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Book Synopsis From Pulitzer Prize finalist and National Book Critics Circle Award–winning author of Newjack, a passage through an America lived wild and off the grid, where along with independence and stunning views come fierce winds, neighbors with criminal pasts, and minimal government and medical services.“In these dispatches, [Conover] invites readers to ride shotgun along an unraveling edge of the American West, where sepia-toned myths about making a fresh start collide with modern modes of alienation, volatility, and exile.... In a nation whose edges have come to define its center, this is essential reading.”—Jessica Bruder, author of Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century In May 2017, Ted Conover went to Colorado to explore firsthand a rural way of life that is about living cheaply, on your own land—and keeping clear of the mainstream. The failed subdivisions of the enormous San Luis Valley make this possibl

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Book SynopsisAn eye-opening exploration of race in AmericaIn this deeply inspiring book, Winona Guo and Priya Vulchi recount their experiences talking to people from all walks of life about race and identity on a cross-country tour of America. Spurred by the realization that they had nearly completed high school without hearing any substantive discussion about racism in school, the two young women deferred college admission for a year to collect first-person accounts of how racism plays out in this country every day--and often in unexpected ways. In Tell Me Who You Are, Guo and Vulchi reveal the lines that separate us based on race or other perceived differences and how telling our stories--and listening deeply to the stories of others--are the first and most crucial steps we can take towards negating racial inequity in our culture. Featuring interviews with over 150 Americans accompanied by their photographs, this intimate toolkit also offers a deep examination

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Book SynopsisPULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • Drawing on a wealth of research, this fascinating book (The New York Times Book Review) charts the invention of our current Yuletide traditions, from St. Nicholas to the Christmas tree and, perhaps most radically, the practice of giving gifts to children. Anyone who laments the excesses of Christmas might consider the Puritans of colonial Massachusetts: they simply outlawed the holiday. The Puritans had their reasons, since Christmas was once an occasion for drunkenness and riot, when poor wassailers  extorted food and drink from the well-to-do. In this intriguing and innovative work of social history, Stephen Nissenbaum rediscovers Christmas's carnival origins and shows how it was transformed, during the nineteenth century, into a festival of domesticity and consumerism.    Bursting with detail, filled with subversive readings of such seasonal classics as A Visit from St. Nicholas

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Book SynopsisAs it follows a Japanese housewife named Mariko Tanaka over the course of a year, The Secrets of Mariko transcends reportage to yield the kind of human insights we expect from literature. Meet Mariko, a cheerful, overscheduled woman who cares for three children, two aging parents, and an unresponsive husband. As readers watch Mariko take part in PTA meetings, bicker with her teenagers, and pursue independence through her part-time job, they come to see Mariko as someone whose dreams and disappointments mirror our own.

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Book SynopsisPresents trends in American Catholic opinion from 1987 to 2005, using four identical surveys, which depict trends in Catholics' views of the sacraments, church authority, church teachings in the area of sex and gender, and strength of Catholic identity.Trade ReviewIf you want to know who Catholics are, how they feel, and what they think, this is the book to read. -- E. J. DionneThe most definitive study of American Catholics' beliefs and practices to date! This revealing book is 'must reading' for pastors and teachers who want to understand the lay audience to which they wish to communicate the faith. New, more nuanced, analysis and use of multiple sources for their data make this the best social portrait yet of the Catholic laity and their commitments to their faith and their church. -- Terrence W. Tilley, Professor and Chair, Department of Theology, Fordham UniversityThe teachings of the Church are clearly stated and widely known. However, what Catholics actually believe and practice often differs from official teachings and is more difficult to know. This book tells us what contemporary Catholics are thinking about their Church. And it tells us in detail, by generation, how committed and active they are in their belonging. Younger Catholics relate to the Church differently from older Catholics and the future does not look like the past. Anyone who has responsibility in the Church-from the bishops to the parishioners-will benefit from reading this book whether or not one likes the data and conclusions. To form Catholics in their faith, it is important to be informed by Catholics themselves. While the Church does not formulate its doctrine according to sociological data, it would be wise to pay attention to such data when it constructs its policies. -- Chester Gillis, Georgetown University; author of Roman Catholicism in AmericaAmerican Catholics Today offers a clear snapshot of what it means to be Catholic at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Built on twenty years of church research, American Catholics Today is a must-read for Church leaders who wish to respond creatively to the pastoral challenges facing the Church in the U.S. today. An invaluable, informative and insightful resource for exploring questions of Catholic identity, commitment, church authority, leadership and lay participation in the Church! -- Sr. Sharon A. Euart, RSM, JCD, Canon Law ConsultantWill be of interest to those involved in Church leadership and those interested in what Catholics think about various topics. * Curled Up With A Good Book, (Www.Curledup.Com) *The book presents the important findings of the survey in clearly labeled tables for quick reference and the data are described in a readable style that will quickly draw in those interested in American Catholicism. -- Aisha S. Taylor * Conscience *Once again, four of the premier observers of contemporary Catholic life in the United States have combined their considerable expertise to provide a thoughtful view of lay Catholic attitudes. Through the data that they have collected, but more importantly through their insightful analysis of that data, they have provided an invaluable snapshot of the U.S. Catholic Church in the early years of the third millennium. As with their previous books, this book is must reading for anyone who cares about the Church, especially those in leadership positions. -- Charles Zech, Center for Church Management and Business Ethics, Villanova UniversityI know — bar none — of no better overview anywhere else than American Catholics Today for presenting carefully garnered data and astute interpretations about what American Catholics think about church authority; core belief items; moral issues, such as serving the poor or abortion; politics; how gender, generation or political beliefs effect Catholic religious practice. This volume will be a valued and indispensable constant companion for all thoughtful students of American religion, sociology of religion or pastoral workers in the Catholic Church in America. -- John A. Coleman S.J., Casassa Professor of Social Values, Loyola Marymount University, Los AngelesThis book is unique among social science books on Catholicism in that it offers analysis of survey data documenting trends over the past eighteen years as well as interweaving a number of other sociological studies that clarify and corroborate their findings. This is a most important book for all church leaders to read and discuss whatever their liberal or conservative persuasions might be. -- Dr. Michael J. McCallion, Rev. William Cunningham Chair in Catholic Social Analysis, Sacred Heart Major SeminaryAmerican Catholics Today is a rich resource for nurturing the pastoral imagination, inviting response to "good news" such as the stability of Catholic identity, and the "bad news" of diminishing commitment to the Church. Ordained and lay leaders will find many challenges in such trends as the increasing dependence on individual conscience, diminished trust in bishops, low involvement of young adults in church life and the growing desire for greater lay participation in decision-making.The book's portrait of U.S. Catholics is based on impressive research and is presented with eminent fairness. * Commonweal Magazine *We think the studies are important to understanding the church in the United States. Some of the findings, however, could be disturbing to church leaders and others who would rather ignore the evidence and continuing imagining a church that doesn't exist. * National Catholic Reporter *We recommend American Catholics Today to anyone who wants to know what Catholics are really thinking! * America: The Jesuit Review of Faith & Culture *Amidst this turmoil, American Catholics Today, the latest in a series of surveys of American Catholics conducted since 1980s by William D'Antonio, James Davidson, Dean Hoge, and Mary Gautier, offers both reassurance and a call to action. As in their previous books, D'Antonio et al. provide an easy-to-read descriptive account based on a broad swath of data examining Catholics' beliefs and doctrinal attitudes, and their commitment to the church and to a Catholic identity. * American Catholic Studies, 2008 *American Catholics Today is an important book, both for the number of findings about U.S. Catholics from preceeding studies, which it confirms, and for the new findings, which it reveals for the first time. . . . In summary, therefore, I believe that the authors have done the church an invaluable service by writing this book. -- . * Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, March 2008 *The study is extremely valuable. -- . * Catholic Library World, March 2008 *Cogent and challenging conclusions are offered. Readers will be challenged to explore how the book's findings relate in each ministry setting and to determine how to act to strengthen Catholic identity and commitment. -- November/December 2007 * Rite, November/December 2007 *What makes this book so enlightening is...the inclusion of personal stories that put some flesh on the bones of the bare data. * America: The Jesuit Review of Faith & Culture, February 2009 *This timely and thought-provoking book carefully interprets 18 years of gathered evidence and prognostications about the next generation of Catholicism in America....This wonderful book is essential reading for all those involved in church leadership and for the ordinary person in the pew. Enlightening, challenging, and threatening, it is recommended for all libraries. * Library Journal *Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction: Catholic Laity, Catholic Faith, and the Catholic Church Chapter 2 Catholic Identity: Analysis and Trends Chapter 3 American Catholics' Commitment to the Institutional Church Chapter 4 The Sacraments: Trends and Variations Chapter 5 Problems Facing the Catholic Church Chapter 6 American Catholics and Church Authority Chapter 7 Church Leadership and Lay Involvement Chapter 8 Religion and Politics among American Catholics Chapter 9 Conclusions: Summary and Implications Part 10 Appendix A -Catholic Education Part 11 Appendix B - Hispanic Catholics Part 12 Appendix C - The 2005 Gallup Survey

