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16 produkter
Perverse Incentives
The Neglect of Social Technology in the Public Sector
Häftad, 1994
387 kr
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During the past 20 years, the great human service systems of the United States have suffered a spectacular decline in efficiency and effectiveness along with a spectacular increase in costs. The deficiencies threaten all of us. This work offers an original and penetrating explanation of how the …
Systems of War and Peace
Av Theodore Caplow, Louis Hicks
Häftad, 2001
921 kr
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War and peace are as important as other institutions- science, politics, family, economy, religion, etc.- but rarely receive the same level of sociological attention. Systems of War and Peace covers this gap by presenting a coherent framework for understanding why and how wars start and end; what …
Forbidden Wars
The Unwritten Rules that Keep Us Safe
Häftad, 2007
527 kr
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Forbidden Wars proposes to explain why no nuclear weapon has been fired in anger since 1945, why no nuclear weapon has ever been detonated by accident, why terrorists have made no serious attempt to acquire nuclear weapons, and why the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union never …
Armageddon Postponed
A Different View of Nuclear Weapons
Inbunden, 2010
992 kr
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In the closing days of World War II, scientists working for the U.S. government invented nuclear explosives by splitting the atoms of heavy metals. Germany had already surrendered, but the United States and its allies remained at war with Japan. In the summer of 1945, the Japanese city of Hiroshima …
Armageddon Postponed
A Different View of Nuclear Weapons
Häftad, 2010
556 kr
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In the closing days of World War II, scientists working for the U.S. government invented nuclear explosives by splitting the atoms of heavy metals. Germany had already surrendered, but the United States and its allies remained at war with Japan. In the summer of 1945, the Japanese city of Hiroshima …
Armageddon Postponed
A Different View of Nuclear Weapons
E-bok, 2010
608 kr
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In the closing days of World War II, scientists working for the U.S. government invented nuclear explosives by splitting the atoms of heavy metals. Germany had already surrendered, but the United States and its allies remained at war with Japan. In the summer of 1945, the Japanese city of Hiroshima …
Academic Marketplace
Häftad, 2001
711 kr
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"This volume is a must for anyone interested in academic problems and will produce the emotion of recognition in those concerned, and the emotion of surprise in those outside the field."-Los Angeles Times "Professors Caplow and McGee have given scholarly respectability to what many a professor has …
Leviathan Transformed
Seven National States in the New Century
E-bok, 2002
391 kr
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The authors, using these goals as a checklist, found that each of the seven states performs well in some areas and badly in others. They discovered that all states approached these goals in a style shaped by their own history and, in particular, by how they have been affected by the troubles of the …
Middletown Families
Fifty Years of Change and Continuity
Av Theodore Caplow, Bruce A. Chadwick m. fl.
Häftad, 1985
654 kr
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Middletown Families was first published in 1985. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.Fifty years after publication of Robert and Helen Lloyd's …
Sociology of Work
Häftad, 1954
654 kr
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The Sociology of Work was first published in 1954. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.What are the effects of working conditions, rewards, and …
First Measured Century
An Illustrated Guide to Trends in America, 1900-2000
Av Theodore Caplow, Louis Hicks m. fl.
Häftad, 2000
266 kr
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Most history tells the story of the past through anecdotes, but anecdotes do not always present an accurate or complete picture. There is another way to look at history. The rise of widespread, systematic data collection in the twentieth centurythe first measured centuryallows us to examine the …
Academic Marketplace
Inbunden, 2018
2431 kr
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"This volume is a must for anyone interested in academic problems and will produce the emotion of recognition in those concerned, and the emotion of surprise in those outside the field."-Los Angeles Times "Professors Caplow and McGee have given scholarly respectability to what many a professor has …
Academic Marketplace
E-bok, 2017
842 kr
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"This volume is a must for anyone interested in academic problems and will produce the emotion of recognition in those concerned, and the emotion of surprise in those outside the field."- Los Angeles Times "Professors Caplow and McGee have given scholarly respectability to what many a professor has …
Academic Marketplace
E-bok, 2017
815 kr
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"This volume is a must for anyone interested in academic problems and will produce the emotion of recognition in those concerned, and the emotion of surprise in those outside the field."- Los Angeles Times "Professors Caplow and McGee have given scholarly respectability to what many a professor has …
Recent Social Trends in the United States, 1960-1990
Av Theodore Caplow, Howard M. Bahr
Häftad, 1994
510 kr
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Many of the trends reflect the vigorous continuation of what Tocqueville called "the gradual progress of equality." Much of this progress resulted from successful government programs to reduce social inequality. These same programs expanded the role of government as the initiator and manager of …
Leviathan Transformed
Seven National States in the New Century
Häftad, 2003
453 kr
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The authors, using these goals as a checklist, found that each of the seven states performs well in some areas and badly in others. They discovered that all states approached these goals in a style shaped by their own history and, in particular, by how they have been affected by the troubles of the …
