Population and demography Books
University of Washington Press Figuring the Population Bomb
Book SynopsisFiguring the Population Bomb traces the genealogy of twentieth-century demographic facts that created a mathematical panic about a looming population explosion. This narrative was popularized in the 1970s in Paul Ehrlich's best-selling book The Population Bomb, which pathologized population growth in the Global South by presenting a doomsday scenario of widespread starvation resulting from that growth. Carole McCann uses an archive of foundational texts, disciplinary histories, participant reminiscences, and organizational records to reveal the gendered geopolitical grounds of the specialized mathematical culture, bureaucratic organization, and intertextual hierarchy that gave authority to the concept of population explosion. These demographic theories and measurement practices ignited the population crisis and moved nations to interfere in women's reproductive lives. Figuring the Population Bomb concludes that mid-twentieth-century demographic figures remain authoritative to this day Trade Review"McCann’s work is a masterly reading of sources, theory, and history. She employs a range of disciplinary tools and methods, thinking not only as a historian but also as a demographer, feminist theorist, and textual and cultural analyst." * Journal of American History *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Abbreviations 1. Matters of Vital Importance: Demography and the Mid-Twentieth-Century Population Imaginary 2. Rereading Malthus: Population and Masculine Modernity 3. Narratives of Exclusion, Mechanisms of Inclusion: Demographic Boundary Work 4. Remaking Malthusian Couplings for the Contraceptive Age 5. Demographic Transitions and Modern Masculinities 6. “Second Sight” and “Fictitious Accuracy to the Numbers” Conclusion: Demographic Convictions and Sound Knowledge Notes References Index
£110.48
University of Washington Press Figuring the Population Bomb
Book SynopsisTrade Review"McCann’s work is a masterly reading of sources, theory, and history. She employs a range of disciplinary tools and methods, thinking not only as a historian but also as a demographer, feminist theorist, and textual and cultural analyst." * Journal of American History *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Abbreviations 1. Matters of Vital Importance: Demography and the Mid-Twentieth-Century Population Imaginary 2. Rereading Malthus: Population and Masculine Modernity 3. Narratives of Exclusion, Mechanisms of Inclusion: Demographic Boundary Work 4. Remaking Malthusian Couplings for the Contraceptive Age 5. Demographic Transitions and Modern Masculinities 6. “Second Sight” and “Fictitious Accuracy to the Numbers” Conclusion: Demographic Convictions and Sound Knowledge Notes References Index
£29.66
MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin Event History Analysis in Life Course Research
Book SynopsisA compendium of studies drawn from an international conference, this volume includes work on event history analysis. Researchers at four institutions convened, shared models of analysis, and collected their findings for the first time.
£16.96
University of Wisconsin Press After Genocide Memory and Reconciliation in
Book SynopsisInvestigates the ways memorials can shape the experiences of survivors decades after mass violence has ended. Nicole Fox examines how memorializations can both heal and hurt, especially when they fail to represent all genders, ethnicities, and classes of those afflicted.Trade ReviewPowerful. Fox’s findings—including that the more mundane, everyday interactions are a more meaningful component of reconciliation—make beautiful and important contributions to the literature on peacebuilding and transitional justice, and have critical implications for international actors and policymakers." - Marie E. Berry, author of War, Women, and Power: From Violence to Mobilization in Rwanda and Bosnia-Herzegovina "After Genocide is a must-read for criminologists, cultural sociologists, and transitional justice scholars. Engaging and innovative, it entails crucial lessons on conditions of memorialization—its intensity, selectivity, and gendered nature—and its effects on peace." - Joachim Savelsberg, University of Minnesota "Essential for anyone interested in collective memory, violence, and social justice. Fox’s careful, in-depth fieldwork results in a rich understanding of how Rwandans remember and narrate their pasts, and her brilliant concept of stratified collective memory powerfully illustrates how some peoples’ memories become privileged while others’ memories are marginalized." - Hollie Nyseth Brehm, The Ohio State University"Invites a discussion into the politics of naming, narrativity, and marginality associated with collective memory, and how they inform transitional justice and reconciliation efforts. . . . A valuable addition to the fields of peace and conflict studies, sociology, criminology, and transitional justice." - Peace & Change
£22.36
John Wiley & Sons Inc Sampling of Populations
Book SynopsisA trusted classic on the key methods in population samplingnow in a modernized and expanded new edition Sampling of Populations, Fourth Edition continues to serve as an all-inclusive resource on the basic and most current practices in population sampling. Maintaining the clear and accessible style of the previous edition, this book outlines the essential statistical methodsfor survey design and analysis, while also exploring techniques that have developed over the past decade. The Fourth Edition successfully guides the reader through the basic concepts and procedures that accompany real-world sample surveys, such as sampling designs, problems of missing data, statistical analysis of multistage sampling data, and nonresponse and poststratification adjustment procedures. Rather than employ a heavily mathematical approach, the authors present illustrative examples that demonstrate the rationale behind common steps in the sampling process, from creating effeTrade Review“The book remains a very appropriately written text for classroom use, especially for students studying public health or epidemiology, or for undergraduate majors in statistics and related fields.” (Biometrics, June 2009)Table of ContentsTables. Boxes. Figures. Getting Files from the Wiley ftp and Internet Sites. List of Data Sites Provides on Web Site. Preface to the Fourth Edition. Part 1: Basic Concepts. 1. Use of Sample Surveys. 2. The Population and the Sample. Part 2: Major Sampling Designs and Estimation Procedures. 3. Simple Random Sampling. 4. Systematic Sampling. 5. Stratification and Stratified Random Sampling. 6. Stratified Random Sampling: Further Issues. 7. Ratio Estimation. 8. Cluster Sampling: Introduction and Overview. 9. Simple One-Stage Cluster Sampling. 10. Two-Stage Cluster Sampling: Clusters Sampled with Equal Probability. 11. Cluster Sampling in Which Clusters Are Sampled with Unequal Probability: Probability Proportional to Size Sampling. 12. Variance Estimation in Complex Sample Surveys. Part 3: Selected Topics in Sample Survey Methodology. 13. Nonresponse and Missing Data in Sample Surveys. 14. Selected Topics in Sample Design and Estimation Methodology. 15. Telephone Survey Sampling (Michael W. Link and Mansour Fahimi). 16. Constructing the Survey Weights (Paul P. Biemer and Sharon L. Christ). 17. Strategies for Design-Based Analysis of Sample Survey Data. Appendix. Answers to Selected Exercises. Index.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc The Age of Aging
Book SynopsisA unique, accessible and enlightening analysis of the massive effects of the global demographic rollercoaster and what it will mean for the world economy, ageing societies, baby-boomers and their families and jobs, investments and business, and the economic power map of the world.Trade Review“A very readable analysis of the broad-ranging consequences of demographic trends, supplemented by quickly grasped charts and tables.” (Choice, April 2009) Recent developments in global population trends characterized by low birth rates and rising life expectancy are leading to a graying population worldwide. Aging is bound to have pervasive effects on economic growth, inflation, house and equity prices, public spending and taxation, education and healthcare provision, and wealth distribution. (BCC Orient, Sep 08) Macbeth tells Seyton of many things that should accompany old age, such as ‘honour, love, obedience, troops of friends’ but, on a practical note, he concedes that he would look to have, in their stead, ‘curses, not loud but deep.’ Perhaps, the ‘curse’ for today’s old threatens to come in the form of financial anguish they’d leave behind for the middle-aged ‘baby boomers’ marching in legions towards retirement, and their descendents, as a new book on ‘how demographics are changing the global economy and our world’ highlights. (The Hindu, 29/9/2008) Now according to George Magnus, the senior economic adviser to Swiss bank UBS and the author of a newly published book called The Age of Aging, something similar may be about to happen in Europe and to a lesser extent in the US. (South China Morning Post, 23/10/2008) OLDER job seekers, rejoice. An urban economy like Singapore will find it easier than rural societies to rehire older workers, says economist George Magnus. It is different in China, where 60 per cent of the people live in the countryside. Rural labour is physical lnd tough, so he says it is very hard to raise the participation of older workers aged 55 to 65. Typically, ageing countries turn to older workers, women and immigrants to replenish their shrinking labour pools. (The Straits Times, 25/10/2008) Mr George Magnus easily discerns the "perverse' pluses" of the financial upheaval of the world, having scanned economic horizons for 30 years. The economist thinks the crisis is good for the ageing world. He is pleased the crisis will compel the West to move away from its culture of debt, and start to save more instead. "For ageing societies, that's a good thing because too many people have too few savings and too little preparation for retirement," he tells Insight. (The Straits Times, 25/10/2008) Author's Article Contribution: The financial crisis has already been tagged the worst since the banking collapse of the 1930s. Eventually, the sense of crisis will end, as governments and regulators become interventionist and try to contain the worst effects of the "de-leveraging; which will plunge the global economy into a recession over the next few quarters. That, too, will end. (Personal Money, Nov '08) Rising life expectancy and low birth rates continue to be an issue for countries like Singapore and Japan. As the trend in graying population foreshadows huge impact in economic growth and healthcare provision, author George Magnus explores the economic issues, consequences and possible solutions to this phenomenon. (Smart Investor, Nov '08) In his spare time, George Magnus, senior economic adviser at UBS (prior to moving to a part-time role he was the bank's chief economist), has written arguably the most comprehensive book to date on aging. The timing is perfect - 2008 is the beginning of the baby boomer retirement era, which is going to markedly change the face of global workforces. (Finance Asia, Nov '08) Rising life expectancy and low birth rates continue to be an issue for countries like Singapore and Japan. As the trend in graying population foreshadows huge impact in economic growth and healthcare provision, author George Magnus explores the economic issues, consequences and possible solutions to this phenomenon. A senior economic adviser at UBS Investment Bank since 2005, Magnus banks on his extensive research background on the economic consequences of demographic changes. (Smart Investor, 1/11/2008) Last week, we asked readers if they agreed with economist George Magnus' views on ageing. We also wanted to know how Singapore could do better in valuing and rehiring older workers. Here are some views: "It is never a level playing field in the open job market for older workers. Taking a cue from the handicapping system of golf, the Government's intervention is crucial in setting up an equitable framework, or even enacting statutes to maintain social order, in this creeping serious problem. (The Straits Times, 1/11/2008) Low birth rates and rising life expectancy are leading to rapid aging and a decline in working age population in the West. Japan has already been in that position for over two decades and will be joined soon by other Western countries. This book examines the economic effects of aging, how aging societies will affect family and social structures, and the implications of what the author calls ‘long families’ rather than the erstwhile ‘wide families’. (Money Life, 6/11/2008) I suggest two recent books not on the bestseller shelves: A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World, by William J. Bernstein (Atlantic Monthly Press) and The Age of Aging, by George Magnus (Wiley). Trade routes and the people and goods traveling them have steered civilization. Birth rates and life expectancies, nation to nation, similarly alter global affairs: determining who and what will support whom in the future. The authors, a financial historian and a business economist, bring enlightenment in a dizzying age. (Forbes Asia, 10/11/2008) Populations the world over are aging, with some countries aging more slowly than others. As countries enter the third stage of aging, rising longevity and low or declining fertility rates combine to make societies older. This is one of the many conclusions made by George Magnus, the author of 'The Age of Aging', who looks at how this situation will result in shrinking numbers of working-age people on a stable or declining workforce. (Business Today, Dec 2008) Demography is the senior social science: churchgoers this week will be reminded that Jesus Christ was born in the midst of a census two millennia ago. George Magnus's The Age of Aging is an account of the great population transitions currently under way around the world. Magnus is a renowned City of London economist, now at UBS, and his new book is a guide for the general