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A Better World for Children: Explorations in Morality and Authority
By exploring such diverse issues as the management of child abuse, legal reforms following sex abuse enquiries, moral explanations for child murderers, the impossible task faced by social workers and … mehr »
geschrieben von Michael King (Autor) und Michael King (Autor)
A Devil's Triangle: Terrorism, Weapons of Mass Destruction, and Rogue States
In a cold, hard slap across the face of Americans, Brookes warns that the terrorist threat … mehr »
geschrieben von Peter Brookes (Autor)
A Different Vision: African American Economic Thought
Since the civil rights movement of the 1960s, research into race relations has tended to focus on political and social inequality rather than the economic impact of racism. "A Different Vision: … mehr »
geschrieben von Thomas D. Boston (Herausgeber)
A Game of Polo with a Headless Goat: And Other Bizarre Sports Discovered Across Asia
Born in Bradford in 1969 into a sports-loving family, Emma Levine graduated in graphic design in 1991. Spurning the design world, she immediately left England for a trip around Asia with a camera and … mehr »
geschrieben von Emma Levine (Autor)
A is for Ox: The Collapse of Literacy and the Rise of Violence in an Electronic Age
The failure of increasing numbers of young people to attain even minimum levels of literacy signals a catastrophe at the deepest levels of our culture. A Is for Ox is an important and impassioned work … mehr »
geschrieben von Barry Sanders (Autor)
We have become a nation of informers and professional meddlers. From social action and "concerned" citizen groups to psychiatrists and government bureaucrats, there is always someone watching. This … mehr »
geschrieben von Charles Edgley (Autor) und Dennis Brissett (Autor) und Dennis Brissett (Autor)
A Palestinian Christian Cry for Reconciliation
This sequel to Justice and Only Justice is divided into three parts. The first part focuses on events since the Intifada of 1987, including the violence that has come from Israel's aggression and from … mehr »
geschrieben von Naim Stifan Ateek (Autor)
There is little question that the descendants of the new European immigrant groups from Southern, Central, and Eastern Europe have done very well in the United States, reaching levels of achievement … mehr »
geschrieben von Stanley Lieberson (Autor)
A Poison Stronger Than Love: The Destruction of an Ojibwa Community
In the early morning of November 7, 1976, I climbed into a pickup truck in front of the Holiday Inn in Kenora, Ontario, and set out on a journey that would profoundly affect my life. My destination … mehr »
geschrieben von Anastasia M. Shkilnyk (Autor) und Anestasia Shkilnyk (Autor) und Hiro Miyamatsu (Fotograf)
A Rage for Order: Black-White Relations in the American South Since Emancipation
The Crucible of Race, a major reinterpretation of black-white relations in the South, was widely acclaimed on publication and compared favorably to two of the seminal books on Southern history: Wilbur … mehr »
geschrieben von Joel Williamson (Autor)
The picturesque town of Dreux, 60 miles west of Paris, quietly entered history in 1821, when Victor Hugo won the hand of his beloved there. Another century and a half would pass before the town made … mehr »
geschrieben von Francoise Gaspard (Autor) und Franoise Gaspard (Autor) und Franaoise Gaspard (Autor)
"Janet Horne's book provides not only an excellent history of the Musee Social but also an important new perspective on the activities of turn-of-the-twentieth-century reform networks. It demonstrates … mehr »
geschrieben von Janet R. Horne (Autor) und Janet R. Horne (Autor)
Abiding Courage: African American Migrant Women and the East Bay Community
'This book is a masterful study that helps us understand the crucial nexus between race, gender, and culture in explaining both the World War II-era black migration and its profound consequences for … mehr »
geschrieben von Gretchen Lemke-Santangelo (Autor)
Treatise from the movement for abolition of … mehr »
Acts of Aggression: Policing "Rogue" States
Noam Chomsky and Edward W. Said's in-depth analysis of the contradictions and consequences of U.S. foreign policy toward "rogue states"; U.S.-Arab relations; and how American military actions abroad … mehr »
geschrieben von Noam Chomsky (Autor) und Edward W. Said (Orchester)
Acts of Compassion: Caring for Others and Helping Ourselves
