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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
Professor of sociology asserts the value of his discipline for understanding the modern world. Draws on studies of social class,…
crime and deviance, work in bureaucracies, and changes in religious and political organizations. Explores the tension between the individual's role in society and society's role in shaping the individual. 1999
Psychology professor describes the discipline that studies language in its social and cultural contexts--how words and sentences are influenced by…
our social environment. Discusses the importance of accents and dialects, the significance of names, the relationship between language and gender, the language of poverty, and the intertwining of language and religion. 2013
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
Professor and policy consultant discuss the field of decision theory and risk analysis. The authors demonstrate how to be a…
critical consumer of claims about risk--whether from politicians, pundits, doctors, financial advisors, car mechanics, suitors, or scientists--and provide a conceptual framework for thinking about risks in the context of decisions where they matter. 2011
Professor of organization studies draws on psychology, sociology, management, and social history for this multidisciplinary account of work--as a concept…
and as practical experience. Examines the cultural and social factors that influence the way we work, the ethics of certain types of work, and factors affecting work's future. 2012
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.