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This book provides some normative interpretations of the labor crisis effects on both Spain and Portugal, focusing on how digital platforms and gig economy have altered patterns of labor relations and trade union membership in Spain and Portugal.

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'Land Dispossession and Everyday Politics in Rural Eastern India' analyses the political mobilization of farmers in Singur, West Bengal, in defence of their farmland. By foregrounding the everyday politics of popular mobilization, the book sheds new light on the internal politics of one of India's most talked-about new land wars.

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Based on 25 years of research on and in Sabon Zongo, one of the oldest migrant communities in Accra, Ghana, this book is about the spatial and social production of this community within this urban setting.

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With the belief that the media play an essential role in the creation of a sense of community in this transient town, this work includes various perspectives about how newspaper, radio, television, and related media help make Las Vegas a livable community.

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Based on in-depth interviews by skilled clinicians with husbands and wives who have been married more than 20 years, Mackey and O'Brien explore how spouses adapt to each other from the early years of marriage, through the parenting years, and into the post-parenting or empty-nest years.

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Based on in-depth interviews by skilled clinicians with husbands and wives who have been married more than 20 years, Mackey and O'Brien explore how spouses adapt to each other from the early years of marriage, through the parenting years, and into the post-parenting or empty-nest years.

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Latin America after the Neoliberal Debacle looks at the sharply declining legitimacy of liberal democracies in the region and the new array of popular forces working for social transformation. In particular, the authors analyze the failure of neoliberal policies and the growin...

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This is an examination of the social structures that shape Latin American societies.

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This volume presents research examining parental beliefs and practices of Latino families from different socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds in the United States.

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At the end of the project the information was carefully examined and discoveries made about the jokes that made men giggle and women groan, those that tickled kids but not adults, and the jokes that were the most popular in different countries.

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Three interrelated objectives provide the subject of this study: to cover a wide range of topics on leaders and leadership; to present up-to-date treatments of those topics; and to offer extensive bibliographies for further study and research.

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Leadership is not something one does alone: it is an expression of collective, community action which achieves goals. The task of creating a culture conducive to interactive trust is the pre-eminent leadership task. This book identifies key strategies leaders can use to create a trust culture.

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Nearly all studies of drug use and abuse approach the questions quantitatively without listening to the experiences of individuals living in cultures where drug use is notoriously problematic.

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A qualitative feminist analysis of college women and how they used drugs and rationalized that use.

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The way we organise our free time can reveal a great deal about our identities and ideology. This book explores what our sports and leisure choices can tell us about the society in which we live. Comprehensive, cutting edge and packed with global examples it covers all the essentials for students of sports and leisure sociology.

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An in-depth look at gay and lesbian parenting in America

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This book draws on qualitative interviews with lesbian, gay, and bisexual people regarding whether and how they came to have children.

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This book draws on qualitative interviews with lesbian, gay, and bisexual people regarding whether and how they came to have children.

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This book offers a source of hope and healing for anyone experiencing grief.

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Letting Go of Perfect gives parents and teachers the guidance and support they need to help children break free of the anxieties and behaviors related to perfectionism.

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This second edition of a classic text provides an introductory and interdisciplinary review of the theories of social and economic development.