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Urban Regeneration Management: International Perspectives - David Lee NewbyA classic introductory text for students. Major sociological theories are clearly explained and it is shown how they can illuminate contemporary social probl...... |
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Unhealthy Places"Unhealthy Places" focuses on issues of health in today's cities. By arguing that "place matters" in relation to the population's health, Kevin Fitzpatrick a...... |
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Great Planning Disasters - Peter HallIn this "pathology of planning," Peter Hall briskly recounts the histories of five great planning disasters and two near-disasters and analyzes the decisions...... |
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Los Angeles And The Automobile - Scott L. BottlesMore comprehensive than any other book on this topic, Los Angeles and the Automobile places the evolution of Los Angeles within the context of American polit...... |
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Controlling Corruption - Robert KlitgaardCorruption is increasingly recognized as a preeminent problem in the developing world. Bribery, extortion, fraud, kickbacks, and collusion have resulted in r...... |
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Undercover - Gary T. MarxProviding a rich picture of past and present undercover work, and drawing on unpublished documents and interviews with the FBI and local police, this penetra...... |
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Islands In The Street: Gangs And American Urban Society - Martin Sanchez Jankowski"Vivid, lively, and yet theoretically informed, a triumph of patient and sustained fieldwork. . . . Jankowski presents the gang and its members not as pathol...... |
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Testosterone Dreams - John HobermanTestosterone has inspired dreams--of restored youth, recharged sexual appetites, faster running, quicker thinking, bigger muscles--since it was first synthes...... |
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The Promise Of The City - Kian TajbakhshThe Promise of the City proposes a new theoretical framework for the study of cities and urban life. Finding the contemporary urban scene too complex to be c...... |
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Livable Cities?The sprawling cities of the developing world are vibrant hubs of economic growth, but they are also increasingly ecologically unsustainable and, for ordinary...... |
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Cultural Trauma And Collective Identity - , Ron EyermanIn this collaboratively authored work, five distinguished sociologists develop an ambitious theoretical model of "cultural trauma"-and on this basis build a ...... |
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The Intimate Economies Of Bangkok - Ara WilsonBangkok has been at the frontier of capitalism's drive into the global south for three decades. Rapid development has profoundly altered public and private l...... |
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Venice, The Tourist Maze: A Cultural Critique Of The World's Most Touristed City - , Garry R. Marvin"The tourist Venice is Venice," Mary McCarthy once observed-a sentiment very much in line with what most of the fourteen million tourists who visit the city ...... |
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Barrio Dreams - Arlene DávilaArlene Dávila brilliantly considers the cultural politics of urban space in this lively exploration of Puerto Rican and Latino experience in New York, the gl...... |
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Everything But The Coffee - Bryant SimonEverything but the Coffee casts a fresh eye on the world's most famous coffee company, looking beyond baristas, movie cameos, and Paul McCartney CDs to under...... |
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Successful SocietiesWhy are some societies more successful than others at promoting individual and collective well-being? This book integrates recent research in social epidemio...... |
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Secularism And State Policies Toward Religion - Ahmet T. KuruWhy do secular states pursue different policies toward religion? This book provides a generalizable argument about the impact of ideological struggles on the...... |
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Community, Solidarity And Belonging - Andrew MasonDespite the frequency with which the term 'community' is used, it is hard to find any comprehensive exploration of the nature and value of community. This bo...... |
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Interaction And The Standardized Survey Interview - Hanneke Houtkoop-steenstraThis is the first study of its kind to investigate in detail the interaction between interviewers and respondents in standardised social survey interviews. A...... |
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Class Counts Student Edition - Erik Olin WrightThis textbook provides students with a lively and penetrating exploration of the concept of class and its relevance for understanding a wide range of issues ...... |