Oxford University Press

There is growing dissatisfaction with the economic policies advocated by many international financial institutions. This book presents an alternative to "e;Washington Consensus"e; neo-liberal economic policies by showing that both macro-economic and liberalization policy must be sensitive to the particular circumstances of developing...

This collection of essays examines how ''the secular'' is constituted and understood, and how new understandings of secularism and religion shape analytic perspectives in the social sciences, politics, and international affairs....

Oliver Hart's Clarendon Lectures are an important contribution to contact theory as it is developing in economic analysis, and especially in the context of the firm. He starts by developing a general model of the firm, and then analyses in greater depth the financial structure of firms, debt collecting and bankruptcy. The book will interest...

The Practice of Value is an exploration of a pervasive but puzzling aspect of our world: value. The starting-point is the Berkeley Tanner Lectures delivered in 2001 by the leading moral theorist Joseph Raz. His aim is to make sense of the dependence of value on social practice, without falling back on cultural relativism. The lectures are followed...

Created in close consultation with a cross-section of American teachers,        administrators, and scientists, Benchmarks provides guidelines for what all students        should know and be able to do in science, mathematics, and technology by the end of        grades 2, 5, 8, and 12. Together with Science for All Americans, Benchmarks...

A Very Short IntroductionWhat is capitalism? Is capitalism the same everywhere? Is there an alternative? The word 'capitalism' is one that is heard and used frequently, but what is capitalism really all about, and what does it mean? The book begins by addressing basic issues such as 'what is capital?' and discusses the history and development of...