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A Rational Expectations Approach to Macroeconometrics - Testing Policy Ineffectiveness and Efficient-Markets Models - Frederic S. Mishkin

DKK 291.95

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Power Shifts - Congress and Presidential Representation - John A Dearborn

That the president uniquely represents the national interest is a political truism, yet this idea has been transformational, shaping the efforts of Congress to remake the presidency and testing the adaptability of American constitutional government.

DKK 1263.95

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Dangerous Diagnostics - The Social Power of Biological Information - Dorothy Nelkin

A study of the pervasiveness of diagnostic testing and the potential it offers institutions to classify, categorize and ultimately control individuals. The ethical, social and legal implications of technologies that can lead to new forms of discrimination are also included.

DKK 315.95

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Cancer on Trial - Oncology as a New Style of Practice - Peter Keating

Helps you explore how practitioners established a new style of practice, at the center of which lies the cancer clinical trial. Far from mere testing devices, this book features trials that have become full-fledged experiments that have redefined the practices of clinicians, statisticians, and biologists.

DKK 548.95

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The Scene of Harlem Cabaret - Race, Sexuality, Performance - Shane Vogel

Harlem's nightclubs in the 1920s and '30s were a crucible for testing society's racial and sexual limits. Combining performance theory, historical research, and biographical study, this title explores the role of nightlife performance as a definitive touchstone for understanding the racial and sexual politics of the early 20th century.

DKK 383.95

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Making Failure Pay - For-Profit Tutoring, High-Stakes Testing, and Public Schools - Jill P. Koyama

A little-discussed aspect of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) is a mandate that requires failing schools to hire after-school tutoring companies and to pay them with federal funds. This title takes a hard look at the implications of this blurring of the boundaries between government, schools, and commerce in New York City.

DKK 1124.95

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Making Failure Pay - For-Profit Tutoring, High-Stakes Testing, and Public Schools - Jill P. Koyama

A little-discussed aspect of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) is a mandate that requires failing schools to hire after-school tutoring companies and to pay them with federal funds. This title takes a hard look at the implications of this blurring of the boundaries between government, schools, and commerce in New York City.

DKK 327.95

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School Principal – Managing in Public - Dan C. Lortie

Paints a portrait of what principals do, how they do it, and why. This title offers an analysis of issues and trends in education, including the presence of women in the role and the effects of widespread testing mandated by the government. It begins with a brief history of the job before turning to the daily work of a principal.

DKK 976.95

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Accountability in State Legislatures - Steven Rogers

A troubling portrait of democracy in US state legislatures. State legislatures hold tremendous authority over key facets of our lives, ranging from healthcare to marriage to immigration policy. In theory, elections create incentives for state legislators to produce good policies. But do they? Drawing on wide-ranging quantitative and qualitative evidence, Steven Rogers offers the most comprehensive assessment of this question to date, testing different potential mechanisms of accountability. His findings..

DKK 1413.95

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Accountability in State Legislatures - Steven Rogers

A troubling portrait of democracy in US state legislatures. State legislatures hold tremendous authority over key facets of our lives, ranging from healthcare to marriage to immigration policy. In theory, elections create incentives for state legislators to produce good policies. But do they? Drawing on wide-ranging quantitative and qualitative evidence, Steven Rogers offers the most comprehensive assessment of this question to date, testing different potential mechanisms of accountability. His findings..

DKK 315.95

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The Lost Black Scholar - Resurrecting Allison Davis in American Social Thought - David A. Varel

Allison Davis (1902-83), a preeminent black scholar and social science pioneer, is perhaps best known for his groundbreaking investigations into inequality, Jim Crow America, and the cultural biases of intelligence testing. Davis, one of America's first black anthropologists and the first tenured African American professor at a predominantly white university, produced work that had tangible and lasting effects on public policy, including contributions to Brown v. Board of Education, the federal Head..

DKK 193.95

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The Well-Connected Animal - Lee Alan Dugatkin

An engaging exploration of the wondrous social webs that permeate life in animal societies around the world. It's all about who you know. Whether vampire bats sharing blood meals for survival, field crickets remembering champion fighters, macaque monkeys forming grooming pacts after a deadly hurricane, or great tit birds learning the best way to steal milk--it pays to be well connected. In this tour of the animal kingdom, evolutionary biologist Lee Alan Dugatkin reveals a new field of study, uncovering..

DKK 240.95

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The Fruits of Opportunism - Le Lin

\Like many parents in the US, parents in China, increasingly concerned with their children's academic performance, are turning to for-profit businesses to help their children get ahead in school. China's educational testing industry (ETI) is now the world's largest and most vibrant for-profit education market, with almost one-tenth of China's enormous population attending ETI classes every year. We see the results in the US higher education system, as more than 70% of Chinese students studying in..

DKK 404.95

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The Fruits of Opportunism - Le Lin

\Like many parents in the US, parents in China, increasingly concerned with their children's academic performance, are turning to for-profit businesses to help their children get ahead in school. China's educational testing industry (ETI) is now the world's largest and most vibrant for-profit education market, with almost one-tenth of China's enormous population attending ETI classes every year. We see the results in the US higher education system, as more than 70% of Chinese students studying in..

DKK 1027.95

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A Rational Expectations Approach to Macroeconometrics - Testing Policy Ineffectiveness and Efficient-Markets Models - Frederic S. Mishkin

Power Shifts - Congress and Presidential Representation - John A Dearborn

Dangerous Diagnostics - The Social Power of Biological Information - Dorothy Nelkin

Cancer on Trial - Oncology as a New Style of Practice - Peter Keating

The Scene of Harlem Cabaret - Race, Sexuality, Performance - Shane Vogel

Making Failure Pay - For-Profit Tutoring, High-Stakes Testing, and Public Schools - Jill P. Koyama

Making Failure Pay - For-Profit Tutoring, High-Stakes Testing, and Public Schools - Jill P. Koyama

School Principal – Managing in Public - Dan C. Lortie

Accountability in State Legislatures - Steven Rogers

Accountability in State Legislatures - Steven Rogers

The Lost Black Scholar - Resurrecting Allison Davis in American Social Thought - David A. Varel

The Well-Connected Animal - Lee Alan Dugatkin

The Fruits of Opportunism - Le Lin

The Fruits of Opportunism - Le Lin

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