Taking a fresh approach to integrating key concepts & research processes this undergraduate textbook encourages students to develop an understanding of how ecologists raise & answer real-world questions Four unique chapters describe the development & evolution of different research programs in each of ecology's core areas showing students that research is undertaken by real people who are profoundly influenced by their social & political environments Beginning with a case study to capture student interest each chapter emphasizes the linkage between observations ideas questions hypotheses predictions results & conclusions Discussion questions integrated within the text encourage active participation & a range of end-of-chapter questions reinforce knowledge & encourage application of analytical & critical thinking skills to real ecological questions Students are asked to analyze & interpret real data with support from online tutorials demonstrating the R programming language for statistical analysis ...

In Ecology without Nature Timothy Morton argues that the chief stumbling block to environmental thinking is the image of nature itself Ecological writers propose a new worldview but their very zeal to preserve the natural world leads them away from the 'nature' they revere The problem is a symptom of the ecological catastrophe in which we are living Morton sets out a seeming paradox to have a properly ecological view we must relinquish the idea of nature once & for all Ecology without Nature investigates our ecological assumptions in a way that is provocative & deeply engaging Ranging widely in eighteenth-century through contemporary philosophy culture & history he explores the value of art in imagining environmental projects for the future Morton develops a fresh vocabulary for reading 'environmentality' in artistic form as well as content & traces the contexts of ecological constructs through the history of capitalism From John Clare to John Cage from Kierkegaard to Kristeva from The Lord of the Rings to electronic life forms Ecology without Nature widens our view of ecological criticism & deepens our understanding of ecology itself Instead of trying to use an idea of nature to heal what society has damaged Morton sets out a radical new form of ecological criticism 'dark ecology' ...

Begon Townsend & Harper's Ecology has long been regarded as the definitive textbook on all aspects of ecology This new edition provides a comprehensive treatment of the subject from the first principles of ecology to the current state of the field & aims to improve students' preparedness to address the environmental problems of the new millennium Thoroughly revised & updated this fourth edition

Includes:: three new chapters on applied ecology reflecting a rigorous scientific approach to the ecological problems now facing mankinddiscussion of over 800 new studies updating the text throughoutan updated user-friendly design with margin notes & chapter summaries that serve as study aids The resulting textbook is easy to use lucid & up-to-date & is the essential reference for all students whose degree program

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The second edition of a comprehensive state-of-the-art graduate level text on microeconometric methods substantially revised & updated The second edition of this acclaimed graduate text provides a unified treatment of two methods used in contemporary econometric research cross section & data panel methods By focusing on assumptions that can be given behavioral content the book maintains an appropriate level of rigor while emphasizing intuitive thinking The analysis covers both linear & nonlinear models including models with dynamics andor individual heterogeneity In addition to general estimation frameworks (particular methods of moments & maximum likelihood) specific linear & nonlinear methods are covered in detail including probit & logit models & their multivariate Tobit models models for count data censored & missing data schemes causal (or treatment) effects & duration analysis Econometric Analysis of Cross Section & Panel Data was the first graduate econometrics text to focus on microeconomic data structures allowing assumptions to be separated into population & sampling assumptions This second edition has been substantially updated & revised Improvements include a broader class of models for missing data problems; more detailed treatment of cluster problems an important topic for empirical researchers; expanded discussion of generalized instrumental variables (GIV) estimation; new coverage (based on the author's own recent research) of inverse probability weighting; a more complete framework for estimating treatment effects with panel data & a firmly established link between econometric approaches to nonlinear panel data & the generalized estimating equation literature popular in statistics & other fields New attention is given to explaining when particular econometric methods can be applied; the goal is not only to tell readers what does work but why certain obvious procedures do not The numerous included exercises both theoretical & computer-based allow the reader to extend methods covered in the text & discover new insights ...

