Howard Dean's campaign for president changed the way in which campaigns are run today. With an unlikely collection of highly talented and motivated staffers drawn from a variety of backgrounds, the De
Building beyond Lakoff's election-year best-seller, Don't Think of an Elephant, this new book shows how the values of American voters are dramatically shifting. With the arrival of the 2008 election y
Having conducted ethnological research of peacekeeping organizations and activities since 1998, Rubinstein (anthropology and international relations, Syracuse U.) here offers a framework for understan
Marriage, Sexuality, and Gender examines contemporary debates about the meaning and value of marriage. The book analyzes arguments for traditional marriage, including those of neonaturalists, utilitar
Arenas of Power represents the first time that Theodore J. Lowi's model of policy analysis has been presented together with key applications and case studies drawn from his long history of scholarship
David Wagner explores the lives of poor people during the three decades after the Civil War, using a unique treasure of biographies of people who were (at one point in time) inmates in a large almshou
David Wagner explores the lives of poor people during the three decades after the Civil War, using a unique treasure of biographies of people who were (at one point in time) inmates in a large almshou
This book examines the surging national interest in bike-friendly public policies and argues that this growth is likely to escalate. Currents in U.S. culture that have supported the dominance of the c
Everyday Culture examines the confluence of cultural and material possibility--the bringing together of thought and action in daily life. David Trend argues that an informed and invigorated citizenry
Peace and Conflict is a biennial publication that provides key data and documents trends in national and international conflicts ranging from isolated acts of terrorism to internal civil strife to ful
Brown (political science, Southern Methodist U.) has written this volume on the need for a change in US policy on foreign intervention, noting that the current strategy of imperialistic policies combi
Scannell (Queens College) contends that the living environment being created in our cities (globally speaking) is complicated enough and consistent enough to be far removed from the accepted thinking
In this timely new contribution, Koehn and Rosenau develop their transnational-competence framework and demonstrate the promise of its application across six critical professions: teacher education, e
Sassower (philosophy, U. of Colorado) argues for a pragmatic reassessment of capitalism that holds on to useful myths, such as equality and freedom, and rejects harmful myths such as the disconnection
Sociologists mark the elapse of half a century since the 1959 publication of C. Wright Mills' The Sociological Imagination with critiques of the book in the light of current world problems, and critiq
"The Surplus American" documents a chilling social unraveling in which the majority of Americans are being rendered jobless and redundant. The book explains the long crisis of surplus people, showing
Japan's attempt to project to the world an image of solid middle-class national identity is challenged by the Burakumin, an outcaste group of indigenous Japanese citizens who have been subjugated for
Can there be rational examples of the compatibility between natural science and Judaism? This book offers a strikingly novel perspective on traditional and contemporary Judaic practices. For those wit
Morin (Miami Herald, Pulitzer, '96) would draw a few chuckles if the subject were not so tragic. The head neo-con has poisoned the U.S. reputation among rational thinkers worldwide. With co-author Cle
Sociologist Bernard (1903-96) came to feminism late in her life--67--but early in the movement's second wave--1970. The 13 essays here explore such topics as moral and social issues around infidelity,
