J Michael: 2158 books
Community Policing
A Police-Citizen Partnership
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
This textbook discusses the role of community-oriented policing, including the police image, public expectations, ethics in law enforcement, community wellness, civilian review boards, and what the community can do to help decrease crime rates. In addition, the author covers basic interpersonal skills...
The ABCs of Gold Investing
How to Protect and Build Your Wealth with Gold
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
Beginning investors will find thorough guidelines for making good decisions in this study of private gold ownership. Emphasis is placed on the asset-preservation qualities of gold at a time when investor uncertainty about the economy and recent investment scandals have led many to seek asset diversification....
by Michael J Sheehan
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2013
SMEs need to become more sustainable. To reach such a goal they also need to become more professional in their outlook and approach. In this way they may be able to deal with the instability, complexity, ambiguity and uncertainty of change; and to cope with the ever increasing pressures brought by...
Sustainability in Higher Education
Stories and Strategies for Transformation
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2013
Campus leaders describe how community colleges, publicly funded universities, and private liberal arts colleges across America are integrating sustainability into curriculum, policies, and programs.
In colleges and universities across the United States, students, faculty, and staff are forging...
by Michael R. Greenberg, Bernadette M. West, Karen W. Lowrie
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2009
An essential reference for journalists, activists, and students, this book presents scientifically accurate and accessible overviews of 24 of the most important issues in the nuclear realm, including: health effects, nuclear safety and engineering, TMI and Chernobyl, nuclear medicine, food irradiation,...
America's Urban Crisis and the Advent of Color-Blind Politics
Education, Incarceration, Segregation, and the Future of the U.S. Multiracial Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2011
Over 40 years ago the historic Kerner Commission Report declared that America was undergoing an urban crisis whose effects were disproportionately felt by underclass populations. In America's Urban Crisis and the Advent of Color-blind Politics, Curtis Ivery and Joshua Bassett explore the persistence...
by Michael J. Silverstein, Dylan Bolden, Rune Jacobsen
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
Rocket tells the story of how sixteen remarkable business leaders created great brands. Leslie Wexner tells you how he turned a two-store chain into a $6.5 billion worldwide brand called Victoria Secret, and Howard Schultz shares how he took his passion for a little coffee shop in Seattle and grew...
Islam and the West
Critical Perspectives on Modernity
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2003
Since the terrorist attacks of September 11th the topic of Islam's political, cultural, religious, and spiritual tendencies and beliefs has been thrust into the spotlight. However, most discussions concerning Islam's relation to the West tend to simplify and distort the intricate nature of the problem....
America 3.0
Rebooting American Prosperity in the 21st Century-Why Americas Greatest Days Are Yet to Come
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2013
America’s greatest days are yet to come. We are in a painful transition period. Our government is crushingly expensive, failing at its basic functions, and unable to keep its promises. It does not work and it cannot continue as it is. But the inevitable end of big government does not mean the end of...
by Jörg Decressin, Ioannis Halikias, Michael Kumhof
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2015
The paper studies the impacts of wage moderation in the euro area. Simulation results show that if a single euro area crisis-hit economy undertakes wage moderation, the impact on output is positive for that economy and for the entire euro area. If all crisis-hit economies undertake wage moderation together,...
Managing Business Complexity
Discovering Strategic Solutions with Agent-Based Modeling and Simulation
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2007
Agent-based modeling and simulation (ABMS), a way to simulate a large number of choices by individual actors, is one of the most exciting practical developments in business modeling since the invention of relational databases. It represents a new way to understand data and generate information that...
An Imperfect Union
The Maastricht Treaty And The New Politics Of European Integration
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2018
Exploring the Maastricht Treaty process and the politics of European integration, the author argues that the end of the cold war and German unification have created a new set of geopolitical realities in Europe that have affected the nature and dynamics of European union.
by Peter M. Blau, Thomas J. Fararo, Jack A. Goldstone
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2002
Written by eminent sociologists, this book introduces and assesses some of the most influential, recent sociological theories. Each chapter explains the theory and describes a related program of empirical research. Chapters are authored by the actual founders (and/or leading exponents) of these theoretical...
by Michael J. Enright
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2016
One of the most important features of China’s economic emergence has been the role of foreign investment and foreign companies. The importance goes well beyond the USD 1.6 trillion in foreign direct investment that China has received since it started opening its economy. Using the tools of economic...