Category: Non Fiction

Philosophers, criminologists, legal scholars, psychiatrists, and psychologists have long asked vital questions about punishment: What is its reason? What theories help us better comprehend its nature? Are there effective alternatives to punishment? Is punishment just? How can empirical data from the sciences help us better understand punishment? What are the

Building on the conventional concept of nuclear medicine, this textbook, Nuclear Medicine Textbook: Methodology and Clinical Applications presents innovative concepts of hybrid imaging and discusses the close associations between nuclear medicine and other clinical specialties, in order to attain the best possible outcomes for patients. Today the diagnostic applications of

Derivatives 2nd edition (PDF) makes a special effort throughout the textbook to explain what lies behind the formal mathematics of hedging and pricing. Questions ranging from ‘how are forward/future prices determined?’ to ‘why does the Black-Scholes formula have the form it does?’ and ‘what is a call option?’ ‘how to

The ebook The Shadow Banking System: Creating Transparency in the Financial Markets (by Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions) shows the fundaments of the shadow banking system and its entities, operations, and risks. Focusing on the regulatory aspects, it provides an original view that is able to demonstrate

With contributions from experts on democracy promotion Civil Society and Democracy Promotion (PDF) examines civil society development and external civil society promotion in post-socialist Europe. It emphasizes on countries with a failed or deficient process of democratic consolidation looking at unintended outcomes of external democracy promotion on civil society development.