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Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Summary of Contents -- Contents -- Policy Applications -- Preface -- For Whom Is This Book Written? -- A Word on Tone and Technicality -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Three Goals -- The Role of Models -- Why Rationality? -- I NORMATIVE FOUNDATIONS -- 1 Normative Frameworks -- 1.1 What Is a Normative Framework? -- 1.1.1 Private vs. Public Morality -- 1.2 Utilitarianism -- 1.2.1 Why Be a Utilitarian? -- 1.2.2 Some Problems for Utilitarianism -- 1.3 Egalitarianism -- 1.3.1 Equality of Outcomes -- 1.3.2 Equality of Opportunity

The focus of this book is on using quantitative research methods to test hypotheses and build theory in political science, public policy and public administration. It is designed for advanced undergraduate courses, or introductory and intermediate graduate-level courses. The first part of the book introduces the scientific method, then covers research design, measurement, descriptive statistics, probability, inference, and basic measures of association. The second part of the book covers bivariate and multiple linear regression using the ordinary least squares, the calculus and matrix algebra that are necessary for understanding bivariate and multiple linear regression, the assumptions that underlie these methods, and then provides a short introduction to generalized linear models. The book fully embraces the open access and open source philosophies. The book is freely available in the SHAREOK repository; it is written in R Markdown files that are available in a public GitHub repository; it uses and teaches R and RStudio for data analysis, visualization and data management; and it uses publically available survey data (from the Meso-Scale Integrated Socio-geographic Network) to illustrate important concepts and methods. We encourage students to download the data, replicate the examples, and explore further! We also encourage instructors to download the R Markdown files and modify the text for use in different courses.

"Reprinted from the Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science for May, 1906." ; Cover-title. ; The economic handicap of the Negro in the North / K. Miller -- The Negro in the trades unions in New York / Mary W. Ovington -- The migration of Negroes to the North / R.R. Wright, Jr. -- The training of the Negro laborer in the North / H.M. Browne -- The industrial condition of the Negro in New York City / W.L. Bulkley -- The three amendments / J. Bascom. ; Mode of access: Internet. ; BEIN JWJ Zan2 906 +In2: Original wrappers.

The article studies the organization and financing of the Spanish state policy in the field of scientific and technological research and innovation, its institutional basic and the legal and regulatory framework, as well as analyzes the problem of Spanish public opinion on research and work of scientists. The author uses the methods of texts analysis, interviews and expert assessments. First, the author examines the legislative framework of scientific and technical policy of the Kingdom of Spain, the theoretical basis of its development and implementation Then, we study the institutional characteristics of scientific policy in the country, in particular the principal organs of coordination, financing and implementation, including their functional powers. Finally, we investigate the Spanish people perception of the science as a whole, the introduction of new technologies and the sources of material support to scientific research. In conclusion, the past 10years have seen active steps of the Spanish authorities improve the legislation in the field of science in order to ensure the effective implementation of innovation and enhance the overall competitiveness of the country in the international arena. An important finding was also positive changes in the public attitude towards science and the intensification of the dialogue between the scientific community and the public.

In this study, Connie Ozawa examines the relationship between the management of scientific information and political power in the USA. In cases ranging from local land use disputes to federal regulatory battles, decision-making methods based on generating a consensus among key players have been added to the conventional policy-making process. The a

Biology can inform public policy in a number of ways. This volume explores the linkage of the life sciences with policy (what the book refers to as biopolicy). It features two points of departure: the implications of the neurosciences for public policy; and the implications of evolutionary theory for policy-making. The first part of the book provides an introduction to the subject of biopolicy as well as the relevance of the brain sciences and evolutionary theory for this subject. The second part considers several case studies of how these points of departure inform our knowledge of policy. Among case studies provided here are the implications for distribution of wealth, the roots of foreign policy, violent behavior, policy decision-making, and the like. In the final analysis, this book provides examples of how the life sciences can inform public policy choices. Research in Biopolitics is the only book series that focuses specifically on the relationship between biology and politics, and provides contemporary research for practitioners, including anthropologists, sociologists, economists, biopolitical researchers, as well as students of law and political science.