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  • Race, Immigration, and Social Control

    Immigrants’ Views on the Police

    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This book discusses the issues surrounding race, ethnicity, and immigrant status in U.S. policing, with a special focus on immigrant groups’ perceptions of the police and factors that shape their attitudes toward the police. It focuses on the perceptions of three rapidly growing yet understudied ethnic groups – Hispanic/Latino, Chinese, and Arab Americans. Discussion of their perceptions of and ... Leer más

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  • Stuck in Place

    Urban Neighborhoods and the End of Progress toward Racial Equality

    In the 1960s, many believed that the civil rights movement's successes would foster a new era of racial equality in America. Four decades later, the degree of racial inequality has barely changed. To understand what went wrong, Patrick Sharkey argues that we have to understand what has happened to African American communities over the last several decades. In Stuck in Place, Sharkey describes how ... Leer más

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  • Democratic Deficit

    Critical Citizens Revisited

    de Pippa Norris ...
    Many fear that democracies are suffering from a legitimacy crisis. This book focuses on 'democratic deficits', reflecting how far the perceived democratic performance of any state diverges from public expectations. Pippa Norris examines the symptoms by comparing system support in more than fifty societies worldwide, challenging the pervasive claim that most established democracies have experienced ... Leer más

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  • Social Resilience in the Neoliberal Era

    Edición de Peter A. Hall, Michèle Lamont ...
    What is the impact of three decades of neoliberal narratives and policies on communities and individual lives? What are the sources of social resilience? This book offers a sweeping assessment of the effects of neoliberalism, the dominant feature of our times. It analyzes the ideology in unusually wide-ranging terms as a movement that not only opened markets but also introduced new logics into ... Leer más

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  • Racialization, Crime, and Criminal Justice in Canada

    Race still matters in Canada, and in the context of crime and criminal justice, it matters a lot. In this book, the authors focus on the ways in which racial minority groups are criminalized, as well as the ways in which the Canadian criminal justice system is racialized. Employing an intersectional analysis, Chan and Chunn explore how the connection between race and crime is further affected by ... Leer más

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  • Successful Societies

    How Institutions and Culture Affect Health

    Edición de Peter A. Hall, Michèle Lamont ...
    Why are some societies more successful than others at promoting individual and collective well-being? This book integrates recent research in social epidemiology with broader perspectives in social science to explore why some societies are more successful than others at securing population health. It explores the social roots of health inequalities, arguing that inequalities in health are based ... Leer más

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  • The Persistent Power of Human Rights

    From Commitment to Compliance

    Series Libro 126 - Cambridge Studies in International Relations
    The Power of Human Rights (published in 1999) was an innovative and influential contribution to the study of international human rights. At its center was a 'spiral model' of human rights change which described the various socialization processes through which international norms were internalized into the domestic practices of various authoritarian states during the Cold War years. The Persistent ... Leer más

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  • Producing and Negotiating Non-Citizenship

    Precarious Legal Status in Canada

    Most examinations of non-citizens in Canada focus on immigrants, people who are citizens-in-waiting, or specific categories of temporary, vulnerable workers. In contrast, Producing and Negotiating Non-Citizenship considers a range of people whose pathway to citizenship is uncertain or non-existent. This includes migrant workers, students, refugee claimants, and people with expired permits, all of ... Leer más

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  • Women, Crime and Criminal Justice

    A Global Enquiry

    Series series Global Issues in Crime and Justice
    Women, Crime and Criminal Justice is the winner of the Division of International Criminology’s Distinguished Book Award 2014 and the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences International Section's 2015 Outstanding Book Award and the first fully internationalised book to focus on women as offenders, victims and justice professionals. It provides background, as well as specialized information that ... Leer más

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  • Critical Multiculturalism and Intersectionality in a Complex World

    Critical Multiculturalism and Intersectionality in a Complex World guides the reader through a process of critical self-reflection that allows for examination of social identities, biases, and experiences of oppression and privilege. Its exploration of the history, sources, mechanisms, structures, and current manifestations of oppression -- complimented by case examples (with new stories from ... Leer más

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  • Making Democratic Governance Work

    How Regimes Shape Prosperity, Welfare, and Peace

    de Pippa Norris ...
    Is democratic governance good for economic prosperity? Does it accelerate progress towards social welfare and human development? Does it generate a peace-dividend and reduce conflict at home? Within the international community, democracy and governance are widely advocated as intrinsically desirable goals. Nevertheless, alternative schools of thought dispute their consequences and the most ... Leer más

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  • Gender Violence

    A Cultural Perspective

    Series Libro 3 - Wiley Blackwell Introductions to Engaged Anthropology
    Taking an anthropological perspective, this comprehensive book offers a highly readable and concise overview of what constitutes gender violence, its social context, and important directions in intervention and reform.Uses stories, personal accounts, case studies and a global perspective to provide a vivid and engaging portrait of forms of violence in gendered relationshipsExtensively covers many ... Leer más

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