"Public Personnel Management has served as an essential, concise reader for public personnel and human resource management courses in the fields of public administration, political science, and public policy for more than 30 years. Since the first edition published in 1991, the book has provided...

"The issue of the future of Social Security, on which millions of Americans depend, produced great political theater at the State of the Union address. That highlighted a bigger problem of financing retirement as baby boomers seek to retire, often with limited resources. Many argue that the...

Developing countries are concerned that multilateral tariff reductions will harm their agricultural sectors because of preference erosion. The findings in this report suggest that although this may indeed be a problem for some countries in some sectors, factors other than preferential schemes...

The United States is one of the most important agricultural producers in the world. It has a very large domestic market and is the world’s largest exporter of agricultural products. Indeed, the share of US agricultural production exported is more than double that of any other US industry and...

Part I: Safety and the industry -- Introduction -- Providing safe products and food safety -- The meat industry -- Part II: Concerns about animal production facilities -- Producing beef, dairy, and pork products -- The production of chickens -- Wild and farm-raised seafood -- The humane...

The significance of natural resources in facilitating financial activity is crucial in achieving a nation's sustainable economic advancement. This research directed to investigate the consequences of economic growth, rents of natural resources, and capitalization on financial development within...