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Edmund Burke
Two centuries after Edmund Burke published his Reflections on the Revolution in France, his name and reputation stand alongside Locke, Montesquieu, and Hume - the other still-cited …
The Court Jew
The period of court absolutism and early capitalism extended from the end of the Renaissance to the Enlightenment. A new world view was created, along with a new type of individual …
Constructing the Social System
Barber constructs a provisional, generalized, substantive theory of the social system, which he uses as the starting point and focus of his specialized researches. In this …
A Blend of Contradictions
Contradiction forms the basis of all social phenomena. Anyone who has read Georg Simmel will perceive his fascination with the essential complexity that characterizes human …
Freedom in the World: 2001-2002
Freedom in the Worldis an institutional effort by Freedom House to monitor the progress and decline of political rights and civil liberties in 192 nations and 17 related and …
America's Housing
The One-Volume Encyclopedia of Housing. Beginning with a detailed evaluation of the nation's housing inventory by Sternlieb and Hughes, this collection of research papers by the …
Agenda for Africa's Economics Renewal
Ten experts from Africa, Europe, and the United States look beyond structural adjustment and identify the strategic elements that are needed to engineer Africa's economic recovery …
Prosperous Paupers and Other Population Problems
In current intellectual and public discourse, the entire modern world-from the affluent United States to the poorest low-income regions-is beset today by a broad and alarming array …
The Adopted Child
This exploration of the experiences of adopting parents and children offers unusual insight into adoption's complexity and its profound impact on family life. Based on the author's …
Covenant and Constitutionalism
This volume traces the trends and the developing relationships of constitutionalism and covenant that ultimately led to the transformation of the latter into the former. Elazar …
Man and Nature in God
Contemporary American life is tinged with dissatisfaction. Increased wealth and comfort and technological advances have not made individuals happier or society more companionable. …
Knowledge, Power, and Participation in Environmental Policy Analysis
This volume probes practical dilemmas and competing re- search perspectives in environmental policy analysis. Scholars working in different fields, research traditions, societies, …