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Children and Social Exclusion: Morality, Prejudice, and Group Identity (Hardcover)

By Melanie Killen, Adam Rutland
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Product Details ISBN-10: 1405176512
ISBN-13: 9781405176514
Published: Wiley-Blackwell
Pages: 228

Public Sociology: Fifteen Eminent Sociologists Debate Politics and the Profession in the Twenty-First Century (Paperback)

By Dan Clawson, Robert Zussman, Joya Misra
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In 2004, Michael Burawoy, speaking as president of the American Sociological Association, generated far-reaching controversy when he issued an ambitious and impassioned call for a "public sociology." Burawoy argued that sociology should speak beyond the university, engaging with social movements and deepening an understanding of the historical and social context in which they exist. In this volume, renowned sociologists come together to debate the perils and the potentials of Burawoy's challenge.
Contributors: Andrew Abbott, Michael Burawoy, Patricia Hill Collins, Barbara Ehrenreich, Evely
Product Details ISBN-10: 0520251385
ISBN-13: 9780520251380
Published: University of California Press
Pages: 275

Ethnic Options (Paperback)

By Mary C. Waters
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"Mary Waters' admirable study of Americans' ethnic choices produces a rich social-scientific yield. Its theoretical interest derives from the American irony that while ethnicity is 'supposed to be' ascribed, many Americans are active in choosing and making their ethnic memberships and identities. The monograph is simultaneously objective and attentive to subjective meaning, simultaneously quantitative and qualitative, and simultaneously sociological and psychological. Her research problems are well-conceived, and her findings important and well-documented. As ethnicity and race continue in the
Product Details ISBN-10: 0520070836
ISBN-13: 9780520070837
Published: University of California Press
Pages: 224

Cults: Faith, Healing and Coercion (Paperback)

By Marc Galanter
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From the mass weddings of Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church to the ritual suicides at Heaven's Gate, charismatic cults and their devotees have become facts of American life. Using material gleaned from twenty-five years of direct encounters with cults and their detractors, as well as extensive research, Marc Galanter offers the most extensive psychological analysis of these organizations available. Cults explores not only how members feel and think at all stages of their involvement, but also how larger social and psychological forces reinforce individual commitment within the cults.
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Product Details ISBN-10: 0195123700
ISBN-13: 9780195123708
Published: Oxford University Press, USA
Pages: 304

Mostly True: The Story of Bozo Texino (Paperback)

By Bill Daniel
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It's possible Bill Daniel is the most inspiring filmmaker of our day. With an impressive filmography that includes work on Craig Baldwin's Sonic Outlaws and as Vanessa Renwick's long-time collaborator, Daniel has crafted a remarkable book to go with his twenty-years-in-the-making Who Is Bozo Texino? - a documentary about modern day hoboes, rail workers and a forgotten outsider subculture. It's a rollicking rail zine of boxcar graffiti and obscure railroad nostalgia - the result of a 25 year obsession with hobo and railworker folklore. Freight riding stories, interviews with hoboes and boxca

Product Details ISBN-10: 0978866525
ISBN-13: 9780978866525
Published: Microcosm Publishing
Pages: 160

Imagine: How Creativity Works (Hardcover)

By Jonah Lehrer
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New York Times bestselling author Jonah Lehrer introduces us to musicians, graphic artists, poets, and bartenders to show us how we can use science to be more imaginative and make our cities, our companies, and our culture more creative.

Product Details ISBN-10: 0547386079
ISBN-13: 9780547386072
Published: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 304
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