Assistant Professor of Government Hilary Appel wrote A New Capitalist Order: Privitization and Ideology in Russia and Eastern Europe (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2004), a study of post-Communist privatization in Russia and Eastern Europe. The book addresses the role of ideology in driving political change, drawing on more than 100 interviews with policymakers and officials.

The Redemption: An Interdisciplinary Symposium on Christ as Redeemer (Oxford University Press, 2005) is fourth in a series co-edited by Stephen T. Davis, the Russell K. Pitzer Professor of Philosophy. A compilation of essays by leading Catholic, Protestant, Eastern Orthodox, and Jewish scholars, the book explores a wide variety of areas including biblical studies, theological history, philosophy of religion, patristics, religious art, preaching, and systematic theology.

Janet K. Smith, the Von Tobel Professor of Economics and director of the Financial Economics Institute and the Robert A. Day 4+1 BA/MBA Program, co-authored Entrepreneurial Finance (Wiley, 2003) a financial economic framework and resource for entrepreneurs, investors, and venture capitalists that focuses on strategy, financial theory, and current problems underlying new financial endeavors.

In Birthing the Nation: Sex, Science, and the Conception of Eighteenth-Century Britons (Oxford University Press, 2005), Associate Professor of History Lisa Cody interweaves two historical narratives that shaped 18th-century British life: the development of the modern British state and changes in customs of childbirth. Investigating man-midwifery, folklore, and superstition surrounding childbirth, Cody examines how birth and midwifery came to symbolize British national, religious, ethnic, and gendered identities.

Mark Blitz, the Fletcher Jones Professor of Political Philosophy, wrote Duty Bound: Responsibility and American Public Life (Rowman & Littlefield, 2005). The book examines the importance of character in American public life, exploring the role of responsibility in professional fields including politics, philanthropy, biotechnology, education, and law.

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