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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.

This book documents hundreds of customs and traditions practiced in countries outside of the United States, showcasing the diversity of birth, coming-of-age, and death celebrations worldwide.

From the beginning of our lives to the end, all of humanity celebrates life's milestones through traditions and unique customs.

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.

This work is the first encyclopedia on the labor practices that constitute modern-day slavery-and the individuals and organizations working today to eradicate them.

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

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After a death, certain arrangements have to be completed. What to Do When Someone Dies supports readers through the process. It explains the necessary forms, the function of people the bereaved may encounter (such as hospital staff, registrar, coroner, minister and funeral director) and the likely costs.

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Through literature, philosophy, history and autobiography, Louise Harmon probes the taboos around discussions of death. It is a study of the vigil over the dying.

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'There is no one else like Cooper' Guardian

When Jilly Cooper, then a young Sunday Times journalist, was asked to write a book on marriage, she had been married to Leo Cooper for a mere seven years.

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Examines the growing presence of Islam and Muslims in Australia and how it is transforming, and transformed by, social, cultural and religious spaces. The book illuminates how socio-cultural, economic, and political processes maintain and manage the ways Australian Muslims build their religious lives and identities and engage in the wider world.

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