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The Rational Choice Controversy
Economic Models of Politics Reconsidered
Pathologies of Rational Choice Theory, a book written by Donald Green and Ian Shapiro and published in 1994, excited much controversy among political scientists and promoted a dialogue among them that was printed in a...
Women, Men, and Gender
Ongoing Debates
Gender controversies—about knowing and learning, conversational style, partner violence, sexuality, leadership styles, and pornography—provoke heated discussion. Now Mary Roth Walsh explores eighteen current controversies,...
The Clash of Rights
Liberty, Equality, and Legitimacy in Pluralist Democracy
Why do citizens in pluralist democracies disagree collectively about the very values they agree on individually? This provocative book highlights the inescapable conflicts of rights and values at the heart of democratic...
Faust the Theologian
In this erudite and beautifully written book, an eminent scholar meditates on the theological implications of Goethe's Faust. Jaroslav Pelikan reflects on Goethe's statement that he was a pantheist when it came to...
William Sloane Coffin Jr.
A Holy Impatience
A magnet for controversy, the media, and followers, the Rev. William Sloane Coffin Jr. was the premier voice of northern religious liberalism for more than a quarter-century, and a worthy heir to the Rev. Martin Luther...
Suicidal Behavior in Children and Adolescents
In this remarkably clear and readable evaluation of the research on this topic, Barry Wagner presents the current state of knowledge about suicidal behaviors in children and adolescents, addressing the trends of the...
The Working Woman's Pregnancy Book
This up-to-date guide addresses all the subjects you would expect to find in an authoritative book on pregnancy plus issues of special concern to the 60 to 80 percent of women who hold jobs during their...
Lyric Poetry and Modern Politics
Russia, Poland, and the West
Winner of the 2011 National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism Lyric Poetry and Modern Politics explores the intersection of poetry, national life, and national identity in Poland and Russia,...
Doctor Dolittle’s Delusion
Animals and the Uniqueness of Human Language
Dr. Dolittle—and many students of animal communication—are wrong: animals cannot use language. This fascinating book explains why. Can animals be taught a human language and use it to communicate? Or is...
The Genteel Tradition in American Philosophy and Character and Opinion in the United States
This book brings together two seminal works by George Santayana, one of the most significant philosophers of the twentieth century: Character and Opinion in the United States, which stands with Tocqueville...