Oxford University Press

This book attempts a true synthesis of animal physiology, behaviour, and ecology by developing an empirical argument that describes the intimate connections between animal phenotype and environment, using the results of a long-term research programme on migrant shorebirds and their invertebrate prey....

Domestic Foreign Policy Debates in China, India, Iran, Japan, and RussiaWorldviews of Aspiring Powers provides a serious study of the domestic foreign policy debates in five world powers who have gained more influence as the US's has waned: China, Japan, India, Russia and Iran. Featuring a leading regional scholar for each essay, each essay...

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Today the question of the moral foundations of democracy is more important then ever. In this book the author helps to explain when and why democracy is important and also gives us guidance as to how democracies ought to be shaped....

Has multiculturalism failed? Is it time to move on? What is the alternative? Ali        Rattansi explores the issues, from national identity and social cohesion to cultural        fragmentation and 'political correctness'. Providing a balanced assessment of the        truth and falsity of the charges against multiculturalism, he explores new ideas...

The story of hysteria is a curious one, for it persists as an illness for        centuries before disappearing. Andrew Scull gives a fascinating account of this        socially constructed disease that came to be strongly associated with women, showing        the shifts in social, cultural, and medical perceptions through history....