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Book SynopsisThe Art of Useless offers an innovative way to understand China's political-economic, social, and cultural transformations, showing how consumer culture helps anticipate, produce, and shape a new middle-class subjectivity. Calvin Hui examines changing representations of the production and consumption of fashion in documentaries and films.Trade ReviewA sophisticated analysis that is ambitious in its historical and textual scope. * The China Quarterly *From Never Forget, a 1964 socialist film intent on educating a factory worker who longs for a fancy suit, to the forty dazzling costume changes in 1980’s Romance on Lu Mountain, to the white-collar fashion presentations in 2010’s Go! Lala Go!, the politics of how one dresses has been a crucial coordinate for navigating cultural identity in contemporary China. In The Art of Useless, Calvin Hui takes us on a fascinating cultural tour that remaps our understanding of the relationship among fashion, politics, and visual culture during an era of unprecedented social transformation. -- Michael Berry, author of Speaking in Images and A History of PainA cutting-edge work of cultural studies, this book shines a penetrating light on the rise of a middle class in China. Examining the powers of mass media, film, and fashion industry, Calvin Hui offers us fascinating scenarios and critical insights into how consumerist fantasies raise the pretensions of a status-seeking “bourgeoisie” while opening up dream spaces for alienated labor. -- Ban Wang, author of Illuminations from the Past: Trauma, Memory, and History in Modern ChinaBy closely examining a broad selection of documentaries, feature films, and other artistic works and cultural products, Hui illuminates not only the works themselves but also the sociocultural environments that have nurtured these works and in turn been shaped by them. A useful and enlightening perspective on Chinese middle-class consumer culture. -- Tze-lan D. Sang, author of Documenting Taiwan on Film: Issues and Methods in New DocumentariesA superbly original study of the media construction of the middle-class sensibility in post-1949 China, Calvin Hui’s The Art of Useless demonstrates the indisputable value of Western Marxism and cultural studies in Chinese-language film studies. The ingenious tripartite structure moving from consumption to its underside affords an irresistible riveting read. -- Yiman Wang, author of Remaking Chinese Cinema: Through the Prism of Shanghai, Hong Kong, and HollywoodThe Art of Useless is notable for its innovative methodologies of cultural studies [. . .] The study of social class is an important field, but in China studies, this subject is dominated by sociological methodologies. This book makes a welcome contribution by bringing in humanistic concerns and a cultural studies perspective. * Journal of Asian Studies *This book will be of great use to anyone exploring consumer culture in China as well as the cultural changes that have taken place in the transition from a socialist to a post-socialist China. It is a must-read for anyone who seeks to understand fashion’s role in shaping culture or in understanding the role of consumption in shaping social class. * Situations: Cultural Studies in the Asian Context *[This] book tells a compelling story about the waning of proletarian culture and the rise of middle-class consumer culture. * Chinese Literature and Thought Today *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Trouble with Naming: Middle-Class Culture, Petty-Bourgeois Sensibility, and Zhuang (裝)1. Dirty Fashion: Ma Ke’s Fashion Exhibit Useless (2007), Jia Zhangke’s Documentary Film Useless (2007), and Cognitive Mapping2. The High-Quality Suit, Class Struggle, and Cultural Revolution: The Politics of Consumption in Xie Tieli’s Film Never Forget (1964)3. “Mao’s Children Are Wearing Fashion!” Romantic Love, Fashion Consumption, and Modernization Politics in Huang Zumo’s Film Romance on Lu Mountain (1980)4. Imag(in)ing the Chinese Middle-Class Culture: White-Collar Work, Romantic Love, and Fashion Consumption5. Between Production and Consumption: Chinese Migrant Factory Workers in Documentary Films and Ethnographic Works6. The Psychic Life of Rubbish: On Wang Jiuliang’s Documentary Film Beijing Besieged by Waste (2010)NotesWorks CitedIndex

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Book SynopsisThis concise and approachable introduction to statistics limits its coverage to the concepts most relevant to social workers. Besides presenting key concepts, it focuses on real-world examples that students will encounter in a social work practice.Trade ReviewStatistics in Social Work is a practical and effective resource for social work students. Batchelor requires no prior knowledge of statistics from her readers and explains topics in plain language with relatable examples. Most importantly, she offers a social justice perspective that emphasizes and integrates the core value of the social work profession. -- Ashley Davis, Boston UniversityThis is an excellent introduction to statistics for both students and practitioners in social work—it demystifies terms and procedures and uses real world examples to help the reader to see the everyday applicability of statistical knowledge, whether in practice or in study. -- John Devaney, coauthor of Quantitative Research Methods for Social Work: Making Social Work CountTable of ContentsAcknowledgments1. Introduction2. Creating Useful Data3. Understanding People and Populations4. Variance: The Distance Between Us5. The Statistics of Relationships6. Sampling: The Who and the How7. What Works? Hypothesis Testing and Inferential Statistics8. When Two Is Not Enough: Testing with Multiple Groups9. An Introduction to Advanced ConceptsAppendix I: GlossaryAppendix II: Answer Key for Review QuestionsAppendix III: Equations Cheat SheetReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisMichael L. Siciliano draws on nearly two years of ethnographic research as a participant-observer in a Los Angeles music studio and a multichannel YouTube network to explore the contradictions of creative work. Creative Control explains why “cool” jobs help us understand how workers can participate in their own exploitation.Trade ReviewFilm and media scholars who study industries must read Creative Control. Siciliano leverages cultural sociology and meticulous ethnography to masterfully unpack the considerable contradictions of media creation in the platform era. His focus on creative routinization exposes film studies' exceptionalism as a strawman, ill-equipped to make sense of online media. -- John T. Caldwell, author of Production Culture: Industrial Reflexivity and Critical Practice in Film/TelevisionSome scholars argue that creative work enlivens local economies, while others emphasize that it exemplifies the precarious employment spreading across national economies. Siciliano deftly navigates those divergent depictions by turning to the workers themselves—illuminating the attraction that creativity holds for them, as well as the challenges it brings. As a result, he rightfully moves us from abstract notions of creative work to the embodied and everyday activity that it actually entails. -- Timothy J. Dowd, Emory UniversityWith Creative Control, Michael Siciliano joins the finest of ethnographic traditions—the study of labor in our times. This fresh perspective on cultural work unpacks the reality behind our algorithmically defined entertainment future, the content treadmill that seduced the emotional and professional repertoire of a generation. -- Melissa Gregg, author of Counterproductive: Time Management in the Knowledge EconomySiciliano’s thoughtful, compelling book deserves to be a major reference point in studies of creative labor and in research on work in an age of digital platforms. It combines careful ethnography with an impressive range of reading to provide fresh perspectives on longstanding problems of alienation, exploitation, and control. -- David Hesmondhalgh, University of LeedsMichael Siciliano's book is a must-read for anyone interested in the culture industries. This ethnography documents firsthand how various actors within culture-producing firms grapple over power, profits, and final products. What we create and consume, Creative Control convincingly demonstrates, derives as much from collective control as it does individual creativity. -- Jeffrey J. Sallaz, author of Lives on the Line: How the Philippines Became the World's Call Center CapitalThe book is well researched, well written, and very timely to better understand subordination and attractions to jobs in the platform economy and creative production...I hope this ambitious and detailed study finds a wide readership; it is a required reading for scholars interested in contemporary creative labor in platform economies and cultural production more generally. * Acta Sociologica *The case studies in Creative Control capture the changing nature of information-age creative labor and operationalize sociological concepts to describe its new modes of managerial control and increased alienation and precarity, providing a framework for further research into a wider array of creative contexts. * Critical Studies in Media Communication *Has important and wide-ranging implications for how we think about creative labor, and I expect the findings to be of great interest to sociologists of culture, work, and technology. * Contemporary Sociology *A rich empirical account of precarious work in the culture industries and crafts a novel framework connecting the affective rewards to the costs of contemporary creative labor. * American Journal of Sociology *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPart I: Introductions1. Creative Control?2. Conflicting CreativitiesPart II: SoniCo’s Social Regime3. SoniCo’s Positive Pole: Aesthetic Subjectivities and Control4. SoniCo’s Negative Pole: Mitigating Precarity and Alienated JudgmentPart III: The Future’s Quantified Regime5. The Future’s Positive Pole: Platform Discipline, Transience, and Immersion6. The Future’s Negative Pole: Compound Precarity and the (Infra)structure of Alienated JudgmentPart IV: Conclusion7. Toward a Theory of Creative Labor and a Politics of JudgmentMethodological Appendix: Attending to Difference in Similarity