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To understand why people migrate during periods of modernization, Barbara Anderson contends that one must study the place of origin, since the persons at the origin are the potential migrant population. Using data from the 1897 Imperial Russian Census, the author examines two types of migration: that to an already settled, relatively modern area, s

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Using illustrations from past and current internal wars, thirteen social scientists here apply their many perspectives--derived from the fields of sociology, political science, and economics--to a variety of aspects of internal wars.

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This guide represents an academic assessment of the relationships between peoples in Africa and of African descent and "Afro" mass media around the world. It characterizes the settings and philosophical contexts for media in the countries that it surveys.

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This bestselling text is a unique introduction to the complex political, economic and technological context in which multinational media and culture operates. With new case studies and pedagogical features, the book is compulsory reading for all media and communication studies students.

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Homelessness and attitudes toward homelessness take different forms in developed and developing countries and from nation to nation, but the global dimensions of homelessness are accentuated by the economic and political disparities among nations.

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This reference summarizes and overviews current research on adolescence in 31 countries from around the world.

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The International Handbook of Women's Education focuses on the history, current status, and outcome of women's schooling.

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This handbook discusses 33 nations in terms of abortion's legal status, development of the policy, availability of contraception and abortion services, abortion rates, fertility trends, and the demographic/socioeconomic profiles of affected women.

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This valuable and unique reference surveys and synthesizes information on gender roles in more than thirty countries from around the world. The design of the chapters traces the development of gender roles across the life-cycle and affords an additional opportunity for comparing data.

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Social and economic change can often be traced through the movement of population at the national level. This compilation of 21 case studies, each focusing on a different country, looks at the question of internal migration within countries such as Botswana, Guatemala and the Netherlands.

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Although race relations in countries such as the United States and South Africa have been extensively investigated, the growing importance of the issue worldwide is not generally appreciated, and no workable framework for research on the subject has been available to scholars.

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This book analyzes the latest developments in international migration in the twenty-first century through an interdisciplinary perspective. The book uses sociological, economic, judicial, political, and geopolitical approaches to present the evolution of the contemporary international migration process.

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What information about the world are we given by the mainstream media How much How good By whom Through what means And how much foreign news is really enough Stephen Hess addresses these questions and offers a revealing look at how the print and broadcast media cover international affairs and how foreign correspondents do their work.

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Students can use this ready reference to compare and contrast homelessness populations, analyze the ways in which various countries approach this issue, and to evaluate what is precluding and encouraging this reaching issue.

The problem of homelessness is clearly defined here from a global perspective.

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Adler, Denmark, and their contributors examine the similarities and differences in violence in various countries around the world.

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Internet Democracy and Social Change examines the extent to which the democratic potential ascribed to the Internet is realized in practice and how civil society organizations take advantage of the Internet to reach their goals, focusing on the case of Israel, a highly conflicted and turbulent society.

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Introducing first and second year university students to cultural study approaches to everyday life, this accessible textbook prompts its readers to take a fresh, critical look at the familiar, yet strangely intriguing terrain of daily life in modern, industrialised societies.

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Interpreting Native American History and Culture at Museums and Historic Sites features ideas and suggested best practices for the staff and board of museums that care for collections of Native material culture, and who work with Native American culture, history, and communities.

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Interpreting Native American History and Culture at Museums and Historic Sites features ideas and suggested best practices for the staff and board of museums that care for collections of Native material culture, and who work with Native American culture, history, and communities.