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Book SynopsisAn analytical intervention into Trumpology, Twitter and authoritarianism.Trade Review'Christian Fuchs provides a much-needed account of authoritarianism under communicative capitalism. This thorough, empirically-rich study is essential reading for anyone concerned with the intensification of far-right power in a digital age' -- Jodi Dean, author of Crowds and Party (Verso, 2016)'Trump. Modi. Erdogan. Duterte. Le Pen. Farage. The list of authoritarian rulers and their henchmen goes on and on. For an excellent guide to understanding Trump and the dangerous worldwide movement he leads, you need go no further than this conceptually rich and empirically detailed book' -- Vincent Mosco, author of Becoming Digital: Toward a Post-Internet Society (Emerald Publishing, 2017)Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Tables 1. Introduction 2. Ideology, Nationalism and Fascism 3. Right-Wing Authoritarianism and Authoritarian Capitalism 4. Trumpism: Donald Trump and Authoritarian-Capitalist Statism 5. Trumpology: Donald Trump’s Ideology 6. Trump and Twitter: Authoritarian-Capitalist Ideology on Social Media 7. Conclusion: Authoritarian Communicative Capitalism and its Alternatives References Index

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Book SynopsisThe detective story, focused on inquiries, and in its wake the spy novel, built around conspiracies, developed as genres in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. During the same period, psychiatry was inventing paranoia, sociology was devising new forms of causality to explain the social lives of individuals and groups and political science was shifting the problematics of paranoia from the psychic to the social realm and seeking to explain historical events in terms of conspiracy theories. In each instance, social reality was cast into doubt. We owe the project of organizing and unifying this reality for a particular population and territory to the nation-state as it took shape at the end of the nineteenth century. Thus the figure of conspiracy became the focal point for suspicions concerning the exercise of power. Where does power really lie, and who actually holds it? The national authorities that are presumed to be responsible for it, or other agencies actTrade Review“An ambitious investigation of crime fiction and its relation to modern society” Times Higher Education Most of us take for granted the idea that the social world has a front stage made of rules and norms and a backstage of “intrigues,” “invisible plots,” and “hidden intentions.” When did that sense of a reality behind the reality of things develop? In this enigmatic book, Boltanski tracks down this new construction of a paranoid reality through a highly original reading of detective and spy novels, in which he detects the emergence of a sense that a sense that the real reality of things is concealed and malevolent. This book is both singular and provocative and resembles no other work of sociology I have read. It is a mixture of sociology of literature, of meta-sociological theory, sociology of institutions, and, perhaps mostly, sociology of modernity. It will be a needed complement to the classic The Social Construction of Reality. Eva Illouz, Hebrew University of JerusalemTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Foreword 1. REALITY / versus / Reality 2. The Inquiries of a London Detective 3. The Inquiries of a Paris Policeman 4. Identifying Secret Agents 5. The Endless Inquiries of ‘Paranoids’ 6. Policing Sociological Inquiry Epilogue References Endnotes

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Book SynopsisUntil the 1970s the history of sexuality was a marginalized practice. Today it is a flourishing field, increasingly integrated into the mainstream and producing innovative insights into the ways in which societies shape and are shaped by sexual values, norms, identities and desires.Trade Review�For over forty years, with flawless erudition, Jeffrey Weeks has been leading us through the exciting history of the shifting meanings, manners, conflicts and victories around sexual intimacies. In this elegantly succinct overview we can learn all we need to know about debates surrounding the continuing complexities of people�s ability to flaunt and enjoy their sexual desires. An essential guide for everyone.�Lynne Segal, Birkbeck, University of London �This is a learned, ecumenical, broad-ranging, elegantly written and altogether engaging account of the history of sexuality. No student or general reader could want a better-informed, more thoughtful and generous guide to the field than Jeffrey Weeks. Most importantly this book shows that the history of sexuality illuminates not only contemporary debates but the ways we understand our past more generally.�Thomas Laqueur, University of California, BerkeleyTable of Contents Contents Preface and Acknowledgements An Introduction What is a History of Sexuality a History of? Narratives Summary of Book Chapter 1: Framing Sexual History Towards a Critical Sexual History Theoretical Detours Bodies Subjectivities and Affect Generations Times Present, Times Past, Times Future Chapter 2: The Invention of Sexual History The Magic of Words The Natural History of Sexuality The New History The Emergence of Social Constructionism Chapter 3: Querying and Queering Same-sex History What is Homosexual History? Recovering the Gay and Lesbian Past, and Historic Present Deconstructing and Reconstructing the Homosexual The Queer Challenge Beyond the Binary Making Connections Chapter 4: Gender, Sexuality and Power Dangers and Pleasures Sexual Violence and Sexual History Historicizing Female Sexuality Sexuality and the Theory Wars Rethinking Power Intersections On Manliness, Masculinity, and Men Chapter 5: Mainstreaming Sexual History Into the Mainstream The Birth of Modern Sexuality? The Normalization of Heterosexuality The Great Transition AIDS and the Burdens of History Same-sex Marriage and New Patterns of Intimacy Chapter 6: The Globalization of Sexual History Globalizing Sexual History Historians and Transnational Sexual History Patterns of Sexual History The Colonial Legacy and the Postcolonial Critique Sexual Regimes, Sexual Lives History and Human Sexual Rights Chapter 7: Memory, Community, Voice Unofficial Knowledges and Counter-history Memory and Community The Sexual Archive Voice Living Sexual History Suggestions for Further Reading Notes Index

