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"Community" is a basic concept, perhaps the basic concept, in social science and in social philosophy

Provides data that is useful for both archeological and geological dating of human fossil remains. This book uses the results obtained from the dating techniques, both relative and absolute. It features charts which give the radiocarbon datings of Middle and Upper Paleolithic sites and cultures in Europe, the Near East and Africa.

There is only one region--the surface of the earth--on which mankind finds its home

This book describes an inquiry into the upbringing of young cerebral palsied children

Production is a complex system of interdependent activities, necessary to the system as a whole, which itself depends on the continuance of each individual activity that composes it

Few would doubt that social science is in serious need of a new conceptual framework for the study of human organizations

Examines the social crisis in American medicine. Here, the authors, two well-known sociologists, search out - and find - the roots of this crisis in three areas: the organization of the hospital, the attitudes of the hospital toward its patients, and the relationship of hospitals to one another.

Providing an understanding of the distribution of retail activities, particularly within cities, this book provides a critical review of the literature on the subject. It points out the major general propositions concerning retailing from the geographical point of view, and identifies key research problems.

Why do people adopt attitudes of political alienation--attitudes of estrangement from, or lack of identification with, the political system? Schwartz challenges accepted theories of social status and economic difficulties and developing a completely new, three variable psychological theories to explain alienation

This is the first work that systematically applies the comparative method to the study of social policy and administration

Why do contraceptive practices work for some couples and not for others? Using social class, conjugal role organization and religion as control variables, this book explores role concepts of husband and wife, sexual relations, cultural determinants, family size norms, and contraceptive practices; and relates these factors to family planning.

The names given to the variety of man-like fossils known to scientists should reflect no more than scientific views of the nature of human evolution

The method of programming outlined in this book represents a major contribution to the growing body of literature in programmed learning

This book is about micro-politics: that kind of manoevre to control or avoid being controlled, to claim friendship or proclaim enmity, which takes place between people who know one another, and who must temper and adjust their actions towards one another because they share other activities

For most of our history, American religious life has been dominated by a view of church history in which we appear as mere deposits of European religious culture

The Italian peasantry has often been described as tragic, backward, hopeless, downtrodden, static, and passive

An individual's understanding of himself must begin with an appreciation of his origin

This book is about the family lives of some 10,000 children and adults who live in an all-Negro public housing project in St Louis

This is the first examination in depth of the reasons and ways that people seek psychiatric help

Social accounting grew up as a result of the desire to bring together in a meaningful and comprehensive manner all the available observed facts on the economic and financial activity of a nation

Offers an account of the process of aging that provides answers and dispels once and for many of the myths surrounding the close to 20 million Americans who are over sixty-five. This is a volume of social inquiry and interpretation, which marks a major scientific advance in its field, and opens up new horizons for fruitful research.

Deals with the two major aspects of decision-making: uncertainty and utility (values), and how-using statistical theory, utility theory, game theory, and the other components that go into decision theory. This book places emphasis on the problems of knowledge, and on the general place of information theory in decision-making.

In intellectual and academic circles, Ernest van den Haag is respected for his brilliant mind, his outspoken and often highly controversial assertions, and a very unacademic, sharp, biting style

In his presidential address to the American Sociological Society more than a quarter of a century ago, Edwin H

This book focuses on the present-day system of pegged-but-adjustable exchange rates and the problems that policy authorities must face if they are to attain full employment, price stability, balance-of-payments equilibrium, and a satisfactory rate of economic growth

Reflecting the contributions of M. Brewster Smith to social psychology and personality study, this selection includes not only his best known essays but also previously unpublished material

In this new work a distinguished psychologist evolves a theory of personality and society designed to help guide the work of institutions responsible for individual growth and development

The renaissance in the field of mental retardation since World War II has been expressed both in research and in renewed practical concern for the plight of the retarded

Ranging from pool hustling to pornography, this book analyzes deviant branches of American life, dispels misconceptions about them, and throws new light on sociological theory and method

Attraction and hostility find expression in almost every variety of human relationship, and have consequently provided a central theme for social psychology since its beginnings