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State University of New York Press Postpolitics and the Limits of Nature Critical
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State University of New York Press Politics of People The Protest Cultures in China
Book SynopsisExplores the cultural dimensions of protest and dissent in China, focusing on dramatic forms of bodily, spatial, strategic, and artistic performativity.Since the 1989 Tiananmen Square occupation, mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau have experienced an increase in and persistence of mass gatherings, demonstrations, and blockades staged as a means of protesting the ways in which people are. In this book, Shih-Diing Liu argues that these popular protests are poorly understood, because they are viewed through the lens of protests and occupations globally, with insufficient attention given to their distinctively local aspects. He provides a better account of these distinctively Chinese-style occupations by describing, contextualizing, and analyzing a range of relevant recent case studies. Liu draws on theoretical concepts developed by Judith Butler, Jacques Rancière, Ernesto Laclau, and other contemporary critical theorists and shows the the importance of considering bodily, spatial, and visual dimensions of these protests. By seeing them as staged, contentious performances, the author demonstrates how these precarious populations mobilize their bodies and symbolic resources offered by the Chinese government to open up temporary spaces of appearance to articulate their grievances, and argues that this kind of embodied and performative analysis should be more widely conducted in studies of popular politics worldwide.
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State University of New York Press See America
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State University of New York Press Seasons The Philosophical Literary and
Book SynopsisPioneering essays that demonstrate the significance of the seasons for philosophy, environmental thought, anthropology, cultural studies, aesthetics, poetics, and literary criticism.Although the seasons have been a perennial theme in literature and art, their significance for philosophy and environmental theory has remained largely unexplored. This pioneering book demonstrates the ways in which inquiry into the seasons reveals new and illuminating perspectives for philosophy, environmental thought, anthropology, cultural studies, aesthetics, poetics, and literary criticism. The Seasons opens up new avenues for research in these fields and provides a valuable resource for teachers and students of the environmental humanities. The innovative essays herein address a wide range of seasonal cultures and geographies, from the traditional Western model of the four seasons??spring, summer, fall, and winter??to the Indigenous seasons of Australia and the Arctic. Exemplifying the crucial importance of interdisciplinary research, The Seasons makes a compelling case for the relevance of the seasons to our daily lives, scientific understanding, diverse cultural practices, and politics.
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State University of New York Press Translating Global Ideas
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Book Jungle The Hymns of Prudentius
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Simon & Schuster The Fiddler in the Subway
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Taylor & Francis Inc Psychology of Terrorists
Book SynopsisThe Psychology of Terrorists examines the personality profile of the individual and categorizes the psychology of terrorists into four distinct profiles which are outlined and analyzed in detail. There are many books that cover social psychology and political violence and aggression, but few establish the mind-set of the terrorist as an individual. This includes taking into account personal experiences, and religious or political ideology for the purposes of understanding conceptual and tactical objectives and profiling terrorists to counter terrorist threats.Dr. Raymond Hamden presents a unique look at terrorists as individuals with personal motives as well as those of principle. The book presents an analysis of terrorists without prejudice or bias for any political, religious, nationality, creed, or race. Too many times the world see experts focus on issues that are based on their own predispositions or partialities. Although there is criticism on the reliaTable of Contents1. History of Terrorists in Brief2. Analysis with Psychological Defense Styles3. Types of Terrorists4. The Psychopathic Terrorists5. The Ethno-Geographic Terrorists: Religious and Political6. The Retributional Terrorists7. Techniques of Interviews and Interrogations8. Techniques of Intervention9. Understanding Terrorist Attacks: Methods, Mode, Tactics, and Strategies10. Track I: Profiling and Counter-Terrorism11. Track II: Profiling and CounterAction
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Temple University Press,U.S. The American Dream in the 21st Century
Book SynopsisA multidisciplinary conversation on the state of the American DreamTrade Review"The diversity of contributions-from historians, political scientists, sociologists, and a pollster-distinguish The American Dream in the 21st Century from many other books on the topic. The multi-disciplinary focus is especially useful, as chapters provide cultural interpretations of Americans' attitudes toward the American Dream through the lenses of race, gender, religion and ethics." -Arne L. Kalleberg, Kenan Distinguished Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillTable of Contents1. Introduction: The Making of and Persistence of the American Dream, John Kenneth White and Sandra L. Hanson 2. Twilight's Gleaming: The American Dream and the Ends of Republics, Jim Cullen 3. The Politics of the American Dream, 1980 to 2008, Michael C. Kimmage 4. The Remaking of the American Dream, John Kenneth White 5. Dreaming in Black and White, James W. Loewen 6. Whose American Dream? Gender and the American Dream, Sandra L. Hanson 7. Want Meets Necessity in the New American Dream, John Zogby 8. Religion and the American Dream: A Catholic Reflection in a Generational Context, William V. D'Antonio 9. Conclusions: The American Dream: Where are we?, Sandra L. Hanson and John Kenneth White
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Temple University Press,U.S. The Supernatural in Society Culture and History
Book SynopsisIn the twenty-first century, as in centuries past, stories of the supernatural thrill and terrify us. But despite their popularity, scholars often dismiss such beliefs in the uncanny as inconsequential, or even embarrassing. The editors and contributors to The Supernatural in Society, Culture, and History have made a concerted effort to understand encounters with ghosts and the supernatural that have remain present and flourished. Featuring folkloric researchers examining the cultural value of such beliefs and practices, sociologists who acknowledge the social and historical value of the supernatural, and enthusiasts of the mystical and uncanny, this volume includes a variety of experts and interested observers using first-hand ethnographic experiences and historical records. The Supernatural in Society, Culture, and History seeks to understand the socio-cultural and socio-historical contexts of the supernatural. This volume takes the supernatural as real because belief in it has fun
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Temple University Press,U.S. Immigrant Crossroads
Book SynopsisNearly half the 2.3 million residents of Queens, New York are foreign-born. Immigrants in Queens hail from more than 120 countries and speak more than 135 languages. As an epicenter of immigrant diversity, Queens is an urban gateway that exemplifies opportunities and challenges in shaping a multi-racial democracy.The editors and contributors to Immigrant Crossroads examine the social, spatial, economic, and political dynamics that stem from this fast-growing urbanization. The interdisciplinary chapters examine residential patterns and neighborhood identities, immigrantincorporation and mobilizations, and community building and activism. Essays combine qualitative and quantitative research methods to address globalization and the unprecedented racial and ethnic diversity as a result of international migration. Chapters on incorporation focus on immigrant participation and representation in electoral politics, and advocacy for immigrant inclusion in urban governance and service provisi
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Temple University Press,U.S. Undermining Intersectionality
Book SynopsisA sustained critique of the ways in which scholars have engaged with and deployed intersectionality
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Temple University Press,U.S. Criminology and Public Policy Putting Theory to
Book SynopsisIn the field of criminal justice, public policy is designed to address the problems brought on by criminal behavior and the response to that behavior. However, too often, the theories carefully developed in the academy fail to make their way into programs and policy. The editors and contributors to this second edition of Criminology and Public Policy highlight the recent development of translational criminology to address the growing movement in criminology to use the results of criminological research and theory to better inform policy and practice. The essays in Criminology and Public Policy propose an in-depth look at both theory and practice and how they are integrated across a number of key criminal justice problemsfrom racial and environmental concerns to gun control and recidivism rates as well as police use of force and mass incarceration. The end result is an essential volume that blends both theory and practice in an effort to address the critical problems in explaining, prevTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Why Theory Matters for Policy and Why Policy Matters for Theory • Kevin A. WrightPart I Theories of Offender Behavior Introduction to Part I1. Race Differences in Crime • Anthony A. Braga and Kevin M. Drakulich2. Critical Race Theory and the Limits of Liberal Legal Remedies to Address Racial Disparities in Police Violence • Amy Farrell, Patricia Warren, and Shea Cronin3. Situational Prevention of Wildlife Crimes: The Policy Challenges • Ronald V. Clarke, Justin Kurland, and Lauren Wilson4. Global Warming and Criminological Theory and Practice • Rob White5. Toward a Life-Course Theory of Victimization • Jillian J. Turanovic6. Translating Theories of Desistance to Policy • Megan Kurlychek and Megan Denver7. From Hot Spots to a Theory of Place • Cody Telep and David Weisburd8. Aligning Public Policy, Criminological Theory, and Empirical Findings on the Immigration-Crime Relationship • Glenn Trager and Charis E. Kubrin9. Mass Shootings: A New Name for a Familiar Problem • Grant Duwe Part II Theories of the Criminal Justice SystemIntroduction to Part II10. A Theory of Offender Recidivism • Daniel P. Mears and Jillian J. Turanovic11. An Integrated, Reflexive Theory of Police Misconduct • Natalie Todak and Michael D. White12. Sentencing Disparity: A Focus on Race and Ethnicity • Cassia Spohn13. Intergenerational Effects of Crime and Punishment • Kathleen Powell and Sara Wakefield14. R-e-s-p-e-c-t: Communities of Color and the Criminal Justice System • Rod K. Brunson and Michelle N. Block15. Organizational Change and Criminal Justice: Working within the Iron Cage • Danielle Rudes and Shannon Magnuson16. Gun Policy • Jennifer Carlson17. Thinking Outside the Prison Walls: The Value of the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program to Solve Old Problems • Kevin A. Wright and Cheryl Lero Jonson18. Toward a Theory of Mental Illness and Crime • Robert D. Morgan and Robert K. AxConclusion: When Theory Fails • Scott H. Decker Contributors Index
