Books published by Temple University Press,U.S.

In regions that have undergone tumultuous transitions, democratic social movements have often been the catalyst for great change. However, once those changes occur, can these movements survive, and if so, how? The editors and contributors to Movements in Times of Democratic Transition examine in comparative detail how social movements act within the context of the democratic transitions they have been fighting for, and how they are affected by the changes they helped bring about. Offering insights into the nature of how social movements decline, radicalize, revitalize, or spark new cycles of activism, Movements in Times of Democratic Transition provides a comprehensive analysis of these key questions of mobilization research. Contributors include: Paul Almeida, Christopher J. Colvin, Stephen Ellis, Grzegorz Ekiert, Grzegorz Forys, Krzysztof Gorlach, Camila Penna, Sebastián Pereyra, Steven Robbins, Ton Salman, Mate Szabo, Ineke van Kessel, Michal Wenzel, and the editors. 

In regions that have undergone tumultuous transitions, democratic social movements have often been the catalyst for great change. However, once those changes occur, can these movements survive, and if so, how? The editors and contributors to Movements in Times of Democratic Transition examine in comparative detail how social movements act within the context of the democratic transitions they have been fighting for, and how they are affected by the changes they helped bring about. Offering insights into the nature of how social movements decline, radicalize, revitalize, or spark new cycles of activism, Movements in Times of Democratic Transition provides a comprehensive analysis of these key questions of mobilization research. Contributors include: Paul Almeida, Christopher J. Colvin, Stephen Ellis, Grzegorz Ekiert, Grzegorz Forys, Krzysztof Gorlach, Camila Penna, Sebastián Pereyra, Steven Robbins, Ton Salman, Mate Szabo, Ineke van Kessel, Michal Wenzel, and the editors. 

Employs an original theoretical approach to compare welfare states and political-economic adjustment in Germany and France. This title examines how and why institutional change takes place and what factors characterize economic evolution when moving from times of prosperity to more austere periods and back again.

Over the past decade and a half, girls' involvement in the juvenile justice system has increased. Yet the topic remains under-studied among criminologists. This title presents a 'state-of-the-field' evaluation that identifies and analyzes girls who become delinquent, the kinds of crimes they commit and the reasons they commit them.

Examines the experiences of Caribbean immigrants to Spain, France, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands as well as the United States. This work shows the demographic, socio-economic, political and cultural impact migrants have, as well as their role in the development of transnational social fields.

At one time, a move to the suburbs was The American Dream for many families. This title defines the suburbs' geographic boundaries and provides a ranking system for assessing and acting upon inner-ring suburban decline. It demonstrates how other suburbs, particularly those in the outer reaches, flourished during the 1980s and 1990s.

The first literary and cultural history of African American crime literature, unveiling the untold story of black pulp publishing since the Civil Rights era

A magisterial overview of the history of the fight for leisure in the United States

In Savoring the Salt, a host of poets, scholars, writers, political activists and filmmakers recall Toni Cade Bambara, a woman whose voice and vision played a vital role in shaping African American culture in the last quarter of the twentieth century.

Explores the ways we use the stories that become a central part of our public and private lives. This title examines how stories narrate and bring meaning to our lives by describing and explaining how stories are made and used.

The eighteenth-century Scottish empiricist David Hume has been regarded as a notorious enemy of religion. Focusing on two of Hume's works, "Natural History of Religion" and "Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion", this title analyzes Hume's treatment of a subject that he described as "a riddle, an enigma, an inexplicable mystery."

How to return democracy to the heart of a university's mission

Against a backdrop of war and anti-Catholic sentiment, one man loses his rights due to false accusations against him. This title recounts the civil right abuses suffered by Sylvester Andriano, an Italian American Catholic civil leader whose religious and political activism in San Francisco provoked an Anti-Catholic campaign against him.

Since the 1960's, academic and activist women have been challenging the conventional wisdom about political life and the study of politics. This book provides a comprehensive critical history of the changing research on politics and the changing nature of the political science discipline. It analyzes the course of women's political activism in US.

A history of cable television, this book is about the early days of cable and the pioneers in the last half of the twentieth century whose business skills, entrepreneurial instinct, and luck all played out to give rise to the technology in the US - still outpacing computers and the internet - cable TV.

Charles Coolidge Parlin was considered by many to be the founder of market research. This title provides an intriguing business history that explains how and why Curtis developed its market research division. It examines the cultural and social reasons for the development and use of market research.

Features a diverse array of perspectives on the team and the games from fans - both partisan and non-partisan.

Experiences that mirror work-family dilemmas that all employed parents face.

Restores black women to their rightful place in American and black history and demonstrates their faith in themselves, their race, and their God.

Experiences that mirror work-family dilemmas that all employed parents face.