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Narratives of Addiction - Savage Usury (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021): Kevin McCarron Narratives of Addiction - Savage Usury (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Kevin McCarron
R2,879 Discovery Miles 28 790 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Narratives of Addiction: Savage Usury is the first book to argue, in the face of more than a century's received wisdom, that drug addiction and alcoholism are undoubtedly evidence of individual moral flaws. However, the sense of morality that underlies this book is completely severed from Christianity. Instead, it is influenced in particular by the writings of the nineteenth-century German philosophers Arthur Schopenhauer and Frederick Nietzsche, both of whom insisted that a genuine morality was actually incompatible with Christianity. The sequence of chapters moves from addictions on the streets, into rehab clinics, and finally into the meetings of Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous. This is the first book to argue that the search for pleasure drives alcoholism and drug addiction and not the "numbing of pain". Throughout the book I reject the claims of the medical profession, as embodied by the American Medical Association, that drug addiction and alcoholism are diseases, and further argue that they do not have the authority to tell hundreds of millions of Americans that addiction is not a moral failing. I also query throughout the book the claims of neuroscience, psychology, and the social sciences that addictions to alcohol and drugs are attributable to causes that their specific disciplines are best suited to understand. I argue that there is nothing complex about addiction: it is a simple behavioural disorder. The language routinely employed to discuss addiction is similarly not complex, just confused, and so it is also the rhetoric of addiction discourse, especially its use of simile, metaphor and euphemism, that this book evaluates.

Making Sense of AI - Our Algorithmic World (Hardcover): Elliott Making Sense of AI - Our Algorithmic World (Hardcover)
Elliott
R1,724 Discovery Miles 17 240 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Industrial robots, self-driving cars, customer-service chatbots and Google's algorithmic predictions have brought the topic of artificial intelligence into public debate. Why is AI the source of such intense controversy and what are its economic, political, social and cultural consequences? Tracing the changing fortunes of artificial intelligence, Elliott develops a systematic account of how automated intelligent machines impact different spheres and aspects of public and private life. Among the issues discussed are the automation of workforces, surveillance capitalism, warfare and lethal autonomous weapons, the spread of racist robots and the automation of social inequalities. Elliott also considers the decisive role of AI in confronting global risks and social futures, including global pandemics such as COVID-19, and how smart algorithms are impacting the search for energy security and combating climate change. Making Sense of AI provides a judiciously comprehensive account of artificial intelligence for those with little or no previous knowledge of the topic. It will be an invaluable book both for students in the social sciences and humanities and for general readers.

Religious Hair Display and Its Meanings (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021): William C. Innes, Jr Religious Hair Display and Its Meanings (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
William C. Innes, Jr
R2,908 Discovery Miles 29 080 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This book explores the fascinating world of religious hair observances within six religious traditions that account for 77% of the world's adherents: Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Sikhism. Symbolic use of hair has been, and remains, prevalent in all six and carries significant amounts of religious and social meaning. Hair is a unique body substance. It can be shaped and colored, removed from us without pain but still retain an individual's essence, signal our age, sex, and sexual maturity, and much, much more. The book's approach is to situate each practice within its tradition. That requires a study of its foundational leaders and their teachings, sacred texts (where they mention hair), its rites and rituals, ideas of religious power and subsequent historical development. Contemporary practitioners are interviewed for their motivations. Even more insight can be gleaned by searching beyond an overt religious purpose. Social scientists from anthropology, sociology, psychology, and related fields bring their research to deliver added perceptions. The author reveals how hair practices are created from ancient psychological and cultural impulses, become modified by time, culture and religious intent, and are adopted by adherents for reasons ranging from personal religious expression to group identity. This book is written for the interested observer of our increasingly diverse society and for the student of comparative religion and sociology. It will change forever how you see hair.

