Catalog > Social Sciences > General > Joel Rogers & Erik Olin Wright: American Society (ePUB)

Joel Rogers & Erik Olin Wright
American Society [EPUB ebook]
How It Really Works

Support

Cover of Joel Rogers & Erik Olin Wright: American Society (ePUB)

In American Society: How It Really Works, esteemed scholars Erik Olin Wright and Joel Rogers pull back the curtain on the complex inner workings of contemporary American society, revealing the ways in which it does-and doesn’t-support its core values. They also explore possible solutions to America’s most pressing social and economic problems, including poverty, health disparities, and the climate crisis. In addition to featuring the most recent data , this highly anticipated Third Edition offers new discussions of the Trump presidency, the COVID-19 pandemic, the decline of democracy, and the climate crisis.

€36.12

Buy this ebook and get 1 more FREE!

Language English ● Format EPUB ● ISBN 9781324044222 ● Publisher W. W. Norton & Company ● Published 2024 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 9545134 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

Requires a DRM capable ebook reader

More ebooks from the same author(s) / Editor

Joel Rogers Erik Olin Wright

128,643 Ebooks in this category

Cover of Valdo Pons: Stanleyville

Valdo Pons: Stanleyville

Originally published in 1969, this is a study of the Congolese community of Kinsangani (formerly Stanleyville), as it was in 1952-3 under Belgian administration. It pays particular attention to the t …

Cover of Nick Rumens: Queer Company

Nick Rumens: Queer Company

Drawn from in-depth qualitative research, Queer Company provides the first extended, academic analysis of gay men”s workplace friendships, offering theoretical and empirical insights into a subject …

Cover of Amod N. (Assistant Professor, College of Innovation and Design, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho, USA) Damle & Nilu H. (Independent journalist and author) Damle: Culture of Inequality

Amod N. (Assistant Professor, College of Innovation and Design, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho, USA) Damle & Nilu H. (Independent journalist and author) Damle: Culture of Inequality

This book offers a historical perspective on the changing Hindu–Muslim relationship in India through a study of syncretic traditions in Kurundwad, Maharashtra. It explores the social and cultural dyn …

Cover of Herbert Spencer: Herbert Spencer: Collected Writings

Herbert Spencer: Herbert Spencer: Collected Writings

Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) was regarded by the Victorians as the foremost philosopher of the age, the prophet of evolution at a time when the idea had gripped the popular imagination. Until recently …

Cover of Robert J. Girod: Logical Investigative Methods

Robert J. Girod: Logical Investigative Methods

This book describes how to use logic, reasoning, critical thinking, and the scientific method to conduct and improve criminal and civil investigations. The author discusses how investigators and atto …

Cover of Bruno Tertrais: Nuclear Policies in Europe

Bruno Tertrais: Nuclear Policies in Europe

While international security has radically changed since 1989, nuclear weapons remain a subject of debate and contention. This paper provides an analytical framework for understanding post-Cold War E …

Cover of Sarah Redshaw: In the Company of Cars

Sarah Redshaw: In the Company of Cars

It has long been accepted that the social and cultural meanings of the car far exceed the practical need for mobility. This book marks the first attempt to contribute to road safety, considering, in …

Cover of Rosa Greaves: Competition Law

Rosa Greaves: Competition Law

This book was published in 2003. Competition/anti-trust law, as a separate body of law, is very much a creation of the 20th century and grew only in maturity in the latter half of that century. As de …

Cover of Jon S. (Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health) Vernick & Daniel W. (Director, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health) Webster: Reducing Gun Violence in America

Jon S. (Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health) Vernick & Daniel W. (Director, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health) Webster: Reducing Gun Violence in America

Outstanding Academic Title, Choice Magazine The staggering toll of gun violence—which claims 31, 000 U.S. lives each year—is an urgent public health issue that demands an effective evidence-based pol …

Cover of Cheryl Mullenbach: Double Victory

Cheryl Mullenbach: Double Victory

“Allow all black nurses to enlist, and the draft won”t be necessary. . . . If nurses are needed so desperately, why isn”t the Army using colored nurses?” “My arm gets a little sor …