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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Presumed Intimacy Parasocial Interaction in Media
Book Synopsis* This engaging book examines how the ease with which modern social and media networks create a sense of intimacy which can be exploited by media, politicians and authority * An intriguing thesis on how media creates relations where we are constant watchers of the lives of others.Trade Review"Encompassing topics as diverse as Mae West's fame and the consequences of Hurricane Katrina, Charles Dickens's novels and the dilemmas of modern democracy, Rojek's book is a tour-de-force of interdisciplinary social criticism. Ambitious in scope, brilliant in execution, it constitutes nothing less than a profound meditation on what it means to be a human being today."David Inglis, University of Exeter"Rojek has created yet another of his unique and insightful analyses of the contemporary world. As “familiar strangers” we live in a tenuous world built on presumed intimacy. One’s anger about this world builds as one progresses through the book and leads one to applaud Rojek’s call for, among other things, the veracity and emotional integrity that are increasingly being lost in our world of increasing presumed intimacy."George Ritzer, University of MarylandTable of Contents1. Living with Statistical Men and Women 2. Chimerical Risk Management 3. The Shockwaves of Trauma 4. The Lost Neighbour Proposition and the Collateral Damage Problem 5. Horizontal Frontierism: The Juggernaut of Character 6. The Accentuation of Personality 7. Vertical Frontierism: Four Case Studies 8. Cracks in the Mirror 9. The Gestural Economy 10. Institutional and Counter-Institutional Gestural Economies 11. Nuda Veritas Notes References
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Presumed Intimacy Parasocial Interaction in Media
Book SynopsisPresumed intimacy' refers to a relationship that requires instant trust, confidence, disclosure and the recognition of vulnerability. Chris Rojek investigates the impact of relationships of presumed intimacy', where audiences form strong identifications with mediated others, whether they be celebrities, political personae or online friends. Arguing that the way the media are able to manage these relationships is a significant aspect of their power structure, the core of the book is an investigation into the complicity of the media in encouraging presumed intimacy and the cultural, social and political consequences arising from this. Beyond this, it examines how intimacy is performed as a masquerade in many social settings the scripts we follow in social settings that try to manufacture a shortcut to intimacy.A compelling look into mediated relationships in the network society, Presumed Intimacy will be a key contribution to the critical analysis of society, mediaTrade Review"Encompassing topics as diverse as Mae West's fame and the consequences of Hurricane Katrina, Charles Dickens's novels and the dilemmas of modern democracy, Rojek's book is a tour-de-force of interdisciplinary social criticism. Ambitious in scope, brilliant in execution, it constitutes nothing less than a profound meditation on what it means to be a human being today."David Inglis, University of Exeter"Rojek has created yet another of his unique and insightful analyses of the contemporary world. As “familiar strangers” we live in a tenuous world built on presumed intimacy. One’s anger about this world builds as one progresses through the book and leads one to applaud Rojek’s call for, among other things, the veracity and emotional integrity that are increasingly being lost in our world of increasing presumed intimacy."George Ritzer, University of MarylandTable of Contents1. Living with Statistical Men and Women 2. Chimerical Risk Management 3. The Shockwaves of Trauma 4. The Lost Neighbour Proposition and the Collateral Damage Problem 5. Horizontal Frontierism: The Juggernaut of Character 6. The Accentuation of Personality 7. Vertical Frontierism: Four Case Studies 8. Cracks in the Mirror 9. The Gestural Economy 10. Institutional and Counter-Institutional Gestural Economies 11. Nuda Veritas Notes References
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Networks of Outrage and Hope
Book SynopsisNetworks of Outrage and Hope is an exploration of the new forms of social movements and protests that are erupting in the world today, from the Arab uprisings to the indignadas movement in Spain, from the Occupy Wall Street movement to the social protests in Turkey, Brazil and elsewhere. While these and similar social movements differ in many important ways, there is one thing they share in common: they are all interwoven inextricably with the creation of autonomous communication networks supported by the Internet and wireless communication. In this new edition of his timely and important book, Manuel Castells examines the social, cultural and political roots of these new social movements, studies their innovative forms of self-organization, assesses the precise role of technology in the dynamics of the movements, suggests the reasons for the support they have found in large segments of society, and probes their capacity to induce political change by influencing peTrade Review�A thousand words are too few to cover the riches of this incredibly timely account of contemporary movements.� American Journal of Sociology�A must for those who are interested in how social movements communicate in the network society to realize changes of value in society.�International Journal of Public Opinion Research"This is a well-argued and lively book that will be of great interest to anyone looking for an introduction to either post-2010 social movements or Castells' work."Political Studies Review Table of ContentsPreface 2015 ix Acknowledgments 2012 xiv Opening: Networking Minds, Creating Meaning, Contesting Power 1 Prelude to Revolution: Where it All Started 20 Tunisia: “The Revolution of Liberty and Dignity” 22 Iceland’s Kitchenware Revolution: From financial collapse to crowdsourcing a new (failed) constitution 31 Southern wind, northern wind: Cross-cultural levers of social change 45 The Egyptian Revolution 54 Space of flows and space of places in the Egyptian Revolution 57 State’s response to an Internet-facilitated revolution: The great disconnection 62 Who were the protesters, and what was the protest? 67 Women in revolution 71 The Islamic question 74 “The revolution will continue” 77 Understanding the Egyptian Revolution 79 Dignity, Violence, Geopolitics: The Arab Uprising and Its Demise 95 Violence and the state 99 A digital revolution? 105 Post-Scriptum 2014 109 A Rhizomatic Revolution: Indignadas in Spain 113 A self-mediated movement 119 What did/do the indignadas want? 125 The discourse of the movement 128 Reinventing democracy in practice: An assemblyled, leaderless movement 131 From deliberation to action: The question of violence 136 A political movement against the political system 139 A rhizomatic revolution 143 Occupy Wall Street: Harvesting the Salt of the Earth 159 The outrage, the thunder, the spark 159 The prairie on fire 165 A networked movement 174 Direct democracy in practice 181 A non-demand movement: “The process is the message” 187 Violence against a non-violent movement 191 What did the movement achieve? 194 The salt of the Earth 200 Networked Social Movements: A Global Trend? 220 Overview 220 The clash between old and new Turkey, Gezi Park, June 2013 227 Challenging the development model, denouncing political corruption: Brazil, 2013–14 230 Beyond neoliberalism: Student movement in Chile, 2011–13 237 Undoing the media-state complex: Mexico’s #YoSoy132 239 Networked social movements and social protests 242 Changing the World in the Network Society 246 Networked social movements: An emerging pattern 249 Internet and the culture of autonomy 256 Networked social movements and reform politics: An impossible love? 262 Networked Social Movements and Political Change 272 Overview 272 Crisis of legitimacy and political change: A global perspective 274 Challenging the failure of Italian parliamentary democracy from the inside: Beppe Grillo and hisFive Stars Movement 277 The effects of networked social movements on the political system 284 Occupying minds, not the state: Post-Occupy blues in the US 284 The streets, the Presidenta, and the would-be Presidenta: Popular protests and presidentialelections in Brazil 286 The political schizophrenia of Turkish society: Secular movements and Islamist politics 294 Reinventing politics, upsetting bipartisan hegemony: Podemos in Spain 296 Levers of political change? 308 Beyond Outrage, Hope: The Life and Death of Networked Social Movements 314 Appendix to Changing the World in the Network Society 317 Public opinion in selected countries toward Occupy and similar movements 317 Attitudes of citizens toward governments, political and financial institutions in the United States,European Union, and the world at large 318 Preface 2015
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University of British Columbia Press Surveillance
Book SynopsisThis book examines surveillance as both cause and effect of social and political problems.Trade ReviewThis particular collection is unique in both its strong Canadian content, and the broad range of empirical cases. -- Benjamin J. Muller, Kings University College * Canadian Journal of Sociology, 35 (3) *Table of ContentsForeword / Kevin D. HaggertyIntroduction / Sean P. Hier and Josh Greenberg1 The Politics of Surveillance: Power, Paradigms, and the Field of Visibility / Sean P. Hier and Josh GreenbergPart 1: Stigma, Morality, and Social Control2 Kid-Visible: Childhood Obesity, Body Surveillance, and the Techniques of Care / Charlene D. Elliott3 Police Surveillance of Male-with-Male Public Sex in Ontario, 1983-94 / Kevin Walby4 A Kind of Prohibition: Targets of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario’s Interdiction List, 1953-75 / Scott ThompsonPart 2: Environmental Design, Consumerism, and Privacy5 Natural Surveillance, Crime Prevention, and the Effects of Being Seen / Patrick F. Parnaby and C. Victoria Reed6 Administering the Dead: Mass Death and the Problem of Privacy / Joseph Scanlon7 Identity Theft and the Construction of Creditable Subjects / Sheryl N. HamiltonPart 3: Genetics, Security, and Biometrics8 From Bodily Integrity to Genetic Surveillance: The Impacts of DNA Identification in Criminal Justice / Neil Gerlach9 Communication and the Sorrows of Empire: Surveillance and Information Operations “Blowback” in the Global War on Terrorism / Dwayne Winseck10 Bio-Benefits: Technologies of Criminalization, Biometrics, and the Welfare System / Shoshana MagnetPart 4: Participatory Surveillance and Resistance11 Public Vigilance Campaigns and Participatory Surveillance after 11 September 2001 / Mike Larsen and Justin Piché12 Cell Phones and Surveillance: Mobile Technology, States, and Social Movements / Simon J. Kiss13 Subverting Surveillance Systems: Access to Information Mechanisms as Tools of Counter-Surveillance / Laura HueyReferencesIndex
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University of British Columbia Press Protest and Politics
