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The author of this title believes that social research has now advanced so far that social scientists can give advice without being restricted to new research projects. They can use previously proven theories as the basis for sound practical recommendations.

A history of the world birth control movement and how it helped the women's movement. It includes the writings of Charles Knowlton and Annie Besant on reproductive physiology and birth control, an account of the Bradlaugh-Besant trial, and two of Besant's pamphlets on birth control.

An overview of the various positions of supporters and opponents of privatization in the main branches of social security, followed by national experience of privatized or part-privatized social security systems. The perspective of each contributor is markedly different.

A collection of works by sociologist Anselm L. Strauss. The essays examine organization, profession, career and work, in addition to related matters such as socialization, occupational identity, social mobility, and professional relationships, all in a social psychological context.

W. Stanley Jevons (1835-1882) was a central figure linking political economy with social policy, and this work is a product of that fusion. It deals with the economic role of government in resolving conflicts between different groups of English citizens.

An empathetic description of America's social and cultural scene. It proposes that the age of liberation has created as many inhibitions as it has abolished; that some of her freedoms could be used with a sharper sense of tact; and that some freedoms that have been lost are worth remembering.

The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 effectively ended the division of Europe into East and West. Ralf Dahrendorf regards what has happened in East Central Europe as a victory for neither of the social systems that once opposed each other across the Iron Curtain.

In 1992 the massive files of East Germany's infamous Ministry for State Security, the Stasi, were made publicly available and thousands of former East Germans began to confront their contents

A collection of stories about some of the bravest actions of journalists. David Copeland examines the trial of John Peter Zenger, and Graham Hodges unearths the story of David Ruggles, an African-American journalist and abolitionist. With a few exceptions, the stories told are unfamiliar.

A critical look at the legal order in capitalist society. Using a traditional Marxist perspective, Richard Quinney argues that the legal order is not intended to reduce crime and suffering, but to maintain class differences and a social order that mainly benefits the ruling class.

A study of the genesis of property rights in the United States. It challenges the opinion that the courts did little to protect property rights in the early years of the nation, and finds post-colonial jurisprudence to be rooted in English common law and the writings of its interpreters.

Long before the people of the former Eastern Block liberated themselves, they had discovered democratic freedom by putting into print their own ideas and chronicling their time. This work explores the role of journalism during the fall of the iron curtain, and beyond.

This work rejects the view that only things which can be verified empirically or arrived at rationally, are true. The author retorts that the reductive view of human nature is false and that what happens to man's consciousness and the need to find meaning is the most important thing in life.

The use of quotations in scientific writings often fails to capture the force of formulations that made the quotations memorable. In this reference work, the date and source of each quotation serve to help place them in their larger contexts, making it useful in examining the discipline's history.

The breadth and scope of subjects covered in this volume attest to the extraordinary progress taking place in the study of the brain. This collection of essays by those at the forefront of research in this area should be of interest to all those interested in human behaviour.

This volume addresses cultural and political practices not only from outside the European and American spheres, but also over long periods of time in which the internal dynamics of other civilizations become visible. It uses a broad range of empirical materials.

This treatise links three 19th-century philosophers in a single intellectual and ideological tradition by identifying similarities in their thought. The author also attempts to correct prevalent misconceptions about 19th-century liberalism.

The core of this book is a continuation of the efforts, apparent in the work of Max Weber, to resolve or integrate the dualism which is affecting law. The introduction discusses the author's place in the history of the sociology of law and the context in which his works should be placed.

A prescient warning of global economic counter-revolution against democracy. Brady argued since the 1930s that as business globalized, it would be unbound by natonal interests or democratic aims, driven only by profit, irrespective of compatability with popular control and participation.

As Gerald Holton argued in "Thematic Origins of Scientific Thought", one incredible feature of innovative scientific work is its ability to simultaneously hold deep and opposite commitments. This volume explores both individually and collectively, the dual roots of the sciences and the humanities.

"READ Perspectives" is the annual publication of the Institute for Research in English Acquisition and Development. This edition offers a range of viewpoints on the education of limited-English students, such as restructuring schools to incorporate this large sector of society.

This analysis and overview of the American academic profession aims to break the code of silence that hangs over it, as well as address some of the criticisms levelled at it. It asks can a society truly understand its universities when it has moved too quickly from admiration to complaint.

Most people accept the connection between smoking and lung cancer. This study questions the experimental techniques and results interpretation used to prove this, arguing that psychological methods are better predictors of heart disease and cancer and are also an effective treatment.

1968 was a tumultous year for US politics, with issues of war, race, and protest being brought to the fore. This text looks at how these issues were reported by the media, and what journalism meant in 1968. It also gauges the distance and direction that news reporting has travelled since then.

A study of women in the military. It provides a range of perspectives on the magnitude of concerns, the sources of problems, how issues might best be addressed, and the future for women in the armed services. It is based on a special issue of the journal, "Gender Issues" and other contributions.

In this volume, Y.S. Brenner reviews the drift toward a society he finds neither economically expedient nor morally attractive. N. Brenner-Golomb discusses the risks involved for science and society in the newfangled sophism behind post-modern ideas and political correctness.

There is a fateful moment in human history when the vision of a perfect society finds itself wedded to the idea of a perfect revolution. Melvin J. Lasky charts the course of this historic entanglement over some five turbulent centuries of Western history.

This history of the evolution of the Communist Party in America - from its early background through its founding in 1919 to its emergence as a legal entity in the 1920s - traces the native and foreign strains that comprised the party.

In Newark all the representative stages of modern Jewish experience were enacted, from immigration and acculturation to upward mobility and community building. This social history of the Jewish presence in Newark examines what we may conclude about social assimilation, conflict and change.

In December 1982, the Centres for Disease Control received the first reports of cases of children with HIV/AIDS. Since that time, the child welfare system has been responding to the crisis. This book examines the lessons learned.