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Why do people identify with political parties? How stable are those
identifications? Stable party systems, with a limited number of
parties and mostly stable voter identification with a party, are
normally considered significant signals of a steady democracy. In
Dynamic Partisanship, Ken Kollman and John E. Jackson study
changing patterns of partisanship in the United States, the United
Kingdom, Canada, and Australia over the last fifty years in order
to disentangle possible reasons for shifting partisanship and party
identification. The authors argue that changes in partisanship can
be explained by adjustments in voters' attitudes toward issues or
parties; the success or failure of policies advocated by parties;
or alterations in parties' positions on key issues. They contend
that, while all three factors contribute, it is the latter, a party
changing positions on a chief concern, that most consistently leads
voters to or from a particular party. Their approach provides a
deeper knowledge of the critical moving parts in democratic
politics.
Why do people identify with political parties? How stable are those
identifications? Stable party systems, with a limited number of
parties and mostly stable voter identification with a party, are
normally considered significant signals of a steady democracy. In
Dynamic Partisanship, Ken Kollman and John E. Jackson study
changing patterns of partisanship in the United States, the United
Kingdom, Canada, and Australia over the last fifty years in order
to disentangle possible reasons for shifting partisanship and party
identification. The authors argue that changes in partisanship can
be explained by adjustments in voters' attitudes toward issues or
parties; the success or failure of policies advocated by parties;
or alterations in parties' positions on key issues. They contend
that, while all three factors contribute, it is the latter, a party
changing positions on a chief concern, that most consistently leads
voters to or from a particular party. Their approach provides a
deeper knowledge of the critical moving parts in democratic
politics.
One Nation Under Drones is an interesting and informative review of
how robotic and unmanned systems are impacting every aspect of
American life, from how we fight our wars; to how we play; to how
we grow our food. Edited by Professor John Jackson, who holds the
E.A. Sperry Chair of Unmanned and Robotic Systems at the United
States Naval War College, this highly readable book features
chapters from a dozen experts, researchers, and operators of the
sophisticated systems that have become ubiquitous across the nation
and around the world. Press reports have focused primarily on
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, officially designated as UAVs, but more
often referred to as "drones". This book takes you behind the
scenes and describes how Predators, Reapers, Scan Eagles and dozens
of other pilotless aircraft have been used to fight the Global War
on Terrorism. Although these systems seemed to emerge
fully-developed into the skies above America's distant battlefields
following the attacks of 9-11-2001, readers will discover how they
actually trace their lineage to the First World War, when the
"automatic airplane/aerial torpedo", designed and built by the
Sperry Gyroscope Company, made its first flight just over a century
ago. Unmanned aircraft were used by various combatants in World War
II, and took many forms: from converted manned bombers to
inter-continental attacks on the American homeland by rice-paper
balloons. Technology developed in the latter decades of the 20th
century enabled crews stationed thousands of miles away to attack
targets on remote battlefields. Such long-range and
remote-controlled weapons have been extensively used, but are
controversial from both legal and ethical stand-points. Chapters
written by international law specialists and drone pilots with
advanced education in ethics address these issues from both sides
of the argument. The book also details how robotic systems are
being used on land, in and below the seas, and in civilian
applications such as driverless cars. Three dozen photographs
display drones as small as an insect up to those as large as a 737
airliner. One Nation Under Drones covers such a wide array of
topics that it will be of interest to everyone from the casual
reader seeking to know more about these systems, to national
security professionals, both in and out of uniform, who will be
making decisions about their procurement and use in decades to
come. This work will become the definitive volume on the subject,
providing the facts and avoiding the hype about systems that have
moved off the pages of science fiction and into the environment all
around us.
One Nation Under Drones is an interesting and informative review of
how robotic and unmanned systems are impacting every aspect of
American life, from how we fight our wars to how we play to how we
grow our food. Edited by John Jackson, this highly readable book
features chapters from a dozen experts, researchers, and operators
of the sophisticated systems that have become ubiquitous across the
nation and around the world. Press reports have focused primarily
on unmanned aerial vehicles, officially designated as UAVs, but
more often referred to as 'drones'. This work takes you behind the
scenes and describes how Predators, Reapers, Scan Eagles, and
dozens of other pilotless aircraft have been used to fight the
Global War on Terrorism. Although these systems seemed to emerge
fully-developed into the skies above America's distant battlefields
following the attacks of September 11, 2001, readers will discover
that they actually trace their lineage to World War I, when the
'automatic airplane/aerial torpedo', designed and built by the
Sperry Gyroscope Company, made its first flight just over a century
ago. Unmanned aircraft were used by various combatants in World War
II and took many forms: from converted manned bombers to
intercontinental attacks on the American homeland by rice-paper
balloons. Technology developed in the latter decades of the 20th
century enabled crews stationed thousands of miles away to attack
targets on remote battlefields. Such long-range and
remote-controlled weapons have been extensively used but are
controversial from both legal and ethical standpoints. Chapters
written by international law specialists and drone pilots with
advanced education in ethics address these issues from both sides
of the argument. The book also details how robotic systems are
being used on land, in and below the seas, and in civilian
applications such as driverless cars. Three dozen photographs
display drones as small as an insect up to those as large as a 737
airliner. One Nation Under Drones covers such a wide array of
topics that it will be of interest to everyone from the casual
reader seeking to know more about these systems to national
security professionals, both in and out of uniform, who will be
making decisions about their procurement and use in decades to
come.
