Social Science

Social policy is often disparaged as being a burden on society, undermining the entrepreneurial spirit, discouraging work and savings, and fostering dependency on the state. Bad social policy can indeed have negative effects, but social policy is not inevitably bad. more...

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What is fashion? What is fashionable? Who decides what's in and what's out? Why is it green one year and blue the next? Why is one little black dress worth five thousand dollars and another worth fifty? Is the catwalk really that catty? What makes a supermodel so super?. And a designer too hot to touch? Who is making money? Who owns whom? Who hates whom? And who's in each other's pockets? The answers are all to be found in Fashion Babylon. more...

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Packed with useful information and advice; Covers modern and traditional routes to accessing information; Helps you evaluate the reliability of sources; Handy checklists at the end of each section summarize the key points. Finding Things Out offers solutions to anyone who has ever had trouble tracking down essential information. It describes the techniques that will lead to a successful outcome and covers the full range of resources available, including the World Wide Web, libraries and public record offices. It is a boon to students and researchers needing to track down information for projects, but it will also help you find the answers to all sorts of everyday enquiries. more...

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Gates of Injustice is a compelling expose of the American prison system: how more than 2 million Americans came to be incarcerated ... what it's like on the inside ... and how a giant "prison-industrial complex" pushes incarceration over other solutions. Veteran journalist Alan Elsner tells the terrifying truth about prison brutality and rape, gangs, drugs, corruption and abuse, "supermax" prisons and death row. You'll learn how the prison crisis touches you, and all Americans. Most importantly, Elsner charts a path for reform ... one that could make America not just more humane, but safer. more...

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From classical times to the twentieth century, this book provides a fascinating exploration of what happens to established ideas about men and women, and their roles when different cultural systems come into contact. more...

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