reader on how the greying of the world will change everything, everywhere. (Financial Times, 22/12/08) Every age has its big demographic scares. In 1798, when the world’s population was about 1 billion, Thomas Malthus published his “Essay on the Principle of Population”, predicting that, thanks to mankind’s enthusiastic procreation habits, by the middle of the 19th century there would no longer be enough food to go round. In the event, people happily continued both to multiply and to eat. (The Economist, 30/12/08) George Magnus' name has recently gained high recognition in the global economy. As senior economic advisor at UBS, he gave forewarning of the impending financial crisis to the US in an essay published March of last year. Since then, he has become one of the most sought after economic analysts of our age. (Grandeur (Chinese magazine), January 09) It wasn't long ago that all of us were Malthusians, worrying about the human population eating through the planet's resources like locusts. George Magnus, senior economic adviser at UBS Investment Bank, warns us in a new book that opposite scenario is the truly frightening one: the human race is getting too old, especially in countries as Japan and China. (POWER, February 09) The financial equivalent of the Malthus thesis is that the aging of the global population creates massive financial challenges for governments and societies in providing for this non-working group. The effect of growing longevity and falling birth rates means that the average age of populations increases. This will result, based on current predictions, that in 2050 the world will have about 2 billion people aged over 60, three times as many as today - around 30-40% of the total population in the developed world and 25-30% in the developing world. (Wilmott.com - Satyajit Das' Blog, 03/02/09) We are facing an age crisis, not just because we are living longer but also because our children will have to bear the burden, yet are singularly ill-equipped to do so. A two-year study commissioned by the Children's Society, for which 35,000 youngsters were interviewed, has concluded that they are less capable than any previous generation. It blames poor education, broken homes and the "excessively individualistic ethos" of contemporary Britain. The lives of children, it says somewhat dubiously, are more difficult now than they were in the past. (Daily Telegraph, 03/02/09) An in-depth analysis of the economic impact of aging has recently been published by George Magnus, the senior economic advisor at the Swiss UBS investment bank. In "The Age of Aging: How Demographics Are Changing the Global Economy and Our World" (John Wiley and Sons), Magnus starts by commenting that we have no precedents to guide us in this situation of a rapidly aging population. (Zenit News Agency, 01/03/09) George Magnus, senior economic advisor at UBS and author, has opinions on a wide range of subjects. In recent months, he generated spirited debate with his book about the economic impact of aging populations. (Financial Times, Alphaville, 03/03/09) Last November 3, Josephine Moulds wrote an article in the UK Daily Telegraph about George Magnus, senior economic adviser to Swiss bank UBS, who is widely acknowledged to have predicted that the US sub-prime mortgage crisis would trigger a global recession. (The Manila Times, 04/03/09) For the 17 million people who are 50 or over, the ability of employers under the law to enforce retirement at 65 is a serious problem, especially given the impact of the economic crisis on the value of retirement savings. Add to this the fact that unemployment figures due this week are expected to confirm job losses rising fastest among older workers, and we see how vulnerable this group has become. (Guardian.co.uk, 17/03/09) “…interesting and far-reaching book”. (Spectator Business & www.spectator.co.uk/business, Nov '08) “Magnus’s account avoids the hysteria that often affects this genre…It is well-researched and thorough.” (Financial Times , 22/12/2008) “…provides a clear, sober and well-written analysis of the problem, both in developed and developing countries…” (The Economist , 3/1/2009) “Magnus's book is a welcome attempt to address the problems of ageing societies... is informative and well written." (New Statesman , 22/1/2009) “…intensely readable, utterly disturbing and optimistically redemptive book…his style is authoritative but amenable.” (On Target , Jan '09) “George Magnus has methodically set out an economist’s view of how societies may adapt…suggests ways in which societies can adjust”. (Financial World , Feb '09) “…well received book…explores a phenomenon with which the world has never had to deal and whose implications are not fully understood.” (Daily Telegraph & Telegraph.co.uk, 2/2/2009) We are facing an age crisis, not just because we are living longer but also because our children will have to bear the burden, yet are singularly ill-equipped to do so. A two-year study commissioned by the Children's Society, for which 35,000 youngsters were interviewed, has concluded that they are less capable than any previous generation. It blames poor education, broken homes and the "excessively individualistic ethos" of contemporary Britain. The lives of children, it says somewhat dubiously, are more difficult now than they were in the past. (Daily Telegraph , 3/2/2009)Table of ContentsDedication. Acknowledgments. Preface. Chapter 1: Introducing a new age. Everyone is affected everywhere. The demographic debate laid bare. Differing prospects for richer and poorer nations. Demographics and other global trends. Endnotes. Chapter 2: Population issues from Jesus Christ to aging and climate change. Population take-off, Malthus, and Marx. Fertility debate gathers significance. Falling fertility, family structures, and modern times. Climate change, food, oil, and water join the fray. Food and oil supplies. Water shortages too? What happened to the dominant species? Endnotes. Chapter 3:The age of aging. Global population changes. Your world party guestlist. Three stages of ages. Aging and dependency. What about the workers? Dependency ratios for the old and the young are not comparable. The demographic dividend for poorer countries. Conclusions. Endnotes. Chapter 4: The economics of aging—what is tobe done? How the rich world isaging. Will labor shortage scrimp growth? Is it possible to boost the supply of workers? Raising participation and immigration. Women to work. Can we strengthen brain as well as brawn? Working longer to retirement. Youth trends sap economic strength. How much immigration? Productivity is the holy economic grail. Will we be able to finance retirement? Saving less with age, saving less anyway. Changing pension schemes. Retirement and savings in the United States. Endnotes. Chapter 5: Coming of age: United States, Japan,and Europe. Aging in advanced economies. Accounting for growth in Japan, western Europe, and America. Removing the sex and age barriers to work Barriers to female employment. Barriers to older workers in employment. Later retirement is more than just a matter of law. A Singaporean model for all? Who’s for change? Endnotes. Chapter 6: Will aging damage your wealth? Will there been enough in the personal savings pot? Savings patterns and trends in Japan. Savings in the United States. Savings in Europe. Less generous pensions. More self-reliance for retirement savings. Government spending and more public debt. Age-related spending: pensions. Age-related spending: healthcare. Age-related spending in OECD countries. America’s healthcare and public spending explosion. Paying for aging. Fiscal versus fallen angels. Will aging societies inflate or deflate? Will aging damage your wealth? Less buoyant returns but new opportunities. Safe as houses? Prime-age house buyers in decline:who will buy? Wealthy and healthy? Endnotes. Chapter 7: Waiting in the wings: aging in emerging and developing nations. Aging faster than rich countries. Demographic dividend and dependency. Asian strengths and weaknesses. Gender discrimination. China—Middle Kingdom, middle age. One-child policy. Running out of cheap labor. Economic consequences. Growing social policy agenda. India and its human capital. An Asian America? Jobs and skills are what India needs. Russia—a failing petrostate? Demographic decay. Fading fertility. Mounting mortality. Manpower, military, and immigration. Africa and the Middle East, banking on the dividend. Africa: a distorted dividend? Reasons to be optimistic regardless? Stronger institutions, too much HIV/AIDS. Middle East and NorthAfrica—rage, religion, and reform. Basic population characteristics. Angry young men in an unstable region. The need for reform. Believing, not belonging. Don’t hold your breath. Endnotes. Chapter 8: Where globalization and demographics meet. Globalization is the death of distance. Solving the globalization problem via institutions. The globalization “trilemma”. Negative sentiment. Globalization and well-being: the case of HIV/AIDS. For richer, for poorer: marriage by globalization. Conclusions. Endnotes. Chapter 9: Will immigration solve aging society problems? Rising hostility toward immigration. How many immigrants and where are they? How sustainable is higher immigrant fertility? Economic arguments are awkward or weak. Short-run effects positive but may not last. Unskilled or semiskilled immigration issues. For some, a brain drain into retirement. Financial aspects of immigration are balanced. Competition for migrants may be rising. Conclusions. Endnotes. Chapter 10: Demographic issues in religion and international security. The secular-religious pendulum swings back. The Pyrrhic victory of secular capitalism. Will religion get us from here to maternity? Religious belief in the ascendant? Secular balance can be sustained. International security. Demographic change and new forms of conflict. Manpower shortages. Endnotes. Epilogue: The Boomerangst generation. The kiss of debt and other sources of angst. Insecurity, inequality, and changing family structures. Conclusion. Endnotes. Postscript: Population forecasting. Index.
£22.94
John Wiley & Sons Inc Bodies of Evidence
Book SynopsisThis volume highlights advances made in palaeopathology and demography through the analyses of historic cemeteries. These advances include associating documentary evidence with skeletal evaluations, and the application of new evaluative techniques.Table of ContentsPartial table of contents: ISSUES AND CONSIDERATIONS. Politics, Law, Pragmatics, and Human Burial Excavations: An Examplefrom Northern California (L. Goldstein). Historic Cemetery Analysis: Practical Considerations (D.Ubelaker). THE ASSESSMENT OF DEMOGRAPHIC PATTERNS. A Piece of Chicago's Past: Exploring Subadult Mortality in theDunning Poorhouse Cemetery (A. Grauer & E. McNamara). Bones in the Basement: Bioarchaeology of Historic Remains inNonmortuary Contexts (J. Harrington & R. Blakely). RECONSTRUCTING PATTERNS OF HEALTH AND DISEASE. Cross Homestead: Life and Death on the Midwestern Frontier (C.Larsen, et al.). Dental Pathologies Among Inmates of the Monroe County Poorhouse (R.Sutter). Nitrogen Isotope Evidence for Weaning Age in a Nineteenth CenturyCanadian Skeletal Sample (M. Katzenberg & S. Pfeiffer). Index.
£125.96
John Wiley & Sons Inc Rural Sustainable Development in America
Book SynopsisWith the decline in rural population from forty percent at the turn of the century, to about 4 percent now, many small towns have been virtually depopulated. However, some communities are planning and taking action to assure their development in sustainable ways.Table of ContentsPartial table of contents: RURAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: FRAMEWORKS AND UNDERPINNINGS. Rural Sustainable Development: A Postmodern Alternative (I.Audirac). Sustainable Community Development: A Systems Approach (D. Chiras& J. Herman). RURAL DIVERSITY AND DIVERSITY OF APPROACHES TO COMMUNITYSUSTAINABILITY. Still Life on the Plains: Strategies for Sustainable Communities(J. Luther). Community-Based Workshops: Building a Partnership for CommunityVitality (J. Segedy). ASSESSING THE ALTERNATIVES. Greenways, Trails, and Rural Sustainability (E. Starnes, etal.). Economic Analysis of Leaf Management Alternatives for LocalGovernment (D. Derr & P. Dhillon). About the Authors. Index.
£197.96
John Wiley & Sons Inc Montreal
Book SynopsisPart of the World Cities series, Montreal provides a guide to the birth, growth and contemporary life of this unique North American metropolis. The authors address some of the fundamental paradoxes at the core of the city''s dilemma: How does the city reconcile its identity as a French window on North America and a bilingual, increasingly multicultural metropolis? How can its economy, currently undergoing a successful transformation into a high-tech hotbed, still suffer from high unemployment? How can a city that is seemingly allergic to urban planning, that has such a long and cold winter and that remains divided between two cultural and linguistic majorities be so frequently ranked one of the world''s most livable cities? The portrait that the authors strive to paint of this intriguing city, caught in the maelstrom of political debate that permeates most of its urban issues, is both wide-ranging and fine-grained. At the heart of this debate lies the National Question, addressing Trade Review"a thorough book written in very clear language" (Urban Geography, 2001) "..an excellent resource for anyone wanting to learn about a major city (Urban Studies, Vol.38, No.13, 2001) "...informative and thought-provoking book (Canadian Journal of Urban Research, Vol.10 No.1, 2001) "..I strongly recommend this volume to scholars, planners, politicians and concerned citizens interested in the future of the great city.." (Quebec Studies, No.24.)Table of ContentsA Metropolis in Transition. Montréal's Built Form: French Heritage, Victorian Legacy and Modernist Ambitions. The Shifting Boundaries of the Metropolis: The Struggle to Govern a Moving Target. Montréal's Economy: Decline, Conversion - Polarization? Repopulating the Inner City. Language, Ethnic Groups and the Shaping of Social Space. Epilogue. Bibliography. List of Figures. List of Tables. Index.
