"Many governments face similar pressures surrounding the hotly debated topic of immigration. Yet, the disparate ways in which policy makers respond is striking. The Comparative Politics of Immigration explains why democratic governments adopt the immigration policies they do. Through an in-depth...

Chapter Introduction -- chapter 1 A Long Technology Cycle: Outline -- chapter 2 Stage-Two Innovation and Technology Revolution -- chapter 3 Th e Course of Normal Technological Change: Where We Are in 2010 -- chapter 4 On Recognizing the Technology Cycle -- chapter 5 Th e Long Technology Cycle:...

1. Corporate finance and US foreign policy / Ronald W. Cox -- 2. Transnational capital and the US-China nexus / Ronald W. Cox and Sylvan Lee -- 3. The foreign policy of organized labor in the context of globalization / Ronald W. Cox and G. Nelson Bass -- 4. The corporate centrism of the Obama...

This volume contains a set of empirical papers by a set of global scholars who examine corporate governance and market regulation from a variety of perspectives. Jiang, Kim and Zhang argue that in certain cases an ex post increase in CEO pay can prevent the ex ante problem of managerial...

Boards of directors are sitting ducks. Shareholders complain and even attack, management manipulates, and individual board members have little power, able to act only as part of the board as a whole. Governance issues are front and center, yet there is often little understanding, even among...

All advisors interested in the development of their craft will profit from - and richly enjoy - this lovely book. As Michael R. Yogg makes clear in his readable, short biography, 'Passion for Reality,' Paul Cabot was a central figure in the remarkable 20th century democratization of capitalism...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1. Housing Policy for the 1990s -- 2. The Nation's Housing: A Review of Past Trends and Future Prospects for Housing in America -- 3. A Strategy for Designing a Fully Comprehensive National Housing Policy for the Federal Government of the United...