Review: "A study of local-level social and political organizations during the early years of military rule and of the protest between 1983-86. The author points to the presence (or absence) of a strong Communist party nucleus and a historical tradition (pre-1973) of political in…
How can race and ethnicity be understood as questions of power? How do changes among racial and ethnic groups alter conflicts about these groups identities and the resultant power structure shaped by these conflicts? The contributors to this important new volume take up these qu…
"The Global Report 2001 is an assessment of the world's cities and a tool and reference for academics, researchers, planners and public authorities and civil society organizations around the world. The 2001 Report highlights the impacts of globalization in removing barriers and …
In the cities of the Arab world, while the media focus overwhelmingly on questions of religiosity and war, the future of urban modernity and political globalism is taking shape. As the Egyptian state reaches out to capture the apparent promises of neoliberalism, Cairenes struggl…
Wilson explores how the current loss of blue-collar jobs has crucially affected American society. He discusses the effects of the "suburbanization" of employment, which has excluded the black urban poor who remain isolated in neighborhoods of concentrated unemployment, neighborh…
Wilson explores how the current loss of blue-collar jobs has crucially affected American society. He discusses the effects of the "suburbanization" of employment, which has excluded the black urban poor who remain isolated in neighborhoods of concentrated unemployment, neighborh…
'Dying at the Margins' gives voice to the most vulnerable and disempowered population - the urban dying poor - and connects them to the voices of leaders in end-of-life-care. Chapters written by these experts in the field discuss the issues that challenge patients and their love…
'Dying at the Margins' gives voice to the most vulnerable and disempowered population - the urban dying poor - and connects them to the voices of leaders in end-of-life-care. Chapters written by these experts in the field discuss the issues that challenge patients and their love…
Dying at the Margins: Reflections on Justice and Healing for Inner-City Poor gives voice to the most vulnerable and disempowered population-the urban dying poor- and connects them to the voices of leaders in end-of-life-care. Chapters written by these experts in the field discus…
This book introduces readers to the anthropology of urban life in Africa, showing what ethnography can teach us about African city dwellers' own notions, practices, and reflections. Social anthropologists have studied city life in Africa since the early 20th century. Their works…
Recounting the five year study recently completed by the Research Triangle Institute of drug use in Washington DC, this text integrates the findings and places them in the context of a national drug abuse problem, crimeand homelessness.