This book brings together key players in the current debate on positive and normative science and philosophy and value judgements in economics. Both editors have engaged in these debates throughout their careers from its early foundations; Putnam as a doctorial student of Hans Reichenbach at UCLA an[...]

Unique among nations, America is deeply religious, religiously diverse, and remarkably tolerant. In recent decades, however, the nation's religious landscape has undergone several seismic shocks. "American Grace "is an authoritative, fascinating examination of what precipitated these changes and the[...]

A groundbreaking examination of the growing inequality gap from the bestselling author of "Bowling Alone" why fewer Americans today have the opportunity for upward mobility. It's the American dream: get a good education, work hard, buy a house, and achieve prosperity and success. This is the America[...]

For decades Lewis Turco's The Book of Forms has been standard in the libraries of writers, teachers, scholars, and others who care about the craft of poetry. Now Turco has expanded and updated "the poet's bible" once again, this time incorporating a collection of "odd and invented forms," which adds[...]

First published in 1994

This book takes the reader on a journey through the world of college mathematics, focusing on some of the most important concepts and results in the theories of polynomials, linear algebra, real analysis, differential equations, coordinate geometry, trigonometry, elementary number theory, combinator[...]

Genom det naturliga experiment som Italien gav samhällsforskningen på 1970-talet då nya institutioner infördes vill författaren bidra till vår förståelse av hur demokratiska institutioner fungerar.

Denna titel har tidigare givits ut av SNS förlag men ingår numera i Studentlitter[...]

Är det så att vi är mindre engagerade idag för några decennier sedan? Har like-knappen fått oss att tro att det räcker med att ge en tummen upp för att förändra samhället? Varför engagerar vi oss nuförtiden? Och framförallt: Hur skapas engagemang? I "Engagemang Batman, Putnam och jag"[...]