The Oxford Dictionary of Idioms

Did you know that 'flavour of the month' originated in a marketing campaign in American ice-cream parlours in the 1940s, when a particular flavour would be specially promoted for a month at a time? And did you know that 'off the cuff' refers to the ...

Western muslims and the future of Islam

In a Western world suddenly acutely interested in Islam, one question has been repeatedly heard above the din: where are the Muslim reformers? With this ambitious volume, Tariq Ramadan firmly establishes himself as one of Europe's leading thinkers and one of Islam's most ...

Family Law in the twentieth century

a history

The law governing family relationships has changed dramatically in the course of the last century and this book - drawing extensively on both published and archival material and on legal as well as other sources - gives an account of the processes and problems of reform. Much ...

The Spanish Civil War

a very short introduction

This Very Short Introduction offers a powerfully-written explanation of the war's complex origins and course, and explores its impact on a personal and international scale. It also provides an ethical reflection on the war in the context of Europe's tumultuous twentieth century, highlighting ...

Renaissance art

a very short introduction

Botticelli, Holbein, Leonardo, Durer, Michelangelo: the names are familiar, as are the works, such as the Last Supper fresco, or the monumental marble statue of David. But who were these artists, why did they produce such memorable images, and how would their original beholders have ...

The Dead Sea scrolls

a very short introduction

Everyone has heard of the Dead Sea Scrolls, but amidst the conspiracies, the politics, and the sensational claims, it can be dificult to separate the myths from the reality. Timothy Lim here presents the true facts and leading theories behind the cultural and historical background ...

The brain

a very short introduction

How does the brain work? How different is a human brain from other creatures' brains? Is the human brain still evolving? In this fascinating book, Michael O'Shea provides a non-technical introduction to the main issues and findings in current brain research, and gives a ...

Stochastic volatility

selected readings

Stochastic volatility is the main concept used in the fields of financial economics and mathematical finance to deal with time-varying volatility in financial markets. This book brings together some of the main papers that have influenced the field of the econometrics of stochastic volatility, and ...

European migration

what do we know?

First, it studies migration streams since World War II, and reviews major migration policy regimes. Second, it summarizes the empirical evidence measuring wages, unemployment, and occupational choices. Third, it investigates how migrants affects the labour markets of their host countries, and evaluates econometric studies into ...

Old babylonian texts

in the Ashmolean museum: mainly from Larsa, Sippir, Kish and Lagaba

This volume completes the publication of all identified Old Babylonian tablets in the Ashmolean Museum accessed before 1966. Although many of them were acquired from dealers in the 1920s and 1930s, most can be assigned to sites and connected with similar holdings in other museums ...

Debating the Earth

the environmental politics reader

Debating the Earth brings together over 40 essential readings which illustrate the diversity of political responses to environmental issues. They are organized in a way that emphasizes the differences and debates across the various schools of thought on environmental affairs and there is a mixture ...

The european voter

a comparative study of modern democracies

This book provides a systematic comparative analysis of how and why voting behaviour has changed in Europe in recent decades. It has been widely argued that radical changes have occurred in the how and why of voting behaviour in Europe as a result of changes ...

Asset pricing in discrete time

a complete market approach

This book covers the pricing of assets, derivatives, and bonds in a discrete time, complete markets framework. It relies heavily on the existence, in a complete market, of a pricing kernel. It is primarily aimed at advanced Masters and PhD students in finance. Topics covered ...

Cooperative strategy

Description *clear and systematic overview of an important topic *alliances, joint ventures, and networks are increasingly common *international/comparative examples *the authors have extensive academic and consulting experience *clear structure making it suitable for course teaching and management training New to this edition *Thoroughly revised ...

Development economics

from the poverty to the wealth of nations

This book provides a comprehensive, systematic treatise on development economics, combining classical political economy, modern institutional theory, and current development issues. It addresses one basic question: Why has a small set of countries achieved a high level of affluence while the majority remains poor and ...

The econometrics of macroeconomic modelling

Macroeconometric models, in many ways the flagships of the economist's profession in the 1960s, came under increasing attack from both theoretical economist and practitioners in the late 1970s. Critics referred to their lack of microeconomic theoretical foundations, ad hoc models of expectations, lack of ...

Explorations in pragmatic economics

For twenty years since the publication of his seminal paper 'The Market for "Lemons"', George A. Akerlof's work has changed the way we see economics. This collection of Akerlof's most important papers provide both an introduction to Akerlof's work and a grounding ...

Fundamentals of private pensions

Fundamentals of Private Pensions is, quite simply, the authoritative text for pension plan design and management. Authored originally in 1952 by Dan McGill, Professor of Insurance at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, this book has instructed generations about pensions and other employee benefits ...

Global marketing management

changes, challenges and new strategies

Global Strategic Management emphasises the business practices necessary for the successful global manager by offering a thorough analysis and discussion of the concepts, processes, and methods for developing, managing and controlling strategies for global organisations. The text is ideal for final year undergraduate and postgraduate ...

Insurance against poverty

Poor people in developing countries are often affected by droughts, floods, illness, crop failure, job loss, and economic downturns. Informal insurance mechanisms provide some protection, but are weak in the face of major or recurring calamities. Most people cannot obtain formal insurance, and the lack ...

Political ideologies

a reader and guide

Political Ideologies: A Reader and Guide provides an extensive collection of extracts from the texts of major intellectuals, politicians, and writers within some of the most important ideological traditions in modern politics which are interspersed with editorial commentaries. These offer a general historical introduction to ...

Gender and the city in Euripides' political plays

The first full-length study of Children of Herakles and Suppliant Women to appear in fifty years, Gender and the City in Euripides' Political Plays uses fresh insights into the Greek conception of gender and the Athenian ideology of civic identity to demonstrate at last the ...