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This volume argues that negotiated civil society-oriented transitions have an affinity for a distinctive method of constitution making - one that accomplishes the radical change of institutions through legal continuity.

Tracing the influences of Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Kant and Hegel that gave rise to Marx's thought, Kain presents the development of, and tension between, concepts such as freedom and community, and sovereignty and rights. He also examines the relative strengths of social and political theory.

While fighting on land holds center stage, there is also a focus on the Civil War at sea.

Handbook for museums that wish to mount theatre productions.

Lester Frank Ward is regarded as one of the greatest thinkers of the late 19th century. This work covers how Ward's thought laid the foundations for the modern administrative state, and brings out his contributions to 20th century American liberalism.

Combines an historical account of American foreign and domestic politics 1945-1995 with summaries and analyses of 30 novels and films of the times, to give a sense of how Americans felt about themselves during the Cold War period and their collective anxiety about "the enemy" and the atomic bomb.

This study develops a theoretical framework for studying the impact of European polices on member states. Focusing on transport policy, the authors employ case studies to demonstrate convincingly that this influence depends on pre-existing policies and institutional capacity, to change.

Challenges to the study of history have been raised by globalization and by new transformations linked to postmodernism and postcolonialism. This book puts forward new approaches in historical research that emphasize the dual processes of integration and fragmentation in a globalized world.

On September 11, 2001 Daniel Berrigan sat at his desk in upper Manhattan writing a commentary on the Book of Genesis. As he explored the goodness of God's creation, the terrible events of that day stopped him cold.

Through Scripture,Tradition, world events, and living examples of heroism and holiness ranging from the simple to the extraordinary, Living Justice develops your understanding of Catholic social teaching and inspires you for service.

An invesitigation into the curious case of Henry Porter, his idiosyncratic genius and his play, "Two Angry Women of Abington."

James Peters provides to both the amateur and professional historian, an excellent study of the early struggles of African American WWII veterans prior to and after the desegregation of the navy.

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The first comprehensive guide to identifying and interpreting items such as buttons, clasps, buckles, combs, and other items of personal adornment in early American museum collections and archaeological sites.

106 Ways Parents Can Help Student Achieve provides a wide array of easy-to-do, parent-tested activities that support student achievement for students at all grade levels. If you'd like a Set of 10 for classroom use, order using ISBN 978-0-8108-4220-5

Questions the claim of the ACLU that the First Amendment to the Constitution requires the complete cleansing of any religious expression in the American public square. This book is a re-examination of the American founding, its theoretical and constitutional principles, and allows for limited religious expression.

Spanning from the birth of Christianity through the Crusades and the Protestant Reformation to John XXIII and the Second Vatican Council, this book is a guide to the origins and evolution of the Catholic Church. It not only helps readers understand the context and characters of the past, but also sheds light on the future Church.

What is at stake in compromising the Enlightenment ideals of liberal education with educational policies engendered by a neo-liberalized, global marketplace? This text explores Western culture's longstanding ambivalence toward "the life of the mind".

Why isn't the Baltic region like the Balkans? Why have the Baltic republic not experienced ethnic cleansing, border wars, authoritarian rule and social chaos? In this text Walter Clemens uses complexity theory to explain the "Baltic miracle".

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In Going Live, veteran journalist Philip Seib warns of the dangers of trivialized news and sloppy ethics in this "new news" age. Whether you love or hate the news media, this is an indispensable look at where journalism is heading-and how we can sort out what's important and accurate in the news we get in an ever-faster moving stream.

This is study and analysis of social and political change in the Taihang Base Area during the key years of the War of Resistance to Japan, which was instrumental to the establishment of the People's Republic of China.

'In this English translation, Moon's story is usefully framed by apparatus necessary to bring its message to even those taking their first look at South Asian culture...The result is an easy to digest short-course on what it means to be a Dalit, in the words of one notable Dalit.'-Journal of Asian Studies

This text proposes a different understanding of how gender relations were reformulated by both male and female writers in 19th-century France. It analyzes the different versions of gendered citizenship revealing a shift from single definition of citizenship to a double dialectical one.

In this timely and thought-provoking collection, seasoned educators and cultural theorists examine the connection between youth violence and the realities faced by many children-poverty, racism, unequal opportunity, and the media's glorification of violence.

Drugs have been linked to every aspect of China's economy, polity, society and culture since the early 19th century. This analysis chronicles the evolution of China's anti-narcotics movement from its shaky beginnings in 1906, through its dramatic success in the early years of the communist regime.

Exploring issues of gender in Tang-dynasty literature and culture, Jowen Tung draws on a comprehensive range of historical, literary and social texts to unravel the complex mechanisms of one of the world's oldest patriarchal systems.

The American homicide rate remains dramatically higher than that in other Western nations. This work focuses on one important phenomenon to explain larger currents in American society. It examines the historical and cross-national dimensions of homicides and evaluates attempts to explain it.

The first to systematically compare Caucasians, African Americans, and Asian Americans in engineering, this study of the career attainment and mobility of engineers in the United States tells how these three groups fare in the American engineering labor market and what they can look forward to in the future.

Grannies, geishas, warriors, mystics, recluses and predators - these are the dangerous women of traditional China. This exploration of the myth and history of the Ming seeks to bring their world to life. It uses interpreted resources, and there are illustrations of the art of the period.