Massey, Douglas S.; Denton, Nancy A.:American Apartheid: Segregation and the Making of the Underclass
- exemplaire signée 2022, ISBN: 9780674018211
Livres de poche, Edition reliée
Trade Paperback. Publisher: Stockholm University | Utg. 2015 | Trade Paperback | 232 p. | This book is brand new. | Language: Engelska --- Information regarding the book: The concept of … Plus…
Trade Paperback. Publisher: Stockholm University | Utg. 2015 | Trade Paperback | 232 p. | This book is brand new. | Language: Engelska --- Information regarding the book: The concept of social membership is the mainframe for this dissertation, which encompasses four independent articles that approach the boundaries of social membership from different perspectives. Empirically, the focus lies on mobilizing groups that demand an extension of rights and/or inclusion for documented and undocumented immigrants in two European immigration countries: Sweden and Spain. I have defined the processes through which mobilizing actors (immigrants themselves and diverse supporters of their cause) interact with boundary-making actors (institutional actors, policy makers), whom through their positions participate in drawing the boundaries between inclusion and exclusion, as negotiating social membership. To study these processes, I have performed 68 interviews with actors as mobilizing immigrants, activists mobilizing on behalf of immigrants, representatives of NGOs and trade unions, policy-makers and politicians. Two main types of claims appeared: undocumented migrants' rights groups mobilizing for residence permits and social rights, and documented immigrants' (and their supporters') advocacy against ethnic discrimination. Furthermore, I have included a study that reflects the tensions over social membership within immigrant communities. The gendered dimension is its main focus, as it illustrates the value conflicts over gender equality and ethnic diversity brought to the surface through the debates following so-called honour killings in Sweden, and the difficulties faced by young immigrant women mobilizing simultaneously against racism and patriarchal oppression. | We have this book in our store house - please allow for a couple of extra days for delivery., 0, Trade Paperback. Publisher: Opuscula Historica Upsaliensia | Utg. 2001 | Trade Paperback | 202 p. | This book is brand new. | Series: Opuscula Historica Upsaliensia | Language: Engelska --- Information regarding the book: Understanding how power works has always been regarded as a central responsibility for researchers in the social sciences. To look upon the issue in a geographically comparative perspective provides important advantages because then the scope for explaining power increases considerably. To study power in a chronologically comparative perspective adds yet another dimension to the question, and must involve historians. This is the point of departure of this volume, which sets out to describe and analyse the working of power in different social contexts and at different times.The authors do not, however, discuss just any social settings but focus explicitly on Sweden and the Southern Low Countries (present-day Belgium) in the early modern period.This book is the reult of a co-operative project involving the department of history at Uppsala University and the department of history at Louvain-la-Neuve. | We have this book in our store house - please allow for a couple of extra days for delivery., 0, Mass Market Paperback. Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd. | Utg. 2022 | Mass Market Paperback | 356 p. | This book is brand new. | Language: Engelska --- Information regarding the book: An inquisitive, expansive and fascinating exploration of humans as creatures of our own making Other species adapt to their environments; we alone create ours. Over generations, we have remade the world to suit ourselves - using improved knowledge and technology to confront the traditional scourges - and for the most part we enjoy prosperity beyond the dreams of our ancestors. What's more, in changing our world, we have also reshaped the human phenotype - the interaction between genes and environment that moulds our bodies and minds. The results can be seen in the streets of our post-industrial cities. We grow taller and heavier than before, and live longer. We think and behave differently, and die from once rare diseases. Our experiences of life have been transformed, and in turn so have our societies. Weaving together biology, social anthropology, epidemiology and history, Edwin Gale examines the shifting physical and mental dimensions of our lives, from ageing to illness, food production to reproduction, designer bodies to IQ tests, and asks: are we a self-domesticated species? | We have this book in our store house - please allow for a couple of extra days for delivery., 0, Trade Paperback. Publisher: Brutus Östlings bokf Symposion | Utg. 2012 | Trade Paperback | 196 p. | This book is brand new. | Language: Svenska --- Information regarding the book: "Bjurmans texter är dråpliga, underskruvade och närapå