Research in Social Problems and Public Policy


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Paradoxes of the Democratization of Higher Education
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Research in Social Problems and Public Policy presents important themes of: social/crime problems and their treatment; criminal justice; law and public policy; crime, deviance and social control; substance use/abuse and treatment; health and society; and institutional interaction. This volume...
William R. Freudenberg, a Life in Social Research
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True to the nature of the Gedenkschrift, this commemorative publication celebrates the work of sociologist Dr. William Freudenburg, one of the founding editors of RSPPP and Dehlsen Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Disaster by Design
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This volume addresses the impacts of the Aral Sea disaster; disappearance of what was the world's fourth largest inland body of water. It argues this was the result of deliberate policy decisions. This volume is essential reading for everyone concerned with averting environmental disaster and in...
Government Secrecy
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Divided into six sections, this title examines Government secrecy (GS) in a variety of contexts, including comparative examination of government control of information, new definitions, categories, censorship, ethics, and secrecy's relationship with freedom of information and transparency.
Environment and Social Justice
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The environmental justice movement, an organized social and political force in America in the '80s, is a global phenomenon today as activists worldwide try to understand the relationship between environment, race/ethnicity and social inequality. This volume examines domestic and international...
New Approaches to Social Problems Treatment
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Examines diverse developments in the evolution of public policy institutions for remedying social problems. This title includes chapters that address the transformation of social problems, social problems work, and social problems solutions in the context of criminal justice, mental health, and...
Integrating the Sciences and Society
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Many people think of 'social problems' as involving poor and powerless individuals in society. This work seeks to improve the balance by adding a focus on important and powerful institutions. It discusses policy sciences, public policy analysis and public management. It addresses operations and...
Equity and the Environment
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A growing body of research has shown that equity issues need to receive greater attention in academia. This book intends to call this research to attention, but also to encourage its further expansion. It brings together some of the leading research on equity and the environment. It features...
Cultures of Contamination
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Intends to ponder the cultures that generated the bulk of our global contamination legacy. This title focuses on the psycho-social dynamics of chemical contamination. It deals with nuclear events, both accidents, but also the closed cities and closed society needed to produce a nuclear context.
Long-Term Management of Contaminated Sites
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Presents papers that discuss policy sciences, public policy analysis and public management. This book addresses operations and design issues for government organizations.
Organizational Response to Persons with Mental Illness Involved with the Criminal Justice System
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Offers cases with wide ranging policy implications regarding structural and functional changes institutions and organizations might consider, given the confines of context and resources, to improve the conditions of mentally ill offenders.
Terrorism and Disaster
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Since 9.11 scholars have been asking new questions about catastrophe and made important and interesting innovations in methods, concepts, and theories regarding disaster and terror. This volume brings together a creative set of papers, most of which are about the 9.11 attacks
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