Book Reviews

2012 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 809-818
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
The United States ◽  
Factor Endowments ◽  
University Of Wisconsin ◽  
European Colonization ◽  
The University ◽  
Relative Differences

Jeffrey G. Williamson of Harvard University and University of Wisconsin reviews “Economic Development in the Americas since 1500: Endowments and Institutions” by Stanley L. Engerman and Kenneth L. Sokoloff. The EconLit abstract of the reviewed work begins: Eleven papers explore differences in the rates of economic growth in Latin America and mainland North America, specifically the United States and Canada, and consider how relative differences in growth over time are related to differences in the institutions that developed in different economies. Papers discuss paths of development -- an overview; factor endowments and institutions; the role of institutions in shaping factor endowments; the evolution of suffrage institutions; the evolution of schooling – 1800–1925; inequality and the evolution of taxation; land and immigration policies; politics and banking systems; five hundred years of European colonization; institutional and noninstitutional explanations of economic development; and institutions in political and economic development. Engerman is John H. Munro Professor of Economics and Professor of History at the University of Rochester. The late Sokoloff was Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of California, Los Angeles. Bibliography; index.

Recovering the Midwestern Ethos of Journalism Research

2021 ◽  
pp. 17-32
Author(s):  
Jane Yeahin Pyo ◽  
Nikki Usher
Keyword(s):  
Mass Communication ◽  
The United States ◽  
Journalism Education ◽  
University Of Missouri ◽  
University Of Illinois ◽  
University Of Wisconsin ◽  
The University ◽  
Journalism Research ◽  
Back To The Land

This chapter is a reminder that practice and theory have gone hand in hand since the beginning of professional journalism. However, this history and this partnership have been lost somewhat, particularly when it comes to PhD research. By calling back to the land-grant mission at the universities home to the first schools of journalism in the United States (the University of Missouri, the University of Illinois, the University of Wisconsin), the chapter recalls how the focus on skills and on understanding mass communication was aligned with the mission of journalism education. The chapter examines the founding of the Institute of Communications Research at the University of Illinois and its PhD program that focused on applied journalism and mass communication research, explaining the role of legendary journalism scholar James Carey in recentering (and decentering) the tension between practice and research.

Book Reviews

2010 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 168-172
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Crime Control ◽  
The United States ◽  
Gun Control ◽  
Brute Force ◽  
Yale University ◽  
Control Drug ◽  
The University

John J. Donohue of Yale University reviews “When Brute Force Fails: How to Have Less Crime and Less Punishment” by Mark A. R. Kleiman,. The EconLit Abstract of the reviewed work begins “Considers a consequence-focused approach to crime control in the United States and whether it would work better than the current brute force-based method. Discusses how the United States moved from low-crime, low-punishment to higher crime and punishment rates in the last fifty years; thinking about crime control; hope; tipping, dynamic concentration, and the logic of deterrence; crime despite punishment; designing enforcement strategies; crime control without punishment; guns and gun control; drug policy for crime control; what could go wrong; and an agenda for crime control. Kleiman is Professor of Public Policy at the University of California, Los Angeles. Bibliography; index.”

scholarly journals On the Theory of Parties

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 175-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nolan McCarty ◽  
Eric Schickler
Keyword(s):  
Los Angeles ◽  
Political Parties ◽  
Presidential Elections ◽  
The United States ◽  
Party Politics ◽  
University Of California ◽  
Democratic Responsiveness ◽  
Primary Hypothesis ◽  
The University

The theory of parties put forward by scholars associated with the University of California at Los Angeles argues that political parties are best viewed as coalitions of intense policy demanders. These policy demanders use their control of nomination processes to select candidates loyal to the groups’ shared policy priorities. By highlighting the role of groups, this theory has made a major contribution to our understanding of party politics, breathing new life into important debates about the limitations of democratic responsiveness in the United States. The theory, however, leaves a number of theoretical and empirical issues unresolved. The “invisible primary” hypothesis has performed poorly in recent presidential elections. More importantly, we argue that the next generation of party theorizing needs to account for the distinctive roles and capacities of officeholders and voters, and to reengage the idea of formal parties as institutional intermediaries between groups, politicians, and voters.

Trend research of vitamin D receptor: Bibliometric analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 146045822110431
Author(s):  
Mohamed Abouzid ◽  
Anna K. Główka ◽  
Marta Karaźniewicz-Łada
Keyword(s):  
Vitamin D ◽  
Vitamin D Receptor ◽  
Polycystic Ovary ◽  
The United States ◽  
Single Nucleotide ◽  
Alcoholic Fatty Liver ◽  
University Of Wisconsin ◽  
The University ◽  
Nucleolar Rna

