The political Left has had a turbulent relationship with religion, from outright hostility to attempts to meld religious faith with progressivism. Confronted with contemporary social ills, the progres
Bollywood Weddings explores how Indian-American Hindus negotiate two vastly different wedding cultures: those of mainstream America and of Hindu India. Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork and dr
EU Federalism and Constitutionalism: The Legacy of Altiero Spinelli is the first book-length study devoted not only to how Spinelli's advocacy for a federal Europe shaped European integration but also
This volume provides a broad overview of recent higher education policy in a variety of countries, both developed and developing, around the world. Using interdisciplinary methods and analysis, it foc
"Maurice I lamington has constructed a dynamic. historically informed theoretical framework to explore the relationship between feminism and hospitality. Its relevance to social issues. from houses o
Dred Scott exemplies neither originalism nor aspirationalism gone wrong, as many modern critics now argue. Rather, the Dred Scott Court erred chiefly because the majority gave in to the still-relevant
Given that morality involves being a good person, an important issue for moral thinkers is moral cultivation, or our projects aimed at becoming better people. In explaining this issue, the authors col
This book addresses the US-West German alliance in the 1950s, during which time Dwight Eisenhower was in the White House and Konrad Adenauer in the Federal Chancery. This is a unique multi-lateral, mu
Confrontation over Taiwan: Nineteenth Century China and the Powers is a full and detailed account of international relations of Taiwan during the nineteenth century and specifically, the period betwee
Wulf (government, Lawrence U.) develops a philosophical theory of citizenship and its obligations based on an absolute idealist foundational theory of reality, rational conduct, and the self. He argue
Rakugo, the traditional Japanese theatrical art of comic storytelling, is discussed in depth by Brau (U. of New Mexico) by first studying Japanese culture in a broad sense. The book then concentrates
This is a paperbound reprint of a 2005 book. Roman (Justice Policy Center, Urban Institute), Ahn-Redding (a doctoral candidate in Justice, Law, and Society at American U.), and Simon (public affairs a
America and the Limits of the Politics of Selfishness examines Congress, the Presidency, the public, and public policy, demonstrating the important impact of the public's selfishness, morality, compas
Despite recent advances in civil rights, many American institutions of higher education remain largely white and often hostile to minority faculty and students. In response, Oregon State U. has develo
Secular Spirituality challenges the traditional dichotomy between Enlightenment reason and religion. It follows French romantic socialists' and spiritists' search for a new spirituality based on reinc
Using detailed and comprehensive analysis, Generations of Giving: Leadership and Continuity in Family Foundations examines continuity and leadership over time within family foundations. Although the f
In Writing the Arab-Israeli Conflict Jonathan B. Isacoff constructs the nature of historical knowledge by deftly examining the multiple histories of the Arab-Israeli conflict written by generations of
The standard reading of Michael Foucault as an implacable foe of all teleological approaches is wrong, declares Pickett (political science, Chadron State College). Admitting that there is plenty of te
In The Politics of Affective Relations, editors Daniel Bell and Hahm Chaihark refine our understanding of the East Asian conception of the self by examining how that conception was formulated, reprodu
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
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
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
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 brings the idea of a public—defined in part as the quality of communication among strangers—back into focus. The benefits of doing this are many, but perhaps the most important a
This book provides a comprehensive perspective on the development, implementation, and impact of child mental health reform on children with emotional and behavioral disorders and their families, loca
This book provides a comprehensive perspective on the development, implementation, and impact of child mental health reform on children with emotional and behavioral disorders and their families, loca
Luiz Carlos Martins Penna was a formative figure in Brazilian theater, creating the comedy of manners in the period after the country gained its independence in 1822. This book examines the interactio
This study demonstrates the ways that Latina authors contest how power and space exploit women while simultaneously subverting the Nation-State through reimagining a counter-space where new definition
