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It S Not Always Racist But Sometimes It Is: Reshaping How We Think about RacismNot all incidents related to race should be considered instances of racism. And not all people who make comments about race are racists. In It's Not Always Racist ... but Sometimes It Is, author Dionne Wright Poulton, PhD, argues that society misuses these terms-racism...
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Growing Up Queer: Kids and the Remaking of LGBTQ IdentityLGBTQ kids reveal what it's like to be young and queer today Growing Up Queer explores the changing ways that young people are now becoming LGBT-identified in the US. Through interviews and three years of ethnographic research at an LGBTQ youth drop-in center, Mary...
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Restricted Access: Media, Disability, and the Politics of ParticipationHow reconsidering digital media and participatory cultures from the standpoint of disability allows for a full understanding of accessibility While digital media can offer many opportunities for civic and cultural participation, this technology is not equally easy for everyone to use. Hardware, software, and...
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The Limits of Community Policing: Civilian Power and Police Accountability in Black and Brown Los AngelesA critical look at the realities of community policing in South Los Angeles The Limits of Community Policing addresses conflicts between police and communities. Luis Daniel Gascón and Aaron Roussell depart from traditional conceptions, arguing that community policing--popularized for decades as a racial panacea--is...
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The Slums of Aspen: Immigrants vs. the Environment in Americaas EdenWinner, Allan Schnaiberg Outstanding Publication Award, presented by the Environment & Technology section of the American Sociological Association How the elite ski resort reshaped the socio-economic and demographic landscape in pursuit of profit and pleasure Environmentalism usually calls to mind images of peace and...
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The Crisis of Connection: Roots, Consequences, and SolutionsUncovers the roots and consequences of and offers solutions to the widespread alienation and disconnection that beset modern society Since the beginning of the 21st century, people have become increasingly disconnected from themselves, each other, and the world around them. A "crisis of connection"...
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Sex and Stigma: Stories of Everyday Life in Nevada's Legal BrothelsAn intimate and original look at the lives of Nevada's legal sex workers through the voices of current and former employees, brothel owners, madams, and local law enforcement The state of Nevada is the only jurisdiction in the United States where prostitution is legal....
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Cloud Ethics: Algorithms and the Attributes of Ourselves and OthersIn Cloud Ethics Louise Amoore examines how machine learning algorithms are transforming the ethics and politics of contemporary society. Conceptualizing algorithms as ethicopolitical entities that are entangled with the data attributes of people, Amoore outlines how algorithms give incomplete accounts of themselves, learn through...
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Wild Blue Media: Thinking Through SeawaterIn Wild Blue Media, Melody Jue destabilizes terrestrial-based ways of knowing and reorients our perception of the world by considering the ocean itself as a media environment--a place where the weight and opacity of seawater transforms how information is created, stored, transmitted, and perceived....
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Deported Americans: Life After Deportation to MexicoWhen Gina was deported to Tijuana, Mexico, in 2011, she left behind her parents, siblings, and children, all of whom are U.S. citizens. Despite having once had a green card, Gina was removed from the only country she had ever known. In Deported Americans...
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Theseus and the MinotaurGraeme Davis draws upon the classic sources to retell the great myths and legends of Theseus, the founder-king of Athens, and backs this narrative with a factual examination of the myth, its variations, and its development over time. Replete with both classical and modern...
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The Mexican Press and Civil Society, 1940-1976: Stories from the Newsroom, Stories from the StreetMexico today is one of the most dangerous places in the world to report the news, and Mexicans have taken to the street to defend freedom of expression. As Benjamin T. Smith demonstrates in this history of the press and civil society, the cycle...
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Dispossession: Discrimination against African American Farmers in the Age of Civil RightsBetween 1940 and 1974, the number of African American farmers fell from 681,790 to just 45,594--a drop of 93 percent. In his hard-hitting book, historian Pete Daniel analyzes this decline and chronicles black farmers' fierce struggles to remain on the land in the face...
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When We Were Free to Be: Looking Back at a Children's Classic and the Difference It MadeIf you grew up in the era of mood rings and lava lamps, you probably remember Free to Be . . . You and Me--the groundbreaking children's record, book, and television special that debuted in 1972. Conceived by actress and producer Marlo Thomas and...
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Behind the White Picket Fence: Power and Privilege in a Multiethnic NeighborhoodThe link between residential segregation and racial inequality is well established, so it would seem that greater equality would prevail in integrated neighborhoods. But as Sarah Mayorga-Gallo argues, multiethnic and mixed-income neighborhoods still harbor the signs of continued, systemic racial inequalities. Drawing on deep...
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Program Evaluation Theory and Practice: A Comprehensive GuideThe leading text that covers both the theory and practice of evaluation in one engaging volume has now been revised and updated with additional evaluation approaches (such as mixed methods and principles-focused evaluation) and new methods (such as technologically based strategies). The book features...
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Growth Modeling: Structural Equation and Multilevel Modeling ApproachesGrowth models are among the core methods for analyzing how and when people change. Discussing both structural equation and multilevel modeling approaches, this book leads readers step by step through applying each model to longitudinal data to answer particular research questions. It demonstrates cutting-edge...
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Interviewing for Qualitative Inquiry: A Relational ApproachEngagingly written, this book builds the reader's skills for conducting in-depth interviews designed to address a particular research question. With an emphasis on the dynamics of the research relationship, Ruthellen Josselson artfully demonstrates the steps of a successful interview. Each step is illustrated with...
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Objective Religion: Problems, Prosociality, ProgressThough many scholars and commentators have predicted the death of religion, the world is more religious today than ever before. And yet, despite the persistence of religion, it remains a woefully understudied phenomenon. With Objective Religion, Baylor University Press and Baylor's Institute for Studies...
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Authenticating Whiteness: Karens, Selfies, and Pop StarsIn Authenticating Whiteness: Karens, Selfies, and Pop Stars, Rachel E. Dubrofsky explores the idea that popular media implicitly portrays whiteness as credible, trustworthy, familiar, and honest, and that this portrayal is normalized and ubiquitous. Whether on television, film, social media, or in the news,...
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