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Book SynopsisIn lucid and engaging prose, Michael Tonry reveals the historical foundation for the current state of the American criminal justice system, while simultaneously offering a game plan for long overdue reform.Trade ReviewSentencing Fragments appears as a much-needed dose of critical realism ... Michael Tonry addresses the issues with a clear-eyed expertise and proposes reforms that are to the point, principled and practical. * David Garland, Times Literary Supplement *Table of ContentsPreface ; Acknowledgments ; Chapter 1. Sentencing Matters ; Chapter 2. Sentencing Fragments ; Chapter 3. Federal Sentencing ; Chapter 4. Sentencing Theories ; Chapter 5. Sentencing Principles ; Chapter 6. Reinventing Sentencing ; References ; Index

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Book SynopsisEthnographers rely on three related activities to conduct research in the field: observation, conversation, and participation. Observing others in their environments and using this data to inform and share conclusions is an essential part of any fieldworker''s toolkit. However, many ethnographers'' observational muscles tend to be their weakest. Fortunately, Christena Nippert-Eng''s Watching Closely: A Guide to Ethnographic Observation provides a practical, interactive guide for improving one''s powers of observation. The book includes nine exercises for practicing observational skills, including a preparatory briefing and post-exercise discussion. Nippert-Eng also offers a weblink to sample responses from her previous students, providing an additional resource beyond the text itself. Beyond the traditional tenets of field work, Watching Closely encourages readers to pursue more creative ways of collecting and analyzing data, such as sketching, diagramming, and photography, as well as Trade ReviewExtraordinary ... the exercises [Nippert-Eng] offers provide helpful encouragement and useful reassurance to those confronted with some of the basic problems of selecting material to be studied, the formulation of concepts, and the development of research hunches. * Les Gofton, Times Higher Education *This is an excellent book aimed at a wide audience. Ethnographic methods are used in a range of disciplines, subject areas and settings. This is an excellent contribution as the interactive approach is extremely engaging. Rather than chapters on ethnography as an approach the author has put together nine engaging exercises that take the reader through the issues, concerns and techniques while at the same time assisting them in the development of their imagination and skills as observers. The book is based on a successful course and I can see why the course is successful. Christena Nippert-Eng is an engaging writer who, by using a reflexive and auto-biographical approach, draws in and enthuses the reader.... I know my students would love the book.... This is an excellent contribution. * Kay Peggs, Reader in Sociology, University of Portsmouth *Short story, I am incredibly enthusiastic about this work.... As an intellectual intervention it is long overdue and as a training manual, it can help make a great difference. I organize my response by the questions present in the cover letter. And I won't repeat yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! though I could.... I don't know of anything like this. Plenty of qualitative methods'texts out there, but the only works on observation I know are precisely for artists, not field workers, or for the general reader (often coffee table books). * John Levi Martin, Professor of Sociology, University of Chicago *This is a methods book written for qualitative fieldwork. There are many others. They are typically mechanistic lists of do's and don'ts...This one stands alone. It advocates deep empiricism and provides the tools to get there * in a way that other ethnographic texts and methods courses do not. It is directly 'how to' rather than abstract and remote. Perhaps the most remarkable quality stems from Nippert-Eng's extensive observational studies of non-human species, particularly gorillas at the Lincoln Park Zoo. Watching such animals is her 'laboratory' to become acutely aware of behavior in others and she presses students to come up with analogous ways to sharpen their fieldwork skills.... Her book exercises, and accompanying commentary, aim to instill better ways to watch and understand human beings. Bravo. I think there is vast potential here.Harvey Molotch, Professor of Sociology, New York University *Table of ContentsPART ONE: GETTING READY ; How to Use This Book ; A Different Approach to Fieldwork ; Packing List ; PART TWO: THE EXERCISES ; Exercise One Open Observation ; Exercise Two Temporal Mapping I ; Exercise Three Temporal Mapping II ; Exercise Four Spatio-Temporal Mapping I ; Exercise Five Unstructured Observation ; Exercise Six Spatio-Temporal Mapping II ; Exercise Seven Power ; Exercise Eight Object Mapping I ; Exercise Nine Object Mapping II Play ; PART THREE: MOVING FORWARD ; How to Use This Book Going Forward

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Book SynopsisThough much has been written about particular forms of violence related to religion, such as sacrificial rites and militant martyrdom, there have been few efforts to survey the phenomena in all of the world''s major religious traditions, historically and in the present, viewing the subject in personal as well as social dimensions, and covering both literary themes and political conflicts. This compact collection of essays provides such an overview. Each of the essays explores the ways in which violence is justified within the literary and theological foundation of the tradition, how it is used symbolically and in ritual practice, and how social acts of vengeance and warfare have been justified by religious ideas.The nature of the connection between violence and faith has always been a topic of heated debate, especially as acts of violence performed in the name of religion have erupted onto the global stage. Some scholars argue that these acts of violence are not really religious at allTrade ReviewThe nine essays of this volume give a thought-provoking overview on this topic... They engage the topics in a way that is accessible, inspirational, and challenging to people familiar with the religions, as well as those beginning to learn about religions. * Fortunatus Mugisha, Religious Studies Review *Violence in the World's Religious Traditions is sure to provoke thoughtful response and get readers asking the right questions...anyone interested in the subject of religion and violence will find much to think about before drawing hasty conclusions on this highly-charged topic. * Jamin Hübner, Reading Religion *As an introduction to the study of religion and violence, this volume provides a valuable overview of a timeless, yet all-too-timely, subject. * Andrew R. Murphy, Sociology of Religion *All of the essays are thought-provoking as they address texts and scriptural traditions, symbols and metaphors, and manifestations of actual violence... There is food for thought in these readings for scholars already familiar with the broad strokes of theories of religion and violence, as well as those knowledgeable in the world's religious traditions. * Nova Religio *Table of ContentsIntroduction "The Enduring Relationship of Religion and Violence" Mark Juergensmeyer, Margo Kitts and Michael Jerryson 1. Hinduism "Violence and Nonviolence at the Heart of Hindu Ethics" Veena Das 2. Buddhism "Buddhist Traditions and Violence" Michael Jerryson 3. Sikhism "Sikhs and Violence" Cynthia Keppley Mahmood 4. Judaism "Religion and Violence in the Jewish Tradition" Ron Hassner and Gideon Aran 5. Christianity "Religion and Violence in Christianity" Lloyd Steffen 6. Islam "Muslim Engagement with Injustice and Violence" Bruce Lawrence 7. Africa "African Traditional Religion and Violence" Nathalie Wlodarczyk 8. Pacific Islands "Religion and Violence in Pacific Island Societies" Andrew Strathern and Pamela J. Stewart 9. China "Mutual Tolerance, State Persecution, and Martial Divinities in Chinese Religion" Meir Shahar Authors Index

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Book SynopsisInstead of considering society as a social environment, Society in the Self begins from the assumption that society works in the deepest regions of self and identity, as expressed in phenomena like self-sabotage, self-radicalization, self-cure, self-government, self-nationalization, and self-internationalization. This leads to the central thesis that a democratic society can only function properly if it is populated by participants with a democratically organized self. In this book, an integrative model is presented that is inspired by three versions of democracy: cosmopolitan, deliberative, and agonistic democracy, with the latter focusing on the role of social power and emotions.Drawing on these democratic views, three levels of inclusiveness are distinguished in the self: personal (I as an individual), social (I as a member of a group), and global (I as a human being). A democratic self requires the flexibility of moving up and down across these levels of inclusiveness and has to fiTrade ReviewPerhaps the most daring self-theorist working today, Hubert Hermans offers another creative gem that crosses academic boundaries and blurs traditional divisions among social and behavioral scientists. In proposing a theory of the democratic functioning of the self, Hermans takes us beyond his Dialogical Self Theory to show how a dynamic process of internal dialogue is inescapably liked to the democratic organization of society at large. Society in the Self will surely stimulate novel thinking, provoke new research, and incite fresh interpretations of the foundation of democracy itself. * Peter L. Callero, Professor of Sociology, Western Oregon University *Society in the Self is the latest advancement in the Dialogical Self theory that has been created by one of the most innovative social scientists of the recent decades: Hubert Hermans. This book extends the original system of the multi-voiced processes that take place in the human individual Self to the operation of societies, with the specific focus on how democratic societies function. This is very much needed in our present time when we often become involved in fighting for democracy in societies other than our own, not analyzing the complex processes by which our own democratic systems function. This book fills in the gap, and introduces a new way of analyzing societies as dynamic systems in their deep dialogical tensions and occasional ruptures. * Jaan Valsiner, Niels Bohr Professor of Cultural Psychology, Aalborg University, Denmark *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: The Democratic Organization of Self and Identity Chapter 1. The Dynamics of Society-in-the-Self Chapter 2. Positioning and Democracy in the Self Chapter 3. Positioning and Democracy in Teams and Organizations Chapter 4. The Positioning Brain Chapter 5. Social and Societal Over-Positioning: The Emergence of I-Prisons Chapter 6. Heterogenizing and Enriching the Self Chapter 7. Dialogue as Generative Form of Positioning Chapter 8: Dialogical democracy in a boundary-crossing world: Practical implications Glossary