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewRemarkable history-superb in research, insight, and interpretation... The book is full of fascinations. New Yorker A model of cultural history... [Bender] makes his case for New York with the conviction that he knows what is genuinely distinctive and valuable in the life of a great city and that his view of the matter is not only true to the reality of its history but important to those who hold democratic ideals. New York Times Book ReviewTable of ContentsCoverOther Books by This AuthorTitle PageCopyrightDedicationEpigraphAcknowledgmentsPrefacePrologue: New York City and the Condition of IntellectPart I: Civic CultureChapter 1. The Emergence of City Chapter 2. Patricians and ArtisansChapter 3. A University of the CityPart II: Literary CultureChapter 4. Toward a Metropolitan SensibilityChapter 5. The Metropolitan Gentry: Culture Against PoliticsChapter 6. The Modern Literary IntellectualPart III: Academic CultureChapter 7. A Metropolitan UniversityChapter 8. Professors as IntellectualsPart IV: An International Capital of CultureChapter 9. RefigurationNotes

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Book SynopsisThe instruction should be so delightful that the children love coming to school and find learning to be fun and exciting."-Janice HaleTrade ReviewA heartfelt and forthright assessment of the all-too-often daunting task facing parents of black students. Hale parallels the racial profiling of law enforcement with current educational assumptions that put black children at a decided disadvantage, facing educators' low expectations and indifference. Educational reform efforts that focus on parental involvement are doomed to failure when so many parents of children attending public schools lack the education, time, energy, and resources to effectively monitor the school and advocate on behalf of their children. Hale relates her own frustrating experiences with her son's private school and not being part of the 'club' that knows the ins and outs and how to get around the rules. Hale offers a detailed strategy that focuses on the classroom and advocates coordinated community-support services and enhanced leadership roles for principals. An innovative and important book for parents and educators concerned about educating black children. Booklist In a wide but welcome swing of the pendulum, Hale... fixes her gaze directly upon schools-the teachers and the children. Here is a fresh and feisty look at the miseducation of African-American children,... a 'call for action directed to the organizations controlled by middle-class African Americans, not to beleaguered individuals themselves'... Hale offers a solution that recognizes the school as the impetus for inner-city African-American children to achieve upward mobility, relying on help from parents, churches, community volunteers and teachers. Her model attends to those differences between 'Afro cultural' themes and 'mainstream' ones, which influence the varying academic achievement of African-American children compared with white children's achievement.'. Publishers Weekly In this challenging book, Hale cites persistent teacher shortages, inadequate materials and facilities, and the lack of accountability among administrators as factors contributing to continual academic failure among low-income children in predominantly black public schools. To counter this situation, she proposes the concepts of 'being in the family, creating the village, and striving for the beloved community.'. Library Journal I have never read a book that has had as much impact on me as a parent and educator as did Learning While Black. -- Deborah Godwin Starks ET Clark Academy Hale's well thought out suggestions put Learning While Blackat the forefront of discussions around educational reform. -- Jenny Lee Black Parenting Today Hale's work not only can serve as an 'educational bible' for teachers and administrators who are serious about equalizing education between black and white students, but it can also assist parents and members of the community... a profound text that raises many issues legislators, administrators, educators, parents and the like fail to notice. -- Robbin L. Melton Frost Illustrated This is an important book that should be read by teachers and all those concerned with education policy. Sage Race Relations AbstractsTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by V. P. Franklin Preface Acknowledgments PART I: Breaking the Silence Chapter 1: Mastery and Excellence versus the Bell Curve Chapter 2: Playing by the Rules Chapter 3: African American Goals and Closed Doors Chapter 4: Down the Up Escalator PART II: Creating the Village Chapter 5: Twenty-First-Century Education Project: Report and Recommendations Chapter 6: A Model for Culturally Appropriate Pedagogy Chapter 7: The Role of the African American Church in Creating the Village Chapter 8: Where Do We Go from here?: A Call to Action Appendix - The Church's Educational and Advocacy Mission with African American Children: Cognitive, Affective, and Religious Context References Index

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Book SynopsisWhether you have only a distant recollection of high school algebra or use differential equations every day, this book offers examples of the impact of chance that will amuse and astonish.Trade ReviewAll 140 pages of What Are the Chances? are enjoyable and convey much wisdom in an area where gut feelings and rash actions frequently prevail. -- Colin Keay The Physicist An extremely fun read... Insightful and full of interesting applications. Chance Holland captures the reader's imagination with surprising examples of probability in action, everyday events that can profoundly affect our lives. It will amuse and astonish the reader. Journal of Irreproducible Results Holland Captures the reader's imagination with surprising examples of probability in action, everyday events that can profoundly affect our lives but are controlled by just one number. Mathematical Reviews What Are the Chances? is an enjoyable read. And painlessly instructive as well... [a] charming book. -- James Gerrand The Skeptic What Are the Chances? will give you a whole new outlook... readable, comprehendable, and often funny. -- Marilis Hornidge The Courier-Gazette If you have ever wondered about the chances of a Prussian cavalryman being kicked to death by his horse or if you prefer to work out your own life expectancy by staring at life tables, then Bart Holland's excellent primer on probability is a great place to start. In a time when anecdote and panic seem to influence public policy more than objective analysis, Holland has provided a welcome reminder of the power of the analytical approach. -- Simon Singh New Scientist Will entertain and inform people who like statistical puzzles and may nudge those who don't toward statistical literacy... Offers explanations of such probability-based phenomena as why buses come in clumps, how life insurance table work, and how diseases spread. While maintaining a sense of fun, Holland still manages to work in some equations and a little of the history behind different kinds of statistical reasoning. Library Journal Written to make minimal (almost zero) use of formulas or algebraic skills. Covers a remarkable number of topics [which are] introduced to stimulate the interest of the average reader. American Mathematical Monthly This is a book I can happily recommend... I learnt something from every chapter. -- Quentin L. Burrell Significance 2004 The author writes fluently and with authority and he covers a host of different situations... The strength of this book is the wealth of examples of applied probability theory which will provide useful support for any statistics course in the classroom. -- Gerry Leversha Mathematical Gazette 2004 An excellent source of interesting examples of probability and statistics in action. -- James V. Rauff Mathematics and Computer Education 2004Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsChapter 1. Roulette Wheels and the PlagueChapter 2. Surely Something's Wrong With YouChapter 3. The Life Table: You Can Bet On It!Chapter 4. The Rarest EventsChapter 5. The Waiting GameChapter 6. Stockbrokers and Climate ChangeIndex

