Oxford University Press

An exploration of mathematical connectionsWhat do railways, mingling at parties, mazes, and the internet all have in common?        All are networks - people or places or things that connect to one another. Peter        Higgins shows that these phenomena - and many more - are underpinned by the same        deep mathematical structure, and how this...

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The astonishing growth of Christianity in the global south over the course of the twentieth century has sparked an equally rapid growth in studies of ''World Christianity,'' which have dismantled the notion that Christianity is a Western religion. In Missionary Passages, Jay Case examines the efforts of American evangelical missionaries in light of...

Power, Adaptation and Social Life in an English PrisonBased on in-depth fieldwork in a medium-security training prison for men, The        Prisoner Society offers a comprehensive analysis of contemporary imprisonment. In        particular, it explains how penal power is exerted by the institution, how prisoners        adapt to its terms, and the...

Kant's     Critique of Judgement analyses our experience of the beautiful and the sublime in relation to nature, morality, and theology. Meredith's classic translation is here lightly revised and supplemented with a bilingual glossary. The edition also includes the important  First Introduction....

A much-needed and timely new edition of the highly acclaimed The Cycle of Juvenile Justice, this edition updates and refines the authors' influential analysis of the history and trends of juvenile justice. With new material to examine recent developments such as the the changing view of juveniles and a blurring of the lines between child and adult,...