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Modern Egypt
With almost every news broadcast, we are reminded of the continuing instability of the Middle East, where state collapse, civil wars, and terrorism have combined to produce a …
Food Politics
Covering the many important changes in food markets and food politics that have shaped both global and local farming and eating over the past decade, this compact and authoritative …
Quantum Physics
Around 1900, physicists started to discover particles like electrons, protons, and neutrons, and with these discoveries they believed they could predict the internal behavior of …
Corruption
Corruption regularly makes front page headlines: public officials embezzling government monies, selling public offices, and trading bribes for favors to private companies generate …
The Gun Debate
No topic is more polarizing than guns and gun control. From a gun culture that took root early in American history to the mass shootings that repeatedly bring the public discussion …
Remote and Hybrid Work
In Remote and Hybrid Work: What Everyone Needs to Know®, long-time remote work scholar and consultant Barbara Z. Larson provides an accessible and critical resource for …
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico, acquired by the United States from Spain in 1898, has a peculiar status among Latin American and Caribbean countries. As a Commonwealth, the island enjoys limited …
Campaigns and Elections
Frequent and fair elections, open to all, are fundamental elements of a democracy. The United States, through its local, state, and national contests, holds more elections, more …
Women in the Workforce
An accessible overview of the power of women in the economy and the obstacles they face Women are joining the workforce in increasing numbers, making inroads as entrepreneurs and …
North Korea
After a year of trading colorful barbs with the American president and significant achievements in North Korea's decades-long nuclear and missile development programs, North Korean …
Free Speech
An engaging guide to the most important free speech rules, rationales, and debates, including the strongest arguments for and against protecting the most controversial speech, such …