Oxford University Press

Residential Care of Children fills major gaps in knowledge about residential care of children, and is sure to inform ongoing debates within and between nations about the appropriate use of such institutions. This insight-filled book will be required reading for all child welfare scholars, particularly as international perspectives become...

American manufacturing is in obvious crisis: the sector lost three million jobs between 2000 and 2003 as the American trade deficit shot to record highs. Manufacturers have increasingly decentralized productive responsibilities to armies of supplier firms, both domestic and abroad. Many have speculated as to whether or not manufacturing is even...

The Art and Soul of Building PeaceIn this new book, Ledrach explores the evolution of his understanding of        peacebuilding by reflecting on his own experiences in the field. Peacebuilding, in        his view, is both a learned skill and an art. Finding this art, he says, requires a        worldview shift. Conflict professionals must envision...

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Hilal Elver offers an in-depth study of the escalating controversy over the right of Muslim women to wear headscarves. Examining legal and political debates in Turkey, several European countries including France and Germany, and the United States, Elver shows the troubling exclusion of pious Muslim women from the public sphere in the name of...

This book is the first book-length treatment of early American banking in over 40 years. During that time economic historians have offered new interpretations of several important developments in antebellum....