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Catastrophes in Context: Going Forward by Looking Back: Archaeological Perspectives on Socio-Ecological Crisis Response and Collapse (Paperback)

Catastrophes are on the rise due to climate change as is their toll in terms of lives and livelihoods as world populations rise and people settle into hazardous places. While disaster response and management are traditionally seen as the domain of the... more

Pre-Owned Politics in New Guinea : Traditional and in the Context of Change Some Anthropological Perspectives 9780295952352 Used

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Education in Global Context Social Class and Education: Global Perspectives (Paperback)

Social Class and Education: Global Perspectives is the first empirically grounded volume to explore the intersections of class social structure opportunity and education on a truly global scale. Fifteen essays from contributors representing the US... more

Perspectives on Gender Rape Work: Victims Gender and Emotions in Organization and Community Context (Hardcover)

Despite the proliferation of rape crisis centers and other improvements in the treatment of rape victims over the past 20 years many victims still find themselves the victims of what has been called a second rape by doctors lawyers judges police and... more

Pre-Owned Fundamentals of Social Work in Selected European Countries : Historical and Political Context Present Theory Practice Perspectives 9781898924685

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Pre-Owned Social Problems : A Canadian Perspective 9780195425000 Used

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Pre-Owned Social Problems : A Canadian Perspective 9780199009091

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Pre-Owned Sex Crimes: Transnational Problems and Global Perspectives (Paperback 9780231169493) by Alissa Ackerman Rich Furman

9780231169493. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 264. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 264 p. Contains: Figures. Sex crimes such as rape child sexual abuse and intimate partner violence are increasingly... more

Pre-Owned Social Problems: A Critical Power-Conflict Perspective Paperback

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School Bullying : New Perspectives on a Growing Problem 9780199859597 Used / Pre-owned

Consistent with an ecological systems perspective this book utilizes a whole school approach as a framework for developing and implementing comprehensive evidence-based interventions to combat bullying in schools. CONDITION – USED: Books sold are in... more

Mental Health and Social Problems: A Social Work Perspective (Hardcover)

Mental Health and Social Problems is a textbook for social work students and practitioners. It explores the complicated relationship between mental conditions and societal issues as well as examining risk and protective factors for the prevalence... more

Pre-Owned Social Problems : A Canadian Perspective 9780195416497 Used

This text covers all of the critical social problem areas across Canada looking into the causes of these problems. CONDITION – USED: Books sold are in GOOD or better condition. Good Condition: Minimal damage to the cover dust jacket may not be... more

Pre-Owned Social Problems: A Canadian Perspective (Paperback) 0195425006 9780195425000

This is a core text for courses in social problems. It examines the social dynamics and consequences of social problems (such as unemployment poverty global inequality) through the lens of the main sociological paradigms. It takes a broad approach and... more

Film and Media Studies: Canadian Television: Text and Context (Paperback)

Canadian Television: Text and Context explores the creation and circulation of entertainment television in Canada from the interdisciplinary perspective of television studies. Each chapter connects arguments about particular texts of Canadian... more

Psychology in Social Context: Issues and Debates (Hardcover)

Psychology in Social Context: Issues and Debates provides a critical perspective on debates and controversies that have divided opinion within psychology both past and present. Explores the history of psychology through examples of classic and... more

Aging and the Life Course: Social and Cultural Contexts (Hardcover)

Aging and the Life Course: Social and Cultural Contexts provides an accessible up-to-date introduction to the study of aging and the life course from a distinctly sociological perspective. It explores the sociocultural dimensions of aging while... more

Advances in Gender Research: Analyzing Gender Intersectionality and Multiple Inequalities: Global Transnational and Local Contexts (Hardcover)

Includes papers presented at the conference Gender and Social Transformation: Global Transnational and Local Realities and Perspectives Beijing China in 2009. This title addresses topics such as: divisions of labor migration war and peace-building. more

Routledge Contemporary South Asia Nationalism in India: Texts and Contexts (Paperback)

This book offers interdisciplinary perspectives on nationalism in India and examines the ways in which literary-textual representations intervene in debates regarding Hindu Muslim and other forms of Indian nationalism. The book interrogates questions... more

Language Education and Society: Social Context Literacy PB (Paperback)

Using interviews with adults and tutors in a Midland literacy scheme Levine examines the problems of the sub-literate minority in an industrialised society against a background of the discriminatory hiring policies of large employers. more

Psychology in Social Context: Issues and Debates (Paperback)

Psychology in Social Context: Issues and Debates provides a critical perspective on debates and controversies that have divided opinion within psychology both past and present. Explores the history of psychology through examples of classic and... more

Policing in Context: An Introduction to Police Work in Australia (Paperback)

Policing in Context is a well structured introductory text that gives students the practical information they need to grasp the diverse roles duties powers and problems of policing in Australia. This book approaches policing in three key sections... more

