In the genre of Christian philosophers, Spinoza presents a geometric argument for the necessary existence of God as the one absolute substance underlying all other substance. From the necessity of God's existance, he derives the laws of existence, those of nature, and the ethical principles animating human conduct. In this sweeping volume that ......
The author expounds the application of this multivariate analysis technique to the social sciences. He demonstrates what it can offer the researcher in analyzing particular sets of multidimensional data. He shows how it can be used to determine the number of factors to be retained in a factor analysis; for extracting the initial factors in a factor analysis; in selecting a subset of variables to represent a much larger set; and in coping with multicolinearity in regression analysis, a persistent problem in behavioural and social science data sets.
For social science researchers who find themselves with data available from both temporal observations at regular intervals (time series) and from observations at single points of time (cross-sections), pooled time series can improve the statistical efficiency of the estimates. By "pooling" time series and cross-sectional data, the researcher can increase the sample size and do a more effective analysis. The text covers a variety of pooled time series models including the "constant coefficients" model in which the parameters are constant across space and time, the "least squares dummy variable" model which permits the intercept to vary by time and by cross-section, the "error components" model which takes explicit account of cross-sectional and time series disturbances, and the "strucural equation model", which goes beyond the error components model.
Written in a clear and engaging style, Super Media introduces and examines the newly emerging cultural studies approach to understanding media. Michael Real begins by providing a critical review of previous traditions of media research and theory -- illustrated with tables and comparative charts -- and re-integrates media study around cultural studies. He argues that issues of personal identity and consciousness, of conflict and bias, of politics and policy, are more effectively articulated and understood through cultural studies. Drawing from both humanities and the social sciences, he centers his analyses in text, meaning, representation, interpretation, conflict, ideology, hegemony and culture. Extensive case studies flesh out these theories and concepts by exploring lively and familiar examples of media, including the Olympics, Hollywood films, superpower politics and transnational television programs.
An emerging approach to collective entrepreneurship by employees is described in this volume. The author uses as the basis of his research a car parts factory - a small yet highly successful division of a quickly growing and profitable corporation. Stewart describes the resources needed for the company to succeed, which include work action, management participation, and internal transformational capabilities. Finally he relates the concept to cross-cultural studies of entrepreneurship.
An emerging approach to collective entrepreneurship by employees is described in this volume. The author uses as the basis of his research a car parts factory - a small yet highly successful division of a quickly growing and profitable corporation. Stewart describes the resources needed for the company to succeed, which include work action, management participation, and internal transformational capabilities. Finally he relates the concept to cross-cultural studies of entrepreneurship.
State Policies, Party Politics and Regional Change in North East England
The impetus for this book came from the author's perception of and subsequent research into the dramatic changes taking place in his home region (N E England) for which he saw parallels in many industrialized countries. He saw new factories opening as collieries closed; railways being shut down as new roads were being built; town centres being ......
For centuries both primitive and sophisticated societies have been spellbound by persons who claim to have 'psychic' power. If extrasensory perception(ESP) is to be scientifically established there must be proof in the form of replicable experiments. This book recounts the scientific community's efforts to provide, test, and analyze such evidence.
Why be moral? This book offers an answer to this question - a question that reaches in to grasp at the very heart of ethics itself. It also shows us that skirmishes among supporters of specific moral principles require a different sort of resolution than those that occur between groups of ethical principles.
