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An Examination Of The Relationship Between Published Book Reviews And The Circulation Of Books At An Academic Library, Glenda Thornton
An Examination Of The Relationship Between Published Book Reviews And The Circulation Of Books At An Academic Library, Glenda Thornton
Michael Schwartz Library Publications
The primary purpose of this study was to determine if book reviews are useful and significant indicators of potential circulation. Major book reviewing sources were studied to determine if some were more useful than others in selecting books which circulate. six hypotheses were developed and tested. A random sample of books published and purchased in 1987 was taken from the circulating book collection of the Auraria Library and used to test these hypotheses. Detailed descriptive statistics allowed comparisons between the findings of this research and that of other researchers.
Regional Subcultures Of The United States, Joel A. Lieske
Regional Subcultures Of The United States, Joel A. Lieske
Political Science Faculty Publications
This study develops the case, theory, and statistical methodology for a new measure of American regional subcultures. Using principal component and cluster analysis on some 45 measures of racial origin, ethnic ancestry, religious affiliation, and social structure, I show how the entire population of U.S. counties can be partitioned into 10 distinctive, regional subcultures that are relatively homogeneous and contiguous. Next, I identify the cultural characteristics of each subculture and relate my new classification scheme to the work of Elazar, Gastil, Garreau, and Fischer. Finally, I compare the relative utility of this new measure with Elazar's typology in explaining the …
Organizing Engineering Work - A Comparative-Analysis, Peter F. Meiksins, Chris Smith
Organizing Engineering Work - A Comparative-Analysis, Peter F. Meiksins, Chris Smith
Sociology & Criminology Faculty Publications
This article analyzes the organization of engineering work in six industrial capitalist countries. It identifies four major models for the organization of engineering work; the engineering profession did not succeed in achieving professional “closure” in any of the six countries under review. A review of the historical evolution of the organization of engineering work in each of the six countries reveals that engineering has been shaped by a complex interaction among the profession itself, employers, the state, labor, and preindustrial forces. However, none of the national variations on the four models for organizing engineering labor is stable or without …
Review Of Friendships Between Women: A Critical Review, Sarah H. Matthews
Review Of Friendships Between Women: A Critical Review, Sarah H. Matthews
Sociology & Criminology Faculty Publications
Reviews the book "Friendships Between Women: A Critical Review," by Pat O'Connor.
Why American Engineers Aren't Unionized - A Comparative Perspective, Peter F. Meiksins, Chris Smith
Why American Engineers Aren't Unionized - A Comparative Perspective, Peter F. Meiksins, Chris Smith
Sociology & Criminology Faculty Publications
This article presents a comparative perspective on why U.S. engineers are not unionized. The decline of organized labor in the U.S. has stimulated a new interest in comparative research. Explanations of the prolonged stagnation and contraction of the U.S. labor movement that focus on the U.S. alone run the risk of assuming that the U.S. case is normal, and that the decline of organized labor is a structural inevitability of advanced capitalism. By broadening their scope to include other industrialized countries with similar political economies and different labor histories, students of the labor movement will be better able to identify …
Looking Back On Goffman: The Excavation Continues, James J. Chriss
Looking Back On Goffman: The Excavation Continues, James J. Chriss
Sociology & Criminology Faculty Publications
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Durkheim's Cult Of The Individual As Civil Religion: Its Appropriation By Erving Goffman, James J. Chriss
Durkheim's Cult Of The Individual As Civil Religion: Its Appropriation By Erving Goffman, James J. Chriss
Sociology & Criminology Faculty Publications
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