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Book SynopsisThe social sciences have mostly ignored the role of physical buildings in shaping the social fabric of communities and groups. Although the emerging field of the sociology of architecture has started to pay attention to physical structures, Brenneman and Miller are the first to combine the light of sociological theory and the empirical method in order to understand the impact of physical structures on religious groups that build, transform, and maintain them. Religious buildings not only reflect the groups that build them or use them; these physical structures actually shape and change those who gather and worship there.Religious buildings are all around us. From Wall Street to Main Street, from sublime and historic cathedrals to humble converted storefronts, these buildings shape the global religious landscape, building faith among those who worship in them while providing a testament to the shape and duration of the faith of those who built them and those who maintain them. Building Trade ReviewThe book develops interaction ritual chains in a novel way and provides an assortment of future research directions, both in the United States and internationally. * Rory Jones, Review of Religious Research *This book demonstrates the relevance of studying religious buildings from a sociological perspective ... the proliferation of described observations offers the reader a wealth of leads to initiate new research into the social impact of religious buildings. * Anneke Pons-de Wit, Sociology of Religion *An engaging preliminary consideration of the sociology of religious buildings. * J.H. Rubin, emeritus, University of Saint Joseph, CHOICE *Too long ignored, religious buildings shape - in ever-changing ways * the groups that worship in them and the communities that surround them. Brenneman and Miller show us why and how that matters, with examples that range from simple Guatemalan pentecostal structures to mosques in Vermont. In lively fashion, this book expands our understanding of how religion works.Nancy T. Ammerman, author of Sacred Stories, Spiritual Tribes: Finding Religion in Everyday Life *Whether church, mosque, or temple, Brenneman and Miller guide readers to see religious architecture as more than private devotional spaces. These public spaces structure individual and collective behavior, providing an infrastructure that shapes and re-shapes social life — even as the buildings themselves are innovatively re-shaped over time. A necessary read that resources a much-needed focus on the material basis of religion. * Gerardo Martí, co-author of The Glass Church: Robert H. Schuller, the Crystal Cathedral, and the Strain of Megachurch Ministry *Is it true that a church is not the building but the people? If so, why do congregations invest so much time and money in their places of worship and have such strong opinions about them? Brenneman and Miller demonstrate that religious buildings continue to matter today. They need to be taken seriously by their congregations and by society at large. * Duncan Stroik, architect and author of The Church Building as a Sacred Place *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Prologue Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: What Religious Buildings Do Chapter 3: Ours till Jesus Comes Chapter 4: Religious Buildings Need Not Apply Chapter 5: Architects, Community, and Transcendence Chapter 6 : Space Bending When Matter Matters Chapter 7: Aging in Place over Eight Decades Chapter 8: Conclusion Bibliography Index Notes

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Table of ContentsIntroduction Paul Knepper and Anja Johansen PART ONE: HISTORIANS, INTERPRETATIONS, METHODOLOGIES 1. The Historiography of Crime and Criminal Justice - Paul Lawrence 2. The Crime Historian's Modi Operandi - Barry Godfrey 3. Long-term Trends in Crime: Continuity and Change - Marcelo F. Aebi and Antonia Linde 4. Geography of Crime: Urban and Rural Environments - Catherine Denys PART TWO: FORMS OF CRIME 5. Histories of Interpersonal Violence in Europe and North America, 1700-Present - Richard Mc Mahon 6. Ideas and Practices of Prostitution Around the World - Magaly Rodriguez Garcia 7. Forms of Crime: Crime and Retail Theft - Tammy Whitlock 8. A Brief History of the Underworld and Organized Crime, c. 1750-1950 - Heather Shore 9. Terrorism and its Policing: Anarchists and the Era of Propaganda by the Deed, 1870s-1914 - Constance Bantman 10. Dreams and Nightmares: Drug Trafficking and the History of International Crime - Paul Knepper PART THREE: CRIME, GENDER, AND ETHNICITIES 11. Violence and Masculinity - Joachim Eibach 12. Women and Crime, 1750-2000 - Manon van der Heijden 13. Policing Minorities - Margo de Koster and Herman Reinke 14. Black Women, Criminal Justice, and Violence - Kali N. Gross PART FOUR: CULTURAL REPRESENTATIONS OF CRIME 15. Crime News and the Press - John Carter Wood 16. Crime, Criminology, and the Crime Genre - Gray Cavender and Nancy Jurik 17. Contested Spaces: On Crime Museums, Monuments and Memorials - Per Jørgen Ystehede 18. A Historical Perspective on Crime Fiction in Mexico During the Middle Decades of the Twentieth Century - Pablo Piccato PART FIVE: RISE OF CRIMINOLOGY 19. The Rise of Criminology in its Historical Context - Pieter Spierenburg 20. Criminal Minds: Psychiatry, Psychopathology, and the Government of Criminality - Stephen Garton 21. Continuity and Change: Russian and Early Soviet Criminology and the Criminal Woman - Sharon A. Kowalsky PART SIX: LAW ENFORCEMENT AND POLICING 22. Policing Before the Police in the Eighteenth Century: British Perspectives in a European Context - David G. Barrie 23. The Origins of "Modern" Policing - Mark Finnane 24. Detectives and Forensic Science: The Professionalization of Police Detection - Haia Shpayer-Makov 25. Police-Public Relations: Interpretations of Policing and Democratic Governance - Anja Johansen 26. Crime and Policing in Wartime - Clive Emsley PART SEVEN: LAW, COURTS, AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE 27. The Role of Popular Justice in U.S. History - Elizabeth Dale 28. Popular Dramas Between Transgression and Order: Criminal Trials and their Publics in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries in Global Perspective - Daniel Siemens 29. Mercy and Parole in Anglo-American Criminal Justice Systems from the Eighteenth Century to the Twenty-First Century - Carolyn Strange 30. Histories of Crime and Criminal Justice and the Historical Analysis of Criminal Law - Markus D. Dubber PART EIGHT: PUNISHMENT AND PRISONS 31. The Death Penalty - Randall McGowen 32. The Rise and Fall of Penal Transportation - Hamish Maxwell-Stewart 33. The Mad, the Bad and the Pauper: Help and Control in Early Modern Carceral Institutions - Sandra Scicluna 34. Histories of the Modern Prison: Renewal, Regression, and Expansion - Michael Meranze

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Book SynopsisA fascinating and well-researched look into what we really know about cannibalism.

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Book SynopsisAlternative religious groups have had a profound influence on American history-they have challenged the old and opened up new ways of thinking about healing, modes of meaning, religious texts and liturgies, the social and political order, and the relationships between religion and race, class, gender, and region. Virtually always, the dramatic, dynamic history of alternative religions runs parallel to that of dissent in America. Communities of Dissent is an evenhanded and marvelously lively history of New Religious Movements in America. Stephen J. Stein describes the evolution and structure of alternative religious movements from both sides: the critics and the religious dissenters themselves. Providing a fascinating look at a wide range of New Religious Movements, he investigates obscure groups such as the 19th-century Vermont Pilgrims, who wore bearskins and refused to bathe or cut their hair, alongside better-known alternative believers, including colonial America's largest outsideTrade ReviewClearly presented material... [The religious groups'] ideas, organizational structure, and beliefs and practices are described in a readable narrative style.... Enough detail is included to give a clear understanding of the practices and ideas that have made each group unique.... The tone throughout is nonjudgmental and the emphasis is on people and their ideas. Black-and-white photos and reproductions add information and perspective to the presentation. * School Library Journal *A fair and balanced treatment of a wide range of alternative traditions in America. The prose is very readable and the vocabulary is well within the range of junior or senior high school students. * Religious Studies in Secondary Schools *Primary source inserts for each chapter and an abundance of period illustrations move the discussion along. * Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books *Exactly what the title says: a survey of Quakers, Christian Scientists, Mormons, and Jehovah's Witnesses, among many others....One unique aspect of Stein's work is how he shows the connection between the rise of some of these alternative religious groups and how they affected racial relations and the growing liberation and empowerment of women. This feature alone makes the book worthwhile. * Reformation & Revival *

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Book SynopsisIn his lifetime, the Peruvian Ricardo Palma (1838-1919) was one of the most popular and imitated writers in Latin America. As head of the National Library in Lima, Palma had access to a rich source of historical journals and records. His historical miscellanies, which he called traditions, are witty anecdotes about conquerors, viceroys, corrupt and lovelorn friars, tragic loves and notorious characters.

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Book SynopsisWith Christian revivals (including Evangelicals in the White House), Islamic radicalism and the revitalisation of traditional religions it is clear that the world is not heading towards a community of secular states. Nowhere are religious thought and political practice more closely intertwined than in Africa. African migrants in Europe and America who send home money to build churches and mosques, African politicians who consult diviners, guerrilla fighters who believe that amulets can protect them from bullets, and ordinary people who seek ritual healing: all of these are applying religious ideas to everyday problems of existence, at every level of society. Far from falling off the map of the world, Africa is today a leading centre of Christianity and a growing field of Islamic activism, while African traditional religions are gaining converts in the West. One cannot understand the politics of the present without taking religious thought seriously. Stories about witches, miracles, oTrade ReviewThis remarkable book urges us to recast our approach to understanding modern African history by recognizing the religious basis of African political practice. * American Historical Review *Ellis and Ter Haar's approach is not wholly original, of course. They frequently invoke the spirit of Max Weber and engage an unusually wide range of African, European, and Asian, Anglophone and Francophone scholars, but none have embraced the overall field of religious thought and political practice in the modern world so persuasively or so elegantly. This book is a critical corrective to much of the recent literature on colonialism and globalization that interprets modern African history largely in terms of alien influences and ideas and forces us to take spiritual forces and ideas as seriously as material ones. * American Historical Review *This book is a fascinating, insightful and timely contribution to our body of knowledge about the worlds most culturally-diverse, yet least- understood continent. Worlds of Power should be required reading for anyone concerned with Africa today. * Jon Lee Anderson, author of The Lion's Grave: Dispatches From Afghanistan *Worlds of Power shows how religious and supernatural ideas dominate African politics and culture, how they shape the ways that Africans both rich and poor view the world. The materials about clandestine politics, secret societies and conspiracy theories are especially intriguing - though they are handled throughout in a responsible and scholarly way. This wide-ranging and thoroughly researched book is essential reading for anyone wishing to understand modern Africa. * Philip Jenkins, author of The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity *Power in the material world, most Africans continue to believe, cannot be separated from its source in the spiritual. It is the singular genius of authors Stephen Ellis and Gerrie ter Haar that they understand the encompassing nature and centrality of this belief. [...] The clarity and accuracy of this analytical lens makes Worlds of Power one of the most important books on African religion-and, indeed, on African politics-to appear in many years. * Professor R. Scott Appleby, University of Notre Dame *Quite effective and illuminating. * Robert M. Baum, Journal of the American Academy of Religion *

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Book SynopsisHere are 23 essays, interviews, and public letters representing the best of C. Wright Mills''s politics of truth. The first collection of Mills''s writings to be published since 1963, these essays show how America''s best known sociologist grew into a representative for dissenters in Europe, Latin America, and Europe, and was posthumously declared one of the three most influential figures in the international Left by the CIA. First published in Evergreen Review, Harper''s, The Nation, Dissent, and New Left Review, these out-of-print and hard to find writings show Mills''s growth from academic sociologist to intellectual maestro in command of a mature style, in search of an independent radical public to oppose the drift toward permanent war. Seminal papers including Letter to the New Left appear alongside notably prescient but lesser known meditations like Are We Losing Our Sense of Belonging? Historians interested in United States foreign policy and in the Latin American Left will findTrade Reviewa skilfully crafted overview of the context of Mills' life and work ... provides a fresh perspective on Mills' intentions and focus as a radical cultural critic. * Susan Murphy, Political Studies Review *Table of ContentsPREFACE ; INTRODUCTION: NEW MAN OF POWER, BY JOHN SUMMERS ; 1. The Powerless People: The Role of the Intellectual in Society ; 2. The Intellectual and the Labor Leader ; 3. Sociological Poetry ; 4. Contribution to Our Country and Our Culture: A Symposium ; 5. On Intellectual Craftsmanship ; 6. Thorstein Veblen ; 7. IBM plus Reality plus Humanism = Sociology ; 8. Are We Losing Our Sense of Belonging? ; 9. The Conservative Mood ; 10. Mass Society and Liberal Education ; 11. On Knowledge and Power ; 12. The Power Elite: Comment on Criticism ; 13. Science and Scientists ; 14. A Pagan Sermon to the Christian Clergy ; 15. The Man in the Middle ; 16. The Big City ; 17. Culture and Politics: The Fourth Epoch ; 18. The Cultural Apparatus ; 19. The Decline of the Left ; 20. On Latin America, the Left, and the U.S. ; 21. Soviet Journal ; 22. Listen, Yankee! The Cuban Case Against the U.S. ; 23. Letter to the New Left ; BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE ; BIBLIOGRAPHY: THE WRITINGS OF C. WRIGHT MILLS

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Book SynopsisNorman Street is the first serious examination of a scenario that appears likely to be played out again and again as federal budget policies result in reduced services for urban areas across the country. Based on a three-year study conducted in Brooklyn''s Greenpoint/Williamsburg section, the book is an in-depth, detailed description of life in a multi-ethnic working class neighborhood during New York City''s fiscal crisis of 1975-78. Now updated with a new introduction to address the changes and events of the thirty years since the book''s original publication, its lessons continue to demonstrate the impact of political and economic changes on everyday lives.Relating local events to national policy, Susser deals directly with issues and problems that face industrial cities nationwide: ethnic and race relations are analyzed within the context of community organization and local politics; the impact of landlord/tenant relations, housing discrimination, and red-lining are examined; and tTrade ReviewThe original edition of Norman Street painted a gripping and moving portrait of a mid-1970s NYC neighborhood under assault. At that time, neither Susser nor the residents of Greenpoint-Williamsburg could imagine that the combination of regulation and neglect they were enduring was a precursor of the much larger and more devastating global project of neoliberalism. This reissued and updated edition, with Susser's compelling new introduction, offers a moving and instructive time-trip, transporting us back to a key moment in the struggle for livable urban neighborhoods. * Jane Collins, University of Wisconsin-Madison *Blending fine-grain ethnography with superb political economic analysis, Susser's Norman Street is a classic of urban social science. It gives a vivid picture of the economic ingredients, social struggles, and demographic change that set the stage for a hipsterized Williamsburg and transformed Greenpoint. A paradigm of neighborhood ethnography in a global context. * Neil Smith, author of New Urban Frontier *Table of ContentsIntroduction to the Updated Edition ; 1. Introduction ; 2. A Changing Neighborhood ; 3. A Changing Workplace and Its Consequences ; 4. The Welfare System: Interaction Between Officials and Clients ; 5. The Welfare System: Regulations and the Life of a Welfare Recipient ; 6. Landlord-Tenant Relations ; 7. Cooperation and Conflict in a Block Association ; 8. Making Things Work ; 9. Kinship, Friendship, and Support ; 10. Save the Firehouse! ; 11. The Sources of Political Control ; 12. Conclusion ; Bibliography ; Index ; Index of Pseudonyms

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Book SynopsisHow can a society prevent-not deter, not punish-but prevent crime? Criminal justice prevention, commonly called crime control, aims to prevent crime after an initial offence has been commited through anything from an arrest to a death penalty sentence. These traditional means have been frequently examined and their efficacy just as frequently questioned. Promising new forms of crime prevention have emerged and expanded as important components of an overall strategy to reduce crime. Crime prevention today has developed along three lines: interventions to improve the life chances of children and prevent them from embarking on a life of crime; programs and policies designed to ameliorate the social conditions and institutions that influence offending; and the modification or manipulation of the physical environment, products, or systems to reduce everyday opportunities for crime. Each strategy aims at preventing crime or criminal offending in the first instance - before the act has been cTrade ReviewThis is an excellent book and comes highly recommended. It's a book which is informative and accessible for academics, students or those with a general interest. Written by leading academics, it's packed full of knowledge and has a clear eye on priorities for future research and future direction. Whether to be dipped in and out of or read from cover to cover, it successfully draw on decades of previous work and brings it up to date, making it more relevant than most can imagine. * Ben Hughes, Internet Journal of Criminology *Table of ContentsPreface ; Contributors ; 1. Crime Prevention and Public Policy ; Brandon C. Welsh and David P. Farrington ; PART I: Developmental Crime Prevention ; 2. Developmental and Life-Course Theories of Offending ; Francis T. Cullen, Michael L. Benson, and Matthew D. Makarios ; 3. Risk and Protective Factors for Offending ; David P. Farrington, Rolf Loeber, and Maria M. Ttofi ; 4. Preventing Crime through Intervention in the Preschool Years ; Holly S. Schindler and Hirokazu Yoshikawa ; 5. Parent Training and the Prevention of Crime ; Alex R. Piquero and Wesley G. Jennings ; 6. Child Skills Training in the Prevention of Antisocial Development and Crime ; Friedrich Losel and Doris Bender ; 7. Developmental Approaches in the Prevention of Female Offending ; Deborah Gorman-Smith and Alana M. Vivolo ; PART II: Community Crime Prevention ; 8. Community-Level Influences on Crime and Offending ; Steven F. Messner and Gregory M. Zimmerman ; 9. Disorder and Crime ; Wesley G. Skogan ; 10. Poverty Deconcentration and the Prevention of Crime ; Jens Ludwig and Julia Burdick-Will ; 11. Peer Influence, Mentoring, and the Prevention of Crime ; Christopher J. Sullivan and Darrick Jolliffe ; 12. Comprehensive Community Partnerships for Preventing Crime ; Dennis P. Rosenbaum and Amie M. Schuck ; 13. Community-Based Substance Use Prevention ; Abigail A. Fagan and J. David Hawkins ; 14. School-Based Crime Prevention ; Denise C. Gottfredson, Philip J. Cook, and Chongmin Na ; PART III: Situational Crime Prevention ; 15. Situational Crime Prevention: Classifying Techniques Using 'Good Enough' Theory ; Martha J. Smith and Ronald V. Clarke ; 16. High Crime Places, Times, and Offenders ; Anthony A. Braga ; 17. Crime Displacement and Diffusion of Benefits ; Shane D. Johnson, Rob T. Guerette, and Kate J. Bowers ; 18. Place-Based Crime Prevention: Theory, Evidence, and Policy ; John E. Eck and Rob T. Guerette ; 19. The Private Sector and Designing Products against Crime ; Paul Ekblom ; 20. Once Bitten, Twice Shy? Repeat Victimization and its Prevention ; Louise Grove and Graham Farrell ; PART IV: Advancing Knowledge and Building a Safer Society ; 21. Implementing Crime Prevention: Good Governance and a Science of Implementation ; Ross Homel and Peter Homel ; 22. The Importance of Randomized Experiments in Evaluating Crime Prevention ; David Weisburd and Joshua C. Hinkle ; 23. Preventing Future Criminal Activities of Delinquents and Offenders ; Doris Layton MacKenzie ; 24. Public Opinion and Crime Prevention: A Review of International Trends ; Julian V. Roberts and Ross Hastings ; 25. The Science and Politics of Crime Prevention: Toward a New Crime Policy ; Brandon C. Welsh and David P. Farrington ; Index

