 | Richard A. Horsley - Religion - 2004 - 208 pages
The essays in this volume develop the highly suggestive insights and theory of James C. Scott--especially those related to patterns of domination and subordination, the role of ... | |
 | Diane Ravitch - Education - 2010 - 283 pages
Discusses how school choice, misapplied standards of accountability, the No Child Left Behind mandate, and the use of a corporate model have all led to a decline in public ... | |
 | Joel S. Migdal - Political Science - 2001 - 291 pages
The essays in this book trace the development of Joel Migdal's "state-in-society" approach. The essays situate the approach within the classic literature in political science ... | |
 | James Ferguson - Political Science - 2006 - 257 pages
DIVBoth on the continent and off, “Africa” is spoken of in terms of crisis: as a place of failure and seemingly insurmountable problems, as a moral challenge to the ... | |
 | Caplan, John C. Torpey - History - 2001 - 415 pages
This book addresses one of the least studied yet most pervasive aspects of modern life--the techniques and mechanisms by which official agencies certify individual identity ... | |
 | George Beech, Monique Bourin, Pascal Chareille - History - 2002 - 205 pages
This collection of essays is the first published in North America that seeks to describe the methodology and some results of a scholarly enterprise that is hailed in the ... | |
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