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Regional Household Differentials: Structures and Processes
by Leon Crommentuijn  Publisher Comments Demographic household forecasts are of a very high standard. Further improvements should be looked for in a better understanding of regional differences in household structure and processes. This book provides insight into the background to regional...
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Passive Resistance
by Lloyd E. Busch Publisher Comments Passive resistance, or nonviolent action, is quickly growing in popularity today as people realize that violence doesn't work or is not the best way to solve a conflict. Nonviolence is not passivity and it is not inaction; nonviolence is confrontational...
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Globalization of Nothing (04 - Old Edition)
by George Ritzer Publisher Comments The Globalization of Nothing is one of the most original analyses of forces operating in the world today. Ritzer presents a new thesis -- indeed a grand narrative-- on the dynamics of globalizaton. The production and distribution of nothing or social...
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The Case for Make-Believe: Saving Play in Our Commercialized World
by Susan Linn Publisher Comments From the author of Consuming Kids, a clarion call for preserving play in our material world, a book every parent will want to read. In the nationally celebrated Consuming Kids, Susan Linn provided an unsparing look at how modern childhood is molded by...
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Oh No, We Forgot to Have Children!: How Declining Birth Rates Are Reshaping Our Society
by Deirdre Macken Publisher Comments Addressing the declining birth rates in developed countries, this informative sociological analysis honestly and unashamedly examines the fertility issues taking center stage in the political arena and public eye, presenting ways in which men and women...
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Gendered Society (3RD 08 Edition)
by Michael S. Kimmel Publisher Comments Thoroughly updated and revised, the second edition of The Gendered Society explores current thinking about gender, both inside academia and in our everyday lives. Part I examines the latest work in biology, anthropology, psychology, and sociology; Part...
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Holy Intoxication to Drunken Dissipation: Alcohol Among Quichua Speakers in Otavalo, Ecuador
by Barbara Y. Butler Publisher Comments "Holy Intoxication to Drunken Dissipation" examines how the defense of drinking and getting drunk ended abruptly as the people of Otavalo re-evaluated their traditional religious life and their relationship with the wider Ecuadorian society....
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The Ring of Myths
by Naama Sheffi Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-174) and index....
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Making Social Policy: the Mechanisms of Government and Politics, and How To Investigate Them (UK Edition)
by Peter Levin Synopsis Starting from first principles, this book examines policy-making through concepts drawn not from academic theories and interpretations, but directly from the experiences and perceptions of the politicians, officials and others. It also explains how to...
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Emile Durkheim: Selected Writings
by Emile Durkheim Publisher Comments 'Durkheim\'s writings have exerted a profound influence in modern sociology. Many of his ideas have been incorporated into the conventional wisdom of the subject; others have remained controversial, and are a matter of continuing debate. The reception of...
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End-of-life Decision Making
by Robert H. (edt) Blank Publisher Comments Experts analyze death-related issues and policies in twelve countries, discussing health care costs, advance directives, pain management, cultural, social, and religious factors, and other topics....
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Pharmaceutical Reason: Knowledge and Value in Global Psychiatry (Cambridge Studies in Society and the Life Sciences)
by Andrew Lakoff Publisher Comments An arresting case-study highlighting the social and political implications of a new ???pharmaceutical??? way of thinking about human behaviour....
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Possibilities and Limitations : Multicultural Policies and Programs in Canada (05 Edition)
by Carl James Publisher Comments Canada's multicultural policies and their effects on Canadian society are examined in this diverse collection of essays. Changes the Canadian government must bring about if it is going to develop policies, programs, and practices that will bring about...
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Desis in the House : Indian American Youth Culture in New York City (02 Edition)
by Sunaina Marr Maira Publisher Comments She sports a nose-ring and duppat (a scarf worn by South Asian women) along with the latest fashion in slinky club wear; he's decked out in Tommy gear. Their moves on the crowded dance floor, blending Indian film dance with break-dancing, attract no...
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Theory and Methods in Sociology: An Introduction to Sociological Thinking and Practice
by John A. Hughes Publisher Comments This book offers a guide to sociology that explores its theoretical and methodological dimensions. Providing the student with a sense of the reasoned character of the discipline, it traces how different theories and methods relate to one another...
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African Dynamics, #4: African Dynamics, Vanguard or Vandals: Youth, Politics and Conflict in Africa
by Jon Abbink And Ineke Van Kessel Publisher Comments This book contains a range of original studies on one of the major challenges in Africa today: the controversial role of youth in politics, conflict and rebellious movements. The issue is not only the drafting of child soldiers into insurgent armies or...
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Blackwell Readers in American Social and Cultural History #6: American Sexual Histories
by Reis Publisher Comments "American Sexual Histories" is a first-rate collection of fourteen articles investigating human sexuality in America from the colonial period to the modern day. Arranged chronologically, each chapter contains an introduction and one major article; plus...
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Japan and the California Problem
by T. Iyenaga Publisher Comments Japan and The California Problem - 1921 - CONTENTS CHAPTER I PACE INTRODUCTO . RY 3 CHAPTER I1 JAPANESE TRAIT A S N D PI ILOSOP O H F Y LI FE . 9 Emotional Nature--fisthetic Temperament--Group Consciousness - Adaptable Disposition - Spirit of Proletarian...
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Social Work: A Companion to Learning
by Mark Lymbery And Karen Postle Publisher Comments '\'\\\'Chris James, Michael Connolly, Gerald Dunning and Tony Elliott have produced a comprehensive analysis of the very effective primary school. Although the research for the book draws on the authors\\\' experiences in Welsh Primary Schools, the range...
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Liberalism in the Bedroom: Quarreling Spouses in Nineteenth-Century Lima
by Christine Hunefeldt Publisher Comments This book tells the story of how ordinary Peruvian men and women experienced their lives and especially their marriages in a patriarchal society and how, through the struggles involved in divorce, women tried to defend their rights and in the process...
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