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UNINA9910465730003321 |
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Titolo |
African American females [[electronic resource] ] : addressing challenges and nurturing the future / / edited by Eboni M. Zamani-Gallaher and Vernon C. Polite |
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East Lansing, : Michigan State University Press, 2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (406 p.) |
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Collana |
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Courageous conversations series |
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Zamani-GallaherEboni M. <1971-> |
PoliteVernon C |
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African American women - Social conditions |
African American women - Education |
African American women - Employment |
African American women - Health and hygiene |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Part 1. K-12 Educational Experiences of African American Females -- Part 2. Pathway to the Professions : African American Females on Both Sides of the Desk -- Part 3. Social and Cultural Issues Affecting African American Females -- Part 4. Psychosocial and Health Matters. |
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African American Females: Addressing Challenges and Nurturing the Future illustrates that across education, health, and other areas of social life, opportunities are stratified along gender as well as race lines. The unequal distribution of wealth, power, and privilege between men and women intersects with race and class to create multiple levels of disadvantage. This book is one result of a unique forum intended to bring into focus the K-12 and postsecondary schooling issues and challenges affecting African American girls and women. Focusing on the historical antecedents of |
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UNINA9910790286003321 |
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Sabet Daniel M. <1976-> |
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Police reform in Mexico [[electronic resource] ] : informal politics and the challenge of institutional change / / Daniel M. Sabet |
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Stanford, California, : Stanford Politics and Policy, an imprint of Stanford University Press, c2012 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (298 p.) |
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Police administration - Mexico |
Police - Mexico |
Police professionalization - Mexico |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Acronyms; Acknowledgments; 1. Two Realities; 2. Troubled Reforms; 3. A Problem of Municipal Governance; 4. Organized Crime, the Police, and Accountability; 5. Citizens and Their Police: Vicious Cycles; 6. Civil Society and the Police: Stopping the Vicious Cycle; 7. The Federal Government and Local Reform; 8. Looking Forward; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Notes; References; Index |
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The urgent need to professionalize Mexican police has been recognized since the early 1990's, but despite even the most well-intentioned promises from elected officials and police chiefs, few gains have been made in improving police integrity. Why have reform efforts in Mexico been largely unsuccessful? This book seeks to answer the question by focusing on Mexico's municipal police, which make up the largest percentage of the country's police forces. Indeed, organized crime presents a major obstacle to institutional change, with criminal groups killing hundreds of local police... |
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