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1. Embodiment and reflexivity : gaining insight into food lifeways through the chili cook-off in Ajijic, Mexico / Eleanor Fisher, Alberto Arce, and F. Vladimir Diaz Copado -- 2. Creating healthy bodies in rural Ecuador at a time of dietary shift / Joan Gross, Carla Guerron Montero, Michaela Hammer, and Peter Berti -- 3. Finding the food by hiding the gold : Andoque abundance, mining, and food in the Colombian Amazon / Camilo Torres and Gerard Verschoor -- 4. Encounters with the Brazilian soybean boom : transnational farmers and the Cerrado / Andrew Ofstehage -- 5. Affective struggles in the desert : bringing water to bear on agriculture and food / Horacio Narvaez-Mena -- 6. People, cows and milking machines : public policy and intersubjectivity in Ecuador / Nicolas Vasconcellos -- 7. Forgive me for being human : Wirikuta nomadism and rebellious Peyote / Oscar F. Reyna -- 8. Feeding paradise? : corporeal food citizenship in the Galapagos / Christine Franke, Jessica Duncan, and Stephen Sherwood -- 9. Unfolding agencies and associations of agroecology networks in Brazil / Flavia Charao-Marques, Claudia Job Schmitt, and Daniela Oliveira -- 10. Deepening relationships through bio-intensive food : AgroSano in Oaxaca / Charlynne Curiel -- 11. Public good : wheat assemblages and the revalorization of culinary and handicraft in Bio-Bio, Chile / Paola Silva, Maruja Cortes Belmar, and Alberto Arce -- 12. Affectivity in public procurement : the case of New Dawn Cooperative and the elderly in Argentina / Maria Laura Viteri -- 13. Assembling responsible food markets : the case of Cooperativa La Manzana in southern Chile / Gustavo Blanco, Jilles van Gastel, and Andres Lagarrigue -- 14. 250,000 Families Campaign : the existence of flavor and taste / Stephen Sherwood, Ana Deaconu, and Myriam Paredes -- 15. Conclusion : the vitality of everyday food / Stephen Sherwood, Eleanor Fisher, and Alberto Arce.

Political science and sociology increasingly rely on mathematical modeling and sophisticated data analysis, and many graduate programs in these fields now require students to take a ""math camp"" or a semester-long or yearlong course to acquire the necessary skills. The problem is that most available textbooks are written for mathematics or economics majors, and fail to convey to students of political science and sociology the reasons for learning often-abstract mathematical concepts. A Mathematics Course for Political and Social Research fills this gap, providing both a primer for m.

Far-reaching changes in the global distribution of wealth over the last few decades have led scholars of regional integration to recognise a need to examine the regional level as an arena of social policy formation and implementation. This development has long been an aspect of a region such as the EU, but is relatively recent in the regions of the developing world. This collection of essays, the result of the RISC Conference held from 30 November to 3 December 2011, marks a welcome contribution to the start of a discussion about regional integration and social cohesion in the developing world

"This text engages students in the social media phenomenon, exploring how fundamental changes in mass media influence every level of societal communication. With the explosion of social media and big data, students must become conscious of media's positive and negative influences on their lives"--

Trans men are people who, based on their genitals, were assigned the status of female at birth. However, their identity and their way of living gender do not correspond to the socially established norms. In this paper, we discuss the different perspectives in relation to transgender people and their desire for parenthood. This review, and the basis of this paper, is inspired by the case of a trans man who desired gestation with his own genetic material. He began the cycle of assisted reproduction when he was a legally recognized woman, but that attempt ended with a miscarriage. From that assisted reproduction cycle, four embryos remained frozen. After the failed experience of gestation, the person completed his transition. Now legally a man, he attempted to gestate using his reproductive organs. This literature review aimed to identify relevant studies describing the relationship between transgender person and biological parenthood. This study comprehensively addresses important aspects one should know when considering a transgender pregnancy. These factors include biological, psychological, social, and legal issues. After reviewing the state-of-the-art information on trans parenthood, the main conclusion is that &lsquo ; the desire to have a child is not a male or female desire but a human desire&rsquo ; .