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Temple University Press,U.S. Feminist Reflections on Childhood
Book SynopsisRecovers a history of feminist thought and activism that demands greater voice and respect for young people
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Temple University Press,U.S. Getting Away from It All
Book SynopsisVacations are a delimited period during which social rules and responsibilities are eased, removed, or shifted, and people have increased autonomy over what they choose to do. Recent trends in the travel industry emphasize the appeal of vacations for voluntary identity changeswhen bankers can become bikers for a week or when Momcations allow mothers to leave their families behind. But how do our vacations allow us to shape our identity?Getting Away from It All is a study of individuality and flexibility and the intersection of self-definition and social constraint. Karen Stein interviews vacationers about their travels and down time, focusing on identity transitions. She shows how objects, settings, temporal environments and social interactions limit or facilitate identity shifts, and how we arrange our vacations to achieve the shifts we desire. Stein also looks at the behavior, values, attitudes, and worldview of individuals to illuminate how people engage in either identity work or i
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Temple University Press,U.S. Getting Away from It All
Book SynopsisVacations are a delimited period during which social rules and responsibilities are eased, removed, or shifted, and people have increased autonomy over what they choose to do. Recent trends in the travel industry emphasize the appeal of vacations for voluntary identity changeswhen bankers can become bikers for a week or when Momcations allow mothers to leave their families behind. But how do our vacations allow us to shape our identity?Getting Away from It All is a study of individuality and flexibility and the intersection of self-definition and social constraint. Karen Stein interviews vacationers about their travels and down time, focusing on identity transitions. She shows how objects, settings, temporal environments and social interactions limit or facilitate identity shifts, and how we arrange our vacations to achieve the shifts we desire. Stein also looks at the behavior, values, attitudes, and worldview of individuals to illuminate how people engage in either identity work or i
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Temple University Press,U.S. Protestors and Their Targets
Book SynopsisThe strategic interactions between protestors and their targets shape the world around us in profound ways. The editors and contributors to Protesters and Their Targetsall leading scholars in the study of social movementslook at why movements do what they do and why their interactions with other societal actors turn out as they do. They recognize that targets are not stationary but react to the movement and require the movement to react back. This edited collection analyzes how social movements select their targets, movement-target interactions, and the outcomes of those interactions. Case studies examine school closures in Sweden, the U.S. labor movement, Bolivian water and Mexican corn, and other global issues to show the strategic thinking, shifting objectives, and various degrees of success in the actions and nature of these protest movements.Protesters and Their Targets seeks to develop a set of tools for the further development of the field's future work on this underexplored s
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Temple University Press,U.S. Protestors and Their Targets
Book SynopsisThe strategic interactions between protestors and their targets shape the world around us in profound ways. The editors and contributors to Protesters and Their Targetsall leading scholars in the study of social movementslook at why movements do what they do and why their interactions with other societal actors turn out as they do. They recognize that targets are not stationary but react to the movement and require the movement to react back. This edited collection analyzes how social movements select their targets, movement-target interactions, and the outcomes of those interactions. Case studies examine school closures in Sweden, the U.S. labor movement, Bolivian water and Mexican corn, and other global issues to show the strategic thinking, shifting objectives, and various degrees of success in the actions and nature of these protest movements.Protesters and Their Targets seeks to develop a set of tools for the further development of the field's future work on this underexplored s
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Temple University Press,U.S. Fitting the Facts of Crime
Book SynopsisPresenting a biopsychosocial perspective to explain the most common findings in criminology--and for guiding future research and public policy
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Temple University Press,U.S. Fitting the Facts of Crime
Book SynopsisPresenting a biopsychosocial perspective to explain the most common findings in criminology--and for guiding future research and public policyTrade Review"Biology and environment interact to direct human behavior. Crime is no exception. This comprehensive introduction, cleverly organized around Braithwaite’s facts of crime, describes how biological explanations can be integrated with social and psychological explanations to explain offending and to provide a more productive response to it from the criminal justice system. The authors provide a persuasive, balanced, and clear presentation and support it with current real-world examples. The result is an approachable introduction that provides a meaningful organizing framework for understanding crime from an interdisciplinary perspective that includes biology."—William Alex Pridemore, SUNY Distinguished Professor, School of Criminal Justice, University at Albany–SUNY"A key takeaway from this book is that biological and sociological perspectives are complementary and not competing. Fitting the Facts of Crime will hopefully serve to further open the minds of criminologists to the importance of biology, as well as to ease tensions between more fundamentalist biological and sociological schools of thought. Because of how contentious some debates in this area can be, it is important for a book like this to present information in a neutral, non-defensive way, and to hold the audience from both sides. The authors have successfully accomplished this."—Jillian J. Turanovic, Associate Professor in the College of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Florida State University, and coauthor of Thinking about Victimization: Context and Consequences"The main contribution of the book is to adapt some of the facts of criminology that have been accepted for more or less 30 years to the present day.... One of the most important conclusions of the book is that biological and sociological perspectives are complementary. Fitting the Facts of Crime brings criminologists together with biology. Although biopsychosocial criminology is not a theory in its own right, the empirical findings in the field are efficiently explained in the book."—Contemporary Sociology"The authors clearly have a rich knowledge and appreciation of multiple ways of understanding crime, law, social control, and their underlying assumptions. Undoubtedly, there will be much resistance to, and criticisms of, the arguments presented throughout this innovative monograph, especially in sociological circles. However, increasingly, open-minded criminologists from different theoretical backgrounds are sincerely attempting to cross-fertilize, and this book will give them additional motivation to stay the course. Summing Up: Highly recommended."—W. S. DeKeseredy, Choice"Overall, this book is a wonderful introduction to those interested in a biopsychosocial approach because it is accessible and well-organized. It makes solid connections between traditional theories and newer biopsychosocial theories, as well as emphasizes that criminal behavior is not just the result of social factors or biological factors alone but a combination of both. Anyone in the criminology and criminal justice field would benefit from reading this book to expand their existing knowledge of how integrating a biopsychosocial approach can provide a broader understanding of criminal behavior and crime in general."—Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books
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Temple University Press,U.S. Just Care
