"Policy and Party Competition offers both a theoretical and empirical examination of the subject. It opens with a theoretical discussion of the nature of political parties, policies and competition. Taking the view that the preferences of the electorate are the logical and ideological starting points of party competition, Laver and Hunt examine the structure of policy preferences, patterns in party systems, parameters of party competitio ..."
Invitation Ser. Invitation to Politics by MichaelJ. Laver 266 Pages, Published 1983 by M. Robertson ISBN-13: 978-0-85520-573-7, ISBN: 0-85520-573-3
"In a world where altruism and expediency jostle each other, where politics is too often treated as a dismal science, Michael Laver offers a lifeline to the baffled reader and the jargon-weary student."
The Crime Game by MichaelJ. Laver Hardcover, 192 Pages, Published 1982 by Blackwell Publishers ISBN-13: 978-0-85520-561-4, ISBN: 0-85520-561-X
"Coalitions are the commonest kind of democratic government, occurring frequently in most countries of western Europe. It is usually assumed that political parties came together in a government coalition because they agree already, or can reach an agreement, on the policy it should pursue. This book examines this idea using evidence from party election programmes and government programmes. It demonstrates that party policies do influence ..."
Playing Politics (Pelican books) by MichaelJ. Laver Paperback, 128 Pages, Published 1981 by Penguin (Non-Classics) ISBN-13: 978-0-14-022228-9, ISBN: 0-14-022228-6
"Sea Rovers, Silver, and Samurai traces the roots of modern global East Asia by focusing on the contested and fascinating history of its seaways. The East Asian maritime realm, from the Straits of Malacca to the Sea of Japan, has been a core region of international trade for centuries, but it was during the long seventeenth century, from 1550 to 1700, that the velocity and scale of commerce began to increase dramatically. Chinese, Japane ..."
"Sea Rovers, Silver, and Samurai traces the roots of modern global East Asia by focusing on the fascinating history of its seaways. The East Asian maritime realm, from the Straits of Malacca to the Sea of Japan, has been a core region of international trade for millennia, but during the long seventeenth century (1550 to 1700), the velocity and scale of commerce increased dramatically. Chinese, Japanese, and Vietnamese smugglers and pirat ..."
"This book provides up-to-date information on some of the most important aspects of ryanodine receptor function and has been written by experts in the field. Included are reviews of the latest experimental data, critical assessments of the mechanisms of ryanodine receptor activation and regulation, and the role of the channel in controlling intracellular Ca[superscript 2+] release.The approach to this subject is new. The book focuses on ..."
"One of the key constitutional features of a parliamentary democracy is that the political executive, or cabinet, derives its mandate from - and is politically responsible to - the legislature. What makes a parliamentary democracy democratic is that, once a legislative election has been held, the new legislature has the power to dismiss the incumbent executive and replace it with a new one. Moreover, it sits essentially as a court, passi ..."
"Making and Breaking Governments offers a theoretical argument about how parliamentary parties form governments, deriving from the political and social context of such government formation its generic sequential process. Based on their policy preferences, and their beliefs about what policies will be forthcoming from different conceivable governments, parties behave strategically in the game in which government portfolios are allocated. ..."
Party Competition An Agent-Based Model (Princeton Studies in Complexity) by MichaelLaver, Ernest Sergenti Paperback, 296 Pages, Published 2011 by Princeton University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-691-13904-3, ISBN: 0-691-13904-0
"Party competition for votes in free and fair elections involves complex interactions by multiple actors in political landscapes that are continuously evolving, yet classical theoretical approaches to the subject leave many important questions unanswered. Here Michael Laver and Ernest Sergenti offer the first comprehensive treatment of party competition using the computational techniques of agent-based modeling. This exciting new technol ..."
"... and European integrationin east and west: different structure, some causality.”
Comparative Political Studies 39(2): 155–175. Meyer, Mary A.and Jane M.
Booker (2001). Elicitingand Analyzing Expert Judgment: A Practical Guide,
AsaSiamSeries onStatistics and Applied Probability. Philadelphia,PA: Society
forIndustrial and Applied Mathematics and American Statistical Association.
Meyer, Mary A. Kenneth B. Butterfield, William S. Mu ..."
Multiparty Government(Updated) The Politics of Coalition in Europe (Ann Arbor Paperbacks) by MichaelLaver, Norman Schofield Paperback, 328 Pages, Published 1998 by University Of Michigan Press ISBN-13: 978-0-472-08562-0, ISBN: 0-472-08562-X
"The politics of coalition--the very heart of the political process in most European countries--can be analyzed either theoretically or empirically. Multiparty Government reconciles these approaches. It gives students of European politics access to the insights of contemporary theory while applying it to an analysis of real-world coalition politics.Michael Laver and Norman Schofield examine five basic themes: the identity and motivation ..."
"Occ: medical doctor. Age: 43. First elected to Ddil: 1989. McDowell ... McGrath,
Paul (FG (Westmeath). Occ: teacher. Age: 44. First elected to Ddil: 1989. ...
Moynihan-Cronin, Breeda (Lab, Kerry S). Occ: secretary. Age: 39. First elected to
Ddil: ..."
"... Nicolás Idrobo and Rocío Titiunik Agent-Based Models of Social Life: Fundamentals Michael Laver Agent-Based Models of Polarization and Ethnocentrism Michael Laver A full series listing is available at: www.cambridge.org/QCMSS."
"In July 1654, the chief merchant of the Dutch East India Company in Japan noted
in his diary that the bugyō (governor) of the city of ... It has been well established
that gifts play an important part in trade and diplomacy, and the history of
presenting gifts for political or ... itself.4 I don't think it too far-fetched to say that gift
-giving is a fundamental part of what it is to be human and to live in human
society."
"The Silk Road: Interwoven History, Volume 1, examines the history of the Silk Road from antiquity to modern times in different regions with an emphasis on the cultural contacts between East and West."