Oxford University Press

This volume surveys the resurgence of the social scientific study of ideas in politics. Daniel Beland and Robert Henry Cox's edited volume gathers leading scholars from a variety of subdisciplines in political science and sociology to provide a general overview of the theoretical, empirical, and methodological issues raised by social science...

A Very Short IntroductionDo we really make our own decisions? Or are we compelled to act by factors beyond our control? And if our choices are not free, why should we be held morally responsible for them. Thomas Pink's Very Short Introduction to free will is an accessible and stimulating investigation of one of the most important and enduring...

This Very Short Introduction discusses the nature of planets and gas giants, and        their rings and moons. It also looks beyond Pluto, in the Kuiper Belt, at the        knowledge we have about planets around other stars. With many striking photos to        illustrate the details, it demonstrates the unique world of every planet....

Volume TwoThis is the second volume of a major new work in moral philosophy. It starts with critiques of Derek Parfit&'s work by four eminent moral philosophers, and his responses. The largest part of the volume is a self-contained monograph on normativity. The final part comprises seven new essays on Kant, reasons, and why the universe exists....

Letters written during a short residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark (1796) is both an arresting travel book and a personal memoir. In it Wollstonecraft describes the sublime landscape and the events and people she encounters. This edition includes reviews, additional letters, and documents on the background to the journey....

A Critical Appraisal of American National Security Policy during the Cold WarWhen Strategies of Containment was first published, the Soviet Union was still a superpower, Ronald Reagan was president of the United States, and the Berlin Wall was still standing. This updated edition of Gaddis&' classic carries the history of containment through the...