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The Impact of Churches on Political Behavior An Empirical

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Christopher P Gilbert, PUBLISHER: Praeger, NA

Social Learning Theory and the Explanation of Crime

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Akers, Ronald L. / Jensen, Gary F., PUBLISHER: Transaction Publishers, ong>Socialong> learning theory has been called the dominant theory ong>ofong> crime and delinquency in the United States, yet it is ong>ofong>ten misrepresented. This latest volume in the distinguished Advances in Criminological Theory series explores the impact ong>ofong> this theory. Some equate it with differential association theory. Others depict it as little more than a micro-level appendage to cultural deviance theories. There have been earlier attempts to clarify the theory's unique features in comparison to other theories, and others have applied it to broader issues. These efforts are extended in this volume, which focuses on developing, applying, and testing the theory on a variety ong>ofong> criminal and delinquent ong>behaviorong>. It applies the theory to treatment and prevention, moving ong>socialong> learning into a global context for the twenty-first century. This comprehensive volume includes the latest work, tests, and theoretical advances in ong>socialong> learning theory and will be particularly helpful to criminologists, sociologists, and psychologists. It may also be ong>ofong> interest to those concerned with current issues relating to delinquency, drug use/abuse, and drinking/alcohol abuse.

Resources & Population

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: MacFarlane, Alan / MacFarlane / Fortes, Meyer, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, In many areas ong>ofong> the world destruction ong>ofong> natural resources and the rapid growth ong>ofong> populaton are among the most important problems facing individuals and governments. This book, first published in , utilises the tools ong>ofong> ong>socialong> anthropology and population studies in an attempt to see some ong>ofong> the causes and consequences ong>ofong> populations growth and some ong>ofong> the effects ong>ofong> change on natural resources. It ong>analysesong> a particular 'community' in the Annapurna range ong>ofong> the central Himalayas during this century, and investigates how the destruction ong>ofong> forests and the growth ong>ofong> settled rice cultivation have occurred, and some ong>ofong> the consequences. The Gurungs are famous as recruits to the Gurkha regiments ong>ofong> the British and Indian armies, and the demographic and economic effects ong>ofong> foreign mercenary labour are among the topics examined.

Structural Concrete Structural Concrete: Theory and Design

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hassoun, Nadim M. / Hassoun, M. Nadim, PUBLISHER: Prentice Hall, Revised to adhere to the latest American Concrete Institute (ACI) Code requirements for the design ong>ofong> structural concrete. Presenting the analysis and design ong>ofong> both reinforced and prestressed concrete elements, Structural Concrete is exceptionally logical and easy to read. Accuracy ong>ofong> calculations (Section 1.11) helps readers understand the accuracy ong>ofong> calculations in engineering design. Additional examples elaborate on the ong>behaviorong> ong>ofong> reinforced concrete beams at failure and combine structural analysis with concrete design. Section on Coulomb theory for soil pressure provides an alternative approach to calculate the soil pressure considering the friction ong>ofong> soil on retaining walls. Section on partially prestressed concrete explains the range ong>ofong> partial prestressing between a lower limit ong>ofong> reinforced concrete and an upper limit ong>ofong> full prestressing. In-depth treatment ong>ofong> the ultimate strength concept ong>ofong> reinforced concrete explains the concept ong>ofong> concrete beams ong>behaviorong> up to failure with mathematical analysis ong>ofong> forces developed in concrete and steel. Discusses the design ong>ofong> different types ong>ofong> stairs and the design ong>ofong> curved beams.

The Cost of Empire: The Finances of the Kingdom of Naples in

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Calabria, Antonio, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, This is a study ong>ofong> early modern government finance in the kingdom ong>ofong> Naples, one ong>ofong> the most important European dominions ong>ofong> the Spanish Empire. Prong>ofong>essor Calabria focuses on the period from the mid-sixteenth century to the time ong>ofong> the Thirty Years' War. He connects fiscal developments to larger issues, such as the seventeenth-century crisis, the decline ong>ofong> Italy and Spain, and the economic and ong>socialong> significance ong>ofong> investments in government securities markets in early modern Europe. The Cost ong>ofong> Empire blends quantitative data on economic, fiscal, and financial affairs with non-quantitative material detailing attitudes, economic behaviour, and administrative practices. The quantitative material includes ong>analysesong> ong>ofong> government budgets from to and a computer study ong>ofong> about investors and their investments in state securities in the later sixteenth century. The work is unrivalled in the breadth, comprehensiveness, and sophistication ong>ofong> its analysis ong>ofong> an early modern fiscal system.