Book SynopsisProtest and Politics examines the blurring of contentious politics and mainstream politics to argue that, in an era of social movement societies, our understanding of the boundaries between politics and protest needs to be reconfigured.Trade ReviewThis high-quality collection … makes an important empirical contribution, especially because of the many chapters that deal with aspects of activism that are not often canvassed in Canadian scholarship. -- Miriam Smith * BC Studies *Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Promise of Social Movement Societies / Howard Ramos and Kathleen RodgersPart 1: Political and Historical Context 1 Reconsidering the Social Movement Society in the New Century / David S. Meyer and Amanda Pullum2 Evangelical Radio: Institution Building and the Religious Right / Tina Fetner, Allyson Stokes, and Carrie B. Sanders3 The Social Movement Society and the Human Rights State / Dominique Clément4 Institutionalization, State Funding, and Advocacy in the Quebec Women’s Movement / Dominique MassonPart 2: State Dynamics and Processes 5 How the State Shapes Social Movements: An Examination of the Environmental Movement in Canada / Catherine Corrigall-Brown and Mabel Ho6 Immigrant Collective Mobilization and Socio-economic Integration in Canada / Philippe Couton7 Uncooperative Movements, Militarized Policing, and the Social Movement Society / Lesley WoodPart 3: How People Participate 8 Social Movement Communities in the Movement Society / Suzanne Staggenborg9 No to Protests, Yes to Festivals: How the Creative Class Organizes in the Social Movement Society / Judith Taylor10 Justification and Critique in the Social Movement Society / Jim Conley11 The Concept of Social Movement and Its Relationship to the Social Movement Society: An Empirical Investigation / David B. Tindall and Joanna L. RobinsonPart 4: Knowledge and Culture 12 Alternative Policy Groups and Global Civil Society: Networks and Discourses of Counter-Hegemony / William K. Carroll13 Wilderness Revisited: Canadian Environmental Movements and the Eco-Politics of Special Places / Mark C.J. Stoddart14 Alberta Internalizing Oil Sands Opposition: A Test of the Social Movement Society Thesis / Randolph Haluza-DeLayConclusion: What We Can Say about the Promise of Social Movement Societies / Kathleen Rodgers and Howard RamosReferencesIndex
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University of British Columbia Press Governing the Social in Neoliberal Times
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Race and Justice
Book SynopsisPuts the Rodney King and O. J. Simpson trials under the microscope Reviews the turbulent events of the Rodney King and O. J. Simpson trials from a social and political framework of race relations and police misconduct. This thought-provoking book shows that the issue of race was at the very heart of both of these emotionally charged cases. Psychologist and scholar Jewelle Taylor Gibbs shows how King and Simpson have been transformed by their trials into symbols of the different worlds inhabited by blacks and whites in America. Gibbs''s compelling analysis of the issues that permeated these trials will challenge even the most cynical observer to rethink any previously held assumptions about race and the criminal justice system.Trade Review"Gibbs' book, an in-depth analysis of the Rodney King and O.J. Simpson cases, is bold, courageous scholarship. Penned by a talented clinical psychologist, the study rises above superficiality and even now stands out from the large body of opportunistic, commercial Simpson-King literature. . . . An instant classic." "An excellent manual. . . . Offers constructive insights into both trials from intellectuals, educators and lawyers as well as social workers and community support counselors." "Gibbs finds context and meaning in this first serious, scholarly study of Rodney King and O.J. Simpson cases." ?Race and Justice penetrates the searing headlines of two of the most celebrated criminal trials in American history to ponder their broader implications for our society. Jewelle Taylor Gibbs, the wise and insightful author, offers trenchant observations about the future of race relations in Los Angeles that Americans everywhere should heed, and in a hurry.? -- Hugh B. Price, president, National Urban League ?Must reading for those who want to reinvent the jury system, improve race relations, and make sense of the Rodney King and O.J. Simpson verdicts and their racially polarized aftermaths. Drawing on history, sociology, and psychology, the author analyzes these controversial verdicts and concludes that they are the legacy of racial injustice and police violence.? --Eddie N. Williams, president, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies ?Sensitive and gripping. Essential for anyone who wants to understand police and racial tension in America.? --Joseph D. McNamara, retired police chief of San Jose, California, research fellow, Hoover Institution Stanford University ?Sensitive and gripping. Essential for anyone who wants to understand police and racial tension in America? --Joseph D. McNamara, retired police chief of San Jose, research fellow, Hoover Institution Stanford University "An important, thoughtful analysis." "This book is brilliant, dramatic and appalling....Her book is carefully documented, but written in an easy and attractive style." "Jewelle Taylor Gibbs, the wise and insightful author offers trenchant observations about the future of race relations in Los Angeles that Americans everywhere should heed, and in a hurry." --Hugh B. Price, President, National Urban League "Careful and provocative analyses . . . essential for anyone interested in a broader perspective of the issues." --Phillip Young Blue, New York State Supreme Court Criminal Branch Library, Library JournalTable of ContentsForeword Part One: Rodney King 1. Los Angeles: from Watts to South Central 2. Rodney King: Gentle Giant or Gorilla in the Mist? 3. The Color of Justice, I: The Trial, the Victim, the Verdict 4. Days of Rage: No Justice, No Peace 5. Two Commissions and Three Trials: Community Conflict and Concepts of Justice Part Two: O. J. Simpson 6. O. J. Simpson: The Man, the Myth, the Marriage 7. The Crime, the Chase, the Arrest 8. The People V. O.J. Simpson: The Trial Begins 9. Ambushing the Prosecution: Playing the Race Card 10. The Color of Justice, II: The Verdict, the Response, the Aftermath Part Three: Race and Justice 11. ?Bad Blood?: Conspiracy Theories and the Black Community 12. A House Divided: Healing the Wound, Restoring the Dream AppAndix A: Research Note AppAndix B: People Interviewed
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Serving Those in Need A Handbook fpr Managing
Book SynopsisMany local and community non-profits now shoulder an increasing share of society's mandate to care for those in need. This work is a collection of advice from both researchers and service providers offering leaders the practical guidance they need for the rapidly evolving future.Trade Review"With government at all levels initiating collaborations with religious organizations, there could hardly be a more timely or useful book for board members and volunteers of faith-based social service providers. This important volume highlights the challenges such providers face and offers specific, useful advice for meeting those challenges while remaining true to the provider's religious mission." (Sheila Suess Kennedy, assistant professor, law and public policy, Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis) "While this book deals primarily with Christian organizations, the principles used by faith-based organizations are essentially the same. Anyone involved with the management or leadership of a Muslim nonprofit organization should read this book." (Shariq A. Siddiqui, director, community development and fundraising, Islamic Society of North America)Table of ContentsIntroduction, The Meaning of Faith-Based Human Services (Edward Queen). PREPARING FOR SERVICE. 1. Religion and the Emerging Context of Service Delivery (Edward Queen). 2. Congregations and Social Ministry-Preparation and Development (Carl Dudley). 3. Congregations and Communities Working Together (John Kretzmann). CAPACITY BUILDING. 4 .Building and Sustaining Lay Leadership: Boards and Mission (James B. Lemler). 5. Funding the Dream (Sara Ann Robertson). 6. Stakeholder Analysis as a Tool for Faith-Based Organizations (Mary Tschirhart & Eric Knueve). 7. Developing Financial Accountability and Controls (John Zietlow). 8. Volunteerism and Organized Religion (Ram A. Cnaan & Gaynor I. Yancey). 9. Finding Help and Advice at the School Next Door: Working with Academic Institutions (Art Farnsley). 10. Money with (Some) Strings (Stephen Monsma). 11. Working with Foundations (Edward Queen). BEYOND BASIC NEEDS. 12. Community-Based Economic Development (Eric Clay & Elliott Wright). 13. The Role of Local Congregations in Facilitating the Delivery of Health Care Services (Sandra Burgener). 14. Religion in the `Hood: Faith-based Initiatives with High Risk Youth (Harold Dean Trulear).
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Cornell University Press The Hour of Eugenics
Book SynopsisExamining for the first time how eugenics was taken up by scientists and social reformers in Latin America, Nancy Leys Stepan compares the eugenics movements in Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina with the more familiar cases of Britain, the United States, and Germany.Trade ReviewIn a thoughtful and carefully researched book, Nancy Stepan examines the political, cultural, and scientific roles of eugenics in Brazil, Argentina, and Mexico from the 1910s through the 1940s.... She skillfully shows the ideological dualities resulting from eugenic practices.... An excellent addition to the literature on eugenics and the history of science in Latin America. * Medical History *Race is the primary focus in Nancy Leys Stepan's fascinating account of the fortunes of eugenic ideas and policies in the racially mixed setting of Latin America.... Stepan has now made a significant contribution to an international picture of the development of race and population policies. It is particularly useful in showing the remarkable plasticity of racist discourses on reproduction. * Signs *Stepan's warning regarding the politics of scientific interpretation in the future seems most appropriate.... This is an important book, meticulously done, and will be of significant value to Latin Americanists (especially Brazilianists), to historians of science and medicine and to those concerned with the history of ideas as well as those interested in the rise (and fall?) of eugenics. * American Historical Review *This book serves as an important corrective to the myopic vision underlying much of the older historiography of the movement.... A sophisticated, non-reductionist treatment of an important topic.... A splendid book. * Journal of the History of Medicine *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Science and Social Knowledge1. The New Genetics and the Beginnings of Eugenics2. Eugenics in Latin America: Its Origins and Institutional Ecology3. Racial Poisons and the Politics of Heredity in Latin America in the 1920s4. "Matrimonial Eugenics": Gender and the Construction of Negative Eugenics5. National Identities and Racial Transformations6. U.S., Pan American, and Latin Visions of Eugenics7. Conclusion: Science and the Politics of InterpretationIndex
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University of Toronto Press Sweet Promises A Reader on IndianWhite Relations
Book SynopsisIn a new introduction Miller provides an overview of the history of Indian- white relations over five centuries, and in the conclusion he draws together the themes discussed in the volume.
