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Social Stratification in Central Europe

Jirí Vecerník

This book provides a comparative and contemporary account of social stratification in the Central European states of Czechia, Poland, Hungary, and Slovakia (the Visegrad Four – V4 group), and also by contrast with Austria. It looks at the shared history of these...

2022-08-31 |

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Queer in the Tropics

Pedro Paulo Gomes Pereira

This book aims to reflect on how to translate “queer” in the context of Latin America. Queer theory is becoming consolidated on an international scale as an effort to understand dissident bodies and their inventions. But how can we utilize such a rich body of literature...

2019-04-11 |

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Achieving Social Impact

Marta Soler Gallart

This book presents the findings of research projects conducted by CREA (Community of Researchers on Excellence for all), a research community based in Barcelona, showing how social transformation combines scientific excellence with the political and social impact of the...

2017-06-12 |

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Artistic Enclaves in the Post-Industrial City

Geoffrey Moss

This SpringerBriefs presents a case study and theoretical analysis of an artistic enclave that emerged within Lawrenceville Pittsburgh. It briefly describes the history of greater Pittsburgh, and Lawrenceville’s transition from thriving blue-collar community to...

2017-03-20 |

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Postcolonial Reconstruction: A Sociological Reading of Octavio Paz

Oliver Kozlarek

This book presents a close reading of the work of the Mexican writer and Nobel Prize Laureate, Octavio Paz. It does so from the specific perspective of sociology and the more general perspective of the social sciences. The book identifies opportunities for relating Paz’...

2016-08-23 |

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Female-to-Male (FtM) Transgender People's Experiences in Australia

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This Briefs is the first national study on female-to-male (FtM) transgender people’s experiences in Australia. It describes an extensive study that fills the current gap in Australian research on the specific experiences and beliefs about transition for contemporary...

2015-01-09 |

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Sociology of Mental Health

Robert J. Johnson , Bruce G. Link , R. Jay Turner

This volume provides an overview of mental health research conducted by sociologists. It discusses dominant themes such as stress, the community and mental life, family structure, social relations and recovery. The unique contribution of sociology to the study of mental...

2014-08-25 |

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Impact of Organized Crime on Murder of Law Enforcement Personnel at the U.S.-Mexican Border

Sara Schatz

This brief fills a gap in the studies of organized crime in Mexico (Kan 2012, Ríos 2011, Dell 2011) by documenting and mapping the post-2008 assassination of Mexican border police chiefs. It traces out a “systematic” of law-enforcement assassination in Northern Tier...

2014-07-14 |

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Women in Kolkata's IT Sector

Mousumi Dutta , Zakir Husain

Based on a survey of women workers in Kolkata’s IT sector, this book argues that growth of the IT sector has created a demand for skilled professionals. This has provided scope for highly educated urban women to create a space of self-expression and enjoy enhanced...

2013-12-30 |

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