Features a case study of a 'planned unit development' in America, Twin Rivers. This book traces the birth and unfolding of…

Offers an anthropological analysis and critique of American injury law. This book approaches injury law as a symptom of a…

Seeks to clear the ground for a discussion of the place of race in politics and in our moral lives. This book contains…

Argues that placing politics in time can enrich our understanding of complex social dynamics, and improve the theories and…

Offers a theory of rationality, the one characteristic deemed to fix humanity's "specialness." This book combines…

Suggests that understanding the impact of the illness lies not in identifying deficiencies, but in appreciating how family…

Focusing on the earliest forays into microscopical research, from 1620 to 1720, this book provides technological history of…

Presents an array of works that together offer a view of the Tibetan religious landscape over the centuries. Organized…

Develops a theory of response variability that, by reconciling the strengths and weaknesses of the standard approaches, that…

Brings to a wide audience one of the most innovative and meaningful models of God for this post-Auschwitz era. In a return…

Argues that the world's democracies are failing to live up to their ideals - the United States and Great Britain most…

Presents an approach to a debate about Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics: whether it coherently argues that the best life for…

Offers a different theory of citizenship and civic allegiance for culturally diverse liberal democracies. This book argues…

Most theories of elections assume that voters and political actors are fully rational. This title provides a behavioral…

Hinduism is followed by one-fifth of humankind. Far from a monolithic theistic tradition, the religion comprises thousands…

Offers a comprehensive empirical analysis of the ways in which participatory democracy can be used to effect social change.…

The belief that US presidents' legislative policy formation has centralized over time, shifting inexorably out of the…

Documents the benefits of affirmative action for minority students, their communities, and the nation at large. This book…

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Focuses on efforts to stop female circumcision in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan between 1920 and 1946. This book suggests that…

Famines are becoming smaller and rarer, but optimism about the possibility of a famine-free future must be tempered by the…

In this brief book the author examines the central doctrine of important Christian, Jewish, and Muslim philosophers and…

Adam Smith was a philosopher before he ever wrote about economics, yet there has never been a philosophical commentary on…

Provides a different approach to an old debate in political economy - that over whether class conflict or group competition…

Takes readers into the ritualized world of mainstream American addiction treatment. This book explores the puzzling…

Presents important theories and experimental research about group problem solving. This book focuses on tasks that have…

With the election of Barack Obama as the first black president of the United States, the issue of racial justice in America…

Presents the thought of the founding fathers and key intellectual leaders of Hindu nationalism from the time of the British…

Realism, the dominant theory of international relations, particularly regarding security, seems compelling in part because…

Presents a collection of important essays on Plato and Socrates. This collection displays author's characteristic…

Sheldon Wolin was one of the most influential and original political thinkers of the past fifty years. Fugitive Democracy…

The dead tell no tales. Or do they? This book shows that the dead can speak to us - about their lives, and ours - through…

In the early twentieth century, a brand of men and women moved to New York City. For them, the city's immigrant…

Examines the representation of blackness on television at the height of the southern civil rights movement and again in the…

An anthology which includes the central texts from the acclaimed two-volume compilation "Selected Works of Ramon Llull".…

Activists argue about how to define marriage, judges and legislators decide who should benefit from it, and scholars…

In the last 2 centuries, agriculture has been an outstanding success story. Agriculture has fed population with a variety of…

Since its publication in the mid-eighteenth century, Hume's discussion of miracles has been the target of severe and often…

Provides an understanding of gender relations and their significance in social and institutional transformations. This work…

More than fifty illustrations highlight a provocative study tracing the origins of culture as man now knows it back to the…

From ancient times to the present day, Iranian social, political, and economic life has been dramatically influenced by…

Explores the political challenges of responding to a stigmatized condition, and identifies ethnic boundaries - the formal…

Some groups participate in politics more than others. Why? And does it matter for policy outcomes? This book argues that…

Pessimism is thought of as an exclusively negative stance that inevitably leads to resignation. Even when pessimism looks…

Should laws about sex and pornography be based on social conventions about what is disgusting? Should felons be required to…

Shows how to adapt democracy to advanced information technologies that can enhance political decision making and enable us…

In 2004, Venus crossed the sun's face for the first time since 1882. This title tells the intriguing tale of the five Venus…

Combines insights from Alexis de Tocqueville, John Dewey, and Jane Addams with sociology and addresses questions about civic…