and Gender’s AccessNotesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisThe American Poet Laureate shows how the state has been the silent center of poetic production in the United States since World War II. It is the first history of the national poetry office, the U.S. poet laureate.Trade ReviewAmy Paeth’s book is a study of why poetry is, as T. S. Eliot claimed, so stubbornly national. Focusing on poet laureates, Cold Warriors, cultural diplomats, and inaugural poets, she historicizes and complicates this relationship. It’s the best sort of literary scholarship: smart, surprising, and field-changing. -- Juliana Spahr, author of Du Bois's Telegram: Literary Resistance and State ContainmentThe American Poet Laureate is a compelling tale of intrigue, clashing nationalist politics, and the forging of what Paeth chillingly calls “state verse culture.” Starting with the amazing tale of Ezra Pound’s Bollingen Prize quickly followed by a detailed account of Robert Frost’s triumphalist inaugural poem, Paeth shows how the state’s investment in poetry often masks the ideological construction of both poetry and America. -- Charles Bernstein, author of Topsy-TurvyWhy The American Poet Laureate hasn’t been written until now is perplexing, but Amy Paeth’s enterprising report makes the wait worthwhile. Her diligent archival trawl is put to vivid and informative use throughout, and bringing the story up to the present combines historical perspective with news of the day. This is not just a book, it’s a public service, deftly revealing how “craft” is always also statecraft. -- Jed Rasula, author of The American Poetry Wax Museum: Reality Effects, 1940-1990The U.S. poet laureateship was established during eras of global hot and then cold wars. Thus it was bound to get caught up in every manner of issue and problem except, even, at times, the poetic! Can one poet’s verse be aptly deemed official? Can a multi-regional, multi-cultural immigrant nation successfully and persuasively choose a single notion of verse to represent it? Does the poet’s characteristic ambivalence toward power ever befit a nationalist honor? Amy Paeth tells the whole fascinating story for the first time here. This book is a triumph of convergent modes of literary and institutional history. -- Al Filreis, University of PennsylvaniaThis is a surprising, provocative, and convincing history of ongoing efforts by poetry’s advocates to borrow authority from state agencies. Poets from Robert Frost to Joy Harjo make plans for readers, could-be readers—even politicians. Now this art has honorable, reasonable intentions. Problem solved? -- Robert von Hallberg, author of Lyric PowersThe American Poet Laureate is an important book, and one that should be pondered in creative writing programmes, by prize administrators and in the editorial offices of well-funded magazines. -- A. E. Stallings * Times Literary Supplement *Recommended. * Choice Reviews *Having spent over a decade in the Library of Congress archives, Paeth is well equipped to tell this history . . . [The American Poet Laureate] offer[s] up a fresh analysis of how the US government and private entities have shaped the field of poetry. -- Christina Obolenskaya * Harvard Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. State Verse Scandals: The Bollingen Affair and Postwar Poets at the Library of Congress, 1945–19562. Inaugurating National Poetry: Robert Frost and Cold War Arts, 1956–19653. The Politics of Voice: The Poet-Critic, the Creative Writer, and the Poet Laureate, 1965–19904. Civil Versus Civic Verse: National Projects of U.S. Poets Laureate, 1990–2022Epilogue: “An Invisible Berlin Wall”—the Cold War, the U.S. Inaugural Poem, and the Future of State VerseAppendix I: Occupants of the U.S. National Poetry OfficeAppendix II: Fellows in American Letters at the Library of CongressAppendix III: U.S. Inaugural PoetsNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisThe American Poet Laureate shows how the state has been the silent center of poetic production in the United States since World War II. It is the first history of the national poetry office, the U.S. poet laureate.Trade ReviewAmy Paeth’s book is a study of why poetry is, as T. S. Eliot claimed, so stubbornly national. Focusing on poet laureates, Cold Warriors, cultural diplomats, and inaugural poets, she historicizes and complicates this relationship. It’s the best sort of literary scholarship: smart, surprising, and field-changing. -- Juliana Spahr, author of Du Bois's Telegram: Literary Resistance and State ContainmentThe American Poet Laureate is a compelling tale of intrigue, clashing nationalist politics, and the forging of what Paeth chillingly calls “state verse culture.” Starting with the amazing tale of Ezra Pound’s Bollingen Prize quickly followed by a detailed account of Robert Frost’s triumphalist inaugural poem, Paeth shows how the state’s investment in poetry often masks the ideological construction of both poetry and America. -- Charles Bernstein, author of Topsy-TurvyWhy The American Poet Laureate hasn’t been written until now is perplexing, but Amy Paeth’s enterprising report makes the wait worthwhile. Her diligent archival trawl is put to vivid and informative use throughout, and bringing the story up to the present combines historical perspective with news of the day. This is not just a book, it’s a public service, deftly revealing how “craft” is always also statecraft. -- Jed Rasula, author of The American Poetry Wax Museum: Reality Effects, 1940-1990The U.S. poet laureateship was established during eras of global hot and then cold wars. Thus it was bound to get caught up in every manner of issue and problem except, even, at times, the poetic! Can one poet’s verse be aptly deemed official? Can a multi-regional, multi-cultural immigrant nation successfully and persuasively choose a single notion of verse to represent it? Does the poet’s characteristic ambivalence toward power ever befit a nationalist honor? Amy Paeth tells the whole fascinating story for the first time here. This book is a triumph of convergent modes of literary and institutional history. -- Al Filreis, University of PennsylvaniaThis is a surprising, provocative, and convincing history of ongoing efforts by poetry’s advocates to borrow authority from state agencies. Poets from Robert Frost to Joy Harjo make plans for readers, could-be readers—even politicians. Now this art has honorable, reasonable intentions. Problem solved? -- Robert von Hallberg, author of Lyric PowersThe American Poet Laureate is an important book, and one that should be pondered in creative writing programmes, by prize administrators and in the editorial offices of well-funded magazines. -- A. E. Stallings * Times Literary Supplement *Recommended. * Choice Reviews *Having spent over a decade in the Library of Congress archives, Paeth is well equipped to tell this history . . . [The American Poet Laureate] offer[s] up a fresh analysis of how the US government and private entities have shaped the field of poetry. -- Christina Obolenskaya * Harvard Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. State Verse Scandals: The Bollingen Affair and Postwar Poets at the Library of Congress, 1945–19562. Inaugurating National Poetry: Robert Frost and Cold War Arts, 1956–19653. The Politics of Voice: The Poet-Critic, the Creative Writer, and the Poet Laureate, 1965–19904. Civil Versus Civic Verse: National Projects of U.S. Poets Laureate, 1990–2022Epilogue: “An Invisible Berlin Wall”—the Cold War, the U.S. Inaugural Poem, and the Future of State VerseAppendix I: Occupants of the U.S. National Poetry OfficeAppendix II: Fellows in American Letters at the Library of CongressAppendix III: U.S. Inaugural PoetsNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisDelving into the online and offline conversations of Beijing communities affected by waste incinerator projects slated for their backyards, Jean Yen-chun Lin demonstrates how a rising middle class acquires the capacity for organizing in an authoritarian context.Trade ReviewBy offering a textured account of the way space enables civic life to flourish in China, this beautiful book urgently reminds us that even in nondemocratic contexts, people can do great things when they join together to put their hands on the levers of change. -- Hahrie Han, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Professor of Political Science, Inaugural Director, SNF Agora Institute, Johns Hopkins UniversityTranscending conventional depictions of environmental justice politics, A Spark in the Smokestacks provides a rich and compelling portrait of how three communities in Beijing were able to mobilize their civic capacity to fight environmental harms. Lin’s impressive study deserves broad attention in sociology, political science, environmental studies, and beyond. -- Edward T. Walker, author of Grassroots for Hire: Public Affairs Consultants in American DemocracyBy systematically examining the intersection of environmental activism and the development of middle-class communities in China, A Spark in the Smokestacks offers fresh evidence and original insights on a very important topic. Lin’s extensive and systematic comparative analysis and prolonged fieldwork have produced rich empirical evidence and in-depth analysis. This book will be a welcome and valuable addition to the fields of China studies and contentious politics. -- Xi Chen, author of Social Protest and Contentious Authoritarianism in ChinaTable of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction1. A Stench on Success: Urban Middle-Class Homeowners and Rising Environmental Challenges2. Gated Communities as Schools of Democracy3. Making Sense of External Threats: Individual, Collective, and Representative Responses4. Mobilizing and Organizing for Environmental Collective Action5. Trajectories of Citizen Science6. Consequences of Community Environmental OrganizingConclusionBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisJesse Driscoll offers a how-to guide for social scientists who are considering extended mixed-methods international fieldwork. Doing Global Fieldwork is an up-to-date handbook for graduate students and social science researchers of all stripes who need blunt, no-nonsense advice about how to make the best of their time in the field.Trade ReviewIn Doing Global