Encyclopedia Of Social Problems 1 A I

Author : Vincent N. Parrillo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Social problems
ISBN : OCLC:316010137

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Encyclopedia of social problems. 1. A - I by Vincent N. Parrillo Pdf

From terrorism to social inequality and from health care to environmental issues, social problems affect us all. The encyclopaedia will offer an interdisciplinary perspective into these and many other social problems that are a continuing concern in our lives, whether we confront them on a personal, local, regional, national, or global level. The goal of the Encyclopedia of Social Problems is to provide a premier reference tool for students, scholars, and professionals with a wide range of specialities.Covering all of the major theories, approaches, and contemporary issues in social problems and their interconnectedness, the encyclopaedia will also provide insight into how social conditions get defined as social problems, and the ways different people and organizations view and try to solve them. The Encyclopedia will be organized in A-to-Z format with cross-referencing of entries around a series of broad themes. Contributors will come from many disciplines, including economics, geography, political science, psychology, sociology, and women's s studies.

Author : Kerric Harvey
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 1613 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781452290263

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Encyclopedia of Social Media and Politics by Kerric Harvey Pdf

The Encyclopedia of Social Media and Politics explores how the rise of social media is altering politics both in the United States and in key moments, movements, and places around the world. Its scope encompasses the disruptive technologies and activities that are changing basic patterns in American politics and the amazing transformations that social media use is rendering in other political systems heretofore resistant to democratization and change. In a time when social media are revolutionizing and galvanizing politics in the United States and around the world, this encyclopedia is a must-have reference. It reflects the changing landscape of politics where old modes and methods of political communication from elites to the masses (top down) and from the masses to elites (bottom up) are being displaced rapidly by social media, and where activists are building new movements and protests using social media to alter mainstream political agendas. Key Features This three-volume A-to-Z encyclopedia set includes 600 short essays on high-interest topics that explore social media’s impact on politics, such as “Activists and Activism,” “Issues and Social Media,” “Politics and Social Media,” and “Popular Uprisings and Protest.” A stellar array of world renowned scholars have written entries in a clear and accessible style that invites readers to explore and reflect on the use of social media by political candidates in this country, as well as the use of social media in protests overseas Unique to this book is a detailed appendix with material unavailable anywhere else tracking and illustrating social media usage by U.S. Senators and Congressmen. This encyclopedia set is a must-have general, non-technical resource for students and researchers who seek to understand how the changes in social networking through social media are affecting politics, both in the United States and in selected countries or regions around the world.

Author : Louis Kontos,David C. Brotherton
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2007-11-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780313348914

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Encyclopedia of Gangs by Louis Kontos,David C. Brotherton Pdf

In light of Los Angeles' gang state of emergency, ethnic and minority gangs are arguably more high profile now than at any other time in our history. News media typically focus on the crime and violence associated with gangs, but not much else. This encyclopedia seeks to illuminate the world of gangs, including gang formations, routine gang activities, aberrations and current developments. One hundred essay entries related to gangs in the United States and worldwide provide a diffuse overview of the gang phenomenon. Each entry defines and explains the term, provides an historical overview, and explains its significance today. As the following entries demonstrate, gangs are part of the fabric of American society. They are not only in our communities but also our schools and other social institutions. Understanding the world of gangs is therefore needed to understand American society. Entries include: Bikers, Bloods, Cholas, Crips, gang mythology, gang warfare, graffiti, Hell's Angels, Hong Kong Triads, Latin Kings, law enforcement, occultic gangs, mafia, media, prison gangs, rites, Skinheads, Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act, tattoos, trafficking, Wanna-bes, West Side Story, Witness Protection programs, and youth gangs.

Author : John K. Roth
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0761405682

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Encyclopedia of Social Issues by John K. Roth Pdf

Examines the social issues currently confronting the American public including aging, civil rights, health and medicine, immigration, reproductive issues, the environment, and more.

