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Rational Foundations of Democratic Politics
Democracy is widely accepted today, perhaps as never before, as the most suitable form of government. But what is democracy, and does it always... Les mer
Symmetries in Physics
Symmetry considerations dominate modern fundamental physics, both in quantum theory and in relativity. This book brings together current... Les mer
Capitalism and Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe
This volume presents a shared effort to apply a general historical-institutionalist approach to the problem of assessing institutional change in the... Les mer
The Evolution of Morality and Religion
Accepted codes of conduct and established religions are features of human societies throughout the world. Why should this be? In this book, biologist... Les mer
Democracy Defended
Is there a public good? A prevalent view in political science is that democracy is unavoidably chaotic, arbitrary, meaningless, and impossible. Such... Les mer
Biological Complexity and Integrative Pluralism
This fine collection of essays by a leading philosopher of science presents a defence of integrative pluralism as the best description for the... Les mer
Recognition Struggles and Social Movements
Recognition Struggles and Social Movements is the first book to look comparatively and cross-nationally at the dynamic interplay between those... Les mer
Biological Complexity and Integrative Pluralism
This fine collection of essays by a leading philosopher of science presents a defence of integrative pluralism as the best description for the... Les mer
The Cambridge Companion to the Spanish Novel
The Cambridge Companion to the Spanish Novel presents the development of the modern Spanish novel from 1600 to the present. Drawing on the combined... Les mer
Recognition Struggles and Social Movements
Recognition Struggles and Social Movements is the first book to look comparatively and cross-nationally at the dynamic interplay between those... Les mer
The Cambridge Companion to Giovanni Bellini
Giovanni Bellini was the dominant painter of Early Renaissance Venice and is today recognized as one of the greatest of all Italian Renaissance... Les mer
Consistent Quantum Theory
Quantum mechanics is one of the most fundamental yet difficult subjects in physics. Nonrelativistic quantum theory is presented here in a clear and... Les mer
The Cambridge Companion to the Spanish Novel
The Cambridge Companion to the Spanish Novel presents the development of the modern Spanish novel from 1600 to the present. Drawing on the combined... Les mer
Democracy Defended
Is there a public good? A prevalent view in political science is that democracy is unavoidably chaotic, arbitrary, meaningless, and impossible. Such... Les mer
The Cambridge Companion to Titian
Titian was the preeminent artist of Venice during the sixteenth century. Renowned throughout Italy, as well as Europe, Titian is unquestionably one... Les mer
A Physicalist Manifesto
A Physicalist Manifesto is a full treatment of the comprehensive physicalist view that, in some important sense, everything is physical. Andrew... Les mer
Using Spanish Vocabulary
This book provides a comprehensive and structured vocabulary for all levels of undergraduate Spanish courses. It offers a broad coverage of the... Les mer
States and Markets
Political economy is the study of decentralized and centralized mechanisms for allocating resources and distributing incomes: markets and states.... Les mer
The Shaping of Deduction in Greek Mathematics
The aim of this book is to explain the shape of Greek mathematical thinking. It can be read on three levels: as a description of the practices of... Les mer
Cellular Phones, Public Fears, and a Culture of Precaution
This is the first account of the health panic surrounding cellular phones that developed in the mid-1990s. Treating the issue as more ‘social... Les mer
Life’s Solution
The assassin’s bullet misses, the Archduke’s carriage moves forward, and a catastrophic war is avoided. So too with the history of life. Re-run... Les mer
Race and Regionalism in the Politics of Taxation in Brazil and South Africa
Nationally-specific definitions of citizenship proved decisive for the development of the Tax State in Brazil and South Africa in the twentieth... Les mer
The Self in Neuroscience and Psychiatry
In recent years the clinical and cognitive sciences and neuroscience have contributed important insights to understanding the self. The... Les mer
The Divergent Dynamics of Economic Growth
This book explains how changing technology and economizing behaviour induce vast changes in productivity, resource allocation, labour utilization,... Les mer