Michael Laver 
Agent-Based Models of Social Life [PDF ebook] 
Fundamentals

In this new book on native butterflies we look at the lifecycle of the butterfly alongside many other fascinating facts, all brought to life by the brilliant photography of Andrew Fusek Peters.With c …

A unique and comprehensive introduction to contemporary development issues in East and Southern Africa, and represents a significant departure from the often descriptive approach adopted by existing …

This book examines women”s activism in the early years of independent Indonesia when new attitudes to gender, nationalism, citizenship and democratization were forming. It questions the meaning of d …

The environment and its management has been, and continues to be a very topical issue. Existing environment and development texts place emphasis is on listing problems, making warnings and voicing ad …

This volume brings together for the first time critical work by Pinays of different generations and varying political and personal perspectives to chart the history of the Filipina experience. …

The essays in this volume explore the complexities of the relationship between states, social groups and individuals in contemporary North Africa, as expressed through the politics, culture and histo …

First Published in 2004. Since the second half of the seventies, a period of economic recession, a growing interest for technological change can be noticed in all ‘old’ industrial countries. The reas …

Whether you”re involved in a labor-management dispute or a landlord-tenant disagreement, considering a major purchase or overseeing a large commercial transaction, there are elements that are common …

In the years following the financial crash, two issues have become central to the debate in economics: inequality and the uneven nature of sustainable development. These two issues are at the core of …

This book, first published in 1987, examines British, American and Israeli practices in the Middle East. It explains these countries’ attitudes in the United Nations towards the Palestinian problem a …