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Author Parker, Glenn R., 1946-

Title Capitol investments : the marketability of political skills / Glenn R. Parker.

Publication Info. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2008]

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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome.
Description data file
Series Economics, cognition, and society
Economics, cognition, and society.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-191) and index.
Contents Introduction -- Politicians, institutions, and human capital; or, Becker goes to Washington -- Methodology : data and variables -- Congress as workplace : the production of marketable human capital -- Returns to specialized training : career mobility and grooming lobbyists -- Returns to general training : competitive wages -- but at a price -- Summary of findings and implications.
Summary A sophisticated yet accessible analysis of the acquisition and marketability of political skills.
Access Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
System Details Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
Processing Action digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Language English.
Subject USA Congress.
Legislators -- United States.
Legislators.
United States.
Politicians -- United States.
Politicians.
Lobbyists -- United States.
Lobbyists.
Occupational training -- United States.
Occupational training.
Career development -- United States.
Career development.
Human capital -- Political aspects -- United States.
Human capital.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Capitol investments Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2008. 9780472070374 (cloth : alk. paper) (DLC) 2008002886
ISBN 9780472024292 (ebook)
0472024299
0472070371 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
9780472070374 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
1282697595
9781282697591
9786612697593
6612697598
9780472050376 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
0472050370 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
Standard No. 10.3998/mpub.323198