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  • Global Connections and Local Receptions

    New Latino Immigration to the Southeastern United States

    Edición de Fran Ansley, Jon Shefner ...
    “Through its close study of immigration in an area of the United States that had until recent years largely been insulated from newcomers, this book opens a window onto a phenomenon that is both deeply local and entirely global. Profoundly insightful on both levels, it deserves to be read by scholars, activists, and human beings everywhere who seek to understand the potential for conflict and for ... Leer más

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  • Sociologists Making Change

    Public Engagement for Social Justice

    Edición de Dale W. Wimberley, Jon Shefner ...
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  • Why Austerity Persists

    Several nations in the Global North have turned to austerity policies in an effort to resolve recent financial ills. What many failed to recognize is the longer history and varied pattern of such policies in the Global South over preceding decades – policies which had largely proven to fail.Shefner and Blad trace the 45-year history of austerity and how it became the go-to policy to resolve a host ... Leer más

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  • The Illusion of Civil Society

    Democratization and Community Mobilization in Low-Income Mexico

    de Jon Shefner ...
    Much has been written about how civil society challenges authoritarian governments and helps lead the way to democratization. These studies show that neoliberal economic policies have harmed many sectors of society, weakening the state and undermining clientelistic relationships that previously provided material benefits to middle- and low-income citizens, who are then motivated to organize ... Leer más

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  • Global Agenda for Social Justice

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    Series series SSSP Agendas for Social Justice
    The Global Agenda for Social Justice provides accessible insights into some of the world’s most pressing social problems and proposes international public policy responses to those problems. Written by a highly respected team of authors brought together by the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP), chapters examine topics such as criminal justice, media concerns, environmental problems, ... Leer más

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  • Agenda for Social Justice

    Solutions for 2016

    Series series SSSP Agendas for Social Justice
    The Agenda for Social Justice: Solutions for 2016 provides accessible insights into some of the most pressing social problems in the United States and proposes public policy responses to those problems. Written by a highly respected team of authors brought together by the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP), it offers recommendations for action by elected officials, policy makers, and ... Leer más

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  • States and Citizens

    Accommodation, Facilitation and Resistance to Globalization

    Edición de Jon Shefner ...
    Series Libro 34 - Current Perspectives in Social Theory
    Globalization has been subjected to a variety of analyses over the past thirty years, ranging from examinations of homogenizing cultural trends to the pressures of economic austerity and trade relations to the declining influence of states. This volume examines how states and citizens have been able to address globalization in different ways across the Global North and South. Authors examine the ... Leer más

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    How Immigration Became Illegal

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  • Getting Better

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    Immigrant Women Workers in the Global Economy

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