Books by editor *

Culture is increasingly important to American social science, but in what way? This book volume addresses the core issues of the sociology of culture—questions about the social role of meaning, on the one hand, and questions about the methods soc  read more

Throughout the world, from the United States to Tanzania, Chechnya, and Sri Lanka, everyday people are working together and taking actions to improve their lives, end inequality, and change global society. Action groups and movements see dialogue and l  read more

This is the first volume in an ambitious new series -"Patterns of Potential Human Progress"- inspired by the UN Millennium Development Goals (MGDs) and other initiatives to improve the global condition. The first   read more

In this collaboratively authored book, scholars critically synthesize Asia's reemerging centrality despite the myriad financial crises that have punctuated the end of the U.S.-dominated Cold War world order. From different vantage points the authors re  read more

Since the highly acclaimed 2005 publication of the first edition of Trafficking and Prostitution Reconsidered, human trafficking has become virtually a household word, and attention to the issue among researchers and policymakers has escalated.   read more

Bridging the gap between science and the world’s great spiritual traditions to move our worldview forward

• With contributions from 28 leading scientists and spiritual thinkers, including Michael Beckwith, Deepak Chopra, Larry Dossey, Ami  read more

Publication of Prevention’s Maximum Immunity couldn’t be more timely. As health experts are ever more loudly sounding the alarm about the dangers of a flu pandemic and the general rise in treatment-resistant disease strains, men and   read more

To develop and sustain competitive advantage in the marketplace, organizations depend critically on competence and resources, knowledge and information exchanged both within and across partner organizations, and on process integration and management read more

Knowledge discovery and data mining (KDD) is dedicated to exploring meaningful information from a large volume of data. Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining: Challenges and Realities is the most comprehensive reference publication for researchers
read more

Table Of Content  read more