£92.66
University of California Press Building a Better Race Gender Sexuality and
Book SynopsisPresents the cultural history of eugenics in America that emphasizes the movement's central, continuing interaction with popular notions of gender and morality. This book shows how eugenics could seem a viable solution to problems of moral disorder and sexuality, especially female sexuality, during the first half of the twentieth century.Trade Review"Concise and provocative.... Kline demonstrates how eugenicists refurbished Victorian morality, transforming it into a selfconsciously modern notion of 'reproductive morality.'... Kline also establishes the continuity between early, racist eugenic ideas and the pronatalist rhetoric that survives today - further debunking the myth that American eugenics died after the revelations of the Nazi Holocaust.... This is an important book for historians of science, medicine, race, gender, and public policy." - Journal of American History"Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Motherhood, Morality, and the "Moron": The Emergence of Eugenics in America 2. From Segregation to Sterilization: Changing Approaches to the Problem of Female Sexuality 3. "Sterilization without Unsexing": Eugenics and the Politics of Reproduction 4. A New Deal for the Child: Ann Cooper Hewitt and Sterilization in the 1930s 5. "Marriage Is Not Complete without Children": Positive Eugenics, 1930-1960 Epilogue: Building a Better Family Notes Selected Bibliography Index
£23.40
University of California Press Just One Child
Book SynopsisExplains how the leaders China decided to limit all couples to one child. This book focuses on the historic period 1978-80 and documents the manner in which a handful of leading aerospace engineers hijacked the population policymaking process and formulated a strategy that treated people like missiles.Trade Review"Compelling... Masterfully crafted... Just One Child is a bold, brilliant book." -- Ruth Rogaski, Vanderbilt University Historical Stds In The Natural Sciences "Greenhalgh is our most surefooted guide to China's adventure in mass birth planning ... As a study of scientific policy-making in China, Just One Child is without peer." Science (AAAS) "The first step in questioning the one-child policy will be an open and truthful exploration of its origins and history. This book is an admirable leap towards that goal." Times Literary Supplement (TLS) "Fascinating." The Lancet "Highly engaging." -- Siumi Maria Tam Chinese Cross Currents "Greenhalgh finds the missing pieces of the puzzle." Signs "Penetrating analysis." NatureTable of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xix 1. Introduction: An Anthropology of Science Making and Policymaking 1 2. History: The "Ideology" Before the "Science" 45 making population science 79 3. A Chinese Marxian Statistics of Population 81 4. A Sinified Cybernetics of Population 125 5. A Chinese Marxian Humanism of Population 169 making population policy 191 6. The Scientific Revolution in Chengdu 193 7. Ally Recruitment in Beijing 232 8. Scientific Policymaking in Zhongnanhai 271 9. Conclusion: Why an Epistemic Approach Matters 307 Notes 345 List of Interviews 361 References 371 Index 395
£27.00
University of California Press Word of Mouth What We Talk About When We Talk
Book SynopsisCaptures the language that explains culinary practices. To prove its case, this book draws on a range of cultural documents from interviews, cookbooks, and novels to comic strips, essays, and films.Trade Review"Ferguson provides interesting insights on a range of people, topics, and social trends." -- C. Hendrickson CHOICETable of ContentsPrologue: Talking About Food Part I: From Talk to Text 1. Thinking About Food 2. The Perils and Pleasures of Consumption 3. Texts Take Over Part II: New Cooks, New Chefs 4. Iconic Cooks 5. Chefs and Chefing Part III: The Culinary Landscape in the Twenty-First Century 6. Dining on the Edge 7. Haute Food Epilogue: Last Words-Ratatouille Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
£22.50
University of California Press Dangerous Digestion The Politics of American
Book SynopsisDrawing on social and political history as well as the history of science and popular culture, this book examines how American ideas about dietary reform mirror broader thinking about social reform.Trade Review"Dangerous Digestion is provocative and frequently fascinating, and its expansive consideration of dietary reform contributes in important ways to recent scholarship on food advice." The Chronicle of Higher Education
£64.00
University of California Press Families in America 4 Sociology in the
Book SynopsisIn this accessible, engaging, and up-to-date course book, Susan L. Brown employs ethnographic vignettes and demographic data to introduce students to twenty-first century perspectives on contemporary families. Appropriate as a primary or secondary text in classes on family and marriage, this book probes momentous shifts in the definition of family, such as the legalization of same-sex marriage and policy debates on welfare reform and work-family issues. Brown also explores the rise in nonmarital childbearing and single-mother families and the decline of traditional marriage by delving into the historical roots of family change, current trends of family formation and dissolution, and the implications of family change for the well-being of adults and children. With a lens toward socioeconomic inequality and racial-ethnic variation in family patterns, Families in America illustrates how family diversity is now the norm. The Sociology in the Twenty-First Century series introduces students to a range of sociological issues of broad interest in the United States today, with each volume addressing topics such as family, race, immigration, gender, education, and social inequality. These books-intended for classroom use-will highlight findings from current, rigorous research and demographic data while including stories about people's experiences to illustrate major themes in an accessible manner. Learn more at www.ucpress.edu/go/sociologyinthe21stcentury.Trade Review“Thorough first introduction to family sociology or a refresher on current trends in the U.S., as well as specific sections of courses on gender, race and ethnicity, or stratification.” * Teaching Sociology *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Families 2. Pathways to Family Formation 3. Union Dissolution and Repartnering 4. Adult and Child Well-being in Families 5. Family Policy Issues: Domestic and International Perspectives Conclusion Notes References Index
£64.00
University of California Press The Scholar Denied
Book SynopsisCalling into question the prevailing narrative of how sociology developed, the author uncovers the seminal theoretical work of Du Bois in developing a scientific sociology through a variety of methodologies and examines how the leading scholars of the day disparaged and ignored Du Bois' work.Trade Review"A fascinating study." Publishers Weekly "The story of The Scholar Denied is much bigger than a professional insider's debate about founders; bigger than something that only the History of Sociology Section of the ASA should bother with. It is also bigger than questions about who to include on our syllabi, or what stories we tell of the University of Chicago. It is a wake up call about our own professional doxa. It is a call to be just a little more skeptical about those sociological standpoints that purport universality when are not-and can never be. And it is a call to be just a little more open to those standpoints that get occluded: standpoints which would otherwise lead us to real and valuable insights into the social world, just as did the work of Du Bois... The Scholar Denied is a powerful and persuasive plea to pay attention to those voices that might still be unwittingly relegated to the margins on the grounds of their ostensible particularism or subjectivism. And it is a reminder that the cost of such marginalization is not simply an ethical one, it is an epistemic one. And it is one that sociology cannot afford." -- Julian Go Berkeley Journal of Sociology "Aldon Morris takes a huge step forward in The Scholar Denied by placing Du Bois at the center of the sociological canon... Morris should be congratulated for providing us a mandate to both think differently about and conduct more work on the legacy of this brilliant scholar." -- Alford A. Young, Jr. Contexts "The Scholar Denied should be required reading for students of sociological theory and intellectual history. The book should spur new histories that do more than tack on Du Bois and other marginalized scholars as 'a kind of affirmative action,' but instead give their work its rightful, meaningful place in the canon... While Du Bois's relationship with academic sociology evolved over his nearly seven-decade career, at the end, his commitment to Truth remained. Morris deserves recognition for reminding us of this aspect of Du Bois's legacy, insisting that the discipline of sociology come to terms with its own truths." -- Monica Bell Los Angeles Review of Books "Morris's book The Scholar Denied affords us insight into a historical moment when white audiences-especially within academia-often ignored, rather than sought out, the experiential expertise of black intellectuals. In particular, Morris details how white sociological and public audiences marginalized the scientific contributions of the sociologist W. E. B. Du Bois and other black social scientists working at the historically black Atlanta University in the early 1900s." -- Matthew Clair Public Books "Dr. Morris' The Scholar Denied is a raucous and, at times, sobering and maddening romp through a segment of intellectual life of the early 20th century that, even to the modern ears of The Diaspora, frequently sounds all too familiar." -- Black Kos Daily Kos "This well-crafted, meticulously researched, and theoretically serious work will command engagement from the disci- pline writ large... The Scholar Denied takes an enormous and sure-footed stride toward righting a great historic wrong." -- Lawrence D. Bobo The Du Bois Review "Groundbreaking ... A must-read ... the book promises to engender debate and discussion." -- Marshal Zeringue HEPPAS Books "Groundbreaking." -- Hilary Hurd Anyaso Northwestern "Helps rewrite the history of sociology and to acknowledge the primacy of W. E. B. Du Bois's work in the founding of the discipline." -- Diane Patrick Publishers Weekly "This book thus contributes to the sociology of knowledge, including baleful insight into the racist origins of the very discipline itself... Essential." CHOICE connect "An excellent addition to your library ... Morris has done outstanding work... I like to think that if DuBois were here, he would be proud to see it." -- Donna Davis Seattle Book Mama "Provides a fascinating and challenging introduction to one of the towering intellects of the twentieth century, himself a potent proof against the inherent inferiority of African Americans, an assumption he devoted his life to disproving." -- Christopher N. Breiseth WhoWhatWhy "Magisterial study of WEB Du Bois' impact on sociology" SageTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Introduction: Race and the Birth of American Sociology 1. The Rise of Scientific Sociology in America 2. Du Bois, Scientific Sociology, and Race 3. The Du Bois--Atlanta School of Sociology 4. The Conservative Alliance of Washington and Park 5. The Sociology of Black America: Park versus Du Bois 6. Max Weber Meets Du Bois 7. Intellectual Schools and the Atlanta School 8. Legacies and Conclusions Notes References Illustration Credits Index
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University of California Press Blind Injustice A Former Prosecutor Exposes the
Book SynopsisTrade Review"The best book I’ve read on the criminal justice system since Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow. . . . This is the rare book that looks at criminal justice from the perspective of culture. And Godsey has the chops to tell it." * Daily Kos *“The book, which is in part a confessional, looks at how innocent people can become the victims of faulty eyewitness testimony, bad forensics, and a variety of blinding cognitive biases on the part of law-enforcement personnel, prosecutors, and judges, and why the system so tenaciously defends the status quo, even when it’s guilty of railroading innocent citizens. With so much attention rightly focused on racial injustice in recent years, Godsey’s book offers another important piece of the puzzle.” * The Nation *"[Mark Godsey's] book is about how his career change also changed his outlook, by showing up 'problems in the system that I, as a prosecutor, should have seen, but about which I had simply been in denial'. . . . Mr Godsey’s work is memorable because he is able to show precisely how these flaws work in action." * The Economist *"A breathless page-turner, especially for true crime readers, drawing together Godsey and his indefatigable staff as they relentlessly power through volumes and volumes of evidence in pursuit of the truth.” * Salon *“Mark Godsey, a former federal prosecutor who now heads the Ohio Innocence Project, examines the causes of wrongful convictions, from faulty eyewitness identifications to investigator tunnel vision, while drawing on a depressingly vast array of shocking examples. He graciously allows that the police, prosecutors, and judges whose ‘unreasonable and intellectually dishonest positions’ have led to unjust convictions and avoidable suffering acted not out of malice but out of the abundant capacity for human error.” - OUR FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2017 * The Progressive *“Passionate and readable, this book provides meaningful support for the Innocence movement and startling insights into the justice system while admitting the reality of systemic racism but omitting its direct discussion.” * Library Journal *"Blind Injustice is worth the read. Give a copy to your favorite prosecutor. And maybe to your neighbor." * GAMSO - for the Defense *"An excellent resource for psychology and law courses. . . . Highly recommended" * CHOICE *"Blind Injustice, instructive and passionate, is an excellent introduction to major wrongful conviction themes. It is an accessible book for laypersons and criminologists who are new to the subject. It would make a lively text in a wrongful conviction course. One wishes that it would be read by prosecutors across America. If they did, perhaps like the author, they would say, as the hymn Amazing Grace has it— 'was blind but now I see.' . . . An attention-grabbing book that powerfully instructs." * Social Science Research Network *"Godsey’s book is splendid. Everyone who cares the least bit about justice must read it. Parts will make you shake your head in amazement, parts will give you a sense of elation, and parts will make you cry. . . . There have been, over the past dozen or so years, several excellent books examining the failings of the American criminal justice system. A skeptic might wonder what there is new to say about the problems that infect the system. But that skepticism melts almost instantly when one opens Godsey’s book. Mark Godsey brings a unique perspective to bear on the problem of convicting the innocent." * Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law *“If, like me, you enjoyed the Netflix ‘docudrama’ Making A Murderer, you will be right at home with this excellent exposé of certain problematic features of the American criminal justice system. Former prosecutor, now professor, Mark Godsey takes his readers through a multitude of cases in which he acted as legal counsel, and where wrongful convictions emerged at the end of the day. The fact that this leading light in the Ohio Innocence Project was on the ‘other side’ of the justice ‘coin’ for many years, employing the same tactics that are likely to give rise to mistakes, gives his writing the credibility that other ‘justice system in crisis’ or ‘criminal injustice system’ books simply do not have.” * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books *"Mark Godsey offers a fresh viewpoint" * National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers *"An easy and interesting read. . . . It is Godsey’s experience as a former prosecutor that gives this book its power. His story of transformation is one that every lawyer could learn from. I will certainly be buying copies for my students who begin their careers in prosecution." * National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments About This Book 1. EYE OPENER 2. BLIND DENIAL 3. BLIND AMBITION 4. BLIND BIAS 5. BLIND MEMORY 6. BLIND INTUITION 7. BLIND TUNNEL VISION 8. SEEING AND ACCEPTING HUMAN LIMITATIONS Notes Index
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University of California Press Stick Together and Come Back Home Racial Sorting
Book SynopsisInStick Together and Come Back Home, Patrick Lopez-Aguado examines how what happens inside a prison affects what happens outside of it. Following the experiences of seventy youth and adults as they navigate juvenile justice and penal facilities before finally going back home, he outlines how institutional authorities structure a carceral social order that racially and geographically divides criminalized populations into gang-associated affiliations.These affiliations come to shape one's exposure to both violence and criminal labeling, and as they spill over the institutional walls they establish how these unfold in high-incarceration neighborhoods as well, revealing the insidious set of consequences that mass incarceration holds for poor communities of color.Trade Review“An in-depth, detailed example of the ways in which the criminal justice system replicates the racist inclinations of the larger society.” * CHOICE *"Stick Together and Come Back Home is a compassionate look at criminalized youth and adults. . . . This book is likely to be of interest to students and scholars of juvenile justice, incarceration, race, and gangs. It should also be of interest to policymakers and practitioners . . . who may be individually well-intentioned but embedded in larger and destructive systems." * Social Forces *"Stick Together and Come Back Home is a valuable contribution to the field for its examination of the interplay between state and street violence on both cultural and structural levels. ... In shifting the focus from gang conflict itself to a deconstruction of how institutions systematically organize youth around gang conflict, Lopez-Aguado illuminates how law enforcement simultaneously structures and deploys intergroup violence as evidence of the need for criminal justice targeting." * American Journal of Sociology *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: The Carceral Social Order PART I. INSIDE THE FACILITY 1. Constructing and Institutionalizing the Carceral Social Order 2. Carceral Affiliation and Identity Construction 3. Negotiating and Resisting the Carceral Social Order PART II. COMING BACK HOME 4. “The Home Team” at the Intersection of Prison and Neighborhood 5. Carceral Violence Inside and On the Outs 6. The Carceral Social Order and the Structuring of Neighborhood Criminalization Conclusion: “How You Just Gonna Make Up Your Mind About Where We’re Gonna Be, When Our Minds Should Be Going Higher?” Notes Bibliography Index
£64.00
University of California Press Division System in Crisis
Book SynopsisPaik Nak-chung is one of Korea's most incisive contemporary public intellectuals. By training a literary scholar, he is perhaps best known as an eloquent cultural and political critic. This volume deals with his life and work.
