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A critical look at the United States' criminal justice system, raising an obvious question: If crime rates aren't going up, why is the prison population

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In this volume, eight essays by well known sociologists explore the personal experiences, of social scientists, their unique ways of doing sociology, and the relationship between sociological theory and its application.

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"This new edition of this highly regarded text introduces students to the philosophical underpinnings of the social sciences. With a new introduction and two new chapters addressing the latest challenges facing social sciences researchers today, this is an ideal introduction for students of any social sciences subject"--

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This comprehensive account of Bourdieu's life and work locates both in their social and political context, thereby tracing the origins of his ideas and theories. It explains and explores just what Bourdieu argued for and why.

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This comprehensive account of Bourdieu's life and work locates both in their social and political context, thereby tracing the origins of his ideas and theories. It explains and explores just what Bourdieu argued for and why.

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By managing death issues in a planned purposeful manner, schools can reduce suicide and other harmful behavioral reactions substantially. Helping students to understand death and loss is part of assisting them to become resilient, proactive individuals.

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A wild ride to the outer limits of the virtual world, where real money meets fantasy gaming

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Kilbride showed polygamy as the preferred marriage pattern in most parts of the nonwestern world and explained how plural marriage is surfacing in western countries to address economic and spiritual crises.

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Examines the political and organisational pressures that were exerted upon sociologists to produce dogmatically proper results in order to give a false diagnosis of social reality. The author analyses the roles of Polish sociologists in the changes designed to bring about an alien communist utopia.

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This book shows how specific agents shape the political character of adolescents, how response to these agents varies according to sex, race, and other factors, and how political learning changes through the life-cycle and across generations. Originally published in 1974. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to

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Hazlehurst explores the political importance of ethnicity for a minority indigenous population, the Maori of New Zealand. Modern political networks, leadership styles, mobilization strategies, ideologies, political rhetoric and symbology are examined.

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Using the assumptions of rationality and self-interest common to economic analysis, Professors Frohlich, Oppenheimer, and Young develop a profit-making theory of political behavior as it pertains to the supply of collective goods--defense, law and order, clean air, highways. Originally published in 1971. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the late

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Provides a penetrating examination of how political rhetoric from public officials creates tensions via microaggression cues due to changing demographics, campaign rhetoric, and the use of social media.

What are microaggression cues, and what are examples of those cues in political rhetoric

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This book offers a new critical framework for understanding the processes of politicising and gendering care for older people and their manifestations in different European contexts. It contributes to an in-depth comprehension of how it becomes an arena of political struggle and the object of public policy at various societal and political levels.

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This richly documented work focuses on the parentela (extended family), including Epitacio's, to illustrate the role bonds of blood, marriage, and friendship played in formal politics at local, state, and national levels throughout the Old Republic (1889-1930). Originally published in 1987. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-de

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Provided is background information on each document and coverage of a variety of population perspectives.

All of the concerns illustrated in this volume have helped to mold population policy.

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This timely collection of 13 essays addresses a variety of aspects of political-religious interaction in the former Eastern Bloc.

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Under present social conditions, neither social theorists nor political scientists can afford to ignore one another. This book is a clear, structured account of the relationship between politics and social theory, examining both the political content of social theory, and how social theory has illuminated our understanding of politics.