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Stanford University Press The Power of Privilege
Book SynopsisAn examination of why acceptance into America's most prestigious colleges remains beyond the reach of most students except those from high-income professional families.Trade Review"[Soares] provides an interesting perspective on the evolution of admissions policies and the impact these policies have on higher education." -- CHOICE"The Power of Privilege is a welcome addition to the literature on elite colleges, educational stratification, and the meritocratic myth in college admissions. This is a story not just of SAT scores, but also of admissions processes that favor legacies, athletes, and nebulous qualities of leadership and character in which the interests of the wealthy and professional classes in securing advantages for their children indeed are well served! Fundamental change may be unlikely anytime soon, but Soares nevertheless advances some interesting proposals for opening the gates a bit wider." -- Karl Alexander * Johns Hopkins University *"The Power of Privilege clarifies the dynamics of elite reproduction, shows how privilege and social inequality are deeply embedded in institutions, and demonstrates the important role that meritocratic schools plays in society. This book is masterful. Joseph Soares has established himself as one of the most promising social critics." -- Judith Blau * author of Justice in the United States, Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina *"[An] excellent 'sociological account' of a highly selective institutional gatekeeper: Yale University... Soares's history of Yale admissions is tragically amusing. He chronicles an embarrassing past that includes Yale's enthusiasm for the early SAT as a tool of eugenics and the college's participation, until 1968, in the Ivy League practice of taking nude pictures of freshmen men to study the relationship between body type and ability." -- Chronicle of Higher Education"Soares has become something of an expert on the social transformations of universities. His first book, also from Stanford, was The Decline of Privilege: The Modernization of Oxford University, which traced the way Oxford evolved from its Brideshead Revisited image to an institution that had meritocratic values. In an interview, Soares said he wanted to do an American companion and started off assuming he would find the same sort of evolution in the United States. But with a focus at Yale, that's not what he found. Given that Yale has described itself repeatedly as having gone through such an evolution, this was surprising to Soares, and he argues that the differences between myth and reality point to important steps for a number of colleges to consider today." -- Inside Higher Ed"The Power of Privilege is a provocative critique of theories of meritocracy in admission decisions at elite American universities. Distinguishing between factors that influence who applies to elite schools and those that increase the odds of admission, Soares draws nuanced inferences about class reproduction. This is must reading for anyone interested in understanding admission policies and practices in elite universities." -- Francisco Ramirez * Stanford University *"'Even Americans unfamiliar with the word embrace meritocracy as if it were a birthright,' writes Soares, who taught sociology at Yale and uses the university as a test case for a stinging indictment of how far Yale and similar colleges fall short of the meritocratic ideal. He also offers provocative suggestions for reform." -- Yale Alumni Magazine"This close examination of admissions, always carefully contextualized in the broad historical trends in elite higher education of which they were a part (just a few of the connections that the book fruitfully explores are anti-Semitism, forays into eugenics, the rise of standardized tests, and the quantification of character), draws our focus to the hidden mechanisms by which reproduction is effected. This is important work and will likely be the book's most lasting contribution... This well-written and often fascinating book exhorts readers to look vigilantly behind the rhetoric of meritocracy and to pay closer attention to the real effects of admissions policies." -- American Journal of Sociology"[The Power of Privilege] shows to anyone without experience in college admissions the ambiguity of constructing admissions policies and converting how someone is presented 'on paper' into a judgment of that individual's potential for future success. One of the book's strengths is Soares' engaging writing style, which captures the complexity of the issue but is nonetheless highly readable. This broadens its appeal beyond experts in the field to an audience perhaps less familiar with the scholarly body of work pertaining to questions of meritocracy and social reproduction.... The Power of Privilege provides an engaging counterargument to claims by Lemann (1999) and others that pure academic merit prevails over socioeconomic privilege in current college admissions." -- Teachers College Record"Soares presents compelling evidence that the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT, later renamed the Scholastic Achievement Test) not only opened ivy-covered doors to a more academically talented and diverse student body but also assured the continued selection of students from the highest economic stratum... He provides an interesting social history of admissions at one institution and a window into a world that, if Soares is correct, most readers likely were never intended or permitted to set foot." -- Review of Higher EducationTable of Contents@fmct:Contents @toc4:List of Tables xxx Foreword and Acknowledgments xxx @toc2:Chapter one: Meritocracy and Its Discontents 1 Chapter two: Elite Colleges and the Search for Superior Students 000 Chapter three: Social-Class Diversity at Yale after 1950? 000 Chapter four: The Brewster Years, Meritocracy in Power? The New Administration in 1964: Kingman Brewster and Inslee Clark 000 Chapter five: The Old Machinery of Meritocracy Is Discarded: No More Predicting Grades, No More Verbal Analogies 000 Chapter six: Top-Tier Colleges and Privileged Social Groups 000 Conclusions 000 @toc4:Notes 000 Index 000
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Stanford University Press Tough Choices
Book SynopsisThis book offers the first detailed study of why the number of unmarried Japanese mothers has hardly changed since 1955, despite the prevalence of certain factors in Japan (more later marriages, higher divorce rate, and so on) that have brought about significant increases in lone mothers in even the most conservative western industrialized countries.Trade Review"In recent years Japan has seen dramatic demographic changes, but extramarital childbirth remains taboo. Hertog convincingly demonstrates the remarkable staying power of the norm of the two-parent family, as conveyed in the poignant words of women who, for myriad reasons, gave birth out of wedlock." -- Glenda S. Roberts * Waseda University *"I found Hertog's book to be an excellent study of unwed mothers' perspectives and social conditions. It contributes to a growing body of studies that explore changing Japanese families, and demonstrates how ethnography can enhance understanding of family formation and life choices." -- Lynne Nakano * Asian Anthropology *"Tough Choices carefully avoids any kind of reductionism . . . [Hertog] carefully and skillfully unpacks the critical differences between being responsible for one's own actions and being responsible for one's own reproduction and children, and how much conceptions and perceptions of responsibility lead to particular feelings of insecurity and guilt as well as aspirations and expectations." -- Nana O. Gagne * Social Science Japan Journal *"Ekaterina Hertog's Tough Choices: Bearing an Illegitimate Child in Japan is a thoughtfully structures, clearly state book that offers insight to scholars and policy makers who are interested in family formation in Japan, its low rate of illegitimate births, and its lowest-low fertility . . . Tough Choices can be recommended for, among other things, providing a rare and graphic description of Japanese women's decisions on marriage and birth." -- Hideki Nakazato * American Journal of Sociology *"Considering illegitimate children and their mothers as a minority group in Japan provides a most interesting frame in which to portray the choices of women who endure the stigma of single motherhood. Their poignant, emotionally raw stories fill the gaps of understanding usually left empty in renderings of culture and social 'pathologies.'" -- Merry White * Boston University *"Tough Choices: Bearing an Illegitimate Child in Japan is a poignant observation of the contemporary configuration of the Japanese family institution from the perspective of the women at its margins . . . The book makes an important contribution to the many historical, sociological, and anthropological explorations of the Japanese family and gender system and of the contemporary Japanese politics of reproduction . . . This fresh and compelling look from the margins of the Japanese family is testimony to the persistent dominance in Japanese society of the model of childbearing within marriage." -- Journal of Japanese Studies"Hertog's work offers a detailed analysis of her own extensive qualitative study over three years, comprising in-depth, semi-structured interviews with 68 diverse women already or about to become unmarried mothers. The book comprehensively and engagingly addresses what the author identifies as a puzzling dearth of scholarly interest in unwed motherhood in Japan . . . The work deftly combines a statistical and theoretical discussion of the situation in Japan as compared with other countries with apt examples from Hertog's own extensive fieldwork interviews. The voices of her informants enliven her arguments throughout the richly interesting narrative." -- Leonie Stickland * Japanese Studies *"This book provides a thoughtful analysis of a phenomenon that has long been used as evidence of Japan's extreme difference. Although Japan's extra-marital birthrate is much lower then other industrialized nations, Hertog convincingly attributes it to social norms about maternity, families, and gendered roles, rather than legal or financial motivations . . . Readers with interest in contemporary Japan, family and gender studies, and public health will surely find it a welcomed addition to the literature." -- Allison Alexy * Contemporary Sociology *
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Stanford University Press Varsity Green
Book SynopsisThis book is a no-nonsense look at the business, economics, and culture of college sports.Trade Review"Mark Yost lays bare the sordid details of the corrupting influence big money has on college athletics and academic integrity at many of our institutions of higher learning. The writing is entertaining, the facts disturbing." -- Dennis Coates, Department of Economics * UMBC *"According to veteran sports-business journalist Yost, there never was a 'golden era' of college sports, when gentlemen scholars learned sportsmanship and teamwork; rather, sports have always been a means for colleges to earn money, power, and esteem, too often resulting in illiterate college athletes and corrupt athletic programs. ...(T)his intelligent critique of the U.S. college athletics makes a captivating examination of America's infatuation with money, celebrity, and sports." -- Publishers Weekly"In Varsity Green, Mark Yost joins the voices outside the stadium or fieldhouse who decry the hypocrisy and corruption in college athletics, and in weaving together the many aspects and actors he demonstrates that the madness is not just confined to March." -- Allen R. Sanderson * University of Chicago *"Mark Yost ranks among the elite of 'sport and business of sport' writers. Honest and fearless, Varsity Green will excite both the hard core fan, as well as the casual NCAA observer. A Great read!" -- Roy Green, nationally syndicated radio talk show host * Canada *"This provocative look at college athletics by sports and business journalist Yost is sure to start some conversations. In no uncertain terms, Yost accuses the NCAA of being morally bankrupt and exploiting poor, inner-city youth as chattel that feeds a protection racket lining the pockets of the rich and powerful. ...Yost's book focuses primarily on football but will appeal widely to anyone with an interest in high school or college athletics. Though clearly opinionated, it is an excellent primer on the business of college sports." -- Library Journal"The most informed, most dogged analyst of the finances of sports is clearly Mark Yost. Are the hand-wringing, issue-concerned administrators of college sports ready for him? He's ready for them." -- Bob Boyles"Mark Yost tells a readable story that presents recent research on college athletics in a very stimulating manner. The title of the opening chapter on the student athlete says it all: 'The Entertainment Product.'" -- Phil Miller, Minnesota State University * Mankato *
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Stanford University Press Epinets
