Originally published in 1984, this book discusses the rapid growth of regional development planning as both an academic specialism and a focus of policy and practice.

In this accesible and informative text, Jon Roper introduces the reader to arguments for and against criticisms of the concept of democracy. He does so through examination of the statements and writings of major 19th-century politicians and philosophers, in the United States and the United Kingdom.

This volume examines the major issues in the philosophy of social science. It pays specific attention to cross-cultural understanding, humanism versus scientism, individualism versus collectivism, and the shaping of theory by evaluative commitment.

This title opens a major line of interpretation, showing that Georg Simmel is the essential sociologist of the postmodern age. The authors trace the important contributions that Simmel's writings can make to current studies of intellectual ethics, textual methodology, sociological theory, philosophy of history and cultural theory.

This book, first published in 1962, is based on a series of lectures first given at Cambridge University in 1959 and 1960, dealing with psychical research, i.e. the scientific investigation of ostensibly paranormal phenomena.

User charges and earmarked taxes are methods by which people pay for the services they recieve from government. They are frequently supported by those who oppose increased taxation, who argue that they are more like transactions than forms of taxation. This book explores the cogency of these arguments.

This is an overview of Australian economic thought. The authors stress the many important innovative contributions Australian economists have made to thought worldwide. As the argument develops, the work of major figures is discussed in detail in addition to the role of different journals and economic societies.

First published in 1985, this is a scholarly analysis of the Grand Tour, undertaken by young men in the 18th century to complete their education - a tour usually to France, Italy and Switzerland, and sometimes encompassing Germany.

First published in 1987, this is a comprehensive analysis of the rise of the British Press in the 18th century, as a component of the understanding of 18th century political and social history.

First published in English in 1965, this book discusses the roots and development of the dumb show as a device in Elizabethan drama. The work provides not only a manual for those who wish to check the occurrence of dumb shows; it also makes a real contribution to a better understanding of the progress of Elizabethan drama.