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Welfare Magnets: A New Case for a National Standard by Paul E Peterson Publisher Comments Paul Peterson and Mark Rom find strong evidence that states with higher welfare benefits act as magnets by attracting poor people who would not otherwise move there or stay there. The authors identify the forces that have shaped national welfare policy... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $1.60 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list The Broken Hearth: Reversing the Moral Collapse of the American Family by William J Bennett Publisher Comments Today the American family is under siege as never before. From the dramatic rise in illegitimacy, divorce, cohabitation, and single parenthood to the call for recognition of gay marriages, the traditional nuclear family is being radically challenged and... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price $4.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Without a Net: Middle Class and Homeless (with Kids) in America: My Story by Michelle Kennedy Publisher Comments At twenty-four, Michelle Kennedy was an ex-college student, an ex-U.S. Senate intern, an ex- wife, and an ex-member of the middle class. Faced with an untenable home situation, Michelle and her three small children retreated to the only refuge they had... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price $9.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list A Dictionary of Sociology (Oxford Paperback Reference) by Gordon Marshall Publisher Comments From anomie to zietgeist, Oxford's Dictionary of Sociology, Second Edition is the most authoritative and up-to-date dictionary of sociology availabe in a single volume. Designed to meet the needs of those new to the subject, this fully updated and... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price $12.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list The Meaning of the 21st Century: A Vital Blueprint for Ensuring Our Future by James Martin Publisher Comments James Martin tells us that we are living in a turning point in human history. "We are traveling at breakneck speed into an era of extremes- extremes of wealth and poverty, extremes in technology, extremes of globalism. If we are to survive, we must learn... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $18.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Planning the City Upon a Hill: Boston Since 1630 by Lawrence Kennedy Publisher Comments "Kennedy balances a wealth of pertinent detail, comparisons with the history of other cities, and carefully chosen maps and aerial views to create a scholarly and well-written tome that will serve as a standard in the history of American urban planning".... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price $9.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Connections & Disconnections: Between Linguistics, Morality, Religion & Democracy by Tim Cooney Publisher Comments Has been likened to Socrates, if he had a sense of humor.... (read more) List Price $28.95 Your price $12.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Using Technology in Human Services Educa by Goutham M Menon Book News Annotation Eleven articles by social workers address various issues concerning the use of information technology in their field. Among the topics are the use of a site advisory committee for distance education, a report on a tele-learning community, an... (read more) List Price $60.00 Your price $12.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Terror in the Mind of God by Mark Juergensmeyer Publisher Comments Beneath the histories of religious traditions — from biblical wars to crusading ventures and great acts of martyrdom — violence has lurked as a shadowy presence. Images of death have never been far from the heart of religion's power to stir the... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price $11.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Global Mind Change: The Promise of the 21st Century by Willis Harman Publisher Comments An estimated 44 million people are classified as "cultural creatives"--progressives interested in ecology, globalism, and spirituality. In this intriguing guide, the author of "The New Business of Business" presents a clear case showing how the power of... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price $5.95 (Used - Mass Market) check for new and sale copies add to wish list

Sign up for our Recently Arrived Used Books newsletter service and find great used titles in Sociology on the very day they're added to our shelves. email address   Witch Hunts: From Salem to Guantanamo Bay by Robert Rapley Synopsis Witch hunts are the products of intense fear and paranoia and the results are often terrible. The accused in three famous witchcraft cases - in Bamberg and Wurzburg, Germany, in Loudun, France, and in Salem, Massachusetts - were assumed to be guilty... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price $19.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Population History and the Family (Journal of Interdisciplinary History) by Robert I Rotberg Publisher Comments This collection looks at the many dimensions of the study of populations and population movements.... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price $4.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Planning for a New Century, P by Jonathan Barnett Publisher Comments Across the United States, issues such as sustainability, smart growth, and livable communities are making headlines. Planning for a New Century brings together leading thinkers in the fields of planning, urban design, education, welfare, and housing to... (read more) List Price $32.00 Your price $18.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Globalization by Marce Suarez Orozco Publisher Comments This volume provides an eclectic range of perspectives on globalization and its drawbacks/potential.... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price $10.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list The Light of Conscience: How a Simple ACT Can Change Your Life by Bill Shore Publisher Comments "AN INSPIRATIONAL MEDITATION ON THE POWER OF CONSCIENCE--HOW A SIMPLE ACT, A MOMENT OF PURPOSE, CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE, YOUR COMMUNITY, EVEN THE WORLD <BR>We all struggle at times to know what to do to seek and abide our conscience--when right and... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price $9.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Britain's Population: Demographic Issues in Contemporary Society by Stephen Jackson Publisher Comments Exploring demographic characteristics of British society, this text shows that many of the contemporary features of the population relate to changes in the past--particularly the ups and downs in attitudes to marriage and family formation.... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price $4.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list The Vulnerable Child: What Really Hurts America's Children and What We Can Do about It by Richard Weissbourd Publisher Comments This revealing investigation shows the devastating impact of contemporary cultural trends on children. "Important. . . .Valuable. . . . Weissbourd forcefully contests our disturbing inclination to localize the problems of children among the poor, notably... (read more) List Price $17.50 Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Leaving Dirty Jersey: A Crystal Meth Memoir by James Salant Publisher Comments With his nickname, Dirty Jersey, tattooed on the inside of his left forearm, James Salant wanted everyone to know he was a tough guy. At the age of eighteen, after one too many run-ins with the cops for drug possession, he left his upper-middle-class... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $10.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list The Future of Us All: Race and Neighborhood Politics in New York City (Anthropology of Contemporary Issues) by Roger Sanjek Publisher Comments Before the next century is out, Americans of African, Asian, and Latin American ancestry will outnumber those of European origin. In the Elmhurst-Corona neighborhood of Queens, New York City, the transition occurred during the 197Os, and the area's two... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price $30.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list Meaning of General Theoretical Sociology: Tradition & Formalization by Thomas J Fararo Publisher Comments Describing the field of sociology as a comprehensive research tradition, this book analyzes the field's various sub-traditions, and demonstrates that many of these traditions not only intersect, but share conceptual components. In close analyses of its... (read more) List Price $120.00 Your price $23.40 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list

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