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Promoting Positive Outcomes For Healthy Youth Development: Utilizing Social Capital Theory, Julie Anne Laser, George Stuart Leibowitz

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This article discusses the central tenets of the theories of social capital, which include exchanges, trust, obligation, bonding, bridging, and issues concerning the marginalization of certain groups. Included is an exploration of the limitations of the approaches of the key theorists, followed by the presentation of a theoretical framework and model of the development of social capital among youth. Additionally, the article discusses the relevancy of social capital for social work practice.

Structuration Theory And Critical Consciousness: Potential Applications For Social Work Practice, Jennifer Wheeler-Brooks

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Anthony Giddens' structuration theory provides concepts that can be used to think differently about oppression and consciousness raising. Structuration sees society as being recursively created through its members' social practices, and oppression as being but one of these social practices. Consciousness raising, then, is recognizing that a given social practice is oppressive, and then deliberately working to change the practice. This is done by altering one's social performance and disrupting the recursive process that maintains the oppressive practice. Implications follow for empowerment-oriented social work practice and narrowing the gap between clinical and community social work practice.

Welcome To The Neighborhood: Does Where You Live Affect The Use Of Nutrition, Health, And Welfare Programs?, Molly De Marco, Allison C. De Marco

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Despite the recent upsurge in neighborhood effects research, few studies have examined the impact of neighborhood characteristics on the use of nutrition, health, and welfare programs. To explore these issues, this study used data from Welfare, Children, and Families: A Three-City Study, a longitudinal dataset comprised of low-income neighborhoods in Boston, San Antonio, and Chicago (n=1,712). Using hierarchical linear models, the results indicated that both individual (education, employment, and marriage) and perceived neighborhood disorder factors were related to social service use.

Review Of The Political Sociology Of The Welfare State: Institutions, Social Cleavages And Orientation. Stefan Svallfors, Editor. Reviewed By Richard J. Smith., Richard J. Smith

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of Stefan Svallfors (Ed.). The Political Sociology of the Welfare State: Institutions, Social Cleavages and Orientation. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2007. $55.00 hardcover.

Review Of Differential Diagnosis: A Comparative History Of Health Care Problems And Solutions In The United States And France. Paul V. Dutton. Reviewed By Krista Drescher Burke., Krista Drescher Burke

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of Paul V. Dutton, Differential Diagnosis: A Comparative History of Health Care Problems and Solutions in the United States and France. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2007. $29.95 hardcover, $19.95 papercover.

Review Of Challenges Of An Aging Society; Ethical Dilemmas, Political Issues. Rachel A. Pruchno And Michael Smyer, Editors. Reviewed By Erica Yoonkyung Auh., Erica Yoonkyung Auh

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of Rachel A. Pruchno and Michael Smyer (Eds.), Challenges of an Aging Society; Ethical Dilemmas, Political Issues. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007. $49.95 hardcover.

Review Of Grassroots Struggles For Sustainability In Central America. Lynn R. Horton. Reviewed By Ian W. Holloway., Ian W. Holloway

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review for Lynn R. Horton, Grassroots Struggles for Sustainability in Central America. Boulder, CO: University of Colorado Press, 2007. $55.00 hardcover.

Review Of The Sandbox Investment: The Preschool Movement And Kids-First Politics. David L. Kirp. Reviewed By James Midgley., James Midgley

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of David L. Kirp, The Sandbox Investment: The Preschool Movement and Kids-First Politics. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2007. $26.95 hardcover.

Review Of Blue-Chip Black: Race, Class, And Status In The New Black Middle Class. Karyn R. Lacy. Reviewed By Paul G. Wright., Paul G. Wright

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of Karyn R. Lacy, Blue-Chip Black: Race, Class, and Status in the New Black Middle Class. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2007. $60 hardcover, $22.95 papercover.

Review Of The Great American Crime Decline. Franklin E. Zimring. Reviewed By Matthew T. Theriot., Matthew T. Theriot

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of Franklin E. Zimring, The Great American Crime Decline. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007. $35.00 hardcover, $21.95 papercover.