alltid genomlysta av en både social dimension, men också en privatmoralisk. Efter vad jag kan förstå publicerade han ingenting litterärt i eget namn, en förklaring som han ger i texterna nu, är att Gunnar Ekelöf ändå hade skrivit hans dikter så det fanns ingenting mer att tillägga. Hans texter är genomlysta, enkla, koncentrerade och fyllda med ett slags inneboende trots. Det är en anmärkningsvärd debut, som dessvärre kommer fyrtio år för sent för vilken intressant författare vi får ta del av i urvalsvolymen Idealisk dosering av uttrycksbehovet och med vilken glädje jag nu tar del av denna anmärkningsvärda volym, som om också jag som läsare hade fått en aning om vilket allvar som kan bo i texten och livet, i detaljen och helheten."Kristian Lundberg, Gefle DagbladLars Bjurman var en självlärd språkmänniska, eller med sina egna ord en "ordbehandlare fångad i teckenvärlden". Han var en frivillig outsider som ställde lika höga krav på sig själv som på de författare han valde att översätta och introducera. Trots sin brutala självkritik har han lämnat efter sig en ytterst begränsad men knivskarpt koncentrerad produktion av kortprosa, dagboksanteckningar, dikter, drömmar och tankar. Som översättare kom han att företräda komplexa författare och dramatiker som Heiner Müller, Bernard-Marie Koltès, Alexander Kluge, Karl Krauss och Federico Garcia Lorca, liksom filosoferna Walter Benjamin, Max Horkheimer och Theodor Adorno. Här följer ett urval av Bjurmans egna texter som gnistrar av språklig kraft, social indignation och en skoningslös självironi.Lars Bjurman blev känd och respekterad i den kulturaktiva offentligheten framför allt som redaktör för Ord & Bild under tidskriftens storhetstid. Senare utmärkte han sig som högt kvalificerad översättare och introduktör av tysk- och spanskspråkiga författare och filosofer. Idealisk dosering av uttrycksbehovet ger en bild av en länge mer fördold Lars Bjurman: författaren. Livet igenom skrev han ständigt, engagerad i de stora existentiella frågorna. Efter Lars Bjurmans plötsliga bortgång i maj 2008 har Carl-Henning Wijkmark tillsammans med sönerna sammanställt hans efterlämnade texter. | We have this book in our store house - please allow for a couple of extra days for delivery., 0, New Delhi: Vikas Publishing House. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. (1983). First Edition. Hardcover. 070692102X . Dust-jacket is price-clipped. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; This copy inscribed by the author to Hew McLeod, scholar of Sikh history. The inscription is signed "Iswaran" and dated 1989. xi, 155 pages. Red cloth boards with white lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 240 x 155mm. Contents: Acknowledgements; Introduction; The Lingayats: The People and their Culture; The Birth of Lingayat Religion; Basavanna: The Vision and Mobilization; Ideals and Institutions; Religion, Ethics and Behaviour; Religion and the Social Structure; Lingayat Religion and Modernization; Bibliography; Index. ., Vikas Publishing House, 3, Kendal, Cumbria: Windyridge, 2006. Fine/Fine. Second Edition, First Edition Thus in two separate d/ws. SIGNED BY AUTHOR, VAUGHN, without dedication or inscription on title-page. A local history investigation into the politics of second home residency of the beautiful homes in Blakeney and Cley in Norfolk. There is a paper bookplate (size 4.5 by 3 inches) on blank page prior to half-title page advertising Vaughnsworld website. A fne copy of a SCARCE second edition. first edtion thus SIGNED BY AUTHOR, VAUGHN.. Signed by Author, Vaughn. Second Edition, First Edition Thus. Hardback. Fine/Fine., Windyridge, 2006, 5, Trade Paperback. Publisher: Malmö högskola | Utg. 2017 | Trade Paperback | 186 p. | This book is brand new. | Language: Engelska --- Information regarding the book: Doctoral dissertation in odontology Loss of teeth can affect a person’s self-esteem, social life, appearance and oral function. Reconstruction of a missing tooth has scientifically been shown to increase self-esteem and quality of life and to maintain oral function. For many patients a fixed dental prostheses (FDP) is preferred, either tooth- or implant-supported. Improvement and development of all-ceramic materials have made them preferable to other alternatives. However, despite properties of dental ceramics’ well known biocompatibility, good chemical and mechanical, the materials have their weaknesses, such as brittleness and some difficulties with the layering porcelain. Many all-ceramic materials cannot withstand minor flexure; more than 0.1 - 0.3 %, will lead to fracture. Oxide-ceramic, specifically yttria stabilized tetragonal zirconia polycrystals (Y-TZP) has become the most commonly used all-ceramic material. This material has the potential to be used for larger restorations. In addition, one of many challenges is to ensure durable zirconia-based restorations in the oral cavity. In the clinical situation, crowns and bridges are supported by a combination of different structures with differing properties, i.e. bone, dentine and enamel. The complexity of the