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The impact of Latino Americans has begun to be felt, but it is just beginning. Over the next generation they will transform the face of American politics. Now two leading Latino researchers explain what Latino America that transformation means for everyone.

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Latino/a Thought is unique in its presentation of cross cultural writings_especially from Mexican, Puerto Rican, and Cuban writers and political documents_that shape the ideology and experience of U.S. Latinos. Students can read, first hand, the works or authors who most shape...

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Offers a study of Latino political coalitions, which are acquiring increasing power in US politics and which are seen by the Latinos as a major road to political empowerment. The book illuminates the historical and cyclical changes that have occurred in the life of the Latino community.

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Offers a study of Latino political coalitions, which are acquiring increasing power in US politics and which are seen by the Latinos as a major road to political empowerment. The book illuminates the historical and cyclical changes that have occurred in the life of the Latino community.

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One of the areas affected by the immigration of Latinos is the region known as the Deep South an area rich in cultural diversity and, at the same time, critically aware of its own history. This title addresses the history, integration, assimilation, and presence of Latinos in the Deep South.

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Islamic law (the Shari'a) and its application is a central issue in contemporary Islamic politics and culture. Starting from modern concerns, this book examines the origins and evolution of the Shari'a and the corpus of texts, concepts and practices in which it has been enshrined.

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Jewish legal and political thought developed in conditions of exile, where Jews had neither a state of their own nor citizenship in any other. What use, then, can this body of thought be to Jews living in Israel or as emancipated citizens in secular states This collection of essays by political theorists and lawyers deals with such questions.

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For decades, concerns have been raised about the consequences of relentless suburban expansion in the United States. But so far, government programs to control urban sprawl have had little effect in slowing it down, much less stopping it.

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This illuminating study critiques the concept of leadership as understood in the last 75 years and looks to the twenty-first century for a reconstructed understanding of leadership in the postindustrial era. He develops a new definition and paradigm for leadership in this volume that distinguishes leadership from management in fundamental ways.

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Margaret Cruikshanks Learning to Be Old examines what it means to grow old in America today. The book questions social myths and fears about aging, sickness and the other social roles of the elderly, the over-medicalization of many older people, and ageism.

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Margaret Cruikshanks Learning to Be Old examines what it means to grow old in America today. The book questions social myths and fears about aging, sickness and the other social roles of the elderly, the over-medicalization of many older people, and ageism.

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Through accounts of ethnographers various exits from the field, this book draws attention to an overlooked but essential part of the research process, and contributes to more general discussions of ethnography.

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Offers a controversial argument that the main currents of political Islam, despite recent world events, are rejecting militancy for the sake of democratic politics -- a shift of historical importance

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This book provides a cautionary tale regarding legal identity practices as promulgated by the World Bank, UN and Inter-American Development Bank. It warns that policies encouraging the en masse registration of native-born migrant-descended populations can also force the thorny question of nationality, unsettling long-established identities and entitlements.

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This book provides a cautionary tale regarding legal identity practices as promulgated by the World Bank, UN and Inter-American Development Bank. It warns that policies encouraging the en masse registration of native-born migrant-descended populations can also force the thorny question of nationality, unsettling long-established identities and entitlements.

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This popular guide for lesbian partners has been extensively updated to reflect the current cultural and political landscape, including the debate over same-sex marriage.

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This work is a companion to Dr. Asten's ethnographic video, Intimate Relationships in Three Lesbian Families Living in American Society.

Most of the literature on lesbian families compares heterosexual families to lesbian families and uses the researcher's perspective as the core unit of analysis.

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Provocative, nuanced and far-reaching Lesbian Feminism confronts the historic devaluation of lesbian-feminist politics within Anglo-American discourse