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Quantifying Neighbourhood Effects

Frontiers and perspectives

Edited by Jorg Blasius, Jurgen Friedrichs, George Galster

Many policies in several Western European countries and the U.S. aim to counter spatial concentrations of deprivation and create more socio-economically mixed residential areas. Such…

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December 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-47809-0 (Routledge)

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Child Poverty in Historical Perspective

From 1900 to the Present

By Lucinda Platt

This book combines detailed historical investigation with original empirical analysis and an understanding of the most recent developments in child poverty research, in order to…

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December 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-33948-3 (Routledge)

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Drugs

America's Holy War

By Arthur Benavie

Using the best scientific evidence, Drugs: America's Holy War explores the impact and cost of America’s "War on Drugs" – both in tax spending and

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November 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-7890-3841-8 (Routledge)

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The Contemporary US Peace Movement

By Laura Toussaint

As peace activists have faced increased government repression and accusations of being unpatriotic since 9/11, Toussaint examines how current attempts to control dissent impact the…

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November 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-99192-6 (Routledge)

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Community-Based Programs and Policies

Contributions to Social Policy Development in Health Care and Health Care-Related Services

Edited by Howard A. Palley

This collection is focused on the provision of community-based programs and activities in health and related long-term care services that have contributed, or may in…

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October 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-7890-3833-3 (Routledge)

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Political Institutions and Lesbian and Gay Rights in the United States and Canada

By Miriam Smith

Lesbian and gay citizens today enjoy a much broader array of rights and obligations and a greater ability to live their lives openly in both…

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June 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-98871-1 (Routledge)

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Families in a Global Context

Edited by Charles B. Hennon, Stephan M. Wilson

Learn what trends and factors are influencing families globally

How are families the same or different around the world? Families in a Global

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June 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-7890-2708-5 (Routledge)

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Intimate Fatherhood

A Sociological Analysis

By Esther Dermott

Fatherhood is gaining ever more public and political attention, stimulated by the increasing prominence of fathers’ rights groups and the introduction of social policies, such…

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May 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-42262-8 (Routledge)

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Legal Responses to Domestic Violence

By Mandy Burton

This book aims to examine legal responses to domestic violence in a holistic way. In England and Wales, as in other jurisdictions, much attention has…

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May 2008 | Paperback: 978-1-84472-026-2 (Routledge-Cavendish)

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Researching Families and Communities

Social and Generational Change

Edited by Rosalind Edwards

Recent years have seen a concern with how family and community relationships have changed across the generations, whether for better or worse, and particularly how…

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April 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-42712-8 (Routledge)

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Forthcoming Titles:

The Microstructures of Housing Markets
Edited by Susan J. Smith, Moira Munro
To be published December 9th 2008

Progressive Community Organizing: A Critical Approach for a Globalizing World
By Loretta Pyles
To be published January 9th 2009

Welfare in the United States: A History with Documents, 1935-1996
Edited by Premilla Nadasen, Jennifer Mittelstadt, Marisa Chappell
To be published February 23rd 2009

Ageing in East Asia: Challenges and Policies for the Twenty-First Century
Edited by Tsung-hsi Fu, Rhidian Hughes
To be published February 25th 2009

The New Sociology of the Health Service
Edited by Jonathan Gabe, Mike Calnan
To be published March 9th 2009

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