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Book SynopsisAs a result, Carroll concludes, Penitente membership facilitated the "rise of the modernin New Mexico and-however unintentionally-made it that much easier, after the territory's annexation by the United States, for the Anglo legal system to dispossess Hispanos of their land.Trade ReviewA richly circumstantial, well-presented, and interesting account of the New Mexico Penitentes... The Penitente Brotherhood offers readers looking for a historical introduction to this Hispanic confraternity a generous account... I highly recommend reading the book. -- Roy R. Barkley Catholic Southwest 2004 In the popular mind, the Penitentes are a late medieval revival and a quaint and irrelevant example of popular religiosity. For anyone who wants to know the real story, this controversial book-with the hallmarks of academic scholarship and the narrative line of a novel-might fit the bill. Catholic Library World 2004 Carroll's multifaceted recounting of Hispano Catholicism in historic New Mexico is well written and compelling. Contemporary Sociology A gifted, lucid writer and a great narrator of fiction... Carroll's approach refreshes the literature. -- Michelle Madsen Camacho Catholic Historical Review 2007 Carroll is a storyteller... He creates a convincing narrative from the primary sources and the logic of scientific theory available to him. -- Christopher Vecsey Church History 2007 A book that requires a careful read in order to acknowledge its full impact... It raises new issues and perspectives that future Penitente scholarship will have to address as we struggle to interpret this critical history. -- Alberto Lopez Pulido Studies in Religion / Sciences Religieuses 2007 Innovative and lasting contributions. -- Enrique R. Lamadrid Sociology of Religion 2007Table of ContentsContents:List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsINTRODUCTION Juan de Onate's Severed Foot and Other Good StoriesONE Penitente Historiography and Its ProblemsTWO The Golden Age: Hispano Piety before 1800THREE Awash in a (Very Small) Sea of Crimson Blood: Flagellation in Pre-Penitente New MexicoFOUR Suffering Fathers and the Crisis of Patriarchal AuthorityFIVE Padre Martinez of Taos and the Meaning of DisciplineSIX The Penitentes and the Rise of the Modern New MexicoSEVEN Stories That Connect to Guilt and RageEPILOGUE The Stories We Tell about Subaltern Groups Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisYoder case, and law professor Garret Epps, assess the Amish contribution to preserving religious liberty in the United States.Trade ReviewThe second edition... is... a resource book that will be of considerable interest not only to scholars of the Amish and other Anabaptists but to those concerned with religious freedom-and its recent decline-in the United States. -- Timothy Miller Utopian Studies 2005 Invaluable... provide readers with updated insights into the workings of the small religious community. -- Thomas E. Gallagher Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 2005Table of ContentsContents:Foreword Martin E. MartyPreface and Acknowledgments A Note on Sources1. Negotiating with Caesar Donald B. Kraybill2. The Amish View of the State Paton Yoder3. Military Service and Conscription Albert N. Keim4. The National Amish Steering Committee Marc A. Olshan5. Education and Schooling Thomas J. Meyers6. The National Committee for Amish Religious Freedom William C. Lindholm7. Social Security and Taxes Peter J. Ferrara8. Slow-Moving Vehicles Lee J. Zook9. Health Care Gertrude Enders Huntington10. Land Use Elizabeth Place11. The Role of Outsiders Robert L. Kidder12. Encounters with the State, 1990-2002 Herman D. Bontrager13. First Amendment Issues William B. Ball14. The Amish and the American Oyster Garrett EppsApendix: Significant Legal Cases Elizabeth PlaceNotes References Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisThey compare post-World War II globalization with the great wave of economic integration that occurred in the late nineteenth century, analyze the rise of the political ideology of the globalization project-Reaganism-Thatcherism-and discuss issues of gender and global inequalities.Trade ReviewA top pick for college-level holdings strong in international social studies... Perfect also for classroom discussion. Midwest Book Review 2007 This collection brings together senior sociologists and outstanding younger scholars with a mix of interests, expertise, and methodologies to offer and introduction for ways of studying and understanding global social change. Abstracts of Public Administration, Development and Environment 2008 The collections of essays... represents the most scholarly contribution to these discussions in that it deliberately sets out to review the history of a debate, drawing widely on the sociological literature in particular. -- Michael Redclift British Journal of Sociology 2008Table of ContentsPreface1. Introduction2. Conducting Global Social ResearchI. What is Globalization?3. Global Social Change in the Long Run4. Competing Conceptions of Globalization5. Globalization: A World-Systems PerspectiveII. Global Inequality6. Global inequality: An Introduction7. Global Enegery Inequalities: Exploring the Long-Term ImplicationsIII. Globalization and the Environment8. Ecosystmes and World Systems: Accumulation as an Ecological Process9. Global Social Change, Natural Resrouce Consumption, and Environmental DegradationIV. Globalization, Hegemony, and Global Governance10. Spatial and Other "Fixes" of Historical Capitalism11. Contemporary Intracore Relations and World-Systems TheoryV. Global Social Movements12. Gender and Globalization: Female Labor and Women's Mobilization13. Environmentalism and the Trajectory of the Anti-Corporate Globalization Movement14. National and Global Foundations of Global Civil SocietyVI. Democrazy and Democratization15. Transnational Social Movements and Democratic Socialist Parties in the Semiperiphery: On to Global Democracy16. Globalization and the Future of DemocrazyList of ContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisPhatak, Sueli Schiffer Klaus Segbers, Zhongxin Sun, Richard Tomlinson, Krister Volkmann, Jorge Wilheim, Fulong Wu, and Weiping Wu.Table of ContentsList of Figures and TablesAcknowledgmentsChapter 1. Introduction: Global Politics and the Making of Global City RegionsChapter 2. City Regions between Their Legacies and the Global ContextChapter 3. Who Runs the City? The "Makers" of Global City RegionsChapter 4. Contested Future: Discourses and Images in City RegionsChapter 5. Comments by Senior OfficialsChapter 6. Conclusion: Challenges Ahead for the SouthernContendersList of ContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisFeaturing extensive reviews of the literature, this volume will be invaluable for scholars and students of sociology and higher education.Trade ReviewThe book is outstanding in two respects: it presents a comprehensive state of the field, and it explores the role of sociological research in guiding higher education practice... Summing Up: Essential. Choice 2008 Unique in its genre... provides an analytical survey of the work accomplished in the sociology of higher education since the inception of this subfield, as well as suggesting directions for future research. -- Anne Friederike Delouis Reflecting Education 2008Table of ContentsPrefacePart I: Points of Departure1. Development of the Sociology of Higher Education2. Sociology of Higher Education: An Evolving FieldPart II: Four Domains3. The Study of Inequality4. The Study of College Impact5. The Study of the Academic Profession6. The Study of Colleges and Universities as OrganizationsPart III: Emerging Lines of Inquiry7. Higher Education as an Institution8. Sociological Studies of Academic Departments9. The Sociology of Diversity10. Sociological Frameworks for Higher EducationPart IV: Looking Ahead11. A Note on Pursuing Things That Work12. Reflections on a Hybrid Field: Growth and Prospects for the Sociology of Higher EducationContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisThis book will be a vital tool for scholars and practitioners in gerontology, sociology, psychology, anthropology, economics, political science, and public policy.Trade ReviewThis timely and important book breaks new ground. Given the complex factors that influence inheritance decisions and behavior, it is not surprising that few books have been published on this topic. Comprehensive and thorough, Jacqueline L. Angel helps open new windows to understanding the ways we think about our gift-giving behaviors in late life and their effect on personal legacy. The Gerontologist 2009 Provides a good overview of some central questions regarding the role of gifts and bequests in the social fabric. -- Jens Beskert American Journal of Sociology 2009Table of ContentsPreface1. The Story of Inheritance: Intergenerational Giving in Aging AmericaTrands in Wealth TransfersThe Aging American Family2. The Inheritance RevolutionThe Origins of Our Inheritance LawsEarly AmericaForging a New Path: Women and Inheritance LawsInheritance in Modern AmericaFamily and Inheritance ChangesDecisions about Inheritance3. The Political Realities of Retirement SecurityWho Is Going to Care for Us?The Political Economy of Giving and ReceivingThe Legacy of the Modern Welfare StateThe DilemmaEmployer Pension versus Personal SavingsCross-National Research4. Dimensions of Giving between GenerationsThe Joy of GivingTheoretical Perspectives on Money: Good versus Evil?Contemporary Studies of MoneyGifts as AssistanceContextualizing Gift GivingSimply LoveFellowship for FundsGiving, Not ReceivingThe Family Life Cycle and Inheritance5. Money Memories: Narratives of the Meaning of Giving and ReceivingHistory LessonsThe Silent GenerationBaby BoomersExpanding Obligations Equal Shrinking InheritancesDrawing Down AssetsDeciding Too Late or Not at AllFamily DisagreementsBackground on the InterviewsEarly Beginnings of Family Dynamics and MoneyMoney as a GiftMoney with Strings AttachedHow Money MattersThe Costs of WealthA Guarded SecretThe Value of Gifts6. Contemporary Values and Beliefs regarding Intergenerational TransfersIt Isn't Just MoneyFamily Values and IdeologiesLeaving a LegacyTransferring AssetsInter Vivos ExchangesChildren Helping ParentsChoosing InheritanceChallenges to Family IdeologiesTo Give or Not to Give, That Is the Question7. Leaving a Legacy: Personal Security, Family Obligations, and the StateThe Effects of Public Policy on Family Gift GivingHow Estate Taxes VaryEstate Taxes and ExemptionsEstate Planning for the FamilyPrivate Long-term Care InsuranceEstate Recovery and Related Long-term Care Financing IssuesInter Vivos Transfers and InheritanceThe Impact of Gift Giving on the Family: What Helps? What Hurts?Myths and Realities of Making a Will8. Inheritance and the Next Generation of Old-Age PoliciesThe New Status QuoSorting Out the DebatePossible ScenariosThe Politics of Social Security ReformThe Face of the Future WorkforcePolicy Options: Public, Private, and CombinedHealth Care InsecurityImplications and Conclusions9. Summary and New Directions for ResearchThe Demography of Gift Giving in Late LifeShould Women Worry about Their Retirement?Generational Differences: Money Memories and Family IdeologyAn Agenda for Future ResearchAppendix A: MethodologyAppendix B: Questions Used in Semistructured In-depth InterviewBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisSituating men's youth work in historical perspective and discussing the status of youth today, this original and groundbreaking analysis offers a forward-looking vision for getting men more involved, and involved more productively, in helping kids thrive.Trade ReviewThis is a valuable book for any program serving young people. The National Mentoring Center 2008 A comprehensive study of men who work and volunteer with children in a variety of public settings. Journal of Economic Literature 2008 This book is a moving drama of men telling their stories of how children bring meaning into their lives-by bringing meaning into the lives of children. It is incredible how varied the backgrounds of these men are. -- Moshe Landsman PsycCRITIQUES 2009 A fabulous book... Reading Men on a Mission was perhaps the best educational experience I will have in some time. -- Nancy NCFR Community Portal Insightful and inviting... the book particularly shines with Marsiglio's discussion of the difficult cultural context within which men work with young people... Scholars of youth, youth work and community development, as well as those studying masculinity, gender and care work will find this book an important and accessible resource. -- Shauna A. Morimoto Contemporary Sociology 2009 Marsiglio gives voice to the enormous potential of male caregiving in the United States and around the world. -- William A. Corsaro American Journal of Sociology 2009 Men on a Mission is an inspiring book and an important one... Marsiglio's work has broader implications for the study of human development in general and for men and masculinity in particular... Particularly valuable as we think about individual lives and social policy. -- Carl F. Auerbach Men and Masculinities 2011Table of ContentsPreface1. The Mission2. The LandscapeYouth Well-BeingChild and Adolescent DevelopmentToday's Cultural ClimateAcross the DecadesDemographics of Men's Involvement3. Social PlacesPhysical ConditionsTime, Place, and CommunicationPerceptions and SymbolsInstitutions, Norms, and Policy ConstraintsPrivate versus Public PlacesGendered Places4. Men's MotivesTheories of Boys' Early YearsGender and the Boy CodeGetting and Staying InvolvedGiving BackFilling Gaps, Expanding HorizonsGenerativity and "Passing It On"Reciprocity and Feeling GoodSeeing the Impact, Being Recognized5. Relating to KidsLevelingInviting Comfort, Contact, and TrustThe Power of TouchExpressing BondsRitualsManaging Borders with Kids and Parents6. Managing KidsLetting Kids Know They MatterKeeping It RealBeing Ready: It Can Happen Any TimeManaging Difficult Kids7. Making a DifferencePerceptions of KidsTeaching Life LessonsCreating Chances and ChallengesBuilding Social Capital8. Men and MentoringWhat Is Mentoring?The Mentoring MovementMentoring Programs: Practice and ValueRecruiting MenEvolving Relationships9. Public and Private LivesBlended versus Separate LivesThe Culture of FatherhoodYouth Work as Training for FatheringHow Youth Work Affects FatheringHow Fathering Affects Youth WorkFamily Building and Claiming10. Personal GrowthEmotional States and Styles of FeelingPowers of PerceptionSelf-PerceptionsLife Perspectives11. Youth Work DomainsChildcareSchoolMonitoring Sites and Criminal JusticeRecreationFaith-Based SettingsApplying Lessons across Domains12. Moving ForwardComments on the Cultural ClimateA VisionAppendix A: Reflections on Study Methodology and Future ResearchRecruitment and SampleThe InterviewsFraming, Interpreting, and Judging the InterviewsMaking Sense of the TranscriptsEthnographic ObservationsThe WritingFuture ResearchAppendix B: Participant ProfilesNotesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisSituating men's youth work in historical perspective and discussing the status of youth today, this original and groundbreaking analysis offers a forward-looking vision for getting men more involved, and involved more productively, in helping kids thrive.Trade ReviewThis is a valuable book for any program serving young people. The National Mentoring Center 2008 A comprehensive study of men who work and volunteer with children in a variety of public settings. Journal of Economic Literature 2008 This book is a moving drama of men telling their stories of how children bring meaning into their lives-by bringing meaning into the lives of children. It is incredible how varied the backgrounds of these men are. -- Moshe Landsman PsycCRITIQUES 2009 A fabulous book... Reading Men on a Mission was perhaps the best educational experience I will have in some time. -- Nancy NCFR Community Portal Insightful and inviting... the book particularly shines with Marsiglio's discussion of the difficult cultural context within which men work with young people... Scholars of youth, youth work and community development, as well as those studying masculinity, gender and care work will find this book an important and accessible resource. -- Shauna A. Morimoto Contemporary Sociology 2009 Marsiglio gives voice to the enormous potential of male caregiving in the United States and around the world. -- William A. Corsaro American Journal of Sociology 2009 Men on a Mission is an inspiring book and an important one... Marsiglio's work has broader implications for the study of human development in general and for men and masculinity in particular... Particularly valuable as we think about individual lives and social policy. -- Carl F. Auerbach Men and Masculinities 2011Table of ContentsPreface1. The Mission2. The LandscapeYouth Well-BeingChild and Adolescent DevelopmentToday's Cultural ClimateAcross the DecadesDemographics of Men's Involvement3. Social PlacesPhysical ConditionsTime, Place, and CommunicationPerceptions and SymbolsInstitutions, Norms, and Policy ConstraintsPrivate versus Public PlacesGendered Places4. Men's MotivesTheories of Boys' Early YearsGender and the Boy CodeGetting and Staying InvolvedGiving BackFilling Gaps, Expanding HorizonsGenerativity and "Passing It On"Reciprocity and Feeling GoodSeeing the Impact, Being Recognized5. Relating to KidsLevelingInviting Comfort, Contact, and TrustThe Power of TouchExpressing BondsRitualsManaging Borders with Kids and Parents6. Managing KidsLetting Kids Know They MatterKeeping It RealBeing Ready: It Can Happen Any TimeManaging Difficult Kids7. Making a DifferencePerceptions of KidsTeaching Life LessonsCreating Chances and ChallengesBuilding Social Capital8. Men and MentoringWhat Is Mentoring?The Mentoring MovementMentoring Programs: Practice and ValueRecruiting MenEvolving Relationships9. Public and Private LivesBlended versus Separate LivesThe Culture of FatherhoodYouth Work as Training for FatheringHow Youth Work Affects FatheringHow Fathering Affects Youth WorkFamily Building and Claiming10. Personal GrowthEmotional States and Styles of FeelingPowers of PerceptionSelf-PerceptionsLife Perspectives11. Youth Work DomainsChildcareSchoolMonitoring Sites and Criminal JusticeRecreationFaith-Based SettingsApplying Lessons across Domains12. Moving ForwardComments on the Cultural ClimateA VisionAppendix A: Reflections on Study Methodology and Future ResearchRecruitment and SampleThe InterviewsFraming, Interpreting, and Judging the InterviewsMaking Sense of the TranscriptsEthnographic ObservationsThe WritingFuture ResearchAppendix B: Participant ProfilesNotesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisAt once a monumental achievement and testament to an extraordinary career, On Higher Education is an invaluable resource for students, scholars, and practitioners of higher education.Trade ReviewIt provides a solid foundation in higher education both here in the United States and internationally. The breadth and depth of the essays are highly compelling, and in fact, this book could easily be used in a course on institutional governance, organizational change, or higher education in general... Clark's essays, hard work, and intellectual curiosity [are] a lesson for all of us. -- Marybeth Gasman Journal of College Student Development 2009 The perfect read for those interested in higher education, and especially for those interested in the evolution of the field. -- John Aubrey Douglass Contemporary Sociology 2009 Burton R. Clark provides not only a grounded understanding of the inner life of higher education organizations but also a grounded understanding of his personal academic journey and of the 'absorbing errand' that has comprised his highly successful and distinguished professional career. -- Caroline Sotello Viernes Turner Review of Higher Education 2010Table of ContentsForeword, by Patricia J. GumportIntroductionPart One: Fashioning an Analytical ModeIntroduction to Chapter 11. Organizational Adaptation and Precarious ValuesIntroduction to Chapters 2 and 32. The "Cooling-Out" Function in Higher Education3. The "Cooling-Out" Function RevisitedIntroduction to Chapters 4 and 54. The Organizational Saga in Higher Education5. Belief and Loyalty in College OrganizationPart Two: Probing the American National SystemIntroduction to Chapter 66. College Image and Student SelectionIntroduction to Chapter 77. The Clark-Trow Typology of Student CulturesIntroduction to Chapter 88. Organizational Adaptation to ProfessionalsIntroduction to Chapter 99. Interorganizational Patterns in EducationIntroduction to Chapter 1010. The Wesleyan Story: The Importance of Moral CapitalIntroduction to Chapter 1111. Development of the Sociology of Higher EducationPart Three: Cultivating Cross-National InsightIntroduction to Chapter 1212. Italy: A Case Study of System FailureIntroduction to Chapter 1313. Order and Disorder in Higher EducationIntroduction to Chapter 1414. Coping with Conflicting Values: An International ViewIntroduction to Chapter 1515. The Case for Bottom-Heavy FederalismIntroduction to Chapter 1616. Useful Disciplinary Perspectives in Probing Higher EducationIntroduction to Chapter 1717. The High School and the University: What Went Wrong in America, Part 2Introduction to Chapter 1818. Differentiation and Integration of the Academic ProfessionIntroduction to Chapter 1919. The Logic of the ProfessionIntroduction to Chapter 2020. The Absorbing ErrandIntroduction to Chapter 2121. The Academic Life: Small Worlds, Different WorldsIntroduction to Chapter 2222. Schools of Education: The Academic-Professional SeesawIntroduction to Chapter 2323. Is California the Model for OECD Futures?Introduction to Chapter 2424. The Problem of Complexity in Modern Higher EducationIntroduction to Chapter 2525. The Modern Integration of Research Activities with Teaching and LearningIntroduction to Chapter 2626. Substantive Growth and Innovative Organization: New Categories for Higher Education ResearchIntroduction to Chapter 2727. Small Worlds, Different Worlds: The Uniquenesses and Troubles ofAmerican Academic ProfessionsIntroduction to Chapter 2828. University Transformation for the Twenty-First CenturyIntroduction to Chapter 2929. The Insulated Americans: Five Lessons from AbroadPart Four: Revealing the Armature of University ChangeIntroduction to Chapter 3030. Delineating the Character of the Entrepreneurial UniversityIntroduction to Chapter 3131. Genetic Entrepreneurialism among American UniversitiesIntroduction to Chapter 3232. Overcoming the Disconnect between Researchers andPractitionersIntroduction to Chapter 3333. The Advantages of Case Study Narratives in UnderstandingContinuity and Change in UniversitiesEpilogueAcknowledgmentsIndex

