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"One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2013" Robert Wuthnow is the Gerhard R. Andlinger '52 Professor of Social Sciences at Princeton University. His books include Rough Country: How Texas Became America's Most Powerful Bible-Belt State, Red State Religion: Faith and Politics in America's Heartland and Remaking the Heartland: Middle America since the 1950s (all Princeton).
A revealing examination of small-town life
More than thirty million...
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Stephen Macedo is the Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Politics and the former director of the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University. His many books include Liberal Virtues and Diversity and Distrust. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
The case for marriage equality and monogamy in a democratic society
The institution of marriage stands at a critical juncture. As gay marriage equality gains acceptance...
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"A Fatherly Top Ten Best Parenting Book of the Decade" "A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year" Matthias Doepke is professor of economics at Northwestern University. He lives in Evanston, Illinois. Fabrizio Zilibotti is the Tuntex Professor of International and Development Economics at Yale University. He lives in New Haven, Connecticut.
An international and historical look at how parenting choices change in the face of economic inequality
Parents...
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"Winner of the Silver Medal in Women / BIPOC in Business, Axiom Business Book Awards" Maureen Perry-Jenkins is professor of psychology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
How new parents in low-wage jobs juggle the demands of work and childcare, and the easy ways employers can help
Low-wage workers make up the largest group of employed parents in the United States, yet scant attention has been given to their experiences as new mothers...
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Tamara Metz is assistant professor of political science and humanities at Reed College.
Marriage is at the center of one of today's fiercest political debates. Activists argue about how to define it, judges and legislators decide who should benefit from it, and scholars consider how the state should protect those who are denied it. Few, however, ask whether the state should have anything to do with marriage in the first place. In Untying the Knot,...
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"Winner of the 2018 Joseph B. Gittler Award, American Philosophical Association" Francesco Guala is professor in the Department of Economics, Management, and Quantitative Methods at the University of Milan. He is the author of The Methodology of Experimental Economics and the coeditor, with Daniel Steel, of The Philosophy of Social Science Reader.
A groundbreaking new synthesis and theory of social institutions
Understanding Institutions proposes...
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Juliane Hammer is associate professor and the Kenan Rifai Scholar of Islamic Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She is the author of American Muslim Women, Religious Authority, and Activism and Palestinians Born in Exile.
An in-depth look at how Muslim American organizations address domestic violence within their communities
In Peaceful Families, Juliane Hammer chronicles and examines the efforts, stories, arguments, and...
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Christian Smith is the William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame. His many books include Religion: What It Is, How It Works, and Why It Matters (Princeton). Bridget Ritz and Michael Rotolo are doctoral students in the Department of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame.
How parents approach the task of passing on religious faith and practice to their children
How do American parents pass their religion on...
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"Co-Winner of the William J. Goode Book Award, Family Section of the American Sociological Association" "Winner of the PROSE Award in Anthropology, Criminology, and Sociology, Association of American Publishers" "Winner of the Bronze Medal in Women / Minorities in Business, Axiom Business Book Awards" Caitlyn Collins is assistant professor of sociology at Washington University in St. Louis. Her work has been covered by the Atlantic, NPR, and the Washington...
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Harry Brighouse is professor of philosophy and affiliate professor of educational policy studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His books include On Education and School Choice and Social Justice. Adam Swift is professor of political theory at the University of Warwick. His books include Political Philosophy: A Beginners' Guide for Students and Politicians and How Not to Be a Hypocrite: School Choice for the Morally Perplexed Parent.
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