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Book SynopsisWhen governments use eminent domain to transfer property between private owners, Americans are outraged-or so most media and academic accounts would have us believe. But these accounts obscure a much more complex reality in American conceptions of property. In this book, Debbie Becher presents the first comprehensive study of a city''s eminent domain acquisitions, exploring how and why the City of Philadelphia took properties between 1992 and 2007 and which takings led to protests. She uses original data-collected from city offices and interviews with over a hundred residents, business owners, community leaders, government representatives, attorneys, and appraisers-to explore how eminent domain really works.Becher surprises readers by finding that the city took over 4,000 private properties, or one out of every hundred such properties in Philadelphia, during her study period. Furthermore, these takings only rarely provoked opposition-a fact that established views on property are ill-equipped to explain.To investigate how Americans judge the legitimacy of eminent domain, Becher devotes several chapters to two highly controversial sets of takings for redevelopment projects. The American Street takings were intended to win popular support for redevelopment and initially succeeded in doing so, but it ended as a near total failure and embarrassment. The Jefferson Square takings initially faced vociferous opposition, but they eventually earned residents'' approval and became a political showpiece.Becher uncovers evidence that Americans judge eminent domain through a social conception of property as an investment of value, committed over time, that government is responsible for protecting. This conception has never been described in sociological, legal, political, or economic scholarship, and it stands in stark contrast to the arguments of libertarian and left-leaning activists and academics. But recognizing property as investment, Becher argues, may offer a firm new foundation for more progressive urban policies.Trade ReviewBecher attempts to help the reader navigate the public-private dilemma raised by the use of eminent domain by highlighting the multiple ways in which public and private actions influence the value of private property... [Becher provides] practical insight on how to improve the implementation of eminent domain. * Kesha S. Moore, Social Forces *Property matters a great deal and getting it right is crucial. Debbie Becher nails it. Eschewing abstractions and the fulminations of libertarians and leftists alike, her excellent book captures how real people understand and evaluate government taking. The concept of investment that she develops offers important and challenging insights for policy makers and property theorists alike. * Nicholas Blomley, Professor of Geography, Simon Fraser University *A powerful challenge to the conventional view of property in social science, Becher shows that people see property in a complex and social manner. This pioneering study demonstrates how- rather than treat property solely as a container for economic value or as a bundle of rights - people also invest their hopes, cares and emotions into it. * Richard Swedberg, Professor of Sociology, Cornell University *How to respond to the problems posed by derelict lots and vacant buildings is a question with which almost every city government grapples. Becher's analysis cuts through the familiar ideological slogans about government and private property to provide a deeper understanding of the political, economic and social forces driving urban redevelopment efforts. The result is a challenging and unexpectedly hopeful story with lessons that extend well beyond Philadelphia. * Eduardo M. Penalver, Allan R. Tessler Dean of the Cornell Law School *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ; Abbreviations ; Chapter 1. Investment and Government Legitimacy ; Chapter 2. The Policy and Politics of Urban Redevelopment ; Chapter 3. Rhetoric without a Cause: Beyond Libertarian and Left Cries of Abuse ; Chapter 4. American Street I: From Badlands to Promised Lands ; Chapter 5. American Street II: From Promises to Protests ; Chapter 6. Jefferson Square I: Competing Visions of Investment Protection ; Chapter 7. Jefferson Square II: Legitimacy through Reconciled Visions ; Chapter 8. Compensating for Property by Recognizing Investments ; Chapter 9. The Politics of Property ; Bibliography ; Appendix 1 ; Appendix 2 ; Appendix 3 ; Notes ; Index

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Book SynopsisThe Objectification Spectrum draws upon timeless wisdom to propose a new model of objectification as a spectrum of misapprehension running from mild to extreme manifestations. Utilizing compelling historical examples, the author explores dispositional and situational factors contributing to the problem, and also presents objectification's antidote--the enlightenment spectrum.Trade Review"A valuable addition to current scholarship, it would be an excellent introductory text--a starting point from which readers could continue their own more focused research."--Peace Research: The Canadian Journal of Peace and Conflict StudiesTable of ContentsINTRODUCTION: LEAVING PLATO'S CAVE-OUR ONLY HOPE ; SECTION I-SHADOWS ON THE CAVE WALL: THE MANY FACES OF OBJECTIFICATION ; * Chapter One: Preliminaries ; * Chapter Two: Objectification: A Slippery, Multiple Concept ; * Chapter Three: Objectification Revisited: A Spectrum of Misapprehension ; SECTION II-THE HUMAN SITUATION: LIMITATIONS AND POSSIBILITIES ; * Chapter Four: Three Observations from Antiquity: "Philosophia Perennis " ; * Chapter Five: Unity Consciousness: Reality at its Deepest Level ; SECTION III-WHAT WE ARE: DISPOSITIONAL FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO OBJECTIFICATION ; * Chapter Six: The Paradoxical Nature of Boundaries ; * Chapter Seven: Boundaries of Self ; * Chapter Eight: Narcissism ; * Chapter Nine: The Ego (Part One): Its Nature and Manifestations ; * Chapter Ten: The Ego (Part Two): Having Versus Being ; * Chapter Eleven: Problems Stemming from Death Denial ; SECTION IV-WHO WE ARE: SITUATIONAL FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO OBJECTIFICATION ; * Chapter Twelve: Rising Awareness of Situational Power ; * Chapter Thirteen: Situationally-Induced Objectification: Three Relevant Classic Examples ; * Chapter Fourteen: What is the Heroic Individual? Momentary Transcendence of Objectification ; SECTION V-PATHWAYS TOWARD TRANSFORMATION: TRAILS LEADING OUT OF PLATO'S CAVE ; * Chapter Fifteen: The Problem of Enlightenment ; * Chapter Sixteen: Theistic & Nontheistic Approaches to Transcending Objectification ; * Chapter Seventeen: Objectification's Antidote: The Enlightenment Spectrum

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Book SynopsisNavigating the social world requires sophisticated cognitive machinery that, although present quite early in crude forms, undergoes significant change across the lifespan. This book will be the first to report on evidence that has accumulated on an unprecedented scale, showing us what capacities for social cognition are present at birth and early in life, and how these capacities develop through learning in the first years of life. The volume will highlight what is known about the discoveries themselves but also what these discoveries imply about the nature of early social cognition and the methods that have allowed these discoveries -- what is known concerning the phylogeny and ontogeny of social cognition. To capture the full depth and breadth of the exciting work that is blossoming on this topic in a manner that is accessible and engaging, the editors invited 70 leading researchers to develop a short report of their work that would be written for a broad audience. The purpose of thiTable of ContentsBanaji & Gelman 0.1 INTRO ; Markman 0.2 INTRO ; Dweck (INTRO) 1.01 Framing the issues ; Johnson (Mark) 1.02 Framing the issues ; Spelke, Bernier & Skerry 1.03 Framing the issues ; Thomsen & Carey 1.04 Framing the issues ; Wynn 1.05 Framing the issues ; Seyfarth & Cheney 1.06 Framing the issues ; Wobber & Hare 1.07 Framing the issues ; Csibra & Gergely 1.08 Framing the issues ; Johnson, Dweck & Dunfield 1.09 Framing the issues ; Fox & Helfinstein 1.1 Framing the issues ; Pollak 1.11 Framing the issues ; Bargh 1.12 Framing the issues ; Heyman 1.13 Framing the issues ; Wellman 2.01 Mentalizing ; Woodward 2.02 Mentalizing ; Tomasello & Moll 2.03 Mentalizing ; Baillargeon, He, Setoh, Scott, Sloane & Yang 2.04 Mentalizing ; de Villiers 2.05 Mentalizing ; Hirschfeld 2.06 Mentalizing ; Saxe 2.07 Mentalizing ; Taylor & Aguiar 2.08 Mentalizing ; Tager-Flusberg & Skwerer 2.09 Mentalizing ; Gergely & Csibra 3.01 Learning from and about others ; Paukner, Ferrari & Suomi 3.02 Learning from and about others ; Meltzoff 3.03 Learning from and about others ; Lyons & Keil 3.04 Learning from and about others ; Whiten 3.05 Learning from and about others ; Tottenham 3.06 Learning from and about others ; Leppanan & Nelson 3.07 Learning from and about others ; Nelson 3.08 Learning from and about others ; Baldwin 3.09 Learning from and about others ; Sabbagh & Henderson 3.1 Learning from and about others ; Chudek, Brosseau-Liard, Birch & Henrich 3.11 Learning from and about others ; Gopnik, Seiver & Buchsbaum 3.12 Learning from and about others ; Kushnir 3.13 Learning from and about others ; Liu & Vanderbilt 3.14 Learning from and about others ; Rochat 4.01 Trust and skepticism ; Baron-Cohen 4.02 Trust and skepticism ; Kalish 4.03 Trust and skepticism ; Shaw, Li & Olson 4.04 Trust and skepticism ; Danovitch 4.05 Trust and skepticism ; Harris & Corriveau 4.06 Trust and skepticism ; Koenig & Doebel 4.07 Trust and skepticism ; Jaswal 4.08 Trust and skepticism ; Lumeng 4.09 Trust and skepticism ; Pietraszewski 5.01 Us and Them ; Rhodes 5.02 Us and Them ; Diesendruck 5.03 Us and Them ; Cimpian 5.04 Us and Them ; Dunham & Degner 5.05 Us and Them ; Baron 5.06 Us and Them ; Quinn, Anzures, Lee, Pascalis, Slater & Tanaka 5.07 Us and Them ; Waxman 5.08 Us and Them ; Shutts 5.09 Us and Them ; Zosuls, Ruble, Tamis-LeMonda & Martin 5.1 Us and Them ; Miller, Martin, Fabes & Hanish. 5.11 Us and Them ; Kinzler 5.12 Us and Them ; Levy, Ramirez, Rosenthal & Karafantis 5.13 Us and Them ; Nesdale 5.14 Us and Them ; Bigler 5.15 Us and Them ; Aboud 5.16 Us and Them ; Rutland 5.17 Us and Them ; Santos & Egan Brad 6.01 Good and Evil ; Bloom 6.02 Good and Evil ; Smetana 6.03 Good and Evil ; Neary & Friedman 6.04 Good and Evil ; Lee & Evans 6.05 Good and Evil ; Silk 6.06 Good and Evil ; Brosnan & Hopper 6.07 Good and Evil ; Mulvey, Hitti & Killen 6.08 Good and Evil ; Brownell, Nichols & Svetlova 6.09 Good and Evil ; Kuhlmeier 6.1 Good and Evil ; Warneken 6.11 Good and Evil

