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Capitol Investments : The Marketability of Political Skills.
Title:
Capitol Investments : The Marketability of Political Skills.
Author:
Parker, Glenn R.
ISBN:
9780472024292
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (215 pages)
Series:
Economics, Cognition, And Society
Contents:
Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Politicians, Institutions, and Human Capital -- or, Becker Goes to Washington -- Chapter 3 Methodology: Data and Variables -- Chapter 4 Congress as Workplace: The Production of Marketable Human Capital -- Chapter 5 Returns to Specialized Training: Career Mobility and Grooming Lobbyists -- Chapter 6 Returns to General Training: Competitive Wages-But at a Price -- Chapter 7 Summary of Findings and Implications -- Appendix -- References -- Name Index -- Subject Index.
Abstract:
A sophisticated yet accessible analysis of the acquisition and marketability of political skills.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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