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How might happiness research affect government policy in the United States - and beyond This book examines how governments could use the rapidly growing research data on what makes people happy - in a variety of policy areas to increase well-being and improve the quality of life for all their citizens.

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The Politics of Joint University and Community Housing Development: Cambridge, Boston, and Beyond discusses the process of university and community participation in cooperative housing development. Its lessons inform academic and policy understandings about the creation of new community housing by a range of urban institutions and civic groups.

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Is democracy in crisis Not according to this book! In this fascinating study, Professor Qvortrup shows that citizens are engaged in politics like never before by voting in referendums and participating in demonstrations and other forms of 'low politics'. -- .

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This work covers new ground by presenting a systematic, comparative macro-analysis of the historical experiences of thirteen race and ethnic groups, with emphasis on their economic and political ties to government.

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Richard M. Weaver was one of the leading rhetoricians of the 1950s, whose philosophical and pedagogical writings helped revitalize interest in rhetoric. This book examines the relationship between Weaver's rhetorical theory and his cultural views, focusing on the rhetorical insights.

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Since the landmark 1965 Supreme Court ruling Griswold versus Connecticut established a Constitutional right to privacy, the regulation of sexuality has become an extremely volatile area of American politics. This title addresses a broad array of topics at the intersection of sexuality and politics.

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Utilizing a historical context, this work underscores the continued struggle within these societies between the hardliners who wish to relegate females to the status of slaves and those who strive for gender equality within a conservative cultural milieu.

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Combining original observation with deep emotional engagement, this provocative book argues that, despite claims to the contrary, the quality of life of indigenous Australians did not improve between 1970 and 2000.

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In 2004, the French government instituted a ban on the wearing of 'conspicuous signs' of religious affiliation in public schools. Though the ban applies to everyone, it is aimed at Muslim girls wearing headscarves. This book argues that the law is symptomatic of France's failure to integrate its former colonial subjects as full citizens.

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Argues that abstinence-only education in schools injure women's physical and psychological health, violate the Constitution, and flout the will of the majority of Americans. This title details what abstinence programs teach students and exposes the political and religious agendas behind them.

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Many of us grew up hearing our parents exclaim 'you are driving me to the poorhouse!' or remember the card in the Monopoly game which says 'Go to the Poorhouse! Lose a Turn!' Yet most Americans know little or nothing of this institution that existed under a variety of names fo...

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Draws on wide-ranging empirical research to show the production, distribution and consumption of pornography, its content, its consumers and the public debates within which people make sense of it. This title provides insight into the everyday uses of pornography by ordinary consumers, and the place of pornography in society.

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This book explores the problematic relationship between reconciliation and the continuance of violence and oppression. Frankowski engages with contemporary issues in philosophy of race, African American philosophy, and critical race theory in connection with German idealism, psychoanalysis, critical theory, phenomenology, and post-structuralism.

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From Seattle anarchist punks to UK Asian underground music, Canadian female X-Files fans to Australian dance cultures, this book draws on a variety of international case studies to investigate the new relationships among youth subcultural music, politics and taste. It questions the possibility of what might be termed post-subcultural studies.

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From Seattle anarchist punks to UK Asian underground music, Canadian female "X-Files" fans to Australian dance cultures, this book draws on a variety of international case studies to investigate the relationships among youth subcultural music, politics and taste. It also questions the relevance of what might be termed post-subcultural studies.

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A review of poverty in the United States, summarising conservative views and providing evidence to defeat their arguments. The author aims to demonstrate that widespread poverty is not caused by lack of ambition, and probes both the political dimension and the role of government.

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A review of poverty in the United States, summarising conservative views and providing evidence to defeat their arguments. The author aims to demonstrate that widespread poverty is not caused by lack of ambition, and probes both the political dimension and the role of government.

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Based on an ethnographic study of television and audiences in class-divided Philippines, this is the first book to take a bottom-up approach in considering how people respond to images and narratives of suffering and poverty on television.

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This work looks behind the media image of upper-class women and observes how these women use their societal power not only to benefit other, less-fortunate people but also to benefit themselves and their families. The author participated in meetings with elite women in several Texas cities.

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