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Book SynopsisThe Oxford Handbook of Crime Prevention is the most reliable and the only comprehensive source on research and experience on the prevention of crime in the United States and across the Western world.Table of ContentsPreface ; Contributors ; 1. Crime Prevention and Public Policy ; Brandon C. Welsh and David P. Farrington ; Part I: Developmental Crime Prevention ; 2. Developmental and Life-Course Theories of Offending ; Francis T. Cullen, Michael L. Benson, and Matthew D. Makarios ; 3. Risk and Protective Factors for Offending ; David P. Farrington, Rolf Loeber, and Maria M. Ttofi ; 4. Preventing Crime Through Intervention in the Preschool Years ; Holly S. Schindler and Hirokazu Yoshikawa ; 5. Parent Training and the Prevention of Crime ; Alex R. Piquero and Wesley G. Jennings ; 6. Child Social Skills Training in the Prevention of Antisocial Development and Crime ; Friedrich Losel and Doris Bender ; 7. Developmental Approaches in the Prevention of Female Offending ; Deborah Gorman-Smith and Alana M. Vivolo ; Part II: Community Crime Prevention ; 8. Community-Level Infl uences on Crime and Offending ; Steven F. Messner and Gregory M. Zimmerman ; 9. Disorder and Crime ; Wesley G. Skogan ; 10. Poverty Deconcentration and the Prevention of Crime ; Jens Ludwig and Julia Burdick-Will ; 11. Peer Influence, Mentoring, and the Prevention of Crime ; Christopher J. Sullivan and Darrick Jolliffe ; 12. Comprehensive Community Partnerships for Preventing Crime ; Dennis P. Rosenbaum and Amie M. Schuck ; 13. Community-Based Substance Use Prevention ; Abigail A. Fagan and J. David Hawkins ; 14. Schools and Prevention ; Denise C. Gottfredson, Philip J. Cook, and Chongmin Na ; Part III: Situational Crime Prevention ; 15. Situational Crime Prevention: Classifying Techniques Using <"Good Enough>" Theory ; Martha J. Smith and Ronald V. Clarke ; 16. High Crime Places, Times, and Offenders ; Anthony A. Braga ; 17. Crime Displacement and Diffusion of Benefits ; Shane D. Johnson, Rob T. Guerette, and Kate J. Bowers ; 18. Place-Based Crime Prevention: Theory, Evidence, and Policy ; John E. Eck and Rob T. Guerette ; 19. The Private Sector and Designing Products Against Crime ; Paul Ekblom ; 20. Once Bitten, Twice Shy: Repeat Victimization and Its Prevention ; Louise Grove and Graham Farrell ; Part IV : Advancing Knowledge and Building a Safer Society ; 21. Implementing Crime Prevention: Good Governance and a Science of Implementation ; Ross Homel and Peter Homel ; 22. The Importance of Randomized Experiments in Evaluating Crime Prevention ; David Weisburd and Joshua C. Hinkle ; 23. Preventing Future Criminal Activities of Delinquents and Offenders ; Doris Layton MacKenzie ; 24. Public Opinion and Crime Prevention: A Review of International Trends ; Julian V. Roberts and Ross Hastings ; 25. The Science and Politics of Crime Prevention: Toward a New Crime Policy ; Brandon C. Welsh and David P. Farrington ; Index

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Book SynopsisReligions manage human emotions by coupling them with core cultural values, and particular religious traditions favour a distinctive pattern or syndrome of emotions and values. Douglas J. Davies uses insights from anthropology-sociology, cognitive science, and psychology, to explore the dynamics of emotional life that forge our human identity.Trade ReviewDavies offers a rich, challenging, interdisiplinary analysis of the complex interface of emotion and religious identity. * CHOICE *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; 1. Dynamics, feelings, and meanings ; 2. Ritual, values, and emotions ; 3. Identity depletion ; 4. Grief, intensive living, and charisma ; 5. Gender, identity, and purity ; 6. Love, mercy, humility, and betrayal ; 7. Merit, grace, and pardon ; 8. Moral-somatics, hope, despair, and suffering ; 9. Revelation, conversion, and spirit power ; 10. Sacred place, worship, and music ; Conclusion ; Bibliography

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Book SynopsisAnalytical sociology is a strategy for understanding the social world. It is concerned with explaining important social facts such as network structures, patterns of residential segregation, typical beliefs, cultural tastes, and common ways of acting. It explains such facts by detailing in clear and precise ways the mechanisms through which the social facts were brought about. Making sense of the relationship between micro and macro thus is one of the central concerns of analytical sociology. The approach is a contemporary incarnation of Robert K. Merton''s notion of middle-range theory and presents a vision of sociological theory as a tool-box of semi-general theories each of which is adequate for explaining certain types of phenomena. The Handbook brings together some of the most prominent sociologists in the world. Some of the chapters focus on action and interaction as the cogs and wheels of social processes, while others consider the dynamic social processes that these actions andTrade ReviewSocial science has taken a noticeable turn, with new energy infusing the study of social mechanisms and causal processes that unite the classic micro-macro divide. The Oxford Handbook of Analytical Sociology, edited by Peter Hedstrom and Peter Bearman, is an impressive effort to guide the research agendas sure to follow. The volume is a comprehensive intellectual treat and an indispensible tool for sociologists seeking to master the analytic turn. Professor Robert J. Sampson, Harvard University A fundamental reformulation of sociology, with profound implications across the social sciences. Joshua M. Epstein, The Brookings Institution, author of Generative Social Science This formidable volume puts on display an impressive array of leading scholars, each grappling with key substantive and methodological topics in contemporary sociology. The chapters provide both a masterful summary of existing research and a valuable roadmap for future investigation. Donald Green, A. Whitney Griswold Professor of Political Science and Director of the Institution for Social and Policy Studies, Yale UniversityTable of ContentsFOUNDATIONS; SOCIAL COGS AND WHEELS; SOCIAL DYNAMICS; PERSPECTIVES FROM OTHER FIELDS AND APPROACHES

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Book SynopsisProcess, Sensemaking, and Organizing is the first in a series of volumes which explore perspectives on process theories, an emerging approach to the study of organizations that focuses on (understanding) activities, interactions, and change as essential properties of organizations rather than structures and state - an approach which prioritizes activity over product, change over persistence, novelty over continuity, and expression over determination.Process and sensemaking may be seen as mutually interlocking phenomena and, as such, are cornerstones in process thinking, This volume brings together contributions from an international group of scholars energized by process organization studies. The collection offers perspectives from different disciplines, insights from diverse theoretical traditions and contexts, and parallels made with a range of cultural forms, including art, poetry, and cookery. At the same time, the chapters exhibit a clear emphasis on a process ontology, process thTable of ContentsIntroducing Perspectives on Process Organization Studies ; Process, Sensemaking, and Organizaing: an Introduction ; Stop Making (Philosophical) Sense: Notes towards a Process Organizational-thinking beyond 'Philosophy' ; Co-Constitution, Causality, and Confluence: Organizing in a World without Entities ; Adopting a Process Orientation...in Practice: Chiasmic Relations, Language, and Embodiment in a Living World ; The Poetics of Process: Theorizing the Ineffable in Organization Studies ; Rediscovering Becoming: Insights from an Oriental Perspective on Process Organization Studies ; Going Back to Go Forward: On Studying Organzing in Action Nets ; Actor-Network Theory, Callon's Scallops, and Process-based Organization Studies ; Organizational Learning through Problem Absorption: a Processual View ; Temporal Sensemaking: Managers' Use of Time to Frame Organizational Change ; Studying Metaphors-in-use in their Social and Institutional Context - Sensemaking and Discourse Theory ; Future-oriented Sensemaking: Temporalities and Institutional Legitimation

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Book SynopsisProcess, Sensemaking, and Organizing is the first in a series of volumes which explore perspectives on process theories, an emerging approach to the study of organizations that focuses on (understanding) activities, interactions, and change as essential properties of organizations rather than structures and state - an approach which prioritizes activity over product, change over persistence, novelty over continuity, and expression over determination. Process and sensemaking may be seen as mutually interlocking phenomena and, as such, are cornerstones in process thinking, This volume brings together contributions from an international group of scholars energized by process organization studies. The collection offers perspectives from different disciplines, insights from diverse theoretical traditions and contexts, and parallels made with a range of cultural forms, including art, poetry, and cookery. At the same time, the chapters exhibit a clear emphasis on a process ontology, process tTrade ReviewReview from previous edition Praise for the series: "As we become more willing to convert reified entities into differentiated streams, the resulting images of process have become more viable and more elusive. Organization becomes organizing, being becomes becoming, construction becomes constructing. But as we see ourselves saying more words that end in "ing," what must we be thinking? That is not always clear. But now, under the experienced guidance of editors Langley and Tsoukas, there is an annual forum that moves us toward continuity and consolidation in process studies. This book series promises to be a vigorous, thoughtful forum dedicated to improvements in the substance and craft of process articulation." * Karl E. Weick, Rensis Likert Distinguished University Professor of Organizational Behavior and Psychology, University of Michigan, USA *"Perspectives on Process Organization Studies will be the definitive annual volume of theories and research that advance our understanding of process questions dealing with how things emerge, grow, develop, and terminate over time. I applaud Professors Ann Langley and Haridimos Tsoukas for launching this important book series, and encourage colleagues to submit their process research and subscribe to PROS." * Andrew H. Van de Ven, Vernon H. Heath Professor of Organizational Innovation and Change, University of Minnesota, USA *"The recent decades witnessed conspicuous changes in organization theory: a slow but inexorable shift from the focus on structures to the focus on processes. The whirlwinds of the global economy made it clear that everything flows, even if change itself can become stable. While the interest in processes of organizing is not new, it is now acquiring a distinct presence, as more and more voices join in. A forum is therefore needed where such voices can speak to one another, and to the interested readers. The series Perspectives on Process Organization Studies will provide an excellent forum of that kind, both for those for whom a processual perspective is a matter of ontology, and those who see it as an epistemological choice." * Barbara Czarniawska, Professor of Management Studies, School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden *Table of ContentsIntroducing Perspectives on Process Organization Studies ; Process, Sensemaking, and Organizing: an Introduction ; Stop Making (Philosophical) Sense: Notes towards a Process Organizational-thinking beyond 'Philosophy' ; Co-Constitution, Causality, and Confluence: Organizing in a World without Entities ; Adopting a Process Orientation...in Practice: Chiasmic Relations, Language, and Embodiment in a Living World ; The Poetics of Process: Theorizing the Ineffable in Organization Studies ; Rediscovering Becoming: Insights from an Oriental Perspective on Process Organization Studies ; Going Back to Go Forward: On Studying Organizing in Action Nets ; Actor-Network Theory, Callon's Scallops, and Process-based Organization Studies ; Organizational Learning through Problem Absorption: a Processual View ; Temporal Sensemaking: Managers' Use of Time to Frame Organizational Change ; Studying Metaphors-in-use in their Social and Institutional Context - Sensemaking and Discourse Theory ; Future-oriented Sensemaking: Temporalities and Institutional Legitimation

