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Martin DALY and Margo WILSON, Homicide, New York: Aldine de Gruyter, 1988. 328 pages, US $42.95 (cloth), US $18.95 (paper)

Martin DALY and Margo WILSON, Homicide, New York: Aldine de Gruyter, 1988. 328 pages, US $42.95 (cloth), US $18.95 (paper). An article from journal Culture (Volume 8, Number 1, 1988, pp. 3-111), on Érudit.

“At What Cost?”: Problematising the Achievement of ‘Health’ through Thinness – The Case of Bariatric Surgery

“At What Cost?”: Problematising the Achievement of ‘Health’ through Thinness – The Case of Bariatric Surgery

Fat Politics: A Comparative Study

Fat Politics: A Comparative Study

The natural place to begin: The ethnoprimatology of the Waorani

Ethnoprimatology is an important and growing discipline, studying the diverse relationships between humans and primates. However there is a danger that too great a focus on primates as important to humans may obscure the importance of other animal groups to local people. The Waorani of Amazonian Ecuador were described by Sponsel [Sponsel (1997) New World Primates: Ecology, evolution and behavior. New York: Aldine de Gruyter. p 143–165] as the “natural place” for ethnoprimatology, because of their close relationship to primates, including primates forming a substantial part of their diet. Therefore they are an ideal group in which to examine contemporary perceptions of primates in comparison to other types of animal. We examine how Waorani living in Yasuní National Park name and categorize primates and other common mammals. Although there is some evidence that the Waorani consider primates a unique group, the non-primate kinkajou and olingo are also included as part of the group “monkeys,” and no evidence was found that primates were more important than other mammals to Waorani culture. Instead, a small number of key species, in particular the woolly monkey (Lagothrix poeppigii) and white-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari), were found to be both important in the diet and highly culturally salient. These results have implications for both ethnoprimatologists and those working with local communities towards broader conservation goals. Firstly, researchers should ensure that they and local communities are referring to the same animals when they use broad terms such as “monkey,” and secondly the results caution ethnoprimatologists against imposing western taxonomic groups on indigenous peoples, rather than allowing them to define themselves which species are important. Am. J. Primatol. 75:1117–1128, 2013. © 2013 The Authors. American Journal of Primatology Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Anchoring and Exposing in the Third Place: Regular Identification at the Boundaries of Social Realms

Harry’s is my favourite bar in my neighbourhood. It is a small wine bar, owned by three men in their late thirties and targeted at people like them; my gentrifying inner city neighbourhood’s 20 to 40 something urban middle class. Harry’s has seats along the bar, booths inside, and a courtyard out the back. The seating arrangements mean that larger groups tend to gather outside, groups of two to four spread around the location, and people by themselves, or in groups of two, tend to sit at the bar. I usually sit at the bar....

Introduction to special issue on “Trade‐Offs in Female Life Histories: Integrating Evolutionary Frameworks”

Introduction to special issue on “Trade‐Offs in Female Life Histories: Integrating Evolutionary Frameworks”

Spanish and European innovation diffusion: a structural hole approach in the input–output field

Input–output analysis is a powerful tool for in-depth study of the productive structure of economic space. Moreover, the sectoral network constitutes one of the possible determinants of the innovative capacity of a territory. The use of network theory in the input–output field supposes an interesting alternative that allows structural complexity, weakness and strength to be shown. Following this viewpoint, we analyse the relative position of each sector via the structural holes concept (Burt in Structural Holes, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1992; Social Capital: Theory and Research. Aldine de Gruyter, New York, 2001; Am J Sociol 110:349–399, 2004) to offer an approach to knowledge generation and diffusion capacity within the economic network. The theoretical background is based on the opportunities afforded due to connexion with and proximity to sectoral structure for knowledge transmission and consequently innovation capacity. This novel proposal is applied to the analysis of European and Spanish economies in 1995.

The experiences of place: Veterans with dementia making meaning of their environments

Little research has examined how older veterans view the long-term care facility as place and how they make meaning of their experiences within specific places. This study examined seven older veterans’ meanings of place within the cognitive support unit of a veteran's hospital and in a summer camp setting. In the facility, the environment was interpreted as restrictive. At camp, the environment was interpreted as freeing. Each of the environments was experienced within the horizons of meaning of residents’ lives [Gubrium, J.F., 1993. Speaking of Life: Horizons of Meaning for Nursing Home Residents. Aldine de Gruyter, Hawthorne, NY.]. What was evident here was that the experiences in both places, both in the moment and through horizons of meaning, contributed to how residents created a sense of place in these two distinct environments.

The Origins and Nature of Sociality. Edited by Robert W. Sussman and Audrey R. Chapman, Aldine de Gruyter, New York, 2004, xii + 340 pp., $32.95 (paperback).

The Origins and Nature of Sociality. Edited by Robert W. Sussman and Audrey R. Chapman, Aldine de Gruyter, New York, 2004, xii + 340 pp., $32.95 (paperback).

Tie a Knot and Hang On: Providing Mental Health Care in a Turbulent Environment

Back to table of contents Previous article Next article Book ReviewsFull AccessTie a Knot and Hang On: Providing Mental Health Care in a Turbulent EnvironmentThomas A. Simpatico, M.D.Thomas A. SimpaticoSearch for more papers by this author, M.D.Published Online:1 Mar 2006https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.57.3.423AboutSectionsView EPUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InEmail As I read Teresa L. Scheid's aptly titled Tie a Knot and Hang On: Providing Mental Health Care in a Turbulent Environment, I knew that if I were Amazon.com, I would pair it with Jared Diamond's Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed. The latter makes the argument that failed human societies of the past often shared the flaw of not even attempting to remedy perceived social problems; the book argues that such failures to act fall under the heading of what economists and other social scientists term "rational behavior," arising from clashes of interest between people. Tie a Knot and Hang On describes the real-world consequences of what the author refers to as "the logic of commodification," whereby mental health care providers have lost power, their work increasingly being subjected to efficiency criteria. The result is a clear conflict between professional logic and the demands for efficiency and cost containment.Scheid is an associate professor at the department of sociology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. In Tie a Knot, she helps us look through a sociologist's lens at the work of providing mental health care in this first decade of the new millennium. More precisely, she describes and analyzes the theoretical and empirical linkages between environmental pressures and the activities of organizations and individuals who conform to these pressures.Scheid has collected, over the past ten years, in-depth data from mental health care providers in diverse settings about their work and treatment practices. She gives many examples of how the inevitable arrival of managed care methodologies in the world of public-sector psychiatry has resulted in a sea change in the way care is conceptualized and conducted. She focuses on the inherent conflict between clinicians' need to bring a high degree of emotional and personal involvement to their work zeitgeist of public-sector bureaucracies, with too few resources and myriad demands from the community, including increased service provision, outreach to diverse populations, and protection of the community from disruptive and unwanted behavior. She argues that the rational business ethics and corresponding systems of bureaucratic control are now imposed on organizations that had previously operated on the basis of a professionally determined moral foundation.Scheid understands the business of caring for persons with serious mental illness; she is genuinely passionate about the importance of the work, for the plight of both the clinicians in the trenches and the organizations they work for, and for the all-too-often lost potential of people they serve. Despite this passion, she somehow manages to maintain the objectivity of a scientist. This book makes the powerful argument that although the advent of the managed care ethos in the world of public-sector psychiatry is completely understandable, its methodologies represent an extension of bureaucratic control over clinical work that is a direct threat to the professional autonomy and discretion of providers. There's a chilling Orwellian subtext that the behavior of medical professionals is largely a reflection of the immediate situations in which physicians find themselves.Scheid has provided us with a well-researched and compelling look at ourselves and the arc of our profession. This book should be required reading for mental health care providers and administrators who want to be reminded of the important role they play in society and the ease with which clinical ideals can be corrupted by fiscal and political expediency. Here's hoping that Henlee Barnette's admonition that "you can judge the character of a society by how it treats defenseless persons" does not turn out to be a harbinger of our social decline.Dr. Simpatico is associate professor of psychiatry and director of public-sector psychiatry at the University of Vermont College of Medicine in Burlington as well as medical director of the Vermont State Hospital in Waterbury.by Teresa L. Scheid; Hawthorne, New York, Aldine de Gruyter, Inc., 2004, 198 pages, $24.95 softcover FiguresReferencesCited byDetailsCited ByNone Volume 57Issue 3 March 2006Pages 423-424 Metrics History Published online 1 March 2006 Published in print 1 March 2006

Seasons Such as These: How Homelessness Took Shape in America. By Cynthia J. Bogard. New York: Aldine de Gruyter, 2003. Pp. 256.

