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The media star has become a powerful, almost unparalleled, cultural sign, even as the star system has undergone radical transformation since the era of the Hollywood studio system.

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This book analyzes state capitalism in Brazilian agri-food under neoliberalism and investigates the actions of the Workers Party administrations attempts to counter the negative consequences of neoliberalism and globalization.

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Referencing a broad range of cases of state crime and international institutions of control, State Criminality provides a general framework and survey-style discussion of the field for teaching undergraduate and graduate students, and it serves as a useful general reference point for scholars of state crime.

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A multifaceted portrayal of border life, this book provides an empirical illumination of the psychological function of borders in creating (and keeping out) an imagined 'other'. It also explores practical dimensions of borders in the context of boundary transgressing resources such as water.

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A study of Ghanas largest illegal slum, revealing how such communities are able to govern themselves in the absence of state authority.

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This book provides a multidisciplinary assessment of the salience of the ethnic and religious realities of shaping various South and Southeast Asian nations. It offers a deep appreciation of the challenges that these societies confront in integrating and/or responding to specific ethnic- and/or religious-based conflicts and tensions.

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This book provides a multidisciplinary assessment of the salience of the ethnic and religious realities of shaping various South and Southeast Asian nations. It offers a deep appreciation of the challenges that these societies confront in integrating and/or responding to specific ethnic- and/or religious-based conflicts and tensions.

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This book is a study of statelessness in the period of the Second World War. It breaks new ground by focusing not on Europe, but on the Asian and Pacific theatres of the conflict. This perspective enables us to go beyond Hannah Arendt's classic account of statelessness in her Origins of Totalitarianism.

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Argues that efforts to outlaw hate speech and pornography legitimize the state. This book insists that true democracy requires sharing power, not regulation by it. It applies this argument to various topics, from the basis of litigiousness in political life to the appearance on the academic Left of themes of revenge and a thwarted will to power.

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Argues that demographic and environmental stress - the interactions among rapid population growth, environmental degradation, inequality, and emerging scarcities of vital natural resources - represents one important source of turmoil in today's world.

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As the first complete portrait of U.S. adolescents, this resource provides information long needed by researchers working in this critical field of study. The extensive collection of data contained in this definitive resource will give readers the information they need to accurately assess the status of adolescents in America today.

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The 398 tables, graphs, and charts in this handbook focus on this growing segment of America's population. Census data are supplemented by statistics from the National Center for Health Statistics and special interest groups such as the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP).

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Although poverty is one of the most serious issues facing the world's population, finding statistical information on this subject has, in the past, required a significant amount of time and effort.

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As the shift in the racial and ethnic composition of the united States continues, students, researchers, and others will find it important to understand the differences betweenand similarities amongracial groups.

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By providing easy access to over 300 statistical charts, graphs, and tables, the book allows novice and professional researchers to easily locate statistics on: demographics, immigration, naturalization, social characteristics, education, health, politics, labor force, and economic conditions.

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Alarming news reports point to an almost incomprehensible problem of violence in America. Understanding this problem requires timely and accurate information about the magnitude and scope of violence, the effect of violence on our society, and society's perceptions of violence.

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The only comprehensive, one-stop source for statistics on women in the United States has now been updated and expanded. Highlights of the second edition include data from the 1990 Census, a new section on women's reproductive health, new statistics on women in sports and the armed forces, and broadened coverage of historical trends.

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This book looks at how numbers and statistics have been used to underpin quality in news reporting. In doing so, the aim is to challenge some common assumptions about how journalists engage and use statistics in their quest for quality news. It seeks to improve our understanding about the usage of data and statistics as a primary means for the construction of social reality.

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This book looks at how numbers and statistics have been used to underpin quality in news reporting. In doing so, the aim is to challenge some common assumptions about how journalists engage and use statistics in their quest for quality news. It seeks to improve our understanding about the usage of data and statistics as a primary means for the construction of social reality.

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This book presents evidence that verbal and visual symbols in the media can activate implicit prejudices towards Muslim women in the United State and that social liberals, not social conservatives, can control activation. Authors suggest media and intrapersonal interventions to mitigate the harmful consequences of gendered Islamophobia.