Migration, Prostitution, and Human Trafficking examines the nature, magnitude, and gravity of prostitution and sex trafficking--and the relationship between them--in contemporary China. By researching
History and collective memories influence a nation, its culture, and institutions; hence, its domestic politics and foreign policy. That is the case in the Intermarium, the land between the Baltic and
Social Stratification in Contemporary China raises and debates major sociological issues of modern and present-day China from a historical perspective. Such topics as "equality and inequality"and "acc
Lowenthal collected his writing on communication in society that he had written between the 1930s and 1960s and arranged them in sections on historical and empirical studies, and contribution to the p
This book deals with teleology, truth, predication, knowledge and belief, universals, body and mind, soul, and reason. Its approach is integrative, scholastic and analytic. Teleology is required for c
Investigating the significant role of qualitative research in expanding and refining the understanding of crime and justice, criminologists discuss the relationship between methodology and theory, and
This work explores meaning in health and medicine and the role of the humanities and social sciences in coming to terms with sickness, diagnosis, prognosis, and death. The case studies present a serie
In this book, editors Sidoli and Bovensiepen present students, academics, and mental health professionals with an examination of how and why psychological and physical abuse suffered by children erupt
Plight and Fate of Children During and Following Genocide examines why and how children were mistreated during genocides in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Among the cases examined are the A
Over their long and colourful history, the Chinese people have produced a variety of fascinating and useful cultural artefacts and performances - from the compass and paper money to tea ceremonies and
The 12 articles in this volume describe China's nonprofit sector and its progress and key challenges. Chinese and US researchers in social sciences, philanthropy, education, and other areas examine it
For students, scholars, and film enthusiasts, Clapp (planning and urban affairs, San Diego State U.) examines the relationship between cities and the cinema and their reciprocal influence. He draws on
Community involvement and leisure are rarely mentioned in mass media coverage of the Middle East and North Africa.Yet leisure and community involvement form a part of life in the region, and are becom
History and collective memories influence a nation, its culture, and institutions; hence, its domestic politics and foreign policy. That is the case in the Intermarium, the land between the Baltic and
Checklist of Civilizations and Culture contains all known principal civilizations and cultures of the world, with such definition as is possible of their area and time, their subdivisions and periods,
Migration, Prostitution, and Human Trafficking examines the nature, magnitude, and gravity of prostitution and sex trafficking—and the relationship between them—in contemporary China. By researching t
Focusing on the United Nations World Summit on the Information Society, Civil Society Media and Global Governance examines agendas and strategies of media actors, traces successes and failures, and pr
Political theory consists in clarification of language and concepts, in description and analysis of institutions and behavior, and in appraisal and evaluation of political events. Hyneman's theory is
Robert A. Taft has been neglected by some historians and political theorists and vilified by others. Vigorously and impartially written, this book analyzes the ideas and influence of a great U.S. sena
Mind the Gap has a twofold aim. The first is to highlight and characterize the gap between evaluation practices and debates, and the substantive knowledge debates within the social and behavioral sci
This pioneering effort links history and personality by pairingintellectual friends, most notably Lionel Trilling and Irving Howe, butalso Thomas Carlyle and John Stuart Mill, D. H. Lawrence and Bertr
Developmental and life-course criminology aims to provide information about how offending and antisocial behavior develops, about risk and protective factors at different ages, and about the effects o
"Infant Care and Motherhood in an Urban Community" investigates the behavior and attitudes of 709 mothers towards their year-old babies. John and Elizabeth Newson, impatient with the voluminous and co
In Water Sheikhs and Dam Builders Francesca de Chatel discusses the problems and paradoxes of water resources in the Middle East and North Africa, exploring the past, present, and future of water in
Modern theorists and their ideas on war and peace are here presented, interpreted, and evaluated with scholarship and clarity of expression. In examining the main currents in modern social theory, the
This carefully selected and integrated series of discourses on the central issues of political life presents Robert M. MacIver's views on ethics and politics, society and the state, government and pol
The theme of Migration and Identity is of special concern at a time both of massive worldwide migration and of apparently intensifying national, ethnic, and racial conflicts. Problems of migration and
Since the mid-1990s, political, legal, and historical debates about Nazi theft and confiscation of property, the use of slave labor during World War II, and restitution and compensation have reemerged
In this original and compelling book, Mary Chamberlain explores the nature and meaning of migration for Barbadians who migrated to Britain and elsewhere. It is a unique oral and social history, based
Let's face it, say Barash and Lipton: Males and females, boys and girls, men and women are different. To be sure, these differences are often heightened by distinctions in learning, cultural tradition
Year by year, law seems to penetrate ever larger realms of social, political, and economic life, generating both praise and blame. Nonet and Selznick's Law and Society in Transition explains in access
In recent years the social sciences and the humanities have drawn closer to each other in thought and method. Literary criticism and theory, philosophy, and humanistic history have become part of the
Max Weber and Islam is a major effort by Islamic-studies specialists to reexamine and appraise Max Weber's perspectives on Islam and its historical development. Eight specialists on Islam and two soci
Presents an in-depth study of 600 runaway and homeless adolescents and their families, looking at survival strategies, street social networks, sexuality and victimization, and risk factors. Focus is o
While some social scientists and philosophers claim that sociology and philosophy are disjoint fields of inquiry and others ponder how to trace the boundary between them, Bunge (foundations and philos
Theoretical and grounded studies of transnational processes and practices discuss both their positive and negative aspects. Moving between micro and macro analyses, material expands the boundaries of
This collection brings together Daniel Bell's best work in essay form. It deals with a variety of topics: technology and culture, religion and personal identity, intellectuals and their societies, and
This book examines the American system of dating, mate choice, and marriage. It analyzes a wide range of established ideas about how dating and mate choice are changing, and identifies changes and con
Gender and the Life Course is an interdisciplinary collection of essays on the lives of women and men as they are affected by history, culture, demography, economic and political stratification, and t
Greenberg (neighborhood and brownfields redevelopment, Rutgers U.) and Anderson (urban affairs and planning, Boston U.) look for the source of distrust between producers and regulators of hazardous wa
