Pedigree: How Elite Students Get Elite Jobs
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Americans are taught to believe that upward mobility is possible for anyone who is willing to work...
Economic Crisis and Mass Protest: The Pots and Pans Revolution in Iceland
Jon Gunnar Bernburg and Hank Johnston
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Although the triggering effect of economic crises on revolt is a classic sociological topic, crises...
Far Out: Countercultural Seekers and the Tourist Encounter in Nepal
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Westerners have long imagined the Himalayas as the world's last untouched place and repository of...
Give Me the Money and I'll Shoot!: Finance Your Factual TV/Film Project
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The must-have guide to traditional, emerging and creative TV funding models that are being developed...
Globalization and Sustainable Development in Africa
Toyin Falola and Bessie House-Soremekun
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Few studies of globalization have analyzed its impact on African societies from the viewpoint of...
Business, Politics, and Society: An Anglo-American Comparison
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How much power does business exercise in Britain and the United States? Are giant firms that operate...
Changing Inequalities and Societal Impacts in Rich Countries: Thirty Countries' Experiences
Brian Nolan, Wiemer Salverda, Daniele Checchi and Ive Marx
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There has been a remarkable upsurge of debate about increasing inequalities and their societal...
Complexity and Evolution: Toward a New Synthesis for Economics
David S. Wilson and Alan Kirman
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Two widely heralded yet contested approaches to economics have emerged in recent years: one...
Hollow and Home: A History of Self and Place
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Hollow and Home explores the ways the primary places in our lives shape the individuals we become....
Contested Tastes: Foie Gras and the Politics of Food
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Who cares about foie gras? As it turns out, many do. In the last decade, this French delicacy--the...