Public choice theory also illuminates the fact that although individuals want to help othersceteris paribusaltruistic ends are rarely pursued in the political realm because other-regarding actions encounter a c
These examples highlight the inherent contradiction between the objectives of London’s modernization programs and the conservatism of colonial administrators and white colonists. While the post-war reforms endeavored to reconfigure the imperial space around its former tropical margins, the emergence of an...
The hive of activity at the shipyard would have been a spectacle for locals and visitors alike, not least given the prominence of Brockbank’s, since it was situated at the heart of the town (at the site of what today is a Sainsbury’s superstore). The fact the Trafalgar was a slaving...
Such description lies at the heart of the ethnographic approach. 5.1. Coordination mechanism 1: (Interactive) dwelling activities Vignette 1: He has known all his customers for a long time… serving that area for more than 35 years [O5]. During the round, we get at least 10 handwritten ...
(USGA) was instituted in 1894. Its aims were to organize the U.S. Amateur and Open championships and to formulate a set of rules for the game. The founding fathers, two from each club, were from St. Andrew’s, Shinnecock Hills, Chicago, the Country Club at Brookline, and Newport. ...
Norman Robert Campbell (born March 7, 1880, London, Eng.—died May 18, 1949, Nottingham) was a British physicist and philosopher of science who is best known for his contributions to the theory and practice of physical measurements. Campbell was educated at Eton College before being admitted ...
(1861)—in which he recommended Homer’s plainness and nobility as medicine for the modern world, with its “sick hurry and divided aims” and condemned Francis Newman’s recent translation as ignoble and eccentric—and the lecturesOn the Study of Celtic Literature(1867), in which, without ...