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Unequal Family Lives
This volume explores the causes and consequences of family inequality in the United States, Europe, and Latin America.
Indigenist African Development and Related Issues
There is no term so heavily contested in social science literature/nomenclature than ‘Development’. This book brings Indigenous perspectives to African develop¬ment. It is argued that contrary to development as we know it not working, a greater part of the problem is that conventional development approaches that work have in fact not truly been followed to the letter and hence the quagmire. All this is ironic since everything we do about our world is development. So, how come there is “difficult knowledge” when it comes to learning from what we know, i.e., what local peoples do and have done for centuries as a starting point to recon¬structing and reframing ‘development’? In ge...
The Best Books for Academic Libraries: Social sciences
Books recommended for undergraduate and college libraries listed by Library of Congress Classification Numbers.
The Palgrave Handbook of Family Sociology in Europe
This handbook provides a meaningful overview of topical themes within family sociology as an academic field as well as empirical realities in various societal contexts across Europe. More than sixty prominent European scholars’ original texts present the field’s main theoretical and methodological approaches in addition to issues such as families as relationships, parental arrangements, parenting practices and child well-being, family policies in welfare state regimes, family lives in migration, and family trajectories. Presenting cutting-edge research on findings, theoretical interpretations, and solutions to methodological challenges, it is a timely tool for researchers, teachers, students, and family practitioners who wish to familiarise themselves with the state of family sociology in Europe.
Who's Hungry? And how Do We Know?
This book recognizes that any attempt to reduce hunger requires a sound understanding of which people are affected. It differentiates between food shortage (regional food scarcity), food poverty (inadequate household food supplies), and food deprivation (individual malnutrition) in order to identify the causes of hunger and recommend ways to effectively target interventions. It also focuses on a critical second question--how do we know who the hungry are? The authors explain commonly-used means of measuring hunger, the assumptions embedded in these measures, and what can and cannot be concluded from the evidence. They examine how rules for food distribution operate under normal versus crisis conditions. The shortage/poverty/deprivation framework is designed to call attention to hunger even when food is abundant, as well as to learn how hunger is avoided even when food is scarce. With many tools in place for combating hunger, the book draws attention to the policies that are working and to the individuals, households, and communities that are underserved. The book refines common thinking about the underlying causes of hunger by examining who are most affected.
Natural Disasters: Icebergs and glaciers-wind gusts
Organized alphabetically by disaster type, this natural-disaster reference describes each disaster in scientific terms. Special events follow in chronological order. The set contains photographs, a time line, lists of organizations and agencies, a glossary and an index.
Dinámica demográfica de México en el siglo XXI.
Esta obra se divide en dos tomos y su propósito consiste en ofrecer una guía para los lectores sobre los niveles y las tendencias en los componentes demográficos del país durante las dos primeras décadas de la centuria, así como acerca de las perspectivas hacia el futuro cercano (2030-2050). Este libro se mantiene en la tradición del texto Dinámica de la población en México publicado por El Colegio de México en 1970. Si las preocupaciones centrales en aquel momento giraban en torno al crecimiento poblacional, la distribución territorial y el proceso de urbanización, el contexto demográfico de ahora invita a pensar en la tendencia hacia la estabilización poblacional, el cambio en la estructura por edades, las migraciones por causas diversas y el proceso de envejecimiento, entre otros temas.
The Cambridge Handbook of Social Problems: Volume 1
The introduction of the Affordable Care Act in the United States, the increasing use of prescription drugs, and the alleged abuse of racial profiling by police are just some of the factors contributing to twenty-first-century social problems. The Cambridge Handbook of Social Problems offers a wide-ranging roster of the social problems currently pressing for attention and amelioration. Unlike other works in this area, it also gives great consideration to theoretical and methodological discussions. This Handbook will benefit both undergraduate and graduate students eager to understand the sociology of social problems. It is suitable for classes in social problems, current events, and social theory. Featuring the most current research, the Handbook provides an especially useful resource for sociologists and graduate students conducting research.
