wyszukanych pozycji: 44
Sporting Equality: Title IX Thirty Years Later
ISBN: 9781138533400 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 182 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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708,33 zł |
Adoption Across Borders: Serving the Children in Transracial and Intercountry Adoptions
ISBN: 9780847698332 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 174 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. For over thirty years, Rita J. Simon and Howard Altstein have been studying transracial and intercountry adoptions. The families they have studied include white parents; African American, Hispanic, and Korean children; and Jewish Stars of David families, among others. This book summarizes their findings and compares them with other studies. It is an invaluable source of data on the number and frequency of transracial and intercountry adoptions and on the attitudes toward them. Moreover, it strongly advocates and demonstrates the positive effects of transracial and intercountry adoptions,...
For over thirty years, Rita J. Simon and Howard Altstein have been studying transracial and intercountry adoptions. The families they have studied inc...
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226,44 zł |
Native American Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories
ISBN: 9780739124932 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 380 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Native American Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories presents twenty interviews with Native American adoptees raised in non-Native homes. Through the in-depth interviews they conduct with each participant, the authors explore complex questions of cultural identity formation. The participants of the study represent a range of positive and negative experiences of transracial adoption. Regardless of their personal experiences, however, all twenty respondents indicate that they are supporters of the Indian Child Welfare Act and that they believe that Native children should be raised in Native...
Native American Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories presents twenty interviews with Native American adoptees raised in non-Native homes. Through t...
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259,58 zł |
In Their Parents' Voices: Reflections on Raising Transracial Adoptees
ISBN: 9780231141369 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Rita J. Simon and Rhonda M. Roorda's In Their Own Voices: Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories shared the experiences of twenty-four black and biracial children who had been adopted into white families in the late 1960s and 70s. The book has since become a standard resource for families and practitioners, and now, in this sequel, we hear from the parents of these remarkable families and learn what it was like for them to raise children across racial and cultural lines. These candid interviews shed light on the issues these parents encountered, what part race played during thirty...
Rita J. Simon and Rhonda M. Roorda's In Their Own Voices: Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories shared the experiences of twenty-four black a...
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463,93 zł |
In Their Siblings' Voices: White Non-Adopted Siblings Talk about Their Experiences Being Raised with Black and Biracial Brothers and Sisters
ISBN: 9780231148511 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) In Their Siblings' Voices shares the stories of twenty white non-adopted siblings who grew up with black or biracial brothers and sisters in the late 1960s and 1970s. Belonging to the same families profiled in Rita J. Simon and Rhonda M. Roorda's In Their Own Voices: Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories and In Their Parents' Voices: Reflections on Raising Transracial Adoptees, these siblings offer their perspectives on the multiracial adoption experience, which, for them, played out against the backdrop of two tumultuous, politically charged decades. Simon and Roorda...
In Their Siblings' Voices shares the stories of twenty white non-adopted siblings who grew up with black or biracial brothers and sisters in th...
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177,52 zł |
Women in the Military
ISBN: 9780765806192 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The role, status, and treatment of women is one of the major issues confronting the military today. This volume provides a range of perspectives on the magnitude of concerns, the sources of problems, how issues might best be addressed, and the future for women in the armed services. It is based on a special issue of the journal Gender Issues, supplemented with additional contributions from leading scholars. Historical and theoretical perspectives are provided by Lorry M. Fenner and Jean Bethke Elshtain. Fenner focuses on the role of women in the military since 1940, and argues...
The role, status, and treatment of women is one of the major issues confronting the military today. This volume provides a range of perspectives o...
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230,81 zł |
In Their Siblings' Voices: White Non-Adopted Siblings Talk about Their Experiences Being Raised with Black and Biracial Brothers and Sisters
ISBN: 9780231148504 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. In Their Siblings' Voices shares the stories of twenty white non-adopted siblings who grew up with black or biracial brothers and sisters in the late 1960s and 1970s. Belonging to the same families profiled in Rita J. Simon and Rhonda M. Roorda's In Their Own Voices: Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories and In Their Parents' Voices: Reflections on Raising Transracial Adoptees, these siblings offer their perspectives on the multiracial adoption experience, which, for them, played out against the backdrop of two tumultuous, politically charged decades. Simon and Roorda...