In the time span of a two-term US presidency, Poland went from an
authoritarian one-party state with a faltering centrally planned
economy to become a relatively stable multiparty democracy and a
market economy with one of the highest GDP growth rates in Europe.
A central feature of these economic and political reforms is a high
rate of entry of new, domestically owned firms. This book uses
detailed economic and political data to examine how these new firms
contributed to the Polish transition. The authors test propositions
about why some regions have more new firms than others and how the
success of these new firms contributed to political constituencies
that supported economically liberal parties. The book concludes by
contrasting the Polish with the experiences of other transitional
countries.
In the time span of a two term US presidency, Poland went from an
authoritarian one-party state with a faltering centrally planned
economy to become a relatively stable multiparty democracy and a
market economy with one of the highest GDP growth rates in Europe.
A central feature of these economic and political reforms is a high
rate of entry of new, domestically owned firms. This book uses
detailed economic and political data to examine how these new firms
contributed to the Polish transition. The authors test propositions
about why some regions have more new firms than others and how the
success of these new firms contributed to political constituencies
that supported economically liberal parties. The book concludes by
contrasting the Polish with the experiences of other transitional
countries.
The aspects of this text which we believe are novel, at least in
degree, include: an effort to motivate different sections with
practical examples and an empirical orientation; an effort to
intersperse several easily motivated examples throughout the book
and to maintain some continuity in these examples; and the
extensive use of Monte Carlo simulations to demonstrate particular
aspects of the problems and estimators being considered. In terms
of material being presented, the unique aspects include the first
chapter which attempts to address the use of empirical methods in
the social sciences, the seventh chapter which considers models
with discrete dependent variables and unobserved variables. Clearly
these last two topics in particular are quite advanced--more
advanced than material that is currently available on the subject.
These last two topics are also currently experiencing rapid
development and are not adequately described in most other texts.
The new Naval Institute Wheel Books provide important information,
pragmatic advice, and cogent analysis on topics important to all
naval professionals. Drawn from the U.S. Naval Institute's vast
archives, the series combines articles from the Institute's
flagship publication Proceedings, selections from the oral history
collection, and Naval Institute Press books to create unique guides
on a wide array of fundamental professional subjects. Technological
changes are inevitable, often of great benefit, and they must be
understood by all maritime leaders. Since the Navy's beginnings, it
has created, adapted, rejected, and sometimes grudgingly accepted
new technologies. This entry into the Wheel Book series considers
the nature of technological innovation in the U.S. Navy, and it
discusses the manner in which the Navy is currently adopting new
technologies like robotic and autonomous systems, CYBER, and
LASERS.
Biology of Apples and Pears is a comprehensive reference book on
all aspects of pomology at the organ, tree and orchard level. It
provides detailed information on propagation, root and shoot
growth, root stock effects, canopy development in relation to
orchard design, flowering, pollination, fruit set, fruit growth,
fruit quality factors and quality retention in store. It also deals
with mineral nutrition, water-relations and irrigation, diseases
and pests and biotechnology. The book emphasises the scientific
basis of modern tree and orchard management and fruit storage. It
describes key cultivar differences and their physiology and
genetics and environmental effects and cultivar x environment
interactions in tropical and sub-tropical as well as temperate zone
conditions. It is written for fruit growers, extension workers,
plant breeders, biotechnologists and storage and crop protection
specialists as well as for researchers and students of pomology and
horticulture.
This comprehensive reference on all aspects of pomology at the organ, tree and orchard level describes the main varieties and rootstocks, and the factors controlling their growth, cropping, fruit quality, storage life, fertilizer and irrigation needs. It emphasizes the principles underlying modern high-density planting and the production of fruits in environments ranging from temperate to tropical. The book will be suitable for fruit farmers and technical advisors as well as scientific researchers and students of pomology and horticulture.
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