Book SynopsisEpinets fleshes out a new language for talking about the knowledge and beliefs that underpin communication in social networks. This book better enables readers to explain, predict, and intervene in the epistemic fabric of social interactions.Trade Review"Epinets is a demanding and brilliant book. It demands and deserves from its audience a very close read . . . Moldoveanu and Baum not only engage in an act of intellectual brokerage between epistemic game theory (and related fields) and network analysis to introduce what they refer to as spinets (networks of agents' beliefs); they also seek - staying with Burt's (2005) theory - to 'seed and catalyze closure' among diverse researchers committed to the epistemic turn in social science that they propose . . . [A] remarkably smart and creative book that is likely to shape the intellectual landscape far into the future. We strongly encourage others to read and especially to use it."—Matthew S Bothner and Henning Piezunka, Administrative Science Quarterly"By articulating the power of attending tot he epistemic 'glue' underlying social networks, Epinets reveals the way in which social relationships become a rich substrate for cognition, belief, and evaluation in the world. This book persuades that together, appropriate measurement of social and epistemic ties will not only explain but anticipate many social phenomena beyond the current purview of network analysis . . . I highly recommend this book."—James A. Evans, American Journal of Sociology"Moldoveanu and Baum fill a gap in the field of network analysis with their book concerning the epistemic underpinnings of social networks . . . What people's contacts on social networks really know is indeed a tantalizing issue. The authors portray this knowledge about others as a sort of epistemic glue as they delve into the truth of human relationships mediated over networks. The book is surprisingly easy to read and is meant to be helpful in the accessible way that a smartphone app is . . . Recommended."—C. Wankel, CHOICE"Epinets offers a really exciting new lens for social network analysis, grounded in excellent scholarly work. Joel Baum and Mihnea Moldoveanu's ideas are both intriguing and demanding, yet always presented in clear and accessible language."—Woody Powell, Stanford University, Co-author of The Emergence of Organizations and Markets"Cognition and behavior are increasingly used as variables in social network theory, but Moldoveanu and Baum leapfrog evolution to analyze the purely cognitive underpinnings of social networks. Your epinet refers to your understanding of how other people see you and one another within your network. Combining network analysis with the reflected self- and emotional intelligence, Epinets serves up a buffet of innovation and insight."—Ronald S. Burt, Hobart W. Williams Professor of Sociology and Strategy, University of Chicago Booth School of Business"With Epinets, Joel Baum and Mihnea Moldoveanu have created a comprehensive epistemic paradigm challenging the mechanisms behind well-established ideas in social network theory and research. It is a brilliant, fully thought-through tour-de-force complete with theory, constructs, models, language, and empirics. Especially interesting for me is the conjoining of trust with epinets, producing original and sometimes startling findings regarding traditional network roles and trust."—Aks Zaheer, Professor, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota"What your contacts really know remains one of the most intriguing and mysterious quandaries of a powerful social network. Baum and Moldoveanu offer a treasure of insights for solving this puzzle and one thing more—a system, called the Epinet, that illuminates how to grasp and authenticate hidden network knowledge and the competitive benefits of making the unknown known."—Brian Uzzi, Richard L. Thomas Distinguished Professor of Leadership, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern UniversityTable of Contents1. Introducing Epinets: Why do we need an Epistemic Model of Social Networks? 2. An Epistemic Description Language for Social Interactions and Networks 3. "What Do You Think I Think You Think About It?" Epinets as a Tool for the Study of Network Structure 4. "I Think You Think I Think You're Lying" Trust, Secrecy, Covertness and Authentication in Social Networks 5. "I Know You Think She Thinks I Trust You - But, I Don't" Moves, Tactics, and Strategies Defined and Played on Epinets 6. By Way of Conclusion: "What You May Think We Think We Are Doing Here"
£89.10
Stanford University Press Patterns of Protest
Book SynopsisThis book examines what happens to individuals after they initially engage in protest or social movement organizations, offering a reconceptualization of social movement participation.Trade Review"The book is necessary reading for scholars who are interested in understanding what motivates entry into and exit from social activism. Corrigall-Brown's work will hopefully encourage a wave of new research that analytically demarcates and empirically evaluates the nuances of involvement as people engage in various challenges to the powers that be." -- Kraig Beyerlein * American Journal of Sociology *"Through a skillful use of quantitative and qualitative evidence, Patterns of Protest explains who is more likely to be a lifetime activist and who is more likely to be an intermittent participant or disengage from activism. This is a significant theoretical and empirical addition to our understanding of the dynamics of contentious citizenship across the life course." -- Russell J. Dalton, University of California * Irvine *"Patterns of Protest is a path breaking examination of participation in social movements. Rather than focusing on the correlates of initial engagement, as most movement participation studies have done, Corrigall-Brown takes us on a journey, based on life history interviews with participants in four different movements, that elaborates the various degrees and trajectories of participation in a more thorough and nuanced fashion than has been done heretofore. A most welcome contribution to the study of social movements in general and participation in particular." -- David A. Snow, University of California * Irvine *"This work is destined to become the authoritative text on the variety of ways individuals participate in social activism. Very few studies move beyond initial engagement to explore life-course trajectories of protest participation. While some research explores the social psychology behind decisions to protest, this book reveals the significant ways in which the organizational context of activist groups shapes participation." -- Holly McCammon * Vanderbilt University *"For all the studies we have of movement recruitment, we know next to nothing about what happens after that. Or rather we knew nothing until this exceptional book came along. Corrigall-Brown's rich study is must reading for anyone who wants to understand the longer-term ebb and flow of participation that tend to define activist lives." -- Doug McAdam * Stanford University *Patterns of Protest: Trajectories of Participation in Social Movements [...] is a welcome addition to the literature on social movement participation . . . [Corrigall-Brown] makes a compelling case that her typology remains useful, positing that we will be more likely to see the transfer and abeyance trajectories, with fewer participants disengaging . . . This book jumps right into the dense social movements literature and claims its rightful place." -- Katrina Kimport * Social Forces *"Sociologist Corrigall-Brown (Univ. of Western Ontario) breaks new ground in presenting a major systematic study of how individuals particiapte in or stop participating in protest activism . . . The author artfully combines quantitative analyses of panel data and qualitative life-history interviews and writes in a vivid, provocative manner. The end product is a theoretically rich, empirically rigorous book that students of contentious politics cannot afford to ignore. Summing Up: Essential." -- J. Li * CHOICE *"Patterns of Protest is an original contribution, rich with theoretical insights and practical implications. It succeeds in providing constructive knowledge and new aspects on the study of social movement organisations." -- Alexios Alecou * Political Studies Review *"Patterns of Protest carefully investigates various dimensions of political activists' lives, including the duration of their engagement, the strength of their activist identities, and the significance of social interactions within the social movement organizations." -- Marguerite G. Rosenthal * Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare *
£18.99
John Wiley & Sons The New Deal and the West
Book SynopsisThis is a survey of the impact of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal reforms. Lowitt focuses upon the operations of various agencies and programmes in the Great Plains, the Rocky Mountains and Great Basin, the Pacific Northwest, and California, during the period from 1932 to 1940.
£18.86
University of Missouri Press Race and State 2 Collected Works of Eric Voegelin
Book SynopsisFirst published in 1933, this study on race and state was motivated by the rise of National Socialism in Germany. It analyzes contemporary race theories and traces the rise of the modern race idea, analyzing why race ideas became successful in Germany.Trade ReviewThe best historical account of race-thinking in the pattern of a `history of ideas." —Hannah Arendt from Origins of Totalitarianism
£52.20
LSU Press Remediating Region
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£28.45
Longleaf on Behalf of Lsu Press Ruin and Resilience
Book SynopsisPhrased as a reaction to the rising temperatures and swelling sea levels in the South, Ruin and Resilience conceptualizes an environmental, ecocritical ethos for the southern United States that takes account of its fundamentally vulnerable status and navigates the space between its reactionary politics and its ecological failures.
£35.06
University of Pennsylvania Press Between Justice and Beauty
Book SynopsisAs the only American city under direct congressional control, Washington has served historically as a testing ground for federal policy initiatives. Well-intentioned efforts to introduce measures of social justice for the district's black population have failed. This book addresses the revitalization and the aftereffects of an urban sports arena.Trade Review"Sets a new standard for effectively placing planning issues in their larger social and political context." * Planning Perspectives *"Howard Gillette is our leading expert on the politics of planning for Washington, DC. . . . Between Justice and Beauty is the best introduction to the political choices that have shaped our national city." * American Planning Association Journal *"Between Justice and Beauty is written for readers who do not necessarily have a deep interest in Washington, although the wealth of detailed historical information contained in its pages will provide plenty for a student of the city to digest. The historical narrative provides insight into the development of the city and could be used as a case study text in a graduate seminar in urban planning or geography." * Urban Geography *"Gillette's clear focus on government gives thematic coherence to his insightful and engaging history, highlighting matters of physical development such as slum clearance, public housing construction, urban renewal, commercial development, transportation, and the planning of the monumental core." * Journal of Urban History *
£25.19
University of Pennsylvania Press Political Creativity
Book SynopsisPolitical Creativity intervenes in the lively debate over institutional change by showing how rules and roles are always subject to reconfiguration. Ever-present creative action is explored in many settings, from land boards in Botswana to civil rights in the US.Trade Review"The breadth of the chapters assembled by the editors is impressive, covering a wide array of topics across the traditional political science subfields. The discipline of political science sorely needs this book in order to move beyond the agency/structure dichotomy that has stymied theorizing and beyond ad hoc accounts of agency that have weakened explanation." * Peregrine Schwartz-Shea, University of Utah *"Original and timely. Political Creativity will offer a needed advance to scholarly creativity within academic institutional discourse." * Thomas M. Wilson, Binghamton University *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Beyond Dualist Social Science: The Mangle of Order and Change PART I. RELATIONALITY Chapter 1. Processes of Creative Syncretism: Experiential Origins of Institutional Order and Change —Gerald Berk and Dennis C. Galvan Chapter 2. Ecological Explanation —Chris Ansell Chapter 3. Governance Architectures for Learning and Self-Recomposition in Chinese Industrial Upgrading —Gary Herrigel, Volker Wittke, and Ulrich Voskamp Chapter 4. Reconfiguring Industry Structure: Obama and the Rescue of the Auto Companies —Steven Amberg PART II. ASSEMBLAGE Chapter 5. Animating Institutional Skeletons: The Contributions of Subaltern Resistance to the Reinforcement of Land Boards in Botswana —Ato Kwamena Onoma Chapter 6. Creating Political Strategy, Controlling Political Work: Edward Bernays and the Emergence of the Political Consultant —Adam Sheingate Chapter 7. Accidental Hegemony: How the System of National Accounts Became a Global Institution —Yoshiko M. Herrera Chapter 8. The Fluidity of Labor Politics in Postcommunist Transitions: Rethinking the Narrative of Russian Labor Quiescence —Rudra Sil PART III. TIME Chapter 9. From Birmingham to Baghdad: The Micropolitics of Partisan Identification —Victoria Hattam and Joseph Lowndes Chapter 10. The Trouble with Amnesia: Collective Memory and Colonial Injustice in the United States —Kevin Bruyneel Chapter 11. Interest in the Absence of Articulation: Small Business and Islamist Parties in Algeria —Deborah Harrold Conclusion: An Invitation to Political Creativity Notes List of Contributors Index Acknowledgments
£67.15
University of Pennsylvania Press Divorce American Style
Book SynopsisTrade Review"[A] fascinating, thorough, and highly readable study of divorce in the history of 20th Century U.S. feminism...Divorce, American Style provides a rigorously-documented narrative of a uniquely American feminism at a pivotal point in history. It provides important new leverage for understanding how both feminism and social welfare policy got where they are today by focusing on the key intersections between them, as drawn through the legislative and policy debates Kahn explores in correspondence, drafts, committee reports, feminist meeting minutes, news reports, statistical data, and politicians’ pronouncements." * Society for U.S. intellectual History *Table of ContentsContents Introduction. Divorce, 1970s Style Part I. The Divorce Revolution Chapter 1. From Alimony Drones to Breeding Cows: Women and the Divorce Law Revolution Chapter 2. From the Altar to the Grave: The Beginnings of the Feminist Divorce Reform Movement Part II. A Galaxy of Laws Chapter 3. Partners or Parasites? Class, Race, and Credit Rights Chapter 4. The Privileges of Marriage: Divorced Women and Selective Entitlements to HealthCare Chapter 5. Marriage as Work, Marriage as Partnership: Divorced Women's Fight for Social Security Chapter 6. "How You Lose Money by Being a Woman": Divorce in an Age of Proliferating Retirement Savings Options Chapter 7. An Expensive Endurance Test: Compromising Toward Success in the 1980s Part III. Stable Divorce Rates and Unstable Politics Chapter 8. "Responsibility, Equity; Not Cruelty": Changing Venues for Feminist Divorce Reformers Chapter 9. "Saving the Next Generation": The Changing Politics of Divorce Conclusion. No-Fault Divorce in a Morality-Based Welfare System Notes Index Acknowledgments
