Böcker i Routledge Revivals-serien

The late J. L. Mackie and his work were a focus for much of the best philosophical thinking in the Oxford tradition. His moral thought centres on that most fundamental issue in moral philosophy ¿ the issue of whether our moral judgements are in some way objective. The contributors to this volume, first published in 1985, are among the most distinguished figures in moral philosophy, and their essays in tribute to John Mackie present views at the forefront of the subject.

First published in 1981, this reissue examines mankind¿s preoccupation with death and mortality by isolating various societies in different periods of time. The authors examine not only the formal rituals associated with the last rite of passage, but also the social attitudes to death and dying which these rituals evidence.

In this book, first published in 1990, leading theorists and applied economists address themselves to the key questions of aggregation. The issues are covered both theoretically and in wide-ranging applications. Of particular intrest is the optimal aggregation of trade data, the need for micro-modelling when imoprtant non-linearities are present (for example, tax exhaustion in modelling company behaviour) and the use of a micro-model to stimulate labour supply behaviour in a macro-model of the Netherlands.

First published in 1986, this book presents a comprehensive overview of the contemporary state of knowledge in the field of population geography. It discusses the contemporary state of the art and surveys new research developments and new thinking in the major branches of the subject. It thereby provides an introductory guide to contemporary trends and forms a reference point for future development in the subject.

Corporate Assessment, first published in 1993, looks at four types of company audit and provides a pragmatic, readable guide for managers. This book will not only be of interest to managers who need to assess their companies, but to students of business, organizational psychology, and human resource management.

The idea of the 'enterprise culture' has been much vaunted over the last few decades: the growth of self-employment and small business ownership has been an important feature of the restructuring of the British economy. This collection, which was first published in 1991, presents a critical analysis of the various manifestations of the enterprise culture.

First published in 1990, the Handbook of Educational Ideas and Practices was written for practitioners and students in the field of education and its related services and was designed to appeal to educationists no matter what their nationality. Focusing mainly on compulsory schooling, it provides summaries of the thinking, research findings, and innovatory practices current at the time. However, the book is also careful to present a complete picture of education and therefore includes a separate section for education beyond school which covers pre-school level, post-secondary level, and adult and continuing education. There are also other chapters dealing with aspects of organization, curriculum, and teaching in various forms of tertiary education. Indeed, each topic has been discussed by an acknowledged expert writing in sufficient detail in order to resist trivialization.

Deals with the debate about the first steps that needed to be taken to build a socialist society in the 1980s. It covers such topics as: concepts of equality and fairness, sexual discrimination, economic policy, health and urban policy, pensions, poverty and the economics of the welfare state, defence, and internationalism.

Brings together key articles from "Achilles Heel", the magazine of men's sexual politics. This title also includes an important introduction by the editor, setting the magazine in its intellectual and historical context.

Deals with the radical theorists rather than the doctrines of social and political movements. This title aims to lay bare the connections between intellectual dissent and theories of society, and explores the subject of the heritage of American radical thinking.

The growing child comes to understand the world, makes sense of experience and becomes a competent social individual. This book reflects the way in which the developmental psychologists started to look at these processes in naturalistic and social situations. It states that 'making sense' involves social interaction and problem-solving.

Focuses on a major problem in the philosophy of Martin Buber. This book discusses the topic of immediacy which is presented in terms of the contact between human beings on the one hand, and man and God on the other. It is useful to students of philosophy, and religious and social thought.

Demonstrates that conservative economics is incoherent in theory and disastrous in practice. This book examines the three main schools of thought supporting 'free-market' policies - supply side economics, monetarism and rational expectations. It analyses economic conservatism's ideology and social policy.

Explores the connections in academic research between theoretical positions, political perspectives and policy prescriptions. Designed primarily for use on undergraduate geography, urban studies and applied economics courses, this title also includes notes and questions, for those about to undertake their own research projects.

A survey that presents some different and often contending perceptions of the problem of surplus capacity as it re-emerged in the world of the 1980s. It also features writers of many different nationalities, professional backgrounds and ideological convictions who make the case for their version of the problem.

In Feminist Challenges, new and established scholars demonstrate the application of feminism in a range of academic disciplines including history, philosophy, politics, and sociology. As Carole Pateman notes in her introduction, ΓÇÿall the contributors raise some extremely far-reaching questions about the conventional assumptions and methods of contemporary social and political inquiry.ΓÇÖ

First published in 1977, this book is a companion volume to Suffer and Be Still. It looks at the widening sphere of women's activities in the Victorian age and testifies to the dual nature of the legal and social constraints of the period.

The problems of a troubled world economy and the essentially political issues of how it should be managed make up the stuff of international political economy. This collection demonstrates that the field should be seen as the exclusive preserve of neither the economists nor the political scientists.

Examines the problematic and divisive attitudes which bourgeois and socialist feminists take to the question of the links between patriarchy and capitalism and the importance of class conflict as a major cause of women's subordination.

An encyclopedia designed to survey the social, cultural and intellectual climate of English Romanticism from approximately the 1780s and the French Revolution to the 1830s and the Reform Bill. It focuses on 'the spirit of the age'. It deals with the aesthetic, scientific, socioeconomic environment in which the Romantics flourished.

J A Hobson was one of the most influential social, economic and political theorists of late 19th- and early 20th-century Britain. This book provides an overview of the novelty and incisiveness of Hobson's contribution to British liberal theory and radical practice. It helps in understanding of early 20th-century British progressive thought.

Suitable for lecturers and advanced students of economics, this title includes contributions from leading economists and addresses many seminal aspects of Keynes' work and methods.

First published in 1976, Contemporary Political Philosophers is a survey, by scholars from both sides of the Atlantic, of the main developments of twentieth-century political philosophy.  Few readers will not be surprised and impressed by the richness of the philosophical discussion of politics in this century. This book will be welcomed by the unguided explorer, and for offering a critical discussion which will stimulate those already familiar with the work of these pholosophers.