Explores the experiences of women imprisoned for killing their male abusers and their treatment by the criminal justice system.

A fascinating examination of a religious counterculture group showing how it differs from mainstream society, yet is similar in other ways.

Explores how women inmates make the transition from prison back into society.

Compares urban revitalization efforts in two cities with failing industrial bases, one in the United States and the other in Japan.

An in-depth consideration of women's activism in the AIDS and breast cancer movements.

Investigates the cultural and social constructions of issues related to war, the armed forces, and national security in Israel.

Defines the field of ethnic studies and explores its methodologies.

Examines the career of sociologist Alfred R. Lindesmith, who argued against drug prohibitions from the 1930s onward, warning of the threat to democracy and advocating more humane drug control laws.

Brings together world religion scholars and creative international economists to address the current eco-crisis.

Proposes educators should focus on children's personal stories as a means to enhance dignity and, therefore, learning.

Shows how Kant's basic position applies to and clarifies present-day problems of war, race, abortion, capital punishment, labor relations, the environment, and marriage.

Uses concepts from social theory to explore the history and future of nuclear power in the U. S. and to explore the nature of technological change in the U. S. economy.

Provides specific examples of Asian educational practice that may have relevance to the United States.

Examines kibbutz life following the Israeli economic crisis of 1985, focusing on the kibbutz's dramatic transformation from a well-defined social structure to a collective identified principally by its cultural preoccupations.

Original review essays that provide critical commentary on recently published books and films on Israeli society, culture, politics, and religion.

Examines the organization of the unemployed during the Great Depression and demonstrates the linkage between their mobilization and automobile-industry organization.

Argues that the tradition of critical theory has had significant problems dealing with the concept of nature and that their solutions require taking seriously the idea of nature as socially constructed.

Examines the origins, recent history, and future of state hospitals.

Examines the current and prospective energy sources and choices from the perspectives of science, technology, and social studies.

Describes the Russian rock music counterculture and how it is changing in response to Russia's transition from a socialist to a capitalist society. It explores the lived experiences, the thoughts and feelings of the rock musicians as they meet the challenges of change.

This book examines both historical and contemporary patterns of crime and justice among white ethnics and nonwhite racial groups in the United States.

This basic overview of juvenile delinquency in the United States emphasizes the connection between delinquency and other problems faced by "at risk" children in America.

This is a story of heroic and articulate individuals who were able to defy overwhelming odds and build affordable housing in the South Bronx. It is about the process of teaching citizens in a low-income ...

This book provides current information about the many recent contributions of social systems theory. While some sociologists feel that the systems age ended with functionalism, in reality a number of ...