£40.50
Rutgers University Press Forensics Under Fire Are Bad Science and Dueling
Book SynopsisIncluding examples from a host of criminal cases and familiar figures, this book presents evidence that forensic science has a long way to go before it lives up to its potential and the public's expectations.Trade Review"Well-written and captivating—a fine book." -- Captain Robert L. Snow * author of Technology and Law Enforcement, Murder 101, Sex Crimes Investigation *"This scholarly and well-researched work shines a light on the dark side of forensic science to expose the enormous damage inflicted on the criminal justice system by rogue and dishonest forensic practitioners." -- Richard Saferstein, * author of Criminalists: An Introduction to Forensic Science *"Well-written and captivating—a fine book." -- Captain Robert L. Snow * author of Technology and Law Enforcement, Murder 101, Sex Crimes Investigation *"This scholarly and well-researched work shines a light on the dark side of forensic science to expose the enormous damage inflicted on the criminal justice system by rogue and dishonest forensic practitioners." -- Richard Saferstein, * author of Criminalists: An Introduction to Forensic Science *Table of ContentsForensic pathologists from hell : bungled autopsies, bad calls, and blown cases A question of credibility : bad reputations and the politics of death The sudden infant death debate Dr. Roy Meadow, Munchausen syndrome by proxy and Meadow's law Infants who can't breathe : illness or suffocation? Swollen brains and broken bones : disease or infanticide? Fingerprint identification : trouble in paradise Fingerprints never lie : except in Scotland Shoe print identification and foot morphology : the lay witness and the Cinderella analysis Bite mark identification : do teeth leave prints? Ear-mark identification : emerging science or bad evidence? Expert versus expert : the handwriting wars in the Ramsey case John Mark Karr : DNA Trumps the graphologists in the Ramsey case Hair and fiber identification : the inexact science DNA analysis : backlogs, sloppy work, and unqualified people Bullet identification : FBI style overselling the science The celebrity expert : Dr. Henry Lee
£23.39
Rutgers University Press Trapped in a Vice The Consequences of
Book SynopsisTrapped in a Vice explores the lives of the young people in the criminal justice system, revealing the ways that they struggle to manage the expectations of that system; these stories from the ground level of the justice system demonstrate the complex exchange of policy and practice. Trade Review"Cox provides important and compelling insights about young people involved in the juvenile and criminal justice systems and about these systems themselves.Trapped in a Vice is a significant contribution to the field, filled with unique and comprehensive knowledge." -- Jamie Fader * author of Falling Back: Incarceration and Transitions to Adulthood among Urban Youth *"Trapped in a Vice is an excellent piece of scholarship from start to finish. Cox weaves together stories, policy data, and literature in a seamless fashion to expose the paradox of 'ungovernable' children. This brilliant, well written work is guaranteed to become a landmark piece in the field." -- Laura Abrams * author of Compassionate Confinement: A Year in the Life of Unit C *"Alexandra Cox's Trapped in a Vice will deepen the juvenile justice reform discussion. Fundamental to her work is an argument that is essential as it is true: reform must be broader than moving juveniles from adult prisons to juvenile prisons and rehabilitation efforts must have outcomes that extend beyond the walls of incarceration." -- Reginald Dwayne Betts * author of A Question of Freedom and Bastards of the Reagan Era *"Trapped in the juvenile justice system" spotlight * Gates Cambridge *Book Excerpt: Their Former Offense Keeps Blocking Them from Moving Ahead * JJIE.org *"The Past Repeats Itself in New York's Juvenile Justice System" interview with Alexandra Cox * NYN Media *Alexandra Cox's Trapped in a Vice on The Page 99 Test * The Page 99 Test *Pg. 99 Alexandra Cox's "Trapped in a Vice" * Campaign for the American Reader *"Youth incarceration comes to the North Country" by Alexandra Cox * Adirondack Daily Enterprise *"Alexandra Cox’s Trapped in a Vice: The Consequences of Confinement for Young People is a profound piece of scholarship with the potential to rattle the field of youth justice." * Critical Criminology *Community Calendar: April 6, 2018 Trapped in a Vice event listing * Press Republican *"Author opposes converting local prison to youth facility" by Glynis Hart * Adirondack Daily Enterprise *"New Books in Sociology" podcast interview with Alexandra Cox * New Books in Sociology Podcast *"Teens imprisoned: Vice as vise: Research book sparks discussion, questions effectiveness of juvenile incarceration" by Kim Dedam * Sun Community News *"ON THE SCENE: Challenges of incarcerating youth in New York," by Naj Wikoff * Lake Placid News *Black and Highly Dangerous Podcast with Alexandra Cox * Black and Highly Dangerous Podcasr *"An insightful, original examination, rich with details of the often confounding details of troubled young peoples’ lives, of the challenges and difficulties of constructively intervening in these lives." * Journal of Community Corrections *"Superpredator: The Criminalization of Youth," by Alex S. Vitale * Jacobin *"Sociologist Questions Justice of Juvenile Incarcerations," by The Elm staff * The Elm *"Building a “Kinder” Justice System: Youth Experiences with Incarceration" interview with Alexandra Cox * Abolition *"Written in an accessible, graceful style, and grounded in rich, hard-won data from the ground-level, Trapped in a Vice will be of great interest to a wide-range of punishment and society scholars, and it is required reading for juvenile justice researchers, policy makers, and advocates for reform." * Crime and Punishment *"An important book...Trapped in a Vice is a reminder that human existence is contingent, inherently contradictory, and fragile. This insight, while obvious, has been forgotten as the system tries to fit children into a simplistic mould of evidence-based interventions. More than anything, Trapped in a Vice is a cautionary tale for anyone who believes that solutions for inherently complex social problems are easy to come by." * The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice *"Trapped in a Vice: The Consequences of Confinement for Young People illustrates the problematic nature that is imprisoning youth and the issues with which the juvenile justice system currently operates. As such, it breaks new ground for researchers focusing on the development of offending and responses to offenders." * Journal of Youth and Adolescence *"This book is an extraordinary piece of social science research." * American Journal of Sociology *"[Cox] applies a strong sociological viewpoint, rooted in Foucault, to the story of juvenile justice-a view that is lacking in other texts. This theoretical strength comes through in how Cox relates her rich stories to larger discourses of neo-liberal control. Importantly, Cox addresses racial disparities head on as part of the larger picture of who is seen as 'worthy' and redeemable and who it not....[The book] is an important piece to read and ponder in the current wave of reform." * Social Forces *"A beautifully crafted book." * Social Justice *"Trapped in a Vice is likely to be of interest to a number of audiences. Students and scholars of juvenile justice, the sociology of punishment, youth, and inequality will appreciate the deeply human stories of the youth trapped in this system." * Theoretical Criminology *"The Critical Criminologist" interview with Alexandra Cox https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqCg2UlDqmE * The Critical Criminologist *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 1 Reproducing Reforms 13 2 Ungovernability and Worth 33 3 Racialized Repression: Barriers to the Emancipation of Young People at the Edges of the System 61 4 The Responsibility Trap 98 5 Change from the Inside 127 Conclusion 160 Methodological Appendix 167 Acknowledgments 179 Notes 183 Index 211
£27.90
Rutgers University Press Trapped in a Vice The Consequences of
Book SynopsisTrapped in a Vice explores the lives of the young people in the criminal justice system, revealing the ways that they struggle to manage the expectations of that system; these stories from the ground level of the justice system demonstrate the complex exchange of policy and practice. Trade Review"Cox provides important and compelling insights about young people involved in the juvenile and criminal justice systems and about these systems themselves.Trapped in a Vice is a significant contribution to the field, filled with unique and comprehensive knowledge." -- Jamie Fader * author of Falling Back: Incarceration and Transitions to Adulthood among Urban Youth *"Trapped in a Vice is an excellent piece of scholarship from start to finish. Cox weaves together stories, policy data, and literature in a seamless fashion to expose the paradox of 'ungovernable' children. This brilliant, well written work is guaranteed to become a landmark piece in the field." -- Laura Abrams * author of Compassionate Confinement: A Year in the Life of Unit C *"Alexandra Cox's Trapped in a Vice will deepen the juvenile justice reform discussion. Fundamental to her work is an argument that is essential as it is true: reform must be broader than moving juveniles from adult prisons to juvenile prisons and rehabilitation efforts must have outcomes that extend beyond the walls of incarceration." -- Reginald Dwayne Betts * author of A Question of Freedom and Bastards of the Reagan Era *"Trapped in the juvenile justice system" spotlight * Gates Cambridge *Book Excerpt: Their Former Offense Keeps Blocking Them from Moving Ahead * JJIE.org *"The Past Repeats Itself in New York's Juvenile Justice System" interview with Alexandra Cox * NYN Media *Alexandra Cox's Trapped in a Vice on The Page 99 Test * The Page 99 Test *Pg. 99 Alexandra Cox's "Trapped in a Vice" * Campaign for the American Reader *"Youth incarceration comes to the North Country" by Alexandra Cox * Adirondack Daily Enterprise *"Alexandra Cox’s Trapped in a Vice: The Consequences of Confinement for Young People is a profound piece of scholarship with the potential to rattle the field of youth justice." * Critical Criminology *Community Calendar: April 6, 2018 Trapped in a Vice event listing * Press Republican *"Author opposes converting local prison to youth facility" by Glynis Hart * Adirondack Daily Enterprise *"New Books in Sociology" podcast interview with Alexandra Cox * New Books in Sociology Podcast *"Teens imprisoned: Vice as vise: Research book sparks discussion, questions effectiveness of juvenile incarceration" by Kim Dedam * Sun Community News *"ON THE SCENE: Challenges of incarcerating youth in New York," by Naj Wikoff * Lake Placid News *Black and Highly Dangerous Podcast with Alexandra Cox * Black and Highly Dangerous Podcasr *"An insightful, original examination, rich with details of the often confounding details of troubled young peoples’ lives, of the challenges and difficulties of constructively intervening in these lives." * Journal of Community Corrections *"Superpredator: The Criminalization of Youth," by Alex S. Vitale * Jacobin *"Sociologist Questions Justice of Juvenile Incarcerations," by The Elm staff * The Elm *"Building a “Kinder” Justice System: Youth Experiences with Incarceration" interview with Alexandra Cox * Abolition *"Written in an accessible, graceful style, and grounded in rich, hard-won data from the ground-level, Trapped in a Vice will be of great interest to a wide-range of punishment and society scholars, and it is required reading for juvenile justice researchers, policy makers, and advocates for reform." * Crime and Punishment *"An important book...Trapped in a Vice is a reminder that human existence is contingent, inherently contradictory, and fragile. This insight, while obvious, has been forgotten as the system tries to fit children into a simplistic mould of evidence-based interventions. More than anything, Trapped in a Vice is a cautionary tale for anyone who believes that solutions for inherently complex social problems are easy to come by." * The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice *"Trapped in a Vice: The Consequences of Confinement for Young People illustrates the problematic nature that is imprisoning youth and the issues with which the juvenile justice system currently operates. As such, it breaks new ground for researchers focusing on the development of offending and responses to offenders." * Journal of Youth and Adolescence *"This book is an extraordinary piece of social science research." * American Journal of Sociology *"[Cox] applies a strong sociological viewpoint, rooted in Foucault, to the story of juvenile justice-a view that is lacking in other texts. This theoretical strength comes through in how Cox relates her rich stories to larger discourses of neo-liberal control. Importantly, Cox addresses racial disparities head on as part of the larger picture of who is seen as 'worthy' and redeemable and who it not....[The book] is an important piece to read and ponder in the current wave of reform." * Social Forces *"A beautifully crafted book." * Social Justice *"Trapped in a Vice is likely to be of interest to a number of audiences. Students and scholars of juvenile justice, the sociology of punishment, youth, and inequality will appreciate the deeply human stories of the youth trapped in this system." * Theoretical Criminology *"The Critical Criminologist" interview with Alexandra Cox https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqCg2UlDqmE * The Critical Criminologist *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 1 Reproducing Reforms 13 2 Ungovernability and Worth 33 3 Racialized Repression: Barriers to the Emancipation of Young People at the Edges of the System 61 4 The Responsibility Trap 98 5 Change from the Inside 127 Conclusion 160 Methodological Appendix 167 Acknowledgments 179 Notes 183 Index 211
£105.40
Rutgers University Press Youve Always Been There for Me Understanding the
