Annotation Examines the weaknesses and strengths of the two basic positions in ethics: the man-centered model and the God-centered model for deciding between right and wrong behavior.
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Annotation Analyzes the relationship between the Venezuelan government of Cipriano Castro and foreign governments and companies during the first decade of the 20th century.
Annotation Refutes the myth that the stock market was overpriced in 1929 and offers an explanation for the crash with implications for the current era of unparalleled stock market gains. Annotation Attempting to reveal the real causes of the 1929 market crash, Bierman refutes t…
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Annotation This is an excellent resource for objectives-based education. Because the foundation of the social studies curriculum is the family, A Window into History gives teachers an engaging method for introducing students to books that are structured as personal narratives of…
Annotation Examines the secret files of the East German Ministry of State Security, documents that reveal early warnings about the collapse of the Communist regime.
Annotation Explores the impact of biomedical ethics on moral education and on ethics in general. Annotation The current development of biomedical ethics is a source of radical critique not only in the clinic, but also in the classroom. This volume argues that today's moral educ…
Annotation Demonstrates how Louis XIV's attack on sin expressed the punitive social policy of the French Catholic Reformation and how his actions clarified the legal and moral distinctions between crime and sin. Annotation Midway through his reign, in the critical decade of the…
Religion, Law and Freedom: a Global Perspective
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Annotation Provides a framework for analyzing the relationship between the religious ideology, legal system, and communications freedom of several nations.
Annotation Examines how notions of the body's humors and substances structure aspects of social interactions and define an individual's personal placement within the cosmos. Annotation Explores and elaborates a theme of fundamental significance in the societies of New Guinea--h…
Annotation Examines the impact of female policymakers in 22 industrialized countries. Annotation Valerie O'Regan examines the relationship between female policymakers and policy outputs. She provides two separate cross-sectional time-series analyses of the relationship between …
Annotation Demonstrates that pleasure has been more effective than pain in defending and advancing the long-term interests of states in foreign affairs. Annotation Breslin demonstrates that, for two millennia, pleasure has been more effective than pain in defending and advancin…
Annotation Explores the general usefulness of evolutionary theory to the understanding of ethnic phenomena. Annotation James, Goetze, and their contributors provide a scholarly attempt to evaluate the role that evolved dispositions and psychological mechanisms may play in the f…
Annotation Locates the roots of Judaism and Christianity in the theologies of ancient Egypt.
Annotation Examines the relationship between curriculum and assessment and provides a critical commentary on current policy initiatives in this field. Annotation Curriculum and Assessment is the first volume of the a new series International Perspectives on Curriculum. This edi…
Annotation This bestselling title has been extensively revised and updated to provide an accurate statistical portrait of the American family as it exists today. Data collected from federal and state government agencies, Gallup polls, professional journals, and research are pres…
Annotation This book focuses on the effects of information policy from a governmental perspective and the effects of the ensuing agency information policies on social science research.
Annotation Provides a guide for financial aid advisors and graduate students to help them understand who can benefit by electing to use the current income-contingent plan and how that plan can be improved. Annotation The income-contingent student loan repayment plan created by …
Annotation Compares the nature and extent of changes in social welfare programs and labor markets in nine industrialized countries. Annotation In the 1980s and 1990s, social welfare programs had been cut back, and full employment policies had been abandoned in a number of count…