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For over twenty-five years, Aldine has been an imprint of Walter de Gruyter. Now, stepping into its fourth decade, Aldine continues its renowned presence as a division of Transaction Publishers. Effective July 1, 2004, all Aldine titles and Human Nature have been acquired by Transaction Publishers.
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Framing the Victim
Nancy Berns
Framing the Victim is a must-read for anyone concerned about the politics and processes that shape how we understand and respond to social problems. It illustrates how victims of domestic violence are "framed" by the dominant media perspectives focused on them and falsely blamed for a crime committed by someone else.
Prezzo: € 64,00 rilegato. € 32,95 brossura
Altre info: 208 pagine
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The Rise and Fall of Social Psychology
Augustine Brannigan
This book critically traces the attempt of social psy-chology over the past half century to forge a scientific understanding of human behavior based on the system-atic use of experiments.
Prezzo: € 54,00 rilegato. € 28,95 brossura
Altre info: 208 pagine
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Chinese Foreign Policy in Transition
Guoli Liu
The purpose of this anthology is to deepen our understanding of the sources, substance, and signifi-cance of Chinese foreign policy, with a focus on the post-Cold War era.
Prezzo: € 78,00
Altre info: 414 pagine
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Images of Terror
Philip Jenkins
Images of Terror provides a critical consumer's guide to the images of terrorism that we are offered daily in the mass media. All too often, our perceptions of terrorism are formed by the interaction of bureaucratic agencies, academics and private experts, and the mass media: The images and stereotypes that we are offered do not necessarily reflect objective reality.
Prezzo: € 64,00
Altre info: 227
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The Origins and Nature of Sociality
Robert W. Sussman and Audrey R. Chapman
Against the tendency of sociobiologists to em-phasize the selfishness of the gene pool, the authors examine questions related to the evolution, cultural via-bility, and hormonal underpinnings of human sociality, and describe patterns of sociality among nonhuman primates for the light these may shed light on human social behavior.
Prezzo: € 88,00 rilegato; € 42,95 brossura
Altre info: 340 pagine
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Tie A Knot and Hang On
Teresa L. Scheid
The author provides a description and a sociological analysis of mental health care work, emphasizing the interaction of professionally generated norms that guide the “emotional labor” of mental health care wor-kers, and the organizational contexts within which mental health care is provided. She concludes with a discussion of emerging institutional forces that will shape the mental health care system in the future.
Prezzo: € 64,00 rilegato; € 32,95 brossura
Altre info: 198 pagine
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This Strange Illness: Alcoholism and Bill W.
Jared C. Lobdell
Lobdell, who has written on a broad range of subjects, here argues the originality and importance of the recognition by Bill W., cofounder of Alcoholics Anonymous, of alcoholism as a tripartite illness, and his congruent treatment for the three parts.
Prezzo: € 68,00 rilegato; € 34,95 brossura
Altre info: 368 pagine
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