Book SynopsisToday, approximately 1.6 million American children live in what social scientists call “grandfamilies”—households in which children are being raised by their grandparents. Drawing on data gathered from New York grandfamilies, Rachel Dunifon analyzes their unique strengths and distinct needs. Trade Review“You’ve Always Been There for Me makes a significant contribution to the field of family studies and gerontology. Dunifon’s arguments are unique, sound, and focused, and shed new light into the roles of grandchildren in grandfamilies.” -- Christine A. Fruhauf * associate professor, Department of Human Development & Family Studies, Colorado State University *"Dunifon masterfully addresses an understudied type of family–grandchildren raised by grandparents–and offers insightful policy recommendations for how to promote the well-being of these families. Her research is a model combination of survey techniques, open-ended interviews, and videotaped observations of interactions. As we learn about the financial hardships, the health challenges, and emotional demands experienced by grandparents, we also see the extraordinary bonds between these parental figures and their adolescent grandchildren. Dunifon’s superb volume will inspire other scholars to pursue this compelling topic." -- P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale * Frances Willard Professor of Human Development and Social Policy, Northwestern University *"Recommended." * Choice *Table of ContentsList of Tables Introduction 1 What Leads to the Formation of Grandfamilies? 2 “I Couldn’t Be Prouder to Be the Caregiver of You”: How Do Grandparents Define Their Roles in Grandfamilies? 3 “I Get All the Love I Need”: How Do Youth Define Their Roles in Grandfamilies? 4 “I Love My Daughter, But I Don’t Like Her Right About Now”: The Role of Parents in Grandfamilies 5 Policies and Programs to Address Grandfamilies’ Needs 6 Postscript—Where Are They Now? Conclusion Appendix Acknowledgments Notes Index
£105.40
Rutgers University Press Embodying the Problem The Persuasive Power of the
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Embodying the Problem presents a refreshing and original argument that provides analysis of the language and visual rhetoric of public campaigns framing teenage motherhood as a problem and provides, in dramatic response, the unexplored concerns and resistant voices of teenage mothers themselves." -- Barbara Tomlinson * author of Feminism and Affect at the Scene of Argument *“This myth-busting work rejects stigmatizing statistics and narratives about young motherhood that depict the young pregnant or parenting body as always only a problem. Young and young-of-color mothers emerge as fierce advocates for themselves and their children. Vinson includes voices and visions from within to tell new stories and to reveal new needs and possibilities for reproductive justice.” -- Adela C. Licona * Director of the Institute for LGBT Studies, University of Arizona *" A considerably impressive work of original and erudite scholarship." * Midwest Book Review *"Draws on feminist and rhetorical theory in a study of the creation, circulation, and reception of often-stigmatizing discourse on teenage pregnancy and motherhood; also analyzes the narratives, in resistance, of teen mothers themselves." * Chronicle *"Far From ‘Tragic’: Author Jenna Vinson on the Misrepresentation of Young Mothers" by Gloria Malone * Rewire *"Jenna Vinson's Embodying the Problem" spotlight * The Page 99 Test *"Jenna Vinson's Book Counters Doom-and-Gloom Narrative" by Katharine Webster QA with author * UMass Lowell News *"English professor publishes new book on shaming young mothers" by Jessica Kergo feature on book * UMass Lowell Connector *"Through analyzing various ways that young mothers resist the harmful narratives about them and their children, Vinson’s work binds data and stories to highlight how young parents simultaneously live within a stereotype and defy it at the same time." * Rewire *"Vinson’s book reveals how feminist rhetorical activism shifts conversations at local and national levels about what society considers to be an “appropriate” age for motherhood and in doing so, provides a rewarding reading experience both for scholarly purposes and for the simple pleasure of enjoying a well-written and carefully researched book." * Rhetoric Society Quarterly *"All in all, Embodying the Problem is a powerful and important contribution to feminist rhetorical studies and to medical rhetoric." * Rhetoric Review *"A strong contribution to feminist work in the field... Embodying the Problem engages with theory in an accessible way, carefully guiding readers toward an understanding of the theoretical context in both how she sets up and concludes her analyses. This book will be a valuable text in a graduate or upper-level undergraduate class on reproduction, women’s studies, health rhetorics, rhetorics of age, and/or rhetorical or qualitative methodology." * Peitho *Table of ContentsPreface: Embodying the Problem 1. The Role of the Teen Mother in Narratives of Teenage Pregnancy 2. Seeing Is Believing: How Visual Representations of Women Established the Problem of Teenage Pregnancy 3. Challenging Experts, Commonplaces, and Statistics: Teen Mothers’ Counter-narratives 4. Resisting Stigmatizing Pregnancy Prevention Initiatives: The #NoTeenShame Campaign 5. Confronting the Stranger on the Street: Embodied Exigence in Everyday Rhetorical Situations Conclusion Acknowledgments Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Notes Bibliography Index
£28.80
Rutgers University Press Embodying the Problem The Persuasive Power of
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Embodying the Problem presents a refreshing and original argument that provides analysis of the language and visual rhetoric of public campaigns framing teenage motherhood as a problem and provides, in dramatic response, the unexplored concerns and resistant voices of teenage mothers themselves." -- Barbara Tomlinson * author of Feminism and Affect at the Scene of Argument *“This myth-busting work rejects stigmatizing statistics and narratives about young motherhood that depict the young pregnant or parenting body as always only a problem. Young and young-of-color mothers emerge as fierce advocates for themselves and their children. Vinson includes voices and visions from within to tell new stories and to reveal new needs and possibilities for reproductive justice.” -- Adela C. Licona * Director of the Institute for LGBT Studies, University of Arizona *" A considerably impressive work of original and erudite scholarship." * Midwest Book Review *"Draws on feminist and rhetorical theory in a study of the creation, circulation, and reception of often-stigmatizing discourse on teenage pregnancy and motherhood; also analyzes the narratives, in resistance, of teen mothers themselves." * Chronicle *"Far From ‘Tragic’: Author Jenna Vinson on the Misrepresentation of Young Mothers" by Gloria Malone * Rewire *"Jenna Vinson's Embodying the Problem" spotlight * The Page 99 Test *"Jenna Vinson's Book Counters Doom-and-Gloom Narrative" by Katharine Webster QA with author * UMass Lowell News *"English professor publishes new book on shaming young mothers" by Jessica Kergo feature on book * UMass Lowell Connector *"Through analyzing various ways that young mothers resist the harmful narratives about them and their children, Vinson’s work binds data and stories to highlight how young parents simultaneously live within a stereotype and defy it at the same time." * Rewire *"Vinson’s book reveals how feminist rhetorical activism shifts conversations at local and national levels about what society considers to be an “appropriate” age for motherhood and in doing so, provides a rewarding reading experience both for scholarly purposes and for the simple pleasure of enjoying a well-written and carefully researched book." * Rhetoric Society Quarterly *"All in all, Embodying the Problem is a powerful and important contribution to feminist rhetorical studies and to medical rhetoric." * Rhetoric Review *"A strong contribution to feminist work in the field... Embodying the Problem engages with theory in an accessible way, carefully guiding readers toward an understanding of the theoretical context in both how she sets up and concludes her analyses. This book will be a valuable text in a graduate or upper-level undergraduate class on reproduction, women’s studies, health rhetorics, rhetorics of age, and/or rhetorical or qualitative methodology." * Peitho *Table of ContentsPreface: Embodying the Problem 1. The Role of the Teen Mother in Narratives of Teenage Pregnancy 2. Seeing Is Believing: How Visual Representations of Women Established the Problem of Teenage Pregnancy 3. Challenging Experts, Commonplaces, and Statistics: Teen Mothers’ Counter-narratives 4. Resisting Stigmatizing Pregnancy Prevention Initiatives: The #NoTeenShame Campaign 5. Confronting the Stranger on the Street: Embodied Exigence in Everyday Rhetorical Situations Conclusion Acknowledgments Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Notes Bibliography Index
£105.40
Rutgers University Press The Jersey Shore The Past Present Future of a
Book SynopsisThe Jersey Shore tells the story of this famous region, from the 1600s to the present, and from Sandy Hook to Cape May, with particular attention to its history, culture, and varied landscapes. This book is an enthusiastic and comprehensive portrait by a native son, whose passion is shared by millions of beachgoers.Trade Review“This engaging and impressively documented work captures the distinctive cultures of shore areas that make the Jersey shore important to U.S. history and to families who live and play there.” -- Karen M. O’Neill * coeditor of Taking Chances: The Coast After Hurricane Sandy *"It's about time that someone wrote this book! Mazzagetti makes the Shore come alive to anyone who wants to explore these places. I would definitely recommend this book for anyone interested in a readable but detailed overview of the history of the Shore." -- Diane Bates * author of Superstorm Sandy: The Inevitable Destruction and Reconstruction of the Jersey Shore *The Jersey Shore by Dominick Mazzagetti event listing * Gloucester City News *"Shifting Sands" by Tom Wilk * New Jersey Monthly *"Don’t Miss Out on These 2018 Summer Must-Haves" by Heather DiNuzzo * Girl Gone Mom *"An enlightening history of a popular vacation spot and a revealing probe into how it came to be seen as a national treasure. Both regional collections and those interested in American development will find The Jersey Shore well-detailed and nicely integrated with broader American issues and developments." * Donovan's Literary Services *"Mazzagetti has taken a sprawling, complicated topic and presented it in an intelligent, eminently readable book. Highly recommended." * Choice *Excerpt of The Jersey Shore by Dominick Mazzagetti * The History Girl *"With its statewide appeal and treatment of current-day issues facing New Jersey beaches and coastal settlements, those researching the development of the shore will find the book to be a useful reference and guidebook. The book is certainly a welcome addition to New Jersey collections at public and academic libraries, as well as for those readers interested in the history of and problems facing their favorite Jersey Shore community." * New Jersey Studies *"Author Pens History of the Jersey Shore," by Kara Sibilia * Elegant Lifestyles Magazine *Table of ContentsMaps Photographs & Illustrations Introduction 1 The Ever-Changing Shore 2 1664-1774: A Few Desolate Beaches Native Americans at the Shore The English Replace the Dutch Whaling Pirates Smugglers, Privateers, and the United States Navy 3 1765-1850: The Rise of Resorts Sandy Hook, “Squan,” Deal, and Toms River “Sea Bathing” at the Jersey Shore Tucker’s Island and Long Beach Cape May Long Branch 4 1850-1900: Railroads, Atlantic City, and Long Branch The Coming of Railroads and the Concept of “Vacation” Atlantic City Long Branch as the Nation’s Premier Resort Cape May, Tucker’s Island, and Beach Haven 5 Religion at the Jersey Shore Traveling Preachers and Camp Meetings Ocean Grove Asbury Park Ocean City “Sea Grove,” Dry Towns, Retreats, and Ethnics 6 The Rise of Resorts, Monmouth County Railroads and New Resorts Monmouth County 7 Shipwrecks, Life-Saving, and Lighthouses Early Wrecks A Mysterious Death Leads to an Iconic Grounding Collisions on a Vast Sea Shipwrecks as Fact and Fiction US Life-Saving Service Lighthouses 8 The Rise of Resorts, Ocean County Point Pleasant to Island Beach State Park Long Beach Island 9 Fires, Storms, and War Fires Hurricanes, Tropical Storms, and Nor’easters World War 10 The Rise of Resorts, Atlantic County Atlantic County Atlantic City, Politics, and Prohibition 11 Fish, Fish, and Boats Commercial Fishing and New Jersey’s Major Ports The Lady Mary and the Dangers of Commercial Fishing Sport Fishing, Gunning, and Recreational Boating The Intracoastal Waterway “Jaws” 12 The Rise of Resorts, Cape May County and the Lore of the Shore The Personalities of Jersey Shore Communities The Look, Lure, and Lore of the Shore Cape May County 13 The 20th Century: Transformation Transportation Again Transforms the Shore Economic Development and the Great Depression The Garden State Parkway Building Booms Gambling at the Jersey Shore Race Relations 14 The 21st Century Shore The “Public Trust” Doctrine and Eminent Domain State Action, Federal Funding, and University Support Revival: Cape May, Long Branch, Asbury Park, and Atlantic City Superstorm Sandy The Future of the Jersey Shore Acknowledgments Notes Index
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John Wiley & Sons Fighting Tuscarora
Book SynopsisThe autobiography of Chief Rickard, who fought for the recognition of his Tuscarora nation throughout his life. He led his people in the Indian resistance to federal policies, and founded the Indian Defense League of America.Trade ReviewRickard (1882-1971) was one of the greatest Indian leaders of this century. Had he lived in another century he might have been a Sitting Bull, a Black Hawk, or a Chief Joseph, for he was cut from the same cloth as these leaders. But Clinton Rickard lived and fought in this century, and the weapons he used were the law, public indignation, and diplomacy. . . . One of the most significant books published on the contemporary American Indian. Its rare insights into contemporary Indian problems make the book essential reading for anyone interested in understanding 20th century Indian politics and history.' No less important than the recorded words of Wooden Leg, Black Elk, Black Hawk, and other articulate Indian leaders. The life of Rickard is a fascinating one. . . . Fighting Tuscarora is an example of oral history at its best. Highly readable. . . . The appeal of the book is enhanced by useful maps and a large selection of photographs.