Author : David H. Guston
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 1025 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Nanotechnology
ISBN : 9781412969871

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Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Society by David H. Guston Pdf

"Labeled either as the 'next industrial revolution' or as just 'hype', nanoscience and nanotechnologies are controversial, touted by some as the likely engines of spectacular transformation of human societies and even human bodies, and by others as conceptually flawed. These challenges make an encyclopedia of nanoscience and society an absolute necessity. Providing a guide to what these understandings and challenges are about, the Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Society offers accessible descriptions of some of the key technical achievements of nanoscience along with its history and prospects. Rather than a technical primer, this encyclopedia instead focuses on the efforts of governments around the world to fund nanoscience research and to tap its potential for economic development as well as to assess how best to regular a new technology for the environmental, occupational, and consumer health and safety issues related to the field. Contributions examine and analyze the cultural significance of nanoscience and nanotechnologies and describe some of the organizations, and their products, that promise to make nanotechnologies a critical part of the global economy. Written by noted scholars and practitioners from around the globe, these two volumes offer nearly 500 entries describing the societal aspects of nanoscience and nanotechnology."--Publisher's description.

Author : James Ciment
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 2056 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317459712

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Social Issues in America by James Ciment Pdf

More than 150 key social issues confronting the United States today are covered in this eight-volume set: from abortion and adoption to capital punishment and corporate crime; from obesity and organized crime to sweatshops and xenophobia.

Author : Stephen Cranefield,Insu Song
Publisher : Springer
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012-11-27
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783642356124

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Agent Based Simulation for a Sustainable Society and Multiagent Smart Computing by Stephen Cranefield,Insu Song Pdf

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the two workshops held at the 14th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Multi-Agent Systems, PRIMA 2011, held in Wollongong, Australia, in November. The workshops were, Workshop on Agent Based Simulation for a Sustainable Society (ABSSS 2011) and International Workshop on Multi-Agent Smart Computing (MASmart 2011). The 8 papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from various submissions. The papers cover topics from agent based simulation for a sustainable society and on multi-agent smart computing.

Author : Paul C. Luken,Suzanne Vaughan
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 561 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030542221

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The Palgrave Handbook of Institutional Ethnography by Paul C. Luken,Suzanne Vaughan Pdf

A comprehensive guide to the alternative sociology originating in the work of Dorothy E. Smith, this Handbook not only explores the basic, founding principles of institutional ethnography (IE), but also captures current developments, approaches, and debates. Now widely known as a “sociology for people,” IE offers the tools to uncover the social relations shaping the everyday world in which we live and is utilized by scholars and social activists in sociology and beyond, including such fields as education, nursing, social work, linguistics, health and medical care, environmental studies, and other social-service related fields. Covering the theoretical and methodological underpinnings of IE, recent developments, and current areas of research and application that have yet to appear in the literature, The Palgrave Handbook of Institutional Ethnography is suitable for both experienced practitioners of institutional ethnography and those who are exploring this approach for the first time.

Author : H. Katzan
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1992-08-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0442011148

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Managing Uncertainty by H. Katzan Pdf

A guide to using the computer to come to terms with the risk, insecurity, and ambivalence that are encountered in businesses in a wide range of fields. Matching management techniques with computational equivalents, shows how to use both conflicting and confirming evidence from independent sources to induce, infer, and predict, in ways that will improve decision making. Includes several programs. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Michael S. Spencer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-10
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780429863998

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Microaggressions and Social Work Research, Practice and Education by Michael S. Spencer Pdf

While blatant forms of racism and discrimination have largely been condemned in our society, systematic oppression and racism can be manifested in a less obvious form, as ‘microaggressions’. The term, originally developed in the 1970s by Chester Peirce to describe the ways in which Black people were "put down" by their White counterparts, has since been expanded to describe both conscious and unconscious acts that reflect superiority, hostility, and racially inflicted insults and demeanors to marginalized groups of people. This book provides a platform for social work researchers, scholars, and practitioners to present their research, ideas, and practices pertaining to ways in which microaggressions and other subtle, but lethal forms of discrimination impact marginalized populations within social work and human services. Contributors discuss the impact of microaggressions in social work as they relate to race; gender and gender expression; sexual orientation; class; and spirituality. The book also examines curriculum, pedagogy, and the academic climate as targets for intervention in social work education. This book was originally published as a series of special issues of the Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work.

