Promoting sustainable development opens up debates about our relationship with the natural world, about what constitutes social progress and about the character of development, both in the North and the South, in the present and into the future. This concise and accessible text explores the prospects for and barriers to the promotion of sustainable development in the high-consumption societ…
Sejumlah buku sudah terbit dan mengungkapkan sejarah politik kontemporer Indonesia, khusus masa lahirnya reformasi yang ditandai dengan mundurnya Presiden Soeharto dari gelanggang politik di Indonesia. Buku-buku tersebut —beberapa di antaranya ditulis oleh pelaku sejarah— telah membantu kita menelaah sejarah perpolitikan di Indonesia, dalam sebuah kurun waktu tertentu. Tetapi, sejuju…
Dinamika berbangsa dan bernegara Indonesia selama satu dekade terakhir tampak mengalami banyak perubahan yang mendasar. Yang paling kasat mata adalah adanya peningkatan kebebasan berpendapat dan berpartisipasi dalam hampir semua aspek penting dari pengelo- laan negara. Sebagian orang menyebutnya sebagai fenomena penguatan proses demokrasi. Proses ini pula yang antara lain diyakini bisa m…
It is impossible to quantify the effects certain individuals have on the planning and creation of a book. Whether it be guidance, direct intervention or just general support, it is inevitable that a task that at times appeared to be a lonely, individual chore was, nevertheless, reliant on a number of people who offered guidance, encouragement or support.
This collection of essays represents the past few years of my work in crosscultural communication. I first became interested in cross-cultural communication in a serious way in the spring of 1989 when, as an assistant to the president of the Society for Technical Communication (STC), I was at a board meeting and heard a call from Janice Hocker, the president, for the report of the Intecom deleg…
This book provides an in-depth analysis of the Australian cybercrime landscape, covering the latest trends, tools, and tactics used by cybercriminals. The book also explores the steps being taken by Australian authorities and cybersecurity professionals to address these threats. Through theory, case studies, and real-world examples, this book offers a comprehensive overview of the challenges fa…
If it has something to do with your personal relationship to your own money, it’s a good bet that this book talks about it. Managing Your Money All-in-One For Dummies, 2nd Edition, offers money-management and personal-finance tips to help assess your true financial situation and take charge of your economic life. You find information on getting the best mortgage, saving for the future (wh…
Imagine James Bond meets Sherlock Holmes: Counterterrorism and Cybersecurity is the sequel to Facebook Nation in the Total Information Awareness book series by Newton Lee. Taking no prisoners and leaving no stone unturned, the book examines U.S. counterterrorism history, technologies, and strategies from a unique and thought-provoking approach that encompasses personal experiences, investig…
This book is written for the aspiring trader but will also appeal to the experienced trader looking for a new market or trading strategy.
Unlike other books in fixed-income valuation, which are either too rig- orous but mathematically demanding, or easy-to-read but lacking in impor- tant details, our goal is to provide readability with sufficient rigor. In the first book, we give a basic introduction to various fixed-income securities and their derivatives. The principal focus of this book is on measuring and managing intere…
Years after the global financial crisis that broke out in 2007–2008, the industrial world’s economies are still growing too slowly to restore full employment. Emerging markets, despite impressive income gains in many cases, remain vulnerable to the ebb and flow of global capital. And finally, an acute economic crisis in the euro area has lasted since 2009, bringing the future of Europe…
This book has been written for all students of Cambridge IGCSE® and O Level Economics. It carefully and precisely follows the syllabus from Cambridge Assessment International Education. It provides the detail and guidance that are needed to support you throughout the course and help you prepare for your examinations. It will also be of great use to anyone who wants to learn more about the…
In its modern understanding, the word “statistics” was first used by German scientist Gottfried Achenwall who borrowed this word from the Italian language. During the Renaissance, a special course on the knowledge of policy was given the name ragione di stato or diciplina de statu and widely used in Italy. The words stato and statu mean “state” and are the origin of the German word…
In the early 1990s, I could not find a textbook from which to teach an Issues in Environmental Pollution course. So began the writing of class notes, added to by student concerns, misunderstandings, questions, and an ever-increasing volume of information on the issues. The result was the text, Understanding Environmental Pollution. It summarizes the basics of many pollution issues, using langua…
This book reflects the emerging role of securitization within the bond markets. For instance, the Collateralized Debt Obligation (CDO) market is a constant source of innovation. The low interest rate environment of the past few years and increasing number of downgrades in the corporate bond market has made the rating-resilient securitization issuance an at- tractive source of investment fo…
Panel data always have been at the center of econometric research and have been used extensively in applied economic research to refute a variety of hypotheses. The chapters in these two volumes represent, to a large extent, much of what has been accomplished in the profession during the last few years. Naturally, this is a selective presentation and many important topics have been left ou…
Readers will generally obtain the maximum benefit by studying the text from the beginning and working through it in order. It is intended that the reader builds from scratch the models that are shown, to reinforce the learning experience and to enhance practical skills. Of course, there may be areas which are already familiar to some readers, and which can be skim‐read. Nevertheless, the t…
This book is focused on the complex problem of controlling air pollution and mitigating its adverse effects on human health and the environment. It is written by leading experts in the field and addresses many aspects of air pollution, including monitoring and source characterization of air pollution, the theory and application of air quality modeling, health effects and risk assessment, air qu…
This book is about using data to understand how social media services are used. Since the advent of Web 2.0, sites and services that give their users the power to actively change and contribute to the services’ content have exploded in popularity. Social media finds its roots in early social networking and community communication services, including the bulletin board systems (BBS) of the 198…
We started working on this book more than 10 years ago after teaching courses on forecasting techniques at University of Aarhus, Denmark, and in Bertinoro, Italy, to groups of PhD students and assistant professors. Since then, we have developed the material through courses offered to participants at many institutions, including at CREATES (University of Aarhus), American University, Edhec, …