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Research in Social Problems and Public Policy
Av William R. Freudenburg, Ted I. K. Youn
Inbunden, 1999
1738 kr
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Research in Social Problems and Public Policy (RSPPP) is a peer-reviewed series devoted to the sharpening and reshaping of scientific discourse involving the intersection of social problems and public policy. In particular, it is interested in the analysis of the potential failure of public …
Organizational Response to Social Problems
Av William R. Freudenburg, Ted I. K. Youn m. fl.
Inbunden, 2001
1880 kr
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From the de-institutionalization of psychiatric hospitals to the privatization of prisons, the dramatic public policy changes of the last three decades have been, to a large extent, changes in organization. The chapters in this volume examine these organizational changes. We learn how organizations …
Environmental Risks
Perception, Evaluation and Management
Av Gisela Bohm, Josef Nerb m. fl.
Inbunden, 2001
1462 kr
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Environmental risks are among the most serious challenges of today's societies. Virtually all environmental risks are anthropogenic. The consequences of past decisions made by individuals, business, and governments have already devastated many of the earth's ecological systems and there is an …
Environmental State Under Pressure
Av Frederick H. Buttel, Arthur P. J. Mol m. fl.
Inbunden, 2002
1434 kr
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For a long time in industrialized countries the state occupied a comfortable and unquestioned position in dealing with environmental problems. Since the 1960s we have witnessed the rather smooth institutionalization of environmental tasks in state policies and politics, leading to the emergence of …
Terrorism and Disaster
New Threats, New Ideas
Av Lee Clarke, William R. Freudenburg
Inbunden, 2003
1884 kr
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The terror attacks of 9.11 signalled that people are increasingly put at risk of not only terrorism but natural and technological disasters as well. Since 9.11 scholars have been asking new questions about catastrophe and made important and interesting innovations in methods, concepts, and theories …
Organizational Response to Persons with Mental Illness Involved with the Criminal Justice System
Inbunden, 2005
1738 kr
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From arrest to release, the organizational response to mentally ill offenders is continually evolving according to existing policies and resources. How organizations respond, how they should respond, and their ability to evolve is important. The chapters in this volume offer cases with wide ranging …
Long-Term Management of Contaminated Sites
Inbunden, 2006
1252 kr
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Even today, many people think of 'social problems' as involving poor and powerless individuals in society. "Research in Social Problems and Public Policy" seeks to improve the balance by adding a focus on important and powerful institutions. Such organizations often play key roles in managing, and …
Cultures of Contamination
Legacies of Pollution in Russia and the US
Av Michael Edelstein, Maria Tysiachniouk m. fl.
Inbunden, 2007
1252 kr
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This volume ponders the cultures that generated the bulk of our global contamination legacy. Insight is sought into its creation and an understanding of differences in how it is being addressed. Hopefully the illumination of the problem will contribute to a better understanding of the constraining …
Equity and the Environment
Av William R. Freudenburg, Robert Wilkinson
Inbunden, 2007
1168 kr
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Around the time of the first 'Earth Day', on April 22, 1970, the academic world joined in a virtual explosion of societal interest in a topic that inherently lies in the confluence between 'social problems' and 'public policy' - the ways in which humans use and abuse the natural environment. In the …
Environment and Social Justice
An International Perspective
Inbunden, 2010
2306 kr
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This volume examines domestic and international environmental issues from an environmental justice perspective. The book is a compilation of original research articles and is divided into six parts. Articles in Part I focus on urban environmental issues and sustainability including Central Park's …
Government Secrecy
Av Susan Maret
Inbunden, 2011
1756 kr
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Government secrecy (GS) is a significant social, political, and policy issue and often presents as a barrier to civic participation, public right-to-know, historical understanding, and institutional accountability. This volume examines GS in a variety of contexts, including comparative examination …
Research in Social Problems and Public Policy
Inbunden, 1997
1555 kr
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Even today, many people think of 'social problems' as involving poor and powerless individuals in society. "Research in Social Problems and Public Policy" seeks to improve the balance by adding a focus on important and powerful institutions. Such organizations often play key roles in managing, and …
Disaster by Design
The Aral Sea and Its Lessons for Sustainability
Av Michael R. Edelstein, Astrid Cerny m. fl.
Inbunden, 2012
1509 kr
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Disaster by Design: The Aral Sea, Lessons for Sustainability addresses the impacts of the Aral Sea disaster. The virtual disappearance of what was the world's fourth largest inland body of water was neither natural nor accidental. It was the result of deliberate policy decisions. The sea's …
William R. Freudenberg, a Life in Social Research
Av Susan Maret
Inbunden, 2013
1383 kr
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True to the nature of the Gedenkschrift, this commemorative publication celebrates the work of sociologist Dr. William Freudenburg, one of the founding editors of RSPPP and Dehlsen Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara. Chapters include personal reminiscences as well as research that …
Paradoxes of the Democratization of Higher Education
Inbunden, 2016
1147 kr
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Research in Social Problems and Public Policy (RSPPP) is a peer-reviewed series devoted to the sharpening and reshaping of scientific discourse involving the intersection of social problems and public policy. In particular, it is interested in the analysis of the potential failure of public …
Integrating the Sciences and Society
Challenges, Practices, and Potentials
Inbunden, 2008
1214 kr
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Even today, many people think of 'social problems' as involving poor and powerless individuals in society. "Research in Social Problems and Public Policy" seeks to improve the balance by adding a focus on important and powerful institutions. Such organizations often play key roles in managing, and …
New Approaches to Social Problems Treatment
Av Stacy Lee Burns, Mark Peyrot
Inbunden, 2010
1397 kr
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This volume examines diverse developments in the evolution of public policy institutions for remedying social problems. The collected chapters address the transformation of social problems, social problems work, and social problems solutions in the context of criminal justice, mental health, and …
