The political brain : the role of emotion in deciding the fate of the nation / Drew Westen. by Westen, Drew, 1959-

Table of Contents: “…Winning states of mind -- Rational minds, irrational campaigns -- The evolution of the passionate brain -- The emotions behind the curtain -- Special interests in mind -- Trickle-up politics -- Writing an emotional constitution -- Aborting ambivalence -- Gunning for common ground -- Racial consciousness and unconsciousness -- Death and taxes -- Hope, inspiration, and political intelligence -- Positively negative -- Terror networks -- Civil and uncivil unions.…”
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State and nation making in Latin America and Spain : republics of the possible / [edited by] Miguel A. Centeno, Princeton University, Agustin E. Ferraro, University of Salamanca.

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Corporate Social Responsibility, the Fight Against Corruption and Tax Behaviour by Manuel Castelo Branco. by Castelo Branco, Manuel

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Against the profit motive : the salary revolution in American government, 1780-1940 / Nicholas R. Parrillo. by Parrillo, Nicholas R.

Table of Contents: “…The old regime : lawful bargaining for public services -- Bargaining outlawed -- A regulatory nightmare : salaries as a remedy for corrupt exchange and official lucre -- A government capable of saying "no" : salaries as a reaction against customer service -- State and local taxation : the tax ferrets -- Federal taxation : the moiety men -- Criminal prosecution : cash for convictions -- Incarceration : jailors' fees and penitentiary profits -- Naval warfare : prize money and blood money -- Epilogue : American state-building and the critique of bureaucracy.…”
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Weekly address : protecting the middle class & the economy / by the White House.

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The Japanese prime minister and public policy / Kenji Hayao. by Hayao, Kenji

Table of Contents: “…Nakasone and Educational Reform -- Educational Reform Reaches the Agenda: Nakasone Looks for an Issue -- Establishing the National Council on Educational Reform -- The National Council on Educational Reform -- The Rinkyoshin's Deliberations -- Enactment of Proposals -- Conclusion -- 4. Nakasone and Tax Reform -- Tax Reform Reaches the Agenda -- Shaping the Agenda -- The LDP Tax Council Deliberations -- The First Attempt to Pass the Tax Reform Bills -- The Second Attempt to Pass the Tax Reform Bills -- Epilogue: Tax Reform Under Takeshita and Kaifu -- Conclusion -- 5. …”
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Innovative Business Development—A Global Perspective 25th International Economic Conference of Sibiu (IECS 2018) / edited by Ramona Orăștean, Claudia Ogrean, Silvia Cristina Mărgin...

Table of Contents: “…New Globalization or Quite the Opposite -- Future Research Directions on Web-Based Educational Systems -- Evaluation of Banking Digitization Policy of Romanian Commercial Banks -- Transatlantic Trade Wars: The United States and The European Union in Endless Confrontation -- Coordinates of the Relationship between Taxation and Competitiveness in the European Union -- IT Solutions for Business Process Management -- Corporate Diplomacy as a Management Decision -- Corporate Income Tax Versus Tax on Turnover. Analysis on BET Index Companies -- Essence and Estimation of Economic System Sustainability -- Analysis of Energy Security Provision in the European Countries.…”
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The great forgetting : the past, present and future of social democracy and the welfare state / Jack Lawrence Luzkow. by Luzkow, Jack Lawrence, 1941-

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The Morality of Business A Profession for Human Wealthcare / by Tibor R. Machan. by Machan, Tibor R.

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Democratic constitutional design and public policy : analysis and evidence / edited by Roger D. Congleton and Birgitta Swedenborg.

Table of Contents: “…Mark Crain -- Federalism : a constitutional perspective / Dennis C. Mueller -- Common tax pool problems in federal systems / Brian Knight -- Judicial independence and economic Growth : some proposals regarding the judiciary / Lars P. …”
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Balancing the Budget is a Progressive Priority by Donald H. Taylor, Jr. by Taylor, Donald H.

