Broke: How Debt Bankrupts the Middle Class
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View ArticleEast Asian National Identities: Common Roots and Chinese Exceptionalism
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View ArticleVarieties of Feminism: German Gender Politics in Global Perspective
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View ArticleThe Not-So-Special Interests: Interest Groups, Public Representation, and...
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View ArticleLife Behind the Lobby: Indian American Motel Owners and the American Dream
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View ArticleThe New Gilded Age: The Critical Inequality Debates of Our Time
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View ArticleRace Decoded: The Genomic Fight for Social Justice
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View ArticleImproving Learning Environments: School Discipline and Student Achievement in...
Improving Learning Environments: School Discipline and Student Achievement in Comparative PerspectiveEdited by Richard Arum and Melissa Velez "Improving Learning Environments is a superb examination of...
View ArticleRace Migrations: Latinos and the Cultural Transformation of Race
Race Migrations: Latinos and the Cultural Transformation of RaceWendy D. Roth "Roth's superb study transcends the existing literature on migration and race by demonstrating how concepts of race and...
View ArticleBarrios to Burbs: The Making of the Mexican American Middle Class
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View ArticleWhite Bound: Nationalists, Antiracists, and the Shared Meanings of Race
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View ArticleContested Welfare States: Welfare Attitudes in Europe and Beyond
Contested Welfare States: Welfare Attitudes in Europe and BeyondEdited by Stefan Svallfors "Contested Welfare States truly embodies the state-of-the-art on the topic of public attitudes towards social...
View ArticleRace Defaced: Paradigms of Pessimism, Politics of Possibility
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View ArticleRacing for Innocence: Whiteness, Gender, and the Backlash Against Affirmative...
Racing for Innocence: Whiteness, Gender, and the Backlash Against Affirmative ActionJennifer L. Pierce "This compelling book brings affirmative action back into the spotlight. Pierce delivers insights...
View ArticleSocial Movements and the New State: The Fate of Pro-Democracy Organizations...
Social Movements and the New State: The Fate of Pro-Democracy Organizations When Democracy Is WonBrian K. Grodsky "As the events of Arab Spring remind us, popular movements have emerged as a major...
View ArticleA Systems Theory of Religion
A Systems Theory of ReligionNiklas Luhmann Edited by André Kieserling Translated by David A. Brenner with Adrian Hermann "This posthumously published book by Niklas Luhmann is arguably one of the most...
View ArticleTheory of Society, Volume 1
Theory of Society, Volume 1Niklas Luhmann Translated by Rhodes Barrett "One of the masterpieces of social theory written after World War II."—Axel Honneth, Columbia University"Niklas Luhmann's...
View ArticleWhen Half Is Whole: Multiethnic Asian American Identities
When Half Is Whole: Multiethnic Asian American IdentitiesStephen Murphy-Shigematsu "When Half Is Whole is a beautiful book, a near-perfect bridge of genres, scholarly in its insights and the knowledge...
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