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  • Gods, Goddesses, and the Women Who Serve Them

    by Susan Ackerman ...
    A wide-ranging study of women in ancient Israelite religion.Susan Ackerman has spent her scholarly career researching underexamined aspects of the world of the Hebrew Bible—particularly those aspects pertaining to women. In this collection drawn from three decades of her work, she describes in fascinating detail the worship of goddesses in ancient Israel, the roles women played as priests and ... Read more

    $59.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Maturity, Marriage, Motherhood, Mortality

    Women's Life-Cycle Rituals in Ancient Israel

    by Susan Ackerman ...
    Maturity, Marriage, Motherhood, Mortality is a deft study of women's life-cycle rituals in ancient Israel. These include rituals that marked a young woman's coming of age (“maturity”) and her betrothal and wedding (“marriage”); rituals undertaken by women during pregnancy, parturition, and their first days and early years after giving birth (“motherhood”); and rituals that were enacted at the time ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • When Heroes Love

    The Ambiguity of Eros in the Stories of Gilgamesh and David

    by Susan Ackerman ...
    Series series Gender, Theory, and Religion
    Toward the end of the Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh King Gilgamesh laments the untimely death of his comrade Enkidu, "my friend whom I loved dearly." Similarly in the Bible, David mourns his companion, Jonathan, whose "love to me was wonderful, greater than the love of women." These passages, along with other ambiguous erotic and sexual language found in the Gilgamesh epic and the biblical David ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • Women and the Religion of Ancient Israel

    by Susan Ackerman ...
    Series series The Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library
    A synthetic reconstruction of women’s religious engagement and experiences in preexilic Israel“This monumental book examines a wealth of data from the Bible, archaeology, and ancient Near Eastern texts and iconography to provide a clear, comprehensive, and compelling analysis of women’s religious lives in preexilic times.”—Carol Meyers, Duke UniversityThroughout the biblical narrative, ancient ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • Corruption and Government

    Causes, Consequences, and Reform

    by Susan Rose-Ackerman, Bonnie J. Palifka ...
    The second edition of Corruption and Government updates Susan Rose-Ackerman's 1999 book to address emerging issues and to rethink old questions in light of new data. The book analyzes the research explosion that accompanied the fall of the Berlin Wall, the founding of Transparency International, and the World Bank's decision to give anti-corruption policy a key place on its agenda. Time has ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • Corruption and Government

    Causes, Consequences, and Reform

    by Susan Rose-Ackerman ...
    This book suggests how high levels of corruption limit investment and growth can lead to ineffective government. Developing countries and those making a transition from socialism are particularly at risk, but corruption is a worldwide phenomenon. Corruption creates economic inefficiencies and inequities, but reforms are possible to reduce the material benefits from payoffs. Corruption is not just ... Read more

    $32.79 USD

  • Due Process of Lawmaking

    The United States, South Africa, Germany, and the European Union

    by Susan Rose-Ackerman, Stefanie Egidy, James Fowkes ...
    With nuanced perspective and detailed case studies, Due Process of Lawmaking explores the law of lawmaking in the United States, South Africa, Germany, and the European Union. This comparative work deals broadly with public policymaking in the legislative and executive branches. It frames the inquiry through three principles of legitimacy: democracy, rights, and competence. Drawing on the insights ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • Public Administration and Expertise in Democratic Governments

    Comparative Public Law in the Twenty-First Century

    Edited by Susan Rose-Ackerman ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Public Law
    This collection deals with challenges confronting public law and public administration in twenty-first century democracies across the world. It draws together contributions from leading scholars, examining cutting-edge topics, and projecting the scholarship forward. It emphasizes the importance both of justifying executive policymaking to citizens and of drawing on bureaucratic expertise and ... Read more

    Was $64.99 USD Now $57.99 USD

  • A Student Handbook to the Plays of Arthur Miller

    All My Sons, Death of a Salesman, The Crucible, A View from the Bridge, Broken Glass

    by Prof. Alan Ackerman, Prof. Alan Ackerman, Susan C. W. Abbotson, Stephen Marino, Prof. Toby Zinman, Prof. Enoch Brater ...
    A Student Handbook to the Plays of Arthur Miller provides the essential guide to Miller's most studied and revived dramas. Authored by a team of leading scholars, it offers students a clear analysis and detailed commentary on five of Miller's plays: All My Sons, Death of a Salesman, The Crucible, A View from the Bridge and Broken Glass. A consistent framework of analysis ensures that whether ... Read more

    $28.39 USD

  • Public Sector Performance, Corruption and State Capture in a Globalized World

    Edited by Susan Rose-Ackerman ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Public Law
    This collection examines the difficult task of reforming governments worldwide to meet citizens’ needs and aspirations. It advances constructive efforts to enhance public accountability while recognizing the complex ways in which corruption, greed, and state capture undermine the legitimacy and performance of government. The contributors are political scientists, lawyers, and economists who bring ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • Democracy and Executive Power

    Policymaking Accountability in the US, the UK, Germany, and France

    by Susan Rose-Ackerman ...
    A defense of regulatory agencies’ efforts to combine public consultation with bureaucratic expertise to serve the interest of all citizensThe statutory delegation of rule-making authority to the executive has recently become a source of controversy. There are guiding models, but none, Susan Rose-Ackerman claims, is a good fit with the needs of regulating in the public interest. Using a cross ... Read more

    $58.49 USD

  • Rethinking the Progressive Agenda

    by Susan Rose-Ackerman ...
    Rose-Ackerman sees recent advances in law and economics as an opportunity to tackle some of the failings of the US state. She proposes a progressive and positive agenda of reform rather than simple reduction or expansion of existing functions and services. ... Read more

    $13.99 USD