Fieldwork, Jesse Driscoll has given researchers a comprehensive guide to getting into the field and navigating the complexity of field-based research. He brings to bear his vast knowledge of the topic, based on his own years of experience. He does so with unexpected humor. This book should be required for scholars at any stage of their career who are considering jumping into the complexities of fieldwork. Most importantly, the book provides unparalleled insight into the nuts and bolts of fieldwork, that are often unspoken and that you will not find anywhere else. -- Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili, author of Informal Order and the State in AfghanistanIf you have time to read only one book before you leave to do field research, read this one. If you have time to read two books before you leave, read this one twice. Driscoll's advice is honest, down-to-earth, and practical about reconciling the ideals of scientific inquiry with the messy realities of fieldwork. Reading it feels like having a conversation about your research with a wise friend. -- Richard A. Nielsen, author of Deadly Clerics: Blocked Ambition and the Paths to JihadMany graduate students (and even those who are more senior) wish to go on a journey to the other side of the world, explore for a while, collect something never before collected, and then come back to wherever home is and tell others within the academy (as well as hopefully some civilians) about what exists in the place/time that was visited. Employment, fame, and a decent wage await the successful (wealth not likely). Unfortunately, most academics are not prepared to go, or, if they are, they are not prepared to see things for what they are or if they are they are not prepared to report back on what was seen, presenting it in a manner that is simultaneously coherent, approachable, and maybe even elegant. Guided by an insight referred to as “improvisational pluralism” (a heightened ability to adjust both within as well as across diverse aspects of knowledge production) and a strong ethical compass/guardian angel, Jesse Driscoll in Doing Global Fieldwork prepares his reader with advice somewhere between Italo Calvino, Coach Carter, and James Scott. With this engagingly delivered as well as detailed guidance and encouragement, the reader will not only be ready to go on a journey into the unknown but they will also be ready to return from it with stories, data, and insights that will regale as well as with little to no harm being done to oneself or to others. Buy the book, absorb it, and then jump. You’ll thank him later. -- Christian Davenport, coauthor of The Peace Continuum: What It Is and How to Study ItDriscoll invites the reader to think seriously about what it really means to do field research in political science—methodologically, intellectually, and emotionally. Based on his own considerable experience, he writes honestly about what’s hard about fieldwork and why it’s worth doing anyway. -- Ora Szekely, coeditor of Stories from the Field: A Guide to Navigating Fieldwork in Political ScienceEvery researcher headed for the field should read this book. Doing Global Fieldwork brings to the reader in plain and direct terms the reality that field research rarely goes according to plan. Experienced readers and those about to embark for field research for the first time will profit from the descriptions of how people's lives and the tumult of everyday events can sidetrack the most well thought out research designs. This book also is a guide to workarounds and ad hoc adaptations that will help the reader to get research done, especially for those headed to one of the many unstable, but not quite war-zone sorts of places. It is especially valuable for Driscoll's advice on making the oftentimes unexpectedly rough adjustment to life back home as one is called upon to translate the kaleidoscopic chaos of experience and improvisation into the cool, ordered product that will be read by people who did not get their hands dusty in the field or sweat as things fell apart. -- William Reno, author of Warfare in Independent AfricaThe book is a valuable addition to the literature, offering insights into the backstage workings of an otherwise quite closed ‘guild’. * International Affairs *Table of ContentsFigures and TablesPreface1. Welcome to the Guild2. How to Prepare to leave your home institution3. How to Think About Self-Presentation Once You Arrive4. How to Think About Solo Data Collection5. How to Think Like a Manager6. How to Weigh Risks in Difficult Settings7. How to Come HomeAcknowledgmentsAppendix I: How to Retell the Story of Your Journey to the FieldAppendix II: Additional ReadingNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisLin Zhang explores how the everyday labor of entrepreneurial reinvention is remaking China. She tells the stories of people from diverse class, gender, and age backgrounds across rural, urban, and transnational settings in rich detail, vividly conveying how the contradictions of entrepreneurialism have played out in China.Trade ReviewThe Labor of Reinvention makes a crucial and timely contribution to scholarship on global digital capitalism and platform studies in East Asia. Drawing on years of ethnographic work, communication, and political economy, Lin Zhang importantly contributes to our understanding of neoliberalism in China and the global creative industries; theorizing the concept of ‘entrepreneurial labor,’ Zhang offers readers a brilliant perspective on digital labor in the post-2008 economy of China. A must-read for anyone working in media and creative industries! -- Sarah Banet-Weiser, author of Empowered: Popular Feminism and Popular MisogynyChina’s economic and social restructuring following the 2008 global economic crisis was remarkable, and Zhang tells it with vividness, compassion, and intelligence. The Labor of Reinvention brings a multivalent bottom-up approach to understanding the labor involved in making digital capitalism work in this national context. A gifted storyteller, Zhang makes the experiences of worker families living in a ‘Taobao village’ come alive on the page. -- Henry Jenkins, author of Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media CollideThe Labor of Reinvention provides a different and much-needed perspective on entrepreneurialism, studies of which have tended to prioritize a white Western subject, and in so doing essentialized others. Zhang insightfully examines the rupture between the promotion and lived experiences of entrepreneurship in the post-recession Chinese context, focusing on entrepreneurial reinvention—the labor of reworking oneself as an entrepreneur—and considers how this reinvention is involved in broader Chinese national economic and social projects. -- Alice E. Marwick, author of Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity and Branding in the Social Media AgeBased on long-term ethnographic research, Lin Zhang’s The Labor of Reinvention vividly delineates the lives and work of urban, rural, and transnational entrepreneurial laborers in post-2008 China. In doing so, the book not only reveals the complex meanings of new entrepreneurial selves in China but also produces a powerful critique of the ideology of entrepreneurialism in global capitalism. A major contribution. -- Guobin Yang, author of The Wuhan Lockdown[A] granular, grass-roots, bottom-up view of the past couple of decades of the development of China’s digital landscape . . . it is a very good book. -- Peter Gordon * Asian Review of Books *I highly recommend this book to any scholar in social sciences interested in the Chinese development, and the related entrepreneurial environment, digital platforms, and technological innovation ecosystem. -- Han Chu * Eurasian Geography and Economics *The Labor of Reinvention will inspire research on digital entrepreneurialism and labour studies. -- Jenny Chan * The China Quarterly *Zhang’s book is an engaging read for people studying digital platforms and labor. -- Alberto Lusoli * International Journal of Communication *Zhang provides a comprehensive guide to understanding the new Chinese digital economy and the pivotal role played by entrepreneurship. It avoids a one-sided interpretation of Chinese phenomena from a Western perspective and transcends the grand historical narratives. -- Qianlu Sun * The Communication Review *Table of ContentsPreface: The Cult of Entrepreneurialism1. The Labor of Entrepreneurial ReinventionPart I. City in Transition2. Navigating the Investor State: Elite and Grassroots Entrepreneurs in Zhongguancun3. From Science Park to Coworking: ZGC’s Contested Spaces of InnovationPart II. Back to the Countryside4. The Platformization of Family Production: Reinventing Rural Familism and Governance for the E-Commerce Era5. Moving Beyond Shanzhai? The Contradictions of Entrepreneurial Reinvention in Rural ChinaPart III. Transnational Encounters6. Between Individualization and Retraditionalization: Reinventing Self and Work Through Platform-Based DaigouEpilogue: Toward a China ParadigmNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisIn Her Own Name explores the origins and consequences of laws expanding married women’s property rights, focusing on the people and institutions that shaped them.Trade ReviewSara Chatfield has brought to American women’s history a unique theoretical and empirical vantage point. Her innovative analysis of emulation and diffusion in constitutional reform sets a new standard in American political development and the politics of gender. -- Daniel Carpenter, author of Democracy by Petition: Popular Politics in Transformation, 1790-1870Chatfield’s In Her Own Name insightfully explains the process by which rights law can expand and contract based on state interests and illuminates and deepens our understanding of the development of women’s rights. In Her Own Name is important and welcome work. -- Priscilla Yamin, author of American Marriage: A Political InstitutionChatfield tells a fascinating story about the trajectory of married women’s property reform. In doing so, she also contributes to a growing body of political science literature about the importance of understanding state-level political development. -- Julie Novkov, author of American by Birth: Wong Kim Ark and the Battle for CitizenshipIn Her Own Name is a compelling investigation of the