Francis G. Castles & Stephan Leibfried 
Federalism and the Welfare State [PDF ebook] 
New World and European Experiences

Telling Maya Tales offers an experimental ethnographic portrait of the San Juan Chamula, the largest and most influential Maya community of Highland Chiapas, in the late twentieth century–the era of …

This book represents a selected collection of the writings, from 1950 to 1960, of members of the Human Relations Research Group (HRRG), from UCLA. The writings are followed by independent comments an …

Devoted exclusively to prospective memory, this volume organizes the research and thoughts of the important contributors to the field in one comprehensive resource. The chapter authors not only focus …

This book explores women’s militant activities in insurgent wars and seeks to understand what women ‘do’ in wars. In International Relations, inter-state conflict, anti-state armed insurgency and arm …

Equal access to education is an important American ideal, yet for many years it has been unavailable to a large number of Americans living in impoverished communities. Biddle gives an insightful prog …

Focusing on settlement patterns among Houston”s Korean immigrants, this study examines in ethnographic detail the mutually beneficial relationship between the Korean business community and church gr …

This monograph from a leading neuroscientist and neural networks researcher investigates and offers a fresh approach to the perplexing scientific and philosophical problems of minds and brains. It ex …

Increasingly significant as mediators of spatial identity and meaning, leisure, tourism, culture and heritage are only now beginning to be located within the rapidly evolving discourses of poststruct …

The structure of policing is undergoing change in Scotland at present and the profile of the police officer differs from that of the past. This book takes an informative approach and offers a unique …

Groundbreaking research opens a new chapter in the Nature vs. Nurture debate The 2010 smash hit arrives in mass-market paperback! Turning conventional thinking about gender differences on its head, L …