This fascinating title focuses on the four assumptions which are the bedrock of rational choice; rationality, individualism, process and aggregation and draws on a wide range of social issues such a... more »

Drawing on case studies from Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Morocco and Jordon, this introductory text assesses how agricultural, industrial and urban development has evolved and suggests the essential change... more »

Valerie Grant examines the hypothesis that it is a feature of the mother's personality - how dominant she is - that influences which sex she will conceive.

With a case study of the Asian community in Southall, Marie Gillespie examines how television and video are being used to recreate cultural traditions and catalyse cultural change in such communitie... more »

Rplit into three sections - integrity, wisdom and transcendence the book describes and analyses a mature form of "skeptical spiritually" that will be a hallmark of future years.

A wide ranging history of every aspect of Stalin's dictatorship over the peoples of the Soviet Union. It places the man and his ideology into context both within pre-Revolutionary Russia, Lenin's So... more »

Combines historical, political and practical approaches to the questions raised by the election victory. Includes much-needed analysis of the current state of the party and invaluable insight into t... more »

Provides a comprehensive, critical, and contemporary review of what is known about how individual differences determine or affect behaviour in key areas in the work place such as motivation, job sta... more »

A survey of communism from the Russian revolution of 1917 to the collapse of the late 1980s. Focusing particularly on the USSR and Eastern Europe this book examines the development of communist rule... more »

This book provides both a detailed introduction to the vivid and exciting period of `late antiquity' and a direct challenge to conventional views of the end of the Empire.

In Napoleon III, Roger Price considers the mid-century crisis which provided Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte with the opportunity to gain elective office as President, and offers a historio graphical revie... more »

This essential new introduction examines why there are still so few women political leaders. It highlights, in particular, the continuing absence of women from leadership positions, and the concentr... more »

Reading the New Testament is intended as a companion volume to the successful New Testament Readings Series. It analyzes the many ways in which the New Testament can be read and interpreted. <... more »

Ruth Henig's fully revised and extended edition includes a new chapter on recent historiography of the subject and provides students with concise coverage of such major topics as the Treaty of Versa... more »

A valuable collection of source material which makes this revised edition an essential tool for everyone studying the administration of the Empire.

This text explores the relationship between technology and inequality through social and cultural theory and case studies of the application of ICTs, in particular in media, education and training.<... more »

In this book the authors unpack the concept of transfer of learning, examine it in relation to current debates in education and show how it can be used most effectively to benefit students. more »

A survey and analysis of major old industrial regions - the Ruhr, South Wales, the Great Lakes and Ontario - in terms of their economic regeneration and their re-emergence as centres of thriving ind... more »

Business Welsh is a refernce volume for native speakers and second language learners who wish to use Welsh in a business or professional environment.

Describes the work with, and psychological experience of, those children who are diagnosed as terminally ill. Makes extensive use of the case studies and the words of children, and offers sound prac... more »

A thought-provoking handbook for practitioners, students and trainers in the mental health field. Addresses controversial issues and offers revealing insights and intelligent suggestions for all tho... more »

Basing her analysis on detailed study of literacy and epigraphic material, Gardener explores the provisions of the Roman laws as they related to women. Discussed are the ways in which the laws affec... more »

Covering the causes, The Second Republic, Franco and the end of the war, this is a concise text on a key topic, integrating narrative, questions, analysis, source evaluation and a guide to further r... more »

A thematically arranged text illustrating popular resistance to Nazism in Germany from 1930-1945, and the effect of Nazism on everyday life. Housden combines a lucid, synthesised analysis with a wid... more »

The first comprehensive study of Italian cinema since 1886. Sorlin explores the changing relationship of Italian cinema and Italian society and asks whether the national cinema really does represent... more »