Princeton University Press: 2605 books
Think Again
Contrarian Reflections on Life, Culture, Politics, Religion, Law, and Education
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2015
From 1995 to 2013, Stanley Fish's provocative New York Times columns consistently generated passionate discussion and debate. In Think Again, he has assembled almost one hundred of his best columns into a thematically arranged collection with a substantial new introduction that explains his intention...
Selling Our Souls
The Commodification of Hospital Care in the United States
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2014
Health care costs make up nearly a fifth of U.S. gross domestic product, but health care is a peculiar thing to buy and sell. Both a scarce resource and a basic need, it involves physical and emotional vulnerability and at the same time it operates as big business. Patients have little choice but...
All the News That's Fit to Sell
How the Market Transforms Information into News
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2011
That market forces drive the news is not news. Whether a story appears in print, on television, or on the Internet depends on who is interested, its value to advertisers, the costs of assembling the details, and competitors' products. But in All the News That's Fit to Sell, economist James Hamilton...
On Fact and Fraud
Cautionary Tales from the Front Lines of Science
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2010
Fraud in science is not as easy to identify as one might think. When accusations of scientific misconduct occur, truth can often be elusive, and the cause of a scientist's ethical misstep isn't always clear. On Fact and Fraud looks at actual cases in which fraud was committed or alleged, explaining...
The Extravagant Universe
Exploding Stars, Dark Energy, and the Accelerating Cosmos
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
The Extravagant Universe tells the story of a remarkable adventure of scientific discovery. One of the world's leading astronomers, Robert Kirshner, takes readers inside a lively research team on the quest that led them to an extraordinary cosmological discovery: the expansion of the universe is accelerating...
Bounded Rationality and Policy Diffusion
Social Sector Reform in Latin America
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2009
Why do very different countries often emulate the same policy model? Two years after Ronald Reagan's income-tax simplification of 1986, Brazil adopted a similar reform even though it threatened to exacerbate income disparity and jeopardize state revenues. And Chile's pension privatization of the early...
Reputation and International Cooperation
Sovereign Debt across Three Centuries
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2012
How does cooperation emerge in a condition of international anarchy? Michael Tomz sheds new light on this fundamental question through a study of international debt across three centuries. Tomz develops a reputational theory of cooperation between sovereign governments and foreign investors. He explains...
Digital Government
Technology and Public Sector Performance
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2011
Few developments have had broader consequences for the public sector than the introduction of the Internet and digital technology. In this book, Darrell West discusses how new technology is altering governmental performance, the political process, and democracy itself by improving government responsiveness...
by Robert Wuthnow
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011
Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, and adherents of other non-Western religions have become a significant presence in the United States in recent years. Yet many Americans continue to regard the United States as a Christian society. How are we adapting to the new diversity? Do we casually announce that we...
The Diffusion of Military Power
Causes and Consequences for International Politics
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
The Diffusion of Military Power examines how the financial and organizational challenges of adopting new methods of fighting wars can influence the international balance of power. Michael Horowitz argues that a state or actor wishing to adopt a military innovation must possess both the financial resources...
Friendly Fire
The Accidental Shootdown of U.S. Black Hawks over Northern Iraq
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2011
On April 14, 1994, two U.S. Air Force F-15 fighters accidentally shot down two U.S. Army Black Hawk Helicopters over Northern Iraq, killing all twenty-six peacekeepers onboard. In response to this disaster the complete array of military and civilian investigative and judicial procedures ran their...
Offside
Soccer and American Exceptionalism
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2014
Soccer is the world's favorite pastime, a passion for billions around the globe. In the United States, however, the sport is a distant also-ran behind football, baseball, basketball, and hockey. Why is America an exception? And why, despite America's leading role in popular culture, does most of the...
Two Cheers for Anarchism
Six Easy Pieces on Autonomy, Dignity, and Meaningful Work and Play
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2012
James Scott taught us what's wrong with seeing like a state. Now, in his most accessible and personal book to date, the acclaimed social scientist makes the case for seeing like an anarchist. Inspired by the core anarchist faith in the possibilities of voluntary cooperation without hierarchy, Two...
Happiness for All?
Unequal Hopes and Lives in Pursuit of the American Dream
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
How the optimism gap between rich and poor is creating an increasingly divided society
The Declaration of Independence states that all people are endowed with certain unalienable rights, and that among these is the pursuit of happiness. But is happiness available equally to everyone in America...