Authors:Gabriel Abraham Almond, Dr. Sidney Verba,
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Keywords: five, nations, democracy, attitudes, culture, political, civic
Number of Pages: 392
Published: 1989-05-01
List price: $64.95
ISBN-10: 0803935587
ISBN-13: 9780803935587
This classic text is a comparative political study, based on extensive survey data that defined and analysed the Greek concept of civic virtuelture: the political and social attitudes that are crucial to the success of modern democracy in Western nations. Cited extensively, the book was origionall published in 1963.
Authors:Phil Clements, John Jones,
Publisher: Kogan Page
Keywords: understanding, changing, attitudes, guide, practical, training, handbook, diversity
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2008-11-28
List price: $44.95
ISBN-10: 0749450681
ISBN-13: 9780749450687
Written by two UK-based consultants who specialize in diversity issues, this book provides guidelines for dealing with prejudice and stereotyping in the workplace. The authors explain how to develop a diversity training program that can change attitudes. Although the legal references are to UK law, most of the content and principles apply equally to any workplace where people of different backgrounds come together.
Author: Marcia D. Horne
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: reactions, school, psychology, series, parent, peer, handicapped, students, professional, attitudes
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 1985-08-01
List price: $105.00
ISBN-10: 0898595843
ISBN-13: 9780898595840
Many handicapped children are now being treated and educated in the mainstream of society. Therefore it is important for professionals to be knowledgeable about the attitudes of societal members toward these students. This text is a thorough and invaluable sourcebook on how attitudes are formed, measured, and changed. An extensive discussion about professional, peer, parental and sibling attitudes toward a class or family member, and reviewing methodologies for change are provided.
Author: Dagny A. Blaskovich
Publisher: Lexington Books
Keywords: public, attitudes, world, over, frequencies, policies, analysis, capital, punishment, statutes, comparative
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2007-03-06
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0739120913
ISBN-13: 9780739120910
A Comparative Analysis of Capital Punishment provides a concise and detailed history of the death penalty. Incorporating and synthesizing public opinion data and empirical studies, Simon and Blaskovich’s work compares, across societies, the types of offenses punishable by death, the level of public support for the death penalty, the forms the penalty takes, and the categories of persons exempt from punishment.
Authors:Willem E. Saris, Paul M. Sniderman,
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Keywords: measurement, error, change, nonattitudes, attitudes, public, opinion, studies
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2004-07-26
List price: $45.00
ISBN-10: 0691119031
ISBN-13: 9780691119038
In democratic societies, opinion polls play a vital role. But it has been demonstrated that many people do not have an opinion about major issues--the "nonattitudes" problem. Also, the framing of questions in different ways can generate very different estimates of public opinion--the "framing" effect. Both dilemmas raise questions about the competence of ordinary citizens to play the role a democratic society ostensibly expects of them. Although the impact of some factors is well established, particularly political information and sophistication, much is yet to be understood. Building on and
Author: G.J. Barker-Benfield
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: sexuality, century, america, women, attitudes, life, male, horrors
Number of Pages: 400
Published: 1999-10-14
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 0415925002
ISBN-13: 9780415925006
With an updated introduction, the revolutionary book that changed our understanding of the history of gender in America is now back in print. Controversial and considered ahead of its time, The Horrors of the Half-Known Life is a startling portrait of male attitudes toward masculinity, women, and sexuality in nineteenth-century America. Through an examination of the elimination of midwivery, the origins of gynecology -a horrifying history-and general attitudes and advice about sexuality, Barker-Benfield brilliantly illuminates the state of manhood and misogyny in nineteenth-century America.
Author: Linda Nazareth
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: attitudes, reshape, lives, industries, generational, economics, economy, changing, demographics, leisure
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2007-10-30
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 047084034X
ISBN-13: 9780470840344
