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During the past decade, it has become commonplace to interpret social and cultural reality-the very groundwork of the social sciences-as linguistic constructions

Disturbing the Nest assesses the future of the family as an institution through an historical and comparative analysis of the nature, causes, and social implications of family change in advanced western societies such as the United States, New Zealand, and Switzerland by focusing on the one society in which family decline is found to be the greatest, Sweden.

Child Abuse and Neglect is the third volume sponsored by the Social Science Research Council

Motivated by the desire to explain how Americans perceive and evaluate inequality and related programs and policies, the authors conducted a national survey of beliefs about social and economic inequality in America. Here they present the results of their research on the structure, determinants, and certain political and personal consequences of these beliefs. The presentations serve two major goals; to describe and explain the central features of Americans'' images of inequality. Beliefs About Inequality begins with a focus on people''s perceptions of the most basic elements of inequality: the availability of opportunity in society, the causes of economic achievements, and the benefits and costs of equality and inequality. The book''s analysis of the public''s beliefs on these key issues is based on fundamental theories of social psychology and lays the groundwork for understanding how Americans evaluate inequality-related policies. The authors discuss the ultimate determinants of beliefs and the implications of their findings for social policies related to inequality. They propose that attitudes toward economic inequality and related policy are influenced by three major aspects of the current American social, economic, and political environment: a stable "dominant ideology" about economic inequality; individuals'' social and economic status; and specific beliefs and attitudes, often reflecting "social liberalism" shaped by recent political debates and events.  

A stereotype can be defined as a rendering by consensus

Among the frustrations constantly confronting the social scientist are those associated with the general process of measurement. This book is organized so that, one proceeds from problems of data collection to those of data analysis. It represents a series of studies that are deemed to be crucial for the advancement of social science research.

This title is a classic work on social reform. It is an account of the origins and development of community action from its beginnings in the Ford Foundation Gray Area Programs and the President's Committee on Juvenile Delinquency, through the rise and decline of the War on Poverty and the Model Cities program

The subject of this book is limited to the abstract form or "logic" of science (as applied particularly to scientific sociology)

Ego psychology is the aspect of psychoanalytic theory concerned with how people adapt to the demands and possibilities of their worlds in accordance with their inner requirements

First published in 1982. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis.

American Business and Public Policy is a study of the politics of foreign trade

This volume presents state-of-the-art empirical studies working in a paradigm that has become known as human behavioral ecology

This new edition of Culture, Behavior, and Personality is organized into ve parts

A classic study of anthropological economics, which tackles the nature of economic life and how to study it comparatively.

Exercise and Disease Management consolidates the current knowledge base on exercise and chronic disease, providing a ready-made format for health care providers to use when prescribing exercise programs for patients. Using guidelines set forth by the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation, this book helps physicians and health care providers respond to the challenge to keep patients healthier and active, thus reducing recurrent hospitalizations and health care costs.

Tennis is a high-stakes game, played by prodigies identified early and coached by professionals in hopes of high rankings and endorsements

This memoir by the eminent sociologist and historian of ideas, Robert Nisbet, views Berkeley from a different perspective. This book is a fascinating picture of Berkeley as it was a half a century ago in its move to become the most important centre of learning west of the Mississippi.

Suicide prevention is a major goal of the Public Health Service of the US government

Spare Parts examines major developments in the field of organ replacement that occurred in the United States over the course of the 1980s and the beginning of the 1990s

Vegetation and Soils is an introduction to the study of vegetation and soil distribution

Rumors may be the oldest medium of mass communication of information or ideas

Several contributions in this volume focus on the modern Middle East, with other articles examining justifications for war, the return of war veterans, white nationalists, and the activities of the Moral Majority

On Divorce is an anti-divorce treatise by Louis de Bonald, originally published in 1801 in response to the institution of divorce in France in the aftermath of the French Revolution

The Davis-Bacon Act is a United States federal law that established the requirement that prevailing wages must be paid on public works projects. In this book, Armand J. Thieblot argues that the law was passed under false pretences and based on flawed economic logic. Despite this, the law continues to expand in scope and increase in cost.

Offers an analysis of the protagonists in four of Jane Austen's most popular novels - Mansfield Park, Emma, Pride and Prejudice and Persuasion. The analysis reveals them to be brilliant mimetic creations who often break free of the formal and thematic limitations placed upon them by Austen.

October Earthquake presents a chronological account of the days surrounding the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) War, along with the significant military and political events of each day of the conflict

"The Scarlet Letter has proved our most enduring classic," writes Sacvan Bercovitch, "because it is the liberal example par excellence of art as ideological mimesis

Crime and Custom in Savage Society represents Bronislaw Malinowski's major discussion of the relationship between law and society. Throughout his career he constructed a coherent science of anthropology, one modeled on the highest standards of practice and theory. Methodology steps forward as a core element of the refashioned anthropology, one that stipulates the manner in which anthropological data should be acquired.Malinowski's choice of law was not inevitable, but neither was it unmotivated. Anyone interested in understanding the social structure and organization of societies cannot avoid dealing with the concept of "law," even if it is to deny its presence. Law and anthropology have shown a natural affinity for one another, sharing a beneficial history of using the methods and viewpoints of one to inform and advance the other.The best lesson Malinowski provides us with comes in the last paragraphs of Crime and Custom in Savage Society: "The true problem is not to study how human life submits to rules; the real problem is how the rules become adapted to life." On that question, he has left us richly inspired to continue the quest.

Rev. ed. of: Biological wastewater treatment / Biological wastewater treatment / C.P. Leslie Grady, Jr., Glen T. Daigger, Henry C. Lim. 2nd. 1999.

With the discovery of conditioned reflexes by I. P. Pavlov, the possibilities for experimenting, following the example set by the classical, exact sciences, were made available to the behavioral sciences