Social Indicators Research: Experiencing Grandparenthood: An Asian Perspective (Hardcover)

Within the context of an ageing Asia the growing numbers of grandparents and the important roles they play within the family propel the need for a book devoted to their experiences. This book with its focus on the Asian perspective is pertinent and... more

Routledge Transnational Perspectives on American Utopia and Social Engineering in Literature Social Thought and Political History (Hardcover)

The United States today is afflicted with political alienation militarized violence institutionalized poverty and social agony. Worst of all perhaps it is afflicted with chronic and acute ahistoricism. America insist on ignoring the context of its... more

Social Problems: Community Policy and Social Action (Paperback) 0761987827 9780761987826

Offering a sociological perspective on social problems this book provides an awareness that our personal experiences with problems that may arise in families the workplace health and medicine the media cities and suburbs or with drug abuse poverty... more

Solving Social Problems: Science Gender and the Exploitation of Animals in Britain Since 1945 (Paperback)

This book offers an historical analysis of the culture of animal-dependent science in Britain from 1945 to the present exploring key areas of animal experimentation such as warfare medical science and law from a gendered perspective. Questioning the... more

Pre-Owned Families in Multicultural Perspective 9780898623079 Used

Crossing geographic cultural and historical boundaries this volume explores the diversity of the world s families emphasizing the importance of understanding and valuing them within their own cultural contexts. Covering contemporary Third World as well... more

Routledge Critical Perspectives on Equality and Social Justi: Sport Leisure and Social Justice (Paperback)

Social inequalities are often reproduced in sport and leisure contexts. However sport and leisure can be sites of resistance as well as oppression; they can be repressive or promote positive social change. This challenging and important book brings... more

Entangled Inequalities: Exploring Global Asymmetries: Middle Class Identities and Social Crisis: Cultural and Political Perspectives on the Global Rebellion (Hardcover)

This book explores the dynamics of the middle-class global rebellion born of the frustration at declining living standards. Addressing narratives constructed by different social and political agents and groups it examines contexts of social crisis in... more

Pre-Owned Social Problems 9780205337217

Eitzen and Baca Zinn s best-selling conflict perspective social problems text focuses on the social structures and the inequalities that contribute to social problems. CONDITION – USED: Books sold are in GOOD or better condition. Good Condition:... more

Race and Ethnic Relations : American and Global Perspectives (Hardcover) 9781111186388

RACE AND ETHNIC RELATIONS: AMERICAN AND GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES Ninth Edition explores race and ethnic relations in a global context while extensively covering groups and issues in American society. The text s unique comparative approach is critical and... more

Interdisciplinary Research in Gender: Identities and Intimacies on Social Media: Transnational Perspectives (Hardcover)

This edited collection illuminates the scope with which identities and intimacies interact on a wide range of social media platforms. A varied range of international scholars examine the contexts of very different social media spaces with topics... more

Contemporary Readings in Social Problems (Paperback)

Contemporary Readings in Social Problems includes a broad range of topics from different perspectives and encourages students to explore complex social issues. The many esteemed articles included in this collection have been carefully selected and... more

Pre-Owned Social Problems (Paperback 9780132448451) by James William Coleman Harold R Kerbo

9780132448451. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. 10th ed. Language: English. Pages: 525. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 525 p. Contains: Illustrations black & white Illustrations color Figures. Drawing on the perspectives of multiple... more

Pre-Owned Social Problems (Paperback) 013154053X 9780131540538

Drawing on the perspectives of multiple groups (rich middle class and po? whites and people of col? gays and straights; females and males) Social Problems 10/e examines troubled institutions problems of inequality conformity and deviance and the... more

Current Perspectives in Social Theory: Planetary Sociology: Beyond the Entanglement of Identity and Social Structure (Hardcover)

In Planetary Sociology: Beyond the Entanglement of Identity and Social Structure Harry F. Dahms gathers a team of interdisciplinary junior social scientists who examine their individual identity as being shaped by specific social contexts such as... more

Media Culture and Social Change in Asia: Sex Trafficking and the Media: Perspectives from Thailand and the United States (Hardcover)

This book explores how sex trafficking has been reported in the media. The book is set in the context of reportage of this human rights abuse in two varying political landscapes - the United States being a developed democracy and Thailand experiencing... more

Pre-Owned Sociological Perspectives on Substance Use and College Life: An Ethnographic Investigation (Paperback) 1732977534 9781732977532

This book is specifically designed to be used in a variety of my sociology courses including Introduction to Sociology and Social Problems. It is an example of a sociological monograph a detailed written study on a specialized scholarly subject and... more

Praeger Perspectives Hate Crimes: [5 Volumes] (Hardcover)

Hate crimes continue to be a pervasive problem in the United States. The murder of Matthew Shepard the lynching of James Byrd the murderous rampage of Benjamin Smith and anti-Muslim violence remind us that incidence of deadly bigotry is not only a... more