Race, Class Or Neighborhood Context: Which Matters More In Measuring Satisfaction With Police?, Yuning Wu, Ivan Y. Sun, Ruth A. Triplett

Sociology & Criminal Justice Faculty Publications

The primary purpose of this study is to assess the relative effects of race and class, at both individual and neighborhood levels, on public satisfaction with police. Using hierarchical linear modeling on 1,963 individuals nested within 66 neighborhoods, this study analyzes how individual-level variables, including race, class, age, gender, victimization and contact with police, and neighborhood-level factors, including racial composition, concentrated disadvantage, residential mobility and violent crime rate, influence residents' satisfaction with police. The results from the individual-level analysis indicate that both race and class are equally important predictors. African Americans and lower-class people tend to be less satisfied with …

Competing Social Movements And Local Political Culture : Voting On Ballot Propositions To Ban Same-Sex Marriage., Arnold Fleischmann, Laura Moyer

Faculty and Staff Scholarship

Objective: This paper uses social movement theory to explain variation in local support for proposed constitutional amendments to ban same-sex marriage in 22 states during 2004 and 2006.

Methods: The analysis uses OLS regression with county-level data to explain variation in local support for the amendments.

Results: Support for the amendments in both years was positively related to the proportion of a county that was evangelical or Republican, but negatively related to its level of education and proportion of Catholics. Amendment support was positively related in only one year to the percentage of a county’s population that …

Ethnic Identity And Sense Of School Belongingness: Behaviors And Beliefs Of Immigrant Hispanic Students And Parents, Francisco B. Ortiz

Master's Theses

For many decades, the number of minority students, particularly Hispanics, dropping out from school has been noticeable to say the least (Rumberger, 1995). These students have in the past and continue in the present to struggle with the educational system, and it is certain, but not clear, that various factors contribute to Hispanics’ poor academic performance and not being able to graduate from High School (Rumbaut & Cornelius, 1995). Some of these factors are organized in three groups: School-Related; Parental-Related; and Student-Related. Thus, this study is an attempt to understand how immigrant students and parents are currently responding to the …

Role Of The Elected Panchayat Samity Members In National Health And Family Welfare Programs: A Case Study, Subhash Barman

The Qualitative Report

The geographical area of this study is West Bengal - a constituent state (province) of India. The state government policy aims at administrative decentralization through Panchayats (or Village Councils) in rural areas. It is a 3-tier system, comprising a Gram Panchayat in every village, Panchayat Samity (block level), and Zilla Parishad (district level). Focusing mainly on Panchayat Samity members, the study explores the knowledge, attitudes, participation, and involvement of the Panchayat Samity members in National Health and Family Welfare Programs. The categories of respondents are the Health Committee members of Panchayat Samity, and health personnel of Block Primary Health Center …

Developing Understanding Of Research-Based Pedagogy With Preservice Teachers: An Instrumental Case Study, Kathryn L. Laframboise, Kim Shea

The Qualitative Report

Preservice teachers have difficulty incorporating research-based instructional strategies and often revert to those observed during their own school years. This study describes how preservice teachers used a framework of planning, implementation, feedback, and reflection to try research-based teaching practices from their methods courses and examine their notions of effective pedagogy. This instrumental case study of 50 preservice teachers in a two-day-per-week field experience includes intensive interviews of six selected students. Findings include kinds of support reported as helpful in implementing new instructional strategies, difficulties experienced in the implementation of strategies, and new understandings of effective teaching during use of the …

Figurative Language In Delbo's Auschwitz Et Après, Elizabeth Scheiber

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In her article "Figurative Language in Delbo's Auschwitz et après" Elizabeth Scheiber exeamines the use of figurative language in Charlotte Delbo's trilogy Auschwitz et après. Aucun de nous ne reviendra and shows how metaphors and symbols in the texts not only establish a means of imagining the concentration camps, but also how they create a community between author and reader. In Delbo's work, the ironic symbol of the stretcher as a means of conveying corpses gives the reader insight into the author's psyche at roll call as she witnesses the grim sight of the indignity of death in the concentrationary …

