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This innovative book offers a comprehensive assessment of policing in late modern Britain. The overall theme is that as we approach the end of the twentieth century, it is an appropriate time to review recent developments in policing and law enforcement...

In 1973 The New Criminology was published and quickly established itself as a key textbook in criminology, casting a major influence over a generation of scholars. It has remained in print ever since. This volume, published twenty-five years later,...

This book is concerned with the place of communication in the troubled relations between the police and young people. Ian Loader presents a forceful critique of managerialism and, from the perspective of critical theory, outlines an alternative way of...

Law and the Unconscious is the first work of the French legal philosopher Pierre Legendre to appear in English. Trained as a lawyer, a historian and a psychoanalyst, the work of Pierre Legendre has consistently confronted law with the teaching and...

This volume examines the dynamics and control of organized and corporate crime in their national and international contexts. Global developments since the Second World War have combined to produce social, economic and political environments which have...

This book provides an important new contribution to the literature about Eastern Europe following the political changes of the early 1990s. Its focus is on housing, which before these changes was dominated in all Eastern European countries by state...

The changing nature and definition of suburbia, past and present, and the processes that have influenced its development both physically and as an intellectual construct are examined from various perspectives by the authors of the 26 essays that compose...

This book is an attempt to formulate a systematic philosophy of the city, connecting it at one end with ethical principles and at the other with the practical discipline of city planning in the interest of providing criteria by which concrete programs...

Product information not available.Book InformationISBN 9780313241383Author Pradip K. GhoshFormat HardbackPage Count 546Imprint Greenwood PressPublisher ABC-CLIO

Carefully limiting his analysis to the correlation of residential proximity and marriage, social cast/class structures, and occupational status, Dr. Beshers clearly demonstrates how census tract data, official registrations of residence on marriage...

Many of the world's leading authorities in history, sociology, political science and psychology shed new light on the major genocides of the twentieth century. Featured authors include Irving Louis Horowitz, Helen Fein, Vahakn Dadrian, Roger W. Smith,...

In this book, Lee Shai Weissbach offers the first comprehensive portrait of small-town Jewish life in America. Exploring the history of communities of 100 to 1000 Jews, the book focuses on the years from the mid-nineteenth century to World War II...

Many of our children live in communities where violence, fear, and despair are commonplace. This book describes how one city developed a collaborative effort between law-enforcement and mental health professionals in order to help these children and...

Urban studies, economics, sociology, and political science perspectives on the exclusion from the suburbs of poor and minority populations. Provides a rationale and detailed program to address housing and urban problems.Book InformationISBN...

The urban poor suffer many problems beyond pressing financial concerns, including those involving housing, health, and family relationships. Social welfare agencies struggle to cope with the enormity of need presented by individuals and families. The...

This book addresses the urgent need for adequate shelter and services for the urban poor in developing countries. It not only examines the evolution and performance of policies and projects, but also analyzes factors which effect policy implementation,...

Based on a fifteen year longitudinal cross-cultural analysis on the role of the body in identity construction process around the world, this analysis provides readers with a comparative theoretical exploration of piercing and other forms of body...

The term 'edge city' describes the rapid growth of urban centres at the edge of established cities. Widely discussed in the US, very little has been written about European edge cities. This book gives a comparative analysis of examples in Greece, Spain,...

Crisis Cities blends critical theoretical insight with a historically grounded comparative study to examine the form, trajectory, and contradictions of redevelopment efforts following the 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina disasters. Based on years of research...

Abrahamson's book, accessible to undergraduates with little background in sociology or social science, investigates the effect of globalizationon the world's major cities through an exploration of both the economic and cultural dimensions associated with...

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Every month, five million people move from the past to the future. Pouring into developing-world "instant cities" like Dubai and Shenzhen, these urban newcomers confront a modern world cobbled together from fragments of a West they have never...

Young readers will get a real sense of how towns and cities have developed all over the world from medieval towns and the extreme cities in the jungle and polar regions. What is suburban bliss and why are some of our cities dying? Read this book from...

Walking through suburbia, others might see faded semis, but Paul Barker sees an amazing adaptability. Garages turned into storerooms, front gardens turned into garages, front doors personalised and giving out subtle social signals. The suburb is, in his...

"A major contribution to the literature on changing US regionalism, the volume is handsomely produced and thoroughly documented." -Choice "...useful and well researched..." -American Politics Review "This is an excellent book for...

It was a crumbling city, like so many others. But in Hartford five gifted young men, who met as high school athletes, promised their lives to the hometown that shaped them even as it was coming apart. They intended to go far. They would, they pledged,...

"Key Concepts in Urban Studies is written in an accessible, concise way and introduces students to the key topics in urban studies. Drawing examples from different parts of the world, this authoritative resource exposes students to the diverse forms...

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This book fills an important gap in the knowledge of Middle Eastern cities by reconstructing the historical process of Sanandaj's formation and development until the rise of modernization in Iran. It contributes to an understanding of the nature of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789811630200Author Gaoxiang LiFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint SpringerPublisher SpringerWeight(grams) 155g

This book provides a conceptual framework for understanding the inclusive city. It clarifies the concept, dimensions and tensions of social and economic inclusion and outlines different forms of exclusion to which inclusion may be an antidote. The...

This book provides a conceptual framework for understanding the inclusive city. It clarifies the concept, dimensions and tensions of social and economic inclusion and outlines different forms of exclusion to which inclusion may be an antidote. The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9786203201017Author David J Edelman (Ed )Format PaperbackPage Count 324Imprint LAP Lambert Academic PublishingPublisher LAP Lambert Academic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781787351783Author Douş ŞimşekFormat PaperbackImprint UCL PressPublisher UCL Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9786206334361Author Stalin AlvaradoFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Our Knowledge PublishingPublisher Our Knowledge PublishingWeight(grams) 163g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9786206056201Author Carolina Heldt d'AlmeidaFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Our Knowledge PublishingPublisher Our Knowledge PublishingWeight(grams) 118g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781604591668Author G K ChestertonFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Wilder PublicationsPublisher Wilder PublicationsWeight(grams) 195g

Exposing the carceral webs and weaponized data that shape Chicago’s police wars Chicago is a city with extreme concentrations of racialized poverty and inequity, one that relies on an extensive network of repressive agencies to police the poor and...