New for Sociology and Anthropology

Oxford University Press / Oxford Digital Reference Shelf.
Available online.   (W&L subscription)
Five-volume set (2009) contains over 300 signed, alphabetically-arranged entries, providing "situation profiles and full coverage of the development of the movement, historical cases of abuse, the key figures, major organizations, and a range of other issues in economics, government, religion, and journalism that touch on human rights theory and practice."
Links will be maintained in several locations in the library Web site, including this subject listing.

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The SSI, a division of the U.S. Army War College, recently released two publications on current socio-political issues in Latin America.
Dealing with Political Ferment in Latin America outlines a conflict between "radical populism" and "moderate, centrist governance" across the region.
Another new release is A "New" Dyanmic in the Western Hemisphere Security Environment: The Mexican Zetas and Other Private Armies, discusses the private paramilitary organizations and their involvement in destabilization in Mexico.

Links will be maintained in several locations in the library Web site, including this subject listing. The library also will receive a printed copy of each of these publications.

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Sage / Gale Virtual Reference Library.
Available online.   (W&L subscription)
2006 volume focuses "on the developmental process of religion and spirituality across the human life span." Alphabetically-arranged entries, with an interdisciplinary scope, cover such topics as leading religious and spiritual figures, traditions, texts, places, religious and spiritual practices and concepts, and more.
Links will be maintained in several locations in the library Web site, including this subject listing.

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U.S. Congressional Research Service.
Available online.
"The troubled state of the economy has revived the long- standing debate concerning whether economic factors can be linked to increases in the nation's crime rates. This report examines the available research on how selected economic variables may or may not be related to crime rates."
Links will be maintained in several locations in the library Web site, including this subject listing.

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