Books published by Rowman & Littlefield

William James is known as a philosopher of pragmatism. This work challenges this understanding. It traces the historical importance and contemporary possibilities of pluralism's original political insight. It illuminates political philosophy of the 20th century and challenges contemporary assumptions about the desirability of unanimity.

Presents a collection of essays bringing together a group of scholars from diverse academic backgrounds to reflect upon the rise of communitarianism in the studies of law and society. This book critically assesses the communitarian perspective in order to gain systematic insight into its constraints and the opportunities it provides.

Thoreau's encounters with nature, the author argues, allowed him to resist his all-too-human tendency toward intellectual laziness, social conformity and political complacency. Bennett pursues this theme by constructing a series of dialogues between Thoureau and modern contemporaries.

This work looks behind the media image of upper-class women and observes how these women use their societal power not only to benefit other, less-fortunate people but also to benefit themselves and their families. The author participated in meetings with elite women in several Texas cities.

Born to Run tells the stories of nine young politicians from all walks of life who enter into races at the state and local levels in Wisconsin, Oklahoma, Georgia, Nebraska, and Maine.

Eleanore Holveck presents Simone de Beauvoir's theory of literature and metaphysics, including its relationship to the philosophers Husserl, Heidegger, Kant, Merleau-Ponty and Sartre, with reference to the literary tradition of Goethe, Maurice Barres, Rimbaud, Andre Breton and Paul Nizan.

The studies collected here are united both by a common methodology of probative investigation and by their common purpose of providing instructive insight into a varied spectrum of important philosophical issues.

Conceived in Liberty probes the fundamentals of the great dispute among John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, and their followers over the sort of country the United States should be. In clear and concise prose, Lance Banning clarifies the foundations of the first great party struggle-and thus of nineteenth-century America.

This text is intended as an introductory overview of the emergence of Science, Technology and Society Studies (STS) as a field of study, as well as a summary of interests and concerns.

There is more to teaching than purely translating academic concepts to children. Teaching is a vocation. The book creates a framework by which training institutions can use so that our children are getting the best teachers.

This book reveals exactly how American teachers are taught, describes the wide disparities in the preparation of teachers across states, depicts how market-driven teacher preparation waters down the quality of teachers, and explains how teacher preparation in America compares with preparation for other careers in the United States and with teacher preparation programs in other countries.

This book presents a guide for principals in the form of rules that suggest that educational leaders must ask themselves why they do what they do. It also takes readers through a series of vignettes focused on how principals can practice democracy in the schoolhouse, while challenging themselves and their school community.

This book is a straightforward, highly readable book about bullying in athletics.

Based upon the research of 45 interviews conducted in Texas and Arkansas, High-Stakes Teaching presents strategies that successfully blend child-centered and test-centered teaching into one focus, creating a consistently high-quality instructional environment.

Captures what it means to be a teacher. This book mirrors a teacher's playful sense of irony and a deep appreciation of the old wisdom about feeling the impact of the great, occasional and accidental joy which comes with teaching.

A guide to the euphoric highs and unimaginable lows of teaching. It helps new teachers, students who want to become teachers, and educators in the business of training and hiring new teachers, see the realities that cannot be conveyed through college classes.

Helps leaders at various levels understand how to operate ethically during politically volatile times and how to deal with the special groups that are unique to the educational settingelected boards, citizen groups, unions, and volunteers.

Provides school communities with the knowledge and skills to close the achievement gap. This book shows how to the use the information available on the brain to help students achieve educational excellence and provides hope, confidence, and the know-how to accomplish the task of insuring that children meet the academic standards that are required.

In Surviving and Thriving as a Superintendent of Schools, former superintendent Stephen Dlott presents a positive perspective of what superintendents need to do to become successful. A combination of sensitivity and humor, this book offers practical solutions to the daily challenges that confront administrators.

Detailing an approach to identifying, analyzing, acquiring, and using specific competencies that are needed for effective and accountable school leadership, this book identifies ways in which leaders can improve their performance. It helps to meet the challenge of maintaining safety and rule enforcement.

Wisnewski provides a concise introduction to Heidegger's work through the lens of his best-known book, Being and Time. This insightful, new text guides students through Heidegger's challenging ideas to help them understand his writings as a whole and his influence on modern thought.

Violence, Inequality, and Human Freedom is a sociological introduction to the study of violence that looks at violence on three different levels-structural, institutional, and interpersonal. The third edition is updated throughout, including a new chapter on educational violence and revised sections on economic and international violence.

How the West responds to China's emergence as a great power will go far toward determining the course of world politics in the years ahead. This study examines Chinese concerns and behaviour in areas of crucial importance to the United States.