Books from Oxford University Press (UK)
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Seventeen Contradictions and the End of Capitalism
By David Harvey"David Harvey examines the internal contradictions within the flow of capital that have precipitated recent crises.
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Gender Inequality in the Labour Market in the UK
By Giovanni RazzuOccupational Ghettos: The Worldwide Segeregation of Women and Men. Stanford, CA, Stanford University Press. Clark, K. B. and Summers, L. H. 1981. Demographic differences in cyclical employment variation. Journal of Human Resources, 16, ...
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Complete Criminal Law: Text, Cases, and Materials
By Janet Loveless'Complete Criminal Law' provides a student-centred, straightforward approach to the criminal law LLB/GDL/CPE syllabus. It involves the student in an active approach to learning through the use of many learning features.
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Autonomy, Oppression, and Gender
By Andrea Veltman, Mark PiperHow should we understand the concepts of relational autonomy and adaptive preferences? How do emotions and caring relate to autonomous deliberation? Contributors to this collection answer these and related questions.
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Criminal Law and Cultural Diversity
By Will Kymlicka, Matt Matravers, Claes LernestedtBringing togetherpolitical and legal theorists, the essays in this volume offer original and diverse discussions of these issues that go to the heart of both legal and political debates about multiculturalism and debates about human agency ...
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Global Catastrophes: A Very Short Introduction
By Bill McGuireThis new edition brings our understanding of global disasters and risk research up-to-date, by using recent case studies from around the world, and incorporating recent research on climate change and threats from space"--Cover flap.
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Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring for Deep Brain Stimulation: Principles, Practice, and Cases
By Jr., Erwin B. MontgomeryThorough understanding of electricity, electronics, biophysics, neurophysiology, and neuroanatomy renders more tractable otherwise complex electrophysiologically-based targeting.
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Saving Sex: Sexuality and Salvation in American Evangelicalism
By Amy DeRogatisSaving Sex is a long-overdue exploration of evangelicals' surprising and often-misunderstood beliefs about sex--who can do what, when, and why--and of the many ways in which they try to bring those beliefs to bear on American culture.
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Space, Time, and Stuff
By Frank Arntzenius, Cian DorrThe main thrust of the book, however, is that there are good reasons to believe that spaces other than spacetime exist, and that it is the existence of these additional spaces that allows one to reduce all of physics to geometry.
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Codifying Choice of Law Around the World: An International Comparative Analysis
By Symeon Symeonides2010); A.C. Cutler, Private Power and Global Authority: Transnational Merchant Law in the Global Political Economy (2003); A. López Rodríguez, Lex Mercatoria and Harmonization of Contract Law in the EU (2003); D. Oser, The UNIDROIT ...
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Mainstreaming Torture: Ethical Approaches in the Post-9/11 United States
By Rebecca GordonAn examination of torture's effect on the four cardinal virtues-courage, temperance, justice, and prudence (or practical reason)-suggests specific ways in which each of these are deformed in a society that countenances torture.
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The History and Future of Bioethics: A Sociological View
By John H. EvansTo understand how this crisis came about and to arrive at a solution, John H. Evans closely examines the history of the bioethics profession.
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The Oxford Handbook of Christianity in Asia
By Felix Wilfred"This Handbook explores the world of Asian Christianity and its manifold expressions such as worship, theology, spirituality, inter-religious relations, interventions in society, and mission"--
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Confronting the Colonies: British Intelligence and Counterinsurgency
By Rory Cormac17; JIC Assessment, 'International Terrorism: Impact of Iraq', 13 April 2005, http://www.iraqinquiry.org.uk/media/52036/2005– 04–13-JIC-assessment.pdf. Treverton, Gregory, Reshaping National Intelligence for an Age of Information, ...
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Feminist Edges of the Qur'an
By Aysha A. HidayatullahThis is a study and critique of feminist interpretation of the Qur'an, examining its dynamic challenges to Islamic tradition and contemporary Muslim views of the Qur'an.
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Romani Routes: Cultural Politics and Balkan Music in Diaspora
By Carol SilvermanIn this book, Silverman introduces readers to the people and cultures who produce this music, offering a sensitive and incisive analysis of how Romani musicians function successfully within oppressive circumstances.
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Women and the Vote: A World History
By Jad AdamsA hundred years later almost all countries had enfranchised women, and it was a sign of backwardness not to have done so. This is the story of how this momentous change came about.
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Generative Emergence: A New Discipline of Organizational, Entrepreneurial, and Social Innovation
By Benyamin B. LichtensteinA New Discipline of Organizational, Entrepreneurial and Social Innovation Benyamin B. Lichtenstein. March, J. 1988. ... Organization Science, 2: 71–87. ... In J. Baum & B. McKelvey (Eds.), Variations in Organization Science (279– 310).
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Transforming Consciousness: Yogācāra Thought in Modern China
By John Makeham'Transforming Consciousness' develops a wide-ranging and deeply sourced argument that Yogācāra Buddhism played a much more important role in the development of modern Chinese thought than has previously been recognized.
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The Social Origins of Language
By Chris Knight, Daniel Dor, Jerome LewisThis book presents a new perspective on the origins of language, and highlights the key role of social and cultural dynamics in driving language evolution.