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University of California Press Principles of Data Management and Presentation
Book SynopsisThe world is saturated with data. We are regularly presented with data in words, tables, and graphics. Students from many academic fields are now expected to be educated about data in one form or another. Yet the typical sequence of courses-introductory statistics and research methods-does not provide sufficient information about how to focus in on a research question, how to access data and work with datasets, or how to present data to various audiences. Principles of Data Management and Presentation addresses this gap. Assuming only that students have some familiarity with basic statistics and research methods, it provides a comprehensive set of principles for understanding and using data as part of a research project, including: * how to narrow a research topic to a specific research question * how to access and organize data that are useful for answering a research question * how to use software such as Stata, SPSS, and SAS to manage data * how to present data so that they convey a clear and effective message A companion website includes material to enhance the learning experience-specifically statistical software code and the datasets used in the examples, in text format as well as Stata, SPSS, and SAS formats. Visit www.ucpress.edu/go/datamanagement, Downloads tab.Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments 1 Why Research? Why Research What Is Research? Classifying Research Impediments to Conducting Sound Research How Can We Make Research Interesting and Persuasive? The Research Process Final Words 2 Developing Research Questions Selecting a Topic From Topic to Research Question Refining Research Questions An Example Final Words 3 Data What Are Data? Sources of Data From Concepts to Variables Forms of Data Final Words 4 Principles of Data Management Codebooks Documentation Coding Data Cleaning and Screening Naming Conventions Principles of File Management Final Words 5 Finding and Using Secondary Data Types of Secondary Data Why Use Secondary Data? Sources of Secondary Data Examples of Searching for, Downloading, and Importing Data A Simple Test of the Conceptual Model The Pew Research Center Data Final Words 6 Primary and Administrative Data Principles for Primary Data Administrative Data and Linking Datasets Final Words 7 Working with Missing Data Why Are Missing Data a Problem? Reasons for Missing Data Types of Missing Data Forms and Patterns of Missing Data Addressing Missing Data in the Analysis Stage Finals Words 8 Principles of Data Presentation Presenting Data Visual Images First Principles: Clarity, Precision, and Efficiency Why Words Are Not Enough Types of Tables and Graphics Principles of Data Presentation Final Words 9 Designing Tables for Data Presentations Table or Graphic? Tables Examples of Tables Final Words 10 Designing Graphics for Data Presentations Graphics Examples of Graphics Where to Next? Final Words Appendix: Introduction to Statistical Software Stata SPSS SAS R Final Words References Index
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University of California Press Principles of Data Management and Presentation
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments 1 Why Research? Why Research What Is Research? Classifying Research Impediments to Conducting Sound Research How Can We Make Research Interesting and Persuasive? The Research Process Final Words 2 Developing Research Questions Selecting a Topic From Topic to Research Question Refining Research Questions An Example Final Words 3 Data What Are Data? Sources of Data From Concepts to Variables Forms of Data Final Words 4 Principles of Data Management Codebooks Documentation Coding Data Cleaning and Screening Naming Conventions Principles of File Management Final Words 5 Finding and Using Secondary Data Types of Secondary Data Why Use Secondary Data? Sources of Secondary Data Examples of Searching for, Downloading, and Importing Data A Simple Test of the Conceptual Model The Pew Research Center Data Final Words 6 Primary and Administrative Data Principles for Primary Data Administrative Data and Linking Datasets Final Words 7 Working with Missing Data Why Are Missing Data a Problem? Reasons for Missing Data Types of Missing Data Forms and Patterns of Missing Data Addressing Missing Data in the Analysis Stage Finals Words 8 Principles of Data Presentation Presenting Data Visual Images First Principles: Clarity, Precision, and Efficiency Why Words Are Not Enough Types of Tables and Graphics Principles of Data Presentation Final Words 9 Designing Tables for Data Presentations Table or Graphic? Tables Examples of Tables Final Words 10 Designing Graphics for Data Presentations Graphics Examples of Graphics Where to Next? Final Words Appendix: Introduction to Statistical Software Stata SPSS SAS R Final Words References Index
£64.00
University of California Press Inside Story How Narratives Drive Mass Harm
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University of California Press Punishing Disease HIV and the Criminalization of
Book SynopsisFrom the very beginning of the epidemic, AIDS was linked to punishment. Calls to punish people living with HIV-mostly stigmatized minorities-began before doctors had even settled on a name for the disease. Punitive attitudes toward AIDS prompted lawmakers around the country to introduce legislation aimed at criminalizing the behaviors of people living with HIV. Punishing Disease explains how this happened-and its consequences. With the door to criminalizing sickness now open, what other ailments will follow? As lawmakers move to tack on additional diseases such as hepatitis and meningitis to existing law, the question is more than academic.Trade Review"Punishing Disease [is] engagingly written and accessible to non-scientific and non-academic audiences, [and] impressively deploys the tools of sociology, criminology, and epidemiology to help us understand the baleful consequences of reacting to a public health emergency with punishment instead of compassion." * Undark *"This book offers numerous points of consideration that are relevant not only to the epidemic he discusses, but also our current pandemic. Notions of shame, stigma, misinformation (fake news) and punishment can immediately be applied to our experiences of COVID‐19. Though it is likely to find audiences amongst social scientists and public health professionals, I would argue that it has value for anyone interested in the relationship between disease and law, including those in the legal profession, policymakers and students. It is forensic and thorough, but engaging and accessible in terms of structure and language. . . . Hoppe offers a powerful, gently subversive text that is a call to action to build a new selection of tools to rebuild our epidemic responses, and to stop punishing disease." * Sociology of Health & Illness *"A thoroughly researched, detailed account of how the promotion of a model of individual responsibility for a fatal disease such as HIV serves to transform a medical problem into a criminal problem... Recommended." * CHOICE *“Offer[s] up a comprehensive analysis of the evolution of HIV exposure and disclosure law over decades . . . Serves as a call for future work to continue to elucidate the myriad ways 'public health' unfurls in insidious and corrosive ways.” * American Journal of Sociology *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction. Punishment: AIDS in the Shadow of an American Institution Part One: Punitive Disease Control 1. Controlling Typhoid Mary 2. “HIV Stops with Me” 3. The Public Health Police Part Two: The Criminalization of Sickness 4. Making HIV a Crime 5. HIV on Trial 6. Victim Impact Conclusion. Punishing Disease Appendix 1. Methods: On Analyzing the Anatomy of a Social Problem Appendix 2. State HIV Bills Notes Index
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University of California Press Critical Thinking
Book SynopsisCritical Thinking: Tools for Evaluating Research prepares students for interpreting information in a critical and thoughtful way so they can develop sophisticated levels of analyses crucial for understanding our increasingly complex and multi-mediated world. Peter M. Nardi's approach helps students improve analytical reasoning, develop insightful skepticism, and interpret and create reliable and valid research methodologies. The book emphasizes the creation of a toolbox of analytic skills enabling them to ask the right questions about the research and stories they hear or read about online, in the mass media, or in scholarly publications. Students are provided with ways to understand common errors in thinking; identify methods required to evaluate information and interpret results; understand social science concepts needed to make sense of both popular and academic claims; and communicate, apply, and integrate the methods learned in both research and daily life.Trade Review“Clear and concise, ... this book is helpful for anyone looking to enhance their critical thinking skills.” * University of Houston Law Center O'Quinn Law Library *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Critical Thinking 1. Numeracy 2. Sampling and Generalizability 3. Probability and Coincidence 4. Visual Thinking 5. Correlation and Causation 6. Scientific Thinking 7. Fact, Opinion, and Logical Reasoning References Index
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University of California Press The Making of a Teenage Service Class Poverty
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Ray uses . . . details to reveal how deeply life is colored by poverty and how desperately these young people want to believe they can succeed." * American Journal of Sociology *"Ray provides a refreshing analysis of the challenges facing economically marginalized youth of color. . . . The Making of a Teenage Service Class has significant implications for family scholars, practitioners, and educators. It reminds family scholars and practitioners to pay attention to the intricacy of family dynamics and the importance of not assuming that everyone in a family shares the same experiences, has the same needs or interests, or responds the same way in the face of poverty." * Journal of Family Theory and Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. The Mobility Puzzle and Irreconcilable Choices 2. Port City Rising from the Ashes 3. Sibling Ties 4. Risky Love 5. Saved by College 6. The Making of a Teenage Service Class 7. Internalizing Uncertainty: Bad Genes, Hunger, and Homelessness 8. Uncertain Success 9. Dismantling the “At Risk” Discourse Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index
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University of California Press Enduring Bonds Inequality Marriage Parenting and Everything Else That Makes Families Great and Terrible
Book SynopsisInEnduring Bonds, Philip N. Cohen, renowned sociologist and blogger of the wildly popularand insightfulFamily Inequality,examines the complex landscape of today's diverse families. Through his interpretive lens and lively discussions, Cohen encourages us to alter our point of view on families, sharing new ideas about the future of marriage, the politics of research, and how data can either guide or mislead us. Deftly balancing personal stories and social science research, and accessibly written for students, Cohen shares essays that tie current events to demographic data. Class-tested in Cohen's own lectures and courses,Enduring Bondschallenges students to think critically about the role of families, gender, and inequality in our society today.Trade Review"Enduring Bonds was purposefully assembled to be read in the classroom . . . . but is written in very accessible plain-language prose that makes the work legible to the non-specialist while also not compromising on the rigor of analysis demanded by complex population-level data and assessment of policy success (or failure). Highly recommended to those interested in how socioeconomic inequality is transmuted through and by our families; our political moment, perhaps now more than ever, demands that we interrogate the question of who “gets to” be a family (and what families we do or don’t protect, as a society) from an unapologetic position of social justice advocacy. Cohen offers useful data and arguments for us to draw on in that struggle." * Dosis *Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1. Modernity, Parenting, and Families 1. Why Don’t Parents Name Their Daughters Mary Anymore? 2. “Parenting” through the (Only Very Recent) Ages 3. How Do They Do It? 4. Parenting Survivor Bias 5. Santa’s Magic, Children’s Wisdom, and Inequality Chapter 2. Marriage, Single Mothers, and Poverty 1. What Does It Take to Eliminate Poverty? 2. Reducing Poverty through Marriage 3. Single Mothers and Crime Chapter 3. Marriage Promotion 1. We Can’t Build Our Social System around Marriage Anymore 2. Marriage (Not) Promoted 3. Turns Out Marriage and Income Inequality Go Pretty Well Together 4. Marriage Promotion and the Myth of Teen Pregnancy 5. The Marriage Movement Has Failed (Long Live the Marriage Movement) 6. Getting Serious about Promoting Marriage to End Poverty Chapter 4. Marriage Equality in Social Science and the Courts Chapter 5. Doing Dimorphism 1. Gender Wars and the Defense of Difference 2. Pink and Blue 3. Braced for Beauty Chapter 6. Gender Inequality 1. Gender Segregation at the New York Times 2. The Gender Gap Gets It from All Sides 3. Gender Shifts in Families 4. That Feminist Viral Statistic Meme Chapter 7. Race, Gender, and Families 1. Black Is Not a Color 2. Black Women’s Educational Success 3. Detroit’s Grueling Demographic Decline 4. What They Say about Race When They Don’t Say Anything about Race 5. Race, Racism, and Missing Marriages Chapter 8. Feminism and Sexuality 1. Not Your Feminist Grandmother’s Patriarchy 2. Does Sleeping with a Guy on the First Date Make Him Less Likely to Call Back? 3. Is the Price of Sex Too Damn Low? 4. Getting beyond How The Factual Feminist Is Wrong about the Prevalence of Rape 5. Why I Don’t Defend the Sex-versus-Gender Distinction 6. Does Doing Difference Deny Dominance? Notes References Index
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University of California Press The Global Turn
