Questions That Will Deepen Your Understanding of the Past
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2016
Since the days of the Ancient Greeks, history has been perceived as the academic study of the past. Unfortunately, it has generally been taught as a litany of rigid, boring facts intended to be accepted rather than questioned. This has been reinforced for decades by weighty textbooks that overwhelm...
Value-based Marketing Strategy
Pricing and Costs for Relationship Marketing
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2016
This book offers novel methods for developing Value-based marketing strategies aimed at increasing revenue and profits. The Value concept relates all the benefits offered by a product with its price and the effort required to obtain it. Global competition requires managing Value rather than individual...
Boom and Bust
Ecuador's Financial Rollercoaster
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2016
Throughout the history of Ecuador, the ambivalent evolution of major political and social events such as the stability of serving presidents, coups and even war, has coincided with changes in the financial environment. The product of careful historical study, "Boom & Bust: Ecuador’s Financial Rollercoaster"...
Economic Growth
How it works and how it transformed the world
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2016
How does economic growth work? Beginning with the history of leading countries over the past 2000 years, Economic Growth finds which countries have achieved sustained growth and how they did it. The effects of growth are examined on a human scale. The benefits of growth are enormous in terms of life,...
by Geran F. Dodson
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2016
The purpose of the book is to examine the theological claims of ethics, faith and belief from a philosophical perspective. The Abrahamic and Mosaic covenants of the Old Testament, Jesus of the synoptic gospels, and Paul’s writings serve as the frame of reference in examining a biblical expression...