Panel data econometrics has evolved rapidly over the last decade Micro & Macro panels are increasing in numbers & availability & methods to deal with these data are in high demand from practitioners Written by one of the world's leading researchers & writers in the field Econometric Analysis of Panel Data has become established as the leading textbook for postgraduate courses in panel data This new edition has been fully revised & updated &

Includes:: A new chapter entitled Spatial Panel Data New empirical applications New material on non-stationary panels New empirical applications using Stata & EViews Thoroughly updated References Additional exercises in each chapter

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Now in its fifth edition Economic Approaches to Organisations remains one of the few texts to emphasize the importance of economic issues & developments in the study of organisations & management It explains in a non-technical way different economic approaches such as behavioural theory of the firm game theory agency theory transaction cost economics economics of strategy & evolutionary approaches This latest edition is packed with practical examples from real-world companies helping you to understand how the concepts relate to economic & organizational problems happening in the world today ...

For courses on economic development Accessible theory relevant policy issues & the latest data & research in the context of a thorough introduction to the developing world Economic Development
- the leading textbook in this field
- provides students with a complete & balanced introduction to the requisite theory driving policy issues & latest research Todaro & Smith take a policy-oriented approach presenting economic theory in the context of critical policy debates & country-specific case studies to see how theory relates to the problems & prospects of developing countries New to this edition Findings Boxes
- new intuitive introductions to important recent research Global Crisis
- up-to-date challenges & opportunities for developing countries Policy Analysis & case studies
- review great progress in many developing countries plus big challenges such as violent conflict & climate change; insights from comparative case studies such as Costa Rica Guatemala & Honduras




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The long-awaited second edition of an important textbook on economic growth-a major revision incorporating the most recent work on the subject This graduate level text on economic growth surveys neoclassical & more recent growth theories stressing their empirical implications & the relation of theory to data & evidence The authors have undertaken a major revision for the long-awaited second edition of this widely used text the first modern textbook devoted to growth theory The book has been expanded in many areas & incorporates the latest research After an introductory discussion of economic growth the book examines neoclassical growth theories from Solow-Swan in the 1950s & Cass-Koopmans in the 1960s to more recent refinements; this is followed by a discussion of extensions to the model with expanded treatment in this edition of heterogenity of households The book then turns to endogenous growth theory discussing among other topics models of endogenous technological progress (with an expanded discussion in this edition of the role of outside competition in the growth process) technological diffusion & an endogenous determination of labor supply & population The authors then explain the essentials of growth accounting & apply this framework to endogenous growth models The final chapters cover empirical analysis of regions & empirical evidence on economic growth for a broad panel of countries from 1960 to 2000 The updated treatment of cross-country growth regressions for this edition uses the new Summers-Heston data set on world income distribution compiled through 2000 ...

In this concise yet comprehensive history Heinz D Kurz traces the long arc of economic thought from its emergence in ancient Greece to its systematic presentation among the classical thinkers of the late eighteenth & early nineteenth centuries to the influential work of scholars such as Paul Samuelson & Kenneth J Arrow With a keen eye for how economic insights are acquired lost & reborn Kurz focuses on the dynamic individuals who give old ideas new life & the historical events that provoke different approaches & theories Over the course of this journey Kurz explains what Adam Smith meant by the "invisible hand"; how Karl Marx&s "law of motion" works in capitalist economies; the roots of the Austrian economists& emphasis on the problems of information incomplete knowledge & uncertainty; John Maynard Keynes&s principle of effective demand & economic stabilization; & the insights & challenges offered by growth theory welfare economics game theory & more He concludes with a deft summation of world economists& major concerns today & their critical relation to world events ...

From Nobel Prize-winning economist Jean Tirole a bold new agenda for the role of economics in society When Jean Tirole won the 2014 Nobel Prize in Economics he suddenly found himself being stopped in the street by complete strangers & asked to comment on issues of the day no matter how distant from his own areas of research His transformation from academic economist to public intellectual prompted him to reflect further on the role economists & their discipline play in society The result is Economics for the Common Good a passionate manifesto for a world in which economics far from being a dismal science is a positive force for the common good Economists are rewarded for writing technical papers in scholarly journals not joining in public debates But Tirole says we urgently need economists to engage with the many challenges facing society helping to identify our key objectives & the tools needed to meet them To show how economics can help us realize the common good Tirole shares his insights on a broad array of questions affecting our everyday lives & the future of our society including global warming unemployment the post-2008 global financial order the Euro crisis the digital revolution innovation & the proper balance between the free market & regulation Providing a rich account of how economics can benefit everyone Economics for the Common Good sets a new agenda for the role of economics in society ...