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  • Race, Immigration, and Social Control

    Immigrants’ Views on the Police

    by Ivan Y. Sun, Yuning Wu ...
    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 ... Read more

    $134.99 USD

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  • Stuck in Place

    Urban Neighborhoods and the End of Progress toward Racial Equality

    by Patrick Sharkey ...
    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 ... Read more

    $17.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Democratic Deficit

    Critical Citizens Revisited

    by 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 ... Read more

    $36.09 USD

  • Social Resilience in the Neoliberal Era

    Edited by 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 ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Racialization, Crime, and Criminal Justice in Canada

    by Wendy Chan, Dorothy Chunn ...
    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 ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • Successful Societies

    How Institutions and Culture Affect Health

    Edited by 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 ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • The Persistent Power of Human Rights

    From Commitment to Compliance

    Edited by Thomas Risse, Stephen C. Ropp, Kathryn Sikkink ...
    Series Book 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 ... Read more

    $36.09 USD

  • Producing and Negotiating Non-Citizenship

    Precarious Legal Status in Canada

    by Luin Goldring, Patricia Landolt ...
    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 ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Women, Crime and Criminal Justice

    A Global Enquiry

    by Rosemary Barberet ...
    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 ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Critical Multiculturalism and Intersectionality in a Complex World

    by Lacey Sloan, Mildred Joyner, Catherine Stakeman, Cathryne Schmitz ...
    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 ... Read more

    $41.59 USD

  • Making Democratic Governance Work

    How Regimes Shape Prosperity, Welfare, and Peace

    by 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 ... Read more

    $33.69 USD

  • Gender Violence

    A Cultural Perspective

    by Sally Engle Merry ...
    Series Book 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 ... Read more

    $38.00 USD