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The City and the Hospital

The Paradox of Medically Overserved Communities

by Daniel Skinner, Jonathan R. Wynn, Berkeley Franz ...

A surprising look at how hospitals affect and are affected by their surrounding communities.An enduring paradox of urban public health is that many communities around hospitals are economically distressed and, counterintuitively, medically underserved. In The City and the Hospital two sociologists, Jonathan R. Wynn and Berkeley Franz, and a political scientist, Daniel Skinner, track the multiple ... Read more

$23.09 USD

A surprising look at how hospitals affect and are affected by their surrounding communities.An enduring paradox of urban public health is that many communities around hospitals are economically distressed and, counterintuitively, medically underserved. In The City and the Hospital two sociologists, Jonathan R. Wynn and Berkeley Franz, and a political scientist, Daniel Skinner, track the multiple
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Not Far from Me

Stories of Opioids and Ohio

by Daniel Skinner, Berkeley Franz ...

Series series Trillium Books
More and more Americans find themselves in some way touched by the opioid epidemic. But while many have observed the effects of the crisis, Not Far from Me: Stories of Opioids and Ohio is the first book on this public health emergency composed entirely of first-person accounts. The collection unfolds across more than fifty gripping accounts by Ohioans at the center of the national epidemic. Shared ... Read more

$14.39 USD

More and more Americans find themselves in some way touched by the opioid epidemic. But while many have observed the effects of the crisis, Not Far from Me: Stories of Opioids and Ohio is the first book on this public health emergency composed entirely of first-person accounts. The collection unfolds across more than fifty gripping accounts by Ohioans at the center of the national epidemic. Shared
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Medical Necessity

Health Care Access and the Politics of Decision Making

by Daniel Skinner ...

How the politics of “medical necessity” complicates American health careThe definition of medical necessity has morphed over the years, from a singular physician’s determination to a complex and dynamic political contest involving patients, medical companies, insurance companies, and government agencies. In this book, Daniel Skinner constructs a comprehensive understanding of the politics of ... Read more

$20.19 USD

How the politics of “medical necessity” complicates American health careThe definition of medical necessity has morphed over the years, from a singular physician’s determination to a complex and dynamic political contest involving patients, medical companies, insurance companies, and government agencies. In this book, Daniel Skinner constructs a comprehensive understanding of the politics of
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Dream Hoarders

How the American Upper Middle Class Is Leaving Everyone Else in the Dust, Why That Is a Problem, and What to Do About It

by Richard V. Reeves ...

Dream Hoarders sparked a national conversation on the dangerous separation between the upper middle class and everyone else. Now in paperback and newly updated for the age of Trump, Brookings Institution senior fellow Richard Reeves is continuing to challenge the class system in America.In America, everyone knows that the top 1 percent are the villains. The rest of us, the 99 percent?we are the ... Read more

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Dream Hoarders sparked a national conversation on the dangerous separation between the upper middle class and everyone else. Now in paperback and newly updated for the age of Trump, Brookings Institution senior fellow Richard Reeves is continuing to challenge the class system in America.In America, everyone knows that the top 1 percent are the villains. The rest of us, the 99 percent?we are the
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Dream Hoarders

How the American Upper Middle Class Is Leaving Everyone Else in the Dust, Why That Is a Problem, and What to Do About It

by Richard V. Reeves ...

Dream Hoarders sparked a national conversation on the dangerous separation between the upper middle class and everyone else. Now in paperback and newly updated for the age of Trump, Brookings Institution senior fellow Richard Reeves is continuing to challenge the class system in America.In America, everyone knows that the top 1 percent are the villains. The rest of us, the 99 percent-we are the ... Read more

$16.99 USD

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Dream Hoarders sparked a national conversation on the dangerous separation between the upper middle class and everyone else. Now in paperback and newly updated for the age of Trump, Brookings Institution senior fellow Richard Reeves is continuing to challenge the class system in America.In America, everyone knows that the top 1 percent are the villains. The rest of us, the 99 percent-we are the
... Read more

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Diversity, Inc.

The Failed Promise of a Billion-Dollar Business

by Pamela Newkirk ...

One of Time Magazine's Must-Read Books of 2019An award-winning journalist shows how workplace diversity initiatives have turned into a profoundly misguided industry--and have done little to bring equality to America's major industries and institutions.Diversity has become the new buzzword, championed by elite institutions from academia to Hollywood to corporate America. In an effort to ensure ... Read more

$14.99 USD

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One of Time Magazine's Must-Read Books of 2019An award-winning journalist shows how workplace diversity initiatives have turned into a profoundly misguided industry--and have done little to bring equality to America's major industries and institutions.Diversity has become the new buzzword, championed by elite institutions from academia to Hollywood to corporate America. In an effort to ensure
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Economic Dignity

by Gene Sperling ...

**“Timely and important . . . It should be our North Star for the recovery and beyond.” —Hillary Clinton“Sperling makes a forceful case that only by speaking to matters of the spirit can liberals root their belief in economic justice in people’s deepest aspirations—in their sense of purpose and self-worth.” —The New York Times**When Gene Sperling was in charge of coordinating economic policy in ... Read more

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**“Timely and important . . . It should be our North Star for the recovery and beyond.” —Hillary Clinton“Sperling makes a forceful case that only by speaking to matters of the spirit can liberals root their belief in economic justice in people’s deepest aspirations—in their sense of purpose and self-worth.” —The New York Times**When Gene Sperling was in charge of coordinating economic policy in
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Fragile Neighborhoods

Repairing American Society, One Zip Code at a Time

by Seth D. Kaplan ...

