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The Aquariums of Pyongyangby Chol-hwan Kang; Pierre Rigoulot
Basic Books 2005; US$ 16.95Part horror story, part historical document, part memoir, part political tract, one man's suffering gives eyewitness proof to an ongoing sorrowful chapter of modern history. more...
Discourse Power and Justiceby Michael Adler; Brian Longhurst
Routledge 1994; US$ 200.00Discourse, Power and Justice is a distinctive and theoretically informed, empirical study of the administration of the Scottish prison system. Based on extensive research which combines theoretical innovation with detailed empirical evidence, the book focuses on the activities of those who manage the prison system. The authors identify the most important social actors in the prison system, located both historically and comparatively, and examine their characteristic forms of discourse. more...
Foundation Managementby Frank L. Ellsworth; Joe Lumarda
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2003; US$ 110.00A foundation insider's guide to financial management challenges and solutions Foundation Management represents the only single-volume reference to cover tried and true and emerging financial planning and management issues-in both the domestic and foreign sectors-affecting philanthropic foundations. A companion to Frank Ellsworth and Joe Lumarda's From Grantmaker to Leader: Emerging Strategies for 21st Century Foundations, this comprehensive survey not only provides practitioners with a better understanding of the changing financial, legal, and international landscape, but also delivers targeted operational management strategies. Topics covered include: European foundations Nongovernment organizations in Asia U.S. and Mexican relations... more...
State of the Prisons - 200 Years Onby Richard Whitfield
Routledge 1991; US$ 200.00In 1777 John Howard wrote The State of the Prisons in England and Wales, with Preiminary Observations and an Account of Some Foreign Prisons . This document commemorates his achievements in campaigning for reform. more...
Planned Giving Workbookby Ronald R. Jordan; Katelyn L. Quynn
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2002; US$ 55.00Practical and proven guidelines for launching and growing a successful planned giving program For planned giving officers and development staff members, document development is a critical part of the job. Nonprofit employees must create documents that take many forms, including: detailed proposals describing complicated gift options; marketing materials; correspondence to donors, professional advisors, and staff members; exhibits; agreements; presentation materials; and IRS and tax-related documents. This workbook, together with the documents contained on the accompanying CD-ROM, will help employees of development organizations draft, design, and develop a variety of documents that can accomplish their organization's goals. The Planned Giving... more...
Prisons After Woolfby Elaine Player; Michael Jenkins
Routledge 1993; US$ 200.00In response to growing public interest in the increasing prison population and the deteriorating conditions of the prisons, here is a comprehensive text, suggesting a major shake-up of the legal and prison systems. more...
Welfare Racismby Kenneth J. Neubeck; Noel A. Cazenave
Routledge 2001; US$ 39.95A powerful expose of a deeply-rooted but woefully ignored form of racial blindness, Welfare Racism is an important first step toward more humane and rational policies for the men, women, and children who have been ravaged by the current system more...
Welfare Reform in Californiaby Jacob Alex Klerman; Joe Hotz; Elaine Reardon; Amy Cox; Donna Farley
RAND Corporation 2003; US$ 9.95Examines the effects of the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program on work activity participation rates of welfare recipients, welfare caseloads, and outcomes for welfare leavers. While the CalWORKs reforms appear to have been responsible for some of the uniform improvement in outcomes shown by the analysis, the robust economy and other policy changes were probably also important. more...
Going Up the Riverby Joseph T. Hallinan
Random House Publishing Group 2001; US$ 11.99The American prison system has grown tenfold in thirty years, while crime rates have been relatively flat: 2 million people are behind bars on any given day, more prisoners than in any other country in the world — half a million more than in Communist China, and the largest prison expansion the world has ever known. In Going Up The River , Joseph Hallinan gets to the heart of America’s biggest growth industry, a self-perpetuating prison-industrial complex that has become entrenched without public awareness, much less voter consent. He answers, in an extraordinary way, the essential question: What, in human terms, is the price we pay? He has looked for answers to that question in every corner of the “prison nation,”... more...
Encyclopedia of American Prisons by Marilyn D. McShane; Frank P. Williams
Taylor & Francis 1996; US$ 225.00This Encyclopedia features original essays by leading U.S. corrections experts, who offer historical perspectives, insights into how and why the present prison system developed, where we are today, and where we are likely to be in the future. more...