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Book SynopsisThe Oxford Handbook of Organized Crime provides an informed, authoritative, and comprehensive overview of current knowledge about the nature and effects of the principal forms of organized crime, as well as the type and effectiveness of efforts to prevent and control them. Reflecting the transnational dimensions of criminal organizations and their activities, and the growing role of international organizations reacting to organized crime, The Handbook takes a global perspective with first-rate contributions from around the world covering the main regions and countries in which organized crime activity is at its greatest. It is divided into four sections: concepts and research methods, actors and interactions, markets and activities, and, finally, national and international policies to fight criminal organizations. While there are a number of organized crime texts available, none delivers a systematic, high-quality and truly global approach to the topic as is available in The Oxford HanTrade ReviewThis is a very useful collection, deftly edited by Letizia Paoli, which includes as many authors and perspectives as the fields of knowledge and discussion it covers ... Thanks to its user-friendly structure, the book is of smooth consultation for those interested in specific themes within the subject area. * Vincenzo Ruggiero, Trends in Organised Crime *The authors demonstrate on research and empirical evidence, the nature, scope and impact organised crime has across societies in all parts of the world, and that globalisation and open market economics are drivers for organised crime. Policy makers and indeed practitioners in the field seeking to tackle this epidemic would find this book an invaluable and insightful tool. * David J Dickson, Journal of the Law Society of Scotland *Table of ContentsList of Contributors ; Introduction ; Letizia Paoli ; Part I. Concept, Theories, History and Research Methods ; 1. Organized Crime: A Contested Concept ; Letizia Paoli and Tom Van der Beken ; 2. Theoretical Perspectives on Organized Crime ; Edward R. Kleemans ; 3. Searching for Organized Crime in History ; Cyrille Fijnaut ; 4. How to Research Organized Crime ; Dick Hobbs and Georgios A. Antonopoulos ; Part II. Actors and Interactions ; 5. The Italian Mafia ; Letizia Paoli ; 6. The Italian-American Mafia ; Jay Albanese ; 7. Russian Mafia: Rise and Extincion ; Vadim Volkov ; 8. Organized Crime in Colombia: The Actors Running the Illegal Drug Industry ; Francisco E. Thoumi ; 9. Mexican Drug Cartels ; Monica Medel and Francisco E. Thoumi ; 10. Chinese Organized Crime ; Ko Lin-Chin and Min Liu ; 11. The Japanese Yakuza ; Peter Hill ; 12. West African Organized Crime ; Phil Willliams ; 13. Gangs: Another Form of Organized Crime? ; Scott H. Decker and David C. Pyrooz ; 14. Opportunistic Structures of Organized Crime ; Martin Bouchard and Carlo Morselli ; 15. Organizing Crime: The State as Agent ; Susanne Karstedt ; 16. The Social Embeddedness of Organized Crime ; Henk van de Bunt, Dina Siegel, and Damian Zaitch ; Part III. Markets and Activities ; 17. Protection and Extortion ; Federico Varese ; 18. Drug Markets and Organized Crime ; Peter Reuter ; 19. Human Smuggling, Human Trafficking, and Exploitation in the Sex Industry ; Edward R. Kleemans and Monika Smit ; 20. Illegal Gambling ; Toine Spapens ; 21. Money Laundering ; Michael Levi ; 22. Arms Trafficking ; Andrew Feinstein and Paul Holden ; 23. Organized Fraud ; Michael Levi ; 24. Cyber Crime ; Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo and Peter Grabosky ; 25. The Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources ; Tim Boekhout van Solinge ; Part IV. Policies to Control Organized Crime ; 26. Organized Crime Control in the United States of America ; James B. Jacobs and Elizabeth A. Dondlinger ; 27. U.S. Organized Crime Control Policies Exported Abroad ; Margaret Beare and Michael Woodiwiss ; 28. European Union Organized Crime Control Policies ; Cyrille Fijnaut ; 29. The Fight against the Mafia in Italy ; Antonio La Spina ; 30. Organized Crime Control in Australia and New Zealand ; Julie Ayling and Rod Broadhurst ; 31. Organized Crime Control in Asia: Examples from India, China and the Golden Triangle ; Rod Broadhurst and Nicholas Farrelly ; 32. Finance-Oriented Strategies of Organized Crime Control ; Michael Kilchling ; Index

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Book SynopsisWritten by a team of internationally renowned scholars, this volume provides an in-depth introduction to religion in contemporary China. Instead of adopting the traditional focus on pre-modern religious history and doctrinal traditions, Chinese Religious Life examines the social dimensions of religious life, with essays devoted to religion in urban, rural, and ethnic minority settings; to the religious dimensions of body, gender, environment, and civil society; and to the historical, sociological, economic, and political aspects of religion in contemporary Chinese society.Trade ReviewThe essays in this volume present data on an important contemporary development, one with implications for insight into the human condition... * Journal of Chinese Political Science *Table of ContentsIntroduction Philip Wickeri ; Part I: Ways of Being Religious in the Chinese World ; 1. Spirituality in a Modern Chinese Metropolis, Lizhu Fan and James Whitehead ; 2. Communal Worship and Festivals in Chinese Villages, Wai-lun Tam ; 3. The Religious Life of Ethnic Minority Communities, Philip Wickeri and Yik-Fai Tam ; 4. Modalities of Doing Religion, Adam Chau ; Part II. Religion, Culture, and Society ; 5. The Body: Health, Nation, and Transcendence, David A. Palmer ; 6. Gender and Sexuality, C. Julia Huang, Elena Valussi, and David A. Palmer ; 7. Chinese Cosmology and the Environment, Robert Weller ; 8. Religious Philanthropy and Chinese Civil Society, Andre Laliberte, David A. Palmer, and Keping Wu ; Part III. Religion, Politics, and the Economy ; 9. Religion in Chinese Social and Political History, David A. Palmer ; 10. The Social Organization of Religious Communities in the Twentieth Century, Vincent Goossaert ; 11. Contemporary Issues in State-Religion Relations, Andre Laliberte ; 12. Market Economy and the Revival of Religions, Fenggang Yang ; Part IV. Global Perspectives ; 13. The Globalization of Chinese Religions and Traditions, Richard Madsen and Elijah Siegler ; Conclusion, Glenn Shive ; Glossary ; Suggested Further Readings ; Index

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Book SynopsisWhat kind of animals are human beings? And how do our visions of the human shape our theories of social action and institutions? In Moral, Believing Animals, Christian Smith advances a creative theory of human persons and culture that offers innovative, challenging answers to these and other fundamental questions in sociological, cultural, and religious theory.Smith suggests that human beings have a peculiar set of capacities and proclivities that distinguishes them significantly from other animals on this planet. Despite the vast differences in humanity between cultures and across history, no matter how differently people narrate their lives and histories, there remains an underlying structure of human personhood that helps to order human culture, history, and narration. Drawing on important recent insights in moral philosophy, epistemology, and narrative studies, Smith argues that humans are animals who have an inescapable moral and spiritual dimension. They cannot avoid a fundamentaTrade Review'Well written and clearly argued, Moral Believing Animals is both a searching critique of recent social theory and an important first step toward the articulation of a richer model of human personhood, motivation, and culture.' * INSight *'A concise book that is enjoyable and easy to read, offering a far-reaching synthesis of a variety of philosophical and sociological approaches.... Smith masterfully situates many of the key current debates while calling attention to their historical origins and implicit assumptions.' * Contemporary Sociology *'An admirable model of wide-ranging and rich yet focused scholarship.' * The Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion *Table of ContentsINDEX

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Book SynopsisThe Philosophy of Sociality examines the nature of sociality in its various forms, with special emphasis on collective intentionality. Raimo Tuomela begins with a distinction between the we-perspective and the I-perspective. His study of strong collective intentionality -- as expressed by joint intentions, collective commitment, group belief, authority-based group action, and other phenomena -- outlines the circumstances under which an individual is required to think and act as a group member. By developing a systematic theory of sociality, Tuomela investigates such topics as social institutions, cooperation, cultural evolution, and group responsibility. In The Philosophy of Sociality Tuomela asserts that we-mode collective intentionality is a conceptual prerequisite for understanding basic social notions. He finds several contexts in which we-mode intentionality is preferable to pro-group I-mode intentionality. He ultimately defends a naturalistic view of the social world by arguing tTrade ReviewThis book is a worthy contribution to the literature on social groups and agency. While challenging, its meticulous argumentation helps to recast the familiar notion of the group as a tightly defined and widely applicable concept. * e-International Relations *Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION; REFERENCES