In Their Siblings' Voices shares the stories of twenty white non-adopted siblings who grew up with black or biracial brothers and sisters in th...
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463,93 zł |
In Their Parents' Voices: Reflections on Raising Transracial Adoptees
ISBN: 9780231141376 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Rita J. Simon and Rhonda M. Roorda's In Their Own Voices: Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories shared the experiences of twenty-four black and biracial children who had been adopted into white families in the late 1960s and 70s. The book has since become a standard resource for families and practitioners, and now, in this sequel, we hear from the parents of these remarkable families and learn what it was like for them to raise children across racial and cultural lines. These candid interviews shed light on the issues these parents encountered, what part race played during thirty...
Rita J. Simon and Rhonda M. Roorda's In Their Own Voices: Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories shared the experiences of twenty-four black a...
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177,52 zł |
Sporting Equality : Title IX Thirty Years Later
ISBN: 9780765808486 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. As part of its Education Amendments, the United States Congress passed Title IX in 1972 to ensure that no person should be discriminated against in any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance. In the decades since, Title IX has had, among other effects, a marked increase on school athletic programs for women and girls at both the high school and college levels. Despite this, a range of questions have been raised about the effectiveness of the federal government's enforcement, and also the impact on male athletics. The government can enact legislation, but how it...
As part of its Education Amendments, the United States Congress passed Title IX in 1972 to ensure that no person should be discriminated against in an...
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230,81 zł |
Women in the Military
ISBN: 9781138540651 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 199 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The role, status, and treatment of women is one of the major issues confronting the military today. This volume provides a range of perspectives on the magnitude of concerns, the sources of problems, how issues might best be addressed, and the future for women in the armed services. It is based on a special issue of the journal Gender Issues, supplemented with additional contributions from leading scholars. Historical and theoretical perspectives are provided by Lorry M. Fenner and Jean Bethke Elshtain. Fenner focuses on the role of women in the military since 1940, and argues for broader...
The role, status, and treatment of women is one of the major issues confronting the military today. This volume provides a range of perspectives on th...
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787,03 zł |
Gay and Lesbian Communities the World Over
ISBN: 9780739143650 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 174 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Gay and Lesbian Communities the World Over provides an innovative examination and comparison of the treatment and status of gays and lesbians in 21 countries. The book contains a country-by-country profile of each of the issues, describes treatment and status, reports on the pubic opinion data, and compares countries against each other.
Gay and Lesbian Communities the World Over provides an innovative examination and comparison of the treatment and status of gays and lesbians in 21 co...
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248,54 zł |
The Crimes Women Commit: The Punishments They Receive
ISBN: 9780739110072 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. In the past thirty years, women and crime has become a major intellectual and professional specialty. The Crimes Women Commit: The Punishments They Receive represents the third edition of Women in Crime, a classic in the field by Rita J. Simon first published in 1975. This revised and updated edition takes advantage of the fact that women are more represented in official crime statistics today than they have been at any time since systemic national data has been available. Rita J. Simon and Heather Ahn-Redding present the most current demographic data and updates of the arrest, conviction,...
In the past thirty years, women and crime has become a major intellectual and professional specialty. The Crimes Women Commit: The Punishments They Re...
