At a time when lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals--often referred to under the umbrella acronym LGBT--are becoming more visible in society and more socially acknowledged, clinicians and researchers are faced with incomplete information about their health status. While LGBT populatio[...]

Focusing on the secondary school, this book offers practical advice on what to do to survive and succeed in the face of troublesome classroom behaviour. It offers a view of teaching that is rooted in clear educational values, and although it takes account of the worst possible circumstances, it prov[...]

From drone warfare in the Middle East to digital spying by the National Security Agency, the U.S. government has harnessed the power of cutting-edge technology to awesome effect. But what happens when ordinary people have the same tools at their fingertips? Advances in cybertechnology, biotechnology[...]

* This book is broken into four primary sections addressing key topics that Linux programmers need to master: Linux nuts and bolts, the Linux kernel, the Linux desktop, and Linux for the Web* Effective examples help get readers up to speed with building software on a Linux-based system while using t[...]

'Equal pay for equal work' has long been a forceful slogan of the feminist and labor movements. Now, however, as the American economy depends more and more on 'women's work', it has become clear that this objective does not benefit the majority of women, who are employed in sex-segregated jobs. In "[...]

In this follow-up to the highly successful "Ethnography Unbound", Michael Burawoy and nine colleagues break the bounds of conventional sociology, to explore the mutual shaping of local struggles and global forces. In contrast to the lofty debates between radical theorists, these nine studies excavat[...]

Most contemporary moral philosophy is concerned with issues of rationality, universality, impartiality, and principle. By contrast Laurence Blum is concerned with the psychology of moral agency. The essays in this collection examine the moral import of emotion, motivation, judgment, perception, and [...]