development of married women's economic citizenship. Chatfield shows how male policy makers used property reform for married women to pursue an array of goals, including land conquest, slavery, temperance, and family needs—and how state-level institutions structured these pursuits. -- Jake Grumbach, author of Laboratories against Democracy: How National Parties Transformed State PoliticsTable of ContentsIntroduction1. Life Under Coverture and How It Changed2. Married Women’s Rights Reforms in American Political Development3. Social Movements and State Power: Reform in State Legislatures4. Constitutional Conventions as Key Reform Moments5. Decentralized Reform and Policy Diffusion6. Courts as Collaborators and CatalystsConclusionMethods AppendixAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisIn Her Own Name explores the origins and consequences of laws expanding married women’s property rights, focusing on the people and institutions that shaped them.Trade ReviewSara Chatfield has brought to American women’s history a unique theoretical and empirical vantage point. Her innovative analysis of emulation and diffusion in constitutional reform sets a new standard in American political development and the politics of gender. -- Daniel Carpenter, author of Democracy by Petition: Popular Politics in Transformation, 1790-1870Chatfield’s In Her Own Name insightfully explains the process by which rights law can expand and contract based on state interests and illuminates and deepens our understanding of the development of women’s rights. In Her Own Name is important and welcome work. -- Priscilla Yamin, author of American Marriage: A Political InstitutionChatfield tells a fascinating story about the trajectory of married women’s property reform. In doing so, she also contributes to a growing body of political science literature about the importance of understanding state-level political development. -- Julie Novkov, author of American by Birth: Wong Kim Ark and the Battle for CitizenshipIn Her Own Name is a compelling investigation of the development of married women's economic citizenship. Chatfield shows how male policy makers used property reform for married women to pursue an array of goals, including land conquest, slavery, temperance, and family needs—and how state-level institutions structured these pursuits. -- Jake Grumbach, author of Laboratories against Democracy: How National Parties Transformed State PoliticsTable of ContentsIntroduction1. Life Under Coverture and How It Changed2. Married Women’s Rights Reforms in American Political Development3. Social Movements and State Power: Reform in State Legislatures4. Constitutional Conventions as Key Reform Moments5. Decentralized Reform and Policy Diffusion6. Courts as Collaborators and CatalystsConclusionMethods AppendixAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisJason Schnittker investigates the social, cultural, medical, and scientific underpinnings of the modern mental state. He explores how anxiety has been understood from the late nineteenth century to the present day and why it has assumed a more central position in how we think about mental health.Trade ReviewFew sociologists have examined the phenomenon of anxiety. In Unnerved, Schnittker provides the most detailed sociological examination of anxiety, the most extensive discussion of the differences between anxiety and depression, and the most comprehensive empirical study of how social factors are related to anxiety that has yet been written. -- Allan Horwitz, author of Anxiety: A Short HistoryUnnerved is a beautifully executed social epidemiology of anxiety in the United States. Schnittker takes as a starting point the large cohort differences in anxiety, which he analyzes with acute sociological insight. In doing so, he not only teaches us about the social sources of anxiety but also reveals much about our changing society. -- Bruce Link, coeditor of The Oxford Handbook of Stigma, Discrimination, and HealthWith clear prose, empirical rigor, and a keen sociological eye, Schnittker has written a masterful synthesis of the research on anxiety. Unnerved reveals that, yes, we are truly living in an age of anxiety. Anyone interested in anxiety, its history, and its social determinants would be wise to start with this book. -- Owen Whooley, author of On the Heels of Ignorance: Psychiatry and the Politics of Not KnowingSchnittker's research provides a useful model for those aiming to responsibly examine the social determinants of anxiety and other mental illnesses. * H-Sci-Med-Tech *A valuable addition to the sociologist's bookshelf, offering a clear and comprehensive overview of that elusive thing we call anxiety. * Social Forces *Table of Contents1. The Significance and Meaning of Anxiety2. A Late Modern History of Anxiety3. The Evolving Science of Anxiety and Depression4. Anxiety Disorders in the United States5. Family Change and Cohort Differences in Anxiety6. The Decline in Religious Participation7. Uncertain Attachments8. Status Anxiety and Growing Inequality9. The Ascent of Anxiety as a Therapeutic Target10. The Past, Present, and Future of FearMethodological AppendixNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisDon Grant investigates the subtle ways that nurses at an academic medical center incorporate spirituality into their care work. Developing a new understanding of the social significance of religion, Nursing the Spirit recasts the intersection of science and spirituality by centering the perspectives of the people who provide care.Trade ReviewDon Grant brings the reader into the lived interpersonal experience of religion through the care that nurses engender of the body and spirit of patients. Out of such professional caregiving, Grant advances the social theory of care as a moral, emotional, and spiritual practice that resists professional and bureaucratic constraints on the meaning and future of the human in our highly technologized, bureaucratized, and neoliberal times. A serious and provocative achievement! -- Arthur Kleinman, author of The Soul of Care: The Moral Education of a Husband and a DoctorDon Grant's book on spirituality, and nursing the human spirit is an inspired treatise of sustaining human caring and human dignity wherever it is present! This work honors nursing as an exemplar of spirituality, depth of human spirit, and transcendent yet immanent nature of our shared humanity—evident in small and grand ways. Grant captures the universal history of human care and its relevant to diverse fields and life itself. A tremendous resource for interdisciplinary professional and lay interests, studies and practices. -- Jean Watson, author of Nursing: The Philosophy and Science of CaringDon Grant raises crucial questions about medical institutions, the place of spirituality in healthcare, and the limits of sociology as a way of knowing. Nursing the Spirit is a fascinating experiment in multifaceted research, as Grant juxtaposes first-person writing—about his experiences as an intern chaplain and as a patient—with social scientific methods of studying nursing work. The experiential and methodological modes of inquiry each tell their own truths, and readers can contemplate how these overlap and diverge. -- Arthur W. Frank, author of The Wounded Storyteller: Body, Illness, and EthicsBased on research at a hospital planning to end its chaplaincy program, Nursing the Spirit thoughtfully and sympathetically delves into how nurses think and talk about the spiritual aspects of their work, and how they sometimes provide spiritual care to patients. Both personal and scholarly, this book explores what it might mean for nurses to care for people’s entire selves—not just their bodies—and the challenges of doing so. -- Mark Chaves, author of American Religion: Contemporary Trends, second editionReligions urge us to care for suffering strangers. Nursing the Spirit shows that, although hospitals are bureaucratic organizations applying medical science, they are also places where nurses, in an unofficial and low-key way, offer spiritual (as well as physical) care to patients. Grant explains how and why they do this, and grapples with the important question of how an ethic of care can be kept alive in today’s societies. -- Paula England, New York University, past President of the American Sociological AssociationHow can the ideal of being ready to help not only those close to us, and of considering all people spiritual beings, be preserved and translated into social reality? In a brilliant sociological study of nurses in a university hospital, combined with personal and historical reflections, the author confronts us with the challenges for this ideal in the world of modern scientific medicine and opens realistic perspectives that give reason for hope. -- Hans Joas, Humboldt University, Berlin, and University of ChicagoTable of ContentsPreface1. Religion and Care of the Stranger2. The History of Caritas in Health Care3. Craft Versions of Religious Authority4. Second-Guessing Talk About Spirituality5. Pathways to Spiritual Meaning and Emotional Dead Ends6. Styles of Spiritual Care7. Bridging Science and Spirituality Through Storytelling8. Restoring the Sanctity Once Bestowed on HumanityNotesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisDon Grant investigates the subtle ways that nurses at an academic medical center incorporate spirituality into their care work. Developing a new understanding of the social significance of religion, Nursing the Spirit recasts the intersection of science and spirituality by centering the perspectives of the people who provide care.Trade ReviewDon Grant brings the reader into the lived interpersonal experience of religion through the care that nurses engender of the body and spirit of patients. Out of such professional caregiving, Grant advances the social theory of care as a moral, emotional, and spiritual practice that resists professional and bureaucratic constraints on the meaning and future of the human in our highly technologized, bureaucratized, and neoliberal times. A serious and provocative achievement! -- Arthur Kleinman, author of The Soul of Care: The Moral Education of a Husband and a DoctorDon Grant's book on spirituality, and nursing the human spirit is an inspired treatise of sustaining human caring and human dignity wherever it is present! This