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  • The Company We Keep

    Interracial Friendships and Romantic Relationships from Adolescence to Adulthood

    by Grace Kao, Kara Joyner, Kelly Stamper Balistreri ...
    Series series American Sociological Association's Rose Series
    With hate crimes on the rise and social movements like Black Lives Matter bringing increased attention to the issue of police brutality, the American public continues to be divided by issues of race. How do adolescents and young adults form friendships and romantic relationships that bridge the racial divide? In The Company We Keep, sociologists Grace Kao, Kara Joyner, and Kelly Stamper Balistreri ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • My Body, Their Baby

    A Progressive Christian Vision for Surrogacy

    by Grace Kao ...
    Series series Encountering Traditions
    Drawing on her own experience as a surrogate mother, Grace Y. Kao assesses the ethics of surrogacy from a feminist and progressive Christian perspective, concluding that certain kinds of surrogacy arrangements can be morally permissible—and should even be embraced.While the use of assisted reproductive technology has brought joy to countless families, surrogacy remains the most controversial path ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • Education and Immigration

    by Grace Kao, Elizabeth Vaquera, Kimberly Goyette ...
    Series series Immigration and Society
    Education is a crucially important social institution, closely correlated with wealth, occupational prestige, psychological well-being, and health outcomes. Moreover, for children of immigrants – who account for almost one in four school-aged children in the U.S. – it is the primary means through which they become incorporated into American society.This insightful new book explores the educational ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD

  • Diversity and the Transition to Adulthood in America

    by Phoebe Ho, Hyunjoon Park, Grace Kao ...
    Series Book 7 - Sociology in the Twenty-First Century
    What does it mean to become an adult in the face of economic uncertainty and increasing racial and immigrant diversity? Nearly half of all young people in the United States are racial minorities, and one in four are from immigrant families. Diversity and the Transition to Adulthood in America offers a comprehensive overview of young people across racial and immigrant groups and their paths through ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • Research in the Sociology of Education

    Edited by Hyunjoon Park, Grace Kao ...
    Series Book 20 - Research in the Sociology of Education
    Research in the Sociology of Education is an important and established series, highlighting how societal contexts shape the educational experiences and outcomes of individual children and youth.Including five single-country studies from settings as diverse as rural China, Germany and the United States, as well as two cross-national comparative studies, this insightful new volume continues the ... Read more

    $148.99 CAD

  • Family Environments, School Resources, and Educational Outcomes

    Edited by Grace Kao, Hyunjoon Park ...
    Series Book 19 - Research in the Sociology of Education
    Contributions come from authors spread around the globe, illuminating how the efficacy and ideologies of schooling variably unfold in differing national and historical contexts. Written by sociologists, anthropologists, economists, and cultural critics, this journal offers lively and accessible empirical work to a broad audience. ... Read more

    $164.99 CAD

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  • The Truly Disadvantaged

    The Inner City, the Underclass, and Public Policy

    by William Julius Wilson ...
    An assessment of the relationship between race and poverty in the United States, and potential solutions for the issue.Renowned American sociologist William Julius Wilson takes a look at the social transformation of inner-city ghettos, offering a sharp evaluation of the convergence of race and poverty. Rejecting both conservative and liberal interpretations of life in the inner city, Wilson offers ... Read more

    $25.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Absent Citizens

    Disability Politics and Policy in Canada

    by Michael J. Prince ...
    Disability exists in the shadows of public awareness and at the periphery of policy making. People with disabilities are, in many respects, missing from the theories and practices of social rights, political participation, employment, and civic membership. Absent Citizens brings to light these chronic deficiencies in Canadian society and emphasizes the effects that these omissions have on the ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • Giving Kids a Fair Chance

    by James J. Heckman ...
    Series series Boston Review Books
    A top economist weighs in on one of the most urgent questions of our times: What is the source of inequality and what is the remedy?In Giving Kids a Fair Chance, Nobel Prize-winning economist James Heckman argues that the accident of birth is the greatest source of inequality in America today. Children born into disadvantage are, by the time they start kindergarten, already at risk of dropping out ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • Why Have Children?

    The Ethical Debate

    by Christine Overall ...
    Series series Basic Bioethics
    A wide-ranging exploration of whether or not choosing to procreate can be morally justified—and if so, how.In contemporary Western society, people are more often called upon to justify the choice not to have children than they are to supply reasons for having them. In this book, Christine Overall maintains that the burden of proof should be reversed: that the choice to have children calls for more ... Read more

    $20.79 CAD

  • The Imperative of Integration

    by Elizabeth Anderson ...
    A powerful new argument for reviving the ideal of racial integrationMore than forty years have passed since Congress, in response to the Civil Rights Movement, enacted sweeping antidiscrimination laws in the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the Fair Housing Act of 1968. As a signal achievement of that legacy, in 2008, Americans elected their first African American ... Read more

    $35.19 CAD

  • The Role of the Father in Child Development

    Edited by Michael E. Lamb ...
    The Definitive reference on the important role fathers play in child development todayEdited by Dr. Michael Lamb—the recognized authority on the role of fathers in child development, The Role of the Father in Child Development, Fifth Edition brings together contributions from international experts on each subject to provide a thorough and current summary of the state of fatherhood across cultures, ... Read more

    $134.99 CAD