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Product Description: The Agenda for Social Justice sheds light on some of the most pressing social problems in the contemporary United States and proposes public policy responses to those problems. Written by a highly respected team of contributors brought together by the Society for the Study of Social Problems at the University of Tennessee, it offers recommendations for key actions to be taken by elected officials, policy makers, and the public in advancing social justice...read more
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9781447332886 | Policy Pr, September 15, 2016, cover price $18.00 | About this edition: The Agenda for Social Justice sheds light on some of the most pressing social problems in the contemporary United States and proposes public policy responses to those problems.
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9781785601811 | Emerald Group Pub Ltd, November 25, 2015, cover price $134.95
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9781478397816 | Createspace Independent Pub, August 9, 2012, cover price $6.25
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 coalitions to work for greater social justice and equality. Recognizing this important role played by civil society organizations, Jon Shefner goes further and analyzes the variegated nature of the interests represented in these coalitions, arguing that the differences among civil society actors are at least as important as their similarities in explaining how they function and what success, or lack thereof, they have experienced. Through an ethnographic examination extending over a decade, Shefner tells the story of how a poor community on the urban fringe of Guadalajara mobilized through an organization called the Unión de Colonos Independientes (UCI) to work for economic improvement with the support of Jesuits inspired by liberation theology. Yet Mexicoâs successful formal democratic transition, won with the elections in 2000, was followed by the dissolution of the coalition. Neither political access for the urban poor, nor their material well-being, has increased with democratization. The unity and even the concept of civil society has thus turned out to be an illusion.
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9780271033846 | Pennsylvania State Univ Pr, December 30, 2008, cover price $61.95 | About this edition: Much has been written about how civil society challenges authoritarian governments and helps lead the way to democratization.
9780253339829, titled "Toward Cinema and Its Double: Cross-Cultural Mimesis" | Indiana Univ Pr, October 1, 2001, cover price $49.95 | also contains Toward Cinema and Its Double: Cross-Cultural Mimesis
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9780271033853 | Pennsylvania State Univ Pr, June 30, 2012, cover price $35.95
9780135726600, titled "Applications & Investigations in Earth Science" | 2nd spiral edition (Prentice Hall, December 1, 1996), cover price $42.00 | also contains Applications & Investigations in Earth Science
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9781572336520, titled "Global Connections & Local Receptions: New Latino Immigration to the Southeastern United States" | 1 edition (Univ of Tennessee Pr, August 30, 2009), cover price $52.00
9780138513870, titled "Strategic Minerals: Major Minerals Regions of the World, Issues and Strategies" | Prentice Hall, June 1, 1985, cover price $149.80 | also contains Strategic Minerals: Major Minerals Regions of the World, Issues and Strategies
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9781412957533 | Sage Pubns, May 15, 2007, cover price $51.00
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9781412957540 | Sage Pubns, March 7, 2007, cover price $37.00
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9780271027500 | Pennsylvania State Univ Pr, March 15, 2006, cover price $103.95
9780080412221, titled "Scotichronicon: Books XI and XII" | Birlinn Ltd, October 1, 1991, cover price $54.95 | also contains Scotichronicon: Books XI and XII
9780080413396, titled "German Unification in European Perspective" | Macmillan Pub Co, September 1, 1991, cover price $64.00 | also contains German Unification in European Perspective
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9780271027517 | Pennsylvania State Univ Pr, April 1, 2006, cover price $30.95
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