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  • The Death of Asylum

    Hidden Geographies of the Enforcement Archipelago

    de Alison Mountz ...
    Investigating the global system of detention centers that imprison asylum seekers and conceal persistent human rights violationsRemote detention centers confine tens of thousands of refugees, asylum seekers, and undocumented immigrants around the world, operating in a legal gray area that hides terrible human rights abuses from the international community. Built to temporarily house eight hundred ... Leer más

    $20.99 USD

  • Let Geography Die

    Chasing Derwent’s Ghost at Harvard

    de Alison Mountz, Kira Williams ...
    An investigative history of the closure of Harvard University’s geography program in the mid-twentieth century due to homophobia and wider institutional politics.Let Geography Die tells the little-known and oft-misunderstood story of geographical research and education at Harvard University. In investigative fashion, Alison Mountz and Kira Williams unearth the personal and institutional secrets ... Leer más

    $25.99 USD

  • Boats, Borders, and Bases

    Race, the Cold War, and the Rise of Migration Detention in the United States

    de Jenna M. Loyd, Alison Mountz ...
    Discussions about U.S. migration policing have traditionally focused on enforcement along the highly charged U.S.-Mexico boundary. Enforcement practices such as detention policies designed to restrict access to asylum also transpire in the Caribbean. Boats, Borders, and Bases tells a missing, racialized history of the U.S. migration detention system that was developed and expanded to deter Haitian ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD

  • Beyond Walls and Cages

    Prisons, Borders, and Global Crisis

    de Alison Mountz, Anne Bonds, Bob Libal, Christopher Stenken, Cynthia Bejarano, Jodie Lawston, Joshua M. Price, Laura McTighe, Lauren Martin, Margo Tamez, Maria Morales0, Mariana Viturro1, Micol Seigel2, Monica Varsanyi3, Nicole Porter4, Olga Aksyutina5, Proma Tagore6, Rashad Shabazz7, Renee Feltz8, Ruben R. Murillo9, Said Saddiki0, Stokely Baksh1, Subhash Kateel2, Zoe Hammer-Tomizuka3, Jenna M. Loyd5, Joseph Nevins8, Borderlands Autonomist Collective9, Luis A. Fernandez0, Ruth Wilson Gilmore1, Amy Gottlieb2, Gael Guevara3, Julianne Hing4, Elizabeth Vargas5, Harsha Walia6, Seth Freed Wessler7 ...
    Series series
    The crisis of borders and prisons can be seen starkly in statistics. In 2011 some 1,500 migrants died trying to enter Europe, and the United States deported nearly 400,000 and imprisoned some 2.3 million people—more than at any other time in history. International borders are increasingly militarized places embedded within domestic policing and imprisonment and entwined with expanding prison ... Leer más

    $69.99 USD

  • Key Concepts in Political Geography

    de Carolyn Gallaher, Mary Gilmartin, Alison Mountz, Peter Shirlow, Carl T Dahlman ...
    Series series Key Concepts in Human Geography
    "A comprehensive reader for my political geography course. Good summaries at the end, and articles include effective case study examples."- Rachel Paul, Western Washington University"A very useful and comprehensive introduction to key concepts in political geography. This book provides useful context not just for ′traditional′ political geography modules, but also those examining broader issues of ... Leer más

    $71.99 USD

  • Crossing Into Canada

    Stories from Two Generations of US War Resisters

    Edición de Alison Mountz ...
    These powerful first-hand accounts of two generations of US war resisters track their search for safe haven in Canada and the assistance of the activists who supported them. During the war in Vietnam, Canada offered refuge to over 100,000 people fleeing conscription. More recently, approximately 300 US military personnel sought refuge as resisters against wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. These two ... Leer más

    $21.99 USD

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  • The Sociology Book

    Big Ideas Simply Explained

    de Sarah Tomley, Mitchell Hobbs, Megan Todd, Marcus Weeks, DK ...
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    Learn about how we organize our society in The Sociology Book.Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about Sociology in this overview guide to the subject, great for beginners looking to learn and experts wishing to refresh their knowledge alike! The Sociology Book brings a fresh and vibrant take on the ... Leer más

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  • Policing Black Lives

    State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present

    de Robyn Maynard ...
    New Revised and Expanded Edition available now!!Delving behind Canada’s veneer of multiculturalism and tolerance, Policing Black Lives traces the violent realities of anti-blackness from the slave ships to prisons, classrooms and beyond. Robyn Maynard provides readers with the first comprehensive account of nearly four hundred years of state-sanctioned survei... ... Leer más

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  • Understanding John Rawls: Justice as Fariness

    Understanding Philosophy, #1

    de Hercules Bantas ...
    Series Libro 1 - Understanding Philosophy
    This guide explains Rawls's concept of 'justice as fairness'. It covers such topics as the two principles of justice, the principle of fairness, the original position and the veil of ignorance, and the difference principle, as well as examining some of the criticisms levelled at Rawls's arguments. ... Leer más

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  • The End of Policing

    de Alex S. Vitale ...
    **The best-selling bible of the movement to defund the police in an updated edition"Urgent, provocative, and timely, The End of Policing will make you question most of what you have been taught to believe about crime and how to solve it."—James Forman Jr., author of Locking Up Our Own**The massive uprising that followed the police killing of George Floyd in the summer of 2020— by some estimates ... Leer más

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  • Political Geography

    World-Economy, Nation-State and Locality

    de Colin Flint, Peter J. Taylor ...
    The new and updated seventh edition of Political Geography once again shows itself fit to tackle a frequently and rapidly changing geopolitical landscape. It retains the intellectual clarity, rigour and vision of previous editions based upon its world-systems approach, and is complemented by the perspective of feminist geography. The book successfully integrates the complexity of individuals with ... Leer más

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  • Maverick

    A Biography of Thomas Sowell

    de Jason L Riley ...
    A “fascinating” and “rare” (National Review) biography of Thomas Sowell, one of America’s most influential conservative thinkersThomas Sowell is one of the great social theorists of our age. In a career spanning more than a half century, he has written over thirty books, covering topics from economic history and social inequality to political theory, race, and culture. His bold and unsentimental ... Leer más

    $17.99 USD