supporting tissues in the oral cavity creates stress patterns in the prosthetic material, which need to be considered when designing a dental restoration. The durability of all-ceramic FDPs is dependent on knowledge of the material and design of the FDPs. In particular the design, shape of the connector and the radius of curvature at the gingival embrasure play a significant role in the load-bearing capacity of FDPs. The overall aim of this thesis is to evaluate design of zirconia-based restorations in relation to achieving increased fracture resistance. Another aim is related to how the choice of material used for supporting tooth analogues in the test set-up and how this influences test results relating to fracture strength of all-ceramic FDPs. Study I evaluates different radii (0.60 and 0.90 mm) of curvature in the embrasure of the connector area and different connector dimensions (2 x 2, 3 x 2 and 3 x 3 mm) and their effects on the fracture resistance of 3-unit all-ceramic FPDs made of Y-TZP. The results show that by increasing the radius of the gingival embrasure from 0.6 to 0.9 mm, the fracture strength for a Y-TZP FPD with connector dimension 3 x 3 mm will increase by 20%. Study II investigated how the choice of material (aluminium, polymer and DuraLay) used for supporting tooth analogues and support complexity influence test results concerning the fracture strength of FDPs made of a brittle material Y-TZP. The outcome of the study demonstrated that Y-TZP FDPs cemented on tooth analogues made of aluminium, with high E-modulus showed a significantly higher load at fracture and a different fracture mode than shown in clinical situations. Study III evaluates how factors as different default settings for connector design of two different CAD/CAM systems and different radii of curvature in the embrasure area of the connector will affect the fracture strength and the fracture mode of 3-unit, i.e. 4-unit allceramic FDPs made from Y-TZP and further to investigate how the number of pontics affect the fracture strength of Y-TZP. The results showed that the most crucial factor for the load-bearing capacity is the design of the radius of the gingival embrasures. Increasing the number of pontics from three to four decreases the load-bearing capacity nearly twice. Study IV investigate and compare the fracture strength and fracture mode in 11 groups of the currently most used multilayer all-ceramic systems for Y-TZP FDPs, with respect to the choice of core material, veneering material area, manufacturing technique (split-file, overpress, built-up porcelains and glass-ceramics), design of connectors and radius of curvature of FDP cores. The results show that the design of a framework is a crucial factor for the load bearing capacity of an all-ceramic FDP. The state-of-the-art designs are preferable, since the split-file designed cores call for a cross-sectional connector area, at least 42% larger, to have the same load bearing capacity as the state-of-the-art designed cores. Analyses of the fracture patterns demonstrated differences between the milled veneers and over-pressed or built-up veneers, where the milled ones showed numerically more veneer cracks whereas the other groups only showed complete connector fractures. All veneering materials/techniques tested were found, with great safety margin to be sufficient for clinical use both anteriorly and posteriorly. | We have this book in our store house - please allow for a couple of extra days for delivery., 0, U.S.A.: Harvard University Press, 1993 « This powerful and disturbing book clearly links persistent poverty among blacks in the United States to the unparalleled degree of deliberate segregation they experience in American cities. American Apartheid shows how the black ghetto was created by whites during the first half of the twentieth century in order to isolate growing urban black populations. It goes on to show that, despite the Fair Housing Act of 1968, segregation is perpetuated today through an interlocking set of individual actions, institutional practices, and governmental policies. In some urban areas the degree of black segregation is so intense and occurs in so many dimensions simultaneously that it amounts to "hypersegregation." The authors demonstrate that this systematic segregation of African Americans leads inexorably to the creation of underclass communities during periods of economic downturn. Under conditions of extreme segregation, any increase in the overall rate of black poverty yields a marked increase in the geographic concentration of indigence and the deterioration of social and economic conditions in black communities. As ghetto residents adapt to this increasingly harsh environment under a climate of racial isolation, they evolve attitudes, behaviors, and practices that further marginalize their neighborhoods and undermine their chances of success in mainstream American society. This book is a sober challenge to those who argue that race is of declining significance in the United States today.». Soft cover. Fine., Harvard University Press, 1993, 5<
