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How can people believe that the supernatural end of the world lies just around the corner when, so far, every such prediction has been proved wrong? Some scholars argue that millenarians are psychologically disturbed; others maintain that their dreams of paradise on earth reflect a nascent political awareness. In this book Damian Thompson looks at...

Essential ReadingsThe classic articles in this volume address the fundamental questions of social epistemology in ways that are both cutting-edge and easy to understand....

Written by a distinguished Brazilian academic with effective political experience in reforming the state, this is an innovative analysis of the effects of public management reform on the new state of the twenty-first century. The result is essential reading for all those with an interest in globalization, the politics of the state, and government...

More than three billion people, nearly half of humankind, live on less than        two-and-a-half U.S. dollars per person per day. Studies have shown repeatedly that        the main and often the sole asset of the poor is their labor. It follows that to        understand global poverty one must understand labor markets and labor earnings...

This new edition of a highly successful handbook provides a completely updated overview of modern operative surgery....

Bayesian Statistics is a dynamic and fast-growing area of statistical research        with wide-ranging and far-reaching applications across science, technology,        commerce, and industry. This Handbook explores contemporary Bayesian analysis across        a variety of techniques and application areas....