Book SynopsisThe ability to deploy interdisciplinary theoretical perspectives that speak to interconnected global dimensions is critical if one's work is to be relevant and applicable to the emerging global-scale issues of our time. The Global Turn is a guide for students and scholars across all areas of the social sciences and humanities who wish to embark on global-studies research projects. The authors demonstrate how the global can be studied from a local perspective and vice versa. They show how global processes manifest at multiple levels-transnational, regional, national, and local-all of which are interconnected and mutually constitutive. This book takes readers through the steps of thinking like a global scholar in theoretical, methodological, and practical terms, and it explains the implications of global perspectives for research design.Trade Review"The book's seven chapters respond to the problem that no single discipline has all the tools and theories to grapple adequately with today's globalised issues. Thus, how is an individual researcher 'to develop appropriate research questions and design a viable research project?'. And how does a researcher 'begin the formidable task of doing global research?'. The Global Turn provides a reader with a methodical, considered, and accessible response to these questions." * Anthropological Forum *"The Global Turn can be read as a manifesto of global studies; why it is important, and why one should study it, and why universities and academic establishments must embrace it. The authors provide forceful arguments on behalf of global studies, a transdisciplinary program that overcomes the limitations of traditional discipline based academic subjects." * International Sociology Reviews *"A must read for researchers because it presents foundational arguments and presents a step by step guide to global research." * New Global Studies *Table of ContentsList of Figures Foreword 1. Global Studies as a New Field of Inquiry 2. Why Is Global Studies Important? 3. A Global Theoretical Framework 4. Global Research Design 5. Global Methods and Methodologies 6. A Global Case Study Method 7. Examples of Global Studies Research Conclusion Appendix A. A Global Case Study Outline Appendix B. List of Global Studies Journals References Index
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University of California Press The Global Turn Theories Research Designs and
Book SynopsisThe ability to deploy interdisciplinary theoretical perspectives that speak to interconnected global dimensions is critical if one's work is to be relevant and applicable to the emerging global-scale issues of our time. The Global Turn is a guide for students and scholars across all areas of the social sciences and humanities who wish to embark on global-studies research projects. The authors demonstrate how the global can be studied from a local perspective and vice versa. They show how global processes manifest at multiple levels-transnational, regional, national, and local-all of which are interconnected and mutually constitutive. This book takes readers through the steps of thinking like a global scholar in theoretical, methodological, and practical terms, and it explains the implications of global perspectives for research design.Trade Review"The Global Turn can be read as a manifesto of global studies; why it is important, and why one should study it, and why universities and academic establishments must embrace it. The authors provide forceful arguments on behalf of global studies, a transdisciplinary program that overcomes the limitations of traditional discipline based academic subjects." * International Sociology Reviews *"The book's seven chapters respond to the problem that no single discipline has all the tools and theories to grapple adequately with today's globalised issues. Thus, how is an individual researcher 'to develop appropriate research questions and design a viable research project?'. And how does a researcher 'begin the formidable task of doing global research?'. The Global Turn provides a reader with a methodical, considered, and accessible response to these questions." * Anthropological Forum *"A must read for researchers because it presents foundational arguments and presents a step by step guide to global research." * New Global Studies *Table of ContentsList of Figures Foreword 1. Global Studies as a New Field of Inquiry 2. Why Is Global Studies Important? 3. A Global Theoretical Framework 4. Global Research Design 5. Global Methods and Methodologies 6. A Global Case Study Method 7. Examples of Global Studies Research Conclusion Appendix A. A Global Case Study Outline Appendix B. List of Global Studies Journals References Index
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University of California Press Beginning to End Hunger Food and the Environment
Book SynopsisBeginning to End Hunger presents the story of Belo Horizonte, home to 2.5 million people and one of the world's most successful city food security programs. Since its Municipal Secretariat for Food Security was founded in 1993, malnutrition in Belo Horizonte has declined dramatically, allowing it to serve as an inspiration for Brazil's renowned Zero Hunger programs. The Municipal Secretariat's work with local small family farmers also offers a glimpse of how food security, rural livelihoods, and healthy ecosystems can be supported together. While inevitably imperfect, Belo Horizonte offers a vision of the path away from food system dysfunction, unsustainability, and hunger. The author's case study shows the vital importance of holistic approaches to food security, offers ideas on how to design successful policies to end hunger, and lays out strategies for how to make policy change happen. With these tools, we can take the next steps towards achieving similar reductions in hunger and food insecurity elsewhere in the developed and developing worlds.Trade Review"It is tempting for socialists to argue simply that the problem is capitalism and that only a socialist, post-capitalist world can feed the world’s population healthily and sustainably. M. Jahi Chappell’s important study shows that this is wrong." * Climate and Capitalism *"M. Jahi Chappell provides a necessary antidote to those who claim hunger cannot be alleviated." * The Journal of Peasant Studies *"This is a very good book that I imagine will (and should) be adopted for use in a number of upper level undergraduate or graduate classes in the social sciences or interdisciplinary fields such as development studies, environmental studies, and food studies. I have just begun to use the text with my own students this semester and more than a few have remarked on how nice it is to have a relatively positive story as compared to the critiques and narratives of failure they often encounter in the social sciences." * American Association of Geographers Review of Books *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Foreword by Frances Moore Lappé Preface Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: Food and Famine Futures, Past and Present 2. Food Security, Food Sovereignty, and Beginning to End Hunger 3. Belo Horizonte: All Five A’s on the Horizon 4. Multiple Streams and the Evolution of the Secretariat of Food and Nutritional Security 5. Farm, Farmer, and Forest: SMASAN and the Environment 6. Conclusions: Belo Horizonte and Beyond Abbreviations Notes References Index
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University of California Press Race and Crime
Book SynopsisCriminal justice practices such as policing and imprisonment are integral to the creation of racialized experiences in U.S. society. Race as an important category of difference, however, did not arise here with the criminal justice system but rather with the advent of European colonial conquest and the birth of the U.S. racial state. Race and Crime examines how race became a defining feature of the system and why mass incarceration emerged as a new racial management strategy. This book reviews the history of race and criminology and explores the impact of racist colonial legacies on the organization of criminal justice institutions. Using a macrostructural perspective, students will learn to contextualize issues of race, crime, and criminal justice. Topics include:How coloniality explains the practices that reproduce racial hierarchiesThe birth of social science and social programs from the legacies of racial scienceThe defining role of geography and geographical conquest in the continuation of mass incarcerationThe emergence of the logics of crime control, the War on Drugs, the redefinition of federal law enforcement, and the reallocation of state resources toward prison building, policing, and incarcerationHow policing, courts, and punishment perpetuate the colonial order through their institutional structures and policiesRace and Crime will help students understand how everyday practices of punishment and surveillance are employed in and through the police, courts, and community to create and shape the geographies of injustice in the United States today. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface 1 Race, Crime, and Justice: Definitions and Context 2 Race, Colonialism, and the Emergence of Racial Democracy 3 The History of Racial Science: Social Science and the Birth of Criminology 4 Social Problems and the U.S. Racial State 5 Housing Inequality and the Geography of Residential Racial Segregation 6 The Problem of Urban America: Race and the Emergence of Mass Incarceration 7 Policing the City
£46.75
University of California Press Decriminalizing Domestic Violence Gender and
Book SynopsisTrade Review"The multifaceted aspect of domestic violence as a criminal justice, economic, public health, community, and human rights problem . . . creates sites of conversations across these axes." * Politics & Gender *"[Goodmark] reminds us that expanding our perspectives of what interventions could look like are 'worth exploring.' . . . Readers will likely take away a great deal from this book, but at the very least, they will close the book with an expanded sense of what may be possible." * Affilila: Journal of Women and Social Work *"Provides a fresh and well-considered perspective on the field for anyone who is interested to learn more." * Contemporary Justice Review *"Decriminalizing Domestic Violence provides a good overview for readers concerned with crime control and advocates who seek to rebuild a broken system." * Journal of Children and Poverty *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Intimate Partner Violence Is... 1. A Criminal Justice Problem? 2. An Economic Problem 3. A Public Health Problem 4. A Community Problem 5. A Human Rights Problem 6. A Balanced Policy Approach Notes Bibliography Index
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University of California Press RiskBased Policing EvidenceBased Crime
Book SynopsisRisk-based policing is a research advancement that improves public safety, and its applications prevent crime specifically by managing crime risks. InRisk-Based Policing, the authors analyze case studies from a variety of city agencies including Atlantic City, New Jersey; Colorado Springs, Colorado; Glendale, Arizona; Kansas City, Missouri; Newark, New Jersey; andothers. They demonstrate how focusing police resources on risky places and basing police work on smart uses of data can address the worst effects of disorder and crime while improving community relations and public safety. Topics include the role of big data; the evolution of modern policing; dealing with high-risk targets; designing, implementing, and evaluating risk-based policing strategies; and the role of multiple stakeholders in risk-based policing. The book also demonstrates how risk terrain modeling can be extended to provide a comprehensive view of prevention and deterrence.Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments PART 1: THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF RISK-BASED POLICING 1. Introduction to Risk and Big Data Introduction to Risk-Based Policing in Crime Prevention The Importance of Risk Big Data Risk-Based Policing Conclusion 2. The Evolution of Modern Policing Introduction Police Reform and Professionalization From Professionalism to Problem-Solving The Importance of Places and Data Analysis in Contemporary Policing Conclusion 3. Policing in the New Era of Public Safety and Law Enforcement Focus on Places with Risk Terrain Modeling The Central Tenets of Risk-Based Policing Develop Spatial Risk Narratives Solicit and Value Input from Multiple Stakeholders Make Data-Driven Decisions Balance Strategies for Crime Risk Reduction Conclusion 4. Risk-Based Policing and ACTION Introduction Risk Governance and the Police Leader ACTION Meetings A Detailed Breakdown of the ACTION Agenda The Uncertainty in Risk Governance Conclusion PART 2: METHODS AND CASE STUDIES OF RISK-BASED POLICING 5. The Theory of Risky Places Introduction Theories Relevant to Risk-Based Policing Conclusion 6. High-Risk Target Areas and Priority Places Introduction Studying Exposure and Vulnerability to Crime Brooklyn as a Case Study Conclusion 7. The Role of Police in Risk-Based Policing: Case Studies of Colorado Springs, Glendale, Newark, and Kansas City Introduction Risk Assessment Methodology Findings Connecting Risk Assessments to Intervention Conclusion 8. Facilitators and Impediments to Designing, Implementing, and Evaluating Risk-Based Policing Strategies: Insights from Completed Researcher–Practitioner Partnerships Introduction Researcher–Practitioner Partnerships Planned Change and Program Implementation Risk-Based Policing Partnerships Findings Conclusion 9. The Roles of Multiple Stakeholders in Risk-Based Policing: Case Studies of Jersey City and Atlantic City Introduction ACTION Meetings in Jersey City Risk-Based Policing in Atlantic City Conclusion 10. People Make Risk-Based Policing and Data Actionable Valuing Data: Lessons Learned Beyond Training and into Active Problem Solving Conclusion Epilogue References Index
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University of California Press Protect Serve and Deport The Rise of Policing as
Book SynopsisAt publication date, a free ebook version of this title will be available through Luminos, the UC Press open access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Protect, Serve, and Deport exposes the on-the-ground workings of local immigration enforcement in Nashville, Tennessee. Between 2007 and 2012, Nashville's local jail participated in an immigration enforcement program called 287(g), which turned jail employees into immigration officers who identified over ten thousand removable immigrants for deportation. The vast majority of those identified for removal were not serious criminals, but Latino residents arrested by local police for minor violations. Protect, Serve, and Deport explains how local politics, state laws, institutional policies, and police practices work together to deliver immigrants into an expanding federal deportation system, conveying powerful messages about race, citizenship, and belonging.Trade Review"This stellar volume cements Armenta’s status as an expert ethnographer working at the intersection of the sociology of critical criminology, law and society, and immigration. Academics and non-academics, graduate and under-graduate students alike will find in this text a readable and eminently troubling portrait of immigrant life in the deportation nation, a story deftly told through the clear-eyed and empathetic vision of one of the field’s rising stars." * Theoretical Criminology *"Should be required reading for anyone interested in understanding what happens when local police facilitate mass deportation." * Law & Society Review *"Amada Armenta’s Protect, Serve, and Deport makes a notable contribution to this burgeoning scholarship by tracing the adoption, rollout, and consequences of the 287(g) program in Davidson County, Tennessee . . . [it] is particularly timely and highly relevant to scholars researching immigrant criminalization, policing, or color-blind racism." * American Journal of Sociology *"Armenta provides us with a rich ethnography of immigration policing in Nashville that is so insightful that it will also be of interest to scholars working on immigration enforcement, bordering practices, racial profiling, discretion, and policing in many other settings. It is truly a stellar book that should become mandatory reading on any syllabus or comprehensive exam list in border criminology and critical police studies in the United States and beyond." * Border Criminologies *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Who Polices Immigration? 2. Setting Up the Local Deportation Regime 3. Being Proactive: On the Streets in Southeast Nashville 4. Seeing and Not Seeing Immigration: Immigrant Outreach in an Era of Proactive Policing 5. Inside the Jail: Processing Immigrants for Removal 6. Punishing Illegality Conclusion Appendix: Fieldwork FAQs Notes References Index
