Solomon in this problem-solving volume addresses the ongoing economic and population slump of Detroit. He starts by reviewing the city's history and context leading up to current difficulties. Next co
In this collection of papers, Lewis asserts that beginning in the 1960s anthropology came under serious critique as being merely an offshoot of colonialism, or even an example of "epistemic violence."
The author critically examines Jean Piaget's theory stating that a child's ability to solve problems of class inclusion marks the beginning of the period of concrete (logical) operations at seven or e
Drawing on her experiences during the 'golden age' of foreign journalism, author Geyer stresses that change is constant in politics, but also emphasizes that world events can often be predicted based
This work highlights the collision of Sweden's strict regulations on corruption and the institution of gift giving and analyzes how people strive to remain professional in a world where social and int
As the population in suburbs of the US steadily increased from 1960 onward, the newspaper business followed, with new papers being started in previously remote areas. This volume provides the inside s
Originally written by the late Charles Moskos (emeritus, Northwestern U.) and now completely rewritten in light of new disciplinary methodologies for the third edition by his son Peter Moskos (City U.
Africare is a US-based non-profit organization specializing in development aid for Africa. It is also the oldest and largest African-American led organization in the development field. Since its found
This volume collects previously published writings by sociologist Reed about the Southern United States, primarily commenting on others' writings about the region. The essays and reviews presented wer
Employing the perspective of pragmatism, Brinkmann (psychology, University of Aalborg, Denmark) examines the ideas of educational philosopher, psychologist, and social critic John Dewey. The author gi
First published in 1950, this study began life as a wartime research project into political communication and propaganda, which brought together a political scientist and a specialist in the philosoph
A book that moves from coverage of Galileo and Karl Marx to Osama bin Laden and Thomas Friedman's The World is Flat is necessarily broad. And this work by Mazlish, an emeritus professor of history at
This reprint from 2009 (which has a new introduction) views comedy in literature as a way of understanding and that it can provide insight into the world and everyday experiences. The author argues th
This reprint of Maria Montessori's pedagogic method publication includes new introductions from Hunt and Valsiner reviewing the history of her research and method and its influence. The main text open
In this reprint from 2009, which contains a new afterword on recent research on musicality and language, Honing considers the active role of listeners in making music meaningful, arguing that listenin
The 12 articles in this volume describe China's nonprofit sector and its progress and key challenges. Chinese and US researchers in social sciences, philanthropy, education, and other areas examine it
Writing from a distinctly Zionist perspective worried that the so-called "Arab Spring" is leading to an "Islamic Winter" in which "clouds of tension and war would gather over the skies of the Middle E
What links such disparate movements as the French Revolution, Nazi Germany, and Communism together? To Strehle (philosophy and religion, Christopher Newport U.) it is both their anti-Semitism and thei
In the third volume of the trilogy, Seta B. Dadoyan focuses on social and cultural aspects, rather than the core political focus exhibited in her first two volumes. Her objective is to suggest politic
Decades after the previously unimaginable horrors of the Nazi extermination camps and the dropping of nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, their memories remain part of our lives. In academic and
The state of Israel is this book's topic. The author's claim is that European traditions of Christian anti-Semitism united with Muslim traditions of anti-Semitism to create all opposition to Israeli n
The news agency Reuters reported in 2009 that a mass grave containing 1,800 bodies was found in Malbork, Poland. Polish authorities suspected that they were German civilians that were killed by advanc
From the Eisenhower years onward into the 1960s, possible US military strategies for handling the Cold War were taken over by civilian militarists, or what Time Magazine referred to as the "Whiz Kids.
The idea of enlightenment entails liberty, equality, rationalism, secularism, and the connection between knowledge and well being. In spite of the setbacks of revolutionary violence, mass murder, and
The program of extermination Nazis called the Final Solution took the lives of approximately six million Jews, amounting to roughly 60 percent of European Jewry and a third of the world's Jewish popul
When originally published in 1971, Hollywood Studio Musicians was the first detailed analysis of the work and careers of production personnel in an industry devoted to mass culture. Previously, most r
Social scientists explore the three factors within the African-American community. Their topics include African American healing women in the films of Julie Dash and Kasi Lemmons, African American mal
Catholic priest, novelist, and sociologist Greeley (1928-2013) fleshed out his doctoral dissertation in sociology at the University of Chicago into this book, which reflected the optimism among Americ
The author of this classic study of business management was professor of sociology at UCLA's Institute of Industrial Relations. Examining everyday interactions between managers, managers and workers,
Political and Military Sociology, Volume 41 explores the social elements and impact of national defense. The origin of government is a response to a society's common interest in security and defense.
That sciences are guided by explicit and implicit ties to their surrounding social world is not new. Jaan Valsiner fills in the wide background of scholarship on the history of science, the recent foc
This report describes trends and differences in attitudes to homosexuality in Europe. Which are the countries where acceptance is increasing--or declining? Which countries can currently be described a
The Netherlands Institute for Social Research/SCP reports every other year on trends in the acceptance of homosexuality in the Netherlands, and provides a snapshot of the current level of acceptance.
Epstein (social work, U. of Nevada) examines the theoretical and cultural pretensions of contemporary "empowerment practices" in the US, such as helping professions and social-welfare programs. He arg
Peter L. Berger is perhaps best known as the coauthor of the 1966 classic The Social Construction of Reality. Since then he has remained involved in the sociology of knowledge, although he has mostly
This collection of work written by Hungarian born philosopher Aurel Kolnai (1900-1973) ponders the value perversions that gripped central Europe post World War I, describes the atmosphere of totalitar
In this book of absorbing stories, Bruce Mazlish illuminates the lives of intellectual and political leaders with the penetrating light of psychohistory and in doing so illuminates our own lives as we
With a special focus on state and local politics, this latest volume of the National Political Science Review contains four articles ranging from the need for crucial white support in statewide electi
Alive to history in the making (and the weight of the past) this volume examines Obama's presidency and Lyndon Johnson's, the killing of Trayvon Martin and the death of Andrew Breitbart, Occupy Wall S
In this volume, contributors present narratives and explore the way they influence the perception of the past. While acknowledging the debate about the validity of qualitative research based on narrat
