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Presents diverse opinions on substance abuse in pregnancy, fetal alcohol syndrome, and infant mortality.
First Published in 1989. There is still much concern over social problems. Invasion of privacy, computer crime, control of information, information inequity, and unemployment due to automation continue to be studied as their existence is no longer a matter of speculation. The emphasis of this book is less on the consequences of information technology than on understanding the nature of information societies.
Examining mothers of newly diagnosed disabled children within the context of new reproductive technologies and the discourse of choice, this book uses anthropology and disability studies to revise the concept of "normal" and to establish a social environment in which the expression of full lives will prevail.
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Why is he doing this? I don't understand. He was so wonderful before. Taking me to dinner, the opera at the beautifully remodeled Paramount, the trip to Vegas. His hands always so gentle and knowing afterwards. I would have done anything for him. What happened? He's treating me so hatefully now! On top of everything else, I thought at least he, a doctor, would understand what I'm going through. Well, I've made my plans. They'll all get what's coming to them! Soon. Love & Cherish: Till Death Do Us Part is about relationships, losing trust, jealousy, murder, who did it and a surprise in the end. What is important in a marriage? Trust is the most important element in a relationship. When the tr...
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Focusing on top civilian and military advisors within the national security establishment, this significant book looks at four case studies with a focus on civil-military relations within the US Department of Defense. It investigates whether balanced approaches produce more effective policies and outcomes than dominating structures. The culmination of Gibson's treatise is the advancement of the 'Madisonian approach' to civilian control of the military, a normative framework designed to replace Samuel Huntington's 'Objective Control' model and also the 'Subjective Control' model, initially practised by Defense Secretary Robert McNamara and most recently by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. T...
While the internet bubble has burst, the New Economy that the internet produced is still with us, along with the myth of a workplace built around more humane notions of how people work and spend their days in offices. No-Collar is the only close study of New Economy workplaces in their heyday. Andrew Ross, a renowned writer and scholar of American intellectual and social life, spent eighteen months deep inside Silicon Alley in residence at two prominent New Economy companies, Razorfish and 360hiphop, and interviewed a wide range of industry employees in other cities to write this remarkable book. Maverick in their organizations and permissive in their culture, these workplaces offered person...