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Originally published in 1986, this prescient study evaluate the views of social critics, neo-conservatives, neo-Marxists, post-industrialists, and the theorists of the little man, who puport to describe the nature, social conditions, outlooks, and motivations of the American populace

Social scientists are often vexed because their work does not satisfy the criteria of "scientific" methodology developed by philosophers of science and logicians who use the natural sciences as their model. This study defines science in terms of norms implicit in what social scientists actually do in their everyday work.

Recently there has been growing awareness and acceptance of the proposition that people do not exist in a world of physically defined forces and events, but in a world defined by their own perceptions, cognitions, conclusions, and imaginations

Despite the importance of measurement in any scientific endeavor, few students of the social sciences receive adequate training in the principles and problems of assigning numerical values to the subjects, objects, events, groups and operations they study, and still less in the process of translating theoretical ideas and concepts into variables

The study of human behavior in actual social settings is an extraordinarily complex area of research

Through analysis of the lives and theories of the three major exponents of humanism, Allport, Maslow, and Murray, the authors have marshaled some compelling arguments for an alternative to the extreme behaviorism of Skinner and the logical positivism of Freud

Behavior modification has lacked operational procedures to sharpen techniques and equipment

Brings together the plans for reducing financial poverty in the United States through cash transfers. This volume is of interest to a wide array of from scholars of public policy and politics to economics and economic theory.

Tracing development of scientific sociology from Comte onwards, this book provides a narrative history of figures, ideas, and schools that lie behind the work of contemporary sociologists. It describes the convergence of two major streams of sociological thought: a speculative and philosophical tradition and a reformist, fact-finding tradition.

Herbert Spencer's writings, espousing the theory of evolutionary change as a universal feature of all existence, have exerted influence on the social sciences. This volume provides a comprehensive summary of Spencer's sociological teachings and his principal conclusions.

Represents a fruitful integration of the many approaches that have been taken by investigators of individual behavior within the social milieu in which it occurs. This book offers coverage of speculations about the influence of the individual on the various groups of which he is a part as they have been introduced in psychological literature.

John and Elizabeth Newson work from the conviction that the causes and the consequences of child-rearing attitudes can fruitfully be investigated only in the framework of the total social environment in which they occur. This book continues their analysis of child rearing in an English urban setting.

Describes some critical aspects of the functioning of the juvenile court, an institution charged with judging and treating delinquents. This book analyzes the nature of the court operation, the handling of delinquents, and the court's functions in relation to the wider social and legal system. It reflects two distinct sociological heritages.

In this important classic work, one of America's foremost social scientists introduces a significant approach to the causation of delinquency and advances an all-inclusive strategy for coping with a national problem of continuing concern

Although sociologists have written extensively on the broad subject of occupational careers, generally they have referred only incidentally to organizational careers within work organizations

A book on linear algebra which deals only with those aspects of the subject applicable in the social sciences. It provides an understanding of linear algebra for those who wish to use it as a tool in the design, execution, and interpretation of research. It illustrates some of the applications of linear analysis.

Beginning 30 years ago American citizens were allowed to own and exchange gold in any form, something they had not been able to do for the previous 40 years

This book provides a theory capable of explaining the patterns of public expenditures and taxation that occur under representative government

The origin of any industrial optimization study lies in the theory that some improvement can be made in a controllable system

This volume originated in a course of lectures which the author originally gave at the Universitu lnternationale de Sciences Comparues at Luxembourg

J. E. Meade is among the most distinguished of contemporary economists, noted for his contributions to economic theory and policy

In all highly industrialized countries public expenditures are a substantial and growing share of total economic activity

Social psychologists have always been concerned with two-person interactions and the factors enabling one person to gain dominance

Examines the role of learning mechanisms in smoking. This book discusses the role played by habit in smoking, defining habit in terms of "fixed behavior patterns, over learned to the point of becoming automatic, and marked by decreasing awareness and increasing dependency on secondary rather than primary reinforcement."

A comprehensive overview of the entire field of cardiovascular psychophysiology. This book provides an overview of the subject and the contemporary measurement techniques. It contains six experimental studies of cardiovascular function dealing with the interactive nature of cardiovascular and behavioral events.

This book focuses on those special circumstances in which men (alone or in groups) are isolated or confined for periods of time long enough to affect the way in which they think and behave

This book contains original contributions on the evolution of primates and the techniques for studying the subject.

At one time Francis L.K. Hsu put forth a hypothesis on kinship that proposed a functional relationship between particular kinship systems and behavior patterns in particular cultural contexts

This festschrift commemorates Julian H. Steward. The essays were contributed by former students, colleagues, and other anthropologists whose research or thinking has been influenced by him. There was no preconceived attempt to give the volume any greater sense of unity or to impose upon the contributors any restrictions as to subject matter

Anthropological theory has been much discussed in recent years, yet the crucial questions still remain--how can it be defined, how is it developed, how is it to be applied, and how can one confirm it? The editors of Anthropological Theory answer these questions by presenting essays relating to various aspects of anthropological theory