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This series is aimed at graduate students in special education, educational psychology, and developmental and clinical psychology. It discusses basic theoretical positions and empirical findings within various professions which provide the foundation for research and application.

Examines improvement of educational performance through state and local reform efforts and through increases in school choice opportunities. This title presents operational frameworks that address the perceived failure of public schools to provide high levels of student academic performance.

This volume is divided into three parts, dealing with policy analysis and the new institutionalism, policy analysis and implementation framework, and policy analysis and implementation tools.

This is the fifth volume in a series designed to publish theoretical, empirical and review papers on scientific human ecology. Human ecology is interpreted to include structural and functional changes in human social organization and sociocultural systems.

This series considers theoretical, methodological and research issues relevant to organizational sociology. This volume presents an examination of organizations which is cross-cultural, covering all areas of cultural diversity and spanning countries, generations and identities.

In December 1994, Orange County became the largest municipality in US history to become bankrupt. How can a municipal investment pool, which is supposed to be safe, lose billions of dollars? What are derivatives and how did they contribute to this tragedy? This book presents a description of the Orange County bankruptcy.

Presents the developments in resource theory and gives a representative sample of contemporary research conducted within this theoretical perspective. This book provides empirical evidence supporting the cross-cultural validity of this framework. It talks about social exchange theory, cross-cultural theory and social relationships.

This manual presents solutions to problems contained in Thomas Sargent's Macroeconomic Theory 2/e. The exercises not only illustrate the theoretical foundations of macroeconomic research but also treat issues and problems from the recent literature.

What motivates us to direct our behaviors toward certain goals? To what extent can rewards and/or punishments induce us toward and away from specific actions? This title provides a summary overview of research in this area as well as a forward look into the future of research.

Aiming to explore theoretical advances in tourism studies, this book explores the relationship between tourism, sustainable development and empowerment. The theoretical framework is explored across three levels through five case studies drawn from the South Pacific.

How can we design a road or highway or transport system so as to provide both a high level of mobility and a high level of safety? This book looks at how the science of human behaviour can provide answers on improving highway design.

Trade theories predict and explain the consequences of economic integration. Generally, they show that freer international trade leads to specialisation, technological convergence and faster economic growth. This study compares the conclusions of the trade theories with empirical observations of economic changes in the European Union.

Offers an inquiry into the nature, scope and content of religion in cyberspace. This volume provides a conceptual mapping of religion in cyberspace. It is intended for those who seek to understand how religion is being presented on the Internet, and how this topic is likely to unfold.

Discusses such topics as building a sense of history in a first-grade classroom, teaching for understanding in a third-grade geography lesson, and social studies education in an urban fourth-grade classroom.

Advances in International Marketing has made unique contributions to the field of international marketing through original and high-quality essays that address various international marketing topics. While some contributors focus on managerial issues, others take a public policy or a comparative perspective.

This is the 2nd volume in the Communities in Transition Series, edited by Dan A Chekki.

This annual publication is devoted to the advancement of ethics research and education in the profession and practice of accounting. It aims to advance innovative and applied ethics research in all accounting-related disciplines on a global basis and to improve ethics education in the field.

Part of a series which serves as a research annual for the publication of academic tax research.

This volume argues that deviance is a central process in contemporary American religion. It explores ways in which definitions of deviance are negotiated between religious groups and the surrounding culture.

Part of a series which offers an interdisciplinary approach to the research and practice in services, this title discusses topics that include the calculus of service quality and customer satisfaction and environmental and positional antecedents of management commitment to service quality.

This volume is one of a series of research annuals on qualitative research designed to take up issues and debates in this area that relate to methodology, the relationship between data collection and data analysis, and other topics.

Covers such topics as theoretical directions in interactionism, interpretations of the theory of George Herbert Mead, Meadian connections, and dramaturgy and Goffman.

Research on Negotiation in Organizations

Covers a variety of topics in the field of Social Science Methodology.

Focuses on the history of economic thought and methodology.

Includes two main sections: social networks within and between organizations and social networks and interpersonal relationships.

Advances in International Management (AIM) is a research annual devoted to advancing the cross-border study of organizations and management practices from a global, regional, or comparative perspective, with emphasis on interdisciplinary inquiry that integrates ideas from multiple academic disciplines.

Advances in Taxation publishes relevant, quality manuscripts from around the world on any aspect of federal, state, local, or international taxation including tax compliance, tax planning, tax policy issues, and current issues in tax.

This book provides an overview of the nascent field of "information pooling and group judgmental accuracy." The contributors to this volume include mathematical psychologists, economists, social psychologists, political scientists, and statisticians.

An analysis of community sociology that examines African community issues and patterns of development. It covers such topics as: community problems and collective action; community economic development; small communities in transition; ghetto formation and community dynamics; and, heritage and symbolism.