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Book SynopsisBased on years of fieldwork and empirical research, this study elucidates the tensions that globalization has created and shows why Latin America is a battleground for those seeking to shape the twenty-first century's world order.Trade ReviewA scathing indictment of neoliberal globalization from an explicitly anti-capitalist perspective... An exemplary treatment of Latin America's present day political economy and social predicaments. -- Jeffery R. Webber Monthly Review 2009 An important book for anyone interested in where our imperiled planet is headed. Robinson... is admirably thorough in his overview of the direction capitalism has taken in Latin America since the 1970s. -- Ben Terrall San Francisco Bay Guardian 2009 Robinson's latest book offers brilliant insight into the underlying causes and current dilemmas of globalization. -- James M. Cypher NACLA Report on the Americas 2009 This book is a must read, not only for Latin American specialists, but for all those who draw the connection between political economy at the world level and strategies for change. -- Steve Ellner Science and Society 2010 An important contribution to globalization studies. -- Benjamin Kohl Latin America and Caribbean Contemporary Record 2010 His heterodox and challenging views make provocative reading. -- Carlos Davila Business History Review 2010Table of ContentsList of TablesPrefaceList of Abbreviations and Acronyms1. An Epochal Shift in World Capitalism2. Global Economy and Latin America, I: Nontraditional Agricultural Exports and Agro-Industry3. Global Economy and Latin America, II: Industrial Subcontracting, Transnational Services, Tourism, and the Export of Labor4. Transnational Processes in Latin America: Class, State, and Migration5. The Antinomies of Global Capitalism and the Twilight of Neoliberalism6. A New Cycle of Resistance: The Future of Latin America and Global SocietyReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisUsing a wide range of sources, Marlene Laruelle discusses the impact of the ideology of Eurasianism on geopolitics, interior policy, foreign policy, and culturalist philosophy.Trade ReviewA tour de force not merely because of the depth of the scholarship and the skill of the argument but also because Laruelle unveils a subject crucial to understanding today's Russia but never given proper due... Even the most serious student of contemporary Russia will get from this book a vastly deeper sense of what makes Russian intellectual life, for all of its vexed affinity with the West, fundamentally different. -- Robert Legvold Foreign Affairs 2009 A masterful job of describing the various philosophical threads of Eurasianism... The author's lucid style makes the book accessible to the educated general public. Choice 2009 This volume certainly engages the reader to explore... Laruell's deft treatment of Eurasianism's shifting position in contemporary discourse makes this a fascinating volume that extends beyond the boundaries of any single academic discipline. -- Kathleen Macfie Eurasian Geography and Economics 2009 Laruelle is to be congratulated on her lucid and intellectually disciplined discussion of the ambiguous, intricate, and often contradictory ideas that shape Russian Neo-Eurasiansim... a must-read for intellectual historians, policymakers, cultural scholars, Russia Watchers, or for that matter, anyone who uneasily senses that something is moving in the deep currents beneath the surface of contemporary Russia, but is not sure of what it is. -- Maria Carlson Russian Review 2009 Russian Eurasianism is a lucid and rational guide, based on thorough scholarship and an admirable reluctance to sensationalize or to claim too much. -- Edmund Griffiths Times Literary Supplement 2009 A richly interdisciplinary and meticulously researched analysis of both the historical and contemporary sources of Eurasianist cultural and philosophical/ideological traditions and discourse... this book will be an invaluable resource for policymakers and academics providing a deeper understanding of the forces shaping Russia's identity and the unfolding of circumstances for the entire Eurasian region. -- Sharyl N. Cross Journal of Slavic Military Studies Laruelle, an established authority in the field. International Affairs 2010 Russian Eurasianism is an impressive achievement. The author writes with an erudition and breadth of insight that is unique in the burgeoning field of what we might call 'Eurasianism studies.' -- Mark Bassin Slavic Review 2009Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Eurasianism—Marginal or Mainstream in Contemporary Russia?The Historical Roots of the Eurasianist IdeaNeo-Eurasianism and Its Place in Post-Soviet RussiaNeo-Eurasianist Doctrine and Russian Foreign PolicyMarginal or Mainstream?Premises of This StudyPlan of the Book1. Early Eurasianism, 1920–1930The Life and Death of a Current of ThoughtA Philosophy of PoliticsA Geographic IdeologyAn Ambiguous OrientalismConclusions2. Lev Gumilëv: A Theory of Ethnicity?From Dissidence to Public Endorsement: An Atypical Biography"The Last Eurasianist"?Gumilëv's Episteme: Subjecting the Humanities to the Natural SciencesTheories of the Ethnos or Naturalistic DeterminismThe Complex History of the Eurasian TotalityXenophobia, Mixophobia, and Anti-SemitismGumilëv, Russian Nationalism, and Soviet EthnologyConclusions3. Aleksandr Panarin: Philosophy of History and the Revival of CulturalismIs There a Unified Neo-Eurasianist Theory?From Liberalism to Conservatism: Panarin's Intellectual Biography"Civilizationism" and "Postmodernism"Rehabilitating Empire: "Civilizational" Pluralism and Ecumenical TheocracyHighlighting Russia's "Internal East"Conclusions4. Aleksandr Dugin: A Russian Version of the European Radical Right?Dugin's Social Trajectory and Its SignificanceA Russian Version of Antiglobalism: Dugin's Geopolitical TheoriesTraditionalism as the Foundation of Dugin's ThoughtThe Russian Proponent of the New Right?Fascism, Conservative Revolution, and National BolshevismA Veiled Anti-SemitismEthno-Differentialism and the Idea of Russian DistinctivenessConclusions5. The View from "Within": Non-Russian Neo-Eurasianism and IslamThe Emergence of Muslim Eurasianist Political PartiesThe Eurasianist Games of the Russian MuftiatesTatarstan: The Pragmatic Eurasianism of Russia's "Ethnic" RegionsConclusions6. Neo-Eurasianism in Kazakhstan and TurkeyKazakhstan: Eurasianism in PowerThe Turkish Case: On the Confusion between Turkism, Pan-Turkism, and EurasianismConclusion: The Evolution of the Eurasian(ist) IdeaThe Unity of EurasianismOrganicism at the Service of Authoritarianism: "Revolution" or "Conservatism"?Nationalism: Veiled or Openly Espoused: The Cultural Racism of EurasianismScience, Political Movement, or Think Tank?Is Eurasianism Relevant to Explanations of Contemporary Geopolitical Change?Psychological Compensation or Part of a Global Phenomenon?NotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisThis multidisciplinary, comprehensive assessment of the state of aging and work addresses a wide range of topics relevant to academic researchers and practitioners, government and industry leaders, and workers and managers in the public and private sectors.Trade ReviewA comprehensive, well-written volume addressing the numerous issues created by the interface of an aging workforce with the array of economic, global, information and technology-driven changes occurring in society. The conclusion provides an excellent summary of the volume and an outline of needed future directions for research and policy changes. This insightful volume will be of particular interest to researchers and practitioners concerned about the complex issues surrounding work and an aging population. Choice 2010Table of ContentsList of ContributorsForeword, by Richard Suzman Acknowledgments Introduction: Emerging Challenges for Organizations and Older Workers in the Twenty-first Century Part I: Employment Patterns and DemographicsChapter 1. Institutional and Individual Responses to Structural Lag: The Changing Patterns of Work at Older AgesChapter 2. Caregiving and Employment Chapter 3. Aging and Work: An International PerspectivePart II: Implications of an Aging WorkforceChapter 4. The Politics of Work and Aging: Public Policy for the New EldersChapter 5. Implications of an Aging Workforce: An Industry PerspectivePart III: The Changing Nature of JobsChapter 6. Trends in Job Demands and the Implications for Older Workers Chapter 7. Telework and Older WorkersChapter 8. Collaborative Work: What's Age Got to Do with It? Chapter 9. The Issues and Opportunities of Entrepreneurship after Age 50 Part IV: Work Performance IssuesChapter 10. Managers' Attitudes toward Older Workers: A Review of the Evidence Chapter 11. Work and Older Adults: Motivation and Performance Chapter 12. Skill Acquisition in Older Adults: Psychological Mechanisms Chapter 13. Preparing Organizations and Workers for Current and Future Employment: Training and Retraining Chapter 14. Age and Performance Measures of Knowledge-Based Work: A Cognitive PerspectivePart V: Workplace and Ergonomic IssuesChapter 15. Ergonomic Design of Workplaces for the Aging Population Chapter 16. Safety and Health Issues for an Aging WorkforceChapter 17. Work Organization and Health in an Aging Workforce: Observations from the NIOSH Quality of Life Survey Chapter 18. Health Promotion and Wellness Programs for Older Workers Conclusion. Synthesis and Future Directions Index