Book SynopsisJust Care is Akemi Nishida’s thoughtful examination of care injustice and social justice enabled through care. The current neoliberal political economy has turned care into a business opportunity for the healthcare industrial complex and a mechanism of social oppression and control. Nishida analyzes the challenges people negotiate whether they are situated as caregivers, receivers, or both. Also illuminated is how people with disabilities come together to assemble community care collectives and bed activism (resistance and visions emerging from the space of bed) to reimagine care as a key element for social change. The structure of care, Nishida writes, is deeply embedded in and embodies the cruel social order—based on disability, race, gender, migration status, and wealth—that determines who survives or deteriorates. Simultaneously, many marginalized communities treat care as the foundation of activism. Using interviews, focus groups, and participanTrade Review"Nishida offers an innovative and eloquent examination of the multiplicity of care—care as a tool of surveillance and oppression, a commodity, a relational act that builds embodied knowledge and connection, and a revolutionary act that fundamentally challenges the violent degradation of certain bodies.... Just Care is profound in its criticism of the neoliberal U.S. care industrial complex and in its commitment to envisioning just systems of care that respect crip wisdom and value all lives. It offers a deeply personal, political, and poignant contribution to care studies.... Just Care is an important work that will fundamentally reshape conversations about care in American society. It is highly relevant to scholars and activists in the fields of disability studies, care, welfare, health, justice, feminist scholarship, and critical race analysis."—Social Forces"Nishida asks a number of urgent questions, including how our society and the regimes of governance operating in it determine whose needs are sacred and whose lives are disposable, whose needs are met and whose are ignored, and how caretaking happens (and does not happen) in our society.... Nishida’s book captures that dilemma between oppressive care assemblages and liberatory care collectives, access to care and control by the agencies of care, exploitation of care workers alongside their vital work, the capacity for self-definition and resistance in the context of a decapacitating society—the tension between and agency and constraint—in every situation she describes."—Wordgathering"Just Care is the kind of book that you want to return to, with content that is critically important for advancing our collective thinking around care. But there’s also the book itself. Nishida utilizes each of her 264 pages and five chapters as representative of her disability justice praxis. The care put into the text models the 'just care' that the book itself discusses."—Gender and Society"[A] nuanced analysis of the circulation of care within the U.S. neoliberal, neocolonial healthcare assemblage.... For teachers of critical qualitative research, disability or healthcare, or intersectional analyses, Just Care will be an excellent aid. For scholars and activists of various social movements for collective liberation, Just Care will nuance and oxygenate your analyses, commitments, and imagination."—Psychology of Women Quarterly"Overall, this must-read disability justice text is transformative and ingenious. It has so much to offer the existing bodies of knowledge within healthcare, healthcare policy, disability studies, activist spaces, and conceptualizations of disability and care. Just Care positions care as a dialectical tool of social control, oppression, resistance, and liberation. Nishida’s indispensable interdisciplinary background in disability studies...and feminist studies...and her positionality as a disabled woman of color enrich her analysis of care which illustrates shared experiences of exploitation and oppression in care practice and extends visions of radically liberated futures for all."—Journal of Literary & Cultural Disability Studies
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Temple University Press,U.S. School Zone
Book SynopsisSchools should be safebut they are not always safe for everybody. Authors Pamela Wilcox, Graham Ousey, and Marie Skubak Tillyer studied crime among students located across diverse middle- and high-school settings to investigate why some students engage in delinquencybut others do notand why some students are more prone to victimization. School Zone focuses on the three key interactional elementscontext, victims, and offendersto understand and explain the impact of common crimes such as theft, weapon carrying, drug possession and the verbal, physical, and sexual harassment of classmates.The authors also consider how individual students and schools respond to crime and threats. They analyze the variables that schools can control in planning and practice that explain why some schools have higher crime rates. School Zone uses empirical studies to provide a comprehensive understanding of the patterns and causes of variation in individual- and aggregate-level school-based offending and victiTrade Review“[The authors] meticulously examine the correlations between offending and victimization behaviors among students and their relationships to the characteristics of a given school environment. This intentionally curated and evidence-based text echoes the significance of the current issue of school violence, which unfortunately has become a reality of the education system. This book will serve readers across all sectors as a valuable contribution to the effort to change the education landscape for future generations…. Summing Up: Recommended.”—Choice"[School Zone] is a display of tremendous effort, collaboration, and author expertise centered around school-based crime and victimization. Authors Pamela Wilcox, Graham C. Ousey, and Marie Skubak Tillyer provide a comprehensive review of criminological theories as well as patterns and causes that help to explain school-based offending and victimization."—Contemporary Sociology
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Temple University Press,U.S. School Zone
Book SynopsisSchools should be safebut they are not always safe for everybody. Authors Pamela Wilcox, Graham Ousey, and Marie Skubak Tillyer studied crime among students located across diverse middle- and high-school settings to investigate why some students engage in delinquencybut others do notand why some students are more prone to victimization. School Zone focuses on the three key interactional elementscontext, victims, and offendersto understand and explain the impact of common crimes such as theft, weapon carrying, drug possession and the verbal, physical, and sexual harassment of classmates.The authors also consider how individual students and schools respond to crime and threats. They analyze the variables that schools can control in planning and practice that explain why some schools have higher crime rates. School Zone uses empirical studies to provide a comprehensive understanding of the patterns and causes of variation in individual- and aggregate-level school-based offending and victiTrade Review“[The authors] meticulously examine the correlations between offending and victimization behaviors among students and their relationships to the characteristics of a given school environment. This intentionally curated and evidence-based text echoes the significance of the current issue of school violence, which unfortunately has become a reality of the education system. This book will serve readers across all sectors as a valuable contribution to the effort to change the education landscape for future generations…. Summing Up: Recommended.”—Choice"[School Zone] is a display of tremendous effort, collaboration, and author expertise centered around school-based crime and victimization. Authors Pamela Wilcox, Graham C. Ousey, and Marie Skubak Tillyer provide a comprehensive review of criminological theories as well as patterns and causes that help to explain school-based offending and victimization."—Contemporary Sociology
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Temple University Press,U.S. Vehicles of Decolonization
Book SynopsisExamining the border-enclosure strategy Israel uses to impose Palestinian im/mobilization, Maryam Griffin considers the ways public transportation in the Palestinian West Bank is a constant site of social struggle. Her illuminating book, Vehicles of Decolonization, studies collective movement, resistance, and everyday life in the West Bank to show how Palestinians assert a kind of Indigenous self-determination over mobility that Israeli settler colonialism seeks to undermine.Having immersed herself in a year of fieldwork, Griffin maps multiple engagements with the flexible bus, shared van, and private taxi services to demonstrate that the politics of mobility are shaped by ongoing settler colonialism and Indigenous struggle. Griffin uses critical border studies to look at the contested nature of mobility at the sites of transit, where Palestinians practice self-determination through routine participation, spectacular political organizing and demonstration, and artisticTrade Review"[A] unique and invaluable contribution to scholarship on the Palestinian struggle for self-determination....[T]he publication of Vehicles of Decolonization is notable and worth celebrating.... [I]t succeeds in showing how the shape of public transportation is connected to a set of broader political and economic contradictions.... For scholars eager to think about public transportation outside the strictures of land use debates or environmental sustainability, Vehicles of Decolonization remains important precisely in its ability to place public transportation squarely within debates on political power, identity, and political economy."—City and Community"Griffin highlights public transportation as a site of collective Palestinian resistance to Israeli occupation in the West Bank. She begins by illuminating the Israeli systems of border crossings, surveillance, and permits that seek to impede Palestinians’ movement in the region. The book then investigates the ways Palestinians use routes, human interactions surrounding transportation, and vehicles themselves to subvert these systems. Griffin also presents the history of political protests on West Bank buses and anti-occupation art that depicts public transit as examples of Palestinian social struggle centered around mobility."—Middle East Journal"[A] rich piece of political geography that celebrates the agency of people whose every movement can be controlled. With no apologies for her activist and sympathetic posture, Griffin describes the quotidian travails of daily life in the West Bank, where a modern highway system and buses for Jewish settlers are largely off limits for Palestinians.... [T]his well-researched monograph presents a positive picture of resilience, imagination, and community often missing in accounts of the West Bank.... Summing Up: Highly recommended."—Choice"Griffin provides a compelling examination of what she refers to as the 'regime of im/mobility' imposed by Israel on Palestinians inside the West Bank."—Contemporary Sociology"Griffin's writing contextualises the ramifications of public transportation for Palestinians from within Israel's colonial framework, thus setting the scene for readers to engage with a political reality that is either denied or obfuscated."—Middle East Monitor“A critical aspect of colonial biopolitics is the control of body and its movement. Maryam Griffin’s highly insightful Vehicles of Decolonization is the first detailed study of not only how Israeli occupation restrains the daily movement of the Palestinians through walls, checkpoints, permits, and road systems, but especially how Palestinians resist this regime of enclosure by reclaiming mobility through mundane yet highly contested venues of public transit and collective interaction. A timely book.”—Asef Bayat, Bastian Professor of Global and Transnational Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and author of Revolutionary Life: The Everyday of the Arab Spring“A lively and accessible read, Griffin’s book is the first in-depth study of im/mobility in the West Bank. In a landscape pockmarked by politically created closures, constrained movements, and forbidden spaces, public transport takes on important and contested meaning. Griffin’s account demonstrates how despite the intricacies of Israeli settler colonialism, Palestinians carve out spaces that provide possibilities for social connections and decolonial power, sometimes through mundane practices such as seatbelt clicks, hand-drawn maps, and a metro network art installation, which, given the political conditions, are rendered spectacular.”—Helga Tawil-Souri, Associate Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication and Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at New York University, and coeditor of Gaza as Metaphor"Vehicles of Decolonization is an original study about the restricted daily life and hardships Palestinians have been experiencing under Israeli occupation since 1967; it is also about the imaginative alternatives they have deployed to assert their rights and agency. This study would be of interest to scholars and students in Middle East history, Palestine and Settler Colonial Studies, and the social sciences."—Arab Studies Quarterly