How Children Develop Social Understanding

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Carpendale, Jeremy / Lewis, Charlie, PUBLISHER: Blackwell Publishing Prong>ofong>essional, This book provides a critical review ong>ofong> research into how children come to understand the ong>socialong> world, an area ong>ofong>ten known as children's "theories ong>ofong> mind." Takes an integrated approach to the development ong>ofong> children's ong>socialong> understanding Brings out the connections between mental state understanding and children's understanding ong>ofong> language, ong>socialong> skills, morality and emotions. Sets research within a historical and theoretical context Contributes unique insights and perspectives, particularly in its discussions ong>ofong> Piaget and Vygotsky, and in its Wittgensteinian focus on the role ong>ofong> language.

Social Ecology

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Guha, Ramachandra, PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, ong>Socialong> Ecology brings together a selection ong>ofong> pioneering essays on a subject ong>ofong> increasing interest to sociologists and ong>socialong> anthropologists. With the growing awareness ong>ofong> the causes and consequences ong>ofong> environmental degradation, the once neglected field ong>ofong> ong>socialong> ecology has assumed enormous theoretical and practical importance. The essays assembled in this anthology provide a state ong>ofong> the art survey ong>ofong> the field as well as an orientation to future research. As the first such anthology ong>ofong> its kind, it provides a compact and analytically sophisticated overview ong>ofong> environment and society in contemporary India. It should be ong>ofong> great interest to administrators, activists, and development prong>ofong>essionals as well as students and scholars working in the field.

Existential Sociology

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Douglas, J. D. / Johnson, J. M. / Douglas, Jack D., PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, This collection ong>ofong> ten original essays was first published in . It engages the 'crisis in sociology' at the most fundamental level ong>ofong> thought and experience. Existential sociology is defined as the study and understanding ong>ofong> all forms ong>ofong> human existence. Without seeking to erect a pristine philosophical sanctuary ong>ofong> its own, Existential Sociology examines and criticizes the underlying philosophical assumptions ong>ofong> previous theories ong>ofong> ong>socialong> science, while elaborating its own approach to human understanding. The contributors are concerned with constructing practical as well as theoretical truths about ong>socialong> life - how we feel, think and act. In contrast to most other sociologies, the emphasis is on the independence and dominance ong>ofong> human feelings over the evaluative and cognitive features ong>ofong> ong>socialong> actions. Students and teachers ong>ofong> sociology and people in related fields interested in the connection between ong>socialong> science and their own subjects will find Existential Sociology useful and absorbing.

A Country Nourished on Self-Doubt: Documents in

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Thorner, Thomas / Frohn-Nielson, Thor, PUBLISHER: University ong>ofong> Toronto Press, This new edition ong>ofong> Broadview's two volume anthology ong>ofong> documents in Canadian history, A Few Acres ong>ofong> Snow and A Country Nourished on Self-Doubt, presents many new documentary sources on Canadian history, combined with the most compelling passages from the first edition, Included are documents that focus on the history ong>ofong> Canada's various regions; on ong>socialong>, cultural, political and intellectual history; and on the experiences ong>ofong> women, Native peoples, immigrants and labour.

Marriages & Families: Intimacy, Diversity, and Strengths

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Olson, David / DeFrain, John / Skogrand, Linda, PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill Humanities/ong>Socialong> Sciences/Langua, An introductory text, "Marriages and Families" accentuates the positive aspects ong>ofong> relationships and focuses on enriching students' knowledge and experience in ong>buildingong> strong, successful couple and family relationships. The authors, seasoned family scholars and therapists, integrate research, theory, and practical applications with an interdisciplinary perspective on marriage and family. To enhance teaching and student learning, an updated AWARE (Awareness ong>ofong> Attitudes and Relationships Expectations) Online computerized assessment contains 15 categories that match the chapters ong>ofong> the book.

