“…In this unique book, Peter John explores nudges, their successes and limitations, and sets out a bold manifesto for the future of behavioural public policy. …”

“…They argue that prevalent academic criminology - whether sociological, psychological, biological, or economic - has been unable to provide believable explanations of criminal behaviour. The authors explore the essential nature of crime, finding that scientific and popular conceptions of crime are misleading, and they assess the truth of disciplinary claims about crime, concluding that such claims are contrary to the nature of crime and, interestingly enough, to the data produced by the disciplines themselves. …”

“…The essays collected in this volume explore in a selective and instructive way the intellectual and philosophical roots of religious liberty and contemporary confrontations between this liberty and the authority of secular law."…”

“…These qualities are brilliantly explored in this book, which uniquely comprises both a detailed survey of Western architecture, including pre-Columbian America, and an introduction to architecture from the Middle East India, Russia, China, and Japan. …”
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“…The major themes and connections he explores are cre- ation and the natural world; the environment, science, and technology; and hunger, poverty, and the earth's resources. …”

“…Turner considers the problems of multicultural, multi-faith societies and legal pluralism in terms of citizenship and the state, with special emphasis on the problems of defining religion and the sacred in the secularisation debate. He explores a range of issues central to current debates: the secularisation thesis itself, the communications revolution, the rise of youth spirituality, feminism, piety and religious revival. …”

“…Second, he explicates, and organizes the work around, his recent model of ways of thinking: system 1--fast, intuitive, emotional; system 2--slower, more deliberative, logical. Kahneman explores the consequences of this distinction in a variety of domains. …”

“…G. E. R. Lloyd explores the variety of ideas and assumptions that humans have entertained concerning three main topics: being, or what there is; humanity--what makes a human being a human; and understanding, both of the world and of one another. …”

“…This engrossing book, brimming with amazing examples of gossip, slander, and rumor on the Internet, explores the profound implications of the online collision between free speech and privacy. …”
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“…Eleven specially commissioned essays from an international team of experts discuss research problems and methods in metaphysics, reveal where important work continues to be done in the area and, most valuably, indicate exciting new directions the field is taking. The Companion explores issues pertaining to modality, universals and abstract objects, naturalism and physicalism, mind, material constitution, endurantism and perdurantism, personal identity, personal identity, free will, and God. …”

“…These Arctic convoys have been mythologized as defenseless vessels at the mercy of deadly U-boats -- but was this really the case? David Kenyon explores the story of the war in the Arctic, revealing that the contest was more evenly balanced that previously thought. …”

“…Fruit d’un travail collectif, cet ouvrage explore la relation entre les enseignants et enseignantes et la pensée historienne. …”

“…Plongez au cœur de l'économie et de l'économétrie avec ce livre qui explore la modélisation des cycles économiques entre1887 et1940. …”

“…Klich and Scheer describe new and emergent forms including video performance, digital theatre, interactive dramaturgies and immersive environments, presenting an up-to-date analysis of the evolving relationship between technology and aesthetics in contemporary performance culture. Exploring the different ways in which technology can activate new aesthetic potentials and audience experiences, Multimedia Performance demonstrates the vital role of multimedia technologies in contemporary theatre practice. …”

“…Et que nous apprend la diversité des langues à l'heure du mauvais anglais mondialisé qui raccourcit la pensée ? L'Antiquité qu'explore Barbara Cassin est aussi d'une grande actualité. …”

“…#Help analyzes how populations, maps, and emergencies take shape on the global plane when given digital form. #Help explores the reorientation of nation states' priorities and practices of governing around digital data collection imperatives. …”

“…L’État moderne ! L’individu ! L’exploration du Nouveau Monde ! Drôle et tendre à la fois, ce récit proche des gens du XVIe siècle nous invite à comprendre ce que fut [xe2][x80][x93] et ne fut pas [xe2][x80][x93] la Renaissance. -- Contracubierta…”

“…It also goes onto to explore new developments in three fields related to logics – namely metainferential logics built by means of the Weak Kleene schema and combining them with logics defined through the Strong Kleene schema, proof-theoretic presentations, and those with a with a global or an absolutely global validity standard, instead of a local one. …”

“…Combining the tools of global intellectual history and cultural history, A Violent Peace explores the power and the vulnerability of information systems while laying bare "the anatomy of fascism" in the interwar period. …”

“…Diplomats, humanitarians, missionaries, lawyers and other visitors to the Empire stood up, including Tolstoy’s daughter, Alexandra; Raphael Lemkin, the jurist who first established genocide as an international crime; and the polar explorer Fridtjof Nansen, who recognised and relieved the plight of stateless Armenian refugees. …”