Oxford University Press

The United Nations has been called everything from "e;the best hope of mankind"e; to "e;irrelevant"e; and "e;obsolete."e; With this much-needed introduction to the UN, Jussi Hanhimaki engages the current debate over the organizations effectiveness as he provides a clear understanding of how it was originally conceived, how...

Therapist Guide A cognitive-behavioral approachThis program has at its foundation the use of ritual prevention and prolonged actual and imaginable exposure exercises. Therapists will learn the best methods for assessing OCD and formulating a treatment program tailored to their client&'s particular OCD symptoms. Sample lists of exposure items are...

Modern Enchantment and the Literary Prehistory of Virtual RealityMany people throughout the world "e;inhabit"e; imaginary worlds communally and persistently, parsing Harry Potter and exploring online universes. These activities might seem irresponsibly escapist, but history tells another story. Beginning in the late nineteenth century, when...

India today matters, and thus its foreign policy matters at the global level. Drawing primarily and extensively on a wide range of Indian views, Malone seeks to explain what issues and partners most command Indian attention and why, and what shape its foreign policy could (and sometimes should) take in the years ahead. Substantive conclusions close...

Covering a broad range of topics, this text provides a comprehensive survey of the modelling of chaotic dynamics and complexity in the natural and social sciences. Its attention to models in both the physical and social sciences and the detailed philosophical approach make this an unique text in the midst of many current books on chaos and...

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which includes ulcerative colitis and Crohn's        disease, affects 1 person in every 400 in the UK. Between 6,000 and 12,000 new cases        of ulcerative colitis are diagnosed every year, and research shows that the number        of people with Crohn's disease has been rising steadily. While there are...