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Principles of Comparative Politics offers the most comprehensive
and up-to-date introduction to comparative inquiry, research, and
scholarship. In this thoroughly revised Third Edition, students now
have an even better guide to cross-national comparison and why it
matters. The new edition retains a focus on the enduring questions
with which scholars grapple, the issues about which consensus has
started to emerge, and the tools comparativists use to get at the
complex problems in the field. Updates to this edition include a
new intuitive take on statistical analyses and a clearer
explanation of how to interpret regression results; a
thoroughly-revised chapter on culture and democracy that includes a
more extensive discussion of cultural modernization theory and a
new overview of survey methods for addressing sensitive topics; and
a revised chapter on dictatorships that incorporates a
principal-agent framework for understanding authoritarian
institutions. Examples from the gender and politics literature have
been incorporated into various chapters, and empirical examples and
data on various types of institutions have been updated. The
authors have thoughtfully streamlined chapters to better focus
attention on key topics. Explore online resources:
https://edge.sagepub.com/principlescp3e
May of Teck, only daughter of a noble family fallen from grace, has
been selected to marry the troublesome Prince Eddy, heir to the
British throne. Submitting to the wishes of Queen Victoria and
under pressure from her family, young May agrees. But just as a
spark of love and devotion arises between the young couple, Prince
Eddy dies of influenza. To her horror, May discovers she is to be
married to the brother, Georgie, instead, a cold and domineering
man. But what can she do? From the author of The Prince of Mirrors
comes this gripping account of the life of Queen Mary, one of the
most formidable queens of Britain.
England, 1926. Lady Isobel Farrar, an ageing widow with a colourful
past, has returned home after years of living abroad. As she moves
back into Halcyon Hill, her beloved country house, she finds
herself dwelling on a long-buried secret. In the wake of a terrible
tragedy when she was young, Isobel gave up a child for adoption,
and now she can't help but wonder what became of him. Life has not
been kind to Frank Brodie. Cruelly mistreated by his adoptive
parents, he spent his young adulthood struggling to survive on the
harsh streets of London, before the Great War took him away to the
trenches. Now he has found safety with Arthur, an older man who
loves and protects him. But something is still missing from Frank's
life. When mother and son are finally reunited, will they be able
to lay the past to rest?
When Jane Austen represented the ideal subject for a novel as
"three or four families in a country village", rather than
encouraging a narrow range of reference she may have meant that a
tight focus was the best way of understanding the wider world. The
essays in this collection research the historical significance of
her many geographical references and suggest how contemporaries may
have read them, whether as indications of the rapid development of
national travel, or of Britain's imperial status, or as signifiers
of wealth and social class, or as symptomatic of political fears
and aspirations. Specifically, the essays consider the
representation of colonial mail-order wives and naval activities in
the Mediterranean, the worrisome nomadism of contemporary
capitalism, the complexity of her understanding of the actual
places in which her fictions are set, her awareness of and eschewal
of contemporary literary conventions, and the burden of the Austen
family's Kentish origins, the political implications of addresses
in London and Northamptonshire. Skilful, detailed, and historically
informed, these essays open domains of meaning in Austen's texts
that have often gone unseen by later readers but which were
probably available to her coterie readers and clearly merit much
closer critical attention.
Over the past thirty years the Australian travel experience has
been 'Aboriginalized'. Aboriginality has been appropriated to
furnish the Australian nation with a unique and identifiable
tourist brand. This is deeply ironic given the realities of life
for many Aboriginal people in Australian society. On the one hand,
Aboriginality in the form of artworks, literature, performances,
landscapes, sport, and famous individuals is celebrated for the way
it blends exoticism, mysticism, multiculturalism, nationalism, and
reconciliation. On the other hand, in the media, cinema, and travel
writing, Aboriginality in the form of the lived experiences of
Aboriginal people has been exploited in the service of moral panic,
patronized in the name of white benevolence, or simply ignored. For
many travel writers, this irony - the clash between different
regimes of valuing Aboriginality - is one of the great challenges
to travelling in Australia. Travel Writing from Black Australia
examines the ambivalence of contemporary travelers' engagements
with Aboriginality. Concentrating on a period marked by the rise of
discourses on Aboriginality championing indigenous empowerment,
self-determination, and reconciliation, the author analyses how
travel to Black Australia has become, for many travelers, a means
of discovering 'new'-and potentially transformative-styles of
interracial engagement.
Over the past thirty years the Australian travel experience has
been 'Aboriginalized'. Aboriginality has been appropriated to
furnish the Australian nation with a unique and identifiable
tourist brand. This is deeply ironic given the realities of life
for many Aboriginal people in Australian society. On the one hand,
Aboriginality in the form of artworks, literature, performances,
landscapes, sport, and famous individuals is celebrated for the way
it blends exoticism, mysticism, multiculturalism, nationalism, and
reconciliation. On the other hand, in the media, cinema, and travel
writing, Aboriginality in the form of the lived experiences of
Aboriginal people has been exploited in the service of moral panic,
patronized in the name of white benevolence, or simply ignored. For
many travel writers, this irony - the clash between different
regimes of valuing Aboriginality - is one of the great challenges
to travelling in Australia. Travel Writing from Black Australia
examines the ambivalence of contemporary travelers' engagements
with Aboriginality. Concentrating on a period marked by the rise of
discourses on Aboriginality championing indigenous empowerment,
self-determination, and reconciliation, the author analyses how
travel to Black Australia has become, for many travelers, a means
of discovering 'new'-and potentially transformative-styles of
interracial engagement.
