Society & social sciences

Governments in recent decades have employed public disclosure strategies to reduce risks, improve public and private goods and services, and reduce...

How can an escalation of conflict lead to negotiation? In this systematic study, Zartman and Faure bring together European and American scholars to...

The countries of Central Europe in the first round for admission to the European Union have all established constitutional, electoral democracies a...

Are political understandings of bureaucracy incompatible with Weberian features of administrative neutrality? In examining the question of whether ...

The year 2006 marked the two hundredth anniversary of John Stuart Mill's birth. Though his philosophical reputation has varied greatly, it is now c...

Economic conditions are said to affect election outcomes, but past research has produced unstable and contradictory findings. This book argues that...

This 2006 book is based on two longitudinal studies of behavior development, both conducted in Finland, a living laboratory setting for longitudina...

Natural Hierarchies adopts a highly original approach to trace the emergence and development of social rank in our present-day world. The author dr...

"Television in the Antenna Age" is a brief, accessible, and engaging overview of the medium's history and development in the US. Integrating three ...

In todaya s shrinking world of globalised economic activity and planet--level ecological anxiety, social policy can no longer expect or afford to r...

Product Description Since the war in Iraq of 2003, relations between the USA and the EU have been strained and the UK has been increasingly re...

Review From the reviews: "This volume is 19th in a series of handbooks containing reviews by scholars of the current state of research and scholar...

The study of religion and politics is a strongly behavioral sub-discipline, and within the American context, scholars place tremendous emphasis on ...

Taking military charter schools as her subject, and drawing on years of research at one school in particular, Brooke Johnson explores the underpini...

An insightful exploration of intelligence cooperation (officially known as liaison), including its international dimensions. This book offers a dis...

The Dialectic of Taste examines the aesthetic economy in the context of economic crises. It explains how a new concern for aesthetics, seen in arti...

This book explores the structural tensions and conflicts that arise with the abolition of border controls between the EU's member states and how th...

Winner of the 2016 AESA Critics' Choice Book Award Molly Makris uses an interdisciplinary approach to urban education policy to examine the forma...

Smallholders and the Non-Farm Transition in Latin America explores the drivers of agricultural displacement in Latin America and argues that govern...

This collection brings together new research on contemporary media, politics and power. It explores ways and means through which media can and do e...

Educational Partnerships and the State is a compelling collection of essays by an international group of scholars that provides a critical explorat...

This new edition provides Renewed Framework writing activities for every genre. Now with interactive resources on CD-ROM! * Inspire even the most r...

A new cross-curricular series full of exciting creative ideas and activities. Each set of activities is based around a colourful in-class display t...

This new edition provides Renewed Framework writing activities for every genre. Now with interactive resources on CD-ROM! * Inspire even the most r...

'The resources are wonderful. I like the fact that it has a mix of fiction and non-fiction activities ... and how material can link to ...

'The resources are wonderful. I like the fact that it has a mix of fiction and non-fiction activities ... and how material can link to ...

A new title from the best-selling _Read & Respond_ series. * Differentiation advice and assessment guidance. * Plot, character and ...

A new title from the best-selling _Read & Respond_ series. * Differentiation advice and assessment guidance. * Plot, character and ...

Seen through the eyes of siblings, 14 years apart in age, X vs. Y explores the influences and hilarious commonalities and discrepancies that shape ...

If there's one piece of invaluable advice for women and girls of all ages, it is that there is nothing more important than creating and maintaining...

"I recommend our diplomats and ministers read this book: it will provide them with an intellectual backbone. On the big calls [Bootle] has a specta...

An unprecedented behind-the-scenes portrait of the Trump presidency from the anonymous senior official whose first words of warning about the presi...

A new and complete Art and Design scheme for Primary Class Teachers. Everythign you need to teach drawing, painting, printing, sculpture, digital m...

A jaw-dropping - and intimate - account by the woman who spent five years as the nation's watchdog of how much of the money needed for public servi...

For decades, Super Heroes have inspired us to reach new heights, find strength in adversity, and access our inner power. This gorgeously illustrate...

Which lines on the map matter most? It's time to reimagine how life is organized on Earth. In Connectography, Parag Khanna guides us through the e...

Exam Board: Edexcel Level: A2 Subject: Government & Politics First Teaching: September 2012 First Exam: June 2014 Perfect for revision, this u...

'100 Literacy Homework Activities' is a series of six photocopiable teachers' resource books that draws upon the 100 Literacy Hours books. Each boo...

Discover the captivating world of literature with this timeless classic that has enchanted readers for generations. Dive into a narrative rich with...

This is a complete homework programme linked to the Renewed Literacy Framework. It includes a huge bank of activities offering a comprehensive home...

This new edition provides Renewed Framework writing activities for every genre. Now with interactive resources on CD-ROM! * Inspire even the most r...

100 inspirational interactive whiteboard lessons for every year group - perfect for the busy or less confident interactive whiteboard user. * Essen...

This 2007 book provides a systematic and self-contained account of the fast-developing theory of complex social networks. Social networks are centr...

This 2003 book represents an exciting intellectual meeting of researchers from diverse subfields to analyze how and why uncertainty affects America...

Because political campaigns in the United States are privately funded, America's political system is heavily biased toward the interests of wealthy...

This textbook introduces students to the diversity of human sexual expression and the diversity of perspectives from which sexuality can be viewed,...

In this book, Randall Germain explores the international organization of credit in a changing world economy. At the centre of his analysis is the c...

Disability Services and Disability Studies in Higher Education considers how the two fields of disability studies and disability services in instit...