Previous articleNext article No AccessBook ReviewSeasons Such as These: How Homelessness Took Shape in America. By Cynthia J. Bogard. New York: Aldine de Gruyter, 2003. Pp. 256.Stephen J. ConroyStephen J. ConroyUniversity of San Diego Search for more articles by this author University of San DiegoPDFPDF PLUSFull Text Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by American Journal of Sociology Volume 111, Number 4January 2006 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/503004 Views: 90Total views on this site Permission to reprint a book review printed in this section may be obtained only from the author.PDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.

Social Dynamics of the Life Course: Transitions, Institutions, and Interrelations Edited by Walter R. Heinz and Victor W. Marshall Aldine De Gruyter. 2003.306 pages. $55.95 (hardcover); $27.95 (paperback)

Social Dynamics of the Life Course: Transitions, Institutions, and Interrelations Edited by Walter R. Heinz and Victor W. Marshall Aldine De Gruyter. 2003.306 pages. $55.95 (hardcover); $27.95 (paperback)

The Origins and Nature of Sociality. Based on a symposium held in January 2001. Edited by Robert W Sussman and , Audrey R Chapman. Hawthorne (New York): Aldine de Gruyter. $65.95 (hardcover); $32.95 (paper). xii + 340 p; ill.; index. ISBN: 0–202–30730–1 (hc); 0–202–30731–X (pb). 2004.

<i>The Origins and Nature of Sociality. <i>Based on a symposium held in January 2001.</i></i> <i>Edited by </i>Robert W Sussman <i>and </i>, Audrey R Chapman. <i>Hawthorne (New York): Aldine de Gruyter</i>. $65.95 (hardcover); $32.95 (paper). xii + 340 p; ill.; index. ISBN: 0–202–30730–1 (hc); 0–202–30731–X (pb). 2004.

Education, Social Status and Health By John Mirowsky and Catherine E. Ross Aldine De Gruyter, 2003. 242 pages. $51.95 (cloth), $25.95 (paper)

Education, Social Status and Health By John Mirowsky and Catherine E. Ross Aldine De Gruyter, 2003. 242 pages. $51.95 (cloth), $25.95 (paper)

Social Dynamics of the Life Course: Transitions, Institutions, and Interrelations. By Walter R. Heinz and Victor W. Marshall. Aldine De Gruyter, 2003. 306 pp. Cloth, $55.95

Journal Article Social Dynamics of the Life Course: Transitions, Institutions, and Interrelations. By Walter R. Heinz and Victor W. Marshall. Aldine De Gruyter, 2003. 306 pp. Cloth, $55.95 Get access J. Brian Brown J. Brian Brown The Ohio State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Social Forces, Volume 83, Issue 4, June 2005, Pages 1773–1774, https://doi.org/10.1353/sof.2005.0058 Published: 01 June 2005

Abortion, Motherhood, and Mental Health: Medicalizing Reproduction in the United States and Great Britain. By Ellie Lee. New York: Aldine de Gruyter, 2003. Pp.vii+293. $45.95 (cloth); $22.95 (paper).

<i>Abortion, Motherhood, and Mental Health: Medicalizing Reproduction in the United States and Great Britain</i>. By Ellie Lee. New York: Aldine de Gruyter, 2003. Pp.vii+293. $45.95 (cloth); $22.95 (paper).

Education, Social Status, and Health. By John Mirowsky and Catherine E. Ross. New York: Aldine de Gruyter, 2003. Pp. vii+242. $51.95 (cloth); $25.95 (paper).