Bringing together twenty-five contributors from all over Europe,
this volume represents the vitality and diversity of the current
transcultural European dialogue on English studies. Topics
addressed include: * the nature of the canon * the poetics of
language * the representation of women and the notion of
nationalism in post-colonial literature. The significance of this
volume lies not only in the quality of the individual contributions
but also in the fact that it marks an important turning point in
the history of English studies in Europe.
This thorough volume explores recent advances that have
revolutionized the field of precision oncology. The chapters,
contributed by experts in the areas of cancer systems and
integrative biology, provide hands-on guidance toward developing
tools to monitor spatial and temporal changes in tumors, tracking
tumor markers in blood, and ultimately developing precision
medicine to combat cancer in real time. Written for the highly
successful Methods in Molecular Biology series, chapters include
the kind of detailed implementation advice that ensures successful
results. Authoritative and informative, Cancer Systems and
Integrative Biology serves as an invaluable resource for
researchers, pharmaceutical scientists, and oncologists interested
in expanding their knowledge base in the current developments in
cancer research.
When Jane Austen represented the ideal subject for a novel as
"three or four families in a country village", rather than
encouraging a narrow range of reference she may have meant that a
tight focus was the best way of understanding the wider world. The
essays in this collection research the historical significance of
her many geographical references and suggest how contemporaries may
have read them, whether as indications of the rapid development of
national travel, or of Britain's imperial status, or as signifiers
of wealth and social class, or as symptomatic of political fears
and aspirations. Specifically, the essays consider the
representation of colonial mail-order wives and naval activities in
the Mediterranean, the worrisome nomadism of contemporary
capitalism, the complexity of her understanding of the actual
places in which her fictions are set, her awareness of and eschewal
of contemporary literary conventions, and the burden of the Austen
family's Kentish origins, the political implications of addresses
in London and Northamptonshire. Skilful, detailed, and historically
informed, these essays open domains of meaning in Austen's texts
that have often gone unseen by later readers but which were
probably available to her coterie readers and clearly merit much
closer critical attention.
May of Teck, only daughter of a noble family fallen from grace, has
been selected to marry the troublesome Prince Eddy, heir to the
British throne. Submitting to the wishes of Queen Victoria and
under pressure from her family, young May agrees. But just as a
spark of love and devotion arises between the young couple, Prince
Eddy dies of influenza. To her horror, May discovers she is to be
married to the brother, Georgie, instead, a cold and domineering
man. But what can she do? From the author of The Prince of Mirrors
comes this gripping account of the life of Queen Mary, one of the
most formidable queens of Britain.
"English Studies in Transition" collects the papers offered at the
Inaugural Conference of the European Society for the Study of
English, held at the University of East Anglia in September 1991.
Topics addressed include the nature of the canon, the poetics of
language, the representation of women and the notion of nationalism
in postcolonial literature.
Among those who have contributed papers are: Sir Frank Kermode,
Alan Sinfield, Jean-jacques Lecercle, Jina Politi, Pilar Hidlago
and Elleke Boehmer. This volume marks a turning point in the
history of English studies in Europe.
Adapted from the groundbreaking bestseller Principles of
Comparative Politics, Third Edition, Foundations of Comparative
Politics presents a scientific approach to the rich world of
comparative inquiry, research, and scholarship, providing students
with a guide to cross-national comparison and why it matters to
them. This condensed, accessible format introduces students to the
key questions in comparative politics, using brief insights from
tools such as decision, social choice, and game theory to help them
understand clearly why some explanations for political phenomena
are stronger than others.
This volume presents state-of-the-art information on each of the
arms of the unfolded protein response (UPR), how their
activation/repression are regulated, integrated, and coordinated,
how UPR components affect cancer cell biology and responsiveness to
therapeutic interventions, and how UPR components/activities offer
potentially novel targets for drug discovery, repurposing, and
development. The volume will provide the most recent information on
the signaling and regulation of the UPR, explore examples of how
the UPR and/or specific components contribute to cancer biology,
and identify and explore specific examples of potently new
actionable targets for drug discovery and development from within
the UPR and its regulation. Unique to the volume will be a specific
focus on the UPR and its role in cancer biology, as well as a
discussion of the role of the UPR in drug responses and resistance
in cancer.
This volume is a valuable and timely resource for a broad audience
with interests in basic and translational cancer biology, cancer
drug development, as well as in the practice of personalized
oncology. Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular
Biology series format, chapters include introductions to their
respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents,
step-by-step, readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and tips
on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls. Authoritative and
cutting-edge, Cancer Gene Networks aims to ensure successful
results in the further study of this evolving and vital field.
