Why are there often sudden abrupt changes in public opinion on political issues? Or total reversals in congressional support…

Arguing that we can not make rational decisions about what it is to be protected without knowing what biodiversity is, this…

Called "the most important critic of his time" by Hannah Arendt, Walter Benjamin has only become more influential over the…

Not-for-profit organizations play a critical role in the American economy. We know such firms don't try to maximize profits,…

Presents the essays that range from front-line interventions in debates on poetics to fugitive pieces from the '60s and…

This study is an introduction to Kant's "Critique of Pure Reason" as well as an analysis of Kant's ideas. Intended to be…

Drawing on the analysis of counterterrorism in the years after 9/11 - including the issuance of terror alerts and the…

This work demonstrates the advantages of macroecology for conservation, showing how it allows scientists to look beyond…

Argues that much research of the emotions has been misguided. This text attempts to show that "emotion" encompasses…

Studying the intricacy of the organization, this work argues that it is necessary to gather local information about…

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This volume begins by taking up a central theme noted by the late Allan Bloom - Rousseau's critique of the bourgeois as the…

Math and science hold powerful places in contemporary society. However, effective math and science education is not equally…

Most people believe that large corporations wield enormous political power when they lobby for policies as a cohesive bloc.…

Arguing that attention to Shakespearean wordplay reveals unexpected linkages, not only within and between plays but also…

This work combines history, anthropology and sociology to answer two questions: why did Ethiopia remain independent under…

This study of how 282 men in the United States found their jobs demonstrates the importance of social connections and…

Produkt Constructing Social Theories - Stinchcombe, Arthur L. zakoupíte na Bookshop.cz od nakladatele The University of…

Finally, Silverman traces the formative influence of Franz Boas, the expansion of the discipline after World War II, and the…

Presents an argument that the research university developed in response to market forces and bureaucracy, producing a…

Provides students the tools to answer for themselves this question: What actually is the scientific method? This title pairs…

Does two and two equal four? Ask someone and they should answer yes. An equation such as this seems the very definition of…

In this groundbreaking study, Oliver Zunz examines how the growth of corporations changed…

As government agencies have encouraged faith-based organizations to help ensure social welfare, many black churches have…

In this ambitious interdisciplinary study, James B. Jacobs provides the first comprehensive review and analysis of America's…

In this provocative work, Martin Shapiro proposes an original model for the study of courts, one that emphasizes the…

This work shows how women between the 12th and 16th centuries were able to carve out areas of influence by exploiting the…

A study of American lawmaking showing that political parties are less important in legislative-executive politics than is…

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North America is more a political and an economic invention than a place people call home. This book studies the patterns of…

This text is a discussion of issues that have been raised by the "Science Wars" (science versus the arts and humanities).…

The identity and role of writing has evolved in the age of digital media. But how did writing itself make digital media…

Produkt Sociologists, Economists, and Democracy - Barry, Brian (Arnold A. Saltzman Professor, Department of Political…

Written by the author who cofounded the University of Virginia's SpecLab, a digital humanities laboratory dedicated to risky…

A critique of the ideas espoused in In The Liberal Tradition in America (1955), Louis Hartz, and those of its detractors,…

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This work begins during a key transitional moment in aesthetic and economic theory, 1871, when both disciplines underwent a…

This volume represents the first sustained effort to relate Derrida's work to the Western philosophical tradition from Plato…

Produkt Politics of Mirth - Marcus, Leah S. zakoupíte na Bookshop.cz od nakladatele The University of Chicago Press.…

Produkt Sartre and Marxist Existentialism - Flynn, Thomas R. zakoupíte na Bookshop.cz od nakladatele The University of…

This interpretation of Aristotle's "Poetics" seeks to demonstrate that it is a coherent statement of a challenging theory of…

Museums play a vital role in connecting us with little-known terrains and the deep mysteries of our historical past. Based…

"A Menorah for Athena" is an extended treatment of Charles Reznikoff's work, in it Stephen Fredman illuminates the…

This book explores how feminist theory is changing contemporary views of moral choice. It proposes a philosophy of feminist…

Drawing on both literature and social reform texts, the author analyzes the organization of knowledge during the Victorian…

Examines two educational rights questions that arise at the intersection of political theory, educational policy, and law:…

Offers a narrative of the seventy-five-year struggle to house the "deserving poor." This title offers the novel concept of…

Vincent Crapanzano offers a powerful way to think about human experience: the nition of imaginative horizons. These…

This text tells the story of how the idea that physical suffering could be a path to redemption became a fixed part of the…