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• Reconceptualizing religious change: ethno-apostasy and change in religion among American Jews

  - 2006-12-22

  Since the 1960s, observers of American religion have recognized that individuals, through their personal choices, wield a collective power to reshape the religious landscape of the United States. Religious switching and the abandonment of religious affiliation are widely acknowledged to be inherent features of an environment where religion derives its...

  Tags: affiliation, America, analysis, Barry, Cohen, Gary, Israel, M., network, Phillips, Richard, Robert, U.S., University of Oxford

• Books received

  - 2005-09-01

  ADNETT, NICK, and STEPHEN HARDY. The European Social Model: Modernisation or Evolution? Chelten-2005. Pp. 244. Cloth $95.00. AGELL, JONAS, MICHAEL KEEN, and ALFONS J. WEICHENREIDER, eds. Labor Market Institutions and Public Regulation. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2005. Pp. 228. Cloth $35.00. AGLIETTA, MICHEL, and ANTOINE REBERIOUX. Corporate Governance Adrift:...

  Tags: Books, Cambridge, FINANCE, Globalization, Innovation, M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Poverty, Princeton University, Robert, Strategy, University of Cambridge, University of Oxford

• Books received

  - 2005-03-01

  AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK. Africa in the Global Trading System: African Development Report 2004. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. Pp. 337. Paper $29.95. ALESINA, ALBERTO, and EDWARD L. GLAESER. Fighting Poverty in the U.S. and Europe: A World of Difference. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. Pp. 264. Cloth...

  Tags: Books, Cambridge, FINANCE, Globalization, M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Richard, Strategy, U.K., University of Cambridge, University of Oxford

• Forthcoming reviews.

  - 2004-11-01

  Books listed here have been assigned for review in the past few months. Publication of their reviews or reports generally would occur within the next four issues of the journal. Persons interested in reviewing specific books must notify the editor soon after the publication date for...

  Tags: analysis, Chapman Co., M., Springer-Verlag, Thomson Corp., University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, Wiley

• Books received

  - 2004-09-01

  31NETWORK. India Infrastructure Report 2004: Ensuring Value for Money. New York: Oxford University press, 2004. Pp. 347. Paper $35.00. ADAMS, WALTER, and JAMES W. BROCK. The Bigness Complex: Industry, Labor, and Government in the American Economy. 2d ed. Palo Alto, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 2004. Pp. 380. Paper $24.95....

  Tags: Books, Cambridge, FINANCE, Globalization, M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Poverty, Princeton University, Robert, Strategy, University of Cambridge, University of Oxford

• POLYMORPHIC FLIGHT-FEATHER MOLT SEQUENCE IN TUFTED PUFFINS (FRATERCULA CIRRHATA): A RARE PHENOMENON IN BIRDS

  - 2004-01-01

  ABSTRACT.-Previous reports have stated that Tufted Puffins Fratercula cirrhata lose all of their flight feathers simultaneously or nearly so during flight-feather molt and replace them in no apparent order. In contrast, we found that captive second-year SY Tufted Puffins (1) typically require 15 and 10 days to lose their primaries...

  Tags: Electronic Data Systems Corp., handbook, M., millimeter, NETWORKING, SECURITY, species, University of Oxford

• Summer and investing researchers.

  - 2003-08-01

  Many visiting MBL investigators use marine organisms as models for studying basic biological processes. Research using squids, sea urchins, horseshoe crabs, dogfish, clams, toadfish, and sea slugs, for example, has increase our fundamental understanding of a broad range of diseases and medical conditions including cancer, diabetes,...

  Tags: Benefits, Brown University, Cell, cell, Dr., Duke University, G., HEALTHCARE, HUNTER, M., New York University, Processors, Robert, SOFTWARE, University of California, University of Oxford, University of Texas, Williams, Yale University

• Publications received: selected books from this list will be reviewed in future issues - Bibliography

  - 2002-09-01

  Agresti, A. Categorical Data Analysis, 2d ed. New York: Wiley, 2002. 714 pp. $89.95. Ashkanasy, N. M., W. J. Zerbe, and C. E. J. Hartel, eds. Managing Emotions in the Workplace. Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe, 2002. 358 pp. $34.95, paper. Avgerou, C. Information Systems and Global Diversity....

  Tags: Computer Associates International Inc., M., Strategy, University of Oxford

• Natural hazards risk in the Kullu District, Himachal Pradesh, India.

  - 2002-04-01

  Living with the risk of natural hazards is part of everyday life in the Himalaya. Yet, when a disaster or a catastrophe does occur, it is often held up to scrutiny as if it were something unusual or unexpected. The Indian subcontinent has been prone to disasters of great scope...

  Tags: degradation, Environmental, hazard, India, London, M., photograph, R&D, settlement, Thompson, University of Oxford

• Economic development: survey of course outlines in North American universities

  - 2002-03-22

  The survey is undertaken in response to feedback received from readers on earlier surveys conducted by the author in different areas of economics. The present survey of economic development intends to enhance the quality of teaching and will enable instructors to update their reading lists. Students might find the information...

  Tags: FINANCE, G., income, M., MARKETING, Peterson, Poverty, Studies, survey, theory, University of Oxford, World Bank