Focusing on the history of one medical field--rehabilitation medicine--this book provides the first systematic analysis of the underlying forces that shape medical specialization, challenging traditional explanations of occupational specialization.
In "Understanding Dogs", sociologist and faithful dog companion Clinton R. Sanders explores the day-to-day experiences of living and working with domestic dogs. Based on a decade of research in veterinary offices and hospitals, dog-guide training schools, and obedience classes and colored with his personal experiences and observations at and ...
Explores the conflicting attitudes inherent in the love-hate relationship that humans have with animals, including an examination of the treatment of animals and humans by the Nazis and the feelings of people who work in animal shelters and primate labs.
In "Just a Dog", Arnold Arluke argues that animal cruelty must be understood in terms of social relationships rather than an individual's psychological problem or personality disorder. Arluke situates cruelty in actual situations where groups of people decide, on their own terms, what constitutes the wrongful harm of animals and how best to ...
"Inside Animal Hoarding: The Story of Barbara Erickson and Her 552 Dogs" profiles one of the largest and most intriguing cases of animal hoarding in recent history. Celeste Killeen's investigation pries open the door to Barbara Erickson's hidden and closely guarded life, offering an in-depth view of animal hoarding. The chaos and torment ...
The aim of this introductory text in sociology is to hook students' interest and get them to read, see and think sociologically. The book includes snapshots' (journalistic accounts) and portraits' (empirical sociological studies). Each part is introduced with an essay which ties the snapshots and portraits together and explains where and who the ...
Brute Force looks at people having the most contact with everyday animal abuse- humane law enforcement officers who are charged with enforcing anti-cruelty statutes. The author spent one year studying 30 "animal cops" and dispatchers in two large cities. Rookie animal cops think of them-selves as a brute force because they believe that they have ...
This antholgy, from the literature of sociology and other disciplines as well, examines the various roles that animals play in human societies, and the interactions between people and animals.
"The Sacrifice" provides a uniquely detailed account of the sociological context of animal experimentation. The authors provide a rich analysis of complex and changing role of the laboratory animal in the political and scientific culture of the United States and the United Kingdom. By understanding the interplay of the groups, the authors view the ...
"Brute Force" looks at people having the most contact with everyday animal abuse- humane law enforcement officers who are charged with enforcing anti-cruelty statutes. The author spent one year studying 30 "animal cops" and dispatchers in two large cities. They see themselves as a power for the helpless, a voice for the mute. On-the-job experience ...
What is it about Western society, ask the authors, that makes it possible for people to express great affection for animals as sentient creatures and simultaneously turn a blind eye to the most callous behavior toward them? Animals are sold as expensive commodities, used as food and clothing, killed as vermin, and hunted for sport. But they also ...
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