Autobiography And Fiction In Semprún's Texts, Laia Quílez Esteve, Rosa-Àuria Munté Ramos

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In their article "Autobiography and Fiction in Semprún's Texts" Laia Quílez Esteve and Rosa-Àuria Munté Ramos explore aspects of narration in Jorge Semprún's literary work with regard to his experience in the concentration camp. Quílez Esteve and Munté Ramos analyze auto-novelistic mechanisms Semprún employs and reflect on the various meanings of that use by Semprún. Semprún's biographical journey is characterized by a series of experiences which would determine the form and content of his writing. The perception and experience of exile permeates Semprún's pages, the fluctuation of identities which are masked or unmasked within them, or the dissolution of the …

New Graduate Law Degree Programme Launched At Smu, Singapore Management University

SMU Press Releases and News

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Singapore Management University And Students Of The Late Artist Chua Ek Kay Remember Him, Singapore Management University

SMU Press Releases and News

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Banka Ve Fi̇nans Kurumlarinin Ekonomi̇k Kri̇zden Etki̇lenme Düzeyleri̇ Ve Kri̇z Dönemi̇nde Uyguladiklari Yönetsel Ve Örgütsel Poli̇ti̇kalara İli̇şki̇n Bi̇r Araştirma, Özlem Balaban, Okutan Yıldırım

Khazar Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

No abstract provided.

Academic Library As Publishing Agent: Showcasing Student, Faculty, And Campus Scholarship And Publications, Allegra Swift

Library Staff Publications and Research

Academic libraries of all sizes can and must strategically position themselves to be a campus publisher. A means of doing this is to implement an IR, providing institutions an opportunity to showcase senior theses, and student and faculty peer-reviewed journals. Presentation includes representatives from a small college, a consortium of small colleges, and a university with a university press.

March Roundtable: Introduction

Human Rights & Human Welfare

An annotation of:

“Scientists Come Out for Human Rights ” by Sonia Shah. The Nation. January 27, 2009.

Enlightenment: Science And Human Rights, Christien Van Den Anker

Human Rights & Human Welfare

The subject of science and human rights sparks off thoughts of how this link has historically and geographically been severed, which has the effect of finding it newsworthy that scientists speak out in favor of human rights.

The ancient Greek philosophers were not limited in their subject matters in the same way as we take for granted now: science, society and the self were all deliberated about both empirically and normatively. Moreover, there was no division of labor between thinkers about one or other of these subjects.

Pre-Islamic Persian influences also affected debates on science. In the Middle Ages with …

Information Outlook, March 2009, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2009

Volume 13, Issue 2

Big Sky Documentary Film Festival Study, Bynum Boley, Norma P. Nickerson

Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research Publications

This report provides information on attendees of Missoula's Big Sky Documentary Film Festival including where they were from, group aize, number of films attended, satisfaction with the event and basic demographics. In addition, spending by individual attendees from outside Missoula County is estimated.

Platon`Da Cumhuriyet-Demokrasi Gerilimi : Geçmişteki Bir İkilemin Günümüze Uzanan Etkileri, Fatih Demirci

Khazar Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

No abstract provided.

Fi̇nansal Regülasyonlar Ve Küresel Kri̇z Süreci̇nde Türk Dünyasi Bankacilik Si̇stemleri̇ni̇n Yeni̇den Yapilandirilmasi, Okan M. Taşar

Khazar Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

No abstract provided.

Yeni Ekonomik Düzen Ve Muhasebede Kayıt Yöntemleri Üzerindeki Yansıması, Semih Büyükipekçi, Ali Erbaşı

Khazar Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

No abstract provided.

Səhmdar Cəmiyyətlərində Səsvermə Hüququnun Əsas Xüsusiyyətləri, Sərvər Süleymanlı, Elçin Usubov

Khazar Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

No abstract provided.

Türk İşletmelerinde Örgüt Kültürü Ve İnovatif Faaliyetler, Güzide İşıklı, Ayna Ferec-Zade, Hümeyra Taşçıoğlu

Khazar Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

No abstract provided.