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Lorenza Antonucci
Insecurity Politics

The everyday realities of financial and work insecurity that drive right- and left-wing populismIn Insecurity Politics , Lorenza Antonucci examines the lived, everyday experiences that underpin political …

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Abigail Leonard
Four Mothers

Tsukasa in Japan grapples with memories of a difficult childhood as she tries to chart a new, healthier path for her own daughter while balancing onerous cultural expectations. Chelsea in Kenya endures a …

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Ronda L Brulotte
Mezcal in Oaxaca

An ethnography of mezcal and how it has become a global, "artisanal" good.

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Rebecca Gibb
Vintage Crime

"This slim yet insightful and entertaining volume documents the many instances where wine drinkers did not get what they paid for, sometimes with deadly consequences."--New York Times, Best Wine…

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Muhammad H Zaman
Infected

A paradigm-shifting exploration of the politics of health around the world, by an award-winning scientist "Zaman's optimism . . . is welcome. . . . His sense of urgency is irresistible." ---The …

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Ronda L Brulotte
Mezcal in Oaxaca

An ethnography of mezcal and how it has become a global, "artisanal" good.

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Chefs, Restaurants, and Culinary Sustainability

"This volume explores how chefs around the world approach culinary sustainability. Building on empirical data collected from a wide range of cultural, historical, political, and economic settings, th…

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Nicole E Trujillo-Pagán
Detroit Never Left

A new perspective on the relationship between race and space in DetroitDetroit seemed to experience an explosive rebirth following its bankruptcy, the largest in US municipal history. It was as if the sla…

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Finn Tarp, Rachel M Gisselquist, Ines A Ferreira
Dimensions of Inequality

An authoritative, open access introduction to how and why inequality matters for individuals and societies, with ample in-depth illustrative examples from the Global South.

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Gert Tinggaard Svendsen, Christian Bjørnskov
Social Trust in the Nordic World

Study after study has shown that Scandinavia is the most trusting region in the world. Danes in particular trust other people and organizations---including strangers, businesses, governments, law enforcem…

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Finn Tarp, Rachel M Gisselquist, Ines A Ferreira
Dimensions of Inequality

An authoritative, open access introduction to how and why inequality matters for individuals and societies, with ample in-depth illustrative examples from the Global South.

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Charles Bell
No Restraint

A wake-up call on the use and abuse of restraints against disabled children in public schoolsOver 100,000 students are restrained and secluded in locked rooms throughout US public schools; the overwhelmin…

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Christina J Cross
Inherited Inequality

A groundbreaking study challenges basic tenets of US social welfare policy with proof that raising Black children in two-parent families does not close racial gaps in life outcomes.Ever since Daniel Patri…

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Andrea Louise Campbell
Taxation and Resentment

Why Americans favor progressive taxation in principle but not in practiceMost Americans support progressive taxation in principle, and want the rich to pay more. But the specific tax policies that most fa…

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Futures Thinking and Organizational Policy, Volume 2

The case studies in this Volume 2 book support the premise that organizational policies are what ensure institutionalization and sustainability of futures thinking in corporations, non-profits, and educat…

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John Carson
The Measure of Merit

A wide-ranging account of American and French understandings of merit, talent, and intelligence over the past two centuriesHow have modern democracies squared their commitment to equality with their fear …

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Casey Golomski
God's Waiting Room

A ghost story rich in mystery and life lessons, God's Waiting Room takes readers on a day-long tour of a tropical nursing home to hear stories of older white people and the younger Black nurses who care f…

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Casey Golomski
God's Waiting Room

A ghost story rich in mystery and life lessons, God's Waiting Room takes readers on a day-long tour of a tropical nursing home to hear stories of older white people and the younger Black nurses who care f…

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Julian Baggini
How the World Eats

"How we live is shaped by how we eat. You can see this in the vastly different approaches to growing, preparing and eating food around the world, such as the hunter-gatherer Hadza in Tanzania whose s…

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Verity Harding
AI Needs You

A humanist manifesto for the age of AIArtificial intelligence may be the most transformative technology of our time. As AI's power grows, so does the need to figure out what-and who-this technology is rea…

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