Reassessing American Culture

A Rebel's Guide

by Gregory Shafer

Social scientists are only beginning to question the idea of culture and the way it comes to be part of who we are as a people. While most would suggest that culture emanates from our values and traditions, this book wonders if it is given to us by corporations, media, and political institutions as a way to keep us docile and compliant. So much of what ...

America's Prisons

The Movement Toward Profit and Privatization

by Curtis R. Blakely

This reader introduces the student to prison management. Particular interest is given the increased role of profit in the application of punishment. Profit and prison privatization are viewed within their larger context. As such, public and private prison operations are compared. Part of this comparison takes place through situating each sector upon ...

Reassessing Democracy

A Rebel's Guide

by Gregory Shafer

Americans have long believed that they live in a democratic nation--where government is responsive to the people and where wealth and happiness are available to all. In fact, as this work explores, the American government has never sought equality and is often more loyal to business and affluence than to the aspirations of the average citizen. This book ...

What's Wrong With The Christian Right

by Jan G. Linn

Silence may be golden, but not when it comes to the extremes of the Christian Right. That is why Jan Linn wrote his new book, What's Wrong With The Christian Right, just released by BrownWalker Press. As a former college and seminary teacher and author of ten previous books, Linn uses the Christian Right's own words and actions to show the extent ...

Asia Journal of Global Studies

Vol. 4, Nos. 1-2

by Derrick M. Nault, editor

Published twice yearly, the Asia Journal of Global Studies (AJGS) is the official journal of the Asia Association for Global Studies (AAGS). The journal features research articles on Asia and other world regions from an Asian perspective.

Multidisciplinary in scope, AJGS accepts contributions from authors with backgrounds in the humanities and social ...

International Journal of Economic and ...

Vol.2, No.1

by Siddhartha Sarkar (series editor)

CONTENTS:

1. Dangerous Effects of Methane Gas in Atmosphere
by H. K. Mohajan

2. Internal Labour Migration and Quality of Life at the Place of Destination
by Nihar Ranjan Rout

3. Growth and Employment in India: A Pre and Post Reform Analysis
by Hemlata Sharma

4. The Effects of ...

Engaging Terror

A Critical and Interdisciplinary Approach

by M. Vardalos, G.K. Letts, H.M. Teixeira, A. Karzai, J. Haig ...

Engaging Terror: A Critical and Interdisciplinary Approach is a collection of select extended papers drawn from The Human Condition Series (THCS) conference on Terror that took place in May, 2008. The international scope of the conference drew participants from twenty-three countries including Brazil, Columbia, Cuba, France, Israel, Lebanon, ...

Documenting the Undocumented: Redefining ...

Center for Refugee Studies 2009 Annual Conference ...

by Veronica P. Fynn (editor)

This Proceeding is a direct product of the Center for Refugee Studies Annual Conference-- Documenting the Undocumented: Redefining Refugee Status, which took place on April 16-17, 2009 at York University, Toronto, Canada. It is a compilation of 11 scholastic essays ranging from a wide variety of topics related to "undocumented people" - domestic workers, ...