Poor Quality Pharmaceuticals in Global Public Health (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020): Satoru Kimura, Yasuhide Nakamura Poor Quality Pharmaceuticals in Global Public Health (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
Satoru Kimura, Yasuhide Nakamura
R3,120 Discovery Miles 31 200 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This book aims to clarify the global aspects of poor quality pharmaceuticals, generic products in particular, becoming complicated through the process of IMPACT (International Medical Products Anti-Counterfeiting Taskforce) organized by the initiative of the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2006. The findings from this book provide a long-term perspective to policymakers. This book discusses from the following points: industrial standardization, healthcare market accessibility, motivation on supply side, WHO medicines policy and intellectual property rights. Standardization regulates the quality and enabled the generic medicines spreading to developing/emerging countries through technology transfer. However, quality is a part of cost and reflected to price. When a healthcare service market is divided according to wealth gap, compliance to standardization for quality on supply side is divided accordingly. Thus, poor quality pharmaceuticals are prevalent worldwide. Generic pharmaceuticals are essential resources in public health. The WHO has been involved in the dispute around the intellectual property rights under its intention to promote the new drug development for neglected diseases. Global pandemic of AIDs is a critical factor to accelerate the confusion. This created feelings of distrust among developing/emerging countries against developed countries if the WHO was in favour of developed countries. In addition to that, an easy and optimistic start of IMPACT stirred up conflicts of interests in the international community. The problem of poor quality pharmaceuticals became more complicated through the conflicts on intellectual property rights; patented drugs to generic drugs. A key for quality generic products is the formation of a single healthcare service market where good motivation on supply side together with fair competitiveness with patented pharmaceuticals and equitable access to services (both for the rich and the poor) are ensured. Political commitment to investment and regulatory infrastructure for the market is crucial.

Current Perspectives in Social Theory (Hardcover): Jennifer M Lehmann Current Perspectives in Social Theory (Hardcover)
Jennifer M Lehmann
R3,531 Discovery Miles 35 310 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This is the 18th volume in a series discussing a topics in social theory. It is divided into three parts which address: critical social theory beyond critical theory; critical social theory and contemporary social structures; and critical and contemporary social H locies.

Early Indians 2021 - The Story of Our Ancestors and Where We Came From (Paperback): Tony Joseph Early Indians 2021 - The Story of Our Ancestors and Where We Came From (Paperback)
Tony Joseph
R541 Discovery Miles 5 410 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Community and Ecology - Dynamics of Place, Sustainability and Politics (Hardcover, New): Aaron M. Mccright, Anders Pape Moller,... Community and Ecology - Dynamics of Place, Sustainability and Politics (Hardcover, New)
Aaron M. Mccright, Anders Pape Moller, Terry Nichols Clark
R3,355 Discovery Miles 33 550 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Humans live in social communities that are embedded ecologically within overlapping biophysical environments. This volume facilitates an ongoing dialogue between community sociologists and environmental sociologists about how humans interact with each other in social communities and with biophysical environments in an ecological community.
The chapters in this volume contribute to three related areas of scholarship. First, chapters two through four deal with the ecological and social significance of place. The authors of these three chapters examine different theoretical and substantive dilemmas regarding place and ecology. Their scholarship investigates the significance of place across a range of natural, modified, and built environments. Second, chapters five through seven deal with the challenges of local sustainability. The authors of these three chapters perform scholarship on social, economic and ecological dimensions of local sustainability. Third, chapters eight through eleven deal with local environmental politics. The authors of these four chapters examine the various dynamics of local political processes in communities across three continents. These scholars explicitly examine how the structure of political opportunities in different localities affects the mobilization necessary to recognize and ameliorate environmental problems.
We anticipate that this volume furthers the cross-pollination of ideas between community sociologists and environmental sociologists. Ultimately, the heightened and sustained communication between these two groups of scholars may lead to emergent theoretical, methodological, and substantive insights that may contribute to the discipline ofsociology more generally.
*Different sections of the book address ecological and social significance of place, challenges of local sustainability, and local environmental politics
*Enhances the interplay of ideas between community sociologists and environmental sociologists
*Stimulates thought that will contribute to the general field of sociology

