Government Secrecy

• Hardcover | Engels | Research in Social Problems and Public Policy | nr. 19
• Government secrecy (GS) is a significant social, political, and policy issue and often presents as a barrier to civic participation, public right-to-k... Lees meer

Equity and the Environment

• Hardcover | Engels | Research in Social Problems and Public Policy | nr. 15
• Around the time of the first 'Earth Day', on April 22, 1970, the academic world joined in a virtual explosion of societal interest in a topic that inh... Lees meer

Environmental Risks

• Hardcover | Engels | Research in Social Problems and Public Policy | nr. 9
• Environmental risks are among the most serious challenges of today's societies. Virtually all environmental risks are anthropogenic. The consequences ... Lees meer

The Organizational Response to Social Problems

William R Freudenburg, Ted I K Youn

• Hardcover | Engels | Research in Social Problems and Public Policy | nr. 8
• From the de-institutionalization of psychiatric hospitals to the privatization of prisons, the dramatic public policy changes of the last three decade... Lees meer

Paradoxes of the Democratization of Higher Education

• Hardcover | Engels | Research in Social Problems and Public Policy | nr. 22
• Research in Social Problems and Public Policy presents important themes of: social/crime problems and their treatment; criminal justice; law and publi... Lees meer

The Environmental State Under Pressure

• Hardcover | Engels | Research in Social Problems and Public Policy | nr. 10
• For a long time in industrialized countries the state occupied a comfortable and unquestioned position in dealing with environmental problems. Since t... Lees meer

Terrorism and Disaster

• Hardcover | Engels | Research in Social Problems and Public Policy | nr. 11
• The terror attacks of 9.11 signalled that people are increasingly put at risk of not only terrorism but natural and technological disasters as well. S... Lees meer

William R. Freudenberg, a Life in Social Research

• Hardcover | Engels | Research in Social Problems and Public Policy | nr. 21
• True to the nature of the Gedenkschrift, this commemorative publication celebrates the work of sociologist Dr. William Freudenburg, one of the foundin... Lees meer

Cultures of Contamination

• Hardcover | Engels | Research in Social Problems and Public Policy | nr. 14
• This volume ponders the cultures that generated the bulk of our global contamination legacy. Insight is sought into its creation and an understanding ... Lees meer

Disaster by Design

• Hardcover | Engels | Research in Social Problems and Public Policy | nr. 20
• Disaster by Design: The Aral Sea, Lessons for Sustainability addresses the impacts of the Aral Sea disaster. The virtual disappearance of what was the... Lees meer

Integrating the Sciences and Society

• Hardcover | Engels | Research in Social Problems and Public Policy | nr. 16
• Even today, many people think of 'social problems' as involving poor and powerless individuals in society. "Research in Social Problems and Public Pol... Lees meer

New Approaches to Social Problems Treatment

• Hardcover | Engels | Research in Social Problems and Public Policy | nr. 17
• This volume examines diverse developments in the evolution of public policy institutions for remedying social problems. The collected chapters address... Lees meer