Vigorously argued, beautifully written, drawing intelligently on evidence from surveys and from some extraordinary interviews, Acts of Compassion sheds a great deal of light on a central area of … mehr »
geschrieben von Robert Wuthnow (Autor)
Addressing Community Problems: Psychological Research and Interventions
Addressing Community Problems: An Introduction - 1. STUART OSKAMP and XIMENA B. ARRIAGA - Part I: Discrimination and Violence - 2. Community Stressors and Racism: Structural and Individual … mehr »
geschrieben von Ximena Arriaga (Autor) und Stuart Oskamp (Autor) und Stuart Oskamp (Herausgeber)
Comprised of essays that delineate the genesis and evolution of the thought and work of pioneers in the field of social issues and education. This book introduces the reader to the significant work of … mehr »
geschrieben von Samuel Totten (Herausgeber) und Jon Pedersen (Herausgeber)
Addressing the World: National Identity and Internet Country Code Domains
Few people think of an Internet domain name like .us or .in as anything other than an address--when, in fact, it often serves as a roadmap to national identities and priorities. Addressing the World … mehr »
geschrieben von Erica Schlesinger Wass (Autor)
Adolescents at Risk: Prevalence and Prevention
This book will be essential for social and developmental psychologists, … mehr »
geschrieben von Joy G. Dryfoos (Autor)
When Lauck wrote *The Tactical Marksman* in 1996, it quickly became a sought-after training manual for police, military and civilian marksmen alike. Now one of the most respected names in … mehr »
geschrieben von Dave M. Lauck (Autor) und Massad Ayoob (Solist) und John M. , III Peterson (Solist)
Africa Dances: A Book about West African Negroes
Originally published in 1935, Africa Dances takes the reader on an odyssey across West Africa, in the company of one of the great black ballet stars of 1930s Paris (Feral Benga). It's a devastating … mehr »
geschrieben von Geoffrey Gorer (Autor)
After Welfare: The Culture of Postindustrial Social Policy
Do contemporary welfare policies reflect the realities of the economy and the needs of those in need of public assistance, or are they based on outdated and idealized notions of work and family life? … mehr »
geschrieben von Sanford F. Schram (Autor)
Aftermaths: Exile, Migration, and Diaspora Reconsidered
Aftermaths is a collection of essays offering compelling new ideas on exile, migration, and diaspora that have emerged in the global age. In seeking fresh perspectives on the movement of people and … mehr »
geschrieben von Marcus Paul Bullock (Herausgeber) und Peter Y. Paik (Herausgeber)
Aggression and Its Causes: A Biopsychosocial Approach
Aggression and Its Causes explores the causes and control of aggression from a broad scientific perspective, offering many recent findings on aggression and integrating several perspectives often … mehr »
geschrieben von John W. Renfrew (Autor)
Agroterrorism: A Guide for First Responders
A manual designed to help rural communities prepare for an act of agroterrorism. It explains why the US agriculture industry is a target for terrorists and how farms and farming communities across the … mehr »
geschrieben von Jason B. Moats (Autor)
A startling insight into how the West is failing Africa and what … mehr »
geschrieben von Giles Bolton (Autor)
All Alone in the World: Children of the Incarcerated
One in ten American children has a parent under criminal justice supervision--incarcerated, on probation, or on parole. Moving stories of real families show how the children of the incarcerated are … mehr »
geschrieben von Nell Bernstein (Autor)
All Creation is Groaning: An Interdisciplinary Vision for Life in a Sacred Universe
..". a unique example of the marvelous insights that can be achieved from an interdisciplinary venture that weaves together rather than compartmentalizes perspectives of theology and philosophy, … mehr »
geschrieben von Carol J. Dempsey (Herausgeber) und Russell A. Butkus (Herausgeber)
All God's Children and Blue Suede Shoes: Christians and Popular Culture
A magnificent and timely book. Fresh, witty, informative, trenchant, and eminently sane, Ken Myers's book is a must for thoughtful evangelicals....I only hope there are enough of them left to read … mehr »
geschrieben von Kenneth Myers (Autor) und Marvin Olasky (Herausgeber)
This book discusses altruism as a sociological category similar to the concept of social capital. The author explains why pro-social action is the basis for social capital, and analyzes sociological … mehr »
