1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910778472903321

Autore

Sabin Paul <1970->

Titolo

Crude politics [[electronic resource] ] : the California oil market, 1900-1940 / / Paul Sabin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2005

ISBN

1-282-35753-0

9786612357534

0-520-93114-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (331 p.)

Disciplina

338.2/7282/0979409041

Soggetti

Petroleum industry and trade - Political aspects - California - History - 20th century

Petroleum industry and trade - Government policy - California - History - 20th century

Energy policy - United States - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The end of the old property regime -- The politics of the 1920 Mineral Leasing Act -- Beaches versus oil in Southern California -- "The same unsavory smell of Teapot Dome" -- The struggle to control California oil production -- Federalism and the unruly oil market -- "Transportation by taxation" -- Defending the user financing system.

Sommario/riassunto

Energy shortages, climate change, and the debate over national security have thrust oil policy to the forefront of American politics. How did Americans grow so dependent on petroleum, and what can we learn from our history that will help us craft successful policies for the future? In this timely and absorbing book, Paul Sabin challenges us to see politics and law as crucial forces behind the dramatic growth of the U.S. oil market during the twentieth century. Using pre-World War II California as a case study of oil production and consumption, Sabin demonstrates how struggles in the legislature and courts over property rights, regulatory law, and public investment determined the shape of the state's petroleum landscape. Sabin provides a powerful corrective to the enduring myth of "free markets" by demonstrating how political decisions affected the institutions that underlie California's oil economy



and how the oil market and price structure depend significantly on the ways in which policy questions were answered before World War II. His concise and probing analysis casts fresh light on the historical relationship between business and government and on the origins of contemporary problems such as climate change and urban sprawl. Incisive, engaging, and meticulously researched, Crude Politics illuminates an important chapter in U.S. environmental, legal, business, and political history and the history of the American West.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910495230203321

Autore

Rauner Felix

Titolo

Measuring and Developing Professional Competences in COMET : Method Manual / / by Felix Rauner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2021

ISBN

9789811609572

9811609578

Edizione

[1st ed. 2021.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (572 pages)

Collana

Technical and Vocational Education and Training: Issues, Concerns and Prospects, , 2213-221X ; ; 33

Disciplina

370.113

Soggetti

Professional education

Vocational education

Educational tests and measurements

Ability

Professional and Vocational Education

Assessment and Testing

Skills

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Chapter 1: Professional Competence as a Subject of Competence Diagnostics -- Chapter 2: Categorial Framework for Modelling and Measuring Professional Competence -- Chapter 3: The COMET Competence Model -- Chapter 4: Developing Open Test Tasks -- Chapter 5: Psychometric Evaluation of the Competence and



Measurement Model for Vocational Education and Training – COMET -- Chapter 6: Conducting Tests and Examinations -- Chapter 7: Evaluating and Presenting the Test Results -- Chapter 8: The Contribution of COMET Competence Diagnostics to Teaching and Learning Research -- Chapter 9: Measuring Professional Competence of Teachers of Professional Disciplines (TPD) -- Chapter 10: The Didactic Quality of the Competence and Measurement Model.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is a detailed manual for the implementation of competence diagnostics in the field of vocational training. With the COMET competence model, both conceptual competences as well as practical skills are recorded and evaluated. The manual guides through all methodological steps, including the preparation and implementation of tests, cross and longitudinal studies, the development of context analyses and measurement methods for the test motivation. The focus of the final chapter is the application of the COMET procedure for the design, organisation and evaluation of vocational education and training processes.