An “essential and engaging ” (Richard Florida) exploration of social decline in America: its true causes and the practical steps each of us can take to combat it, starting with the places we call home.The neighborhoods we live in impact our lives in so many ways: they determine who we know, what resources and opportunities we have access to, the quality of schools our kids go to, our sense of ... Read more

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An “essential and engaging ” (Richard Florida) exploration of social decline in America: its true causes and the practical steps each of us can take to combat it, starting with the places we call home.The neighborhoods we live in impact our lives in so many ways: they determine who we know, what resources and opportunities we have access to, the quality of schools our kids go to, our sense of
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The Black Agenda

Bold Solutions for a Broken System

Edited by Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman ...

" The Black Agenda mobilizes top Black experts from across the country to share transformative perspectives on how to deploy anti-racist ideas and policies into everything from climate policy to criminal justice to healthcare. This book will challenge what you think is possible by igniting long overdue conversations around how to enact lasting and meaningful change rooted in racial justice." ... Read more

$17.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

" The Black Agenda mobilizes top Black experts from across the country to share transformative perspectives on how to deploy anti-racist ideas and policies into everything from climate policy to criminal justice to healthcare. This book will challenge what you think is possible by igniting long overdue conversations around how to enact lasting and meaningful change rooted in racial justice."
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The Great Mistake

How We Wrecked Public Universities and How We Can Fix Them

by Christopher Newfield ...

Series series Critical University Studies
A remarkable indictment of how misguided business policies have undermined the American higher education system.Winner of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of the Choice ACRLHigher education in America, still thought to be the world leader, is in crisis. University students are falling behind their international peers in attainment, while suffering from unprecedented student debt. For over a ... Read more

$27.99 USD

A remarkable indictment of how misguided business policies have undermined the American higher education system.Winner of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of the Choice ACRLHigher education in America, still thought to be the world leader, is in crisis. University students are falling behind their international peers in attainment, while suffering from unprecedented student debt. For over a
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Reproducing Racism

How Everyday Choices Lock In White Advantage

by Daria Roithmayr ...

Argues that racial inequality reproduces itself automatically over time because early unfair advantage for whites has paved the way for continuing advantageThis book is designed to change the way we think about racial inequality. Long after the passage of civil rights laws, blacks and Latinos possess barely a nickel of wealth for every dollar that whites have. Why have we made so little progress ... Read more

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Argues that racial inequality reproduces itself automatically over time because early unfair advantage for whites has paved the way for continuing advantageThis book is designed to change the way we think about racial inequality. Long after the passage of civil rights laws, blacks and Latinos possess barely a nickel of wealth for every dollar that whites have. Why have we made so little progress
... Read more
Community Organizing and Community Building for Health and Social Equity, 4th edition

by Meredith Minkler, Patricia Wakimoto, Lionel J. Beaulieu, Adam B. Becker, Lynn Blanchard, Anne Bluethenthal, Frances Dunn Butterfross, Lisa Cacari Stone, Caricia Catalani0, Charlotte Yu-Ting Chang1, Roxana Chen2, Wayland X. Coleman3, Chris M. Coombe4, Jason Corburn5, Lori Dorfman6, Eugenia Eng7, Nancy Epstein8, Jessica Estrada9, Jennifer Falbe0, Stephanie A. Farquhar1, Prisila Gonzalez2, Joseph Griffin3, Leslie Grover4, Lorraine Gutiérrez5, Trevor Hancock6, Susana Hennesey Laverty7, Reva Hines8, Mark S. Homan9, Lili Farhang0, Solange Gould1, Cheryl A. Hyde2, Barbara A. Israel3, Anthony B. Iton4, Whitney Johnson5, Michelle C. Kegler6, Josh Kirschenbaum7, John P. Kretzmann8, Ronald Labonté9, Blishda Lacet0, Pam Tau Lee1, Edith A. Lewis2, Jennifer Lifshay3, Laura Linnan4, Shaw San Liu5, Shaddai Martinez Cuestas6, Marty Martinson7, John L. McKnight8, Christine Mitchell9, Rachel Morello-Frosch0, Mary Anne Morgan1, Angela Ni2, Barack Obama3, Edith A. Parker4, Susan Racine Passmore5, Manuel Pastor6, Amber Akemi Piatt7, Cheri A. Pies8, Clara Pinsky9, R. David Rebanal0, Kathleen M. Roe1, Zachary Rowe2, Alicia L. Salvatore3, Shannon Sanchez-Youngman4, Amy J. Shulz5, Rinku Sen6, Lee Staples7, Celina Su8, Makani Themba9, Stephen B. Thomas0, Maria Elena Torre1, Evan Vandommelen-Gonzalez2, Dierde Visser3, Nina Wallerstein4, Tom Wolff5, Kirsten Wysen6, Marisa Ruiz Asari7, Nickie Bazell8, Derek M Griffith9, Heather Came0 ...

The fourth edition of Community Organizing and Community Building for Health and Social Equity provides both classic and recent contributions to the field, with a special accent on how these approaches can contribute to health and social equity. The 23 chapters offer conceptual frameworks, skill- building and case studies in areas like coalition building, organizing by and with women of color, ... Read more

$26.99 USD

The fourth edition of Community Organizing and Community Building for Health and Social Equity provides both classic and recent contributions to the field, with a special accent on how these approaches can contribute to health and social equity. The 23 chapters offer conceptual frameworks, skill- building and case studies in areas like coalition building, organizing by and with women of color,
... Read more

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