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Social Control falls within social psychology, which is the branch of knowledge that deals with the psychic interplay between man and his environment. This book brings to light everything that is considered in the social contribution of the individual.

Presents a key figure in the flowering of Viennese culture between the two world wars. This title claims that three main streams pervade the eighteenth century: Enlightenment, Revolution, and Classicism.

Drawing principles and materials from the writings of the masters who have written about political economy, this book consolidates the ideas of bankers as well as professional political economists. It challenges the English classical school to take seriously the ideas of continental economists by inserting those ideas into a popular book.

Focusing on the end of childhood, this book not only captures the conflicts and emotions of a single year, but probes beneath the surface of memory to explore certain tribal customs and rites of passage as they are played out in the classrooms and living quarters of the college.

Based on the debate over the nature and potential of peace journalism, this title presents visionary insights from some of the most prominent scholars in the field. It includes significant empirical studies that provide foundation data for communication studies. It deepens our empirical knowledge of the nature and effects of conflict.

Between 1936 and 1938, some 3,000 young Americans sailed to France and crossed the Pyrenees to take part in the brutal civil war raging in Spain. Virtually all joined the International Brigades, formed under the auspices of the Soviet-led Comintern and largely directed by Communists.

Shows how survey research came to be perhaps the single most important development in twentieth-century social science. This title traces the beginnings of survey research in the practical worlds of politics and business, where elite groups sought information so as to influence mass democratic publics and markets.

Gives a basic introduction to a small but trend-setting European country. This title is also a basic outline of Austria's political history, shedding light on economic and social trends as well. It can serve as a textbook in courses on Austrian, German and European history, as well as in comparative European politics.

Examines how American society responded to complex problems arising out of mental illness in the nineteenth century. This work attempts to interpret the mental hospital as a social as well as a medical institution and to illuminate the evolution of policy toward dependent groups such as the mentally ill.

Presents a bold and persuasive attack on the delusion that the law is a bastion of predictable and logical action. This controversial thesis is that the decisions made by judge and jury are determined to an enormous extent by powerful, concealed, and highly idiosyncratic psychological prejudices that these decision-makers bring to the courtroom.

Consists of discussions of the works of scholars who have contributed to the cumulative development of the sociology of law. This work surveys the major traditions of legal sociology but is not wedded to any one particular theoretical approach. It also features key sociological and legal concepts, that are presented in bold print and italics.

Offers a semiotically informed ethnographic study of contemporary culture in Rajasthan and India. This book adapts the methodology of analyzing cultures found in Roland Barthes' semiotic portrait of Japanese culture, "Empire of Signs". It considers tourism from both an anthropological and sociological level.

Spurred on by financial and accreditation issues, litigation to assure compliance with court decisions, equal higher education opportunity for all citizens, and the role of race in admissions decisions, accomplishments, and future of Historically Black Colleges and Universities has been renewed. This volume touches upon these issues.

For his time, the thirties through the fifties, Llewellyn offered fresh approaches to the study of law and society. Although these writings might not seem innovative today, because they have become widely applied in the contemporary world, they remain a testament to the ideas he advanced many decades ago. This work compiles many of his writings.

The United Nations remains a unique institutional hope for addressing and resolving the world's major environmental, developmental, and humanitarian problems. This work explores how the UN can establish global norms to reinforce a doctrine of internal and external political responsibility.

Survey's public perceptions of deviant behavior cross-culturally: in India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Yugoslavia and the United States. This work discovers that the strength of religious belief and urban rural background accounted for major differences in the perception of deviance - when differences were identified.

Offers discussions of the main concepts found in semiotic, historical, anthropological, psychoanalytic, Marxist, and sociological analysis. This title provides practical descriptions of the working methods of each discipline and demarcates their special areas of investigation.

Investigates the permanent changes of Austrian voting behavior over the past forty years and analyzes causes and consequences for party competition and the electoral process in Austria during the first decade of the 21st century. This work analyzes electoral strategies and the rise and fall of Austrian right wing populism from 1986 to 2006.

Presents a history of geopolitical thought and applies its classical analyses to Cold War and post-Cold War international relations. This book emphasizes on traditional geopolitical theories in explaining the outcome of the Cold War.

Reviews the historical development of higher education for the Native American community from the age of discovery. This book fills a gap while at the same time opening the field of Native American higher education to continuing exploration. It is useful for educators and historians, and readers interested in Native American culture.

Features a case study of a successful program using case aide volunteers to deinstitutionalize mental patients. This volume provides a "quick prescription" formula for how this volunteer program was made viable and how these techniques can be adapted to other programs. It also tells about "whatever happened to..." the case aides in this program.

Seeks to acquaint students with a basic understanding of the process of human communication. This book describes the process of communication as it unfolds in face-to-face environments. It examines the organization of communicative acts and shows why human interactions tend to become more synchronous over time.

The Polynesian island of Tahiti is in the imagination an island paradise, an idyllic world inhabited by noble savages, carefree and uncomplicated. Tahiti separates myth from reality. This title describes and analyzes the forces of change that have confronted Tahiti and its inhabitants in the modern world.

A historical treatise, which aims to demonstrate "that the development of economic ties between Russia and China is the logical outcome of a centuries old friendship between these neighboring peoples, a friendship which accords with their fundamental interests and is of general benefit to all mankind."

Focuses on the normative challenges that the technological transformation presents to all professionals engaged in higher education. This work concentrates on the social and technological trends. It also focuses on problems of governance and finance in the technological environment.

Features articles that chronicled and analyzed the many judiciary acts that were passed between 1789 and 1925, and illuminated the intimate connection between form and substance in the life of American law. This is a work that aids the student of the law to both love the law and remain true to its purposes.

Hume belonged to the same generation as that of his friend and fellow countryman Adam Smith. Hume's writings on economics, however, unlike those of Smith's, comprise a relatively small portion of his published works. This work examines the connection between Hume's various writings - economic, political, philosophical, and historical.

First published in 1948, this work is a study of the public administration movement from the viewpoint of political theory. It seeks to review and analyze the theoretical element in administrative writings and to present the development of the public administration movement as a chapter in the history of American political thought.

From an evolutionary perspective, individuals have a vital interest in the reproduction of their genes. Yet, this interest is overlooked by social and political theory. This book canvasses strategies and ethics for conserving our genetic interests in an environmentally sustainable manner sensitive to the interests of others.

One of the best-known books written on labor unions, "What Do Unions Do?" was first published in 1984. This volume represents a retrospective and evaluation of "What Do Unions Do?" It is a state-of-the-art survey by internationally recognized experts on the effects and future of labor unions.