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Temple University Press,U.S. What Workers Say
Book SynopsisWhat have jobs really been like for the past 40 years and what do the workers themselves say about them? InWhat Workers Say,Roberta Iversen shows that for employees in labor market industrieslike manufacturing, construction, printingas well as those in service-producing jobs, like clerical work, healthcare, food service, retail, and automotivejobs are often discriminatory, are sometimes dangerous and exploitive, and seldom utilize people's full range of capabilities. Most importantly, they fail to provide anyrealopportunity for advancement. What Workers Saytakes its cue from Studs Terkel'sWorking,as Iversen interviewed more than 1,200 workers to present stories about their labor market jobs since 1980. She puts a human face on the experiences of a broad range of workers indicating what their jobs were and are truly like. Iversen reveals how transformations in the political economy of waged work have shrunk or eliminated opportunity for workers, families, communities, and productivityTrade Review"Iversen probes the nature of working- and middle-class jobs via interviews with workers from a variety of different social, economic, and ethnic backgrounds.... This book will appeal to sociologists, social policy researchers, and anyone interested in how the predicaments of American workers may actually contain answers to how to navigate the uncertain waters of a rapidly evolving workplace. A timely and well-researched study."—Kirkus Reviews"[T]he book makes for engaging and enlightening reading, providing a sensitive, and often ennobling view of the contemporary economy from the ground up. Studs Terkel would have been pleased."—Social Forces"[T]his book tells stories drawn from 1,200 interviews and research studies Iversen and her colleagues conducted between the 1980s and 2019. The narratives, illuminating the difficult conditions of workers' working and personal lives, are the soul of the book.... Attuned to the problems of contemporary work and the policy solutions that might correct them, Iversen's book radiates empathy and hope for American workers. Summing Up: Recommended."—Choice"[A] comprehensive analysis.... Iversen writes a primer for readers interested in the historical and contemporary realities of working people in the United States.... The strengths of the book may be in its readability, longitudinal nature, and the sheer amount of data that so clearly supports Iversen’s arguments."—Social Services Reviews"What Workers Say vividly describes workers’ experiences with the transformations of work in the United States since the 1980s. Contrary to the promises of the American Dream, the quantity and quality of jobs are insufficient to provide many workers with economic security and opportunities to utilize their capabilities. These workers’ accounts provide the impetus for reimagining what work is and how it can be expanded to include civil labor that is compensated by time or exchange, in addition to money.”—Arne L. Kalleberg, Kenan Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and author of Precarious Lives: Job Insecurity and Well-Being in Rich Democracies“In What Workers Say, Iversen brings new insights and commentary about paid work through an exhaustive review and reanalysis of her forty-plus years of interviewing low- and moderate-income workers employed in jobs across multiple industries. Her biographical-interpretive approach offers a new look at the labor market changes experienced by workers over the last four decades. She presents a thought-provoking remedy to the ongoing and persistent labor market challenges that so many workers face. By placing her contemporary notions into historical relief, she offers an expanded and reformulated set of ideas about a system of paid civil labor that in her view would work side by side with traditional market work to achieve a society that is at the same time productive and fulfilling for its members. What Workers Say ultimately reveals how changing labor market demands, managerial practices, and government policies have largely failed workers, their families, and the broader community.”—Julia R. Henly, Professor of Social Work, Policy, and Practice at the University of Chicago
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Temple University Press,U.S. Female Body Image and Beauty Politics in
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Temple University Press,U.S. Sentencing without Guidelines
Book SynopsisSentencing matters. Reform initiatives hope to impart more uniformity and fairness in sentencing. Tough-on-crime laws like three strikes and mandatory minimum provisions deprive judges of sentencing discretion. While sentencing guidelines have been adopted by approximately 20 states since the early 1980s, many judges operate without guidelines. Sentencing without Guidelines is Rhys Hester's deep dive into how South Carolina, which never passed sentencing guideline legislation, nonetheless created meaningful punishment reform. It achieved uniformity in sentencing with a traveling circuit of judges, informal norms among judges, and the unique phenomenon of the Plea Judge to manage cases. Hester examines how prior convictions, race, and geographical differences impact sentences to explain why individuals get the criminal sentences they do. He also explores how legal reform mechanisms can influence punishment goals and policy. Sentencing without Guidelines shows the benefits and drawb
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ML - Temple University Press Sentencing without Guidelines
Book SynopsisSentencing matters. Reform initiatives hope to impart more uniformity and fairness in sentencing. Tough-on-crime laws like three strikes and mandatory minimum provisions deprive judges of sentencing discretion. While sentencing guidelines have been adopted by approximately 20 states since the early 1980s, many judges operate without guidelines. Sentencing without Guidelines is Rhys Hester's deep dive into how South Carolina, which never passed sentencing guideline legislation, nonetheless created meaningful punishment reform. It achieved uniformity in sentencing with a traveling circuit of judges, informal norms among judges, and the unique phenomenon of the Plea Judge to manage cases. Hester examines how prior convictions, race, and geographical differences impact sentences to explain why individuals get the criminal sentences they do. He also explores how legal reform mechanisms can influence punishment goals and policy. Sentencing without Guidelines shows the benefits and drawb
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iUniverse Waist Deep in Broom Sedge
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Campus Free Speech
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPreface 1 Background and History Introduction: Civil Liberties in the United States U.S. Founding Documents The Declaration of Independence The Articles of Confederation The U.S. Constitution The Bill of Rights The First Amendment and Freedom of Speech Debating Freedom of Speech Court Rulings on Free Speech Academic Freedom and Campus Free Speech Conclusion Further Reading 2 Problems, Controversies, and Solutions Introduction Campus Climate Regarding Free Speech Civic Engagement Initiatives on Campus Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives on Campus Challenges of Promoting Free Speech on Campus Controversies Regarding Free Speech on Campus Case Study: Chapman University Controversies Regarding Academic Freedom Solutions/Best Practices for Promoting Free Speech Conclusion Further Reading 3 Perspectives Introduction Campus Free Speech: Keep Your Head Down and Don’t Say a Word? Sentwali Bakari Free Speech and the Value of the Sidewalk Provocateur Kathryn Cavins Tull Promoting a “Statement of Community Values” Eva Chatterjee-Sutton Thoughts from the Front Lines of the Campus Free Speech Struggle Matthew J. Dickinson Is There a Free Speech Crisis? David A. Dulio Student Affairs and the Free Speech Debate on Campus Kevin Kruger Talking Politics: Teaching Democracy by Teaching Political Discussion Elizabeth C. Matto Framing Controversies over Free Speech and Academic Freedom in the University Setting Kenneth R. Mayer and Howard Schweber 4 Profiles Introduction Organizations American Association of University Professors American Civil Liberties Union American College Personnel Association American Council on Education American Political Science Association Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression Heterodox Academy National Association of Scholars National Association of Student Personnel Administrators University of California at Berkeley University of Chicago U.S. Supreme Court People John Dewey Jonathan Haidt Shaun R. Harper Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Thomas Jefferson Greg Lukianoff James Madison Alexander Meiklejohn John Stuart Mill Mario Savio Further Reading 5 Data and Documents Introduction Data Public Opinion Polling on Campus Free Speech Table 5.1. Rise in Acceptance of Opposing Free Speech on Campus Table 5.2. Is America’s Higher Education System Going in the Right Direction? Table 5.3. Reasons Cited by People Who Believe American Higher Education Is Going in the Wrong Direction U.S. Supreme Court Decisions Pertaining to Free Speech U.S. Supreme Court Cases: Campus Free Speech and Academic Freedom Documents Constitutional Provisions Excerpt from John Stuart Mill, On Liberty, 1859 Excerpt from John Dewey, Democracy and Education, 1916 Alien and Sedition Acts (1798) Espionage and Sedition Acts (1917 and 1918) Schenck v. United States (1919) Sweezy v. New Hampshire (1957) Healy v. James (1972) Senators Stake Out Differing Positions on Hate Speech and Free Speech on Campus Challenging Colleges to Face Racism on Campus 6 Resources Introduction Books Scholarly Journals Other Publications Online Resources 7 Chronology Glossary Index
£61.09
Rowman & Littlefield The Gallup Poll 2008 Public Opinion Gallup Poll
Book SynopsisAs the only complete compilation of polls taken by the Gallup Organization, The Gallup Poll is an invaluable tool for ascertaining the pulse of American public opinion throughout the year and for documenting changing perceptions over time of crucial core issues.