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University of California Press Religion in America 6 Sociology in the
Book SynopsisWritten in an engaging and accessible tone, Religion in America probes the dynamics of recent American religious beliefs and behaviors. Charting trends over time using demographic data, this book examines how patterns of religious affiliation, service attendance, and prayer vary by race and ethnicity, social class, and gender. The authors identify demographic processes such as birth, death, and migration, as well as changes in education, employment, and families, as central to why some individuals and congregations experience change in religious practices and beliefs while others hold steady. Religion in America challenges students to examine the demographic data alongside everyday accounts of how religion is experienced differently across social groups to better understand the role that religion plays in the lives of Americans today and how that is changing. Table of ContentsList of Figures, Tables, and Text Boxes Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Racial and Ethnic Variation in Religion and Its Trends 2. Complex Religion in America 3. A Demographic Perspective on Religious Change 4. Change in America’s Congregations 5. The Long Arm of Religion in America Conclusion Notes References Index
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University of California Press Transparent and Reproducible Social Science
Book SynopsisRecently, social science has had numerous episodes of influential research that was found invalid when placed under rigorous scrutiny. The growing sense that many published results are potentially erroneous has made those conducting social science research more determined to ensure the underlying research is sound.Transparent and Reproducible Social Science Research is the first book to summarize and synthesize new approaches to combat false positives and non-reproducible findings in social science research, document the underlying problems in research practices, and teach a new generation of students and scholars how to overcome them. Understanding that social science research has real consequences for individuals when used by professionals in public policy, health, law enforcement, and other fields, the book crystallizes new insights, practices, and methods that help ensure greater research transparency, openness, and reproducibility. Readers are guided through well-known problems and are encouraged to work through new solutions and practices to improve the openness of their research. Created with both experienced and novice researchers in mind, Transparent and Reproducible Social Science Research serves as an indispensable resource for the production of high quality social science research.Trade Review"Reminds us to, occasionally, take a moment for self-reflection to question what we are doing as individual researchers or as a scientific community and whether we should overcome certain habits to get better at our job of explaining the world around us." * Politics and the Life Sciences *Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgments PART ONE. INTRODUCTION AND MOTIVATION 1 Introduction 2 What Is Ethical Research? PART TWO. PROBLEMS 3 Publication Bias 4 Specification Searching PART THREE. SOLUTIONS 5 Using All Evidence: Registration and Meta-analysis 6 Pre-analysis Plans 7 Sensitivity Analysis and Other Approaches PART FOUR. PRACTICES 8 Reporting Standards 9 Replication 10 Data Sharing 11 Reproducible Workflow 12 Conclusion Appendix Bibliography Index
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University of California Press Confessions of a Radical Chicano DooWop Singer 51
Book SynopsisTrade Review"...a fresh and intriguing, heartfelt and insightful cruise through the main thoroughfares, side streets, and alleyways of Chicano rock ’n’ roll, performance art, and Los Angeles cultures, past, present, and beyond, seamlessly written by this first-time author." * Los Angeles Review of Books *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments xi Introduction: The Fire and Flames of Funkahuatl, by Josh Kun and George Lipsitz 1 Prologue 16 La Veinte: A Santa Monica Barrio 17 Rubén Ladrón de Guevara Sr., 1914–2006 21 Superman in Ese Eme 26 Music and Movie Moments 32 Miss Las Vegas 36 La Gatita 38 Las Vegas and the Breakup of Our Family 43 Sue Dean 49 Miss Hollywood 52Shindig! with Tina Turner and Bo Diddley 56 The Sunset Strip Riots and My Second Marriage 62 The Southern Belle 64 LACC and the New Revelations Gospel Choir 68 Miss Santa Barbara and the Summer of 1971 75 Frank Zappa and Ruben and the Jets, 1972–1974 80 Miss Pamela and the GTOs 85 Miss Claremont 87 Miss Chino 89 The Mutiny 91 The Movie Star and Miss Blue Eyes 94 Opening for Zappa at San Francisco’s Winterland 97Con Safos: The Album 99 Pilgrimage to Mexico 105 La Gypsy 114 From “The Star Spangled Banner” to Punk 116 The Whisky and a New Band: Con Safos 120 Miss Aztlán 124Gotcha! 126 Zyanya Records 128 Cristina, Día de Los Muertos, and Chicano Heaven 130Born in East L.A.: The Movie 138Caliente y Picante 147 Performance Art 152 To France with Aztlán, Babylon, Rhythm & Blues 154 Validation Crisis 170 Jammin’ with John Valadez 174 Arts 4 City Youth and Trying Again 180 UCLA 182 Journey to New Aztlán 187 The Enchantress 196América Tropical 200 Miss Mongolia 203 Teaching Poetry 207 Inner City Lessons 212 Teaching at UCLA 217 The Neo-Chicano Tantrik Funk Monk 220 Lust to Art: Mexamérica and Performing at the Getty 223The Eastside Revue: 1932–2002, A Musical Homage to Boyle Heights 228L.A. Times Profile of Boyle Heights 231 Funkahuatl’s Absurd Chronicles 234 The Iraq War 236 Cross-cultural Friendships and Protests 238 Manzanar Pilgrimage 246Yellow Pearl Remix 253 Saving the Toypurina Monument 257Rock ’n’ Rights for the Mentally Disabled 260 Resistance and Respect: Los Angeles Muralism and Graff Art 262 Miss Bogotá and the X Festival Ibéroamericano del Teatro 264Word Up! A Word, Performance, and Theater Summit 267 Meeting My Brothers from the Westbank First Nation, British Columbia 270 Epiphany at Joshua Tree 274 Miss Altar in the Sky 276 Rubén Guevara & The Eastside Luvers 289The Tao of Funkahuatl 292 Release of the Tao of Funkahuatl CD in L.A. and Japan 294MEX/LA 296 Rockin’ the House of Dues and Grand Performances 299 Fifty Years in Show Biz 303 Miss Beijing 306 Miss Monterey Park 309 End of the Ten-Year Sex Drought 313 Seventy and Still Running 315 Platonic Homegirls 317 Joseph Trotter 318 A Boyle Heights Cultural Treasure 320 Boyle Heights Por Vida 322¡Angelin@s Presente! 325 Sara Casillas-Gutiérrez Guevara, 1923–2015 327 Staged Confessions 329 The Fall 332 Take Me Higher, Mi Reina 334
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University of California Press Gendering Criminology
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsCONTENTS Preface: New Language for a New Way of Thinking 1. The Story of Gender: Definitions, Origins, and Current Issues 2. The Why and How: Theories of Gender, Crime, and Victimization 3. “Manly” Crimes: The Relationship between Masculinity and Criminality 4. “Ladies Only”: An Examination of Women and Crime 5. At the Margins: Criminalization in the LGBTQIA+ Communities 6. Gender-Based Online Victimization 7. “Boys Will Be Boys” and “Sugar and Spice”: The Relationship between Gender and Victimization 8. The Victimization of Individuals Who Identify as LGBTQIA+ 9. Policing Crime: How Gender Influences Arrest Decisions and Court Cases 10. The Gendered Nature of Punishment 11. “Boys’ Clubs”: Gender and Employment in the Criminal-Legal System 12. Gender, Crime, and the Media References Index
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University of California Press Punishing Poverty
Book SynopsisMost people in jail have not been convicted of a crime. Instead, they have been accused of a crime and cannot afford to post the bail amount to guarantee their freedom until trial. Punishing Poverty examines how the current system of pretrial release detains hundreds of thousands of defendants awaiting trial. Tracing the historical antecedents of the US bail system, with particular attention to the failures of bail reform efforts in the mid to late twentieth century, the authors describe the painful social and economic impact of contemporary bail decisions. The first book-length treatment to analyze how bail reproduces racial and economic inequality throughout the criminal justice system, Punishing Poverty explores reform efforts, as jurisdictions begin to move away from money bail systems, and the attempts of the bail bond industry to push back against such reforms. This accessibly written book gives a succinct overview of the role of pretrial detention in fueling mass incarceration aTrade Review"Scott-Hayward and Fradella provide an accessible look at policies in bail setting and pretrial treatment that have historically been favorable to suspects who are affluent. . . . A useful resource for students, researchers, and activists studying criminal justice reform, and a cautionary tale for policy makers, this book offers a fair balance between advocating for equality in bail-setting and for use of citation over arrests in some cases, while taking into consideration public safety." * CHOICE *"Scott-Hayward and Fredella have written a thorough, subtle, moving, and fair-minded introduction to the contemporary bail reform movement. It is a valuable resource for anyone who cares about fairness and rationality in the administration of justice. Here is hoping that it finds the broad audience that it deserves." * Law & Society Review *“It is a book clear enough to be read by general audiences, detailed enough to be used by graduate students in criminology and law, and comprehensive enough to be a resource to academic scholars. But it is also a book that should be studied by practitioners—judges, magistrates, prosecutors, defense counsel, and probation and pretrial services officers—as well as policy makers such as legislators, agency heads, budget officers, and criminal justice policy wonks. All could learn, could understand, just how exceptional the US bail system is, and could draw upon this wealth of knowledge in implementing meaningful reform.” * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books *"This book is a useful primer for scholars looking to expand their understanding of recent debates in criminology and pretrial studies more broadly." * Labour/Le Travail *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. The Origins and History of Bail in the Common Law Tradition 2. Pretrial Release Decisions and Outcomes 3. The Problems with Risk-Assessment-Based Bail Determinations 4. The Impact of Pretrial Detention 5. The Path Forward Appendix Notes References Index
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University of California Press Uberland
Book SynopsisTrade Review“A timely, accessible analysis of a Silicon Valley innovator that disrupted an industry.” * GeekWire *“This jargon-free and intriguing exposé offers food for thought for anyone interested in worker protections or societal changes driven by technology.” * Publishers Weekly *"Functions as an examination of both how Uber’s algorithms are changing the way companies operate and exert control over their workers and how those workers are experiencing these changes.” * Slate *"A timely look at the tensions between technology and the future of employment, and how ambitious startups might be changing the way we see and value work.” * Mother Jones *“If you care about the future of work, read Uberland by Alex Rosenblat.” -- Theodore Kinni, Strategy + Business“Rosenblat’s book is a combination of sociological analysis, excerpts from Uber-driver online forums, communications with Uber executives and employees, and an avalanche of in-person interviews with drivers from all over the United States and Canada. Her analysis isn’t a polemic; it is balanced and measured.” * Los Angeles Review of Books *“A fine work of technology ethnography. . . As someone who believes that technology is a positive force for driving change, I’ll admit to being deeply disturbed by reading Uberland." * Inside Higher Education *"The most important recent book written about Uber is undoubtedly Alex Rosenblat’s Uberland: How Algorithms Are Rewriting the Rules of Work, which unflinchingly exposes how Uber takes ruthless advantage of its drivers.” * Medium/The Startup *"Uberland will be of interest for anyone who cares about the future of work, the realities of working in the ‘gig’ economy and the consequences of decoupling work from existing employment relations systems." * Journal of Industrial Relations *"The book paints a complicated picture of the uneven realities of the gig economy set against the glossy sales pitch of Uber as the future of work." * Allegra Lab *"Uberland is a timely book as technology increasingly intensifies in our daily lives. It reads like book‐length investigative journalism, refreshingly jargon‐free. It stays truthful to the stories that drivers tell and is readable and engaging. It is suitable for undergraduate classes in sociology of work; science, technology, and society; and consumption." * Sociological Forum *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Using an App to Go to Work—Uber as a Symbol of the New Economy 1. Driving as Glamorous Labor: How Uber Uses the Myths of the Sharing Economy 2. Motivations to Drive: How Uber’s System Rewards Full-Time and Recreational Drivers Differently 3. The Technology Pitch: How Uber Creates Entrepreneurship for the Masses 4. The Shady Middleman: How Uber Manages Money 5. Behind the Curtain: How Uber Manages Drivers with Algorithms 6. In the Big Leagues: How Uber Plays Ball Conclusion: The New Age of Uber—How Technology Consumption Rewrote the Rules of Work Appendix 1. Methodology: How I Studied Uber Appendix 2. Ridehailing beyond Uber: Meet Lyft, the Younger Twin Notes Index
