Oxford University Press

Decision Theory and Rationality offers a challenging new interpretation of a key theoretical tool in the human and social sciences. This accessible book argues, contrary to orthodoxy in politics, economics, and management science, that decision theory cannot provide a theory of rationality....

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The Pen and the People explores how eighteenth-century men and women learned to write letters, why they used them, and the impact of letter writing on their lives and wider culture. Capturing actual dialogues between correspondents, it reveals the intimate lives of ordinary people....

The United Nations, Transitional Administration, and State-BuildingDrawing on extensive new field research and interviews with key individuals, Simon Chesterman presents a concise history of UN state-building operations from colonial times to the problems faced in the early 21st century. Through a close examination of topics such as peace and...

Literature, History, and Politics 1603-1707John Kerrigan's unique study of 17th-century anglophone literature explores        remarkable work produced in Wales, Scotland, and Ireland and shows how preoccupied        Shakespeare, Milton, and Marvell were with the interactions between the peoples of        the British-Irish archipelago. This major...

Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Word that Moved AmericaAt a turning point in American history, Martin Luther King, Jr., the minister of a        small black Baptist church, was able to accomplish the impossible: he transposed the        themes of love, suffering, and justice from the sacred shelter of the pulpit into        the arena of public...