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Working Law Courts, Corporations, and Symbolic Civil Rights

Edelman Lauren B.

ISBN: PB: 9780226400761, ISBN: HB: 9780226400624, University of Chicago Press, November 2016
312 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 26 figures, 4 tables

Since the passage of the Civil Rights Act, virtually all companies have antidiscrimination policies in place. Although these policies represent some progress, women and minorities remain underrepresented within the workplace as a whole and even more...

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Myth of the Litigious Society Why We Don't Sue

Engel David M.

ISBN: HB: 9780226305042, University of Chicago Press, September 2016
248 pp., 21.6x14 cm, 5 figures, 1 table

Why do Americans seem to sue at the slightest provocation? The answer may surprise you: we don't! For every "Whiplash Charlie" who sees a car accident as a chance to make millions, for every McDonald's customer to pursue a claim over a too-hot cup of...

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Christianity

To Care for Creation The Emergence of the Religious Environmental Movement

Ellingson Stephen

ISBN: PB: 9780226367385, ISBN: HB: 9780226367248, University of Chicago Press, August 2016
216 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 4 line drawings, 2 tables

Controversial megachurch pastor Mark Driscoll proclaimed from a conference stage in 2013, "I know who made the environment and he's coming back and going to burn it all up. So yes, I drive an SUV". The comment, which Driscoll later explained away as...

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Seductions of Quantification Measuring Human Rights, Gender Violence, and Sex Trafficking

Engle Merry Sally

ISBN: PB: 9780226261287, University of Chicago Press, May 2016
272 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 3 tables

We live in a world where seemingly everything can be measured. We rely on indicators to translate social phenomena into simple, quantified terms, which in turn can be used to guide individuals, organizations, and governments in establishing policy. Y...

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Reading Darwin in Arabic, 1860-1950

Elshakry Marwa

ISBN: PB: 9780226378732, ISBN: HB: 9780226001302, University of Chicago Press, February 2016
448 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 22 halftones

In "Reading Darwin in Arabic", Marwa Elshakry questions current ideas about Islam, science, and secularism by exploring the ways in which Darwin was read in Arabic from the late 1860s to the mid-twentieth century. Borrowing from translation and readi...

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Survey Measurements Techniques, Data Quality and Sources of Error

Engel Uwe

ISBN: PB: 9783593502809, University of Chicago Press, Campus Verlag, August 2015
239 pp., 21.6x13.9 cm, 28 halftones

The accuracy of a survey is directly affected by how the survey is presented, how the questions are worded, and what the format is for responses. In addition, survey methods continue to develop at an accelerating rate to keep step with technological...

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Racial Order

Emirbayer Mustafa, Desmond Matthew

ISBN: PB: 9780226253527, ISBN: HB: 9780226253497, University of Chicago Press, July 2015
520 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 1 halftone, 4 line drawings

Proceeding from the bold and provocative claim that there never has been a comprehensive and systematic theory of race, Mustafa Emirbayer and Matthew Desmond set out to reformulate how we think about this most difficult of topics in American life. In...

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Everyday Troubles The Micro-Politics of Interpersonal Conflict

Emerson Robert M.

ISBN: PB: 9780226237947, ISBN: HB: 9780226237800, University of Chicago Press, April 2015
304 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 2 line drawings

From roommate disputes to family arguments, trouble is inevitable in interpersonal relationships. In "Everyday Troubles", Robert M. Emerson explores the beginnings and development of the conflicts that occur in our relationships with the people we re...

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Children of the Land Adversity and Success in Rural America

Elder Glen H., Conger Rand D.

ISBN: PB: 9780226212531, University of Chicago Press, October 2014
394 pp., 21.6x13.9 cm, 37 line drawings, 56 tables

A century ago, most Americans had ties to the land. Now only one in fifty is engaged in farming and little more than a fourth live in rural communities. Though not new, this exodus from the land represents one of the great social movements of our age...

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Criminology

Pulled Over How Police Stops Define Race and Citizenship

Epp Charles R., Maynard-Moody Steven, Haider-Markel Donald P.

ISBN: PB: 9780226113999, University of Chicago Press, April 2014
272 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 24 line drawings, 13 tables

In sheer numbers, no form of government control comes close to the police stop. Each year, twelve percent of drivers in the United States are stopped by the police, and the figure is almost double among racial minorities. Police stops are among the m...

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