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Newt in a Suit (Paperback)
Andrew Weale; Illustrated by Margaret Chamberlain
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Join one newt in a suit, two flies in ties, three cockatoos in
shoes, four apes in capes, five pigs in wigs, six ants in pants,
seven bats in hats, eight bees in dungarees, nine setters in
sweaters, and 10 lionesses in dresses, in this wacky and vibrant
counting book.
A public health crisis is gripping the UK. COVID-19 revealed the
weaknesses of the UK's public health system, once thought to be
among the best in the world. Against this background, this book
examines the organisational and political barriers to an effective
public health system showcased through the UK. It urges that what
is needed is a new social contract, in which health policy is truly
public.
Originally published in 1978, this book presents a philosophical
analysis of the principle of equality, and is also a study of the
institutional implications of that principle in the field of social
policy. The author distinguishes between a 'procedural' and a
'substantive' version of the principle of equality and considers
the implications of both. Procedural equality is identified with
the concept of equity and includes the recommendation that like
cases should be treated as like. The application of this principle
to some political argument in the area of social policy, such as
family allowances, is discussed. The author defines the substantive
principle as the rule that persons should share the same level of
economic welfare. Some difficulties in implementing the equal
welfare principle are discussed, with particular application to
pensions policy. An original interpretation of the logical
relationship between the principle of need and that of equality is
proposed, and is applied to the case of the health services. The
final 2 chapters deal with the institutional implications of the
equality principle. These chapters analyse some major political
arguments over the organisation of social policy, such as the
compatibility of extensive social welfare measures with a market
economy.
This title, first published in 1921, aimed to present for the
reader to see at a glance what the position was in Eastern Asia at
the beginning of the twentieth century. This book will be of
interest to student of history, politics and Asian Studies.
The Anglo-Japanese Alliance Treaty was first signed in January 1902
and was seen as a major milestone in diplomatic relations as well
as seeing an end to Great Britain's 'Splendid Isolation' policy.
Originally published in 1922, Weale's study aims to outline the
steps taken to bring about the demise of the treaty with a focus on
how countries such as The United States and Canada contributed to
this. This title will be of interest to students of Politics,
International Relations and Asian studies.
The contributors to this book examine the issues of constitutional
choice that face the governments and citizens of today's Europe.
Divided into three sections this study addresses: questions of
political legitimacy and the meaning of democratic deficit in the
EU; the reality of what institutional reforms and decision making
processes are possible; and the rights of citizenship and values
that should be protected.
The Anglo-Japanese Alliance Treaty was first signed in January 1902
and was seen as a major milestone in diplomatic relations as well
as seeing an end to Great Britain's 'Splendid Isolation' policy.
Originally published in 1922, Weale's study aims to outline the
steps taken to bring about the demise of the treaty with a focus on
how countries such as The United States and Canada contributed to
this. This title will be of interest to students of Politics,
International Relations and Asian studies.
This analysis of macroeconomic policy, originally published in
1989, argues that key government objectives, such as reduced
inflation, decreased unemployment and an adequate level of national
saving can be achieved only by employing both monetary and fiscal
policies, in conjunction with supply-side policies expressly
designed to improve the workings of the labour market. Part 1 is a
comparative analysis showing the effects of monetary and fiscal
policy on the economy. Real-wage rigidity in the labour market is
shown to have important consequences for the working of both types
of policy, because it conditions the economy's response to tax
changes. Part 2 presents an econometric model which combines
consistent stock-flow accounts with a full range of expectational
effects. Part 3 presents an innovative technique for solving
rational expectations models with the need for arbitary terminal
conditions.
This new book introduces innovative research on democracy from the
leading Comparative Manifestos Project (CMP).
It outlines the achievements of the project to date, illustrates
how its findings may be applied, lays out the future challenges it
faces and examines how the field as a whole can advance. It also
presents a special assessment of the dimensionality of party
competition, presenting ways in which research can be extended and
related to broader approaches in Political Science and Theory.
Although CMP research is widely used and constitutes the major
comparative data set on party positions and ideological location,
it is also subject to challenge. The volume therefore provides the
reader with a clear sense of the key debates and questions
surrounding its work.
