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In this globalised and militarised everywhere, all citizens are becoming one citizen - saturated, standardised and synchronised - ever more reliant on a media fabricating a world of fear. For the panic of the 21st century is simply the final phase of the pincer movement.

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Classical Social Theory and Modern Society introduces students to Marx, Durkheim, and Weber. After surveying the historical context in which they wrote, the book provides an overview of each thinker, then places them in dialogue with each other on four issues that remain relevant to life in todays modern world.

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Has the college experience of women been an influence on the number of children desired and the number and spacing of their children Do women come to college with their attitudes and values in this regard already formed This study of 15,000 women, freshmen and seniors in 45 American colleges and universities, both secular and nonsecular, attempts

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Gleason's Gym is the last remaining institution of New York's Golden Age of boxing. Jake LaMotta, Muhammad Ali, Hector Camacho, Mike Tyson--the alumni of Gleason's are a roster of boxing greats. Founded in the Bronx in 1937, Gleason's moved in the mid-1980s to what has since become one of New York's wealthiest residential areas--Brooklyn's DUMBO. G

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This study takes a systematic look at the incredible rise in the life expectancy of the population in Albania, one of the world's poorest countries. Through an analysis of archive documents and statistics, the author examines the social, economic and political factors behind this rise.

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From 2008 to 2013, a group of African American women led a successful protest of a street closure in their community without the dominant involvement of the black church. This book explains the socio-historical context behind the formation of this community and explores the eighty years of racism and oppression suffered by African Americans in southern Nevada.

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The contributors to this volume demonstrate that it is now possible to undertake community prevention trials of alcohol-involved problems with the same precision, good design, and careful planning that has characterized similar prevention trials for heart disease and cancer prevention.

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Questioning the myth of unconditional love between parents and children, this study examines the strength of the parental bond when children are born with physical defects.

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The author guides readers through five stages of the research process: choosing what to compare, specifying the research problem, collecting information, organizing and summarizing information, interpreting the results, and reporting the outcomes.

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The author guides readers through five stages of the research process: choosing what to compare, specifying the research problem, collecting information, organizing and summarizing information, interpreting the results, and reporting the outcomes.

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Bhambra outlines what 'Theory for a Global Age' might look like, offering this outline as a statement for consideration, contestation and discussion. Bhambra sets the agenda for a new social theory which not only engages with global intellectual currents, but is fundamentally reshaped by them.

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An original and compelling account of the social nature of music and its interplay with the wider society to which it belongs. Crossley explores the doing and meanings of music, as well as its interface with economic, political and wider social structures. -- .