The Social Progress Index uses non-economic measures to gauge the well-being of a country's inhabitants. Covers 99 percent of the world's population. The index consists of 52 indicators, divided into three major categories: basic human needs, foundations of well-being, and opportunity.
An international, comprehensive reference tool for the field of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Covers Criminology and Criminal Justice in ten broad areas with leading researchers writing substantive contributions within their area of expertise.
Contains four hundred subject entries and two hundred brief biographies of key figures in the history of social work. The work also includes a comprehensive index and topical outline.
Addresses issues of sex and gender at the personal and the social level; examines issues of identity, status, class, ethnicity, race, and nation; of sexuality and the body; of social institutions and the structures of representation. Topics include changing conceptions of "the feminine," the family and masculinity, religion, morality, cultural images, medical practice, public health, economy and society and many more. 4 volumes.
Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender by