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Dirty Work
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 285

Dirty Work

Profiling a number of occupations that society deems tainted (prison guards, forensic pathologists, AIDS caregivers, and others), "Dirty Work" offers vivid, ethnographic reports that focus on the communication that helps workers manage the moral, social, and physical stains that derive from engaging in such occupations.

New Mexico Government
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 328

New Mexico Government

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1994
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  • Publisher: UNM Press

Basic background for every reader seeking a better understanding of the stateAAA1/2s political system.

Sociology of Work
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1183

Sociology of Work

The simple act of going to work every day is an integral part of all societies across the globe. It is an ingrained social contract: we all work to survive. But it goes beyond physical survival. Psychologists have equated losing a job with the trauma of divorce or a family death, and enormous issues arise, from financial panic to sinking self-esteem. Through work, we build our self-identity, our lifestyle, and our aspirations. How did it come about that work dominates so many parts of our lives and our psyche? This multi-disciplinary encyclopedia covers curricular subjects that seek to address that question, ranging from business and management to anthropology, sociology, social history, psy...

Governing New York State
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 388

Governing New York State

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2001-02-08
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  • Publisher: SUNY Press

An indispensable guide to New York State's politics, political institutions, and public policies.

Escape Into the Future
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 335

Escape Into the Future

Escape into the Future analyzes the power of pessimism, showing links between present-day religious pessimism and the nihilism of popular culture. Stroup and Shuck rummage through an interesting and eclectic body of pop culture--from Fight Club to X-Files to the Left Behind series--pointing out the presence of pessimistic themes throughout. This volume identifies and illuminates the religious language used in these works to articulate America's need to escape from its present cultural path and, ultimately, provide hope that it might do so.

Journalists as Witnesses to Executions
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 95

Journalists as Witnesses to Executions

The Viewing Room: How Journalists Prepare for and Respond to Witnessing Executions discusses the need for individual and organizational journalism training on coping with trauma exposure and providing support after being exposed to trauma, specifically as it pertains to the aftermath of witnessing and covering executions. The United States executed 46 people in 2010. At least one journalist witnessed each of the deaths. Thirty-three of those journalists were interviewed for this book. They witnessed an electrocution, firing squad death or a lethal injection, with some having witnessed more than one execution that year by the time they were interviewed. Kenna R. Griffin argues that support be...

The Caring Self
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 215

The Caring Self

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were approximately 1.7 million home health aides and personal and home care aides in the United States as of 2008. These home care aides are rapidly becoming the backbone of America’s system of long-term care, and their numbers continue to grow. Often referred to as frontline care providers or direct care workers, home care aides—disproportionately women of color—bathe, feed, and offer companionship to the elderly and disabled in the context of the home. In The Caring Self, Clare L. Stacey draws on observations of and interviews with aides working in Ohio and California to explore the physical and emotional labor associated with the ca...

Homeless Culture and the Media
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 204

Homeless Culture and the Media

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Governing New Mexico
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 340

Governing New Mexico

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2006
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  • Publisher: UNM Press

This new revision of New Mexico Government includes a brief history of the state and other chapters on government organization, local and tribal governments, elections, and education.

If You Don't Laugh You'll Cry
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 281

If You Don't Laugh You'll Cry

Introduces readers to prison workers as they share stories, debate the role of corrections in American racial politics and social justice, and talk about the important function of humor in their jobs.