An economy that operates 24/7as ours now doesimposes extraordinary burdens on workers. Twofifths of all employed Americans work mostly during evenings, nights, weekends, or on...
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First published in 1980, StreetLevel Bureaucracy received critical acclaim for its insightful study of how public service workers, in effect, function as policy decision makers,...
The Children Of Immigrants Account For The Fastest Growing Segment Of The U.S. Population Under Eighteen Years Oldone Out Of Every Five Children In The...
This Timely Book Is Concerned With Interactions Between Ordinary People And Large Public Bureaucraciesinteractions That Typically Are Characterized By Mutual Frustration And Antagonism. In Fact,...
Portes Suggests That Immigration Constitutes An Especially Appropriate Mertonian 'Strategic Research Site' For Economic Sociology In That It Provides Very Good Opportunities For Investigating The...
Portes suggests that immigration constitutes an especially appropriate Mertonian 'strategic research site' for economic sociology in that it provides very good opportunities for investigating the...
The Significant Increase In The Number Of Working Mothers Over The Last Twenty Years Has Led To Widespread Worries About The Plight Of 'Latchkey Kids,'...
High rates of divorce, singleparenthood, and nonmarital cohabitation are forcing Americans to reexamine their definition of family. This evolving social reality requires public policy to...
Research Synthesis Is The Practice Of Systematically Distilling And Integrating Data From Many Studies In Order To Draw More Reliable Conclusions About A Given Research...
It is conventional wisdom that there is a grave crisis in our criminal courts: the widespread reliance on pleabargaining and the settlement of most cases...
While Powerful Gender Inequalities Remain In American Society, Women Have Made Substantial Gains And Now Largely Surpass Men In One Crucial Arena: Education. Women Now...
Immigration is often discussed in broad, statistical terms, with a focus on how it affects labor markets, schools, and social services. But at its most...
The effective functioning of a democratic societyincluding social, business, and political interactionslargely depends on trust. Yet trust remains a fragile and elusive resource in many...
An Effective Democratic Society Depends On The Confidence Citizens Place In Their Government. Payment Of Taxes, Acceptance Of Legislative And Judicial Decisions, Compliance With Social...
