BOOKS

The environment of New York City in the post-World War II era was one filled with new ideas and movements. The 1950s saw waves of Freudian disciples set up practices. In The Last Good    More >

Stefan Zweig gained early fame as a poet, translator, and biographer. When he added fiction to his repertoire, he won even more critical acclaim. After his death, however, his work fell    More >

In Ties That Bind, Ties That Divide, Juliana Puskás, a prominent scholar on immigration, examines the Hungarian-American experience. Often overshadowed by the stories of other    More >

Though monarchies have been deemed obsolete by many observers, recent history testifies to their profound resilience. This volume offers an in-depth discussion of the fundamentals and    More >

Renowned economist and commentator Hazel Henderson’s critique of globalization sets out a panoramic vision of the changes required to reshape the global economy in the interests of    More >

Drawn from the contents of the acclaimed journal Development in Practice, this book explores such issues such as "mainstreaming" versus specialization, methodologies for    More >

Green Logic seeks to highlight the key questions regarding entrepreneurship and sustainability in terms of motivation, government intervention, and ethics. Robert Issak examines how    More >

Medical science has taken a new look at indigenous African healing practices, asking whether unique knowledge exists in traditional societies or whether Western and traditional societies    More >

Jan Black shows us how the narrow distribution of benefits from globalization has created a yawning gap in wealth and power both among and within states—a gap that she attributes to a    More >

In this expanded, updated edition, the authors add a chapter on new structures of parliaments. They also reflect on recent developments in Germany since unification and reactions of most    More >