This broad-ranging and innovative investigation explores the ways in which both authorities and individual consumers have defined and managed the pleasures and dangers of alcoholic beverages. It explores the question of free will versus determinism and how it has been challenged by ideas about addiction, morality and psychology during the past 150 years. This book is based on years of original research and draws on sources from the United States, UK, Canada and elsewhere and will appeal to readers in legal studies, addiction studies, criminology, sociology and psychology.
This broad-ranging and innovative investigation explores the ways in which both authorities and individual consumers have defined and managed the plea...
In the early 1970s, when women's history began to claim attention as an emerging discipline in North American universities, it was dominated by a middle-class Anglo-Saxon bias. Today the field is much more diverse, a development reflected in the scope of this volume. Rather than documenting the experiences of women solely in a framework of gender analysis, its authors recognize the interaction of race, class, and gender as central in shaping women's lives, and men's.
These essays represent an exciting breakthrough in women's studies, expanding the borders of the discipline while...
In the early 1970s, when women's history began to claim attention as an emerging discipline in North American universities, it was dominated by a m...
This broad-ranging and innovative investigation explores the ways in which both authorities and individual consumers have defined and managed the pleasures and dangers of alcoholic beverages. It explores the question of free will versus determinism and how it has been challenged by ideas about addiction, morality and psychology during the past 150 years. This book is based on years of original research and draws on sources from the United States, UK, Canada and elsewhere and will appeal to readers in legal studies, addiction studies, criminology, sociology and psychology.
This broad-ranging and innovative investigation explores the ways in which both authorities and individual consumers have defined and managed the plea...
Toronto prides itself on being the world s most diverse city, and its officials seek to support this diversity through programs and policies designed to promote social inclusion. Yet this progressive vision of law often falls short in practice, limited by problems inherent in the political culture itself. In Everyday Law on the Street, Mariana Valverde brings to light the often unexpected ways that the development and implementation of policies shape everyday urban life.Drawing on four years spent participating in council hearings and civic association meetings and shadowing housing...
Toronto prides itself on being the world s most diverse city, and its officials seek to support this diversity through programs and policies designed ...