Common Denominators: Ethnicity, Nation-Building and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Eriksen, Thomas Hylland / Carmeli, Yoram S. / Hylland Eriksen, Thomas, PUBLISHER: Berg Publishers, This book seeks to enhance comparative understandings ong>ofong> ethnicity, to refine theories ong>ofong> nationalism, and to contribute to ongoing debates on multiculturalism, identity politics and creolization. Mauritius, an Indian Ocean island-state with a population ong>ofong> about one million, provides a fascinating focus for this comprehensive study ong>ofong> ong>socialong> identity and political culture. Fifteen languages are ong>ofong>ficially spoken on the island, and four world religions are represented, as well as a high number ong>ofong> ethnic groups. The author argues that the ong>socialong> importance ong>ofong> ethnicity depends not only on political and economic circumstances, but also on kinship organization, and shows how ethnicity is expressed through the idioms ong>ofong> language and religion. However, it is also shown how ethnic identity may be superseded by other forms ong>ofong> belongingness and politics in the contemporary age. Nationhood, gender, class and individualism are all examined for the role they play in ong>socialong> organization and the formation ong>ofong> collective identity.Multiethnic and peaceful, the pace ong>ofong> ong>socialong> change in Mauritius has been rapid throughout the s and s. The ways in which Mauritians negotiate the relationship between ethnic, national and other identities in forging a surprisingly stable and democratic society, and the peculiar tensions which arise in the interface between the ethnic and the non-ethnic, ought to be familiar to anyone concerned with the future ong>ofong> multiethnic societies.

The Rottweiler Today

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Elsden, Judy / Elsden, Larry, PUBLISHER: Howell Books, This contemporary view focuses on the temperament ong>ofong> the Rottweiler and the importance ong>ofong> understanding how its mind works. Drawing on thirty years ong>ofong> experience in the breed, the authors provide a complete guide to character and ong>behaviorong> traits and illustrate the correct way to rear, train, and show the dog.

Logical Learning Theory: A Human Teleology and Its Empirical

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Rychlak, Joseph F., PUBLISHER: University ong>ofong> Nebraska Press, In , B. F. Skinner told Joseph Rychlak that the greatest disappointment resulting from the "cognitive revolution" was the turning ong>ofong> the human organism into a machine. Intrigued by this statement, Rychlak decided that after many years ong>ofong> formulation it was time to present his fundamentally teleological view ong>ofong> the human being, which he calls the "logical learning theory" (LLT). In this new theoretical perspective the author re-presents such concepts as intention, purpose, and free will. Significant aspects ong>ofong> the "mind-body" issue are explored here. Rychlak addresses teleological issues and provides a language for proper conceptualization. He uses experimental findings to support the notion ong>ofong> ong>behaviorong> as self-directed rather than mechanistic. In the process, Rychlak places LLT on the side ong>ofong> teleological explanation, in which concepts like free will, self-choice, purpose and intention are no longer dismissed. Rychlak compares LLT and existing formulations ong>ofong> ong>behaviorong>, including classical and operant conditioning, ong>socialong> learning theory, ong>socialong> constructionism, cognitive science, gestalt theories, and personality theories. Extensive research data and thorough discussions support Rychlak's theory. A glossary is also included.

Socioemotional Development and Health from Adolescence to

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Pulkkinen, Lea / Kaprio, Jaakko / Rose, Richard, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, This book is based on two longitudinal studies ong>ofong> ong>behaviorong> development, both conducted in Finland, a living laboratory setting for longitudinal research. Much ong>ofong> the book reports results from a longitudinal study begun in Jyvaskyla, Finland, in , when its participants were school children. This longitudinal study is complemented by two Finnish twin-family studies, with parallel measures and overlapping aims, to yield insights into genetic and environmental sources ong>ofong> variation in early development and later outcomes. An array ong>ofong> findings from the two sets ong>ofong> longitudinal studies are presented, set within a theoretical framework ong>ofong> socioemotional development, and focused on both individual and familial predictors ong>ofong> health-related outcomes from childhood to early adulthood. Many contributors to this edited volume represent a second-tier ong>ofong> Finnish-USA collaborators. They analyzed data from the longitudinal studies as part ong>ofong> their advanced training, and their contributions to the book report recent results ong>ofong> such ong>analysesong>.

Stories with a Moral

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Price, Michael E., PUBLISHER: University ong>ofong> Georgia Press, Stories with a Moral is the first comprehensive study ong>ofong> the effects ong>ofong> plantation society on literature and the influences ong>ofong> literature on ong>socialong> practices in nineteenth-century Georgia. During the years ong>ofong> frontier settlement, the Civil War, and Reconstruction, Georgia authors voiced their support for the slave system, the planter class, and the ideals ong>ofong> the Confederacy, presenting a humorous, passionate, and at times tragic view ong>ofong> a rapidly changing world. Michael E. Price examines works ong>ofong> fiction, travel accounts, diaries, and personal letters in this thorough survey ong>ofong> King Cotton's literary influence, showing how Georgia authors romanticized agrarian themes to present an appealing image ong>ofong> plantation economy and ong>socialong> structure. Stories with a Moral focuses on the importance ong>ofong> literature as a mode ong>ofong> ideological communication. Even more significant, the book shows how the writing ong>ofong> one century shaped the development ong>ofong> ong>socialong> practices and beliefs that persist, in legend and memory, to this day.

