Essays on Social Themes

Edited by Gregory T. Papanikos

ISBN: 978-960-9549-80-6, 302 pages

First published in 2011 by ATINER

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Table of Contents

1.	Essays on Social Themes: An Introduction Gregory T. Papanikos	1
Part A: Politics and Policy
2.	The Past and Future Democracy John Markoff	9
3.	Government and State in the Making of Political Culture: The Case of Canada Trevor W. Harrison	17
4.	The Portuguese Voters and European Elections – A Political-Sociological Appraisal Alice Cunha and Patrícia Calca	29
5.	Party State: Possibilities of Appearance and Development on Example of Contemporary Serbia Uros Suvaković	39
6.	The Corruption of Plea Bargaining in the United States of America Michael W. Smith	51
Part B: Education Knowledge and New Technologies
7.	Critique of Preachers and Prophets in the Classroom: Ethics and Objectivity in Max Weber’s Theory of Science George E. McCarthy	65
8.	Outcomes of Service Learning: Scaling Common Outcomes and Determining Predictors Anne Statham and Helen Rosenberg	75
9.	Adolescent Noncompliance in School & Adult Work Careers: Evidence from 5 Post-Soviet Societies Heili Pals and Nancy Brandon Tuma	89
10.	Dysfunctions of Distant Learning: A Sociological Perspective Z. S. Andrew Demirdjian	103
11.	Literacy and the Consumption of Internet among Portuguese Adults Nelson Vieira	115
12.	The Inside-out Prison Exchange Program Barbara Ryan, Sidney R. Jacobs, Kathryn N. Healey and Kathryn T. Mason	135
13.	Beggars in Lithuania: Integrated or Outcasts? Irena Luobikiene	149
14.	Social Software and its Impact on our Society Abrar A. Qureshi	161
15.	The Paradigm of the Social Construction of Knowledge: The Triple Helix Model Elvira Martini and Francesco Vespasiano	173

Part C: Youth and Family Issues
16.	Child Sexual Abuse in the Middle East and North Africa: A Review Karen A. Polonko, Nicholas Adam, Nazia Naeem and Ava Adinolfi	189
17.	The New Culture Wars-The Growth of Polynesian Migrant Youth Gangs in the United States Lena Rodriguez	203
18.	Media Violence: A Cross-national Comparison of Canadian and Swedish Youth Valerie Hiebert	215
19.	Beyond Organisational Culture: Evidence from a Case Study of Multi-agency working in Children’s Services in England Adina I. Dudau	233
20.	Families Bolstering the Effects of Globalisation: Do Welfare Regimes Explain Cross-National Differences in Parenting Strategies? Triin Roosalu and Veronika Kalmus	247
Part D: Gender
21.	Social Change and Gender: Beyond Feminism and Masculinity? Richard C. Christy	261
22.	The Principle of Gender Balance in the Spanish Law of Equality Pilar Núñez-Cortés Contreras and María del Mar Ridaura López	271
23.	Gender and Sexual Initiation in Mexico. Searching Patterns among Different Social Groups Olga Rojas and Jose Luis Castrejon	275
24.	Changing Social Roles in Post-Modernity: Do Men Father? Richard C. Christy	291