work honors nursing as an exemplar of spirituality, depth of human spirit, and transcendent yet immanent nature of our shared humanity—evident in small and grand ways. Grant captures the universal history of human care and its relevant to diverse fields and life itself. A tremendous resource for interdisciplinary professional and lay interests, studies and practices. -- Jean Watson, author of Nursing: The Philosophy and Science of CaringDon Grant raises crucial questions about medical institutions, the place of spirituality in healthcare, and the limits of sociology as a way of knowing. Nursing the Spirit is a fascinating experiment in multifaceted research, as Grant juxtaposes first-person writing—about his experiences as an intern chaplain and as a patient—with social scientific methods of studying nursing work. The experiential and methodological modes of inquiry each tell their own truths, and readers can contemplate how these overlap and diverge. -- Arthur W. Frank, author of The Wounded Storyteller: Body, Illness, and EthicsBased on research at a hospital planning to end its chaplaincy program, Nursing the Spirit thoughtfully and sympathetically delves into how nurses think and talk about the spiritual aspects of their work, and how they sometimes provide spiritual care to patients. Both personal and scholarly, this book explores what it might mean for nurses to care for people’s entire selves—not just their bodies—and the challenges of doing so. -- Mark Chaves, author of American Religion: Contemporary Trends, second editionReligions urge us to care for suffering strangers. Nursing the Spirit shows that, although hospitals are bureaucratic organizations applying medical science, they are also places where nurses, in an unofficial and low-key way, offer spiritual (as well as physical) care to patients. Grant explains how and why they do this, and grapples with the important question of how an ethic of care can be kept alive in today’s societies. -- Paula England, New York University, past President of the American Sociological AssociationHow can the ideal of being ready to help not only those close to us, and of considering all people spiritual beings, be preserved and translated into social reality? In a brilliant sociological study of nurses in a university hospital, combined with personal and historical reflections, the author confronts us with the challenges for this ideal in the world of modern scientific medicine and opens realistic perspectives that give reason for hope. -- Hans Joas, Humboldt University, Berlin, and University of ChicagoTable of ContentsPreface1. Religion and Care of the Stranger2. The History of Caritas in Health Care3. Craft Versions of Religious Authority4. Second-Guessing Talk About Spirituality5. Pathways to Spiritual Meaning and Emotional Dead Ends6. Styles of Spiritual Care7. Bridging Science and Spirituality Through Storytelling8. Restoring the Sanctity Once Bestowed on HumanityNotesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisNicole Iturriaga offers an ethnographic examination of how Spanish human rights activists use forensic methods to challenge dominant histories, reshape collective memory, and create new forms of transitional justice. Exhuming Violent Histories sheds new light on how science and technology intersect with human rights and collective memory.Trade ReviewOften moving and eminently readable way....a quite useful text for undergraduate students of ethnography, human rights, memory, and collective collaboration. * H-Sci-Med-Tech *Exhuming Violent Histories exhibits deep research and attention to detail, in addition to being clearly written. In all my years conducting forensic investigations of the disappeared and researching and writing about their effects on survivors and communities, I have never come across a book that does such a thorough job of analyzing this process in the context of Spain. -- Eric Stover, coauthor of Hiding in Plain Sight: The Pursuit of War Criminals from Nuremberg to the War on TerrorExhuming Violent Histories is an engaging ethnography of how forensic and genetic sciences are being deployed to recover and reframe literally buried histories in post-Franco Spain. Through their painstaking work, human rights-oriented forensic specialists and human rights activists are together challenging the necropower of the state and revising the official history of the Franco era. Iturriaga also reflects upon transnational advocacy and how such efforts further social justice. -- Gail Kligman, Distinguished Professor of Sociology, University of California, Los AngelesNicole Iturriaga has written a terrific book. Exhuming Violent Histories is a compelling portrait of efforts to reclaim the remains of civilian victims of the Spanish Civil War era. But more importantly, she has delivered a clarion call for how activists can utilize forensic science to advance human rights on a global scale. -- Scott Ellsworth, author of The Ground Breaking: An American City and Its Search for JusticeThere is no doubt that scholars of human rights, peace, conflict and justice studies, and law and social movements will find this well-researched and accessibly written book useful and deeply engaging. * Social Forces *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. No Pasarán? The Spanish Civil War, the Franco Regime, and Democracy2. Excavations: A Scientific Trojan Horse3. At the Foot of the Grave: Teaching Science and the “True” History of Spain4. Reburying the Dead: Performance of Grief and Reframed Narratives5. Transnational NetworksEpilogueMethodological AppendixNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisNicole Iturriaga offers an ethnographic examination of how Spanish human rights activists use forensic methods to challenge dominant histories, reshape collective memory, and create new forms of transitional justice. Exhuming Violent Histories sheds new light on how science and technology intersect with human rights and collective memory.Trade ReviewOften moving and eminently readable way....a quite useful text for undergraduate students of ethnography, human rights, memory, and collective collaboration. * H-Sci-Med-Tech *Exhuming Violent Histories exhibits deep research and attention to detail, in addition to being clearly written. In all my years conducting forensic investigations of the disappeared and researching and writing about their effects on survivors and communities, I have never come across a book that does such a thorough job of analyzing this process in the context of Spain. -- Eric Stover, coauthor of Hiding in Plain Sight: The Pursuit of War Criminals from Nuremberg to the War on TerrorExhuming Violent Histories is an engaging ethnography of how forensic and genetic sciences are being deployed to recover and reframe literally buried histories in post-Franco Spain. Through their painstaking work, human rights-oriented forensic specialists and human rights activists are together challenging the necropower of the state and revising the official history of the Franco era. Iturriaga also reflects upon transnational advocacy and how such efforts further social justice. -- Gail Kligman, Distinguished Professor of Sociology, University of California, Los AngelesNicole Iturriaga has written a terrific book. Exhuming Violent Histories is a compelling portrait of efforts to reclaim the remains of civilian victims of the Spanish Civil War era. But more importantly, she has delivered a clarion call for how activists can utilize forensic science to advance human rights on a global scale. -- Scott Ellsworth, author of The Ground Breaking: An American City and Its Search for JusticeThere is no doubt that scholars of human rights, peace, conflict and justice studies, and law and social movements will find this well-researched and accessibly written book useful and deeply engaging. * Social Forces *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. No Pasarán? The Spanish Civil War, the Franco Regime, and Democracy2. Excavations: A Scientific Trojan Horse3. At the Foot of the Grave: Teaching Science and the “True” History of Spain4. Reburying the Dead: Performance of Grief and Reframed Narratives5. Transnational NetworksEpilogueMethodological AppendixNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisThis book presents a comprehensive overview of the theory and practice of experimental research in the field of social work. Bruce A. Thyer illustrates key principles through examples of how social workers have evaluated real-world practice approaches.Trade ReviewI wish I had this book years ago! This comprehensive and beautifully written volume will be useful to both aspiring and seasoned experimental researchers. Experimental Research Designs in Social Work will be a work I reach to again and again as I plan and execute my next experimental trial. -- Joseph Himle, University of MichiganBruce Thyer has been a long-term advocate for clients receiving careful appraisals of potential service outcomes. Experimental Research Designs in Social Work is an important contribution for its extensive account of social work experiments and an up-to-date description of how to discover opportunities to evaluate practices and policies, adding to our knowledge about outcomes. -- Eileen Gambrill, University of California BerkeleyThyer skillfully presents the key principles and importance of experimental designs to social work. Easy to follow yet intellectually invigorating, this book seamlessly integrates theory, practice, and research methods. -- Harold Briggs, University of GeorgiaOutcome studies are essential to know whether or not an intervention is effective. This text—written by one of the foremost experts in experimental research—is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in designing, conducting, or evaluating intervention research. -- David R. Hodge, Arizona State UniversityThyer has helped to take the “experimenting” out of teaching experimental research design. This text provides a clear blueprint for teaching and learning about experimental research design. I trust that this book will be an invaluable resource for social work scholars for many years to come. -- Javonda Williams, University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleSocial work students will greatly benefit from this excellent book....The text provides a clear