Ideology and the Rise of Labor Theory in America. (Hardcover): John A.De Brizzi Ideology and the Rise of Labor Theory in America. (Hardcover)
John A.De Brizzi
R2,214 R2,044 Discovery Miles 20 440 Save R170 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Koro - Clinical and Historical Developments of the Culturally Defined Genital Retraction Disorder (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021):... Koro - Clinical and Historical Developments of the Culturally Defined Genital Retraction Disorder (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Arabinda Narayan Chowdhury
R3,175 Discovery Miles 31 750 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This book provides a definitive account of koro, a topic of long-standing interest in the field of cultural psychiatry in which the patient displays a fear of the genitals shrinking and retracting. Written by Professor A.N. Chowdhury, a leading expert in the field, it provides a comprehensive overview of the cultural, historical and clinical significance of the condition that includes both cutting-edge critique and an analysis of research and accounts from the previous 120 years published literature. The book begins by outlining the definition, etymology of the term, and clinical features of koro as a culture-bound syndrome, and contextualizes the concept with reference to its historical origins and local experience in Southeast Asia, and its subsequent widespread occurrence in South Asia. It also critically examines the concept of culture-bound disorder and the development of the terminology, such as cultural concepts of distress, which is the term that is currently used in the DSM-5. Subsequent chapters elaborate the cultural context of koro in Chinese and South Asian cultures, including cultural symbolic analysis of associations with animals (fox and turtle) and phallic imagery based on troubling self-perceived aspects of body image that is central to the concept. The second section of the book offers a comprehensive, global literature review, before addressing the current status and relevance of koro, clinically relevant questions of risk assessment and forensic issues, and research methodology. This landmark work will provide a unique resource for clinicians and researchers working in cultural psychiatry, cultural psychology, anthropology, medical sociology, social work and psychosexual medicine.

The BBC - Public Institution and Private World (Hardcover): T. Burns The BBC - Public Institution and Private World (Hardcover)
T. Burns
R2,674 Discovery Miles 26 740 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
From Microverse to Metaverse - Modelling the Future through Today's Virtual Worlds (Hardcover): Leighton Evans, Jordan... From Microverse to Metaverse - Modelling the Future through Today's Virtual Worlds (Hardcover)
Leighton Evans, Jordan Frith, Michael Saker
R1,688 Discovery Miles 16 880 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

While the metaverse is often marketed as a future utopia, the vision of the metaverse represents an attempt for private corporations to control the code of the real. In the hands of companies that established and maintain the surveillance capitalism model, the ability to build a persistent, all-compassing environment means all activity in that world can be metricized and commodified, making the metaverse worthy of critical examination. Significant parts of life are already conducted in a digital place that combines various aspects of digital culture. Likewise, digital worlds for socializing already exist, and in a form akin to the VR metaverse, just as VR worlds based on play now coexist with online worlds of user generated content. These discreet private "microverses", as we refer to them, are spaces which can model the tensions that would be inherent in the metaverse. From Microverse to Metaverse: Modelling the Future through Today's Virtual Worlds examines the place attachments, world-feeling and dwelling of several "microverses" to assess the possibilities of the metaverse as a realistic proposition. Critically analyzing the phenomenological feeling of place, the political economy of emerging tech, the mechanisms of identity and self along with the behavioral constraints involved, the authors map what a metaverse might be like, whether it can happen, and just why some companies seem so determined to make it happen.

Disaster Victim Identification in the 21st Century : A US Perspective (Hardcover): J.A. Williams Disaster Victim Identification in the 21st Century : A US Perspective (Hardcover)
J.A. Williams
R3,160 Discovery Miles 31 600 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

A comprehensive examination of all critical aspects of Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) As the frequency of both natural and man-made mass fatality disasters increases worldwide, the establishment of clear standards and best practices within the field of Disaster Victim identification (DVI) is of vital importance. Whereas most countries assign jurisdiction to law enforcement agencies following Interpol guidelines, DVI is the responsibility of the medical examiner and coroner in the United States. Disaster Victim Identification in the 21st Century is the first book of its kind to directly address the needs of DVI practitioners in the United States, covering the full spectrum of DVI from traditional methods such as fingerprints, odontology, and anthropology to advanced DNA identification technology. Approaching DVI from three perspectives--academic, government, and private industry--this comprehensive volume examines the history and current state of the discipline, the ongoing formation of national standards, the various methods of human identification, and the key challenges and future of DVI. In-depth chapters are written by leaders in the field with personal experience in human identification and mass fatality events. Provides practitioners with practical guidance on planning and taking part in DVI based on current national standards and best practices Discusses continued improvement in both traditional and emerging DVI methods Includes non-region-specific case studies and recommendations that can be easily adapted for international use Examines ethical and legal considerations in DVI, including suggestions for standardizing the victim identification process Describes the critical role of the Victim Information Center (VIC) in providing the comparative information required to go beyond presumptive identifications Part of the American Association for Forensic Sciences (AAFS) series, Disaster Victim Identification in the 21st Century: A US Perspective is an indispensable resource for forensic scientists, disaster planners, policymakers, medical examiners and coroners, law enforcement and emergency personnel, and upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in forensic sciences and emergency management.

