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This book brings together a significant body of work by Tatsuya Sakamoto a leading Japanesescholar of the history of social and economic thought showcasing his major contributions to the study of David Hume Adam Smith and the Scottish Enlightenment. One of Sakamoto's persistent interests is in both philosophy and economics which is of much importance for Hume scholars. Many Humeans has been interested in Hume's economic thought although the latter has often been discussed separately from his philosophy. Sakamoto has attempted to grasp Hume’s social philosophy under the concept of Hume's philosophical economics or his system of manners. Sakamoto has also contributed to Hume's biographical research such as the dating of Hume's manuscript and the discovery of an additional proof of his anonymous review of Smith's Theory of Moral Sentiments. Sakamoto's extensive knowledge and interest covers Adam Smith as well as Francis Hutcheson with special focus on the genesis of economics and the development of moral theory in the Scottish Enlightenment. Also Sakamoto has exhibited his lifelong interest in the intersection between the West and the East in modern intellectual history and the final section of the book explores how Smith's ideas have influenced Japanese intellectuals since the early Meiji period. This book will be of great interest to scholars and students of the history of economic thought Hume studies and intellectual history more broadly. |David Hume and Adam Smith A Japanese Perspective | Economics

This is the first variorum edition of the works of William Stanley Jevons (1835-1882) covering The Coal Question and The Theory of Political Economy two of the most important books in economics and the social history of Victorian Britain. Both books were revised by Jevons during his life time and this variorum edition includes meticulously studied textual comparisons not only between the different editions revised by Jevons himself but also with the ones posthumously published such as the 2nd and 3rd editions of The Coal Question the 2nd to 5th editions The Theory of Political Economy and the edition edited by R. D. Collison Black. The comparisons cover the statistical data and various charts as well as the texts all of which reveal the flow of ideas of Jevons according to the social changes. Including a new introduction by the editor a complete bibliography and name index this collection will be an indispensable research resource for students and scholars of the history of economic thought and of nineteenth-century England. | W. Stanley Jevons Selected Works in Variorum Editions

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. | Cults & New Relig. Set

STEM education is shaped by interconnected macro meso and micro structures that impact curriculum design teaching practices and learning outcomes. This book explores three distinctive STEM programmes offering practical insights for educators researchers and policymakers to design plan and implement effective STEM opportunities that drive meaningful transformative education. The first programme Code to Sew showcases a university-industry-school partnership that bridges the private-public spaces to foster innovative learning. The second programme EPIC-STEM takes an ecosystemic approach to building students’ STEM capital through the affordance of multiple epistemic infrastructures—hackathons consultative STEM inquiry symposia internships and learning journeys—providing a scalable model across local school clusters. The third programme transcends national boundaries enhancing teachers’ capacities for STEM curriculum development with cognisance and sensitivities to the partnering country’s digital transformation education reforms and local needs. This book is an essential resource for readers from academic or scholarly policy-making backgrounds aiming to gain deeper insights into the interconnected Structures of STEM education and how they shape meaningful transferable learning experiences for both educators and learners. | The Structures of STEM Education A Macro Meso and Micro Analysis of Learning Outcomes