In his "relatively unmodified" revision of a 1990 work, Pontuso (political science, Hamden-Sydney College) discusses the critique of Marxism and communism that can be found in The Gulag Archipelago
Mahoney describes the emergence of American political science as a separate academic discipline in the era between the Civil War and the First World War, with the pivotal event of the founding of the
Investigating datasets of domestic ethnic conflict from 1945 to 2000 and ethnic wars, mass killings, and civil wars between 1948 and 2001, Fox (political studies, Bar-Ilan U., Israel) seeks to find qu
Mahoney (U. of California-Riverside and California State U.-San Bernardino) chronicles the beginnings of modern political science in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, concentrating on the ideolo
Simply put, says Stamos (philosophy, York U., Toronto), the problem is whether biological species are real and if so, what the nature of their reality is. He synthesizes the literature on the problem,
Mori Arinori's Life and Resources in America sheds much light on the shape of an American society, government, and economy recovering from the Civil War. This book—originally published in English in W
Marsh (political science, Asian Studies, Baylor University) and Dreyer (political science, University of Miami) present contributors in political science, foreign policy, and international studies, di
This third book in the Global Perspectives on Social Issues series grants scholars and policy makers an overview of the steps being taken by governments and educational organizations worldwide to incr
In The Sacred Monstrous author Wendy Hamblet traces the historical and social fact of violence through the work of Girard, Bloch, Lorenz and Burket. She takes up the charge advanced by social theorist
In order to explain why some postcolonial states have had greater success than others at consolidating democracy and promoting economic development, Budd (political science, Fitchburg State College) f
One of the world's leading entrepreneurs speaks about human creativity and its reflection of God's creative work. These are the words of a man who sees business as a vocation and seeks to walk the pat
Out of the Crucible offers an informative and inviting study of the novels and short stories of the lives of the zhiqing - the Chinese urban youths sent to rural areas during the rustication movement
This brief monograph presents a close reading of the first two chapter's of Beyond Good and Evil and offers an interpretation that places Nietzsche in opposition to the Platonic and Socratic traditi
Japan is now having to live with the positive and negative consequences of its explosive economic growth beginning after the end of World War II, says Alexander, an economist who has served in various
The First Great Political Realist is a succinct and penetrating analysis of one of the ancient world's foremost political realists, Kautilya. Kautilya's treatise Arthashastra stands as one of the grea
Martin D. Yaffe's Judaism and Environmental Ethics: A Reader is a well-conceived exploration of three interrelated questions: Does the Hebrew Bible, or subsequent Jewish tradition, teach environmental
The human soul is for pre-modern philosophers the cause of both thinking and life. This double aspect of the soul, which makes man a rational animal, expresses itself above all in human action. Deadly
A study of the Maori of New Zealand and analysis of the new regime of "neotribal capitalism," in which tribal ownership of resources, financed by the government, became the basis of a new from of capi
Investigates the relationship between dependency and quality of life in less developed countries (LDCs). Provides an empirical test of the relationship between dependency and economic development in L
Commodity checkoff programs have become an increasingly important way for U.S. agricultural producers to advertise and promote their products, both domestically and in foreign markets. Checkoffs - man
This book explores the role of the spy novel and film in twentieth and twenty-first century British culture, discussing their origins, literary and political significance, and central authors of the g
Organized by region, boasting an international roster of contributors, and including summaries of selected creative and critical works and a guide to selected terms and figures, Salhi's volume is an i
George Anastaplo has written brilliantly and persuasively about ancient and modern Western political philosophy and literature and about American Constitutional history and law. With his latest book A
This book studies the views from countries in Asia, Europe, and Latin American of the United States and the 2016 presidential election. Twelve researchers of American politics evaluate how these persp
Based on the Brazilian and British cases, this book explores the politics behind aid and cooperation norms, unveiling how actors use such norms to achieve a range of objectives beyond the purported go
This study examines the history of Chicago soccer from 1887 to 1939 from the perspectives of recreation, immigration, labor, and urban history. The author analyzes the championship tournaments, teams,
This book is a careful study of both Immanuel Kant’s work and the context of that work in Early Modern Philosophy. Roecklein's chief concern is the philosophy of perception, which is manifes
Why the Humanities Matter Today explains the importance of philosophy, foreign language, literature, history, political theory, and liberal education in American higher education. The contributors in
Ethical Thought in Increasingly Complex Societies: Social Structure and Moral Development combines insights of developmental psychology and cultural anthropology to examine the development of moral th
This book examines the evolution of the Syrian refugee crisis in Lebanon and the response plans at both the international and state levels to address the needs and protection of vulnerable refugees an
This book describes Descartes's The Passions of the Soul as a foundational work of the Enlightenment, a precursor of later notions of the historicity of the human, and the first psychology of mode
This book examines the changes in elections, politics, and democratic movements over the past decade, marking a paradigm shift in political discourse. Han reveals the impacts of networked information
Moving away from the domain of idolization and veneration, Sithole situates Steve Biko within the existential repertoire of blackness as a site of subjectivity and not the object of study. Through an
The 2016 presidential race is arguably already over in 40 states and the District of Columbia. If recent presidential election trends are any indication of what will happen in 2016, Democrats in Texas
This project analyzes how political women rhetorically perform—discursively, visually, and physically—their positions of power and how these performances are read, time again, against and with other w
This book traces how innovation occurs through new forms of screen production enabled by social media platforms and in public broadcasting. It notes that creative workers offer fresh ideas across the
Purpose, Practice, and Pedagogy in Rhetorical Criticism brings together fifteen rhetorical critics who address contemporary issues in criticism by answering three key questions: What is the purpose of
This book examines how the work of Frantz Fanon might be best appropriated for contemporary political and cultural issues. Reviewing the field of “Fanon studies” and bringing Fanon into conversation w
This book explores the ethical and political implications of the debate between Martin Heidegger and Emmanuel Levinas on the question of Place. It relates their debate to larger disagreements concerni
