Society & Social Sciences

What kind of society was Iran before the constitutional revolution of 1906, feudal or despotic and ‘asiatic’? In this book, the first of its kind, ...

Avoiding a nuclear war, or ending one if avoidance fails, is an important but relatively unexplored aspect of nuclear doctrine. Dr. Abt examines th...

This collection initiates a resolutely interdisciplinary research dynamic specifically concerning musical creativity. Creativity is one of the most...

This book examines the everyday state from the perspective of the lived experiences of peripheralized Indigenous tribal peoples in contemporary Tri...

This book gives a carefully documented interpretation of Canadian –American relations during an important period in Canadian history. Its major the...

Bahcheli analyzes the dispute over Cyprus from its emergence in the 1950s to the coup against President Makarios which brought Greece and Turkey to...

Politics of the Many draws inspiration from Percy Bysshe Shelley’s celebrated call to arms: ‘Ye are many – they are few!’ This idea of the Many, as...

The subject of this volume is the social and political history of East-Central Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries, with particular emphasis on P...

Upturning the traditional view of religion as a source of conflict, this book studies Islamic perspectives of international conflict resolution, re...

On 8 march 1965 some 3,500 US Marines, the first US combat troops to arrive in Vietnam, landed in Da Nang to defend the US air base there. On 8 Jun...

The United States has enjoyed a long and venerable tradition of separation of church and state. But how is this relationship handled in Canada with...

Post-conflict societies are commonly constructed as weak, fragile, and failed states. Economic recovery, risks of renewed violent conflict, natural...

In the Fall of 1992, public events in Canada reached a climax that had far-reaching effects for the future of the country. For the first time in th...

This fascinating discussion of modern demonology focuses on our ability to differentiate the physical world, with its mechanical laws, from the inh...

In this study of pre-trial clinical assessment, Robert Menzies examines a key element in our system of criminal justice and finds is wanting. His b...

At a time when the concept of religion-based politics has taken on new and sometimes ominous tones-even within the United States-it is not only rig...

Originally published in 1951, this study of the Irish nationalist movement examines social forces behind the ceaseless agitation in Ireland from th...

This highly successful title offers an opportunity for professionals from all backgrounds to develop an understanding of assertiveness, which has b...

Thomas L. Haskell's The Emergence of Professional Social Science signaled the beginning of his distinguished career as a historian of ideas and cr...

In Out of the Jungle, historian Thaddeus Russell gives us a detailed, crisply written, and fascinating account of Jimmy Hoffa's life and times, muc...

Canada's four easternmost provinces, while richly diverse in character and history, share many elements of their political and economic experience ...