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Forced Resettlement And Attitude Change: A Study Of Cognitive Dissonance, Vincent Joel Webb
Forced Resettlement And Attitude Change: A Study Of Cognitive Dissonance, Vincent Joel Webb
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The United States during the 20th century has been characterized by an ever increasing amount of Federal responsibility and intervention in effecting change in the lives of the local citizenery. This Federal intervention and responsibility takes many varied forms; it is the aim of this research to deal with only one of these forms - the Civil Works Program of the United States Army Corps of Engineers as it relates to water resources development.
Middle And Working-Class Fathers' Occupational Expectations And Aspirations For Their Daughters, William H. Bieck
Middle And Working-Class Fathers' Occupational Expectations And Aspirations For Their Daughters, William H. Bieck
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Sociological research in the areas of occupational preference and mobility, together with related work in the sociology of education has been concerned almost entirely with males. An all but exclusive preoccupation with the male worker is somewhat surprising considering the fact that census data reveal, an increasing proportion of women in paid employment during the last sixty years.1 An examination of labor statistics by Bossi,2 disclosed that between 1950 and I960, women accounted for 65 per cent of the increase in the labor force. By 1965, according to Davis3, approximately one paid worker in three was …
A Sociological Consideration Of Pretense, John F. Else
A Sociological Consideration Of Pretense, John F. Else
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Few, if any, persons pass through a day without observing and engaging in some form of pretense. Pretense is a basic aspect of interpersonal relations. In an office or factory the supervisor tells the worker to ’’look busy" even when he does not have work to do. The salesman tries to make the customer feel as if the item being presented is the best buy ever placed on the market. Two people meet and exchange “PIeased to meet you!" when neither actually cares at all about the presence of the other; in fact, each may have negative feelings about meeting …