Social science

How Much is Enough?: Money and the Good Life

by Robert Skidelsky & Edward Skidelsky

A provocative and timely call for a moral approach to economics, drawing on philosophers, political theorists, writers, and economists from Aristotle to Marx to Keynes.

What constitutes the good life? What is...

Iran: the Untold Story

by M Blake

Iran is the biggest sponsor of terrorism in the world. However, the United States of America vigorously condemns terrorism. America's armed forces are stronger and better trained than Iran's, and the Iranian...

Connecting to Our Ancestral Past: Healing through Family Constellations, Ceremony, and Ritual

by Francesca Mason Boring

Connecting to Our Ancestral Past is a pragmatic, spiritual journey that introduces a variety of specific rituals and conversations in connection with Constellations work, an experiential process that explores...

The Much Too Promised Land: America's Elusive Search for Arab-Israeli Peace

by Aaron David Miller

For nearly twenty years, Aaron David Miller has played a central role in U.S. efforts to broker Arab-Israeli peace. His position as an advisor to presidents, secretaries of state, and national security advisors...

Becoming Americans

by Donald Batchelor

The docks of seventeenth century London and Bristol funneled yeomen, thieves, whores, and stolen children by the thousands onto tiny, crowded ships bound for Virginia. For decades, second sons of lesser nobility,...

Something in the Air: Radio, Rock, and the Revolution That Shaped a Generation

by Marc Fisher

A sweeping, anecdotal account of the great sounds and voices of radio–and how it became a bonding agent for a generation of American youth

When television became the next big thing in broadcast entertainment,...

Inheriting the Holy Land: An American's Search for Hope in the Middle East

by Jennifer Miller

Writing with fierce honesty, Jennifer Miller has created an extraordinary synthesis of history, reportage, and coming-of-age memoir in Inheriting the Holy Land. Her groundbreaking perspective on the conflict...

Constitutional Law

by Jacqueline R. Kanovitz

An incomparably clear and contemporary introduction to the field, Constitutional Law decodes the "legalese," simplifies jurisprudence, and examines those specific provisions that govern the day-to-day work of...

La Faim et la Sant?: Collection: La Faim dans le Monde (2007)

by World Food World Food Programme

First published in 2008

Future Primitive Revisited

by John Zerzan

Future Primitive is Zerzan's iconic and long out-of-print work. The new version has many new articles.

Sleep Deprivation Chamber

by Adam Kennedy & Adrienne Kennedy

The newest play--and first collaboration--by renowned playwright Adrienne Kennedy.

New Visions for Market Governance: Crisis and Renewal

by Kate Macdonald, Shelley Marshall & Sanjay Pinto

The financial crisis of 2008-2009 and the "Great Recession" that it precipitated highlight a number of important questions about the governance of contemporary capitalism. How do shortcomings in existing market...

Beyond Methodological Nationalism: Research Methodologies for Cross-Border Studies

by Anna Amelina, Devrimsel D. D. Nergiz & Thomas Faist

Cross-border studies have become attractive for a number of fields, including international migration, studies of material and cultural globalization, and history. While cross-border studies have expanded, the...

The Enlargement and Integration of the European Union: Issues and Strategies

by David Clark

This study addresses many of the key issues raised by the increasing expansion of the EU. Analysing the traditional 'Community method' of espansion and finding many shortcomings with its ability to handle future...

European Union as a Global Conflict Manager

by Richard Whitman & Stefan Wolff

In recent years the European Union (EU) has played an increasingly important role as a manager of global conflicts. This book provides a comprehensive assessment of how the EU has performed in facilitating mediation,...

Routledge International Handbook of World-Systems Analysis

by Salvatore Babones & Christopher Chase-Dunn

World-systems analysis has developed rapidly over the past thirty years. Today's students and junior scholars come to world-systems analysis as a well-established approach spanning all of the social sciences....

International Relations, Meaning and Mimesis

by Necati Polat

International Relations, Meaning and Mimesis is an innovative assessment of the uses of theory in making sense of international politics, opening up new pathways to thinking about the basics of the study area....

Information Technology, Development, and Social Change

by Fay Patel, Prahalad Sooknanan & Giselle Rampersad

The speed and cost effectiveness of new information technology has prompted many to view these innovations as a panacea for social and economic development. However, such a view flies in the face of continuing...

What in the World Are Your Kids Doing Online?: How to Understand the Electronic World Your Children Live In

by Barbara Med, Lpc Melton & Susan Msw Lisw-Cp Shankle

Texting. Blogging. IMing. Technology that has become second nature to our children remains uncharted territory for many parents. What in the World Are Your Kids Doing Online? tells you everything you need to...

The Gentrification of Nightlife and the Right to the City: Regulating Spaces of Social Dancing in New York

by Laam Hae

In The Gentrification of Nightlife and the Right to the City, Hae explores how nightlife in New York City, long associated with various subcultures of social dancing, has been recently transformed as the city...