Studies on vitamin D receptor (VDR) and its association with multiple disorders are expanding. This bibliometric study aims to find and summarize VDR-related publications, and compare them across various countries, organizations, and journals to demonstrate trends in VDR research. VOSviewer and Excel 2019 were used to classify and summarize Web of Science articles from 1900 to mid-2021. Total records of 8762 articles were analyzed, and maps of co-citations bibliometric keywords co-occurrence were designed. In conclusion, relative research interest and published papers related to VDR were growing in the past 30 years. The United States of America dominates the research regarding VDR. The highest quality of VDR research was achieved by the University of California System, University of Wisconsin System, and Harvard University. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol, PLoS One, and J Biol Chem are the leading three productive journals on VDR. Various aspects of vitamin D deficiency associated disorders and genetic studies regarding VDR, including single nucleotide polymorphism, gene variants, epigenome, long non-coding ribonucleic acid (lncRNA), and small nucleolar RNA host gene 6 are potentially the recent research hotspot in this field. Moreover, coronavirus disease, polycystic ovary syndrome, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, gut microbiota, gestational diabetes, systemic sclerosis, and chemoresistance are the trending medical conditions associated with VDR.

Weaving Innovative Threads Together

2018 ◽  
pp. 22-35
Author(s):  
Judee Richardson
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Skill Levels ◽  
Competency Based Education ◽  
University Of Wisconsin ◽  
Societal Needs ◽  
Specific Performance ◽  
Competency Based ◽  
The University

In the United States, institutions of higher education have been under mounting pressure to improve. In part, this is due to increasingly high-priced academies producing graduates who possess skill levels that are out of sync with employer and societal needs. Added to this is the fact that the United States spends more than other countries to educate its citizens but continues to perform more poorly on comparative measures of literacy, math, reading, and science. To stay globally competitive, changes need to be made. Competency-based education has re-emerged and taken root as one way in which to educate students more effectively. By focusing on demonstrable learning outcomes and discipline-specific performance, competency-based education is changing the fabric of higher education. Based upon experiences garnered from the University of Wisconsin Flexible Option, this chapter presents some of the challenges encountered when developing this type of program within a longstanding traditional educational system.

Toward a dynamic capability theory of economic growth

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 1047-1065 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Sainsbury
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Value Added ◽  
The United States ◽  
Dynamic Capability ◽  
Alexander Hamilton ◽  
Role Of Government ◽  
Windows Of Opportunity ◽  
The Uk

Abstract New theories of economic growth that are policy-relevant and connect with the histories of success and failure in economic development are urgently needed. This article compares the neoclassical (or market efficiency) school of thought with the production-capability school of thought which included Alexander Hamilton, Friedrich List, and Joseph Schumpeter. Many affirmative, industrial policy steps by governments to promote economic development have been historically recorded—including in the UK and the United States. Meanwhile the neoclassical school has ignored the role of government in helping to create competitive advantage. It has also chosen to ignore how firms are formed, how technologies are acquired, and how industries emerge. The dynamic capability theory of economic growth developed here assigns the central role in economic growth to firms but also an important role to governments. The rate at which a country’s economy grows depends critically on whether its firms can build the capabilities to generate and take advantage of “windows of opportunity” that exist for innovation and new markets, and whether over time they are able to enhance their capabilities to move into higher value-added activities.1

scholarly journals What Do We Know about the University Contribution to Regional Economic Development? A Conceptual Framework

2020 ◽  
pp. 016001762090953 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Brekke
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Organizational Capacity ◽  
Regional Economic Development ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Regional Economic ◽  
Knowledge Dynamics ◽  
The University

There are a rapidly growing number of scientific studies analyzing the role of university and higher educational institutions in regional economic development. In this study, the author reviews the rapidly growing body of research streaming out of the geography of innovation and knowledge with particular attention to the period from 1994 to 2019. The author discusses several seminal contributions on the role of universities in regional economic development and then applies a systematic literature review to the extant research of 193 articles. This literature review offers a conceptual framework by identifying four key topics found in the literature: organizational capacity, intermediaries, knowledge dynamics, and policy.

Book Reviews

2015 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 1021-1023
Keyword(s):  
University Of Pennsylvania ◽  
Global Business ◽  
Sovereign Bond ◽  
University Of Wisconsin ◽  
Wharton School ◽  
Exchange Markets ◽  
Global Stock Markets ◽  
The University ◽  
Sovereign Bond Markets

Enghin Atalay of University of Wisconsin-Madison reviews “Financial and Macroeconomic Connectedness: A Network Approach to Measurement and Monitoring”, by Francis X. Diebold and Kamil Yilmaz. The Econlit abstract of this book begins: “Presents a framework for defining, measuring, and monitoring connectedness, focusing on connectedness in financial and related macroeconomic environments. Discusses measuring and monitoring financial and macroeconomic connectedness; US asset classes; major US financial institutions; global stock markets; sovereign bond markets; foreign exchange markets; assets across countries; and global business cycles. Diebold is Paul F. and Warren S. Miller Professor of Economics and Professor of Finance and Statistics in the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. Yilmaz is Professor of Economics at Koç University.”

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