geschrieben von Armida Salvati (Autor)
American Catholic Lay Groups and Transatlantic Social Reform in the Progressive Era
Moloney traces the development of Catholic reform organizations in Progressive America. Exploring their work establishing settlement houses, promoting temperance, and aiding immigrants and the poor, … mehr »
geschrieben von Deirdre M. Moloney (Autor)
American Indian Life Skills Development Curriculum
Suicide is a significant problem for many adolescents in Native American Indian populations. "American Indian Life Skills Development Curriculum" is a course for high school students and some middle … mehr »
geschrieben von Teresa D. Lafromboise (Autor)
American Mixed Race: The Culture of Microdiversity: The Culture of Microdiversity
This exciting multidisciplinary collection brings together twenty-two original essays by scholars on the cutting edge of racial theory, who address both the American concept of race and the specific … mehr »
geschrieben von Naomi Zack (Autor)
American Mythos: Why Our Best Efforts to Be a Better Nation Fall Short
The power of America's deep unspoken culture, tied as it is to our dominant institutions, has never been analyzed more profoundly than in Robert Wuthnow's stunning new book American Mythos. Taking a … mehr »
geschrieben von Robert Wuthnow (Autor)
America's Great War: World War I and the American Experience
Much has been written on World War I, but few books focus solely on America's involvement in the war as successfully as Robert H. Zieger. In America's Great War, Zieger concentrates his attention on … mehr »
geschrieben von Robert H. Zieger (Autor)
Analyzing Costs, Procedures, Processes, and Outcomes in Human Services: An Introduction
The Scientist-Manager-Practitioner and Cost - Procedure - Process - Outcome Analysis
Cost Assessment
Measuring the Value of Resources Used
Monitoring Procedures, Processes, and …
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geschrieben von Brian T. Yates (Autor)
Anarchitexts: Voices from the Global Digital Resistance
Radical essays from the global underground on art, technology, autonomous culture and the politics of the future. Writers and artists from Russia, Romania, India, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Italy, Germany, … mehr »
geschrieben von Joanne Richardson (Herausgeber)
A distinguished legal scholar and civil rights activist employs a series of dramatic fables and dialogues to … mehr »
geschrieben von Derrick A. Bell (Autor) und Derek Bell (Autor)
Animal Welfare and Meat Production
Animal welfare issues are becoming increasingly prominent in animal prodution, for both economic and moral reasons. This book presents a clear understanding of the relationship between the welfare of … mehr »
geschrieben von Neville G. Gregory (Autor) und Temple Grandin (Autor)
Annual Editions: Social Problems 05/06
This thirty-third edition of Annual Editions: Social Problems is a compilation of articles selected from the best of the public press including magazines, newspapers, and journals. This title is … mehr »
geschrieben von Kurt Finsterbusch (Autor)
Annual Editions: Social Welfare and Social Work 00/01
This annually updated reader is a compilation of current newspaper, magazine, and journal articles. These . well-illustrated articles by social scientists, educators, researchers, and writers provide … mehr »
geschrieben von Vincent E. Faherty (Autor) und Faherty Vincent (Autor)
Anthropology: The Exploration of Human Diversity: The Exploration of Human Diversity
A recent "National Academy of Sciences" inductee, Conrad Phillip Kottak offers an up-to-date holistic introduction to general anthropology from the four-field perspective. Kottak emphasizes why … mehr »
geschrieben von Conrad Phillip Kottak (Autor) und Kottak Conrad (Autor)
Antisemitismus und Gesellschaftstheorie
Währ Horkheimer und Adorno an der Dialektik der Aufklärung schrieben, begannen sie mit Vorarbeiten zu einem heute vergessenen empirischen Großprojekt: Bereits 1944 untersuchte das … mehr »
geschrieben von Eva-Maria Ziege (Autor)
What is anti-social behaviour?. Can it be dealt with effectively?. Is the problem exagerated? . . From the "Daily Mail's" claim of Britain being named Yob Capital of Europe, to the headline in "The … mehr »
geschrieben von Millie Andrew (Autor)
Applied Ethics and Social Problems: Moral Questions of Birth, Society and Death