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Book SynopsisClear and accessible, this cutting-edge contemporary policy analysis will engage scholars of US foreign policy and international relations as well as policymakers grappling with the importance of energy security in today's world.Trade ReviewGlobal Energy Security and American Hegemony should definitely be on your reading list. -- Aaron W. Hughey Daily News 2010 This well-researched book is impressive in its scholarship and insightful analysis of US pursuit of hegemony in oil-rich regions... Highly recommended. Choice 2011Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroduction: Global Oil Supplies and US Intervention1. US Hegemony and Global Energy Security2. Counterinsurgency and the Stabilization of Order3. The Persian Gulf and Beyond4. The Caspian Basin: US Oil Hegemony in the Former Soviet Union5. West Africa: Stabilizing the Gulf of Guinea6. Latin America: Capital, Crude, and Counterinsurgency in America's "Backyard"Conclusion: The Futures of American Hegemony?NotesIndex

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Book SynopsisClear and accessible, this cutting-edge contemporary policy analysis will engage scholars of US foreign policy and international relations as well as policymakers grappling with the importance of energy security in today's world.Trade ReviewGlobal Energy Security and American Hegemony should definitely be on your reading list. -- Aaron W. Hughey Daily News 2010 This well-researched book is impressive in its scholarship and insightful analysis of US pursuit of hegemony in oil-rich regions... Highly recommended. Choice 2011Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroduction: Global Oil Supplies and US Intervention1. US Hegemony and Global Energy Security2. Counterinsurgency and the Stabilization of Order3. The Persian Gulf and Beyond4. The Caspian Basin: US Oil Hegemony in the Former Soviet Union5. West Africa: Stabilizing the Gulf of Guinea6. Latin America: Capital, Crude, and Counterinsurgency in America's "Backyard"Conclusion: The Futures of American Hegemony?NotesIndex

