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The Arab Spring constitutes perhaps the most far-reaching political and economic        transition since the end of communism in Europe. For too long, the economic        aspirations of the people in the region, especially young people, have been ignored        by leaders in Arab countries and abroad. Competing views as to how best to...

Paperback edition of a brief, elegant introduction to the roots of one of our most cherished institutions: government for and by the people....

How Labor Market Distortions Contracted the EconomyThe Redistribution Recession is a controversial, clear-cut, and thoroughly researched analysis of the effects of various government policies on the labor market during the recent recession....

Why Democracy Matters in the 21st CenturyIf the twentieth century witnessed the triumph of democracy then something appears        to have gone seriously wrong. Citizens around the world have become distrustful of        politicians, sceptical about democratic institutions, and disillusioned about the        capacity of democratic politics to...

There have been many books, movies, and even TV commercials featuring        Neandertals--some serious, some comical. But what was it really like to be a        Neandertal? How were their lives similar to or different from ours?In How to Think        Like a Neandertal, archaeologist Thomas Wynn and psychologist Frederick L. Coolidge        team up...

Why have 1500 separate languages developed in the Pacific region? Why do Danes understand Norwegians better than Norwegians understand Danish? Is Ebonics a language or a dialect? Linguistics tends to ignore the relationship between languages and the societies in which they are spoken, while sociology generally overlooks the role of language in the...