E-Learning Theory and Practice

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Haythornthwaite, Caroline / Andrews, Richard, PUBLISHER: Sage Publications (CA), In" "E-learning Theory and Practice the authors set out different perspectives on e-learning. The book deals with the ong>socialong> implications ong>ofong> e-learning, its transformative effects, and the ong>socialong> and technical interplay that supports and directs e-learning. The authors present new perspectives on the subject by exploring the way teaching and learning are changing with the presence ong>ofong> the Internet and participatory media; providing a theoretical grounding in new learning practices from education, communication and information science; addressing e-learning in terms ong>ofong> existing learning theories, emerging online learning theories, new literacies, ong>socialong> networks, ong>socialong> worlds, community and virtual communities, and online resources; and emphasizing the impact ong>ofong> everyday electronic practices on learning, literacy and the classroom, locally and globally.This book is for everyone involved in e-learning including teachers, educators, graduate students and researchers.

Sociological Thought: From Comte to Sorokin

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Abraham, Francis / Morgan, John H., PUBLISHER: Wyndham Hall Press, Designed as a first-line introductory text to the study ong>ofong> sociological thought, this book is now considered a classic in the field and is a top seller in the Third World for university courses in sociological theory. The perspective is cross-cultural. The main currents ong>ofong> sociological thought, says the authors, advanced by the founders and the later masters represent different times, various cultural contexts and the many intellectual cross current representatives ong>ofong> each's time period. Rigorously defined (and not necessarily appropriately), these early thoughts were merely ideas rather than soundly constructed theories for ong>buildingong> blocks ong>ofong> theoretical development. They provide insights into and perspectives on the structure and functioning ong>ofong> ong>socialong> systems and the conceptual frameworks for their systematic analysis. The history ong>ofong> sociology, then, is the history ong>ofong> ong>socialong> thought. This volume provides a carefully constructed look into the emerging ong>socialong> thought ong>ofong> the twentieth century as reflected in the emerging discipline ong>ofong> sociology.

Eu Social Policy in the s: Towards a Corporatist Policy

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Falkner, Gerda, PUBLISHER: Routledge, This book gives an analytical overview ong>ofong> schools ong>ofong> thought on European integration which ong>ofong>fer useful insights into EU ong>socialong> politics. It finds that the EU ong>socialong> policy-making environment has become increasingly corporatist in the s. It closely examines actual developments since the Maastricht Treaty came into force in .

Behavior Problems of the Dog and Cat, 3e

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The Saloon on the Rocky Mountain Mining Frontier

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: West, Elliott, PUBLISHER: University ong>ofong> Nebraska Press, Elliott West's careful analysis ong>ofong> the role and development ong>ofong> the saloon as an institution on the mining frontier provides unique insights into the ong>socialong> and economic history ong>ofong> the American West. Drawing on contemporaneous newspapers and many unpublished firsthand accounts, West shows that the physical evolution ong>ofong> the saloon, from crude tents and shanties into elegant establishments for drinking and gaming, reflected the growth and maturity ong>ofong> the surrounding community.

Laughter and Ridicule: Towards a Social Critique of Humour

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Billig, Mick / Billig, Michael, PUBLISHER: Sage Publications (CA), From Thomas Hobbes' fear ong>ofong> the power ong>ofong> laughter to the compulsory, packaged "fun" ong>ofong> the contemporary mass media, Billig takes the reader on a stimulating tour ong>ofong> the strange world ong>ofong> humour. Both a significant work ong>ofong> scholarship and a novel contribution to the understanding ong>ofong> the humourous, this is a seriously engaging book' - David Inglis, University ong>ofong> Aberdeen This delightful book tackles the prevailing assumption that laughter and humour are inherently good. In developing a critique ong>ofong> humour the author proposes a ong>socialong> theory that places humour - in the form ong>ofong> ridicule - as central to ong>socialong> life. Billig argues that all cultures use ridicule as a disciplinary means to uphold norms ong>ofong> conduct and conventions ong>ofong> meaning. Historically, theories ong>ofong> humour reflect wider visions ong>ofong> politics, morality and aesthetics. For example, Bergson argued that humour contains an element ong>ofong> cruelty while Freud suggested that we deceive ourselves about the true nature ong>ofong> our laughter. Billig discusses these and other theories, while using the topic ong>ofong> humour to throw light on the perennial ong>socialong> problems ong>ofong> regulation, control and emancipation.

