Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Part I - Background -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Why compare Germany and the United States? -- 1.2 Why study income mobility around job loss and retirement? -- 1.3 Overview of the study -- 2. Welfare state change and income mobility: a framework -- 2.1 Income...

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The History of Oil and International Affairs -- 2 The Illiberal Political Economy of Oil -- 3 Oil, American Diplomacy, and Weak Institutions -- 4 Oil and International Security -- 5 Oil and US Grand Strategy -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.

This work explains and analyzes critical questions raised by the use-value assessment(UVA) policy for farmland preservation. It covers the origins, key features, impacts, andflaws of UVA programs across the United States and recommends policy reforms tomake the programs fair and more effective....

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Why Manufacturing Matters -- 2 The Ascent, 1865-1940 -- 3 Dominance, 1941-1973 -- 4 The Retreat, 1974- -- 5 The Past and the Future -- 6 Chances of Success -- Coda -- References -- Name Index -- Subject Index.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Anti-Water Privatization Movements in the Age of Globalization -- 1 From Commons to Commodity: Water Governance, Neoliberalism, and the Privatization of Municipal Water Systems -- 2 Globalization and Local Social Movements:...

Intro -- Contents -- About the Author -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Job Quality in the United States -- Part I: Changing Work Structures and Workers -- Chapter 2: Economic Transformation and the Decline of Institutional Protections -- Chapter 3: New Workers, New Differences -- Part II:...

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Descriptive Evidence on Minimum Wage Effects -- 3 A Model of Minimum Wage Effects on Labor Market Careers -- 4 Labor Market and Welfare Impacts of Minimum Wages -- 5 Minimum Wage Effects on Labor Market Outcomes -- 6 Assessing the Welfare...

Intro -- The Business of Empire -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. Foundations of Empire -- 1. Enterprise and Expansion, 1848-1885 -- 2. Joining the Imperial World, 1885-1904 -- Part II. Race and Labor -- 3. Corporate Colonialism, 1904-1912 -- 4. Divided Workers, 1912-1921...

Intro -- Comparative Environmental Regulationin the United States and Russia -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- 1. Environmental Protection through Flexible Regulation -- 2. On Institutions and Instruments -- 3. Clear Skies through Flexible Regulation: U.S. Air Quality Policy -- 4. How...

Intro -- CONTENTS -- Prologue: Confidence and the Currency -- 1. Bordering on Alchemy -- 2. Cogniac Street Capitalism -- 3. The Bank Wars -- 4. The Western Bankers -- 5. Passing and Detecting -- 6. Ghosts in the Machine -- 7. Banking on the Nation -- Epilogue: Confidence in the Country --...