Mariana Valverde is a Canadian

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and sociologist. She is currently a professor in the Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies at the

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. Her research mainly focuses on the

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. She is also an occasional contributor to ''

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'' magazine. In 2000 Mariana Valverde won the Herbert Jacob book prize from the

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for her book ''Diseases of the Will: Alcohol and the Dilemmas of Freedom'' (

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, 1998).Winners of the Herbert Jacob book prize.
The Law and Society Association. Accessed August 29, 2008. Mariana Valverde is the daughter of Spanish poet and philosopher José María Valverde.

Selected works

*Valverde, Mariana. (1991). ''The Age of Light, Soap, and Water: Moral Reform in English Canada 1880s-1920s''. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. *Valverde, Mariana. (1998). ''Diseases of the Will: Alcohol and the Dilemmas of Freedom''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. *Valverde, Mariana. (2003). ''Law’s Dream of a Common Knowledge''. Princeton University Press. *Valverde, Mariana. (2006). ''Law and Order: Signs, Meanings, Myths''. Routledge. *Valverde, Mariana. (2012). ''Everyday law on the Street: City Governance in an Age of Diversity''. Chicago University Press.

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