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Combining a thorough introduction to the work of nineteenth and early twentieth-century Italian social theo-rist Vilfredo Pareto with a highly read-able English translation of Pareto's last monograph, "Generalizations," this work illus-trates precisely how and why demo-cratic forms of government undergo decay and are eventually re-invigo-rated

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Prehistoric archaeologists cannot observe their human subjects nor can they access their subjects' ideas. Both must be inferred from the remnants of the material objects they made and used. This fact has encouraged partisan approaches to the history and method of archaeology. This work challenges partisan versions of developments in archaeology.

Reviews Armenian politics and political thinking, and the evolution of Armenians from peoplehood to statehood. Written by a key governmental advisor in the early years of Armenian independence, this book analyzes the internal dynamics of the revolutionary movement, the genocide, the Armenian Diaspora, its recovered statehood, and more.

Since its inception in the 1940s, the field of science studies has been the center of controversy and debate. This work shows that Kuhn and Popper share considerable common ground, and identifies the logical mistakes and conceptual allusions made by Kuhn and Popper and their supporters.

Disproportionate attention has long been paid to males in human and other social systems. This book explores stratification, sexual selection, and natural selection of what women do among themselves and how they relate to men.

Based on experiences derived from comparative analysis in different countries, this work explains why there is interest in performance monitoring in a given setting, why it has failed or created uncertainties, and identifies criteria for improving its design and use. It is aimed at public managers, government officials, economists, and others.

Explores the power of political reform, specifically reform of the modern welfare state. This book is suitable for academics and advanced undergraduates interested in political theory, public economics, social administration and political sociology.

Deals with the historical and philosophical analysis of the twentieth century. This title sees philosophy's history as one of confusion of ideas, a prime example of which is the idea of a 'great chain of being' - a universe linked in theology, science and values by pre-determined stages in all phases of life.

Argues that milk has so many health and cultural implications that everyone should have an understanding of it. It begins with how milk is made in the lactating cell, discusses the pros and cons about the healthfulness of cows' milk, and explores the gap between the public's impressions of milk, and facts about milk and dairy foods.

Research on policy strategies, instruments, and styles incorporates a complex variety of theoretical and conceptual approaches and analytical tools. This work proposes a framework for the field, one that clearly shows how public policy instruments may be classified, packaged, and chosen.

A collection of writings from neo-classical economist Frank Knight illustrating his lifelong campaign against the irrationalities of nationalism, religious fanaticism and group conflict whilst conceding these are fundamental orientations of human action. A defence of human freedom and liberal order whilst condemning liberalism as rife with abuse.

In The Pension Fund Revolution, originally published nearly two decades ago under the title The Unseen Revolution, Drucker reports that institutional investors, especially pension funds, have become the controlling owners of America's large companies, the country's only capitalists

Deals with aspects of genocide in Rwanda and Cambodia, including the impact of regional politics and the role played by social institutions in perpetrating genocide. The chapters in this book are grouped so that a single theme is explored in both the Cambodian and Rwandan contexts; their ordering is designed to facilitate comparative analysis.

An exploration of social thought in Europe, covering Croce, Durkheim, Freud and Weber, as well as other great European minds. It asks questions such as - is there, or should there be, a relationship between science and religion? Does history have any ultimate meaning for future generations?

Traumatic experiences and their consequences are often the core of life stories told by survivors of violence

This title spans the years from Germany's religious wars to the fall of her Second Empire. It attempts to integrate in a systematic manner the autobiographical records of contemporaries in assessing the work of modern social historians.

Reports the results of a pioneering study conducted in Decatur, Illinois, validating Paul Lazarsfeld's serendipitous discovery that messages from the media may be further mediated by informal "opinion leaders" who intercept, interpret, and diffuse what they see and hear to the personal networks in which they are embedded.

Switzerland is a direct democracy. Here, the author has developed an overview of Switzerland's high notion of statecraft. He details the reasons for studying Switzerland's distinctive institutions, and explores the origins and development of the ancient Swiss democracy, which reaches back a thousand years.

The Good Society is a critical text in the history of liberalism

This work emphasizes two key issues of the 21st century. First, transition concerns in a world without Castro, and second, the continuing embargo of Cuba by the USA in the aftermath of a major change in the presidency.

In this landmark study, originally published in 1964, Peter Blau considers a basic question: How does social life become organized into increasingly complex structures of associations among humans? "Blau's analysis represents a very important advance in the application of exchange analysis to social structure and behavior."--S. N. Eisenstadt, The American Journal of Sociology

This work remains a pioneer sociological treatise on American culture. By understanding the individual not as the product of society but as its mirror image, Cooley concludes that the social order cannot be imposed from outside human nature but that it arises from the self.

This classic work is a revised and abridged version, in a single volume, of the work which more than any other catapulted Pitirim Sorokin into being one of the most famed figures of twentieth-century sociology

This is a major survey and assessment of U.S. intelligence activities over the last forty-five years. It offers a systematic and authoritative evaluation of American intelligence-gathering machinery: how it has been used, misused, and on occasion, ignored

The materials in American Land Planning Law are derived from decades of experience in teaching planning law at six planning schools and three law schools

The materials in American Land Planning Law are derived from decades of experience in teaching planning law at six planning schools and three law schools

Entrepreneurship is the capability to be an entrepreneur

Berdyaev considered the philosophy of history as a field that laid the foundations of the Russian national consciousness. Its disputes were centered on distinctions between slavophiles and Westerners, East and West. This volume's sense of the apocalypse, which distinguishes Russian from Western thought, gives the book its religious character.

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