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Western News, Nov. 9, 1995, Western Michigan University

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Story highlights: WMU is one of the least regional institutions in the state; Haenicke tells Faculty Senate, Supporters salute Haenicke's contributions, Students learn to meet needs of elderly under federal grant, Senate revises final examination schedule; approves measure on changing of grades, Families of WMU students invited to share in the fun, WMU plays host to FIPSE review board session, Teleconference scheduled on international education, Prominent health educator to speak Nov. 14, Visiting scholar to explore geologic processes, Noted activist will give Peace Week keynote.

Western News, Nov. 2, 1995, Western Michigan University

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Story highlights: Upjohn foundation pledges $1 million for science project, Board praises Haenicke for continued outstanding work, Haenicke details enrollment figures at board meeting, Teleconference to feature Covey; Peters; Waitley, Asthma researcher will discuss recent advances, Ethics talk planned on 'feminist insight, Hsieh colloquium set, Workshop to explore workings of HSIRB, New 'twinning program' launched this month for students at Hong Kong Baptist University, Trustees Chormann and Boldi recognized.

Western News, Oct. 5, 1995, Western Michigan University

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Story highlights: Ehrle; Griffin recognized for superior classroom skills, Distinguished alumni to be honored during Homecoming, 'Jurassic Park' adviser to present lecture, Seminar to focus on telecommunications as a tool for economic development in the rural U.S, Mathematician to discuss matrix theory, Eminent philosopher will explore Descartes, Science publishes findings from WMU study of lake bed core on warming and cooling trends, AIDS quilt project donates $16,000 to agencies, Theatre group to present 'Great Sexpectations', Donnelly selected for Athletic Hall of Fame.

Western News, Sept. 14, 1995, Western Michigan University

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Story highlights: '94-'95 grant total tops $21 million; marks 10th year of record figures, Cash gifts achieve 37% increase; annual total reaches $8.7 million, Senate takes action on program review; MLK Day and enrollment management practices, Hispanic Heritage Month activities planned, Crowd expected for CommUniverCity Night, Visiting Scholar to discuss research on ozone smog.

Durkheim's Philosophy Of Socience And The Sociology Of Knowledge: Creating An Intellectual Niche. Warren Schmaus.

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Warren Schmaus, Durkheim's Philosophy of Science and the Sociology of Knowledge: Creating an Intellectual Niche. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994. $50 hardcover, $24.95 papercover.

Family Functioning And Migration: Considerations For Practice, Amith Ben-David

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

International migration is increasingly dominated by family considerations. Despite conflicts and tensions, the support system of the family is the main agent through which the adjustment to migration occurs. Social workers are in the front line in the treatment and acculturation of new immigrants. The present study explores how 145 social workers, comprising about 70% of those who treat new immigrants in the northern part of Israel, perceive family functioning in two very different migrant populations: arrivalsf rom the former Soviet Union on the one hand, andf rom Ethiopia on the other. Results indicate that practitioners viewed families from the …

An Opportunity Lost: The Failure Of The Michigan Commission On Death And Dying, Joseph Ellin

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The Michigan Commission on Death and Dying was created to advise the state legislature on the politically volatile question of assisted suicide. Proposals were considered to allow assisted suicide with safeguards, and to continue the state's temporary absolute ban. Because of the political composition of the Commission, however, no consensus was reached, and the opportunity to enact humane but careful legislation seems to have passed. This paper examines the proposals the Commission considered, the alliances reflected in the voting, and some problems the Commission failed to address.

Constructing An Ecology Of Foster Care: An Analysis Of The Entry And Exit Patterns Of Foster Homes, Lorna F. Hurl, David J. Tucker

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This paper aims to illustrate the viability of using concepts and theoretical arguments from organization ecology to analyze dynamic change processes in foster care. The general topic is the relationship between foster homes and their environments. The specific focus is the effects of the environment on the entry and exit patterns of new foster homes. Drawing on our earlier studies of the 23 year history of a population of foster homes, various hypotheses shown to have validity in accounting for the processes underlying the founding and disbanding offormal organizations, also apply in the case of the entry and exit processes …

Review Of The Content Of Our Character. Shelby Steele. Reviewed By R.L. Mcneely, University Of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, R.L. Mcneely

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

THE CONTENT OF OUR CHARACTER, by Shelby Steele. New York, N.Y: HarperPerennial, a division of HarperCollins, 1991 xii + 175 pp. $11.00 (paper).