Standards in Schools - Assessment, Accountability and the Purposes of Education (Paperback): John Marks Standards in Schools - Assessment, Accountability and the Purposes of Education (Paperback)
John Marks
R178 Discovery Miles 1 780 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Backpacking Culture and Mobilities - Independent and Nomadic Travel (Paperback): Michael O'Regan Backpacking Culture and Mobilities - Independent and Nomadic Travel (Paperback)
Michael O'Regan
R1,203 Discovery Miles 12 030 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book presents new contributions in backpacking research from various disciplines, capturing the diversity of backpacker contexts, motives and behaviours. It takes a fresh, critical and reflexive look at over 40 years of backpacking research and seeks to recentre backpacking research before introducing new perspectives on backpacking and global backpacker cultures from previously unexplored perspectives. The chapters examine contemporary backpacker culture and mobilities, and the value and worth of backpacking both for individuals seeking an alternative life course and transformation, and destinations and businesses who value their economic and cultural potential. The volume aims to make sense of current research in order to understand backpacking's future, and produce new directions for conceptual, theoretical and methodological development and future research. It will be useful for students and researchers in tourism, sociology and anthropology.

Backpacking Culture and Mobilities - Independent and Nomadic Travel (Hardcover): Michael O'Regan Backpacking Culture and Mobilities - Independent and Nomadic Travel (Hardcover)
Michael O'Regan
R3,938 R3,515 Discovery Miles 35 150 Save R423 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book presents new contributions in backpacking research from various disciplines, capturing the diversity of backpacker contexts, motives and behaviours. It takes a fresh, critical and reflexive look at over 40 years of backpacking research and seeks to recentre backpacking research before introducing new perspectives on backpacking and global backpacker cultures from previously unexplored perspectives. The chapters examine contemporary backpacker culture and mobilities, and the value and worth of backpacking both for individuals seeking an alternative life course and transformation, and destinations and businesses who value their economic and cultural potential. The volume aims to make sense of current research in order to understand backpacking's future, and produce new directions for conceptual, theoretical and methodological development and future research. It will be useful for students and researchers in tourism, sociology and anthropology.

The Political Sociology of English Language - An African Perspective (Hardcover, Reprint 2019): Ali A. Mazrui The Political Sociology of English Language - An African Perspective (Hardcover, Reprint 2019)
Ali A. Mazrui
R3,343 Discovery Miles 33 430 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SOCIOLOGY OF LANGUAGE brings to students, researchers and practitioners in all of the social and language-related sciences carefully selected book-length publications dealing with sociolinguistic theory, methods, findings and applications. It approaches the study of language in society in its broadest sense, as a truly international and interdisciplinary field in which various approaches, theoretical and empirical, supplement and complement each other. The series invites the attention of linguists, language teachers of all interests, sociologists, political scientists, anthropologists, historians etc. to the development of the sociology of language.

Knowledge and Pedagogy - The Sociology of Basil Bernstein (Hardcover): Alan R. Sadovnik Knowledge and Pedagogy - The Sociology of Basil Bernstein (Hardcover)
Alan R. Sadovnik
R2,826 R2,560 Discovery Miles 25 600 Save R266 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Thematically organized around the major concerns of Basil Bernstein's work as a sociologist, this book includes chapters from some of the leading sociologists and educational scholars. Each section attempts to provide a critical evaluation of Bernstein's work, framed within four interrelated contexts: his sociological theory, sociology of language and code theory, sociology of education and social reproduction, and the influence of his sociology on educational research. In a separate section, Bernstein himself responds to the earlier chapters. The book examines Bernstein's sociology of schools in relation to his general sociological theory and in doing so demonstrates that sociology is an essential lens for understanding the structure and processes of schooling. It also provides a critical evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of Bernstein's work, as well as a correction to current work in education, which eschews theory in favor of practicality.

