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Author: Chris Benner ,
Manuel Pastor
Publisher: University of California Press
Imprint: University of California Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.499kg
ISBN: 9780520284418
ISBN 10: 0520284410
Pages: 364
Publication Date: 09 October 2015
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of stock
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Reviews
The text's ultimate strength lies in its pedagogical usefulness as resource for methods classes. The trove of data and resources available on the book's website and free e-book version of the text make it a useful foundation for project-based statistics and mixed-methods courses. * Teaching Sociology *
The text's ultimate strength lies in its pedagogical usefulness as resource for methods classes. The trove of data and resources available on the book's website and free e-book version of the text make it a useful foundation for project-based statistics and mixed-methods courses. --Teaching Sociology
"""The text’s ultimate strength lies in its pedagogical usefulness as resource for methods classes. The trove of data and resources available on the book’s website and free e-book version of the text make it a useful foundation for project-based statistics and mixed-methods courses."" * Teaching Sociology *"
Author Information
Chris Benner is the Dorothy E. Everett Chair in Global Information and Social Entrepreneurship, Director of the Everett Program for Digital Tools for Social Innovation, and Professor of Environmental Studies and Sociology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. His research examines the relationships between technological change, regional development, and structures of economic opportunity, including regional labor markets and restructuring of work and employment. His most recent book, coauthored with Manuel Pastor, is Just Growth: Inclusion and Prosperity in America's Metropolitan Region. Other books include This Could Be the Start of Something Big: How Social Movements for Regional Equity Are Transforming Metropolitan America, and Work in the New Economy: Flexible Labor Markets in Silicon Valley. Manuel Pastor is Professor of Sociology and American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California, where he also serves as Director of USC's Program for Environmental and Regional Equity (PERE) and Codirector of USC's Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration (CSII). His most recent book, coauthored with Chris Benner, is Just Growth: Inclusion and Prosperity in America's Metropolitan Region. He is also the coauthor of Uncommon Common Ground: Race and America's Future, and This Could Be the Start of Something Big: How Social Movements for Regional Equity Are Transforming Metropolitan America.
