Oxford University Press

The 'preferential option for the poor' - the idea that the poor and helpless have a claim to special consideration from society - has been one of the most significant developments in twentieth-century Christian theology. The essays in this volume show how some forms of postmodern thought and theology can mask patterns of oppression and provide an...

Donald Raleigh's Soviet Baby Boomers traces the collapse of the Soviet Union and        the transformation of Russia into a modern, highly literate, urban society through        the fascinating life stories of the country's first post-World War II, Cold War        generation.For this book, Raleigh has interviewed sixty 1967 graduates of...

From R&D Strategies of Innovating Firms to Economy-wide Technological ChangeProvides an overview and assessment of established research on firms' strategic choices of R&D efforts and their firm-level returns, and explains the consequences for economy-wide technological change and growth....

The early years of the Cold War were marked by contradictions and conflict. The turn from Stalin's discourse of danger to the discourse of difference under his successors explains the abrupt changes in relations with Eastern Europe, China, the decolonizing world, and the West. Societal constructivism provides the theoretical approach to make sense...

A Self-Representational TheoryUriah Kriegel develops an objective theory of what it is for a mental state to be        conscious. The key idea is that consciousness arises when self-awareness and        world-awareness are integrated in the right way. Conscious mental states differ from        unconscious ones in that, whatever else they represent,...

The Art and Culture of the Hip-Hop DJIn Groove Music, award-winning music historian and aspiring turntablist Mark Katz weaves together the tales of DJs from all over the world united by the turntable, the art of spinning discs, and hip-hop as he tells the story of how this new type of instrument, musician, and music conquered the...