£15.26
MP-SYR Syracuse University P Ireland in Focus Film Photography and Popular
Book SynopsisA collection of essays that seeks to present Ireland's relationship to visual culture as a whole. It examines the politics of visual representation from both historical and contemporary perspectives.
£22.46
John Wiley & Sons Ottoman Children and Youth during World War I
Book SynopsisAdding a new dimension to the historiography of World War I, Maksudyan explores the variegated experiences and involvement of Ottoman children and youth in the war. Rather than simply passive victims, children became essential participants as soldiers, wage earners, farmers, and artisans.
£44.96
The University of Arizona Press The Sonoran Desert Its Geography Economy and People Century Collection
Book SynopsisAlthough possessing a common physical heritage, the Sonoran Desert has taken on highly contrasting forms in its American and Mexican portions. This work does not, therefore, attempt a regional study in the usual sense of the term, but is rather an examination of disparate economic development.
£36.71
University of Arizona Press Latinx Belonging
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University of Arizona Press Children Crossing Borders
£80.25
University of Arizona Press Digging for Hope
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£29.60
The University of Alabama Press The Child before the Court
Book SynopsisAnalyses landmark US Supreme Court cases involving children's free speech and due process rights and argues that our ideas about civic and legal judgment are deeply contested concepts instead of simple character traits.Trade Review“Are children true citizens under the Constitution? Timothy Barouch provides a detailed and subtle analysis drawing on clusters of cases to explore the principal models addressing child citizenship. Because children are ‘in between’ noncitizenship and full citizenship, Barouch deftly uses his analysis to develop important insights into the promise of an ‘inclusive citizenship.’ This book will be a critical resource for theorists of democracy, legal rhetoricians, and constitutional scholars.”- Francis J. Mootz III, author of Rhetorical Knowledge in Legal Practice and Critical Legal Theory;“Children make trouble for the law. Not by virtue of what they do, but by virtue of who they are. Law is challenged to recognize and acknowledge both their humanity and their distinctiveness. The Child before the Court offers an unusual and insightful analysis of those challenges. Its attention both to judicial opinions and public discourse make it a very valuable resource for interdisciplinary exploration. It is theoretically sophisticated, and it uses that sophistication to offer a compelling illumination of the ways law comprehends childhood.”- Austin Sarat, editor of Imagining Legality: Where Law Meets Popular Culture and Knowing the Suffering of Others: Legal Perspectives on Pain and its Meanings;""The Child Before the Court: Citizenship and the Constitution demonstrates how judicial representations of the ‘child’ serve as a representative anecdote for understanding and negotiating the problem of ‘judgment’ in modern and late-modern US liberal-democratic public culture. The analysis of judicial discourse is both careful and deft, and the conclusions regarding the affordances of legal decision making and the crafting of judgment in public culture writ large are compelling. More than just a study of the rhetoric of legal discourse it is a model for how we might engage challenges to the legitimacy of liberal-democracy in contemporary times.”- John Louis Lucaites, coauthor of The Public Image: Photography and Civic Spectatorship
£39.91
University of Alabama Press Bending Archaeology Toward Social Justice
Book SynopsisAmerican archaeology needs a radical transformation. It has been largely a white, male, privileged domain that replicates an entrenched patriarchal, colonial, and capitalist system. In Bending Archaeology toward Social Justice, Barbara Little explores the concepts and actions required for such a change.Trade ReviewArchaeologists continue to grapple with social justice, what it means, and how to integrate it within our toolkit. Little provides a powerful summary charting a new path for an archaeology that is simultaneously decolonial, antiracist, and critical of power. Any archaeologist interested in working towards a better tomorrow needs to read this book." —Edward GonzÁlez-Tennant, author of The Rosewood Massacre: An Archaeology and History of Intersectional Violence
£87.55
The University of Alabama Press The Most They Ever Had by Rick Bragg Apr2011
Book SynopsisIn the spring of 2001, a community of people in the Appalachian foothills of northern Alabama had come to the edge of all they had ever known. Across the South, padlocks and logging chains bound the doors of silent mills, and it seemed a miracle to blue-collar people in Jacksonville that their mill still bit, shook, and roared. The century-old hardwood floors still trembled under whirling steel, and people worked on, in a mist of white air. The mill had become almost a living thing, rewarding the hardworking and careful with the best payday they ever had, but punishing the careless and clumsy, taking a finger, a hand, more. The mill was here before the automobile, before the flying machine, and the mill workers served it even as it filled their lungs with lint and shortened their lives. In return, it let them live in stiff-necked dignity in the hills of their fathers. So, when death did come, no one had to ship their bodies home on a train. This is a mill story - not of bricks, steel,
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University of Alabama Press Bending Archaeology Toward Social Justice
Book SynopsisAmerican archaeology needs a radical transformation. It has been largely a white, male, privileged domain that replicates an entrenched patriarchal, colonial, and capitalist system. In Bending Archaeology toward Social Justice, Barbara Little explores the concepts and actions required for such a change.Trade ReviewArchaeologists continue to grapple with social justice, what it means, and how to integrate it within our toolkit. Little provides a powerful summary charting a new path for an archaeology that is simultaneously decolonial, antiracist, and critical of power. Any archaeologist interested in working towards a better tomorrow needs to read this book." —Edward GonzÁlez-Tennant, author of The Rosewood Massacre: An Archaeology and History of Intersectional Violence
£23.36
LUP - University of Georgia Press Growing Up America Youth and Politics since 1945
Book SynopsisBrings together new scholarship that considers the role of children and teenagers in shaping American political life during the decades following the Second World War. Growing Up America places young people - and their representations - at the centre of key political trends.