Canada's Rights Revolution: Social Movements and Social

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Clement, Dominique, PUBLISHER: UBC Press, In the first major study ong>ofong> postwar ong>socialong> movement organizations in Canada, Dominique Cl?ment provides a history ong>ofong> the human rights movement as seen through the eyes ong>ofong> two generations ong>ofong> activists. Drawing on newly acquired archival sources, extensive interviews, and materials released through access to information applications, Cl?ment explores the history ong>ofong> four organizations that emerged in the sixties and evolved into powerful lobbies for human rights despite bitter internal disputes and intense rivalries. This book ong>ofong>fers a unique perspective on infamous human rights controversies and argues that the idea ong>ofong> human rights has historically been highly statist while grassroots activism has been at the heart ong>ofong> the most prong>ofong>ound human rights advances. Acquista Ora

Human Differences

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Aiken, Lewis R. / Aiken, PUBLISHER: Psychology Press, This text reviews the mass ong>ofong> information concerning the ways in which individuals and groups differ from each other. Reviews ong>ofong> research findings and interpretations are provided on: physical appearance, performance and health; cognitive abilities; personality; and development across the life span. Extensive treatment ong>ofong> foundations (historical, measurement, research methods, biological, ong>socialong>, and cultural) is also provided. Both normal and abnormal ong>behaviorong>s are considered. The book provides an interdisciplinary focus, including material from all the ong>behaviorong> and natural sciences, not just psychology, sociology, or biology.

Contemporary German Youth and Their Elders: A Generational

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Watts, Meredith W. / Fischer, Arthur / Fuchs, Werner, PUBLISHER: Praeger, Systematic research on the changing experience and ong>socialong> and political characteristics ong>ofong> German youth has been carried out in the Federal Republic ong>ofong> Germany on an ongoing basis since the early s. Until now, however, the results ong>ofong> these long-term studies have not been made available in English. Six volumes ong>ofong> this research--including new ong>analysesong> prepared especially for this book--are distilled in the present work, which ong>ofong>fers a comprehensive and focused portrait ong>ofong> German youth ong>ofong> succeeding postwar generations from to the present. Following an introductory survey ong>ofong> the scope and themes addressed in the study, the authors highlight the contrasting experiences ong>ofong> youth ong>ofong> the s and those who came ong>ofong> age soon after the end ong>ofong> World War II. They examine the fundamental constituents ong>ofong> youth as a developmental period, with particular reference to changes in the recent era. Attitudinal scales are developed and applied to assessments ong>ofong> variations in ong>socialong> and political orientation among generations and between distinct subgroups ong>ofong> contemporary youth. Differences between young women in the early postwar period and the "alternative era" ong>ofong> the s and s are explored. Focusing on "views ong>ofong> the future," the final chapter looks at the diversity ong>ofong> lifestyles that has become characteristic ong>ofong> youth over the last decade and at the increasing differentiation between generations. Providng a wealth ong>ofong> new material on an important body ong>ofong> research, this book makes a substantial contribution to the study ong>ofong> youth in advanced industrialized nations. An appropriate resource for courses or studies in various disciplines in sociology, geography, political science, and ong>socialong>history.

Social Measurement

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Campbell, Donald T. / Russo, M. Jean / Campbell, Dave, PUBLISHER: Sage Publications (CA), This book provides researchers, evaluators, and graduate students with a user-friendly presentation ong>ofong> Campbell's essential work (including his latest thoughts on some ong>ofong> his classic works) in ong>socialong> measurement. The book includes Campbell's arguments as to why qualitative approaches belong with quantitative ones as the assumptive background to relevant quantitative measures, his debate with deconstructionists and ong>socialong> constructionists on measurement validity, and an expansion and further explanation ong>ofong> his multitrait-multimethod matrix. By including overviews for each part and article as well as provide ong>socialong> scientists with useful insights into Campbell's papers in a format accessible to advanced undergraduate and graduate students.

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