Authors:Harris Cooper,  Larry V. Hedge,
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation Publicatio
Keywords: synthesis, research, handbook
Number of Pages: 573
Published: 1994-01-01
List price: $55.00
ISBN-10: 0871542269
ISBN-13: 9780871542267

Authors:Harris Cooper, Larry V. Hedges, Jeffrey C. Valenti
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation Publicatio
Keywords: analysis, meta, synthesis, research, handbook
Number of Pages: 615
Published: 2009-02-28
List price: $69.95
ISBN-10: 0871541637
ISBN-13: 9780871541635

When the first edition of The Handbook of Research Synthesis was published in 1994, it quickly became the definitive reference for researchers conducting meta-analyses of existing research in both the social and biological sciences. In this fully revised second edition, editors Harris Cooper, Larry Hedges, and Jeff Valentine present updated versions of the Handbook’s classic chapters, as well as entirely new sections reporting on the most recent, cutting-edge developments in the field. Research synthesis is the practice of systematically distilling and integrating data from a variety of

Author: Douglas S. Massey
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation Publicatio
Keywords: system, stratification, american, unequal, categorically
Number of Pages: 319
Published: 2008-11-30
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 0871545845
ISBN-13: 9780871545848

The United States holds the dubious distinction of having the most unequal income distribution of any advanced industrialized nation. While other developed countries face similar challenges from globalization and technological change, none rivals America’s singularly poor record for equitably distributing the benefits and burdens of recent economic shifts. In Categorically Unequal, Douglas Massey weaves together history, political economy, and even neuropsychology to provide a comprehensive explanation of how America’s culture and political system perpetuates inequalities between d

Author: Douglas S. Massey
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation Publicatio
Keywords: economic, integration, era, immigration, mirrors, mexican, smoke
Number of Pages: 216
Published: 2003-09-01
List price: $15.95
ISBN-10: 087154590X
ISBN-13: 9780871545909

Migration between Mexico and the United States is part of a historical process of increasing North American integration. This process acquired new momentum with the passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement in 1994, which lowered barriers to the movement of goods, capital, services, and information. But rather than include labor in this new regime, the United States continues to resist the integration of the labor markets of the two countries. Instead of easing restrictions on Mexican labor, the United States has militarized its border and adopted restrictive new policies of immigrant

Author: William R. Taylor
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation Publicatio
Keywords: crossroads, world, culture, commerce, times, square, inventing
Number of Pages: 467
Published: 1991-11-01
List price: $43.95
ISBN-10: 0871548437
ISBN-13: 9780871548436

A unique volume, Inventing Times Square approaches the subject of twentieth-century American city culture through a multidimensional examination of one quintessential urban space: Times Square. Ranging in time from 1905, when the crossroad was given its present name, through to the current plans for redevelopment, the authors examine Times Square as economic hub, real estate bonanza, entertainment center, advertising medium, architectural experiment, and erotic netherworld. Though the volume centers on Times Square, the essays venture much further into urban history and American social history

Author: Ruth Milkma
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation Publicatio
Keywords: labor, movement, future, workers, immigrant, story
Number of Pages: 244
Published: 2006-07-30
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0871546353
ISBN-13: 9780871546357

Sharp decreases in union membership over the last fifty years have caused many to dismiss organized labor as irrelevant in today’s labor market. In the private sector, only 8 percent of workers today are union members, down from 24 percent as recently as 1973. Yet developments in Southern California—including the successful Justice for Janitors campaign—suggest that reports of organized labor’s demise may be exaggerated. In L.A. Story, sociologist and labor expert Ruth Milkman explains how Los Angeles, once known as a company town hostile to labor, became a hotbed of unionism, and how immi

Authors:Robert F. Schoeni, James S. House, George A. Kapla
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation Publicatio
Keywords: policy, poverty, center, seriesin, public, national, health, healthier, social, economic, making, americans
Number of Pages: 398
Published: 2010-01-01
List price: $27.50
ISBN-10: 0871547481
ISBN-13: 9780871547484

The United States spends billions of dollars annually on social and economic policies aimed at improving the lives of its citizens, but the health consequences associated with these policies are rarely considered. In Making Americans Healthier, a group of multidisciplinary experts shows how social and economic policies seemingly unrelated to medical well-being have dramatic consequences for the health of the American people. Most previous research concerning problems with health and healthcare in the United States has focused narrowly on issues of medical care and insurance coverage, but Maki