Sociology: Recent submissions
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The factory-free economy : outsourcing, servitization, and the future of industry
(Oxford University Press, 2017)An economic analysis of de-industrialization that considers the ongoing transformation of the industrial economies and the consequences for economic policy. -
The EHRA Book of Interventional Electrophysiology: Case-based learning with multiple choice questions
(Oxford University Press, 2017)The EHRA Book of Interventional Electrophysiology is the second official textbook of European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA). Using clinical cases to encourage practical learning, this book assists electrophysiologists ... -
The emergence of routines : entrepreneurship, organization, and business history
(Oxford University Press, 2017)This book is a collection of essays about the emergence of routines and, more generally, about getting things organized in firms and in industries in early stages and in transition. These are subjects of the greatest ... -
The economics of tax policy
(Oxford University Press, 2017)The debates about the what, who, and how of tax policy are at the core of politics, policy, and economics. 'The Economics of Tax Policy' provides an accessible overview of recent research in the economics of taxation. -
Nonlocal Gravity
(Oxford University Press, 2017)Relativity theory is based on a postulate of locality, which means that the past history of the observer is not directly taken into account. This book argues that the past history should be taken into account. In this way, ... -
The Oxford Handbook of Carl Schmitt
(Oxford University Press, 2017)The Oxford Handbook of Carl Schmitt collects thirty original chapters on the diverse oeuvre of one of the most controversial thinkers of the twentieth century. Carl Schmitt (1888-1985) was a German theorist whose anti-liberalism ... -
From Classical to Quantum Fields
(Oxford University Press, 2017)Quantum Field Theory has become the universal language of most modern theoretical physics. This introductory textbook shows how this beautiful theory offers the correct mathematical framework to describe and understand the ... -
Fuzzy Logic and Mathematics: A Historical Perspective
(Oxford University Press, 2017)The term "fuzzy logic," as it is understood in this book, stands for all aspects of representing and manipulating knowledge based on the rejection of the most fundamental principle of classical logic---the principle of ... -
Equilibrium Models in Economics: Purposes and Critical Limitations
(Oxford University Press, 2017)The concept of equilibrium is fundamental to economic theory, according to which, it exists when supply and demand are balanced. Equilibrium Models in Economics critically examines the major problematic assumptions employed ... -
How the Mind Comes into Being: Introducing Cognitive Science from a Functional and Computational Perspective
(Oxford University Press, 2017)More than 2000 years ago Greek philosophers were pondering the puzzling dichotomy between our physical bodies and our seemingly non-physical minds. Yet even today, it remains puzzling how our mind controls our body, and ... -
What is enough? : sufficiency, justice, and health
(Oxford University Press, 2017)What is a just way of spending public resources for health and health care? Several significant answers to this question are under debate. Public spending could aim to promote greater equality in health, for example, or ... -
The Cradle of Humanity: How the Changing Landscape of Africa Made Us So Smart
(Oxford University Press, 2017)One of the fundamental questions of our existence is why we are so smart. There are lots of drawbacks to having a large brain, including the huge food intake needed to keep the organ running, the frequency with which it ... -
Việt Nam : a history from earliest times to the present
(Oxford University Press, 2017)This comprehensive work traces Viet Nam's history, a narrative of a multi-ethnic, multi-religious heritage, from ancient chiefdoms to imperial provinces, from independent kingdoms to contending regions, civil wars, French ... -
Vertigo : five physician scientists and the quest for a cure
(Oxford University Press, 2017)Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), the most common cause of vertigo, affects one in five people at some point during their lifetime, triggering the sudden feeling like one is moving or spinning when perfectly ... -
Economic development : what everyone needs to know
(Oxford University Press, 2017)There is much discussion about global poverty and the billions of people living with almost nothing. Why is it that governments, development banks, think-tanks, academics, NGOs and many others can't just fix the problem? ... -
Valuing music in education : a Charles Fowler reader
(Oxford University Press, 2017)Noted music education and arts activist Charles Fowler has inspired music educators for more than 60 years. In this book, editor Craig Resta brings together the most important of Fowler's writings from the journal Musical ... -
Using think-aloud interviews and cognitive labs in educational research
(Oxford University Press, 2017)This volume focuses on distinguishing psychological interview methods for probing distinct forms of student cognition for assessment purposes: student problem solving versus student comprehension and understanding of the ... -
The world from 1000 BCE to 300 CE
(Oxford University Press, 2017)This book provides the first comprehensive history of Afro-Eurasia during the first millennium BCE and the beginning of the first millennium CE. The history of these 1300 plus years can be summed up in one word: connectivity. ... -
To Reform The World : international organizations and the making of modern states
(Oxford University Press, 2017)This book examines the influence of international organizations (IOs) since the First World War, and explores how they have acted on behalf of - and instead of - states in the international arena. The International Labour ... -
The Treatment of Bipolar Disorder : Integrative Clinical Strategies and Future Directions
(Oxford University Press, 2017)Bipolar disorder is a chronic and debilitating mental illness affecting a significant proportion of the world's population. It is associated with significant impairments in health-related quality of life and psychosocial ...
