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Fathering at Risk: Helping Nonresidential Fathers Fathering at Risk: Helping Nonresidential Fathers
by James R Dudley

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This book profiles three groups of nonresidential fathers--teens, older fathers, and unmarried or divorced fathers. It promotes a fuller understanding of their problems, and offers an array of strategies for involving them in their children's lives... (read more)

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Gang Intervention Handbook Gang Intervention Handbook
by Arnold P Goldstein

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Nationally recognized professionals join Dr. Goldstein and Dr. Huff in this unparalleled presentation of gang intervention strategies and tactics. Covers psychological, contextual, and criminal justice interventions The book focuses on both preventive... (read more)

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Shaping Suburbia: How Political Institutions Organize Urban Development (Pitt Series in Policy and Institutitonal Studies) Shaping Suburbia: How Political Institutions Organize Urban Development (Pitt Series in Policy and Institutitonal Studies)
by Paul Lewis

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"Paul Lewis ... makes a compelling theoretical argument that institutional choices have important social and economic consequences". Carl Abbott, Portland State... (read more)

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Programs in Aid of the Poor 7TH Edition Programs in Aid of the Poor 7TH Edition
by Sar A Levitan

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The revised and updated seventh edition of this standard work for students, scholars, and policymakers takes into account the broad changes in federal assistance programs since 1991. It reviews the steady erosion of entitlement programs to families with... (read more)

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Maybe One: a Personal & Environmental Argument for Single-Child Families Maybe One: a Personal & Environmental Argument for Single-Child Families
by Bill Mckibben

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From the groundbreaking author of The End of Nature -- a provocative book that presents a compelling, environmentally sound argument for saving the planet through voluntary population control. Bill McKibben's books and essays on our environment -- both... (read more)

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Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal (P.S.) Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal (P.S.)
by Eric Schlosser

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To a degree both engrossing and alarming, the story of fast food is the story of postwar America. Though created by a handful of mavericks, the fast food industry has triggered the homogenization of our society. Fast food has hastened the malling of our... (read more)

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Mercy on Trial: What It Means to Stop an Execution Mercy on Trial: What It Means to Stop an Execution
by Austin Sarat

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On January 11, 2003, Illinois Governor George Ryan--a Republican on record as saying that some crimes are so horrendous . . . that society has a right to demand the ultimate penalty--commuted the capital sentences of all 167 prisoners on his state's... (read more)

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Anytime Playdate: Inside the Preschool Entertainment Boom, Or, How Television Became My Baby's Best Friend Anytime Playdate: Inside the Preschool Entertainment Boom, Or, How Television Became My Baby's Best Friend
by Dade Hayes

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In this eye-opening book, the first to investigate the explosion of the multibillion-dollar preschool entertainment business and its effects on families, Dade Hayes -- an entertainment expert, author, and concerned father -- lifts the veil on the closely... (read more)

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Understanding Marijuana: A New Look at the Scientific Evidence Understanding Marijuana: A New Look at the Scientific Evidence
by Mitchell Earleywine

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Marijuana is the world's most popular illicit drug, with hundreds of millions of regular users worldwide. One in three Americans has smoked pot at least once. The Drug Enforcement Agency estimates that Americans smoke five million pounds of marijuana... (read more)

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Pornocopia :porn, sex, technology and desire Pornocopia :porn, sex, technology and desire
by Lawrence Otoole

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In Pornocopia, Laurence O'Toole argues that the expansion of the new technologies -- video, cable, the internet -- is substantially changing the status of porn in society. As it becomes more and more current -- used by women, couples, gay men, fetishists... (read more)

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Metroburbia, USA Metroburbia, USA
by Paul L Knox

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Knox addresses key areas of concern and importance to todays urban planners and suburban residents including McMansions, traffic disasters, house design, homeowners associations, exclusionary politics, and big box stores. It is a broad interpretation of... (read more)

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Real Love: In Pursuit of Cultural Justice Real Love: In Pursuit of Cultural Justice
by Andrew Ross

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In a world increasingly beset by ethnocultural conflicts, the pursuit of cultural rights has taken on new urgency. Claims for cultural justice affect economic distribution as much as they address demands for recognition from marginalized groups. It is... (read more)

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The Zoning of America: Euclid V. Ambler (Landmark Law Cases & American Society) The Zoning of America: Euclid V. Ambler (Landmark Law Cases & American Society)
by Michael Allan Wolf

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When the Cleveland suburb of Euclid first zoned its land in 1922, the Ambler Realty Company was left with a sizable tract it could no longer sell for industrial use--and so the company sued. What emerged was the seminal zoning case in American history... (read more)

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And the Poor Get Welfare: The Ethics of Poverty in the United States And the Poor Get Welfare: The Ethics of Poverty in the United States
by Warren Copeland

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This overview of the poverty problem begins by summarizing our current situation, with emphasis on its spiritual dimensions. It then places these issues within the American historical context. The core of the book is the presentation of alternative ways... (read more)

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Who Should Care for the Elderly?: An East-West Value Divide Who Should Care for the Elderly?: An East-West Value Divide
by William Liu

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This book comprises a collection of refereed and edited papers that originated from an invited conference on East-West Values in Elder Care held in Hong Kong in 1996. Organised under Western or Eastern Perspectives, the contributions reflect the belief... (read more)

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California Studies in Food and Culture #3: Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition California Studies in Food and Culture #3: Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition
by Marion Nestle

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We all witness, in advertising and on supermarket shelves, the fierce competition for our food dollars. In this engrossing expose, Marion Nestle goes behind the scenes to reveal how the competition really works and how it affects our health. The... (read more)

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Metropolis: Center and Symbol of Our Times (Works of Charles Darwin) Metropolis: Center and Symbol of Our Times (Works of Charles Darwin)
by Philip Kasinitz

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The modern city is the nexus of culture, politics, and art. Despite the manifold problems cities face, more and more Americans are abandoning rural areas and relocating to urban centers. By the year 2000, 4 out of 5 Americans will live within one hour of... (read more)

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The Gospel of Food: Why We Should Stop Worrying and Enjoy What We Eat (P.S.) The Gospel of Food: Why We Should Stop Worrying and Enjoy What We Eat (P.S.)
by Barry Glassner

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From the author of the national bestseller "The Culture of Fear" comes a rallying cry to abandon food fads and myths for calmer and more pleasurable eating.... (read more)

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Welfare Hot Buttons: Women, Work, and Social Policy Reform Welfare Hot Buttons: Women, Work, and Social Policy Reform
by Sylvia B Bashevkin

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Welfare Hot Buttons provides one of the first comprehensive assessments of contemporary social policy change in three Western countries: Canada, the United States, and Great Britain. Sylvia Bashevkin probes the fate of single mothers on social assistance... (read more)

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Bibliographies and Indexes in Sociology #26: Delinquency and Juvenile Justice: An International Bibliography Bibliographies and Indexes in Sociology #26: Delinquency and Juvenile Justice: An International Bibliography
by Clayton A Hartjen

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The bulk of research and writing in criminology remains highly, if not intentionally, ethnocentric and culturally bound. The field does exhibit a growing awareness of the potential insights we might gain from research in political and judicial systems... (read more)

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