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The Batterer as Parent
Addressing the Impact of Domestic Violence on Family Dynamics
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2011
Moving beyond the narrow clinical perspective sometimes applied to viewing the emotional and developmental risks to battered children, The Batterer as Parent: Addressing the Impact of Domestic Violence on Family Dynamics, Second Edition offers a view that takes into account the complex ways in which...
Masculinity and Femininity
The Taboo Dimension of National Cultures
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 1998
Masculinity and Femininity is the first in-depth discussion of the masculinity dimension, and how it can help us to understand differences amongst cultures.
Geert Hofstede begins with a general explanation of the masculinity dimension, and discusses how it illuminates broad features of different...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Anyone living or working in a city has feared or experienced street crime at one time or another; whether it be a mugging, purse snatching, or a more violent crime. In the U.S., street crime has recently hovered near historic lows; hence, the declaration of certain analysts that street life in America...
The Sociology of Religion
A Substantive and Transdisciplinary Approach
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2008
Most Sociology of Religion texts are decidedly staid and uninteresting, covering "contemporary" developments which are only contemporary only from a disciplinary perspective. They are not contemporary if viewed from the perspective of the religion's practioners (in religious and non-religious...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2011
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Spanning two volumes of approximately 450 entries in an A-to-Z format, this encyclopedia explores the controversial drug war through the lens of varied disciplines. A full spectrum of articles explains topics from...
Childhood and Adolescence in Society
Selections From CQ Researcher
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2011
About CQ Researcher Readers
In the tradition of nonpartisan and current analysis that is the hallmark of CQ Press, CQ Researcher readers investigate important and controversial policy issues. Childhood and Adolescence in Society aims to promote in-depth discussion, facilitate further research,...
by Alice McIntyre
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2007
Participatory Action Research (PAR) introduces a method that is ideal for researchers who are committed to co-developing research programs with people rather than for people. The book provides a history of this technique, its various strands, and the underlying tenets that guide most projects. It...
by Dr. Arlene G. Fink
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2002
How much is enough in your sample? What is the difference between a research question and a survey question? By exploring the answers to these questions, this book shows readers how to specify inclusion and exclusion criteria in a sample, select the appropriate probability and non-probability sampling...
Understanding Regression Analysis
An Introductory Guide
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2016
Understanding Regression Analysis: An Introductory Guide by Larry D. Schroeder, David L. Sjoquist, and Paula E. Stephan presents the fundamentals of regression analysis, from its meaning to uses, in a concise, easy-to-read, and non-technical style. It illustrates how regression coefficients are estimated,...
Social Work Practice With Older Adults
An Actively Aging Framework for Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2017
Social Work Practice With Older Adults by Jill Chonody and Barbra Teater presents a contemporary framework based on the World Health Organization’s active aging policy that allows forward-thinking students to focus on client strengths and resources when working with the elderly. The Actively Aging...
Radical Media
Rebellious Communication and Social Movements
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2000
This is an entirely new edition of the author's 1984 study (originally published by South End Press) of radical media and movements. The first and second sections are original to this new edition. The first section explores social and cultural theory in order to argue that radical media should be...
Social Network Analysis
Methods and Examples
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2016
Social Network Analysis: Methods and Examples by Song Yang, Franziska B. Keller, and Lu Zheng prepares social science students to conduct their own social network analysis (SNA) by covering basic methodological tools along with illustrative examples from various fields. This innovative book takes...
What's Behind the Research?
Discovering Hidden Assumptions in the Behavioral Sciences
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 1995
This volume encourages students to engage in critical thinking by exploring the main assumptions upon which behavioral science theories are based and offering some alternatives to these assumptions. The text begins with a review and critique of the major theoretical approaches: psychoanalysis, behaviorism,...
by David Waldman, Charles A. O'Reilly
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2018
The need to develop better business leaders has never been greater. Leadership for Organizations provides a brief overview of leadership at the individual, team, and organizational levels. Authors David A. Waldman and Charles O’Reilly expertly cover the foundational leadership approaches with a...