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Professor of modern history examines Scotland's politics, laws, society, religious institutions, schools and universities, culture, and relationship with the world,…
including the factors that have distinguished it from England both before and after Union. 2008
Explores corruption in government and business--starting with experts' disagreement over precisely what it is. Discusses cultural differences in what constitutes…
corrupt behavior; its social, legal, political, and economic impacts; systemic causes of corruption; and national and international efforts to fight it. 2015
Two neuroscientists survey the modern-day science of sleep. They define sleep; explain why we need it, how much is optimal,…
and what happens when we don't get enough; look at major sleep disorders; and consider the impact of our modern twenty-four-hour society on our sleep and its patterns. 2012
Professor of international history examines the historical, ideological, and regional roots of terrorist violence. Explores terrorism in relation to revolutionary…
power, nationalism, and religious extremism and considers the successes of specific terrorist and antiterrorist campaigns recently and in the distant past. Discusses debates about the erosion of civil liberties. 2011
A short account of the history of the doctrine and practice of democracy, from ancient Greece and Rome through the…
American, French, and Russian revolutions, and of the usages and practices associated with it in the modern world. It argues that democracy is a necessary but not a sufficient condition for good government, and that ideas of the rule of law, and of human rights, should in some situations limit democratic claims. 2002.