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Book SynopsisSocial capital theorists have shown that some people do better than others in part because they enjoy larger, more supportive, or otherwise more useful networks. But why do some people have better networks than others? Unanticipated Gains argues that the practice and structure of the churches, colleges, firms, gyms, childcare centers, and schools in which people happen to participate routinely matter more than their deliberate networking. Exploring the experiences of New York City mothers whose children were enrolled in childcare centers, this book examines why a great deal of these mothers, after enrolling their children, dramatically expanded both the size and usefulness of their personal networks. Whether, how, and how much the mother''s networks were altered--and how useful these networks were--depended on the apparently trivial, but remarkably consequential, practices and regulations of the centers. The structure of parent-teacher organizations, the frequency of fieldtrips, and tTrade ReviewChild care centers are not just about caring for children. Rather, under the right circumstances, they also foster invaluable community ties among moms. That was a crucial fact about the first kindergartens a century ago, and it is the central lesson of Mario Small's important new book. Unanticipated Gains has important implications for anyone concerned about how to reweave the fabric of American communities. * Robert Putnam, author of Bowling Alone *In this supreme work, Mario Luis Small does nothing less than transform the way that we understand social capital. With meticulous ethnographic fieldwork and a large body of data, he argues that social capital should no longer be conceptualized as individual action divorced from organizational context. To say that this multi-method case study is necessary reading alongside Coleman, Bourdieu, and Wilson is an understatement. Unanticipated Gains provides enormous leverage in explaining social inequality. Small provides a bold new agenda for sociology. * Mitchell Duneier, Professor of Sociology, Princeton University *Unanticipated Gains is a major contribution to the growing literature on social capital. Mario Small's original model of how social capital is influenced by organizational conditions is brilliantly applied to a case study of the experiences of mothers whose children were enrolled in child-care centers in New York. In the process he uncovered mechanisms that produce and perpetuate inequality in personal networks, and thereby provides direction for future research. Indeed, his notion of the 'organizational isolate' will become a key concept in future studies of formal organizations. * William Julius Wilson, University Professor and Director of Joblessness and Urban Poverty Research Program, Harvard University *In Unanticipated Gains, Small suggests an entirely new way to think about our social relationships, situating them within the organizations that we work for, join, and patronize. Small keenly uncovers how these organizations set the parameters of our social worlds, and with an impressive variety of data, he shows that differences in organizations' brokering power is an overlooked source of inequality. This is a supremely smart book that makes it impossible to go back to the old ways of studying individuals outside of the groups within which they live their lives. * Mary Pattillo, Professor of Sociology and African-American Studies, Northwestern University *In his compelling new book, Unanticipated Gains, Mario Small joins sociological theory with detailed empirical evidence to show us how childcare centers generate much-needed social capital in low-income communities. I'll never enter a childcare center again without thinking about this book! * Sara McLanahan, Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs, Princeton University *Table of ContentsPART I: PERSONAL TIES IN ORGANIZATIONAL SETTINGS ; 1. Social Capital and Organizational Embeddedness ; 2. Childcare Centers and Mothers' Wellbeing ; PART II: SOCIAL TIES ; 3. Opportunities and Inducements ; 4. Weak and Strong Ties ; 5. Trust and Obligations ; PART III: ORGANIZATIONAL TIES ; 6. Ties to Other Entities ; 7. Organizational Ties and Neighborhood Effects ; PART IV: BEYOND CHILDCARE CENTERS ; 8. Extensions and Implications ; APPENDICES: A MULTIMETHOD CASE STUDY ; Appendix A: The Process ; Appendix B: Quantitative Data ; Appendix C: Qualitative Data

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Book SynopsisThis collection of essays presents groundbreaking work from an interdisciplinary group of leading theorists and scholars representing the fields of history, philosophy, political science, sociology, and anthropology. The volume will introduce readers to some of the most compelling new conceptual and theoretical understandings of secularism and the secular, while also examining socio-political trends involving the relationship between the religious and the secular from a variety of locations across the globe.In recent decades, the public has become increasingly aware of the important role religious commitments play in the cultural, social, and political dynamics of domestic and world affairs. This so called ''''resurgence'''' of religion in the public sphere has elicited a wide array of responses, including vehement opposition to the very idea that religious reasons should ever have a right to expression in public political debate. The current global landscape forces scholars to reconsiTrade Reviewan up-to-date report about the contemporary state of discussion concerning the categories of secular, secularization, and secularism and the problems grouped around this words. The well-tested and validated theses, with a lot of empirical, detailed examples and models, are founded on solid erudition, deep knowledge, and skills of the competent authors. * Andrzej Bronk, Anthropos *Table of ContentsContributors ; Introduction: Craig Calhoun, Mark Juergensmeyer, Jonathan VanAntwerpen ; 1. Western Secularity: Charles Taylor ; 2. The Secular, Secularizations, Secularisms: Jose Casanova ; 3. Secularism, Citizenship, and the Public Sphere: Craig Calhoun ; 4. Rehabilitating Secularism: Rajeev Bhargava ; 5. The Multiple Secularisms of Modern Democracies and Autocracies: Alfred C. Stepan ; 6. Civilizational States, Secularisms, Religions: Peter Katzenstein ; 7. A Suspension of (Dis)Belief: The Secular-Religious Binary and the Study of International Relations: Elizabeth Shakman Hurd ; 8. Rethinking the Secular and Religious Aspects of Violence: Mark Juergensmeyer ; 9. Religious Humanitarianism and the Global Politics of Secularism: Cecelia Lynch ; 10. Rethinking Fundamentalism in a Secular Age: R. Scott Appleby ; 11. Secularism, Religious Change, and Social Conflict in Asia: Richard Madsen ; 12. Smash temples, Burn Books: Comparing Secularist Projects in India and China: Peter van der Veer ; 13. Freedom of Speech and Religious Limitations: Talal Asad

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Book SynopsisChildren born and raised on the religious fringe are a distinctive yet largely unstudied social phenomenon -they are irreversibly shaped by the experience having been thrust into a radical religious culture by birth. The religious group is all encompassing. It accounts for their family, their school, social networks, and everything that prepares them for their adult life. The inclusion of a second generation of participants raises new concerns and legal issues. Perfect Children examines the ways new religious movements adapt to a second generation, how children are socialized, what happens to these children as they mature, and how their childhoods have affected them.Amanda van Twist conducted over 50 in-depth interviews with individuals born into new religious groups, some of whom have stayed in the group, some of whom have left. She also visited the groups, their schools and homes, and analyzed support websites maintained by those who left the religious groups that raised them. She also attended conferences held by NGOs concerned with the welfare of children in cults. The main groups she studies include the Bruderhof, Scientology, the Family International, the Unification Church, and the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.Children born into new religions often start life as special children believed to be endowed with heightened spiritual capabilities. But as they mature into society at large they acquire other labels. Those who stay in the group are usually labeled as goodies and innovators. Those who leave tend to be labeled as baddies or seen as troubled. Whether they stay or leave, children raised on the religious fringe experience a unique form of segregation in adulthood.Van Twist analyzes group behavior on an organizational/institutional level as well as individual behavior within groups, and how these affect one another. Her study also raises larger questions about religious freedom in the light of the State''s responsibility towards children, and children''s rights against the rights of parents to raise their children within their religion.Trade ReviewThe book overall breaks new ground in an under-researched area... This is a must-read for everyone in the field. * Lukas Pokorny, Religious Studies Review *Perfect Children is an insightful and sometimes disturbing study of youth growing up in new or sectarian religious movements. The author shows us that the experimental project of rearing perfect children comes with a very imperfect road map. With the best of intentions and noblest of spiritual pursuits, the introduction of children into the group changes everything. Amanda van Eck Duymaer van Twist offers us a window into the intimate lives of these offspring, with all the trials, challenges, and choices they face. This work is a unique and vital contribution to the research literature on new religions. * Stuart Wright, Professor of Sociology, Lamar University *This is a very good book. I recommend it not only to scholars of new religious movements for whom it is a must, but also to anyone interested in the dynamics of the socialization of children in minority religions or in nonreligious groups that are on the fringe of society. * Eileen Barker, Sociology of Religion *Table of ContentsPart I: Sects and Their Children ; Introduction ; Chapter 1: Sects, Children, and Society ; Chapter 2: Leadership and Discipline ; Chapter 3: Points of Conflict: The Children of God and the State ; Part II: What Happened?: The Aftermath of Growing Up in a Sectarian Group ; Chapter 4: What Is Perceived as Successful Socialization? ; Chapter 5: The Young Members Who Stay ; Part III: The Young Members Who Leave ; Chapter 6: Support ; Chapter 7: In The Wilderness ; Conclusion ; Notes ; Index

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Book SynopsisJanice Perlman wrote the first in-depth account of life in the favelas, a book hailed as one of the most important works in global urban studies in the last 30 years. Now, in Favela, Perlman carries that story forward to the present. Re-interviewing many longtime favela residents whom she had first met in 1969--as well as their children and grandchildren--Perlman offers the only long-term perspective available on the favelados as they struggle for a better life. Perlman discovers that while educational levels have risen, democracy has replaced dictatorship, and material conditions have improved, many residents feel more marginalized than ever. The greatest change is the explosion of drug and arms trade and the high incidence of fatal violence that has resulted. Yet the greatest challenge of all is job creation--decent work for decent pay. If unemployment and under-paid employment are not addressed, she argues, all other efforts will fail to resolve the fundamental issues. Foreign Affairs praised Perlman for writing with compassion, artistry, and intelligence, using stirring personal stories to illustrate larger points substantiated with statistical analysis.Trade ReviewThis book deserves its broad public reception. No work on informal settlements can compare with the longitudinal breadth of Favela, and in this respect the work is an invaluable achievement. * Alessandro Angelini, CUNY Graduate Center, Social Forces Journal *A valuable and vivid study of life as it has been lived by the poor in one of Latin America's biggest cities. * Michael Reid, Times Literary Supplement *Table of ContentsPreface ; 1: Deep Roots in Shallow Soil ; 2: Favela Chic, Favela Chique ; 3: Returning to Rio ; Four Decades, Three Communities ; 4: Catacumba ; 5: Nova Brasilia ; 6: Duque de Caxias: 3 favelas, 5 loteamentos ; 7: The World Goes to the City ; 8: The Metamorphosis of Marginality ; 9: The Meanings of Mobility ; 10: Disillusionment with Democracy

