"This book is about the convergence of trends in two American institutions - the economy and the criminal justice system. The American economy has radically transformed in the past half-century, led by advances in automation technology that have permanently altered labor market dynamics. Over...

Introduction, Context, Cases -- Theorizing Local Development Strategies -- Patterns in the Industry - Patterns in Location -- The Industrial Recruitment of Automotive Assembly Plants in the South -- The Business of Partnerships -- The Political and Economic in Partnership -- Axiomatic? A Weird,...

"Combining balance sheet analysis with historical institutional analysis, this book traces the evolution of social sector financial balance sheets in the US from 1960-2018. This innovative historical-institutional approach, ranging from the micro level of households to the macro level of the...

"A gripping account of taxation told through lively, dramatic, and sometimes ludicrous stories drawn from around the world and across the ages Governments have always struggled to tax in ways that are effective and tolerably fair. Sometimes they fail grotesquely, as when, in 1898, the British...

Introduction -- The regulation of advertising -- The volume and content of political advertising -- The challenge of online advertising -- How ads are created and tested -- Buying and targeting political advertising on television -- Studying the persuasive effects of advertising -- Beyond...

Part 1. AN OVERVIEW OF THE CONTEMPORARY LANDSCAPE. The history and study of faculty unions and collective bargaining in the United States -- Symbiosis and tensions: Shared governance and unions -- Graduate student unionization -- Legal developments in higher education collective bargaining --...