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Applying the major sociological theories of anomie, career, conflict, functionalist, rational choice, social control, social disorganization, social learning, social reaction and subculture perspectives, Shaw provides an overview of the issues involved with substance use and abuse.

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This book analyzes the phenomenon of international retirement migration, to trace the story of the migrants from their old to their new homes, and to examine the conceptual and policy contexts of this relatively new form of transnational mobility.

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This book analyzes the phenomenon of international retirement migration, to trace the story of the migrants from their old to their new homes, and to examine the conceptual and policy contexts of this form of transnational mobility.

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Reeves reviews statistics on the role of women in work, patterns of horizontal and vertical segregation, and differences in the experiences of men and women, then turns to an assessment of the theories of women's subordination.

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Examines the formation of a surveillance state through a close examination of Thomas Jefferson's plantation management techniques and political actions.

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Providing a critical examination of anti-discrimination law and policy relating to race in a selection of the EU member states, this book discusses provisions and developments likely to result from the creation of a unified Europe as well as the relevance of international and regional treaty obligations.

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A book from business leader Anita Roddick that brings together some of the most prominent of authorities on globalisation (including Susan George, David Korten and Naomi Klein), taking a look at the myths and reality behind this phenomenon that affects us all, and showing us how we can all fight it.

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Who should be first in line for kidney transplantsthe relatively healthy or the severely ill Should chronic troublemakers be allowed to remain in public housing or in public school classrooms Peter Schuck and Richard Zeckhauser take on such vexing policy dilemmas in Targeting in Social Programs.

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The book explores the role of technology in the refugee experience, focusing particularly on the contexts of displacement and detention. Traversing the disciplines of refugee studies, socio-technical studies and technology design, it speaks to academics, students, and practitioners working and studying in those areas.

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An analysis of the history of science, US popular culture, sensationalized court cases, forensic technology and literary texts. It seeks to reveal how, in the USA, issues of blood and skin have been manipulated to bear the evidence of racial identity during the 20th century.

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Pregnant teens have three options abortion, adoption, and keeping the baby and each comes with its own challenges and issues.

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Students and teachers can make cross-cultural comparisons to discover how the problem is viewed in different countries, how the problem is changing, which factors seem to contribute to the rate of teen violence in almost all of the countries and which are unique to specific countries.

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Essays provide cross-cultural comparisons of the issues associated with teenage pregnancy.

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Each year, some 1,700 young people aged 13 to 24 are diagnosed with the ravaging end result of this infection: AIDS.

In this volume, experts who work with HIV/AIDS-infected teenagers examine the psychological and social fallout compounding the frightening medical issues faced by adolescents who've received the diagnosis.

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Award-winning author and former New York Times reporter reveals the link between teenage marijuana use and mental illness, and a hidden epidemic of violence caused by the drug.

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This collection charts the effects of hurricane Katrina upon American cultural identity; it does not merely catalogue the trauma of the event but explores the ways that such an event functions in and on the literature that represents it.

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This collection charts the effects of hurricane Katrina upon American cultural identity; it does not merely catalogue the trauma of the event but explores the ways that such an event functions in and on the literature that represents it.

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You can shop anywhere you like - as long as it's Tesco. The inexorable rise of supermarkets is big news, but have we really taken on board what this means for our daily lives, and of our children This book analyses this subject. It states how the supermarkets (Tesco in particular) have brought: Banality; Ghost towns; and, a Supermarket State.

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