Why efforts to improve American higher educational attainment haven't worked, and where to go from here During the first…

Politics in America are polarized and trivialized. This title identifies and defends core principles of personal and…

Can a country be a democracy if its government only responds to the preferences of the rich? This book explores how…

Why, despite massive public concern, is child trafficking on the rise? Why are unaccompanied migrant children living on the…

In sixteen concise chapters on key topics, this book provides a rich, authoritative, and up-to-date introduction to Islamic…

Contains an introduction and notes that make the poem accessible to readers of Auden and readers of Shakespeare. This poem…

Proposes a set of healthcare solutions that address access, efficiency, and quality. This book focuses on the plight of the…

Diversity plays a different role in a complex system than it does in an equilibrium system, where it often produces…

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Explains how the Bush Doctrine departs from the traditions of American national-security policy and accepted international…

Virgil's Aeneid invites its reader to identify with the Roman nation whose origins and destiny it celebrates. But, as J. D.…

Wishful thinking is a deeply ingrained human trait that has had a long-term distorting effect on ethical thinking. Many…

Some people dwell alone, many in family-based households, and an adventuresome few in communes. This book presents the…

Are Tea Party supporters merely a group of conservative citizens concerned about government spending? Or are they racists…

Democracy, free thought and expression, religious tolerance, individual liberty, political self-determination of people,…

Trouble in the Tribe explores the increasingly contentious place of Israel in the American Jewish community. In a…

The economic rise of China and India has attracted a great deal of attention - and justifiably so. The author scrutinizes…

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Details how Americans have traditionally relied on narratives to address what it means to be strong, morally responsible…

Art today is defined by its relationship to money as never before. Prices have been driven to unprecedented heights,…

In the age of search, keywords increasingly organize research, teaching, and even thought itself. Inspired by Raymond…

Examines how trade unionism has waxed and waned in the nation's political and moral imagination, among both devoted…

The French political philosopher Raymond Aron once observed that the twentieth century "could have been Germany's century."…

Questions about the nature of money have gained a new urgency in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. Even as many…

Recent surveys show that more than half of American entrepreneurs share ownership in their business startups rather than…

For centuries, the beauty of fireflies has evoked wonder and delight. Yet for most of us, fireflies remain shrouded in…