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Cover for The Deepening Crisis: Governance Challenges after Neoliberalism The Deepening Crisis: Governance Challenges after Neoliberalism
2011. Craig Calhoun (Editor); Georgi Derluguian (Editor)

Focusing on the political and social dimensions of the global financial crisis, contributors examine changes in relationships between the world's richer and poorer countries, efforts to strengthen global institutions, and difficulties facing states trying to create stability for their citizens.

Cover for Business As Usual: The Roots of the Global Financial Meltdown Business As Usual: The Roots of the Global Financial Meltdown
2011. Craig Calhoun (Editor); Georgi Derluguian (Editor)

Much more basic than the result of a few financial traders cheating the system, Business As Usual shows how the current financial crisis was made possible by both neoliberal financial reforms and a massive turning away from manufacturing things of value to make profits from trading financial assets.

Cover for Media Piracy in Emerging Economies Media Piracy in Emerging Economies
March 2011. Joe Karaganis (Editor)

Media Piracy in Emerging Economies is the first independent, large-scale study of music, film and software piracy in emerging economies, with a focus on Brazil, India, Russia, South Africa, Mexico and Bolivia.

Cover for Robert K. Merton: Sociology of Science and Sociology as Science Robert K. Merton: Sociology of Science and Sociology as Science
2011. Craig Calhoun (Editor)

Gathering together twelve major sociologists, Craig Calhoun launches a thorough reconsideration of Merton's achievements and inspires a renewed engagement with sociological theory.

Cover for Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses
January 2011. Richard Arum ; Josipa Roksa

Academically Adrift holds sobering lessons for students, faculty, administrators, policy makers, and parents—all of whom are implicated in promoting or at least ignoring contemporary campus culture.

Cover for Knowledge Matters: The Public Mission of the Research University Knowledge Matters: The Public Mission of the Research University
January 2011. Craig Calhoun (Editor); Diana R. Rhoten (Editor)

In this collection, international scholars confront the realities of higher education and the future of its public and private agenda. Their perspectives illuminate the trajectory of education in the twenty-first century and the continuing importance of the university's public mission.

Cover for The Measure of America 2010-2011: Mapping Risks and Resilience The Measure of America 2010-2011: Mapping Risks and Resilience
2010. Kristen Lewis ; Sarah Burd-Sharps
Cover for Remembering Communism: Genres of Representation Remembering Communism: Genres of Representation
2010. Maria Todorova (Editor)

Drawing on examples from Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Lithuania, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, and Ukraine, Remembering Communism responds to, or rather apprehends the peculiarities of transforming an "objective" reality into a subjective one.

Cover for Explaining Institutional Innovation: Case Studies from Latin America and East Asia Explaining Institutional Innovation: Case Studies from Latin America and East Asia
2010. Richard Doner (Editor)
Cover for ¿Y qué fue de las mujeres? Género y reparaciones de violaciones de derechos humanos ¿Y qué fue de las mujeres? Género y reparaciones de violaciones de derechos humanos
2010. Ruth Rubio-Marin (Editor)

Spanish translation of What Happened to the Women?: Gender and Reparations for Human Rights Violations.

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