Review Of Sociological Theory: From The 1950s To The Present. Richard Munch. Reviewed By Michael D. Frimes, Louisiana State University., Michael D. Grimes

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Richard Munch, Sociological Theory: From the 1850s to the Present. Chicago, IL: Nelson-Hall, 1994. $51.95 hardcover.

Review Of The Decomposition Of Sociology. Irving Louis Horowitz. Reviewed By William W. Falk, University Of Maryland., William W. Falk

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Irving Louis Horowitz. The Decomposition of Sociology. New York: Oxford University Press. 1993. $35.00 hardcover.

Review Of Small Group Research: A Handbook. A. Paul Hare, Herbert H. Blumberg, Martin F. Davies And Valerie Kent. Reviewed By Kenneth E. Reid, Western Michigan University., Kenneth E. Reid

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

A. Paul Hare, Herbert H. Blumberg, Martin F. Davies, and M. Valerie Kent. Small Group Research: A Handbook. Norwood, NJ: Ablex Publishing Corp., 1994. $89.50 hardcover $42.50 papercover.

Contemporary Urban Sociology. William G. Flannagan.

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

William G. Flannagan. Contemporary Urban Sociology. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1993. $49.95 hardcover, $14.95 papercover.

The Frankfurt School: Its History, Theories And Political Significance. Rolf Wiggershaus.

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History, Theories and Political Significance. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1994. $60.00 hardcover. (Translated by Michael Robertson).

Paths To Homelessness: Extreme Poverty And The Urban Housing Crisis. Doug A. Timmer, D. Stanley Eitzen And Kathryn D. Talley.

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Doug A. Timmer, D. Stanley Eitzen and Kathryn D. Talley, Paths to Homelessness: Extreme Poverty and the Urban Housing Crisis. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1994. $55.00 hardcover, $16.95 papercover.

The Return To Family Intervention In Youth Services: A Juvenile Justice Case Study, Gordon Bazemore, Susan Day

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

After more than a decade of relative neglect, youth services policymakers in the late 1980s began targeting the family as a primary focus of intervention in the response to a range of deviant behavior. One recent example of this return to family intervention has been a renewed emphasis on family services in juvenile courts and juvenile justice agencies. This case study describes one attempt to implement a new "family-focused" intervention approach as part of a larger return to treatment-oriented probation services in an urban juvenile justice system. Based on interviews and participant observation data gathered during a nine month field …

Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 22, No. 3 (September 1995)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

• AN OPPORTUNITY LOST: THE FAILURE OF THE MICHIGAN COMMISSION ON DEATH AND DYING - Joseph Ellin
• THE RETURN TO FAMILY INTERVENTION IN YOUTH SERVICES: A JUVENILE JUSTICE CASE STUDY - Gordon Bazemore and Susan Day
• POLICY IMPLEMENTATION IN SOCIAL WELFARE: A FRAMEWORK FOR ANALYSIS - Valire Carr Copeland and Sandra Wexler
• RESEARCHING SOCIAL NETWORKS IN ACTION - C. Kenneth Banks and J. Marshall Mangan
• CONSTRUCTING AN ECOLOGY OF FOSTER CARE: AN ANALYSIS OF THE ENTRY AND EXIT RATES OF FOSTER HOMES - Lorna F Hurl and David J. Tucker
• FAMILY FUNCTIONING AND MIGRATION: CONSIDERATIONS FOR PRACTICE - …

Policy Implementation In Social Welfare: A Framework For Analysis, Valire Carr Copeland, Sandra Wexler

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

A review of the research on implementation of federal-state partnership programs indicates a need for more analyses of the post-legislative phase of social welfare policy. This paper addresses the importance of research on policy implementation in social welfare. It examines some critical tools in the policy implementation analysis process, presents a framework for analysis, and offers recommendations to stimulate interest in the study of the implementation process.