£146.00
Rowman & Littlefield The Gallup Poll
Book SynopsisAs the only complete compilation of polls taken by the Gallup Organization, The Gallup Poll is an invaluable tool for ascertaining the pulse of American public opinion throughout the year and for documenting changing perceptions over time of crucial core issues.Trade ReviewRecommended for public and school libraries. -- Ryan Johnson, 2009 * Library Journal *
£158.00
Rowman & Littlefield Understanding Globalization
Book SynopsisUnderstanding Globalization introduces students to the concept of globalization, providing an essential history, overview of key themes and theories, and a wealth of engaging examples. The fifth edition has been completely revised to connect with students today, opening with a discussion of the far-reaching causes and effects of the recent financial crisis and including new material on global migration patterns, ISIS, and more, while maintaining the book's accessible and student-friendly style.The book begins by examining the roots of the recent global financial crisis, looking at the roles of inflation, the housing crisis, Wall Street, policy makers, and more. It also explores the varying impact of globalizationfrom democratization and equality in some countries to destabilization and inequality in others. The fifth edition of Understanding Globalization is a compelling and current introduction to the myriad influences of globalization in our lives.Trade ReviewThis book is wonderful. It presents a very clear history of modern globalization and the role the United States has played in this process. It is currently the best book on explaining the historical conditions that have led to modern globalization. -- Gabriel Aquino, Westfield State UniversityUnderstanding Globalization reveals the complex, uneven, and often contradictory outcomes of globalization, such as growing economic inequality in some places, and increasing equality in others. It can facilitate economic integration as it has done in China or exacerbate disintegration and marginalization as it has in Africa. In this fifth edition, Robert Schaeffer explores how globalization impacts long-term processes such as development, democratization, and climate change, and how it can create short-term crises, such as war and conflict, and the 2008 global financial crisis that began in the United States. As a geographer, I appreciate that the book soundly documents the consequences that globalization has on both people and places, and that it seeks to explain a dynamic that is unevenly experienced around the world. The book is both accessible and substantial—a rare accomplishment. It has become my 'go-to' book on globalization. -- Lisa Benton-Short, George Washington UniversityPraise for previous editions: This clearly written and vastly comprehensive book is a valuable and fascinating read. . . . Schaeffer turns his gaze to topics as varied as inflation, debt crises at home and abroad, stock market booms and busts, hunger and agriculture, free trade agreements, global climate change, democratization, and the global drug trade. In nearly every case, the research is solid and the choice of details fascinating. . . . I would recommend this book for general readers . . . or mid-level courses wishing to incorporate a global perspective. * Contemporary Sociology *Understanding Globalization is an exceptional book that thoroughly covers contemporary issues relating to globalization that students find extremely readable. -- Ione DeOllos, Ball State UniversityTable of ContentsPreface Introduction 1.The Crisis of Globalization 2.The Rise of Wall Street 3.The Housing Boom 4.Financial Crisis and Great Recession 5.Democratization in the Republics 6.Division and Sub-division, Conflict and War 7.Globalization and China 8.Marginalization and Exit in Africa 9.Globalization and Global Warming
£95.40
Rowman & Littlefield Understanding Globalization
Book SynopsisUnderstanding Globalization introduces students to the concept of globalization, providing an essential history, overview of key themes and theories, and a wealth of engaging examples. The fifth edition has been completely revised to connect with students today, opening with a discussion of the far-reaching causes and effects of the recent financial crisis and including new material on global migration patterns, ISIS, and more, while maintaining the book's accessible and student-friendly style.The book begins by examining the roots of the recent global financial crisis, looking at the roles of inflation, the housing crisis, Wall Street, policy makers, and more. It also explores the varying impact of globalizationfrom democratization and equality in some countries to destabilization and inequality in others. The fifth edition of Understanding Globalization is a compelling and current introduction to the myriad influences of globalization in our lives.Trade ReviewThis book is wonderful. It presents a very clear history of modern globalization and the role the United States has played in this process. It is currently the best book on explaining the historical conditions that have led to modern globalization. -- Gabriel Aquino, Westfield State UniversityUnderstanding Globalization reveals the complex, uneven, and often contradictory outcomes of globalization, such as growing economic inequality in some places, and increasing equality in others. It can facilitate economic integration as it has done in China or exacerbate disintegration and marginalization as it has in Africa. In this fifth edition, Robert Schaeffer explores how globalization impacts long-term processes such as development, democratization, and climate change, and how it can create short-term crises, such as war and conflict, and the 2008 global financial crisis that began in the United States. As a geographer, I appreciate that the book soundly documents the consequences that globalization has on both people and places, and that it seeks to explain a dynamic that is unevenly experienced around the world. The book is both accessible and substantial—a rare accomplishment. It has become my 'go-to' book on globalization. -- Lisa Benton-Short, George Washington UniversityPraise for previous editions: This clearly written and vastly comprehensive book is a valuable and fascinating read. . . . Schaeffer turns his gaze to topics as varied as inflation, debt crises at home and abroad, stock market booms and busts, hunger and agriculture, free trade agreements, global climate change, democratization, and the global drug trade. In nearly every case, the research is solid and the choice of details fascinating. . . . I would recommend this book for general readers . . . or mid-level courses wishing to incorporate a global perspective. * Contemporary Sociology *Understanding Globalization is an exceptional book that thoroughly covers contemporary issues relating to globalization that students find extremely readable. -- Ione DeOllos, Ball State UniversityTable of ContentsPreface Introduction 1.The Crisis of Globalization 2.The Rise of Wall Street 3.The Housing Boom 4.Financial Crisis and Great Recession 5.Democratization in the Republics 6.Division and Sub-division, Conflict and War 7.Globalization and China 8.Marginalization and Exit in Africa 9.Globalization and Global Warming
£42.75
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers The Retirement Maze
Book SynopsisThis book looks at retirement beginning before it starts and considers not just the positive rewards of this stage of life but also the attendant emotions, difficulties, and obstacles retirees must face, no matter their age when they retire. It includes firsthand accounts and is based on results gleaned from a survey of more than 1400 retirees.Table of ContentsPart 1: A Frame of Reference Chapter 1. Motivations and Objectives Chapter 2. Why We Can Retire Chapter 3. Why We Run into Problems Part 2: Pre-Retirement: What to Know Before You Go Chapter 4. How We Decide Chapter 5. Expectations and Pre-Conceptions Chapter 6. The Devil’s in the Details Part 3: Post-Retirement: Pitfalls and Ambushes Chapter 7. Health and Wealth Chapter 8. Retired and Working Chapter 9. Taking Early Retirement Chapter 10. Ladies, Gents, and Collar Colors Chapter 11. How We Use Our Time Chapter 12. Friends and Family Chapter 13. Love and Marriage Chapter 14. How We See Ourselves Chapter 15. The Good and Bad in Each of Us Chapter 16. Where to Go From Here Appendix i Bibliography Appendix ii About the Authors
£13.49
Rowman & Littlefield Land Your Dream Career
Book SynopsisContrary to what students, and society, are conditioned to think, obtaining a college degree does not automatically result in a job, let alone a dream career. In the last year, alone, half of college graduates are either jobless or underemployed in positions that don't fully use their skills and knowledge. Authors Tori Randolph Terhune, a gainfully-employed young college graduate herself, and Betsy A. Hays, a college professor, show readers what they can do in college to successfully pave the way for future employment in Land Your Dream Career. The authors provide eleven easy-to-follow strategies for effectively using time on campus to start building a career. Terhune and Hays leads students through content designed to help students set themselves up for success, without focusing on grades or papers. The 11 steps include tips about how students can become experts in their fields, build their brand, get involved in and outside the classroom, allow for wiggle room, network, follow the 75Trade ReviewCoauthored by a former student and her professor, this book provides useful career strategies and advice to current college students. Terhune and Hays have created a very readable work providing straightforward advice; useful anecdotes modeling successful behaviors; helpful tips throughout each section; and a cheat sheet to summarize key points. They discuss the importance of students' cultivating behaviors such as strong communication skills, politeness, honesty, time management, prioritization, integrity, professionalism, goal setting, clarity, and organizational skills. Separate chapters are devoted to networking and