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Most of us are taught from a young age to be winners and avoid being losers. But what does it mean to win or lose Does winning make us happy This title undertakes an unprecedented investigation of winning and losing in American society, what we are really after as we struggle to win, our collective beliefs about winners and losers, and more.

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This wide-ranging survey of underappreciated feminist thinkers recovers a series of strikingly original contributions to political theory

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From nurses and teachers to rideshare drivers and funeral directorsan intimate, honest, and illuminating collection of interviews that reveal what its like to work in America at this historic and volatile moment in time.

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That Anne Marie Jarvis, the force behind getting Mother's Day, proclaimed a national holiday, later repudiated the holiday for its crass commercialism and strove to undo her handiwork until the day she died

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A book, based on sound theoretical models, which explores the main criteria available for evaluating social care and health services. The book explains why the various criteria are used, identifies the problems inherent in using them, and offers specific guidance on how to use each of the criteria.

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...a good basic introduction...a valuable tool for students or those wishing to pursue an interest in this specialist area of work.' Social Work Today

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Family, State and Social Policy brings together the changing nature of the family; and the relationship between family and state, as it is expressed in social policy. The book explores and clarifies the significance both of family change for policy, and of policy for families.

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Amidst the trust-funder cocktail parties, midtown strip clubs, and immigrant-run sex shops, the author discovers a surprisingly fluid and dynamic social world - one that can be found in global cities everywhere.

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Explores the impact of technological change on women's work and on women's wages, and analyzes the connections between gender relations and the new technologies.

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A one-stop resource for parents and educators in the age of #MeToo and #TimesUp.

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A playful and melancholy defense of forgetfulness by exploring the healing effect it can have on the human psyche, from the author of The Gift.

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Becoming Art provides a new analysis of the shifting cultural and social contexts that surround the production of Aboriginal art. Focuses on the perspective of the artists and the way they engage with the world of fine art, rather than the Western perspective of taking the artworks arrival at the gallery as a starting point.

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A journey to the front lines of the battle for the future of American cities, uncovering the forces behind gentrification--and the lives that are altered in the process.

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Step right up for a toe-curling cultural biography of humanitys earthbound extremity!

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The publication of 'An Introduction to Scottish Ethnology' sees the completion of the fourteen-volume Scottish Life and Society series, originally conceived by the eminent ethnologist Professor Alexander Fenton.

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Examines the variety in Scottish 'home life', and considers what has shaped its society. This book in fourteen volumes, aims to examine the interlocking strands of history, language and traditional culture within an international context and their contribution to the making of a national identity.

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Explores alternative means of concept construction and their impact on the role of concepts in measurement, case selection, and theories. This book examines the necessary approach to concept building and contrasts it with the family resemblance approach. It provides advice on the construction and use of social science concepts.

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A report on Multi-Ethnic Britain, how it is changing, and the policies that have to be put in place.

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A powerful and deeply personal exploration of a divided country - and a hopeful vision for change