Previous articleNext article No AccessBook ReviewEducation, Social Status, and Health. By John Mirowsky and Catherine E. Ross. New York: Aldine de Gruyter, 2003. Pp. vii+242. $51.95 (cloth); $25.95 (paper).William R. AvisonWilliam R. AvisonUniversity of Western Ontario Search for more articles by this author University of Western OntarioPDFPDF PLUSFull Text Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by American Journal of Sociology Volume 110, Number 5March 2005 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/431614 Views: 346Total views on this site Citations: 3Citations are reported from Crossref Permission to reprint a book review printed in this section may be obtained only from the author.PDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Sára Szanyi-Nagy, Ágnes Vaskövi Hogyan élnek az európai nyugdíjasok? Egyéni szintű különbözőségek vizsgálata SHARE-adatok alapján, Közgazdasági Szemle 68, no.1212 (Dec 2021): 1336–1363.https://doi.org/10.18414/KSZ.2021.12.1336Michael J. Shanahan, Stephen Vaisey, Lance D. Erickson, and Andrew Smolen Environmental Contingencies and Genetic Propensities: Social Capital, Educational Continuation, and Dopamine Receptor Gene DRD2 Shanahan et al., American Journal of Sociology 114, no.S1S1 (Jul 2015): S260–S286.https://doi.org/10.1086/592204Michael J. Shanahan, Lance D. Erickson, Stephen Vaisey, Andrew Smolen Helping Relationships and Genetic Propensities: A Combinatoric Study of DRD2, Mentoring, and Educational Continuation, Twin Research and Human Genetics 10, no.0202 (Feb 2012): 285–298.https://doi.org/10.1375/twin.10.2.285

Abortion, motherhood, and mental health: Medicalizing reproduction in the United States and Britain

Abortion, Motherhood, and Mental Health: Medicalizing Reproduction in the United States and Britain. Ellie Lee. New York: Aldine de Gruyter. 2003. 293 pp. ISBN 0-202-30681-X. $22.95 (paper). A woman's very ability to reproduce puts her at an increased risk for mental health problems. If a woman carries a pregnancy to term, she may suffer from postnatal depression. If a woman decides to abort, she may suffer from postabortion (PAS). In Abortion, Motherhood, and Mental Health: Medicalizing Reproduction in the United States and Britain, Ellie Lee investigates sociopolitical origins, transmission of PAS from the United States to the United Kingdom, and how U.S. and U.K. political leaders and activists have employed PAS in abortion conflicts. Lee finds that in both the United States and the United Kingdom, everyday life experiences are problematized. Thus, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and its cousin PAS are considered valid responses to distressing, yet not uncommon, experiences. An important difference between their sociopolitical landscapes is that abortion continues to be debated as a moral and rights issue in the United States, while abortion predominantly is a medical issue in the United Kingdom. Lee characterizes the United States and the United Kingdom as syndrome societies; people's experiences are generally and extensively medicalized in both countries. PAS is a form of ill health that a woman suffers after having an abortion. PAS is similar to PTSD, which was first diagnosed among World War II soldiers, although similar diagnoses were made much earlier. According to DSM III, an individual suffering from PTSD will relive a traumatic event through dreams, will avoid stimuli associated with the event, and will experience sleeplessness and weepiness. PAS is characterized by similar symptoms, including reliving trauma, feeling guilt, and suffering from depression. Lee argues that scientific evidence supporting PAS claims is virtually nonexistent; many groups, including the American Psychological Association, have attempted to refute PAS. Nevertheless, antiabortionists and even U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop have expressed concerns about the mental health of women who have terminated pregnancies through abortion. Abortion, Motherhood, and Mental Health tells the story of the transition of antiabortionists' arguments from moralistic, woman-blaming claims revolving around a fetus's personhood, which were less concerned with a woman's well being, to psychomedical misgivings for the woman who has an abortion. Much less attention is paid to the personhood of the fetus; much more attention is given to the mental health of the woman who has had an abortion. In contemporary debates, women are viewed as victims. It is a woman's significant others and societal pressures that have forced her to have an abortion. This shift toward women as victims has largely taken place because moralist claims have failed, especially in Britain. Some opponents have encouraged women who apparently suffered harm from abortions to take legal action against providers. …

Fairness matters: social justice and political legitimacy in post‐communist Europe

Much of the social science research on the post‐communist states has focused on the extent to which the populations of the region support democracy and the market, in both the abstract and the real...