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This fascinating volume focuses on courtship, paying particular attention to the differences between relationship and courtship development and deterioration.The authors describe factors that affect the later course of marriage, trace historical roots of courtship, discuss models of courtship that have guided research in this area and examine circumstantial factors that discriminate between stable and unstable premarital relationships. They also explore the `dark side' of courtship - violence between dating partners - and reveal the processes involved in the dissolution phase of premarital relationships. The volume concludes with a look at the future of courtship as an institution and suggestions for further

A group of educational scholars address topics and issues relating to teacher commitment and institutional performance and productivity. The various essays discuss working conditions, incentives, decision making and the role of the administrator.

When a child has been sexually abused, where should a parent turn for treatment? What impact does child sexual abuse have on family functioning? Child Sexual Abuse offers a wealth of information on available treatment programs, the impact of sexual abuse on the family, and other factors associated with abuse and treatment outcomes.

Describing the tools available for financing economic development, this volume explores alternative uses of public funds, sources of private financing, such as venture capital and bank loan pools, sources of public sector financing and economic development in Western and Eastern Europe.

This volume details the self-reported stress of being Black in the United States, and documents the cultural resources African Americans draw upon to overcome adversity and maintain a positive, healthy perspective on life.Based on data obtained from a United States National Survey of Black Americans, the book first discusses psychological and sociological factors affecting life satisfaction. Contributors then explore how these psychosocial factors contribute to such health problems as alcoholism and hypertension. The volume concludes with an examination of strategies Black Americans use in their attempt to solve life problems. These include: prayer; avoidance; active problem-solving; and seeking help from family, community mental health providers and law enforcement agencies.

Designed for those working in psychotherapy, social work, public health and counselling, this reference work explores the effects of drug abuse on human behaviour and describes various treatment approaches. Patterns of abuse and the appropriate treatments are related to age, gender and ethnicity.

This collection of essays encompasses current thinking on the concept of audience in written communication. The historical views of audience are examined and theories are explored and synthesized. The contributors report on qualitative and quantitative research on audience in written discourse.

Introduces and examines the cultural studies approach to understanding media. This work provides a critical review of previous traditions of media research and theory. It argues that issues of personal identity and consciousness, of conflict and bias, of politics and policy, are more effectively articulated and understood through cultural studies.

A practical guide for professionals who work with addicts, this volume reviews major issues relevant to addiction and recovery from the perspectives of the addicts, the addicts' families and therapists.

Working from the premises that information campaigns and social marketing efforts represent attempts at planned social change and that it is insufficient to examine inherently social phenomena in a social vacuum, the contributors to this volume provide a social context for examining these domains.

This volume -- the revised edition of How to Measure Program Implementation -- covers the assessment of how a program design works in practice. It reflects the recent emphasis on qualitative methods, and discusses when qualitative or quantitative methods are more appropriate. The book illustrates that the evaluator's task is not to judge the adequacy of program implementation, but rather to document, describe, observe, or assess by some other means how a program is implemented. The text has been organized to reflect a natural and logical ordering of the steps of planning, data collection, and analysis. References have been updated and examples included from education, business, social services, and other non-profit settings.

Focusing on the basic knowledge and skills necessary for effective interviewing, this volume covers such basic topics as awareness, self disclosure, giving and responding to feedback, listening, non-verbal messages, problem solving and conflict resolution.

Emphasizes the conceptualization and use of measurement concepts and principles in relationship to decisions routinely made in various phases of direct practice - assessment, planning interventions, implementing intervention, and termination and follow-up.

Development theory is at a crossroads. Dominant theories such as modernization and dependency have run their course. In Rethinking Development one of the preeminent political and social theorists of our time offers his view of the direction of the discipline. Using major themes such as the relation between development and democracy, the problem of innovation and marginality, Professor Apter offers an innovative comparative study of development.Rethinking Development takes a new look at scientific, romantic and teleological formulations of development, showing how conventional concepts of development prevent us from seeing its negative consequences. It argues that development will generate democracy, but not easily. Instead of presenting a single dogmatic theory of development, Professor Apter gives scholars and students of political and social change an articulate and original view of development.

The Metropolis Era, a two volume set, focuses on the social, economic, political and technological determinants of growth and change in the great cities of the world. Volume One examines the paradoxical phenomenon of explosive growth of giant cities in the Third World - and the steady deconcentration of population in more developed countries. A World of Giant Cities looks at cities in the United States, Europe, China, India, South East Asia and Africa.

The authors focus on `hard-core' alcoholics who have not responded to the usual treatment programmes. Their approach attempts `to help clients convince themselves' of their problem. They look both at out-patient groups in-patient services.

A step-by-step guide through the process of programme evaluation which takes into account all the evaluator's roles - not just as researcher, but as negotiator, administrator and organizer, writer, and communicator. It offers some of the techniques that have proven useful in their own professional evaluation practice.

The deaf are outsiders in a world largely created and controlled by those who hear. Based on intensive interviewing, observation, and the personal experience of the author (whose parents are deaf), Outsiders in a Hearing World examines the lives of deaf people within a social and historical context. It examines the communities created by deaf people and the identities of their members, and describes and analyzes the everyday interactions between the deaf and the hearing. Drawing on the works concerning other outsiders, this book not only increases our understanding of deafness and the deaf, but of outsiders in general.

The Community-Orientated Needs Assessment (CONA) model presented by the authors demonstrates that effective two-way communication between providers of human services and the community is necessary for effective and efficient social services.The CONA model uses data from demographic/statistical profiles, key informants, and random community members to define needed services, to develop programs, and to improve accountability. The authors both outline the logic behind the use of this model and sketch a step-by-step approach for developing the model for use in a variety of settings.

Gregory and Kuzmich offer a versatile handbook for middle school and high school educators who need to differentiate literacy instruction for learners at different stages of development.

Gregory and Kuzmich offer a versatile handbook for middle school and high school educators who need to differentiate literacy instruction for learners at different stages of development.

Break down the barriers to successful literacy instruction and empower students with special needs with these insightful tips, tools, and examples.

Stephen Hamilton (co-director, Family Life Development Center, Cornell University) and Mary Agnes Hamilton (director, Cornell Youth and Work Program, Cornell University) present contributions by those in education, psychology, medicine, and sociology, shedding light on current theory and research in

Sociology in Action is a highly practical introduction to interpreting and analyzing situations sociologically, which uses case studies to promote active learning of key thinking skills.

This book provides a definitive collection of articles, both original and reprinted, about the problems and prospects of tertiary teaching and education in the social sciences.

The United States is now spending huge sums of money `getting tough on crime' to the detriment of education and other public service expenditures//programmes. From a cost as well as crime control perspective, this unique book asks whether value for money is being gained from these investments? It looks at existing research on the subject and suggests ways of cutting both crime rates and costs?

Today's reporters need to understand differences and be able to report on diverse individuals and communities accurately and sensitively. This inexpensive and slim pocketbook is the perfect supplement to help your students achieve these crucial contemporary skills.

This user-friendly book provides secondary school teachers with a firm foundation in planning, classroom management, curriculum design, and assessment.

The authors provide powerful models of leadership that are effective in developing schools where positive interethnic relations can flourish.

Armed with the information contained in this painstakingly researched and brilliantly edited book, the modern educator will be well prepared to rethink the educational process, ready to discover and encourage the leaders of tomorrow.