Books from Aldine De Gruyter
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Gangbangs and Drive-bys: Grounded Culture and Juvenile Gang Violence
By William B. SandersBy examining hundreds of such situations, and employing both structural and phenomenological analysis, Sanders explores the various configurations of gang violence.
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Political Socialization
By Edward S. GreenbergFocusing on the forces underlying headlines, this volume examines the processes and outcomes of political socialization-the ways in which an individual acquires the attitudes, beliefs, and values of the political culture from the ...
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Liberal Education and the Corporation: The Hiring and Advancement of College Graduates
By Michael UseemThe book draws upon four primary sources of information: (l) a survey of major corporations, focusing on their policies and practices in hiring and promoting college graduates; (2) a parallel survey of middle and senior managers of large ...
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Evaluating Family-based Services
By Peter J. Pecora" "A companion volume to Families in Crisis, this book will serve as a practical manual on FBS evaluation and a guide to current debates on research and policy for programs to support and strengthen families.
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Families in Crisis: The Impact of Intensive Family Preservation Services
By Peter J. Pecora, Mark W. Fraser, David HaapalaFamilies in Crisis: The Impact of Intensive Family Preservation Services
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Social Capital: Theory and Research
By Karen S. Cook, Nan Lin, Ronald S. BurtThe volume is divided into three parts. The first segment clarifies social capital as a concept and explores its theoretical and operational bases.
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Political Elites in a Democracy
By Peter BachrachIn this book an impressive array of political theorists offer conflicting views on the form of democratic elitism practiced in the United States.
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Being Mentally Ill: A Sociological Theory
By Thomas J. Scheff... 158, 226 Frank, J. D., 35, 217, 226 Freedman, N., 142, 165, 226 Freeman, H., 58fn, 106fn, 224 Freeman, J., 226 Freidson, E., 123, 172, 226 Freud, S., 4–7 G Gainford, J., 113fn, 226 Gai, J., 163 Gardiner-Hill, H., 85,226 Garfinkel, ...
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Human Biodiversity: Genes, Race, and History
By Jonathan M. MarksThe present volume is an attempt to synthesize, present, and argue for what has been learned and remains to be learned about the biological differences within and among human groups.
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The Chromosomes in Human Evolution
By Jonathan MarksThe Chromosomes in Human Evolution
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The Evolution of Modern Economic Theory: And Other Papers on the History of Economic Thought
By Lionel RobbinsBeginning with a critique of Schumpeter's magisterial History of Economic Analysis, this work includes papers that range from an appraisal of Bentham's continuing relevance to a review of Robertson's Lectures on Economic Principles, with ...
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Deep Down in the Jungle: Negro Narrative Folklore from the Streets of Philadelphia
By Roger D. AbrahamsCollected jokes, toasts, and stories from the Northern ghetto, with descriptions of the personalities and styles of the tellers
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Deep Down in the Jungle: Black American Folklore from the Streets of Philadelphia
By Roger D. AbrahamsThis work represents an attempt to present a body of folklore collected among one small group of Black Americans in a neighborhood in South Philadelphia. The author's approach toward collection and presentation has been intensive.
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The Silent Language of Psychotherapy: Social Reinforcements of Unconscious Processes
By David M. Young, Ernst Gunter BeierThis volume combines the elements of psychodynamic and cognitive behavioral therapy in a theoretical system that focuses on the importance of patient-therapist interaction, especially in terms of the exchange of subtle or covert ...
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The Silent Language of Psychotherapy: Social Reinforcement of Unconscious Processes
By David M. Young, Ernst Gunter BeierThe Silent Language of Psychotherapy: Social Reinforcement of Unconscious Processes
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Solution-based Casework: An Introduction to Clinical and Case Management Skills in Casework Practice
By William C. Barrett, Jeffrey Todahl, Dana N. ChristensenThe book flows out of a long practice experience, and was developed in consultation with workers and supervisors who were attempting to remedy problems viewed as contributing to recurrent abuse and neglect.
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The Eclipse of Morality: Science, State, and Market
By Lawrence BuschUsing the works of Bacon, Hobbes, and Adam Smith as well as historical examples drawn from the last two centuries, Busch shows how the ideas initially proposed by these thinkers became reified as scientism, statism, and marketism - systems ...
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Beside the Golden Door: Policy, Politics, and the Homeless
By James D. Wright, Joel A. Devine, Beth A. RubinWritten for the general public as well as for specialists, this volume details some of the numerous dimensions of the homelessness issue: the rise in poverty; the decline of low-income housing: problems in counting the homeless; the role of ...
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Effective Participatory Practice: Family Group Conferencing in Child Protection
By Marie Connolly, Margaret McKenzieThe purpose of this volume is to provide the first theoretical and practice analysis of using family gr The book explores the central requirements of professional practice in the achievements of positive outcomes for children and families ...
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Re-educating Troubled Youth: Environments for Teaching and Treatment
By Larry K. Brendtro, Arlin E. NessThis book is about helping troubled young people who are searching separately for security, identity, and purpose in their lives.