This volume also honors the life-time achievement of Professor Ian
Budge, who has provided distinguished intellectual leadership for
the CMP over the last twenty-five years.
This is an essentialpoint of reference for all comparative research
on the functioning of democracies. This book will be of great
interest to all students and scholars of politics and of democracy
in particular.
Rights are part of our everyday moral and political vocabulary. Yet
while few would deny that rights are important, there is a great
deal of disagreement about just how valuable rights are and what
their proper limits ought to be. For example, some scholars and
practitioners maintain that human rights are valuable because they
lay down a framework of protection, while at the same time leaving
people ample room to lead their lives as they see fit. They are not
just another way of life, but instead set the boundaries to what
government can or cannot do. Others, however, hold that, while
important, rights are not neutral between different ways of life
and hence cannot tell us what to do when different ways of life
conflict. This collection breaks new ground by tackling such
questions head on. The issues it covers are some of the most vital
that we face today. Their relevance to contemporary social and
political debates cannot be overstated. The collection should
appeal to political philosophers, lawyers, human rights activists
and advanced undergraduate and graduate students in the arts,
humanities and social sciences. This book was published as a
special issue of Critical Review of International, Social and
Political Philosophy.
Contents: List of Figures List of Abbreviations List of Contributors Preface 1. Introduction Michael Nentwich and Albert Weale Part 1: Political Legitimacy and the Democratic Deficit 2. Legitimacy and the European Union David Beetham and Christopher Lord 3. Democracy, Legitimacy and Majority Rule in the European Union Andreas Follesdal 4. Between Representation and Constitutionalism in the European Union Albert Weale 5. Defending the Democratic Deficit Sverker Gustavsson art 2: Decision Rules and the Constitutional Construction of the European Union 6. The European Union: Trends in Theory and Reform Michael J. Tsinisizelis and Dimitris N. Chryssochoou 7. Legitimacy Dilemmas of Supranational Governance: The European Commission between Accountability and Independence Thomas Christiansen 8. How to Democratize a Multi-Level, Multi-Dimensional Polity Heidrun Abromeit 9. Opportunity Structures for Citizens' Participation: The Case of the European Union Richard Kuper 11. European Union Citizenship as a Model of Citizenship beyond the Nation-State: Possibilities and Limits Theodora Kostakopoulou 12. European Union Citizenship and Supranational Democracy Clara Closa 13. Environmental Protection in a Liberal Democratic Europe: Constitutional Aspects Marcel Wissenburg
The contributors to this study address the question of how
political theory is relevant to the construction of the new Europe
and tie-in issues of citizenship, social justice and political
legitimacy. By using techniques of contemporary political theory
the book argues that the emergence of the new Europe poses
fundamental questions of value and principle and challenges more
established political theories in the process.
The contributors to this study address the question of how
political theory is relevant to the construction of the new Europe
and tie-in issues of citizenship, social justice and political
legitimacy. By using techniques of contemporary political theory
the book argues that the emergence of the new Europe poses
fundamental questions of value and principle and challenges more
established political theories in the process.
This analysis of macroeconomic policy, originally published in
1989, argues that key government objectives, such as reduced
inflation, decreased unemployment and an adequate level of national
saving can be achieved only by employing both monetary and fiscal
policies, in conjunction with supply-side policies expressly
designed to improve the workings of the labour market. Part 1 is a
comparative analysis showing the effects of monetary and fiscal
policy on the economy. Real-wage rigidity in the labour market is
shown to have important consequences for the working of both types
of policy, because it conditions the economy's response to tax
changes. Part 2 presents an econometric model which combines
consistent stock-flow accounts with a full range of expectational
effects. Part 3 presents an innovative technique for solving
rational expectations models with the need for arbitary terminal
conditions.
This title, first published in 1921, aimed to present for the
reader a glance into what the position was in Eastern Asia at the
beginning of the twentieth century. This book will be of interest
to student of history, politics and Asian Studies.
