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Mapping theoretical and empirical terrains, this volume suggests that the management of dead bodies is related to the constitution and membership of states and non-state entities that claim autonomy and impunity. This volume is a significant contribution to studies of death, power and politics.

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Each contributor describes his or her experiences within the scope of thanatology itself--a discipline whose focus is on the practice of supportive physical and emotional care for those whose lives are threatened, with an equal concern exhibited for the well-being of their family members.

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Although mathematical demography has traditionally studied the so-called stable population (fixed mortality and fertility schedules), Ansley Coale investigates now the dynamics of population growth and structure--the changing age composition of a population as birth and death rates fluctuate. Originally published in 1972. The Princeton Legacy Lib

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This major new contribution forms a constructive comparison of the social theories of Jrgen Habermas and Anthony Giddens that focuses on their approaches to modernity, their endeavours to develop new perspectives, and their critical rethinking of the modernist vision of an autonomous society.

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No other reference provides such a comprehensive and timely overview of theory and research on family relationships, the contexts of family life, and major turning points in late-life families.

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Spanish popular culture is one of the richest in the world. popular literature, the press, radio, television and the movies.

Students and scholars will appreciate the first comprehensive treatment of Spanish popular culture in a single volume.

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A critical review of the literature on grandparenting based on original contributions from leading scholars in the field.

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Develops a theory of response variability that, by reconciling the strengths and weaknesses of the standard approaches, that helps pollsters and scholars resolve perennial problems. This work offers an analysis of what a respondent is likely to choose, and also how variable those choices would be under differing circumstances.

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A strongly-argued critique of environmentalism from the right - the conservative's answer to Al Gore's Earth in the Balance.

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Two leading experts on hate crime reassess the threat of violence based on difference--whether in sexual orientation, race, gender, ethnicity, or citizenship-- to help us better understand and ultimately prevent such acts from occurring in the future

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Ilan Stavans has amassed a collection of cutting-edge articles that inform readers about how Latinos navigate both the mainstream medical arena and culturally specific healing traditions.

This work highlights the myriad problems Latinos face in becoming fully acculturated consumers of health care.

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Amongst this group is a class-conscious working class, a status-conscious nursing management and a class- and status-conscious mid-level.

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This fascinating book compares progressive and more religiously conservative views and their differing impacts on the health of families.

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Curran maintains that movies reflected and influenced their viewers' perceptions of the Irish and that both the movies and the Irish who made them facilitated the assimilation of the Irish ethnic group into American society.

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It is the purpose of this study to elucidate some of the social factors which enhance or diminish the chance of American federal administrators' being the neutral executors of legislative policies.

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The nine papers in this volume examine the historical experience of particular populations in Western Europe and North America in a search for the processes that change fertility patterns. The contributors' findings enable them to reevaluate some of the conflicting hypotheses that have been advanced for these changes. The authors stress the effects

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A comprehensive collection of original papers and essays that document the establishment and rise of the discipline of sociology in Australia and New Zealand. It focuses on the major themes, debates and controversies in Australian sociology. It is of interest to sociologists and other scholars in the social sciences.