Applied ethics designed to address practical questions is one of the most exciting areas in contemporary philosophy. Yet the relevance of ethical theories to social policy has been under-explored … mehr »
geschrieben von Tony Fitzpatrick (Autor)
Approaches to Community Governance: Models for Mixed Tenure Communities
Mixed housing tenure is here to stay. New housing developments that mix homeowners and social housing tenants are the norm. There is also an increasing focus on the "neighborhood" as the place for … mehr »
geschrieben von Martin Knox (Autor) und David Alcock (Autor)
Approaching Retirement: Social Divisions, Welfare and Exclusion
Amid predictions of a "demographic time bomb", governments and the private pensions industry urge everyone to plan and save now, but admit that there are risks. Will the pension funds deliver on their … mehr »
geschrieben von Kirk Mann (Autor)
Contents: Introduction: Frances F. Kaplan, Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, OR. Part I. Expanding the Therapeutic Role. 1. Art Therapy as a Tool for Social Change: A Conceptual Model. Dan Hocoy, … mehr »
geschrieben von Frances F. Kaplan (Herausgeber)
A monumental history of the controversial American tobacco industry, centering on one of its principal components--Phillip Morris--this book tells the story of the cigarette--modern society's most … mehr »
geschrieben von Richard Kluger (Autor)
Asian Children at Home and at School
This ethnographic study of a comprehensive school in the south of England explores the views of teachers, Asian parents and their children concerning education and schooling. Young people between the … mehr »
geschrieben von Ghazala Bhatti (Autor) und Bhatti Ghazala (Autor)
Asian-American Education: Prospects and Challenges
This survey for educators of all grade levels provides vivid descriptions of how each of seven major Asian-American ethnic groups is faring in public schools both linguistically and socioculturally, … mehr »
geschrieben von Clara C. Park (Herausgeber) und Marilyn Mei-Ying Chi (Herausgeber)
Asuntos Sociales: Informes del CQ Researcher En Espanol
Two forces have shaken the U.S. in recent years: the rise of terrorism and an unprecedented loss of jobs to outsourcing. The resulting war on terrorism and concern about job security have focused new … mehr »
geschrieben von CQ Press (Herausgeber)
Athenian Legacies: Essays on the Politics of Going on Together
This book is an inspiring achievement for both historians and citizens. A model of how to study antiquity, Athenian Legacies provides hope for the future of democratic practice and culture. It lays … mehr »
geschrieben von Josiah Ober (Autor)
Attitudes to Flexible Working and Family Life
This report, published in association with the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, is the first to examine attitudes towards flexible working and family life in the UK. Drawing on a questionnaire study of … mehr »
geschrieben von Diane M. Houston (Autor) und Julia A. Waumsley (Autor)
Aztlan: Essays on the Chicano Homeland
..." As a symbol for political action, a place of spiritual plentitude, or as a challenge to transcend ethnic borders, Aztlan emerges throughout these essays as one of the Chicano Movement's … mehr »
geschrieben von Anaya (Autor) und Rudolfo A. Anaya (Herausgeber) und Francisco Lomeli (Herausgeber)
Back to Shared Prosperity: The Growing Inequality of Wealth and Income in America
To what extent are major social and political problems caused by basic income and unemployment trends? Is it possible to restore the kind of broadly shared prosperity the U.S. once experienced before … mehr »
geschrieben von Ray Marshall (Herausgeber)
Bad Pastors: Clergy Misconduct in Modern America
Child-molesting priests, embezzled church treasures, philandering ministers and rabbis, even church-endorsed pyramid schemes that defraud gullible parishioners of millions of dollars: for the past … mehr »
geschrieben von Anson Shupe (Herausgeber) und William A. Stacey (Herausgeber) und Susan E. Darnell (Herausgeber)
Battling Terrorism in the Horn of Africa
With so much attention paid to Americas war on terror in Afghanistan and Iraq, the world has all but forgotten the spread of terrorism in other regions. One of the most dangerous regions is the … mehr »
geschrieben von Robert I. Rotberg (Herausgeber)
Better Off: Flipping the Switch on Technology
On a mission to prove that modern technological advances make lives more inconvenient and less … mehr »
geschrieben von Eric Brende (Autor)
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