Oxford University Press

This book is a cross-linguistic exploration of semantic and functional change in        modal markers. Its approach is broadly functional typological but makes frequent        reference to work in formal semantics by scholars such as Angelika Kratzer and Paul        Portner. The author starts by considering what modality is and how it relates to...

Governance has become one of the most commonly used concepts in contemporary political science. It is, however, often used to mean a variety of different things. This book helps to clarify this conceptual muddle by concentrating on one variety of governance-interactive governance....

This fascinating account examines the fate which overtook the principality of        Catalonia in the fifteenth century, reducing it from dominance within the state of        Aragon to a marginal role in the Iberian power created by the union of Aragon and        Castile. It begins by studying the tensions destabilising Catalonia: unrest among...

Recent election success across the continent strikingly demonstrates the endurance of the extreme right in Europe. Piero Ignazi's volume provides the definitive account of this important political phenomenon. What is its significance? Why have such parties prospered in some countries and not others? Who votes for them and why? These are some of the...

The Math Behind the World's Most Popular Pencil PuzzleAlthough solving Sudoku puzzles does not directly involve arithmetic, Sudoku is all about mathematics. This book will give readers a deeper understanding of the inner workings of Sudoku and how it connects to the larger world of mathematics....

Cornelia Horn examines and reconstructs the anti-Chalcedonian movement in Palestine on the basis of one of its most important witnesses, the fifth-century Life of Peter the Iberian by John Rufus. She uses textual as well as archaeological data to reconstruct the history of Peter the Iberian and his significant role in the early anti-Chalcedonian...