using social media. Stories of individuals throughout the chapters illustrate the behaviors and skills discussed. From succeeding in the classroom and obtaining valuable internships to eventually landing a job and developing a career, Terhune and Hays provide excellent, easily digestible advice for the many stages a college undergraduate will go through. Summing Up: Recommended. All levels of undergraduate students as well as general readers. * CHOICE *Smart authors (and publishers) are recognizing the upside of a not-so-robust economy and the need of young job-seekers to get hired quickly (and, yes, to begin paying off college debt). So why not start the process in college, if not before? California State University at Fresno graduate Terhune and Hayes, her professor, team up to produce a unique take on what freshmen-to-seniors can do now, even before matriculating. Their 11 steps, from “start now” to “put it all together,” reflect a commonsense approach as well as a passion for business. Armed with tips, end-of-chapter summary “cheat sheets,” and success stories to inspire, readers will be truly prepared with the essentials, such as personal branding (which, in three to four words, will project “you” honestly and with integrity and credibility), or innovate to stand out, whether that involves starting a business, traveling, or finding new ways of doing things. Practical and achievable advice. * Booklist *From the cover blurb and the introduction, this book’s message is clear: a college degree does not guarantee a job after graduation. What makes this title stand apart from others on the same topic is Terhune, a recent college graduate, who writes from her experience and whose budding career underscores the usefulness of her advice. Hays (public relations, California State Univ., Fresno), a student mentor with years of experience, adds a professional viewpoint. Although the book includes basic advice on selecting an institution, program, and major as well as references to coursework and professors, most of the content revolves around activity a student engages in outside of the classroom (personal branding, networking, mastering the elevator pitch). The chapter on career-conscious (and reputation-conscious) use of social media should be required reading for every college student. VERDICT The authors present valuable insight and practical advice in an easy-to-follow format. This title will appeal to the go-getter heading off to college as well as those closer to graduation. * Library Journal *Every college undergraduate needs this book! There is a widespread notion among college students that if you just take the right classes, in the right order, somehow at the end of your college experience you will magically land a job. Not true! Preparing for a career requires an extensive, thoughtful plan. Tori Randolph Terhune and Betsy Hays have laid out a superb guide that any student can use to chart a course to personal and professional success. I will recommend this book to all my students with just six words: Get it, study it, live it. -- Doug Swanson, California State University, FullertonWhen you are in college there are so many opportunities—in and outside the classroom—to set yourself up for success. This book is the blueprint! -- Timothy M. Stearns, Coleman Foundation Chair in Entrepreneurship, Executive Director, Lyles Center for Innovation and EntrepreneurshipLand Your Dream Career is the MUST have book for every college student who wishes to launch and establish a strong personal brand and career path. Tori Randolph Terhune and Betsy A. Hays have hit the nail on the head and provide a easy to read, well-guided book that will propel the next generation of future graduates forward in an organized, inspired manner. -- Donna Wertalik, Career & Faculty Advisor, Pamplin College of Business, Marketing Department, Virginia TechTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Start Now 2. Design, Build, and Protect Your Brand 3. Immerse Yourself – Inside and Outside the Classroom 4. Employ the Magic of 75/25 5. Master Every Conversation 6. Innovate to Stand Out 7. Allow for Wiggle Room and Celebration 8. Network, Network, Network. 9. Use New Media Tools 10. Become an Expert 11. Put it All Together
£36.00
Rowman & Littlefield Land Your Dream Career in College
Book SynopsisContrary to what students, and society, are conditioned to think, obtaining a college degree does not automatically result in a job, let alone a dream career. In the last year, alone, half of college graduates are either jobless or underemployed in positions that donât fully use their skills and knowledge. Authors Tori Randolph Terhune, a gainfully-employed young college graduate herself, and Betsy A. Hays, a college professor, show readers what they can do in college to successfully pave the way for future employment in Land Your Dream Career. The authors provide eleven easy-to-follow strategies for effectively using time on campus to start building a career. Terhune and Hays leads students through content designed to help students set themselves up for success, without focusing on grades or papers. The eleven steps include tips about how students can become experts in their fields, build their brand, get involved in and outside the classroom, allow for wiggle room, network, follow thTrade ReviewEvery college undergraduate needs this book! There is a widespread notion among college students that if you just take the right classes, in the right order, somehow at the end of your college experience you will magically land a job. Not true! Preparing for a career requires an extensive, thoughtful plan. Tori Randolph Terhune and Betsy Hays have laid out a superb guide that any student can use to chart a course to personal and professional success. I will recommend this book to all my students with just six words: Get it, study it, live it. -- Doug Swanson, California State University, FullertonWhen you are in college there are so many opportunities—in and outside the classroom—to set yourself up for success. This book is the blueprint! -- Timothy M. Stearns, Coleman Foundation Chair in Entrepreneurship, Executive Director, Lyles Center for Innovation and EntrepreneurshipCoauthored by a former student and her professor, this book provides useful career strategies and advice to current college students. Terhune and Hays have created a very readable work providing straightforward advice; useful anecdotes modeling successful behaviors; helpful tips throughout each section; and a cheat sheet to summarize key points. They discuss the importance of students' cultivating behaviors such as strong communication skills, politeness, honesty, time management, prioritization, integrity, professionalism, goal setting, clarity, and organizational skills. Separate chapters are devoted to networking and using social media. Stories of individuals throughout the chapters illustrate the behaviors and skills discussed. From succeeding in the classroom and obtaining valuable internships to eventually landing a job and developing a career, Terhune and Hays provide excellent, easily digestible advice for the many stages a college undergraduate will go through. Summing Up: Recommended. All levels of undergraduate students as well as general readers. * CHOICE *Land Your Dream Career is the MUST have book for every college student who wishes to launch and establish a strong personal brand and career path. Tori Randolph Terhune and Betsy A. Hays have hit the nail on the head and provide a easy to read, well-guided book that will propel the next generation of future graduates forward in an organized, inspired manner. -- Donna Wertalik, Career & Faculty Advisor, Pamplin College of Business, Marketing Department, Virginia TechTable of ContentsIntroduction 1: Start Now 2: Design, Build, and Protect Your Brand 3: Immerse Yourself – Inside and Outside the Classroom 4: Employ the Magic of 75/25 5: Master Every Conversation 6: Innovate to Stand Out 7: Allow for Wiggle Room and Celebration 8: Network, Network, Network. 9: Use New Media Tools 10: Become an Expert 11: Put it All Together
£14.24
Rowman & Littlefield How Nonprofits Work
Book SynopsisHow Nonprofits Work looks at nonprofit organizations through a sociological lens, identifying characteristics that make some nonprofits successful and characteristics that cause challenges, focusing on nonprofts in the health services sector. The book opens with helpful background information about nonprofit organizations, then shares case studies that take readers more deeply into the challenges and successes of various organizations. Given the trials nonprofits face in the current economic climate, this timely book helps readers move beyond the good intentions in nonprofits to find successful practices.Trade ReviewBudrys puts empirical flesh on the bones of theory with lively, in-depth case studies of how nonprofit organizations operate, delving into their mission, history, structure, funding, and evaluation. -- Woods Bowman, DePaul UniversityIn the highly readable language of someone who has thoroughly investigated and understands her subject matter, Dr. Grace Budrys provides a robust introduction to the nonprofit sector for both proponents and critics and for those new to or conversant with this sector. -- Susan M. Sanders, vice president of administration and planning professor of public policy, Saint Xavier University, ChicagoThis book will make a valuable contribution to those in the nonprofit field who are interested in a framework that can be used to assess their own organizations and/or others that exist in the field. Students who are preparing for and seeking volunteer, internship, or employment opportunities in the nonprofit sector will find this book to be a helpful guide into that world. And, instructors should use it in prepping students for those experiences. In addition, this book could be useful to philanthropic entities who have longed for a readable, non jargon-ladden discussion of nonprofit organizations of varying types that seek them out for funding. -- Michael Bennett, DePaul UniversityBudrys' readable, sociological presentation of the nonprofit sector