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  • Toleration and Identityby Ingrid Creppell

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 49.95

    Recently, there has been a notable rise in interest in the idea of "toleration", a rise that Ingrid Creppell argues comes more from distressing political developments than positive ones, and almost all of them are related to issues of identity: rampant genocide in the 20th Century, the resurgence of religious fundamentalism around the world; and ethnic-religious... more...

  • Culture and Equalityby Brian Barry

    Wiley 2013; US$ 41.50

    All major western countries today contain groups that differ in their religious beliefs, customary practices or ideas about the right way in which to live. How should public policy respond to this diversity? In this important new work, Brian Barry challenges the currently orthodox answer and develops a powerful restatement of an egalitarian liberalism... more...

  • Multiculturalismby Tariq Modood

    Wiley 2013; US$ 69.95

    At a time when many public commentators are turning against multiculturalism in response to fears about militant Islam, immigration or social cohesion, Tariq Modood, one of the world's leading authorities on multiculturalism, provides a distinctive contribution to these debates. He contends that the rise of Islamic terrorism has neither discredited... more...

  • Reclaiming individualismby Paul Spicker

    The Policy Press 2013; US$ 99.00

    Reclaiming individualism reviews the scope of individualist approaches, and considers how they apply to issues of policy. It argues for a concept of individualism based on rights, human dignity, shared interests and social protection. more...

  • The Art of Lifeby Zygmunt Bauman

    Wiley 2013; US$ 64.95

    In our individualized society we are all artists of life - whether we know it or not, will it or not and like it or not, by decree of society if not by our own choice. In this society we are all expected, rightly or wrongly, to give our lives purpose and form by using our own skills and resources, even if we lack the tools and materials with which... more...

  • Europeanization and Tolerance in Turkeyby Ayhan Kaya

    Palgrave Macmillan 2013; US$ 90.00

    The book questions the popularity of the notion of tolerance in Turkey, and argues that the regime of tolerance has been strengthened in parallel with the Europeanization process, which has boosted the rhetoric of the Alliance of Civilizations in a way that culturalized what is social and political. more...

  • Follow the Leaderby Emmanuel Gobillot

    Kogan Page 2013; US$ 29.99

    Most leadership models start with trying to identify what great leaders do. In Follow the Leader, global speaker, consultant and leadership expert Emmanuel Gobillot answers a much more fundamental question to anyone wanting to become a great leader: 'what do great followers want?'. In this fast-paced and well-researched book, he identifies the key... more...

  • Conflict Transformationby Rhea A. DuMont; Tom H. Hastings; Emiko Noma

    McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2013; US$ 40.00

    Seeking to expand the transformative aspect of the field of conflict resolution, the contributors to this volume have focused on gathering scholarship from under-represented voices and viewpoints in the field, the emerging discipline. Most mainstream conflict resolution seems to look either at interpersonal conflict or international conflict without... more...

  • Panic Attacksby Robert E Bartholomew; Hilary Evans

    The History Press 2013; US$ 29.17

    Examining the ability of the media to whip up a panic and our tendency to fall victim to mass delusion and hysteria, this title discusses America's 'kissing bug' scare of 1899; Seattle's atomic fallout fiasco of 1954; the phantom slasher of Tapei in 1956; Belgium's recent Coca-Cola poisoning scare and the 'mad gasser' of Mattoon, and more more...

  • The I of Leadershipby Nigel Nicholson

    Wiley 2013; US$ 29.95

    This is the leadership book you have to read: a barn-storming new take on what makes a versatile, integrated, and effective leader Using stories and examples from the lives of leaders, from the sports stadium to the White House to the office of the CEO, Nicholson shows vividly how the capacity of leaders to see what others do not see frames their... more...