This volume explores accounting history, mostly from the mid-nineteenth century onwards, with chapters devoted to Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Canada and the United States. Brief sections cover practice
While technological threats to personal privacy have proliferated rapidly, legislation designed to protect privacy has been slow and incremental. In this study of legislative attempts to reconcile pri
Drawing on longitudinal interviews, government records, and personal narratives, feminist sociologist Lisa Brush examines the intersection of work, welfare, and battering. Brush contrasts conventional
Much of the scholarly literature and principal books on criminal justice and crime control policy take the operations of the criminal justice system, the causes of crime and delinquency, theories abou
This is the last book in a four-volume set of references intended for accounting professionals, instructors, regulators, and students who want to expand their knowledge of accounting, financial report
Experts from academia, governments, think tanks, NGOs, trade unions, and businesses investigate whether the public should play a greater role in foreign policy making by analyzing their current role i
Ranging from influence over world trade laws affecting health to population health issues such as obesity to the use of comparative data to affect policy, the EU’s public health policies are increasin
Silvestre (economics, U. of California at Davis) introduces the theory of public microeconomics, focusing on issues of externalities and public goods (and omitting taxation). Silvestre has integrated