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524,69 zł |
Immigrant Women
ISBN: 9781138525764 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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708,33 zł |
Abortion: Statutes, Policies, and Public Attitudes the World Over
ISBN: 9780275960612 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Abortion is one of the most compelling public policy issues facing government and the public in the United States today. Most societies have enacted laws and statutes regarding abortion, and most societies have strong feelings regarding birth control and abortion. But the legal statutes and attitudes follow markedly different approaches. Simon examines how this issue is being faced in the United States, Canada, a sample of Western and Eastern European countries, Middle Eastern, African, and Latin American societies, and, among Asian countries, Japan, China, and India, along with Australia.... Abortion is one of the most compelling public policy issues facing government and the public in the United States today. Most societies have enacte... |
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149,12 zł |
Abortion: Statutes, Policies, and Public Attitudes the World Over
ISBN: 9780275960605 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Abortion is one of the most compelling public policy issues facing government and the public in the United States today. Most societies have enacted laws and statutes regarding abortion, and most societies have strong feelings regarding birth control and abortion. But the legal statutes and attitudes follow markedly different approaches. Simon examines how this issue is being faced in the United States, Canada, a sample of Western and Eastern European countries, Middle Eastern, African, and Latin American societies, and, among Asian countries, Japan, China, and India, along with Australia.... Abortion is one of the most compelling public policy issues facing government and the public in the United States today. Most societies have enacte... |
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331,38 zł |
Prisons the World Over
ISBN: 9780739140246 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. As of 2007, more than 9.25 million people were imprisoned worldwide. Almost half of the persons imprisoned are in the United States, China and Russia. The United States has more persons in prison per capita than any country in the world. Prisons The World Over offers a comprehensive overview of prison demographics and conditions for each of the following countries: United States, Canada, Argentina, Brazil, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Sweden, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Israel, Egypt, Iran, Nigeria, South Africa, India, China, Japan, and Australia. The book includes reports on the...
As of 2007, more than 9.25 million people were imprisoned worldwide. Almost half of the persons imprisoned are in the United States, China and Russia....
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508,12 zł |
The Insanity Defense: A Critical Assessment of Law and Policy in the Post-Hinckley Era
ISBN: 9780275928308 / Angielski / Twarda / 1988 / 290 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. No area of criminal law has been the subject of more controversy than the insanity defense. "The Insanity Defense" is a clear assessment of this issue as it exists in the 1980s. It provides the reader with a basis for understanding and evaluating the legislative and judicial responses to the factors that have stirred this controversy. Because extremely complex issues are involved in the effort to formulate an insanity defense, Simon and Aaronson begin with a detailed historical overview. They discuss the necessity of expert witnesses in the actual trial and probe into the jury's role and... No area of criminal law has been the subject of more controversy than the insanity defense. "The Insanity Defense" is a clear assessment of this is... |
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386,61 zł |
Public Opinion in the United States: Studies of Race, Religion, Gender, and Issues That Matter
ISBN: 9781138513792 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 217 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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152,10 zł |
A Comparative Analysis of Capital Punishment: Statutes, Policies, Frequencies, and Public Attitudes the World Over
ISBN: 9780739103821 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. A Comparative Analysis of Capital Punishment provides a concise and detailed history of the death penalty. Incorporating and synthesizing public opinion data and empirical studies, Simon and Blaskovich's work compares, across societies, the offense types punishable by death, the level of public support for the death penalty, the forms the penalty takes, and the categories of persons exempt from punishment. It examines the effectiveness of the death penalty as a deterrent to violent offenses, especially homicide, the extent to which innocent persons have become the victims of capital...
A Comparative Analysis of Capital Punishment provides a concise and detailed history of the death penalty. Incorporating and synthesizing public opini...
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430,79 zł |
In the Golden Land: A Century of Russian and Soviet Jewish Immigration in America
ISBN: 9780275957315 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. From 1870 to 1900, over a half million Russian Jews came to the United States. Russian Jewish emigration had ceased by the 1920s due to the effects of the First World War, the Bolshevik Revolution, and the Quota Acts, but a century later, Jews from the former Soviet Union began to emigrate in large numbers. This detailed account describes the motivations of Russian and Soviet Jews for leaving their homeland and their subsequent adjustments to life in the United States. Simon, a sociologist, provides insight into who these Jewish immigrants were and are, what they accomplished, and how they... From 1870 to 1900, over a half million Russian Jews came to the United States. Russian Jewish emigration had ceased by the 1920s due to the effects... |
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320,33 zł |