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SIMSOC: Participant's Manual SIMSOC (which is pronounced sim-sock and stands for simulated society) is a dynamic group simulation game that forces participants to cope with the daily problems of governing society. Assuming a variety of roles, the... [ More...]
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Efforts to reconstruct the reality of a social scene have evolved numerous theoretical and methodological strategies. Qualitative sociology fills the gap in existing literature by providing a comprehensive and detailed treatment of the broad range of... [ More...]
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Scientific realism has been advanced as an interpretation of the natural sciences but never the behavioral sciences. This exciting book introduces a novel version of scientific realism—Measured Realism—that characterizes the kind of theoretical... [ More...]
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The purpose of this book is to provide information about connections between statistics and public issues and decision making, public administration, law, and public debate. The book describes examples of statistics in public policy areas as disparate as... [ More...]
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B>" This new social work research methods book is written by two authors who have team-taught the research methods course at the University of Connecticut for a number of years. This team approach has enabled them to present research methods in an... [ More...]
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AcknowledgmentsIntroductionI. Substantive Social Research1. On UnemploymentResponse to Deprivation2. On CommunicationAudience Research3. On Consumer BehaviorThe Analysis of Consumer Actions4. On VotingPolitical Perception5. On the Academic MindSocial... [ More...]
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"Science and Social Work" is a critical appraisal of the strategies and methods that have been used to develop knowledge for social work practice. It identifies the major ways in which social workers have drawn upon scientific knowledge and techniques,... [ More...]
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The idea of social capital allows scholars to assess the quality of relationships among people within a particular community and show how that quality affects the ability to achieve shared goals. With evidence collected from 69 villages in India, Krishna... [ More...]
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A heady hybrid of critical thinking, personal narrative, and economic analysis, "Utopian Entrepreneur is a field manual for those who want to do socially positive work in the context of business. One of the few Silicon Valley veterans who participated in... [ More...]
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Quintessentially American institutions, symbols of community spirit and the American faith in education, public libraries are ubiquitous in the United States. Close to a billion library visits are made each year, and more children join summer reading... [ More...]
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