Building Global Democracy? shows how citizen groups can make global governance more democratic. Combining intellectual depth with... Læs mere
The authors of this beautifully illustrated book show how art and archaeology can illuminate the past lives and beliefs of the ethnic groups located on the fringes of the classical world - the barbarian, non-Greek Others of Europe: Celts, Scythians, Thracians, and Etruscans.
Bringing together mathematical tools and engineering concepts with ideas from sociology and human behavior analysis, this comprehensive and accessible... Læs mere
Written by international experts, this Companion provides an authoritative and comparative study of miracles in the major world religions, as well as older, indigenous... Læs mere
Why is authority always a problem? People ask continually: 'who is in authority?', 'who is the authority?', 'who can speak with authority?' Every disaster or crisis... Læs mere
The advent of consumer societies in Britain and West Germany after 1945 led to mass 'production' of garbage. This book compares the... Læs mere
Chapters from seven eminent scientists in residence at the twenty-second Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics provide a wide-ranging and up-to-date overview of the theoretical,... Læs mere
This concise introduction covers all of the measure theory and probability most useful for statisticians. Originating from the authors'... Læs mere
For the first time, Burma's economic failure in the second half of the twentieth century is set firmly within the context of the country's earlier colonial... Læs mere
Takes readers gently from single to multivariate calculus and simple differential and difference equations. Unusually the book offers a wide range of applications in... Læs mere
This collection will appeal to teachers, students and readers of American history who want to understand Abraham Lincoln as a cultural figure. The essays... Læs mere
Schneider's book is the first systematically comparative and historical analysis of the incorporation of business into politics in Latin... Læs mere