is one of the best I’ve read. She escapes the managerial perspective that dominates most research on nonprofit organizations. She has a strong theoretical voice, gives a thorough review of the literature, and offers an accurate statement of key ideas. This would be a fine book to use in an undergraduate or beginning graduate course. -- Carl Milofsky, Bucknell University; former editor, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector QuarterlyIn a very readable prose, Budrys shows how the case study method can be employed to effectively illustrate pressures faced by U.S. non-profits to sustain themselves and pursue their missions within an increasingly competitive fundraising environment. Through a careful comparative analysis of nonprofits social service providers, the reader is given a window into the primary vulnerabilities and challenges faced by these organizations as they struggle to deliver services, fundraise, and evaluate themselves. How Nonprofits Work poses critical questions about the stability and future of a central institution of the U.S. social safety net. -- Howard Rosing, DePaul UniversityBudrys (sociology, DePaul Univ.) provides a highly accessible presentation of nonprofits that should appeal to libraries collecting for social work programs. The author's use of bullet points, enumeration, and plain language will be welcome to social work students who typically read works that are far more theoretical during their studies. Budrys makes use of annual reports, websites, and "extensive interviews," Overall, a pragmatic and focused set of case studies sure to engage readers. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above * CHOICE *Table of Contents1: Introduction 2: What Makes Nonprofit Organizations Special? 3: The Size and Scope of the Nonprofit Sector 4: Analytical Framework 5: The Case Presentation Framework 6: Two Classic Case Studies 7: Delivering Nursing Case in a Person’s Home 8: Confronting a Highly Contagious Disease 9: Needs of People with a Significant Physical Impairment 10: Helping People with Various Disabilities 11: Battling the Spread of HIV/AIDS 12: Helping to Overcome Hunger 13: Addressing the Need for Affordable Housing 14: Conclusion
£70.20
Rowman & Littlefield The New Senior Woman
Book SynopsisRather than focus exclusively on preparing for retirement, this book offers the firsthand accounts of women of retirement age, the real obstacles and changes they face, and how they successfully navigate their retirement years.Trade ReviewSince 1950, America’s population older than 60 has nearly tripled. In step Fleisher and Reese, retired professors who started the blog, www.ElderChicks.com, to share inspiring stories about how one’s senior years can be a 'time of renewal and reinvention.' Dick Goldberg, national director of Coming of Age (for Americans 50 and older), writes a lovely introduction about seniors maintaining freedom and independence. Indeed, that’s a common, food-for-thought theme throughout the book as Fleisher and Reese profile 'people who are truly mastering the art of a senior life.' Lawyer 'Cheryl L' frees herself from a moribund marriage. 'Shirley L,' in her mid-80s, plays tennis and still works at the art dealership she founded with her husband. At first, 'Joanne K' was devastated that her husband cheated on her. But eventually, she concluded that 'he was the bad guy here, not me!' And she got her master’s degree in psychology. The book ends, satisfyingly, with Elena S’s creed, 'While I can, I will. When I can’t, I won’t. But I’ll be glad that I did when I could.' * Booklist *The later life of the senior woman today has little in common with her mother's or even grandmother's lives. To start she will live 20 to 30 years longer with better health, more vitality, and increased resources to affect changes in themselves as well as society. Fleisher and Reese, two retired professors turned bloggers, aim to help women navigate the unique realities of life after retirement in this day and age. The two approach the topic like the academics they once were—interviewing hundreds of women 'with varied histories who examine their lives critically.' The book collects and categorizes the wisdom of women already in the second half of their lives (one is 100 years old!) to provide inspiration and practical advice on such topics as how to live with adult children, downsize their homes, and embrace galloping technology. . . . Fleisher and Reese successfully provide direction and community for women 60-plus looking to reinvent their later life. * Publishers Weekly *This remarkable compendium of stories of and by women of a 'certain age' provides enormous insight and wisdom to all of us as we approach retirement. This underlying message is reinforced in every page; "To thine own self be true." -- Molly D. Shepard, president and CEO, The Leader's Edge/Leaders By DesignThe New Senior Woman is essential reading for “women of a certain age” who are on the verge on their retirement years. With its lively conversational style, The New Senior Woman is a self-help book for savvy women who typically eschew self-help. Baby Boom women have re-invented every social institution they’ve encountered, and old age is no exception. This book provides women with helpful yet never sanctimonious advice on how to navigate retirement, downsizing one’s home, health woes, cognitive decline, ever-changing parent-child relations, loss, and the other inevitable changes that accompany aging. Equal parts first-person narrative, scholarship, and self-help, The New Senior Woman invites women to face old age with knowledge, confidence, and guarded optimism. -- Deborah Carr, professor of Sociology, Rutgers University; Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences (2015-18)Table of ContentsForeword Introduction 1: My Mother’s Senior Years Were So Different from Mine How Should I Be in This New Age? 2: So Now I’m Retired How Do I Fill My Days So I Feel Good about Myself at Night? 3: I Love My Freedom and Independence How Do I Maintain It? 4: We Love Our Possessions but They Are Starting to Own Us How Do I Downsize My Life? 5: The Children Are Adults Has the Family Dynamic Outgrown Issues of Control, Rebellion, and Sibling Rivalries? How Do We Keep a Sense of Family across Generations? 6: Can’t Use My Computer – or Knit or Rollerblade The World is Changing around Me. How Do I Remain a Part of It? How Do I Push Myself to Learn New Skills? 7: We Laugh about Our ‘Senior Moments’ Should We Fear Them? 8: Rx Health We Can’t Ignore the Changes. What Do We Do about Them? 9: Separation and Loss Are Facts of Life How Do I Handle Them? 10: Sometimes I Feel Safest in My Senior Bubble My World is Shrinking. How Do I Expand It? Finale: A Gathering of the Wisdom We Find in Each Other
£50.93
Rowman & Littlefield Life after College
Book SynopsisWhether employed or not upon completing their college degree, most people experience a significant culture shock while transitioning from student to professional life. In Life After College: Ten Steps to Build a Life You Love, authors Tori Randolph Terhune and Betsy A. Hays show recent, and not so recent, college graduates what they can do to successfully transition into this new stage of their lives. Terhune, a recent college graduate, and Hays, a college professor, provide honest, humorous, and helpful suggestions to help readers thrive. Focusing on more than just success in the workplace, the authors offer ten easy-to-follow strategies and practical advice for all points of lifefrom time management at home and at work to making friends in a new city to budgeting. The book also covers key generational differences, the magic of mentoring, and the millennial validation vacuum. Life After College will help any recent grad build a fulfilling lifein and out of the office. There is soTrade ReviewIn a reassuring and chatty tone, Terhune and Hays dispense advice to newbies in the postcollege world. The authors previously collaborated on Land Your Dream Career: 11 Steps to Take in College. The basic advice—know your productive times of day, live within your means, follow the Golden Rule—may be new to twenty something readers and favors human interaction over the Internet and gadgets. The sections on living alone, negotiating with roommates, maintaining career momentum and lifelong learning offer interesting insights. * Library Journal *This is one of several well-targeted books that have cropped up in recent years to help young adults overcome a range of challenges from time management to purchasing insurance. While I like that information, three solid chapters on succeeding at work and finding a mentor are what keep this title in my lineup. Life After College is not an in-depth strategy book, but an overview of the main areas competing for a 20-something's attention while launching into adulthood. Abundant stories and examples make it a quick and useful read. * Pioneer Press *Betsy Hays and Tori Terhune have penned the essential compendium for post-college life. It is as prescriptive as living with Dr. Phil without the video. This 'food for thought' tome is a real recipe for mastering the day to day grind of building a five star career that will keep the graduate professionally prepared and personally fulfilled. -- Gerard Francis Corbett, Chair and CEO, Redphlag LLC; past Chair and CEO, Public Relations Society of AmericaThey've done it again! Tori Randolph Terhune and Betsy A. Hays’ forthcoming book, Life after College is another home run in the authors' book series. Presenting life after college in a fun and engaging manner, this book succeeds in providing solid direction for the steps needed after college. A great gift for every graduate to ensure success and a lifetime of passion in their careers! -- Donna C. Wertalik, Virginia Tech, Pamplin College of BusinessLife after College offers a balanced, sensible approach to life as a young adult in America. The book is compassionate in its approach and conversational in tone as it guides readers through the transition from college student to working professional. It’s about personal branding. It’s about health and wellbeing. It’s about equanimity–finding