Researching Social Networks In Action, Kenneth C. Banks, Marshall J. Mangan

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Many communities across Canada today are challenged by conditions that approach social and economic disintegration. As agencies of the state cut back their financial support of welfare services, citizens are faced with both increasing levels of stress and fewer forms of relief provided by established institutions. For researchers, the challenges of a shrinking resource base are compounded by ongoing epistemological and methodological controversies within social science. The recent emergence of a "postmodern" critique of traditional social-scientific methodology arises from some profound reorientations in the philosophy and the social context of the social sciences, reorientations that are reflective of fundamental economic …

Review Of To Render A Life: Let Us Now Praise Famous Men And The Documentary Vision. Reviewed By David R. Simon, U.C. Berkeley & San Diego State University, David R. Simon

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

"To Render A Life: LET US NOW PRAISE FAMOUS MEN And The Documentary Vision" (1992) and "Long Shadows: The Legacy of the American Civil War" (1992). Both by the JAMES AGEE FILM PROJECT, 316 E. Main Street, Johnson City, TN 37601 Phone: (615) 926-8637.

Review Of Dead Artists Live Theories. Stanley Aronowitz. Reviewed By John W. Murphy, University Of Miami., John W. Murphy

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Stanley Aronowitz: Dead Artists Live Theorists. New York: Routledge, 1994. $49.95 hardcover, $16.95 papercover.

Review Of Kinship With Strangers: Adoption And Interpretations Of Kinship In American Culture. Judith S. Modell. Reviewed By Dorina N. Novle, Louisiana State University., Dorinda N. Noble

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Judith S. Modell. Kinship with Strangers: Adoption and Interpretations of Kinship in American Culture. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1994. $35 hardcover.

Review Of Classical Sociological Theory. Jonathan H. Turner. Reviewed By Valerie A. Haines, The University Of Calgary., Valerie A. Haines

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Jonathan Turner. Classical Sociological Theory: A Positivist's Perspective. Chicago, IL: Nelson Hall, 1993. $ 18.95 papercover.

Families In Troubled Times: Adapting To Change In Rural America. Rand D. Conger And Glen H. Elder.

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Rand D. Conger and Glen H. Elder, Families in Troubled Times: Adapting to Change in Rural America. Hawthorne, NY: Aldine de Gruyter, 1994. $46.95 hardcover; $23.95 papercover.

The Concise Oxford Dictionary Of Sociology. Gordon Marshall (Ed.).

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Gordon Marshall (Ed.), The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Sociology. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994. $11.95 paperback.

Race, Family, And Obligation, Rodney C. Roberts

Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Papers

The Martin Luther King Jr. Day Lecture Presented to the WMU Center for the Study of Ethics in Society, January 16, 1995.

Western News, July 27, 1995, Western Michigan University

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Story Highlights: Elliott replaces Meinert as Bronco athletic director, Students get head start at summer academy, $200,000 grant to help make research more relevantfor educators, Photo-ill card can be used for financial transactions beginning this fall, Two win award for efforts on national team

Western News, June 29, 1995, Western Michigan University

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Story Highlights: WMU to receive largest percentage increase in appropriation, Board holds tuition increase to 2.6 percent; figure is lowest among state public institutions, Retired Kellogg exec to advise the president

Western News, June 1,1995, Western Michigan University

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Story Highlights: Top students selected for $25,000 Medallion Scholarships, Education, government, industry representatives here June 2-3 for international trade conference, Classes of '45, '50 and '55 gather for Reunion Weekend, WMU faculty and students to join with others in observing first local medical research day, WMU researchers on educational reform selected to evaluate NSF project in Vermont

Social Work In The Netherlands: Current Developments. Karl-Ernst Hesser And Wibo Koole.

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Karl-Ernst Hesser and Wibo Koole (Eds.), Social Work in the Netherlands: Current Developments, Utrecht, Netherlands: SWP Publishing Co., 1994. $19.00 papercover (Available from SWP Publishing, P. 0. Box 578, NL-3500 Utrecht, The Netherlands).