The Mythological State and its Empire

By David Grant

We see the modern State as the most rational form of governing yet devised, and one which properly recognises our inherent individual rights. However, as...

August 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-98875-9 (Routledge)

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Routledge Handbook of Political Management

By Dennis W. Johnson

The Routledge Handbook of Political Management is a comprehensive overview of the field of applied politics, encompassing political consulting, campaigns and elections, lobbying and advocacy,...

August 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-96225-4 (Routledge)

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The World Health Organization (WHO)

By Kelley Lee

The World Health Organization (WHO), as the United Nations specialized agency for health, has been at the centre of international health cooperation for over sixty...

August 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-37013-4 (Routledge)

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Democratization in Post-Suharto Indonesia

Edited by Marco Bunte, Andreas Ufen

In May 1998 the fall of Suharto marked the beginning of a difficult and multi-layered transition process. It was accompanied by intensified conflict in the...

August 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-43893-3 (Routledge)

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Technologies of InSecurity

The Surveillance of Everyday Life

Edited by Katja Franko Aas, Helene Oppen Gundhus, Heidi Mork Lomell

Technologies of Insecurity examines how general social and political concerns about terrorism, crime, migration and globalization are translated into concrete practices of securitisation of everyday...

August 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-46455-0 (Routledge-Cavendish)

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State and Local Pension Fund Management

By Jun Peng

Intense media coverage of the public pension funding crisis continues to fuel heightened awareness in and debate over public pension benefits. With over $3 trillion...

August 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-8493-0548-1 (Auerbach Publicatio)

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Immigration Policy and Security

U.S., European, and Commonwealth Perspectives

Edited by Terri Givens, Gary P. Freeman, David L. Leal

Immigration policy in the United States, Europe, and the Commonwealth went under the microscope after the terror attacks of 9/11 and the subsequent events in...

August 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-99083-7 (Routledge)

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Philosophy of Science and Sociology

From the Methodological Doctrine to Research Practice

By Edmund Mokrzycki

Originally published in 1983. This book concentrates on the impact of philosophy of science on sociology and other disciplines. It argues that the impact of...

August 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-47492-4 (Routledge)

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Evidence and Explanation in Social Science

An Inter-disciplinary Approach

Edited by Gerald Studdert-Kennedy

Originally published in 1975. The main concern of this book is the nature of the gap between the theoretical issues, raised at an abstract level...

August 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-47499-3 (Routledge)

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Scientific Knowledge and Sociological Theory

By Barry Barnes

Originally published in 1974.

Scientific Knowledge and Sociological Theory centres on the problem of explaining the manifest variety and contrast in the beliefs about nature...

August 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-47437-5 (Routledge)

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