Autore	Luker Kristin
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1984
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (xvi, 324 pages)
Disciplina	363.4/6/0973
Collana	California series on social choice and political economy
Soggetto topico	Abortion - United States Abortion - Political aspects - United States Pro-life movement - United States Motherhood - Moral and ethical aspects
Soggetto non controllato	abortion christian right christianity family life feminism feminist theory gender roles gender studies gender individual rights maternity modern family motherhood nonfiction parenting politics and morality pro choice pro life reproductive justice reproductive politics reproductive rights roe v wade sex positive sexual behavior sexual health sexuality social commentary social issues sociology technology women s studies womens health womens issues womens rights
ISBN	1-282-75855-1 9786612758553 0-520-90792-2
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Medicine and Morality in the Nineteenth Century -- 3. The Century of Silence -- 4. Abortion Reform: The Professionals' Dilemma -- 5. Women and the Right to Abortion -- 6. The Emergence of the Right-to-Life Movement -- 7. World Views of the Activists -- 8. Motherhood and Morality in America -- 9. The Future of the Debate -- Appendix 1: Methodology -- Appendix 2: Tables -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910778083003321

Autore	Shaw Randy <1956->
Edizione	[Second edition.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , [2013]
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (304 pages)
Disciplina	303.480973
Soggetto topico	Social action - United States Community organization - United States Political activists - United States Political participation - United States Social reformers - United States
Soggetto non controllato	activism anthropology climate change diverse coalitions education reform electoral process engaging fighting government and governing grassroots support homelessness human condition immigrant rights liberal politics marriage equality occupy wall street occupy organising political philosophy political science political politics positive change protests revolt social change social issues social justice social media social sciences sociology student activism urban issues
ISBN	9780520956995 0520956990 9780520274051
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Don't Respond, Strategize -- 2. Elected Officials: Inspiring Fear and Loathing -- 3. Coalition Activism: Rounding Up the Unusual Suspects -- 4. Ballot Initiatives: The Rules of the Game -- 5. The Media: Winning More Than Coverage -- 6. The Internet and Social Media: Maximizing the Power of Online Activism -- 7. Direct Action: Acting Up, Sitting In, Taking to the Streets -- 8. Lawyers: Allies or Obstacles to Social Change? -- 9. Student Activists Lead the Way -- Conclusion: New Activism for the Twenty-First Century -- Notes -- Index
Altri titoli varianti	The activist's handbook : winning social change in the twenty-first century
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910779745103321

Autore	Levine Judith
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2013]
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (315 p.)
Disciplina	306.87432086942
Soggetto topico	Low-income single mothers -- Employment -- United States Low-income single mothers -- Services for -- United States Low-income single mothers -- United States -- Social conditions Low-income single mothers - Social conditions - United States Low-income single mothers - Employment - United States Low-income single mothers - Services for - United States Sociology & Social History Social Sciences Family & Marriage
Soggetto non controllato	business caseworkers childcare discrimination distrust engaging family gender studies human condition in depth interviews labor low income women money and power money motherhood page turner politics public policy racism relationships single mothers social issues social sciences social work society sociology structural factors trust welfare reform welfare womens struggles workplace
ISBN	0-520-95691-5
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- One. Welfare Reform and the Enduring Structural Roots of Distrust -- Two. "The Way They Treat You Is Inhumane": Caseworkers and the Welfare Office -- Three. "I Couldn't Put Up with It No More": Perceived Mistreatment and Distrust at Work -- Four. "I Don't Trust People to Watch My Kids": Mothers' Distrust in Child Care Providers -- Five. "You Can't Put Your Trust in Men": Gender Distrust and Marriage -- Six. "I Trust My Mother and No One Else": Trust and Distrust in Social Networks -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Research Methods -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910779885303321

Autore	Heinlein Sabine <1973->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2013
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (257 p.)
Disciplina	364.80973
Soggetto topico	Criminals - Rehabilitation - United States
Soggetto non controllato	anthropology behind bars biography convicted murderer convicted murders crime emotional struggles engaging everyday lives freedom gender studies heinous crimes human behavior imprisonment incomparable perspective intense page turner poignant prison psychology public policy realistic redemption reentry programs social culture social issues social justice social science society sociology successful rehabilitation true crime west harlem
ISBN	0-520-95477-7
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Freedom day -- At the garden -- Street code -- Talking murder -- Poster boys -- Dinner with bruce -- Work readiness -- Prisoners still -- The penis monologues -- At the barber -- Causalities -- The new coat -- A haunted house -- Waiting for nothing -- Growing old -- Silent forgiveness -- Lies and good luck -- Sex, love, and race -- From attica to broadway -- The new home -- On guard -- Epilogue -- Notes -- References.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910786019303321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	New York, New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn Books, , 2018
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (315 pages) : illustrations, tables
Disciplina	306
Collana	Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality
Soggetto topico	Physical anthropology Human biology Fetus - Social aspects
Soggetto non controllato	anthropology archaeology biological anthropology biology child birth contemporary controversial issues cultural anthropology fetus health and well being holistic anthropology political issue pregnancy prehistoric reproduction reproductive right reproductive rights science sexuality social issues social science
ISBN	1-78533-692-4
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword. How/Shall We Consider the Fetus? -- Introduction. Conceiving the Anthropology of the Fetus -- PART I: The Fetus in Biosocial Perspective -- Chapter 1. The Borderless Fetus: Temporal Complexity of the Lived Fetal Experience -- Chapter 2. The Biology of the Fetal Period: Interpreting Life from Fetal Skeletal Remains -- Chapter 3. Pregnant with Ideas: Concepts of the Fetus in the Twenty-First-Century United States -- PART II: Finding Fetuses in the Past: Archaeology and Bioarchaeology -- Chapter 4. The Bioarchaeology of Fetuses -- Chapter 5. Fetal Paleopathology: An Impossible Discipline? -- Chapter 6. The Neolithic Infant Cemetery at Gebel Ramlah in Egypt’s Western Desert -- Chapter 7. Excavating Identity: Burial Context and Fetal Identity in Postmedieval Poland -- PART III: The Once and Future Fetus: Sociocultural Anthropology -- Chapter 8. Waiting: The Redemption of Frozen Embryos through Embryo Adoption and Stem Cell Research in the United States -- Chapter 9. Deploying the Fetus: Constructing Pregnancy and Abortion in Morocco -- Chapter 10. Beyond Life Itself: The Embedded Fetuses of Russian Orthodox Anti-Abortion Activism -- Chapter 11. The “Sound” of Life: Or, How Should We Hear a Fetal “Voice”? -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910794719603321