Oxford University Press

In recent years, the term &'transparency&' has emerged as one of the most popular and keenly-touted concepts around. In the economic-political debate, the principle of transparency is often advocated as a prerequisite for accountability, legitimacy, policy efficiency, and good governance, as well as a universal remedy against corruption, corporate...

China&'s rise as an economic powerhouse raises a number of questions that are the subject of lively debate. How did the country do it? How applicable are the lessons of China&'s economic reform of the past thirty years to the challenges it faces in the next three decades? What does the detailed pattern of China&'s success and challenges look like...

Devotion, Betrayal, and Social Criticism in Jewish TraditionAre You Not a Man of God? challenges the accepted readings of several iconic supporting characters from canonical stories of Jewish tradition. These characters have been appropriated throughout history to represent and reinforce central cultural values: the binding of Isaac and the...

The Oxford Handbook of Sikh Studies innovatively combines the ways in which scholars from fields as diverse as philosophy, psychology, religious studies, literary studies, history, sociology, anthropology, political science, and economics have integrated the study of Sikhism within a wide range of critical and postcolonial perspectives on the...

The West in the WorldThis book provides a fresh and accessible introduction to recent debates about European exploration&'s role in the making of the modern world. It challenges celebratory narratives of exploration, concentrating instead on its contribution to imperial and scientific agendas and its dependence on indigenous agents....

Understanding the Tools of ResearchStraightforward Statistics: Understanding the Tools of Research is a clear and direct introduction to statistics for the social, behavioral, and life sciences. Based on the author&'s extensive experience teaching undergraduate statistics, this book provides a narrative presentation of the core principles that...