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University of California Press Happy Singlehood
Book SynopsisHappy Singlehood charts a way forward for singles to live life on their terms, and shows how everyonesingle or coupledcan benefit from accepting solo living. Based on personal interviews, quantitative analysis, and extensive review of singles' writings and literature, author Elyakim Kislev uncovers groundbreaking insights on how unmarried people create satisfying lives in a world where social structures and policies are still designed to favor marriage. In this carefully crafted book, Kislev investigates how singles nurture social networks, create innovative communities, and effectively deal with discrimination. Happy Singlehood challenges readers to rethink how single people organize social and familial ties in new ways, and illuminates how educators, policymakers, and urban planners should cater to their needs.Trade Review"Happy Singlehood thoughtfully explores the unacknowledged increase in single living. Its serious consideration could result in greater freedom of choice, happier individuals, and more efficient economies." * Foreword Reviews *“Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals; general readers.” * CHOICE *“In this well-sourced and researched book, Kislev thoroughly explains the growing popularity of the ‘single by choice’ phenomenon, providing real-life examples culled from interviews and blogs with singles." * Jerusalem Post *“The book...is not just for academic types. Anyone interested in a smart, thoughtful, unconventional take on single life will find a lot to like in Happy Singlehood. Kislev treats readers to the kinds of approaches we have come to expect from the most successful nonfiction trade books, including, for example, illustrating his points with stories from the single people he interviewed as well as anecdotes from his own life.” * PsychCentral *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Age of Singlehood 2. Happy Singlehood in Old Age 3. Defying Social Pressure 4. Sleeping Alone, Bowling Together 5. Singling in a Postmaterialist World 6. Work Hard, (but) Play Hard 7. The Future of Happy Singlehood Conclusion: What Can States, Cities, and Social Institutions Do for Singles? Notes Index
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University of California Press The Labor of Lunch Why We Need Real Food and Real
Book SynopsisThere's a problem with school lunch in America. Big Food companies have largely replaced the nation's school cooks by supplying cafeterias with cheap, precooked hamburger patties and chicken nuggets chock-full of industrial fillers. Yet it's no secret that meals cooked from scratch with nutritious, locally sourced ingredients are better for children, workers, and the environment. So why not empower lunch ladies to do more than just unbox and reheat factory-made food? And why not organize together to make healthy, ethically sourced, free school lunches a reality for all children? The Labor of Lunch aims to spark a progressive movement that will transform food in American schools, and with it the lives of thousands of low-paid cafeteria workers and the millions of children they feed. By providing a feminist history of the US National School Lunch Program, Jennifer E. Gaddis recasts the humble school lunch as an important and often overlooked form of public care. Through vivid narration and moral heft, The Labor of Lunch offers a stirring call to action and a blueprint for school lunch reforms capable of delivering a healthier, more equitable, caring, and sustainable future. Trade Review“The Labor of Lunch lays out how transforming the food culture in American schools can significantly improve both the lives of the country’s low-wage cafeteria workers and those of the millions of children they feed every day.” * Quality Assurance Magazine *"Argues that universally free, from-scratch lunches turns the school cafeteria into a vital community resource: one that helps kids develop healthy eating habits and provides skilled jobs for workers." -- Tom Philpott * Mother Jones *“When we think about the crumbling national infrastructure that holds our country back, Jennifer Gaddis argues that we need to look beyond bridges, broadband, and high-speed rail –– and see the urgency of bringing our nation's 100,000 school cafeterias into the 21st century. She's on exactly the right track. What if our nation's largest restaurant chain –– our 100,000 schools –– could be retooled as an engine for creating good jobs in our communities, building our local farm economies, and nourishing our kids with fresh-cooked food?" -- Curt Ellis * Co-Founder & CEO, FoodCorps *"A welcome addition to the growing library of works focusing on labor in the food system. This topic deserves attention and Gaddis is looking at the plight of an especially neglected group, the people who make and serve food to kids in schools. . . . Let grass-roots advocacy begin!" -- Marion Nestle * Food Politics *"The book seeks to engage the reader to learn about the power struggles of ‘lunch ladies’ and how such discourses are maintained in society. Gaddis is an advocate with a strong interest in environmental justice, which comes through in the writing. The book is more than just an ethnography of school lunches; it is a reminder that we need to revisit our food systems and consider how this policy area is still very much classed, gendered, and racialized. . . . This book reignites the importance of food activism and recognizes historical roots while seeking and creating theories of change." * Contemporary Sociology *"The Labor of Lunch is a comprehensive and readable work of activist scholarship examining school feeding in the US. This work is suitable for advanced undergraduate students, graduate students and scholars of school food policy, institutional feeding and history of food systems, as well as those interested in food movements, and care-labor." * Food, Culture & Society *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction: Why We Need to Fix the Food and the Jobs 1 • The Radical Roots of School Lunch 2 • The Fight for Food Justice 3 • From Big Food to Real Food Lite 4 • Cafeteria Workers in the “Prison of Love” 5 • Building a Real Food Economy Conclusion: Organizing a New Economy of Care Notes Bibliography Index
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University of California Press Aging in America
Book SynopsisThe aging of America will reshape how we live and will transform nearly every aspect of contemporary society. Renowned life course sociologist Deborah Carr provides a lively, nuanced, and timely portrait of aging in the United States. The US population is older than ever before, raising new challenges for families, caregivers, health care systems, and social programs like Social Security and Medicare. Organized in seven chapters, Aging in America covers these topics: the history of aging and the development of theoretical approacheshow cultural changes shape our views on agingthe demographic characteristics of older adults todayolder adults'family lives and social relationshipsthe health of older adults and social disparities in who gets sickhow public policies affect the well-being of older adults and their familieshow baby boomers, Gen Xers, and millennials will experience old age Drawing on state-of-the-art data, current events, and pop culture, this portrait of an aging population challenges outdated myths and vividly shows how future cohorts of older adults will differ from the generations before them.Table of ContentsContents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Aging in America 1. Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Aging 2. Who Are Older Adults Today?: A Contemporary Snapshot 3. Family and Social Relationships 4. Health and Well-Being 5. Aging Policy Issues: Domestic and International Perspectives Conclusion Notes References Index
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University of California Press The Trouble with Passion How Searching for
Book SynopsisProbing the ominous side of career advice to follow your passion, this data-driven study explains how the passion principle fails us and perpetuates inequality by class, gender, and race; and it suggests how we can reconfigure our relationships to paid work. Follow your passion is a popular mantra for career decision-making in the United States. Passion-seeking seems like a promising path for avoiding the potential drudgery of a life of paid work, but this passion principleseductive as it isdoes not universally translate. The Trouble with Passion reveals the significant downside of the passion principle: the concept helps culturally legitimize and reproduce an exploited, overworked white-collar labor force and broadly serves to reinforce class, race, and gender segregation and inequality. Grounding her investigation in the paradoxical tensions between capitalism's demand for ideal workers and our cultural expectations for self-expression, sociologist Erin A. Cech draws on interviews that follow students from college into the workforce, surveys of US workers, and experimental data to explain why the passion principle is such an attractive, if deceptive, career decision-making mantra, particularly for the college educated. Passion-seeking presumes middle-class safety nets and springboards and penalizes first-generation and working-class young adults who seek passion without them. The ripple effects of this mantra undermine the promise of college as a tool for social and economic mobility. The passion principle also feeds into a culture of overwork, encouraging white-collar workers to tolerate precarious employment and gladly sacrifice time, money, and leisure for work they are passionate about. And potential employers covet, but won't compensate, passion among job applicants. This book asks, What does it take to center passion in career decisions? Who gets ahead and who gets left behind by passion-seeking? The Trouble with Passion calls for citizens, educators, college administrators, and industry leaders to reconsider how we think about good jobs and, by extension, good lives.Trade Review"As the COVID-19 pandemic has prompted many people to contemplate the meaning of their work and life, this book offers particularly relevant insights for those wanting a career change to consider how they should make career decisions and the role work should play in their life. The Trouble with Passion should also be revelatory to people who potentially shape others’ career decisions, such as educators and career counselors; those who can influence the career outcomes of people in the labor market, such as hiring managers and organization leaders; and policymakers who have the power to rectify the structural factors producing the dark side of the passion principle in the first place. I would also recommend this book to social science scholars interested in careers, passion, the meaning of work, segregation, and inequality in general." * Administrative Science Quarterly *"If you’re looking for a book that can offer you new insights into career choices while making you think critically about librarianship, passion, and labor, this is a recommended read." * College & Research Libraries *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Introduction 1. What Is the Passion Principle? 2. Why Is the Passion Principle Compelling? 3. The Privilege of Passion? Passion-Seeking and Socioeconomic Inequality among Career Aspirants 4. The Passion Principle as Prescriptive and Explanatory Narrative? How the Passion Principle Choicewashes Workforce Inequalities 5. Exploiting Passion? The Demand Side of the Passion Principle Conclusion Epilogue Acknowledgments Appendix A: Methods Appendix B: Supplemental Analysis of 2020 College Student Survey Appendix C: Supporting Data Notes References Index
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University of California Press Deviance Management Insiders Outsiders Hiders
Book SynopsisTrade Review"[T]he book serves as valuable demonstration of how to build a theoretical framework from general observation, and then test it using a variety of empirical evidence. . . . [and] it provides a valuable direction for scholars looking to examine how people negotiate the intersections of deviant and conforming identities." * Anthropology Book Forum *"Deviance Management provides a valuable and positive learning experience and opens new vistas to innovative understandings of, and thinking about, deviance, conformity, and social control. In the main, it is an eye-opener that helps us understand some of the sociological patterns that characterize the activities of social movements in their attempts to move stigmatized groups into becoming normalized and mainstreamed." * American Journal of Sociology *"The book presents a persuasive and powerful integration of a large conceptual reservoir. . . . It is an eye-opener that helps us understand some of the sociological patterns that characterize the activities of social movements in their attempts to move stigmatized groups into becoming normalized and mainstreamed." * American Journal of Sociology *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction: Insiders, Outsiders, Hiders, and Drifters 1. The Complementarity of Deviance and Conformity 2. Deviance and Conformity: The Pressure of Dual Identities 3. Fighting for Normal? 4. Bigfoot: Undiscovered Primate or Interdimensional Spirit? 5. Sexuality and Gender Identity: Assimilation vs. Liberation 6. Insiders and the Normalization of Illegal Drugs Conclusion: Studying Deviance Management Appendix 1: On Applying the Theory of Deviance Management Appendix 2: Supplemental Data Analyses Notes 1 References Index
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University of California Press Holding On Family and Fatherhood During