A U-Turn to the Future - Sustainable Urban Mobility since 1850 (Paperback): Martin Emanuel, Frank Schipper, Ruth Oldenziel A U-Turn to the Future - Sustainable Urban Mobility since 1850 (Paperback)
Martin Emanuel, Frank Schipper, Ruth Oldenziel
R851 Discovery Miles 8 510 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

From local bike-sharing initiatives to overhauls of transport infrastructure, mobility is one of the most important areas in which modern cities are trying to realize a more sustainable future. Yet even as politicians and planners look ahead, there remain critical insights to be gleaned from the history of urban mobility and the unsustainable practices that still impact our everyday lives. United by their pursuit of a "usable past," the studies in this interdisciplinary collection consider the ecological, social, and economic aspects of urban mobility, showing how historical inquiry can make both conceptual and practical contributions to the projects of sustainability and urban renewal.

Phenomenology of the Broken Body (Paperback): Espen Dahl, Cassandra Falke, Thor Eirik Eriksen Phenomenology of the Broken Body (Paperback)
Espen Dahl, Cassandra Falke, Thor Eirik Eriksen
R1,443 Discovery Miles 14 430 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Some fundamental aspects of the lived body only become evident when it breaks down through illness, weakness or pain. From a phenomenological point of view, various breakdowns are worth analyzing for their own sake, and discussing them also opens up overlooked dimensions of our bodily constitution. This book brings together different approaches that shed light on the phenomenology of the lived body-its normality and abnormality, health and sickness, its activity as well as its passivity. The contributors integrate phenomenological insights with discussions about bodily brokenness in philosophy, theology, medical science and literary theory. Phenomenology of the Broken Body demonstrates how the broken body sheds fresh light on the nuances of embodied experience in ordinary life and ultimately questions phenomenology's preunderstanding of the body.

The Limits of Idealism - When Good Intentions Go Bad (Hardcover, 1999 ed.): Melvyn L. Fein The Limits of Idealism - When Good Intentions Go Bad (Hardcover, 1999 ed.)
Melvyn L. Fein
R2,801 Discovery Miles 28 010 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

If the truth be known, I am only a partially reformed idealist. In the secret depths of my soul, I still wish to make the world a better place and sometimes fantasize about heroically eradicating its faults. When I encounter its limitations, it is consequently with deep regret and continued surprise. How, I ask myself, is it possible that that which seems so fight can be a chimera? And why, I wonder, aren't people as courageous, smart, or nice as I would like? The pain of realizing these things is sometimes so intense that I want to close my eyes and lose myself in the kinds of daydreams that comforted me as a youngster. One thing is clear, my need to come to grips with my idealism had its origin in a lifetime of naivet6. From the beginning, I wanted to be a "good" person. Often when life was most treacherous, I retreated into a comer from whence I escaped into reveries of moral glory. When I was very young, my faith was in religion. In Hebrew school, I took my lessons seriously and tried to apply them at home. By my teen years, this had been replaced by an allegiance to socialism. In the Brooklyn where I grew up, my teachers and relatives made this seem the natural course. When I reached my twenties, however, and was obliged to confront a series of personal deficiencies, psychotherapy shouldered its way to the fore.

