Sociology: Recent submissions
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Breaking the pendulum : the long struggle over criminal justice
(Oxford University Press, 2017)The history of criminal justice in the U.S. is often described as a pendulum, swinging back and forth between strict punishment and lenient rehabilitation. While this view is common wisdom, it is wrong. In Breaking the ... -
Biography of a yogi : Paramahansa Yogananda and the origins of modern yoga
(Oxford University Press, 2017)With over four million copies in print, Paramahansa Yogananda's autobiography has served as a gateway into yoga and alternative spirituality for North American practitioners since 1946. Balancing traditional yoga, metaphysical ... -
A history of European literature : the West and the world from antiquity to the present
(Oxford University Press, 2017)Walter Cohen argues that the history of European literature and each of its standard periods can be illuminated by comparative consideration of the different literary languages within Europe and by the ties of European ... -
A history of British national audit : the pursuit of accountability
(Oxford University Press, 2017)A detailed history of the struggle by Parliament and the British public to make the Executive accountable for the use of public funds, from early historical developments through to modern principles and practice. -
Sensorimotor Life: An enactive proposal
(Oxford University Press, 2017)How accurate is the picture of the human mind that has emerged from studies in neuroscience, psychology, and cognitive science? Anybody with an interest in how minds work - how we learn about the world and how we remember ... -
A Century of Fiscal Squeeze Politics : 100 Years of Austerity, Politics, and Bureaucracy in Britain
(Oxford University Press, 2017)This volume identifies and compares 'fiscal squeezes' (major efforts to cut public spending and/or raise taxes) in the UK over a century from 1900 to 2015. The authors examine how different the politics of fiscal squeeze ... -
Family background and university success : differences in higher education access and outcomes in England
(Oxford University Press, 2017)Why do fewer teenagers in England from disadvantaged backgrounds go to university than young people from better-off families? Once at university, how well do poorer students fare compared with other students - who drops ... -
Lectures on Inductive Logic
(Oxford University Press, 2017)Logic is a field studied mainly by researchers and students of philosophy, mathematics and computing. Inductive logic seeks to determine the extent to which the premisses of an argument entail its conclusion, aiming to ... -
Family and business during the Industrial Revolution
(Oxford University Press, 2017)Small businesses were at the heart of the economic growth and social transformation that characterized the industrial revolution in Britain. In towns across north-west England, shops and workshops dominated the streetscape, ... -
Exploring inductive risk : case studies of values in science
(Oxford University Press, 2017)Science is the most reliable means available for understanding the world around us and our place in it. But, since science draws conclusions based on limited empirical evidence, there is always a chance that a scientific ... -
Evidence-based treatment with older adults : theory, practice, and research
(Oxford University Press, 2017)Evidence Based Treatment with Older Adults: Theory, Practice, and Research provides a detailed examination of five research-supported psychosocial interventions for use with older adults: cognitive behavioral therapy, ... -
Ethics at 3am : questions and answers on how to live well
(Oxford University Press, 2017)What do ethicists and moral philosophers really think about? What are the most pressing concerns in the discipline today? This collection of interviews with a range of interesting and original thinkers in the field provides ... -
Environmental integration in competition and free-movement laws
(Oxford University Press, 2017)Environmental Integration in Competition and Free-Movement Laws engages in a comprehensive analysis of the obligation of Article 11 TFEU (integration of environmental protection requirements) in the three core areas of EU ... -
Endocrine disruptors, brain, and behavior
(Oxford University Press, 2017)Our world and bodies are becoming increasingly polluted with chemicals capable of interfering with our hormones and thus, possibly, our present and future neural and mental health. As authors Heather Patisaul and Scott ... -
Econometrics of panel data : methods and applications
(Oxford University Press, 2017)Panel data is a data type increasingly used in research in economics, social sciences, and medicine. Its primary characteristic is that the data variation goes jointly over space (across individuals, firms, countries, etc.) ... -
Ecology and power in the age of empire : Europe and the transformation of the tropical world
(Oxford University Press, 2017)Ecology and Power in the Age of Empire provides the first wide-ranging environmental history of the heyday of European imperialism, from the late nineteenth century to the end of the colonial era. It focuses on the ecological ... -
Diverse careers in community psychology
(Oxford University Press, 2017)Community psychology is a diverse field. Community psychologists may work for the government, for nonprofit foundations, as researchers or teachers in academic settings, at NGOs, as independent consultants, overseas in ... -
Dirty money : on financial dependency
(Oxford University Press, 2017)Navigating financial crashes of the Late Middle Ages up to the present day and analysing them through the lenses of classical, positivist, functionalist and Marxist criminology, Dirty Money: On Financial Delinquency explores ... -
The Science of Facial Expression
(Oxford University Press, 2017)The importance of facial expressions has led to a steadily growing body of empirical findings and theoretical analyses. Every decade has seen work that extends or challenges previous thinking on facial expression. The ... -
Design and analysis of time series experiments
(Oxford University Press, 2017)Design and Analysis of Time Series Experiments presents the elements of statistical time series analysis while also addressing recent developments in research design and causal modeling. A distinguishing feature of the ...
