Technocracy at Work

Beverly H Burris

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Series, the New Inequalities
• Technocracy, loosely defined, is "rule by experts." Technocracy at Work focuses on the organizational dimensions and aspects of technocracy. Substanti... Lees meer

Rethinking the Labor Process

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Series, the New Inequalities
• This diverse collection rethinks and reinvigorates the field of labor process. While paying tribute to Harry Braverman for launching the research fiel... Lees meer

Color and Money

Gregory D Squires, Sally O'Connor

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Series, the New Inequalities
• A case study of Milwaukee, Wisconsin exploring how lending practices and access to capital are shaped by race. Contrary to conventional wisdom, green ... Lees meer

Formal Theory in Sociology

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Series, the New Inequalities
• A group of renowned sociological theorists analyze why the attempts to make sociological theory formal in the 1960s and early 1970s failed. This becom... Lees meer

Locality and Inequality

Linda M Lobao

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Series, the New Inequalities
• This book explores how the recent restructuring of farming and industry has affected economic and social equality in the United States. The author exp... Lees meer

Capital and Communities in Black and White

Gregory D Squires

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Series, the New Inequalities
• Capital and Communities in Black and White explores the problems created by global economic restructuring, the decline of inner city neighborhoods, an... Lees meer

Community Versus Commodity

Stella M Capek, John I Gilderbloom

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Series, the New Inequalities
• Stella M. Capek is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Hendrix College. John I. Gilderbloom is Associate Professor of Urban Policy at the University o... Lees meer

Clinical Assessment and Substance Abuse Treatment

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Series, the New Inequalities
• Evaluates drug and alcohol abuse treatment systems and their effects on individual alcohol and drug abusers. During the 1990s, in response to the mult... Lees meer

The First Real Job

Kathryn M Borman

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Series, the New Inequalities
• This book examines the work experiences of twenty-five young men and women in their first jobs following high school. The case studies profiled here d... Lees meer

Women and Minorities in American Professions

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Series, the New Inequalities
• By asking how and with what measure of success, women and minorities fare in comparison to whites in American professions, this book provides original... Lees meer

Women and Minorities in American Professions

• Hardcover | Engels | Suny Series, the New Inequalities
• By asking how and with what measure of success, women and minorities fare in comparison to whites in American professions, this book provides original... Lees meer

The Cost of Being Poor

Sandra L Barnes

• Hardcover | Engels | Suny Series, the New Inequalities
• Looks at the daily lives of poor people to demonstrate that the poor pay more than others, by both monetary and other measures, to meet basic needs. W... Lees meer

The Fractured Metropolis

Gregory R Weiher

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Series, the New Inequalities
• Preface 1. Urban Political Boundaries and Metropolitan Fragmentation 2. Place, Preferences, and Information: Political Boundaries and Population Sorti... Lees meer

From Combines to Computers

Amy K Glasmeier, Marie Howland

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Series, the New Inequalities
• Through an analysis of national data and detailed case studies, From Combines to Computers examines how the transition to a service economy is playing... Lees meer

Race, Class, and the Postindustrial City

Frank Harold Wilson

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Series, the New Inequalities
• An overview and critical appraisal of the work of influential sociologist and public intellectual William Julius Wilson. Race, Class, and the Postindu... Lees meer

Organizing the South Bronx

Jim Rooney

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Series, the New Inequalities
• This is a story of heroic and articulate individuals who were able to defy overwhelming odds and build affordable housing in the South Bronx. It is ab... Lees meer

High Tech, Low Tech, No Tech

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Series, the New Inequalities
• Fifty years ago the quality of life in the 13 states of the Old South was judged to be among the lowest in the country. A lack of industrial developme... Lees meer

The Cost of Being Poor

Sandra L Barnes

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Series, the New Inequalities
• Looks at the daily lives of poor people to demonstrate that the poor pay more than others, by both monetary and other measures, to meet basic needs. W... Lees meer

The Street Addict Role

Richard C Stephens

• Paperback | Engels | Suny Series, the New Inequalities
• This book provides a new answer to the question, "Why do people use heroin and other street drugs?" Drawing upon a growing body of studies of drug use... Lees meer