In Politics as a Science, two of the world's leading authorities on Comparative Politics, Philippe C. Schmitter and Marc Blecher, provide a lively introduction to the concepts and framework to study a
Bitcoin and Beyond enhances interdisciplinary conversations and mutual learning and provides academics, policymakers, the the general public with a critically informed understanding of the implication
Open Access Data is emerging as a source for cutting edge scholarship. This concise book provides guidance from generating a research idea to publishing results. Both young researchers and well-establ
Social Innovation: Comparative Perspectives investigates socio-economic impact. Since it is hard to establish causality and to measure social properties when investigating impact, especially at the le
The disciplinary triad of open-access, multimodality, and writing center studies presents a timely, critical lens for discussing academic publishing in a moment of crucibilic change, where rapid techn
This book gathers US and a few international contributors in education, educational technology, special education, political science, and communication. They present ideas and examples on how to b
This volume of Creating the 21st-Century Academic Library looks closely at issues of policy and infrastructure for libraries that wish to provide leadership on their campus in the transition to more o
This volume of Creating the 21st-Century Academic Library looks closely at issues of policy and infrastructure for libraries that wish to provide leadership on their campus in the transition to more o
The social sciences have made fundamental contributions to the understanding of the economic, political and social life of nations in the past century. Social science libraries now have an important r
The Internet lets us share perfect copies of our work with a worldwide audience atvirtually no cost. We take advantage of this revolutionary opportunity when we make our work"open access": digital, on
In a satellite gathering before the Association's November 2010 meeting in Chania on the island of Crete, librarians grappled with issues around open access to information in science, technology, and
The 12 papers comprise the proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Communications Regulation, held in Karlsruhe, Germany during November 2010. Lawyers, economists, and computer scientists
A semi-retired specialist in libraries, technology, policy, and media, Crawford sets out some of the issues for libraries and librarians regarding literature, mostly online, that is available for anyo
The Freedom of Information (FOI) Act has been broadly welcomed by contemporary British historians as a means of increasing access to public records within the thirty-year rule. But the benefits of thi
