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  • Sexuality, Social Exclusion and Human Rights: Vulnerability in the Caribbean Context of HIV

    Sexuality, Social Exclusion and Human Rights examines some of the key drivers of HIV and AIDS in the Caribbean context by exploring risks, vulnerability, power, culture, sexuality and gender. It provides a unique perspective and analysis of the Caribbean response and how the inclusion of many different sectors in society and an interdisciplinary, rather than segregated multi-disciplinary approach, ... Leer más

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  • Caribbean Childhoods: 'Outside', 'Adopted' or 'Left Behind'

    'Good Enough' Parenting and Moral Families

    Studies of the experiences of Caribbean childhood have, in the past, been undertaken almost exclusively from the perspective of adults rather than that of the children themselves. In this work, Christine Barrow departs from that tradition by focusing on the views of children as participants. The result is a fresh perspective on childhood and growing up that is different from those of parents, ... Leer más

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  • Rethinking Poverty

    Assets, Social Exclusion, Resilience and Human Rights in Barbados

    Researchers have been grappling with finding an adequate means of defining poverty since the nineteenth century, yet no universal consensus exists today. Much of the debate has been concerned with whether poverty should be defined in absolute or relative terms. Today, most countries use income as a measure of poverty, and the extent of poverty in a country is assessed on the basis of a poverty ... Leer más

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  • Policing and Race in America

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    This edited collection explores policing in America in regards to minority groups. The essays discuss how the relationship between police and minority groups affects politics, the economy, and minority groups’ daily lives and success. The contributors explore the Black Lives Matter movement, the Detroit, Los Angeles, and Atlanta Police Departments, immigration, incarceration, community policing, ... Leer más

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  • The Triple Package

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    "That certain groups do much better in America than others—as measured by income, occupational status, test scores, and so on—is difficult to talk about. In large part this is because the topic feels racially charged. The irony is that the facts actually debunk racial stereotypes. There are black and Hispanic subgroups in the United States far outperforming many white and Asian subgroups. Moreover ... Leer más

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  • Cured

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  • Who Are We Now?

    Interpreting the Pew Study on Jewish Identity in America Today

    Who is a Jew in 21st century America? Is membership in “the tribe” defined by shared religious beliefs? Common ethnic backgrounds? Familiar holiday practices? Similar tastes in culture and cuisine? And what do the widely varying answers to those questions mean for the future of the American Jewish community? In 2013, at the suggestion of Jewish Daily Forward editor Jane Eisner, the Pew Research ... Leer más

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  • Ten Conversations You Must Have With Your Son

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  • Anticipations

    Mr. Well's essays on the future are a little like his novels on the future; they present an interesting picture of mechanical devices, but leave out of account the human equation almost as completely as the most profound political economist would leave it out. ... Leer más

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  • Talk Softly

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