Volume 2 Number 1 January 2009

32 p.

The Finnish Paper Workers’ Union: Becoming a Paper Tiger? Collective bargaini...

The decisions taken by the Finnish Paper Union concerning collective bargaining goals have pinned down the union on a track which makes the union defend acquired rights only instead of fo...

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33 p.

Social Movement Unionism in Poland: Towards Revitalization of Organized Labor?

The system of industrial relations in Poland is generally closer to the pluralist than corporatist type. Correspondingly, there are grounds to expect Polish trade unions to revitalize th...

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24 p.

Disabling Dis-ability: Re-Building Inclusive Into Social Justice

Disability too often has been defined as a problem, abnormality, slow, not functioning properly, and broken. This article critiques common misconceptions and social constructions of the f...

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24 p.

An Integrated Stress Process Theory: Viewing Intersections of Crime and Menta...

Criminal and mentally ill populations have traditionally been addressed by different systems and corrective philosophies. Recent studies, however, have identified high prevalence rates o...

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18 p.

Using prisons to stimulate demographic change: Understanding one community’s ...

This research note summarizes a study that examined county level data to determine the effect of a prison on the growth of the African American population. Does situating a prison in a co...

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30 p.

Social Eclipses and Reversion to Type: Sexual Issues Confronting Postmodern M...

Globalization is changing the face of the world. But doing business in the international arena is not without its pitfalls. One area that has received attention is the potential for misun...

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32 p.

Whiteness, power relations, resistance and the ‘practical’ recognition of Ind...

While fleeting references are made to Australian Federal Government policy shifts in light of different rationalities and modes of state governance, the paper is essentially a study of wh...

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23 p.

Black/White Biracial Identity: The Influence of Colorblindness and the Racial...

This article focuses on the influence of colorblindness, the interaction of class and culture, and the racialization of poor Black culture on the racial identity of Biracial Americans wit...

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28 p.

Capability Building as Potential to Protest Gender and Caste Injustice: Poor ...

Arguing that the Resource Mobilization (RM) approach within social movement theory continues to hold economic and individualistic assumptions, I propose an alternative integrative approac...

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26 p.

Calgary’s Resistance to Changing from “Alderman” to “Councillor”

While fleeting references are made to Australian Federal Government policy shifts in light of different rationalities and modes of state governance, the paper is essentially a study of wh...

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