This book develops a framework for analyzing the creation and consolidation of democracy. Different social groups prefer different political institutions because of the way they allocate political power and resources. Thus democracy is preferred by the majority of citizens, but opposed by elites. Di[...]

The best text and the best translation are presented in this classic introductory book to the "Gospel of Thomas". In December 1945, at the base of cliffs that run along the Nile River near the modern-day town of Nag Hammadi, an Egyptian farmer discovered a sealed jar containing thirteen ancient Copt[...]

The existence of Q (simply defined as the non-Markan material common to Matthew and Luke) as a document in the earliest churches was first hypothesized by C. H. Weisse in 1838. The existence, character, and significance of Q as a document from the earliest churches has further been developed since t[...]

The completely rewritten, revised, and peer-reviewed chapters comprising this edition reflect the latest technologies and applications in the fields of spectroscopy, mass spectometry, and chromatography. It offers in-depth descriptions of procedures, instrumentation, and practices for optimal analyt[...]

Why are some nations more prosperous than others? This book sets out to answer this question, with a compelling and elegantly argued new theory: that it is not down to climate, geography or culture, but because of institutions. It explains why the world is divided into nations with wildly differing [...]

Que determina que un pais sea rico o pobre? Como se explica que, en condiciones similares, en algunos paises haya hambrunas y en otros no? Que papel tiene la politica en estas cuestiones? Que algunas naciones sean mas prosperas que otras, se debe a cuestiones culturales?, a los efectos de la climato[...]