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PARENTS AND PRESCHOOL SERVICES: ISSUES OF PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT
Gill ScottThe debates on welfare provision in Britain are both familiar and well documented. (Loney, Boswell & Clarke 1984, Mishra 1984). It has been pointed out, however, by recent…
SOCIAL ADMINISTRATION AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO THE SOCIOLOGY OF WELFARE
John OfferQuestions of the form ‘what is “x”?’ raise their heads from time to time, and are often very important. Whether the question is ‘what is virtue?’ or ‘what is sociology?’ the…
THE ENGINEERING DIMENSION
Michael P. Kelly, Ian A. GloverThe earliest human societies relied for their subsistence on the hunting of animals and the gathering of food. The small bands of people who lived together pursuing these…
DEEP ECOLOGY: GROUNDING A CONTEMPORARY ARGUMENT FIELD
Mark N. WexlerTo those concerned with challenges and challengers to conventional wisdom, the entirely credible perception of ours as a planet in the midst of a deep environmental crisis offers…
UPDATING THE SETTLEMENT HOUSE: A MODEL FOR DEVELOPING NATIONS
Uri Yanay, Felice Davidson PerlmutterThe settlement house movement had its origins in the 19th century as members of the upper class in England and the United States sought to develop an institution under private…
WILL LACK OF COMMITMENT TO FUNDAMENTAL SOCIAL RIGHTS PERSIST IN EUROPE AFTER 1992?
Adrian C.M. de KokThe incorporation of fundamental social rights in the new Netherlands constitution was dismissed as “a cosmetic operation” in the nineteen‐seventies. This is an interesting…
RELIGION AND HEALTH: A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
Kenneth MullenThere has been a recent tendency for medical sociology to ignore the possible influence that religion may have on health. For example, religion as a social variable is now no…
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