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A historical perspective on the development of US health care policy over the last fifty years is provided with this book. Two points of significant change are identified: in the 1950s when the individual rather than the group became important; and the 1960s, when this approach was more limiting.

Tracing the history of the cult of Ludovica, the Altieri chapel and the statue, this text illuminates Bernini's contribution, both artistically and iconographically, to the chapel and proposes an interpretation of the precise nature of the experience the "beata" is undergoing in the sculpture.

Following the rise of the natural sciences and their theories about the world, questions exist about how God can be understood to act in such a world. This text contains philosophical and theological explorations of the idea that God acts in history, a topic central to theistic traditions.

A critique of arms control theory that attempts to make it more relevant to the multilateral political world of the post-Cold War period. This text argues that due to a near-exclusive focus on the behaviour of the superpowers and on nuclear technology, the arms control process has been constrained.

This text aims to reconcile two central approaches to war and peace studies: the making of credible threats and coercive bargaining; and conciliation and the offering of acceptable terms prior to or during a conflict. It argues that both approaches have their place in preventing conflict.

A comprehensive study of the Social Democrats in Sweden. The 13 essays in this volume address economic policy, social and welfare policy, international policy and the party's inner structure and ideology. Two chapters on historical background and the latest developments are included.

Nietzsche has the reputation of being a virulent misogynist, so why are feminists interested in his philosophy? The essays in this volume provide answers to this question from a variety of feminist perspectives.

Addresses the success and failures of the Union de Colonos Independientes (UCI), a community organization in Guadalajara, Mexico. Critiques the civil society concept and questions the strategy of political democratization as a way to assert control over the global economy.

This text is a criticism of the Renaissance mind and its products. It examines art, philosophy and other aspects of the history of ideas and painting and sculpture as related, as it flows out of the widening cornucopia of the past.

A humorous account of life in State College, Pennsylvania. Includes reflections on undergraduate life, intercollegiate sports, teaching at Penn State, and the pleasures and frustrations of living in a college town.

A translation of George Sand's 1848 novel La Petite Fadette. The translator's introduction places it in the context of events in France in 1848, from the February Revolution and the establishment of the Second Republic to the failure and aftermath of the June Days Uprising.

Explores how conversion and religious experiences developed within German Pietism, arguing that the Pietist relationship with conversion was much more complex and problematic than it is often presented to be.

An interdisciplinary exploration of how genetic engineering is transforming our narratives about the core of human personhood, and how those narratives are shaping official policies.

Explores the life and work of political publicist and strategist Esther DeBerdt Reed, who, in a life highly structured by conflict, national identity, religion, and the overall importance of being a wife and mother, gave eloquent expression to the political aspirations of female patriots in Revolutionary America.