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Social Science Quotations
Social Science Quotations has been prepared to meet an evident, unmet need in the literature of the social sciences. Writings on the lives and theories of individual social scientists abound, but there has been no fully documented collection of memorable quotations from the social sciences as a whole. The frequent use of quotations in scientific as well as literary writings that are mere summaries or paraphrases typically fail to capture the full force of formulations that have made quotations memorable. This book of quotations invites the further reading or rereading of the original texts, beyond the quotations themselves. Sills and Merton draw extensively upon the writings that constitute ...
AIDS
Finely-focused in approach, this collection of readings addresses the AIDS crisis from a purely political, policy, and bureaucratic perspective, reflecting contemporary research on the epidemic. Encourages readers to think in terms of "risk behavior" and not risk groups and shows that AIDS is truly a nondiscriminating virus. KEY TOPICS: Deals with the political and policy dimensions of AIDS -- revealing that this epidemic offers political scientists the opportunity to ask a variety of questions about politics and power and to do so from every subfield of the discipline. Presents a broad variety of perspectives -- yet explains how all share a common understanding of AIDS as a fundamentally ch...
Sociological Visions
All of the essays are by authors whose sociological vision has had a profound impact on our culture.
The AIDS Pandemic
"This book seeks to give the general reader an overview of the social, economic, and political impact that AIDS is having throughout the world ... [It] offers a summary of recent writings about AIDS and a framework for thinking about and assessing the AIDS pandemic ... The sources used for this summary cover a wide range of fields, principally anthropology, demography, economics, epidemiology, history, medicine, political science, public health, social psychology, and sociology." Separate chapters are included on AIDS in developing countries and in the United States. (Excerpt).
The Future of Marriage
Dr. Bernard examines recent research findings on the present nature of the marriage commitment and predicts a less restrictive role for women in future marriages.
Toward Century 21
Lectures and discussions first given at Stanford University in 1968.
International Political Communication
Studies political effects of mass media, exchange of persons, etc. on U.S. foreign policy, with observations on communications systems used by other countries of the world.
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