Social Justice and the City, Paperback

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DescriptionMobility justice is one of the crucial political and ethical issues of our dayWe are in the midst of a global climate crisis and experie...

Reducere. For Danielle Allen, punishment is more a window onto democratic Athens' fundamental values than simply a set of official practices. From imprisonme...

For social psychologists and students, this collection of first-person accounts from the field's pioneers and leaders - such as Elliot Aronson, Ell...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Luke W. ColeAuthor: Sheila R. FosterWhen Bill Clinton signed an Executive Order on Environmental Justice in 1994, the pheno...

This book analyzes the translation policies and practices of international non-governmental organizations (INGOs), engaging in critical questions a...

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The 1921 flood that put a spotlight on environmental and social inequality in a southwestern cityPublisher: Trinity University Press, U.S.Author(s)...

Planning on the Edge explores the reality behind the rhetoric of Vancouver's reputation as a sustainable city and paves the way for developing Vanc...

David Harvey is one of most famous Marxist intellectuals in the past half century, as well as one of the world's most cited social scientists. Begi...

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DescriptionWarren Copeland draws from his experience of more than two decades in city politics and addresses head on the issue of Christian ethics ...

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Reducere. WINNING RICHMOND - HOW A PROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE WON CITY HALLGayle McLaughlin"We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our c...

Reducere. Up South traces the efforts of two generations of black Philadelphians to turn the City of Brotherly Love into a place of promise and opportunity f...

Reducere. In the last three decades of the twentieth century, government cutbacks, stagnating wages, AIDS, and gentrification pushed ever more people into po...

DescriptionThe radical geographer guides us through the classic text of political economyIn recent years, we have witnessed a surge of interest in ...

From anti-war walkouts to anarchist youth newspapers, rallies against educational privatization, and workshops on fair trade, teenage girls are act...

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Reducere. With an outward gaze focused on a better future, Between Good and Ghetto reflects the social world of inner city African American girls and how the...

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DescriptionIn a time when an estimated 1.2 billion people across the world lack access to secure housing, how are cities working to empower and pro...

Reducere. An electrifying story of the sensational murder trial that divided a city and ignited the civil rights struggleIn 1925, Detroit was a smoky swirl o...

What starts out as a relatively low-level crime... insurance fraud... evolves quickly into a triple murder case in the up-scale community of Summit...

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A story about political organizing and the power of communityVal rie Plante stood up to the patriarchal power system of her city, took down an incu...

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Increasingly confrontational political protest is building up to a deadly climax in thehumid night of the city, while Jack Wilson is drowning his s...

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Includes all-new material for this edition: the latest intelligence from the man who came forward with the truth about Waco.After a career that spa...

Reducere. During the Great Depression, young radicals centered in New York City developed a vision of and for America, molded by their understanding of recen...

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Reducere. Educators often invoke the term care to describe why they entered the field and what compels them to continue. This book argues that care, as typic...

The astonishing but forgotten story of an immigrant sweatshop worker who became one of the most charismatic radical leaders of her time Rose Pastor...

Superheroes meet social justice as the wildly popular webcomic comes to print, blending action with relatable young-adult drama and remarkably thou...

Reducere. Sport is often thought of as simply games, but it can in fact be much more. Sport can be responsible for guiding social justice movements, igniting...

It's the week before Christmas when a lone robber bursts into a busy Glasgow post office carrying an AK-47. An elderly man suddenly hands his young...

Reducere. "AN AMAZING FIRST NOVEL." --MICHAEL CONNELLY The debut novel from award-winning crime reporter James Queally All favors come with a cost, and after...

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Reducere. The courtrooms of 1903 Los Angeles are a man's world--until Kit Shannon arrives With shoulders squared and dreams set high, Kit Shannon arrives in ...

Reducere. Darrin Bell's Candorville is an insightful comic strip for today's world. Brutally honest but still evenhanded, Candorville takes on some of societ...

Reducere. What happens when ordinary churchgoing women heed the radical call of an extraordinary God? The sex trafficking trade is an ugly, messy, and compli...

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Reducere. North America is in the grips of a drug epidemic; with the introduction of fentanyl, the chances of a fatal overdose are greater than ever, prompti...