Public understanding of science

a history of communicating scientific ideas

Between the French Revolution (1789) and the 'Chemists' War' (1914-18), science became culturally and economically crucial: it seemed pervasive but difficult. David Knight explores how science was disseminated in this period, moving from a time in the late eighteenth century when science was not widely ...

Responses to colonization in the Iron-Age Mediterranean

The first study to bring together such a breadth of data, this book compares responses to colonization in the Iron-Age Mediterranean. From North Syria to Sicily and North Africa, Tamar Hodos explores the responses to these colonies in areas where Greeks and Phoenicians were in ...

The European Union and the public sphere

a deliberative democratic perspective

Nationalism and globalism

debating future projections

A fresh examination of the evolving relationship between nationalism and globalization. This new study tackles the key questions this complex relationship is generating: Are we entering a new phase in the relationship between internationality and nationalism, or is nationalism being rendered irredeemably contradictory, and anachronistic ...

David Ben-Gurion, Zionism, and American Jewry, 1948-1963

Based on archival material, this intriguing book examines David Ben- Gurion's influence on the relationship between the state of Israel, the Zionist Organization and American Jewry between 1948 and 1963 when he served as Prime Minister and Minister of Defence. The author discusses how ...

Equilibrium and uncertainty

Majumdar Mukul has been a recognized authority in the field of general equilibrium theory for some years now. In this important new book, he takes the pulse of the field - still fundamental to economic theory as a whole. The topics covered include Pareto optimality, Cournot-Nash ...

Accounting, accountants and accountability

poststructuralist positions

In the business world, recent years have seen a growing acknowledgement of the value of intangible assets rather than physical assets. This has precipitated a crisis in the accounting industry: the accounting representations relied upon for years can no longer be taken for granted. Here ...

The history of financial disasters

1763-1995

This three- volume reset edition looks at the origins and consequences of seminal financial crises throughout history, combining contemporary texts from nineteen financial disasters between 1763 and 1994 with academic interpretations of the major causes and consequences of each crisis. Rare public and private papers ...

Consumerism in world history

the global transformation of desire

This second edition of "Consumerism in World History" draws on recent research of the consumer experience in the West and Japan, while also examining societies less renowned for consumerism, such as Africa. By relating consumerism to other issues in world history, this book forces reassessment ...

Evolution of markets and institutions

a study of an emerging economy

The new institutional economics has been one of the most influential schools of thought to emerge in the past quarter century. Taking its roots in the transaction cost theory of the firm as an economic organization rather than purely a production function, it has been ...

Why read mill today?

John Stuart Mill is one of the greatest thinkers of the nineteenth century. But does he have anything to teach us today? His deep concern for freedom of the individual is thought by some to be outdated and inadequate to the cultural and religious complexities ...

Routledge philosophy guidebook to Derrida on deconstruction

Jacques Derrida is one of the most influential and controversial philosophers of the last fifty years. "Derrida on Deconstruction" introduces and assesses: Derrida's life and the background to his philosophy; the key themes of the critique of metaphysics, language and ethics that characterize his ...

The Routledge Companion to Decolonization

This is an essential companion to the process of decolonization - perhaps one of the most important historical processes of the twentieth century. Examining decolonization in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and the Pacific, the "Companion" includes: thematic chapters; a detailed chronology and thorough glossary; biographies of ...

Urban geography

More than simply examining the new geographical patterns forming within cities, this third edition of "Urban Geography" also investigates the way geographers have sought to make sense of this urban transformation. Author Hall critically synthesizes key literatures in the following areas: approaches to urban geography ...

Habermas

the key concepts

An independently minded champion of 'the project of modernity' in a supposedly post-modern age, Jurgen Habermas (1929- ) is one of the most widely influential thinkers of our times. An easy-to-use A-Z guide to a body of work that spans philosophy, sociology, politics, law and cultural ...

Theories of international trade

Before his untimely death in 2000, the brilliant young Israeli economic historian Klug conducted a thorough survey into the different theories of international trade. The results of this are now available here for the first time with an introduction from Warren Young and Michael Bordo ...

Clusters in urban and regional development

Going beyond the celebrated 'hot- spots' of economic development, the book draws upon evidence from a broader range of cities and regions to help fill some important gaps in our knowledge of how clusters operate within the contemporary global economy. This book was previously published ...

Institutional change in the payments system and monetary policy

Monetary policy has been at the centre of economic research from the early stages of economic thought, but payment system research has attracted increased academic attention only in the past decade. This book succeeds in merging these two so far largely separated fields. Innovative and ...

The EU as a global player

the politics of interregionalism

This book offers a new look at the European Union's role as a global actor, with special focus on the theme of interregionalism in its relations with key regions around the world: Africa, Asia, South America, North America and Central- Eastern Europe. This new ...

Moorish poetry

Seven hundred and fifty years ago, this anthology of small masterpieces of renowned Moorish poets was compiled by Ibn Sa'id al-Andalusi, a native of Southern Spain. Its full title was The Pennants of the Champions and the Standards of the Distinguished. The selections were ...