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  • Whither the Child?

    Causes and Consequences of Low Fertility

    by Eric P. Kaufmann, W. Bradford Wilcox ...
    Birth rates are falling and fertility rates are well below replacement levels. At the same time, the economic crisis has forced governments to scale back public spending, reduce child support, and raise the retirement age, causing immense social conflict. Taking a step outside the disciplinary comfort zone, Whither the Child? asks how demography affects individuals and society. What does it feel ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Rethinking Ethnicity

    Majority Groups and Dominant Minorities

    Edited by Eric P. Kaufmann ...
    The impact of liberal globalization and multiculturalism means that nations are under pressure to transform their national identities from an ethnic to a civic mode. This has led, in many cases, to dominant ethnic decline, but also to its peripheral revival in the form of far right politics. At the same time, the growth of mass democracy and the decline of post-colonial and Cold War state unity in ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

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    Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger

    by Richard Wilkinson, Kate Pickett ...
    Groundbreaking analysis showing that greater economic equality-not greater wealth-is the mark of the most successful societies, and offering new ways to achieve it."Get your hands on this book."-Bill MoyersThis groundbreaking book, based on thirty years' research, demonstrates that more unequal societies are bad for almost everyone within them-the well-off and the poor. The remarkable data the ... Read more

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  • Habits of Inequality

    by Lorne Tepperman, Nina Gheihman ...
    British social reformer Robert Owen once declared that "man is the creature of circumstances." A century and a half later, his famous words still ring true. While many adopt a fatalist approach, believing that their lot in life is inevitable, in fact a number of highly complex social factors determine the outcome of our socioeconomic status and integration into society. It may seem unfair, but the ... Read more

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  • Choices and Constraints in Family Life 2e

    by Maureen Baker ...
    Designed specifically for sociology of the family courses, this text examines the choices and constraints placed on individuals, relationships, and marriages in light of both family circumstances and societal expectations. Using an interdisciplinary approach that draws on the latest research in sociology, psychology, anthropology, and social history, the author explores emerging patterns in family ... Read more

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  • A Sociology of Family Life

    Change and Diversity in Intimate Relations

    by Deborah Chambers, Pablo Gracia ...
    Family relations are undergoing dramatic changes globally and locally. At the same time, certain features of family life endure. This popular book, now in a fully updated second edition, presents a comprehensive assessment of recent research on 'family', parenting, childhood and interpersonal ties.A Sociology of Family Life queries assumptions about a disintegration of 'the family' by revealing a ... Read more

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  • The Impact of Inequality

    How to Make Sick Societies Healthier

    by Richard Wilkinson ...
    A "powerful and provocative" inquiry into the relationship between societies' inequality and their citizens' health, happiness and well-being (Lisa Berkman, Harvard School of Public Health).Comparing the United States with other market democracies, and one American state with another, this book presents irrefutable evidence that inequality is a driver of poor health, social conflict, and violence. ... Read more

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  • A Companion to Bioethics

    Edited by Helga Kuhse, Peter Singer ...
    Series series Blackwell Companions to Philosophy
    This second edition of A Companion to Bioethics, fully revised and updated to reflect the current issues and developments in the field, covers all the material that the reader needs to thoroughly grasp the ideas and debates involved in bioethics.Thematically organized around an unparalleled range of issues, including discussion of the moral status of embryos and fetuses, new genetics, life and ... Read more

    $44.00 USD

  • Wasting Away

    The Undermining of Canadian Health

    by Pat Armstrong, Hugh Armstrong ...
    Wasting Away is a provocative text that examines and assesses the Canadian health care system. This seven-chapter book explores the development of the Canadian health care system and breaks the analysis down into accessible units: who provides (the institutions and the people); who pays (funding sources); and who decides (public, private, and patients). The concluding chapter sums up the winners ... Read more

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  • Oppression, 2nd Edition

    A Social Determinant of Health

    by Elizabeth McGibbon ...
    Teaching Learning Guide and Action Toolkit available upon request. Contact: [email protected] ... Read more

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  • Sociology for AQA Revision Guide 1: AS and 1st-Year A Level

    by Ken Browne ...
    The essential revision guide for AS and 1st-year A level Sociology from trusted and best-selling author Ken Browne.This indispensable book provides everything you need to revise for the exams, with a clear topic-by-topic layout to recap key theories and central ideas.The revision guide maps perfectly onto Ken Browne’s Sociology for AQA Volume 1 with each topic cross-referenced to the main textbook ... Read more

    $21.00 USD

  • Generation Unbound

    Drifting into Sex and Parenthood without Marriage

    by Isabel V. Sawhill ...
    Over half of all births to young adults in the United States now occur outside of marriage, and many are unplanned. The result is increased poverty and inequality for children. The left argues for more social support for unmarried parents; the right argues for a return to traditional marriage.In Generation Unbound, Isabel V. Sawhill offers a third approach: change ""drifters"" into ""planners."" ... Read more

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