Roger V. Gould argues that human conflict is more likely to occur in symmetrical relationships - among friends or social equals - than in hierarchical ones, wherein the difference of social rank between two individuals is already established.
Exploring the origins of welfare in the context of local politics, this book examines the first welfare policy created specifically for mother-only families in Chicago in 1911. This revealing study shows how assumptions about women's roles have historically shaped public policy.
To help assess existing tax policies and incentives, this volume presents new research on how taxes affect the investment and financing decisions of multinationals... Læs mere
In this work, W. Clark Gilpin proposes that American theological scholarship has become responsible to a threefold public: the churches, the academic community, and civil society.
Sander Gilman's story of Jurek Becker provides a portrait of an extraordinarily gifted artist whose hope and courage are manifested in his legacy as one of the greatest German writers of the past century.
An account of relations between the sexes and the role of myth in the transition between unconscious fantasy and cultural forms, based on studies of the mythologies of the Gimi, from the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea.
Confronts the everyday politics of surveillance by exploring the worlds and words of those who know it best - the watched. The... Læs mere
Set in a castle and on its grounds in Brittany, 'The little field of self' is one long poem comprised of individual poems that articulate the essence of devotion and the conflict within the devoted.
This is a collection of poetry by David Gewanter.
In these twelve essays, written or published in the 1980s, a historical theologian examines the changes that occurred as the Catholic tradition gave way to the Reformation and an interest in the phenomenon of believing replaced adherence to unchanging dogma.
Drawing on fieldwork at First Place, a popular Christian weight-loss program, and Exodus International, a... Læs mere