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Centers on women and children living in shelters and offers a sociological study of poverty and the family.

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Chronicles the struggles of immigrants who have fled their homelands in search of a better life in the United States, only to be marginalized by the society that they hoped would embrace them. This book argues that marginalization fosters antagonism within ethnic groups while undermining the ethnic solidarity emphasized by scholars of immigration.

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With 50 percent new material, this third edition breaks this complex topic into key elements, examining the roots of the problem, programs that address it, current research, and public perceptions of homelessness.

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Unlike the 1930s, when the United States tragically failed to open its doors to Europeans fleeing Nazism, the country admitted over three million refugees during the Cold War. This dramatic reversal gave rise to intense political and cultural battles, pitting refugee advocates against determined opponents who at times successfully slowed admissions

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This book explores the commemoration and remembrance of the traumatic Operation Bluestar through the material and visual memorialization apparent in the shrines and streets of the city of Amritsar in northern India.

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Although speech in America may be more free and robust than anywhere else on earth, censorship has maintained its grip on American society and has even increased in recent years.

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Besides tracing the historical development of the concept, this volume also suggests ways of applying nonviolence to our everyday lives in the first decade of the 21st century, which the United Nations General Assembly has declared to be the Decade for Education for a Culture of Peace and Nonviolence.

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This book addresses the imbricated nature of sociality and sexuality and the entanglements this has with the university as an educating institution. Addressing these through empirical research, this book pushes for a more nuanced understanding of relations on campus.

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This book addresses the imbricated nature of sociality and sexuality and the entanglements this has with the university as an educating institution. Addressing these through empirical research, this book pushes for a more nuanced understanding of relations on campus.

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This book analyzes how activists in the gun violence prevention movement construct their own identities. Drawing on two years of ethnographic participatory research and interviews of activists in the movement, the relationships between self, group, and movement identity is explored.

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This book explores the Japanese emigration to the planned colony of Bastos in So Paulo, Brazil in the early twentieth century. Using interviews and fieldwork done in both Bastos and Japan, Ethel Kosminsky analyzes the consequences of these temporary labor migrations on the immigrants and their families.

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Presenting the findings of an interview-based study of illicit euthanasia as practised by health professionals working with HIV/AIDS patients. The author conducted 49 interviews to provide an insight into the social practices that suround illicit assisted sucide and euthanasia.

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A collection of classic readings, supported by commentary and analysis from contemporary scholars, on continental philosophy's treatment of the animal question. It brings together contributions from a variety of key continental thinkers including: Nietzsche, Heidegger, Bataille and Foucault.

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When Richard Ryder coined the phrase "speciesism" over 20 years ago, animal rights was very much a minority concern. Today, the animal rights movement is well-established across the globe and continues to gain momentum. This work looks at the developments and recent history of this movement.

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When Richard Ryder coined the phrase "speciesism" over 20 years ago, animal rights was very much a minority concern. Today, the animal rights movement is well-established across the globe and continues to gain momentum. This work looks at the developments and recent history of this movement.

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Through the use of primary source documents, readers can learn about key opinions and legislation in the important field of animal rights and welfare-a current and highly relevant topic.

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Do animals have rights If not, do we have duties towards them If so, what duties These and other issues are discussed in this book. It includes chapters on the livestock crisis, fishing, BSE and a layman's introduction to philosophical concepts. It presents a response to the defenders of animal rights.

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This revised edition helps readers understand and develop their own opinions on the fundamental issues, enduring controversies, and critical developments associated with animal rights.

First published in 1994, Animal Rights: A Reference Handbook was widely acclaimed for its objective look at the ways in which humans treat animals.

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Introductions to each chapter explain the issues, as well as the arguments that surround them, and a general introduction to the volume thoroughly explains how to use the book.

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