£37.46
University of Georgia Press Serving the Street
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£29.95
Duke University Press Social Currents in Eastern Europe
Book Synopsis Social Currents in Eastern Europe traces the diverse social currents that have developed alongside and interacted with political and economic forces to bring about change in Eastern Europe. In this second edition—which significantly updates and expands the previous edition to include a new introduction, revisions throughout, as well as five new chapters, including timely material on ethnic war in the former Yugoslavia—Ramet extends and develops the theory of social change upon which the book is based.Ramet draws on interviews conducted over a ten-year period with individuals active in arenas for social change—intellectual dissent, feminism, religious activism, youth cultures and movements, and trade unionism—in eight East European countries: East Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Romania, Bulgaria, and Albania. She shows how the processes leading to the ultimate collapse of communism began more than a decade earlier and how thTable of ContentsTables ix Preface to the Second Edition x Preface to the First Edition xi Abbreviations xv I. Introduction 3 2. Social Currents and Social Change 24 II. Dissent and Parallel Society in the 1980s 3. Disaffection and Dissent in East Germany 55 4. Underground Solidarity and Parallel Society in Poland 84 5. Independent Activism in Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Romania 120 III. Religious and Ethnic Currents 6. Religious Change and New Cults in Eastern Europe 155 7. Church and Dissent in Praetorian Poland 178 8. Serb-Albanian Tensions in Kosovo 196 IV. A New Generation 9. Feminism in Yugoslavia 219 10. Rock Music and Counterculture 234 11. Young People: The Lost Generation 262 V. Collapse of the Old Order 12. Bulgaria: A Weak Society 279 13. Strong Societies: Hungary, Poland, and Yugoslavia 288 14. Dominoes: East Germany, Czechoslovakia, and the Future of Europe 313 15. The Great Transformation 338 VI. Building New Systems 16. Core Tasks for a Pluralist Order 371 17. Yugoslav Breakup and Ethnic War 401 18. Civil Society and Uncivil Chauvinism 431 19. Propositions About the Future 455 Appendixes: Public Opinion Polls 461 Notes 483 Selected Bibliography 565 Index 569
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Duke University Press Social Currents in Eastern Europe
Book SynopsisTraces the diverse social currents that developed alongside and interacted with political and economic forces to bring about change in Eastern Europe. This book shows how the processes leading to the collapse of communism began more than a decade earlier and how they were necessarily manifested in spheres as diverse as religion and rock music.Table of ContentsTables ix Preface to the Second Edition x Preface to the First Edition xi Abbreviations xv I. Introduction 3 2. Social Currents and Social Change 24 II. Dissent and Parallel Society in the 1980s 3. Disaffection and Dissent in East Germany 55 4. Underground Solidarity and Parallel Society in Poland 84 5. Independent Activism in Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Romania 120 III. Religious and Ethnic Currents 6. Religious Change and New Cults in Eastern Europe 155 7. Church and Dissent in Praetorian Poland 178 8. Serb-Albanian Tensions in Kosovo 196 IV. A New Generation 9. Feminism in Yugoslavia 219 10. Rock Music and Counterculture 234 11. Young People: The Lost Generation 262 V. Collapse of the Old Order 12. Bulgaria: A Weak Society 279 13. Strong Societies: Hungary, Poland, and Yugoslavia 288 14. Dominoes: East Germany, Czechoslovakia, and the Future of Europe 313 15. The Great Transformation 338 VI. Building New Systems 16. Core Tasks for a Pluralist Order 371 17. Yugoslav Breakup and Ethnic War 401 18. Civil Society and Uncivil Chauvinism 431 19. Propositions About the Future 455 Appendixes: Public Opinion Polls 461 Notes 483 Selected Bibliography 565 Index 569
£100.80
Duke University Press Insurgent Encounters
Book SynopsisPolitically engaged ethnographers examine the dynamics of contemporary transnational social movements, challenging dominant understandings of social transformation, political possibility, knowledge production, and the relation between intellectual labor and sociopolitical activism.Trade Review"Insurgent Encounters is an exciting and timely collection. It treats topics of great interest to students and scholars in a variety of fields, especially those concerned with ethnography, social movements, and activist scholarship. I am convinced that the engagement of activist ethnography with transnational social movements has the power to transform the disciplines, and ethnography, in interesting ways."—Michael Hardt, coauthor of the books Commonwealth, Multitude, and Empire"This important collection represents the best work by anthropologists who are reshaping ethnography 'of' and 'for' social movements. No other book addresses the present-day intersection and increasingly mutual identification of anthropological research and social-movement activism as thoroughly or comprehensively as this does. What's more, one gets the sense that the essays derive from a working community of activist-scholars living up to the vision of 'network' that the volume itself exemplifies. For me, the collection as an artifact and enactment of the kinds of collaboration that it discusses is one of its most fascinating features."—George E. Marcus, coauthor of Designs for an Anthropology of the Contemporary“The editors’ writing will capture readers’ attention and the stories, radical activist moments, and style of ethnographic writing in each subsequent case study will hold it...This collection represents an important advance in the study of social movements generally and transnational activism specifically as it is the first book to focus on the methods, perspectives and theoretical insights generated by ethnography.” -- Julie A. Pelton * International Dialogue *“This new collection of essays edited by Jeffrey Juris and Alex Khasnabish is a refreshing and welcome contribution to the study of social movements…. this is a theoretically sophisticated and engaging collection of essays, and a welcome contribution to our understanding of radical social movements.” -- Patrick C. Wilson * Labour/Le Travail *"In short, this is a bold experiment of what an activist-scholarhsip might look like, raising profound epistemological and ethical questions which only become more pressing as the ecological and social crises of this century deepen. I applaud the editors for their courage, and answer their call to bring a militant ethnography to the mainstream." -- Vita Peacock * Critique of Anthropology *“Insurgent Encounters makes an important contribution to the ethnography of activism and should be widely read. . . . For those grappling with how to use ethnographic methods in activist research this edited volume will make for a good introduction into many of the dilemmas and insights into thinking through political engagement and transformational change.” -- Junaid Rana * Journal of Anthropological Research *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments xi Abbreviations xv Introduction. Ethnography and Activism within Networked Spaces of Transnational Encounter / Jeffrey S. Juris and Alex Khasnabish 1 Emerging Subjectivities 1. Spaces of Intentionality: Race, Class, and Horizontality at the U.S. Social Forum / Jeffrey S. Juris 39 2. Tracing the Zapatista Rhizome, or, the Ethnography of a Transnationalized Political Imagination / Alex Khasnabish 66 3. The Possibilities and Perils for Scholar-Activists and Activist-Scholars: Reflections on the Feminist Dialogues / Manisha Desai 89 4. From Local Ethnographies to Global Movement: Experience, Subjectivity, and Power among Four Alter-globalization Actors / Geoffrey Pleyers 108 Discrepant Paradigms 5. The Global Indigenous Movement and Paradigm Wars: International Activism, Network Building, and Transformative Politics / Sylvia Escárcega 129 6. Local and Not-So-Local Exchanges: Alternative Economies, Ethnography, and Social Science / David J. Hess 151 7. The Edge Effects of Alter-globalization Protests: An Ethnographic Approach to Summit Hopping in the Post-Seattle Period / Vinci Daro 171 Transformational Knowledges 8. Transformation in Engaged Ethnography: Knowledge, Networks, and Social Movements / Maria Isabel Casas-Cortés, Michal Osterweil, and Dana E. Powell 199 9. Transformative Ethnography and the World Social Forum: Theories and Practices of Transformation / Giuseppe Caruso 229 10. Activist Ethnography and Translocal Solidarity / Paul Routledge 250 11. Ethnographic Approaches to the World Social Forum / Janet Conway 269 Subversive Technologies 12. The Transnational Struggle for Information Freedom / M. K. Sterpka 295 13. This Is What Democracy Looked Like / Tish Stringer 318 14. The Cultural Politics of Free Software and Technology within the Social Forum Process / Jeffrey S. Juris, Guiseppe Caruso, Stéphane Couture, and Lorenzo Mosca 342 Conclusion. The Possibilities, Limits, and Relevance of Engaged Ethnography / Jeffrey S. Juris and Alex Khasnabish 367 References 391 Contributors 423 Index 427
£89.10
Duke University Press Precarious Japan
Book SynopsisPrecarious Japany reflects on how the Japanese are experiencing insecurity in the contemporary era of nagging recession, irregular labor, nuclear contamination, and a shrinking overall population with more and more elderly.Trade Review“Precarious Japan is a forward-thinking commentary on the current state of Japan, detailing a progressive history from the economic collapse in 1991 to how the country functions today in a modern, post-earthquake society. . . . For those wondering just how precarious Japan’s future really is, this book is a good place to start.” -- Jordan Sievers * Japan Times *“The only reason that I didn't burst into tears while reading this book is because of extreme self-control.” -- Eustacia Tan * With Love from Japan blog *"Allison’s book is an impressive tour through important public discourses in Japan today, rooted in extensive discussion of contemporary popular literature and media." -- Kathryn E. Goldfarb * Somatosphere *“[A]n important, thoughtful, and moving ethnography that deserves the attention of a wide audience.” -- Carla Nappi * New Books in East Asian Studies *" . . . Allison's work reminds us of why ethnographic work is important. She skillfully weaves recent theories of the 'precarious' between personal accounts, interviews, statistics and textual analyses, making Precarious Japan as much an exemplar of the ethnographic methodology as an account of the vicissitudes of life in post-bubble, post-crisis and post-Fukushima Japan." -- Jamie Coates * Social Anthropology *“Precarious Japan is a compelling collection of examples and theories that connect overwhelming or shocking social problems in contemporary Japan with the realm of labor. . . . Although many of the examples are emotionally difficult to read, I am sure they will be very hard to forget.” -- Allison Alexy * Anthropological Quarterly *“Allison’s book announces a paradigm change. . . . The book is a valuable provocation. . . . Precarious Japan is a valuable incitement to imagine new narratives for Japan’s present and future—and to locate Japan’s experience in the context of global precarity. . . .” -- Amy Borovoy * American Ethnologist *"Allison’s ethnography of contemporary Japan, framed in terms of instability, poverty, hope, mud and the desire for belonging, is a compelling and timely work." -- Laura Dales * Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology *“Precarious Japan has implications far beyond Japan not only because similar problems exist in other market-dominated countries but also because she draws on the relevant theoretical literature to analyze Japan from a broader perspective. The breadth and depth of Allison’s scholarship—and her insight into Japanese culture—are impressive. … I highly recommend Precarious Japan for those interested in contemporary societies, especially Japan. It is also a good textbook for social sciences and humanities courses, inspiring students and generating fruitful discussions.” -- Yohko Tsuji * American Anthropologist *“[A]n impressive ethnographic study of exclusion, precariousness and struggle that will leave no reader untouched. . . . Allison’s new book will surely be highly impressive for many readers and a good resource for discussions in courses on contemporary Japan.” -- David Chiavacci * Pacific Affairs *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix 1. Pain of Life 1 2. From Lifelong to Liquid Japan 21 3. Ordinary Refugeeism: Poverty, Precarity, Youth 43 4. Home and Hope 77 5. The Social Body–In Life and Death 122 6. Cultivating Fields From the Edges 166 7. In the Mud 180 Notes 207 References 219 Index 231
£18.89
Duke University Press Disturbing Attachments Genet Modern Pederasty
Book SynopsisKadji Amin challenges the idealization of Jean Genet as a paradigmatic figure within queer studies to illuminate the methodological dilemmas at the heart of queer theory, bringing the genealogy of Genet's imaginaries of attachment to bear on pressing issues within contemporary queer politics and scholarship, including prison abolition, homonationalism, and pinkwashing.Trade Review"Amin's commitment to re-evaluating the unsettling practices of Genet's life represents a serious attempt to contend with the colonial, racist, and hierarchical legacies present in queer social forms. . . . Disturbing Attachments, by investigating the traction queer theory can have in contending with the compromises and failures hidden within its own field, demonstrates the potential for critical self-inquiry." -- Rajat D. Singh * Gay & Lesbian Review *"There is no doubt that Disturbing Attachments is, first and foremost, a work of and about queer studies, a fearless and scholarly probing of its disciplinary norms, its discursive limits, and its most embarrassing relations. It should be read by all those who care about the discipline’s future . . . and, most importantly, by those who care about its past." -- Andrew Counter * French Studies *"Amin’s book offers a dizzying number of theoretical interventions, in an elegant style that makes up for the uncompromising density of the text. With refreshing currency, Disturbing Attachments displaces queer studies outside its presentist US context." -- Mehammed Amadeus Mack * Journal of Middle East Women's Studies *"Disturbing Attachments is a formidable read. It is theoretically mobile, stylistically gratifying, and conceptually probing." -- Helmut Puff * American Historical Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. Attachment Genealogies of Pederastic Modernity 19 2. Light of a Dead Star: The Nostalgic Modernity of Prison Pederasty 45 3. Racial Fetishism, Gay Liberation, and the Temporalities of the Erotic 76 4. Pederastic Kinship 109 5. Enemies of the State: Terrorism, Violence, and the Affective Politics of Transnational Coalition 141 Epilogue. Haunted by the 1990s: Queer Theory's Affective Histories 176 Notes 191 Bibliography 235 Index 249
£72.25
University of Pittsburgh Press Sacrificed Body The
Book SynopsisTatjana Aleksic examines the widespread use of the sacrificial metaphor in cultural texts and its importance to sustaining communal ideologies in the Balkan region.
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