integration of theory, practice, and research methods. * Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment *Table of ContentsNote to the ReaderForeword by Gail S. SteketeePreface1. Why Does Social Work Need Experimental Designs?2. What Are Experiments?3. The Philosophy of the Science of Experimental Designs4. The Purpose of Experimental Designs5. Posttest-Only Experimental Designs6. Pretest–Posttest Experimental Designs7. Refinements in Experimental Designs8. Recruiting Participants from Diverse and Underrepresented Groups9. Alternatives to Group-Randomized Designs for Making Causal Inferences10. Ethical Considerations for the Use of Experimental DesignsReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisThis book presents a comprehensive overview of the theory and practice of experimental research in the field of social work. Bruce A. Thyer illustrates key principles through examples of how social workers have evaluated real-world practice approaches.Trade ReviewI wish I had this book years ago! This comprehensive and beautifully written volume will be useful to both aspiring and seasoned experimental researchers. Experimental Research Designs in Social Work will be a work I reach to again and again as I plan and execute my next experimental trial. -- Joseph Himle, University of MichiganBruce Thyer has been a long-term advocate for clients receiving careful appraisals of potential service outcomes. Experimental Research Designs in Social Work is an important contribution for its extensive account of social work experiments and an up-to-date description of how to discover opportunities to evaluate practices and policies, adding to our knowledge about outcomes. -- Eileen Gambrill, University of California BerkeleyThyer skillfully presents the key principles and importance of experimental designs to social work. Easy to follow yet intellectually invigorating, this book seamlessly integrates theory, practice, and research methods. -- Harold Briggs, University of GeorgiaOutcome studies are essential to know whether or not an intervention is effective. This text—written by one of the foremost experts in experimental research—is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in designing, conducting, or evaluating intervention research. -- David R. Hodge, Arizona State UniversityThyer has helped to take the “experimenting” out of teaching experimental research design. This text provides a clear blueprint for teaching and learning about experimental research design. I trust that this book will be an invaluable resource for social work scholars for many years to come. -- Javonda Williams, University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleSocial work students will greatly benefit from this excellent book....The text provides a clear integration of theory, practice, and research methods. * Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment *Table of ContentsNote to the ReaderForeword by Gail S. SteketeePreface1. Why Does Social Work Need Experimental Designs?2. What Are Experiments?3. The Philosophy of the Science of Experimental Designs4. The Purpose of Experimental Designs5. Posttest-Only Experimental Designs6. Pretest–Posttest Experimental Designs7. Refinements in Experimental Designs8. Recruiting Participants from Diverse and Underrepresented Groups9. Alternatives to Group-Randomized Designs for Making Causal Inferences10. Ethical Considerations for the Use of Experimental DesignsReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisAlex Preda provides an ethnographic exploration of how financial expertise is performed and produced in the media, analyzing its features and how audiences react to it. He examines how analysts, anchors, and producers collaborate in manufacturing financial talk that circulates around the world.Trade ReviewThis is easily the most original book in the sociology of finance that I have read in many years. Preda singles out financial expert talk by academics, analysts, and financial journalists, showing how it is interactionally produced and performed, and how it invades the public sphere and influences how finance is understood. This book should not be missed by sociologists of finance and financial economists. It is also a must read for science communication generally, expert studies and media studies—and for practitioners, seeking to look into a mirror of their practice. -- Karin Knorr Cetina, author of Epistemic Cultures: How the Sciences Make KnowledgeHow are we ever going to make sense of our world after the 2008 crash without understanding what financial experts think they are doing? Reaching into all the latest research on, and analysis of expertise, Alex Preda tells us what is going on when financial experts present themselves in the media. -- Harry Collins, coauthor of Why Democracies Need ScienceTalk is fundamental to how human beings interact, and what we say about money and finance matters. Focusing on Hong Kong's TV and radio studios, and employing his trademark combination of ethnographic insight and sharp sociological analysis, Preda throws important new light on financial talk, its nuances, and its audiences. -- Donald MacKenzie, author of Trading at the Speed of Light: How Ultrafast Algorithms Are Transforming Financial MarketsWritten in clear prose, Preda’s ethnography moves easily between theory and evidence. * Social Forces *Table of ContentsIntroduction1. What Is Financial Expertise?2. Talk, Spectacle, and Expertise3. The Organization of Expert Talk4. Strategic Facework: The Expert Presentation of Experts5. Unfaultable Talk6. Talk and Truth7. Managing AudiencesConclusionAppendix 1. Hong Kong as a Global Financial CenterAppendix 2. Ethnographic MethodsAcknowledgmentsNotesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisDrawing on a decade of fieldwork in Italy and France as well as interviews with critics and data analysis, this book provides an unprecedented sociological account of the dynamics of wine markets. It shows how the concepts of genre and collective identity explain producers’ choices, whether they are selling traditional or nonconventional wines.Trade ReviewUsing rich case studies of wine regions, Wine Markets demonstrates how collective identities emerge among producers. With its interesting mixture of detailed field data, historical knowledge, interesting anecdotes, and sociological ideas, I see this becoming a classic in economic sociology. -- Jerker Denrell, Warwick Business SchoolA rich descriptive analysis of the emergence and evolution of new genres of wine in various regions across Italy and France... the book not only offers an engaging foray into the modern history of European wine but also provides significant theoretical insights to several research areas in both organization theory and strategy. * Administrative Science Quarterly *At the end of the day, Wine Markets is a creditable culmination of a decade and a half of what was, I imagine, a delicious and rewarding research program. * Social Forces *Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgments1. Genres and Market Identities2. Barolo and Barbaresco3.The Barolo Wars4. Mobilization of Collective Market Identities5. Genre Spanning, Ambiguity, and Valuation6. Brunello di Montalcino7. Tradition, Modernity, and the Scandal8. Alsace9. Biodynamic and Organic Winemaking10. Why Biodynamics? Category Signals and Audience Response11. Community Structure, Social Movements, and Market Identities12. CodaAppendix: Data SourcesNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisThis is a comprehensive handbook for mental health and social service providers on prevention of malpractice lawsuits and licensing-board complaints. Frederic G. Reamer provides in-depth discussion of common risk areas and steps practitioners can take to protect clients and themselves.Trade ReviewThis is a must-have text for all behavioral health professionals. In an increasingly litigious world, behavioral health professionals must be prepared to manage their practices in ways that ensure they are in compliance with licensure rules, ethics, and legally accepted standards. This book shows the way. -- Christine M. Heer, Seton Hall UniversityFrederic Reamer has become a household name in social work education and practice. In his inimitable style, Reamer provides mental health practitioners with the necessary tools for risk management. To avoid the hazards of our litigious society, this book should be required reading for all practitioners of mental health services. -- Stephen M. Marson, editor of the International Journal of Social Work Values and EthicsAs an attorney who defends mental health professionals before their licensing boards, I am putting this book on the top shelf of my resource library. It is scholarly yet practical, exhaustive but readable. It is destined to become the go-to guide for both behavioral health practitioners and scholars. -- David Barry, partner at Bowne Barry & BarryThis book provides a thoughtful discussion of legal risks facing behavioral health practitioners, including those associated with complex and emerging issues. Reamer’s synthesis of legal, ethical, and practice standards that apply to the profession and his practical frameworks to assess and mitigate risks across a variety of settings are essential. -- Caitlyn Silhan, partner at Waters Kraus & PaulThis book is an amazing resource for any lawyer who has a case relating to a behavioral health practitioner’s alleged malpractice. Reamer has a strong grasp of the ethics and practices of behavioral health, and he offers essential insight into presenting a case before a court or a licensing board because he knows so much about the law and litigation. -- Jamie M. Woolsey, partner at Sandefer & WoolseyIn this well-researched and well-written book, Reamer provides behavioral health practitioners with practical guidance on how to structure their policy and practice in a way that takes various legal and ethical risks into account. Reamer is truly a leading expert on risk management. -- Allan Barsky, Florida Atlantic UniversityRisk Management in the Behavioral Health Professions provides mental health students and practitioners an accessible and comprehensive set of practice standards in a manner that is not intimidating but yet maintains excellent depth and accuracy. -- Robert Madden, University of Saint JosephThe complex issues and ethical challenges identified in this book are not unique to social work—yet rather they are common elements of any behavioral health process and therapeutic relationship. All behavioral health professionals face these ethical issues in their practice and are at risk. This is an essential text for behavioral health professionals. -- Gisele Ferreto, University of MarylandTable of ContentsForeword, by Robert P. LandauPreface1. Professional Risk Management: An Overview2. Confidentiality and Privileged Communication3. The Delivery of Services4. Impaired Practitioners5. Supervision: Clients and Staff6. Consultation, Referral, Documentation, and Records7. Deception and Fraud8. Interruption and Termination of Service9. Responding to Lawsuits and Licensing-Board ComplaintsAppendix: Sample FormsNotesReferencesLegal CitationsIndex

