In 1945 the Labour Government set about a major transformation of British society, Dr Jefferys's analyses the main changes and relates them to debates within the Labour party, on the nature of its aims and how best to achieve them.

This book engages with Rawls, Kant, Nussbaum, and feminist and disability theorists to reveal how psychopathic instrumentalism, autistic rule-based reasoning and other atypical cognitive profiles disrupt conventional notions of reciprocity, public reason, and moral personhood.

The moving story of Sheila Cassidy, who as a young doctor went to work in Chile and became caught in the terrible injustice of the country - injustice which led to her own arrest, imprisonment, torture and expulsion.

The acclaimed historian of Russia offers his compelling analysis of a dramatic turning point in recent Russian history: the August Coup of 1991.

This collection examines ethics in the writings of Augustine of Hippo. By placing Augustine into conversation with contemporary fields of ethical concern, from incarceration to health care, the goal is to demonstrate the ongoing relevance of Augustine’s account of ethics across historical, cultural, and religious boundaries.

Augustine and Gender explores the relationship between gender and Augustine of Hippo. The essays included in this volume raise critical issues about the nature of desire and emotion, the politics of sex and marriage, the possibilities of human speech and exegesis, and the hope of education and community.

This book argues that the most important and influential reform of the state was that done by the first Emperor Augustus, turning the warring Roman republic into a relatively stable empire lasting 500 years in the West, and 1500 in the East.

Austerity and Resistance documents the 1995–1998 Days of Action following Mike Harris’s election, which led to the largest sustained mass social movement in Ontario and Canadian history.