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Organizational Theory and Inquiry
The Paradigm Revolution
Av Yvonna S. Lincoln, Yvonna S. Lincoln
Häftad, 1985
1471 kr
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The transition from viewing organizations as bureaucracies toward seeing them in metaphoric terms is a contemporary break with past organizational theory. But to investigate the similarities between real organizations and the metaphors describing their functions and context, a shift in both methods …
Children's Ethnic Socialization
Pluralism and Development
Av Jean S. Phinney, M . J. Rotherham
Häftad, 1987
1982 kr
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Published in cooperation with the Society for Research in Child Development Most children, whether from majority or minority ethnic groups, have contact with groups other than their own and must learn to live with ethnic diversity. How do children respond to and deal with the differences among …
Changing Men
New Directions in Research on Men and Masculinity
Häftad, 1988
1962 kr
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Changing Men assembles some of the most innovative and exciting research on men and masculinity. As such, it contributes to the demarcation of a new field called men's studies, as well as to the examination of masculinity within traditional academic disciplines. The contributors deal with such …
Feminist Perspectives on Wife Abuse
Av Kersti Yllo, Michele Bograd
Häftad, 1988
1486 kr
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Why do men batter their wives? How do women define their experiences of violence? Does a relationship exist between wife abuse and child abuse? What responses do medical authorities have toward wife abuse? A first of its kind, this provocative volume brings together a well-known group of …
Family Relationships in Later Life
Häftad, 1990
2040 kr
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Directed towards researchers and practitioners in family studies and gerontology, this completely revised Second Edition of Family Relationships in Later Life provides an innovative new collection of research-based descriptions on family relations of older people. Each chapter summarizes existing …
Experiencing Fieldwork
An Inside View of Qualitative Research
Av Shaffir, William Shaffir m. fl.
Häftad, 1991
2040 kr
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Fieldwork has often been viewed as a great black hole, untaught and unteachable. While recent years have seen an increase in the number of how-to manuals for doing fieldwork, they never fully convey the complexity of the experience--the loneliness, the uncertainty, the moral dilemmas, the …
Preserving Families
Evaluation Resources for Practitioners and Policymakers
Av Ying-Ying T. Yuan, Michele Rivest m. fl.
Inbunden, 1990
2798 kr
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Providing excellent insights into evaluation, Preserving Families examines the issues related to describing and evaluating social programs for families and children. The focus is on keeping the family intact, rather than those programs that emphasize removing the child from the family setting. The …
Preserving Families
Evaluation Resources for Practitioners and Policymakers
Av Ying-Ying T. Yuan, Michele Rivest m. fl.
Häftad, 1990
2040 kr
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Providing excellent insights into evaluation, Preserving Families examines the issues related to describing and evaluating social programs for families and children. The focus is on keeping the family intact, rather than those programs that emphasize removing the child from the family setting. The …
Teachers and Their Workplace
Commitment, Performance, and Productivity
Av Pedro Reyes
Häftad, 1990
654 kr
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What makes a good teacher, a committed teacher, one who comes up with new strategies, ideas, and programs that improve how kids learn? What kind of minimum performance standards should teachers be held to? How are teachers encouraged to do more? Will higher salaries improve classroom performance? …
Participatory Action Research
Av William Foote Whyte, William Foote Whyte
Häftad, 1991
1471 kr
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Overall this volume should be valuable for readers . . . demonstrates the practical and theoretical advantages of incorporating participatory action research in the social science tool kit. --Agricultural Systems "I recommend this book for researchers, and I also suggest that it be considered …
Gender, Family and Economy
The Triple Overlap
Av Rae Lesser Blumberg, Rae L. Blumberg
Häftad, 1991
1623 kr
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The 'triple overlap' refers to the link between gender stratification, the household and economic variables. In this volume, leading sociologists examine this overlap as a totality, providing theoretical concepts and new research on how the triple overlap works, both inside the family and within …
The Politics of Life in Schools
Power, Conflict, and Cooperation
Av William Lowe Boyd, Joseph Blase
Häftad, 1991
627 kr
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The effective use of power is synonymous with effective leadership and effective schools. Those who understand the politics of their schools will enhance the quality of school life. --from Chapter 9, "The Everyday Political Perspectives of
Mass Communication and Public Health
Complexities and Conflicts
Av Charles K. Atkin, Lawrence Wallack m. fl.
Häftad, 1990
1934 kr
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The media influence how we live--and die. Tobacco can kill us, yet we continue to smoke. Drinking and driving is a lethal combination, yet we continue to drive when inebriated. Poor diet slowly destroys us, yet we continue to eat unhealthily. Why? Evolving from a national conference, Mass …
Hispanics in the Workplace
Av Stephen B. Knouse, Paul Rosenfeld m. fl.
Häftad, 1992
1529 kr
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This volume is the first to directly examine the presence, maintenance, and advancement of Hispanics in the U.S. workforce. As such, this book makes a significant contribution to one of many glaring gaps of information pertaining to the soon-to-be largest minority population in the United States. . …
Hidden Conflict In Organizations
Uncovering Behind-the-Scenes Disputes
Av Deborah M. Kolb, Deborah M. Kolb m. fl.
Häftad, 1992
2101 kr
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Kolb and Bartunek's Hidden Conflict in Organizations picks up where earlier works left off. . . . They provide some much-needed conceptual elaboration and empirical detail--elaboration and detail that earlier contextualist perspectives have not provided. . . . Despite being an edited volume, this …
Families and Retirement
Av Maximiliane Szinovacz, David J. Ekerdt m. fl.