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Book SynopsisHistorically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are a crucial element of higher education in the United States. In Vital and Valuable, two distinguished economists provide a groundbreaking empirical analysis of HBCUs and offer actionable policy recommendations.Trade ReviewKoch and Swinton present a powerful argument that HBCUs are 'vital and valuable.' Meticulously researched with detailed empiricism, the authors back up the claims that many make anecdotally. Comparing HBCUs to elite universities, state-supported universities, and other types of colleges and universities, Koch and Swinton make a convincing case that HBCUs are a critical part of the higher education landscape. If there were no HBCUs, some say, we would have to invent them, even in a so-called post-racial world. Swinton and Koch examine the history of HBCUs, including the racist history of governmental bias against HBCUs. They offer policy suggestions to strengthen HBCUs' sometimes fragile financial position, with recommendations for government, corporations, businesses, and philanthropy. Importantly, though Koch and Swinton are clear HBCU boosters, they do not avoid some uncomfortable aspects of the HBCU reality. Their candor, and the empiricism surrounding their assertions, strengthen their case. This clear-eyed and factual look at HBCUs is a must-read for anyone who cares about education, equity, and our nation's future. I learned from and enjoyed this book. I wish that some of the legislators who vote on HBCU appropriations would read Vital and Valuable so that it might inform their votes on appropriations. -- Julianne Malveaux, president emerita, Bennett College for Women, and dean, College of Ethnic Studies, California State University at Los AngelesThis book is both timely and insightful, a persuasive introduction of these unique educational gems to the broader community. -- Kurt Schmoke, president, University of Baltimore, and former mayor, City of BaltimoreThis is the definitive study of historically Black colleges and universities in the United States. Combining social analysis, financial and enrollment data, and statistical analysis, Vital and Valuable provides the most comprehensive picture of the condition and contributions of HBCUs to date. Products of legal segregation in American higher education, underfinanced and underrecognized, HBCUs have 'made a way out of no way.' Vital and Valuable affords an in-depth, evidence-based treatment of their record of accomplishment in the vise of American racism. -- William A. Darity Jr., Samuel DuBois Cook Professor of Public Policy, African and African American Studies, and Economics and director of the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity, Duke UniversityVital and Valuable addresses the existence and survival of HBCUs with respect to institutional positioning, enrollment, funding, competition, politics, and student success. It clearly distinguishes itself by its empirical grounding, a rare approach in the HBCU book project space, to provide key insights. This book is in a class all its own. -- Jason Coupet, Georgia State UniversityWhat is the value of HBCUs in America in the twenty-first century? Koch and Swinton’s answer is unequivocal: they are a key part of the higher education landscape and important to Black America specifically, and to the country more broadly. This is an important book about an important topic that needs much more scholarship and attention. -- Christian K. Anderson, coeditor of The History of American College Football: Institutional Policy, Culture, and ReformThis is a model for the study of higher education in general, not just a particular set of institutions. * Higher Ed Jobs *Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgments1. Removing the Veil2. A Précis of the Case for HBCUs3. Declining HBCU Enrollments—a Mystery or Not?4. The Sample and the Data5. Enrollment, Retention, and Graduation6. A Deeper Dive into HBCU Dynamics7. A Roadmap for the FutureAppendix A. Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in the SampleAppendix B. Observations on Panel Least Squares, Random Effects, and Fixed EffectsAppendix C. Data tablesNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisHistorically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are a crucial element of higher education in the United States. In Vital and Valuable, two distinguished economists provide a groundbreaking empirical analysis of HBCUs and offer actionable policy recommendations.Trade ReviewKoch and Swinton present a powerful argument that HBCUs are 'vital and valuable.' Meticulously researched with detailed empiricism, the authors back up the claims that many make anecdotally. Comparing HBCUs to elite universities, state-supported universities, and other types of colleges and universities, Koch and Swinton make a convincing case that HBCUs are a critical part of the higher education landscape. If there were no HBCUs, some say, we would have to invent them, even in a so-called post-racial world. Swinton and Koch examine the history of HBCUs, including the racist history of governmental bias against HBCUs. They offer policy suggestions to strengthen HBCUs' sometimes fragile financial position, with recommendations for government, corporations, businesses, and philanthropy. Importantly, though Koch and Swinton are clear HBCU boosters, they do not avoid some uncomfortable aspects of the HBCU reality. Their candor, and the empiricism surrounding their assertions, strengthen their case. This clear-eyed and factual look at HBCUs is a must-read for anyone who cares about education, equity, and our nation's future. I learned from and enjoyed this book. I wish that some of the legislators who vote on HBCU appropriations would read Vital and Valuable so that it might inform their votes on appropriations. -- Julianne Malveaux, president emerita, Bennett College for Women, and dean, College of Ethnic Studies, California State University at Los AngelesThis book is both timely and insightful, a persuasive introduction of these unique educational gems to the broader community. -- Kurt Schmoke, president, University of Baltimore, and former mayor, City of BaltimoreThis is the definitive study of historically Black colleges and universities in the United States. Combining social analysis, financial and enrollment data, and statistical analysis, Vital and Valuable provides the most comprehensive picture of the condition and contributions of HBCUs to date. Products of legal segregation in American higher education, underfinanced and underrecognized, HBCUs have 'made a way out of no way.' Vital and Valuable affords an in-depth, evidence-based treatment of their record of accomplishment in the vise of American racism. -- William A. Darity Jr., Samuel DuBois Cook Professor of Public Policy, African and African American Studies, and Economics and director of the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity, Duke UniversityVital and Valuable addresses the existence and survival of HBCUs with respect to institutional positioning, enrollment, funding, competition, politics, and student success. It clearly distinguishes itself by its empirical grounding, a rare approach in the HBCU book project space, to provide key insights. This book is in a class all its own. -- Jason Coupet, Georgia State UniversityWhat is the value of HBCUs in America in the twenty-first century? Koch and Swinton’s answer is unequivocal: they are a key part of the higher education landscape and important to Black America specifically, and to the country more broadly. This is an important book about an important topic that needs much more scholarship and attention. -- Christian K. Anderson, coeditor of The History of American College Football: Institutional Policy, Culture, and ReformThis is a model for the study of higher education in general, not just a particular set of institutions. * Higher Ed Jobs *Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgments1. Removing the Veil2. A Précis of the Case for HBCUs3. Declining HBCU Enrollments—a Mystery or Not?4. The Sample and the Data5. Enrollment, Retention, and Graduation6. A Deeper Dive into HBCU Dynamics7. A Roadmap for the FutureAppendix A. Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in the SampleAppendix B. Observations on Panel Least Squares, Random Effects, and Fixed EffectsAppendix C. Data tablesNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisTill Hilmar examines memories of the postsocialist transition in East Germany and the Czech Republic to offer new insights into the power of narratives about economic change.Trade ReviewIn this astute and captivating analysis of disruptive economic change, Hilmar moves persuasively beyond the ‘morality’ and ‘economy’ binary to draw a timely lesson: it’s in the very fabric of social relations, even our memory of them, that we pursue moral worth and economic deservingness. Read this gem of a book that, yes, deserves wide attention. -- Nina Bandelj, coeditor of Money Talks: Explaining How Money Really WorksWhat if memory were not only about war, exile, trauma, and genocide? Hilmar’s inspiring work sets a new and crucial agenda for memory studies by highlighting the importance of economic memories for understanding contemporary societies. Deserved makes a clarion call for putting socioeconomic perspectives back into the study of remembrance. -- Sarah Gensburger, coauthor of Beyond Memory: Can We Really Learn from the Past?Deserved is a fascinating journey into the turmoil of post-1989 transformation in Central Europe. On the basis of in-depth interviews, Hilmar reveals the moral grammar that surrounds the remembrance of economic ruptures and how the language of deservingness and inclusion makes up the fabric of society. -- Steffen Mau, Professor of Sociology, Humboldt University of BerlinDeserved is the first full-fledged theory of perception of economic justice in the field of memory studies. This book will resonate with the growing interest in economic aspects of social memory, and Hilmar’s concept of ‘moral deservingness’ will become a useful tool for studying perception of other instances of economic changes. -- Joanna Wawrzyniak, coeditor of Remembering the Neoliberal Turn: Economic Change and Collective Memory in Eastern Europe after 1989The book is original, illuminating, and consistently insightful, and it shows a deep acquaintance with the literature on memory and social identity. As such Deserved is a highly valuable contribution to cultural sociology. * Understanding Society *A novel and conceptually rich take on the history and memory of the post-socialist transformations. * CEU Review of Books *Table of ContentsIntroduction1. Historical Trajectories2. Remembering Economic Change After 19893. Deserving and Undeserving Others4. The Social Experience of the Transformation PeriodEpilogue: How Right-Wing Populists Capture DeservingnessMethodological AppendixAcknowledgmentsCopyright AcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTill Hilmar examines memories of the postsocialist transition in East Germany and the Czech Republic to offer new insights into the power of narratives about economic change.Trade ReviewIn this astute and captivating analysis of disruptive economic change, Hilmar moves persuasively beyond the ‘morality’ and ‘economy’ binary to draw a timely lesson: it’s in the very fabric of social relations, even our memory of them, that we pursue moral worth and economic deservingness. Read this gem of a book that, yes, deserves wide attention. -- Nina Bandelj, coeditor of Money Talks: Explaining How Money Really WorksWhat if memory were not only about war, exile, trauma, and genocide? Hilmar’s inspiring work sets a new and crucial agenda for memory studies by highlighting the importance of economic memories for understanding contemporary societies. Deserved makes a clarion call for putting socioeconomic perspectives back into the study of remembrance. -- Sarah Gensburger, coauthor of Beyond Memory: Can We Really Learn from the Past?Deserved is a fascinating journey into the turmoil of post-1989 transformation in Central Europe. On the basis of in-depth interviews, Hilmar reveals the moral grammar that surrounds the remembrance of economic ruptures and how the language of deservingness and inclusion makes up the fabric of society. -- Steffen Mau, Professor of Sociology, Humboldt University of BerlinDeserved is the first full-fledged theory of perception of economic justice in the field of memory studies. This book will resonate with the growing interest in economic aspects of social memory, and Hilmar’s concept of ‘moral deservingness’ will become a useful tool for studying perception of other instances of economic changes. -- Joanna Wawrzyniak, coeditor of Remembering the Neoliberal Turn: Economic Change and Collective Memory in Eastern Europe after 1989The book is original, illuminating, and consistently insightful, and it shows a deep acquaintance with the literature on memory and social identity. As such Deserved is a highly valuable contribution to cultural sociology. * Understanding Society *A novel and conceptually rich take on the history and memory of the post-socialist transformations. * CEU Review of Books *Table of ContentsIntroduction1. Historical Trajectories2. Remembering Economic Change After 19893. Deserving and Undeserving Others4. The Social Experience of the Transformation PeriodEpilogue: How Right-Wing Populists Capture DeservingnessMethodological AppendixAcknowledgmentsCopyright AcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisEviane Leidig offers an in-depth look into the world of far-right women influencers, exploring the digital lives they cultivate as they seek new recruits for white nationalism.Trade ReviewFinally, a book that looks at the women of the alt-right, the social media influencers who radicalize with a smile, who curate online “authenticity,” and who use traditional femininity to fight feminism. Critical but not dismissive, Eviane Leidig takes these women seriously without taking them at their word. As we all should. -- Cas Mudde, coauthor of Populism: A Very Short IntroductionLeidig’s deep dive into the social media worlds of far-right women reveals how they weaponize mainstream influencer branding and marketing strategies to soften and package far-right content within relatable, everyday stories. Original, timely, and indispensable for understanding the modern far right. -- Cynthia Miller-Idriss, author of Hate in the Homeland: The New Global Far RightThe Women of the Far Right is an immensely readable ethnographic investigation of an oft-overlooked aspect of modern extremism—the role of women. Eviane Leidig deftly shows how far-right influencers leverage social media tools like Instagram and YouTube to normalize extreme ideas. The book is a cautionary tale of how hateful ideas can be easily cloaked, and how influential they can be. -- Alice Marwick, author of Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity, and Branding in the Social Media AgeThe Women of the Far Right explores how female influencers shape the discourse, norms, and practices of the far right and participate in the mobilization of new supporters. This book shows how important the role of far-right women influencers is in cultural polarization and social conflicts in Western societies and, thus, how they are expanding what far-right ideology means and its social impact. -- Arie Perliger, author of American Zealots: Inside Right-Wing Domestic TerrorismA thorough and incisive account of the crucial role that women play in shaping and directing the online and social media discourse of the Far Right. * Journal of Social Media in Society *Table of ContentsIntroduction: “A New Chapter”1. The Alt-Right Versus the Far Right2. Down the Rabbit Hole: My Red Pill Journey3. Femininity Not Feminism4. The Making of a Tradwife5. Crowdsourcing Hate6. From Protests to Parliaments7. Countering the Far RightConclusion: “I’ve Taken the Real-Life Pill”NotesIndex

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Book SynopsisAïssatou Mbodj-Pouye examines the changing roles that foyers have played in the lives of generations of West African migrants, weaving together rich ethnographic description with a critical historical account.Trade ReviewMbodj-Pouye's pathbreaking book is an exquisite close reading of foyers in Paris. The residents of these dormitories, West African men, take center stage as key interlocutors who have shaped and challenged state efforts to manage their homes and their bodies. An Address in Paris is precisely the kind of careful, empirical, and rigorous scholarship that demonstrates how race—as a social construct—necessarily intersects with other categories such as gender, space, and citizenship. -- Minayo Nasiali, author of Native to the Republic: Empire, Social Citizenship, and Everyday Life in Marseille Since 1945An Address in Paris is a fine-grained ethnography that is a valuable contribution to the scholarship on West African migration in France. Its historical perspective captures quite masterfully the evolution of institutions and policies governing African migrants while examining their claims on localized urban spaces. Its ethnographic narratives shed light on the lived experiences of West African migrants from the Senegal River Valley engaged simultaneously in processes of place making in Paris and its suburbs and continued engagement in transnational relations with sending communities. Scholars and students of migration will find in this book an excellent ethnographic case illuminating the active participation of migrants often viewed as marginal in shaping the sociocultural, economic, and political processes surrounding their incorporation in a host city. -- Abdoulaye Kane, editor of African Migrations: Patterns and PerspectivesBuilding on both archival research and ethnographic fieldwork, An Address in Paris offers fresh insights into West African labor migration to France. By using the foyer, the housing residences that the French state historically provided to migrant workers from the former colonies, as a lens, Mbodj-Pouye sheds light on not only the French state’s efforts to govern migrant populations but also how West Africans seized on and redeployed the foyer to build transnational networks and claim belonging in the city. Tracing how generations of foyer residents appropriated and transformed the foyer in line with their changing circumstances, An Address in Paris also takes into account the crucial element of time so often overlooked in discussions of migration. Painstakingly researched and beautifully written, this book is essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary migration. -- Jennifer Cole, editor of Affective Circuits: African Migration to Europe and the Pursuit of Social RegenerationTable of ContentsAbbreviationsIntroductionPart I. Communities in the Making1. Improvising the Foyers: Franco-African Institutions of Migration (1958–1967)2. Modern Buildings: Political Challenges, Administrative Anxieties, and the Consolidation of the Foyer System (1968–1979)3. Permanence and Decay: African Foyers, from Solution to Problem (1980s–1990s)Part II. Partial Endings4. Tolerated Bonds: Living Together in the Foyers5. When Will the Foyers End? Contentious Renovations and Temporal Disjunctions6. Acknowledging Solidarity: Bureaucratic Relatedness, Hosting Practices, and Exclusionary DynamicsPart III. Ambivalent Attachments, Contested Belonging7. Foyermen: Class, Gender, and Race Across Generations8. Eroded Emplacement: Urban Incorporation, Containment Policies, and the Politics of Belonging9. Focal Points: Reflections from the FoyersAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliography

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