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Book SynopsisIt is hard to avoid seeing ethnicity, race, or nationality wherever one looks. Differences in education, income, and health are often patterned along ethnic or racial lines. But how do we disentangle discrimmation and preferences for certain groups from the everyday working of labor markets and educational institutions or privileging family members or those with similar educational backgrounds? Drawing on a boundary-making perspective first championed by anthropologist Fredrick Barth, Andreas Wimmer introduces a new comparative theory of ethnicity. It explains precisely how and why ethnicity matters in certain societies and contexts but not in others, and why it is sometimes associated with inequality and exclusion, with political and public debate, with closely-held identity, while in other cases ethnicity, race and nationhood do not structure the allocation of resources, invite little political passion, and represent secondary aspects of individual identity. Wimmer argues that when eTrade ReviewEthnic Boundary Making has the makings of a classic. The author takes on a vast and important topic, provides a bold and ambitious theoretical agenda, and engages in theory development by convincingly confronting his hypotheses with data of various kinds. As he goes along, Wimmer explains the implications of his findings for a wide range of theories and debates in sociology and beyond, engaging with the best and the brightest in the multi-disciplinary literatures on ethno-racial divisions, immigration and citizenship, and group formation. This ambitious book will surely leave its mark and be widely debated. * Michele Lamont, author of The Dignity of Working Men: Morality and the Boundaries of Race, Class, and Immigration *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; 1. Herder's Heritage ; 2. Strategies and Means ; 3. Conflict and Consensus ; 4. Categorization struggles ; 5. Network Boundaries ; 6. Culture and Closure ; Conclusions ; Acknowledgments ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index

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Book SynopsisFew things are more likely to cause heartache to devout parents than seeing their child leave the faith. And it seems, from media portrayals, that this is happening more and more frequently. But is religious change between generations common? How does religion get passed down from one generation to the next? Why do some families maintain one faith while others do not? What factors are likely to push people away from their childhood faith? What role does the particular faith play? The family? The wider society? Does atheism get passed down as well? In Families and Faith, Vern Bengtson seeks to answer these questions and more by drawing on an extraordinary study, conducted over more than four decades, of more than 350 families composed of more than 2400 people whose lives span more than a century: the oldest was born in 1881, the youngest in 1988. Bengtson argues that a child is actually more likely to remain within the fold than to leave it, and, more surprisingly, that parents'' influence has remained relatively stable since the early 1970s. Even the nonreligious, in fact, are much more likely to be following their parents than rebelling against them. And while outside social forces play a role, the most important factor in whether a child keeps the faith is the presence of a strong fatherly bond. Armed with this unprecedented data, Bengtson offers remarkable insight into American religion over the course of several decades.Trade ReviewShould be included in libraries for general readership at least to the undergraduate level. Recommended. * M. G. Meacham, Choice, *solid research findings with much to ponder ... It deserves thoughtful consideration. * James J. Ponzetti, INTAMS *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; Part 1: The Emerging Religious Landscape ; 1. Families and the Transmission of Religion ; 2. Trends in Spirituality and Religion Across Seven Generations ; 3. Intergenerational Transmission of Religion, 1970 and 2005 ; Part 2: Family Ties and Religious Transmission ; 4. The Quality of Parent-Child Relationships ; 5. Grandparents and Great-Grandparents ; 6. Marriage and Divorce ; Part 3: Factors in Leaving and Staying ; 7. Religious Rebels, Zealots, and Prodigals ; 8. The "Nones": Intergenerational Transmission of Nonreligion ; 9. Tight-Knit Religious Communities: Mormons, Jews, and Evangelicals ; 10. Summing it Up: Families and Faith across Generations ; Appendix ; References ; Notes ; Index

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Book SynopsisAgainst Violence and Oblivion: The Case of Colombia's Disappeared; M.V.Uribe Txitzi'n for the Poxnai: Indigenous Women's Discourses on Revolutionary Combat; A.Arias Facing Unseen Violence: Ex-combatants Painting the War in Colombia; M.H.Rueda Considerations on Violence, the Global South, and an Aesthetics of Sobriety; H.Herlinghaus Urban Violence and the Politics of Representation in Recent Brazilian Film; M.Peixoto Ciudad Juarez, Femicide, and the State; S.Tabuenca Chronicles of Everyday Life in Culiacan; G.Polit Ricardo Wiesse's Cantutas; V.Vich The Sounds of Violence: Critical Perspectives from Contemporary Brazil; S.Araújo (In)visible Connections and the Makings of Collective Violence; J.Auyero & M.Mahler Fuerte Apache; C.AlarcónTrade Review"This book addresses some of the most important topics on violence throughout the Americas. It constitutes a good reader for students to learn what violence has brought to the continent and to decide what are the networks of meaning violence relates to." - Prof. Ileana Rodríguez, Humanities Distinguished Professor, The Ohio State UniversityTable of ContentsAgainst Violence and Oblivion: The Case of Colombia's Disappeared; M.V.Uribe Txitzi'n for the Poxnai: Indigenous Women's Discourses on Revolutionary Combat; A.Arias Facing Unseen Violence: Ex-combatants Painting the War in Colombia; M.H.Rueda Considerations on Violence, the Global South, and an Aesthetics of Sobriety; H.Herlinghaus Urban Violence and the Politics of Representation in Recent Brazilian Film; M.Peixoto Ciudad Juarez, Femicide, and the State; S.Tabuenca Chronicles of Everyday Life in Culiacan; G.Polit Ricardo Wiesse's Cantutas; V.Vich The Sounds of Violence: Critical Perspectives from Contemporary Brazil; S.Araújo (In)visible Connections and the Makings of Collective Violence; J.Auyero & M.Mahler Fuerte Apache; C.Alarcón

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Book SynopsisPreface to the first edition Preface to the second edition Personal, Political and Intellectual Influences PART I: SOCIAL AND INTERNATIONAL THEORY Epistemology, Ontology and the Critique of Political Economy Transnational Historical Materialism and World Order Hegemony, Culture and Imperialism PART II: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF WORLD ORDER US Hegemony in the 1980s: Limits and Prospects The Power of Capital: Direct and Structural Globalization, Market Civilization and Disciplinary Neo-Liberalism The Geopolitics of the Asian Crisis Law, Justice and New Constitutionalism PART III: GLOBAL TRANSFORMATION AND POLITICAL AGENCY Globalizing Elites in the Emerging World Order Surveillance Power in Global Capitalism The Post-modern Prince Alternatives, Real and ImaginedTrade ReviewEndorsements for the previous edition: 'This impressive volume is a three-part critical analysis of the interactive dynamics involved in the 'new world order' characterized by conditions of intensified globalization. Using a critical historical materialist (Gramscian, and neo-Marxist) framework, Gill combines bottom-up and top-down approaches to understanding political economy while underscoring the ethical issues involved in the social relations that make up the new world order. Summing Up: Highly recommended.' - ChoiceTable of ContentsPreface to the first edition Preface to the second edition Personal, Political and Intellectual Influences PART I: SOCIAL AND INTERNATIONAL THEORY Epistemology, Ontology and the Critique of Political Economy Transnational Historical Materialism and World Order Hegemony, Culture and Imperialism PART II: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF WORLD ORDER US Hegemony in the 1980s: Limits and Prospects The Power of Capital: Direct and Structural Globalization, Market Civilization and Disciplinary Neo-Liberalism The Geopolitics of the Asian Crisis Law, Justice and New Constitutionalism PART III: GLOBAL TRANSFORMATION AND POLITICAL AGENCY Globalizing Elites in the Emerging World Order Surveillance Power in Global Capitalism The Post-modern Prince Alternatives, Real and Imagined

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Book SynopsisThe news media has become a key arena for staging environmental conflicts. Through a range of illuminating examples ranging from climate change to oil spills, Media, Environment and the Network Society provides a timely and far-reaching analysis of the media politics of contemporary environmental debates.Trade Review'Media, Environment and the Network Society is a much-needed rethinking by one of the field's leading scholars of many of our assumptions about media and environmental activism. Anderson's conceptually-smart analysis takes us well beyond activists' quest for access or visibility to the rapidly changing and complex terrain of global media politics including digital media in a networked world.' - Robert Cox, Professor Emeritus, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA 'A skilful guide through the rapidly-changing media landscape in which environment communication now takes place and through the new scholarship that has accompanied it. Anderson writes with the clarity of a good journalist and the rigour of a good academic.' - James Painter, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford, UK 'Anderson expertly navigates the complex terrain of media, environment, politics and power. As one of the founders of this academic field, she provides a nuanced and rich account of how environmental issues are constructed and contested across a range of media platforms and social actors, including NGOs, businesses, citizens and celebrities. In placing emphasis on the power dynamics of online and offline media and activism in particular, Anderson lends us critical insight into the contemporary formations of the mediatised politics of the environment.' - Julie Doyle, Media and Communication Studies, University of Brighton, UKTable of ContentsAcknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. Environmental Risks, Protest and the Network Society 3. News Agendas, Framing Contests and Power 4. The Climate Change Controversy 5. Oils Spills and Crisis Communication 6. Emerging Technologies 7. Future Directions Bibliography

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