Book SynopsisHolding On reveals the results of an unprecedented ten-year study of justice-involved families, rendering visible the lives of a group of American families whose experiences are too often lost in large-scale demographic research. Using new data from the Multi-site Family Study on Incarceration, Parenting, and Partneringa groundbreaking study of almost two thousand families, incorporating a series of couples-based surveys and qualitative interviews over the course of three yearsHolding On sheds rich new light on the parenting and intimate relationships of justice-involved men, challenging long-standing boundaries between research on incarceration and on the well-being of low-income families. Boldly proposing that the failure to recognize the centrality of incarcerated men's roles as fathers and partners has helped to justify a system that removes them from their families and hides that system's costs to parents, partners, and children, Holding On considers how research that breaks the false dichotomy between offender and parent, inmate and partner, and victim and perpetrator might help to inform a next generation of public policies that truly support vulnerable families.Trade Review"Holding On is a compelling read that will be useful particularly to policymakers and activists who need evidence toward prison reform and program funding allocations." * Gender & Society *"Holding On is a hopeful and empathic book that packs significant policy-relevant analysis into a slim volume." * Men and Masculinities *"Holding On is a must-read for policymakers and prison administrators. It is accessible enough for use in undergraduate and graduate sociology, policy, and psychology courses. It is also an invaluable resource for academics interested in the complex ways that incarceration and reentry impact our nation’s families." * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books *"Holding On: Family and Fatherhood During Incarceration and Reentry is a must-read for anyone interested in families, relationships, fatherhood, and the trying effects on each of incarceration. It is a seminal, deeply thoughtful, and methodical book that sets the stage for what is possible when the realms of criminological studies and family studies converge." * Punishment & Society *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments 1. Returning Incarcerated Fathers to the Family 2. “Always Having Hope”: What We (Didn’t) Know about Fatherhood and Incarceration 3. “I Do, but I Don’t, Know Where We Are”: Couple Relationships during Incarceration and Reentry 4. “None of the Above”: Partner Violence and the Limitations of Research 5. “Change Ain’t Going to Happen Overnight”: Operationalizing Reentry Success 6. “A Breakthrough Type of Thing”: Measuring the Impact of Family-Strengthening Programs during Incarceration and Reentry 7. On the Horizon: The Social Science of Incarceration and Family Life Appendix References Index
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University of California Press Coerced
Book SynopsisWhat do prisoner laborers, graduate students, welfare workers, and college athletes have in common? According to sociologist Erin Hatton, they are all part of a growing workforce of coerced laborers. Coerced explores this world of coerced labor through an unexpected and compelling comparison of these four groups of workers, for whom a different definition of employment reigns supremeone where workplace protections do not apply and employers wield expansive punitive power, far beyond the ability to hire and fire. Because such arrangements are common across the economy, Hatton argues that coercionas well as precarityis a defining feature of work in America today. Theoretically forceful yet vivid and gripping to read, Coerced compels the reader to reevaluate contemporary dynamics of work, pushing beyond concepts like career and gig work. Through this bold analysis, Hatton offers a trenchant window into this world of work from the perspective of those who toil within itand who are developing the tools needed to push back against it.Trade Review"This fascinating book examines workplace practices in a new light. By examining incarcerated workers, workfare recipients, graduate students, and college athletes, Hatton probes how these groups experience and conceptualize work. . . . Through a series of in-depth interviews, the author examines the contradictory ways in which workers understand their situations: some accept their status almost without question, while others who understand that they are being exploited rebel against it. Hatton's study excellently argues the importance of the concept of status coercion and its relevance to these workers, in turn expanding the understanding of the punitive aspects of work and the theoretical understanding of work to highlight its precarity. Highly recommended." * CHOICE *“Erin Hatton’s book Coerced: Work under Threat of Punishment shines a bright light on the labor of prisoners, welfare recipients, college athletes, and graduate students.” * American Journal of Sociology *Table of ContentsList of Tables Acknowledgments Foreword Introduction 1. “Wicked” and “Blessed”: Cultural Narratives of Coerced Labor 2. “Either You Do It or You’re Going to the Box”: Coercion and Compliance 3. “They Talk to You in Any Kind of Way”: Subjugation, Vulnerability, and the Body 4. “Stay Out They Way”: Agency and Resistance 5. “I’m Getting Ethiopia Pay for My Work”: Hegemony and Counter-Hegemony Conclusion Appendix A. The Story of This Book Appendix B. People qua Data Notes Selected Bibliography Index
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University of California Press Blind Injustice
Book SynopsisAwarded Digital Book World's Best Book Published by a University Press In this unprecedented view from the trenches, prosecutor turned champion for the innocent MarkGodseytakes us inside the frailties of the human mind as they unfold in real-world wrongful convictions. Drawing upon stories from his own career,Godseyshares how innate psychological flaws in judges, police, lawyers, and juries coupled with a tough on crime environment can cause investigations to go awry, leading to the convictions of innocent people. In Blind Injustice, Godseyexplores distinct psychological human weaknesses inherent in the criminal justice systemconfirmation bias, memory malleability, cognitive dissonance, bureaucratic denial, dehumanization, and othersand illustrates each with stories fromhis time as a hard-nosed prosecutor and then as an attorney for the Ohio Innocence Project. He also lays bare the criminal justice system's internal political pressures.How does the fact that judges, sheriffs, and prosecutors are elected officials influence how they view cases? How can defense attorneys support clients when many are overworked and underpaid? And how do juries overcome bias leading them to believe that police and expert witnesses know more than they do about what evidence means? This book sheds a harsh light on the unintentional yet routine injustices committed by those charged with upholding justice. Yet in the end, Godsey recommends structural, procedural, and attitudinal changes aimed at restoring justice to the criminal justice system.Trade Review"The best book I’ve read on the criminal justice system since Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow. . . . This is the rare book that looks at criminal justice from the perspective of culture. And Godsey has the chops to tell it." * Daily Kos *“The book, which is in part a confessional, looks at how innocent people can become the victims of faulty eyewitness testimony, bad forensics, and a variety of blinding cognitive biases on the part of law-enforcement personnel, prosecutors, and judges, and why the system so tenaciously defends the status quo, even when it’s guilty of railroading innocent citizens. With so much attention rightly focused on racial injustice in recent years, Godsey’s book offers another important piece of the puzzle.” * The Nation *"[Mark Godsey's] book is about how his career change also changed his outlook, by showing up 'problems in the system that I, as a prosecutor, should have seen, but about which I had simply been in denial'. . . . Mr Godsey’s work is memorable because he is able to show precisely how these flaws work in action." * The Economist *"A breathless page-turner, especially for true crime readers, drawing together Godsey and his indefatigable staff as they relentlessly power through volumes and volumes of evidence in pursuit of the truth.” * Salon *“Mark Godsey, a former federal prosecutor who now heads the Ohio Innocence Project, examines the causes of wrongful convictions, from faulty eyewitness identifications to investigator tunnel vision, while drawing on a depressingly vast array of shocking examples. He graciously allows that the police, prosecutors, and judges whose ‘unreasonable and intellectually dishonest positions’ have led to unjust convictions and avoidable suffering acted not out of malice but out of the abundant capacity for human error.” - OUR FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2017 * The Progressive *“Passionate and readable, this book provides meaningful support for the Innocence movement and startling insights into the justice system while admitting the reality of systemic racism but omitting its direct discussion.” * Library Journal *"Blind Injustice is worth the read. Give a copy to your favorite prosecutor. And maybe to your neighbor." * GAMSO - for the Defense *"An excellent resource for psychology and law courses. . . . Highly recommended" * CHOICE *"Blind Injustice, instructive and passionate, is an excellent introduction to major wrongful conviction themes. It is an accessible book for laypersons and criminologists who are new to the subject. It would make a lively text in a wrongful conviction course. One wishes that it would be read by prosecutors across America. If they did, perhaps like the author, they would say, as the hymn Amazing Grace has it— 'was blind but now I see.' . . . An attention-grabbing book that powerfully instructs." * Social Science Research Network *"Godsey’s book is splendid. Everyone who cares the least bit about justice must read it. Parts will make you shake your head in amazement, parts will give you a sense of elation, and parts will make you cry. . . . There have been, over the past dozen or so years, several excellent books examining the failings of the American criminal justice system. A skeptic might wonder what there is new to say about the problems that infect the system. But that skepticism melts almost instantly when one opens Godsey’s book. Mark Godsey brings a unique perspective to bear on the problem of convicting the innocent." * Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law *“If, like me, you enjoyed the Netflix ‘docudrama’ Making A Murderer, you will be right at home with this excellent exposé of certain problematic features of the American criminal justice system. Former prosecutor, now professor, Mark Godsey takes his readers through a multitude of cases in which he acted as legal counsel, and where wrongful convictions emerged at the end of the day. The fact that this leading light in the Ohio Innocence Project was on the ‘other side’ of the justice ‘coin’ for many years, employing the same tactics that are likely to give rise to mistakes, gives his writing the credibility that other ‘justice system in crisis’ or ‘criminal injustice system’ books simply do not have.” * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books *"Mark Godsey offers a fresh viewpoint" * National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers *"An easy and interesting read. . . . It is Godsey’s experience as a former prosecutor that gives this book its power. His story of transformation is one that every lawyer could learn from. I will certainly be buying copies for my students who begin their careers in prosecution." * National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments About This Book 1. EYE OPENER 2. BLIND DENIAL 3. BLIND AMBITION 4. BLIND BIAS 5. BLIND MEMORY 6. BLIND INTUITION 7. BLIND TUNNEL VISION 8. SEEING AND ACCEPTING HUMAN LIMITATIONS Notes Index
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University of California Press Endangered Maize Industrial Agriculture and the
Book SynopsisCharting the political, social, and environmental history of efforts to conserve crop diversity. Many people worry that we're losing genetic diversity in the foods we eat. Over the past century, crop varieties standardized for industrial agriculture have increasingly dominated farm fields. Concerned about what this transition means for the future of food, scientists, farmers, and eaters have sought to protectfruits, grains, and vegetables they consider endangered. They have organized high-tech genebanks and heritage seed swaps. They have combed fields for ancient landraces and sought farmers growing Indigenous varieties. Behind this widespread concern for the loss of plant diversity lies another extinction narrative that concerns the survival of farmers themselves, a story that is often obscured by urgent calls to collect and preserve. Endangered Maize draws on the rich history of corn in Mexico and the United States to uncover this hidden narrative and show how it shaped the conservation strategies adopted by scientists, states, and citizens. In Endangered Maize, historian Helen Anne Curry investigates more than a hundred years of agriculture and conservation practices to understand the tasks that farmers and researchers have considered essential to maintaining crop diversity. Through the contours of efforts to preserve diversity in one of the world's most important crops, Curry reveals how those who sought to protect native, traditional, and heritage crops forged their methods around the expectation that social, political, and economic transformations would eliminate diverse communities and cultures. In this fascinating study of how cultural narratives shape science, Curry argues for new understandings of endangerment and alternative strategies to protect and preserve crop diversity.Trade Review"Maize diversity is threatened by many factors, as science historian Helen Curry expertly discusses with specialists." * Nature *"What Curry analyzes through deft and accessible writing is not so much the danger maize faces, but the ways we understand it, and the narratives we use to tell its stories, which shape conservation efforts." * Civil Eats *"Curry has written a brilliant history that shows us how the narrative of crop diversity loss is itself jam-packed with troubling worldviews. . . .Endangered Maize is an enormously useful book, and one that will shape conversations about agricultural and human diversity for many years to come." * Metascience *"An excellent, captivating description of the origins, ideas, and motivations behind the narratives of maize as an endangered genetic resource and how these narratives have shaped the methods and tools of conservation adopted by scientists and states. . . . As a historian, Curry skillfully recounts the origins and evolution of narratives of extinction of indigenous landraces and conservation strategies, highlighting the complexity of preservation initiatives and the multiple actors involved and suggesting pathways for the future. A key merit of her account is a sound understanding of underlying aspects of the biology and genetics of maize and its conservation."" * Journal of Agrarian Change *"Curry’s…whole history of seed-seeking overturns its own motivations and puts people first." * Technology and Culture *"A thought-provoking book that combines excellent research with lucid writing." * Isis *Table of ContentsContents List of Figures Acronyms Introduction 1 • Collect 2 • Classify 3 • Preserve 4 • Copy 5 • Negotiate 6 • Evaluate 7 • Grow Coda Acknowledgments Notes Archives and Bibliography Index
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University of California Press Call the Mothers Searching for Mexicos
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