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41. Organized Crime and Corruption in Georgia

    Edited by Louise Shelley, Erik R. Scott, Anthony Latta

    Series: Routledge Transnational Crime and Corruption

    Georgia is one of the most corrupt and crime-ridden nations of the former Soviet Union. In the Soviet period, Georgians played a major role in organized crime groups and the shadow economy operating throughout the Soviet Union, and in the post-Soviet period, Georgia continues to be important source...

    Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
42. Race, Philosophy, and Film

    Edited by Mary K. Bloodsworth-Lugo, Dan Flory

    Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

    This collection fills a gap in the current literature in philosophy and film by focusing on the question: How would thinking in philosophy and film be transformed if race were formally incorporated moved from its margins to the center? The collection’s contributors anchor their discussions of race...

    Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
43. Securitization of Property Squatting in Europe

    By Mary Manjikian

    Series: Routledge Research in Urban Politics and Policy

    Housing is no longer about having a place to live – but about state pressures to conform, norms and policies regarding citizenship, and practices of surveillance and security. Breaking new ground in the field of urban politics and international relations, Securitization of Property Squatting in...

    Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
44. Social Activism in Southeast Asia

    Edited by Michele Ford

    Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

    Social Activism in Southeast Asia brings together cutting-edge accounts of social movements concerned with civil and political rights, globalization, peace, the environment, migrant and factory labour, the rights of middle- and working-class women, and sexual identity in an overarching framework of...

    Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
45. Accounting for Ethnic and Racial Diversity

    The Challenge of Enumeration

    Edited by Patrick Simon, Victor Piché

    Series: Ethnic and Racial Studies

    By the end of the 20th century, the ethnic question had resurfaced in public debate. Every country had been affected by what is commonly known as cultural pluralism, as a result of conflicts interpreted from an ethnic perspective, for instance, in the Balkans and central Africa; nationalist...

    Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
46. A Primer of Multivariate Statistics

    3rd Edition

    By Richard J. Harris

    Drawing upon more than 30 years of experience in working with statistics, Dr. Richard J. Harris has updated A Primer of Multivariate Statistics to provide a model of balance between how-to and why. This classic text covers multivariate techniques with a taste of latent variable approaches....

    Published March 21st 2013 by Psychology Press
47. Coping with Alcohol and Drug Problems

    The Experiences of Family Members in Three Contrasting Cultures

    By Jim Orford, Guillermina Natera, Alex Copello, Carol Atkinson, Jazmin Mora, Richard Velleman, Ian Crundall, Marcela Tiburcio, Lorna Templeton, Gwen Walley

    What difference does culture make? Coping with Alcohol and Drug Problems: The Experiences of Family Members in Three Contrasting Cultures aims to deepen and extend understanding of the experiences of family members trying to cope with the excessive drinking or drug taking of a...

    Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
48. The Evangelical Church in Boston's Chinatown

    A Discourse of Language, Gender, and Identity

    By Erika A. Muse

    Series: Studies in Asian Americans

    Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
49. Latent Variable and Latent Structure Models

    Edited by George A. Marcoulides, Irini Moustaki

    Series: Quantitative Methodology Series

    This edited volume features cutting-edge topics from the leading researchers in the areas of latent variable modeling. Content highlights include coverage of approaches dealing with missing values, semi-parametric estimation, robust analysis, hierarchical data, factor scores, multi-group analysis,...

    Published March 21st 2013 by Psychology Press
50. The Struggle Over Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Rights

    Facing off in Cincinnati

    By Kimberly B. Dugan

    Series: New Approaches in Sociology

    In November 1993 voters in Cincinnati, Ohio passed Issue 3, an amendment to the City Charter eliminating gay, lesbian, and bisexual persons' legal protection against discrimination and prohibiting their recognition as a group or class. This Christian right initiative emerged largely in response to...

    Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge