Social Fabric
Transformations: Research on International Perspectives
Edited by Aaron C. Porter
ISBN: 978-618-5065-19-5, 420 pages
First published in
2013 by ATINER
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Table of Contents
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Social Fabric
Transformations: Research on International Perspectives: An Introduction Aaron C. Porter |
i |
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Part I: Understanding Society
through Social Theory, Political Mores, and Inequality |
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1. |
George Herbert Mead as a Founder
of Discourse Analysis Lars-Erik Berg |
3 |
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2. |
Militarism and Political
Culture (With Special Attention to the American War on Terrorism) Trevor Harrison |
13 |
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3. |
European Colonial Terrorism
and the Incorporation of Africa into the Capitalist World System Asafa Jalata |
23 |
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4. |
Indigenous Models of
Capacity Building: Paradigms of Spiritual and Cultural Congruence Barbara Ackermann |
67 |
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Part II: Postmodern Ethos in Corporate/Organizational Practice |
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5. |
What
do Internal Magazines tell us? The Organizational Order as Signified Olivia Foli
and Gérald Gaglio |
81 |
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6. |
Digital Immigrants in a
Foreign Land: Keys to Optimal Survival Carol M. Shepherd and Madelon Alpert |
93 |
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7. |
Seniors ´Experience
of Home in the Context of Swedish Elderly Care Setting Ulla Hellström
Muhli |
103 |
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Part III: Social and Mental Health in Postindustrial
Public Discourse |
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8. |
Psychosocial Well-Being
after Breast Cancer Surgery Ingrid Kollak,
I. Utz-Billing, S. Gairing,
A. Deingruber, P. Martus,
and F. Siedentopf |
113 |
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9. |
Religion and the
Reintegration Experiences of Drug-Involved African-American Men Following Incarceration Sidney R. Jacobs |
123 |
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10. |
The Paradigm
Developmental Model of Treatment and the Multiple DUI Offender: A Pilot Study
Melinda Hohman, Georgi DiStefano and Susan I. Woodruff |
133 |
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11. |
Child Sexual Abuse in the
Middle East and North Africa: A Review Karen A. Polonko, Nicholas Adams, Nazia Naeem and Ava Adinolfi |
145 |
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Part IV: Postindustrial Ways of Life in Community Context |
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12. |
Challenging Understanding
of Normalization in the Context of Women’s Activism in Jämtland Susanne Gustafsson |
163 |
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13. |
Juvenile Delinquency
among Abandoned Children or Living in Families at Risk of Marginalization.
Case Study: Romania Bertha Sănduleasa,
Mihaela Ghenţa and Aniela Matei |
175 |
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14. |
The Power and Privilege
of Psychiatry: The View from Below Liz Brosnan |
189 |
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15. |
A Comparative Analysis of
Rebetika and Blues Angelina O.M. Saule |
201 |
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16. |
Outcomes
of Service Learning: Scaling Common Outcomes and Determining Predictors Anne
Statham and Helen Rosenberg |
209 |
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17. |
Gender
and Sexual Initiation in Mexico. Searching Patterns among Different Social
Groups Olga
Rojas and José Luis Castrejón |
225 |
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Part V: Environment, Cultural
Capital, and Economic Growth: Mediterranean Experiences |
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18. |
The Impact
of the Roman Domination upon the Architectural Space in Ancient Greece Maria
Urmă |
243 |
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19. |
Between
Ritual and Offering. Meaning and Use of Attic Pottery on the Athenian
Acropolis Elisabetta
Pala |
259 |
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20. |
Bitter
Oranges, Sour Grapes: The Sotiropoulou Controversy
and Contemporary Social Criticism Gerasimus Katsan |
273 |
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21. |
Turkey’s
Western Orientation: A Euro-Mediterranean Historical Legacy Levent Kirval |
283 |
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22. |
Marketing
the City of Istanbul as the European Capital of Culture 2010 Gözde Oymen Kale |
295 |
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23. |
Measuring
the Effectiveness of International Cooperation in the Mediterranean: The Case
of UNEP MAP PAP/RAC Francesca
Santoro, Stefano Soriani and Gabriele Zanetto |
309 |
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Part VI: Family Life and Culture: International
Perspectives in Postindustrial Society |
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24. |
A
Survey of the Effect of Social, Cultural and Economic Capitals on Husband's
Violence against Wives (A Case Study: Dehdasht
City) Halimeh Enayat
and Rahim Dehghany |
325 |
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25. |
Patterns of Co-resident of Skipped-generation in Isan Migrant Family Wanichcha Narongchai and Dusadee Ayuwat |
337 |
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26. |
Some
Spatial Patterns of Age at Marriage in South Africa Lobina G. Palamuleni and
Martin E. Palamuleni |
349 |
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27. |
Families
Bolstering the Effects of Globalisation: Do Welfare Regimes Explain
Cross-National Differences in Parenting Strategies? Triin Roosalu
and Veronika Kalmus |
365 |
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28. |
Criticism
of the Welfare State in Europe: Multilevel Analysis of Opposition to the
Welfare State in 28 Countries Heikki
Ervasti |
379 |