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Reform Processes and Policy Change Veto Players and Decision-Making in Modern Democracies / edited by Thomas König, Marc Debus, George Tsebelis. by König, Thomas

Table of Contents: “…Veto-Players and Welfare State Reforms -- The Veto Player Approachy in Comparative Politics: Concepts and Explanatory Power -- Annoying, but Pacifying: Veto Players and the Onset of Civil War -- Veto Players, Bargaining and the Empirical Analysis of EU Policy Making: A Quantal Response Approach -- Mutual Veto?…”
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The Politics of Budgetary Surplus by Scott Brenton. by Brenton, Scott

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Making Washington Work : Tales of Innovation in the Federal Government. by Donahue, John D.

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Imposing values : an essay on liberalism and regulation / N. Scott Arnold. by Arnold, N. Scott

Table of Contents: “…Rights, public goods, and externalities -- Two views of the proper role of government -- Fundamental rights -- Public goods -- Externalities -- Private and public property -- Ownership of productive assets -- Tax policy -- Transfer programs -- Liberal conceptions of private property -- Ownership of productive assets and personal property : some traditional incidents -- The right to manage -- The right of disposition -- Ownership of labor and human capital -- Self-ownership -- The modern liberal regulatory agenda -- Economic regulation -- Noneconomic regulation and the modern liberal regulatory agenda -- Common ground arguments -- Presuppositions of a market economy -- Fundamental rights and negative externalities -- Public goods problems and public goods arguments -- Public goods and collective values -- Regulation and collective values -- Regulatory public goods -- The private provision of regulatory public goods -- Nonmedical consumer product safety -- Occupational licensure -- Land use regulation -- Regulation of the employment relation -- Conversion arguments : employment law -- Conversion arguments -- Minimum wage and overtime pay -- Equal pay for equal work -- Family and medical leave -- Regulation of collective bargaining -- Conversion arguments : antidiscrimination law -- Discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, and national origin -- Sex discrimination -- Age discrimination -- Discrimination on the basis of disability -- Conversion arguments : health and safety regulation -- Occupational safety and health regulation -- Consumer product health and safety regulation : the Food and Drug Administration -- Nonmedical consumer product health and safety regulation -- Occupational licensure -- Conversion arguments : land use regulation -- The Endangered Species Act -- Section 404 of the Clean Water Act -- Imposing values -- Deciding on the proper scope of government -- Public justification -- The problem of faction and its relevance -- The transparency requirement -- Applications -- The antidiscrimination regulatory regime -- The occupational safety and health regulatory regime -- The medical products regulatory regime.…”
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Civilizing globalization : a survival guide / edited by Richard Sandbrook.

Table of Contents: “…Who gains and who loses? An economic perspective / Albert Berry -- Globalization, neoliberalism, and health / David Coburn -- Latin America: inequality, poverty, and questionable democracies / Judith Teichman -- Globalization versus cultural authenticity? …”
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Challenging authority : the historical study of contentious politics / Michael P. Hanagan, Leslie Page Moch, and Wayne te Brake, editors.

Table of Contents: “…Walder -- Artisans and revolution in a Finnish country town / Risto Alapuro -- Bandits and boundaries: robber bands and secret societies on the Dutch frontier (1730-1778) / Anton Blok -- Six hundred years of visionaries in Spain: those believed and those ignored / William A. …”
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How Russia really works : the informal practices that shaped post-Soviet politics and business / Alena V. Ledeneva. by Ledeneva, Alena V., 1964-

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Local Public Finance An International Comparative Regulatory Perspective / edited by René Geissler, Gerhard Hammerschmid, Christian Raffer.

Table of Contents: “…Local Public Finance in Times of Crisis -- Global Crisis, Local Impact: A Comparative Approach to the Financial Crisis’ Impacts on European Local Levels -- Fiscal consolidation in German and Greek Local Governments: Reform Attempts, Supervision, and Local Measures -- Financial Decisions, Intergovernmental Grants and Regulatory Instability: The Case of Italian Municipalities -- Insights from City Financial Realities: Comparing and Learning across Borders -- Taking Stock: The Role of Institutional Context for Local Government Financial Resilience -- Local Government Tax Structure.…”
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