Ultimately these efforts will guide development of transformative
strategies for cancer diagnosis and treatment.
This book uses Ludwig Wittgenstein's philosophical methodology to
solve a problem that has perplexed thinkers for thousands of years:
'how come (abstract) mathematics applies so wonderfully well to the
(concrete, physical) world?' The book is distinctive in several
ways. First, it gives the reader a route into understanding
important features of Wittgenstein's writings and lectures by using
his methodology to tackle this long-standing and seemingly
intractable philosophical problem. More than this, though, it
offers an outline of important (sometimes little-known) aspects of
the development of mathematical thought through the ages, and an
engagement of Wittgenstein's philosophy with this and with
contemporary philosophy of mathematics on its own terms. A clear
overview of all this in the context of Wittgenstein's philosophy of
mathematics is interesting in its own right; it is also just what
is needed to solve the problem of mathematics and world.
This volume is a valuable and timely resource for a broad audience
with interests in basic and translational cancer biology, cancer
drug development, as well as in the practice of personalized
oncology. Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular
Biology series format, chapters include introductions to their
respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents,
step-by-step, readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and tips
on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls. Authoritative and
cutting-edge, Cancer Gene Networks aims to ensure successful
results in the further study of this evolving and vital field.
Ultimately these efforts will guide development of transformative
strategies for cancer diagnosis and treatment.
TWO YOUNG MEN WITH EXPECTATIONS. ONE PREDICTED TO SUCCEED, THE
OTHER TO FAIL... Prince Albert Victor is heir presumptive to the
British throne at its late Victorian zenith. Handsome and
good-hearted, he is regarded as disastrously inadequate to be the
king. By contrast, Jem Stephen is a golden boy worshipped by all -
a renowned intellectual and the Keeper and outstanding player of
the famous Eton Wall Game. He is appointed as Prince Albert's tutor
at Cambridge - the relationship that will change both of their
lives. 'A gilded cast of characters parades through this sumptuous
tale. A clever mixture of history, psychology and sex.' - Alastair
Stewart OBE, ITN anchor
Our brain is the source of everything that makes us human:
language, creativity, rationality, emotion, communication, culture,
politics. The neurosciences have given us, in recent decades,
fundamental new insights into how the brain works and what that
means for how we see ourselves as individuals and as communities.
Now - with the help of new advances in nanotechnology - brain
science proposes to go further: to study its molecular foundations,
to repair brain functions, to create mind-machine interfaces, and
to enhance human mental capacities in radical ways. This book
explores the convergence of these two revolutionary scientific
fields and the implications of this convergence for the future of
human societies. In the process, the book offers a significant new
approach to technology assessment, one which operates in real-time,
alongside the innovation process, to inform the ways in which new
fields of science and technology emerge in, get shaped by, and help
shape human societies.
Our brain is the source of everything that makes us human:
language, creativity, rationality, emotion, communication, culture,
politics. The neuroscienceshave given us, in recent decades,
fundamental new insights into how the brain works and what that
means for how we see ourselves as individuals and ascommunities.
Now - with the help of new advances in nanotechnology - brain
science proposes to go further: to study its molecular foundations,
to repair brainfunctions, to create mind-machine interfaces, and to
enhance human mental capacities in radical ways. This book explores
the convergence of these tworevolutionary scientific fields and the
implications of this convergence for the future of human societies.
In the process, the book offers a significant new approachto
technology assessment, one which operates in real-time, alongside
the innovation process, to inform the ways in which new fields of
science and technologyemerge in, get shaped by, and help shape
human societies."
In this new edition, the fundamental material on classical linear
aeroelasticity has been revised. Also new material has been added
describing recent results on the research frontiers dealing with
nonlinear aeroelasticity as well as major advances in the modelling
of unsteady aerodynamic flows using the methods of computational
fluid dynamics and reduced order modeling techniques. New chapters
on aeroelasticity in turbomachinery and aeroelasticity and the
latter chapters for a more advanced course, a graduate seminar or
as a reference source for an entr e to the research literature.
TWO YOUNG MEN WITH EXPECTATIONS. ONE PREDICTED TO SUCCEED, THE
OTHER TO FAIL. Prince Albert Victor, heir presumptive to the
British throne, is seen as disastrously inadequate to be king. The
grandson of Queen Victoria, he is good-hearted but intensely shy
and, some whisper, even slow-witted. By contrast, Jem Stephen is a
renowned intellectual, a poet and a golden boy worshipped by all.
But a looming curse of mental instability is threatening to take it
all away. Appointed as the prince's personal tutor, Jem works to
prepare him for the duty to come. A friendship grows between them -
one that will allow them to understand and finally accept who they
really are, and change both of their lives forever. `A gilded cast
of characters parades through this sumptuous tale. A clever mixture
of history, psychology and sex.' - Alastair Stewart OBE, ITN
anchor; `In sculpted, luscious prose Clark tenderly imagines the
secret longing of a fated prince and the man who ruled his heart' -
Uli Lenart, Attitude magazine; `This novel blends historical facts
with a splash of imagination to create a magical portrait of the
Queen's great-uncle.' - Hello magazine
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