Inbunden, 1992
2856 kr
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What are the long term effects of retirement on family relationships? Do personality characteristics or attitudes of one spouse impinge on the other spouse's retirement plans and adjustment? What differences exist in the ways males and females adapt to retirement? Leading researchers in the fields …
Families and Retirement
Av Maximiliane Szinovacz, David J. Ekerdt m. fl.
Häftad, 1992
2165 kr
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What are the long term effects of retirement on family relationships? Do personality characteristics or attitudes of one spouse impinge on the other spouse's retirement plans and adjustment? What differences exist in the ways males and females adapt to retirement? Leading researchers in the fields …
Advances in Social Network Analysis
Research in the Social and Behavioral Sciences
Av Stanley Wasserman, Joseph Galaskiewicz
Häftad, 1994
1962 kr
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Social network analysis, a method for analyzing relationships between social entities, has expanded over the last decade as new research has been done in this area. How can these new developments be applied effectively in the behavioral and social sciences disciplines? In Advances in Social Network …
Social Research on Children and Adolescents
Ethical Issues
Av Barbara Stanley, Joan E. Sieber m. fl.
Inbunden, 1992
2720 kr
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A first in its field, this timely volume effectively bridges the gap between the legal requirements that govern research on minors and the research methodology literature in adolescent psychology. The editors skillfully bring together the insights of a group of leading researchers and scholars to …
Social Research on Children and Adolescents
Ethical Issues
Av National Institutes of Health (U S ), Barbara Stanley m. fl.
Häftad, 1991
1906 kr
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A first in its field, this timely volume effectively bridges the gap between the legal requirements that govern research on minors and the research methodology literature in adolescent psychology. The editors skillfully bring together the insights of a group of leading researchers and scholars to …
Psychotherapy Process Research
Paradigmatic and Narrative Approaches
Av Shake G. Toukmanian, David L. Rennie
Häftad, 1992
2101 kr
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If you're looking for practical ways to do therapy research, then Psychotherapy Process Research is the book for you. It offers the latest developments in psychotherapy process research and the implications for clinical practice. It is unique in that equal weight is given to the paradigmatic and …
Clinical Case Management
A Guide to Comprehensive Treatment of Serious Mental Illness
Av Robert W. Surber, Robert W. Surber
Häftad, 1994
1962 kr
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Written by the multidisciplinary staff of the Citywide Case Management Team in San Francisco, Clinical Case Management is a practical guide for case managers and mental health students who are learning to work with seriously mentally ill adults. This volume offers a comprehensive approach to care …
The Sense of Justice
Biological Foundations of Law
Av Roger Masters, Margaret Gruter
Häftad, 1992
2040 kr
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What does it mean to have a "sense of justice"? Why is clarity about the sense of justice a critical issue in contemporary legal theory? And, what contribution can be made by a naturalistic theory that is informed by research in the life sciences? The distinguished contributors to The Sense of …
Third World Cities
Problems, Policies and Prospects
Av John D. Kasarda, Allan M. Parnell m. fl.
Häftad, 1993
1962 kr
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It took New York City (the world's largest metropolis in 1950) nearly a century and a half to expand by eight million residents. Mexico City and Sao Paulo will match this growth in less than fifteen years. Asia's mega-cities, too, are exploding in number and size. This kind of unprecedented growth …
Investigating Subjectivity
Research on Lived Experience
Av Carolyn Sue Ellis, Michael G. Flaherty
Häftad, 1992
2040 kr
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Much has been missed by social researchers in their attempt to understand the human experience as a series of rational, cognitive choices. What comes under the rubric of "lived experience" fits no researcher's model other than, in the words of one of the volume's contributors, "one damned thing …
Testing Structural Equation Models
Av Kenneth A. (Alan) Bollen, John Scott Long
Häftad, 1993
2040 kr
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This book is a valuable adjunct to the extant literature on specification, estimation, and identification. My overall impression is that this volume is indispensable for those wishing to keep current with this fast-moving field. I recommend that this book be used as a supplementary text in a …
Advancing Family Preservation Practice
Av E. Susan Morton, R. Kevin Grigsby m. fl.
Inbunden, 1993
2971 kr
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The breakdown of the family has been blamed for many of today's societal ills. Are there effective ways to support a family with problems (neglect, substance abuse, terminal illness, etc.), prevent its break up, and make a positive change? How effective has the Intensive Family Preservation …
Advancing Family Preservation Practice
Av E . Susan Morton, R . Kevin Grigsby
Häftad, 1993
889 kr
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The breakdown of the family has been blamed for many of today's societal ills. Are there effective ways to support a family with problems (neglect, substance abuse, terminal illness, etc.), prevent its break up, and make a positive change? How effective has the Intensive Family Preservation …
A Future for Religion?
New Paradigms for Social Analysis
Av Jr. Swatos, William H., William H. Swatos
Häftad, 1992
2020 kr
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The editor has shown clearly the new dimensions in sociology of religion which the classical schools neglected as personal and private concerns and which do not fit into the positivistic approach to the study of religion. This book introduces new pardigms in the study of sociology of religion to be …
Providing Community-Based Services to the Rural Elderly
Av John a. Krout, Krout m. fl.
Häftad, 1993
2347 kr
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Drawing on the expertise of researchers and practitioners, this volume presents detailed information on a wide range of community-based services that are needed by and available to elders living in rural areas. The contributors explore how these services can be developed given the realities of …
