Righteous dopefiend
by Bourgois, Philippe I., Schonberg, Jeff
fromCalifornia series in public anthropology
This powerful study immerses the reader in the world of homelessness and drug addiction in the contemporary United States. For over a decade Philippe Bourgois and Jeff Schonberg followed a social network of two dozen heroin injectors and crack smokers on the streets of San Franc…
After three decades of massive rural-to-urban migration in China, a burgeoning population of over 35 million second-generation migrants living in its cities poses a challenge to socialist modes of population management and urban governance. In The Inconvenient Generation, Minhua…
After three decades of massive rural-to-urban migration in China, a burgeoning population of over 35 million second-generation migrants living in its cities poses a challenge to socialist modes of population management and urban governance. In The Inconvenient Generation, Minhua…
A compelling portrait of Mary Wollstonecraft that shows the intimate connections between her life and workMary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, first published in 1792, is a work of enduring relevance in women's rights advocacy. However, as Sylvana Tomasell…
"Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, first published in 1792, is a work of enduring relevance in women's rights advocacy. However, as Sylvana Tomaselli shows, a full understanding of Wollstonecraft's thought is possible only through a more comprehensive a…
And conclusions regarding Q theory and relative valuationsNotes; References; Appendix 1: Expansion of cash through new investment; Capacity Case; Efficiency Case; Chapter 6: Stagnation and free cash: a neo-Kaleckian model; Stagnation and stimulants; An expanded Kaleckian model o…
The very rich have gotten a lot richer these past few decades, even during the current economic crisis, hile most Americans have not. How have they managed to restructure the economy to reap the lion's share, tearing new holes in the safety net and saddling all of us with increa…
Exploring a neglected aspect of discourse studies, this volume looks at how people are 'discursively constructed' as deficient in ways that may affect their life chances. In this context, a 'deficit' would mean any kind of linguistic disadvantage or lack which affects the indivi…
The massive disparity between the relative wealth of most citizens in affluent countries and the profound poverty of billions of people struggling elsewhere for survival is morally jolting. But why exactly is this disparity so outrageous and how should the citizens of affluent c…
"This text offers a lively, comprehensive and up-to-the-minute account of the characteristics of contemporary urban life, and is ideal for study purposes at undergraduate level and beyond."--BOOK JACKET.