Rights are part of our everyday moral and political vocabulary. Yet
while few would deny that rights are important, there is a great
deal of disagreement about just how valuable rights are and what
their proper limits ought to be. For example, some scholars and
practitioners maintain that human rights are valuable because they
lay down a framework of protection, while at the same time leaving
people ample room to lead their lives as they see fit. They are not
just another way of life, but instead set the boundaries to what
government can or cannot do. Others, however, hold that, while
important, rights are not neutral between different ways of life
and hence cannot tell us what to do when different ways of life
conflict. This collection breaks new ground by tackling such
questions head on. The issues it covers are some of the most vital
that we face today. Their relevance to contemporary social and
political debates cannot be overstated. The collection should
appeal to political philosophers, lawyers, human rights activists
and advanced undergraduate and graduate students in the arts,
humanities and social sciences. This book was published as a
special issue of Critical Review of International, Social and
Political Philosophy.
This new book introduces innovative research on democracy from the
leading Comparative Manifestos Project (CMP). It details the key
achievements of the project to date, illustrates how its findings
may be applied, lays out the future challenges it faces and
examines how the field as a whole can advance. It also presents a
special assessment of the dimensionality of party competition,
presenting ways in which research can be extended and related to
broader approaches in Political Science and Theory. Although CMP
research is widely used and constitutes the major comparative data
set on party positions and ideological location, it is also subject
to challenge. The volume therefore provides the reader with a clear
sense of the key debates and questions surrounding its work. This
volume also honours the life-time achievement of Professor Ian
Budge, who has provided distinguished intellectual leadership for
the CMP over the last twenty-five years. This is an essential point
of reference for all comparative research on the functioning of
democracies. This book will be of great interest to all students
and scholars of politics and of democracy in particular.
This book was first published in 1995. The problem of disparities
between different estimates of GDP is well known and widely
discussed. Here, the authors describe a method for examining the
discrepancies using a technique allocating them with reference to
data reliability. The method enhances the reliability of the
underlying data and leads to maximum-likelihood estimates. It is
illustrated by application to the UK national accounts for the
period 1920-1990. The book includes a full set of estimates for
this period, including runs of industrial data for the period
1948-1990, which are longer than those available from any other
source. The statistical technique allows estimates of standard
errors of the data to be calculated and verified; these are
presented both for data in levels and for changes in variables over
1-, 2- and 5-year periods.
Democracies today are in the grip of a myth: the myth of the will
of the people. Populist movements use the idea to challenge elected
representatives. Politicians, content to invoke the will of the
people, fail in their duty to make responsible and accountable
decisions. And public contest over political choices is stifled by
fears that opposing the will of the people will be perceived as
elitist. In this book Albert Weale dissects the idea of the will of
the people, showing that it relies on a mythical view of
participatory democracy. As soon as a choice between more than two
simple alternatives is involved, there is often no clear answer to
the question of what a majority favours. Moreover, because
governments have to interpret the results of referendums, the will
of the people becomes a means for strengthening executive control -
the exact opposite of what appealing to the people's will seemed to
imply. Weale argues that it's time to dispense with the myth of the
will of the people. A flourishing democracy requires an open
society in which choices can be challenged, parliaments
strengthened and populist leaders called to account.
Finally A simplified approach to English grammar written especially
for Spanish speakers who have no prior knowledge of either English
or Spanish grammar. This book covers basic punctuation and
capitalization in English, the verbs to be and to have,
contractions, and much more. It also includes a dictionary with all
words used in the books and more than 1,000 exercises with answers.
The problem of disparities between different estimates of GDP is,
according to this text, well-known and widely discussed. Here, the
authors describe a method for examining the discrepancies using a
technique allocating them with reference to data reliability. The
method enhances the reliability of the underlying data and leads to
maximum-likelihood estimates. It is illustrated by application to
the UK national accounts for the period 1920-1990. The book
includes a full set of estimates for this period, including runs of
industrial data for the period 1948-1990 which are longer than
those available from any other source. The statistical technique
allows estimates of standard errors of the data to be calculated
and verified; these are presented both for data in levels and for
changes in variables over one-, two- and five-year periods. A disk
with the dataset in machine readable form is available separately.
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