Chapter 1. Introduction: Digital divide from differentiated access to differentiated use -- Chapter 2. The influence of ICT use on students' well-beings -- Chapter 3. The second digital divide among schools -- Chapter 4. The second digital divide between rich and poor students -- Chapter 5. The second digital divide between male and female students -- Chapter 6. The second digital divide from a more global perspective -- Chapter 7. Conclusion.

Economic growth improves economic and social welfare in the long-time but may leave out a body of people who are faced with situations of poverty in the short- time due to business fluctuations and economic cycles. In the paper we research relation between employment and poverty. The weakness of employment is the main cause of poverty. How does poverty relate to work? A growing economy reduces poverty by creating more jobs and higher incomes. So employment is the main source to social inclusion and reducing poverty. But employment provides more than just an income - it integrates people in a social framework. So, the main aim of the paper is suggest solutions with regard to improvement employment and alleviating poverty. Unlike poverty, there is no "official" definition of social exclusion and no consensus as to any indicators that might measure the scale of the phenomenon. Exclusion is more a process than a state. Often, it is the result of a sequence of unfavorable events. The first of these is sometimes the loss of a job, which can be accompanied by increased difficulty in finding somewhere to live and a breakdown of social ties (family and friends). In the paper we interest to poor people according to their labor-market status. Economics of unemployment suggests a mismatch between supply and demand. People who are unemployed want to have a job but they are unable to find one. The most natural starting point for an economic analysis of unemployment is therefore the labor market. The flows into unemployment from employment, the flows from employment to unemployment, average unemployment duration and job protection are matter. Job insecurity, involving alternating periods of employment and non-employment, exposes people to poverty. Job insecurity is not to be confused with job instability, which describes a break in the link between an employee and a firm, but which may be followed by very rapid re-employment in another job. Who do government intervene in labor market? What are common forms of government intervention in labor market? Income inequality, discrimination in the marketplace leads to unemployment and poverty. Discrimination leads to an inefficient allocation of resources and results in production levels that lie inside the production possibilities curve. This paper analyses government opportunities to lower poverty and inequality further through social and labour market policies. Key words: unemployment, poverty, social exclusion and inclusion, labor market, social and labor market policies

"In the past decade, societal and interpersonal pressures to attain a heightened level of muscular development have increased exponentially. This book is an attempt to coalesce recent developments into an organized framework to help guide theory, research, and practice in this intriguing area of investigation. In our review of physical and psychological factors associated with the pursuit of the muscular ideal (Cafri et al., 2005), we also provided a model of influences, many of which are examined in detail in different chapters in this book. In our model, pursuit of the muscular ideal is influenced by a variety of factors (e.g., biological, societal, psychological, sports participation). Additionally, this pursuit may drive the individual to engage in risky behaviors, such as the use of appearance- and performance-enhancing drugs or radical dieting strategies (e.g., carbohydrate depletion), to enhance muscularity. The chapters of this book examine in detail the themes and interrelationships outlined in this heuristic model, and we hope that future research will inform and expand on this initial framework. Within the broad chapter categories of coverage, it is possible to discern some central themes that this book examines, including: (a) the complexity of appearance ideals (in general) and the muscular ideal (in particular); (b) the role of history and social influences; (c) the need to rethink conventional measures of body image; (d) the importance of understanding biological and side effects of current (and potential) appearance- and performance-enhancing drugs; (e) the critical need for prevention and treatment methods for clinical disturbance (e.g., body dysmorphia, steroid abuse); and (f) the multiple influences (social, biological, psychological) that drive the pursuit of the muscular ideal. This book is for professionals and nonprofessionals who have an interest in body image disturbance or who work with individuals who may pursue the muscular ideal to the point of impairment (e.g., who seek drugs to augment the appearance or muscularity or show signs of muscle dysmorphia). The chapters are empirically based, and the authors include clear discussions of current research findings and future research avenues. Clinicians will find state-of-the-art guidelines for diagnosis of clinically relevant symptoms and treatment and intervention strategies for adolescents and adults"--Introduction. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2007 APA, all rights reserved)