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  • Beyond Lip Service

    Bringing Racial Justice to Black and Brown Communities

    This book underscores the importance of moving beyond lip service or hollow platitudes to mobilize and expand the capacity of social justice movements to foster policy change and incubate new programs at the local, state, and federal levels.In the wake of global protests spurred by acts of police brutality in the United States, present-day problematic policing and racial injustice in Black and ... Přečtěte si více

    1 193,61 Kč

  • Qualitative Research Methods for Community Development

    The second edition of Qualitative Research Methods for Community Development teaches the basic skills, tools, and methods of qualitative research with special attention to the needs of community practitioners. This book teaches students entering planning, community development, nonprofit management, social work, and similar applied fields the core skills necessary to conduct systematic research ... Přečtěte si více

    1 082,55 Kč

  • Doing Business in Minority Markets

    Black and Korean Entrepreneurs in Chicago's Ethnic Beauty Aids Industry

    Série série Garland Studies in Entrepreneurship
    This book examines black and Korean entrepreneurship in Chicago's ethnic beauty aids industry. In the case of each entrepreneurial group, business activities are heavily influenced by the economic conditions found on the South Side of Chicago. For instance, both groups provide goods and services to black consumers, both groups modify their business practices in response to the depressed incomes ... Přečtěte si více

    1 332,43 Kč

  • Affordable Housing in US Shrinking Cities

    From Neighborhoods of Despair to Neighborhoods of Opportunity?

    Given the rapid urbanisation of the world’s population, the converse phenomenon of shrinking cities is often overlooked and little understood. Yet with almost one in ten post-industrial US cities shrinking in recent years, efforts by government and anchor institutions to regenerate these cities is gaining policy urgency, with the availability and siting of affordable housing being a key concern ... Přečtěte si více

    233,39 Kč

  • Schools and Urban Revitalization

    Rethinking Institutions and Community Development

    Série série Community Development Research and Practice Series
    New research in community development shows that institutions matter. Where the private sector disinvests from the inner city, public and nonprofit institutions step in and provide engines to economic revitalization and promote greater equity in society. Schools and Urban Revitalization collects emerging research in this field, with special interest in new school-neighborhood partnerships that ... Přečtěte si více

    1 554,55 Kč

  • Rogue Mobster

    The Untold Story of Mark Silverman The New England Mafia

    When the infamous gangster Whitey Bulger went on the lam in 1995, the streets of Boston became a war zone between the Mafia and the renegades, with the Winter Hill Gang looking on. Co-written by Mark Silverman with Scott Deitche, Rogue Mobster: The Untold Story of Mark Silverman and the New England Mafia chronicles the inside story of the Boston mob wars of the 1990s when over two dozen gangsters ... Přečtěte si více

    348,58 Kč

  • Audiokniha

    Sky Birds Dare!

    Série série Golden Age Stories

    Nezkrácené

    1 hodina 50 min

    When it comes to gliders, ace pilot Breeze Callaghan is as smooth as they come. He perfects a skill that will prove vital for decades to come — as demonstrated by Captain Sully Sullenberger, who famously landed his disabled passenger plane on the Hudson River. Vying for a Navy contract, Breeze is going up against a vulture named Badger O'Dowell. But there's more than money at stake: there's his ... Přečtěte si více

    205,45 Kč

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  • Confronting Suburban Poverty in America

    It has been nearly a half century since President Lyndon Johnson declared war on poverty. Back in the 1960s tackling poverty ""in place"" meant focusing resources in the inner city and in rural areas. The suburbs were seen as home to middle- and upper-class families-affluent commuters and homeowners looking for good schools and safe communities in which to raise their kids. But today's America is ... Přečtěte si více

    532,39 Kč

  • Digital Disconnect

    How Capitalism is Turning the Internet Against Democracy

    Celebrants and skeptics alike have produced valuable analyses of the Internet's effect on us and our world, oscillating between utopian bliss and dystopian hell. But according to Robert W. McChesney, arguments on both sides fail to address the relationship between economic power and the digital world.McChesney's award-winning Rich Media, Poor Democracy skewered the assumption that a society ... Přečtěte si více

    280,69 Kč nebo zdarma s Kobo Plus

  • China's Future

    podle David Shambaugh ...
    China's future is arguably the most consequential question in global affairs. Having enjoyed unprecedented levels of growth, China is at a critical juncture in the development of its economy, society, polity, national security, and international relations. The direction the nation takes at this turning point will determine whether it stalls or continues to develop and prosper.Will China be ... Přečtěte si více

    295,49 Kč

  • Economic Facts and Fallacies

    Second Edition

    podle Thomas Sowell ...
    From renowned economist Thomas Sowell, an indispensable examination of widespread economic fallacies**"From one of America's most noted conservative economists, a short, original book that offers some unconventional ideas about how to think about common economic topics." ―**Baltimore SunIn Economic Facts and Fallacies, Thomas Sowell exposes some of the most popular fallacies about economic issues ... Přečtěte si více

    211,29 Kč

  • Black Mass

    Whitey Bulger, The FBI and a Devil's Deal

    One FBI Agent. One Boston Gangster. One Deal.The greatest and bloodiest story of corruption ever told.James 'Whitey' Bulger and John Connolly grew up together on the tough streets of South Boston. Decades later in the mid-1970s, they met again. By then, Connolly was a major figure in the FBI's Boston office and Whitey had become godfather of the Irish Mob. Connolly had an idea, a scheme that might ... Přečtěte si více

    222,19 Kč