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The untold story of the fiercely contested ratification of the United States Constitution, and how Founding Father James Madison defied his fellow Virginians who opposed the Constitution, to ensure that it, and the Bill of Rights, would bring the colonies together as a unified nation....

In   Emerging Adulthood, Arnett examines in detail the lives of people in their late teens and twenties - a period of exploration, instability, possibility, self-focus, and a sustained sense of being in limbo. An increasing number of emerging adults emphasise meaningful and satisying work - not just a job - to a degree not seen in prior...

The responses of governments and international institutions to terrorism raise        some of the most controversial issues of the twenty-first century. In particular,        attempts to balance the desire to achieve security with the safeguarding of human        rights and other aspects of the rule of law have proved to be...

In this volume Diane Halpern and Alexander Voiskounsky take advantage of recent political events in the former Soviet Union which have created a unique opportunity to study the ways in which two major world powers have defined contemporary psychological issues.    States of Mind explores newly evolving areas of psychology that are particularly...