that right balance between who you are and who you want to become. The narrative is accompanied by great stories of life lessons, told in an endearing way. Whereas Tori and Betsy’s Land Your Dream Career ought to be read by every college sophomore; Life after College ought to be read by every college senior. It opens the door to the many joys in life that college students want to realize. -- Douglas J. Swanson, California State University, FullertonOnce again, Tori and Betsy have provided millennials with a practical, real, and sometimes humorous roadmap to success. The transition from college student to professional is a difficult one. Life after College provides tools and strategies for not only making it through this transition, but also thriving during this often tumultuous time. -- Timothy M. Stearns, Coleman Foundation Chair in Entrepreneurship, Executive Director, Lyles Center for Innovation and EntrepreneurshipI found Life after College to be a well-organized and witty read, relevant to adults in all stages of life. The 'Story' sections, in which the authors share real-life experiences, were a nice touch. I could appreciate the authors' different experiences and journeys for each idea or lesson. Well done, Tori and Betsy. -- Edgar Blunt, Co-Founder of Career PillarTable of Contents1: Time and Sleep Management 2: Money, Benefits, Taxes and Insurance 3: Living Alone or with Others 4: Living Healthy 5: Family, Friends and Love 6: Managing the Workplace 7: Maintaining Career Momentum 8: Mentors and Mentoring 9: Lifelong Learning 10: Set Yourself Up For Success
£36.00
Rowman & Littlefield Demography
Book SynopsisThis comprehensive, introductory text takes an applied, interdisciplinary approach. Because one author is a sociologist and the other a demographer, the text introduces perspectives from many different disciplines. The most applied book on the market, Demography: The Science of Population teaches students how to use the multitude of demographic resources available to them as consumers of data. Using case studies throughout to illustrate key concepts in a realistic and concrete manner, the authors also draw examples from recent U.S. Census data, United Nations and World Bank reports, tables from the National Center for Health Statistics, and other U.S. state- and county-level sources. New to the Second EditionThis second edition is divided into four main parts; each part begins with a short introduction, and all chapters include end-of-chapter summaries. All tables, related narrative, and graphics have been updated to include data from the 2000 and 2010 census counts, more recent estiTrade ReviewThe strength of the book is its many tables and graphs which illustrate many features of demography in an accessible and clear way. The case studies, for example, the way in which Zambia arrived at its population policy, are useful and well presented. * European Journal of Population *
£90.00
Rowman & Littlefield The New Senior Woman
Book SynopsisAs people live longer and better lives, both women and men may look forward to many years in retirement. But living well in retirement depends on a variety of decisions people make as they prepare for and enter this new chapter of life and living. This book is for and about women approaching and experiencing life in their senior years. This largest and fastest-growing part of the population is living in a manner very different from our mothers, whose roles in life were much more predictable and circumscribed than ours. Today's senior women live longer, are healthier, better educated, more involved in the world, and more active than the women who preceded us. Figuring out these uncharted years without role models or guideposts can be challenging, but, here, the authors gather the stories of today's senior women, who have jumped hurdles, answered questions, and made decisions they never saw their mothers make. Through these stories, readers will find fellowship and guidance, wisdom and aTrade ReviewThis remarkable compendium of stories of and by women of a 'certain age' provides enormous insight and wisdom to all of us as we approach retirement. This underlying message is reinforced in every page; "To thine own self be true." -- Molly D. Shepard, president and CEO, The Leader's Edge/Leaders By DesignThe New Senior Woman is essential reading for “women of a certain age” who are on the verge on their retirement years. With its lively conversational style, The New Senior Woman is a self-help book for savvy women who typically eschew self-help. Baby Boom women have re-invented every social institution they’ve encountered, and old age is no exception. This book provides women with helpful yet never sanctimonious advice on how to navigate retirement, downsizing one’s home, health woes, cognitive decline, ever-changing parent-child relations, loss, and the other inevitable changes that accompany aging. Equal parts first-person narrative, scholarship, and self-help, The New Senior Woman invites women to face old age with knowledge, confidence, and guarded optimism. -- Deborah Carr, professor of Sociology, Rutgers University; Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences (2015-18)Table of ContentsForeword Introduction 1: My Mother’s Senior Years Were So Different from Mine How Should I Be in This New Age? 2: So Now I’m Retired How Do I Fill My Days So I Feel Good about Myself at Night? 3: I Love My Freedom and Independence How Do I Maintain It? 4: We Love Our Possessions but They Are Starting to Own Us How Do I Downsize My Life? 5: The Children Are Adults Has the Family Dynamic Outgrown Issues of Control, Rebellion, and Sibling Rivalries? How Do We Keep a Sense of Family across Generations? 6: Can’t Use My Computer – or Knit or Rollerblade The World is Changing around Me. How Do I Remain a Part of It? How Do I Push Myself to Learn New Skills? 7: We Laugh about Our ‘Senior Moments’ Should We Fear Them? 8: Rx Health We Can’t Ignore the Changes. What Do We Do about Them? 9: Separation and Loss Are Facts of Life How Do I Handle Them? 10: Sometimes I Feel Safest in My Senior Bubble My World is Shrinking. How Do I Expand It? Finale: A Gathering of the Wisdom We Find in Each Other
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Rowman & Littlefield Social Deviance
Book SynopsisSocial Deviance is a comprehensive textbook that uses real life phenomena and current examples to maintain student interest. Each chapter includes chapter-opening objectives and vignette, end of chapter glossary and discussion questions, and boxed material.Table of ContentsBrief Table of Contents Chapter 1. What is Social Deviance? Chapter 2. Social Deviance and Social Problems Chapter 3. Explaining Social Deviance Chapter 4. White Collar Crime, Political, and Organized Crime Chapter 5. Street Crime: Violent Offenses and Property Offenses Chapter 6. Social Deviance and Violence Chapter 7. Alcohol and Social Deviance Chapter 8. Drug Use and Abuse and Social Deviance Chapter 9. Cyber Technology and Social Deviance Chapter 10. Mental Illness and Disorders and Social Deviance Chapter 11. Sexual Social Deviance Chapter 12. Environmental Social Deviance Chapter 13. Social Control and Deviant Behavior Chapter 14. Social Deviance and Its Omnipresence Bibliography Index
£81.00
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers The Tapestry of Culture An Introduction to
Book SynopsisTapestry of Culture provides students with the tools needed to encounter different culturesâone of the most exciting elements of anthropology. The tenth edition incorporates new material throughout, such as ethnographic examples in every chapter; strengthened discussions of gender, transnationalism, and globalization; and more.Trade ReviewI have used The Tapestry of Culture throughout my years of teaching introductory anthropology. This new edition retains all that was effective in previous editions, with several new topics and updated cases. I am impressed and grateful that the authors are so comprehensive and yet so concise. Key concepts, fascinating examples, and apt comparisons are used to create a vivid panorama of anthropology, and to show students just how the discipline can be so compelling and so relevant to understanding their lives and the contemporary world. -- William W. Kelly, Yale UniversityThe Tapestry of Culture succeeds in presenting all that one could want in an introduction to cultural anthropology. The engaging prose and approach make the book read more like a narrative than a standard text. The authors root the work within the broader field of American anthropology, with chapters on hominin evolution and language—a refreshing and most welcome bonus. This is a great read for students and lay people alike. -- Jill Shapiro, Columbia UniversityThis new edition of The Tapestry of Culture provides an overview of key theories and categories within cultural anthropology, now significantly updated to reflect current debates and trends in the discipline such as fictive kinship, globalization and migration, and the human genome project. Undergraduate students will gain familiarity with core concepts used in anthropological research and see them applied to up-to-date examples from around the world. This text is especially suited to introductory courses in anthropology for majors and non-majors. -- Jean Scandlyn, University of Colorado DenverTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments About the Authors 1. Anthropological Perspectives 2. Anthropological Methods 3. Language and Culture 4. Learning Language and Learning Culture: Culture and the Individual 5. Symbolic Meanings 6. Ties That Connect: Marriage, Family, and Kinship 7. Gender, Sexualities, and Age 8. The Economic Organization of Societies: Production, Distribution, and Consumption 9. Power, Politics, and Conflict 10. Religion and the Supernatural 11. Myths, Legends, and Folktales: Past, Present, and Future 12. Artistic Dimensions 13. Living/ Working in the Globalized World: Colonialism, Globalization,and Development 14. States and Identities: Ethnicity, Race, and Nationalism Epilogue Glossary References Index
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