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Book SynopsisTheoretically grounded and based on the newest research, Gender and Higher Education provides an excellent overview for students of higher education, gender studies, and sociology, as well as for anyone interested in the current state of scholarship and practice.Trade ReviewGender and Higher Education provides an excellent overview for students of higher education, gender studies, and sociology, as well as for anyone interested in the current state of scholarship and practice... You will want to have this book in your library. Book Bargains and Previews 2011Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroductionPart I: Theoretical Perspectives and Educational ResearchOverviewChapter 1. Academic CapitalismChapter 2. Black Feminism, Womanism, and Standpoint TheoriesChapter 3. College Student DevelopmentChapter 4. Feminist Critiques of Educational Research and PracticesChapter 5. Feminist Reproduction TheoryChapter 6. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Identity Development TheoriesChapter 7. LIberal and Radical FeminismsChapter 8. Multicultural and Global FeminismsChapter 9. Postmodern and Poststructural TheoriesChapter 10. Queer TheoryPart II: Instritutional Structures and ContextsChapter 11. Coeducational Colleges and UniversitiesChapter 12. Community CollegeChapter 13. Distance EducationChapter 14. Historically Black Colleges and UniversitiesChapter 15. Men's College and UniversitiesChapter 16. Military Colleges and AcademiesChapter 17. Tribal Colleges and UniversitiesChapter 18. Women's Colleges and UniversitiesPart III: Gender Constructions and Controversies in the Academic CurriculumChapter 19. Academic Programs: Undergraduate, Graduate, and ProfessionalChapter 20. Biological and Physical SciencesChapter 21. Black Studies and Black Women's StudiesChapter 22. EngineeringChapter 23. Feminist PedagogyChapter 24. From Home Economics to Family and Consumer SciencesChapter 25. HistoryChapter 26. Literary StudiesChapter 27. MathematicsChapter 28. Men's StudiesChapter 29. Multicultural EducationChapter 30. Teach EducationChapter 31. Technology and Computer ScienceChapter 32. Women's and Gender StudiesPart IV: Gender Constructions in the ExtracurriculumChapter 33. Campus Resources and Support for LGBTQQIA Students, Faculty and StaffChapter 34. FraternitiesChapter 35. Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC)Chapter 36. Service Learning and ActivismChapter 37. SoroitiesChapter 38. Women's CentersV. Gendered Faculty and AdministrationChapter 39. Academic Career PatternsChapter 40. Administrative Leadership SylesChapter 41. Advising and Mentoring Graduate StudentsChapter 42. Faculty WorkloadsChapter 43. Mentoring Women FacultyVI: Gender and Higher Education PoliciesChapter 44. Affirmative ActionChapter 45. Evaluation Policies for AcademicsChapter 46. Sexual Harassment Policies and PracticesChapter 47. Students' RightsChapter 48. Title IX and College AthleticsChapter 49. University Women's Commissions and Policy DiscoursesChapter 50. Work-Family Conflicts and PoliciesContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive analysis of the significant questions facing this crucial profession, The American Academic Profession will be welcomed by students and scholars as well as by administrators and policy makers concerned with the future of the academy.Trade ReviewVery highly recommended. Choice The five sections in The American Academic Profession provide a wide range of insights about changes in the faculty role at research universities. -- Todd Lundberg & Clifton F. Conrad Teachers College RecordTable of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction. The Professoriate's Perilous PathPart I: Structural and Cognitive ChangeChapter 1. Optimizing Research and Teaching: The Bifurcation of Faculty Roles at Research UniversitiesChapter 2. Focus on the Classroom: Movements to Reform College Teaching and Learning, 1980– 2008Chapter 3. Whose Educational Space? Negotiating Professional Jurisdiction in the High-Tech AcademyChapter 4. American Academe and the Knowledge-Politics ProblemPart II: Socialization and DevianceChapter 5. The Socialization of Future Faculty in a Changing Context: Traditions, Challenges, and PossibilitiesChapter 6. Professionalism in Graduate Teaching and MentoringPart III: Experience of the Academic CareerChapter 7. Scholarly Learning and the Academic Profession in a Time of ChangeChapter 8. Anomie in the American Academic ProfessionPart IV: Autonomy and RegulationChapter 9. Academic Freedom, Professional Autonomy, and the StateChapter 10. Codes of Commerce: The Uses of Business Rhetoric in the American Academy, 1960– 2000Chapter 11. The Meaning of Regulation in a Changing Academic ProfessionPart V: Contemporary and Historical ViewsChapter 12. Professional Control in the Complex University: Maintaining the Faculty RoleChapter 13. All That Glittered Was Not Gold: Rethinking American Higher Education's Golden Age, 1945– 1970Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisAn unflinching look at the challenges and misunderstandings mixed-race people face in family spaces and intimate relationships across their varying cultural backgroundsIn this emotionally powerful and intellectually provocative blend of memoir, cultural criticism, and theory, scholar and essayist Samira Mehta reflects on many facets of being multiracial.Born to a white American and a South Asian immigrant, Mehta grew up feeling more comfortable with her mother’s family than her father’s—they never carried on conversations in languages she couldn’t understand or blamed her for finding the food was too spicy. In adulthood, she realized that some of her Indian family’s assumptions about the world had become an indelible part of her—and that her well-intentioned parents had not known how to prepare her for a world that would see her as a person of color.Popular belief assumes that mixedness gives you the ability to feel at

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Book SynopsisThursby cites rituals for loved ones separated at the time of death, the frivolities surrounding death, funeral foods and feasts, post-funeral rites and ongoing commemorations, and many other facets of the American way of dealing with death.

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Book SynopsisDrawing on interviews with more than 220 residents from ten communities in five Appalachian counties, Power and Place gives voice to rural citizens whose place at the table is far from assured with regard to critical energy, environmental, and infrastructure decisions.Table of ContentsThe Place of Power The Loss Using Place to Establish Identity Using Land to Make a Living and a Life Using Place to Create and Maintain Historical Continuity Using Place to Build and Maintain Living Community Using Place to Teach Culture's Ways Using Place to Confront Threats to the Environment and Culture The Culture Wars, Anthropology, and the Law Culture Wars Continued Cultural Conservation and Cultural Confrontations Culture War Strategies Conclusion Acknowledgements Notes References

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Book SynopsisThis fully revised and updated edition of Social Psychology is an engaging exploration of the question, what makes us who we are? presented in a new, streamlined fashion. Grounded in the latest research, Social Psychology explains the methods by which social psychologists investigate human behavior in a social context and the theoretical perspectives that ground the discipline. Each chapter is designed to be a self-contained unit for ease of use in any classroom. This edition features new boxes providing research updates and test yourself opportunities, a focus on critical thinking skills, and an increased emphasis on diverse populations and their experiences. Table of ContentsPreface 1 Introduction to Social Psychology 2 Research Methods in Social Psychology 3 Socialization Through the Life Course 4 Self and Self-Esteem 5 Self-Presentation and Impression Management 6 Emotions 7 Social Perception and Cognition 8 Attitudes 9 Symbolic Communication and Language 10 Social Influence and Persuasion 11 Altruism and Prosocial Behavior 12 Aggression 13 Deviant Behavior and Social Reaction 14 Interpersonal Attraction and Relationships 15 Understanding Groups 16 Group Processes 17 Social Structure and Personality Glossary References Index

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