Cultural Psychology in Communities - Tensions and Transformations (Hardcover): Floor Van Alphen, Susanne Normann Cultural Psychology in Communities - Tensions and Transformations (Hardcover)
Floor Van Alphen, Susanne Normann
R2,794 Discovery Miles 27 940 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This volume aims at further articulating and developing the cultural psychological interest in community. It focuses on the processes through which individuals constitute communities and the processes that restrain or enable moving forward with others. This interest is necessary especially now that the world is on the move. Economic crises, political crises and ecological crises have led to reinforced migration patterns, a rise in authoritarianism and xenophobia, and have become a threat to the survival of the world as we know it, particularly to minorities and indigenous communities. At the same time, we are witnessing the birth of new networks, dialogues and actions, generated by people within, between and among communities. Therefore, this volume collects interdisciplinary theoretical, empirical and applied contributions enabling engagement with communities in cultural psychology. This involves both reflections on meaning-making processes and projections on how they feed into social transformation, in exchange with community psychology, anthropology and sociology. People vitally depend on community to effectively negotiate or resist in complex intercultural or intergroup settings. In the wake of human rights violations or to prevent further damage to the environment a community is needed to undertake action. From feminist movements and disability activism to the otherwise marginalized: how do people constitute communities? How do they resist as a community? How can cultural psychology contribute not only to understand meaning-making processes, but also connect them to processes of social transformation? Migration, moving through and connecting to different communities can affect meaning making in significant ways. People consider themselves as members of one or another community, but they also increasingly enter into new settings of social practice with new means for action. How might creative meaning-making build bridges between communities? How might new community arise in between or with others? How can cultural psychology deal with intercultural processes without reifying different cultures? These are the central questions that the, mostly emerging, scholars from many corners of the world address in this book. Their research addresses different institutional settings that are resisted and transformed from within, in dialogue with others. From social work, NGOs and municipal activity to university talent mobility and art projects for youth. Other settings are newly inhabited, from the public square and the social media to a foreign city and neighborhood church. Thus, more communities appear on the map of cultural psychology.

Stakes Is High - Life After the American Dream (Hardcover): Mychal Denzel Smith Stakes Is High - Life After the American Dream (Hardcover)
Mychal Denzel Smith
R592 Discovery Miles 5 920 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"We are better than this" has been the rallying cry since Donald Trump was elected. But as New York Times-bestselling author Mychal Denzel Smith shows, Americans are too comfortable imagining our greatness. We like to believe in the rightness of our path and the inevitability of choosing our better angels. But historically, we've only come close to living up to the ideals we profess after we've been dragged, kicking and screaming, toward justice. Growth only happens when we confront our deceptions and our own complicity in them. In Stakes Is High, Smith exposes the contradictions at the heart of American life - between patriotism and justice, between freedom and inequality, incarceration, police violence. In a series of incisive essays, Smith holds us to account individually and as a nation. He examines his own shortcomings, grapples with the anxiety of feeling stuck and looks in new directions for the tools to build a just America. He questions whether Martin Luther King, Jr. can ever really be the hero we need in our time, untangles the persistent cultural power of Bill Cosby and weighs the value of police and prison abolition. Stakes Is High establishes Mychal Denzel Smith as a voice to be heeded as we prepare for the fight ahead.

Brothers Beyond the Sea - National Socialism in Canada (Paperback): Jonathan F Wagner Brothers Beyond the Sea - National Socialism in Canada (Paperback)
Jonathan F Wagner
R712 Discovery Miles 7 120 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

During the years 1933 to 1939, a pro-Nazi movement developed in Canada. With the support of the German National Socialist Party, Canadian pro-Nazi institutions were formed: clubs, rallies, schools, and newspapers. The movement ended in failure. The author analyzes the reasons for the formation and decline of the National Socialist Party in Canada, describing in the process the general characteristics of the German community in Canada, the extent of Nazi activity in this country, and the influence of the Canadian environment on the movement. The book, well researched and carefully documented, is an original contribution to Canadian history of the 1930s.

Studies in Law, Politics and Society (Hardcover, New): Austin Sarat, Patricia Ewick Studies in Law, Politics and Society (Hardcover, New)
Austin Sarat, Patricia Ewick
R3,672 Discovery Miles 36 720 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This volume of "Studies in Law, Politics, and Society" presents a diverse array of articles by an interdisciplinary group of scholars. Their work spans the social sciences, humanities, and law. These scholars examine law and culture, the complex intersections of law and policy, and the place of religious values in legal life. The articles published here exemplify the exciting and innovative work now being done in interdisciplinary legal scholarship.

Social Deviance - Testing a General Theory (Hardcover, 2001 ed.): Howard B. Kaplan, Robert J. Johnson Social Deviance - Testing a General Theory (Hardcover, 2001 ed.)
Howard B. Kaplan, Robert J. Johnson
R1,537 Discovery Miles 15 370 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Inthisvolumewereportaseriesofanalysesofpaneldatadesignedtotestaspects ofacomprehensivetheoreticalstatementaboutthesocialandsocial-psychological processesthatplayapartintheonsetandcourse(includingcessationandcontinu- ationatincreased,decreased,orconstantlevels)ofdeviantbehavior. InPartIwe outlineourtheoreticalandmethodologicalapproachtothestudyofdeviantbehav- ior. ChapterIpresentsacomprehensivetheoreticalstatementthathasevolvedover aperiodofmorethantwodecades(Kaplan,1972,1975b,1980,1982,1983,1984, 1986,1995,1996)outofaconsiderationofthetheoreticalandempiricalreports ofothersandinresponsetoourownearliertestsofthegeneraltheory(Kaplan & Damphousse,1997;Kaplan Kaplan Kaplan, Johnson, Kaplan,Martin, Kaplan & Peck,1992). Thestatementisorganizedasaresponsetofourinterrelatedquestions: Whatsocialandsocial-psychologicalfactors(1)influencethesocialdefinitionof deviantbehavior;(2)motivateindividualstoperformdeviantbehaviors;(3)facili- tatetheperformanceofdeviantbehaviorindependentlyoforininteractionwithfac- torsthatinfluencemotivationtoengageindeviantbehavior;and(4)influencethe stabilityofdeviantbehavior,independentlyoforininteractionwithfactorsthat influencetheinitiationofdeviantbehavior?Thisstatementprovidesaframework andrationaleforthemultivariatemodelsweestimateandreportinlaterpartsofthe volume. Chapter2providesdetailsofthepaneldesignandmultivariateanalytic techniques. Thesample,arandomhalfofthe1971cohortofseventhgradersina largeurbanschooldistrict,wastesteduptofourtimesbetweenearlyadolescence andyoungadulthood. Thetheoreticallyinformedmultivariatemodelsaretested usingtheLISRELVIprogram(Joreskog &Sorbom,1986)toestimatethestruc- turalrelationshipsamonglatentvariables. InPartIIweestimateseveralmodelsthataccountforvariationindeviant behaviormeasuredintheninthgradeintermsofconstructsmeasuredinthesev- enthandeighthgrades. InChapter3weestimate,forallsubjectswhoprovideddata duringtheseventh,eighth,andninthgradetestings,aseriesoffourincreasingly elaboratedmodelsinwhichanewvariableisaddedtotheimmediatelypreceding modelasplayingcommonantecedentand/orinterveningexplanatoryroles. The vii viii Preface mostinclusivemodelhasbeenpublishedpreviouslyinitspresentform(Kaplan & Johnson,1991);thethreelessinclusivemodelshaveappearedinsomewhatdiffer- entform(Johnson Kaplan,Johnson, Kaplan, Martin, &Johnson,1986). Thepresentversionsdifferfromtheearlierversionsin termsofexogenousvariables,measurementvariables,samplesize,andinclusionof correlateddisturbancesinthemodels. Therepetitionofthemostinclusivemodel andthereestimationoftheotherthreemodelspermitustodescribeandeasilycom- municatetheeffectsofeachsuccessivetheoreticalelaborationandtodiscussthe resultsingreaterdetailthanpublicationintheperiodicalliteraturegenerallyper- mits. Thereproductionofthemostinclusivemodelalsoprovidesabaseagainst whichwecancomparethemodelsestimatedinthenexttwochapters. InChapters 4and5,respectively,weestimatethismodelforsubgroupsinordertotestassump- tionsabouttheequivalenceofmeasurementmodelsandstructuralinvariance betweenthedifferentsocialgroupings. InChapter4weestimatethemodelfor malesandfemales. InChapter5weestimatethemostinclusiveexplanatorymodel forsubgroupsdifferentiatedaccordingtorace/ethnicity. InPartIIIwereportanalysesthataddressthevalidityofthemodelasan explanationofdeviantbehaviorthatismeasuredandexpressedinyoungadult- hood. InChapter6theelaboratedmodelasanexplanationofdeviantbehaviorin youngadulthoodisestimatedforthemostinclusivegroupingavailable,white malesandfemalesconsideredtogether. Whenwewereattemptingtoconductsub- groupanalysisforgroupsdifferentiatedaccordingtorace/ethnicity,itbecame apparentthat-unlikethesituationinpredictingdeviantbehaviorinearlyadoles- cence-themeasuresofdeviantbehaviorusedfortheyoungadultanalyses formedavalidconstructonlyforthewhitesubjects. Themeasuresoftheconstruct werenotsufficientlyvalidorreliabletopermitestimationinasampleofyoung blackadults. Further,forHispanicsubjectsthesamplesizesimplywastoosmall toprovidestableestimatesrelativetothenumberofparametersinthemostcom- prehensivemodel. Hence,inordertoconsiderthedifferentialexplanatorypower oftheelaboratedmodelinaccountingfordeviantbehaviorinyoungadulthood andearlyadolescence,respectively,weusedthemodelsforwhitesubjectsas pointsofreference. InChapter7weapplytheelaboratedmodeltotheexplana- tionofdevianceinyoungadulthoodformalesandfemalesconsideredseparately. InPartIVwesummarizetheanalysesandofferconclusionsaboutthe significanceofthiswork. Chapter8considerstheusefulnessofthecomprehen- sivetheoryinexplainingsomeofthevarianceindeviantbehavioratdifferent pointsinthelifecycleandspecifyingthenatureoftherelationshipsamong explanatoryvariables. Inclosing,weofferillustrativesubsequentstudiesthat buildontheearliertheoryandanalyticstrategies. Acknowledgments ThisworkwassupportedinpartbyresearchgrantsROIDA02497andROI DA04310andbyaResearchScientistAward(K05DAOOI36)tothefIrst-named author,allfromtheNationalInstituteonDrugAbuse. Wearepleasedtorecognizetheunwaveringdedicationof"Sam"McLean, HollyGroves,andJeffersonRogerstothetechnicalproductionofthemanuscript. Wherewerecognizetheoriginsofourideas,weacknowledgethesesources byappropriatetextualcitations. However,manyofourideas-particularlyas thesearesynthesizedinourcomprehensivetheoryofdeviantbehavior-arethe productsoflifetimesofscholarlyactivityandtheprecisesourcesororiginalityof theseideascannolongerbedetermined. Thus,oftenwemustleaveittoothersto makejudgmentsaboutthehistoricalroots,originality,orindependentcreationof thetheoreticalstatementsinthisvolume. ix Contents PART I. THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF DEVIANT BEHAVIOR 1. Toward a General Theory of Deviant Behavior 3 TheNatureofDeviance...3 MotivationtoCommitDeviantActsthatViolateMembership GroupNorms...6 MotivationtoCommitDeviantActsthatConformtoMembershipGroup Norms...9 ActingOutDeviantDispositions 10 ContinuityofDeviantBehavior...17 2. Method...25 SampleandDataCollection...25 Analysis...26 MeasurementModel 26 StructuralModel 30 SubgroupComparisons 36 PART II. DEVIANT BEHAVIOR IN ADOLESCENCE 3. An Elaboration Strategy for the Study of Deviant Behavior 41 ModelI:Self-Rejection intheExplanationofDeviance...43 ModelII:ContinuityofEarlyDeviance...47 Methods...53 xi xii Contents Results...58 DiscussionofModelsIandII 63 ModelIII:DeviantPeerAssociationsandDeviantBehavior 66 Theory...67 Methods...7 3 Results...75 DiscussionofModelIII...79 Conclusion...86 ModelIV:NegativeSocialSanctionsfromtheLabelingPerspective 87 EmpiricalSupport 88 TheoreticalIssues 89 ElaboratingaModelofDeviantBehavior 96 Method 100 Results...103 DiscussionofModelIV...108 Appendix...119 4. GenderasaModeratorinExplanationsofAdolescentDeviance*.

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