An apprenticeship in arms

the origins of the British Army 1585-1702

Based upon a wide range of historical and literary sources, "An Apprenticeship in Arms" is a scholarly study of the military experiences of peers and gentlemen from the British Isles who volunteered to fight in the religious and dynastic wars of mainland Europe, as well ...

A new history of Western Philosophy

Volume III: The rise of Modern Philosophy

Sir Anthony Kenny's engaging new history of Western philosophy now advances into the modern era. "The Rise of Modern Philosophy" is the fascinating story of the emergence, from the early sixteenth to the early nineteenth century, of great ideas and intellectual systems that shaped ...

Bonaventure

This is a brief and accessible introduction to the thought of the great Franciscan theologian St. Bonaventure (c. 1217-74). Cullen focuses on the long-debated relation between philosophy and theology in the work of this important but neglected thinker, revealing Bonaventure as a great synthesizer. Cullen ...

Principled agents?

the political economy of good government

What is good government? Why do some governments fail? How do you implement political accountability in practice? What incentives do you need to put in place to ensure that politicians and public servants act in the public interest and not their own? These questions and ...

Deliberating in the real world

problems of legitimacy in deliberative democracy

Deliberative democracy has become the central reference point for democracy theorists over the last decade or so, influencing normative frameworks and the ways we conceptualize the workings of democratic societies. It has also been linked with a burst of experimentation with new procedures that involve ...

Peremptory norms in international Law

This monograph analyses the questions raised by the legal effects of peremptory norms of international law (jus cogens). A comprehensive study of this problem has been lacking so far in international legal doctrine. Peremptory norms, although often criticised and even more often approached with sceptical ...

What is a nation?

Europe 1789-1914

Nationalism has had global repercusions throughout the modern world, lying at the root of wars, revolutions, and social and cultural movements. This volumes analyses and compares differents forms of nationalism as they originated and developed in Europe throughout the "long nineteenth century" and offers an ...

The European Court of Justice

The European Court of Justice is a controversial institution. Its supporters see it as having played a central and positive role in shaping a polity which has given its Member States an unprecedented degree of peace, stability and prosperity. To its detractors, it has ignored ...

Canada

a nation of regions

"Canada: A Nation of Regions" is a comprehensive survey of the regional geography of Canada. Explaining the processes, physical and human, that have shaped and continue to modify this country, Brett McGillivray tells the stories of the interactions between Canada's peoples and landscapes. At ...

First freedoms

a documentary history of first amendment rights in America

"First Freedoms" incorporates documents that are drawn from the history of First Amendment rights in America - an ongoing experiment in freedom. Like all experiments, it is full of trial and error. The story of freedom in America recounted here is often painful and contentious - but ...

Regulating energy and natural resources

Democratization, globalization, and increased environmental awareness have had a profound impact on the regulation of industry in the energy and natural resources sector. This book analyses the changes in character of the way this industry is regulated, and seeks to make connections with theoretical perspectives ...

Motivation, agency, and public policy

of knights and knaves, pawns and queens

Can we rely on the altruism of professionals or the public service ethos to deliver good quality health and education services? And how should patients, parents, and pupils behave - as grateful recipients or active consumers? This book provides new answers to these questions - a milestone ...

Economic development and environmental sustainability

new policy options

Economic growth, as we know it today, cannot persist indefinitely if it entails continuous degradation of natural resources and the environment. While in a few countries around the world, it appears that environmental degradation has been the result of rapid economic growth, in the vast ...

Who controls the Internet?

illusions of a borderless world

Will cyberanarchy rule the net? And if we do find a way to regulate our cyberlife, will national borders dissolve as the Internet becomes the first global state? In this provocative new work, Jack L. Goldsmith and Tim Wu dismiss the fashionable talk of both ...

The fall of Rome

and the end of civilization

Why did Rome fall? Vicious barbarian invasions during the fifth century resulted in the cataclysmic end of the world's most powerful civilization, and a 'dark age' for its conquered peoples. Or did it? The dominant view of this period today is that the 'fall ...

Swarm creativity

competitive advantage through collaborative innovation networkst

Swarm Creativity introduces a powerful new concept-Collaborative Innovation Networks, or COINs. Its aim is to make the concept of COINs as ubiquitous among business managers as any methodology to enhance quality and competitive advantage. The difference though is that COINs are nothing like other methodologies ...

The Oxford handbook of work and organization

The last twenty-five years of the twentieth century was a period of extraordinary change in organizations and the economies of the developed world. This continues today. Such has been the scale and momentum of events that, for some analysts, the only comparable periods are the ...

The sociology of financial markets

Financial markets have often been seen by economists as efficient mechanisms that fulfill vital functions within economies. But, do financial markets really operate in such a straightforward manner? "The Sociology of Financial Markets" approaches financial markets from a sociological perspective. It seeks to provide an ...

Strategy, economic organization, and the knowledge economy

the coordination of firms and resources

The rise of the knowledge economy has far-reaching implications for the nature of economic organization as well as firm strategy. Not surprisingly, thinking in management studies as well as in economics has been profoundly affected by these changes. Thus, management thinking in particular has been ...

The economics of infectious disease

Infectious diseases once considered vanquished in the developed world now represent a growing challenge to public health care systems. Not only do we face threats from new diseases, such as AIDS, MRSA, SARS and Avian Flu, but old scourges, such as tuberculosis are returning in ...

Marsilius of Padua and "the truth of history"

Marsilius of Padua is conventionally seen as a thinker ahead of his time: the first secular political theorist, and the first post-classical thinker to espouse republicanism. He is presented as a scholastic precursor of the republican humanists of the Renaissance. Starting with an examination of ...

Small arms survey 2006

unfinished business

The Small Arms Survey is now recognized as the principal international source of impartial and reliable information on all aspects of small arms. Its blend of information and analysis makes it an indispensable resource for policy-makers, officials, and non-governmental organizations. "The Small Arms Survey 2006 ...