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From John F. Kennedy to George W. Bush, every American president has left office either under a cloud or as a failed leader. Michael A. Genovese argues that presidents are set up for failure; it is not specific presidents but the presidency itself that is the problem.

Humans form theories and general laws that can be applied to common social experience. This is balanced by a will to define events and conditions particular to specific times, places, and individuals. Dennis H. Wrong argues that the scientific standard of universal laws and propositions has only limited relevance to human historical phenomena.

A study of communications and contemporary language, focusing on the use of profanity and obscenity in journalism and the media. Melvin J. Lasky critically evaluates the historic effort of the avant-garde of "dirty realism" to find a path towards what he calls "a usable profanity".

Partnership is of growing importance in development work. This work covers the different types of development partnership and critical issues involved. It illustrates the aspects and lessons of partnership experience through a series of case studies.

This volume reissues the entire corpus of Veblen's writings, with introductions written for the purpose of bringing the mast of economic theory to the attention of a new generation. The work also contains commentary on Veblen by David Riesman, Douglas Dowd, Max Lerner, Daniel Bell and others.

This volume examines the major upheavals of the 20th century and views within the framework of these events and challenges implications for the future. It is aimed at social historians and students of Judaica.

Becarria's influential "Treatise On Crimes and Punishments" is considered a foundation work in the modern field of criminology. This book tells the three master themes of the Enlightenment run through the Treatise: the idea of the social contract, the idea of science, and the belief in progress.

Making the case for feeling good about oneself, about humanity in general, and about the global situation, this title addresses such seemingly disparate subjects as selfishness versus altruism, mind and free will, human nature, and issues relating to economics, technology, and the environment.

Portrays how the basic agencies of socialization transform the newborn human organism into a social person capable of interacting with others. Socialization differs from one society to another and within any society from one segment to another. It samples some of that variation, giving a glimpse of socialization in unfamiliar contexts.

What if you were an adopted child and someone tried to remove you from the family you had grown to love? This work examines the psychological and forensic aspects of adoption with an emphasis on how negative events can affect children and the families that choose to adopt them - and how you can prevent those events from happening.

First published in 1979, this text is a study of the population of the Bushmen of the Kalahari Desert of Botswana. Using methods that are simple and fully illustrated, the author presents empirical descriptions of the fertility, mortality, and marriage patterns of the famous !Kung hunter-gatherers.

Explains how proteins are purified and describes methods for elucidating their sequences of amino acids and defining their posttranslational modifications. This book bridges the gap between introductory biophysical chemistry courses and research literature. It serves as a comprehensive textbook for advanced undergraduates and graduate students.

Arguing that private property is a fundamental liberty whose protection deserves the highest priority, the author challenges one of the dominant trends of the past half century: the erosion of property rights via zoning and land use restrictions, carried on by government exercising its 'police power' or promoting 'the public interest'.

Addresses an often irresponsible media using the First Amendment as a shield behind which to hide socially corrosive speech. This book seeks to modernize the First Amendment. It proposes a government-facilitated private right to censor.

Argues that the major cause of the impasse has been the misleading manner in which the program has been depicted to the public, and the beliefs about Social Security that prevail as a result. The author demonstrates that the false picture was deliberately cultivated by Social Security officials to ensure the program's constitutionality.

Science increasingly influences the political agenda in modern societies. Consequently, a new political field has emerged: knowledge politics. These fourteen essays by social scientists, philosophers, and historians cover fundamental issues, theoretical perspectives, knowledge and power, and empirical studies.