How Claims Spread: Cross-National Diffusion of Social Problems

by Joel Best

Best's anthology examines for the first time how diverse social issues--road rage, the metric system, gun control, and abortion are among those included--migrate across national boundaries, modifying themselves from place to place as a result of different claims, claimsmakers, and policy responses. This unique collection, assembled from new research by an international group of social problems scholars, will fill a gap in undergraduate and graduate...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0202306542
• ISBN13: 9780202306544
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"