Böcker av Edith Martindale

This work departs from other important sociological studies of voluntary associations in its use of occupation, rather than status and social class, as the clue to the nature of work conditions that directly affect participation in community voluntary associations.

Wilke has called upon sociologists, observers as well as victims of the caste system, to describe by use of case studies and to analyze the plight of non-tenured faculty and their efforts to survive in an increasingly hostile environment.

The articles in this volume will stimulate a new effulgence of ideas and a new flurry of research in the social science disciplines.

?Overbeek, a Canadian economist, succeeds in his stated goal: a balanced explanation of population growth in simple terms. The usual topics appear, e.g., population and topics such as food raw materials, energy, pollution, political stability. This is a useful, supplemental, nontechnical overview of population concerns. The contribution of this book is its examination of the issues from the point of view of an economist.?-Choice

?This is an invaluable survey summarizing materials in Hebrew including mimeographed papers. Extensive bibliography. An important addition to any library's Middle East collection intended for general use.?-Choice

?This study demonstrates that reasonably effective group therapy programs can be developed as a part of the local community effort to control delinquency. If a high percentage of select juvenile delinquents can be resocialized through group interaction therapy at Essexfields, similar results are possible in other local settings.?-Social Forces

?A ten-year history of U.S. nuclear defense policy. Author Moulton, in his first book, is well qualified by experience with the Strategic Air Command, the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, and as Director of Research and Arms Control Studies at the National War College. His study of nuclear strategy is authoritative....Excellent bibliography.?-Choice

?The authors' clarity of style, their obvious scholarly orientation and the wealth of materials presented in this eclectic synthesis of existing research findings should provide the general reader with a rather educational and informative book on the problems of mental illness, alcoholism and drug dependence.?-Annals of the American Academy, of Political and Social Science

In this study of real estate agents--modern middlemen present at most residential exchanges in North America--House explores the entrepreneurial mind and its effect on a broad spectrum of housing problems.

?A scholarly and provocative study that is well worth including in most libraries.?-Library Journal

?An interesting analysis of the various roles and other organizational features of the world of property theft.... Walsh's efforts are of general interest to everyone who is curious about crime and who would like more in-depth information. It is also of interest to the professional for both its insight into property theft and as an interesting example of the use of official information as a data source. Recommended for general collections as well as sociology and criminal justice programs at the undergraduate through graduate level.?-Choice

"Both learned and lucid in its treatment. It combines historical and sociological analysis, tracing the development of party phenomena over the years....[The author] knows his material extremely well and presents it convincingly."-Choice

?Zwerman's research will probably contribute a great deal to the shaping of new theoretical perspectives in American organizational theory...All readers will appreciate the exactitude and rigor of Zwerman's empirical approach and the elegance of his presentation.?-American Political Science Review

?A collection of 28 well-chosen articles on population, reflecting the spurt of interest in population among American economists after World War II.?-Population and Development Review

?The book is well organized and should be of great interest to individuals in the field of social science. It is a warm book for most blacks to read. Dr. Thompson has succeeded in giving a clear picture of the Black Experience.?-H.U.D. Challenge