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The problems of selection and moral hazard, with hidden actions or hidden information, are introduced by examining how they affect the market for investment finance. The ideas are then used to analyse the market for insurance, signalling and screening models of education, efficiency wages, industrial regulation, public procurement and auctions.

Part of a series of literature guides designed for GCSE coursework requirements, this book contains author details, background to the work, summaries of the text, critical commentaries, analysis of characterization, and sample questions with guideline answers.

This text provides a review and assessment of the main theoretical approaches to the study of nationalism, and considers a range of examples from around the world of contemporary nationalist movements and of the strategies of pluralism and accommodation which have been developed to contain them.

This is a text for students of international tourism at HND and undergraduate level. It looks at a number of aspects of tourism: market trends and forecasts, the economic impact of tourism, the role of marketing and finance, organisations and policies. International cases are used throughout the text.

Practical criticism underlies everything students of English literature do. This book is a practical, step-by-step guide which shows the student how to gain a sense of what a poem or passage of prose or drama is about, how to analyse it and how to build a successful essay.

Further problem - with solutions - aim to further bolster learning at the end of each chapter. The book will provide a powerful learning or revision tool for undergraduate civil engineering or building students.

The sudden demise of arguably the world's greatest empire in the years following the Second World War was a momentous event in global history.

For many people the late eighteenth century was a period of political corruption, with the political world waiting for the triumph of reform.

Approaches to Landscape introduces and explores the main perspectives in this increasingly popular field of study. Written in an accessible style and illustrated throughout with relevant photographs, maps and diagrams, it provides a comprehensive review of the literature and key concepts for Landscape Studies.

A second edition of this clear and readable text, introducing the basic topics of an introductory abstract algebra course. A wide variety of exercises and worked examples are provided. This edition has new sections on Polynomials, Finite Arithmetic and Complex Numbers.

The film spectator is shown as the psychotic, neurotic and hysteric, as the book examines the ways in which the foundations of culture and meaning are challenged when we become the spectator of a film.

Many accounts of German unification focus on war, diplomacy and Bismarck and on the crucial ten years up to 1871.

This major text addresses the relevance of sociological concepts to social work practice, arguing that lack of understanding of the ways in which social work fits into society's structures and is informed by its relationship with these can lead to impoverished social work practice.

Forster's novels have always given great pleasure to the general reader but they do present particular problems for those who wish to study them in a more systematic way.

This is the first book to provide explanations of the rules and requirements of SMM7 regarding the measurement of building services. Another important feature considered is the interface between the SMM requirements and the relevant services technology.

This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the Common Agricultural Policy which imposes high costs on taxpayers and consumers yet has proved very difficult to reform.

This handbook is a practical and comprehensive guide to supervising social work students in their practice placements. Illustrated with numerous examples from present-day social work settings, the book provides a good account of the varied tasks involved in being a supervisor, as well as useful answers to the learning problems of students.

This ground-breaking text offers a comprehensive and penetrating account of how social developmental perspectives and attachment theory can illuminate practice in the field of child protection and family support.

The new edition of this important text has been fully revised and is an essential resource for those working in the field of drug addiction. Drug misuse tends to be encountered in the context of other, often more pressing social problems, such as child abuse, homelessness, domestic violence or emergency relief.

This practical reference for university and senior high school students shows how to read, understand and analyze poetry. Included are sections on narrative poetry and writing essays.

...every nurse can benefit from reading this. It can teach us all a great deal about our relationships with other people and with ourselves. Buy it.' Philip Burnard, Nursing Times