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Deregulation continues to be a hot-button issues in the United States. While the national debates rage, however, regulation at the state level still flies below the public''s radar screen, although it is critically important. Paul Teske provides the foundation necessary to assess competing claims about state-level economic regulation in a time of turbulent politics and uncertain economics. He has produced an indespensable resource, offering both depth and breadth. Regulation in the States provides original quantitative analyses of state-level regulation across all the states in ten important sectors such as telecommunications, electricity, and professional licensing. Each section uses the same template for research and discussion, enabling cross-comparison among industries. Teske finds that commonly held fears of regulatory capture by industry are overblown, as are worries about an inevitable "race to the bottom." Legislatures and agencies still tend to base their policy decisions on their own ideologies and,analysis. Teske also examines important exceptions, however, such as the case of occupational regulation. State-level regulation is neither inherently evil nor universally wise. The truth is somewhere in between, often found among the details. Nobody would argue it is perfect, however, and Teske assesses a wide range of possible reforms.

María Martínez LirolaEste libro ofrece una selección de algunos de los discursos del político, escritor y profesor sudafricano Alan Paton. Paton fue un hombre comprometido con la realidad sudafricana durante la epoca del apartheid por lo que en todo momento denuncio las injusticias que padecio la poblacion negra en esta epoca. Los discursos seleccionados, publicados por primera vez en este libro, ponen de manifiesto la ideologia del autor y apuestan por un cambio de sociedad en Sudafrica en la que los blancos y los negros puedan vivir en paz.