Author : Morley D. Glicken
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0761930256

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Improving the Effectiveness of the Helping Professions by Morley D. Glicken Pdf

The current practice of counselling, psychotherapy, and most helping professions often relies on clinical wisdom with little evidence of what actually works. Clinical wisdom is often a justification for beliefs and values that bond people together as professionals but often fails to serve clients since many of those beliefs and values may be comforting, but they may also be inherently incorrect. Improving the Effectiveness of the Helping Professions: An Evidence-Based Approach to Practice covers the use of research and critical thinking to assist helping professionals make the most effective choices in treating clients with social and emotional problems. The use of evidence-based practice (EBP) comes at a time when managed care and concerns over health care costs coincide with growing concerns that psychotherapy, case management, and counseling may not be sufficiently effective ways of helping people in social and emotional difficulty.

Author : Morley D. Glicken
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2009-08-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0080958532

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Evidence-Based Counseling and Psychotherapy for an Aging Population by Morley D. Glicken Pdf

At a time when the mental health difficulties/disorders of the elderly are coming to the fore of many practitioners' patient rosters, naming and treating those problems is still too often handled as an art as much as a science. Inconsistent practices based on clinical experience and intuition rather than hard scientific evidence of efficacy have for too long been the basis of much treatment. Evidence-based practices help to alleviate some of the confusion, allowing the practitioner to develop quality practice guidelines that can be applied to the client, identify appropriate literature that can be shared with the client, communicate with other professionals from a knowledge-guided frame of reference, and continue a process of self-learning that results in the best possible treatment for clients. The proposed volume will provide practitioners with a state-of-the-art compilation of evidence-based practices in the assessment and treatment of elderly clients. As such it will be more clinically useful than anything currently on the market and will better enable practitioners to meet the demands faced in private and institutional practice. Focusing on the most current research and best evidence regarding assessment, diagnosis, and treatment, the volume covers difficulties including, but not limited to: social isolation/loneliness, elder abuse/neglect, depression and suicidal inclinations, anxiety disorders, substance abuse, dementias, prolonged bereavement, patients with terminal illnesses. Because concrete research evidence is so often not used as the basis for practice, this book provides a timely guide for clinicians, social workers, and advanced students to a research-oriented approach to serving the mental health needs of elderly adults. Fully covers assessment, diagnosis & treatment of the elderly, focusing on evidence-based practices Consolidates broadly distributed literature into single source and specifically relates evidence-based tools to practical treatment, saving clinicians time in obtaining and translating information and improving the level of care they can provide Detailed how-to explanation of practical evidence-based treatment techniques Gives reader firm grasp of how to more effectively treat patients Chapters directly address the range of conditions and disorders most common for this patient population - i.e. social isolation, elder abuse/neglect, depression, anxiety disorders, terminal illnesses/disabilites, bereavement, substance abuse, and dementias Prepares readers for the conditions they will encounter in real world treamtent of an elderly patient population Cites numerous case studies and provides integrative questions at the end of each chapter Exposes reader to real-world application of each treatment discussed Offers reader easy base for further study of subject, saving clinicians time

Author : Michael Lewis-Beck,Alan E Bryman,Tim Futing Liao
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0761923632

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The SAGE Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods by Michael Lewis-Beck,Alan E Bryman,Tim Futing Liao Pdf

Featuring over 900 entries, this resource covers all disciplines within the social sciences with both concise definitions & in-depth essays.

Author : B. S. Daya Sagar,Qiuming Cheng,Jennifer McKinley,Frits Agterberg
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 1744 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2023-07-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030850401

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Encyclopedia of Mathematical Geosciences by B. S. Daya Sagar,Qiuming Cheng,Jennifer McKinley,Frits Agterberg Pdf

The Encyclopedia of Mathematical Geosciences is a complete and authoritative reference work. It provides concise explanation on each term that is related to Mathematical Geosciences. Over 300 international scientists, each expert in their specialties, have written around 350 separate articles on different topics of mathematical geosciences including contributions on Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Compositional Data Analysis, Geomathematics, Geostatistics, Geographical Information Science, Mathematical Morphology, Mathematical Petrology, Multifractals, Multiple Point Statistics, Spatial Data Science, Spatial Statistics, and Stochastic Process Modeling. Each topic incorporates cross-referencing to related articles, and also has its own reference list to lead the reader to essential articles within the published literature. The entries are arranged alphabetically, for easy access, and the subject and author indices are comprehensive and extensive.

Author : Stuart Charles Shapiro,David Eckroth
Publisher : New York : Wiley
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Computers
ISBN : UOM:39015013063873

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Encyclopedia of Artificial Intelligence by Stuart Charles Shapiro,David Eckroth Pdf