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The purpose of this blog is to alert SUNY New Paltz Sociology faculty, staff and students of recently acquired sociology resources.

 

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Top Ten Death Penality Myths

Top Ten Death Penality Myths: The Politics of Crime Control by Rudolph J. Gerber and John M. Johnson

Call Number: HV8699.U5 G47 2007

Nov
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Unmarried Couples with Children

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Unmarried Couples with Children edited by Paula England and Kathryn Edin

Call Number: HQ803.5 .U66 2007

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The Lolita Effect

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The Lolita Effect: The Media Sexualization of Young Girls and What We Can Do About It by M. Gigi Durham

Call Number:  HQ799.2.M35 D98 2008

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The Responsibility to Protect

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The Responsibility to Protect: Ending Mass Atrocity Crimes Once and For All by Gareth Evans

Call Number: HV6322.7 .E93 2008

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Chronologies of Modern Terrorism

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Chronologies of Modern Terrorism by Barry Rubin and Judith Colp Rubin

Call Number: HV6431 .R84 2008

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Escape from Freedom

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Escape from Freedom by Erich Fromm

Call Number: HM271 .F74 1994

Sep
19th
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The Narcotic Farm

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The Narcotic Farm: The Rise and Fall of America’s First Prison for Drug Addicts by Nancy D. Campbell, JP Olsen and Luke Walden

Call Number: HV5279.U65 C36 2008

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Abortion Politics in North America

Abortion Politics in North America by Melissa Haussman

Call Number: HQ767.5.U5 H4 2005

Table of Contents:
1. Exploring the Policy Paradox of Abortion
2. Establishing and Contesting Abortion Rights in the United States
3. Canada: Limited Access Despite Public Healthcare
4. Mexico: Contradictions Between Written Laws and Women's Lives
5. The Transnational Nature of Reproductive Choice Issues
6. Looking to the Future: New Challenges to Legal and Social Rights
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Interrogating Postfeminism

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Interrogating Postfeminism: Gender and the Politics of Popular Culture by Yvonne Tasker and Diane Negra

Call Number: HQ1190 .I58 2007

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Children, Gender, Video Games

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Children, Gender, Video Games: Towards a Relational Approach to Multimedia by Valerie Walkerdine

Call Number: HQ784.V53 W35 2007