Oxford University Press

The purpose of     Pension & Retirement Plan Management: A Guide for Managers and Other Fiduciaries is to provide reliable guidance for regulatory compliance, advice on managerial strategies, and some clarity on the underlying economics and finance of pension and retirement plans. It is designed to improve the financial and managerial...

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Benhabib argues that since the UN Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, we have entered a phase of global civil society which is governed by cosmopolitan norms of universal justice - norms which are difficult for some to accept as legitimate since they are in conflict with democratic ideals....

In the early sixteenth century, a charismatic Bengali Brahmin, Visvambhara Misra,        inspired communities of worshipers in Bengal, Orissa, and Vraja with his teachings.          Misra took the ascetic name Krsna Caitanya, and his devotees quickly came to believe        he was divine. The spiritual descendents of these initial followers today...

This is a book of invited essays on topics in economic history that have a direct relevance to present policy debates. Topics include banking regulation, immigration, Third-World development policies, etc. Each essay explores the role of government policies in the outcome of events. All essays are written in non-technical terms and are easily...

The area of simulated human figures is an active research area in computer graphics, and Norman Badler's group at the University of Pennsylvania is one of the leaders in the field. This book summarizes the state of the art in simulating human figures, discusses many of the interesting application areas, and makes some assumptions and predictions...