Author: Edward William Brooke
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Keywords: life, divide, bridging
Number of Pages: 332
Published: 2006-09-30
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0813539056
ISBN-13: 9780813539058

"Read about Ed Brooke-who in a just world, would have been President-and see the kindness, wisdom and courage the country missed. Join his friends and constituents who are inspired and enlarged by knowing him."-Gloria Steinem, cofounder Ms. Magazine and National Women’s Political Caucus "Senator Brooke’s story shows the kind of effective, authentic leadership our nation hungers for today. He broke through lines of race, creed, and class to unite Americans in the pursuit of justice and defeated the Radical Right at critical moments in our history-sometimes single-ha

Author: Jason McDonald
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Keywords: perspectives, themes, history, ethnic, american
Number of Pages: 260
Published: 2007-09-30
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0813542286
ISBN-13: 9780813542287

The United States, it is often said, is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in the world. But what, precisely, do we mean when we speak of "ethnic" groups or "ethnicity"? What is the distinction, for example, between "race" and "ethnicity"? How do various groups meld with the rest of American society? Should we think in terms of assimilation, integration, pluralism, or some other relationship between ethnic groups and the mainstream? It is these and many other questions that Jason J. McDonald tackles in this timely and insightful book. Chapters explore a range of top

Author: Kevin S. Sandler
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Keywords: rated, movies, doesn, hollywood, truth, naked
Number of Pages: 252
Published: 2007-09-15
List price: $23.95
ISBN-10: 0813540895
ISBN-13: 9780813540894

From parents and teachers to politicians and policymakers, there is a din of voices participating in the debate over how young people are affected by violence, strong language, and explicit sexual activity in films. The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) responded to this concern in 1968 when it introduced a classification and rating system based on the now well-known labels: "G," "PG," PG-13," "R," and "X." For some, these simple tags are an efficient way to protect children from viewing undesirable content. But do the MPAA ratings only protect children? In The Nake

Author: Lester D. Friedman
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Keywords: american, cinema, decades, culture, screen, themes, 1970s, variations
Number of Pages: 285
Published: 2007-04-15
List price: $70.00
ISBN-10: 0813540224
ISBN-13: 9780813540221

A smug glance at the seventies-the so-called Me Decade-unveils a kaleidoscope of big hair, blaring music, and broken politics-all easy targets for satire, cynicism, and ultimately even nostalgia. American Cinema of the 1970s, however, looks beyond the strobe lights to reveal how profoundly the seventies have influenced American life and how the films of that decade represent a peak moment in cinema history. Far from a placid era, the seventies was a decade of social upheavals. Events such as the killing of students at Kent State and Jackson State universities, the Watergate investigations, th

Author: John Kromer
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Keywords: new, hometown, policy, reinvestment, recovery, neighborhood
Number of Pages: 262
Published: 1999-11
List price: $23.95
ISBN-10: 0813527171
ISBN-13: 9780813527178

How can distressed neighbourhoods recover from a generation of economic loss? This book presents a policy that cities can use to improve the physical condition of their neighbourhoods, and help urban residents compete for good jobs in a metropolitan economy.

Author: Nancy L. Eiesland
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Keywords: ecology, southern, exurb, religious, restructuring, place, urban, particular
Number of Pages: 254
Published: 2000-01
List price: $22.95
ISBN-10: 0813527384
ISBN-13: 9780813527383

Discussing the dramatic changes in the religious lives of a community faced with urban restructuring, the author applies population ecology approaches to the study of religious organizations within their local contexts to examine a once-quiet small town’s reaction to demographic upheaval.

Author: Michael R. Greenberg
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Keywords: practice, analysis, policy, environmental
Number of Pages: 297
Published: 2008-04-30
List price: $70.00
ISBN-10: 0813542758
ISBN-13: 9780813542751

Pressing environmental challenges are frequently surrounded with stakeholders on all sides of the issues. Opinions expressed by government agencies, the private sector, special interests, nonprofit communities, and the media, among others can quickly cloud the dialogue, leaving one to wonder how policy decisions actually come about.   In Environmental Policy Analysis and Practice, Michael R. Greenberg cuts through the complicated layers of bureaucracy, science, and the public interest to show how all policy considerations can be broken down according to six specific factors: 1) the reac